User guide

Chapter 3, Using Your Matrox MC-100 Hardware

4 On the MC-100, turn on DIP switch 4 (turn the switch down) to enable the

loss-of-signal switcher.

For more information, see “Using the MC-100 DIP switches” on page 10.

The loss-of-switcher feature is enabled, and will trigger a switch to the backup

channel if a signal loss is detected on the main channel.

Using the OSD buttons

The on-screen display (OSD) buttons are used to navigate through the Matrox

MC-100 options in the OSD menu.

¦NoteYou can lock the OSD buttons by using DIP switch 1 (see “Using the

MC-100 DIP switches” on page 10).

• and (Cycle buttons) Use these buttons to cycle through the OSD

menu options and settings, or available settings when in selection mode (see

“Using the MC-100 selection modes” on page 22).

• (Select button) Use this button to select the highlighted OSD menu

option, currently selected option, or to exit selection mode (see “Using the

MC-100 selection modes” on page 22).

Accessing the OSD main menu

The Matrox MC-100 on-screen display (OSD) main menu is accessed using the

OSD buttons. The OSD main menu allows you to set the input, output, and 3D

settings, and allows you to access the various selection modes (see “Using the

MC-100 selection modes” on page 22).

°To access the Matrox MC-100 OSD main menu:

1 Make sure that power is supplied to Matrox MC-100 (see “Powering Matrox

MC-100” on page 6), and you have at least one SDI or HDMI output display

device connected to Matrox MC-100 (see “Connecting input and output

devices” on page 8).

¦NoteBy default, the OSD will appear on the display device connected to

MC-100’s HDMI output only. To hide the OSD on the HDMI output, or to

display it on the SDI outputs, you must set the MC-100 DIP switches

accordingly (see “Using the MC-100 DIP switches” on page 10).