SIERRA VIDEO SYSTEMS SP-14 User’s Manual
SP-14 Operating Instructions Version K-1.
This manual explains how to operate your television broadcast image processor. The product is designed to provide users with a powerful and flexible method of format conversion. If you have any queries relating to this or any other product supplied by Kramer please visit our web site www.kramerelectronics.com. For technical support please e-mail info@kramerel.com COPYRIGHT This document and the software described within it are copyrighted with all rights reserved.
Contents INTRODUCTION 1.1. General Introduction 1.1.1. Front Panel Control 1.1.2. Rear Panel conectivity 1.2. Packing List SYSTEM DESCRIPTION 2.1. Product Overview 2.2. Product Specification 2.2.1. Power Supply Requirement 2.2.2. Composite and Y/C Video Inputs 2.2.3. Component Video Inputs 2.2.4. SDI Input 2.2.5. Analogue VGA Input 2.2.6. HDMI & DVI Inputs 2.2.7. Audio Inputs 2.2.8. Audio Output 2.2.9. Display Output 2.3. Genlock FLOW CHART FOR SP-14 OPERATION 3.1.
4.13.5. Factory Reset 4.13.6. Unit Configuration 4.13.7. Networking(TCP/IP) 4.13.8. Presets REMOTE CONTROL WEB SERVER 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Installing the Software 5.3. Software Operation 5.4. Channel Logo Upload FIRMWARE UPDATE 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Installing the PC Updater Software 6.3. Updating Firmware ENVIRONMENTAL AND EMC 7.1. Recommended Operating Conditions 7.2. Storage 7.3.
SAFETY WARNING: 1. THERE ARE NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS WITHIN THE UNIT. REMOVAL OF THE TOP COVER WILL EXPOSE DANGEROUS VOLTAGES. DO NOT OPERATE THE UNIT WITHOUT THE TOP COVER INSTALLED. 2. ENSURE THAT ALL ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS (INCLUDING THE MAINS PLUG AND ANY EXTENSION LEADS) ARE PROPERLY MADE AND COMPLY WITH ELECTRICAL SAFETY REGULATIONS. 3. ENSURE THAT THE INTEGRITY OF THE EQUIPMENT ISOLATION BARRIER IS MAINTAINED WHEN CONNECTING TO OTHER EQUIPMENT.
INTRODUCTION 1.1. General Introduction SP-14 is a very flexible television broadcast image processor developed to convert between video formats and between PC and video formats.
1.1.2. Rear Panel conectivity SP-14 uses a very high performance video input front end including true component video support in analogue YPbPr and RGBS formats and SDI/HD-SDI/3G-SDI digital formats as well as dual composite (CVBS) and a Y/C S-Video input. A very high performance video decoder is utilised with 4x oversampling and 3D Y/C cross talk filter for outstanding video image clarity. HDMI and DVI video with HDCP encryption is supported as well as analogue RGBHV graphics input.
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION 2.1. Product Overview SP-14 is designed to accept the following input signals: 2x Composite video via BNC S-Video Y/C via 2x BNC YPbPr or RGBS SD/ED/HD component video via 3 or 4x BNC VGA input via 5x BNC connectors (RGBHV) 2x 3G-SDI or HD-SDI or SDI (Serial Digital Interface) via BNC DVI-D (Digital Visual Interface) via a DVI-I connector HDMI via HDMI connector 2.2. Product Specification This section provides technical details for all possible inputs.
2.2.4. SDI Input Format: Input impedance: SD-SDI HD-SDI YCbCr 4:2:2 serial digital component video 3G-SDI 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 serial digital component video 75 ohms. SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 259M-C and SMPTE 424M compliant, accepts 484i, 576i, 720, 1080i and 1080p single link formats at 270Mb, 1.485Gb or 2.97Gb rates. Level A and B transport is supported for 1080p 50, 59.94 and 60 Hz (2.97Gb rates). 2.2.5.
2.3. Genlock Vertical frame synchronisation is provided. The frame signal can be derived from the dedicated analogue Genlock input as a bi or tri-level sync or from the dedicated 3G-SDI Genlock input. The frame synchronisation signal must be a video format and must have a vertical rate of 50Hz, 59.94Hz or 60Hz. The output will be vertically locked to the frame synchronisation signal at the exact same rate. The phase can be controlled through the menu system, allowing adjustment for a desired latency.
