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Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s S e ct i o n 1 – G e tt i n g St a r t e d 2 Introduction 2 Unpacking and Inspection 2 Display Compatibility Requirements 3 Document Conventions 3 Menu Navigation 3 Remote Control Battery Installation 4 Remote Control Overview 4 Info Screen 5 Installation Guidelines 6 S e ct i o n 2 – B a s i c O p e r a t i o n 7 Front Panel Overview 7 Rear Panel Overview 7 Video Inputs 8 Video Outputs 8 Audio Inputs 8 Audio Outputs 9 12V Trigger Outputs 9 R
i S C AN V P 5 0 PRO T ABLE OF C ON T EN T S Advanced Setups 17 Configuration 26 Configuring the iScan VP50PRO for projectors with Test Patterns 26 anamorphic lenses Configuring the iScan VP50PROto output 24/48/72Hz Auto Standby 26 LED Brightness 26 User Mode 27 Serial Port Rate 27 Factory Default 27 Software Update 27 12V Trigger Levels 27 Information 27 and 25/50/75Hz S e ct i o n 4 – M e n u O p t i o n s 18 Input Select 18 Input Aspect Ratio Control 18 Frame Aspect Rat
S e ct i o n 1 – G e tt i n g St a r t e d Introduction Thank you for purchasing the iScan VP50PRO video processor, the first VRS (Video Reference Series) component available with: • Mosquito Noise Reduction • Fine Detail Enhancement™ • Edge Enhancement VRS Technologies included in the iScan VP50PRO are: • 10-bit Precision Deinterlacing™ of 480i/576i/1080i • 10-bit Precision Video Scaling™ up to 1080p • PReP™, Progressive ReProcessing of 480p/576/1080p • Progressive Cadence Detection™ of 480p/576p/720p/10
Both input and output cables can be supplied by your Authorized DVDO Reseller. To find your nearest Authorized DVDO Reseller, go to www.anchorbaytech.com. There are also a wide selection of cables and adapters available directly from Anchor Bay.
Remote Control Overview For additional information about the functions of these buttons, turn to the pages given in parentheses ( ). 6 Curtain 5 POWER INFO Standby CURTAIN Power 26 Configuration 25 Picture Control ON/OFF Input Adjust Ratio DISPLAY PROFILES VIEWING MODES MENU EXIT Menu 4 Aspect Exit 4 Crop * Installation Guidelines Pan 20 21 Take special care with the iScan VP50PRO installation to ensure optimal performance.
Video Inputs S e ct i o n 2 – B a s i c O p e r a t i o n The iScan VP50PRO has eleven (11) video inputs. Most popular formats are supported on each input. Front Panel Overview Video Inputs The iScan VP50PRO has eleven (11) video inputs.
The iScan VP50PRO accepts digital audio sourced from DVD players, satellite receivers, digital set top boxes, HD-DVD players, Blu-ray players, game consoles, and other video components with digital audio. These inputs are compatible with most consumer digital audio formats, including CD-Audio (44.1kHz/16 bit LPCM), Dolby Digital, and DTS. The coaxial digital audio inputs are compatible with any format with a sampling frequency between 24kHz and 192kHz, and with a data word structure up to 24 bits in length.
Keep in mind that some displays do not accept their native resolution and almost all HDTVs will accept 720p and 1080i resolutions, but no fixed pixel display has a native resolution of 1080i. In almost all cases, the picture will be better if one of these displays is sent a 720p signal instead of a 1080i signal. is the correct output resolution for the display.
Set Top Boxes DirecTV HR10-250 (HD-TiVo) The HD-TiVo does not allow the User to select one output setting that will always output the right resolutions under the right conditions. For example, when tuned to an SD channel the output resolution should be 480i, but when tuned to an HD channel the resolution should be 720p (FOX, ABC, ESPN) or 1080i (all other HD channels). There is no, to very limited, 480p content.
Forced 3:2 Mode This mode is perfect for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players that output a cleanly encoded 3:2 signal over the entire length of a movie. This insures the highest performance playback from these high quality sources. If you intend on setting up the iScan to output a 24Hz, 48Hz, or 72Hz signal for film-based content this mode is highly recommended.
The iScan has several ‘Half Test Patterns’ that can be brought up while the matching test patterns are played from the VRS DVD. The test patterns to use on the DVD are listed below. The matching test patterns can be found in the ‘Configuration’ menu (Configuration → Test Patterns).
