SWIT S-1273F User manual

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Model: S-1273F
27" Broadcast Studio LCD Monitor
User Manual
Ver: C
SWIT Electronics Co., Ltd.
Please read this User Manual
throughout before using.

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Preface
1. All internal technologies of this product are protected, including device, software and trademark.
Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited.
2. All brands and trademarks of SWIT Electronics Co., Ltd. are protected and other relative
trademarks in this user manual are the property of their respective owners.
3. Due to constant effort of product development, SWIT reserves the right to make changes and
improvements to the product described in this manual without prior notice.
4. The warranty period of this product is 2 years, and does not cover the following:
Physical damage to the surface of the products, including scratches, cracks or other⑴damage to
the LCD screen or other externally exposed parts;
The LCD dot defects are not over three;⑵
Any damage caused by using third⑶-party power adaptors;
Any damage or breakdown caused by use, maintenance or storage not according to the user⑷
manual;
The product is disassembled by anyone other than an authorized service center;⑸
Any damage or breakdown not caused by the product design, workmanship, or manufacturing⑹
quality, etc;
＊Any sales personnel have no rights to provide additional warranty.
5. For any suggestions and requirements on this product, please contact us through phone, fax,
Email, etc.
SWIT Electronics Co., Ltd.
Address: 10 Hengtong Road, Nanjing Economic and Technological Development Zone,
Nanjing 210038, P.R. China
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.swit.cc

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Maintenance
Warning
1. In order to reduce the risk of fire and electrical shock, do not lay this product in rain or damp
places.
2. Please keep away from the strong magnetic field; it may cause the noise of the video and audio
signals.
The power
1. Please use the power adapter provided or recommended by the manufacturer in order to avoid
damage.
2. For a third party power adapter, please make sure the voltage range, supplied power, and
polarity of power lead are fit.
3. Please disconnect the power cable under the following situations:
(A). If you do not operate this monitor for a period of time;
(B). If the power cable or power adaptor is damaged;
(C). If the monitor housing is broken.
The monitor
1. Please don't touch the screen with your fingers, which would probably deface the screen.
2. Please don't press the screen; the LCD is extremely exquisite and flimsy.
3. Please don't lay this product on unstable place.
Cleaning
1. Please clean the screen with dry and downy cloth or special LCD cleanser.
2. Please do not press hard when cleaning the screen.
3. Please do not use water or other chemical cleanser to clean the screen. The chemical may
damage the LCD.

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Contents
Preface .................................................................................................................................................2
Maintenace ...........................................................................................................................................3
Contents ...............................................................................................................................................4
Packing List ..........................................................................................................................................4
Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................4
Installation Dimensions.........................................................................................................................5
Operation Instructions...........................................................................................................................8
Front Panel........................................................................................................................................8
OSD ..................................................................................................................................................9
Rear Panel ...................................................................................................................................... 11
Main Menu..........................................................................................................................................12
Specification........................................................................................................................................20
Trouble-Shooting ................................................................................................................................21
Packing List
S-1273Foffers the standard package.
No. Parts name Standard
package
Remarks
1 Monitor X1
2 User manual X1
3 Warranty card X1
4 Battery plate (V-mount or Gold mount option) X1
5 Desktop Stand Feet X1
6 Power adaptor + power cable X1
Introduction
S-1273F adopts IPS LCD panel, with resolution 1920×1080 and wide viewing angle H178°⁄V178°.
It supports 2 x 3GSDI (Level A/B), 1 x HDMI, 1 x CVBS, 1 x Y/Pb/Pr, 1 x VGA and 1 x analog audio
input. It also supports 2 x 3GSDI, 1 x HDMI, 1 x CVBS and 1 x analog audio loop through output.
Features:
Support multiple Aspect Ratio and scan modes
Support multiple Marker selection (Marker, Safety Area)
Powerful audio and video analysis functions
Support multiple functions user-defined (Source ID, function keys, GPI)
Multiple power supply methods to meet different requirements
TSL UMD (RS485&RS232) ,Tally, GPI Control
USB firmware upgrade
Support 2K display
Support green energy saving mode
Support 3DLut calibration and Camera Log conversion