FLOW CHART FOR SP-14 OPERATION 3.1.
FRONT PANEL CONTROL 4.1.
Aspect Ratio AFD Mode AFD Default/Forced AFD Source Trim Width % Trim Height % Pan Left/Right % Tilt Up/Down % Reset Trim Position Filters CCS correction CUE correction ICP correction 3D Y/C separation Luma/Chroma delay Luma peaking gain CTI gain CTI coring level Temporal noise reduction TNR & MNR noise reduction MPEG noise reduction Level Movie Mode Output Settings Lock Mode Reference Source Reference Offset Vertical Horizontal Output Format ARC Mode ARC custom H Crop/Side Panels % V Crop/Letterbox Panels
IP Address Type DHCP status IP address Subnet Mask Gateway IP MAC Address Miscellaneous Select Test Pattern Status Display Mode Channel Logo Overlay Input Channel Config Inputs Input Select Key Native Modes in EDID (HDMI Only) Legacy Mode (HDMI Only) Color Space (DVI/HDMI Only) Color Range (DVI/HDMI Only) 3G Level B Stream (3GSDI only) Component Format (YPbPr only) Channel Reset No Sync Color Factory Reset Unit Configuration Menu Timeout Front Panel Backlight Power Inlet Monitoring Enable Automatic Keypad L
4.2. Introduction The front panel displays information via a 4 line by 40 character display. Kramer Electronics Ltd. SP-14 Software Ver: All data entry is via four direction keys, a Select/Enter key and a Menu/Escape key. Some adjustments take time for the unit to complete; this will be indicated by the display showing Busy at the top of the screen. Further adjustments should not be attempted while the screen is showing Busy.
4.3. Start-up Screen The start-up screen shows the currently selected input signal, output resolution and provides information on the locking status. IN: 1920x1080i OUT:1920x1080i 3G-SDI 1 @50.00 Hz 3G-SDI 1 @59.94 Hz Locked 59.94Hz C-YPbPr HDMI Test Pat Under Time Code Settings the start-up screen can be configured to display such General Information or to display Time Code information. The display can also be toggled with the INPUT key.
FRC level General: Only enables RGME mode when scene is quite busy, and also enables blend when the scene looks too busy. FRC levels Drama, Talk & Game Show, Music & Commercial: Never enables RGME or blend. Note: RGME mode is a scheme for rapidly identifying accurate background motion by comparing large image blocks.
Outlier Cost A part of the image that is moving independently of the dominant motion Cost factors are relative weightings used when assessing and applying different classes of candidate MVs The following menu items can be changed: Robust SAD threshold Coring level for pixel noise filtering. Adjust this to improve robustness of MV detection especially when images are complex.
4.6. Time Code Settings SP-14 processes time code information from SD formats on the analogue Composite, S-Video and Component inputs. For 480i/NTSC lines 14/277 and 16/279 are scanned for time code (VITC). For 576i/PAL lines 19/282,21/284 are scanned for time code (VITC). Also, time code information from SMPTE RP-188 ancillary data packets (DID = 0x60, SDID = 0x60) on the 3GSDI inputs is processed.
TC Output Load Set the output time code start value, which is then triggered either manually or through the synchronisation described above. TC Load Now Press this button to start the time code output with the “TC Output Load” value manually. TC Drop Frame Mode This mode is used for 29.97 or 59.94Hz output formats, to specify if drop-frame compensation is to be applied or not.
4.7. Input Adjust This menu contains adjustments associated with setting up inputs to the unit. Use the Up and Down arrows to scroll to the required sub-menu and press the Select/Enter key to enter the sub-menu. The following sections list the sub-menus. 4.7.1. Input Levels This menu contains parameters related to the level and colour of the input signal.
Control of the sharpening enhancement. These are peaking filters to improve high-frequency response. Note: setting this control too high on a signal which already has good high frequency response will cause ringing or ghosting. Detail Enhance Provides an additional level of detail enhancement beyond that provided by the Unsharp Mask Unsharp Mask This is a very powerful function which performs a per-pixel unsharp mask on the image content.
