FSI BM090, BM210, CM172, CM240, CM250 User Manual

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Monitor User Manual

Updated 12.18.2014

BM Series CM Series BM090 CM171 BM210 CM172 BM230 CM240 CM250 CM420TD CM500TD

This manual is based on rmware version 1.0.00-1969. If you have an older or newer rmware version some of the functions mentioned in this manual may not be present or may operate differently.

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Contents

TOPIC PAGE(S)

Safety Precautions 3-4

Parts & Their Functions 5-6

Menu Navigation / System Status 7

Function Menu 8-17 Marker Menu 18 Video Menu 19-20 Scopes & VU Meters Menu 21-23

System Menu 24-26 Alarm Menu 27-29

OSD Menu 30

GPI Menu 31

Audio Menu 32

Color Management Menu 33 Color Management Menu: DIT LUTs 34-35 Color Management Menu:

Custom Calibration LUTs 36-39

Troubleshooting Guide 40-41 Monitor Specications 42-45

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Safety Precautions

• All operating instructions must be read and understood before the product is operated.

• These safety and operating instructions must be kept in a safe place for future reference.

• All warnings on the product and in the instructions must be observed closely.

• All operating instructions must be followed.

• Do not use attachments or accessories not recommended by the manufacturer. Use of inadequate attachments may

result in serious accidents.

• Do not place heavy objects on the power cord. Route power cord to prevent people from stepping on or resting objects on the cord. Check to ensure that both outlet and product connection points are properly seated and secured.

• This product must be operated on a power source as specied on the specication label or product screening. Always operate the product within the voltage range specied.

• Do not overload AC outlets or extension cords. Overloading can cause re or serious electric shock.

• Never insert an object into the product through vents or openings as this can cause serious electric shock or damage.

• Do not expose product to water or other liquids as this can lead to electrical shock or permanent damage.

• Do not attempt to service the product yourself. Removing covers can expose you to high voltage and other unsafe

conditions. Please seek the assistance of a qualied service professional for all service needs.

• If any of the following occur, unplug the power cord from the AC outlet and consult a qualied service professional to perform repairs:

• Power cord or plug becomes damaged.

• When any liquid is spilled on or in the product.

• When the product has been exposed to rain or water.

• When the product does not operate properly as described in the instruction manual.

• When the product has been dropped or damaged.

• If the product requires replacement parts, make sure that the service person uses replacement parts specied by the

manufacturer, or those equivalent parts having the same characteristics and performance specications as the original parts. Use of unauthorized parts can result in re, electric shock, and/or other damage.

• Upon completion of any service or repair work, request that the service technician perform safety checks to ensure that the product is in proper working order.

• When mounting the product to a wall, ceiling, or within a rack/enclosure, be sure to install the product according to the instructions of both the mount and monitor manufacturer.

• Unplug the power cord from the AC outlet before cleaning the product.

• For proper screen maintenance please follow the guidelines below to prevent scratches, discoloration, or other damage to the panel:

• Avoid striking the screen with any object.

• Do not wipe screen hard. Apply only gentle pressure if cleaning.

• Do not wipe the screen with solvents such as alcohol, paint thinner, or benzene as this can cause permanent

damage to the panel.

• Do not spray detergent or other cleaners directly on the monitor or panel.

• Do not write on the panel with any substance or object.

• Do not paste or stick anything to the screen as any adhesive can cause damage to the panel.

• Screen may be cleaned by gently wiping with lint free cloth to remove dust. For more thorough cleaning use a

lint free cloth that has been very lightly dampened with distilled water. Please dry any excess moisture from the monitor or panel immediately to prevent damage.

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Safety Precautions

• For proper chassis maintenance please follow the guidelines below to avoid any potential damage:

• Do not wipe the chassis with solvents such as alcohol, paint thinner, or benzene.

• Do not expose the cabinet to any volatile substances.

• Do not allow prolonged contact with rubber or plastic.

• Apply only gentle pressure to chassis when cleaning.

• To clean use soft, lint free cloth to remove dust. A lightly dampened cloth, as described in the screen maintenance

section, may also be used to clean the chassis.

