Extron electronic MGP 464 Using the Background Page, Selecting a background color, Preliminary

In the Input Presets section, you can do the following:

Saving (creating) an input preset

To save all the settings for the currently selected input as a preset,

1.	Select a Window Selection radio button to specify the window whose group of
	settings for the current input will be saved as a preset.
2.	From the Input Preset menu, select a preset number to which you want to
	save the input’s settings.
3.	Click Save Preset.

Recalling an input preset

To recall a saved preset and enable all its settings on your MGP 464,

1.	Select a Window Selection radio button to specify the input for which the
	settings will be recalled.
2.	From the Input Preset menu, select the preset number you want to recall.
3.	Click the Recall Preset button to enable all settings contained in the selected
	preset.

Using the Background Page

The Image Settings screen on the Background page lets you select a background for the output display. You can choose a background color, or you can upload bitmap images to the MGP, and select one as the display background. You can also specify the image from a DVI input to display live as the background on the screen.

Selecting a background color

To change the background color on the output display, select a color from the Background Color pull-down menu. The default selection, Off, results in a black background.

Displaying a background image

An image can be displayed as a background behind the windows on the output screen. This can be done by uploading a bitmap image to the MGP and selecting it by using the Add and Take buttons.

Using a DVI input

To use the unscaled image from a DVI source as a live background on the output screen,

1. Connect a DVI source to the DVI Background connector on the rear panel.

2. From the Background Color menu, select DVI Background Input.

Using a bitmap image

The Image Settings screen lets you upload bitmap images, including those saved via background capture, from your computer to the MGP; and to select an uploaded image as the background for the output screen.

NThe MGP 464 supports only 24-bit bitmap files as backgrounds. The background file names must have a .bmp extension. The MGP 464 has 16 MB of memory to store captured or loaded images. See “Background Capture menu” in chapter 3, “Operation,” to calculate the size of an image.

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