Front panel setup, Front panel menus, Menu parameters – Contemporary Research QMOD-SDI Manual User Manual
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QMOD-SDI
Front Panel Setup
There are a number of parameters that can be set by front-panel Setup commands. In normal operation the
Up/Down arrows select channels, and the Left/Right arrows adjust volume.
Pressing Setup enters the setup menus, shows last menu accessed
Pressing Up and Down arrow keys steps through the QMOD-SDI options
Pressing Left and Right keys steps through options for each front-panel menu
Press Select to save desired option
Pressing Setup ends menu item editing or exits the front-panel setup mode
Front Panel Menus
Menu
Parameters
Basic Settings
In most cases, the menus below will work for most displays at sites.
Video Input
This selects the appropriate input:
- SDI (autosenses 1080i, 720p, 480i)
- YPbPr (1080i, 720p, 480p, 480i)
- Video (automatically uses 480i)
- S-Video (automatically uses 480i)
HD Format
Component SDI auto-senses; Video and S-Video inputs are automatically set to
480i. Selection is locked unless there is no input.
- 1080i
- 480p
- 720p - 480i
Channel
XXX
Left/Right steps through channel numbers (use Left to access high channels)
Cable Format
Standard cable frequencies (default)
HRC – same as Standard, channels 5 and 6 slightly different
IRC – All channel frequencies are different than the standard cable setting
RF Level dB
Sets the output level of the RF output, in dBmV
- 29 (default)
-17
- 25
-13
- 21
- 9
Audio Input
Sets audio input for currently selected input (SDI, Component, and Video have separate
audio-follow memory)
SDI G1 – Embedded audio (normal stereo)
SDI G2 – Embedded audio
SDI G3 – Embedded audio
SDI G4 – Embedded audio
Digi (Digital) Optical
Digi Coax
Analog (default)
No Vid Color
Displays a color background with there is no video input, or the resolution doesn’t match the
QMOD settings.
- Orange
- Purple (default)
- Green
QAM Type
Today, most displays are set to tune 256 QAM. If a site has some very old displays, they
might only be able to tune in channels set to 64 QAM. Continuous Wave is often used to test
the channel with a meter.
- 64
- 256 (default)
- CW (Continuous Wave)