Document Outline

• Confirm the Contents of the Package
• Main Features
• Table of Contents
• USING THE UNIT SAFELY
• IMPORTANT NOTES
• Video Signal Flow
• Panel Descriptions
  • Operating Panel
  • Operating Panel (continued)
  • Rear Panel
• Connecting Peripheral Devices
  • Basic Connections
    • Connecting the AC Adaptor
  • Examples of Using the V-8
    • Events
    • Concerts or VJ Performances
    • Presentations
    • Background Video for a Musical Performance (Using V-LINK)
    • Using the V-8 with the RSS M-400 (Using V-LINK)
• Basic Operation
  • Turning the Power On/Off
    • Turning the Power On
    • Turning the Power Off
  • Checking the Input and Output
    • Outputting Images
    • Outputting a Preview Image
  • Menu Operations
    • Preparations for Viewing the Menu
    • Operating the Menu
  • About the Current Settings Display
    • Changing the Contents of the Settings Display
  • Storing the Operating Panel Settings ([MEMORY] Knob)
    • Settings Stored at the [MEMORY] Knob
    • Recalling a Memory
    • Copying the Contents of a Memory
    • Exchanging the Contents of Memories
  • Fading Out the Output Image
    • Fading Out the Bus A / Bus B Image
    • Fading Out the Final Output
  • Returning the Menu Settings to the Factory-Set State (Factory Reset)
    • Returning All Settings to the Factory-Set State
    • Returning the Settings of a Specific Sub-Menu to the Factory-Set State
• Switching Between Images
  • Switching Between Two Images
  • Changing the Transition Assigned to Each TRANSITION Button
    • About the FAM and NAM Transition Effects
    • Combining Multiple Transition Effects (User Transition)
  • Using the [TRANSFORMER] Buttons to Switch Images
    • Changing the Assignment of the [TRANSFORMER] Buttons
• Using Effects
  • About Effects
  • Combining Two Images
    • Using Picture In Picture (P in P) to Combine Images
    • Using Chroma-Key to Combine Images
    • Using Luminance-Key to Combine Images
  • Changing the Color of the Image
    • Inverting the Image to Form a Negative
    • Adding Color According to the Brightness or Darkness of the Image (Colorize)
  • Repeatedly Layering an Image onto Itself (Feedback)
  • Using Multi-Screen
  • Inverting the Image (Flip)
  • Assigning Different Effects to the EFFECTS Buttons
• Editing the Input/Output Settings
  • Adjusting the Input Image
    • Adjusting the PC Input Image
    • Skewed or Flickering Images (Tearing)
    • Adjusting the Input Image for Bus A and B
  • Adjusting the Output Image
  • Outputting Color Bars
  • Switching Between NTSC and PAL
    • Switching Between NTSC and PAL at Startup
• Switching Images in Synchronization with Music (BPM Sync)
  • Switching Images at a Specified BPM
  • Switching Images at the Tempo Specified by the [TAP] Button
  • Changing the Settings of the [BPM SYNC] Button
• Using the V-8 with Other Equipment
  • Using MIDI to Control the V-8 from an External Device
    • About MIDI
    • Buttons and Knobs that Transmit or Receive MIDI Messages
    • MIDI Message Transmission Settings
    • MIDI Message Reception Settings
  • Saving V-8 Settings on an External MIDI Device (Bulk Dump)
    • Transmitting Menu Setting Data to an External MIDI Device
    • Restoring Data Saved on an External MIDI Device Back into the V-8
    • Sending the V-8’s Settings to Another V-8
  • Controlling via V-LINK
    • What is V-LINK?
    • Controlling the RSS M-400 from the V-8 (V-LINK Master)
    • Controlling the V-8 from an External V-LINK Compatible Device (V-LINK Slave)
  • Using the V-8 in Conjunction with the PR Series (PR Control mode)
• Adjusting the Video Fader
  • Installing the Video Fader in the Most Convenient Orientation
  • Calibrating the Video Fader
  • Specifying the Video Fader Operating Curve
• Troubleshooting
  • Problems with the image output
  • Problems with the image output
  • Problems with the image output (continued)
  • Effects
  • Other
• Menu List
  • Factory Settings
    • Mem1–8 (Memory Numbers 1–8)
    • User Transition1–4
    • PinP1–8
• MIDI Implementation
• MIDI Implementation Chart
• Transition Effect List
  • Dissolve Transition
  • Wipe Transition
  • Key Transition
  • Slide Transition
  • Stretch Transition
  • User Transition
• Effect List
  • Effects that Can Be Controlled by the [CONTROL] Fader
  • Effects that Cannot Be Used Simultaneously
• Block Diagram
• Main Specifications
• Index