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Monitoring Black Levels and Frozen Frames........................................................................................ 52
Configuring Black Detect ....................................................................................................... 52
Configuring Frozen Detect...................................................................................................... 54
Monitoring the SDI Physical Layer...................................................................................................56
Display Types ................................................................................................................... 56
Configuring Physical Layer Settings (Options EYE and PHY) ................................................................ 57
Configur
ing Physical Layer Settings (Option 3G or JIT)....................................................................... 63
Taking Eye Measurements...................................................................................................... 65
Taking Jitter Measurements .................................................................................................... 70
Taking Cable Loss Measurements ............................................................................................. 74
Using the ARIB Displays ............................................................................................................. 75
ARIB Status ..................................................................................................................... 76
ARIB STD-B.39 Display......................................................................................................... 77
ARIB STD-B.37 Display and Status Screens ........ . . ....... ........ . ...... . . ....... ........ . ...... . . ....... ........ ....... . . 79
ARIB STD-B.35 Display and Status Screens ........ . . ....... ........ . ...... . . ....... ........ . ...... . . ....... ........ ....... . . 81
ARIB TR-B.23 (1) Display and Status Screens ... . . ...... . ...... ........ ....... ........ ....... ........ ...... . ...... . . ...... . .. 82
ARIB TR-B.23 (2) Display and Status Screens ... . . ...... . ...... ........ ....... ........ ....... ........ ...... . ...... . . ...... . .. 84
ARIB TR-B.22 Display and Status Screens.................................................................................... 85
Monitoring Audio..... ...... . . ...... . ...... ........ ....... ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... ....... ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... ...... ...... 87
Configuring Audio Inputs...... ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . ....... ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... .. 87
Selecting Audio Input . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... ........ ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... ...... . . ...... . .. 89
Checking Audio Level & Phase.... ....... ........ ....... ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... ....... ..... 89
Checking Audio Loudness ... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... ........ ...... . ...... . . ...... . .. 93
Checking Surround Sound... ....... . . ....... ........ ....... . . ...... . ........ ....... . . ...... . ........ ....... . . ...... . ........ ... 96
Configuring Audio Inputs for Embedded 16-Channel Audio . ........ ....... . . ....... ........ . ........ ....... . . ....... ...... 100
Selecting Audio Input for Embedded 16-Channel Audio .... ....... ...... . . ...... ....... ...... . . ...... . ...... ...... . . ...... . 101
Quick Selection of 1-8 or 9-16 Channels of Embedded Audio ....... ......... ....... .. ....... . . ....... . . ....... . . ....... . . . 102
Monitor Dolby-Based Surround Sound . ....... . . ....... ........ . ........ ....... . . ....... . . ....... ........ . ........ ....... . . ....... 103
Configuring Dolby Inputs...... . . ....... ........ . ...... . . ....... ........ . ...... . . ....... ........ ....... . . ....... ........ ....... 103
Displaying Dolby Inputs ... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... ........ ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... ... 110
Viewing Dolby Metadata .. ....... ........ ....... . . ....... ........ ....... . . ...... . ........ ....... . . ...... . ........ ....... . . ..... 111
Usage Notes.................................................................................................................... 111
Monitoring Closed Captioning (CC), Teletext, AFD, and Safe Area Compliance ................................................ 116
Monitoring Closed Captioning and Teletext.................................................................................. 116
Monitoring for Safe Area Compliance ........................................................................................ 121
Monitoring for AFD Compliance .............................................................................................. 123
Monitoring for User-Defined ANC Data Types............................................................................... 124
Using Alarms........................................................................................................................ 126
Configuring Alarms............................................................................................................ 126
Monitoring Alarms............................................................................................................. 130
Application Example................................................................................................................ 131
Timing a Studio................................................................................................................ 131
Upgrading Instrument Software.................................................................................................... 137
Index
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