The Power On Settings panel allows the microscopist to set a number of options that determine the configuration of the system display at startup. The menu is entered by selecting the SETUP menu from any other menu, followed by selection of the Power On Settings button. Three different display configurations can be defined in the menu and selected as the startup version.

When each item has been set as desired in the Power On Settings panel, the SAVE button should be clicked to save the settings. The system and display configuration appearing at start-up will be in accordance with the settings last saved in the Power On Settings panel. The Default button is used to cancel any changes made by the user, restoring the settings to their default values. The items described in the list below (illustrated in Figure 1) are set by clicking the button, or pair of buttons, to the right of each feature. For settings controlled by two buttons, the left-hand button decreases the value, and the right-hand button increases the value.

• CAM. Custom No. - The CAM Custom No. button can be set to specify any of the seven possible custom user configurations. The specific camera settings registered as a custom mode (numbered 1 - 7) are saved from the CAM menu. The custom mode number set in this menu will be the one utilized at start-up of the system.
• Cam OSD - This setting for on-screen display (OSD) specifies the type of scene mode buttons that are displayed in the CAM Easy menu. Selection of Ind. results in display of the Industrial scene modes, and selecting Bio. produces the Biological mode display.
• Display Custom No. - This button cycles through three different display configurations, which may be saved as numbers 1 - 3 after setting in this menu. To select one of the three patterns to be utilized at start-up, its number is chosen by clicking the Display Custom No. button followed by clicking the SAVE button.
• OSD - The OSD (On-screen Display) setting allows the user to specify both the Position and Size at which the menu is displayed on the monitor at system start-up. Clicking with the mouse on the Position button toggles between U. Left (upper left) and U. Right (upper right). The Size button allows choosing between Big and Small relative menu display sizes, and pertains to all menus except the SETUP screen.
• SXGA/XGA, LCD - Clicking this button selects which of four monitor output states are operative at start-up of the system. The following choices for display of images are toggled in sequence:

• XGA (LCD ON) - The internal LCD monitor is on, and the external monitor XGA output is on.
• SXGA (LCD OFF) - The internal LCD monitor is off, and the external monitor SXGA output is on.
• XGA (LCD OFF) - The internal LCD monitor is off, and the external monitor XGA output is on.
• LCD Only (VGA OFF) - The internal LCD monitor is on, and the external monitor output is off.

• LCD Back Light - These two buttons are utilized to adjust the brightness of the LCD monitor. Nine adjustment steps (1 - 9) are provided.
• Display (VGA, LCD) Color Adjust - Three sets of buttons are provided to adjust the color balance of the monitor. The red, green, and blue color components of the video signal are adjusted separately by utilizing the buttons labeled R_Gain, G_Gain, and B_Gain, respectively. Modifications made through these controls affect both the internal LCD monitor and the external monitor output.

• Mirror - The mirroring utility enables the operator to reorient the output digital image in order to accommodate different orientations of the camera head on the microscope. Various hardware mounting configurations can result in the specimen image on the monitor differing from that seen in the microscope eyepieces, and this function allows the two image views to be matched. Repeatedly clicking the Mirror button flips the image horizontally (H), vertically (V), or both (HV), the latter constituting a 180-degree rotation.