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- Page 1 High Performance Video Processor Product Guide How to install, set up, and use your new DVDO product English Version A N C H O R B A Y T E C H N O L O G I E S...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Foreword Introduction Installation and Setup System Requirements and Compatibility Input Signal Connections Signal Flow Diagrams Typical System Configuration Configuration with A/V Receiver Output Signal Connections Power Supply Input Display Input Connectors HD-15 (VGA) Connector Y-Pb-Pr (Component) Input with RCA Jacks BNC Connectors DVI Digital Video Input Displays and Controls... -
Page 3: Foreword
2000, Silicon Image acquired DVDO Inc. and the iScan product line. After that, Silicon Image introduced and marketed new iScan products, including the iScan Plus v2, the iScan Pro, and most recently the iScan Ultra. All of these products have met with universal critical acclaim from reviewers and from customers alike. -
Page 4: Introduction
Introduction Thank you for purchasing the iScan Please note that your new iScan Ultra Ultra™ Video Processor, featuring the does not include a video output cable. world’s most popular video processing The iScan Ultra uses a 15-pin HD-15 technology as created by the Anchor Bay (VGA) connector and a DVI connector to Technologies Team. -
Page 5: Installation And Setup
Installation and Set-Up The video inputs are: System Requirements and Compatibility Composite video (CVBS), The iScan Ultra is designed to interface 2 input channels to displays that can accept a 480p/576p, 31.5KHz progressive scan video signal in S-Video, 2 input channels... -
Page 6: Signal Flow Diagrams
Installation and Set-Up (continued) The following diagrams show two typical ways to use the iScan Ultra in a system. Signal Flow Diagrams Figure 1a depicts a system where the iScan Ultra is used as the primary video switcher. Figure 1b depicts a system when the iScan Ultra is used in conjunction with an A/V Preamplifier/Processor or A/V Receiver. -
Page 7: Typical System Configuration
Installation and Set-Up (continued) The iScan Ultra is usually placed between the display device and any video sources Typical System Configuration and acts as a source switch for the display. Back of Unit Analog Output 6V DC Power Supply Input... -
Page 8: Configuration With A/V Receiver
A common variation of this setup is to use an A/V receiver as the switch between all Configuration Variation with the sources, with the output of the A/V receiver being the only input to the iScan Ultra. A/V Receiver Analog Output... -
Page 9: Output Signal Connections
15-pin HD-15 connection on the is commonly used in PC iScan Ultra. This cable is not included applications and should with the iScan Ultra so you will need to be readily available in provide your own. any computer or elec- tronics store. -
Page 10: Bnc Connectors
DVI Digital Video Input The DVI digital highest possible quality video image from video connector the iScan Ultra to the display. For more is used on many information about DVI, you can visit the of the newer digital TVs and is similar in... -
Page 11: Displays And Controls
Output Control Front of Unit Once you have the iScan Ultra connected to your home theater system, there are several configuration parameters that you may adjust to output the proper signal format for your display device and optimize the image to your personal preferences. -
Page 12: Alphanumeric Display
Displays and Controls (continued) Alphanumeric Display Aspect Ratio Control For all video inputs except ‘Pass-Thru’, The iScan Ultra has a new Aspect Ratio selecting ‘Aspect Ratio’, ‘Picture Control’, Control feature that can be used or ‘Output Control’ turns on the whenever you are displaying 4:3 images Alphanumeric Display. -
Page 13: Picture Control
Saturation The iScan Ultra allows you to control the Saturation of the image independent of the display. Saturation is the same as the “Color” control on most TVs and will con-... -
Page 14: Hue
You can identify if The iScan Ultra can compensate for these you have this problem by using the errors in the source signal by shifting the... -
Page 15: Output Control
12 As mentioned under Aspect Ratio Control, buttons on the front panel. It can also page 11, the iScan Ultra offers a Curtain be used to program a suitable universal control feature that allows you to crop remote control. -
Page 16: Troubleshooting
Pass-Thru input. the correct Sync has been selected, either separate sync (H+V), composite The iScan Ultra should work with a sync (CSY) or sync on green (SOG) typical home theater system. Below are some steps to take when experiencing if the DVI output is being used: the problems below. - Page 17 If no image is observed, or the computer [NA (not applicable) appears monitor does not render an image, the on the Alphanumeric Display] iScan Ultra may be defective. For service, No picture control or output control please contact your Authorized DVDO adjustments can be made to video Reseller, or contact Anchor Bay Tech- connected to the ‘Pass-Thru’...
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Page 18: How It Works
How It Works drawn in the second pass. First devised Background so that early TVs could have reasonable On a standard CRT-based television, the resolution with the limited transmission video image is created by sweeping an technologies available at the time, inter- electron beam across the face of the set laced scanning has several unfortunate where it excites phosphors, causing them... - Page 19 Unfortunately, operations per second on the incoming this also significantly reduces the vertical video stream, the iScan Ultra uses the resolution of the image, resulting in data from four video fields during its softening of the picture and a loss of processing.
- Page 20 VCR to produce a stable image on most displays. The iScan Ultra’s TBC is always turned on, so that it can improve the quality of all video sources used with the iScan Ultra...
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Page 21: Technical Specifications
Technical Specifications 625 total video lines per frame, Video Inputs 576 active lines (PAL/SECAM) Two Component (Y-Pb-Pr) inputs 12-bit video DAC, featuring 8X on standard RCA connectors Chroma Oversampling and 4X Luma Two S-Video (Y/C) inputs on standard Oversampling at 108MHz mini-DIN connectors Two Composite video inputs on Controls... - Page 22 Technical Specifications (continued) Source Detection Input Cables (included) Film (3:2 pulldown for NTSC, Component Video, S-Video, 2:2 pulldown for PAL/SECAM) Composite Video Computer graphics (2:2 pulldown or 30 fps for NTSC, 25 fps for Power PAL/SECAM) 100-240VAC 50/60Hz universal Video camera power converter Video game consoles (single-field 6V/2A DC input, 9W (active), 2.5W...
- Page 23 ‘DVDO’ and ‘iScan’ trademarks are based upon technologies, architectures, and product designs originally created and developed by Anchor Bay Technologies Inc., Silicon Image Inc., and DVDO Inc. All product or other names or marks referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners, and are the...
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Page 24: Safety Information
Protect and route power cords so they will not be stepped on or pinched by anything placed on or against them. Be especially careful at plug-ins, or cord exit points from the iScan Ultra. Avoid excessive humidity, sudden temperature changes or tempera- ture extremes. -
Page 25: Warranty
WARRANTY LIMITED 1-YEAR WARRANTY LIMITATION OF LIABILITY Anchor Bay Technologies, Inc. warrants TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY only to the initial purchaser of this LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL ANCHOR BAY product for a period of one year from TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Page 26 A N C H O R B A Y T E C H N O L O G I E S iScan Ultra Product Guide September 2003 English Version 1.1 ABT P/N 75-0211-02 Anchor Bay Technologies Inc. 300 Orchard City Drive, M/S 131...
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