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Installation Dimension
The main body (in mm)
With desktop stand feet (in mm)
For optional purchase
Item Name Item Model
V-mount battery plate S-7000S
Gold-mount battery plate S-7000A
1. Battery plate
Installation
1. Take off the rub cover on the rear panel; see Fig (1).
2. Insert the DC cable of S-7000S/A into the hole, and
plug onto the power socket inside the hole; see Fig (2).
3. Fix the battery plate onto the rear panel by the supplied
screws;seeFig(3).
S-7000S S-7000A
Fig(1) Fig(2) Fig(3)

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Operation Instructions
·Front Panel
(1) Desktop Stand Feet
(2) Speaker: For SDI/HDMI embedded audio and analog audio monitoring. (Will not work if earphone
is plugged in)
(3) Illuminated Push Button
SDI1: Press “SDI1” to switch to SDI input 1
SDI2: Press “SDI2” to switch to SDI input 2
HDMI: Press “HDMI” to switch to HDMI input
ANALOG: Press “ANALOG” to select from CVBS, VGA, Y/ Pb / Pr signal
F1～F4: User definable function keys; please see details in “4.Function Key” under “Main Menu”.
WFM: Waveform shortcut key, press “WFM” to quickly turn on or turn off the waveform, and select
the type of the waveform.
DISPLAY: Press “DISPLAY” to turn on or turn off relevant status information, audio and video
waveform.
Press “DISPLAY” to release one key quit the menu when Menu is opened.
(4) Rotary Knob
MENU/ENTER: When the menu is inactivated, press “MENU/ENTE” to turn on the main menu
Revolve “MENU/ENTER” to adjust settings or parameters, and press to apply
When the menu is inactivated, revolve “MENU/ENTER” to adjust the sound volume
BRIGHT: 0-100 value adjustment and the default value is 50
CONTRAST: 0-100 value adjustment and the default value is 50
SATURATIO: 0-100 value adjustment and the default value is 50
POWER: Power on/off⑸
PHONE: 3.5mm earphone socket, for SDI/HDMI embedded audio and analog audio monitoring.⑹
⑺TALLY Light: Red, Green and Yellow 3-color TALLY indicator

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·OSD
Timecode⑴（SDI）
Under SDI input, it can display Timecode. If no Timecode information is detected, it will be
displayed as “TC UNLOCKED”.
User can set function keys F1～F4 or GPI pins as “Timecode” to turn on or off this function.
UMD⑵
Set up the UMD under “UMD” submenu.
⑶AFD (SDI)
User can set function keys F1～F4 or GPI pins as “AFD” to turn on or off this function. If no
relevant information is detected, it will be displayed as “AFD: UNLOCKED”.
Audio⑷Bar
Monitor the audio information. The relevant parameters like position, audio channels and blending,
etc. can be changed under “Audio Bar” submenu.
User can set function Keys F1～F4 or GPI pins as “Audio Bar” to turn on or off this function.
Histogram⑸
User can set function Keys F1～F4 or GPI pins as “Histogram” to turn on or off this function.
Vector⑹
The relevant parameters like Vector position, Vector color and Vector blending, etc. can be
changed under “Vector” submenu.
User can set function Keys F1～F4 or GPI pins as “Vector” to turn on or off this function.
Waveform⑺
Press “WFM” on the front panel to turn on/of this function. The relevant parameters like WFM
position, WFM color and WFM blending, etc. can be changed under “Waveform” submenu.