• Take care in moving this product as serious injury or death can result from the sudden shifting or falling of this object.

• The vents and openings in the product’s chassis are designed for ventilation. Do not cover, block, or otherwise obstruct

these vents and openings as insufcient ventilation can cause overheating and/or shorten the life of the product. Do not place the object on a bed, sofa, rug, or other similar surface as this can result in serious obstruction of ventilation areas. If using in enclosed space make sure to provide proper ventilation to maintain allowable operating temperature range.

• The panel used in this product contains glass and can cause serious injury if broken. If the unit is dropped or otherwise damaged take care to avoid possible injury by glass shards.

• Keep this product away from heat generating sources such as radiators, heaters, stoves, or other heat generating products.

• Avoid prolonged exposure to direct sunlight as this can cause damage to the panel

FCC (Federal Communications Commission)

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interface when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.

This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

Warning: Changes or modications not expressly approved by the manufacturer responsible for compliance void

the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

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Parts & Their Functions

DVI

VIDEO

YPbPr

SDI 2 SDI 1

DOWN

F1 F2

F3 F4

ENTER

PHASE / H POS CHROMA / V POS BRIGHT / Ref POS CONTRAST / F Stop VOLUME / Reset

POWER

• SDI 1: Used to select SDI Input 1 as the active Input.

• SDI 2: Used to select SDI Input 2 as the active Input.

• YPbPr: Used to select the Component Analog Input as the active Input.

• VIDEO: Used to select the Composite Analog Input as the active Input.

• DVI: Used to select the DVI-I Input as the active Input. DVI-Digital / DVI-Analog toggle is available in the System Menu

(Menu/System/DVI Selection).

• F1: Assignable function key. This key’s function is selectable from the Function Menu.

• F2: Assignable function key. This key’s function is selectable from the Function Menu.

• F3: Assignable function key. This key’s function is selectable from the Function Menu.

• F4: Assignable function key. This key’s function is selectable from the Function Menu.

• F5: Assignable function key. This key’s function is selectable from the Function Menu.

• MENU: Used to enable On Screen Menu.

• UP: Used in combination with DOWN and ENTER Keys to navigate On Screen Menu.

• DOWN: Used in combination with UP and ENTER Keys to navigate On Screen Menu.

• ENTER: Used in combination with UP and DOWN Keys to navigate On Screen Menu. The ENTER button is used to

conrm selections within the On Screen Menu.

• POWER: Used to turn power on/off.

• VOLUME: Used to adjust volume. Press down on this knob to instantly mute or unmute the volume.

• CONTRAST: Used to adjust contrast higher or lower. Pressing down on the center of this button will return the contrast

setting to its default position.

• BRIGHT / F.D. / Ref POS: Used to adjust brightness higher or lower. Pressing down on the center of this button will return the brightness setting to its default position. The brightness knob should NOT be used increase the overall peak white luminance of the unit, use the Luminance setting on the System Menu to adjust overall luminance.

• CHROMA / V POS: Used to adjust chroma higher or lower. Pressing down on the center of this button will return the chroma setting to its default position.

• PHASE / H POS: Used to adjust phase. Pressing down on the center of this button will return the setting to default. Hue is locked by default on SDI, but can be unlocked by the SDI Hue Adjustment option on the System Menu.

• Tally: Three color tally lamp controlled via remote control.

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Parts & Their Functions

DC Power AC Power

100mm VESA

LAN

RJ-485

DVI-I

Video

Component

GPI

RS-232

• LAN: IP Control via select programs. This feature is in beta.

• GPI: General Purpose Interface for Contact Closure Remote Control.

Remote Control Functions can be assigned from the GPI Menu.

• RS-485: RS-485 Ports (In/Out) for looping remote control interface.

• DVI-I: DVI-I Input. Supports both DVI-Analog & DVI-Digital.

Analog / Digital Toggle is found on System Menu.

• Video In/Out: Composite Video Input & Loop Through.

• Component In/Out: Component Video (SD & HD autosensing) Input & Loop

Through. Supports both YPbPr & RGB signals.

• Ext. Sync. In/Out: External Reference Synchronization Interface.

