Minicom Advanced Systems 3000

USER GUIDE

To tune from the Transmitter/Broadcaster position:

Connect the Serial Download cable to the Control port of the

Transmitter/Broadcaster and the Serial port of a computer which has the Service

Utility installed.

To tune from the Receiver L/DCL or Line Splitter/L position:

Connect the Serial Download cable to the units Tuning port and the Serial port of a

computer containing the Service Utility. See the figure below.

Note! For the Receiver DCL both the connected screens receive the same tuning

adjustments.

5VDC SYSTEM TUNING

Serial Download cable

Transmitter

To computer’s

Serial port

Figure 33 Connecting the Serial Download cable to the Receiver L

1. Open the test card located on our website www.minicom.com/support/skew.png

or www.minicom.com/support/skew.gif or, on the supplied CD. Or open the

Service Utility and choose Tools/Options, the Preferences window appears, see

Figure 25 above. Check Show Skew Picture. When you click the Tuning tab the

test card appears in the background. See Figure 34. This image will help you get

the best screen image. It can also help to correct skew.

Note! From a Line Splitter position you can only adjust luminance and

equalization. Adjusting skew delay also, can be done from a Receiver L/DCL or

Line Splitter L position.