SWIT Electronics FM-17, FM-21HDR User Manual

Model: FM-17

17.3" FHD Production Monitor

User Manual

Ver: A

SWIT Electronics Co., Ltd.

Please read this User M anual
throughout before using.

Preface

1. All internal technologies of this product ar e pr ot ect ed, includ ing device, software and
trademark. Reproduction i n whole or in part without w r itten permission is prohibited.

2. All brands and trademarks of SWIT Electronics Co., Ltd. are protected and other
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3. Due to constant effort of product development, SWIT reserves the right to make
changes and improvements to the product described in this manual without prior
notice.

4. The warranty period of this pr oduct is 2 years, and does not cover the following:
⑴ Physical damage to the surface of the products, including scratches, cracks or
other damage to the LCD screen or other externally exposed parts;

⑵ The LCD dot defects are not over three;
⑶ Any damage caused by using third-party power adaptors;
⑷ Any damage or breakdown caused by use, maintenanc e or st or age not according

to the user manual;

⑸ The product is disass embled by anyone other than an authorized service center ;
⑹ Any damage or breakdown not caused by the product design, workmanship, or

manufacturing quality, et c ;
＊Any sales personnel ha ve no rights to provide ad ditional warranty.

5. For any suggestions and requirements on this product, please contact us through
phone, fax, Email, etc.

SWIT Electronics Co., Ltd.
Address: 10 Hengtong Road, Nanjing Economic and Technological Development Zone,
Nanjing 210038, P.R. China
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Maintenance

Warning

1. In order to reduce the risk of fire and electrical shock, do not lay this product in
rain or damp places.

2. Please keep away from the strong magnetic field; it may cause the noise of the
video and audio signals.

The power

1. Please use the power adapter provided or recommended by the manufacturer in
order to avoid damage.

2. For a third party power adapter, please make sure the voltage range, supplied
power , and polarity of power lead are fit.

3. Please disconnect the power cable under the following situat ions:
(A). If you do not operate this monitor f or a per iod of time;
(B). If the power cable or power adaptor is damag ed;
(C). If the monitor housing is broken.

The monitor

1. Please don't touch the screen with your fingers, which would probably deface the
screen.

2. Please don't press the screen; t he LCD is extremely exquisite a nd flimsy.

3. Please don't lay this product on unstable place.

Cleaning

1. Please clean the screen with dr y and downy cloth or special LCD c lea nser.

2. Please do not press hard when cl eaning the screen.

3. Please do not use water or other chemical cleanser to clean the screen. The
chemical may damage the LCD.

Contents

Preface .....................................................................................................................................................2

Maintenace ..............................................................................................................................................3

Contents ...................................................................................................................................................4

1.Packing List ...........................................................................................................................................4

2.Installation Dimensions .........................................................................................................................5

3.Installation instruc t io ns of accessories .................................................................................................6

4.Operation Instructions .........................................................................................................................12

5.Functionality of the Main Menu. ..........................................................................................................19

6.Specification ........................................................................................................................................51

1.Packing List

Stan dard Pac kage:

Optional accessries

1. Battery plate (V-mount)

2. Desktop Stand Feet

3. Sun hood

4. Protective Glass

5. Power cable

1. C-Stand

2. Hanger

Features:

 17.3-inch, 1920x1080, 8-bit LCD, 12-bit process
 3G/HD/SD-SDI, HDMI, CVBS monitoring
 Built-in multi camera s De-log LUTs and DIT LUTs upload by USB
 Waveform / Vector / Histogram / 16-ch Audio meters / Timecode
 Peaking / Focus assist / Exposure assist / Zebra / Bl ue only
 Anamorphic de-squeeze / Multiple markers
 Portable, light weight and C-stand setup

2. Installatio n D im e ns ion

Front Panel

Side View

Rear Panel

Top View

3. Installation instructions of accessories

Desktop Sta nd Feet

Sun hood

Protective Glass

C-Stand

Hanger

It provides an inch screw thread hanger as an optional accessory. The hanger provides
two sorts of screw thread: 3/8 inch screw thread, a total of 4; 1/4 inch screw thread, a
total of 8.

4. Operation Instructions

BUTTON

FUNCTION

BUTTON

FUNCTION

Input selection Function button F1

Adjust upward Function button F2

Adjust downward

Function button F3

Return/Exit Function button F4

Select next Power on/off

Save/Return/Main menu

 All of these buttons have light ind icators.

4.1 Operation of Front Panel

The functionality and usage of the buttons at the front panel are as follows:

: Input Selection

Select the input signal from each input interface. Press this button to display the
input source menu at the top right corner of the screen, as shown in Figure 1. Use it
to select an input signal source, pr ess it again to toggle among these input signal
items, or after the input source menu displayed, use the UP or DOWN button to

toggle among these input sign al items.

Figure 1 Source Menu

: UP ARROW

 It is UP button when working with the main menu. Toggle this button to select

the next item or increase the nu mb er.

 Without the Main menu: when not displaying the Main menu, press

LEFT

button to display the

Fast Menu

list, as shown in Figure 2, toggle among these

menu items:

Volume, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Backlight

and

Sharpness

.

Figure 2 Fast Menu List

After displaying the

Fast Menu

, press

LEFT

or

RIGHT

arrow button to adjust t he

menu value.
The limitations of these it ems are shown in Table 4.1-1:

Table 4.1-1 The Description of Fast Menu Items

Adjust Menu

Description

Range

Default

Volume

Adjust the volume

0~31

16

Brightness

Adjust the image brightness

0~100

50

Contrast

Adjust the image contrast

0~100

50

Saturation

Adjust the image color intensity

0~100

50

Backlight

Adjust the backlight

0~10

5

Sharpness Adjust the image sharpness

0～63

8

 After you have loaded the adjust menu list, it will be clos ed aut omatically if you do

nothing operation on it within t he

Osd Time

.

 The main menu, the fast menu, t he function menu and the i nput sign al selecti on list of

a screen may not be shown all s i mu ltaneously.

: DOWN ARROW

 It is

DOWN

button when working with the main menu. Toggle this button to

select the next item or decr ease t he number.

 Without the Main menu: when not displaying the Main menu, press

DOWN

button to display the

Fast Menu

list, refer to the details in the above description

as in UP arrow button.

