MECHANICAL
Standard Crystal Vision module 266mm x 100mm
Weight: 200g
Power consumption: 11.9 Watts; 0.6 Watts (FIP and FOP); 1 Watt (FIO)

VIDEO INPUT
One 3Gb/s or HD or SD input
When using FIP or FIO fibre input options allows selection between one optical and one electrical input (NB. Fibre input only on RM59 frame rear module)
270Mb/s or 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s serial compliant to EBU 3267-E, SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 292M and SMPTE 424M
The video formats supported are 625, 525, 720p50, 720p59.94, 1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080p50 and 1080p59.94
3Gb/s cable equalisation up to 80m using Belden 1694A. HD cable equalisation up to 140m with Belden 1694A or equivalent (approx. 100m with Belden 8281). SD cable equalisation >250m Belden 8281 or equivalent
Input return loss: -15dB for 50MHz to 1.5GHz and -10dB for 1.5GHz to 3GHz
Automatic de-embedding to SMPTE 272M or SMPTE 299M
The video input can contain up to four groups of embedded audio

VIDEO OUTPUTS
Using RM47 and RM49 rear modules: Two 3Gb/s, HD or SD outputs
Using RM59 and RM61 rear modules with FIP fibre input option: One 3Gb/s, HD or SD output
Using RM62 and RM70 rear modules with FIP fibre input option: Two 3Gb/s, HD or SD outputs. NB. RM62 has no audio connections
Using RM58 rear module with FOP fibre output option: One 3Gb/s, HD or SD output on fibre only
Using RM61 rear module with FOP fibre output option: Two 3Gb/s, HD or SD outputs (one on fibre and one on BNC)
Using RM62 and RM70 rear modules with FOP fibre output option: Three 3Gb/s, HD or SD outputs (one on fibre and two on BNC). NB. RM62 has no audio connections
Using RM70 rear module with FIO fibre input and output option: Three 3Gb/s, HD or SD outputs (one on fibre and two on BNC)
Serial output: 270Mb/s or 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s serial compliant to EBU 3267-E, SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 292M and SMPTE 424M. Output follows the input format
Audio is embedded to SMPTE 272M or SMPTE 299M

INTEGRATED FIBRE OUTPUT OPTION
SYNNER-E 3G can be given integrated fibre connectivity by fitting the FIP fibre input option, FOP fibre output option or FIO fibre input and output option
The chosen option should be fitted at the factory
To access the optical inputs or outputs an RM58, RM59, RM61, RM62 or RM70 frame rear module must be used
When fitted with a FIP, FOP or FIO, SYNNER-E 3G can be housed in any frame slot position but due to its extra height it is not possible to place Standard Definition or audio boards directly above it when the SYNNER-E 3G is in even numbered slot positions. 3Gb/s and HD boards do not share this restriction.
FIP, FOP and FIO meet the SMPTE 297-2006 short-haul specification, allowing operation with single-mode and multi-mode fibre
Connector type: SC/PC
FIP or FIO input:
Optical wavelength: 1260-1620nm
Input level maximum: 0dBm
Input level minimum: Typical -20dBm (-18dBm 3Gb/s pathological)
FOP or FIO output:
Optical power: Max 0dBm, min -5.0dBm (typical -2.0dBm or 630uW)
Fibre pigtail: Single-mode 8/125uM
Optical wavelength: 1290-1330nm (1310 typical)
Extinction ratio: 7.5dB
Laser safety classification: Class 1 (EN 60825), Class I (21CFR1040.10)

ANALOGUE REFERENCE
Tri-level syncs or analogue Black and Burst or video
3Gb/s, HD or SD source can use either type of reference
When cross-locking it is necessary for both the video input and reference to share the same frame rate
Amplitude of syncs 150mV to 600mV
Link on PCB selects 75 ohm termination or high impedance
Reference rear module loop-through available on RM70 – loop does not need SYNNER-E 3G to be fitted as rear module has passive circuitry required

