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iScan Pro User Manual 3 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................... 3 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................
iScan Pro User Manual 4 SAFETY INFORMATION: .............................................................................................. 22 S AFEGUARDS .................................................................................................
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Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 6 Introduction Your iScan Pro package contains: • iScan Pro Line Doubling Upconverter • Universal 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.
Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 7 Installation and Setup Typical Configuration Figure 1 shows a typical configuration for a home theater system.
Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 8 System Requirements The iScan Pro is designed to interface to 31.5 kHz progressively scanned display devices such as : • Data projectors • Home Theater video projectors (31.
Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 9 + For progressive scan TVs / monitors / projectors with VGA input: A high quality VGA - to - VGA computer monitor cable should be used to connect the iScan Pro’s output to devices that can accept progressive signals through a VGA connector.
Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 10 Color Space Selection The iScan Pro can output video in one of two different color spaces. The first is the Red - Green - Blue (RGB) color space that is commonly used for projectors, displays and monitors that are designed to accept computer video output.
Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 11 With YPbPr connections, the composite sync is always combined with the Y signal. The iScan Pro will automatically do this whenever the color space switch is set to YPbPr. It is not required to configure any of the internal jumpers for any YPbPr device.
Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 12 Operation Input Selection The iScan Pro has been designed to detect which one of the three possible input devices are turned on and are generating video signals and then automatically switch to this input .
Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 13 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.
Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 14 Troubleshooting ♦ What do I do if no LEDs light when I plug the power supply? The iScan Pro should automatically come “on” when plugged in. Check the connections to the iScan Pro, and to the power source.
Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 15 - Insert just the Pr (red) signal into the Pr connector. This should result in a red picture. - Remove the Pr and insert the Pb into the Pb connector.
Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 16 How it Works Background On a normal television, the video image is made by sweeping an electron beam across the face of the set where it excites phosphors causing them to glow. While repeated scanning across the tube, the television changes the intensity of the beam to vary the brightness of the image.
Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 17 Deinterlacing Deinterlacing is the process by which interlaced video is converted to progressively scanned video. Progressive scanning paints all of the lines of a frame in on e top to bottom pass. This is used where transmission bandwidth is not an issue and where the highest quality image is required.
Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 18 Figure 3: System Block Diagram Video Processing All of the processing steps in the signal chain between your video source and the display influence the quality of the image. The following are brief descriptions of the series of steps shown in Figure 3.
Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 19 Technical Specifications V ideo Inputs • One Component (YPbPr) input on standard RCA connectors • One S - Video (Y/C) input on standard mini - DIN conn.
Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 20 • 4.2/1 .9 shipping Operating Temperature • less than 40 ° C.
Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 21 Warranty Information LIMITED WARRANTY . Silicon Image, Inc. Warrants only to the initial purchaser of this product who returns the warranty card accompanyi.
Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 22 Safety Information: Safeguards ♦ To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture; do not operate the iScan Pro with the cover removed. ♦ If the wall plug does not fit into your local power socket, then ask your ele ctrician to replace your obsolete outlet.
Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 23 Appendix A – Internal Jumper Settings These modifications are only required in very rare circumstances. Composite Sync and Sync - on - Green are only required in RGB mode (never Component/YPbPr mode) and typically only with olde r, large front projectors.
Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 24 Modifying Composite Sync Jumper Setting 1) To configure the unit to output Composite Sync, locate the connector labeled “J - 10”, as shown. A plastic jumper should already be stra ddling the two pins closest to the “NORMAL” label.
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Silicon Image, Inc. iScan Pro User Manual 26 iScan Pro User Manual Rev. 1.0, De cember 2000 SiI - PB - 008 Silicon Image, Inc. 1060 E. Arques Avenue Sunnyvale, California 94085 408 - 616 - 4000 Email: iscan@siimage.
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