• SDI In 1 & SDI In 2: Two Autosensing, Autoswitching, Multi-Format 3G/Dual-Link/

HD/SD-SDI Inputs.

• SDI Out 1 & Out 2: Two looped 3G/Dual-Link/HD/SD-SDI Outputs.

• Audio In/Out: Analog Stereo Mini-phono Audio Input & Output. Unbalanced, Audio

Out delayed by exact amount of monitor video procesisng time to maintain sync.

Ext Sync

SDI

Audio

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Menu Navigation / System Status

Main Menu

Pressing the MENU button on the monitor’s keypad will call up the On Screen Menu, as shown below:

Main Menu Function

Function F1 Scopes & Audio Meters 1

Scopes & Audio Meters F2 Scopes & Audio Meters 2

Video F3 Scopes & Audio Meters 3

Audio F4 Marker 1

Marker F5 Measurement (10Bit)

System Function Display On

Alarm

OSD

GPI

Color Management

System Status

Support

Navigating the Main Menu

To navigate the Main Menu simply use the UP and DOWN keys to highlight a category and press the ENTER button to select the highlighted sub menu. Navigate the sub menu in the same way by using the UP and DOWN keys to highlight a particular function and press ENTER to toggle between that function’s settings. To exit the menu or back out of a sub menu simply press the MENU button.

System Status Category

The System Status category does not contain any congurable settings, but does provide important information regarding your monitor’s serial number, rmware version, & current conguration.

Main Menu System Status

Function Input DVI-D

Scopes & Audio Meters Input Mode 1080p 60hz

Video Overscan Off

Audio Pixel Mapping Off

Marker Volume 16

System Contrast 0

Alarm Brightness 0

OSD Chroma 0

GPI Hue 0

Color Management Model BM210

System Status Version 1.0.00-1969

Support S/N M210A0000

Note that pressing an input button will temporarily call up a secondary system status summary window that will indicate incoming signal resolution and frame rate, active color space selected on Color Management menu, gamma response selected on Video Menu, & color matching function selected on Color Management Menu*.

*Color Matching Function toggle only works on OLED units, all other units currently use CIE 1931 CMF only.

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Function Menu

Main Menu Function

Function F1 Scopes & Audio Meters 1

Scopes & Audio Meters F2 Scopes & Audio Meters 2

Video F3 Scopes & Audio Meters 3

Audio F4 Marker

Marker F5 Measurement (10Bit)

System Function Display On

Alarm

OSD

GPI

Color Management

System Status

Support

The Function Menu allows you to assign user selectable functions to any of the 5 function buttons (F1, F2, F3, F4, & F5) on the monitor keypad. Many monitor features listed as assignable options in the function menu are also selectable via the embedded menus and are present simply to provide an option for faster, single button press access to the desired function. Other features listed require a function key for activation, but may have associated customizable settings that can be found in other menus.

Assigning Function Keys

To assign a function to a function key highlight one of the 5 Function lines and press ENTER. A list of assignable functions will appear. Select the desired function with the UP and DOWN buttons and press ENTER to assign that function to the corresponding function key. The Function Display option at the bottom of the Function Menu gives you the option to have a temporary conrmation window appear on screen after a function key is pressed that will identify the function that was turned on or off.

WARNING: Changing a function button assignment does NOT automatically turn an active function off. Make sure to disable unwanted active functions before changing function button assignments.

NOTE: Many features (Waveform, Vector Scope, Audio Level Meters, etc.) require a function key in order to operate. Some menus (such as the Scopes & Audio Meters Menu) only set your display preferences while a corresponding function key must be assigned to turn the feature on and off. If you are having trouble with a monitor feature make sure you have assigned the proper function key and any corresponding menu settings.

Scopes & Audio Meters 1, 2, 3

These functions toggle on/off a Scopes & Audio Meters prole. Three prole slots are available from the Scopes & Audio Meters Menu and each prole can be set to a specic function key allowing you to instantly toggle between various types of Scope and/or Audio Level Meter congurations. Please note that if you have set both Scopes Windows to the Off position in the Scopes & Audio Meters menu nothing will appear on screen when you toggle this function (see Scopes & Audio Meters

Menu section of this manual for more details).

