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Chapter 5: VGA mode
It is possible to connect a VGA or DVI screen to your system .
You can use the screens either in combination or on their own .
In the System Settings, you can use the “Screen“ button to
select the required mode . This is not possible on portable sys-
tems (notebooks) . You can only use the built-in VGA monitor .
5.1 Dual-monitor use (VGA/HDMI as extra monitor
to the video or DVI monitor)
We must distinguish between two types of hardware in this
chapter . The S-3000 and S-6000 and more recent devices
have a DVI output as well as an HDMI output, and they can
be used in dual monitor mode from version 3 .4 onwards . Until
now, the devices also had VGA and analog outputs, whereas
they usually do not have an HDMI output . These devices can
be connected for dual-monitor use in several ways .
In order to enable dual-monitor use, all devices must always
have a VGA or DVI (from S-3000 onwards) as their first moni-
tor . The second monitor can be of a different type .
This means that the user interface will be displayed on the
computer monitor and your video footage on the second
screen . This setup is fixed . You cannot view your video mate-
rial on the computer monitor . You can also work with a single
monitor . You will then be able to designate any output for the
first monitor . With this method, you would see both, the menu
interface and the scene playback, on the same screen .
If you are working in dual-monitor mode, the system will usu-
ally display the “screen saver” on the video monitor . This can
be set under Settings-Monitor-Monitor 2 Options . However,
you can also activate the Storyboard‘s or scene bin‘s scrolling
slider in any menu and thus display the currently active scene
(without effects) on the video monitor . In the Transitions menu,
the first of the two scenes is shown .
The settings for the VGA mode are saved locally on the hard
drive . If you are working with several hard drives (removable
drives or built-in drives), the system will always start using the
video mode saved on that particular hard drive .
The distinctions can be see in the following menus (please take
into account that the distinctions are an example of a VGA-TV
combination):
Setup - Video: In this menu you see only the operating panel
for making settings on the computer monitor . Your video foot-
age is displayed separately on the TV monitor .
Recording: The operating panel for recording is shown on the
VGA monitor . You see the recorded video on the TV monitor .
Editing: When you play the storyboard from this menu, the
playback duration is displayed on the VGA monitor on top of
the Edit menu . Your video is shown on the TV monitor without
any menu overlays .
Splitting: If you click on this button, then the Split menu ap-
pears on top of the Edit menu . The current video image is dis-
played on the TV monitor . Now you can use the Split menu to
cut your video scene while you observe the exact playback on
the TV monitor . Should you have chosen the 2-scene view for
splitting, you will see this on the VGA monitor while the current
scene will be displayed on the second one .
Trim: This menu is displayed before the Edit menu, just like the
Split menu . Here, too, your video will be displayed on the TV
monitor .
Transition effects: If you playback the storyboard from this
menu in order to view an inserted effect, you will see the play
indicator on the VGA monitor . Your video is shown on the TV
monitor without any menu overlays .
Image Processing effects: Just as with transition effects, the
playback display is shown in the Long-term effects menu and
the video shown separately . The settings and combinations
for single or dual monitor use can be found in the reference
section .
Setting a color value: Color reproduction on a VGA monitor
is not the same as the actual video color . For that reason, a
control color field will be displayed on the video monitor in
addition to the color scale on the VGA monitor when you are
setting a color value . You should take this color as a guide for
your setting .
5.2 Single monitor use
Depending on the type of device you are using, there are sev-
eral possibilities to connect a monitor to your system . These
are: HDMI, DVI, VGA or analog .
A non-analog monitor will provide a calmer picture of the
menus and video footage . You must adjust the “Screen”
button in the “System settings“ menu to the desired mode .
You can choose from several VGA options . After you set the
“Screen” button to the desired VGA mode, the system restarts
automatically and then displays the user interface on the moni-
tor . You can now disconnect the television from the system,
since the television was only needed to start up the system the
first time . When the screen setting is changed, it must be con-
firmed after the display was modified . Please note however,
that if you select a screen mode that cannot be displayed by
the monitor you connected, this monitor will probably indi-
cated it does not find any signals . In that case, you will not be
able to confirm the screen . In this case, the system will switch
back to the previous monitor setting after 30 seconds in order
to restore your display .