Arclight-MCP-Bot: Create PVM-14L5 from Sony operating instructions and service manual

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Create PVM-14L5 from Sony operating instructions and service manual

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{{CRT model
|brand=Sony
|model_code=PVM-14L5
|market=USA,Canada
|series=PVM
|crt_type=Professional monitor
|form_factor=Standard
|screen_size_in=14
|aspect_ratio=4:3
|tvl=800
|height=28.0 cm
|width=34.6 cm
|depth=42.4 cm
|weight=17 kg
|tube_type=HR Trinitron
|chassis=SCC-G61K-A
|mask_type=Aperture grille
|phosphor_type=SMPTE-C
|av_system=NTSC,PAL
|h_scan_min=15
|h_scan_max=45
|frequency=50Hz,60Hz
|power_avg=110
|power_max=120
|speaker_type=Mono
|speaker_watts=0.8W
}}
The '''Sony PVM-14L5''' is a 14-inch multiformat HR Trinitron professional video monitor, the smaller of a pair with the 20-inch PVM-20L5 with which it shares an operating manual and a service manual. US and Canadian sets carry chassis number SCC-G61K-A.<ref name="sm">Sony PVM-14L5/PVM-20L5 Service Manual, Sony Corporation. https://archive.org/details/SonyPVM20L514L5ServiceManual</ref><ref name="oi">Sony PVM-14L5/PVM-20L5 Operating Instructions, Sony Corporation. https://archive.org/details/trinitron-pvm-14l-5-user-manual</ref>

The picture tube is an HR (High Resolution) Trinitron using SMPTE-C standard luminescent material, resolving more than 800 TV lines at the centre of the screen in 4:3 and 600 TV lines in 16:9.<ref name="oi" /> Colour temperature can be set to D65, D93 or a USER preset adjustable between 5,000 K and 10,000 K.<ref name="oi" /> Convergence error is specified at 0.4 mm or less in the centre and 0.5 mm or less at the periphery, with linearity of 4% or better on both axes and raster size stability of 1.0%.<ref name="oi" />

Frequency response is 50 Hz to 10 MHz (0 dB/−3 dB) on 575/50i and 480/60i component inputs and 48 Hz to 24 MHz for all other formats and for RGB.<ref name="oi" /> Aperture compensation is switchable between off (0 dB) and 2–6 dB, centred at 5 MHz for standard-definition inputs and 16 MHz otherwise; it does not operate on RGB sources.<ref name="oi" />

== Features ==

The 14L5 is a multiformat monitor rather than a fixed 15 kHz set: it locks to any horizontal frequency between 15 kHz and 45 kHz, covering the conventional NTSC and PAL colour systems plus 480/60i, 575/50i, 480/60P, 576/50P, 1080/48i, 1080/50i, 1035/60i, 1080/60i and 720/60P, and switches between 4:3 and 16:9 display.<ref name="oi" /> The appropriate colour system is selected automatically between NTSC and PAL, and an auto chroma phase function trims the decoder's chroma and phase.<ref name="oi" />

A comb filter engages on NTSC composite for cleaner Y/C separation, and a beam-current feedback circuit holds white balance stable.<ref name="oi" /> The CRT is degaussed automatically at power-on — with a user-settable delay in the menu — and manually with a front-panel DEGAUSS button, which is inhibited while the on-screen menu is displayed.<ref name="oi" />

Monitoring aids comprise a 5% underscan mode, an H/V delay mode and a blue-only mode. In underscan, faint RGB scanning lines may appear along the top edge; these come from an internal test signal rather than the source.<ref name="oi" /> A built-in Caption Vision (closed caption) decoder superimposes English subtitles when caption data is present.<ref name="oi" /> Settings can be locked against tampering through the KEY PROTECT menu.<ref name="oi" />

