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[Jerry]

I am aware of the DVD set up disk, are there other sites that might walk me through the set up routines? I am a little lost on what to do with ASR/ ASI settings. Impressions on HD Fury 1 vs. Moome DVI card. I am aware these are the newest releases of these products but I am on a budget. Also I do have a service manual. Thanks for any thoughts.

[Tim in Phoenix]

Hello

Forget ASI and ASR, they are useless for HT. Set up Recall Memories, and access the memories with Channel Numbers. See UTIL, 2, Help for more info.

This really is pretty simple. Each "port" or input to the projector has its' own memory, Source 01 (a.k.a. "S01") for the first RGBHV port, S02 for the second port if installed, S03, S04, S05, and S06 if the decoder is used. If one has a Marquee switcher then the ports are S11, S12 and so on, depending on which slots have input cards installed. A "Memory" is all the keyed in adjustments made to optimize a given signal, these include Contrast, Brightness, H Size, V Size, Convergence, Keystone, Pin, Phase. If you have need for multiple setups with one port, then Recallable Memories, or "Recalls" can be employed; they replace the port memories when needed. Source or Recall memories can be copied back and forth in Utilities. To go to a given input, you would push "Source 01" or "Source 02" and the projector switches to that port. If you also need a Recall memory 03 for that signal you must also push "Recall 03"; that is a total of six button presses; you are at risk of spilling your beer in a dark room! ASR, or Auto Source Recall, can be switched on for any port; with ASR on, the signal being viewed is clocked for its' H and V scan rate (see ** for scan rate readout) and compared to the lists of existing memories for an exact match. If a match is found then that memory is brought up. If the scan rate falls in between two existing setups, then ASI happens; "Auto Source Interpolation", an average of the settings of the two memories are employed and stored temporarily in the working memory of what is displayed right now. Since this is not a distinct discrete memory itself, adjustments made during ASI are not saveable for later. If you have several aspect ratios happening at the same scan rates then you do not want to use ASR, it cannot tell which aspect memory to bring up, it will only grab the last one you adjusted. In this case, leave ASR off, and program your inputs and recalls into the Channel List (see UTIL 2) This allows for input and recall memory selection, once it is programmed, by one or two button presses.

Your situation is best managed by use of Channel Numbers, as are the needs for most HTs:

As to employing Channel Numbers, set up your channel list something like
this if using a scaler with passthru:

Ch.......Name..............Input......Recall

01.......DVD 4:3.............01..........01

02.......DVD 16:9............01..........02

03.......DVD 2.35............01..........03

04.......Sat 4:3...............01..........04

05.......Sat 16:9.............01..........05

or like this if satellite is the projectors' 02 input:

Ch.......Name.............Input.......Recall

01.......DVD 4:3............ 01..........01

02.......DVD 16:9............01..........02

03.......DVD 2.35............01..........03

04.......Sat 4:3...............02..........04

05.......Sat 16:9.............02..........05

Find Preferences in the Util menu and set for single digit channel select. When you select a given source, push 1,2,3,4 or 5 on the Marquee remote and you will pull up the appropriate memory bank. Dial in the alignments for each memory and you are all set. Make sure you are not trying to adjust a locked memory; see UTIL, 3 to unlock or lock the memory being used.


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[cmjohnson]

Frankly ASR is a major pain to work with and I don't use it. And ASI is even worse. It's so bad that I wish it wasn't even IN a Marquee. Using it only does one thing: It guarantees that you'll have to fully readjust convergence and just about everything else, too.

If the Marquee has a weakness, it's in the way you have to use the software to set up memories for given displays. It's not particularly
user-friendly. After all these years with Marquees, I still don't think that part of them is particularly easy to use.


CJ