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Table of Contents
General Safety Summary . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ........ ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... ... iii
Environmental Considerations ........................................................................................................ v
Certifications and Compliances.................................................................................................. vi
Preface................................................................................................................................. ix
Key Features .....................................................................................................................ix
Instrument Options...............................................................................................................xi
Where to Find More Information................................................................................................ xii
Conventions Used in this Manual ....... . ........ ....... . . ....... ........ . ........ . ........ ....... . . ....... ........ . ........ . .. xii
Installation.............................................................................................................................. 1
Before Installation................................................................................................................ 1
Operating Considerations........................................................................................................ 2
Rackmount Installation........ ........ ....... ........ ....... ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... ....... ...3
Connecting a D isplay . . ...... . ...... . . ...... ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... ........ ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ... 6
Connecting Power and Powering On/Off.... . . ....... ......... ........ . ........ . ........ . ........ ....... . . ....... . . ....... ...... 7
Installing in a Video System ..................................................................................................... 8
Getting Acquainted With Your Instrument . . ...... . . ...... . ...... ........ ....... ...... . . ...... . ...... ........ ....... ...... . . ...... . .. 11
Instrument Display .............................................................................................................. 11
Front-Panel Controls ... . ...... ........ ...... . ...... ...... . . ...... ....... ...... . . ...... ...... . ...... ........ ...... . ...... ...... . . 14
Rear-Panel Controls ...... . ...... . . ...... ...... . ...... ....... . ...... . ...... ...... . . ...... ...... . ...... . . ...... ...... . ...... ..... 16
Operating Your Instrument ........................................................................................................... 23
Selecting a Measurement....................................................................................................... 23
Setting Measurement Parameters.............................................................................................. 24
Selecting A mong Inputs.... ........ . ...... . . ...... . ........ ....... ........ ....... . . ...... . ...... . . ....... ........ ....... ........ 26
Dual Link Input Monitoring ..... . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... ........ ....... ........ ....... ........ 26
Simultaneous Input Monitoring . . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ....... ........ ....... ........ ....... ..... 29
Measuring Audio/Video Delay ........ ....... ........ . ...... . . ...... . ........ ....... ........ . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ....... ..... 31
Setting Gain and/or Sweep ...... ........ . ........ ....... . . ....... . . ....... ........ . ........ ....... . . ....... . . ....... ........ . .. 32
Using Presets ................................................................................................................... 33
Measuring Wa
veforms with Cursors ........................................................................................... 33
Freezing the Display ............................................................................................................ 35
Setting Line Select Mode ....................................................................................................... 38
Configuring Your Instrument.................................................................................................... 39
Using Online Help............................................................................................................... 40
Checking Chroma/Luma Delay (Lightning Display) ................................................................................. 43
Checking Gamut...................................................................................................................... 45
Setup for Gamut Checks........................................................................................................ 46
Checking RGB Gamut .......................................................................................................... 47
Checking Composite Gamut.................................................................................................... 49
Checking Luma Gamut ......................................................................................................... 50
Automating Gamut Checks ..................................................................................................... 51
Adjusting Gamut Limits ......................................................................................................... 53
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