SYNCHRONISER TIMING ADJUSTMENTS
In synchroniser mode SYNNER-E 3G takes its timing from the external analogue reference and will automatically synchronise sources between 0 and 1 frame. Further fixed delays can be added for matching purposes. Should the reference be removed, SYNNER-E 3G will revert to delay mode
In delay mode timing is derived from the 3Gb/s, HD or SD input, with the video delay adjusted in samples, lines and whole frame steps up to a maximum of 3.5 video frames
In both synchroniser and delay modes the timing can be fully adjusted using horizontal and vertical settings. Increasing the vertical setting will delay the output relative to the reference in increments of one line. Increasing the horizontal setting will increase this delay in increments of approx. 74ns for SD and 13.5ns for HD. With maximum adjustment of vertical and horizontal timing, the delay can be set between four SD lines and 3.5 frames

FREEZE FUNCTIONS
Manual freeze allows SYNNER-E 3G to be used as a simple still store. Automatic freeze is available when input fails through loss of signal. The user can specify to show the whole frame in which failure happened or alternatively a black or blue screen (with or without an initial delay of two seconds)

AUDIO INPUTS AND OUTPUTS
Eight bi-directional digital audio I/O ports on the board can each be independently configured to be either an AES input or AES output 24 bit stereo pair. This allows the embedding or de-embedding of up to eight AES at the same time and in any combination
SYNNER-E 3G can embed or de-embed synchronous 48kHz AES, asynchronous 48kHz AES and Dolby E. Linear AES can be resampled. Dolby E cannot be resampled. A manual resampler on/off  control allows SYNNER-E 3G to embed synchronous compressed audio such as AC3
110 ohm or HiZ (balanced) via D-Type, or AES3-id (unbalanced) via 75 ohm BNC

DOLBY E HANDLING
Dolby E data will be automatically detected and processed appropriately
Any of the audio sources can contain Dolby E
SYNNER-E 3G allows a mixture of Dolby E and linear AES within the same audio group, separating the Dolby E and linear audio and synchronising both types in the appropriate way before re-embedding the audio
When routing Dolby E, to ensure integrity of the audio any Dolby E stream must be treated as a stereo pair and no audio processing such as mute, mono and gain is applied
SYNNER-E 3G can auto-correct timing errors with the guardband. Dolby E will be delayed by the same amount as the video, except for any change required to align it correctly with the output video switching point
SYNNER-E 3G can use incoming Ancillary Timecode (ATC) or an interlaced reference signal to determine the field sequence of a High Definition progressive video output, which helps to ensure that Dolby E has its guardband correctly positioned
The invert output sequence control allows the Dolby E output to be timed in anti-phase to the ATC or interlaced reference, if required, to allow for subsequent processing

DELAY THROUGH BOARD
Minimum video in to out delay: 4 lines
Minimum audio delay: 2.5ms

VIDEO DELAYS
0 to 1 frame video synchroniser delay
Optional one frame (33.3ms or 40ms) or two frames (66.6ms or 80ms) video delay allows compensation for Dolby E encoding and decoding, or can match other big video delays in the system
Fixed Minimum Synchroniser delay of 0 or 0.5 video frames can change the Dolby E timing by +/- 0.5 frames relative to the video and allows repeated embed/de-embed cycles with less risk of the Dolby E getting progressively later relative to the video

AUDIO TIMING ADJUSTMENTS
Audio can be routed through a tracking audio delay (TAD). It tracks the video delay, running the audio fast or slow to ensure the video and linear audio stay correctly timed and to avoid lip-sync errors. The linear audio TAD will be between 0 and 1.5 frames and have the same value as the video synchroniser delay plus the 0.5 frame video delay. The Dolby E TAD will be between 0 and 1 frame and have the same value as the video synchroniser delay. A control sets the time the TAD takes to track fast or abrupt changes in video delay
The audio is normally delayed by the same amount as the video but an adjustable audio delay from -20ms up to 80ms on each stereo pair of linear AES will compensate for any small delay between the incoming video and audio signals. Delay is either on or off for any given stereo pair. Adjustments in the negative range will only have an effect up to the maximum value of other delays in the chain
A fixed audio delay for both linear AES and Dolby E of 0, 1 or 2 frames is available to match the equivalent video delay
If a Dolby E channel is set for automatic alignment an audio delay of 0 to 1 video frame automatically delays the Dolby E signal so that the guardband is correctly aligned with the video timing
The -10 to +40 Dolby E samples adjustable delay in the Dolby E path allows the position of the Dolby E frame relative to the video to be nudged, deliberately offsetting the Dolby E from its correct position to compensate for processing further downstream

