About The Integration Seamless Switchers - Extron electronics ISS 506 User Manual

Introduction
About this Manual
This manual contains installation, configuration, and operating information for the
Extron ISS 506 family of 6-input integration seamless switchers with audio.

About the Integration Seamless Switchers

The Extron ISS 506 is a family of scaling, video and stereo audio seamless switchers.
The ISS 506 family consists of the following five models:
• ISS 506 — Six-input seamless video switcher with audio
• ISS 506 DI/DVI — Six-input seamless video switcher with audio,
• ISS 506 SC — Six-input seamless video switcher with audio and
• ISS 506 DI/SC — Six-input seamless video switcher with audio, SDI/HD-SDI
• ISS 506 DI/HD-SDI — Six-input seamless video switcher with audio,
N In this manual, the terms "ISS 506" and "switcher" refer to any of the above
Figure 1-1 on the next page shows a typical ISS 506 application. The switchers
accept up to six video and stereo inputs of various resolutions, scale the video
inputs, and output RGB or YUV video and audio. The scaler can input high
resolution video and/or low resolution video in the following formats:
• RGB (RGBHV, RGBS, RGBcvS) video
• YUV-HD (HDTV) video
• Progressive YUV component video
• Interlaced YUV component video
• S-video (Y/C)
• Composite (NTSC, PAL, SECAM) video
• SDI/HD-SDI video (scalers with an optional SDI board only)
The ISS seamlessly switches between the program and preview inputs without a
loss of sync. The ISS can also mask the switch between sources with a dissolve
or one of a variety of other transition effects for a professional look. The audio
transition can also be accompanied by either a cut or a cross fading effect.
Each video input is individually configurable to allow for different video formats.
The ISS allows the various high-resolution and low resolution video formats to
be displayed on a device with a fixed resolution and aspect ratio, such as a liquid
crystal display (LCD) projector, a digital light processor (DLP) projector, a plasma
display, or, optionally, a DVI or HD-SDI device.
The ISS provides two separate outputs: the program output and the preview output.
The program output is the picture the audience sees. The preview output allows
the switcher operator to view the image before it is sent to the program output
for the audience to see. With an optional HD-SDI, DVI, or scan converter output
board, the ISS converts the scaled image to digital video or low resolution video as
an additional program output.
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SDI/HD-SDI video input, and digital visual interface (DVI) video output
scan-converted output
video input, and scan-converted output
SDI/HD-SDI video input, and HD-SDI output
models unless otherwise stated.