Menu - Datavideo SE-500 Instruction Manual

The most serious, accurate color correction is done with the aid of a waveform monitor/vector scope, a signal
analysis instrument (actually a pair of instruments) common in video editing suites, which shows precisely
the details of the video signal. With one of these instruments, you can see at a glance (once you know what
you are looking for) the most intimate electronic details and irregularities of the video signal.
Many users may not have access to a waveform monitor or vector scope, but this does not necessarily
condemn them to produce less than high quality video. It means that more care must be taken and some
different procedures must be followed.
Nothing will take the place of a calibrated, properly adjusted monitor, so that must always be your first step.
For more information on monitor calibration procedure, see Appendix: Monitor Calibration, page 38.
If you don't have any video test equipment, follow the suggested procedure to adjust all the video sources,
which is described at the end of Appendix: Monitor Calibration, page 38.
Settings made in this section are "remembered" by the SE-500 after you power down the unit. In other words,
these settings remain in effect until they are changed or the Reset button is pressed.

MENU

The MENU works when you press and hold the "BACKGROUND" (9.) button for 2 seconds or more, which is
temporarily displayed at the Preview Output. The first adjustment is the "Color Processor" as described
above. Press the button again, and you can select IRE, video output format, remote control protocol, and
color bar output. Use the up or down arrow keys to move to different categories, and then use ＋ or － to
change the setting.
You may select between Y/C, C, C or YUV, C (Composite) for video output formats. If you want to output S-
Video select Y/C, C, C. If you want to run a Component (YUV) output, select YUV, C and use the supplied
breakout cable to get a Component output signal.
If you use a MIDI keyboard in live concerts, you can control the SE-500. Go to "Remote Control", use ＋ or
－ to change the setting from RS-232C to MIDI. Press "BACKGROUND" again, select the desired MIDI
channel you wish to use. While you are setting the channel on the SE-500, please also set up the channel on
your MIDI device. After you finish setting, press the button again. Turn off the unit, and then turn it back on.
Now you can start to use the MIDI device to control the SE-500. For more detailed information on MIDI
control protocol, please refer to page 52.
Tech Note:
All the settings will be memorized except color bar output.
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