HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO PROCESSOR & HUB Owner’s Manual
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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 Document Conventions and Menu Navigation 2 Remote Control Overview 3 Remote Control Battery Installation 4 Unpacking and Inspection 4 Display Compatibility Requirements 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 Info Screen 9 Power Supply Input 9 S
i S C AN V P 5 0 S e ct i o n 4 – M e n u O p t i o n s 15 Input Select 15 Input Aspect Ratio Control 15 Zoom 17 Pan 17 Borders 17 Presets 18 Input Adjust Control 19 Deinterlacing 19 Overscan 20 Line Offset 20 Color Space 20 Input Level 20 VCR Mode 20 HDMI Config.
T ABLE OF C ON T EN T S Output Setup 25 Analog/Digital 25 Output Format 25 Output Aspect Ratio Control 25 Sync Type 27 Color Space 27 Output Level 27 Framerate Conversion 27 Border Level 29 Gamma Correction 29 HDCP Mode 29 Display Profiles 29 S e ct i o n 5 – A p p e n d i x 31 Non-Volatile Memory Settings 31 System Settings 31 Input/Format Settings 31 Setting up an iScan VP50 Using the Internal Test Patterns and the VRS Optimization and Evaluation DVD 33 Determining the C
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 DVDO iScan VP50 Video Processor, brought to you by Anchor Bay Technologies, Inc. We are especially pleased to bring you ABT’s new VRS Precision DeinterIacing for both high definition and standard definition content along with ABT’s proven VRS Precision Video Scaling II technology.
Picture Control _ Contrast _ 5 In this example, the instructions are to adjust the ‘Contrast’ to a value of ‘5’. To do this, press Picture Control and then press q once, highlighting ‘Contrast’ in the On Screen Display (OSD) or if you are looking at the front panel display (FPD) you will see ‘Picture Control’ on the top line and ‘Contrast’ on the bottom line. This is abbreviated as ‘Picture Control / Contrast’. Next press u to adjust the setting and then press p until the value is ‘5’.
Power/Standby Buttons The iScan VP50 remote has a Power and a Standby button. The Power button always turns the iScan VP50 on and the Standby button always put the unit into Standby mode. Curtain Button The iScan VP50 remote has a Curtain button which allows you to close a ‘curtain’ over the image. This feature is especially useful when an image is paused on a display susceptible to burn-in, like a plasma or CRT-based display.
• Serial Cable for Software Updates and Automation (1:1) • VRS Optimization & Evaluation DVD • DVDO Software CD If you are missing any items, please contact your dealer or the DVDO Support Team. The iScan VP50 uses BNC-style analog connectors and an HDMI digital connector to provide video output signals. You must purchase a cable or adapters to connect this output to your display. Different displays have different input connectors, so check your display specifications to ensure compatibility.
The following types of displays with digital video inputs should be compatible with the iScan VP50 since a large majority of them can support higher resolution signals: • Plasma displays • LCD-based flat panel and front & rear projection displays • DLP-based front & rear projection displays • LCoS-based front & rear projection displays (D-ILA™ & SXRD™ included) • CRT-based Direct View and front and rear projection displays Installation Guidelines Take special care with the iScan VP50 installation
S e ct i o n 2 – B a s i c O p e r a t i o n Front Panel Overview IR Window Status LED Front Panel Display (FPD) Menu Adjustment Buttons Up Exit EXIT MENU On/Standby Left Down Right Status LED – This displays the current state of the iScan VP50 Off = The unit is in standby mode Red = No signal detected Blue = The unit is processing the signal Blinking Blue = There is a problem with HDCP authentication Green = The unit detects an unsupported signal On/Standby – This toggles unit power betwe
Video Inputs The iScan VP50 has eleven (11) video inputs and an optional SD-SDI input available (P/N SDI601A).
The iScan VP50 accepts digital audio sourced from DVD players, satellite receivers, digital set top boxes, HD-DVD players, BluRay players, game consoles, and other digital audio devices. 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.
S e ct i o n 3 – S e t u p Initial Set-Up Once you have installed the iScan VP50 into your system, you must properly configure it for the display device being driven. The iScan VP50 is shipped from the factory with the following preset default settings: • Input Select is set to AUTO, to automatically detect an active input in a pre-configured priority.
