Clarity SN-4610-1080, SN-4035-WX Bobcat, Bay Cat SN-4610-1080 User Manual
Bay Cat
SN-4610-1080
User Guide
SN-4610-1080
Bay Cat
46" Direct View LCD Display
User Guide
070-0146-01
4 October 2004
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Contents
1 About the Bay Cat … 1
1.1 What are the Main Features of Bay Cat? … 2
1.2 You Should Have These Accessories … 4
1.3 Safety for You and Bay Cat … 6
2Installing … 9
2.1 What You Will Do … 10
2.2 Installing the Bay Cat Wall Bracket … 12
2.3 Hanging the Bay Cat on the Wall Bracket … 14
2.4 Connecting Power … 16
2.5 Connecting Picture Sources … 18
2.6 Connecting RS232 Communication … 20
3 Adjusting and Maintaining Bay Cat … 23
3.1 Quick Start … 24
3.2 Operating the Bay Cat … 26
3.3 Manual Selection and Adjustments … 28
3.3.1 Selecting the Picture … 30
3.3.1.1 Auto or Manual Mode Selection … 32
3.3.1.2 EDID: What It Is and How It Works … 34
3.3.2 Adjusting Levels, Computer Sources … 36
3.3.3 Adjust Levels, Video Sources … 38
3.3.4 Adjusting Sharpness … 40
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3.3.5 Position … 42
3.3.6 Aspect Ratio … 44
3.3.7 Adjusting Color Balance … 46
3.4 Diagnostics, Test Patterns … 48
3.5 Advanced Options … 50
3.5.1 Miscellaneous Options … 52
3.5.2 Backlight Control and Status … 54
3.5.3 Force Analog Mode … 56
3.5.4 Serial Ports Settings … 58
3.6 Cleaning the Screen … 60
4 Reference Section … 61
4.1 Menu Structures … 62
4.2 Remote Control Buttons … 78
4.3 Drawings … 80
4.4 Connector Locations and Diagrams … 84
4.5 Glossary of Terms … 86
4.6 Specifications for Bay Cat … 90
4.7 Regulatory Information … 92
4.8 Tables of Modes for Analog Inputs … 94
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1 About the Bay Cat
1.1 What are the Main Features of Bay Cat? … 2
1.2 You Should Have These Accessories … 4
1.3 Safety for You and Bay Cat … 6
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1.1 What are the Main Features of Bay Cat?
Flat screen, long backlight (lamp) life (60,000 hours). Portrait or Landscape orientation
Bay Cat is a 46" LCD display that can be wallmounted or mounted on a stand. The display can be
portrait or landscape.
Landscape
Portrait
Bay Cat is only 3.9" deep. It’s aspect ratio is 1.77
(16:9). It’s native resolution is HD (1920 × 1080). It
accepts a wide range of input pictures from VGA to
UXGA in either analog or digital (DVI).
For video it accepts NTSC, PAL, and SECAM as
composite or S-Video.
Most important, it is easy to set up and adjust.
RS232 Protocol
RS232 control for Bay Cat is available. The
instructions for this protocol are in a PDF file on
Clarity’s website:
www.ClarityVisual.com.
1. In the upper line of the home page, click on
2. Click on the lower blue
LOGIN NOW button for
LOGIN.
specifiers and end-users.
3. Your login name is “tech”.
4. Your login password is “help”.
5. Click on the Bay Cat section.
6. Click on the RS232 instructions. Be sure you get
the instructions for Bay Cat RS232, document
number 070-0146-xx.
Temporary Image Retention
Burn-in causes the screen to retain an image
essentially forever, with little or no way to correct the
problem. Bay Cat does not experience burn-in, as
plasma displays do.
However, Bay Cat’s can experience temporary
image retention. This can happen when a still
image—particularly one with high color contrast—is
displayed for an extended period, usually over an
hour.
To avoid the problem of image retention, use Bay
Cat to showing moving images, or still pictures that
change regularly.
If image retention has occurred, it will be easiest to
see when displaying the Gray Test Pattern.