: LEFT ARROW

Press this button to do the follow ing operations:
 With the Main menu: when working with the Main menu, LEFT button achieve

the following functions:

 Back to the higher level menu

 B ack to the higher level menu and not save the setting of the menu item

value

 Quit the Main menu

 With the Fast menu: when displaying the Fast menu, press

LEFT

button to

decrease the item value.

: RIGHT ARROW

Press this button to do the follow ing operations:

 With the Main menu:

 Enter into the next level menu.

 Turn Page: when the current selection in the sub-menu list is

Next Page

,

press this button to turn to the next page circularly.

 With the Fast menu: when displaying the Fast menu, press RIGHT button to

increase the item value.

OK/MENU

It is used to activate the Main menu. Pr ess this button to do some operat ions with
the Main menu, it includes the fol lowing operations:

 Display the Main menu: press

OK/MENU

button, it will display t he main menu at

the center of the screen.

 Save/Back: confirm the selection and back to the higher level menu.
 Turn Page: when the current selection in the sub-menu list is

Next Page

, press

this button to turn to the next page circularly.

F1/U1

This button is a

FUNCTION

and

User Preset

button.



F1 function:

The F1 function can be assigned via the CONFIG menu. Press
the function button to activate or deactivate the assigned function. Press F1 to
display the function menu list in the center of the screen, as shown in Figure

4.1-4. Toggle F1 button to change the value related to this function.

Figure 4.1-1 Function Menu List



USER1:

Switch to

User Preset USER1

directly. Hold 2 seconds to select the
current user preset to be User1. The name of the current user preset will be
prompted on the left center of the screen. Refer to “5.1.4.1 FUNCTION KEY
and User Preset Menu” for t he set ting of

User Preset.

 If the value related to the function but t on c an’t be modified, the value shows in gray.
 For

F2/U2~F4/U4

function buttons, t he oper at ions are as the same as F1/U1' s.

 Use

FUNCTION KEY

menu to assign F1~F4. You can assign the function from
among: Camera LUT, Undef, Blue Only, Mono, Marker, Audio Meter, Time Code,
Wavefor m T ype, Vectorscope, Histogram, Scan, Aspect, Native, Mute, IMD Display,
False Color , Focus Assist, Peak, Zebra. Refer to "5.1.4 USER CONFIG Menu " for the
details.

Power

Used to power on or st andby, and the light in the button will ind icate th e st at us of the
power . When the monitor is powered on, t he lig ht is green, press the power but ton
and hold 2 seconds, it will enter int o standby mode, the light is red.

4.2 Rear Panel Features

It will introduce the arrangement and the operations of the interfaces in rear of the panel
in the following.

Arrangement of Rear Panel

For the arrangement of the r ear panel of FM-17 is shown in Figure 4.2-1, there are
various input and output inter fac es at the rear panel, and bui ld-in speakers in the
top.

Figure 4.2-2 The Rear Panel of FM-17 Monitor

The interfaces numbered in r ed ar e described as follows:

1. Power Switch

2. AC Power Input

3. DC Power Input

4. Video Input: SDI 1 I N

5. Video Input: SDI 2 I N

6. Video Output: SDI1 OUT

7. Video Input: VIDEO IN

8. HDMI Input: HDMI IN

9. Headphone

10. Audio Input: AUD IN

11. USB

12. RS485 X2

Operations of Rear Panel

The details of these interfaces at the rear pane l are described as follows:

Power Switch

It provides one power switch to switch on or switch off. As shown in Figure 4.2-2,
push the button to the direction “-” to switch on the power, or push the button to the
direction “O” to switch off the power.

Figure 4.2-3 Power Switch

AC Power Input

It provides one AC power input interface, the specification is 100 ～
240V50/60HzAC.

 The power indicator is on the pow er but t on at the front panel. If the light is green, the

monitor is powered on, and if the lig ht is r ed, t he monitor is standby.

DC Power Input

It provides one DC power input interf ac e, t he specification is 11～17V3A DC.

 Only use the adapter and the pow er cor d specified by the manufacture for your

safety！

Video Input Interface ( B NC) SDI1 IN~SDI2 IN

It provides two SDI input inter faces, labeled as SDI1 IN, SDI2 IN.

Video Output Interfa ce ( BNC) SDI1 OUT

It provides one SDI output interface, labeled as SDI1 OUT.

Video Input(BNC): VIDEO IN

HDMI Input: HDMI IN

It provides one HDMI input inter face, HDMI Type-A connect or with a fastener.
Audio Output(3.5mm jack): it provides one headphone.
Audio Input(3.5mm jack): AUD IN, it provides one audio input interfa ce .
USB: it is used for LUT input and firmware upgrading.
RS485 Interface (RJ-45)

It provides two RS485 interfaces, loop out. Support for cascade connection and

IMD remote control. The comparison of pins and Input connectors for RS485 is

shown as in Table 4.2-1:

Table 4.2-2 The Comparison of Pins and Input connectors for RS485

PIN No.

RS485 IN Terminal Sign al

1,2

GND

3

Tx- 4 Rx+

5

Rx-

6

Tx+

7,8

NC

Supported Signal Format

The supported signal format for t his device is as shown in Table 4.3-1:

Table 4.3-1 Supported Signal Format

Signal SDI HDMI VIDEO

NTSC 
PAL 

SD

480I60

4:2:2 YCbCr 10 BIT



576I50 

Signal SDI HDMI VIDEO

HD

720P24/23.98 
720P25 
720P30/29.97 
720P50

 
720P60/59.94  
1080SF24/23.98  
1080SF25  
1080SF29.97

 
1080SF30  
1035I60/59.94 

1080I50



 1080I60/59.94





1080P24/23.98





1080P25  
1080P30/29.97  

3G

1080I50

4:2:2 YCbCr 12 BIT
4:4:4 YCbCr 10 BIT
4:4:4 YCbCr 12 BIT
4:4:4 RGB 10 BIT
4:4:4 RGB 12 BIT
4:4:4_XYZ_10BIT
4:4:4_XYZ_12BIT


1080I60/59.94 

1080P24/23.98 

1080P25



1080P30/29.97 
1080P50

4:2:2 YCbCr 10 BIT


1080P60/59.94



3G-2K

1080SF24/23.98

4:2:2 YCbCr 12 BIT
4:4:4 YCbCr 10 BIT
4:4:4 YCbCr 12 BIT
4:4:4 RGB 10 BIT
4:4:4 RGB 12 BIT
4:4:4_XYZ_10BIT
4:4:4_XYZ_12BIT


1080SF25



1080SF29.97 
1080SF30 
1080P24/23.98 
1080P25 
1080P30/29.97



1080P48/47.95

4:2:2 YCbCr 10 BIT



1080P50



Signal SDI HDMI VIDEO

1080P60/59.94 

5. Functionality of the Main Menu

This chapter describes the structure and functionality of the main menu, and introduces
how to modify and customize t he me nu settings.
The main menu includes the following menu it ems, as shown in Figure5-1.

