NEC TheaterSync Video Processor, User Manual

Page 1: ...NEC TheaterSync Video Processor User Manual Document No MKT 0026 UMN 1 002F NEC Solutions Inc ...

Page 2: ...e protected by worldwide copyright All rights are reserved by Silicon Optix Incorporated Product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies Silicon Optix eWARP AnyPlace Hollywood Quality Video HQV and REALTA are trademarks of Silicon Optix Inc HQV and REALTA are also registered trademarks of Silicon Optix Inc in USA Page 2 N...

Page 3: ...ent 6 1 4 Safety 7 2 Introduction 10 2 1 General Description 10 3 Installation 14 3 1 List of Standard Components 14 3 2 Setting up your TheaterSync 14 4 TheaterSync User Interface 16 4 1 IR Remote Control 16 4 2 TheaterSync Operational Modes 17 5 On Screen Menu 22 5 1 OSM Menu Structure 22 5 2 Aspect Ratio 30 6 Appendix A 36 NEC Solutions Inc Page 3 ...

Page 4: ...s product The following are not covered by the warranty 1 Any product which is not distributed in the U S A or Canada by NEC Solutions or which is not purchased in the U S A or Canada from an authorized NEC Solutions dealer 2 Any product of which the serial number has been defaced modified or removed 3 Damage deterioration or malfunction resulting from a Accident misuse abuse neglect fire water li...

Page 5: ...cept for the obligations specifically set forth in this warranty statement we will not be liable for any direct indirect special incidental consequential or other types of damages whether based on contract tort or any other legal theory whether or not we have been advised of the possibility of such damages This warranty is in lieu of all other warranties expressed or implied including but not limi...

Page 6: ...a residential office installation The equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception wh...

Page 7: ... safety suggestions To prevent electric shock or injury follow these safety instructions in the installation use and servicing the unit 1 4 2 Installation Attachments Do not use attachments not recommended by the manufacturer as they may result in the risk of fire electric shock or injury to persons Water and Moisture Do not use this unit near water for example near a bathtub washbasin kitchen sin...

Page 8: ...ure of the type of power supply that is available in your home or workplace consult your appliance supplier or local power company Grounding or Polarization This unit is provided with a 3 pin grounded alternating current line plug This plug will fit into the power outlet only one way This is a safety feature Do not try to defeat the safety purpose of the plug Power Cord Protection Route power supp...

Page 9: ...ructions as improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and may require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the unit to normal operation If the unit has been dropped or the case has been damaged When the unit exhibits a distinct change in performance this indicates a need for service Do not attempt to service this unit yourself as opening or removing covers may expos...

Page 10: ...ness viewing environment Figure 1 NEC TheaterSync Video Processor As a video signal processor TheaterSync receives the video signals generated by a wide variety of consumer electronic and professional devices switches between them and applies HQV signal processing to the selected signal see Figure 2 The processed signal is then scaled to the appropriate resolution and aspect ratio of the plasma pa...

Page 11: ...c provides video output in HDMI DVI and analog RGB formats on dedicated connectors All this functionality can be controlled through a simple 20 button IR remote control unit see Figure 5 Simple navigation keys bring access to a simple yet elegant OSM On Screen Menu Video input device selection is accomplished using dedicated IR remote buttons Access to the HQV features is also provided through ded...

Page 12: ...GA DVI VGA to QXGA HDMI Input Audio Signals S PDIF Toslink HDMI Output Audio Signals S PDIF Toslink HDMI Video and Audio Processing Capability Scaling Extreme Keystone Correction 40o horizontal 30o vertical Audio Delay Input Switching Aspect Ratio Correction HQV Video Processing Temporal Recursive Noise Reduction Codec Noise Reduction Fully automatic cadence detection and correction Detail Enhance...

Page 13: ...N 1 002F Physical Characteristics Dimensions 17 0 x 9 7 x 1 75 43 2 x 24 6 x 4 4 cm Weight 7 lbs 3 2 kg Power 100 240V 47 63 Hz 72W Panel Diagrams Figure 3 TheaterSync Front Panel Drawing Figure 4 TheaterSync Rear Panel Drawing NEC Solutions Inc Page 13 ...

Page 14: ... cord The Power switch may be left on in normal operation The On Setup button on the front panel may be used to put the unit into a low power state Setup Mode NOTE When TheaterSync is in Setup Stand by Mode the output to the projector or panel is temporarily suspended 4 Select the output resolution to match the native resolution of the display device a Place the unit in Setup Stand by Mode by togg...

