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OWNER'S OPERATING MANUAL
TM
IRTUAL
V HIGH DEFINITION
VHD-4403 ULTRA
Virtual High Definition Processor With Aspect Ratio Control
PRELIMINARY
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OWNER'S OPERATING MANUAL TM IRTUAL V HIGH DEFINITION VHD-4403 ULTRA Virtual High Definition Processor With Aspect Ratio Control PRELIMINARY
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The software installed in the VHD-4403 ULTRA is protected by copyright laws and International copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties. IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY: This Runco License Agreement is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and Runco International for the Runco software product installed within the VHD-4403 ULTRA. By using the VHD-4403 ULTRA, you agree to be bound by the terms of this License Agreement. If you do n
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CONTENTS Warnings and Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Front and rear panel description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Front Panel Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Rear Panel Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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Warnings and Safety Precautions CAUTION: To turn off main power, be sure to remove the plug from power outlet. The power outlet socket should be installed as near to the equipment as possible, and should be easily accessible. REMARQUE: Pour mettre l’appareil hors circut, s’assurer de retirer la fiche de la prise d’alimenta- tion. La prise d’alimentation doit être installé aussi proche que possible de l’appareil et doit être facile d’ accès. WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARDS, DO NOT EXPOSE
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WARNINGS AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WARNING: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide rea- sonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio fre- quency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the installation manual, may cause harmful interfer
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INTRODUCTION General Description Congratulations on your purchase of the VHD-4403 ULTRA! This processor is designed to work with either a CRT projector or a fixed-pixel device (DLP, Plasma, etc.), and will provide full aspect ratio con- trol as well as greatly enhanced picture quality. For example, DLP projectors were not initially designed to be used on wide aspect-ratio screens (16:9 or 1.85:1). The VHD-4403 ULTRA, however, expands the use of the DLP projector to be able to accommodate Letterb
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u n FRONT AND REAR PANEL DESCRIPTIONS Front Panel 2 1 4403 ULTRA RUNCO MULTIFILM 345 6 7 8 9 1. IR RECEIVER Receives the IR commands from the remote control. 2. MENU BUTTON The MENU button brings up the main adjustment menu. After making adjustments, the MENU button will bring you back to the sub-menu, then the main menu. The Menu will then either time-out after approximately 10 sec- onds, or pressing the MENU button will remove the menu immediately. 3. LCD DISPLAY Indicates the function or act
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FRONT AND REAR PANEL DESCRIPTIONS Rear Panel 1 RUNCO 12v Fuse S-VIDEO RS-232 IN VH B G R Pass-through RS-232 OUT COMPOSITE Y Pr Pb Mask Screen 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1. 12v Fuse This fuse protects the 12v outputs from the MASK and SCREEN jacks. (Screen Fuse: 5mm x 25mm, AGC, 1A, 250v, Fast Blow) 2. Mask This is a 12V output that is used to trigger masking on screens that have that capability (For use on motorized screens only). 3. Screen This is a 12V output that is used to trigger the scr
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FRONT AND REAR PANEL DESCRIPTIONS 10. Phone Jack The output of this jack must be connected to the PC Control input of the Projector. This communication will allow the controller and projector to be turned on simultaneously by turning on just the VHD-4403 ULTRA. 11. Power Input Plug in main power here. 12. 115 VAC Fuse This is the main AC input fuse. (Main Fuse: 5mm x 20 mm, 500mA, 250v, Slow Blow) 13. Main Power Switch Disconnects or applies main power to the processor. 9
