LCM170-E LCM230-E The images and descriptions of LCM156-E are adopted as examples in the following document. The basic features and functionalities for LCM156-E, LCM170-E and LCM230-E are almost as the same, any of the different specifications among the device types are elaborated.
Contents Contents ......................I Chapter 1 Safety ..................... 1 Chapter 2 Unpack and Installation ............... 5 Chapter 3 Locations and Function of Parts and Control ......9 3.1 Front Panel ..................9 3.1.1 Location of Control Buttons .............. 9 3.1.2 Function of Control Buttons .............. 9 3.2 Rear Panel ..................
Safety Chapter 1 Safety FCC Caution Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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Safety Warnings: Read, keep and follow all of these instructions for your safety. Heed all warnings. Device Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Do not beat with a hard object or scratch the LCD display. Do not make the freeze picture displaying on the screen time too long, otherwise, it will leave the afterimage on the screen.
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Specifications are subject to change without notice. Do not use attachments or accessories not recommended by the manufacture. Use of inadequate attachments may result in serious accidents. Do not overload AC outlet or extension cord. Overloading can cause fire or serious electric shock.
Chapter 2 Unpack and Installation Unpack: When unpacking the LCM156-E monitor, please verify that none of the components listed in Table 3.1 are damaged or missing. If there are any components missing, please contact your distributors or OSEE for it.
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Unpack and Installation Figure 2-1 Assemble Pedestal of LCM-156E Figure 2-2 Assemble Pedestal of LCM-170E...
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Unpack and Installation Figure 2-3 Assemble Pedestal of LCM-230E Connect required cables for signal input and output. For BNC connections use 75Ω rated connectors. Connect the 12V5A DC power source using the included power supply or optional battery adapter and D-Tap to Power cable when not using Land Line power.
Locations and Function of Parts and Control Chapter 3 Locations and Function of Parts and Control 3.1 Front Panel 3.1.1 Location of Control Buttons The control buttons are at the bottom of the screen, as shown in Figure 3.1-1. Figure 3.1-1 Buttons in Front Panel INPUT: Input selection button UP: Menu operation button F1: Function button...
Locations and Function of Parts and Control SDI1: monitor the SDI input as the active signal through the SDI1 IN connector. SDI2: monitor the SDI input as the active signal through the SDI2 IN connector. LINE1(CVBS): monitor the Composite Analog Input as the active signal through the LINE1 IN connector.
Locations and Function of Parts and Control menu. OPERATION: for example, press F1 to display the FUNCTION menu at the left bottom corner of the screen, as shown in Figure 3.1-3. Toggle F1 button to change the value related to this function without the setting value display. FUNCTION FLASE COLOR NATIVE...
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Locations and Function of Parts and Control UP Used to navigate on-screen menu. Toggle this button to select the previous item or increase the item value. DOWN Used to navigate on-screen menu. Toggle this button to select the next item or decrease the item value. ...
For the arrangement of the rear panel of LCM170-E and LCM230-E are the same, which are different from the LCM156-E’s. The real panel of LCM156-E is shown as below, there are various input and output interfaces at the rear panel of LCM156-E monitor.
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Locations and Function of Parts and Control follows: Power Switch Press this part to switch on or switch off the power. Push the button to the “-” icon to switch on the power. Push the button to the “” icon to switch off the power. ON OFF Power Input Plug the power supply to this interface to provide power to the device.
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Locations and Function of Parts and Control A component analog video input LINE1 IN interface. A composite analog video input Feed the component Pb, or interface. component C signal. LINE1 OUT LINE2(Pb/C) OUT A composite analog video output A component analog video output interface.
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Locations and Function of Parts and Control Figure 3.2-2 Video Input/Output Interfaces The real panel of LCM170-E is as same as the LCM230-E’s, as shown below: Figure 3.2-3 The Rear Panel of LCM170-E Monitor Power Switch Press this part to switch on or switch off the power. Push the button to the “-”...
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Locations and Function of Parts and Control ON OFF Power Input-AC IN Plug the power supply to this interface to provide power to the device. The specification is 100~240V 50/60Hz AC. Power Input- DC IN 14.5V One DC input interface from battery powered, 14.5V DC. Power Output-DC OUT 12V/BATT 1.5A One DC output interface, 1.5A DC.