Figure 5-1 Main Menu

Main Menu

Press the OK/MENU button at the bott om of the front pane l, the main menu is disp layed at
the center of the screen, as shown i n Figure 5.1-1:

Figure 5.1-1 the Structure of the Main Menu

The menu interface is divided i nt o t hr ee parts:

Main Menu List

It contains the menu list of the Main menu. Press UP or DOWN to access the
corresponding menu item.

Sub-menu list

Press right arrow button to enter into the next level of menu list, as show n in Figure

5.1-2, it lists the title of the Sub-menu, the sub-menu item and the value o f the item .
Then, press arrow buttons and OK/MENU button to modify the value of the
sub-menu.

Figure 5.1-2 the Sub-menu Value List



Control Icon

There is a white control icon when you select the menu or its value in the sub-menu
list.



Next Page Selection

There is a white control icon when you select the menu or its value in the sub-menu
list.

When there are more than one page items in a menu list, t her e w ill be a

Next Page

item at the first line in every pages. Press right arrow button or press the

OK/MENU

button to turn page.

 The sub-menu item is selected w hen t he control icon which is in white highlight is at

the back of the item name.

The following will introduce the contents and functionality of these sub-menu items in
sorts.

STATUS Menu

The STATUS menu ite ms ar e us ed t o describe the current status information of the
monitor , t he menu items are as shown in Figure 5.1-3:

Figure 5.1-3 STATUS Menu

There are two pages in

STATUS

menu. The relationship of Items, Default Value,

Domain Range and Descript io n of the sub-item is shown in Table 5.1-1:

Table 5.1-1 The Description of STATUS Menu Items

Items

Default Value

Description

Page1

Input

SDI1 1080I50

Show the input interface and its format

Signal Format

4:2:2 YCbCr 10 BIT

Show the format of the inp ut signal

Color Range

64~940

Show current color range

YCbCr Color Matrix

ITU-R BT.709

Show YCbCr color matrix

Gamma

2.2

Show Gamma

Color Temp

D65

Show color temperature

Color Space

P3

Show color space

Camera LUT T ype

Camera SDR

Show the type of camera LUT

User Preset

USER1

Show the user preset nam e

Page2

Items

Default Value

Description

Model

--

Show the production mod el.

Serial Number

--

Show the serial number.

Firmware V ers ion

--

Show the firmware number.

 The sub-menu values in

STATUS

menu can’t be modifie d, t hey are displayed the

actual status of the mon itor .

INPUT CONFIG Menu

The INPUT CONFIG me nu items are used to set the source o f the i nput signals, the
menu items are as shown in Figure 5.1-4:

Figure 5.1-4 INPUT CONFIG Menu

There is one page in

INPUT CONFI G

menu. The relationship of It ems, Default Value,

Domain Range and Descript io n of the sub-item is shown in Table 5.1-2:

Table 5.1-2 The Description of INPUT CONFIG Menu Items

Items

Default
Value

Domain Range Description

Page1

SDI IN1

ON

ON/OFF

Enable/Disable SDI1 input

SDI IN2

ON

ON/OFF

Enable/Disable SDI2 input

Items

Default
Value

Domain Range Description

VIDEO

ON

ON/OFF

Enable/Disable VIDEO input

HDMI

ON

ON/OFF

Enable/Disable HDMI input

NTSC Phase 0 -50~50

Set the NTSC phase level, and
this item is available only when
NTSC format signal is input .

Signal Format

Auto

As shown in Table 5.1-3

signal format for the inputs

Color Range

64～940



64~940

 64~1023

 0~1023

Set color range

YCbCr Color

Matrix

Auto

 Auto

 ITU-R BT.709

 ITU-R BT.2020

Set YCbCr color matrix

1. Signal Format Setting

The device provides four inputs: SDI IN1, SDI IN2. Set the input format through
INPUT CONFIG Signal Format

menu item.

Table 5.1-3 The Relationship of Signal Format and Signal Type

Signal Type

SDI

HDMI

Signal Format

AUTO
4:2:2 YCbCr 10 BIT
4:2:2 YCbCr 12 BIT
4:4:4 YCbCr 10 BIT
4:4:4 YCbCr 12 BIT
4:4:4 RGB 10 BIT
4:4:4 RGB 12 BIT
4:4:4 XYZ 10 BIT
4:4:4 XYZ 12 BIT

AUTO
4:4:4 XYZ 10/12 BIT

COLOR MANAGEMENT Menu

The COLOR MANAGEMENT menu items are used to adjust the color tempera ture
parameters and the col or bal ance, the menu items are as shown in Figure 5.1-5:

Figure 5.1-5 COLOR MANAGEMENT Menu

There are two pages in

COLOR MANAGEMENT

menu. The relationsh ip of Items,

Default Value, Domain Range and Description of the sub-item is shown in Table

5.1-4:

Table 5.1-4 The Description of COLOR MANAGEMENT Menu Items

Items

Default
Value

Domain Range Description

Gamma 2.2

1.8/2.2/2.4/2.6/2.8/
BT.1886/PQ/HLG

Adjust Gamma

Color Temp D65

D93/D65/D61/D55/
DCI/USER1/USER2

Set the color temperature

Red Gain

512

0~512

Adjust the Red Gain

Green Gain

512

0~512

Adjust the Green Gain

Blue Gain

512

0~512

Adjust the Blue Gain

Copy From D65

D93/D65/D61/D55/
DCI

Copy this parameter value to
USER

Reset -- --

Reset the Gain and Of fset values t o
the product originals

Color Space EBU

 Native

 SMPTE-C
 EBU
 ITU709
 ITU2020

 P3

Set the color space for the first

channel

Page2

Camera LUT

ON

ON/OFF

Enable/disable camera LUT

Items

Default
Value

Domain Range Description

Camera LUT

Type

Camera
SDR



Camera SDR

 Camera HDR



User

Set a LUT from the corresponding

list

Camera SDR

2.2

Refer to Table 5.1-5

Load the selected SDR LUT

Camera HDR

---

Refer to Table 5.1-5

Load the selected HDR LUT

User

User1

User1~User16

Load a customized LUT file

Load LUT File

---

---

To load a LUT file from the U disk

Camera LUT

The LMW-173 supports multiple camera L UTs, as shown in Table 5.1-5:

