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G-700

G-700 Operation Manual

(Multiple channels Curved Screen Edge Blender)

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Page 1: ...G 700 Operation Manual Multiple channels Curved Screen Edge Blender Technical support E mail sales vnstw com Tel 886 2 8751 2785 ext 301 Cell 886 935 678 033 Skype vns inc Version 1 03 Website www vnstw com tw ...

Page 2: ... 15 6 10 Active 3D and passive 3D display 16 7 Internal Grid Pattern for Geometry Adjustment 17 8 OSD menu and operation 18 8 1 OSD simultaneous control in all channels 18 8 2 Picture Color Adjustment 19 8 3 Image Setup for PC graphics from VGA input 20 8 4 Image Properties 20 8 4 1 Color Preset mode Custom color 21 8 4 2 Input Signal selection 21 8 4 3 Scaling Display aspect ratio 21 8 4 4 Output...

Page 3: ...5 Shift Edge blending area shift and Edge Mask 38 12 5 6 Color Individual projector white balance and color correction 38 12 6 Gwarp PC tool 39 12 6 1 When Gwarp PC tool is necessary 39 12 6 2 System configuration 40 12 6 3 Gwarp operation 40 12 6 3 1 System connection 40 12 6 3 2 Warp Adjust 41 12 6 3 3 Video Wall 41 12 6 3 4 Edge Blend 42 12 6 3 5 Color Uniformity correction 42 12 6 3 6 Save fil...

Page 4: ...urned for repair Manufacturer will pay shipping charges for return shipments to customers Manufacturer does not assume responsibility for consequential damages expenses or loss of revenue inconvenience or interruption in operation experienced by the customer Warranty service shall not automatically extend the warranty period FCC CE statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with ...

Page 5: ...nment up to 17x17 grids through user friendly operation interface Geometry adjustment range is big enough for most of the applications By remote controller user can adjust corner position up to H _600 pixels and V _400 pixels in full HD output resolution If PC tool is used geometry alignment range will be double User can also apply serial connection among processing channels to increase geometry a...

Page 6: ...DMI cable it can support 4k 2k 30Hz If input from DVI or VGA signal source it can only support up to 1920x1200 60Hz Connect with all kinds of video sources and support none VESA standard input resolution 2 Output ports 1x HDMI Preset output resolution 720x480 XGA WXGA 1280x1024 1366x768 1400x1050 1600x1200 1920x1080 1920 1200 3 Loop out port 1x HDMI supports 3840 2160 30Hz for daisy chain connecti...

Page 7: ...lor correction for each projector 10 One PC tool can control up to 4 processing channels simultaneously 11 Able to perform flat curved screen seamless edge blending including irregular curved screen and 360 degrees curved screen D Edge Mask Able to do edge mask with black background in each edge up to 500 pixels E Passive and active 3D 1 Auto decode 3D signals for passive 3D display including sign...

Page 8: ...pplication J Image rotation and flip 4 Image 90 180 270 degrees rotation 5 Image flip in Front Rear Left Right and Top Bottom directions 6 POP image can be rotated at 90 270 degrees to display dual landscape contents on one portrait display with two contents at top bottom position K System control 1 1 5U housing for easy rack installation Professional design and reliable 2 Full function front pane...

Page 9: ...n curved screen it is possible that the image location is beyond the maximum adjustment range in manual adjustment In this case Gwarp PC tool is required to double the adjustment range h During installation setup process please apply FHD signal to the system for easy setup After finish the setup user can select optimized EDID from OSD menu to get optimized video quality i The optimized EDID resolu...

Page 10: ...s used user needs to save the setting into GeoBox through the OSD menu Anyplace Gwarp Pro select UserMap 1 10 to save the settings Then PC can be removed The saved settings include geometry and color uniformity information v When Power Off ON GeoBox it will maintain the final settings w User needs to save the final setting into Profile under Options menu for long tern stored inside the system Even...

Page 11: ...G 700 10 6 Applications case study 6 1 Conventional curved screen edge blending 6 2 4K daisy chain connection for curved screen edge blending ...

Page 12: ...blending d User needs to do geometry adjustment and warping function to align the images onto curved screen and let the images between two projectors have the same grid size and with necessary overlap pixels e After geometry and warp adjustment user can apply Video Wall function in G 700 to split the image crop correct area and assign to each projector f The last step is to do edge blending to com...