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Introduction of audio and video functions
16-ch embedded audio meters
Under 3G/HD/SD SDI, it displays 16 channels embedded audio meters. Under HDMI, it displays 8
channels embedded audio meters. The audio meter is green, and will turn yellow when audio
exceeds -20dB, and turn red when audio exceeds -9dB.
Audio alarm
If the embedded audio value is too low or no embedded audio, it will display “MUTE” or
“UNLOCKED” in the audio bar.
Timecode（SDI）
Under SDI input, it can display the SMPTE time code (VITC1, VITC2 or LTC) on the top of the
screen, which is used extensively for synchronization, and for logging and identifying material in
recorded media. If no Timecode information is detected, it will be displayed as “TC UNLOCKED”.
Waveform (Y, Cb, Cr, R, G, B)
Under SDI and HDMI input, totally 6 kinds of waveforms which are Y, CB, CR, R, G and B can be
selected so as to check the brightness and chroma distribution.
Vector
The displayed vector scope pattern is available under both SDI and HDMI, represents saturation
as distance from the center of the circle, and hue as the angle, in standard position, around it.
Histogram (R, G, B)
The histogram is a bar graph that shows the distribution of luminance values in the picture.
There’re R, G, B histograms that individually displayed simultaneously, available under both SDI
and HDMI.
Internal Color Bar
Under SDI and HDMI input, it has 100% internal color bar which helps analyze the monitor color
and adjust the display parameter.
User can set function Keys F1～F4 or GPI pins as “color bar” to turn on or off this function.
Peaking focus assist (red/blue switch)
The Peaking focus assist function is to mark the sharpest edges of the image with red or blue
color under SDI and HDMI input, for users to check if the subjects are focused.
User can set function Keys F1～F4 or GPI pins as “Focus Assist” to turn on or off this function.
Zebra stripes
Zebra Stripes are used to check if the image is over exposed or not by showing black and white
lines on the monitor. It is considered over exposed when luminance value exceeds 90%.
User can set function Keys F1～F4 or GPI pins as “Zebra” to turn on or off this function.
Freeze Frame

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The freeze frame is to capture and display the current broadcast frame.
User can set function Keys F1～F4 or GPI pins as “Freeze Frame” to turn on or off this function.
R/G/B/Mono
R/G/B/Mono is to display only the blue/red/green primary signal or the luminance signal only so as
to monitor the image noise.
User can set function Keys F1～F4 or GPI pins as “R/G/B/Mono” to turn on or off this function.
False Color
The false color is used to aid in the setting of camera exposure. Under false color mode, there’s a
color chart on the bottom of screen for reference. The color from the dark to the bright will be
displayed as blue, cyan, green, yellow, orange and red in a consecutive way. User can set
function Keys F1～F4 or GPI pins as “False color” to turn on or off this function.
AFD（SDI）
It is the abbreviation of active format description. AFD is to display the SDI embedded AFD
information graphically on the screen.
H/V Delay（SDI）
Under SDI input, H/V Delay can be used to display line/field blanking signal, and to observe the
horizontal and vertical synchronous signal.
UMD
When using external control unit, it can display the video source ID and tally information on the
screen.
Image Flip
Horizontal, vertical, horizontal and vertical two-way image flip function.

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·Rear Panel
⑴Handle
⑵DC IN 11V-17V BACK UP: Back up power input, connect with DC11V～17V 4-pin XLR power
adapter. (Pin 1: Negative, Pin 4: Positive)
⑶DC IN 11V-17V MAIN: Main power input, connect with DC11V～17V 4-pin XLR power adapter. (Pin
1: Negative, Pin 4: Positive)
⑷Reserved battery plate power socket: Take off the rub cover; connect V-mount or Gold mount
battery plate to the power socket.
⑸Power adaptor
⑹VESA Mount: Standard 10×10cm VESA desktop stand installation
⑺1U plastic bump: Protect the BNC sockets on the rear panel
⑻Socket1
RS-485 (IN, OUT): TSL UMD control port
GPI: GPI control port
Y/Pb/Pr: Y/Pb/Pr input
CVBS-IN: CVBS input (BNC connector)
CVBS-OUT: VBS output (BNC connector)
⑼Socket 2
RS-232C: TSL UMD control port
VGA-IN: VGA input
HDMI (IN, OUT): HDMI input/output (HDMI-A connector)
SDI-IN1: SDI input (BNC connector)
SDI-OUT1: SDI loop through output from SDI-IN1 (BNC connector)
SDI-IN2: SDI input (BNC connector)
SDI-OUT2: SDI loop through output from SDI-IN2 (BNC connector)
AUDIO-L: Left channel audio signal input (3.5mm RCA)
AUDIO-R: Right channel audio signal input (3.5mm RCA)
⑽USB socket

