Arclight-MCP-Bot: Create PVM-1390 from Sony operating instructions

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Create PVM-1390 from Sony operating instructions

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{{CRT model
|brand=Sony
|model_code=PVM-1390
|market=USA
|series=PVM
|crt_type=Professional monitor
|form_factor=Standard
|screen_size_in=13
|aspect_ratio=4:3
|tvl=450
|height=34.2 cm
|width=38.5 cm
|depth=43.4 cm
|weight=13 kg
|tube_type=Microblack Trinitron
|mask_type=Aperture grille
|pitch=0.37
|deflection_angle=90
|av_system=NTSC
|frequency=50Hz,60Hz
|power_max=85
|speaker_type=Mono
|speaker_watts=0.5W
}}
The '''Sony PVM-1390''' is a 13-inch NTSC professional video monitor built around Sony's Microblack Trinitron picture tube. The manual quotes a 13-inch picture measured diagonally on a 14-inch tube, with 90-degree deflection and a 0.37 mm aperture grille pitch.<ref name="oi">Sony PVM-1390 Trinitron Color Video Monitor Operating Instructions, Sony Corporation. https://archive.org/details/sony-pvm-1390-user-guide</ref>

Resolution is 450 TV lines from both the composite and the separate (Y/C) video inputs, and 640 × 200 dots — about 2,000 characters — from the RGB input.<ref name="oi" /> Frequency response is 10 MHz (−3 dB) on RGB and 5 MHz (−3 dB) on composite and separate video. Horizontal linearity is better than ±8% and vertical linearity better than ±7%, with a line pull range of ±500 Hz horizontally and −8 Hz vertically and less than 10% overscan.<ref name="oi" />

== Features ==

The monitor's distinguishing feature is its '''CMPTR''' input, a 25-pin D-sub multi connector that accepts either analog or digital RGB from a microcomputer.<ref name="oi" /> A mode pin selects between the two: in the high state the red, green and blue pins take analog video — 0.7 Vp-p into 75 ohms without sync, or 1 Vp-p with sync on green — and the sync pin takes 1 Vp-p composite sync; in the low state all become TTL-level digital signals, with a further pin choosing between IBM-style signalling and 3-bit TTL.<ref name="oi" /> A rear SYNC ON GREEN switch configures the analog mode, and an audio-select pin on the connector chooses between audio arriving on pin 13 and audio from the LINE A/LINE B jacks or the VTR connector.<ref name="oi" />

A front-panel CMPTR button brings the computer input in, and because it lights alongside the previously selected LINE A or LINE B indicator, the computer picture can be superimposed over a video source rather than simply replacing it.<ref name="oi" /> The COLOR and HUE controls have no effect on the CMPTR source.<ref name="oi" />

Video sources otherwise arrive on the LINE A and LINE B composite BNCs with loop-through outputs, a 4-pin mini-DIN S VIDEO connector taking Y at 1 Vp-p and C at 0.286 Vp-p burst into 75 ohms, and an 8-pin VTR connector.<ref name="oi" /> Rear V HOLD and H CENT controls are provided alongside the front-panel PICTURE, BRIGHT, COLOR, HUE and VOLUME controls. The internal speaker is driven at 500 mW.<ref name="oi" />

== References ==
<references />
{{CRT voltage range
|voltage_min=120
|voltage_max=120
}}
{{CRT input
|label=LINE A
|signal=Composite (CVBS)
|connector=BNC
|count=1
|audio=Mono
|audio_connector=RCA (connector)
|location=rear
|notes=Composite 1 Vp-p ±6 dB, sync negative, with switchable 75-ohm termination. Audio is −5 dBs at high impedance. Loop-through to LINE A VIDEO OUT / AUDIO OUT.
}}
{{CRT input
|label=LINE B
|signal=Composite (CVBS)
|connector=BNC
|count=1
|audio=Mono
|audio_connector=RCA (connector)
|location=rear
|notes=Composite 1 Vp-p ±6 dB, sync negative.
}}
{{CRT input
|label=S VIDEO
|signal=S-Video (Y/C)
|connector=Mini-DIN-4
|count=1
|audio=Mono
|audio_shared_with=LINE A
|location=rear
|notes=Y at 1 Vp-p into 75 ohms unbalanced with negative sync; C at 0.286 Vp-p burst into 75 ohms.
}}
{{CRT input
|label=VTR
|signal=Composite (CVBS)
|connector=EIAJ-8
|count=1
|audio=Mono
|audio_connector=EIAJ-8
|location=rear
|notes=Sony 8-pin VTR connector carrying composite video at 1 Vp-p ±6 dB, 75 ohms terminated, plus audio at −5 dBs.
}}
{{CRT input
|label=CMPTR
|signal=RGsB
|connector=DB-25
|count=1
|audio=Mono
|audio_shared_with=LINE A
|sync=Sync on Green
|location=rear
|notes=Analog mode, selected by the connector's mode pin. R, G and B at 0.7 Vp-p into 75 ohms without sync, or 1 Vp-p with sync on green as set by the rear SYNC ON GREEN switch; alternatively 1 Vp-p negative composite sync on the sync pin.
}}
{{CRT input
|label=CMPTR
|signal=TTL RGB
|connector=DB-25
|count=1
|audio=Mono
|audio_shared_with=LINE A
|location=rear
|notes=Digital mode on the same 25-pin connector, with a further pin selecting IBM-style signalling or 3-bit TTL. Sync is TTL level.
}}
{{CRT output
|label=LINE A VIDEO OUT
|output_type=Video
|signal=Composite (CVBS)
|connector=BNC
|count=1
|location=rear
|notes=Loop-through of LINE A VIDEO IN.
}}
{{CRT output
|label=LINE B VIDEO OUT
|output_type=Video
|signal=Composite (CVBS)
|connector=BNC
|count=1
|location=rear
|notes=Loop-through of LINE B VIDEO IN.
}}
{{CRT output
|label=LINE A AUDIO OUT
|output_type=Audio
|signal=Analog mono
|connector=RCA (connector)
|count=1
|location=rear
|notes=Loop-through of the LINE A AUDIO IN jack.
}}
{{CRT output
|label=LINE B AUDIO OUT
|output_type=Audio
|signal=Analog mono
|connector=RCA (connector)
|count=1
|location=rear
|notes=Loop-through of the LINE B AUDIO IN jack.
}}

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