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Silicon Image, Inc.

 

 

iScan Pro User Manual 

 
 

 

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Since nearly all televisions sold are CRT-based, it is likely that the gray bar setting is the safest for 
your display. However, LCD and DLP-based projectors and displays do not suffer from burn-in so it 
is safe to use the black bar setting. 

Picture Controls 

The iScan Pro provides the ability to adjust five picture control settings. These are: 
 

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Brightness 

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Contrast 

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Saturation (Color) 

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Hue (Tint) 

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Sharpness 

  
To adjust a picture control setting, turn the potentiometer clockwise to increase the setting or 
counterclockwise to decrease the setting.  This is shown in the figure below.   
 
 

 

Figure 2: Picture Controls (Front View) 

 
The iScan Pro is shipped with picture control settings at nominal. 
 
Please note that Sharpness and Hue functions are not applicable to the component input. 
 

Film Mode Indicator 

The blue “film” indicator on the iScan Pro front panel turns on whenever the iScan Pro has 
recognized a video sequence that is originally captured from film.  The indicator may turn off if the 
video sequence captured is film and there is very little motion. 
 
 

Summary of Contents for iScan Pro

Page 1: ...User Manual User Manual Progressive Scan Display Interface Technology Brought to you by...

Page 2: ...iScan Pro User Manual 2...

Page 3: ...REQUIREMENTS 8 CONNECTIONS 8 COLOR SPACE SELECTION 10 SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNALS 10 OPERATION 12 INPUT SELECTION 12 ASPECT RATIO CONTROL SQUEEZE MODE 12 PICTURE CONTROLS 13 FILM MODE INDICATOR 13 TROUBL...

Page 4: ...NGS 23 REMOVING THE ISCAN PRO MOTHERBOARD 23 MODIFYING COMPOSITE SYNC JUMPER SETTING 24 MODIFYING SYNC ON GREEN JUMPER SETTING 24 REASSEMBLING THE ISCAN PRO 24 Note Silicon Image DVDO i iScan iScan an...

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Page 6: ...rsal power supply module Power cable Composite video input cable S Video input cable Component video input cable User Manual Your iScan Pro package does not contain an output cable You will need to pu...

Page 7: ...t devices input cables iScan Pro output cable and display device will exist in your system One common deviation from this configuration is to use an A V Receiver or another video switching device to s...

Page 8: ...ter picture because the iScan Pro typically has better Y C separation circuitry than most of these devices However you should try both composite and S Video to see which works better in your system To...

Page 9: ...many types of audio connections VGA to RCA cables are very rare so we recommend using a VGA to BNC cable in combination with a set of three BNC to RCA adapters The red green and blue BNC connectors s...

Page 10: ...on is embedded in the Y signal For RGB devices there are a variety of ways that this sync information can be conveyed and the iScan Pro can support most of these The iScan Pro generates separate H hor...

Page 11: ...h is set to YPbPr It is not required to configure any of the internal jumpers for any YPbPr device Display Devices Wire Color RGB HV RGB S comp YPbPr Other Red R Red R Red Pr Cr or R y Green G Green G...

Page 12: ...r a while the iScan Pro will turn off all of the indicators on the front panel except for Power which will turn from green to red This indicates that the iScan Pro is in Sleep mode and is consuming le...

Page 13: ...ss To adjust a picture control setting turn the potentiometer clockwise to increase the setting or counterclockwise to decrease the setting This is shown in the figure below Figure 2 Picture Controls...

Page 14: ...e display the colorspace setting or in the display itself 7 Try a different output cable with your display to see if that s the problem 8 Try flipping the colorspace switch back and forth to see if th...

Page 15: ...any display devices have poor quality scaling which takes place after the iScan Pro processing and may in fact degrade the video that will be viewed In addition to the iScan Pro I also have an HDTV de...

Page 16: ...Half of the lines are drawn in the first pass the even lines and the other half the odd lines are drawn in the second pass First devised so that early TVs could have decent resolution with the limited...

Page 17: ...rithm would be to apply the softening filter only to portions of the image that are in movement This is referred to as motion adaptive deinterlacing The most advanced and best quality Line Doublers ar...

Page 18: ...digital 3 The digital video signal is decoded from NTSC composite or S Video Y C to its basic components of Y Cr and Cb 4 The component signal is converted from interlace to progressive by the SiI503...

Page 19: ...black borders Squeeze w Gray borders Normal Sync on Green Composite Sync VCR mode jumpers inside of unit Picture Controls Brightness Contrast Saturation Hue Sharpness Input Stage High performance mul...

Page 20: ...Silicon Image Inc iScan Pro User Manual 20 4 2 1 9 shipping Operating Temperature less than 40 C...

Page 21: ...SCLAIMED Some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts so the above limitation may not apply to you This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also h...

Page 22: ...Be especially careful at plug ins or cord exit points from the iScan Pro Do not cover or block ventilation holes in the iScan Pro cabinet Doing so may damage the unit or cause improper operation Avoid...

Page 23: ...work at Having no carpeting or static free carpeting is strongly recommended If you can find an area with some heavy metal parts within easy reaching distance touching these will allow you to discharg...

Page 24: ...ing the iScan Pro 1 Push the PC board back into the unit slowly being careful that the bottom slots in the housing are used to guide the board and that the front indicators appear through the front pa...

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Page 26: ...Silicon Image Inc iScan Pro User Manual 26 iScan Pro User Manual Rev 1 0 December 2000 SiI PB 008 Silicon Image Inc 1060 E Arques Avenue Sunnyvale California 94085 408 616 4000 Email iscan siimage com...

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