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Main Menu
S-1273F has OSD to adjust the parameters and settings, for example: Picture, color temp.,
function keys, etc.
1. Press “MENU/ENTER” button, the main menu will popup from the left top of the screen. The
selected main menu highlights in yellow.
2. Revolve “MENU/ENTER” to select submenu, the selected submenu highlights in yellow, press
“MENU/ENTER” to apply and enter into the selected submenu’s items.
3. Revolve “MENU/ENTER” to select the item which needed to adjust, press “MENU/ENTER”, the
selected item and its parameters will be highlighted in yellow.
4. Revolve “MENU/ENTER” to change the selected item’s parameter, press “MENU/ENTER” to apply
and save the settings.
5 Revolve “MENU/ENTER” to select “Exit”, press “MENU/ENTER” to quit submenu. Select “Exit &
Status” under the Main Menu and press to quit Main Menu.
Notice:
＊The items in gray can not be set up.
＊If there is no operation under the setted time, the menu will automatically save settings and quit.
＊If the key inhabit function is turned on, except key inhibit function, all other items are in grey. Please
turn off the key inhibit function to adjust the items.

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Submenu introduction（the default values are marked with underline ）
1. Exit & Status
Displays the current status, the details are as down below:
*1 Display the current video signal and format
*2 Display the current function keys setup
2. Picture
To adjust picture parameters
3. Color Temp
To select different color temperature or setup user-defined color parameters.
* Only “Color Temp” is set to “User”, the Red/Blue/Green Gain or Red/Blue/Green Bias can be
adjusted.

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4. Function key
To define the F1～F4 function keys.
*1 Function keys F1-F4 can be setted as the down below functions:
Audio Bar, Histogram, False Color, AFD, H/V Delay, R/G/B/Mono, Marker , Color Bar, UMD, Audio
Alarm, Focus Assist , Aspect Ratio, Scan Mode, Zoom Mode, Mute, Freeze Frame, Flip Mode, CVBS,
YPbPr , VGA ,Color Temp, Time Code, Zebra, Vector.
For example: Set F3 to “R/G/B/Mono” under “Function key” submenu. User can press F3 on the
front panel to adjust the parameters of “R/G/B/Mono”, and the “R/G/B/Mono” will change and follow the
sequence: Blue Only →Red Only →Green Only →Mono →Off.
5. GPI
User can set GPI pins to relevant functions to turn on or off this function.
*1 When “GPI control” is set to “On”, the monitor can be operated through external GPI control unit.
*2 The GPI pins can be setted to the down below functions:
Red Tally, Green Tally, Yellow Tally, Aspect Ratio, Scan Mode, Zoom Mode, Mute, Freeze Frame,
Flip Mode, Color Temp, Time code, Zebra, Vector, Audio Bar, Histogram, False Color, AFD, H/V Delay,
R/G/B/Mono, Marker , Color Bar, UMD, Audio Alarm, Focus Assist.
When connecting the GPI pin with ground, the setted function will be turned on, and goes out when
disconnecting.
Example 1: Under “GPI ” submenu, set “GPI control” to “On”, set “2 Pin” to “Red Tally”, when the
pin 2 of the extenal GPI control unit is connected with ground, the Tally light on the front panel will turn
red. When disconnected, the tally light will turn off.
Example 2: Under “GPI ” submenu, set “GPI control” to “On”, set “6 Pin” to “Scan Mode”, when the
pin 6 of the extenal GPI control unit is connected with ground, the Scan mode will change and follow
the sequence: “Normal” →”Overscan”→”Native” .