Table 5.1-5 The Relationship Between EOTF and HDR

Camera LUT

LUT Name

Company

SDR

ARRI_LogC_Rec709

ARRI

BMD_4.6KFilm_Rec709

BlackMagic

BMD_4.6KFilmV3_Rec709

BMD_4KFilm_Rec709

BMD_4KFilmV2_Rec709

BMD_4KFilmV3_Rec709

BMD_CCFilm_Rec709

BMD_CCFilmV2_Rec709

Canon_CLog1Cine_Rec709_FF_V1.1

Canon

Canon_CLog2Cine_Rec709_FF_V1.1

Canon_CLog3Cine_Rec709_FF_V1.1

DJI_Phantom3DLog_Rec709_Improv

DJI

DJI_Phantom4DLog_Rec709

DJI_Phantom4Dlog_Rec709_Improv

DJI_X5DLog_Rec709_Improv

FUJI_FLogFGamut_FLogRec709_V1

FUJIFILM

FUJI_FLogFGamut_WDRRec709_V1

GoPro_Protune_Rec709

GoPro

JVC_JLog1_Rec709_Daylight

JVC

JVC_JLog1_Rec709_Tungsten

Panasonic_VLog_V709_V1

Panasonic

RED_L3G10RWG_Rec709_ R1_V1.13

RED

Camera LUT

LUT Name

Company

RED_L3G10RWG_Rec709_ R2_V1.13

RED_L3G10RWG_Rec709_ R3_V1.13

RED_L3G10RWG_Rec709_ R4_V1.13

RED_RedLogFilm_RG3

Sony_SLog2SGamut_LCRec709

Sony

Sony_SLog2SGamut_LCRec709A

Sony_SLog3SG3Cine_LCRec709

Sony_SLog3SG3Cine_LCRec709A

HDR

ARRI_LogC_HLG_Rec2020

SWIT

ARRI_LogC_PQ_Rec2020
Canon_Clog2Cin_HLG_Rec2020
Canon_Clog2Cin_PQ_Rec2020
Canon_Clog3Cin_HLG_Rec2020
Canon_Clog3Cin_PQ_Rec2020
Panasonic_VLog_HLG_Rec2020
Panasonic_VLog_PQ_Rec2020
RED_L3G10_HLG_Rec2020
RED_L3G10_PQ_Rec2020
Sony_SLog3_Cin_HLG_Rec2020
Sony_SLog3_Cin_PQ_Rec2020
Sony_SLog3_SG3_HLG_Rec2020
Sony_SLog3_SG3_PQ_Rec2020

When setting Camera LUT Type item as Camera SDR, Camera HDR or User, the
following corresponding Camera SDR, Camera HDR, User item will be activated,
and the available ranges of Ga m m a ar e diverse, as shown in the following table:

Camera LUT Type

Gamma

Camera SDR

1.8/2.2/2.4/2.6/2.8/BT.1886

Camera HDR

PQ/HLG

User or OFF

1.8/2.2/2.4/2.6/2.8/BT.1886/PQ/HLG

Load a user LUT from disk

First, load a LUT file to t he designated user LUT. Set

COLOR Management Load

LUT File

, it will pop up the

USB LUT Files

selection w indow as shown in

Figure 5.1-6.

Select

USER

item, and when detecti ng USB disk, it w ill pop up a file selection w indow,

press the arrow button to selec t a LUT file, press

OK/MENU

button to confirm the

selection, and it will pop up a USER file selection window, press the arrow button to
choose from

User1~ User16

to set the storage path for t he selected LUT. For

example, select

User1

, and press

OK/MENU

button to confirm the set ting.

Figure 5.1-6 USB LUT Files

Second, power off the d evice, and restart it to affect the settings abov e.
At lase, set

COLOR Managem e nt Camera LUT

as

User

item, and set

COLOR

Management



User

as

User1

selected as above. The LUT file w i ll take effect.

 Make sure to restart t he device to effect the selected user LUT file af t er loading it to a

designated user LUT thr ough the USB disk.

 The items about RED/GR EE N/BLUE GAIN are available on ly in USER1 and USER2

mode. If the COLOR TEMP is set to

USER1

or

USER2

with customized sett ings, you

can select the menu item

COLOR TEMP



RESET

command to restore product

originals for Gains, and press

OK/MENU

button to confirm the reset operation.

USER CONFIG Menu

The USER CONFIG men u items are used to adjust the p ar ameters defined by
customers, the menu items are as show n in Figure 5.1-7:

Figure 5.1-7 CONFIG Menu

There are six pages in

USER CONFIG

menu. The relationship o f Items, De fault Value,

Domain Range and Descript io n of the sub-item is shown in Table 5.1-6:

Table 5.1-6 The Description of USER CONFIG Menu Items

Items

Default
Value

Domain Range Description

Page1

User Preset USER1

USER1/USER2/
USER3/USER4

Set the settings as a user
preset

F1 Button Scan

Camera LUT/Undef/

Blue Only/Mono/
Marker/Audio Meter/
Time Code/
Wavefor m T y pe/
Vectorscope/Histogram/
Scan/Aspect/Native/
Mute/IMD Display/
False Color/
Focus Assist/

Peak/Zebra

Assign a function to F1

button

F2 Button Marker the same as F1

Assign a function to F2
button

F3 Button Audio Meter the same as F1

Assign a function to F3
button

F4 Button Blue Only the same as F1

Assign a function to F4
button

Page2

Audio Source

EBD

 EBD: embedded

Select the audio source.

Items

Default
Value

Domain Range Description

signal



EXT: external signal



OFF: no signal

Speak Out L EBD CH1

When the audio source is
EBD, the range of this item
is EBD CH1~ E BD CH16.

Left speaker, select a
channel according to the
type of audio source.

Speak Out R EBD CH2

When the audio source is
EBD, the range of this item
is EBD CH1~ E BD CH16.

