
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION
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| Kaleido-Solo
Picture Position
This configuration is taken into account only when input vertical resolution does not fill the monitor vertical resolution.
Center:
The image will be centered vertically.
Top:
The image will start at the top. This will leave space at the bottom of the output video for UMD, time
code, etc.
Dynamic Range
SDI video has a dynamic range from 16 for black to 235 for white. Dynamic range expansion broadens the range to
the full gamut of 0 to 255 that is available in an 8-bit system.
Expand:
Use the full dynamic range of 0 to 255 for the displayed video by expanding the input video data
(video processing implied). Video values lower than 16 will be clipped to 0.
Standard:
Display the video using the standard dynamic range of 16 to 235. Video values lower than 16 will be
displayed properly.
50Hz i/PsF
When the input signal is 1080i 50 Hz, it is not possible to automatically detect whether the video is 25 Hz PsF video or
50 Hz interlaced. If PsF is known to be present it must be manually selected, so that the Kaleido-Solo can properly
process the video image (de-interlacing for interlaced video; field-merging for PsF video).
Interlaced:
Use when the input video is in interlaced format. The video will be de-interlaced.
PsF:
Use when the input video is in PsF format. The video will be field-merged.
Test Pattern
The user can replace the displayed video with a test signal (a valid input video signal must be present).
Select from these choices:
Off:
The video appears at the output.
Color Bars:
Sends a 75% color bar test pattern (100% white), along with audio test tones (a continuous tone on
right channel with pulsed tone on left channel in every pair) to the Kaleido-Solo output.
Lip-sync:
Sends a special test signal comprising color bars and tone plus a visual element that is used to align
audio-video delays in a processing path.
The special test signal consists of 75% color bars within which a white square is inserted every 4 seconds for a
duration of 10 frames. Simultaneously with the beginning of the first field of video containing the white square, the
audio channels at the output are pulsed with a tone lasting 250 ms.
Viewing the video display and listening to the audio allows the user to time-align the audio and video for correct lip-
sync. Go to the
Audio
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General
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Delay (SPDIF/Analog)
menu (see section 5.4.1) to make the timing adjustment.