6. Press Enter once. You should see ‘Color Space / RGB’ on the FPD. If you see ‘YPbPr’, press the p once and press Enter. You should see the iScan VP50’s On Screen Display (OSD) on your screen. NOTE: The iScan VP50 cannot output an RGBHV signal if the input signal is from a DVI or HDMI source with HDCP. Instead the iScan VP50 outputs a blue screen. Displays with a Component (YPbPr) Input 1. Press the Menu button on the front panel of the iScan VP50 once.
DVD Player/DVD Recorder DVI-D OUT (HDCP) SDI OUT HDMI OUT DVI-D SDI COMPONENT OUT OPTICAL COAXIAL HDMI DVIHDMI HDMI Optical Audio Coaxial Audio HDMI OUTPUT I N P U T INPUT 1 2 H DM I 3 4 O U T P U T Y (G) Pb (B) Pr (R) H V Y (G) DC In I P U T S 2 ANALOG VIDEO POWER Pb (B) 2 SYNC L Pr (R) 1 1 COMPONENT 1 1 1 2 2 S-VIDEO OUTPUT 3 VIDEO R 2 INPUT ANALOG AUDIO INPUT 4 D I G I TA L A U D I O SERIAL PORT NOTE: If you have a display with an HDMI/DVI input, ABT
HD-STB/DVR, HD-DVD, Blu-ray Disc or DVHS COMPONENT OUT OUTPUT I N P U T INPUT 1 2 3 Y (G) Pb (B) 4 H DM I Pr (R) H V Y (G) DC In O U T P U T I ANALOG VIDEO POWER Pb (B) 2 SYNC L Pr (R) 1 1 P U T S 2 COMPONENT 1 2 2 S-VIDEO OUTPUT ANALOG AUDIO INPUT INPUT 3 VIDEO R 2 1 1 4 D I G I TA L A U D I O SERIAL PORT NOTE: Some set top boxes require you to switch the output resolution.
PC DVI-D DVI-D DVIHDMI Coaxial Audio Optical Audio RGBHV OUTPUT I N P U T INPUT 1 2 3 4 H DM I O U T P U T Y (G) Pb (B) Pr (R) H V Y (G) DC In I ANALOG VIDEO POWER Pb (B) 2 SYNC L Pr (R) 1 1 P U T S 2 COMPONENT 1 1 1 2 2 S-VIDEO OUTPUT 3 VIDEO R 2 INPUT ANALOG AUDIO INPUT 4 D I G I TA L A U D I O SERIAL PORT NOTE: Only 480p/576p/720p/1080i/VGA (640x480)/SVGA (800x600)/XGA (1024x768)/SXGA (1280x1024) resolutions are supported at 60Hz.
S e ct i o n 4 – M e n u O p t i o n s Input Select There are eleven video inputs on the iScan VP50: • VIDEO 1 - Video 1 (Composite) • VIDEO 2 - Video 2 (Composite) • S -VIDEO 1 - S -Video 1 • S -VIDEO 2 - S -Video 2 • COMPONENT 1 - Component/RGBs 1 • COMPONENT 2 - Component/RGBs 2 • HDMI 1 - HDMI 1 • HDMI 2 - HDMI 2 • HDMI 3 - HDMI 3 • HDMI 4 – HDMI 4 • SDI – SDI • AUTO - Automatic active input detection and selection These inputs can be accessed in five different ways: • Using the front
Frame Aspect Ratio Frame Aspect Ratio (FAR) consists of two possible ratios: 4:3 or 16:9. DVD discs encoded in a 16:9 frame are sometimes referred to as anamorphic or enhanced for widescreen TV’s. For example, a non-anamorphic widescreen DVD has a FAR of 4:3. Active Aspect Ratio Active Aspect Ratio (AAR) is the aspect ratio of the image or content (movie). This content is typically stated on the back cover of DVD discs. Some common active aspect ratios are as follows: 1.33:1 (4:3) 1.55:1 1.66:1 1.