Right speaker, select a
channel according to the
type of audio source.

Meter Display OFF OFF/ON

Set whether to display the
audio meter .

Meter Select CH1-2

CH1-2/

G1/G2/G3/G4/
G1+G2/G1+G3/
G1+G4/G2+G3/
G2+G4G3+G4/

G1-G4

Select a meter display
mode. Each G* contains

four channels

, and each

CH* means a channel with

number.

Meter Position LEFT LEFT/RIGHT

Select the displayed
position of audio meter.

Display Mode Mode1

Mode1: simple audio meter
Mode2: audio meter with
channel number and fram e

Used to set the displayed

mode for audio meter .

Meter Opacity 0

 0: 100%



1: 50%

Set the transparency for

audio meter .

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Marker OFF OFF/ON

Set whether to show all of
the markers. It is the main
switch for area marker,
center marker and safety
marker.

Aspect Marker OFF

 16:9

 4:3
 15:9
 14:9
 13:9
 1.85:1
 2.35:1
 Variable

 OFF

Select the aspect marker
according to the display

aspect ratio.

Var iable Aspect 3.00

1.00～3.00, the step is 0.01

When set the Aspect
Marker as Variable, set the
aspect ratio at this item

Center Marker OFF OFF/ON

Set whether to show the
center marker

Area Marker OFF

 OFF

Set the safety area size

Items

Default
Value

Domain Range Description



80%

 85%
 88%
 90%
 93%

 95%

according to the aspect

ratio and scan mode.

Marker Fit OFF

 OFF: the safety

marker is based on
the current input
source

 ON: the safety

marker is based on

the image within the

current aspect

marker

Whether to set connection
between Aspect MARKER

and Safety Marker.

Marker Level 1

 1: 50%
 2: 75%
 3: 100%

Set the luminance of
marker line, including
safety marker, center
marker, area marker and
cross hatch.

Marker Mat OFF

 OFF: Normal

background, use
line for area marker
edge only

 HALF: 50%

Background
brightness

 BLACK: all black

Darkens the outside of the

area of the Aspect

Marker, and set its

transparency.

Cross Hatch OFF OFF/ON

Set whether to show the
cross hatch.

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Wavefor m T y pe OFF



WAVEFORM

 VECTOR
 WFM WIDE
 HDR WFM

 OFF

Set the display type of

WFM

Waveform Size Small Small/Middle/Large

Set the waveform display
size

Waveform
Location

TOP RIGHT

 Small: Left

Up/Center Up/Right

Up/Right
Center/Right
Down/Center
Down/Left

Down/Left Center

Set the location of the

waveform

Items

Default
Value

Domain Range Description



Middle: Right

Down/Center
Down/Left Down

 Small: Center Down

Vectorscope OFF OFF/ON

Enable/Disable
vectorscope display

Vectorscope
Location

TOP RIGHT

 Left Up

 Center Up
 Right Up
 Right Center
 Right Down
 Center Down
 Left Down

 Left Center

Set the location of the

vectorscope

Histogram OFF OFF/LUMA/RGB

Enable/Disable histogram
display, and set the
histogram mode

Histogram
Location

TOP RIGHT

 Left Up

 Center Up
 Right Up
 Right Center
 Right Down
 Center Down
 Left Down

 Left Center

Set the location of the

histogram

Opacity 0

 0: 100%(opaque)

 1: 75%
 2: 50%

 3: 25%

Set the transparency of
WFM, vectorscope and

histogram

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Focus Assist OFF

 OFF

 GRA Y: Turn the

image into gray
mode, and displays
the edge of images
with color selected
in FOCUS COLOR.

 COLOR: Displays

the edge of images
with color selected

in FOCUS COLOR.

Enable/Disable the focus
assist function, and set

focus assist mode.

When the difference of the
edges exceeds the

reference value (FOCU

S

LEVEL), the edge detected

will be in colorful feature
set by FOCUS COLOR.

Focus Assist
Color

Red Red/Green/Blue

Set the color for the
detected edge of images.

Focus Assist

50

0~100

Set the edge difference

Items

Default
Value

Domain Range Description

Level

value between the edges in

an image, an

d take this
value as the reference
value. Larger value means
more detail detection.

Peak OFF ON/OFF

Enable/Disable peak
function. Over sharpen the
image.

Peak Level 1 1~8

Set the sharpness level of
the image. The higher the
value, the sharpener the
image.

False Color OFF OFF/ON

Enable/Disable false color
function

False Color Ty pe Spectrum

Spectrum/SONY Slog3/

SONY Slog2/ARRI LogC/
Canon Clog2/
Canon Clog3/
Panasonic Vlog/
RED RedLogF ilm/
RED RL3G10/
BMD/BMD 4K/
ARRI Rec709/
SONY LC709A/
SONY LC709/
Panasonic V709/

RED G3/RED G 4

Set the type of the false

color display

Zebra OFF ON/OFF

Enable/Disable the zebra
function that will compare
the signal luminance with
the ZEBRA LEVEL, and fill
the relevant image area
whose luminance is higher

than the ZEBRA LEV

EL

with a zebra pattern.

Zebra Level 50 0~100

Set the reference level of
detecting luminance.

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Internal Signal OFF OFF/ON

Enable/Disable the internal
color bar

OSD Time ON ON/10s/30s/60s

Set the display time of the
OSD menu

Time Code OFF OFF/ON

Enable/Disable time code
display

Status Display OFF OFF/ON/AUTO

Set the display time of the
Status infor mation menu

Language ENGLISH

ENGLISH/中文

Select a language mode

Items

Default
Value

Domain Range Description

Monitor Reset -- --

Set whether to restore the
factory settings

Firmware
Upgrade

-- -- Upgrade the firmware

FUNCTION KEY and User Preset Menu

1. User Preset

The user preset provides a ser ie s of me nu set tings customized as a User P r eset, up
to 4 presets could be defined in this device.

Set

USER CONFIGUser Preset

as User1, User2, User3 or User4 to switch among

these various preset settings for current menu displa y. Or press

～

button

and hold 2s to select the related us er presets, and there will be a prompt displaying
the current user preset name at t he l eft center of the screen.

