503. Basic operations3-8. Freezing the input signalsThe input signals can be frozen and used. If any of the input signals has been frozen, the freeze status indicatorLED lights. While signals are frozen, the tally signals of the corresponding input will not be output.3-8-1. Displaying the freeze status1 Press the [FUNC] button to light its indicator, and press the [FREEZE] button to display the Freeze menu.2 Turn [F1] to display the Status sub menu.Asterisks () appear above the numbers of the crosspoint buttons which are currently in the freeze status.Status FRZ: 1/2 XPT:1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 103-8-2. Setting freeze1 On the freeze menu, turn [F1] to display the Freeze sub menu.Freeze Signal Select Freeze↓2/2 IN1 Frame OffIN1-8 Field On2 Turn [F2] to select the input video signal using the Signal item.3 Turn [F3] to select the freeze method using the Select item.Frame: The images are frozen frame by frame.Field: The images are frozen field by field.This is used to freeze moving images.With interlace signals, however, diagonal lines and moving parts appear jagged.Frame or Field can also be selected while an image is frozen.4 Press the [F5] switch to freeze the input image or cancel the freeze.If the [F5] switch is pressed while the display is “Off”, the video signal is frozen, and the display is set to“On”.If the [F5] switch is pressed while the display is “On”, the video signal freezing is canceled, and the display isset to “Off”.When the unit is used with the frame synchronizer function OFF, the output images may be disturbed whenfreezing is executed, but the frozen images will not be adversely affected.The frame synchronizer function will automatically be switched ON.
