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Setdef output conversion – Grass Valley Karrera Video Production Center Installation v.4.1 User Manual

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KARRERA — Installation & Service Manual

Section 5 — Basic Configuration

Note

The SetDef MatchDef menu is also accessible to operator via Source Ops,
SetDef MatchDef. When inputs or outputs have been activated from the Eng
Setup, these items are grayed out in the Source Ops Menu.

SetDef Output Conversion

Each of the eight SetDef buttons report the current source, format, and crop
status for that output.

The four

Enable

buttons activate and deactivate conversion for the pairs of

output connector buttons immediately above.

The currently operating Karrera video standard is shown in the

System Video

Format

status display on the upper right portion of the menu.

The

SetDef Timing

button, when selected, displays Horizontal and Vertical

Offset data pads, allowing changes to the timing of that output relative the
the Karrera system video reference.

The conversion format for the selected output is chosen from the labeled
buttons in the right pane (

720p

,

1080i

,

Std Def 4:3

,

Std Def 16:9

). This format is

applied to both output pairs.

Controls for Scale, Letterbox, Pillarbox, H-Center Cut and V-Center Cut are
displayed, depending on the format selected.

Scale

- Scales the image to fill the full raster of the screen. If mismatched

formats are involved, the image may distort and appear wider or nar-
rower that its original state.

Letterbox

- Used to convert 16:9 to 4:3 by adding bars above and below

the image.

Pillarbox

- Used to convert 4:3 to 16:9 by adding bars to the left and right

sides of the image.

H-Center Cut

- Fills the screen with the center portion of the image, cutting

off some of the left and right sides.

V-Center Cut

- Fills the screen with the center portion of the image, cutting

off some of the top and bottom.

The

Crop

button, when selected, displays Top, Bottom, Left, and Right crop

data pads. Crop values can be entered and activated by touching the

Crop Enable

button.

When Crop, Letterbox, or Pillarbox is active, the

Matte

button can be

selected, which displays Hue, Saturation, and Brightness data pads. The
color values entered are applied to the non-image portion of the raster.