Extron electronics Multi Video Processor MVP 104GX manuale d’uso

MVP 104GX Multi V ideo Processor 68-484-01 Printed in the USA[...]

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Quick Start — MVP 104GX Installation Step 1 T urn off power to the MVP 104GX and all other devices that will be connected. Step 2 If the MVP 104GX is to be rack mounted, insert the mounting screws and washers, as shown on the right. Step 3 Using Inputs 1, 2, 3, and 4, attach up to four composite/S-video input devices to the MVP 104GX. Inputs 1 an[...]

Quick Start — MVP 104GX, cont’d Menu Operation Pow er On Extron MVP 104GX Confirm Reset Freeze and Ne xt Multi Video Processor Picture Controls Window Blanking A udio Configuration Advanced Configuration System Resetting Please W ait Contrast Brightness Tint Color Audio Lev el Background Color color Window Priority A<1> B3 C4 D2 Window Bo[...]

i MVP 104GX Table of Contents T able of Contents Chapter 1 • Introduction ................................................................................. 1-1 About the MVP 104GX ........................................................................................ 1-2 MVP 104GX Features ........................................................[...]

MVP 104GX Table of Contents T able of Contents, cont’d ii 68-484-01 Rev. C Printed in the USA 03 02 Blanking submenu ...................................................................................................... 3-11 T op submenu ..............................................................................................................[...]

1 Chapter One Intr oduction About the MVP 104GX MVP 104GX Features MVP 104GX[...]

MVP 104GX Introduction Introduction About the MVP 104GX Extron’s MVP 104GX is a multi video processor featuring four inputs, three outputs, audio switching, and genlock capability . The MVP 104GX accepts up to four video inputs, both composite and S-video, and can simultaneously output all four video sources to a single output device. Each of the[...]

MVP 104GX Introduction 2 Chapter T wo Installation Rack Mounting Procedure Rear Panel Connectors Connecting the MVP 104GX Setting Up Genlock and V ertical Interval Switching MVP 104GX[...]

Installation MVP 104GX Installation If the MVP 104GX is to be rack mounted, follow the Rack Mounting Procedure below before pr oceeding any further . Otherwise, skip to Rear Panel Connectors and continue with the installation. Rack Mounting Procedur e 1 . Before pr oceeding, verify that the MVP 104GX is not cabled to any devices or connected to any[...]

MVP 104GX Installation 2-3 Rear Panel Connectors Figure 2-2 — Rear panel of MVP 104GX 1 AC power — Standar d AC power connector for a power source of 100 – 240V AC, operating at 50/60 Hz. 2 Input 1: composite video input and loopout — One female BNC for composite video input, and one female BNC for buffered composite video loopout. 3 Input [...]

MVP 104GX Installation Installation, cont’d 13 Genlock input — Connect an external black burst signal for genlocking the video signal in broadcast or other sync-critical applications. 14 Genlock output — Connect any downstream equipment that requir es genlocking for broadcast or other sync-critical applications. Connecting the MVP 104GX The M[...]

MVP 104GX Installation 2-5 4 Connect up to three output devices to the MVP 104GX using composite video output A, composite video output B, and S-video output C. 5 For ster eo audio input, connect up to four audio sources to audio inputs 1, 2, 3, and 4. See the following Audio input and output section. 6 For ster eo audio output, connect an audio ou[...]

MVP 104GX Installation Installation, cont’d 2-6 Balanced audio 1 . Attach the audio cable to a balanced speaker input connector (tip, ring, and sleeve), as shown here. 2 . Attach the other end of the audio cable to the audio cable connector (Extron part number 10-319-10). Fasten the captive screws inside the audio cable connector as shown in figu[...]

MVP 104GX Installation 2-7 Genlock connections A genlock (black burst generator) device can be connected to the MVP 104GX via the BNC connectors shown below . The genlock feature allows the MVP 104GX to be synchronized with other system components for seamless vertical interval switching between sources. See Setting Up Genlock and V ertical Interva[...]

MVP 104GX Installation Installation, cont’d 2-8 T o synchronize the MVP 104GX’s video output with a genlock signal, follow these steps: 1 . Power up and turn on all the devices that will use the genlock signal. The devices must be on for at least 15 to 20 minutes before proceeding with any adjustments. 2 . Connect the active timing source signa[...]

MVP 104GX Installation 2-9 Oscilloscope displays What you see on the oscilloscope while adjusting the MVP 104GX to match the genlock signal depends on the type of signal used, the type of oscilloscope, and the procedur e the scope requires. This section shows some examples of oscilloscope displays. Figure 2-6 below shows the genlock input signal (t[...]

MVP 104GX Installation Installation, cont’d 2-10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330 340 350 +40 -40 A1 A2 A3 B1 B2 B3 Figure 2-8 below shows an example of a view of a vectorscope during adjustment of the color subcarrier phase (SC/H). The subcarrier phase sh[...]

MVP 104GX Installation 3 Chapter Thr ee Operation Front Panel Features Menu Flowchart Front Panel Operation Optimizing the Image Using the Menu System MVP 104GX[...]

