User Guide

AXIS 2400/2401 Administration Manual Configuring the Video Server
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Input Modulation
Important!
Automatic Detect-and-Store for the AXIS 2401
The AXIS 2401is supplied as either a NTSC or PAL-specific unit; simply click the Video Input
Modulation button from the Video Settings page to automatically detect and store an appropriate
derivative-standard for your video input.
Automatic or Manual Selection for the AXIS 2400
The AXIS 2400 is fully compatible between both NTSC or PAL transmission protocols and
supports several derivative modulation standards that are chosen either Manually or Automatically.
From the Video Settings page, you click the Video Input/Modulation button and select whether
the settings are to be applied generically or specifically; that is, Video 1’s or All Videos. Using either
method described below, you then define the transmission standard for the unit:
Automatically - Simply click the Start button to initiate a search of the selected video source(s).
An appropriate modulation type is then automatically assigned to the selected source(s).
Manually - Select a specific modulation type from the drop-down dialog box, as detailed below:
• PAL BGH/NTSC M:
• NTC 4.43, 50Hz / PAL 4.43, 60Hz
• PAL N/NTSC 4.43, 60Hz
• NTSC N/PAL M
• SECAM / PAL 4.43, 60Hz
Clicking Save registers your the settings with the Video Server.
The AXIS 2400/2401supports today’s two most popular video standards - NTSC and PAL:
NTSC delivers 525 lines of resolution at 60 half-frames per second is the common standard in the
United States; whereas, PAL delivers 625 lines at 50 half-frames per second and is the dominant video
standard in Europe.
The AXIS 2400 supports NTSC, PAL and their derived standards; whereas the AXIS 2401 is supplied as
either an NTSC or PAL-specific unit.