Page 13: ...t content 1 2 two projectors show one edge blended content and another one show standalone content All in one User can save all the settings in PROFILE and recall at any time by RS232 or remote controller Able to execute edge blending with projector at portrait position to increase image height G 700Ex can rotate the content and implement edge blending It is not necessary to rotate the content in ...

Page 14: ...G 700 13 6 7 High resolution Edge Blending with PC multi windows display card P4 P5 ...

Page 15: ...content with some overlapped pixels up to about 15 25 among outputs h GeoBox can do geometry alignment split the image assign image for each projector and capture the right size of the image for edge blending i The advantage for this kind of application is high output resolution However it still has some limitations The major input source shall come from multiple PC PC with multiple windows disply...

Page 16: ...ee projectors should have right image captured size to avoid different scaling factor in the projectors It can be adjusted through Video Wall Overlap function e To do edge blending on the front two projectors and the image in side wall only needs geometry alignment and Video Wall setting 6 9 Irregular curved display User can use G 700 to do manual adjust and achieve curved display for most of regu...

Page 17: ...ion 1080p 120Hz 3D signal and 1080p 24Hz frame packing 3D from Blue Ray into 720p XGA WXGA 100Hz 120Hz frame sequential 3D signal for DLPLink 3D Ready projectors Besides 3D format conversion GeoBox can also apply geometry alignment for active 3D curved screen display If user wants to implement active 3D edge blending user can t use color wheel synchronization system in DLP 3D Ready system and need...

Page 18: ...p2 PC tool is used the keyboard P key can activate grid pattern By continuously pressing PATTERN key different color grid patterns will appear cyclically from White Red Green Blue Blank If user wants to disable grid pattern please use Exit key in Remote Control or Menu key in Front Panel Each grid pattern is 32 pixels in width and height User can calculate the overlap pixel via the number of grid ...

Page 19: ...om VNS website Continuously press Pattern hotkey user will show the same external pattern in all projectors for easy geometry alignment If user uses Gwarp PC tool user can set grid size to 50x50 to get the same grid size in all projectors 8 OSD menu and operations 4 processing channels will share the same OSD Menu keys and remote controller Please select the channel through front panel key pad or ...

Page 20: ...how the same INDEX when follow CH A B Profile Number key don t select from OSD direction key Profile menu will show up for 5 seconds till the system finishing settings User needs to store the same settings into the same Profile Index so that end user can select profile Index in all channels at the same time Except for the above all the other function only functional up to the first level of the OS...

Page 21: ...input is from another PC 8 4 Image Properties Image properties is designed to select image color temperature adjust independent RGB color select input port output resolution set display aspect ratio set PIP POP function and image flip rotation There are six sub menus Five items under Picture menu All the adjustments will be applied to both processing channels Under Edge Blend menu user can adjust ...

Page 22: ...ce image for full screen display Original AR To display source image with the same aspect ratio as source image The setting will also affect POP image display with full screen or original aspect ratio User can select input port from this menu or shortcut keys on remote controller and front control panel VGA and DVI A input are through the same input port in the system User can t use these two inpu...

Page 23: ...ted please apply progressive signal source to get the best video quality f If PIP POP image needs to be across entire screen user needs to use the first processing channel as PIP POP processor and output the image to HDMI port in next channel then daisy chain connection to all processing channels After edge blending user can see PIP POP across entire screen Display Under Display menu there are thr...

Page 24: ...osition adjustment If PIP POP image needs to be across entire screen user needs to use the first processing channel as PIP POP processor and output the image to HDMI port in next channel then daisy chain connection to all processing channels After edge blending user can see PIP POP across entire screen Ratio Aspect Ratio of the display image Only apply to PIP function Full Screen the same aspect r...

Page 25: ... applied to entire image including PIP POP images User can see the direction of the TEXT R to do image flip and rotation OSD Menu will maintain at original direction without change 9 Video Wall Setting The purpose for Video Wall Setting is to determine the display Matrix split the image and assign each GeoBox display device to the right location in the matrix The overlap pixel between two images c...