• When the AAR is equal to the OAR (Output Aspect Ratio), the iScan VP50 supplies no border as shown below: Active Input Area NOTE: The Zoom and Pan functions are applied to the input signal, not the output. This is an important consideration, especially for the Pan function. For example: If you do not zoom a full frame image more than 100%, there is nothing to pan. However, if part of the image is not on the screen, then the Pan function will work.
decrease their height. If there are system-generated top/bottom borders already present (for example, when the input aspect ratio is 16:9 and the output aspect ratio is 4:3), the border height cannot be decreased beyond the base height created by the aspect ratio conversion. Borders are automatically added by the system when the Active Input Aspect Ratio is not the same as the Output Aspect Ratio as explained earlier in this guide. However you can add more borders using the Borders menu.
Input Adjust Control Push the Input Adjust button once to show the current input adjustment function. You can cycle through the available functions by pushing this button repeatedly.
Overscan The Overscan function scales the input image proportionally in both vertical and horizontal dimensions by the user-specified overscan factor. The purpose of Overscan is to remove unwanted image portions around the perimeter of the image. The default overscan value is 0%, which means 100% of the input image is shown. The maximum overscan value is 20% which means the input image is scaled up by 120%. To adjust the overscan level: 1. Push the p or q button. The current level is shown. 2.
Auto AR In addition to carrying audio and video, HDMI can carry other information, like aspect ratio (AR). If you would like the iScan VP50 to automatically set the AR based on the information on the HDMI signal, than set this setting to ‘On.’ This AR information can be wrong or implemented incorrectly, so this setting is defaulted to ‘Off’. Auto Color Space In addition to carrying audio and video, HDMI can carry other information, like color space.
Contrast Contrast adjusts the ratio between white and black signal levels and is effective as a gain control. The difference between this and the Brightness control is that this adjusts the difference between the brightest and darkest part of the image. Note that all displays have a maximum white level. Going beyond this level only “clips” the upper gray levels and you will lose color resolution at the brighter levels.
Auto Standby The default setting is ‘Off’, which means iScan VP50 is always in Active mode, regardless of the activity state of the selected input. If Auto Standby is ‘On’, the iScan VP50 goes into Standby mode 30 seconds after the selected input becomes inactive. To see the current setting, press p or q. Then press the same button again to change the setting. LED Brightness This selection allows the user to configure the behavior of the Front Panel LED brightness.
• 2 – Component 2 • 3 – S-Video 1 • 4 – S-Video 2 • 5 – Video 1 • 6 – Video 2 • 7 – HDMI 1 • 8 – HDMI 2 • 9 – HDMI 3 • 10 – HDMI 4 • 11 – RGBHV/Component • 12 – SDI • Digital Audio Input Assignment • Component 1 – Off • Component 2 – Off • S -Video 1 – Off • S -Video 2 – Off • Video 1 – Off • Video 2 – Off • HDMI 1 – Off • HDMI 2 – Off • HDMI 3 – Off • HDMI 4 – Off • SDI - Off
Output Setup Analog/Digital (A/D) Push the q to show the current output type. Push q again to select the next item on the list shown below. You can also use the p button to cycle through the output types. • Analog Output (BNC-style connectors) • Digital Output (HDMI connector) Output Format Push the q to show the current output format. Push the p button again to show the next item on the list shown in Table 5. You cannot select the format until you press the Exit button.
The Display Aspect Ratio is the full aspect ratio of the display, normally specified in the display manual. Common display aspect ratios are 4:3 and 16:9. Less common ones are 5:4, 2.35:1 and others. The example below shows a 4:3 projector with a 16:9 screen.
Sync Type The Sync Type option sets the synchronization signal type of the output format. Press the Up or Down button to show the current sync type. Press the same button again to move to the next sync type.
• 48Hz Lock source locked 48Hz • 60Hz Lock source locked 60Hz • 72Hz Lock source locked 72Hz • Unlock unlocked If you chose ‘Unlock’, press Enter again to specify the desired output frame rate. Use the p or q button to increase or decrease the frame rate. Press Output Select again to exit the menu and complete the output frame rate conversion setting. Locked mode (1:1): This means that the iScan’s output frame rate tracks the input rate - i.e., the output rate is locked to the input rate.
B. The display only supports 50 Hz input. This is the opposite of case A, and the required configuration is also the opposite - i.e., the output frame rate for 60 Hz source should be set to 50 Hz unlocked, and the rate for 50 Hz sources can be set to either 1:1 locked or unlocked at 50 Hz (for all the same reasons noted in the first example). C. The display supports a wide range of frame rates (e.g., a CRT projector). In this case you can configure things most any way you like.
