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MV-160HS
Multi Viewer
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  • Page 1 OPERATION MANUAL MV-160HS Multi Viewer Edition...
  • Page 3 Precautions Important Safety Warnings [Power] Operate unit only on the specified supply voltage. Caution Disconnect power cord by connector only. Do not pull on cable portion. Do not place or drop heavy or sharp-edged objects on power cord. A damaged cord can cause fire or electrical shock hazards.
  • Page 4 [Circuitry Access] Do not remove covers, panels, casing, or access circuitry with power applied to the unit! Turn power off and disconnect power cord prior to removal. Internal servicing / adjustment of unit should only be performed by qualified personnel. Do not touch any parts / circuitry with a high heat factor.
  • Page 5 Upon Receipt Unpacking The MV-160HS units and their accessories are fully inspected and adjusted prior to shipment. Operation can be performed immediately upon completing all required connections and operational settings. Check your received items against the packing lists below. ITEM...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1. Prior to Starting ...........................1 1-1. Welcome ..........................1 1-2. About the MV-160HS ......................1 1-3. About This Manual ......................2 2. Panel Descriptions ........................3 2-1. Front Panel .........................3 2-2. Rear Panel..........................4 3. Split Screen Patterns and Window Layout ..................5 3-1.
  • Page 8 7. External Control........................25 7-1. Tally Input (TALLY IN) ....................... 25 7-2. Remote Control (REMOTE) ..................... 27 7-3. Control via RS-232C ......................29 8. System Block Diagram ......................30 9. Optional Functions ........................31 9-1. MV-160OUT (DVI/VGA Output) ..................31 9-2.

  • Page 9: Prior To Starting

    FOR-A provides a wide range of products, from basic support units to complex system controllers, which have been increasingly joined by products for computer video based systems. Whatever your needs, talk to your FOR-A representative. We will do our best to be of continuing service to you.

  • Page 10: About This Manual

    1-3. About This Manual This manual is intended to help the user easily operate the MV-160HS and make full use of its functions during operations. Before connecting or operating your unit, read this operation manual thoroughly to ensure you understand the product. After reading, it is important to keep this manual in a safe place and available for reference.

  • Page 11: Panel Descriptions

    2. Panel Descriptions 2-1. Front Panel （7） （4） WINDOW MENU *LOCK/ MV-160H S CLEAR OPERATE M ULTI VIEW ER SPLIT USER MENU WINDOW STEP ENTER NUMBER GROUP SYSTEM POWER 1 POWER 2 （2） PO W E R 1 PO W E R 2 FAN ALAR M O FF O FF...

  • Page 12: Rear Panel

    2-2. Rear Panel RATING LABEL HD/SD IN AC100-240V 50/60Hz IN VGA OUT DVI OUT HD/SD OUT FULL/QUAD TALLY IN RS-232C RS-485 REMOTE REF IN (10) Name Description Reference Used to input HD/SD SDI signal. Simultaneous HD/SD IN input of multi HD/SD formats is not supported. (INPUT1-16) Input signals should be synced with the reference signal input to REF IN connector.

  • Page 13: Split Screen Patterns And Window Layout

    12+ GRP4 split Split Screen Patterns and Windows The preset split screen patterns of MV-160HS are consist of windows and groups. The numbers in each window in the figures above are window numbers, and the GRP1, 2, 3 and 4 indicate groups. Each group can be set to full or quad display. Changing group display can add more variations of split screens.

  • Page 14: Group Output

    3-2. Group Output FULL/QUAD OUTPUT 1 to 4 are connecters for GROUP outputs. Each group connector, group 1 (GRP1), group 2 (GRP2), group 3 (GRP3) and group 4 (GRP4), outputs corresponding 4 windows in full or quad screen mode. The display mode can be set for respective groups. See section 4-8.

  • Page 15: Window Display Layout

    3-3. Window Display Layout Title, Sign marker (tally display), Frame marker and Audio level meter can be added to windows respectively. Border can be also added to the windows of preset 6 patterns that can be selected by buttons on the front panel. The example below is 16 split screen.

  • Page 16: Operating Procedure

    4. Operating Procedure 4-1. Operation at Startup Assure all the necessary connections, and turn ON the power switches on the front panel. After the power is turned ON, operation resumes from the last screen when it was turned OFF. If menu is displayed when the unit was turned OFF, operation resumes from the screen previous to the menu display.

  • Page 17: Displaying Split Screen

    4-3. Displaying Split Screen 1) Press the corresponding SPLIT control button to display desired split screen. When a SPLIT button is pressed, the output screen changes the screen display to the selected split screen. WINDOW MENU *LOCK/ MV-160H S CLEAR OPERATE MULTI VIEW ER SPLIT...

