General Video Display Testing Procedures; Making Physical Connection - Quantum Data 881 User Manual

General video display testing procedures

Making physical connection

40 Chapter 2 Testing Video Displays
This section provides an overview of basic steps performed to test your video display
using your 882 or 881. Testing your video display involves four basic steps:
1. Connecting 882 to display under test.
2. Selecting interface type for display under test.
3. Selecting a video format appropriate for display under test.
4. Selecting an image suitable for testing the display under test.
The first step is to make a physical cable connection between the 882 and display under
test. The following table provides guidelines for connecting the 882C, 882E, 881C or 882E
generator to the display under test.
Display type
Information Computer - VESA
Technology (DMT, CVT)
(IT)
Computer - VESA
DDWG
DisplayPort
(882E only)
Consumer SDTV - ITU-470-6
Equipment baseband
(CE)
SDTV - ITU-470-6
baseband
SDTV - CEA-861B
HDTV -
CEA-861C
HDTV -
CEA-861C
Professional SDI
AV (SMPTE-259M)
and HD-SDI
(SMPTE-292M-C)
1. Optional cable available from Quantum Data.
Signal type Port (Interface)
Analog component VGA
RGB
Digital component HDMI OUT
RGB (HDMI-D)
Digital component DisplayPort OUT
RGB
Analog composite CVBS
CVBS
Analog composite SVIDEO
S-Video
Analog component VGA
YPbPr
Digital component DVI HDMI OUT
RGB (HDMI-D)
Digital component HDMI OUT
HDMI RGB and YCbCr (HDMI-H)
Digital component SDI/HD-SDI
YCbCr
Cable
VGA to VGA
HDMI to DVI
DisplayPort
BNC to RCA
75 Ohm
S-Video
(miniDin)
1
VGA to RCA
HDMI to DVI
HDMI to HDMI
BNC Coax