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MDC – MK1 Operations Manual [
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SPECIFICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
4. ABOUT THE MAGELLAN MDC – MK1
There are 3 ways to control the Magellan MDC - MK1:
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By the buttons on the front panel
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By the infra-red remote control unit
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Directly from the computer via the serial (RS-232) port
However, this manual's description of controlling the unit is based on the operation of the front panel.
Descriptions of the IR control method, and serial control from the computer, are described later.
Shown below is a picture showing the front panel of the MDC-MK1.
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MENU BUTTON
is used to initiate front panel control of the unit, and select the various options and
features to change.
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OVERSCAN / -
this is a dual-purpose button that will be described in a moment, but is normally used
to decrease (or de-select) the currently displayed option or feature.
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FREEZE / +
this is another dual-purpose button, but normally used to increase (or set) the currently
displayed option or feature.
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POWER LED
this is illuminated when the Magellan MDC - MK1 has power
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OVERSCAN LED
this will illuminate when in the “Overscan Mode”
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FREEZE LED
this will illuminate when the MDC – MK1’s image has been frozen.
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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 it during normal use, but it can
be disabled if needed.
4.1 Quick-Set buttons
These are the dual-purpose buttons described earlier, and only function when in Status mode. They
are provided for quick access to certain often-used functions - i.e. Toggling Underscan and
Overscan, and Freeze.
4.2 Special button usage on Power-up
Certain buttons can be held down when applying power to the unit, to perform certain special
functions:
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Factory Reset
hold down both the OVERSCAN and FREEZE buttons when powering the unit
up. This will reset the unit to Factory settings (and set the unit into PAL video mode). It should
only be used if the unit's settings give an invalid output that the user cannot exit from, as this will
erase all user-settings.
