Marshall Electronics V-R171-IMD-HDSDI manual

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    Marshall E lectronics V-R171-IMD-HDSDI High Definition LCD M onitor with In-Monitor Displa y Operating Instr uctions[...]

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    3 Contents Product Overview .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4 Features ..................................................................................[...]

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    4 Product Over view The V-R171-I MD-HD SDI is a full reso lution 17” LCD m onitor with an HD- SDI input and In-Monit or Displa y functiona lity – a cost-eff ective "all-in-on e" solutio n for post-pr oduction houses, bro adcasters , and m obile units. T his full y integrated approach e liminates t he need f or addition al or separat e[...]

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    5 Install ation and Initial Set up ■ Unpacking Carefull y unpack the V-R 171-IMD- HDSDI m onitor and verify that the f ollowin g item s are included: • V-R171-IMD- HDSDI Mo nitor • V-PS12-5V-1 Power S uppl y with 2-Pin T wist Lock Connector • Operating Instructions Inspect the u nit for an y phys ical dam age that ma y have occurred d uring[...]

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    6 Top and Front Panel Featur es Power But ton Turn the m onitor off or on by press ing the p ower button. In th e ON stat e, the LED ab ove the po wer button wil l illuminate gre en. Men u Navigat ion Buttons Use the M enu , ↑ , ↓ , and Se lect buttons t o displa y and navigate the on-sc reen m enu (See M ain Menu and Navig ation – Page 9) . [...]

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    7 Rear Panel Features HD-SDI Input and Outp ut The V-R171-I MD-HD SDI has one HD-SDI input and one active loop-through output. N ote: No mor e than 4 screens s hould be con nected i n one loop. RS-422/485 Serial Inte rface The RS-422/ 485 ports ar e used to rem otely control the IMD or all V-R171-I MD-HD SDI features , using a variety of ind ustry [...]

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    8 Compatible Input Format s The f ollowing SDI stan dards are su pported b y the V- R171-IM D-HDSDI: 525i, 625i 1035i/60, 1 035i/59.94 1080i/60, 1 080i/59.94, 1 080i/50 1080psF/24, 1080psF/2 3.98 720p/60, 72 0p/59.94, 7 20p/50 On-Screen Menu STRUCTURE 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 Of[...]

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    9 On-Screen M enu (c ontinue d) MAIN MENU AND NA VIG AT ION Access and n avigate t he main m enu us ing the 4 m enu buttons or th e RotoM enu™ k nob: Using the m enu butto ns • Press the M ENU button to enter t he main m enu. • Use the ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ and ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ buttons t o scr oll through the m ain menu or each subm enu. • Press t[...]

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    10 On-Screen M enu (c ontinue d) MARKER SETUP SUBMENU Use the Mark er Setup s ubm enu to select vari ous t ypes of mark ers and settings in 4:3, 16: 9, or Full Sc reen m odes. ■ 16:9 Ma rkers Use this set ting to super impose o ne of 10 m ark ers on the scr een when i n 16:9 or F ull Screen m ode. T his setting is disabled when the asp ect ratio [...]

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    1 1 On-Screen M enu (c ontinue d) MARKER SETUP SUBMENU (continued ) ■ 4:3 Markers Use this set ting to super impose o ne of 5 m arkers on the screen w hen in 4:3 m ode. T his setting is disabled when the aspect ratio is s et to 16: 9 or Full Screen, an d when Pix el-to-Pixe l mode is en abled. • Off (No Mar ker) • 95% Safe Are a • 93% Safe [...]

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    12 On-Screen M enu (c ontinue d) VIDEO CONFIGURAT ION SUBME NU Use the Vide o Conf iguration subm enu to se lect variou s video set tings, such as color tem perature, m onochro m e mode, or blue-onl y mode. ■ Ctemp/Gamma Use this set ting to choos e one of three color tem perat ure / gam ma pres ets: • D55 (5500 K) • D65 (6500 K) • D93 (930[...]

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    1 3 On-Screen M enu (c ontinue d) VIDEO CONFIGURAT ION SUBME NU (continued ) ■ Pixel-to-Pixel Mode Use this set ting to enabl e Pixel-to- Pixel m ode. This m ode bypasses the m onitor ’s internal sc aling f unction and displa ys images in the ir native res olution a nd aspec t ratio, with a one-to-one mapping of incom ing image pix els to scree[...]

