Confirm the Contents of the Package ......................................................................................................................................2

Main Features .............................................................................................................................................................................3

USING THE UNIT SAFELY .........................................................................................................................................................6

IMPORTANT NOTES ..................................................................................................................................................................8

Video Signal Flow ......................................................................................................................................................................9

Panel Descriptions...................................................................................................................................................................10

Connecting Peripheral Devices

Basic Connections...................................................................................................................................................................14

Connecting the AC Adaptor .................................................................................................................................................15

Examples of Using the V-8 ......................................................................................................................................................16

Basic Operation

Turning the Power On/Off .......................................................................................................................................................20

Checking the Input and Output...............................................................................................................................................21

Outputting Images ...............................................................................................................................................................21

Outputting a Preview Image ................................................................................................................................................22

Menu Operations......................................................................................................................................................................23

Preparations for Viewing the Menu......................................................................................................................................23

Operating the Menu .............................................................................................................................................................24

About the Current Settings Display .......................................................................................................................................26

Changing the Contents of the Settings Display ...................................................................................................................27

Storing the Operating Panel Settings ([MEMORY] Knob) ....................................................................................................28

Settings Stored at the [MEMORY] Knob..............................................................................................................................28

Recalling a Memory .............................................................................................................................................................29

Copying the Contents of a Memory .....................................................................................................................................29

Exchanging the Contents of Memories................................................................................................................................30

Fading Out the Output Image..................................................................................................................................................31

Fading Out the Bus A / Bus B Image...................................................................................................................................31

Fading Out the Final Output ................................................................................................................................................32

Returning the Menu Settings to the Factory-Set State (Factory Reset)..............................................................................33

Returning All Settings to the Factory-Set State ...................................................................................................................33

Returning the Settings of a Specific Sub-Menu to the Factory-Set State ............................................................................34

Switching Between Images

Switching Between Two Images.............................................................................................................................................35

Changing the Transition Assigned to Each TRANSITION Button .......................................................................................36

Combining Multiple Transition Effects (User Transition)......................................................................................................38

Using the [TRANSFORMER] Buttons to Switch Images ......................................................................................................40

Changing the Assignment of the [TRANSFORMER] Buttons..............................................................................................41

Using Effects

About Effects............................................................................................................................................................................42

Combining Two Images...........................................................................................................................................................43

Using Picture In Picture (P in P) to Combine Images ..........................................................................................................43

Using Chroma-Key to Combine Images ..............................................................................................................................45

Using Luminance-Key to Combine Images .........................................................................................................................46

Changing the Color of the Image............................................................................................................................................48

Inverting the Image to Form a Negative ..............................................................................................................................48

Adding Color According to the Brightness or Darkness of the Image (Colorize) .................................................................49

Repeatedly Layering an Image onto Itself (Feedback) .........................................................................................................50

Using Multi-Screen...................................................................................................................................................................51

Inverting the Image (Flip) ........................................................................................................................................................52

Assigning Different Effects to the EFFECTS Buttons ..........................................................................................................53