Lumagen Vision Pro Instructions for use

Video Processor
Vision Pro
User Manual
and Installer Guide

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electronics, we suggest you hire a professional home-theater specialist to do installation and
configuration of this product. We recommend that you choose a professional who has been
certified by the Imaging Science Foundation™ (ISF).
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, Canadian ICES-003, and CISPR 22. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates,
uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to
radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
-Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that which the receiver is connected.
-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Unauthorized modifications to this equipment may void Lumagen’s limited warranty and the user’s
authority to operate this equipment.
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Do not defeat the safety features of the power supply or power cord, such as, but not limited
to, removing the ground pin connection.
Do not open, insert objects into, or spill liquid into, this equipment.
Do not block the cooling vents.
Do not program an output resolution that exceeds the maximum specified refresh rate of
the attached television, or projector.
Improperly set gray-bar intensity may accelerate screen burn-in. Consult a home-theater
specialist for help setting gray-bar intensity.

Vision Pro™User Manual and Installer Guide
Table of Contents
Introduction ...................................................................................................................1
Features .........................................................................................................................1
Overview of the VisionPro™Video Processor...............................................................2
User Guide .....................................................................................................................4
Remote Control.........................................................................................................4
User Commands........................................................................................................5
Power......................................................................................................................5
Input Selection ........................................................................................................5
Configuration Memory Selection.............................................................................5
Input Aspect Ratio Selection ...................................................................................5
Image Zoom............................................................................................................5
On Screen Display...................................................................................................5
Installer Guide ...............................................................................................................6
Installation.................................................................................................................6
Front Panel................................................................................................................6
Rear Panel .................................................................................................................7
Rack Mounting..........................................................................................................9
Basic Setup −Step By Step......................................................................................10
Hints For Optimal Picture Quality.........................................................................13
Command Format...................................................................................................14
Installation Commands...........................................................................................15
Display Setup........................................................................................................15
Input Configuration...............................................................................................18
Miscellaneous Commands.....................................................................................20
Saving the Configuration.......................................................................................23
Serial Interface........................................................................................................24
Selecting the Output Resolution .............................................................................25
Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................26
Specifications...............................................................................................................27

Vision Pro™User Manual and Installer Guide
© 2003 Lumagen, Inc. 1Rev 1.13
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the Lumagen VisionPro™Video Processor. It has been
designed to offer great video processing quality, while providing the best available value.
We hope you find that the VisionPro Video Processor exceeds your expectations.
The two main sections of this manual are the User Guideand the Installer Guide. As
their names imply, the User Guide provides instructions on day-to-day usage, and the
Installer Guide provides initial setup information.
To simplify references to video projectors, direct-view televisions and rear-projection
televisions, they are all referred to as a “display” in this manual.
It is important to read and understand this manual, and the display’s specifications, before
programming the VisionPro Video Processor. Also, check the www.lumagen.com
website for possible updates.
Features
The Lumagen VisionPro™ Video Processor provides a cornerstone for the ultimate
home theater experience. It is designed to adapt to your home theater needs, rather than
having the designed-in limitations commonly found in today’s video processors.
Some notable features are listed below.
•Eight programmable inputs
•All inputs can be programmed as composite or SVideo. Four inputs can also be
programmed as component. Two inputs can also be programmed as pass-through
•Studio quality TV decoder with 10-bit A/D converters
•Adaptive comb-filter reduces cross-luma and cross-chroma artifacts
•3:2 and 2:2 film pull-down frame-reconstruction
•Per-pixel motion-adaptive video deinterlacing
•Black-level, contrast, color, hue and Y/C delay calibration
•Two independent input/output configuration memories for each input
•Automatic selection of configuration memory based on input type.
•Detail enhancing scaler
•Programmable output resolution from 480p to 1080p, in scanline increments, plus
1080i
•Programmable output color format and synchronization type
•Programmable vertical refresh rate
•Programmable screen aspect ratio
•Over-sampled 10-bit digital-to-analog converters for the video output
•Pass-through sync-polarity processing for displays that require a specific sync polarity
•High-quality video input adaptor cables are provided
•Back-light infrared remote control with on-screen menu system
•RS232 serial interface
•Silent operation (no fan)

Vision Pro™User Manual and Installer Guide
© 2003 Lumagen, Inc. 2Rev 1.13
Overview of the VisionPro™Video Processor
The primary functions of the VisionPro are to act as a video switch, convert the selected
interlaced video input to progressive video and then scale the video resolution to match
the optimal resolution for the display. Converting interlaced video to progressive video is
referred to as “deinterlacing.” It is also sometimes called “line-doubling,” but this term is
misleading, so the term deinterlacing is preferred.
Interlaced video has been in use for more than 50 years and is still the most common
video format. It displays half of the lines of picture information each sixtieth (or fiftieth)
of a second. Each half of the image is called a field and displays either all the even lines,
or all the odd lines. So, an entire image, called a frame, takes a thirtieth (or twenty-fifth)
of a second to display on the screen. An “i” suffix on the resolution specification is used
to indicate interlaced formats.
In contrast, progressive video presents each frame as a whole, dramatically improving
image quality. A “p” suffix on the resolution specification is used to indicate progressive
formats.
The VisionPro is comprised of four major functional sections:
•Input selection, conversion to digital, and video decoding
•Deinterlacing
•Filtering and scaling
•Conversion of the digital video to analog video
These functional blocks are shown below.
VisionPro Functional Block Diagram
RGB/
YPRPB
Input 1
Input 2
Input 3
Input 4
Input 5
Input 6
Input 7
Input 8
Deinterlace
Filtering
and Scaling
Input
A/D
and TV
Decoder
Digital-to-
Analog
Conversion
Pass-
through