Cross Hatch

The Cross Hatch function toggles on/off the onscreen display of a graphical cross hatch overlay.

Marker 1, 2, 3

These functions activate the onscreen display of the preset Area, Safety, Custom Graticules, or Active Boundary Markers as set in the Marker Proles. Marker Proles can be customized via the Marker Menu. By utilizing this function you can toggle on/off your selected markers with a single function key (see Marker Menu section of this manual for more details).

Overscan

The Overscan function can work with 1:1 Pixel mapping mode on or off. With 1:1 Pixel to Pixel mapping mode turned off the Overscanned image is scaled full screen. With 1:1 Pixel to Pixel mapping mode turned on the image remains unscaled, but the area lying outside of the active scan area is blacked out. This area represents the same area not visible with Pixel to Pixel mode off.

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Function Menu

Details on Overscan Function

With the overscan function off all active lines of video can be displayed on screen. With overscan on a small percentage of the outermost active video will not be displayed. Additionally, the monitor can scale the overscanned video full screen or ‘blackout’ the outlying area while maintaining a pixel to pixel display of the video inside the active scan area. To toggle between these variations of Overscan use the 1:1 Pixel to Pixel mapping function. With both Pixel to Pixel mapping and Overscan selected the area outside of the active scan will simply be blacked out, but the active video will not be scaled outside of the 1:1 pixel scan. With Pixel to Pixel mapping off and overscan on the active scan area will be scaled full screen. To view all active lines in Pixel to Pixel mapping mode make sure to turn Overscan off.

Overscan Examples

(Images represent 720p source on BM230)

Pixel to Pixel Off

Overscan Off

Pixel to Pixel Off

Overscan On

More Overscan Examples

(Images represent 1080i source on BM230)

Pixel to Pixel Off

Overscan Off

Pixel to Pixel On

Overscan On

Pixel to Pixel On

Overscan Off

Pixel to Pixel On

Overscan On

Pixel to Pixel Off

Overscan On

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Pixel to Pixel On

Overscan Off

Function Menu

Sub Window

Largely deprecated for use on CFE2 equipped units. For side by side viewing on CFE2 units please use the dedicated PIP

function instead. The Sub Window function enables a Picture by Picture mode. After assigning the Sub Window function

to a function key the rst key press will result in a picture by picture display of your active input. Once sub window mode is active you can press down on the H POS rotary knob to freeze the image on the right while the image on the left will continue to show your live source. Once frozen you can also switch to any other input provided that the resolution of that input is the same as the frozen source. To exit sub window simply press the assigned function key again.

Pixel Mapping

The Pixel Mapping function toggles between various available pixel mapping options. Options vary depending on the incoming source, but may include the following:

1:1 Pixel Mapping: 1 pixel of incoming source is displayed as 1 pixel onscreen. If the incoming source resolution is less than the total pixel count of the monitor your source will not ll the screen. This is often referred to as a postage stamp representation of the source. If the incoming source resolution is greater than the total pixel count of the monitor then only a portion of the incoming source will be shown onscreen, but the pixel position function (controlled by the H POS rotary knob) may be used to view different sections of the 1:1 pixel representation. The monitor’s tally light will ash to remind you that you are in 1:1 pixel mapping mode if any portion of the image is not shown on screen when in 1:1. This pixel mapping mode can be combined with the SD Aspect Function (Anamorphic toggle) to activate a PAL SD FHA viewing mode on the monitor. Once pixel mapping is active pressing down on the H POS knob will move the source to a different onscreen position when pressed. Please note that if the incoming source is the same resolution as the panel the image will not move. On monitors with lower than 1920x1080 resolution this feature can be used to view any section of a 1080 source in a native 1:1, unscaled format. Similarly, on all native 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 resolution monitors this mode will allow you to view any portion of an incoming 2K source in an unscaled 1:1 onscreen representation.

2:1 Pixel Mapping (SD sources only): Every individual pixel of the incoming source is represented by four pixels onscreen. This scaling algorithm is simple and allows for a largely artifact free double size version of the 1:1 Pixel Mapping Mode for SD sources. While 2:1 scaling will still not ll the entire screen on a 1920x1080 resolution monitor, it does use a majority of the vertical screen height and provides an excellent quality large scale representation of the SD source.

