HDTV UpConverter
Revised April 7, 2004
Firmware version 1.8
USER GUIDE
Addendum & User Notes
Since the user manual was written we have added several features and expanded
some capabilities that were not announced in the original product specifications.
Special Note: Turn off the Progressive Scan setting on your DVD player. When the
UpConverter detects an input as progressive, then most of the video processing is
automatically turned off. The HDTV UpConverter uses sophisticated Motion Adaptive
De-Interlacing, Noise reduction and sharpening filters, to take advantage of this video
processing you need to provide a standard 480i input. When you supply a progressive
input (480p) you rely only on the quality of noise reduction and de-interlacing that your
DVD player provides and you defeat most of the capabilities of the UpConverter.
Video Source Customization Enhancements
Set and Save color/brightness settings by input – You can now change the
brightness, contrast, saturation, etc. settings by input. Select the input and use the on
screen menu to change the settings. Move to the next input and set color and
brightness for that input. All settings are automatically saved. The sharpness setting is
not sticky (is not saved). Every time you move from one input to another the system
analyzes the video source and attempts to automatically optimize the sharpness setting.
You can over ride this, but the setting will not be saved.
Naming Video Inputs – You can name your video input sources. From the on-screen
Video Input menu you can select the input source and choose from a list of names;
None, Cable Box, Camcorder, DVD, Game, Laserdisc, Satellite, VCR or Video. The
name will be displayed along with the source number, for example input 1 might be
DVD, it will be displayed as DVD1, Input 3 might be Satellite and will be displayed as
Satellite3.
Video Input Auto-Detect – The UpConverter can detect which inputs you have video
signals connected. You can scan through the video inputs and then when you use the
Input button on the remote you will skip to only those inputs that are active or have a
video source plugged in.
Have video playing on all of your connected devices when choosing Video input auto-
detect.
1.) Select Video Input Menu
2.) Select Auto-detect and choose SCAN
3.) Close on-screen menu by pressing Menu button twice
4.) Press the INPUT button on the remote to begin scanning video inputs
Video Input Menu – Black Level and Picture Level controls
We have added Red, Blue and Green settings for both Black Level and Picture
(contrast) for the Component video inputs. This sets the levels of the incoming
component video signal before any video processing occurs. This will give you greater
control of color and image quality from the component input source. The brightness,
color, saturation, etc. controls on Main and PiP menus are for output settings from the
video processor.
Each Component video input is factory tested and adjusted for picture and color settings.
These settings are marked on a tag on the bottom of the UpConverter.
Note:
We have seen some instances of video blanking on and off. This may be caused
by an unstable signal from a DVD player – You can increase the Green (Y)
Picture Level
to a point where the video is properly synchronized and stable.
TV Tuner Feature Enhancements
TV Auto Scan – In the TV Channel Setup menu you can select SCAN to auto scan
available TV channels.
1.) Select TV Channel Setup Menu
2.) Select AUTO-Tune and choose SCAN
3.) Close on-screen menu by pressing Menu button twice
4.) Press the TV button on the remote to begin channel scanning.
IRC/HRC Cable TV tuning – There is also support for cable TV standards such as IRC
and HRC cable TV tuning methods. In the TV Channel setup menu there are now the
following choices – broadcast (over the air), standard CATV, IRC CATV and HRC CATV.
Video Output Enhancements
Additional Output Resolutions – we have published that the HDTV UpConverter will
support 480i, 480p, 720p and 1080i, however we have added the following resolutions to
accommodate the native resolutions of several fixed pixel display devices such as
Plasma and LCD flat panels and video projectors:
Additional supported resolutions are: 852 x 480p, 1024 x 768p, 1280 x 768p, 1336 x
768p and 1920 X 540p.
You can choose these additional resolutions from the on screen menu for Video Output
settings.
Resolution Recovery - It is possible for you to select an output resolution that is not
compatible with your display. If your TV display becomes garbled or blanked out
because an incompatible resolution was selected from the Video Output menu, simply
press one of the resolution buttons on the remote (480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i) to choose a
resolution compatible with your TV display and the new resolution will be selected.
Down Conversion – We have published the features of this product as an HDTV
UpConverter but in fact the device can function as a Down Converter as well as an
UpConverter. This means that if you are receiving a 1080i HD signal from your HDTV
tuner or receiver, you can down convert to 720p or to a native resolution (see above)
that matches the fixed pixel resolution of your display device.
High Definition Input – We have published the capability to accepting standard
definition input and upconverting the video signal to HDTV resolutions. We are happy
to advise that the HDTV UpConverter can accept HDTV signals from terrestrial set top
box tuners, HD satellite receivers and HDTV Digital Cable boxes through any of the
three (3) Component video inputs. The UpConverter can receive signals at 480i, 480p,
720p or 1080i.
Support for 1080i pass-thru - if a 1080i signal is detected, the signal can be passed
through at the full 1080i resolution. You can also down-convert the 1080i signal to 720p
or 480p resolutions. Keep in mind that this is pas-thru – we don’t do anything to the
1080i signal.
Trouble Shooting Notes:
1.) On the Brightness/Color – Main Video menu why can’t I change the Vertical
Sharpness?
a. We have set the type of Motion Adaptive De-interlacing (MADI) to SPATIAL
in the Video Output settings menu as the default setting because we fell
this presents the best image quality. If you change the MADI setting to
Vertical Temporal (VT), you will notice that now you can change the Vertical
Sharpness setting in the Brightness/Color – Main menu
2.) I connected my Progressive DVD player and now I cannot select MADI settings or
Noise reduction filters. (see special note above).
a. This is because your input signal is already a progressive signal and de-
interlacing cannot be performed.
b. This function will also apply to 480p or 720p input from an HD cable,
satellite or terrestrial signal.
3.) I have made lots of changes but I’d like to reset back to factory defaults. How can I
do this?
a. Unplug the UpConverter power Cable.
b. Re-attach the power cable.
c. Press and hold down the Channel Up Button on the front panel of the
UpConverter.
d. While holding down the Channel Up Button, Press the Power button. The
unit will power up and you will notice the following message in the display
area: “RESET ADS TECH Factory Defaults”.
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