The FUNCTION KEY menu items(F1 Button~F4 Button) are used to assign function
to the function key (F1~F4) on t he front panel, and adjust the v alu e of the function
parameter. The menu items of FUNCTION KEY are as shown in Table 5.1-7:

Table 5.1-7 Functionalities for the Function Key

Items

Default
Value

Range Description

Camera LUT

OFF

OFF/ON

Enable/Disable Camera LUT

Blue Only

OFF

OFF/Red/Green/Blue

Enable/Disable blue only

Mono

OFF

OFF/ON

Enable/Disable Mono

Marker OFF OFF/ON

Enable/Disable the master marker
switch

Audio Meter OFF OFF/ON

Enable/Disable audio meter
display

Time Code

OFF

OFF/ON

Enable/Disable time code display

Waveform
Type

OFF

LUMA/RGB/
PARADE/OFF

Set the waveform type

Vectorscope OFF OFF/ON

Enable/Disable Vectorscope
display

Histogram

OFF

OFF/LUMA/RGB

Enable/Disable Histogram display

Scan

OFF

Normal/Over

Enable/Disable scan function

Aspect

---

As shown in Table 5.1-8

Set aspect ratio

Native OFF OFF/Left/Center/Right

Enable/Disable native function,
and set its mode

Mute

OFF

OFF/ON

Enable/Disable mute

IMD Display

OFF

OFF/ON

Enable/Disable IMD displ ay

Items

Default
Value

Range Description

False Color OFF OFF/ ON

Enable/Disable false color
function

Focus Assist OFF

OFF/Mono/
Focus Assist Color

Enable/Disable Focus Assist
function and set its mode

Peak

OFF

OFF/ON

Enable/Disable Peak

Zebra

OFF

OFF/ON

Enable/Disable Zebra

2. ASPECT

Set the aspect ratio of the screen, it is different from t he formats of the input signals,
and the details are as sho w n in Table 5.1-8:

Table 5.1-8 The Relationship of Input Signal For m at s and Its Aspect s

Input
Signal

Default Value Range Input Signal Formats

SD 4:3

 4:3



16:9

480I60
576I50

HD 16:9

 16:9
 2.39:1

720P24/23.98

720P25
720P30/29.97
720P50
720P60/59.94
1080SF24/23.98

1035I60/59.94

1080I50

1080I60/59.94
1080P24/23.98
1080P25
1080P30/29.97
1080P50

1080P60/59.94

2K 1.896:1

 1.896:1
 2.39:1

2048X1080PSF24/23.98

2048X1080PSF25
2048X1080PSF30/29.97
2048X1080P24/23.98

2048X1080P25

2048X1080P30/29.97

2048X1080P48/47.95
2048X1080P50
2048X1080P60/59.94

3. Mute

Active this function to adjust t he volume to 0, press the function butt on again to
release the volume to the last v alue.

4. BLUE ONLY

It is to activate BLUE ONLY mode that will remove colors from the i nput signal and
display the screen only under a r ed, gr een or blue signal.

5. MONO

It is to activate MONO mode that w ill displ ay t he screen in m onochr om e prese nt atio n,
inactivate this mode to display t he s cr een in color mode.

 Press F1~F4 button to activate the assigned function and adjust the parameter value.

AUDIO Menu

The AU DI O m enu items are displayed on Pag e2 in

USER CONFI G

menu, and they

are used to adjust the audio parameters:

Figure 5.1-8 CONFIG Menu-Page2

The appearance of Meter is as sh own in Figure 5.1-9:

Figure 5.1-9 Audio Meter

Audio Meter Display Mode

Meter Select controls the amount of channels displayed in an audio meter, and

each group(G*) contains four channels. As shown in Figure 5.1-10, the meter
displays at the left bottom of the screen vertically.
For example: the Meter Sel ect is G1+G2, and the Display Mode is Mode2. There
is a white rectangle frame with two white level lines in the meter, the upper is the
over level line, and the lower is the reference level line. If the audio value is higher
than the reference level, the audio bar over the reference level line will display
yellow, and if the audio value is higher than the over level, the audio bar over the

over level line will display red.

Figure 5.1-10 The Position of the Audio Met er O n Screen

Audio Meter Display Position

The position of Meter is c ontr olled by Meter Position item, the position o f the mete r
on the screen is as follows: Left, Right. For example, the illustrations of the
positions are as shown in Figur e 5. 1-11:

Figure 5.1-11 the Positions of Meter

 The prerequisite for the av ailable setti ngs of the d isplay mode and the pos ition of audi o

meter is that the

Meter Display

is ON.

MARKER Menu

The MARKER menu item s ar e displayed on Page3 in

USER CONFIG

menu, and
they are used to adjust the marker parameters, the me nu items are as shown in
Figure 5.1-12:

Figure 5.1-12 USER CONFIG Menu-Page3

Markers

Marker

Illustration

Description

Center Marker

This marker enables easier
checking the center portion’s

focus.

Aspect Marker

This marker displays two li nes
to identify an area with a

specified ratio.

Area Marker

This marker displays a
rectangle to identify the safety
area with a specified

percentage.

Cross Hatch

This marker displays multiple
vertical and horizontal lines to

help when us

ers check the

composition of a picture.

MARKER MAT

The marker mat marks the outside area of the m arker display with the appointed
transparency.

For example, set

ASPECT

as 16:9,

Aspect Marker

as 4:3, and

Area Marker

as 95%,

then, the comparison o f t he t hr ee

Marker Mats

are as shown in Figure 5.1-13:

Figure 5.1-13 MARKER MAT

MARKER FIT

The

USER CONFI G



Marker Fit

item is used to whether set up the connecti on

between area marker and safety marker.
Set

Marker Fit

item as OFF, the safety area is based on the whole current ima ge

display, while Set

Marker Fit

item as ON, the safety area is in t he r ange of area

marker , the comparisons are as shown in Figure 5.1-14

Figure 5.1-14 MARKER FIT

 The

Aspect Marker, Center Marker

and

Area Marker

feature are available on ly when

the

Marker

item is set to ON.

 The safety marker area will change with the area marker whe n setting

Marker Fit

item

to be ON.

 The cross hatch lines will disp lay only in the single image or in PIP mode when

Cross

Hatch

is ON.

