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M a g e l l a n

MDC – MK1

Computer To Video Down Converter

INSTALLATION &

OPERATION MANUAL

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Page 1: ...nformation in this manual is proprietary to and the property of FSR inc This publication is protected by the Federal Copyright Law with all rights reserved No part of this document may be reproduced transcribed or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior explicit written permission from FSR inc 244 Bergen Boulevard West Paterson NJ 07424 Tel 973 785 4347 Fax 973 785 4207 E Mail sales ...

Page 2: ...uick Set buttons 6 4 2 Special button usage on Power up 6 4 3 Special multi hold buttons 7 5 MENU STRUCTURE AND FEATURE CONTROL 7 5 1 Status 7 5 2 Adjust 8 5 3 Screen Size 9 5 4 Zoom 10 5 6 Manual Set 11 6 ADVANCED MENUS FEATURES 11 6 1 Advanced Settings 12 Video Standards PAL NTSC 12 Image Smoothing 12 AutoSet function 12 IR Control 12 RGB Term Input impedance 13 RS232 Control Mouse 13 Baud rate ...

Page 3: ...ideo output 16 7 IR Remote Control 16 7 1 Remote Control 16 7 2 How to do a manual set 18 8 Mouse Control 18 8 1 Introduction 18 8 2 Hardware setup 18 8 3 Magellan MDC MK1 setup 19 8 4 Using the mouse emulator 19 8 5 Toggling Zoom Pan and Mouse modes 20 9 RS232 Control 20 10 Appendix A Getting the most from your unit 23 11 Appendix B Trouble Shooting 24 12 Appendix C Technical Specifications 27 13...

Page 4: ...lso emulates mouse control for the PCs The non volatile memory retains all of the settings for each of the computer resolutions input into the MDC MK1 The MDC MK1 provides a computer monitor loop thru to allow the use of a local monitor and the composite and S Video outputs are active at the same time The outputs of the Magellan MDC MK1 can also be fed to one of FSR s Distribution Amplifiers Navig...

Page 5: ...output type depends on what your equipment can accept Composite Video Use the composite video output on the back of the MDC MK1 the BNC connector labeled Composite Out to the composite video input of your video equipment S Video Use the S Video output on the back of the MDC MK1 to connect to the S Video input of your video equipment S Video provides improved performance over Composite Video Connec...

Page 6: ...urrently displayed option or feature POWER LED this is illuminated when the Magellan MDC MK1 has power OVERSCAN LED this will illuminate when in the Overscan Mode FREEZE LED this will illuminate when the MDC MK1 s image has been frozen The internal sounder is used to confirm that a setting has changed and to indicate that the Magellan MDC MK1 is saving settings to non volatile memory You will hear...

Page 7: ...educed about the graphics resolution coming from your computer such as when you change your screen resolution 5 MENU STRUCTURE AND FEATURE CONTROL This section goes through the main menus available via the On Screen Display and what control they have over the unit Internally the IR and serial control links change the features in the same way as the buttons so this section is required reading whate...

Page 8: ...just You can enter this from Status mode by pressing the MENU button once This enters the beginning of a number of menus that allow complete control over the unit s features All menus time out after about 25 seconds of inactivity returning you to the Status display or you can press the button when Exit is displayed at the end of each menu list to return to the previous menu The various options fro...

Page 9: ...ings of the signal brightness Only use this feature when the full area of the computer screen is being used this will ensure that the unit sees the edges correctly and performs its task without errors If you have a problem a Manual Set mode is available to fine tune the values created by this mode Or simply re activate this feature when your computer screen is being more fully used Once complete t...

Page 10: ...ed Note that Again it is highly recommended that the user should have already run the AutoSet routine so that the unit knows exactly where the start and end of the computer image is within the incoming computer signal Otherwise the user may be able to pan to areas of the computer image that are completely empty The Panning settings are remembered when Zoom is subsequently turned off This could be ...

Page 11: ... this value until the computer image just starts to be cut off and then decrease by one VGA Width width of capture Increasing this value will make the input window wider thus capturing more pixels into the internal memory Ideally only capture just enough pixels to display the whole image VGA Top 4 start line of capture Similar to VGA Left increasing this value will move the top of the input window...

Page 12: ... routine views the video input from the computer If running AutoSet produces a resulting image that is torn mis aligned or too big for the TV it may be because the image is too dark for the MDC MK1 to correctly find the edges of the picture Altering the Sense setting will change the brightness needed to find the edges satisfactorily A setting of 1 will sense 30 brightness levels 2 will sense 60 an...

Page 13: ... mode in order to enable the mouse emulation Press the button to switch to Mouse mode and the button to switch to RS 232 Control mode Baud Rate for RS 232 Control In order to control the Magellan MDC MK1 from the computer it is necessary to set the same baud rate for both the unit and the controlling computer Press the and buttons to change to the required number The Magellan MDC MK1 does not disp...

