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DVDO iScan VP50pro Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 H I G H - D E F I N I T I O N V I D E O P R O C E S S O R & H U B O w n e r ’ S M A n u A l...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    T a b l e o f C o n T e n T s s e C T i o n  – G e T T i n G s T a r T e d Introduction Unpacking and Inspection Display Compatibility Requirements Document Conventions Menu Navigation...
  • Page 3 i s C a n V p 5 0 p r o Advanced Setups Configuring the iScan VP50 for projectors with anamorphic lenses Configuring the iScan VP50 to output 24/48/72Hz and 25/50/75Hz s e C T i o n 4 – M e n u o p T i o n s Input Select Input Aspect Ratio Control Frame Aspect Ratio...
  • Page 4 T a b l e o f C o n T e n T s Configuration Test Patterns Auto Standby LED Brightness User Mode Serial Port Rate Factory Default Software Update 12V Trigger Levels Information Output Setup Analog/Digital Output Format Output Aspect Ratio Control Sync Type Color Space Output Level Framerate Conversion Border Level Picture Controls HDCP Mode 12V Triggers Display Profiles s e C T i o n 5 –...

  • Page 5: S E C T I O N  - G E T T I N G S T A R T E D

    Mount Kit • RCA-to-BNC Adapters (5) if you are missing any items, please contact your dealer or the dVdo support Team. The iscan Vp50 uses bnC-style analog connectors and an HdMi digital connector to provide video output signals. five rCa-to-bnC adapters are included to facilitate using the analog input or output with a cable terminated with rCa connections.

  • Page 6: Display Compatibility Requirements

    Both input and output cables can be supplied by your Authorized DVDO Reseller. To find your nearest Authorized DVDO Reseller, go to www.anchorbaytech.com. There are also a wide selection of cables and adapters available directly from anchor bay. Display Compatibility Requirements dVdo iscan video processing products are compatible with a wide range of displays.

  • Page 7: Menu Navigation

    Menu Navigation The iscan Vp50 can be controlled the following ways: • from the front panel controls • from the iscan Vp50 remote control • from a programmed universal remote control • using the serial connection on the back panel The menu navigation controls on the remote control are duplicated on the front panel of the iscan Vp50 To navigate the menu: press the Menu button.

  • Page 8: Info Screen

    Remote Control Overview for additional information about the functions of these buttons, turn to the pages given in parentheses ( ). Curtain Info STANDBY POWER INFO CURTAIN Standby Power Test Patterns Output Setup (Left, On/Off, Right) OUTPUT SETUP ON/OFF Configuration Display Profiles TEST PATTERN CONFIG...

  • Page 9: Installation Guidelines

    This might prevent proper cooling. • Attempt to service this unit. Instead, disconnect it and contact your Authorized DVDO reseller or contact anchor bay Technologies directly. • open or remove unit panels or make any adjustments not described in this manual.

  • Page 10: S E C T I O N 2 - B A S I C O P E R A T I O N

    s e C T i o n 2 – b a s i C o p e r a T i o n Front Panel Overview Status LED IR Window Front Panel Display (FPD) Navigation Keys Enter Menu Exit MENU EXIT On/Standby Left...

  • Page 11: Video Inputs

    Video Inputs The iscan Vp50 has eleven (11) video inputs. Most popular formats are supported on each input. Video Inputs The iscan Vp50 has eleven (11) video inputs. The formats, colorspace and bit-depth that the inputs support are as follows: • Video  and Video 2 —...

  • Page 12: Audio Outputs

    The iscan Vp50 accepts digital audio sourced from dVd players, satellite receivers, digital set top boxes, HD-DVD players, Blu-ray players, game consoles, and other video components with digital audio. These inputs are compatible with most consumer digital audio formats, including Cd-audio (44.1kHz/16 bit LPCM), Dolby Digital, and DTS.

  • Page 13: S E C T I O N 3 - S E T U P

    The iscan should power on and display ‘dVdo iscan Vp50 / by anchor bay’...
  • Page 14 Keep in mind that some displays do not accept their native resolution and almost all HdTVs will accept 720p and 1080i resolutions, but no fixed pixel display has a native resolution of 1080i. in almost all cases, the picture will be better if one of these displays is sent a 720p signal instead of a 080i signal.
  • Page 15 is the correct output resolution for the display. also check to make sure that the display is in the correct aspect ratio mode, which may be causing the display to do additional unnecessary scaling. The correct mode may be called ‘native’, ‘dot-by-dot’, ‘full’, or ‘anamorphic’. NOTE: if this test pattern does not appear as it should, and you have chosen the native resolution of the display, you may not be able to bypass the internal processing on the display.

