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VTG 300/300R • Operation

VTG 300/300R • Operation

Operation, cont’d

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blacked out screen, and the Cycle mode will display all six
categories of test patterns at four-second intervals.

Although the output screen will be blacked out when the
Blank screen saver mode has been selected, the output
sync will still remain active.

Press any or button to select from among the screen saver
modes:

• Blank – displays a black screen

• Cycle – displays the six test pattern categories:

crosshatch, H pattern, color bars, grayscale,
alternating pixels/multiburst, and white field

Figure 2-7 shows the modified default menu cycle whenever the
screen saver feature is activated. The additional “Screen Saver
Active” menu will be displayed in the default menu cycle.

Enable at power up submenu (Enable@PwrUp)

This submenu only displays when the VTG is powered by
batteries. When enabled, this feature allows the VTG to set the
active audio and/or video output during power up. This is a
power saving feature of the VTG. Press any or button to
enable the selected output(s):

• Last used (default) – only the last used functions (audio

or video) output is enabled during power up.

• Video only (Vid) – the video outputs are enabled and the

audio outputs are disabled.

• Audio only (Aud) – the audio outputs are enabled and

the video outputs are disabled.

• Audio and video (Aud+Vid) – both audio and video

outputs are enabled, regardless of which outputs
were last used.

If an output is disabled at power up, it can be reactivated
by pressing one of its function buttons.

When the VTG is powered by the external power
supply, both audio and video outputs are enabled
regardless of the setting.

Backlight submenu (BackLight)

This submenu only displays when the VTG is powered by
batteries. When set to off (default), this feature does not
illuminate the backlight of the LCD. This is a power saving
feature of the VTG to extend battery life. Press any or
button to turn the backlight on. When set on, the backlight
goes inactive (the backlight goes off, but the backlight status is

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Press any or button to select from among the power off
timer options:

• Disable - disable this timer feature

• 5-minute power off time out

• 15-minute power off time out (default)

• 30-minute power off time out

Screen saver timer submenu (ScrSvr Timer)

This feature protects against CRT/plasma burn-in. When
enabled, this feature allows the VTG to set the screen saver
inactivity timer. This timer will activate the screen saver after
the selected timer interval has elapsed without any button being
pressed. See the Screen saver mode submenu (ScrSvr) description
in this chapter for selecting a screen saver display.

Press any or button to select from among the screen saver
timer options:

• Disable - disable this timer feature (default)

• 5-minute screen saver time out

• 10-minute screen saver time out

• 15-minute screen saver time out

Selecting any of the time outs will result in a modified default
menu cycle, as shown below. While timed out, pressing any
front panel button will cancel (disable) the time out.

VGA 31.5kHz

640x480 @60

Power

on

3 sec.

3 sec.

3 sec.

3 sec.

AUDIO LEVEL

-10dBu 245mV

AUDIO FREQ.

800 Hz

60-543-01

FW Ver. 1.00

EXTRON

VTG 300

SCREEN SAVER

ACTIVE

Figure 2-7 — Screen saver default menu cycle

Screen saver mode submenu (ScrSvr Mode)

If the screen saver timer has been enabled (see the previous
screen saver timer submenu), the resulting screen saver display
may be in one of two modes. The Blank mode will display a