Locations and Function of Parts and Control 3.3 Supported Signal Format The supported signal format for this device is as shown in Table 3.3-1: Table 3.3-1 Supported Signal Format VIDEO HDMI YPBPR NTSC 720P24/23.98 ...
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Locations and Function of Parts and Control VIDEO HDMI YPBPR 2048X1080P50 2048X1080P60/59.94 VGA(640X480) SVGA(800X600) XGA(1024X768) SXGA(1280X1024) WXGA(1360X768) WXGA+(1440X900) WXGA+(1400X1050) UXGA(1600X1200) UXGA+(1680X1050) WUXGA(1920X1080) WUXGA(1920X1200) LCM170-E and LCM230-E only support SDI and HDMI.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Center Marker Wave Form FUNCTION --:--:--:-- Timecode FOCUS ASSIST Adjust Menu NATIVE ANAMORPHIC OFF(16:9) FALSE COLOR Figure 5-2 Features of LCM156-E Monitor Status Information: it displays the input channel and signal format. Set by DISPLAY Status Display item.
Menu Operations AFD Information: Set by DISPLAY AFD Display item. CC Information: Set by CLOSED CAPTION menu. Marker Information: including Area Marker, Center Marker and Safety Maker, and set by Marker menu. Audio Meter: Set by Audio menu. Wave Form: Set by DISPLAY menu. Time Code: Set by DISPLAY menu.
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Menu Operations and press UP or DOWN button again to select your target sub-menu item which you want to modify its value. 4. Press Enter button to confirm the selection of your target sub-menu item, and press UP or DOWN button to adjust its value from its sub-menu item list. 5.
FORMAT 1080I50 INPUT SELECT LOOK PROFILE D65 Rec709 MARKER ANAMORPHIC OFF(16:9) AUDIO FAST MODE DISPLAY MODEL LCM156-E CLOSED CAPTION SERIAL NUMBER LCM1562016020200 CONFIG IP ADDRESS 192.168.1.86 LOOK PROFILE COLOR VERSION 2016 -5 -12.1 FUNCTION KEY KEY INHIBIT Figure 4.1-4 STATUS Menu The relationship of Items, Default Value, Domain Range and Description of the sub-item is as shown in Table 4.1-1:...
Show the LOOK PROFILE Feature. ANAMORPHIC 16:9 Show the aspect ratio of the picture. FAST MODE Show the fast mode. MODEL LCM156-E Show the production model. SERIAL LCM1562016020200 Show the serial number. NUMBER IP ADDRESS 192.168.1.86 Show the IP address.
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Menu Operations Default Items Domain Range Description Value LINE1 ON/OFF Enable/Disable LINE1 input. CVBS LINE2(Y/C) Enable/Disable LINE2 input, and LINE2 LINE2(YPBPR) select the input source format. HDMI ON/OFF Enable/Disable HDMI input. 0: the 0 setup level is used mainly in Japan.
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Menu Operations Default Items Domain Range Description Value ZEBRA Set the reference level of detecting 0~100 LEVEL luminance. FOCUS ASSIST The FOCUS ASSIST function is used to display images on the screen with intensified edge to help camera focus operation. The intensified edges are those areas whose difference value exceeds the reference focus level (FOCUS LEVEL), and the intensified edge are displayed in the designated color set by FOCUS COLOR.
Menu Operations LINE2 Select input source format for LINE2 among LINE2(CVBS), LINE2(Y/C) and LINE2(YPBPR). For LINE2(CVBS) interface, LINE2(Y/C) interface and LINE2(YPbPr) interface share the same group of physical interfaces, select the signal source format for LINE2 according to the cable connection mode. To select a signal source format for LINE2, you can set the menu item INPUT SELECTLINE2 to be LINE2(CVBS), LINE2(Y/C) or LINE2(YPBPR), in addition, press INPUT button to pop up the SOURCE MENU for LINE2 selection.