• Frame Rate Conversion information • Border Level • Gamma Correction • HDCP Mode You can save up to ten display profiles (Profile 1 through 10). These profiles can be recalled by pressing the Display Profiles button on the remote control and using the navigational buttons to select the desired profile. A current custom display profile (called User) is also stored in non-volatile memory. However it will be overridden when you make any modifications to the display profile.
S e ct i o n 5 – A p p e n d i x Non-Volatile Memory Settings The iScan VP50 stores a variety of user settings in non-volatile memory. Non-volatile memory retains its contents when power is lost. There is one group of system settings and one group of user settings. System Settings Table 2. shows System settings. Table 2.
26 SDI 576i (PAL/SECAM 27 HDMI 1 480i (NTSC) 28 HDMI 1 576i (PAL/SECAM) 29 HDMI 1 480p (NTSC) 30 HDMI 1 576p (PAL/SECAM) 31 HDMI 1 720p (ATSC) 32 HDMI 1 1080i (ATSC) 33 HDMI 1 VGA 34 HDMI 1 SVGA 35 HDMI 1 XGA 36 HDMI 1 SXGA 37 HDMI 2 480i (NTSC) 38 HDMI 2 576i (PAL/SECAM) 39 HDMI 2 480p (NTSC) 40 HDMI 2 576p (PAL/SECAM) 41 HDMI 2 720p (ATSC) 42 HDMI 2 1080i (ATSC) 43 HDMI 2 VGA 44 HDMI 2 SVGA 45 HDMI 2 XGA 46 HDMI 2 SXGA 47 HDMI 3 480i (NTSC)
Display Profile Profile 1 - 4 or User Audio Select Audio 1 - 4 Audio Delay Overscan VCR Mode Film Mode Input AR Preset User Preset Preset 1 - 4 or User Preset Note 1 Frame AR Active Input AR Pre-defined or User AR User AR Hor. Zoom Hor. Zoom Vert. Zoom Vert. Zoom Hor. Pan Hor. Pan Vert. Pan Vert. Pan Hor. Borders Hor. Borders Vert. Borders Vert. Borders There is only one set of Input AR presets (Preset 1 through Preset 10) for the whole system.
Below are several different popular display technologies and their most likely native resolutions.
When this test pattern is displayed correctly, it should look like this, with a one-pixel wide white border around the edge of the screen: Frame/Geometry Test Pattern In some cases the test pattern will not be positioned or sized correctly and the user will need to make the proper adjustments. To change the horizontal size of the image, for example, you must first put the iScan in ‘Advanced’ user mode.
The ‘Horizontal Lines’ test pattern should appear as one pixel tall black and white rows. If you see any irregular pattern(s) in the image then you know that the display is scaling the signal vertically. To override the internal scaling, adjust the vertical size of the image to see if the test pattern can be displayed correctly.
correctly, black objects should appear ‘black’ with the details still intact and lighter areas should be ‘light’, not gray, with the details still intact. When the contrast is adjusted correctly, white objects will appear ‘white’ with the details still intact. Because the contrast settings can affect brightness settings we recommend that you check the brightness setting after making this adjustment.
Access these test patterns as follows: 1. Insert the VRS DVD into your DVD player 2. From the main menu, select ‘Picture Controls’. 3. Next select ‘Half Patterns’. 4. Select the matching test pattern on the iScan VP50 and the VRS DVD and adjust accordingly. Record Your Settings Once you have set up your iScan VP50, ABT recommends that you record your settings on the installation worksheet which can be reprinted from the DVDO website at http://www.dvdo.com/faq/ faq_pro_man.php.
1-Pixel Horizontal Lines This test pattern consists of an alternating series of 1-pixel black and white horizontal lines. The test pattern alternates black and white pixels in only the vertical direction. This pattern is useful for exactly matching the iScan’s output resolution to that of the display to achieve 1:1 pixel mapping and bypass any scaling operation which may be incorporated in the display. Its use is similar to that of the 1-pixel checkerboard, but it operates only in the vertical direction.
to the reference color levels of the test patterns. If a display is first set up for color levels using the iScan VP50’s test patterns, then each input source can be quickly and accurately matched to these reference levels by visually comparing the video source image on the top half of the display to the reference test pattern levels on the bottom half of the display. The test pattern color bars are designed to match up with standard test patterns available from hardware or software (e.g.
