diff --git a/color.py b/color.py
index 24fdb16..3acc8d6 100644
--- a/color.py
+++ b/color.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 from __future__ import division
-from sstv import FREQ_BLACK, FREQ_RANGE
+from sstv import byte_to_freq, FREQ_BLACK
 from grayscale import GrayscaleSSTV
 
 class ColorSSTV(GrayscaleSSTV):
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ class ColorSSTV(GrayscaleSSTV):
 				yield item
 			for col in xrange(self.WIDTH):
 				pixel = image.getpixel((col, line))
-				value = pixel[index]
-				freq_pixel = FREQ_BLACK + FREQ_RANGE * value / 255
+				freq_pixel = byte_to_freq(pixel[index])
 				yield freq_pixel, msec_pixel
 
 	def before_channel(self, index):
diff --git a/grayscale.py b/grayscale.py
index 3ca0aa4..10422a3 100644
--- a/grayscale.py
+++ b/grayscale.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 from __future__ import division
-from sstv import FREQ_BLACK, FREQ_RANGE, FREQ_SYNC, SSTV
+from sstv import SSTV, byte_to_freq
 
 class GrayscaleSSTV(SSTV):
 	def gen_freq_bits(self):
@@ -13,16 +13,12 @@ class GrayscaleSSTV(SSTV):
 			for item in self.encode_line(line):
 				yield item
 
-	def horizontal_sync(self):
-		yield FREQ_SYNC, self.SYNC
-
 	def encode_line(self, line):
 		msec_pixel = self.SCAN / self.WIDTH
 		image = self.image
 		for col in xrange(self.WIDTH):
 			pixel = image.getpixel((col, line))
-			value = sum(pixel) / len(pixel)
-			freq_pixel = FREQ_BLACK + FREQ_RANGE * value / 255
+			freq_pixel = byte_to_freq(sum(pixel) / len(pixel))
 			yield freq_pixel, msec_pixel
 
 
diff --git a/sstv.py b/sstv.py
index 1d3c491..b84bc32 100644
--- a/sstv.py
+++ b/sstv.py
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ class SSTV(object):
 		yield parity_freq, MSEC_VIS_BIT
 		yield FREQ_SYNC, MSEC_VIS_BIT # stop bit
 
+	def horizontal_sync(self):
+		yield FREQ_SYNC, self.SYNC
+
+
+def byte_to_freq(value):
+	return FREQ_BLACK + FREQ_RANGE * value / 255
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 	from PIL import Image