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Menu Operations MAIN MARKER MARKER STATUS AREA MARKER INPUT SELECT CENTER MARKER MARKER SAFETY MARKER AUDIO MARKER LEVEL DISPLAY MARKER MAT CLOSED CAPTION CROSS HATCH CONFIG LOOK PROFILE FUNCTION KEY KEY INHIBIT Figure 4.1-9 MARKER Menu The relationship of Items, Default Value, Domain Range and Description of the sub-item is as shown in Table 4.1-3: Table 4.1-3 The Description of MARKER Menu Items Default...
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Menu Operations Default Items Domain Range Description Value MARKER marker which represents the center of the image. Select to display and control the SAFETY size of the safety area, that is, MARKER the effective screen area. ...
Menu Operations Marker Illustration Description This marker displays multiple vertical and horizontal lines to CROSS help when users check the CROSS HATCH HATCH composition of a picture. MARKER MAT The Marker Mat darkens the outside area of the marker setting display area. When Marker Mat is set as OFF, the outside area of marker is transparent.
Menu Operations 4.1.4 AUDIO Menu The AUDIO menu items are used to set your audio source, audio level meter display preferences, the menu items are as shown in Figure 4.1-11: MAIN AUDIO STATUS AUDIO SOURCE INPUT SELECT SPEAK OUT L EBD CH1 MARKER SPEAK OUT R...
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Menu Operations Items Default Value Domain Range Description this item is EBD CH1~ speaker when SDI signal is EBD CH16. input. AUDIO Set whether to display the OFF/ON METER audio level meter. CH1-2 Used to select the audio ...
Menu Operations Items Default Value Domain Range Description -6dB -4dB -2dB AUDIO LEVEL METER The appearance of Audio Level Meter is as shown in Figure 4.1-12: Figure 4.1-12 Audio Level Meter METER SELECT item and METER DIS MODE item control the operational characteristics of Audio Metering, the former controls the amount of channels displayed in a meter.
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Menu Operations Figure 4.1-13 The Position of the Audio Meter On Screen AUDIO LEVEL METER POSITION The position of AUDIO LEVEL Meter is controlled by METER DIRECTION and METER POSITION, the position of the audio meter on the screen could be as follows: TOP LEFT VERTICAL, TOP RIGHT VERTICAL, BOT LEFT VERTICAL, BOT RIGHT VERTICAL, BOTTOM HORIZONTAL and TOP HORIZONTAL.
Menu Operations The prerequisite for the available settings of the display mode and the position of audio meter is that the AUDIO METER is ON. 4.1.5 DISPLAY Menu The DISPLAY menu items are used to set your status information, wave form, vector, line wave, AFD and time code preference displayed on the screen, the menu items are as shown in Figure 4.1-16: MAIN...
Menu Operations Default Items Domain Range Description Value MODE1: WAVE Switch the display mode among FORM+ VECT75 mode1, mode2, vector100, MODE2: WAVE vector75 and wave form. WFM FORM FORM+ VECT100 When the wave form is selected, TYPE VECT100 it will display the wave form, and ...
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Menu Operations Normal: the signal format is displayed as 1080i59.94, NTSC, or 1280X1024, etc. when the input is supported by the monitor. Particularly, When the monitor is set in PIP or PBP mode by setting the CONFIGSUB IN TYPE menu item, the Status Information for the main picture displays at the top left corner of the screen, and the Status Information for the slave picture displays at the top right corner of the screen.
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Menu Operations Figure 4.1-18 WAVE FORM TYPE The WFM POSITION item is used to set the position of the wave form/vector display, and you can select from left bottom or right bottom. The WFM TRANS item is used to set the transparent of the wave form window and the vector window.
Menu Operations TIME CODE The DISPLAYTIME CODE setting is used to display a time code and set a desired format for time code, only available for SDI input. The time code is displayed at the bottom center of the screen. The mode could be D-VITC, LTC or VITC, and the format is HH:MM:SS:FF.
Menu Operations Default Items Domain Range Description Value Set whether to display the SDI CC logo when OFF/ON detecting closed caption in SDI input signal. Set whether to display closed caption CLOSED information. Only OFF/ON available when the SUB CAPTION IN TYPE item is set to be OFF.
