User's Manual

• HDCP Visual Confirmation — This provides a full screen green output signal when
HDCP-encrypted content is transmitted to a non-HDCP compliant display, providing
immediate visual confirmation that protected content cannot be viewed on the
display.
• HDMI to DVI Interface Format Correction — Automatically enables or disables
embedded audio and infoframes, and sets the correct color space for proper
connection to HDMI and DVI displays.
• AFL (Accu-RATE Frame Lock) — A patented technology exclusive to Extron that
locks the output frame rate to a designated input to eliminate stuttering caused by
frame rate conversion.
• Audio switching transitions — The audio output level automatically ramps down
and then ramps up during switching transitions.
• Integrated audio delay — The audio output is automatically delayed to compensate
for latency introduced by the video processing.
General
• Advanced scaling engine with 30-bit processing and 1080i deinterlacing —
Image scaling and video format conversion are performed at 30-bit precision for
enhanced color accuracy and picture detail. High performance deinterlacing for 1080i
signals from HD sources delivers optimized image quality.
• HDCP compliant — Fully supports HDCP-encrypted sources, with selectable
authorization for unencrypted content.
• Supported HDMI — This features include data rates up to 6.75 Gbps, Deep Color,
and HD lossless audio formats
• Key Minder — Key Minder authenticates and maintains continuous HDCP
encryption between input and output devices to ensure quick and reliable switching in
professional AV environments.
• EDID Minder — EDID Minder automatically manages EDID communication and
ensures that all sources power up properly and reliably output content for display.
• Image freeze control — A live image can be frozen using RS-232 serial control.
• On-screen display — Displays status information pertaining to the currently selected
input, including resolution, format, and HDCP status, and facilitates easy system
setup and troubleshooting.
• Power Save Mode — Can be placed in a low power standby state to conserve
energy when not in use.
• Picture control adjustment — Used for brightness, contrast, color, tint, and detail
settings, as well as horizontal and vertical positioning, and sizing.
• Automatic 3:2 and 2:2 pulldown detection — Advanced film mode processing
techniques that help maximize image detail and sharpness for NTSC, PAL, and HDTV
1080i sources that originated from film.
• Quad standard, 3D composite video decoding — A temporal, 3D adaptive comb
filter provides advanced decoding of composite NTSC 3.58, NTSC 4.43, PAL, and
SECAM for integration into systems worldwide.
• User presets — Memory presets are available for each input to store and recall
optimized image settings.
• Internal test patterns for calibration and setup — The DSC 301 HD offers a crop
pattern, crosshatch, grayscale, color bars, alternating pixels, blue mode, and audio
pink noise.
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