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T I U N P P FRONT AND REAR PANEL DESCRIPTIONS Remote Control Description A B A. LED Lights when a button is pressed indicating IR output. B. POWER BUTTON Turns the unit on. The MAIN POWER switch on the rear of the unit must PWR C be on first for this button to be active. G C. UP BUTTON When no menu is present on-screen, this button will toggle you through D F M the different aspect ratios. When the menu is on-screen, the up button will move the cursor up within I H a menu. D. LEFT BUTTON E When
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Quick Set-up Guide Connection Examples RUNCO 12v Fuse S-VIDEO RS-232 IN VH B G R Pass-through RS-232 OUT Y Pr Pb COMPOSITE Mask Screen Projector RUNCO VCR, Laser DVD Player Projector disc player, camcorders Phast or Crestron Computer or Sattelite DTV decoder receiver or SVHS player While there are many different ways to connect your source equipment to your VHD-4403 ULTRA, the examples shown above are the most common and are recommended by Runco. • COMPOSITE VIDEO INPUT: Composite video is the
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QUICK SET-UP GUIDE Getting Started To get started using your VHD-4403 ULTRA and projector, follow these simple steps: 1. Ensure all sources that you are using are properly connected to the VHD-4403 ULTRA. This is something your Runco dealer has probably already done for you; if not, please refer to the ‘Connection Examples’ and the owners manuals of each appropriate source as necessary. 2. Turn on all sources. If a A/V receiver or a RUNCO OVSS-8 is being used to switch the video, ensue that is
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QUICK SET-UP GUIDE Overall Functional Description The VHD-4403 ULTRA’s purpose is twofold. First, it provides aspect ratio control and can do so on either a WIDESCREEN or a standard 4:3 screen. Second, it pro- vides a clean, progressive signal to the projector. The processing the VHD-4403 ULTRA uses is called SCALING. Scaling is simply a way of taking a signal, ‘digitizing’ it, then converting it to any of a number of resolu- tions. It is by manipulating the algorithms of the scaling process th
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MENU DESCRIPTION AND NAVIGATION Main Menu MAIN MENU > COMPOSITE ADJUST S-VIDEO Source selection and COMPONENT picture quality adjustments PASS THROUGH ASPECT RATIO DISPLAY CONTROL Aspect ratio selection Sets parameters for the projector (Not Used In This Version) The main menu (shown above) includes two sections: Source Selection/ Picture quality adjustments and Functional adjustments. Pressing MENU on the front panel or on the remote control will bring up the main menu. In the menu shown
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MENU DESCRIPTION AND NAVIGATION Aspect Ratio allows selection of one of the three aspect ratios provided by the processor. You have two options for selecting an aspect ratio: First, highlight ASPECT RATIO on the main menu, then press ENTER. Then select the desired aspect ratio, and again press ENTER. The second option is to simply press the UP or DOWN arrows on the remote or front panel. Doing this will toggle you through the three choices- Anamorphic (16:9), Letterbox and Standard (4:3). For mo
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MENU DESCRIPTION AND NAVIGATION After pressing ENTER, the picture quality menu will appear (the menu to the right of the main menu above). To adjust a certain function, highlight it with the or DOWN buttons, and press ENTER. The following will then appear on-screen (we’ll use COLOR as an example): COMPOSITE COLOR: 0 AGC ENABLED To Change the value of the function (Color in this case), simply press the UP button to increase the value, and the DOWN button to decrease the value. For COLOR and CO
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MENU DESCRIPTION AND NAVIGATION • SHARPNESS This controls the ‘high-frequency’ detail of the image. The more sharpness is increased, the more detail is added into the picture. However, if it is increased too much, it will also increase ‘noise’ in the picture as well as other types of artifacts. This may be set to personal preference; midrange is factory-preset. • LUMA ENHANCE This is similar to the sharpness control, but it does not boost the frequencies all over the picture. Instead, this is mo
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ASPECT RATIOS First, the Basics An ‘aspect ratio’ is simply the ratio of the width vs. the height of the screen. For example, the current aspect ratio standard is 4:3 (or 1.33:1), where the image is 4 units wide and 3 units tall. 3 units tall 4 units wide All of our ‘regular’ televisions are this aspect ratio. You have probably noticed that occasionally you’ll watch a movie that does not fill the screen vertically. This is because the movie was filmed in WIDESCREEN (letterbox), and the result is
