Using the OSD | Kramer Electronics VP-420, VP-421 specification

Operating the VP-420/VP-421

6.2Using the OSD

You can use the OSD to set a wide variety of parameters. When the MENU button is pressed, the main menu opens allowing access to all the device settings (see Table 4).

When setting FINETUNE, COLOR, SIZE, OUTPUT (see Table 5), and OSD (see Table 6) a submenu opens with the applicable parameters.

6.2.1Using the Front Panel Buttons

While the OSD is open, the front panel buttons perform the following functions:

Pressing + and – move forward and backward through the menu items and increment or decrement the parameter values

Pressing ENTER selects and activates a menu item or accepts the parameter value set

Pressing MENU closes the OSD menu1

As an example of setting parameters, to increase the contrast on the display:

1.From normal operation, press MENU.

The OSD main menu appears on the screen.

2.Press the + or – button to highlight CONTRAST. CONTRAST changes to green when highlighted.

3.Press ENTER.

The contrast value parameter changes to red.

4.Press the + button to increase the value (increase the contrast) or the – button to decrease the value (decrease the contrast).

The value ranges from 0 to 100.

5.Press ENTER to set the value.

The contrast value parameter changes back to white.

6.To return to normal operation, highlight EXIT and press ENTER, press MENU, or wait until the menu times out.

1 The menu times out by default after 10 seconds. To change the OSD display time, adjust the OSD/TIMER parameter

VP-420, VP-421 specifications

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