Patent ID: 7562169

Claim:
A video and audio front end assembly, comprising: a circuit substrate having at least one analog input receptacle and a digital output bus; an analog to digital converter electrically connected to each said analog input receptacle; a channel matched filter device electrically connected to said analog to digital converter devices; an audio and video signal separating filter device electrically connected to said channel matched filter device; a video data framing device electrically connected between said channel matched filter and audio and video signal separating filter and said digital output bus; an audio data framing device electrically connected between said channel matched filter device and said digital output bus; input format detection means for detecting the format of a data stream received at each said input receptacle; and filter/separation switch means responsive to said input format detection means for electrically connecting each said analog to digital converter device to said video data framing and said audio framing devices, wherein said filter/separation switch means responds to each separated video input data stream received at said analog input receptacle by electrically connecting said output from said analog to digital converter devices electrically connected to said input receptacles receiving said separated video input data streams to said video data framing device, whereby said separated video input data stream is not acted upon by said channel matched filter device or said audio and video signal separating filter.