4.7.6. Filters A submenu containing selection options for many image clean-up filters including: CCS Cross Chrominance Suppression filter (reduction of chroma-crawl) – SD only CUE Chroma Up sampling Error correction filter ICP Interlace Chroma Problem filter, reduces interlace errors on diagonals & curves 3D Y/C Filter to reduce luminance to chrominance cross talk of composite video signals which appears as a coarse rainbow pattern or random colors in regions of fine details.
4.8. Output Adjust This menu contains adjustments associated with setting up the outputs of the unit. Use the up and down arrows to scroll to the required sub-menu and press the Select/Enter key to enter the sub-menu. The following sections list the sub-menus. 4.8.1. Lock Mode The unit output can be run with a fixed format set under Output Format or locked to a frame synchronisation signal provided on the dedicated analogue genlock input or SDI genlock input.
4.8.5. ARC Mode Select from Bypass, Anamorphic 25%, Panels/Letterbox 25%, Crop 25%, 14:9, Flex Wide and Custom. Bypass will scale the image to full screen. Crop 25% makes a 4:3 fit a 16:9 by chopping off top and bottom; or makes a 16:9 fit a 4:3 by chopping off (25% off) left and right. Anamorphic 25% is for 4:3 SD outputs only, it linearly compresses a 16:9 image into 4:3 without cropping or added bars.
4.8.11. Gamma of Display Allows to change the gamma correction to match the gamma of the display. 4.9. SP-14 Audio Audio input channels are the 4x AES coaxial connectors and audio embedded in HDMI and SDI video streams for SP-14. The audio is passed through the system and re-embedded into the HDMI and SDI output signals with an appropriate delay to synchronize with the video stream. Also, audio output is present on the respective 4x AES coaxial connectors. Any PCM audio of 32kHz, 44.
Group 1 Input from SDI, Group 2 Input from SDI An SDI signal may carry 8x two channel audio signals. The SDI receiver used in SP-14 is only capable of making 4x two channel audio signals available to the audio processing system at a time. This menu item allows to route certain SDI audio groups to the audio input channels of the SP-14 audio processing system.
Similarly, if the rate is increased then more nulls are introduced between the messages. This applies equally whether in Drop/Repeat mode, or doing frame rate conversion. CEA-708 has a more complex packet structure which allows for a variable amount of data per packet, but the overall principal still applies. 4.11. Information Displays information about the current configuration of the unit. Use the up and down arrows to scroll to the required values.
Incorrect format selection will cause severe color errors or loss of stable picture, incorrect level selection will cause the picture be very dim, or cause peak whites to be compressed. Channel Reset The configuration for an input channel can be removed by performing a channel reset. 3GSDI Level B Stream (3GSDI only) When input is 3G Level B (2 stream mapping), there is an option to select which of the two video streams (Stream 1 or 2) to use.
REMOTE CONTROL WEB SERVER 5.1. Introduction The unit features a web server which connects to a PC web browser via TCP/IP. The menu system of the unit is mirrored into the web browser and all menu items can be accessed and controlled through the keyboard or mouse of the PC. 5.2. Installing the Software No extra software needs to be installed on a PC. The PC web browser is used as the graphical user interface for all control items.
FIRMWARE UPDATE 6.1. Introduction Firmware can be updated in the field through the USB port allowing feature upgrades and bug fixes. The USB port is located on the rear side of the unit. Thus, if the unit is rack mounted and access to the rear panel is hindered a USB extension cable may be attached to the USB port and lead through the front. 6.2. Installing the PC Updater Software Firmware update is supported by a PC based updater tool. Download this tool from our Website.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EMC 7.1. Recommended Operating Conditions Temperature Humidity (non condensing) 7.2. Storage Temperature Humidity (non condensing) 7.3. 0oC to 40oC 0% to 95% -25oC to +85oC 0% to 95% CE and FCC Compliance CE: This product complies with the requirements of 89/336/EEC Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive amended by 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC, and 73/23/EEC Low Voltage Directive. Compliance is to EN55022 Class A.
ABBREVIATIONS This section expands abbreviations peculiar to video applications which may be used in this manual.