  • Page 16: Advanced Setups

    Set Top Boxes DirecTV HR10-250 (HD-TiVo) The Hd-TiVo does not allow the user to select one output setting that will always output the right resolutions under the right conditions. For example, when tuned to an SD channel the output resolution should be 480i, but when tuned to an Hd channel the resolution should be 720p (FOX, ABC, ESPN) or 1080i (all other HD channels).

  • Page 17: Step 6 - Deinterlacing Mode And Prep™ 4

    HD-DVD Player – Configure the BD player to output 1080p-24 (if the player allows), if not use 080i-60 and the ‘forced 3:2’ mode. See Step 6 Blu-Ray Player – Configure the BD player to output 1080p-24 (if the player allows), if not use 080i-60 and the ‘forced 3:2’ mode. See Step 6 Game Consoles Xbox –...

  • Page 18: Step 7 - Assigning Audio Inputs To Video Inputs 5

    Forced 3:2 Mode This mode is perfect for Hd-dVd and blu-ray players that output a cleanly encoded 3:2 signal over the entire length of a movie. This insures the highest performance playback from these high quality sources. If you intend on setting up the iScan to output a 24Hz, 48Hz, or 72Hz signal for film-based content this mode is highly recommended.

  • Page 19: Step 9 - Source Optimization - Iscan Adjustments 6

    One is 4 IRE below black (blacker-than-black), one is 1 IRE above black, and the third is 2 IRE above black. Embedded in the white blocks are 3 bars. One is 1 IRE above white (whiter-then-white), one is  ire below white, and the third is 2 ire below white. The bottom two blocks differ slightly from these levels.
  • Page 20 The iscan has several ‘Half Test patterns’ that can be brought up while the matching test patterns are played from the Vrs dVd. The test patterns to use on the dVd are listed below. The matching test patterns can be found in the ‘Configuration’ menu (Configuration Test patterns).

  • Page 21: I S C A N V

    s e C T i o n 4 – M e n u o p T i o n s Input Select There are eleven video inputs on the iscan Vp50 • VIDEO 1 - Video 1 (Composite) • VIDEO 2 - Video 2 (Composite) •...

  • Page 22: Frame Aspect Ratio 9

    The Vp50 ‘s menu is exit automatically after 30 seconds of no user interaction. Video input signals are usually classified in the following two ways: • frame aspect ratio • active input aspect ratio Frame Aspect Ratio Frame Aspect Ratio (FAR) consists of two possible ratios: 4:3 or 16:9. DVD discs encoded in a 16:9 frame are sometimes referred to as anamorphic or enhanced for widescreen TV’s.

  • Page 23: Zoom

    • When the aar is less than the oar, the iscan Vp50 puts up borders on the left and right as shown below: Active Input Borders Area Active Input Borders Area • When the AAR is equal to the OAR (Output Aspect Ratio), the iScan VP50 supplies no border as shown below: Active Input...

  • Page 24: Presets

    Horizontal Border Control: push the button to move the left and right borders towards the middle of the image, increasing the border width and cutting off the sides of the input image. push the button to move the left and right borders away from the image and decreases ▼...

  • Page 25: Input Adjust Control

    Save User-defined presets as follows: • Customize the aspect ratio manually (refer to Setting the Input Aspect Ratio Manually above). • Select one of the presets from the ‘Save User To’ menu. Confirm the action by selecting Yes. • There are 10 user-definable presets available. NOTE: Be careful, because saving to a preset deletes the previous preset.

  • Page 26: Prep™, Progressive Reprocessing

    • Game 2 – This mode is intended for use with game consoles (like those from Sony, Microsoft and nintendo). This mode gives you minimal latency with both motion and edge-adaptive processing. The total amount of delay with source-locked output mode set on the Vp50 is about one and a half frames of delay.

  • Page 27: Input Level

    for the bnC inputs the options are: • RGB(H+V) • YPbPr Input Level The input level setting allows the user to specify the levels of the input signal, either Video (16-235) or PC (0-255). This control only works with an input signal that has RGB color space. •...

  • Page 28: Audio Input

    4 - press the Exit button again to complete the priority assignment. 5 - Repeat Steps 1 through 4 to select the next video input and adjust the priority setting. Audio Input The audio input function assigns an audio input to the currently selected video input. four digital audio inputs and a single analog audio input are available.

  • Page 29: Saturation

    Saturation The iscan Vp50 allows you to control the saturation of the image independent of the display. saturation is the same as the “Color” control on most TVs and controls the richness of the color in the image. The default setting is midrange, 0. as with saturation, hue can also be controlled independent of the display.

  • Page 30: Led Brightness

    LED Brightness This selection allows the user to configure the behavior of the Front Panel LED brightness. The ‘normal’ parameter adjusts the brightness of the front panel led when the menu is being navigated. The ‘navigate’ parameter adjusts the brightness of the front panel led during normal usage, when the menu is not being navigated.

