Chapter
 
9
 
Special
 
Functions
 
Creating an image with side flags 
For example, to create an image with side flags in the
 
background B row of the M/E-1 bank, use the following
 
procedure. 
1 
In the 1st row of the cross-point control block of the
 
M/E-1 bank, hold down the [UTIL1] button, and in the
 
2nd row, select the signal (utility bus signal) you want
 
to insert in the side flag areas. 
2 
In the background B row, press the cross-point button 
Wipe from a 4:3 image to another 4:3 
image (when side flags are on for both 
images) 
 
 
Side flag area 
corresponding to the 4:3 video material. 
At this point, if auto side flags are on, this
 
automatically adds side flags to the 4:3 video material. 
For details, 
1 
“Setting the Side Flag Video Material
 
and Operation” (p. 347). 
3 
Use either of the following methods to turn the side
 
flags on. 
•
 
Use the Misc >Enable >Side Flags menu (3213) 
(
1 
p. 154).
 
•
 
Use a cross-point button operation 
(
1 
p. 154).
 
This adds side flags to the 4:3 video material.
 
4:3 image
 
(side flags on) 
The circles indicate the position
 
of the wipe pattern edge when
 
the transition is half finished. 
 
 
 
 
Side flag area 
 
Wipe Action on Images with Side
 
Flags 
When a wipe is carried out on an image with side flags, all
 
wipe patterns can be used. 
The following show the action in a wipe. 
 
 
Wipe from a 4:3 image to a 16:9 image 
 
Side flag area 
16:9 image
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4:3 image
 
(side flags on) 
DME Wipe Action for an Image with 
Side Flags 
When a DME wipe is carried out on an image with side
 
flags, all wipe patterns can be used. 
Depending on the on/off setting of [Auto Crop] in the
 
Engineering Setup >Switcher >Config menu (7331), the
 
appearance of the 4:3 image changes. 
 
 
 Notes  
On the MVS-6520/6530/3000A, side flags are not applied
 
when auto side flags is turned off for signals with the
 
following DME wipe pattern selected on the DME external
 
video bus (gray part shown in the pattern illustration). 
-
 
Two-channel frame in-out 
-
 
Two-channel brick 
 
The following show the action in a DME wipe.