Page 15: ...distortion if a keystone corrected image is applied to the projector input 7 Select the Advanced menu from the TheaterSync OSM then select Projection and Horizontal and Vertical Keystone submenus 8 Using the up down arrow keys select in turn each of the image corner sliders and then use the left right arrow keys to move the corner to the desired location on the screen Continue adjustments until th...

Page 16: ...e Operate Setup Key b Video Source Selection and c HQV Feature Selection You may also select video sources and HQV processing features through the OSM navigation controls however dedicated IR remote keys provide you with quick one touch access to the most frequently used commands Figure 5 illustrates the TheaterSync remote control Figure 5 TheaterSync Remote Control Page 16 NEC Solutions Inc A des...

Page 17: ...tures and to cycle through the available enhancements The BCE button activates deactivates the Brightness Contrast Enhancement feature The Aspect Ratio button cycles through and selects the available aspect ratio treatments available for the current input and output mode combination for description of aspect ratio treatments see section 5 2 The TRNR button accesses the Temporal Recursive Noise Red...

Page 18: ...the dedicated HQV Feature keys the HQV feature is immediately activated A brief message indicating the status of the selected HQV feature appears momentarily on the screen e g TRNR Medium or CNR Off If you select one of the Input Source keys the selected source is chosen as the input The previously selected HQV Features Aspect Ratio Treatment Scaling and Video Parameters are all preserved for each...

Page 19: ...ise output timeline Vadjust 1 1 Forces the output timeline to be frame locked to the input by inserting or deleting entire lines of output video Vjam Maintains frame lock by truncating final line of output frame BAUD Lets you choose a baud rate of 1200 9600 19200 57600 or 115000 OSM Location Input Output The OSM may be located pre Input side or post Output side scaling and keystone correction PC C...

Page 20: ...andard QXGA 60 Hz 2048 x 1536 QXGA 50 Hz 2048 x 1536 QXGA 48 Hz 2048 x 1536 On entry to setup mode the 24 x 2 LCD display indicates the following THEATERSYNC Setup Select the Menu key on your IR Remote to bring up the Setup Menu on the 24 x 2 LCD display The LCD display will indicate the following Parameter Setup Mode Using the Up and Down navigation keys on the remote you can select the next para...

Page 21: ...eft Right key will highlight the octet immediately to the left right The Up Down keys may then be used to increase decrease the value of the octet When the leftmost rightmost octet is selected an additional Left Right key selection will exit the IP address The Up Down arrows may then be used to select the next parameter Table 1 lists the Setup parameters NEC Solutions Inc Page 21 ...

Page 22: ...wers down or selects a different input the processing parameters previously selected are automatically re established when returning to that input An Input Reset sets the currently selected input to its default parameters This allows the user to reset a specific input channel without disturbing selections that affect the entire TheaterSync operation A complete view of the OSM menu structure is sho...

Page 23: ...udio source Inputs Audio Delay 100 100 0 default Adjusts the Audio Delay through TheaterSync The Audio Delay is calibrated in milliseconds A delay of 0 selects a delay that is automatically adjusted to the number of frames of delay introduced by TheaterSync processing The Audio Delay adjustment allows the user to compensate for Audio or Video delay that is introduced by other system components Bri...

Page 24: ...onse 2 2 Gamma 2 4 Gamma LUT for non linear response 2 4 Gamma 2 5 Gamma LUT for non linear response 2 5 Input Gamma Gamma 2 8 Gamma LUT for non linear response 2 8 Gamma 1 0 default Gamma LUT for linear response 1 0 Gamma 2 2 Gamma LUT for non linear response 2 2 Gamma 2 4 Gamma LUT for non linear response 2 4 Gamma 2 5 Gamma LUT for non linear response 2 5 Gamma Mode Output Gamma Gamma 2 8 Gamma...

Page 25: ... ratio 4 3 input and 4 3 output No change 16 9 input and 16 9 output No change 16 9 input and 4 3 output Output image would be displayed with black letter box bars maintains input aspect ratio Full Screen Fills the Output Screen by stretching the image distorting the aspect ratio 4 3 input and 4 3 output Grayed out no action 4 3 input and 16 9 output Image is linearly stretched horizontally to fil...

Page 26: ...ion 5 2 for more information Aspect Ratio Stadium Fills the Output Screen by stretching the image distorting the aspect ratio 4 3 input and 4 3 output Grayed out no action 4 3 input and 16 9 output Image is non linearly stretched horizontally to fill the output screen 16 9 input and 4 3 output Grayed out no action 16 9 input and 16 9 output Grayed out no action See section 5 2 for more information...

