Christie Projector J Series 1000W & 1200W User Manual
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Section 3: Operation J Series 1000W and 1200W User Manual3-21020-100706-02 Rev. 1 (03-2014) the pixel-sampling clock, indicated by the number of incoming pixels per line, so that all pixels generated by a particular source are sampled. NOTE: By default, the projector samples at the correct frequency for most sources. For best results, use a test pattern such as a smooth grey consisting of a clear pattern of black and white pixels. Adjust the slide bar until the vertical stripes broaden to the point where one large stripe fills the image. If the image still exhibits some shimmer or noise, adjust Pixel Phase (below). PIXEL PHASE (analog input signals only) NOTE: Adjust “Pixel Phase” after “Pixel Tracking”. Adjust pixel phase when the image (u sually from an RGB source) still shows shimmer or “noise” after pixel tracking is optimized. Pixel phase adju sts the phase of the pixel-sampling cloc k relative to the incoming signal. Adjust the slide bar until the image stabilizes and each pixel is clearly de fined. You may notice that you can stabilize the image at more than one po int—i.e., you may find that the image appearance at “5” is identical to the image appearance at “25”, thus you can use either setting. If some shimmer from a video or HDTV source persists, use the “Filter” control to remove high-frequency noise from the signal. H-POSITION Moves the image right or left with in the area of available pixels. NOTE: The value shown represents where the approximate center of the image lies in relation to the total number of pixels available horizontally. This varies widely according to the signal—watch the image while adjusting. V-POSITION Moves the image up or down with in the area of available pixels. NOTE: The value shown represents where the approximate center of the image lies in relation to the total number of pixels available vertical ly. This varies widely according to the signal—watch the image while adjusting. KEEP ASPECT ON AUTO SETUP Ensures that auto setup for any source will maintain the input aspect ratio when the default size is calculated. NTSC and PAL formats always keep as pect ratio during auto setup regardless of the Keep Aspect on Auto Setup control. BLANKING - Submenu This submenu consists of the following options: • ACTIVE INPUT WINDOW This read-only value indicates the curre nt size of your displayed data or “region of interest” as defined by the blanking controls. By default, the projector automatically determines what portion of its full resolution to use, and pixels in the surrounding borders are turned off. To specify a specific active input window size by adjust one or more “Blank” settings. For exam ple, if you have blanked (cropped) 100 pixels from both the left and right edges of an incoming source of 1400 x 1050, th e remaining active input window will be reduced to 1200 x 1050.
3-22J Series 1000W and 1200W User Manual020-100706-02 Rev. 1 (03-2014) Section 3: Operation BLANKING (TOP, BOTTOM, LEFT, and RIGHT) Crop the image so that unwan ted edges are removed from the display (changed to black). Blanking defines the size of the Active Input Window, or area of interest. Range of adjustment depends on the source resolution and other factors. NOTE: Blanking a PIP image resembles zoom. For example, left Blanking zooms the right side of the PIP image; Right Blanking zooms the left side. There are no black bars. 3.7 Image Settings Menu Use the Image Settings menu to alter your main image without affecting its size or position. Changes made are applied immediately and are saved when you exit the menu (press E XIT or M ENU). Options not availa ble for the projector model or source are disabled and appear dim (grey). CONTRAST “Contrast” increases or decreases the perceived difference between light and dark areas of your image (0-100). For best results, keep close to 50. For best results, st art with a low value and increase so that whites remain bright but are not distorted or tinted, an d that light areas do not become white. NOTE: If the environment lighting changes, an adjustment of Gamma is recommended (see below). FIGURE 3-25 BLANKING OF A PRIMARY IMAGE 1. 2. 3. 4. Top Blank Bottom Blank Left Blank Right Blank 0 0 0 0 PIP Blanking Active Input Window 720x483 1. 2. 3. 4.To p B l a n k Bottom Blank Left Blank Right Blank 0 0 30 0 PIP Blanking Active Input Window 720x483 FIGURE 3-26 BLANKING OF A PIP IMAGE