Page 26: ...p image for edge blending and assign to projectors Use Zoom to split input image in horizontal and vertical directions Maximum split image is 15x15 in both horizontal and vertical directions from single input source Use Pan to determine the location of each split image in the display in both horizontal and vertical directions Default setting Horizontal Pan 1 Vertical Pan 1 For 3x1 displays Horizon...

Page 27: ...ap region It can compensate geometry mis alignment and let image become much clearer 9 4 Example for video wall settings in edge blending After geometry alignment and Zoom Pan Double images in overlapped area Need to do Overlap setting Original images connected to three projectors before geometry alignment Use Overlap to determine overlapped pixels between two adjacent displays It will change imag...

Page 28: ...nsole and PC 3D signal will be decoded by GeoBox into signals for Right Left eyes The signal needs to be displayed through two projectors Each projector will display signal only for right eye or left eye User needs to set a polarized filter in front of the projector and also wears polarized glasses The glasses need to match the polarized filter in front of the projectors so that the right eye can ...

Page 29: ...eft eye can only see the scene for one eye g Use geometry alignment function to align the images from two projectors completely matching together Please place the polarized filter in front of the projector before 4 Corner adjustment because polarized filter will affect the direction of light beam from projectors Some deviation is allowed for 3D display but will affect the performance in 2D display...

Page 30: ...ompatibility issue and only one projector shows image Are the HDMI cables qualified and the length not too long After the above procedures apply 3D signal source and wear 3D glasses user can enjoy the most comfortable and healthy 3D system It is the best solution for children with minimum harm to the eyes 11 Active 3D applications For DLP Link or Nvidia 3D Vision active 3D display user needs to pr...

Page 31: ...e 3D system may meet R L inverse image issue User needs to swap R L channel through glasses or projector The major functions of G 700 in active 3D applications are a Geometry adjustment to fit image on to curved screen b Edge blending to enlarge the display with multiple active 3D projectors c Image stacking to enhance the brightness using multiple active 3D projectors d Format conversion Convert ...

Page 32: ...Maximum adjustment range in both side Horizontal 600 Pixels Vertical 400 pixels c Under WXGA 1920x1200 output resolutions the adjustment range are as follows 2x2 Corner adjustment in one side Horizontal 300 Pixels Vertical 200 pixels 3x3 curved 5x3 Curved adjustment Horizontal 300 Pixels Vertical 200 pixels Maximum adjustment range in one side Horizontal 600 Pixels Vertical 400 pixels Maximum adju...

Page 33: ...x3 5x5 9x5 adjustment result b If user finishes 3x3 5x3 adjustment and go back to 3x3 menu then it will reset the adjustment in 5x5 adjustment and only keep 3x3 adjustment result c If user press Reset key in 3x3 adjustment all the adjustment in 3x3 and 5x3 will be reset and only 2x2 will be kept d 9x5 alignment will have the same behavior If user goes back to low grid alignment only low grid align...

Page 34: ...alignment It can align the images from two projectors on curved screen with good quality without Gwarp PC Tool d Below is the list for the accuracy of geometry adjustment in different overlap pixels GeoBox output resolution 1920 1080 1280 800 1024 768 Min adjustment flexibility 240 480 720 320 480 640 256 384 512 Max adjustment flexibility 352 608 832 224 256 384 416 544 576 192 320 448 576 i Once...

Page 35: ...1 Edge selection and settings a Edge is to select the edge for edge blend and set overlapped pixel number b User can execute edge blending at any edge c Maximum edge blend pixels are 900 If over this number please consider using image stack or change aspect ratio in projector to shrink projection image User can also reduce edge blending area by geometry alignment in two vertical borders of edge bl...

Page 36: ... Enter key after selecting gamma value to see the result b Banding effect in edge blending area is related to projector color setting and gamma curve The projector should have the same gamma setting and Display Mode c Please disable Dynamic color or Brilliant color function in the projectors These function will change gamma curve based on the content and affect final edge blending image quality Tw...

Page 37: ... serious Left picture is to show banding effect in edge blending area This issue is related to many factors Screen gain value under 1 5 is recommended Projector should be the same model with the same gamma and Display Mode settings Usually DLP projector will get better result Signal content To avoid pure color or pure white color content Multimedia is the best Overlap range too small overlap range...

