Sony MVS-8000X User Manual page 215

Cropping the image to a 4:3 aspect ratio in
an HD system
In an HD system, to crop an image having a screen aspect
ratio of 16:9 to an aspect ratio of 4:3, use the following
procedure.
1
In the Switcher >Output menu, press [4:3 Crop].
The 4:3 Crop menu appears.
The status area shows the output connectors and
respective 4:3 Crop mode settings.
2
Press [4:3 Crop], turning it on.
This enables the crop setting, and this is reflected in
the status area.
Notes
When the screen aspect ratio of 16:9 is selected for all M/
E banks in the System >Format >Aspect menu, the setting
of 4:3 Crop is disabled.
Setting the format converter outputs
To set the format converter
Display the Switcher >Output >FC Adjust menu. The
subsequent operations are the same as for the format
converter input settings.
For details of the operations, see "Selecting the Format
Converter Conversion" (page 209).
To copy format converter output data
1
In the Switcher >Output >FC Adjust menu, press
[Copy].
The Copy/Swap >Copy >Format Converter menu
appears.
2
In the <Data Select> group, press [Output].
3
Use the same operations as in steps 3 and 4 of
"Copying format converter input data" (page 212) to
copy the data.
Making settings for the multi viewer
The multi viewer is a function for splitting the screen into
some windows and simultaneously displaying multiple
images in those windows.
The screen can be split into 4 or 10 windows, which can be
individually set for each of 2-channel multi viewers.
Example of 4-split screen:
Sub-screen name
Sub-screen
Example of 10-split screen:
In the following description, a split window is referred to
as a "sub-screen."
1
In the Switcher >Output menu, press [Multi Viewer].
The Multi Viewer menu appears.
2
In the <Multi Viewer> group, press [1] or [2] to select
the setting target.
The status area shows a list of outputs assigned to the
sub-screens.
3
In the <Split Mode> group, select the number of split
windows.
Split 4: Split the screen into 4 windows.
Split 10: Split the screen into 10 windows.
4
To border the sub-screens, press [Border Enable] to
turn it on.
Tally colors
Tallies are shown on the multi viewer screen. In this way,
you can see, for example, which input signals are used in
the on-air video.
Borders appear in the two following colors.
Red border: Video with a red tally.
Green border: Video with a green tally.
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