Section 3: Operation J Series 1000W and 1200W User Manual3-23020-100706-02 Rev. 1 (03-2014) BRIGHTNESS Increases or decreases the amount of black in the image (0-100). For best results, keep close to 50. Start with a high value and decrease so that dark areas do not b ecome black. Conversely, high brightness changes black to dark grey, causing washed-out images. COLOR SPACE Determines how the color components of an analog input signal are decoded for accurate color in the display. Useful only for analog sign als and certain digital sources . Although color space for these analog signals is automatically determined by the projector. You may wish to override this and manually set a specific color space. NOTE: For some signals, the color space function is entirely automatic and the pull-down list is disabled. The current color space appears in the Image Settings menu. Press E NTER to select a different option: •Select RGB unless you are using component video •Select YPbPr (Video ) with a standard definition televised signal (SDTV). •Select YPbPr (HDTV) with a high definition televised signal (HDTV). NOTE: When certain RGB signals are first connected, the projector may not recognize them as RGB and will incorrectly decode their color information as YPbPr (video). These signals can include: • RGB signals in NTSC, PAL, SECAM frequency ranges. • Scan-doubled sync-on-green. • Scan-quadrupled sync-on-green. For these signals, change the color Space to RGB, wh ich defines a new channel. VIDEO OPTIONS - Submenu This submenu is used with Video Decoder Card inputs (Composite and S-Video) sources only. • ENABLE DECODER (AGC) AGC affects decoded video images only. Enter a checkmark (default) in most instances. Activate the decoder AGC circuit to ensure properly bright images. Delete the checkmark if a decoded video image exhibits strange color artifacts such as stripes in hi ghly saturated colors, indicating an in compatibility between this source and the AGC.
3-24J Series 1000W and 1200W User Manual020-100706-02 Rev. 1 (03-2014) Section 3: Operation • VIDEO STANDARD The projector automatically detects the incoming horizontal and vertical frequencies and sets the processing of this signal to the corresponding standard. Th e current video standard name appears in the Video Options submenu, and includes an “A” if it is auto-detected. Press E NTER to view or select a different video standard from those available to the projector— any that are disabled have frequency characteristics that differ from those of the incoming signal. Selectin g a specific standard forces the projector to process the signal according to this standard. NOTE: Best results are obtained with defined chan nels. Otherwise, switching from one video source to another can sometimes cause slight disturbances in the display, indicating that the Auto function is struggling. Recover by briefly selecting a different video standard, then going back. Table 3.2 - Regions and Video Standards: Summary NOTE: Generally, use “Auto” for all inst ances except: a poor quality input signal or a black-and-white video signal. In order to detect and display such si gnals, select the relevant standard from the list. • INPUT VIDEO BLACK (analog input signals only) This control compensates for in coming elevated black levels present in certain video signals, and ensures that blacks in the display are neither crushed (i.e., where dark greys appear black) nor excessively elevated (i .e., where blacks appear dark grey). By default, the projector automatically determines the best setting according to the ty pe of incoming video signal: • 0 IRE – Used for DVD output with “enhanced black”, SECAM, most PAL standards, and Japanese NTSC. • 7.5 IRE – Used for most NTSC video signals. For some types of video, you can override the setting. The control is disabled for other types of video (and all