AUDIO REPLACE
SYNNER-E 3G has two 32 input/16 output mono audio routing matrices. One is the embedder output router, with the other the AES output router
These allow up to 32 audio channels (16 embedded channels from up to four groups present on the input video, plus up to eight external stereo pair AES inputs) to be routed to 16 outputs for either embedding into up to four groups on the output video, or up to eight external stereo pair AES outputs
HANC cleaning removes the original version of old groups

AUDIO PROCESSING
Audio processing can be applied to linear AES only. It cannot be applied to Dolby E
Gain level adjustment on each channel between +18dB and -18dB in 0.1dB steps with 0dB calibration. There are a total of 32 audio gain controls, for the 16 channels of audio de-embedded from the video and 16 channels of external AES audio
Mute
Inversion
Stereo to mono conversion

VIDEO PROCESSING
Video proc-amp for picture optimisation and to help maintain colour fidelity, with adjustment of the video gain, black level and independent YUV gains, with a maximum increase of 200%

ANCILLARY DATA
Ancillary data passed unless set to blank (by enabling VANC blanking)

LED INDICATION OF:
Power supplies on board
Video input HD/SD
Input audio groups present
Gains not calibrated
GPI output 6 active

PRESETS
The current board settings can be saved in one of 16 locations to be recalled as required

GPI INPUT LEVELS
Active: pull to ground, pulled up to +5V through 10 kohm

GPI OUTPUT LEVELS
Electrically: Open collector transistors 30V, 270 ohm current limit resistors. Pulled up to +5V through 6800 ohm

GPI INPUTS
Four GPI inputs can be used to recall stored presets

GPI OUTPUTS
One GPI output (GPI 6) is reserved for alarm indication. It may be assigned any number of 37 video and audio alarms:
Video missing
Input group 1 missing
Input group 2 missing
Input group 3 missing
Input group 4 missing
Silence group 1 channels 1 and 2
Silence group 1 channels 3 and 4
Silence group 2 channels 1 and 2
Silence group 2 channels 3 and 4
Silence group 3 channels 1 and 2
Silence group 3 channels 3 and 4
Silence group 4 channels 1 and 2
Silence group 4 channels 3 and 4
Silence AES 1
Silence AES 2
Silence AES 3
Silence AES 4
Silence AES 5
Silence AES 6
Silence AES 7
Silence AES 8
Dolby E on input group 1 channels 1 and 2
Dolby E on input group 1 channels 3 and 4
Dolby E on input group 2 channels 1 and 2
Dolby E on input group 2 channels 3 and 4
Dolby E on input group 3 channels 1 and 2
Dolby E on input group 3 channels 3 and 4
Dolby E on input group 4 channels 1 and 2
Dolby E on input group 4 channels 3 and 4
Dolby E on AES 1
Dolby E on AES 2
Dolby E on AES 3
Dolby E on AES 4
Dolby E on AES 5
Dolby E on AES 6
Dolby E on AES 7
Dolby E on AES 8
Video missing and input groups missing will assert an alarm immediately. The silence alarms can be delayed by up to 120 seconds before an alarm is asserted to prevent false alarming during quiet audio periods

LOCAL CONTROL
Intuitive board edge interface with two select buttons, shaft encoder and ten character alphanumeric display

REMOTE CONTROL
RS422/485
19200 baud, 8 bits, 1 stop no parity
Control from frame active front panel and remote panel
Statesman allows control from any PC on a network
SNMP monitoring and control available as a frame option