HDMI / (3G/HD/SD)‐SDI CROSS CONVERTER with Scaling and Frame Rate Conversion OPERATING MANUAL
Introduction Thank you for purchasing the MD‐CROSS HDMI / (3G/HD/SD)‐SDI Cross Converter. The MD‐CROSS is a truly portable converter, which incorporates our new easy to use LCD and button control system. This gives you easy access to all of the amazing features that have been unavailable without a computer until now. The days of having to play with complicated dip switches or having to carry around a computer to change a simple setting are gone. The MD‐CROSS features the following four modes: 1.
Flow Chart MD‐CROSS V2 OPERATING MANUAL VERSION 1.
Main Menus Upon power up the unit will start in the Main Menu pointing to Input Status. The Main Menus are: 1. Input Status 2. Control 3. Scaling/TPG 4. Audio 5. Audio Meters 6. Graticules 7. Text Overlays 8. Setup Press the < and > buttons to move left or right through the menus. To enter into a menu press the ENTER button. Notes: 1.) Defaults are highlighted in yellow. 2.
3. Control / HDMI OUT TYPE (Parameter) This is the current HDMI output type. When the sub menu is highlighted, press ENTER to toggle through the following types: 1.) DVI RGB444 DVI‐D RGB 4:4:4 2.) HDMI RGB444 2C HDMI RGB 4:4:4 with 2‐Channels of Audio 3.) HDMI YCbCr444 2C HDMI YCbCr 4:4:4 with 2‐Channels of Audio 4.) HDMI YCbCr422 2C HDMI YCbCr 4:2:2 with 2‐Channels of Audio 5.) HDMI RGB444 8C HDMI RGB 4:4:4 with 8‐Channels of Audio HDMI YCbCr 4:4:4 with 8‐Channels of Audio 6.) HDMI YCbCr444 8C 7.
Scaling/TPG: (Has SUB‐MENUs) Scaling/TPG Test Pattern On No Main Menu <== Sub Menu Parameter Window When highlighted in the Main Menu, press the ENTER button to enter this sub‐menu. Press the < and > buttons to move left or right respectively through the 13 menus below and press the BACK button to go back to the Main Menu when finished. The current value for each Sub Menu is shown in the Parameter Window. 1.
4. Scaling/TPG / SD2SD ASPECT (Has SUB‐MENU with parameter) This is the aspect ratio conversion used when the Scaler is converting SD to SD. When the sub menu is highlighted, press the ENTER button to enter this sub‐menu. Press the < and > buttons to move left or right through the 31 aspect ratio conversions listed below and the BACK button to leave this SUB‐MENU. 1. ANAMORPHIC (IN and OUT have same aspect) 17. IN=14:9 with 4:3 PB,OUT=16:9 with 4:3 ZM 2. IN=16:9 FS,OUT=14:9 with 16:9 LB 18.
. Scaling/TPG / 1080i=1080psf (Parameter) This indicates if 1080i is recognised as 1080psf instead of 1080i. As 1080i and 1080psf have the same format structure. When the sub menu is highlighted, press ENTER to toggle through the following selections: 1.) No 1080i input = 1080i 2.) Yes 1080i input = 1080psf 9. Scaling/TPG / Horz Filter (Parameter) This indicates the level of the horizontal anti‐aliasing filter prior to the Scaler.
Each sub menu selects the audio pair source for the SDI and HDMI outputs. Press ENTER to toggle to through the following selections for each sub menu: 1.) Group 1 Pair 1 (default for SDI Out Pair 1 and HDMI Out Pair 1) 2.) Group 1 Pair 2 (default for SDI Out Pair 2 and HDMI Out Pair 2) 3.) Group 2 Pair 1 (default for SDI Out Pair 3 and HDMI Out Pair 3) 4.) Group 2 Pair 2 (default for SDI Out Pair 4 and HDMI Out Pair 4) 5.) Group 3 Pair 1 (default for SDI Out Pair 5) 6.
7. Audio Meter / Transparency (Parameter) This is the transparency level of the audio meter overlays. When the sub menu is highlighted, press ENTER to toggle through the following selections: 1.) 0% 2.) 25% 3.) 50% 8. Audio Meter / Show Scale (Parameter) This indicates if the scale is shown on the audio meter overlays. When the sub menu is highlighted, press ENTER to toggle through the following selections: 1.) Off 2.) On 9.
16. Audio Meter / Margin (Has SUB‐MENU with parameter) This is the distance the audio meters are from the side of the screen. The distance is shown in percentage of the screen resolution. The default value is 5%. When the sub menu is highlighted, press the ENTER button to enter this sub‐menu. Press the < and > buttons to decrease and increase the thickness respectively from 0% to 25%. Press the BACK button to leave this SUB‐MENU.
8. Graticules / ST Color (Has SUB‐MENU with parameter) This is the colour of the safe title graticule overlay. When the sub menu is highlighted, press ENTER to toggle through the following selections: 1. None 10. Black (Transparent 25%) 19. Blue (Transparent 0%) 2. Black (Transparent 50%) 11. Blue (Transparent 25%) 20. Green (Transparent 0%) 3. Blue (Transparent 50%) 12. Green (Transparent 25%) 21. Cyan (Transparent 0%) 4. Green (Transparent 50%) 13. Cyan (Transparent 25%) 22. Red (Transparent 0%) 5.
14. Graticules / SA Vert End (Has SUB‐MENU with parameter) This is the vertical starting position of the safe action graticule overlay. The default value is 95%. When the sub menu is highlighted, press the ENTER button to enter this sub‐menu. Press the < and > buttons to decrease and increase the position respectively from 0% to 100%. Press the BACK button to leave this SUB‐MENU. 15.
2. Text Overlays / Foreground (Has SUB‐MENU with parameter) This is the foreground colour of the on‐screen text. When the sub menu is highlighted, press ENTER to toggle through the following selections: 1. None 10. Black (Transparent 25%) 19. Blue (Transparent 0%) 2. Black (Transparent 50%) 11. Blue (Transparent 25%) 20. Green (Transparent 0%) 3. Blue (Transparent 50%) 12. Green (Transparent 25%) 21. Cyan (Transparent 0%) 4. Green (Transparent 50%) 13. Cyan (Transparent 25%) 22. Red (Transparent 0%) 5.
7. Text Overlays / In Format BackGD (Has SUB‐MENU with parameter) This is the background colour of the input format status overlay. When the sub menu is highlighted, press ENTER to toggle through the following selections: 1. None 10. Black (Transparent 25%) 19. Blue (Transparent 0%) 2. Black (Transparent 50%) 11. Blue (Transparent 25%) 20. Green (Transparent 0%) 3. Blue (Transparent 50%) 12. Green (Transparent 25%) 21. Cyan (Transparent 0%) 4. Green (Transparent 50%) 13. Cyan (Transparent 25%) 22.
3. SETUP / BACK2STATUS TIME (Parameter) This is time before the main menu is returned to Input Status after the last button press. When the sub menu is highlighted, press ENTER to toggle through the following times: 1.) 5 seconds 2.) 15 seconds 3.) 30 seconds 4.) 1 minute 5.) 5 minutes 6.) 10 minutes 7.) 30 minutes 8.) Never 4. SETUP / AUTO SAVE (Parameter) This parameter will determine if any changes will be saved to memory when changes are made.