Page 38: ...ending border The maximum difference should be under 300 pixels c Projector display imager such as DMD LCD and LCOS will have some image borders due to active display window is not at full range of the imager In dark environment viewer may see this kind of black level uplift in image borders It is outside active display area and can t be corrected User can find Non transition and Transition offset...

Page 39: ... the top and bottom points to get accurate positions Maximum adjustment range is 300 pixels If users still see some deviation in the border line It means the geometry alignment in overlapped area is not accurate enough Please correct this issue from geometry alignment Shift is to shift the whole edge blending area to other location The width of the edge blending area will remain the same and only ...

Page 40: ...are system can execute complete edge blending function without Gwarp PC tool In below conditions Gwarp PC tool may be still necessary in edge blending operation a The grid pattern for manual geometry alignment is up to 9 5 only It can meet most of the application requirements However if the screen is irregular curve or more precise alignment is required Gwarp PC tool is needed for further geometry...

Page 41: ...ome projectors need Gwarp alignment user can set the grid size with 32x32 pixels to match manual alignment grid size 12 6 3 Gwarp operation 12 6 3 1 System connection Connect G 700 and PC via USB type B cable The interface is standard Windows HID and no special driver is required Unzip Gwarp file Open Gwarp exe Click Connect to connect COM port After connection it will show output signal resolutio...

Page 42: ...r alignment Usually user needs to apply 2x2 geometry alignment first to draw image 4 corners to the required positions then go to curved alignment 3x3 or 5x5 for further geometry alignment For most of the applications we propose to follow 2x2 3x3 5x5 9x9 sequence for geometry alignment Please note that if you execute 9x9 or 17x17 and back to 5x5 it will only keep 5x5 data and reset all the rest Ho...

Page 43: ...o will save Gwarp result into G 700 User can create up to 10 different Gwarp results into GeoBox User needs to save the final result in each channel separately After save the file please turn off Pattern in Gwarp2 Hotkey on keyboard CTRL P so that user can see the system OSD through keypad or remote controller Next step is to activate GeoBox OSD to load Gwarp result under Anyplace Gwarp menu Selec...

Page 44: ...one image To set parallel vertical overlap edges between 2 adjacent projectors and let the positions of the lines close to pre marked positions will get better video quality d Projector setting Reset projector to default setting To disable Auto Alignment function if user wants to use VGA analog input signal to avoid image shift during projector switching ON OFF process Disable Auto Keystone functi...

Page 45: ...an be done by curve adjustment Apply 3x3 Curved geometry alignment to draw the edge center points and center line of the image to meet edges and center line of screen Please use 5X3 Curved to do further alignment If the grids in overlap area can t match together please align the top edge first to let the grids from two projectors align together then to alignment the rest points of the vertical lin...

Page 46: ...0 1024x2 224 x 224 2 118 pixels If user still sees some blurred image in edge blending area please increase or decrease Overlap value in Video Wall setting to improve video quality If the adjusting value is more than 1 please divide this value for adjacent projectors For example if the value should be 2 in center projector LH edge then please add 1 in RH edge of the 1st projector and 1 in 2nd proj...

Page 47: ...e blending area User can use Corner to eliminate these grey bars k Image quality fine tuning The final performance will be a combination of many factors projector characteristics projector setting screen ambient light and GeoBox setting Banding in overlap area under dark environment is caused by light leakage in the projector optic system It is not possible to be fixed by signal manipulation The o...

Page 48: ... mode b Reset from Factory setting mode will reset all settings to factory default settings including input output and Profile settings Activate Options Menu by Front Panel keypad or Remote Controller In Information menu it will show the information in GeoBox such as output mode input mode Model name and Microcode version In Language menu three languages can be selected as OSD Language English Sim...

Page 49: ...ctory default settings but all other settings will remain the same without change Anyplace menu will reset the settings in Anyplace function to its factory default settings but all other settings will remain the same without change 13 4 Accessibility 13 4 1 Button Repeat Rate OSD Button Repeat Rate In Reset menu three types of Reset can be done Reset All reset Video Wall and reset Anyplace functio...

Page 50: ...ttern will be also controlled by the time setting in Menu Time Out menu For Anyplace geometry adjustment we recommend user to set OSD Menu Time Out to Off to maintain continuously display of the pattern and OSD on the screen 13 4 3 Logo Time Out 13 4 4 Standby Time Out system power ON OFF control by input signal This function is to turn off output signal complete through signal source OSD Menu Tim...