  • Page 31: Output Setup

    This screen is helpful during troubleshooting. Output Setup Analog/Digital Output The iscan Vp50 can output either an analog or digital video signal. The default setting is for the digital, HdMi, output to be active. To output to a display with an analog input, insure that this setting is set to ‘Analog (BNC)’...
  • Page 32 a video projector can also be used in conjunction with an anamorphic lens. an anamorphic lens allows the user to focus the maximum resolution and brightness into a specified area, either 16:9 or 2.35:1. The most common configuration is a constant image height (CIH) system with a 16:9 projector, an anamorphic lens and a 2.35:1 screen.

  • Page 33: Sync Type

    Sync Type The Sync Type option sets the synchronization signal type of the output format. Press the button to show the current sync type. Press the same button again to move to the next sync type. Currently, the iscan supports seven sync types: •...
  • Page 34 signal. Unlike the locked mode(s), the iScan’s output signal timing will not be disrupted when the input source is changed. However, it’s guaranteed to cause dropped or repeated frames as the input and output frame rates are not the same. note that regardless of what number the unlocked output frame rate is set to, it will never be identical to the input rate in this mode as the output signal timing is independent of the input timing.

  • Page 35: Border Level

    source-locked for 60 Hz sources, and 50 Hz locked (or unlocked, if desired) for 50 Hz sources. If the higher frame rate (72/75) is desired or required, then both source types can be config- ured for the 3:3 source-locked output option. For non-film material you may find that there’s too much motion stutter, although that tends to be a very personal thing as not everyone perceives this the same way (as with low frame rate display flicker).

  • Page 36: Display Profiles

    Trigger #1 is powered on when the iscan Vp50 is powered on. Trigger #1 is powered off when the iscan Vp50 is put into standby mode. This can be useful for powering on a display or motorizing a screen or lift. Trigger #2 can be programmed to be powered on in the ‘output setup’...
  • Page 37 s e C T i o n 5 – a p p e n d i X Complete Menu Tree Input Select Video  Video  s-Video  s-Video 2 Component  Component 2 rGbHV/Component HdMi  HdMi 2 HdMi 3 HdMi 4 auto Input Aspect Ratio...
  • Page 38 user save user to preset  preset 2 preset 3 preset 4 preset 5 preset 6 preset 7 preset 8 preset 9 preset 0 Input Adjust Mosquito noise reduction Medium High deinterlacing auto film bias Mode forced Modes Video Mode forced 3:2 forced 2:2 2:2 even...
  • Page 39 YPbPr YCbCr 4:2:2 YCbCr 4:4:4 auto input level Video VCr Mode auto HDMI Config. HdCp Mode auto ar auto Color space auto priority range: -3 audio input audio  audio 2 audio 3 audio 4 stereo HdMi aV lipsync range: 0-200 Picture Control fine detail range: -50-50...
  • Page 40 Checkerboard Vertical lines Horizontal Lines Judder Color8 bars75 Color8 bars00 Window ire0 Window ire20 Window ire30 Window ire40 Window ire50 Window ire60 Window ire70 Window ire80 Window ire90 Window ire00 Gray ramp Xhatch Coarse Xhatch fine focus Half b/W H-Clr7 bars75 H-Clr7 bars00 H-Clr8 bars75 H-Clr8 bars00...
  • Page 41 information Output Setup analog/digital BNC (Analog) HDMI (Digital) format 480p 540p 576p 720p-50 720p-60 080i-50 080i-60 080p-24 080p-25 080p-50 080p-60 640x480 (VGA) 800x600 (SVGA) 1024x768 (XGA) 1280x1024 (SXGA) 848x480 852x480 1365x768 852x576 1366x768 (1) 1366x768 (2) 1360x768 (1) 1360x768 (2) 1280x768 1024x1024 1024x852...
  • Page 42 display 6:9 Custom lens Mode  Mode  - auto Mode 2 none screen 6:9 2.35: Custom range: .00-3.00 image shift Vertical range: -30-30 Horizontal range: -30-30 underscan range: 0-00 sync Type bi-level Tri-level Composite H+/V+ H+/V- H-/V+ H-/V- Color space YPbPr YCbCr 4:2:2 YCbCr 4:4:4...
  • Page 43 picture Control presets isf day normal isf day bright isf night preset  preset 2 brightness Contrast saturation Gamma Control range: 0.5-2.5 Green range: 0.5-2.5 blue range: 0.5-2.5 user HdCp Mode 12V Trigger #2 lens Display Profile select Profile 1 Profile 2 Profile 3 Profile 4...
  • Page 44 Profile 9 Profile 10 auto...
  • Page 46 DVDO by Anchor Bay Technologies, Inc. 983 University Avenue, Building A Los Gatos, CA 95032 USA Tel: 866-423-DVDO (3836) Fax: 408-379-3845 www.dvdo.com Customer Support Tel: 866-423-DVDO (3836) Extension 333 help@dvdo.com...

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