If this happens, use the internal Test Pattern to
display a black screen. Research at Clarity has shown
that displaying a black image, or turning off the AC
power, is the quickest way to dissipate the temporarily retained image.
A black image is available from the Test Patterns
menu.
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New Bay Cat features
• EDID can be set to Analog or Digital monitor for
easier Plug-and-Play operation. You can also
download a customer EDID through RS232
• Lock Mode is the Picture menu automatically
deselects all the Auto Setup options, preventing
the Bay Cat from searching for other modes
unnecessarily.
• Backlight sensors on both backlights lets you
know their status.
• Three preset color temperature setting were added
to the Color Balance menu for quick and easy
changes. The standard Color Balance menu can be
used to set custom color values.
• Message In Picture (MIP) is a method of showing
brief messages on the screen on top of whatever
pictures are currently displayed. The messages can
take any of seven forms from full screen bulletins
to what looks like sticky notes. MIP is described in
a separate document available on Clarity’s website:
Go to www.ClarityVisual.com
Click on
Click on lower, blue
User name: tech
Password: help
Look in Technical Resources under Bay Cat.
LOGINin upper right banner
LOGIN NOW button
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1.2 You Should Have These Accessories
Standard accessories
• 1 DVI to 15-pin D-sub adapter (DVI to VGA)
•1 power cord
•1 VGA cable
• 1 remote control
•this User Guide
• Wall Bracket, with CATLOCK™ and locking tool
Optional accessories
• Adapter Plate, WAL-4025-00, with hardware
The Adapter Plate comes with 4 nuts and 8 metric
screws. The 4 nuts hold the Wall Bracket to the
Adapter Plate.
The Adapter Plate can be bolted to a wall.
Or the Adapter Plate can be screwed onto an NEC
plasma monitor display stand using the 8 metric
screws.
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Standard accessories
Two views of the DVI
to 15-pin adapter.
DVI male connector
VGA female
connector
Remote controlWall Bracket with lock and lock-
ing/unlocking tool
Optional accessory
Adapter plate, WAL-4025-00, optional.
Attaches to a wall or to an NEC plasma display bracket.
Adapter plate after you install the Wall
Bracket on it.
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1.3 Safety for You and Bay Cat
This list of safety warning and caution notes isn’t very long. Reading it could save you from getting an
electric shock.
This display was designed with safety in mind. However, if you don’t heed the safety warning and cautions, you could get hurt. The safety warning are on
stickers in various places in and on the display. They
are reproduced on these pages so you can see them all
at once.
There are some other times you should be know
relating to safety:
WARNING
Wall mounts must be secure.
If the displays are hung on a wall, the wall must be
strong enough to hold them. Each display unit weighs
about 71.2 lbs. (32 kg). Simply mounting it to wallboard or wall paneling won’t be adequate or safe. The
mounting method must be capable of holding 5 times
this weight, 265 lbs. (120 kg) for each display unit.
CAUTION
The screen could be damaged by heavy pressure.
Bay Cat screens are protected with a cover glass to
protect the LCD.
Some Bay Cats are shipped, at customer request,
without this protective glass. In these, the LCD is not
protected. Slight pressure on the LCD will cause distortion of the image. Heavier pressure will cause permanent damage. Bay Cats of this type should be
mounted where viewers cannot touch the screen.
WARNING
The backlight contains mercury.
The backlight is 40 mercury vapor fluorescent
lamps. These cold cathode fluorescent lamps behind
the LCD panel contain a small amount of mercury
(112 mg in each lamp). Follow local ordinances and
regulations for disposal.
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2 Installing
2.1 What You Will Do … 10
2.2 Installing the Bay Cat Wall Bracket … 12
2.3 Hanging the Bay Cat on the Wall Bracket … 14
2.4 Connecting Power … 16
2.5 Connecting Picture Sources … 18
2.6 Connecting RS232 Communication … 20
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2.1 What You Will Do
The following list is for reference only. See the individual pages (in parentheses) for detailed information about how to proceed.
Installing
1. Installing the Bay Cat Wall Bracket (12)
2. Hanging the Bay Cat on the Wall Bracket (14)
3. Connecting Power (16)
4. Connecting Picture Sources (18)
5. Connecting RS232 Communication (20)
Configuring
1. Quick Start (24)
to plug it in and go.
