Burst Electronics MCG-3 User Manual
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MCG-3 Color Micro Character Generator
Once you have set text on all your pages, this is the menu item you will
use to recall them. Press the
MENU
key to exit.
C
C
C
C
CH
H
H
H
HA
A
A
A
AN
N
N
N
NG
G
G
G
GE P
E P
E P
E P
E PAG
AG
AG
AG
AGE
E
E
E
E
This is another way to change pages. Pressing the
PLUS
or
MINUS
keys will change the current page and show the page number.
S
S
S
S
SET B
ET B
ET B
ET B
ET BAC
AC
AC
AC
ACKG
KG
KG
KG
KGRO
RO
RO
RO
ROU
U
U
U
UN
N
N
N
ND
D
D
D
D
Pressing the
PLUS (+)
or
MINUS (-)
keys will change the background
color for the current page. Setting the background to Z
Z
Z
Z
ZE
E
E
E
ERO (0)
RO (0)
RO (0)
RO (0)
RO (0) will
result in a transparent background, i.e. just the characters will be keyed
over the incoming video. Full page background colors can be obtained
by continuing to press the
PLUS (+)
key until F
F
F
F
FU
U
U
U
ULL
LL
LL
LL
LL is observed on the
menu item. Set the background color and then go to D
D
D
D
DIIIIIS
S
S
S
SP
P
P
P
PLA
LA
LA
LA
LAY P
Y P
Y P
Y P
Y PAG
AG
AG
AG
AGE
E
E
E
E to
see what the page looks like with different background colors. Note
that in the Full Background mode, the video generated by the unit is no
longer genlocked. This should not present a problem unless you are
using an external mixer vs. the internal mixer of the unit.
Change the background color and then go to D
D
D
D
DIIIIIS
S
S
S
SP
P
P
P
PLA
LA
LA
LA
LAY P
Y P
Y P
Y P
Y PAG
AG
AG
AG
AGE
E
E
E
E to see
what the page looks like with different background colors.
S
S
S
S
SET V
ET V
ET V
ET V
ET VE
E
E
E
ER
R
R
R
RT (V
T (V
T (V
T (V
T (Vertical) S
ertical) S
ertical) S
ertical) S
ertical) SIIIIIZ
Z
Z
Z
ZE
E
E
E
E
S
S
S
S
SET H
ET H
ET H
ET H
ET HO
O
O
O
OR
R
R
R
RZ (Horizontal) S
Z (Horizontal) S
Z (Horizontal) S
Z (Horizontal) S
Z (Horizontal) SIIIIIZ
Z
Z
Z
ZE
E
E
E
E
This menu item sets the size of the characters displayed with D
D
D
D
DIIIIIS
S
S
S
SP
P
P
P
PLA
LA
LA
LA
LAY
Y
Y
Y
Y
P
P
P
P
PAG
AG
AG
AG
AGE
E
E
E
E. Move the arrow to S
S
S
S
SET H
ET H
ET H
ET H
ET HO
O
O
O
OR
R
R
R
RZ S
Z S
Z S
Z S
Z SIIIIIZ
Z
Z
Z
ZE
E
E
E
E or S
S
S
S
SET V
ET V
ET V
ET V
ET VE
E
E
E
ER
R
R
R
RT S
T S
T S
T S
T SIIIIIZ
Z
Z
Z
ZE
E
E
E
E.
Pressing the
PLUS
or
MINUS
keys will change the character size for
the current page.
After setting a character size, go to D
D
D
D
DIIIIIS
S
S
S
SP
P
P
P
PLA
LA
LA
LA
LAY P
Y P
Y P
Y P
Y PAG
AG
AG
AG
AGE
E
E
E
E to see what the
characters look like.
Character size is stored on a page by page basis such that each page
may have a different character size. On a given page, all characters are
of the same size.