Full Screen Mapping: The full screen mode will scale the incoming source to ll as much of the screen as possible while preserving the incoming source’s native aspect ratio. If the incoming source and panel share the same resolution then there will be no difference between 1:1 pixel mapping and full screen pixel mapping. Please note that the Overscan function will be represented differently based on the pixel mapping selection that you select.

Pixel Position

This feature is a part of the Pixel Mapping function and provides a toggle for positioning a 1:1 Pixel to Pixel mapped representation of an incoming source on different areas of the screen. Once pixel mapping is active the H POS knob will move the source to a different onscreen position when pressed. Please note that if the incoming source is the same resolution as the LCD panel the image will not move. The pixel position feature does not work unless the 1:1 Pixel to Pixel mapping mode function is turned On. On 7”, 9”, and 17” monitors this feature can be used with the Pixel to Pixel Mode to view any section of a 1080 source in a native 1:1, unscaled format. Similarly, on all native 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 resolution monitors this mode will allow you to view any portion of an incoming 2K source in an unscaled 1:1 onscreen representation.

H/V Delay Mode

This mode activates the Horizontal and Vertical Delay function to highlight the horizontal and vertical blanking portions of the incoming signal.

Mono Mode

This mode activates the Monochrome function. Press once to turn on and again to turn off.

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Function Menu

SD Aspect Ratio

Toggles between 4:3 and Anamorphic display of Standard Denition source. This function should be set to match the SD source being viewed. The default setting is 4:3. If used in conjunction with 1:1 pixel mapping this function can also activate a PAL SD FHA viewing mode.

Full Screen

This function simply stretches any incoming source to ll the entire screen. Unlike the Zoom feature this full screen stretch does not preserve aspect ratio, but it does keep all of the active video signal present. Though the full screen mode has many potential uses it was designed primarily for use with rasterizers that generate a 16:10 or 16:9 aspect 1024x768 output. Enabling Full Screen mode allows the monitor to stretch the image as intended by the rasterizer.

Pixel Zoom

The Pixel Zoom function will generate a positionable and resizable rectangle on screen. The rectangle may be moved left or right using the H POS rotary knob and up or down using the V POS rotary knob. The Ref POS rotary knob may be used to change the size of the onscreen rectangle. Using these three rotary knobs you can select any area on screen and then press down on the F Stop rotary knob to zoom to the selected area. This pixel zoom feature is designed to work with any HD signal formats. A ashing tally light will be activated on your monitor whenever you are in a zoomed mode as a reminder/warning that the entire incoming signal is not being shown on the monitor. To exit the zoomed mode simply press down on the F Stop rotary knob once more. To exit the Pixel Zoom feature entirely simply press the function button assigned to this feature once more. The Pixel Zoom function allows for an essentially artifact free, high quality zoom on any portion of an HD signal.

LUM Coloring

This function generates an articial luminance map of the incoming source that can be particularly useful in identifying overexposed areas in any given shot. An onscreen scale helps indicate what articial color corresponds to what luminance level. The scale will follow the selected Waveform Scale set in the Scopes & VU Meters Prole 1: you can choose from IRE, Digital Levels, or Voltage. In its default conguration the LUM Coloring feature will highlight all levels above 100IRE as white and all levels below 0 IRE as black. In default mode levels between 0 and 100 IRE will be color coded. However, you can change the range of these color coded regions to any preferred setting by using the monitor’s rotary knobs. The H POS rotary knob will adjust the lower limit of the lower color coded region. The V POS rotary knob will adjust the upper limit of the lower color coded region. The Ref POS rotary knob will adjust the lower

LUM Coloring with Custom Range LUM Coloring with All Legal Levels Shown in Greyscale

LUM Coloring in Default Mode

Overexposed Areas in White

Underexposed Areas in Black

Underexposed Areas in Blue

Overexposed Areas in Red

LUM Coloring with Custom Range

limit of the upper color coded region. The F Stop Rotary knob will adjust the upper limit of the upper color coded region. These color coded ranges are retained in memory so you can exit and reenter LUM Coloring Mode without having to reset your desired threshold levels.