Page 51: ...n continuous output in GeoBox while input source or timing changes This kind of Smooth Switching Mode is only available when the signal change is in same vertical frequency such as within NTSC or Pal If the input timing change is between NTSC or PAL there will be still temporary There are 4 items under Settings menu Mute Audi mute or enable Box ID Set control ID Profile Save profile settings Netwo...

Page 52: ...te 85 ID function is only functional when all GeoBox IR receivers are put together When user presses 851 then all the GeoBox except ID No 1 will be locked with flashing LED on the front panel User can only control ID No 1 GeoBox in this case We recommend to install IR receivers in different locations for easy remote control access then 85 ID setting is not necessary 13 5 4 Profile Setting User can...

Page 53: ...remote controller RS232 or Ethernet 13 5 5 Network 13 5 5 1 RS232 Command Profile is to save and load all GeoBox settings When reset the system or FW update the settings saved in Profile will remain the same without change If the FW version had been changes it may reset Profile as well Five Indexes can be chosen to save GeoBox settings in each processing channel and can be reloaded by IR remote co...

Page 54: ...rotocol between GeoBox and a Host computer can be provided The protocol can be implemented via RS 232 USB Ethernet or other forthcoming communication methods Detailed RS 232 protocol can be provided as needed 13 5 5 2 RS232 setting a Serial port setup b Terminal setup ...

Page 55: ...rnal Ethernet to RS232 conversion box to control GeoBox through Ethernet Below are the procedures to use WiFi connection to control OSD operation or implement RS232 commands Use Ethernet cable to connect GeoBox and WiFi router through LAN port Connect WiFi between PC or smart phone and WiFi Router Activate Ethernet OSD Options Setting Ethernet User can save up to 5 settings into Profile User can c...

Page 56: ...ain to get connection In Ethernet menu there are two items DHCP IP Static IP If user selects DHCP IP user should see IP Address similar to left diagram DHCP IP is assigned by Ethernet router or Ethernet switch hub User can also select Static IP It will show static IP address User needs to configure the IP address with the same network domain Otherwise user can t communicate with GeoBox ...

Page 57: ...menu If user has Ethernet connection problem please power ON OFF GeoBox or WiFi router again GeoBox 13 5 6 EDID setting 13 1 1 EDID setting a Selective EDID setting is added into GeoBox The purpose are as follows GeoBox can support big range of input signal timing from XGA up to 4k 2k In order to get the best video performance user needs to select different input signal resolution Different PC dis...

Page 58: ...D in GeoBox d If user wants to create custom output resolution in PC user needs to select GeoBox as display device for further settings Please select Reduced Blanking timing in high resolution output to reduce the output clock for easy high speed data connection Activate EDID setting menu Options Setting EDID Use IR remote controller to select desired EDID After select EDID signal source will auto...

Page 59: ...ficulty and performance issue b Usually higher contrast ratio in the projector will have better black level performance The projector with contrast ration more than 3000 1 is recommended for multiple projector edge blending In a dark environment video projector with 10 000 1 contrast ration or higher will be better This contrast ratio should be native contrast ratio but not dynamic contrast ratio ...

Page 60: ...ge in the projector 8 White balance and grey level adjustment for each projector 9 One PC tool can control 4 processing channels simultaneously 10 Able to perform flat curved screen seamless edge blending including irregular curved screen and 360 degrees curved screen Video Wall 1 Magnify scroll pan through all inputs 2 Image split cropping and assign display location 3 Pixel based overlap adjustm...

Page 61: ...nt features for system integrators 1 Reliable and durable design for long term industrial and commercial applications 2 Able to use low cost projector no lens shift warping or edge blend function are required 3 Full functional keypads IR control 4 ID for each GeoBox Convenient for system installation and control through IR RS232 and Ethernet 5 Gwarp PC tool is available to control G 700 through US...

Page 62: ...61 17 Revision History Revision Date Originator Comments V 1 01 2016 10 17 Steve Wang First revision V 1 02 2016 11 15 Steve Wang Content modified V 1 03 2017 01 17 Steve Wang Add All function and new Gwarp2 ...

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