
VP400 Series Video Pro
Form7343A
Operation Manual
11
Signal Type Menu
A Signal Type menu(s) is displayed by pressing the
Signal Type pushbutton. This menu lists the different
output video signal types that may be produced by
the generator. Pressing the + or – pushbuttons show
additional signal type selections. An asterisk
indicates the selected or active signal type. Pressing
the pushbutton beside the signal types listed in the
display selects that signal type for output by the
generator.
HDTV/SDTV – YPbPr:
Analog luminance
(Y) and color difference signals (Pb,Pr) per
EIA standards commonly referred to as
component video.
HDTV/SDTV
– RGB: Analog red, green and
blue video signals per EIA standards.
VESA/Mac – RGB
: Analog red, green and
blue video signals per VESA and Apple/Mac
standards.
NTSC/PAL
: Analog composite color base-
band video signal via BNC connector or
separate analog luminance (Y) and
chrominance (C) video signal via S-video
connector or RGB component video via
analog pins of DVI connector per NTSC or
PAL standards. NTSC RF video signals via
RF connector on channel 2, 3, 4, or 6.
HDTV/SDTV – RF – 8VSB
: TV Digital
video with RF carrier modulated with 8 level
vestigial side-band modulation, per ATSC
standards, on channels 2-4, 7-10, and 30-32.
HDTV/SDTV – DVI:
Single link digital
video interface of red, green, blue
HDTV/SDTV video signals via differential
data and clock lines with a standard DVI
connector.
VESA/Mac – DVI
: Single link digital video
interface of red, green, blue video signals per
VESA and Apple/Mac standards via
differential data and clock lines with a
standard DVI connector.
SDI/HDSDI –
Serial digital video interface of
multiplexed Y, Cr, Cb video signals.
User
: User defined video formats.
Format Menu
A Format menu(s) is displayed by pressing
the FORMAT pushbutton. This menu is
also automatically displayed when a new
Signal Type is selected in the Signal Type
menu. This prompts you to select the
desired format to fully define the
generator’s output signal.
The Format menu(s) lists the different
signal formats that can be produced for the
selected Signal Type. Pressing the + or –
pushbuttons shows additional format
selections. An asterisk indicates the selected
or active format. Pressing the pushbutton
beside the format listed in the display,
selects the format for output by the
generator.