Datasheet

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Introduction

TheDatavideoDAC15isabidirectionaldigitaltoanalogA/Vconverter.Ithasmanyadvancedfeatures

includingRS422playercontrolviaDVNLEsystems.TheDAC15hasabuiltinvideoprocessorwithColor,

Contrast,BrightnessandTint(TintNTSConly)adjustments.AnotherusefulfeatureisSMARTDVwhichwill

allowtheDAC15andasecondDVdevicetobeconnectedtoanNLEsystemsimultaneously.

Functions

TheDAC15canconvertananalogvideosignal(Composite,SVideo(Y/C)orComponent),andan

unbalancedstereoaudiosignaltoaDVsignal,orviceversa.Thebuiltinvideoprocessorenablesyoutofine

tunethevideoinputtogetthebestpossiblepicturequality.Youcanalsosettheaudiolevelsforoptimum

performance.

FrontPanel

InputSelectButtons.

TheselectedInputwillbeilluminatedred.

SelectbetweenDVInput(viaIEEE1394Port),YUVComponentInput,

SVideo(Y/C)InputorCompositeVideo(CV)Input.Seebelowfor

AudioEncodeButtons.

AnalogAudiocanbeencodedas12Bit/32KHzor16Bit/48KHz.

12Bit/32KHzisrecommendedformostDVDecks/Camcorders.

16Bit/48KHzisrecommendedforDVDandNLEDVCapture.

N.B.The16Bit Buttonhasasecondaryfunction,itcanbeusedtoset

theDAC15togenerateaColorBarOutput.SettheDAC15toDV

Inputandpressthe16Bitbutton,aColorBarOutputwillbegenerated

inYUV,SVideo(Y/C)andCompositeVideo.Toreturntonormal

outputpresst he16Bitbuttonagain.