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MAIN MENU DETAILS
The main menu is located in the
control display
window and is the highest level menu from which
various sub-menus may be selected using the
adjacent push buttons.
Selections available from this menu are as follows:
Input
This selection reveals the Input Menu and allows
types of input signals to be activated.
Dig_A
Selects Digital input A
Dig_B
Selects Digital input B
Parallel
Selects the Composite Digital
Parallel input
Comb
This selection reveals the Comb Menu and allows one
of six types of comb filtering systems to be applied to
the signal.
Studio 1
This mode should be used for most
stable studio signal sources
Studio 2
This mode should be used for
‘non-sports’ type material.
Studio 3
(Only available in NTSC Mode)
This mode should be used for "real
life" type pictures e.g. sports etc. Use
this mode as a starting point.
MinDelay
This mode produces the minimum
input/output delay (approx 3 lines)
and may be used where audio delay
problems may exist and cannot be
compensated for.
Still
This mode gives best results with
sources that contain no motion.
e.g. Rostrum cameras and still
graphics.
Simple1
T h i s s i m p l e d e c o d e m o d e
incorporates a wide bandwidth
subcarrier notch filter.
Simple2
T h i s s i m p l e d e c o d e m o d e
incorporates a narrow bandwidth
subcarrier notch filter.
Line
This is a classical line comb with no
adaption
Genlock
This selection reveals the Genlock Menu which allows
the reference input to be selected and phasing
adjustments to be made.
Reference
This selection reveals the Reference sub-menu that
allows a particular reference signal to be selected. The
output signals will then be locked to that signal.
Reference
Input
This selection will lock the unit to the
signal connected to the rear panel
reference input.
Picture Input
This selection will lock the unit to the
picture input selected from the Input
Menu.
Freerun
When this selection is made the output signals will be
locked to the internal SPG of the unit.
Horizontal/Vertical
These selections allow the phasing between the
reference signal and the output signal to be adjusted.
Horizontal
This selection allows the horizontal
phasing to be adjusted in steps of
37 ns.
Preset value is 0 ns.
Vertical
This selection allows the vertical
phasing to be adjusted by
±
262 lines
(NTSC) or
±
312 lines (PAL) in steps
of 1 line.
Preset value is 0.
SECTION 4
Operation
MDD550050398
Software Version 1.3.1 onwards 4.13