An input option slot in the rear panel accepts Sony BKM-series adaptor boards — among them the BKM-129X, BKM-142HD, BKM-150CP and BKM-155DV — to add input formats; the fan-cooled boards raise standard power consumption from 110 W to as much as 120 W.<ref name="oi" /> Remote control is available both as a serial D-sub 9-pin loop-through and as an 8-pin modular parallel remote whose pins can be assigned in the Remote menu to input selection, red and green tally, external sync, underscan and 16:9 aspect.<ref name="oi" /> The monitor mounts in an EIA 19-inch rack with the optional MB-521 bracket or SLR-104 slide rail.<ref name="oi" />

== References ==
<references />
{{CRT voltage range
|voltage_min=100
|voltage_max=240
}}
{{CRT input
|label=LINE A
|signal=Composite (CVBS)
|connector=BNC
|count=1
|audio=Mono
|audio_connector=RCA (connector)
|location=rear
|notes=1 Vp-p ±6 dB, negative sync. Audio input is −5 dBu into 47 kilohms or higher. Loop-through with automatic 75-ohm termination.
}}
{{CRT input
|label=LINE A
|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 negative sync into 75 ohms; chroma 286 mVp-p (NTSC) or 300 mVp-p (PAL) burst, Y-to-C delay within ±100 ns. Shares the LINE A audio jack.
}}
{{CRT input
|label=LINE B
|signal=Composite (CVBS)
|connector=BNC
|count=1
|audio=Mono
|audio_connector=RCA (connector)
|location=rear
|notes=1 Vp-p ±6 dB, negative sync. Loop-through with automatic 75-ohm termination.
}}
{{CRT input
|label=RGB/COMPONENT
|signal=RGsB
|connector=BNC
|count=1
|audio=Mono
|audio_connector=RCA (connector)
|sync=Sync on Green
|location=rear
|notes=Three loop-through BNCs at 0.7 Vp-p ±6 dB with sync on green at 0.3 Vp-p negative, or external sync through the EXT SYNC connector. Selected against the component input with the RGB/COMP button.
}}
{{CRT input
|label=RGB/COMPONENT
|signal=Component (YPbPr)
|connector=BNC
|count=1
|audio=Mono
|audio_shared_with=RGB/COMPONENT
|location=rear
|notes=0.7 Vp-p ±6 dB referenced to a 75% chrominance standard colour bar signal, on the same three BNCs as the analog RGB input.
}}
{{CRT output
|label=LINE A VIDEO OUT
|output_type=Video
|signal=Composite (CVBS)
|connector=BNC
|count=1
|location=rear
|notes=Loop-through with automatic 75-ohm termination.
}}
{{CRT output
|label=LINE A Y/C OUT
|output_type=Video
|signal=S-Video (Y/C)
|connector=Mini-DIN-4
|count=1
|location=rear
|notes=Loop-through with automatic 75-ohm termination.
}}
{{CRT output
|label=LINE B VIDEO OUT
|output_type=Video
|signal=Composite (CVBS)
|connector=BNC
|count=1
|location=rear
|notes=Loop-through with automatic 75-ohm termination.
}}
{{CRT output
|label=RGB/COMPONENT OUT
|output_type=Video
|signal=RGsB
|connector=BNC
|count=1
|location=rear
|notes=Three loop-through BNCs carrying whichever of the RGB or component signals is applied to the inputs.
}}
{{CRT output
|label=LINE A AUDIO OUT
|output_type=Audio
|signal=Analog mono
|connector=RCA (connector)
|count=1
|location=rear
|notes=Loop-through of LINE A AUDIO IN.
}}
{{CRT output
|label=LINE B AUDIO OUT
|output_type=Audio
|signal=Analog mono
|connector=RCA (connector)
|count=1
|location=rear
|notes=Loop-through of LINE B AUDIO IN.
}}
{{CRT output
|label=RGB/COMPONENT AUDIO OUT
|output_type=Audio
|signal=Analog mono
|connector=RCA (connector)
|count=1
|location=rear
|notes=Loop-through of the RGB/Component AUDIO IN.
}}

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