The RetroTINK-4K is the latest video scaler from RetroTink. Building on the functionality of the RetroTINK-5X, the 4K offers high end video scaling and processing at resolutions up to 4K.
RetroTINK-4K User Guide
Inputs
tink has buynch of inputs blah blah
Front
Composite
S-Video
The Tink 4K offers S-Video (over Mini-Din) and and Composite (over RCA) inputs on the front side inputs. The red and white RCA jacks are shared stereo audio inputs. Red/White front audio inputs will be active if either the Front Composite or S-Video input is selected (assuming audio input override is disabled).
Rear RCA
Profile Repository
Generic Profiles
| Profile Name 1
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Description
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| Profile Name 2
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Description
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Downscaling
| Profile Name 1
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Description
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| Profile Name 2
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Description
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Console Specific
3DO Interactive Multiplayer
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Atari Jaguar
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Description
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| Profile Name 2
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Description
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Microsoft Xbox
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Description
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| Profile Name 2
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Description
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Microsoft Xbox 360
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Description
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| Profile Name 2
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Description
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Neo Geo AES
| Profile Name 1
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Description
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| Profile Name 2
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Nintendo 64
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Description
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Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
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Description
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| Profile Name 2
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Description
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Nintendo Gamecube
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Description
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Nintendo Wii
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Description
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| Profile Name 2
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Description
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Nintendo Wii U
| Profile Name 1
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Description
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| Profile Name 2
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Description
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Phillips CDi
| Profile Name 1
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Description
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Description
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Pioneer LaserActive
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Description
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Sega Dreamcast
| Profile Name 1
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Description
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Description
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Sega Genesis / Megadrive
| Profile Name 1
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Description
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Sega Master System
| Profile Name 1
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Sega Saturn
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Sony PlayStation 1
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| Profile Name 2
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Sony PlayStation 2
| Profile Name 1
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Sony PlayStation 3
| Profile Name 1
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Sony PSP
| Profile Name 1
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Description
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Sony Playstation TV / Vita TV
| Profile Name 1
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Description
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Super Nintendo / Super Famicom
| Profile Name 1
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TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine
| Profile Name 1
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Advanced Features
Deinterlacer / Film Mode Setup
Motion Adaptive Settings
Motion Adaptive settings apply only to the Motion Adaptive Deinterlacing mode, allowing you to adjust it to your liking.
- Sensitivity - Adjusts the sensitivity of Motion Adaptive, between Min, Medium, High and Max. The higher this is set, the more weaving will be present for moving parts of the screen, at the benefit of a stabler look for static parts of the screen. Many games will look just fine on the Min. setting, however several games may require Medium or higher. For example, Burnout 3: Takedown on PlayStation 2 has a subtle flickering and animated noise that throws off the Motion Adaptive Deinterlacer for still parts of the screen.
Notes
Deinterlacer -> -> Motion Adaptive Settings -> Sensitivity
(medium and high options might be might be reversed)
Controls combing effect at costs of sharpness. Low = less combing.
Deinterlacer -> -> Motion Adaptive Settings -> Interpolator:
Basically controls how the "bob" portion of the MA is calculated. The bob is either taken from the line above, line below or the average of the upper and lower lines
BFI. It's a matter of preference. I think either Top or Bottom interpolator looks a little sharper. Average is softer
In the end it doesn't matter too much because Bob is only used during motion when it is hard to see detail anwyays
Deinterlacer -> Motion Adaptive Settings -> Detector:
This is a little complicated to explain... but let me try
basically symmetric adds one frame of lag but the motion detection may be better. Because it is looking "one field into the future"
idk if its really better tho
in real life
HDMI -> BFI Control
-Strobe: How much the frame is divided down (i.e. 1 = divide by 2, 2 = divide by 3, 3 = divide by 4) from input to output
-Blur: How many frames are ON vs OFF. So let's say we are converting 60 Hz -> 240 Hz. Blur = 1, ON, OFF, OFF, OFF. Blur = 2 is ON, ON, OFF, OFF
-LCD Saver - inverts the pattern of the BFI to avoid renetion. But every few minutes u will see a flicker
Custom Mode Lines
#RT4K Custom Mode Line Format
#H active, H front porch, H sync, H total blank, polarity (1 = pos, 0 = neg)
#V active, V front porch, V sync, V total blank, polarity (1 = pos, 0 = neg)
#Nominal frame rate (floating point)
#Text name
Launch Information
https://www.retrotink.com/post/introducing-the-retrotink-4k
User Guides
Custom Scanline Overlays
Explain that here
Downscaling (pre-scale) Basics
Explain Downscaling here
RetroTINK-4K GUI Map
Basic Setup
Input Selection
| Front
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| Composite
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Selects the front composite input.
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| S-Video
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Selects the front s-video input.
