Extron electronic SGS 408 manual Introductiontroduction, cont’d, About the SGS, Features

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About the SGS 408

The Extron SGS 408 is an eight-input, high resolution, component video and RGB video matrix switcher. It provides seamless cuts, dissolves, wipes, and titles, as well as scaling capabilities, to bring professionalism and style to live multimedia events and presentations. The SGS 408 allows analog component video, RGsB, RGBS, and RGBHV signals to be displayed on a device with a fixed resolution and aspect ratio, such as an LCD (liquid crystal display) projector, DLP (digital light processing) projector, plasma display, or DVI (digital visual interface) device.

The SGS 408 provides up to five outputs. Three of these outputs show the program output, which is the picture the audience sees. One of these outputs uses an optional DVI connector. Two outputs show the preview image, allowing the switch operator to view the images before they are sent to the program output.

Seamless switching allows switching between sources without a loss of sync.

You can connect the SGS 408 to an Extron RCP 1000 remote control panel. You can also connect up to three SGS 408 switchers to one Extron ECP 1000 event control panel.

Features

The SGS 408 provides the following features:

•Executive mode — Locks out all front panel functions. When executive mode is enabled, all functions are available through RS-232 commands.

•Freeze mode — Locks the output display to the current image. Two freeze buttons allow independent control of the program and preview images.

•Inputs — Include eight sets of BNC inputs for component video, RGsB (sync on green), RGBS (composite sync), and RGBHV.

•LCD menu display — Provides access to several menus that control the image display.

•Memory presets — Provide 16 auto-recall memory locations per input that store sizing, centering, and filtering information for the incoming frequency.

•Outputs — Output video as RGBS or RGBHV. Two sets of BNC connectors and two 15-pin HD connectors are provided. One set of BNC connectors and one 15-pin HD connector displays the program image, and the other set of BNC connectors and 15-pin HD connector display the preview image. In addition, a DVI connector for DVI-D output of the program image is available as an option.

•Output resolutions — The SGS 408 scales images to the following output resolutions:

•640 x 480 (VGA) at 50 Hz, 60 Hz, 75 Hz, and lock*

•800 x 600 (SVGA) at 50 Hz, 60 Hz, 75 Hz, and lock*

•832 x 624 (Macintosh) at 60 Hz, 75 Hz, and lock*

•848 x 480 (plasma) at 60 Hz, and lock*

•852 x 480 (plasma) at 60 Hz, and lock*

•1024 x 768 (XGA) at 50 Hz, 60 Hz, 75 Hz, and lock*

•1280 x 768 (plasma) at 56 Hz, and lock*

•1280 x 1024 (SXGA) at 50 Hz, 60 Hz, and lock*

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