Marshall electronic V-R171X-IMD-HDSDI manual

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    Marshall Electronics V-R171X-IMD-HDSDI High Definition LCD Monitor with In-Monitor Display Operating Instr uctions[...]

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    2 Contents Product Overvi ew ............... ..................... ................... ..................... ..................... ..................... ................... ..................... ..................... ................... ..................... ..................... ....... 3 Features ................... ................... ..........[...]

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    3 Product Overview The V-R171X-I MD-HDSDI is a full res olution 17” LCD monitor with an HD-SDI input an d In-Monitor D isplay funct ionality – a cost-ef fective "all-in-one" solution f or post- production houses , broadcast ers, and mobile units . This fully inte grated approach elimin ates t he need f or additional or s eparate Under[...]

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    4 Installation and Initial Setup ■ Unpack ing Carefully unpac k the V-R171X-IMD-HDSDI monitor and verify t hat the following items are included: • V-R171X-IMD-HD SDI Monitor • V-PS12-5V-1 Power Supp ly with 2-Pin Twist Lock Connect or • Operat ing Instru ctions Inspect t he unit f or any physical dama ge that ma y have occ urred during ship[...]

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    5 Top and Front Panel Features Power Button Turn t he monitor off or on by pressing t he power button. In the ON st ate, the LED on the power button will illuminate gr een. Menu Na vigation Buttons Use t he Menu , ↑ , ↓ , and Select buttons to display and navigat e the on-s creen menu ( See Main Men u and Navigati on – Page 8) . User-Defi nab[...]

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    6 Rear Panel Features HD-SDI Input and Outp ut The V-R171X-I MD-HDSDI has one HD-SDI input and one acti ve loop-throug h output. RS-422/485 Serial Inter face The RS-422/48 5 ports are used t o remotely contr ol the IMD or all V-R171X-I MD-HDSDI f eatures, using a variet y of industr y standard prot ocols. (Note: Connector/pi n-out may n eed to be a[...]

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    7 Compatible Input Formats The followi ng SDI st andards are sup ported by the V- R171X-IMD-H DSDI: 525i, 625i 1035i/60, 1035i/59.94 1080i/60, 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50 1080psF/24, 1080psF/23. 98 720p/60, 720p/59.94, 720p/50 On-Screen Menu STRUCT URE OVERVIEW Marker 16:9 Off, 95%, 93%, 90%, 88%, 80%, 1.85:1, 2.35:1, 4:3, 14:9, 13:9 Marker 4:3 Off, 95%,[...]

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    8 On-Screen Men u (continued) M A IN MENU A ND N A VIG A T ION Access and navigate the main menu using the 4 menu buttons or the Rot oMenu™ knob: Using the menu butt ons • Press the MENU butt on to enter the main menu. • Use t he ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ and ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ buttons to scroll t hrough t he main menu or e ach submenu. • Press the SELE[...]

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    9 On-Screen Menu (c ontinued) M A RKER SETUP SUBMENU Use t he Marker Set up submenu to select various t ypes of markers and settings in 4:3, 16:9, o r Full Screen mode. ■ 16:9 Markers Use t his setting to s uperimpose one of 10 mar kers on the screen when in 16: 9 or Full Screen mode. T his setting is disabled when the as pect ratio is s et to 4:[...]

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    10 On-Screen Men u (continued) M A RKER SETUP SUBMENU (contin ued) ■ 4:3 Markers Use t his setting to s uperimpose one of 5 markers on the screen when in 4:3 mod e. T his setting is disabled when t he aspect rat io is set to 16:9 or Full Screen, and when Pix el-to-Pixel mode is enabled. • Off (No Marker) • 95% Safe Area • 93% Safe Area • [...]

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    11 On-Screen Men u (continued) VIDEO CONFIGURA TION SUBMENU Use t he Video Configuration submenu t o select various video set tings suc h as monochrome mod e or blue-o nly mode. ■ Monochrome Mode Use t his setting to enable monochrome mo de. On ly the luminance of the image will be d isplayed as a grayscale picture. ■ Blue-Only Mo de Use t his [...]

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    12 On-Screen Men u (continued) VIDEO CONFIGURA TION SUBMENU (continued) ■ Pixel-to-Pixel Mode Use t his setting to enable Pixel-to-Pixe l mode. This mode b ypasses t he monitor’s inter nal scaling f unction and displays image s in t heir native reso lution and as pect ratio, with a one-to-one m apping of incoming image pix els to scree n pixels[...]

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    13 On-Screen Men u (continued) VIDEO CONFIGURA TION SUBMENU (continued) ■ Aspect Ratio Setting s (continued) ■ Curtain Color Use t his setting to c hoose the default color dis played on t he screen when no video input is present. Available colors are blue , r ed , green , w hite , and black . IMD Text 00:00:00:00 00:00:00:00 IMD Text 00:00:00:0[...]

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    14 On-Screen Men u (continued) COLOR CONFIGURA TION SUBMENU Use t he Color Configurat ion submenu t o adjust t he color temperature of the display. ■ Ctemp/Gamma Use t his setting to choos e one of three color temperatur e / gamma p resets: • D55 (5500K) • D65 (6500K) • D93 (9300K) • Linear (No gamma applied) ■ Red, G reen, and Blue Off[...]