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6.UMD
Support “TSL UMD Protocol-V3.1/V4.0” provided by Television System LTD
Setup Source ID:
Select “Source ID”, revolve “MENU/ENTER” to select the letters and press “MENU/ENTER" to
input. Max 8 letters are supported. Select “Exit” to quit and save settings, the source ID will be
displayed on top or bottom of the screen.
UMD setup:
⑴Connect the external control equipment with S-1273F
⑵Set “Display Type” to “UMD” under UMD submenu
⑶Set “Serial Port” to RS485 or RS232 according to the port
type of external control equipment
⑷Make sure the “address”, “Baud Rate”, “Parity” the same
⑸Adjust the external control equipment and send UMD
command, the UMD information will be display as the right photo.
User can set the character and color of the UMD and the color
of Tally1 and Tally2.
RS485 pin sequence and definition:
RS232 pin sequence and definition:

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7. Marker
*1 When “Fit Marker” is Off, the size of safety area is benchmarked against the actual display screen,
accounting for 80% ~ 95% of actual display screen. When “Fit Marker” is On, the size of safety area is
benchmarked against the area inside the scales marker, accounting for 80% ~ 95% of the area inside
the scales marker.
Example:
Aspect ratio: 4:3 Aspect ratio: 4:3
SafetyArea:85% SafetyArea:85%
CenterMarker:On CenterMarker:Off
FitMarker:Off FitMarker:On

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8. Audio
*1 When “Bar Frame” is set to “Off”, only the audio meter will be displayed
When “Bar Frame” is set to “On”, frame and real-time audio value will be displayed.
*2 Select Channel
Under analog signal, only channel1-2 can be displayed.
Under HDMI signal, channel1-2 and 1-8 can be selected.
Under SDI signal, channel 1-2, 1-8 and 1-16 can be selected
*3 When “Audio Alarm” is set to “On”, if no embedded audio is detected, the audio bar will display
“UNLOCKED”. If the audio value is too low, the audio bar will display “MUTE”.
*4 Audio channels can be selected to output according to the requirements.
When the current “Select Channel” is set to “Channel1-2”, the left channel and right channel
output can be selected from Channel1 or channel2.
When the current “Select Channel” is set to “Channel1-8”, the left channel and right channel
output can be selected from Channel1 to channel8.
When the current “Select Channel” is set to “Channel1-16”, the left channel and right channel
output can be selected from Channel1 to channel16.
In audio bar, the left channel information will be in green, and the right channel information will be
in red.
Channel1-2 Channel1-8 Channel1-16

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9. Vector
10. Waveform
*1: Only the “WFM Single Line” is set to “ON”, the “WFM Line Count” can be adjusted.
“WFM Single Line” is to display the selected line waveform of “WFM Line Count”
WFMSingleLine：Off WFMSingleLine：On
11. Display

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12. System
*1 Source Scan
When set to “Yes”, after turn on the monitor, the signal will be inspected and follow the sequence
of “SDI1→SDI2→HDMI→YPbPr→VGA→CVBS”.
For example: if channel is selected to SDI2, SDI-IN2 has no input, and CVBS has input. When
turn on the monitor, after automatic inspection, SDI2 has no recognizable signal, and CVBS has
recognizable signal, then the input signal will be CVBS.
When set to “No”, update model will not be supported.
*2 Logo
When powered on, the screen will display SWIT logo.
*3 Green Mode
When no recognizable signal is detected and opreation time reaches the time selected in “Idle
Duration”, then the monitor will turn to green energy saving mode that is “Green mode”.
For example: Set the “Green Mode” to “Standby” and “Idle Duration” to “2Hours”, if no
recognizable signal is detected for 2 hours, the montor will turn to standby mode.
Under standby, Gray Backlight, Blacklight mode, press any button on the front panel, the monitor
will be back to normal operation status.
*4, *5 Update Driver/ Kernel
①Download latest firmware files to USB disk, switch on the monitor, and insert to the USB port
on rear panel of the monitor;
②Press “MENU/ENTER”, enter “Main Menu” - “System”, and select “Update Driver” or “Update
Kernel”;
③Set “Yes”, the monitor will upgrade automatically;
④During firmware upgrade, the screen will display progress percentage. Pless do not cur off
power during the upgrade;
⑤When succeed, the monitor will automatically re-start, and then upgrade will be finished.