Operation MVP 104GX Operation 3-2 Front Panel Featur es Figure 3-1 — Fr ont panel details of the MVP 104GX 1 Input selection — The four input buttons turn on and turn off the input window images to the output. The green LED above each button lights whenever the input image is selected. 2 Freeze control — Holding down this button and then pr e[...]

MVP 104GX Operation 3-3 11 V ertical sizing — While the menu system’s LCD display is in the default mode (see the Menu Flowchart section) and a window is active, rotating this adjustment knob increases or decreases the vertical sizing of the window image. This knob is also used to adjust other functions. 12 Horizontal sizing — While the menu [...]

MVP 104GX Operation Operation, cont’d 3-4 Front Panel Operation The functions of the front panel controls ar e described in the following sections. Input selection The four numbered Input selection buttons (1 – 4) will select from among the 4 separate input sources: Input 1 : selects either a composite video or S-video input Input 2 : selects e[...]

MVP 104GX Operation 3-5 User pr esets Before storing any pr esets, first optimize the window images by setting the picture controls (contrast, brightness, tint, color), the sizing and positioning (horizontal and vertical), and the blanking (top, bottom, left, right). See the “Optimizing the Image” section. The eight user Preset buttons save/r e[...]

MVP 104GX Operation Operation, cont’d 3-6 Figure 3-4 — MVP 104GX factory pr eset window patter ns Active window selection Press the Active window selection button repeatedly to cycle thr ough all active input windows (the green LED lights). An active window is available only if its corresponding Input selection button has been previously select[...]

MVP 104GX Operation 3-7 displays the selected menus and submenus. See the sections Menu Flowchart and Using the Menu System . Horizontal sizing While the MVP 104GX is in the Default Cycle menu (see the Default Cycle menu section), selecting an active input window and rotating the Horizontal sizing knob sizes the selected window image horizontally .[...]

MVP 104GX Operation Operation, cont’d 3-8 in mind that sizing the window horizontally moves the right side of the window only . b . Horizontal sizing — Rotate the Horizontal sizing knob to adjust the right side of the window . c . V ertical positioning — Rotate the V ertical positioning knob to move the top side of the selected window to a de[...]

MVP 104GX Operation 3-9 Using the Menu System The MVP 104GX menu system is accessed through the Menu and Next buttons while viewing the LCD panel display . See the previous Menu Flowchart section as a helpful guide while navigating the menu system. Use the chart below to reference the various flowchart arrows. Figure 3-5 — MVP 104GX flowchart arr[...]

MVP 104GX Operation Operation, cont’d 3-10 Picture Controls Contrast Brightness Tint Color 000 – 150 000 – 050 000 – 032 000 – 100 1 – 4 1 – 4 1 – 4 1 – 4 V ertical sizing : Horizontal sizing : V ertical positioning: Horizontal positioning : Press the Menu button to advance to the Picture Controls menu, or return to the Default Cy[...]

MVP 104GX Operation 3-11 corner of the LCD panel. Press the Next button to return to the Picture Controls menu, or press the Menu button to exit the Color submenu and advance to the W indow Blanking menu. Window Blanking menu Remove unwanted information/noise from the edges of each displayed image by adjusting the blanking. After selecting a window[...]

MVP 104GX Operation Operation, cont’d 3-12 A udio Configuration Audio Le vel -15 – +09 dB 1 – 4 Right submenu Increase or decrease the Right blanking from 0 to 16 by rotating the V ertical sizing knob until the unwanted information no longer appears. The selected window number (1, 2, 3, or 4), designated by pressing the Active window selectio[...]

MVP 104GX Operation 3-13 Advanced Configuration System Resetting Please Wait Background Color color Window Priority A<1> B3 C4 D2 Window Borders ON <OFF> Video Format System Reset F reeze and Next Confirm Reset F reeze and Next Windows T ext 1 – 4 1 – 16 characters T ext Location top left <NTSC> P AL #1 Input Mode #2 mode mode[...]

MVP 104GX Operation Operation, cont’d 3-14 T ext Style submenu Specify the text style for all output windows as either solid or translucent by rotating the V ertical sizing knob. Pr ess the Next button to advance to the T ext Location submenu, or pr ess the Menu button to exit the T ext Style submenu and pr oceed to the Genlock menu. T ext Locati[...]

MVP 104GX Operation Exit Menu Confirm Reset submenu Confirm the menu system reset by first holding down the Freeze button, then press the Next button (the system advances to the System Resetting Please W ait submenu), or press the Next button to return to the Background Color submenu, or press the Menu button to exit the Confirm Reset submenu and p[...]

MVP 104GX Operation Operation, cont’d 3-16[...]

MVP 104 Operation 4 Chapter Four Windows ® -based Contr ol Pr ogram Installing Windows-based Control Software Using the Software MVP 104GX[...]

Windows-based Control Pr ogram MVP 104GX Windows-based Control Program 4-2 The MVP and SVS Control Program (Extr on part number 29-047-01), which is used by the MVP 104GX, r equires W indows 95/98, NT , or later . It provides remote contr ol of MVP 104GX functions. Installing the Windows ® -based Control Softwar e The program is contained on two 3[...]

