Kramer Electronics PIP-200xl user manual Configuring and Operating your PIP-300, Using the Menu

Configuring and Operating your PIP-300

7 Configuring and Operating your PIP-300

You can configure and operate your PIP-300via:

￿￿The front panel buttons, and/or

￿￿RS-232 serial commands transmitted by a touch screen system, PC, or other serial controller

7.1Using the Menu

Use the front panel buttons to activate the menu. The menu is displayed1 on the LCD display2 and is also superimposed on the screen2, 3.

To use the PIP-300menu, press the:

￿￿ENTER button to display the menu and accept changes

￿￿ESC button to move to the previous menu level

￿￿, ￿ arrow buttons to select the menu items, size and position the input display, adjust the numerical rates, and edit the text labeling

￿￿, ￿ arrow buttons to position the input display and to edit the text labeling

An asterisk in brackets indicates the current status on screen. For example, if the current OUTPUT SETTING is PAL, the OSD will show the asterisk in brackets alongside PAL: “PAL (*)”.

Table 3 defines the main menu items and Figure 5 illustrates the PIP-300menu guide:

	Table 3: The PIP-300 Main Menu Items
Menu Item	Function
MODE	Select the SINGLE or the PIP mode, see section 7￿ .1.1
OSD	Activates/deactivates the OSD menu4
BORDER	Select a border around the image (applies to all channels) and select the
	border COLOUR (WHITE or BLACK)
VIDEO SETTINGS	Adjust the CONTRAST, SATURATION and BRIGHTNESS (see section 7￿ .1.2)
INPUT SELECT	Select between: COMPOSITE video, S-VIDEO or COMPONENT video, per
	input channel
OUTPUT STANDARD	Select between NTSC and PAL
PRESETS	Store and recall PRESETS (1 and 2), or use FACTORY DEFAULT5 settings,
	see section 7￿ .1.3
LABELING	Display, remove and edit the text label for the input channel, see section ￿
	7.1.4

1 The menu always displays only two lines at a time on the LCD display. Use the up/down arrow buttons to scroll up/down the menu

2 Upon powering up, the LCD briefly displays the machine’s name, and the OSD displays the firmware version 3 The menu times out after a minute, both on the LCD display and on the OSD

4 Menu still appears on the LCD display even when deactivated in the OSD

5 The machine is set to Single mode, Channel 1, default video settings and default labeling

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