Complete Menu Tree Input Select Video 1 Video 1 S-Video 1 S-Video 2 Component 1 Component 2 RGBHV/Component HDMI 1 HDMI 2 HDMI 3 HDMI 4 SDI (Only available when SDI-601a module is installed) Auto Input Aspect Ratio Frame AR 4:3 16:9 Active AR 1.33:1 1.55:1 1.66:1 1.78:1 1.85:1 2.
Save User to Preset 1 No Yes Preset 2 No Yes Preset 3 No Yes Preset 4 No Yes Preset 5 No Yes Preset 6 No Yes Preset 7 No Yes Preset 8 No Yes Preset 9 No Yes Preset 10 No Yes Input Adjust Deinterlacing Auto Film Bias Mode Video Mode 2:2 Even 2:2 Odd Game Mode 1 Game Mode 2 Overscan Range: 0-20 Line Offset Range: 0-30 Color Space RGB YPbPr YCbCr 4:2:2 YCbCr 4:4:4 Auto Input Level Video PC VCR Mode Off On Auto HDMI Config.
Off On Auto Priority Range: 1-13 Audio Input Audio 1 Audio 2 Audio 3 Audio 4 Stereo HDMI (Only available the selected video input is HDMI) Off AV Lipsync Range: 0-200 Picture Control Brightness Range: -50-50 Contrast Range: -50-50 Saturation Range: -50-50 Hue Range: -50-50 Sharpness Range: 0-7 Y/C Delay Range: -50-50 CUE Correction Off On Auto Configuration Test Patterns Frame/Geometry Checkerboard Vertical Lines Horizontal Lines Judder Brightness/Contrast Color8 Bars75 Color8 Bars100 Gray Ramp Window IRE10
Magenta Yelllow Auto Standby Off On LED Brightness Navigation Range: 0-3 Normal Range: 0-3 User Mode Normal Advanced Serial Port Rate 4800 9600 14400 19200 38400 57600 Factory Default No Yes Software Update No Yes Information Output Setup Analog/Digital BNC (Analog) HDMI (Digital) Format 480p 540p 576p 720p-50 720p-60 1080i-50 1080i-60 1080p-50 1080p-60 640x480 (VGA) 800x600 (SVGA) 1024x768 (XGA) 1280x1024 (SXGA) 848x480 848x600 852x480 852x576 1360x768 (1) 1360x768 (2) 1365x768 1366x768 (1) 1366x768 (2) 12
Horizontal Shift Range: Horizontal Size Range: Horizontal Front Porch Range: Horizontal Sync Range: Horizontal Back Porch Range: Vertical Shift Range: Vertical Size Range: Vertical Front Porch Range: Vertical Sync Range: Vertical Back Porch Range: Aspect Ratio Display 4:3 5:4 16:9 2.35:1 User Range: 1.00-3.00 Screen 4:3 16:9 2.35:1 User Range: 1.00-3.
48Hz Lock 60Hz Lock 72Hz Lock Unlock Border Level Range: 0-100 Gamma Correction Off On Red Green Blue HDCP Mode Off On Display Profile Select Profile 1 Profile 2 Profile 3 Profile 4 Profile 5 Profile 6 Profile 7 Profile 8 Profile 9 Profile 10 Save Profile 1 No Yes Profile 2 No Yes Profile 3 No Yes Profile 4 No Yes Profile 5 No Yes Profile 6 No Yes Profile 7 No Yes Profile 8 No Yes Profile 9 No Yes Profile 10 No Yes Auto Off On 46
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Index A active input aspect radio (AIAR) analog inputs audio connections M 15 8 audio delay function 21 audio input function 21 audio video inputs menu navigation 4 8 8 N non-volatile memory 31 O auto input priority selection function 21 output aspect ratio control 25 auto standby 23 output setup 25 AV lip sync 21 overscan function 20 P B battery installation 4 package contents 4 border level setting 29 pan function 17 borders function 17 picture controls 21 brightnes
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