Instruction manual

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BT-LH 1700W • BT-LH 2600W
550
PHOTO - VIDEO - PRO AUDIO
17” and 26” Production-Quality LCD Monitors
Broadcast-quality 16:9 HD/SD LCD monitors for studio and field
applications, the space-saving, widescreen BT-LH1700W (rack mountable)
and BT-LH2600W (wall mountable) produce brilliant, highly color saturated
images, and exceptional color reproduction and gradation. They both
feature two auto switching SDI/HD-SDI inputs; high-speed response with
no blurring; the industry’s lowest delay realized by an image processing
circuit that converts interlaced into progressive signals with no visible
delays; a waveform monitor that graphically displays luminance levels
from 0 to 108 IRE in any of the monitors’ four corners; and a plit
Screen/Freeze Frame function for scene comparison and critical color
matching (live input vs. freeze frame). The BT-LH2600W steps up with
increased resolution, pixel mapping of any of five areas of the screen for superior
camera focusing, audio level meters super-imposed and translucent (up to 8 channels).
The 26” diagonal screen also yields four 13” pictures when used with a quad splitter.
◆ Compatible with multiple HD/SD formats
including 1080/24PsF, 1080i, 720p, 480p and
480i. Ideal for a wide range of applications
in locations around the world.
◆ The BT-LH1700W and BT-LH2600W use color
space conversion technology to produce
the same SMPTE C-based colors as a CRT.
◆ With selectable Color Temperature (9300K,
6500K, 5600K) the monitors make it easy to
match the user’s standard. 3000K to 9300K
can be selected with the variable setting.
◆ In order to make them suitable for
professional broadcasting applications,
compensation is conducted for each
monitor in 256 discrete RGB steps.
◆ The biggest concern when receiving a video
feed is response time in the intermediate
gradations. Installing an overdrive circuit
improves the response in intermediate gra-
dations to around 8 ms (BT-LH2600W) and
10 ms (BT-LH1700W) gray-to-gray) enabling
the vivid display of video without blurring.
◆ Industry’s lowest circuit delay time of 5 msec
is realized by an I/P circuit that converts SD
and HD interlace signals with high precision
and generates a progressive signal without
causing field-length delay. Minimizing the
delay between the input signal and monitor
output enables users to confirm footage
without any incongruity.
◆ Equipped with adjustable gamma, as well
as cine-gamma (F-REC) compensation
function, making them compatible with
Panasonic’s VariCam AJ-HDC27H camcorder.
◆ A frame of video can easily be frozen and
displayed as a still image on the left side of
the screen. This function can be utilized to
match a live camera with a frame of video
shot at an earlier time or with a different
camera. There are two display modes:
– FULL for displaying and comparing the
entire image on the screen
– PART for displaying and comparing only the
center part of the images.
With the event of laptop NLEs and more and more post-production going on the road,
professional, mobile, lightweight, cost-effective and high quality monitoring has become a
more important part of the equation. The BT-LH1700W is as much at home in the field, set
into a flight case or in the back of a production van as it is in a fully equipped edit studio.
Combining low weight, a small, space-saving footprint, and affordability, the BT-LH2600W
will serve as the essential main monitor in production environments such as studios, edit
rooms, newsrooms, NLE suites, and master control.
◆ Built with a die-cast aluminum frame, the
monitors are field proven and tough enough
to travel.
◆ Various markers can be displayed in both of
16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratio.
– Aspect Marker (16:9): 4:3,13:9,14:9,CNSCO or
VISTA, with background brightness control of
0%, 50% or 100%.
– Safe Area Marker (16:9/4:3): 95%, 93%, 90%,
88% or 80%
– Center Marker (16:9/4:3): ON/OFF
– With the BT-LH2600W, safe area marker can
be displayed over 4:3 aspect marker.
◆ They achieve a wide 176° horizontal and
vertical viewing angle by using a high
intensity, high contrast LCD panel.
◆ The BT-LH2600W and the BT-LH1700W are
equipped with two SDI inputs and one SDI
output, and offer component input (Y/PB/PR,
RGB switching), S-Video and composite. RGB
is compatible with PC input.
◆ Other features include GPI and RS-232 ports,
built-in amplified stereo speakers, Blue only
mode, H/V delay and mono mode, two-color
tally lamp. The BT-LH2600W comes complete
with a desk stand, and an optional wall
mount (TY-WK32LR1S) is available.