Sony XDCU-50 User Manual
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Names and Functions of Parts
RETURN INPUT SELECT switches
Make settings related to return video signals.
For details, see “Return Video Signal Input and Output” 
(page 21).
Switch name
Settings
Description
ASPECT
SQUEEZE: Squeeze mode
LETTER BOX: Letter box mode
EDGE CROP: Edge crop mode
Specifies the conversion mode.
DETAIL LEVEL
HIGH: High
MID: Middle
LOW: Low
Selects the detail level (the 
degree of edge emphasis applied 
to the shooting subject) from 
among three stages.
CROSS COLOR 
SUPPRESSION
ON: Enabled
OFF: Disabled
Enables or disables the cross 
color suppression function of the 
down converter.
Switch name
Settings
Description
HDSDI/SDSDI/
VIDEO
HDSDI: Use the HDSDI signal
input from the RETURN INPUT 
SDI connector as the return 
video signal
SDSDI: Use the SDSDI signal input
from the RETURN INPUT SDI 
connector as the return video 
signal
VIDEO: Use the SD analog
composite signal input from the 
RETURN INPUT VIDEO 
connector as the return video 
signal
Selects the type of return video 
signal input to this unit.
AUTO/
SQUEEZE/
LETTER BOX/
EDGE CROP
AUTO: Determine the conversion
mode automatically on the basis 
of the wide ID signal added to 
the input return video signal.
When the input is 4:3, and when 
a wide ID signal cannot be 
detected, convert using Edge 
Crop. When the input is 16:9, 
convert using Squeeze.
SQUEEZE: Use Squeeze (16:9) to
process the input return video 
signal, and leave the signal as 
Squeeze.
LETTER BOX: Use Letter Box to
process the input return video 
signal. Convert the signal to 
16:9, with the top and bottom 
sides cut.
EDGE CROP: Use Edge Crop (4:3)
to process the input return video 
signal. Convert the signal to 
16:9, with black at both edges. 
Specifies the conversion mode 
used to up convert SD return video 
signals input to this unit to HD 
signals.
Note
When an HDSDI signal is selected 
as the return video signal, the 
setting of this switch does not affect 
the return video signal input.