Monitor User Manual

All FSI monitors comes standard with 12 Mode On-Screen Scopes. Up to two types of Scopes can be displayed simultaneously and can be toggled on/off instantly with a single button press. Available Scope modes include Luminance Waveform, Vector Scope (with 1x, 2x, 4x Gain Expansion), RGB Parade, GBR Parade, RGB Overlay, YRGB Peak (Column), Histogram, Color Histogram, RGB Histogram, YCbCr, YCbCr Overlay, and Audio Phase Meter. Additionally these Scope Windows can be displayed in any of 6 onscreen locations and the two scope windows can be stacked on top of each other or sit side by side for maximum flexibility. FSI is also one of the few companies to provide this scope functionality across all inputs, even DVI. This means that full scope functionality is possible while using many of today's most popular HDSLR cameras that only offer HDMI output.


*Audio Phase Meter only on HD/SD-SDI sources.
 

Every FSI monitor is also equipped with a built-in audio disembedder and internal speakers allowing you to listen to any single channel or stereo pair of embedded audio channels pulled from HD/SD-SDI video on the internal speakers or via the monitor's audio line out. This disembedded audio is always delayed by the exact amount of video processing and pixel response time to ensure perfect lip sync for audio critical applications. You can also meter all 16 channels of embedded audio on screen at a time either across the top of the screen in a horizontal layout (VU with dB readout) or next to one of the Scope Mode Windows displayed in a vertical layout (PPM).




 

LUM Coloring Exposure Check

The LUM Coloring Exposure Check feature provides a false color map showing signal luminance levels on-screen. This feature can be turned on/off with a single button press allowing an operator to quickly and easily check exposure levels. In its default configuration this feature will show all levels above 100 IRE as white and all levels below 0 IRE as black. However, these thresholds can be quickly raised or lowered so that any luminance level can be set as a reference upper or lower threshold. A user defined center area can also be shown in greyscale instead of being color coded so that only levels between very specific upper and lower ranges will be highlighted in a false color. Also note that the Luminance scale can be changed between voltage, IRE, or Digital Levels depending on operator preference. Click here for the user manual video explaining the LUM Coloring Exposure Check feature.

DSLR Zoom

The DSLR Zoom features allows for full screen scaling of DSLR video outputs when in preview or record modes, whether in 1080 or 480 resolution. Additionally, the DSLR Zoom feature works in conjunction with other features such as markers and scopes making FSI monitors an ideal complement to DSLR work-flows.

 

Focus Assist

This feature will highlight in focus areas within the signal in red and will also provide you with a numerical indication of focus level. The focus threshold is adjustable so you can establish the level at which the red focus highlight will begin to appear. This feature in conjunction with the 1:1 pixel mapping feature provides operators with different methods for judging focus. Click here for our user manual video covering the focus assist feature.
 

The measurement feature allows you to select any single pixel or block of pixels using a movable cross hair to obtain real time readouts of the YRGB values for that position. The YRGB values can be represented in the operator's choice of an 8 bit (0~255) or 10 bit (0~1023) range and will also be shown as a percentage value. Additionally, a reference position (both spatial and temporal) may be set, which then allows the cross-hair to be moved to any other onscreen position to obtain a real-time readout of the difference between the current and reference position values. The measurement feature also allows you to define any onscreen position (spatial and temporal) as your F Stop 0 reference and then quantifies the difference between your reference and current position as an F Stop value. Click here for our user manual video covering the Measurement feature.
 

All FSI Monitors are capable of pulling VITC 1, VITC 2, or LTC Timecode out of serial digital video and displaying it in any of 6 on-screen locations.
 

This feature allows you select any portion of an HD signal and zoom in on it for a high quality closeup of just that portion of the signal. The Pixel Zoom feature works in real-time and plays video back without any additional delay even when in the zoomed mode. Click here for the user manual video covering the Pixel Zoom feature.
 

The sub window mode allows you to take any incoming signal and freeze it on the left side of the screen while keeping the video from that same input playing live on the right side of the screen. This mode is useful in matching different shots/scenes. Click here for the user manual video reviewing the Sub Window feature.
 

The monitor can be setup to provide a small onscreen dialog box whenever a specified alarm condition is met. By default the IRE alarm will be triggered whenever signal luminance exceeds 100IRE, but this threshold level is customizable so that the operator can specify a different IRE trigger level for the IRE alarm. Additional alarms include RGB Alarm, Audio Mute, Loss of Signal, Black Field, and Blue Field. The advantage of the onscreen alarm system is that it allows operators to monitor a full video signal with no obtrusive overlapping Scope Windows because  the alarm dialog box will only appear when an alarm event occurs.