The 7736CEM line of component serial digital to composite analog video converters are broadcast quality encoders with an extensive list of additional features. An audio de-embedder with high quality audio digital to analog conversion can be packaged with the encoder to create a video/audio frame synchronizer/conversion package. The 7736CEM product features various video processing functions such as VITC, closed captioning and SID extraction during the encoding process, as well as monitoring video for black and freeze conditions. The modules feature a clean (asynchronous) and a fast (synchronous) input video lock mode to handle upstream switches. The audio is processed, to extract level information for creating and displaying level and phase bar graphs. In addition, the audio is analyzed for periods of high level, silence, mono, and out-of-phase conditions. All of this status information is displayed on the monitoring analog output via on-screen display (OSD) overlay. VistaLINK® enables remote monitoring, control and configuration capabilities via Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). This offers the flexibility to manage operations including signal monitoring and module configuration from SNMP enabled control systems (Manager or NMS) locally or remotely.