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13. Color Measurement
*1 Camera Log conversion
When shooting with Log mode of the camera, you can select the corresponding Log conversion LUT,
to convert the log mode video to standard ITU Rec.709 mode to monitor. A”User-Log” is provided for
user defined LUT converting to Rec.709.
*2 Color Measurement enable
Before re-calibrate the monitor and start to measure the monitor display colors, please turn the “Color
Measurement“ on. And please turn the “Color Measurement” off when measurement finished and
return to normal monitoring. It will turn off automatically when new cubes are imported or monitor
restarted.
*3 Import re-calibrated cube or user log cubes
(1) Calibrate the monitor by color meters and 3DLUT calibrating software, select 17x17x17, 6500K,
Gamma 2.4 to calibrate, and get a corret cube file.(Konica Minolta CA-310 color meter and Spectracal
CalMAN software are recommanded for accurate calibration)
(2) Rename the re-calibrated cube as “3DLut.cube” (attention to the cap lettters), and copy into USB
stick root directory.
(3) Insert the USB stick onto monitor USB port on the rear panel, select “Import” - “3DLut.cube” - “YES”
to import the new cube.
(4) You can change all the default camera log LUTs , User logs, and 1DLut colors by USB importing
new cube file at the same file name.
*4 Reset to factory cubes
For any wrong cubes imported that caused wrong display colors, you can reset the cubes to factory
cubes here.
14.OSD
15. Key Inhibit
If the “Key Inhibit” is “On”, there is no response when all the buttons expert ” MENU/ENTER” are
pressed, the sreen will be displayed as ” Key Inhibit”.
User can set “Key Inhibit” under “key Inhibit” submenu to “Off” to recover the functions of all
buttons.

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Specification
LCD Performance
Size 27 inches
Display area 598 mm×336 mm
Resolution 1920×RGB×1080
Color 8 bit
Aspect ratio 16:9⁄4:3
Brightness 250cd⁄㎡
Contrast 1000:1
Viewing Angle 178°(H)⁄178°(V)
Input/output
Input
BNC×2 3G/HD/SD-SDI input×2
BNC×1 CVBS input
BNC×3 Y/Pb/Pr input
HDMI×1 HDMI input
RS-485×2 GPI×1, UMD×1
USB×1
VGA×1 VGA input
RS-232C×1 UMD
3.5mm RCA L/R audio input
Output
BNC×2 3G/HD/SD-SDI Loop output
BNC×1 CVBS Loop output
HDMI×1 HDMI Loop output
RS-485×1 UMD×1
3.5mm×1 SDI/HDMI embedded audio output, analog audio output
Video Format
CVBS NTSC／PAL
HDMI
480i／576i／480p／576p
1080i（60／59.94／50）
720p（60／59.94／50）
1080p（60／59.94／50／30／29.97／25／24／23.98）
1080psf（30／29.97／25／24／23.98）
SDI
SMPTE-425M-A/B 1080p（60／59.94／50）
SMPTE-274M 1080i（60／59.94／50）
1080p（30／29.97／25／24／23.98）
SMPTE-RP211 1080psf（30／29.97／25／24／23.98）
SMPTE-296M 720p（60／59.94／50）
SMPTE-125M 480i（59.94）
ITU-R BT.656 576i（50）
SMPTE-2048-2 2048×1080p（23.98／24／25／29.97／30／50／59.94／60）
2048×1080i（50／59.94／60）
VGA 640×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×768, 1280×960,
1280×1024
,
1600×1200
Y/Pb/Pr 480i、480p、576i、576p、720p50、720p60、1080i50、1080i60、1080p50、
1080
p
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General
Working voltage AC 100V～240V
DC / battery 11V-17V
Power consumption 36W
Working temperature 0℃～+40℃
Working humidity 10%～90%
Storage temperature ﹣15℃～﹢60℃
Storage humidity 10%～90%
Dimensions 646×445×87mm
Net weight (w/o stand) 8.8 Kg