User manual EDIROL LVS-400

[. . . ] Owner's Manual Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the EDIROL VIDEO MIX/LIVE SWITCHER LVS-400. 201a Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: "USING THE UNIT SAFELY" and "IMPORTANT NOTES" (p. These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. Additionally, in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit, Owner's Manual should be read in its entirety. The manual should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference. 202 Copyright © 2004 ROLAND CORPORATION All rights reserved. [. . . ] · The LVS-400 inputs and outputs composite video via BNC connectors. If connecting with RCA phono connectors, use the BNC-RCA phono adaptor included with the LVS-400 or another commercially available BNC-RCA adaptor to connect to the LVS-400's BNC connector. 7 Before You Begin Turning the Power On 1 2 Check the power cable. Make sure that the cable from the AC adaptor is firmly plugged into the LVS-400. Press the POWER button. It will take approximately five seconds for the LVS400 to initialize itself and begin operating. fig. 04. e ON OFF 942 * This unit is equipped with a protection circuit. A brief interval (a few seconds) after power up is required before the unit will operate normally. Turning the Power Off 1 Press the POWER button. All of the front panel LEDs will go dark. Switching Between NTSC and PAL The LVS-400 can be switched to support either NTSC or PAL format signals. To start up in PAL mode, hold down monitor select "OUTPUT" button and "OUTPUT ON/OFF" button, and press the power button. The next time you start up, you can simply press the power button to start up in PAL mode. If you want to return to NTSC mode, once again hold down monitor select "OUTPUT" button and "OUTPUT ON/OFF" button, and press the power button. When the LVS-400 starts up, an indication of whether it is starting up in NTSC mode or PAL mode will appear for several seconds in the monitor out screen. 8 Names of Things and What They Do Front Panel fig. 05. e Switcher (p. 10) 1 Main Input Select Buttons (1­4) 2 Transition Type Select Buttons (MIX, WIPE 1, WIPE 2) 3 Transition Time Control Knob (0­4 sec. ) Monitor (p. 11) 4 Monitor Select Buttons (Input 1­4, Output) Output Control (p. 11) 5 4 5 Output Control Buttons (ON: Normal, OFF: Black Out) Insert (p. 12) 6 7 8 9 6 Insert Input Select Buttons (1­4) 7 Effects Mode Select Knob (OFF, PinP [RightUp, LeftUp, RightDown, LeftDown], Key [White, Black, Chroma]) 8 Key Level Control Knob 1 2 3 9 Video Fader for Insert (Start from MAIN position) Rear Panel fig. 06. e Power Button (p. 7) Security Slot ( ) (http://www. kensington. com/) 9 Basic Operation Switching Images with the Switcher You can easily get a transition effect when switching images, just by using the MAIN [1]­[4] buttons. 1. Play back the images with the video equipment. Input the images from the video device connected to the LVS-400 (such as a video camera or DVD player). 2. Check the output. Turn on the video monitor or projector connected to the LVS-400's output jacks/ connector and check to see whether or not the images are being output correctly. 3. Turn the TRANSITION TIME control knob so that it points straight up (2 seconds), then press one of the buttons from [1] through [4] to switch the input. Check the image on the video monitor or from the projector to confirm that the images are switched correctly. Changing the TRANSITION TIME control knob setting allows you to adjust the amount of time required to completely switch from one image to another. fig. 07 4. Switch the transition effect. Press the TRANSITION TYPE select buttons and switch the input. The following effects are available when switching images. fig. 08. e MIX: The two images are mixed (overlapped) as they are switched. Start Finish WIPE 1: The images are switched by wiping left to right. Start Finish WIPE 2: The images are switched with a rectangular wipe starting from the center of the image. Start Finish 10 Basic Operation Controlling the Output You can use the OUTPUT (Output Control) button to pause output of the image. 1. [. . . ] 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, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: ­ Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. ­ Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. ­ Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. [. . . ]