MVP 104GX Windows-based Control Program 4-3 3. Using normal W indows controls, you can perform many of the same adjustments as from the MVP 104GX fr ont panel. The illustration below , which shows the four input windows, is an example of the window adjustment screen that appears after the Adjust W indow button is selected from the pr evious MVP and[...]

MVP 104GX Windows-based Control Program Windows-based Control Program, cont’d 4-4[...]

MVP 104 Windows Control Program 5 Chapter Five Pr ogrammer’ s Guide Remote Control Port (RS-232/RS-422) Host-to-MVP 104GX Communications MVP 104GX MVP 104GX[...]

Programmer’ s Guide MVP 104GX Programmer’s Guide 5-2 Remote Control Port (RS-232/RS-422) The MVP 104GX RS-232/RS-422 port connector is used to connect to a host or external controlling device, such as a computer or control system which can generate the proper command codes and recognize the MVP 104GX responses. The MVP 104GX comes from the fact[...]

MVP 104GX Programmer’s Guide 5-3 Symbol definitions: = CR/LF • = space = CR Esc = escape = Inputs, 1 - 4 = Audio inputs, 0 - 4 = Audio gain, 0 thru 9 (dB) = Audio attenuation, 1 thru 15 (dB) = Numerical value, -15 thru +9 = User presets, #1 thru 24 = Factory patterns, #51 thru 70 (for 1 - 20) = W indowing values (various) = Picture contrast, 0 [...]

MVP 104GX Programmer’s Guide Programmer’ s Guide, cont’d COMMAND/RESPONSE T ABLE COMMAND ASCII RESPONSE DESCRIPTION Left Edge Size Left edge size right +H Hph Size left edge of input image to the right Left edge size left –H Hph Size left edge of input image to the left T op Edge Size T op edge size down +/ Vph Size top edge of input image [...]

MVP 104GX Programmer’s Guide 5-5 Contrast Specific value * ^ Con Sets input contrast to Increment up +^ Con Increment input contrast one step Decrement down –^ Con Decrement input contrast one step Brightness Specific value * Y Brt Sets input brightness to Increment up +Y Brt Increment input brightness one step Decrement down –Y Brt Decrement[...]

MVP 104GX Programmer’s Guide Programmer’ s Guide, cont’d 5-6 Audio Channel Gain Audio gain * GI n •Aud= Set audio gain for input to Audio Channel Attenuation Audio gain * gI n •Aud= Set audio attenuation for input to View Audio Input Channel Gain V iew audio gain GI n •Aud= Display audio gain for input V iew audio gain gI n •Aud= Disp[...]

MVP 104GX Programmer’s Guide Example responses to commands 1. Response to Request general information (I/i) command: A1•Aud+06•Pri2314•Bdr1•Bkg2•Exe0•Abl1•TpO2•TpA1•TpB2• Tlc3•Txs0 Audio input selection (A) = input 1 Audio gain (Aud) = +06 W indow priority (Pri) = 2314, where window 2 is on the top, followed by window 3, the[...]

MVP 104GX Programmer’s Guide Programmer’ s Guide, cont’d 5-8 T2•Aud+02•Col100•T in22•Con95•Brt20•Frz0•Blk0 •Det1 •Kro 1•[FEW WORDS] The following r esponse example refers to input 2. V ideo type detected (T) = 2 (P AL) Audio gain (Aud) = +02dB Picture color (Col) = 100 Picture tint (T in) = 22 Picture contrast (Con) = 95 P[...]

MVP 104 Programmer’s Guide A Appendix Refer ence Information Configuring the MVP 104GX for RS-422 Specifications MVP 104GX[...]

MVP 104GX Reference Information Configuring the MVP 104GX for RS-422 The MVP 104GX comes configured fr om the factory for RS-232 communications. If an RS-422 configuration is required, follow the procedur es below . The procedur es involve removing the top cover , relocating the serial port ribbon cable, setting the jumper , and replacing the top c[...]

MVP 104GX Reference Information A-3 Figure A-2 — RS-232 to RS-422 cable and jumper positioning 3 . Remove and replace the jumper on the alternate jumper position, as shown in figure A-2 . Replacing the top cover 1 . Befor e replacing the top cover , be sure that all internal wiring is safely within the enclosure. 2 . Carefully position the top co[...]

MVP 104GX Reference Information A-4 Specifications — MVP 104GX Video Gain ................................................ Unity Differential phase error .............. 1.5º, 0 to 10 MHz Differential gain error ................. 1.5%, 0 to 10 MHz Video input and loopthrough Number/signal type ................... 4 S-video, 8 NTSC/PAL composite v[...]

MVP 104GX Reference Information A-5 Connectors ................................... 1 3.5 mm captive screw connector, 5-pole Impedance .................................... 50 ohms unbalanced, 100 ohms balanced Gain error ..................................... ±0.1dB channel to channel Maximum level (Hi-Z) ................ >+21dBu, balanced at sta[...]

MVP 104GX Reference Information A-6[...]

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