Operation, cont’d

Use the Menu button to highlight “Yes” and press the Enter (and save) button to reset the RS-232 settings. Use the button to highlight “No” and press the Enter button to exit the screen without resetting the RS-232 settings (or back out of the screen by pressing the Menu button).

System Information screen

The System Information screen is an informational display only that shows:

The selected input number

The selected input’s sync format (RGBHV, RGBS, and so on) and resolution

The selected input’s horizontal and vertical rates

The output’s resolution

The output’s horizontal and vertical rates

The firmware version

Enabling seamless switching

When the scaler is in seamless switching mode, it uses input 4’s passive (unscaled) synchronization signals as a reference for locking the output video signal. For seamless switching to work properly, the following three conditions must be true:

Input 4 must be set to be passively output without scaling.

The output’s resolution, refresh rate, and sync format must be set to those of the channel 4 input.

The Input 4 reference must be within ±2% of the selected output resolution and refresh rate.

When input 4 is passive, the scaler performs no decoding, scaling, or video adjustment functions. Blank and freeze functions, and on-screen menus are not available for input 4. The scaler functions as a switcher only for input 4.

Setting up seamless switching

Set the IN1404XT to seamlessly switch between scaled inputs on 1, 2, or 3 (RGB, component, S-video, or composite video) and the passive RGB video on input 4 as follows:

1.

Apply the RGBHV, RGBS, or RGsB reference to input 4.

2.

Press Menu and then select Output>Resolution, select the same resolution as

 

the input 4 reference signal, and press Enter (and save).

3.

While still in the Output screen, select Refresh Rate, select the same refresh

 

rate as the input 4 reference signal, and press Enter (and save).

4.

While still in the Output screen, select Sync Format, select the same sync

 

format (RGBHV, RGBS, or RGsB) as the input 4 reference signal, and press

 

Enter (and save).

5.

While still in the Output screen, select Seamless Mode, select On, and press

 

Enter (and save).

When you turn seamless mode on, the scaler automatically sets the input 4 signal format to passive if necessary.

When seamless mode is on, the scaler will not let you change the input 4 signal format. To change the signal format, you must first turn seamless mode off.

Seamless switching operation

When seamless switching is on; and you switch to input 1, 2, or 3; that input is synced to the input 4 reference. The synced input 1, 2, or 3 is termed the “channel

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