Sony SNT-V304 User Manual

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preliminaryInstallation24Items that can be set are as follows:Setting the Video Input ModulationMethodClick the (Video Input/Modulation) icon todisplay the “Input/Modulation for Video 1” dialogbox.SettingDisplay date & timeon imageDisplay texton imageTextMisc settings ColorQualityOffset AdjustmentsDescriptionCheck this box to display the dateand time with the video image.Check this box to display text suchas the camera title with the videoimage.Enter the text to display to bedisplayed (up to 16 characters).Select whether the video image is tobe displayed as color ormonochrome.Select one of the five video imagecompression ratios. The highestimage quality is [Hyper], but thisrequires the largest image file sizeand network bandwidth.Enter the horizontal display positionof an image as the [X Offset], andthe vertical position as the [Y Offset].Settable range is –4 to +4 (pixels) for[X Offset], and –2 to +2 (pixels) for[Y Offset]. The [Y Offset] setting isvalid only when the image display is[Fullsize]. Verify the monitor screenafter changing settings, and correctthe setting values if the image doesnot display correctly.If only the current video source is to be set, select[Video 1’s] in the [Apply detection and settings to]drop-down list. Otherwise, if all video sources are tobe set together, select [All Videos’]. Then select themodulation method for the video input: either bymanual setting or automatic detection.Automatic SettingClicking the [Start] button initiates testing of the videosource to detect the modulation type to be assigned tothe selected source.Manual SettingSelect a modulation type from the [Camera 1 input]drop-down list, and click the “Save” icon to save theselection.z HintSeveral different video modulation standards arecurrently used in different regions. The NTSC videoformat, generally used in Japan and North America,consists of images composed of 525 lines of resolutiondisplayed at 60 fields per second. The PAL (PhaseAlternating Line) video format, which is the commonEuropean television standard, consists of imagescomposed of 625 lines displayed at 50 fields persecond. The video network station supports NTSC,PAL and several other standards derived from them.