graphics sources). Generally, if black appears crushed wh en brightness = 50, selectselect “0 IRE”. If black appears excessively elevated, use “7.5 IRE”. • COLOR This slide bar adjusts the color sa turation level. Lower settings produce less saturated colors, for example a setting of “0” produces a black and white image. If the co lor level is too high, colors will be overpowering and unrealistic. • TINT Adjusts the red/green color hu e for true color reproduction of video and HDTV signals. For best results, adjust tint while displaying an external test pattern—it is recommended that tint remain at its default setting. • FILTER The proper filter setting is automatically set for virtually all signals, and rarely needs to be changed. Override only if standard pixel tracking and ph ase adjustments do not adequately clear up a “noisy” video signal, or if a graphics signal appears overly “soft”. Both instances indicate that “Filter” may be set to the wrong option. STANDARDWHERE USED (Subject to Change) PAL Most of Europe, China, Australia, some of S. America, some of Africa NTSC N. America and Japan SECAM France, Eastern Europe, most of Africa NTSC 4.43 A tape-only standard for pa rtially-translated hybrid signals PAL-M Brazil PAL-NC Argentina, Chile, other Latin American countries PAL 60 0 IRE 7.5 IRE 1. 2.If grays are black, select If blacks are gray, select
Section 3: Operation J Series 1000W and 1200W User Manual3-25020-100706-02 Rev. 1 (03-2014) •SAMPLING MODE Sets the color sampling mode for a digital signal to either YCbCr 4:4:4, RGB or YCbCr 4:2:2. The proper sampling mode is determined automatically by the projector; you can override this setting. • FILM MODE DETECT Enables or disables film motion detectio n. Film mode detect is a control that you will not need to adjust. The image processor automatically detects th e type of input for most types of interlaced signals. i.e. 3:2, 2:2. However, there are cases where progressive segmented fra me signals (PsF, a broadcast Sony standard) are not detected properly. For those cases, the de-interlacer can be forced into PsF for that channel using the Film Mode Detect control. NOTE: This is a channel control, not a system cont rol. Film Mode Detect needs to be set for a specific source, all other new sources are set to Auto. Settings Available: • Auto (Default) •PsF •Off NOTE: Off is used only where an interl aced source is improperly detected and it is not PsF type sources. • CHROMA/LUMA DELAY Affects any incoming composite or S-video signal, dela ying the luma signal (intensity) in relation to the chroma (color). In the image, increasing the luma delay will move luma (seen as a shadow where colors overlap) to the right slightly, with colors remaining in place. Decreasing this delay will move the shadow slightly to the left. If necessary for your current source, adjust so that no shadows occur with adjacent colors. • SPLIT SCREEN This control allows a snap shot of th e main image to be presented on the ri ght side or lower part of the screen, to allow evaluation of advanced image processing features . All resizing controls are honoured on both images. However, image processing controls (such as, Detail, Sharpness, Noise Reduction and Adaptive Contrast) only happen on the left side or top image. Changing inputs, channels or test patterns w ill disable this control. PIP operation must be disabled prio r to enabling this control. NOTE: Split screen cannot be used in conjunction with either PIP or Tiling. Both PIP and Tiling must be disabled prior to enabling Split Screen control. • RGB QUANTIZATION RANGE This control defines the RGB quantiza tion levels for digital DVI and HDMI inputs us ing the RGB colorspace. Typically, graphics sources use the full range of levels fo r the given bit depth (i.e. 8-bit, 10-bit, 12-bit) and consumer electronics (CE) products typically use a lim ited range of data within the given bit depth. This control must be set to limited to correct the levels for those CE products that use the limited space. This adjusts what is considered black and white levels in the image. As an example for 8 b it space, full range RGB uses levels 0(black) to 255(white).