  • Page 18: Assigning Input Video To Window

    4-4. Assigning Input Video to Window The following is the procedure to assign an input video to a window. This example is the procedure to assign INPUT 5 to WINDOW 3 in 16 split screen mode. 1) Press the 16 split screen button among SPLIT buttons. 2) Press WINDOW button 3 .

  • Page 19: Setting Window Display

    4-5. Setting Window Display This section explains how to set window display with examples. Firstly, let's set a title "CAMERA1" for window 1. Then add a frame marker and an audio level meter. Lastly, set a title for window 2 the same as window 1 and change the title for window 2 to "CAMERA2".
  • Page 20 5) Move the cursor to the box below COLOR by using ↑ → ↓ buttons. Select RED1 by using ← → buttons. 6) Select a value for SIZE from 3 options. 7) The position can be adjusted in the menu item POS-X and POS-Y. [WINDOW menu (No.1)] INPUT TITLE...

  • Page 21: Adding Frame Marker

    4-5-2. Adding Frame Marker The followings are the procedure to set a green frame marker on window 1. 1) Press WINDOW button 1 to enter WINDOW menu. 2) Press → button and move the cursor to FRAME. The following menu will be displayed. 3) Press ↓...

  • Page 22: Using Copy Function

    4-5-4. Using Copy Function Let's add the TITLE "CAMERA2" and frame marker on WINDOW 2 by copying settings from WINDOW 1 to simplify the procedure. 1) Press WINDOW button 1 to enter WINDOW menu. 2) Move the cursor to COPY by using → button. 3) Press ↓...

  • Page 23: Tally Settings

    4-6. Tally Settings WINDOW title, sign marker and frame marker display can be linked with Tally signal. Three colors, RED, GREEN and UMBER are available. The necessary settings for the Tally displays are as follows. For the Tally signal input, see section 7-1. "Tally Input (TALLY IN)". Tally Relay Title Display 1) Press the corresponding WINDOW button to set tally display and enter the WINDOW menu.

  • Page 24: Using User Pattern Function

    4-7. Using User Pattern Function User pattern function enables to store the settings for the split screen, and recall the settings. There are two user memories, USER1 and USER2, available. When the new data is stored, it will overwrite the previous memory. [USER menu] USER2 USER1...

  • Page 25: Group Window Full/Quad Display Settings

    4-8-2. GROUP Window Full/Quad Display Settings GROUP-SPLIT menu can offer more variety of split screen patterns other than preset patterns. Let's take an example to explain how to change the display layout for GRP2 from FULL window to QUAD window. In this example, the output screen is set to QUAD screen. GRP2 No.3 No.4 GRP1...

  • Page 26: Border Settings

    4-8-3. Border Settings Border display is supported for preset split screen pattern. 16 colors are available. 1) Move the cursor to BD (BORDER) of GROUP menu by using arrow buttons. 2) Move the cursor to OFF below EN (ENABLE) by using ↓ button. 3) Change the value OFF to ON by using ←...
  • Page 27 In the standard settings, both WINDOW1 and GRP1 window settings are linked with each other so that the settings are the same. However, it can be changed to accept different settings in GROUP WINDOW menu. Let's take an example to explain the operation procedure to add titles "CAMERA1" on WINDOW settings and "SUB1"...

  • Page 28: System Settings

    5. System Settings 5-1. Selecting Video Format 1) Press SYSTEM button. SYSTEM menu as below will be displayed on the output screen. [SYSTEM menu] VIDEO INIT ANCI GLINK RATE REF IN 1080i 59.94 B.B. 2) Move cursor to the menu item to make setting by using ← → ↓ buttons. Item Description Options...

  • Page 29: Menus

    6. Menus IMPORTANT Menu display is not available in full screen mode and/or on GROUP outputs. 6-1. WINDOW Menu To open WINDOW menu, press a WINDOW button (1 to 16). In WINDOW menu, title, sign marker, frame marker and audio level meter display can be added. INPUT Select input video See 4-4...
  • Page 30 WINDOW - TITLE menu Item Description Default Options Select title display ON/OFF or OFF, ON, TALLY tally Enter title characters 0-9, A-Z, ？, ：, ！, （、 ）, +, /, ・, NAME (Up to 8 characters) WHITE, YELLOW1-2, Select title color GREEN1-2, CYAN1-2, EN=ON (16)

  • Page 31: Group Menu

    6-2. GROUP Menu Press GROUP button to open GROUP menu. In GROUP menu, settings to add borders and select GROUP window display mode and full or quad screen display can be made. GRP1 GRP2 （No. 1） （No. 3） GRP3 GRP4 （No.

  • Page 32: System Menu

    6-3. SYSTEM Menu Press SYSTEM button to open SYSTEM menu. In SYSTEM menu, the settings for video format, ancillary data and system initialization can be made. See the list below. See 5-1 SYSTEM VIDEO (FORMAT) RATE See the list below. REFIN Select B.B.

