Aurora Multimedia ICS-SP20 manual

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    ICS-SP20 for Sony User Manual Manual# 050301 Model: ICS-SP20 205 Commercial Court Morganville, NJ 07751 www.auroramultim edia.com[...]

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    ICS-SP20 User Manual T ABLE OF C ONTENT 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... ..............2 2 SUPPORTED IR TR ANSMITTER(S) AND BASIC KEY FUNCTIONS .......................................2 3 QUICK START GUIDE ...............................................[...]

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    ICS-SP20 User Manual 2 1 Introduction The ICS-SP20 is a high quality TV Tuner/Scaler . The ICS-SP20 supports advanced functionality, like video format /scan rate convers ions, audio effects, Closed Captioning decodi ng and output, V-Chip functions, cloning capabilities (using the control port), Sleep Timer, etc. The ICS-SP20 expands on the displays[...]

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    ICS-SP20 User Manual 3 Fig. 1 IR Remote Function ON Switch Power on STBY Switch Power off ENTER Select option in menu Also finishes input in dialog panel s VOLUME + Raises volume level VOLUME - Lowers volume level ARROWS When menu active – move the cursor up/down/left/right CHROMA Exit the current menu or dialog ID OFF Displays the Menu CONTRAST [...]

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    ICS-SP20 User Manual 4 VSHIFT buttons inside the ICS-SP20 menus and make adjustme nts using the directional arrows until you fill the screen and align the image to your preferred setting. TVs and Displays often "overscan" the image slightly to ensure that difference in channel signals are not reflected on the screen. You may choose to &qu[...]

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    ICS-SP20 User Manual 5 6 Connections 6.1 A/V & Control connectors • Composite video input • S-Video input (4-pin mini DIN) • Audio inputs (Left and Right RCA Phono are shared for Video and S-Video) • IR Input for direct connection of IR from IR control devices. Example of interconnections for a display device, ICS-SP20, DVD/VCR (or othe[...]

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    ICS-SP20 User Manual 6 7 Operating the ICS-SP20 The ICS-SP20 has many advanced features to enhance the typical viewing and usability of a TV Tuner. To select the ICS-SP20 use the Sony remote to select the Option card slot YPbPr. A user can switch the unit on or off, control volum e level, switch the current TV channel, either directly entering chan[...]

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    ICS-SP20 User Manual 7 Keys: 0-9 Dialog: “SWITCH TO” – enter new channel number, several digits can be entered if necessary. Channel is switched to after a 3 seconds timeout (since the most recent digit is entered) or after pressing TV/Video/FM or R key. Key: “ID OFF” Enter the main configuration menu. See the Menu System chapter Key: “[...]

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    ICS-SP20 User Manual 8 7.3 General Settings This menu allows control of various “general” aspec ts of ICS-SP20 behavior. Note that the *-marked options are accessible only in Service mode, and not in Stand-alone mode. A/V Input – Allows user to select the audio/vide o input source (am ong the built-in Tuner and available AV-inputs) Current ti[...]

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    ICS-SP20 User Manual 9 7.5 Audio Settings Volume -- Selects the current (default) volume level Spatial Effect -- Specifies the strength of 3D-spatial effect 7.6 Tuner Settings Default Chan -- Specifies the default channel, which will be selected upon ICS-SP20 power-up. If this default channel is set to “0” -- th e default channel will be the la[...]

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    ICS-SP20 User Manual 10 Add/Remove Channels – Allows user to add or remove channels (edit the “validity mask”) manually. Map A/V Input to Channel – Allows user to make an association between a channel number and the AV inputs. 7.7 Panel Settings This menu controls various aspects of interaction with Sony display. This menu is accessible in [...]

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    ICS-SP20 User Manual 11 Orbit Enable -- Allows the enabling of Orbit mode on a per channel basis. Orbit Range -- Selects how much orbit movement will occur. Orbit Cycle -- Determines how often it will orbit. 7.8 CC Settings This menu control Closed Caption decoder – CC signal type, and CC text color. CC State -- CC decoder state: Off – Closed C[...]

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    ICS-SP20 User Manual 12 If the password is reset, the user is prompted to enter new password on his/her first access to V-Chip limit. For all subsequent accesses the user will have to use the password that was specified during the first access. In the event the password is forgotten the V-Chip settings can reset by holding the enter button for 5 se[...]

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    ICS-SP20 User Manual 13 8 S pecifications 8.1 Applicable signals Color system: NTSC (RF and AV inputs) Scanning format: 525i (480i), 525p (48 0p) Receiving RF signals – US Standard Air, US Standard Cable, Cable HRC, Cable IRC Supported audio standards: auto-det ection, BTSC-STEREO, BTSC-MONO+SAP 8.2 Connection terminals Video IN (RCA) S-Video IN [...]

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    ICS-SP20 User Manual 14 9 Limited W arranty Aurora Multimedia Corp. Warrants that this product is free of defects in both m aterials and workm anship for a period of 24 mont hs for parts and lab or from date of purcha se. During the warrant y period, and upo n proof of purchase, the product will be repaire d or replaced (with sa me or sim ilar mode[...]