Picture-In-Picture (Pip) Mode; Front Panel Activation - Extron electronics DVS 605 Series User Manual

Picture-in-Picture (PIP) Mode

The DVS 605 can display two images on the screen simultaneously.
The PIP window can be activated using front panel PIP button, by discrete SIS commands
(see
Page
page 107).
NOTE: When PIP mode is enabled true seamless switching (dissolve) is not possible. A

Front Panel Activation

When the PIP window is enabled:
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NOTES:
To start picture-in-picture mode:
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While the PIP mode is active, all front panel input selection, input configuration, and picture
control adjustments affect the PIP window only.
When PIP is activated from the front panel, or via SIS command (not using PIP presets), the
DVS automatically sets up the last PIP layout with sizing and centering for the main window,
main image, PIP window, and PIP image. On a new unit, or after a reset, the DVS defaults to
the layout saved in PIP Preset #1.
The inputs in the windows can be swapped using the front panel Swap button, SIS
command (see
on page 74), or embedded web pages (see
To swap between PIP and main inputs:
Press the Swap button. The input for the main window now becomes the new PIP input and
the LED changes from green to red. The previous PIP input becomes the new main window
input and the LED changes from red to green.
When PIP mode is not active, the Swap button swaps the current main input with the
previously selected main input.
Picture in Picture
on page 42), by PIP presets, by PCS (see
on page 86), or the embedded web pages (see
clean cut through black is used during Main or PIP input switches. Some PIP or Main
input switch combinations require the DVS 605 output to briefly cut to black to allow
the new inputs to be set up. This is normal operation of the scaler.
The front panel PIP LED lights red.
The PIP input LED lights red.
The input LED for the main window lights green.
• Inputs 1 through 4 can be used in any combination for PIP mode.
Input 5 is not selectable for PIP operation.
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• Attempting to activate PIP mode while input 5 is selected results in the input 5 LED
blinking, alternating between red and green, for 1 second, The LCD reads
IN5 PIP NOT AVAILABLE.
• Attempting to select input 5 for the PIP input while PIP mode is active results in the
input 5 LED blinking red for 1 second. The LCD reads IN5 PIP NOT AVAILABLE.
• When in PIP mode, audio breakaway is not supported. Audio follows either the
main window or the PIP window, and is selectable via SIS command.
Select an input for the main window input signal. The LED lights green.
Press the PIP button. The PIP LED, and the LED for input 1 or input 2 light red.
Select another input as the PIP input, as desired. The corresponding input LED lights
red.
Swap main or PIP windows
Size and Position
PIP Settings Page
on page 42), PCS (see AV Controls Panel
PIP Settings Page on page 107).
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