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    15 On-Screen Men u (continued) SYSTEM CONFIG UR A TION SUBMENU Use t he System Configuratio n submenu t o contr ol various system parameters. ■ Gray Le ve ls Use t he Gray Levels menu option t o view 256 levels of flat f ield gray. T his feature is use ful for color t emperature comparison and calibration. The input m ust be disc onnected for the[...]

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    16 On-Screen Men u (continued) SYSTEM CONFIG UR A TION SUBMENU (continued) ■ Saving an d Loading User Presets Use t he SAVE CONFIG and LOAD CONFIG menus to s ave current s ettings to one of 6 presets, or load a pr eset. Each Preset saves all monitor settings exc ept for IMD conf iguration. • Use t he LOAD CONFIG menu to load on e of presets USR[...]

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    17 On-Screen Men u (continued) DEINTERLA C ER SUBMENU Use t he Deinterlacer su bmenu t o control the type of dein terlac ing performed on interlaced input signals. ■ Deinterlacer Mode User the Deinterlacer M ode option to set the t ype of deinterlacing algorit hm used: • In Auto mode, t he deinterlacer def aults to M otion Adaptiv e mode (see b[...]

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    18 On-Screen Men u (continued) DEINTERLA C ER SUBMENU (continue d) ■ Film Mode Film mode us es s pecialized algorithms t o correctly deinterlace c ontent that or iginated in eit her 24fps or 25f ps. Film Mode is aut omatically entere d whenever a film-to-v ideo cadence is detected in the content. Film c adence det ection is active whenever the De[...]

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    19 On-Screen Men u (continued) OSD CONFIGURATIO N SUBMENU Use t he OSD Conf iguration submenu to select a variety of info rmation to be displayed on the screen. ■ IMD State Use t his setting to t urn the IMD text displa y on or of f. This setting affects both fixed string I MD text and remote IMD text commands ( see IMD Configurati on Submenu for[...]

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    20 On-Screen Men u (continued) OSD CONFIGURATIO N SUBMENU (co ntinued) ■ OSD Ta ll y Use t his setting to c hoose how tally is dis played on t he screen. T he available OSD Tally options depend o n the Tally Source select ed in the I MD Conf iguration submenu ( see page 22 ). W hen the Tally Source is set to St andard (contact c losure), O SD Tal[...]

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    21 On-Screen Men u (continued) OSD CONFIGURATIO N SUBMENU (co ntinued) ■ LED Tally Use t his setting to enable or disable t he LED Tally. W hen enabled, the yellow, red and green LE Ds above the display will respond to tally commands , according to the Tally Source sett ing ( see page 23 ). ■ T ime Code Use t his setting to enable time c ode di[...]

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    22 On-Screen Men u (continued) IMD CONFIGURATIO N SUBMENU ■ Overview The V-R171X-I MD-HDSDI features an In-Monitor Display (I MD) with t he ability to displa y on-screen t ext and tally in three c olors. IMD t ext, color, and alignme nt c an be assigned t o each screen locally us ing menu options ( see below). Alternately, I MD text and tally can[...]

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    23 On-Screen Men u (continued) IMD CONFIGURATIO N SUBMENU (co ntinued) ■ IMD ID # The IMD I D # identifies each screen to the cont rolling device. W hen using t he TSL protoc ol, the ID # of each screen should be manually set in conjunction wit h the con trolling device. W hen using the Image Video protocol, t he ID # may be set aut omatically by[...]

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    24 On-Screen Men u (continue d) IMD CONFIGURATIO N SUBMENU (co ntinued) ■ T ally Sourc e The V-R171X-I MD-HDSDI tally (OSD and LED) c an be controlled in a v ariety of different ways. Use the Tally Source setting t o choose how tal ly is controlled: Standard Use t he Standard sett ing to contr ol tally via cont act closure on the HD-15 ta lly int[...]

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    25 On-Screen Men u (continued) SERVICE SUBME NU ■ Overview The Service submenu d isplays t he status of the serial interf ace, for troubleshoot ing or debugging pu rposes only. Contact Marshall Elect ronics for furt her information. The fo llowing information is displayed: • Serial Char acters Rx: Total number of char acters received by the U A[...]

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    26 Specifications ■ P A NEL Screen Siz e 1 7” Diagonal Di splay Area (h x v) 367.20 x 229.50 mm Aspect Ratio 16:10 Native (4:3/16:9 Modes) Pix e ls 192 0 x RGB x 1200 Vi ewing Angle (h x v) 140° x 120° Brig htness 400 cd/m 2 Contrast Ratio 60 0:1 Dot Pitch (h x v) 0.064 x 0.191 mm Pix e l Pitch (h x v) 0.191 x 0.191 mm ■ VIDEO I NPUT/OUTPUT[...]

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    27 Specificatio ns (continued) Maintenance ■ Screen Cleaning Periodically clea n the s creen surface using ammonia-f ree cleaning wipes (Mars hall Part No. V-HWP -K ). A clean micro- fiber c loth can also be used using only non-abrasive an d ammonia-f ree cleaning agents. Do not us e paper towels. Paper t owel fibers are coars e and ma y scratch [...]

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    28 Marshall Electroni cs , Inc. 1910 E ast Maple Ave. El Segundo, CA 90245 Tel: (800) 800-6608 / (310) 333-0606 • Fax: 310 -333-0688 www. LCDRacks.com • sales@lcd racks.com V2010-1216[...]