Blue/Red/Green Only

This function activates the monitor’s Blue Only, Red Only, and Green Only modes. The respective channels can be shown as just that color (Red, Green, Blue) or as monochrome.

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Function Menu

Measurement (10bit & 8bit)

This function allows you to get precise real time YRGB measurements of any point or area within your incoming signal. With the Measurement function on you can use the H POS and V POS rotary knobs to position your crosshair over the point within your source that you would like to measure. To reset the vertical or horizontal position of your crosshair back to center simply press down on the corresponding rotary knob. You may also use the Ref POS rotary knob to select the size of the sampling area for the measurement data (from a single pixel to a much larger area where the values will be an average of all pixels within your dened sample area). As you move the crosshair your Measurement data will update in real time. The Measurement function is available in a 10 bit mode or 8 bit mode and will provide you with the following data in real time:

• Line and Sample (Identies position of your crosshair)

• Y (Luminance as an absolute value between 0-255 for 8 bit and 0-1023 for 10 bit)

• Y% (Luminance level expressed as percentage)

• R% (Red level expressed as percentage)

• G% (Green level expressed as percentage)

• B% (Blue level expressed as percentage)

• R (Red level as an absolute value between 0-255 for 8 bit and 0-1023 for 10 bit)

• G (Green level as an absolute value between 0-255 for 8 bit and 0-1023 for 10 bit)

• B (Blue level as an absolute value between 0-255 for 8 bit and 0-1023 for 10 bit)

You can also press the Ref POS rotary knob to set a reference position onscreen. Once your reference position is set it will be indicated on screen by a separate crosshair and you will be able to move the active crosshair to obtain a real time readout of your current and reference positions as well as a separate readout of the precise difference between current and reference locations. Please note that your reference position is both a spatial and temporal reference meaning that the values indicated on screen for the reference are for that point on screen at the moment you set the reference.

Pressing the F Stop rotary knob button allows you to set your current crosshair position as an F-Stop Reference and view differences between this current position and your reference position as an F-Stop value. The F-Stop reference feature is independent of the Ref POS feature. The F-Stop reference value will always be based on the levels of your current active crosshair position at the precise moment when the F-Stop knob is pressed.

The crosshair color will follow the color selected for markers from the Marker Menu. To change the color of the Measurement function’s crosshair change the Marker color.

Measure Line Sample Y1024 R1024 G1024 B1024 Y% R% G% B% F/stop

Current 293 944 249 246 251 217 21.1 20.8 21.3 17.5 -0.0

Ref_Pos 316 994 240 240 241 219 20.1 20.1 20.2 17.7 -0.1

Diff -24 -51 9 6 10 -2 1.0 0.7 1.1 -0.2 0.1

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Function Menu

CIE Measurement

This function allows you to get precise real time chromaticty measurements of any point or area within your incoming signal as well as a real time plot of the mesured position on a CIE color space diagram. With the Measurement function on you can use the H POS and V POS rotary knobs to position your crosshair over the point within your source that you would like to measure. To reset the vertical or horizontal position of your crosshair back to center simply press down on the corresponding rotary knob. You may also use the Ref POS rotary knob to select the size of the sampling area for the measurement data (from a single pixel to a much larger area where the values will be an average of all pixels within your dened sample area). As you move the crosshair your Measurement data and plot will update in real time. The CIE Measurement function will provide you with the following data in real time:

• Line and Sample (Identies position of your crosshair)

• R’ (Red signal level percentage normalized to 10 bit data range)

• G’ (Green signal level percentage normalized to 10 bit data range)

• B’ (Blue signal level percentage normalized to 10 bit data range)

• Y% (Luminance level as percentage)

• x (CIE 1931 x chromaticty coordinate)

• y (CIE 1931 y chromaticty coordinate)

• u’ (CIE 1976 u’ chromaticty coordinate)

• v’ (CIE1976 v’ chromaticty coordinate)

• dE2000 (difference between current & reference expressed as dE2000 value)

You can press the Ref POS rotary knob to dene a reference position on screen. Once your reference position is set it will be indicated on screen by a separate crosshair and you will be able to move the active crosshair to obtain a real time readout of your current and reference positions as well as a separate readout of the precise difference between current and reference locations. Please note that your reference position is both a spatial and temporal reference meaning that the values indicated on screen for the reference are for that point on screen at the moment you set the reference.

