Selecting a format – Quantum Data 881 User Manual
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3. Press the
Options key. The following information appears on the generator’s display.
4. Choose the
Emulate item by pressing the adjacent soft key. A + appears next to
Emulate indicating enabled.
Alternatively, to select the emulate mode through the command line interface, enter the
command shown below:
EMUG 1
// Enables emulate mode
To disable the emulate mode through the command line interface, enter the command
shown below:
EMUG 0
// Disables emulate mode
Selecting a format
From the Source list of formats, you select the video format output for your display under
test.
To select a format:
1. Identify the type of display (composite television, component standard definition
television, component high definition television, computer equipment, or other specialty
display).
Note: The generator has a library of standard formats. For a description of how the
library is organized, see “
Understanding the format library
2. For non-EDID compliant displays, check the specifications of your display for supported
formats.
3. Press the
Source key to access the list of formats. A list of formats appears on the
generator’s display as shown below. To see all of the formats, press the + and - keys.
Note: The list of formats displays when pressing the Source key may be a filtered or
abbreviated list. Formats not suitable for the selected interface type will not appear by
default on the
Source list. Also, you can disable format catalogs to prevent certain
formats from appearing on the Source list. For more information about format catalogs,
see “
4. Choose a format by pressing the adjacent soft key.
-EDID Formats
CDF
+HP Bypass
-Emulate
*DMT0660
DMT0672
DMT0675
DMT0685
DMT0785H
DMT0856
DMT0860
DMT0872