For more precise configuration, look at these
detailed instructions:
2. Selecting the Picture (30)
3. Adjusting Levels, Computer Sources (36)
4. Adjust Levels, Video Sources (38)
5. Adjusting Sharpness (40)
6. Aspect Ratio (44)
7. Advanced Options (50)
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2.2 Installing the Bay Cat Wall Bracket
The Bay Cat hangs on its wall bracket in either landscape or portrait orientation. All dimensions are in
inches.
Installing the wall bracket
The wall bracket comes with each Bay Cat. The
adapter plate is optional. See picture in “You Should
Have These Accessories” on page 4.
Using hardware you supply, bolt or screw the wall
bracket to a wall. Be sure to bolt or screw to structural
elements of the wall, not just the wall board or drywall. The Bay Cat weighs 71.2 lbs. (32 kg). The
mounting method you use must be capable of holding
five times this weight (356 lbs., 160 kg).
The outer mounting holes are on 16" centers.
Ventilation
The Bay Cat needs no space to the rear for ventila-
tion. However, like all electronic devices, it does produce some heat. The space above the display should
provide enough space so that heated air can get away.
This means you should not mount it into a sealed
space with nowhere for the heated air to escape.
This space at the rear of the Bay Cat will be
occupied by the wall bracket when the display is
hanging on a wall.
Portrait or Landscape
The wall bracket always mounts the same way,
whether the displays will be hung as portrait or landscape. The hooks on the wall bracket should always
have the open part facing upward, as shown in the
drawing.
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Diagram of Wall Bracket with Adapter Plate, WAL-
4025-00, an optional accessory. (See “Optional accessories” on page 4)
•The Locking Wall Bracket does not have the large
back plate. It consists of the square, open box with
the locking mechanism. This Locking Wall
Bracket with CATLOCK™ is a standard accessory.
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2.3 Hanging the Bay Cat on the Wall Bracket
The locking system for the Bay Cat wall bracket prevents the display from jumping off the bracket during earth tremors, and it helps deter theft.
Two-person job
The Bay Cat weighs just over 71.2 lbs. (32 kg).
Always have two persons hang the display on the wall
bracket.
Two orientations
The Bay Cat hangs in either landscape or portrait
orientation. The small black square shows the position of the AC power receptacle. The gray rectangle
shows the position of the picture connectors.
Landscape
The Bay Cat will not rotate the picture. The source
(computer) must rotate the picture. The Bay Cat can
rotate the menus, so the internal menus will be upright
with either orientation.
Hanging the display
Before you hang the first display, practice using the
lock lever to open and close the locking mechanism.
Portrait
Locking and unlocking
This end of the locking tool
works from below the wall
bracket.
This end of the locking tool
works from the sides of the
wall bracket.
After the display is hung, the connectors for video and
power are a little difficult to see. Some installers
connect power and video cables just before hanging
the display.
1. Be sure the locking lever is in the open position.
The tab on the lever should not protrude below
the bottom of the box.
2. Using two persons, lift the display so the power
receptacle is at the bottom for landscape hanging.
For portrait orientation, the power receptacle will be on
the left, looking from the front.
3. Hang the display in the hooks. Pull forward on
the display to see that it is properly in the hooks.
4. Use the locking tool to lock the display onto the
wall bracket. To see if it is locked in place, try to
lift the display. If it won’t lift, it’s locked.
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Unlocking from the side: Slide the tool in from the side. It will
ride up over the lock and catch it. Pull the lock back to unlock.
Unlocking from the bottom: Slide the tool in from the bottom, keeping the open side of the hook to the left, as shown.
Catch the lock and pull down.
Back side of the locking lever, showing
the two pins that the tool hooks onto.
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2.4 Connecting Power
Bay Cat accepts 115 VAC and 230 VAC with no manual switching.
Plug the power cord into the receptacle on the rear of
the Bay Cat. Plug the other end into a good source of
AC power.
When ready, turn on the power switch.