Page 27: ...display Top Left Sets the OSM menu position in the top left corner of the display Top Right Sets the OSM menu position in the top right corner of the display Bottom Left Sets the OSM menu position in the bottom left corner of the display Menu Position Bottom Right Sets the OSM menu position in the bottom right corner of the display Test Patterns Displays test pattern images on screen with OSM off ...

Page 28: ...frequency Output V Frequency Shows the display V frequency Sync Shows the synchronization type Firmware Revision Shows the firmware revision number Serial Number Shows the board serial number IP Address Shows the IP address only if the Ethernet cable is connected to the board and the IP address has been assigned by DHCP FPGA Revision Shows the current revision number for the FPGA code Info Standby...

Page 29: ...default Normal projection mode Front Ceiling Compensate the image for ceiling mounting scenario Rear Tabletop Compensate the image for projection from behind the screen Projection Projection Mounting Rear Ceiling Compensate the image for ceiling mounted rear projection scenario HQV On default Process main image in the TVP Video Processing Mode HQV Off Bypass Process main image in Overlay Scaler by...

Page 30: ...ault Toggles the split screen mode Advanced Split On Toggles the split screen mode 5 2 Aspect Ratio TheaterSync provides five different aspect ratio treatments The operation mode of these treatments depends on the aspect ratio of the input channel and the output display The TheaterSync assumes that the aspect ratio of input and output is consistent with the industry standard definition of the aspe...

Page 31: ...he Aspect Ratio objectives are the following Standard always displays the correct aspect ratio of the input picture adds black bars at the top and bottom or sides of the picture to achieve this objective Full Screen always fills the screen with the complete picture linearly distorts the picture to achieve this objective Zoom always fills the screen with the correct aspect ratio of the input pictur...

Page 32: ...ic Anamorphic or widescreen encoded DVDs shown letterbox on 4 3 output display These DVDs have 16 9 content that has been compressed and expanded vertically to fit the NTSC or PAL signal Stadium Grayed out No action Table 6 Aspect Ratio Treatments for 4 3 Input with 16 9 Output OSM Menu Name Description Standard 4 3 input signals are shown in a pillar box on the 16 9 output display Full Screen 4 3...

Page 33: ...TV input is displayed on a full screen 16 9 output display Stadium 4 3 input signals are non linearly stretched in the horizontal direction to fill 16 9 output displays Horizontal and vertical scaling is equal in the middle more horizontal stretching towards left and right sides to fill 16 9 outputs NEC Solutions Inc Page 33 ...

Page 34: ... All HDTV inputs are assumed to be 16 9 HDTV input signals 1080i and 720p are shown in a letterbox on the 4 3 output display Full Screen Image stretched vertically to fill full screen Zoom 16 9 HDTV input signals shown in 4 3 output display cropped on left and right sides Anamorphic Grayed out No action Stadium Grayed out No action Page 34 NEC Solutions Inc ...

Page 35: ...Treatments for 16 9 Input with 16 9 Output OSM Menu Name Description Standard 16 9 input signals shown full screen on 16 9 output display Full Screen Grayed out No action Zoom Grayed out No action Anamorphic Grayed out No action Stadium Grayed out No action NEC Solutions Inc Page 35 ...

Page 36: ...ES YES 5 576p 720 x 576 50 Hz YES YES YES 6 HDTV 720 Progressive 1280 x 720 60 Hz YES YES YES YES 7 HDTV 720 50 Hz Progressive 1280 x 720 50 Hz YES YES YES 8 HDTV 1080 Interlaced at 60 Hz 1920 x 1080 60 Hz YES YES YES YES 9 HDTV 1080 Interlaced at 50 Hz 1920 x 1080 50 Hz YES YES YES YES 10 1080p at 24 Hz 1920 x 1080 24 Hz YES 11 1080p at 25 Hz 1920 x 1080 25 Hz YES 12 1080p at 30 Hz 1920 x 1080 30...

Page 37: ...75 Hz YES YES YES 22 SXGA at 75 Hz 1280 x 1024 76 Hz YES YES YES 23 1360 x 768 1360 x 768 60 Hz YES YES 24 1365 x 768 1365 x 768 60 Hz YES YES 25 SXGA 1400 x 1050 60 Hz YES YES 26 UXGA 1600 x 1200 60 Hz YES YES 27 WUXGA 1920 x 1200 60 Hz YES 28 QXGA 2048 x 1536 60 Hz YES 29 MAC II Normal 13in 640 x 480 67 Hz YES YES YES 30 MAC II Normal 16in 832 x 624 75 Hz YES YES 31 MAC II Normal 19in 1024 x 768...

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