NorthStar 6000i, Quickstart Manual And Reference Manual

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Reference section 7 — Video
Video sources
Northstar 6000i
Video sources
The Northstar 6000i can display video
signals from a variety of sources. TV
cameras, videotape, and DVD players all
can display their images on the
6000i’s
screen as long as the signals conform to
NTSC or PAL standards.
Just connect the video source’s cable to the
BNC connector on the back of the
6000i ,
and the signals are available for display. If
you have more than one signal you’d like
to see, you can use a video switch avail-
able at many electronics stores.
Video signals are not carried over the N2
network. A separate video cable must be
run to each
6000i display.
Video can be displayed full-screen, or as a
video window superimposed on the
primary navigation screens (
CHART , POSI-
TION , STEER , RADAR and SOUNDER ). You can
set the size of the video window, as well as
its transparency.
Displaying video
To display a video signal from a connected
source, press the
VIDEO
key.
The full-screen video image works just like
any other function — press
VIDEO
to
display it and press any other function key
to switch to another screen.
If no video signal is present, color bars are
displayed.
Video window
To turn on the video window (a small
window displayed on top of the other navi-
gation screens), press the
VIDEO
key a
second time. The video control screen
appears.
To turn the video window on or off, press
the
Video
menu key.
Configure the video window as follows:
•
set the window’s position on the screen
using the cursor pad
•
set the window’s size with the keypad
•
set the video transparency using the
IN
and
OUT
keys.
If you make the video window trans-
parent, you will be able to see through it to
the screen underneath.