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Display Setup

The options on this screen affect the appearance of any information displayed on the C 1 Controller’s built-in screen and on any video screen connected to the Controller’s “OSD” video output jacks.

Display setup

 

TV system

NTSC

Superimpose

Off

Temporary disp.

Simple

Video format

Auto

Distance units

Feet

OSD Output

Both

OSD style

2

Exit

 

TV system sets both displays to either NTSC (the television system used in the Western hemisphere and some Asian countries) or PAL (the system predominant in Europe). If this is set incorrectly for your location, the system informa- tion will roll up or down your video screen when the C 1 is set to an audio-only source; when a video signal is played through the C 1, the Controller automatically selects the TV system matching the video input program

Superimpose: When “On,” this superimposes system status information over the video pro- gram currently shown on the built-in display screen and on any video monitors or projectors connected to the “OSD” video output jacks). When “Off,” the background on the screen will go blank whenever this information is displayed.

Temporary disp. (display): Governs whether, and how, information appears on the built-in dis- play screen and on any video monitors or projectors connected to the C 1 “OSD” video output jacks. Unless this parameter is set to “Off,” any changes you make to volume, source, mode, bass, treble, and so on will be shown briefly on the displays. If this parameter is set to “Full,” the screens will show “full” status information (which is probably more than you need or want to see each time you change a mode or an input), as shown here:

 

CD

2

AUDIO

 

 

 

Signal

Digital PCM

Input:

Coaxial

2

Mode

Dolby PLII

Music

VIDEO

 

 

 

Signal

No

signal

Input

Auto

2

If Temporary Disp. Is set to “Simple,” only the source or mode setting you just changed will be displayed in the lower right corner of the screen.

Video format, is used for selecting video-source formats. If set to “Svideo,” the C 1 will automati- cally use the S-video input jacks for the Video 1 through Video 6 inputs. Setting it to “Compos.” causes the composite video jacks to be used. When it’s set to “Auto,” the C 1 automatically selects S-video signals when they are available, and selects composite video otherwise.

Distance units controls whether the “Distance setup” screen shows speaker distances in feet or meters.

OSD Output gives you the choice of sending on-screen display information to the composite video “OSD” output, the S-video “OSD” output, both, or neither (“Off”). If you set this for an out- put you’re not using, or to “Off,” all OSD information (including background color) will disappear from your OSD screen. However, you can then restore OSD by using the display and controls on the C 1 front panel.

OSD style changes the on-screen display colors of the text, background, and error messages for the C 1 built-in screen and for any viewing screen connected to the “OSD” video output jacks. There are 30 possible settings; the default is white lettering on dark gray, with error messages in white lettering on red. With some of these color combinations, text and error messages will be indistinct and blurry when you view the built-in display screen off-axis and/or when it is dimmed. If OSD information is being shown on a TV monitor, projector, or rear-projection set that uses CRTs (cathode ray tubes), selecting the default dark-gray background will extend the life of these tubes.

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Halo C1 Controller specifications

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