Vidikron Projector Vision Model 15 User Manual

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Source SelectChoose Source Select from the Main Menu to switch video sources. 
The active source is indicated by an arrow to its left; in this example, Video is the active 
source. To select a different source, use the 
 or  button to highlight it and press ENTER. 
Picture AdjustUse the controls in the Picture Adjust menu to calibrate your Vision 15 for optimum picture 
quality. To access the Picture Adjust menu, press MENU, highlight...

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Brightness: On your external test pattern source, select a PLUGE pattern. (PLUGE is an 
acronym for “Picture Line-Up Generation Equipment.”) 
Figure 4-2 shows a typical PLUGE 
pattern.
Figure 4-2. Typical PLUGE Pattern for Adjusting Brightness
PLUGE patterns vary but generally consist of some combination of black, white and gray 
areas against a black background. The example above includes two vertical bars and four 
shaded boxes.
Select...

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Color: On your external test pattern source, select a color bar pattern like the one shown in 
Figure 4-4. 
Figure 4-4. Typical Color Bar Pattern for Adjusting Color Saturation and Tint
Select Color from the Picture Adjust menu and press ENTER. While looking at the color bar 
pattern through a blue filter, adjust the color saturation level until the outermost (gray and 
blue) color bars appear to be a single shade of blue: 
Brightness...

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Tint: Tint or “hue” is essentially the ratio of red to green in the color portion of the image. 
When tint is decreased, the image appears redder; when it is increased the image appears 
greener. To set the tint, select Tint from the Adjustment menu and press ENTER. While 
looking at the color bar pattern through a blue filter, adjust the tint level until the cyan and 
magenta color bars (on either side of the green bar) appear to be a...

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Color Space: Select Color Space from the Picture Adjust menu to choose the color space of 
the source signal for HDMI, RGB and component connections.
 The default setting, Auto, functions as follows:
HDMI/DVI-D: If the Auxiliary Video Information (AVI) infoframe contains color space 
and/or range data, the Vision 15 uses that information. Otherwise, for RGB sources, the 
Vision 15 uses the RGB-Video color space. For component SDTV and...

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Aspect RatioTo change the aspect ratio (size and shape) of the projected image, select Aspect Ratio from 
the Main Menu and press ENTER. Select the appropriate aspect ratio for your screen size and 
the type of program material being viewed, then press ENTER; refer to Table 4-1. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aspect Ratio
➨16:9
4:3
Letterbox
IntelliWide
Cinema
IntelliWide 2.35
➤
Table 4-1. Aspect Ratio Settings 
Aspect 
Ratio 
Setting
Description...

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Letterbox
With a 16:9 source image, 
Letterbox mode crops the 
top and bottom portion of 
the image and vertically 
stretches the remaining 
portion to fill a 16:9 image 
area. 
 
 
It scales (zooms in on) a 
4:3 image linearly (by the 
same amount on all sides) 
to fill a 16:9 display. 
16:9
4:3
Intelli-
Wide
A 16:9 image is shrunk 
horizontally in the center 
and stretched horizontally 
in a NON-linear fashion 
(more on the sides)....

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Cinema
Select Cinema to view 
2.35 source material in its 
native aspect ratio.
With a 16:9 screen and a 
non-CineWide projector 
(no anamorphic lens), the 
upper and lower portions 
of the screen are masked, 
but the geometry of the 
active image area is 
unchanged.
With a 2.35:1 screen and a 
CineWide-equipped 
projector, the video 
processor scales the 2.35:1 
image so that the active 
image area fills the 16:9 
chip surface,...

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InstallationTo access the Installation adjustments, press MENU, then press the  or  button to 
highlight Installation and press ENTER. The Installation sub-menu appears. Press EXIT to 
return to the previous menu or press MENU to close all menus. 
Language: Select Language from the Installation menu and press ENTER. Then, use the  or 
 button to select from the available languages: English, French, Spanish, German and 
Italian....

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Figure 4-6. Keystone Correction
Positive values
compress top. Negative values
compress bottom.
- +
Vertical Keystone Correction
Positive values
compress right side. Negative values
compress left side.
- +
Horizontal Keystone Correction
Projector Projected Image