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    14 On-Screen M enu (c ontinue d) VIDEO CONFIGURAT ION SUBME NU (continued ) ■ A spec t Ratio Settings (continued) ■ Curtain Color Use this set ting to choos e the d efault color d ispla yed on the s creen when no video input is pres ent. Ava ilable colors are blue , red , g reen , w hite , and blac k . IMD Text 00:00:00:00 00:00:00:00 IMD Text [...]

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    1 5 On-Screen M enu (c ontinue d) SYSTEM CONFIGURAT ION SUBMENU Use the S ystem C onfiguration subm enu to c ontrol vari ous system param eters. ■ Gray Levels Use the Gra y Levels m enu option t o view 32 levels of flat field gra y. This f eature is useful for color tem perature comparison a nd calibr ation. ■ User-Definable Function Buttons Us[...]

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    16 On-Screen M enu (c ontinue d) OSD CONFIGURATION SUBMENU Use the OSD C onfigura tion s ubmenu to sel ect a variet y of inform ation to be displayed on the scr een. ■ IMD State Use this set ting to turn t he IMD text displa y on or off. T his setting af fects both fixed string IMD text a nd rem ote IMD text comm ands ( see IM D Config uration Su[...]

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    1 7 On-Screen M enu (c ontinue d) OSD CONFIGURATION SUBMENU (con tinued) ■ OSD Tally Use this set ting to choos e how tal ly is displa yed on the s creen. The a vailable O SD Tall y options d epend o n the T ally Source selec ted in the IM D Conf iguration s ubmenu ( s ee page 19 ). W hen the Tally Source is set to Sta ndard (c ontact clos ure), [...]

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    18 On-Screen M enu (c ontinue d) OSD CONFIGURATION SUBMENU (con tinued) ■ LED Tall y Use this set ting to enabl e or disab le the LED T ally. W hen enabled , the yello w, red and green LEDs above eac h displa y will respond t o tall y commands, acc ording to th e Tall y Source settin g ( see page 21 ). ■ Time Code Use this set ting to enabl e t[...]

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    1 9 On-Screen M enu (c ontinue d) IMD CONFIGURATION SUBMENU ■ Overview The V-R171-I MD-HD SDI featur es an In-M onitor Dis play (IMD) with the ab ilit y to display on-scr een text a nd tally in three colors . IMD text, co lor, and alignm ent can be as signed to each scr een locall y using m enu options (s ee belo w). Alternatel y, IMD text an d t[...]

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    20 On-Screen M enu (c ontinue d) IMD CONFIGURATION SUBMENU (con tinued) ■ IMD ID # The IMD ID # identifies each sc reen to the co ntrolling dev ice. W hen using the T SL protoco l, the ID # of each screen should be m anuall y set in conjunc tion with the c ontro lling device. W hen using the Im age Video protoc ol, the ID # ma y be set autom atic[...]

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    2 1 On-Screen M enu (c ontinue d) IMD CONFIGURATION SUBMENU (con tinued) ■ Tally Source The V-R171-I MD-HD SDI tall y (OSD and LE D) can b e control led in a vari ety of different ways. Use the T ally Source setting to ch oose ho w tally is c ontrolled: Standard Use the Sta ndard sett ing to contr ol tall y via contact c losure on t he HD-15 t al[...]

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    22 Specifications ■ PANEL Screen Size 17” Di agonal Display Area (h x v) 367.20 x 229.50 mm Aspect Ratio 16:1 0 Native (4:3/16:9 Modes) Pixels 1920 x RGB x 1200 Color Depth 24-bi t (16,777,216 Colors) Viewing Angle (h x v) 140° x 120° Brightness 400 cd/m 2 Contrast Ratio 600:1 Dot Pitch (h x v) 0.064 x 0.191 mm Pixel Pitch (h x v) 0.191 x 0.1[...]

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    2 3 Specifica tions (cont inued) Maintenance ■ Screen Clea ning Periodicall y clean the s creen surf ace using am m onia-free clean ing wipes (Mar shall P art No. V-HW P-K ). A c lean m icro- fiber cloth ca n also be us ed us ing only no n-abrasive and amm onia-f ree cleaning a gents. Do n ot use pap er towels. Paper towel f ibers are c oarse and[...]

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    24 Warrant y Marshall El ectronics warranties to th e first c onsum er that this V-R171-IM D- HDSDI LCD m onitor wil l, under n orm al use, be free f rom defects in workmanshi p and m aterials, whe n received in its origi nal cont ainer, for a per iod of one year f rom the purchase d ate. This warrant y is extended to t he first c onsum er only, an[...]