Clarity WN-5040-720 CRT Television User Manual


 
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Lion The name for any Clarity model begin-
ning WN-6720.
Margay Model WN-5040-720, a DLP™ optical
engine with one lamp and a resolution
of 1280 × 720
module A stand-alone electronic assembly.
Clarity displays are designed to be
serviced at the module level, not the
component level. That is, the techni-
cian changes the whole electronics
module rather than changing a small
part in it.
mullion The metal edge surrounding the
screen material that holds the screen
in place.
native resolu-
tion
The resolution of the LCD or DMD
itself. This is the highest resolution the
display can show, but in some prod-
ucts the display will accept higher res-
olutions an
NTSC The television system used in North
America, Japan and parts of South
America. It stands for National Televi-
sion Systems Committee, the group
that originally approved it. See also
PAL and SECAM.
PAL The television system used in most of
the world. It stands for Phase Alterna-
tion Line. See also NTSC and SECAM.
Panther The name for any Clarity model begin-
ning WN-6740 or WN-6730.
power supply The device that converts the mains AC
voltage to other voltages that the rest
of the display can use.
Puma The name for any Clarity model begin-
ning with WN-5020 or WN-5010.
remote The remote control.
RGB Red, green, blue; three parts of a
video signal sent on separate wires.
See also YPbPr.
RGBHV RGB plus sync, where H and V sync
are on separate wires.
RGBS RGB plus sync, where composite sync
is on a separate wire.
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SECAM The television system used primarily
in France, Russia and the former
Soviet Bloc countries. Sequential
Color and Memory. See also NTSC
and PAL.
slot A memory location; the numbered
location in memory
SOG Sync on green, usually for RGB
sources
source A source of pictures, such as a com-
puter, a VCR, a DVD player or the
loop-thru from another Clarity cube.
stack A group of displays physically bolted
together forming a wall.
strike lighting a lamp or trying to light a lamp
SVGA S
uper VGA, a standard for distributing
analog computer pictures with a reso-
lution of 800 pixels by 600 pixels.
S-Video A video distribution system in which
the luminance (brightness) and
chrominance (color) are sent on sepa-
rate wires. Short for Super Video.
SXGA S
uper extended VGA, a standard for
distributing analog computer pictures
with a resolution of 1280 pixels by
1024 pixels.
sync on green The sync part of the signal is com-
bined with the green channel in RGB
video. Also called SOG.
Tigress The name for any Clarity model begin-
ning with WN-5230. The original
Tigress, no longer produced, has
been replaced by the Tigress S and
Tigress X, whose model numbers start
with WN-5230A.
unit One complete display. See also cube;
display.
UXGA U
ltra-extended VGA, a standard for
distributing analog computer pictures
with a resolution of 1600 pixels by
1200 pixels.
VGA V
ideo Graphics Adapter, a standard
for distributing analog computer pic-
tures with a resolution of 640 pixels by
480 pixels.
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