3-26J Series 1000W and 1200W User Manual020-100706-02 Rev. 1 (03-2014) Section 3: Operation INPUT LEVELS - Submenu NOTES: 1) Because the projector automatically optimizes in put levels for all but the most unusual of sources, it is recommended that only experienced users use the Input Levels submenu. 2) Before beginning, check that overall contrast and brightness settings are near 50 and that color temperature is properly set up on an internal greyscale test pattern. 3) Refer to 3.1.1 Remote Keypad Commands , “AUTO”. Good RGB or input levels—that is, the drives and black levels for each of the three colors, red, green and blue—ensure that images from analog sources other than decoded video have maximum contrast without crushing black or white. By default (and in an “Auto Setup”), the projector automatically determines the best input levels by monito ring image content and adjusting the controls appropriately—further adjustment is typically no t required to obtain proper blacks or whites. NOTE: This automatic adjustment requires at least 6-12 consecutive wh ite pixels in the image. Without these pixels, input levels may produce skewed colors, particularly in non-video images. For a source exhibiting overly high bl ack levels (typically caused by a noisy source caus ing black level spikes) use the Input Levels menu (shown above). These adjustments, ser ve as a calibration process compensating for differences in sources and cabling, to perfect the sour ce image input levels and eliminate the “overshoot” and “undershoot”. NOTES: 1) Input Levels are of limited use with digital signals, but do offer some ability to tweak poorly mastered source materials. 2) Input levels apply for the current source only, but for any color temperature used. 3) Assuming that color temperature has been set up based on the internal test patterns, you can then set up input levels for a given source so that it matches the color temperature of the internal test patterns. • AUTO INPUT LEVEL Use only if you are an experienced user and you have an unusual source that you feel needs further color temperature and/or input level adju stment. This compensates for incoming out-of-range drives (white) and black levels (black) that would cause “crushing” of light and dark colors in the image. After entering a checkmark, wait for the six slide bar values to stabilize, then delete the checkmark and exit. The Auto Input Level is automatically turned off upon exit from the Input Levels Menu. • BLACK LEVELS AND DRIVES To check your image levels and adjust these controls: 1. Ensure overall “Contrast” and “Brightn ess” settings are both set to near 50. NOTE: Not required for “Auto” adjustment. C ONTRAST = 50 (approx.) B RIGHT = 50 (approx.) 2. Check the color temperature setup using an internal gr eyscale test pattern, making sure to obtain a neutral greyscale. NOTE: Not required for “Auto” adjustment. 3. Confirm that you are using input on an Analog BNC card or a Dual Link DVI card. Input Levels are not applicable for sources going through the decoder. A greyscale is recommended. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11 . Auto Input Level Red (Pr) Blacklevel Green (Y) Blacklevel Blue (Pb) Blacklevel Blue (Pb) Input Drive Auto Color Enable Clamp Location Input Peak Detector Color Enable Red (Pr) Input Drive Green (Y) Input Drive 256 256 256 256 256 256 Input Levels White Back Porch Turn OFF before leaving menu. Levels adjust automatically and correctly. FIGURE 3-27 INPUT LEVELS
Section 3: Operation J Series 1000W and 1200W User Manual3-27020-100706-02 Rev. 1 (03-2014) 4. If black levels are too high (and/or whites are too low, which is rare), you likely have a noisy source that is producing skewed input levels. Enable “Auto” in the Input Levels menu. Wait for all six values to stabilize. Alternatively, do not use “Auto”—reduce black levels manually instead. Judge by eye and change one or more of the six levels as necessary to obtain proper blacks and whites. You may want to see only a certain color while adjusting—use the Auto Color Enable option (described below). 5. Delete the “Auto” checkmark and leave the Input Levels menu. IMPORTANT: Do not use Input Levels to adjust color temperature. This will distort contrast and brightness functions as well as color temperature. • AUTO COLOR ENABLE When a checkmark is present, selecting a specific black level or drive to adjust will automatically enable the corresponding color in the display. Delete the checkmark to see all colors, or to enable a different specific color through the Color Enable control. • CLAMP LOCATION Brightens the image produced from certain high-resolution high-frequency graphic sources. The projector automatically selects the best clamp location for most sources. Use the normal Back Porch location if the image is either sufficiently br ight or overly bright. Select Sync Tip if the image appears un usually dim, if there are horizontal streaks across the image, or if there is significant color drift. This moves the clamping pulse from the normal back porch location (w hich is likely too short) to the tip of the horizontal sync pulse. Tr i Level is typically needed for an HDTV source. • INPUT PEAK DETECTOR A tool to assist with defining indi vidual input levels, enabling you to acc urately set the Input Levels for any particular source with the appropriate image. Enablin g the Peak Detector activates a special operating mode for detecting only pixels that are considered black or white—all other levels are displayed as a mid-level grey. When used with a smooth greyscale pattern in which black and white are known to be at opposite edges of the image, you can watch these isolated areas while adjusting individual black levels and input drives until both black and white edges are just visible and distinguished from neighbor ing pixels. Images from this source will then display correct blacks an d whites without crushing. See Figure 3-28 Adjusting Input Levels Using the Peak Detector (RED EXAMPLE SHOWN) . 1. Display a 16 level greyscale test pattern from the d esired external source, and enter a checkmark in the Input Peak Detector check box. NOTE: The Input Peak Detector will initially render the greyscale as a uniform grey field before adju stment or extreme crushing. 2. Display one primary color. NOTE: Select Auto Color Enable to ensure the correct color is displayed for each setting. 3. For the current color, adjust its corresponding Black level slide bar just until a single band of black appears at one edge of the screen. This band represents th e first band of the greyscale pattern, which should be 100% black. 4. With the same color still activ e, adjust its corresponding Input Drive slide bar just until a single band of color appears at the opposite edge of the screen. This band represents the last band of the greyscale pattern, which should be 100% white (or the current color, if a certain color is enabled). 5. Check the black band and adjust th e black level slide bar if necessary. NOTE: Adjusting the black levels affects the gain. Only adjust when necessary. 6. Repeat Steps 3-5 with the two remaining primary co lors. When each primary color shows one optimized black band and white (or colored) band, the input levels for this source are correctly set. Upon exiting the Input Levels menu, the Peak Detect or check box will clear.