  • Page 33: External Control

    7. External Control 7-1. Tally Input (TALLY IN) To display tally sign marker or other tally relay display (in red, green or umber), input tally signals to the connector TALLY IN on the rear panel of the unit. Input Circuit 330Ω...
  • Page 34 ピン番号 機能 内容 IN9 TALLY (GREEN) Make contact or Active low for INPUT9 TALLY (GREEN) display IN10 TALLY (GREEN) Make contact or Active low for INPUT10 TALLY (GREEN) display IN11 TALLY (GREEN) Make contact or Active low for INPUT11 TALLY (GREEN) display IN12 TALLY (GREEN) Make contact or Active low for INPUT12 TALLY (GREEN) display IN13 TALLY (GREEN)

  • Page 35: Remote Control (Remote)

    7-2. Remote Control (REMOTE) The following operations can be controlled by trigger inputs to the REMOTE connector on the rear panel. Assigning input video (INPUT 1 to 16) to full screen display window Selecting split screen patterns (total of 7 patterns) Recalling USER setting memory Selecting video format Input Circuit...
  • Page 36 Pin no. Function Description Make contact or Active low for USER2 setting recall. Remote control 25 Remote control 26 Make contact or Active low for setting format to 1080/59.94i. Make contact or Active low for setting format to 1080/60i. Remote control 27 Remote control 28 Make contact or Active low for setting format to 1080/50i.

  • Page 37: Control Via Rs-232C

    7-3. Control via RS-232C The window settings can be made on remote control unit such as a computer via RS-232C interface. (Use an RS-232C straight cable for the connection.) Control via RS-232C Connector pin assignment (9-pin D sub male) Pin no. Signal In/Out Description...

  • Page 38: System Block Diagram

    8. System Block Diagram IN1 to 16 IN1～16 CONVERT FIFO DVI OUT MULTI VIEWER MULTI VIEWER DVI/VGA FIFO VGA OUT (4-SPLIT or FIFO FULL) (16-SPLIT or FIFO FULL) SDI OUT1 BUFFER FIFO MULTI VIEWER FIFO SDI OUT2 (4-SPLIT or FIFO FULL) FIFO FIFO...

  • Page 39: Optional Functions

    9. Optional Functions 9-1. MV-160OUT (DVI/VGA Output) The DVI output and VGA output are available when the DVI/VGA output option (MV-160OUT) is installed. The DVI and VGA outputs are the same output as the HD/SD OUT (OUTPUT1 and 2). 9-2. Selecting Resolution In the SYSTEM menu, the resolution of DVI and VGA can be selected.

  • Page 40: Dvi Output

    9-3. DVI Output The DVI output is available for a monitor provided with a DVI input connector. Use a monitor which supports UXGA resolution. Connector pin assignment (18-pin DVI-D female) Pin no. Signal Description T.M.D.S. data2- Digital red - T.M.D.S. data 2+ Digital red + T.M.D.S.

  • Page 41: Vga Output

    9-4. VGA Output The VGA output is available for a monitor provided with a VGA input connector. Use a monitor which supports UXGA resolution. Connector pin assignment (15-pin D sub female) Pin no. Signal Description Red signal Green Green signal Blue Blue signal Unassigned...

  • Page 42: Specifications & Dimensions

    10. Specifications & Dimensions 10-1. Unit Specifications Standard HD SDI 1080i/60, 59.94,50 720p/59.94, 60 SD SDI 525/60, 625/50 * Multiple formats cannot be used at the same time. Sampling frequency HD SDI Y: 74.25MHz, 74.25/1.001MHz C: 37.125MHz, 37.125/1.001MHz SD SDI Y: 13.5MHz C: 6.75MHz Quantization...
  • Page 43 Tally display Frame: Red, green or umber for each input Marker: Red, green or umber for each input Title: Red, green or umber for each input Interface RS-232C 9-pin D sub, male, inch screws, 1 port Tally in 50-pin D sub, female, inch screws, 1 port, RED, GREEN, and UMBER, 16 inputs ea.

  • Page 44: External Dimensions

    10-2. External Dimensions (All dimensions in mm) W INDO W MENU *LOC K/ MV-160HS CLE AR OPER ATE M ULTI VIEW E R SPLIT USER MENU WIND OW ST EP ENTER NU MBER GROUP SYSTEM POWER 1 POWER 2 POWER 1...
  • Page 45 RS-232C COMMAND MV-160HS Multi Viewer Edition...
  • Page 47 Table of Contents 1. Communication Standards ......................1 1-1. RS-232C Communication Standards ..................1 1-2. Command Protocol Format....................1 1-3. Response Message Format....................2 2. Control Commands ........................3 2-1. Split Screen Display Command ..................3 2-2. Group Output Split Screen Display Command..............3 2-3. USER Data Save Command....................3 2-4.