Page 14: ...o accept separate horizontal and vertical sync only A composite sync signal can be fed into the unit in 3 different ways corresponding to one of the options listed in the table below Press the button to cycle forward through the options and the button to go back Sync In Option Description VGA H V Positive or negative horizontal sync on pin 13 Positive or negative vertical sync on pin 14 Green Sync...

Page 15: ... when problems arise and even then only when a full color bar is displayed on the computer screen and an oscilloscope is connected to a video output thus allowing monitoring of the effects Pressing the button increases the voltage at the ADC reference input thus making the sampled image darker and reducing clip effects the button decreases it making the image brighter but at some point will start ...

Page 16: ...trol 7 1 Remote Control The remote control can be used to control the features of the Magellan MDC MK1 change its settings and control the computer s mouse Make sure you have read the previous sections on controlling the features of the Magellan MDC MK1 before using the IR controller The Magellan MDC MK1 s LED s will change to show the features altered by the remote control and a beep will be emit...

Page 17: ...urther See the MANUAL SET option later in this section for details on how to manually adjust this feature FILTER This button will toggle between 4 and 6 line flicker reduction modes SIZE POSITION These buttons allow you to adjust the Underscan or Overscan size and position on the TV whichever is currently selected You can then use the arrow keys to adjust the horizontal and vertical size or positi...

Page 18: ... TV It is highly recommended that this method is only used when in Underscan mode or you will not know if you have adjusted the values correctly Press AutoSet on remote control twice within 1 5 seconds two beeps will be heard Adjust Top and left hand edge by pressing the arrow keys Press AutoSet again Adjust Bottom and right hand edge by pressing the arrow keys Press AutoSet this will give a high ...

Page 19: ...both the existing mouse and the Magellan MDC MK1 will share the same COM port and software driver If you are using a separate COM port for the Magellan MDC MK1 your PC may recognize that a Mouse is attached when booting up If it does not run Add New Hardware from the Control Panel to automatically install the Standard Serial Mouse driver You can now use the four arrow buttons to move your mouse po...

Page 20: ...he RS 232 in one of two ways Send the adjust name followed by and a number plus a carriage return to alter any setting you see displayed on the lower line of the LCD display E g If you were using a terminal emulator program you could type the following command to immediately set flicker reduction to 6 lines Flicker Red 6 Send just the adjust name plus a carriage return to retrieve back the current...

Page 21: ...ID value The default value is 0 Send the command ID Restrict nnn where nnn is the number of the Magellan MDC MK1 unit you wish to control from 0 to 255 Follow this with whatever commands you wish to send Units where RS232 ID is not identical to the ID Restrict value will not respond to or acknowledge these commands To disable this feature you have to make the RS232 ID the same on all units recomme...

Page 22: ...justs image height Output Sig YUV RGB Selects appropriate output signal type Pan X Pos n Adjusts Pan left right position when in Zoom mode higher value Panned to the right Pan Y Pos n Adjusts Pan up down position when in Zoom mode higher value Panned to the bottom Reset Off On On does a reset to user settings Automatically goes back to Off RGB Term Off Auto Auto try to detect if monitor is attache...

Page 23: ...ter the vertical image quality Video monitors have a fixed number of lines available for displaying pictures for PAL it is 576 for NTSC it is 480 although some of these are off the top and bottom edges of the screen So the more scan lines a graphics resolution has 800 x 600 resolution has 600 scan lines the more difficult it is to squeeze all these lines into the limited number available on the mo...

Page 24: ...hat the brightness and contrast are set correctly There is no picture on the computer monitor Check that the monitor output from the computer is connected to the unit s Computer In connection Check that your computer monitor is connected to the Local Monitor connection on the back of the unit Check that your computer monitor is turned on and the brightness and contrasts are set correctly The displ...

Page 25: ... If you have altered the ADC Ref value to too low a value then this may make yellow appear very washed out and even white In some circumstances it can cause flashes within solid green areas Do a Factory Reset to restore the original settings see earlier in this manual on how to do this How can I reduce smearing Smearing usually occurs on Composite Video connections and is generally unavoidable unl...

Page 26: ...ur video is used to dealing with The mouse emulation is not working Check that the RS232 cable is connected correctly to both the RS232 port on the back of the Magellan MDC MK1 and to the serial port that the computer uses for the mouse Check that the Magellan MDC MK1 is setup for the mouse and not for serial control instead Check that the IR remote control has good batteries installed and that th...

Page 27: ...Female HD 15 D sub Video Output Signals Composite S Video RGB NTSC PAL Switchable Composite Output Connection Female BNC S Video Output Connection Female 4 Pin DIN Image Scaling Positioning Scaling Position Underscan and Overscan Maximum Lines without Line Dropping 768 Digital Flicker Elimination 4 Line Color Resolution 24 bit Power Requirement 12v DC 500 mA RESOLUTIO N MODE VERTICAL REFRESH RATE ...

Page 28: ...ill not be responsible for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the use or misuse of its products Some states do not allow the exclusion of incidental or consequential damages so the above limitations may not apply to you This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state Warranty claims should be accompanied by a copy of t...

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