User manual
Operating the VP-501xl/VP-502xl 
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8.2  Adjusting the Display via the Menu Buttons 
The set of menu buttons (MENU, ENTER, − and +) let you adjust the 
screen settings. Use the menu buttons as follows: 
•  Press the MENU
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•  Press the MENU button again each time you want to return to the 
previous menu level or exit the menu 
 button to display the menu on the screen  
•  Press the + or - buttons to move up or down the menu respectively 
•  Press ENTER to accept changes 
•  Before exiting the menu, you can save settings
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8.3  Using the Menu  
Using the main menu, you can adjust the screen display
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. After pressing the 
MENU button
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, the main Menu
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 appears on the screen. Use the menu 
buttons to scroll through the menu and make the required adjustments. 
Table 3
 defines the menu items. 
Table 3: VP-501xl/VP-502xl Menu Items 
Menu Items 
Function 
Picture Setup  Set the Contrast, Brightness, Sharpness and Saturation levels; 
Set the Flicker Filter for flicker reduction
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TV Output Setup 
Set the H Center, H Width, V Center and V Height levels 
VGA Input Setup  Set the VGA Left, VGA Width, VGA Top and VGA Bottom levels 
Zoom  Set the zoom to ON to zoom the image; when the zoom is selected, pan the H and V position 
Advanced  Select from seven different Test Patterns (for example, see Figure 7);  
Select a test pattern to appear when no input is connected; and 
Save up to 4 setups
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 and recall
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Information 
 them 
Verifies the V Total Line, the H Timing, V Timing, and the software version 
1 Pressing the MENU button disables the quick-set buttons (AUTO IMAGE, FREEZE and OS/US) 
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 8.5 
3 Screen adjustments apply to both CV and Y/C displays 
4 Quick set-buttons are disabled 
5 The menu times-out after 20 seconds of inactivity 
6 The flicker filter essentially blends the value of vertically adjacent pixels to decrease the differences in adjacent odd/even 
lines. This dramatically reduces the noticeable image flicker, but equally as noticeably reduces the level of vertical detail as 
compared to the original computer display. 
7 To have a recalled setup appear after power cycling, you have to save that recalled setup once again before powering down 
the unit, since the unit “remembers” the last setting that was saved 










