SECTION 3. HARDWARE

3.1 - Hardware Product Layout

3.2 - Jumpers and Connectors
FEATURE CONNECTOR
Standard IBM Feature Connector (FC) or VESA Advanced Feature Connector (VAFC) for connecting to other add-on cards for receiving video data.

JP14
Selects the primary routing for the video display output signal.

SettingsOPEN=To VGA Monitor
SettingsCLOSE=To TV-Out

Note : Since the output to TV can be assigned at a later stage through software, we recommend that the default setting be 'OPEN' (see 'Display Devices' Page 16)

JP15, JP16, JP17
These three jumpers are all relating to whether the TV you are using is either a PAL system or NTSC system TV.

JP15
Selects the type of TV-Out signal, PAL or NTSC

JP16, JP17
These jumpers change the frequency of the video signals to suit either PAL or NTSC TV systems. The settings are as follows.
ENCORDING
JP16CLOSE = NTSC TVOPEN = PAL TV
JP17CLOSE = PAL ENCODINGOPEN = NTSC

FACTORY DEFAULT JUMPER SETTINGS
At time of production these jumpers were set to suit a PAL system TV, with the video display output signal going to the VGA Monitor. However please check what type of TV system you use and change the jumpers if necessary.
JP14 = OPEN
JP15 = 1-2
JP16 = OPEN
JP17 = CLOSE

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