DISPLAY Menu

The DISPLAY menu items are displayed on Page 4 in

USER CONFIG

menu, and they
are used to adjust the par am eters displayed on the screen, t he menu items are as
shown in Figure 5.1-15:

Figure 5.1-15 USER CONFIG Menu-Page4

Display Location

Set the location of wavefor m, vectorscope and histogram by

USER CONFIG



Waveform L ocation/ V ectorscope Location/ Histogram Locatio n separately

, the

available locations on the scr een are as shown in Figure 5.1-16:

Figure 5.1-16 Display Location

Waveform



Waveform Display Mode

Set various waveform through

USER CONFIG



Waveform Type

item, and display

the following three kinds of waveform as LUMA, RGB, PARADE, shown in Figure

5.1-17:

Figure 5.1-17 LUMA Waveform and RGB Waveform and PARADE

Waveform



Waveform Size

Set

USER CONFIG  Waveform SIZE

item to adjust t he size of the w av eform, ther e

are three kinds of sizes for w aveform:

 Small size waveform: set

Waveform SIZE

item as

Small,

and this
kind of waveform could be located in any one of the 8 positions
listed in

LOCATION

item;

 75% waveform: set

Waveform SIZE

item as

Middle,

and this k ind
of waveform is located in the bottom of the screen, and it can be
moved;

 Full size waveform: set

Waveform SIZE

it em as

Large,

and this
kind of wavefor m is l oc at ed i n th e bottom of th e sc r ee n, and it can’t
be moved.

Vectorscope

Set

USER CONFIG VECTORSCOPE

item to display or hide the vectorscope.

Figure 5.1-18 VECTORSCOPE

Histogram

Histogram assists in jud ging the distribution of luminance in the image.



Histogram Type

Set

USER CONFIG HISTOGRAM

item to open or close the histogr am display, and
set the histogram display mo de as LUMA or RGB, the two histogram types are as
shown in Figure 5.1-19:

Figure 5.1-19 RGB Histogram and LUMA Histogram

Focus and Exposure Menu

There are some assistant settings on Pag e5 in

USER CONFI G

menu, they are z ebra,

focus assist, peak and false color.

Figure 5.1-20 USER CONFIG Menu-Page5

Focus Assist

The FOCUS A SSIST fu nct ion is used t o display images on t he screen w ith inte nsified

edge to help camera focus operation.
Set

USER CONFIG Focus Assist

item to enable the focus assist function. The
intensified edges are thos e ar eas whose difference value exceeds the reference
focus level (

SENSITIVITY

), and the intensified edge ar e displayed in the designated

color set by

Focus Assist Color

.



FOCUS ASSIST MODE



Color Mode

: Set

USER CONFIG  Focus Assist

item as

Color

,

the image is in color mode, then set

USER CONFIG  Focus

Assist Color

to color the intensified edge.



Gray Mode

: Set

USER CONFIG  Focus Assist

item as

Mono

,
the image is in black and white mode, that is removing all colors
and only leaving the luminance data of the signal.

Figure 5.1-21 Illustration for FOCUS ASSIST Function

Figure 5.1-22 Illustration for FOCUS ASSIST Function

FALSE COLOR-Exposure A s sist

FALSE COLOR is also known as EXPOSURE ASSIST, this function generates an
artificial luminance map of t he input s i gnal that can be useful to identify over exposed
areas(exposure). This is a quick way to gauge the exposure levels of an imag e in a
clear way.

Choose the

False Color

tool to activate the FALSE COLOR function. I t pr ovides
multiple types of FALSE COLO R types: Spectrum, SONY Slog3, SONY Slog2, ARRI
LogC, Canon Clog2, Canon C log3, Pan ason ic Vlo g, RED RedLo gFil m, RED RL3G 10,
BMD, BMD 4K, ARRI Rec709, SONY LC709A, SONY LC709, Panasonic V709, RED
G3, RED G4.

For example:

Set

USER CONFIG False Color

item as ON and

False Color Type

item as

A RRI LogC

, as shown in Figure 5.1-23:

Figure 5.1-23 Comparison Mode- Original Ima ge and Norm al Mode

Image

ZEBRA

The

ZEBRA

function is used to display images o n t he s cr een w it h a zebr a pat tern to

adjust the camera exposu r e parameter. It will comp ar e t he signal luminance with the

Zebra Level

, and fill the relevant image area whose luminance is higher than the

Zebra Level

with a zebra pattern.

For example

, set the

Zebra Level

as 80, the compared resu lts are as shown in

Figure 5.1-24, the special ar ea is f i lle d w it h a zebra pattern.

Figure 5.1-24 Illustration for LUMA ZOOM CHECK Function

Other Menu

There are some system set t ings on Page6 in

USER CONFIG

menu.

Figure 5.1-25 USER CONFIG Menu-Page7

Display Test Pattern

Set USER CONFIG Internal Signal item as ON, it will display the color test
pattern on the screen.

Set Menu Show Time

Set USER CONFIGOsd Time as 10s, 30s or 60s. After you have loaded the
menu, it will be closed automatically if you do nothing operation within the OSD
Time.

TIME CODE

Select

USER CONFIG Time Code

item to enable the display of embedded

timecode on screen, only valid for SDI input signal.
Timecode is displayed as the format of “HH:MM : SS:FF” at the bottom center of the

screen, and if there is no availabl e t i mec ode, it will not appear.

Figure 5.1-26 Timecode

Display Status Menu

Set USER CONFIGStatus Display item as ON, the status menu will be
displayed in the top left corner of the screen, and it includes the input channel and
signal format.

Switch Menu Language

Set USER CONFIGLanguage item as Chinese or English, and the default menu
language is English.

Monitor Reset Defaults Setting

Select USER CONFIGMonitor Reset item, it will pop up a prompt, as shown in
Figure 5.1-27:

Figure 5.1-27 Prompt for Monitor Reset

Press right arrow( ) button to select RESET command, and click OK/MENU
button to confirm the selection, t he menu settings will restory t o fact or y defaults.

Firmware Upgrade

Select USER CONFIGFirmware Upgrade item, it will pop up a prompt, as
shown in Figure 5.1-28:

Figure 5.1-28 Prompt for Firmware Upgrade

Press right arrow( ) button to select OK command, and click OK/MENU button
to confirm the selection, it will read the new firmware files from your USB drive and

update your firmware. Make sure you have inserted your USB disk with the stored
firmware files into the USB interface of the monitor, or it will inform you a “Can’t
Detect USB” error.

Figure 5.1-29 Warning for Firmware Upgrading

 Please keep the monitor are w ell powered on, and don’t remove t he USB drive during

the firmware upgrading.

