Help Content
VIDEO BLASTER FS200 HELP CONTENT

The Video Blaster FS200 Setup cooperates with Video Kit FS200 in that it setups the configuration of the video display used by Video Kit FS200.

The Help Content provides help topics to all menu items and toolbar icons in Video Blaster FS200 Setup application:

File Menu

Edit Menu

Configure Menu

View Menu

Help Menu

Toolbar


File Menu
File Menu Help Topics

The following help topics are available for the File Menu:

Save Configuration File

Exit Setup


Edit Menu
EDIT MENU HELP TOPICES

The following help topics are available for the Edit Menu:

Undo

Back To Original


Configure Menu
CONFIGURE MENU HELP TOPICS

The following help topics are available for the Configure Menu:

Color Settings

System Settings

Toolbar

Aspect Ratio


View Menu
View Menu Help Topics

The following help topics are available for the View Menu:

Windowed

Full Screen


Help Menu
Help Menu Help Topics

The following help topics are available for the Help Menu:

Content

About Video Blaster FS200 Setup


Toolbar
Toolbar Icons

The icons found in the toolbar has the following meanings:

Save Configuration File

Undo

Back To Original

Color Settings

System Settings

Content


Save Configuration File

The Save Configuration File option allows user to save all the changes made in every input source to a configuration file. These new configurations can then be accessed by the Video Kit FS200 application or other third party developed software's.

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Configure Menu


Exit Setup

Exit Setup simply closes the Video Blaster FS200 Setup application. If the changes in configuration are detected, query will be made as to whether to save the changes.


Undo

The Undo option reverts the last change that user made in the Color Settings and System Settings dialog boxes. If several changes were made, the Undo option reverts the changes sequentially starting from the last.

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Back To Original


Back To Original

The Back To Original option reverts the Color Settings and System Settings to that when the Video Blaster FS200 Setup application just started up or to that when Save Configuration File was last performed.

See also

Undo


Color Settings

The Color Settings dialog box provides a mean whereby the individual components of hue, saturation, contrast and brightness can be adjusted. Simply click onto the horizontal scroll bars to adjust these components. The value to the right of the scroll bar indicates the current setting of the respective component.

If a black and white video appears instead of a colored video, try adjusting the saturaion value. If this does not help, change the Signal Type in the System Settings dialog box.

All changes can be saved using the Save Configuration File option. or can be undo using the Edit Menu.

See also

System Settings


System Settings

The System Settings menu provides enhancement of the video screen by adjustments of some hardware features of the Video Blaster FS200. These features are:

Video Alignment

Video Source

Signal Type

See also

Color Settings


Aspect Ratio

When Aspect Ratio is set in the Configure Menu, the length-to-width ratio of the video screen will be kept constant during sizing of the Windowed video screen. Otherwise, the video image will be length-wise or height-wise distorted.


Video Alignment

The Video Alignment sets the starting position of the video output. It seeks to align the video output to the video screen.


Video Source

The Video Source box selects the input source (Video 0, Video 1, S-Video) connected to the Video Blaster FS200 card. Each input source is usually associated with one Signal Type derived from a particular equipment.


Signal Type

Video Blaster FS200 can support up to five Signal systems: NTSC, PAL, PAL-N, PAL-M and NTSC-443. Each Signal Type when selected will be associated to the selected input Video Source.


Windowed

The Windowed option when checked displays the video image in a window with the menu items. The video image can be sized of moved in the windowed screen.

The video image can be made to display without the window by clicking Full Screen.


Full Screen

The Full Screen option when checked displays the video image on the entire screen without the menu items. The Toobar will appear only if it is turned on in the Windowed screen.

The display can be switched back to the Windowed screen by clicking the right mouse button anywhere in the video screen.


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About Video Blaster FS200 Setup

The option displays information about the Video Blaster FS200 Setup application. User is requested to take note of the information produced in the dialog box.