  • Page 49: Communication Standards

    End code IMPORTANT When the MV-160HS receives a command, it will send a response or a message. Do not issue the next command before receiving the response or the message sent by the MV-160HS. Otherwise, the command cannot be read properly.

  • Page 50: Response Message Format

    1-3. Response Message Format The following messages will be returned from the MV-160HS in response to the commands. Normal end Messages in the following format are returned after normal reception and processing. Byte Parameter Message Description Message code "OK" End code...

  • Page 51: Control Commands

    2. Control Commands 2-1. Split Screen Display Command Used to set a split screen to display on the output screen. Byte Parameter Command Description Command code Quad screen display 12+1G screen display 12+2G screen display Command parameter 12+3G screen display 12+4G screen display 16 split screen display Full screen display...

  • Page 52: User Data Load Command

    2-4. USER Data Load Command Used to recall USER data to compose display setting for output screen. Byte Parameter Command Description Command code Loading data from USER 1 Command parameter Loading data from USER 2 End code 2-5. WINDOW Copy Command Used to copy and paste the selected window settings.

  • Page 53: Controls Over Menus

    3. Controls over Menus 3-1. Command Format All command contents are transmitted and received in ASCII code. Follow the formats to make and send message commands. The command format is shown below. Command format MN + Menu code + Command parameter + CR + LF (2 bytes)(1 byte/see below) (Number of designated bytes) The menu codes are as follows.

  • Page 54: Response Message Format

    3-2. Response Message Format The following messages will be returned from MV-160HS in response to each command. Normal end Messages in the following format are returned after normal reception and processing. Byte Parameter Message Description Message code "OK" End code...

  • Page 55: Ref In Command

    3-4. REF IN Command Used to select external reference input. Byte Parameter Command Description Command code Menu code REF IN setting B.B. Command parameter Tri-sync End code...

  • Page 56: Window Mode Command

    3-5. Window Mode Command Used to set screen display layout for each GROUP window. Byte Parameter Command Description Command code Menu code Window mode setting Mode 1 Command parameter (Group1 setting) Mode 2 Mode 1 Command parameter (Group2 setting) Mode 2 Mode 1 Command parameter (Group3 setting)

  • Page 57: Border Command

    3-6. Border Command Used to enable or disable border display and set a color for the border. Byte Parameter Command Description Command code Menu code BORDER setting Command parameter （ENABLE setting） Command parameter See "Color Setting Details". 01 - 16 （COLOR setting）...

  • Page 58: Input Assign Command

    3-7. Input Assign Command Used to assign video sources (INPUT channels) to split screen windows. Byte Parameter Command Description Command code Menu code Input Assign Command parameter 01 - 16 Select input channel (IN1 - 16) (Window1 setting) Command parameter 6 - 35 01 - 16 Select input channel (IN1 - 16)

  • Page 59: Title Command

    3-8. Title Command Used to set Enable(On/Off), Color, and Size for each split window title. * The Size and the Pos(position) settings are only available when the WINDOW MODE is set to MODE2. Byte Parameter Command Description Command code Menu code TITLE Command parameter (1) Select Window number...

  • Page 60: Title Name Command

    3-9. Title Name Command Used to set titles by specifying each character for each split window. Byte Parameter Command Description Command code Menu code Title setting Command parameter (1) Select Window number 01 - 20 (WINDOW No. setting) See "WINDOW No setting details" Set the 1st character from the left Set the 2nd character from the left Set the 3rd character from the left...

  • Page 61: Sign Marker Command

    3-10. Sign Marker Command Used to set a Sign marker for each split window. Byte Parameter Command Description Command code Menu code Sign marker Select window number Command parameter (1) 01 - 20 (WINDOW No setting) See "WINDOW No. setting details". Select function Command parameter (2) 0 - 3...

  • Page 62: Frame Marker Command

    3-11. Frame Marker Command Used to set Frame Marker function, color and width for each split window. The color setting is only available when Frame is On. Byte Parameter Command Description Command code Menu code Frame marker Select Window number Command parameter (1) 01 - 20 (WINDOW No setting)

  • Page 63: Audio Level Command

    3-12. Audio Level Command Used to set Audio level meter display On/Off and channels for each split window. Byte Parameter Command Description Command code Menu code Audio level Select Window number Command parameter (1) 01 - 20 (WINDOW No setting) See "WINDOW No.
  • Page 65 Warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
  • Page 66 Two Executive Drive, Suite 670, Fort Lee Executive Park, Fort Lee NJ 07024, USA Phone: +1 (201) 944-1120 Fax : +1 (201) 944-1132 FOR-A America Distribution & Service Center 2400 N.E. Waldo Road, Gainesville, FL 32609, USA Phone: +1 352-371-1505 Fax: +1 352-378-5320...

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