The VP50PRO‘s menu is exit automatically after 30 seconds of no user interaction. • Video input signals are usually classified in the following two ways: When the AAR is less than the OAR, the iScan VP50PRO puts up Borders on the left and right as shown below: • Frame Aspect Ratio • Active Input Aspect Ratio Active Input Area Borders Active Input Area Borders Frame Aspect Ratio Frame Aspect Ratio (FAR) consists of two possible ratios: 4:3 or 16:9.
Horizontal Border Control: Push the p button to move the left and right borders towards the middle of the image, increasing the border width and cutting off the sides of the input image. Push the ▼ button to move the left and right borders away from the image and decreases their width.
• Game 2 – This mode is intended for use with game consoles (like those from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo). This mode gives you minimal latency with both motion and edge-adaptive processing. The total amount of delay with source-locked output mode set on the VP50PRO is about one and a half frames of delay. Unlocked frame rates will increase this delay.
4 - Press the Exit button again to complete the priority assignment. Saturation 5 - Repeat Steps 1 through 4 to select the next video input and adjust the priority setting. The iScan VP50PRO allows you to control the saturation of the image independent of the display. Saturation is the same as the “Color” control on most TVs and controls the richness of the color in the image. The default setting is midrange, 0.
LED Brightness This screen is helpful during troubleshooting. This selection allows the user to configure the behavior of the Front Panel LED brightness. The ‘Normal’ parameter adjusts the brightness of the Front Panel LED when the menu is being navigated. The ‘Navigate’ parameter adjusts the brightness of the Front Panel LED during normal usage, when the menu is not being navigated. User Mode You have limited access to the output timing controls in ‘Normal’ mode.
A video projector can also be used in conjunction with an anamorphic lens. An anamorphic lens allows the user to focus the maximum resolution and brightness into a specified area, either 16:9 or 2.35:1. The most common configuration is a constant image height (CIH) system with a 16:9 projector, an anamorphic lens and a 2.35:1 screen. In this configuration, the anamorphic lens can either be fixed or motorized. If the lens is fixed then the proper ‘Lens’ mode is ‘Mode 1’ when the content has a 2.
signal. Unlike the locked mode(s), the iScan’s output signal timing will not be disrupted when the input source is changed. However, it’s guaranteed to cause dropped or repeated frames as the input and output frame rates are not the same. Note that regardless of what number the unlocked output frame rate is set to, it will never be identical to the input rate in this mode as the output signal timing is independent of the input timing.
Trigger #1 is powered on when the iScan VP50PRO is powered on. Trigger #1 is powered off when the iScan VP50PRO is put into Standby mode. This can be useful for powering on a display or motorizing a screen or lift. Trigger #2 can be programmed to be powered on in the ‘Output Setup’ menu. This action can be saved as part of a Display Profile. The ‘Lens’ option facilitates use of an anamorphic lens.
RGB User YPbPr Save User to YCbCr 4:2:2 Preset 1 No YCbCr 4:4:4 Yes Auto Preset 2 Input Level No Video Yes PC Preset 3 VCR Mode No Off Yes On Preset 4 Auto No HDMI Config.
Information Checkerboard Output Setup Vertical Lines Analog/Digital Horizontal Lines BNC (Analog) Judder HDMI (Digital) Color8 Bars75 Format Color8 Bars100 Window IRE10 480p Window IRE20 540p Window IRE30 576p Window IRE40 720p-50 Window IRE50 720p-60 Window IRE60 1080i-50 Window IRE70 1080i-60 Window IRE80 1080p-24 Window IRE90 1080p-25 Window IRE100 1080p-50 Gray Ramp 1080p-60 Xhatch Coarse 640x480 (VGA) Xhatch Fine 800x600 (SVGA) Focus 1024x768 (XGA) Half B/W 1280x10
Display Picture Control 4:3 Presets 5:4 ISF Day Normal 16:9 ISF Day Bright Custom ISF Night Lens Preset 1 Mode 1 Preset 2 Mode 1 - Auto Brightness Mode 2 Contrast None Saturation Screen Hue 4:3 Gamma Control 16:9 Off 2.35:1 On Custom Red Range: 1.00-3.00 Range: 0.5-2.5 Image Shift Green Vertical Range: 0.5-2.5 Range: -30-30 Blue Horizontal Range: 0.5-2.
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