Menu Operations Figure 4.1-22 SDI CC LOGO Set CLOSED CAPTION CLOSED CAPTION to be ON to display the closed caption transmitted in the signal source, then, select a transmission standard accordant with signal input among AUTO1(608(VBI)& 608(708)), AUTO2(608(ANC)& 608(708)), 608(708), 608(ANC), 608(VBI). ...
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Menu Operations The relationship of Items, Default Value, Domain Range and Description of the sub-item is as shown in Table 4.1-7: Table 4.1-7 The Description of CONFIG Menu Items Default Items Domain Range Description Value FAST MODE OFF/ON Enable/Disable the fast mode. FILM MODE Set whether to detect 24PsF...
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Menu Operations the FAST mode. The fast mode feature has the appearance progressive input signal. While FAST mode is set as OFF, the monitor will adopt a 3D de-interlacing processing which will deal a frame of interlaced signal to be 2 full fields (an odd field and an even field), this will improve the quality of video with fine details and reduce the signal dithering.
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Menu Operations Figure 4.1-25 The Position Relationship in PIP Mode Adjust the display size by CONFIGPIP SIZE item, and there are two kinds of outlines for the slave picture, as shown in Figure 4.1-26: Figure 4.1-26 The Size for the Slave Picture In PIP mode, it displays the waveform/vector or Audio Meter only for the signal source of the main picture.
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Menu Operations PBP(Picture by Picture) The two pictures generated by two input signals separately are displayed side by side, and this function helps with white balance adjustment, and determining shooting angles between two cameras etc. In PBP mode, the size of the main picture is as large as the slave picture’s. The picture displayed at the left side is called as Main picture, and the left is called as Slave picture, as shown Figure 4.1-28: Figure 4.1-28 PBP Mode...
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Menu Operations Method 2: Set By function key Designate PBP function to a function key, then press this function key to switch it value among OFF, PBP and PIP. For example, Select the FUNCTION KEY F1 item, and set its value as PBP, as shown in Figure 4.1-30, then, press F1 to switch the display mode.
Menu Operations H FLIP MODE The input signal has been inverted horizontally by a mirror type in H FLIP Display mode. Select the menu item CONFIG H FLIP to be set to ON, or enable H FLIP in its coalesced Function Key in Function Key menu, thus to inverse the images horizontally.
Menu Operations OFF: set AUTO STANDBY as OFF to disable the auto standby mode. Press POWER button when the monitor is in operation mode, it will power off the monitor, otherwise, press POWER button when the monitor is off, thus it will power on the monitor, and the POWER indicator is lit in green.
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LOOK PROFILE LOOK PROFILE item. User Luts LCM156-E monitor is capable of loading customized calibration 3D LUTs to USER1, USER2, USER3 or USER4 in the LOOK PROFILE list. This advanced feature requires use of color management software (we support SpectralCal’s CalMAN...
Menu Operations Utility Tools (provided by OSEE) which could load the customized calibration 3D LUTs to specified monitor. LOOK PROFILE Reset Set LOOK PROFILE RESET item, it will reset the Gain and Offset values to default values for the current profile selected in the LOOK PROFILE item.
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Menu Operations Items Default Value Domain Range Description COLOR the same as F1 Set a function to F5 button Assign Function Key To assign a desired function to a function button(F1~F5). For example, set FUNCTION KEYF1 item to be FALSE COLOR, then press F1 button on the front panel of the monitor, it will display the Function Menu at the left bottom of the screen, and F1 line is highlighted, press F1 button again to change the value for FALSE COLOR to be ON or OFF.
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Menu Operations Press the button to toggle the TIME CODE value among D-VITC, LTC, VITC and OFF. The time code is displayed at the bottom center of the screen. Refer to "4.1.5 DISPLAY Menu" for details. MUTE Press the button to mute the sound, and there will be mute prompt displayed at the bottom right position of the screen.
Menu Operations H FLIP Press the button to activate the horizontal flip display. The input signal will be inverted horizontally by a mirror type. FALSE COLOR Press the button to activate the FALSE COLOR display of luminance values. This function generates an artificial luminance map of the input source that can be useful to identify over exposed areas.
