User's Manual

While it may appear like it’s an up or down conversion setting, what your converter is
actually doing is telling your source equipment to output Ultra HD or HD video so that your
converter can then output the source video’s native HD or Ultra HD resolution without up or
down conversion.
To force your source video to HD, Ultra HD, or to let your converter automatically negotiate the
optimum resolution with your source equipment, simply use combinations of switches 1 and 2.
The combination settings are shown below.
 Auto – Switch 1 to OFF, Switch 2 to OFF.
Your converter will negotiate an optimum HD or Ultra HD resolution with your source
equipment based on its output capabilities.
 Force to HD – Switch 1 to OFF, Switch 2 to ON.
If your HDMI source equipment is capable of outputting HD and Ultra HD, your
converter will instruct the source equipment to output HD video.
 Force to Ultra HD – Switch 1 to ON, Switch 2 to OFF.
If your HDMI source equipment is capable of outputting HD and Ultra HD, your
converter will instruct the source to output Ultra HD video.
The switch legend on the base of your converter gives you all the
information you need to change conversion settings.
Blackmagic Teranex Setup Settings
The Teranex setup utility can change all the same settings that are available using the switches,
plus additional settings. You can access these settings by moving between the ‘video,’ ‘audio,’
‘configure,’ and ‘about’ tabs.
The ‘about’ and ‘configure’ tabs are detailed in the ‘changing settings’ section in this manual.
The ‘video’ tab for Teranex Mini – HDMI to Optical 12G contains the following settings.
Video Processing Menu
Conversion
Click on the ‘conversion’ drop down menu to select conversion settings for your SDI or Optical
output. Setting this to ‘auto’ will negotiate an optimum HD or Ultra HD resolution with your
source equipment based on its output capabilities, while ‘Force HD’ and ‘Force Ultra HD’ will
output HD and Ultra HD video respectively, regardless of the HDMI input. However, SD will
remain SD.
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