3-28J Series 1000W and 1200W User Manual020-100706-02 Rev. 1 (03-2014) Section 3: Operation •COLOR ENABLE Select which color or colors you want to see in the display, useful while working with color temperature white levels or input levels. NOTES: 1) Input levels apply for the current sour ce only, but for any color temperature used. 2) If color temperature is set up based on the internal test patterns, you can set up input levels for a given source so that it matches the color temp erature of the internal test patterns. ADVANCED IMAGE SETTINGS - Submenu Use the Advanced Image Settings submenu to make the adjustments necessary for lesser-used but more specialized applications on your projector. GAMMA SETTINGS - Submenu The system offers two types of gamma correction. Gamm a correction can be applied to a specific source to correct for luma encoding. This is a channel setting and reapplied every time the same signal is detected. This is the Gamma control. On the other hand the system also provides a global Gamma Correction control. The global control offers an offset applied to all channels. This offset is used to compensate for changes in ambient conditions such as ambient light in the room and projected material. • GAMMA CORRECTION Applies a global offset to all gamma settings for each channel. It affects the shape of the curve by performing a linear transform toward a gamma curve of 1.0 while the control is increasing and likewise a linear transform toward a gamma of 3.0 as the control is decreasing. Th e control should only be adjusted to compensate for ambient conditions. To correct a particul ar source only, use the Gamma control. • GAMMA Select the base gamma table for a given source. Select from one of the standard tables, a custom gamma function, or select an arbitrary gamma table that has been downloaded to the projector. NOTE: A separate PC utility is needed to do this. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.Auto Input Level Red (Pr) Blacklevel Green (Y) Blacklevel Blue (Pb) Blacklevel Blue (Pb) Input Drive Auto Color Enable Clamp Location Input Peak Detector Color Enable Red (Pr) Input Drive Green (Y) Input Drive 256 256 256 256 256 256 Input Levels White Back Porch FIGURE 3-28 ADJUSTING INPUT LEVELS USING THE PEAK DETECTOR (RED EXAMPLE SHOWN)
Section 3: Operation J Series 1000W and 1200W User Manual3-29020-100706-02 Rev. 1 (03-2014) The 2.22 curve is a power curve typically used to encode graphics and video sources, see Figure 3-29 Gamma Curve . The standard curve (auto setup default) is a mo dified 2.22 curve with a small linear section in the black that enhances the detail in darker areas of the projected content. Typically standard or 2.22 is used for all sources. Alternatively, if neither default is ideal, apply a simple gamma curve by defining a cust om power function and slope. Select Gamma Function from the drop down list to enable the Gamma Function and Gamma Slope controls. For more complex non-standard gamma curves, a user-defined curve created externally and downloaded to the projector can be used (requires separate PC-based Arbitrary Gamma software applicatio n to create the table and the Web UI to download it). NOTE: If any of these special user curves have been installed, their names will appear in the Gamma Table pull-down list. • GAMMA FUNCTION Defines the base gamma power curve used when the base gamma table value is set to Gamma Function. This value, combined with gamm a slope setting determines the base gamma table to be used as the custom base table. The curve is generally a power curve with a sm all linear segment at the bottom defined by the slope. • GAMMA SLOPE This control defines a slope to be u sed for the base custom gamma table fo r a small section at the bottom of the curve. This slope can be used to brin g in or out the low level blacks in the image. This slope combined with the gamma function, define the custom gamma table. DETAIL SETTINGS - Submenu Adjusts the sharpness