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Menu Operations MAIN KEY INHIBIT KEY INHIBIT STATUS INPUT SELECT MARKER AUDIO DISPLAY CLOSED CAPTION CONFIG LOOK PROFILE FUNCTION KEY KEY INHIBIT Figure 4.1-35 KEY INHIBIT Menu The relationship of Items, Default Value, Domain Range and Description of the sub-item is as shown in Table 4.1-12: Table 4.1-12 The Description of KEY INHIBIT Menu Items Items Default Value Domain Range Description...
Menu Operations 4.2 Menu Settings When checking or modifying the value of the menu item, cooperating with the following buttons: MENU, UP, DOWN, ENTER. Take the following example to descript usage of these buttons. After you have loaded the Main Menu, it will be closed automatically if you do nothing operation with it in 60s.
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Menu Operations Step 3 Confirm the modification of the value of sub-item Click DOWN button to select the sub-item LANGUAGE to Chinese, as shown in Figure 4.2-2, press ENTER button to confirm the modification. Figure 4.2-2 Switching the Value of LANGUAGE Step 4 Exit the Main Menu Click MENU button to exit the Main Menu.
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Specifications Battery Plate If you want to use a battery as your backup power supply, you can choose the battery plate listed in the optional accessories table above, and you can select two types of battery plate according to your needs: V-mount battery plate or AB-mount battery plates, as shown in Figure 5.2-1: Figure 5.2-1 V-mount and AB-mount Battery Plate There are two kinds of methods for mounting the battery plate: in portrait or in...
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Specifications Figure 5.2-3 AB-mount Battery Plate in Portrait Figure 5.2-4 V-mount Battery Plate in Landscape...
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Specifications Figure 5.2-5 V-mount Battery Plate in Portrait Sunhood In case of diffusion light and direct illumination, we can use sunhood for the LCM-E series monitors for images supervision. Mount the sunhood as shown in Figure 5.2-6, Figure 5.2-7, and Figure 5.2-8: Figure 5.2-6 Mount a Sunhood for LCM-156E...
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Specifications Figure 5.2-7 Mount a Sunhood for LCM-170E Figure 5.2-8 Mount a Sunhood for LCM-230E Protective Screen Choose the protective screen to protect your monitor screen. Mount the protective screen as shown in Figure 5.2-9, Figure 5.2-10, and Figure 5.2-11:...
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Specifications Figure 5.2-9 Mount a Protective Screen for LCM-156E...
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Specifications Figure 5.2-10 Mount a Protective Screen for LCM-170E...
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Figure 5.2-11 Mount a Protective Screen for LCM-230E OSEE Monitor Adapter C-Stand Each monitor can be mounted to any stand with an OSEE Monitor adapter C-Stand, the connection method is as shown in Figure 5.2-12, and the usage is as shown in Figure 5.2-13:...
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Specifications Figure 5.2-12 Adapter C-Stand to LCM-E Monitor Figure 5.2-13 Connecting to Light Stand Hanger It provides an inch screw thread hanger as an optional accessory. The hanger provides two sorts of screw thread: 3/8 inch screw thread, a total of 4; 1/4 inch screw thread, a total of 8, as shown in Figure 5.2-14:...
Specifications Figure 5.2-14 Inch Screw Thread Hanger 5.3 Dimensions The description of the LCM***-E series dimensions are as shown in the following figures(Unit: mm):...
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Specifications LCM156-E Front Panel Side View Rear Panel Top View...
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Specifications LCM170-E Front Panel Side View Rear Panel Top View...
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Specifications LCM230-E Front Panel Side View Rear Panel Top View Specifications are subject to change without notice. ------------------No Text Below------------------...
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FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT: http://www.osee-dig.com/ OSEE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Address: No.22 Building, No.68 zone, Beiqing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China (+86) 010-62434168 Tel: Fax: (+86) 010-62434169 FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT: http:/www.oseeamericas.com OSEE AMERICAS, LTD. Address: 43218 Christy Street Fremont, CA. 94538...
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