VSC 150 • Introduction
VSC 150 • Introduction
Introduction, cont’d
Picture centering and panning
— Center the picture
horizontally and vertically or pan across the picture
with these front panel rotary controls.
Freeze mode
— This feature provides a still image of the
scan-converted picture.
Filtering controls
— Horizontal, vertical and encoder
filtering levels are user-selectable from the front
panel or remote controls for control of picture detail
clarity and flicker reduction.
Memory presets
— The VSC 150 offers 30 factory-defined
and 30 user-defined presets for size, zoom, panning,
centering and filtering settings. These settings can
be recalled automatically in association with a
particular input signal scan rate. Three additional
user-defined presets can be stored and retrieved
manually via IR or RS-232 remote control.
Executive mode
— To prevent unauthorized or accidental
adjustments to the VSC 150’s settings via front panel
controls, Executive mode locks all the front panel
features except centering controls. Adjustments can
still be made via RS-232 control and IR remote
control when executive mode is active.
Infrared (IR) remote control
— All the functions that can
be controlled via front panel controls can be also be
controlled via an IR remote control.
RS-232 control
— The VSC 150 can also be controlled via
computer or another control device through an
RS-232 connection and Extron’s Simple Instruction
Set
™
(SIS
™
) or the Extron graphical control program
for Windows
®
.
Choice of output formats
— NTSC/PAL composite video
output is continuously available on a rear panel BNC
connector. In addition, one other output can also be
active. Choose from the following formats via a rear
panel switch and cable connections:
• RGBHV (separate horizontal and vertical sync),
• RGBS (composite sync),
• Y, R-Y, B-Y (component video), or
• S-video output.
Genlock (burst lock) synchronization
— The VSC 150 can
be connected to a genlock (burst lock/black burst)
sync signal generator via rear panel connectors, and
the phase differences between the genlock sync and
output video sync can be adjusted separately for the
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About this Manual
This manual contains information about Extron’s VSC 150
scan converter and how to install, operate and configure it.
It also explains how to operate the IR 601 remote control.
About the VSC 150
Extron’s VSC 150 is a high resolution computer-to-video
scan converter with all digital controls. The VSC 150
converts a computer video signal into two display outputs
– composite video and one of the following:
• S-video,
• component video, or
• RGB video (RGBHV or RGBS)
for simultaneous scan-converted output on two separate
devices. This allows the video from a computer to be
displayed on a television monitor or recorded on a DVD,
VCR, video editing bay or other recording device. All of
the outputs are NTSC/PAL.
This scan converter accepts one Macintosh or VGA
computer input of a resolution up to 1152 x 900 and
provides a local monitor loop-out.
The VSC 150 is 1U high and one half rack wide. It is rack
mountable, and has an internal, autoswitching power
supply. It can be controlled via front panel buttons, RS-232
remote control, and infrared (IR) control.
MIN/
MAX
BURST
LOCK
HORZ
PHASE
SUB
PHASE
FREEZE
SIZE
HORZ
I
II
VERT
I
II
III
ENCODER
I
II
III
VSC 150
SCAN CONVERTER
50/60 Hz
100-240 V 0.3A
S-VIDEO
R-Y/B-Y/Y
RGB
R/R-Y
H
V
S
G/Y
B/B-Y
RS-232
OUT
IN
GENLOCK
S-VIDEO
P
AL OUT
75 OHM
VIDEO
MAC
VGA
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N
P
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S
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T
P
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S
FILTERING
CENTERING/PAN SIZE
GENLOCK
VSC 150 front and rear panels
Features
Picture sizing/zoom controls
— Separate digital rotary
controls on the VSC 150 allow horizontal and/or
vertical picture resizing to fit the display device or
zoom in or out. These settings are stored in user-
defined memories.
Introduction
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