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| RCA
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| YPbPr
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information
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| RGsB
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information
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| CVBS on Green
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information
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| SCART
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| RGBS (75 ohm)
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information
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| RGsB
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information
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| YPbPr
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information
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| CVBS on Pin 20
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information
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| CBVS on Green
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information
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| Y/C on Pin 20/Red
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information
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| HD-15
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| RGBHV
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information
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| RGBS
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information
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| RGsB
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information
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| YPbPr
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information
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| CBVS on Hsync
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information
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| CBVS on Green
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information
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| Y/C on Green/Red
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information
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| HDMI
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| thing a
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information
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| thing b
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information
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HDMI Output
| Transmitter
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| Deep Color
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information
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| HDR
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information
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| Sync Lock
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information
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| Vrr
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information
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| BFI Control
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| Strobe
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information
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| Blur
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information
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| LCD Saver
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information
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| Output Resolution
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| 4K60
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information
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| 4K50
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information
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| 1080p60
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information
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| 1080p50
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information
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| 1080p100
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information
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| 1440p100
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information
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| 1080p120
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information
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| 1440p120
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information
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| 480p60
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information
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Scaling/Cropping
| Input Crop
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| Left Trim
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information
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| Right Trim
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information
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| Top Trim
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information
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| Bottom Trim
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information
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| Vert. Pre-Scale
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information
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| Scaler
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| Aspect Correction
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information
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| Scaling Mode
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information
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| Vert. Factor
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information
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| Hori. Factor
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information
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| Interpolation
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| Vert. Kernel
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information
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| Hori. Kernel
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information
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| Buffer
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| Length
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information
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Image Processing
| Scanline
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| Function
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information
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| Strength
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information
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| Modulation
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information
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| Red Bleed
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information
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| Red Convergence
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information
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| Blue Convergence
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information
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| Mask
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| Enable
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information
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| Strength
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information
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| Load from File
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Select a Mask File, RGB Masks:, Mono Masks:
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| Horizontal Blur
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| Function
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information
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| Boost
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information
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| Gamma/Linear Light/HDR
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| Input Factor
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information
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| Output Factor
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information
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| SMPTE 2048 PQ
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information
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Deinterlacer
| Mode
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| Algorithm:
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information
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| Field Inversion:
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information
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| Motion Adaptive Settings
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| Sensitivity
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information
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| Interpolator
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information
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| Detector
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information
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| Bob Settings
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| Offset
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information
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System
| On Screen Display
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| Position
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information
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| Auto-Off
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information
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| Load Banner
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information
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| Enable Debug OSD
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information
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| Blanking Color:
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| Red
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information
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| Green
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information
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| Blue
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information
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| Firmware Update
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| Check SD Card
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information
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Advanced Setup:
RGB/Component ADC
| Sampling
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| Sampling Rate
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information
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| Decimation Factor
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information
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| Decimation Phase
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information
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| Sub-Phase
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information
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| Anti-Alias
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information
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| Sync
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| SoG Threshold
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information
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| Pre-coast
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information
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| Post-coast
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information
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| Gain
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| Pre-ADC
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information
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| Red
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information
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| Green
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information
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| Blue
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information
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| Auto Calibrate
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| Phase
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information
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| Gain
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information
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HDMI Receiver
| Receiver
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| Decimation Factor
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information
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| Decimation Phase
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information
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| Color Space
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| 4:2:2 Upsampler
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information
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| CSC Mode:
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information
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| Input RGB Range
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information
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SDP Decoder
| Gain/Balance
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| Brightness
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information
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| Contrast
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information
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| Chroma
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information
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| Phase
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information
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| Blue Only
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information
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| Setup
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information
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| Processing
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| Y/C Filter
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information
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| Comb Bandwidth
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information
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| Chroma Bandwidth
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information
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| Sharpness
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information
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| CTIE
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information
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| Sync
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| H-Lock Speed
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information
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| Standard
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information
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Audio Input
| Sampling
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| Sampling Rate
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information
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| Pre-amp Gain
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information
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| Source
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| Input Override
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information
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| Input Swap
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information
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Profiles
| Load Profile
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| Load Default
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information
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| Load From File
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(opens file selector window titled "Select Profile")
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| Save Profile
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| Save Current
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information
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| Save As New
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information
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| Assign Profile
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| Button 1
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information
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| Button 2
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information
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| Button 3
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information
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| Button 4
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information
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| Button 5
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information
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| Button 6
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information
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| Button 7
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information
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| Button 8
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information
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| Button 9
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information
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| Button 10
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information
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| Button 11
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information
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| Button 12
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information
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| Power Up
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information
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Device
Status
System Status Page 1:
| Video Source
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| Video Source
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CP Proc. (I assume CP Proc will change based on selection)
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| Input Timing
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information
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| Pixel Clock
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information
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| Freq
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information
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| Detected Mode
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information
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| Audio Input
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| Audio Input
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I2S (I assume will change based on audio input)
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| Measured Freq
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information
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| Measured Freq
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information
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| HDMI N / CTS
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information
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| FPGA Core
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| Scaler Clock
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information
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| PLL VCO
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information
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| Pipeline
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information
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| SDRAM Clock
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information
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| SDRAM Load
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information
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| HDMI Transmitter
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| Output Timing
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information
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| Active Size
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information
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| Pixel Clock
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information
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| HDMI Standard
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information
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| PIC32MX MCU
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| System Clock
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information
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| Uptime
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information
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| Loop Time
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information
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| Last IR Code
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information
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| SD Card Free
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information
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System Status Page 2:
| HDMI Input Protocol Analyzer
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| TMDS
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information
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| Mode
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information
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| Resolution
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information
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| Colorspace
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information
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| H. Timing
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information
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| V. Timing (F0)
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information
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| V. Timing (F1)
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information
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| Audio
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information
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| AVI Infoframe
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information
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| Aud. Infoframe
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information
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| VS Infoframe
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information
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| ACP Infoframe
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information
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System Status Page 3:
| HDMI TX Information
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| TX Mode
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information
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| Hot Plug
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information
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| Scrambling
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information
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| Clock Factor
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information
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| Ch 0 Error
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information
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| Ch 1 Error
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information
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| Ch 2 Error
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information
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| Sink EDID Dump
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information
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Diagnostic Console
to do
About
| About
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| Device:
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information
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| FW Version
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information
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| Device ID:
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information
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