SPROLINK VC1 User manual

SEAMLESS PROFESSIONAL
SCALER AND SWITCHER
USER MANUAL
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VC1

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1. Product Features
zSupports Seamless Switching Between All the Signals
zSupports Customized Resolution Within 2.5 Million Pixels
zPIP Combination of Any Two Signals
zSupports EDID Management, to Realize Pixel to Pixel
zMultiple Units Could Be Cascaded
zWith Built-in Slot for 2 Sending Cards
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2. Product Introduction

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3. Hardware Overview
3.1 Front Panel
OLED display panel
Knob
2Use for menu selection͵
rotating knob to find the option, and press the knob to confirm.
Buttons
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SAVE button͵
To save the parameters after setting, by using “LOAD” to load the
saved data.
Press SAVE, the buttons “SCALE…..BLACK” are representing saving
modes of 1\2\3\4\5\6\7\8\9\0 separately, press any button to save
the current parameters to the specified saving mode.
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SCALE Button͵
To adjust the size and position of the picture, input numbers by
the ”1-0” buttons under M1-DVI 4, or using the knob to adjust the
number.
5SPILT Button͵
To make multiple units cascaded, and setting split parameters.
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PIP Button͵
Turn on two signals displaying and adjust pictures layout between
1Display the current working status and menu for buttons control.

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3.2 Back Panel
Input connectors
1HDMI 1.3͵
Supports 2560*816@60 and 2k input
2CVBS͵
Supports input of 576i and 480i
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Supports 2k input, this could be set as VGA or Ypbpr input in the
advanced menu.
4DVI͵
Supports 2k input and user defined EDID
5SDI + SDI Loop͵
Optional module, support 3G SDI\HD SDI\SD SDI
Output connectors
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DVI LOOP͵
Output the original DVI signal to another device, usually used in
cascading to another device
7DVI 1 output͵
Output to the monitor or sending card display screen.
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DVI 2 output͵
Output to the monitor or sending card display screen, the same
picture as DVI 1
9Card slot͵Built-in card slot for 2 sending cards(small)
Switching and power supply
10 IEC-Power connector͵
AC 85-264V50/60HZmaximum power 45W
11 Power switch

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4.2 Output Format
VC1 default output resolution is 1920*1080@60, push SCALE button to
resize display when the screen is smaller than 1920*1080, set the output
resolution as below͹
1. Press MENU button to find the resolution and press knob to confirm.
-> OUTPUT FORMAT >>
SCREEN PARAMETERS >>
PIP >>
SPLIT >>
2. Turning the knob to find the correct resolution, or choose
“Customized Resolution”, press knob to Confirm.

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2. Choose the layout-“centered”.
3. Select AB layers to adjust, A represents the bigger picture in
background, and Brepresents the smaller one in foreground.
(As long as PIP is available, SPILT button could also be used to
select layer A or layer B) .
4. Start with layer A, firstly press DVI button to switch source signal into
DVI button.
5. Set picture size of layer A͹press Scale button to set the layer A size
into 1920*736, layer A size was setting successfully.

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6. Press SPILT button to choose layer B, use HDMI signal as the source for
the smaller picture.
7. Resize layer B͹press Scale button to set size and position of layer B.
8. Press SAVE button to save all above parameters into the saving mode,
it could be easily used by press “LOAD button” in the future applications.
4.5 Cascading Split Setting
There is a screen 3328*960, the 1792*960 resolution on the left, the
1536*960 resolution on the right. Adjust the picture to full fill the screen,

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2 sending cards and two units of VC1 use here.
Setting as below
Apply DVI signal input for the first unit of VC1, the same signal was given
to the second processor by DVI LOOP out. For the first VC1 with DVI 1
output to the sending card 1 for the left screen, the second VC1 with DVI
1 output to the sending card for the right screen.
Parameters setting of the first VC1
1. Press SPILT button to enable control.
2. Set height and width of the whole screen 3328*960.

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2. Set the current screen width and height 1536*960.
3. Save all above settings into saving mode 1 as well.
All the settings were finished, tiny adjustments could be done if there is
any problem.
4.6 EDID Management
PC output resolution is 1920*1080, EDID Management can custom the
input resolution to make pixel by pixel display in screen. Here we apply
EDID on 1536x1536 screen.
1. Press MENU button enter into EDID Management.
2. Press knob to enter EDID editing, choose DVI.

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3. Find EDID source, choose user-defined
4. Press the knob to confirm, setting the resolution as 1536x1536.
5. EDID modification finished, some PC need to be plugged in and out to
enable it.
4.7 Advanced Settings
4.7.1 Input
Enlarge͹crop the picture, cut off unnecessary part of the picture,
enlarge picture in the following methods.
VGA adjustment͹adjust VGA input offset.

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ADC adjustment͹adjust offset of signals like CVBS etc.
4.7.2 Output
Output signal selection͹change output signal in DVI or HDMI format Bit
depth͹adjust output bit depth.
Color range͹adjust into image or video, when” black screen function
“is not working, you should firstly check the color rang here.
DE adjustment͹Used to adjust the output offset.
4.7.3 Special-effect transitions (double-click MENU)
Deinterlacing͹all interlace lines would be removed after deinterlacing
enabled Image. Enhancement͹this function is valid for main source

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signal by default, screen would be black for a few seconds when
switching into the other signal.
Switching mode͹Multiple switching modes like pull - curtain switching
and fade in fade out, straight cut, etc.͹Multiple curtain switch and fade
in and fade out, straight cut and so on.
Switching Time͹switching time could be set between 0~3 seconds.
Image quality adjustment͹Brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness etc.,
all could be adjusted according to your request.
Hot backup͹hot backup for input.
After enable hot backup, set the first group as backup signal.
Input would be automatically switch to the second group when first
signals disappeared. Input would be automatically switch to the third
group when losing the second signals.

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Customized buttons͹Black button could be customized.
Factory reset͹Settings and options will be restored to factory state.
Language͹This device supports Chinese and English.