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User controls – AJA Hi5-Fiber User Manual

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AJA Hi5-Fiber HD-SDI/SDI over Fiber to HDMI Video and Audio Converter

User Controls

An internal Jumper block with 3 jumpers (J4) provides controls for HDMI audio, output
mode, and 8- or 10-bit video selection. Each of these settings are described below.

Internal Jumper

To access this jumper, remove the four phillips screws securing the back side of the Hi5
case. Once the case cover is removed, locate the jumper block. Jumper positions 1
through 3 are clearly marked on the circuit board next to the jumper J4.

|Note:

“Removed” jumpers can be stored inside the unit by installing them on only 1

pin

Jumper #1 (default = installed)

Jumper #2 (default = installed)

Jumper #3 (default = installed)

Installed (default)

= 8-bit RGB 4:4:4

HDMI Video

Removed

= 10-bit YCbCr 4:2:2

HDMI Video

Installed (default)

= HDMI output mode

Removed

= DVI output mode

DVI mode should be used only with
DVI-only monitors. Note that most DVI
monitors do not work with video rates.
Embedded audio is not supported in
DVI mode.

Installed (default)

= 2-channel HDMI

audio

Removed

= 8-channel HDMI audio

The jumper selects whether 2 or 8
channels of audio will be embedded
onto the HDMI output stream.
Channels 1 and 2 will always appear
on the RCA connectors, regardless
of the jumper setting.

When the jumper is set for 2-
channel HDMI embedded audio,
channels 1 and 2 are disembedded
from SDI.

When the jumper is set for 8-
channel HDMI embedded audio,
channels 1 through 8 are
disembedded from SDI.