Instruction manual

Aspect Ratio Conversion Table

Widescreen 16:9 SD Conversion to 4:3 SD

While most standard definition (SD) programming utilizes a 4:3 aspect ratio, some SD sources may have

been recorded in widescreen (16:9). To process SD widescreen inputs properly, the Teranex Processor

must be configured to recognize the source as a 16:9 signal.

Step 1. Press the IN button on the front panel.

Step 2. In the ASPECT section, press the LBOX button to define your SD input as 16:9 widescreen.

Step 3. Press the OUT button on the front panel.

Step 4. To output a letterbox version of your widescreen SD source, press the LBOX button.

To output a center cut from the your widescreen SD source, press the CCUT button.

SD to SD Conversion Input is Widescreen SD Output 4:3

Input LBOX with

Output LBOX

Scales the entire 16:9 SD image

into a 4:3 frame leaving black

bars on the top and bottom.

Input LBOX with

Output CCUT

Cuts a 4:3 SD frame from the

16:9 SD image.

4:3 Letterbox SD Conversion to 16:9 SD or HD

A 4:3 standard definition (SD) source with an letterboxed 16:9 image can be converted to a full 16:9 output

aspect ratio by extracting the 16:9 letterbox and expanding it to a full 16:9 image. The output format

can be SD or HD in the Teranex 2D or 3D, as well as UHD in the Teranex Express.

Step 1. Press the IN button on the front panel.

Step 2. In the ASPECT section, press CCUT.

Step 3. Press the OUT button on the front panel and select the desired output video format.

Step 4. In the ASPECT section, press CCUT to output a full 16:9 image. For an SD output, the front

panel LCD will display an anamorphic 4:3 image. For HD formats, the image will be 16:9.

4:3 LBOX to 16:9

Conversion

Input is Letterbox SD Output 16:9

Input CCUT with

Output CCUT

Expands the 16:9 letterbox

to a full 16:9 aspect ratio