Normal operation
It is normal to leave the power connected and the
power switch on all the time and turn the backlight
on and off as desired.
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2.5 Connecting Picture Sources
Digital and analog computer pictures share a common connector
Computer sources
Connect computer pictures to the DVI-I connector.
This is the standard DVI digital connector, but you
can convert it to a 15-pin D-sub for analog computer
pictures with the supplied adapter.
Computer sources are RGB. Later you will set the
Colorspace to RGB in the Picture menu.
Video sources
Connect composite video pictures to the RCA connector.
Connect S-Video pictures to the S-Video connector.
Both connectors accept NTSC, PAL or SECAM
video sources.
If Bay Cat is shipped to a destination outside the US,
the video inputs are disabled.
YPbPr sources
Component video sources, such as those provided
by some DVD players, should be connected to the
15-pin connector (through the adapter on the DVI
connector).
Most DVD players have red, green, and blue RCA
connectors for component video output. There is
available a cable with three BNC connectors on one
end (red, green and blue) and a 15-pin connector on
the other.
Therefore, to get from a DVD player to a Bay Cat,
you will need the following parts, listed from DVD to
Bay Cat:
1. RCA male to BNC female adapter, 3 each
2. Cable with BNC on one end, 15-pin VGA connector on the other
3. 15-pin to DVI adapter (supplied)
It may be necessary to select Analog or Digital in the
EDID menu.
The Colorspace in the Picture menu will be set to
YPbPr to see the colors correctly.
Macrovision, a proprietary method of encrypting DVDs
so they cannot be copied, is not supported for YPbPr
component sources. It is supported for composite and
S-Video inputs. If you can’t see a DVD movie, try the
composite or S-Video outputs of the DVD player.
YPbPr supports both progressive and interlaced
scanning.
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This adapter, supplied in the
accessories, converts the DVI
input connector to a 15-pin VGA
connector.
If the Bay Cat is shipped outside the
US, the video inputs are disabled.
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2.6 Connecting RS232 Communication
RS232 control is not necessary for operation, but it is a convenient way to control Bay Cats from a distance.
RS232 communication allows a computer to control
one or more Bay Cat displays using the computer’s
serial port. Almost everything you can do with the
remote, you can do with RS232 commands. Plus, you
can send inquiries to the Bay Cats and find out the
current settings and values.
To connect a computer to the first Bay Cat, use an
adapter on the computer’s serial port connector to
convert this to an RJ45 connector.
1. Obtain an adapter that has a female 9-pin connecter. It not be wired.
2. Wire it as shown in the illustration and table on
the opposite page. Only three wires are required.
Clip off the other wires, or tuck them into the
connector body.
Connecting for RS232 control
Use Cat-5 cable to connect from the computer
(with the adapter in place) to the first Bay Cat’s
RS232 In connector.
From the first Bay Cat, connect RS232 Out to the
next Bay Cat’s RS232 In. Continue in this way until
all Bay Cats are in the loop.
The order of Bay Cat is the loop does not matter.
As an example, suppose we have 10 Bay Cats in
one area divided into two groups. We might set the
ID s of the Bay Cats like this:
Group ID Unit ID
11
12
13
14
15
21
22
23
24
25
With this scheme, we have four ways to address
these Bay Cats:
RS232 IDs
Each Bay Cat in the loop must have a unique
RS232 ID. Open the Serial Port Settings menu for
each Bay Cat.
Set the Group ID and the Unit ID so that the combined ID is unique for each Bay Cat in this RS232
loop.
Addressing Bay Cats
Part of the RS232 command will be an address.
This address may take several forms.
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Typ e of
Addresses
13
24
etc.
**
*5s
2*
Affect on Bay Cats
Only the specific Bay Cat addressed
will obey the command. Also, the
Bay Cat will respond to the host
computer.
All
Bay Cats in this RS232 loop will
obey the command
Both the
“5” will obey this command
All five
obey the command
Bay Cats whose IDs end in
Bay Cats in Group 2 will
A complete list of all commands is given in
“RS232 Control for Bay Cat”, document 070-0120,
available from Clarity’s website:
www.clarityvisual.com
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