of the image. Setting detail above the halfway point can introduce ‘noise’ in the image. Lower settings can improve a noisy signal. •DETAIL Adjust the sharpness of the image. Setting detail above the halfway-point can introduce noise in the image. Lower settings can improve a noisy signal. This comm and does not take effect unless the minimum change required in the Detail Threshold control is reached. • TEXTURE ENHANCEMENT Applies texture detail enhancement based on adaptive hori zontal, vertical, and diagonal large edge and small edge enhancement processes. • DETAIL THRESHOLD Selects a filter sensitivity to noise. A higher value may improve noisy sources especially for higher settings of detail. • DETAIL OVERSHOOT Minimizes ringing on the enhanced edges detail and texture effects. • SPLIT SCREEN Allows a snap shot of the main image to be pr esented on the right side of the screen to allow evaluation of advanced image pr ocessing features. All resizing controls are honoured on both images; however, image processing controls only happen on the left side image. Changing inputs, channels or test patterns will disable this control. NOTE: PIP and Tiling operation must be disabled prior to enabling this control. FIGURE 3-29 GAMMA CURVE
3-30J Series 1000W and 1200W User Manual020-100706-02 Rev. 1 (03-2014) Section 3: Operation NOISE REDUCTION SETTINGS - Submenu • NOISE REDUCTION Selects a filter sensitivity to noise. A higher value may improve noisy sources, but it will soften the image. • BLOCK ARTIFACT REDUCTION Locates and reduces block edges produ ced by discrete cosine transform (DCT) based compression processing. • MOSQUITO NOISE REDUCTION Reduces mosquito artifacts around sharp edges in DCT ba sed compression by dynamically adapting to image content. • SPLIT SCREEN Provides a snap shot of the main image to be presented on the right side of your screen to allow evaluation of advanced image processing feat ures. All resizing controls and input card features; such as color/tint etc, are honoured on both images. However; im age processing controls such as the detail-texture, noise reduction and adaptive contrast features, only occur to the left side image. Changing inputs, channels or test patterns will disable this control. NOTE: PIP operation must be disabled prior to enabling this control. • FULL SCREEN EYE-MOTION FILTER Select this control to apply the Eye- Motion Filter to the entire screen, rath er than applying just to the edge blending. • EYE-MOTION FILTER Allows you to adjust this filter to reduce saccadic eye-motion artifacts, so metimes noticeable in edge blending regions. Too much filtering may result in loss of detail. NOTE: For best results, adjust this setting while positioned at the nominal screen viewing distance. COLOR SETTINGS - Submenu • SELECT COLOR ADJUSTMENT Select the output color adjustment most suited to this input signal. The options include the following: Max Drives - All color adjustments are turned off allowing the projector to run at maximum brightness. Color Temperature - Allows you to specify a color temperatur e between 3200 and 9300 based on the setting of the color temperature slidebar. Expressed in degrees Kelvin [3200K, 5400K, etc.]. Lower numbers appear reddish white and higher numbers appear bluish. Standard settings are: 9300K, is close to the white of many computer monitors 6500K, is the standard for color video, in both standard and high definition forms 5400K, is a standard for graphics and black and white video 3200K, is useful if the projected image is to be filmed or shot as part of a studio set illuminated with incandescent lights For all color temperatures the color primaries; red, gree n, and blue are unchanged and reflect the native colors of the projector. SD Video and HD Video - Sets the output color to a specific standa rd value. Adjusts the colors; red, green, blue, and white. User# - Select 1 of 4 user defined sets of color adjustments; defined in the Configuration menu.