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Front-Panel Key Reference
Trig
Two. Field One is viewed as having 263 lines (or 313 
lines) and Field Two is viewed as having 262 lines 
(or 312 lines).
For the 525 line NTSC video standard, we refer to TV 
lines as follows (these are the Field Modes):
Entire Frame, lines 1 to 525
Field One, lines 1 to 263
Field Two, lines 1 to 262 (note that this really refers 
to “actual” lines 264 to 525)
For the 625 line PAL and SECAM video standards, we 
refer to TV lines as follows:
Entire Frame, lines 1 to 625
Field One, lines 1 to 313
Field Two, lines 314 to 625
As the Field is changed, the appropriate value for Line 
is chosen to keep triggering on the same line as before, 
or if this is not possible, the corresponding line in the 
new Field. For example, suppose line 264 is selected 
while in the NTSC-M standard and the Entire Frame 
mode. This is the first line in Field Two. If Field Two is 
then selected, the Line number changes to Line 1, the 
same actual line in the TV signal. If Field One is then 
selected, the line number stays at 1, but now we are 
triggering in the first line in Field One. The only 
exception to this is if we are on the last line of Field One 
and change to Field Two. In this case, we go to the last 
line in Field Two. 
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Entire Frame
  Causes the selected line number to be 
viewed as an offset into the entire 
frame starting with line 1, the first line 
in Field One. 
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Field 
Field One
  Causes the selected line number to be 
viewed as an offset into the first field 
starting with Line 1, the first line in 
Field One. 
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Field