HD9690 Series HDTV Graticule Generator Manual
DESKTOP CONTROL PANEL OPERATION
Revision 1.5
Page 4-17
4.6.1. Turning the Cursor Object On and Off
To select the
cursor
object press the
CURSOR
button. The
cursor
object will blink momentarily (if the
cursor
is On and the
obj blink
item on the
setup
menu is enabled) and the
CURSOR
button will blink
indicating that the object is selected. The on screen display will be automatically turned on if the
OSD
TIMER
item on the
SETUP
menu is not set to
Off
and will indicate it the
cursor
object is On or Off. To turn
the
cursor
On or Off, press the
CURSOR
button when it is blinking. The
cursor
object will be automatically
de-selected after two minutes of inactivity on the front panel or when another object is selected. The
CURSOR
button will be illuminated brightly when it is On but not selected.
4.6.2. Centering the Cursor on the Raster
When
auto aspect ratio mode
is On the
cursor
object will always be centred on the raster. (The OSD will
show
centred.)
When
auto aspect ratio
mode is Off the
SETUP
menu item
force centre
controls whether
the
cursor
will be centred or not (see section 4.2.6 for more information about
auto aspect ratio
mode).
When the
force centre
item is Off it is possible to independently position and size the
cursor
, using the
SIZE
and
POS
buttons and turning one of the shaft encoders as outlined in the following sections. (The
OSD will show
not centred.)
4.6.2.1.
Controlling the Cursor Colour
Press the
COLOUR
button to adjust the
cursor
colour. The colour of the
cursor
object can be adjusted in
the range of “0” through “14”, in single digit increments, using either shaft encoder. The colours that will
be displayed for each value are shown in Table 4-2.
4.6.2.2.
Controlling the Cursor Size
Press the
SIZE
button, when the
cursor
its button is blinking, to adjust the
cursor
size. The shaft encoders
are used to adjust the size of the
cursor
. The remote panel display will show the
cursor
size while the
SIZE
button is brightly illuminated. The On screen display will show the
cursor
size as pixels and lines
and as a percentage of its reference aperture. The
size adjust
function will be deselected after 3 minutes
of panel activity, or when another button is pressed.
4.6.2.3.
Controlling the Cursor Position (Objects not centred, Aspect Ratio Off)
Press the
POS
button while the
cursor
button is blinking to control the position of the
cursor
. When
auto
aspect ratio
mode is Off and the
Setup menu Force Centre
item is set to
no
the left shaft encoder is used
to adjust the vertical position of the
cursor
, i.e. move the
cursor
up or down,
and the right shaft encoder is
used to adjust the horizontal position of the
cursor
, i.e. move the
cursor
left or right. The remote panel
display will show the
cursor
position while the
POS
button is brightly illuminated. The
position adjust
function will be deselected after 3 minutes of panel activity, or when another button is pressed.
4.7.
CONTROLLING THE BOX OBJECTS
There are two
box
objects, called
box1
and
box2
. Each of the
box
objects can be controlled
independently, and operate the same way. Often
box1
is used to mark the safe action area and
box2
is
used to mark the safe title area. References throughout this section to the
box
object apply to either
box1
or
box2
. The box perimeter lines are shaped to avoid sharp transitions in the video. Line width may be
adjusted using the
Line Width a
ttribute. The locations of the box perimeter lines shown is the centre of the
line.