Pressing the F Stop rotary knob button allows you to toggle the CIE color space diagram between CIE 1931 and CIE 1976 views. Your chromaticty plots are calculated using signal input data relative to your active Color Space selection on the Color Management menu. Since your reference color gamut for chromaticty calculation follows this selection it allows you to have Rec709, DCIP3, EBU, or SMPTE C as your reference color gamut. Please note that if you have the Color Space selection set to Wide Gamut or a custom USER position the reference gamut used for the CIE Measurement feature will default to Rec709.

The crosshair color will follow the color selected for markers from the Marker Menu. To change the color of the Measurement function’s crosshair change the Marker color.

CIE Line Sample R’ G’ B’ Y% x y u’ v’ dE2000

Current 542 960 971 0 1 18.93 0.6400 0.3300 0.4507 0.5229

Ref_Pos 541 961 1023 1023 1023 100 0.3127 0.3290 0.1978 0.4683

Diff 1 -1 -52 -1023 -1022 -81.7 0.3273 0.0010 0.2529 0.0546 47.678

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Function Menu

Focus Assist

The focus assist feature is comprised of two main parts: a numerical focus meter and a graphical focus highlight. The numerical focus meter is shown on screen as your current focus value over your reference focus value (i.e. 560/300). When the focus assist feature is activated the rotary knob labeled Ref POS allows you to adjust the reference focus value. The reference focus value represents the in-focus threshold for the focus highlight portion of the focus assist feature. Adjusting the focus reference value higher means that the threshold at which the focus highlight begins to trace in-focus items with a red boundary will be higher. In other words a greater degree of focus will need to be achieved before the focus highlight feature is visible on screen as a red trace around in-focus objects.

In Focus Shot with Default Focus

Reference Value

Less Focused Shot with Default

Focus Reference Value

Example of Shot with Focus Reference Value Turned Up

Level B Variable Wipe

When monitoring a Level B 3Gbps SDI signal (monitor must have 3Gbps SDI Input) comprised of two multiplexed 1.5Gbps HD-SDI signals the monitor will allow you to view these signals in a vertical or horizontal split screen mode. By activating the Level B Variable Split function while in split screen mode the positioning of the split can be adjusted using the H POS rotary knob. To quickly reset the split screen positioning to the default center position simply press down on the H POS rotary knob while the Level B Variable Wipe function is active. Once your desired split screen wipe position is set you can the Level B Variable Wipe function off to remove the guide line between the two signals.

Still Frame

This function allows you to freeze a video source at anytime. To unfreeze simply press the function key assigned to Still Frame a second time.

Zoom

This function zooms in on the incoming source until the entire screen is lled. This is strictly a zooming function and does not alter the native aspect ratio of the source to ll the screen. When viewing a 4:3 source in Zoom mode on a 16:9 display the aspect ratio of the visible video will remain 4:3 though the entire 16:9 screen will be lled. Essentially the Zoom mode results in viewing a 16:9 section of the 4:3 source and is most useful when viewing a letterboxed SD source on a widescreen display so that the letterboxing is not shown and only the video within the letterboxing is present.

DSLR Zoom

This function is designed to be used with many popular DSLR cameras that have preview/record monitoring output in 1080 & 480 resolutions. When DSLR Zoom is active the 16:9 area that will be recorded is scaled to ll the screen. On DSLR cameras that switch from 1080 to 480 while recording the DSLR Zoom can be left on and the same correct aspect zoom will be maintained regardless of whether the DSLR is in preview or recording mode. While DSLR Zoom is active the markers may also be turned on and will be correct relative to the 16:9 video that will be captured to the camera’s memory card. Please note it may be necessary to toggle the viewing mode preference (Info button on many DSLRs) to ll the screen correctly.

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