 It is recommended to use a 3.0 USB drive!
 Restart the monitor af ter successful firmware update, and the new files w il l take effect.

IMD CONFIG Menu

The IMD CONFIG menu item s are us ed to adjust the paramet er s defined for IMD
display, the menu items ar e as shown in Figure 5.1-30:

Figure 5.1-30 IMD Menu

The relationship of Items, De fault Value, Domain Ra nge and Description of the
sub-item is shown in Table 5.1-9:

Table 5.1-9 The Description of IMD Menu Items

Items

Default Value

Domain Range

Description

IMD Display ON OFF/ON

Set whether to display IMD
Characters on screen.

IMD Protocol Local

TSL3.1/TSL4.0/
Local

Select an IMD protocol

IMD Char --- ---

Set the IMD characters, only
available in Local IMD
protocol

IMD Color

Red

Red/Green/Yellow

Set the IMD character color

Monitor ID 0 0~255

Set the ID number for each
monitor

Baud Rate 38400

2400/4800/9600/19200
/38400/57600/115200

Select a baud rate for
communication.

 If

IMD Display

item is ON, the IMD character in the black bar will displ ay on the bott om

of the screen.

 When the

IMD Protocol

is set to be Local, it displays IMD char act er s set in

IMD Char

item, and the

IMD Char

could be co mpose d of u p to 16 c hara cter s or u p to 1 2 Chin ese

characters. For other valu es of

IMD Protocol

, the IMD character abides by t he

corresponding protocol.

KEY INHIBIT Menu

The KEY INHIBIT menu item is used to lo ck the setting so that they can’t be changed
by an unauthorized user, and the menu item is as shown in Figure 5.1-31:

Figure 5.1-31 KEY INHIBIT Menu

The relationship of Items, De fault Value, Domain Ra nge and Description of the
sub-item is shown in Table 5.1-10:

Table 5.1-10 The Description of KEY INHIBIT Menu Items

Items

Default Value

Domain Range

Description

Key Inhibit

OFF

OFF/ON

Enable/Disable the key.

 When the KEY INHIBIT is ON, KEY INHIBIT is e nabled and pr ess the PO WER key, the

device would turn on or off. MENU, UP, DOWN,

OK/MENU

key can be enable but only
to set the KEY INHIBIT item, or there is a “KEY INHIBIT” prompt d isplayed on the
screen when using other keys.

Menu Settings

When checking or modifying the value of the menu item, cooperating with the following
buttons:

(LEFT), (DOWN), (UP), (RIGHT), OK/MENU.

13. Operations to the Main menu



Display the Main Menu

Press OK/MENU button to enter into the main menu, it displays at t he cent er of the
screen.



Switch menu items

After displaying the main menu, press LEFT, DOWN, UP, RIGHT button to choose
a menu item.



Back to the Main menu

After entering to a sub-menu item or a sub-menu item value, press LEFT button to
back to the upper level menu are a.



Close the Main menu

Press LEFT button to close the Main menu when the control icon is in the Main
menu item.

 Set the show time of the Main menu by

USER CONFIGOsd Time

item.

1.

Operations to sub-menu item



Display the sub-menu item

After display the Main me nu, pr ess RIGHT button to displays the sub-menu items.



Switch sub-menu items

Press DOWN or UP button to choose or switch a sub-m enu item.



Back to menu item

Press LEFT button to back to high level menu item.



Turn Page

Press RIGHT button or OK/MENU button to turn to the next page when selecting

the Next Page item.

2.

Operations to sub-menu item value



Switch sub-menu item value

When the control icon is in sub-menu item value, press DOWN or UP button to
switch among its value list.



Confirm the modification to sub-menu item value

Press OK/MENU button to confirm the selection of a value, and the control icon is
back to the corresponding s ub-menu item.



Abandon the modification to sub-menu item value

Press LEFT button to give up the modification to sub-menu item value, and the
control icon is back to the corresponding sub-menu item.

3.

Operations to Fast menu



Display fast menu

Press UP or DOWN button to enter into the f as t m enu when not in the main menu.



Adjust fast menu item value

Press LEFT or RIGHT button to adjust t he fast menu item value.

 The value in white color is modi fiabl e, and the value in gray color is unm odifiable.

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6. Specifications

Specification

Values

Dimension

17.3”

Dimension(WxHxD)

421.8x264.3x 48.7mm

Pixel Pitch (WxH)

0.1989×0.1989mm

Aspect Ratio

16:9

Display Area (WxH)

381.89×214.81mm

Viewing Angle (HxV)

178°x178°

Color Depth

262K colors

Resolution

1920×1080

Contrast (Typ.)

700:1

Luminance (cd/㎡)

300

Response Ti me (ms)

14

Backlight

WhiteLED

Backlight Life(Hrs)

15000(Min.)

Work Temperature

0°C~50°C

Power Supply

100～240V50/60HzAC /11～17V3A DC/

1 1~ 16.8VDC battery

Power Consumption

14W

Video Input Interface

3G/HD/SD-SDI(X2)

VIDEO(X1)

HDMI(X1)

Video Output Interfa ce

3G/HD/SD-SDI(X1)

Audio Input Interface

3.5mm Jack

Audio Output Interface

3.5mm Jack(Headphone)

Control Interface

RS485(cascade RJ45 X2)
USB

Signal Formats

SD-SDI: 480i60, 576i50

HD-SDI: 1080i50, 1080i 59. 94, 108 0i 60, 720p5 0, 7 20p 5 9.94,
720p 60, 1035i59.94, 1035i 60

3G-SDI: 1080p50, 1080p6 0

3G-SDI /HD-SDI /SDI-SDI Input/Output

Signal T ype

SMPTE 424M, SMPTE 29 2M , SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 297M

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Specification

Values

Connector

BNC per IEC 169-8

Impedance

75©

Return Loss

>18 dB 5 to 270 MHz

>15 dB 270 MHz to 1.5 GHz

>10 dB up to 3 GHz

Maximum Signal Level

800 mV pk-pk 10%

Signal Amplitude

800 mV pk-pk 10%

DC Offset

0 V ±0.5 V

Overshoot

<10%

Jitter

<0.2 UI

Rise/Fall Time

<700 ps for SD

<270 ps for 1.5 Gb/s HD

<135 ps for 3 Gb/s HD

Extinction Ratio

>8

Back Reflection

<-14 dB

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