User Manual

Selecting the Video Display Settings
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Client monitor display becomes active or inactive.
The Toggle Client Monitor button has a blue monitor icon when the Client monitor is active,
and has a black monitor icon with a red diagonal line when the Client monitor is inactive. (If
the Toggle Client Monitor button has a gray monitor icon, your application is running in
software-only mode and clicking the button has no effect.)
The states of the Toggle Client Monitor button. Monitor active (left), monitor inactive (center), and button
disabled (Avid editing application is in software-only mode).
The Toggle Client Monitor button appears in the Play tab of the Command palette. You can
use it in the Command palette, or map it to any available button location or to the keyboard.
For more information, see “The Command Palette” on page 110 and “Mapping
User-Selectable Buttons” on page 112.
Selecting the Video Display Settings
After you connect the camera or digital deck and Client monitor to your Avid system, you might
need to modify the way your Avid editing application plays video to the Client monitor and
application monitors. Use the Video Display setting in the Settings list to configure these
settings.
To select Video Display settings:
1. Click the Settings tab in the Project window.
The Settings list appears.
2. Double-click Video Display.
The Video Display Settings dialog box opens. The options available in the Video Display
Settings dialog box vary depending on the model and configuration of your Avid editing
application.