Se-500 Digital Video Switcher
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SE-500 DIGITAL VIDEO SWITCHER SD 4-CHANNEL DIGITAL VIDEO SWITCHER SE-500 Instruction Manual Table of Contents FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT ......................................................................................................................... 3 WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS ........................................................................................................................ 3 WARRANTY ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 STANDARD WARRANTY ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 THREE YEAR WARRANTY ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 DISPOSAL ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 RADIO AND TELEVISION INTERFERENCE........................................................................................................ 6 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................. 7 1.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................ 7 1.2 FEATURES ............................................................................................................................................................... 7 1.3 WHAT IS A SWITCHER? .............................................................................................................................................. 8 1.4 WHAT IS A FRAME SYNCHRONIZER? ............................................................................................................................. 8 1.5 POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 8 2. INSTALLATION, CONNECTIONS, SET UP ..................................................................................................... 9 2.1 SOME GENERAL NOTES ON INSTALLATION .................................................................................................................... 9 2.2 POWER UP STATE..................................................................................................................................................... 9 2.3 CONNECTING VIDEO SOURCES .................................................................................................................................. 10 2.4 CONNECTING AUDIO SOURCES ................................................................................................................................. 10 2.5 OUTPUTS AND MONITORS ....................................................................................................................................... 10 2.6 AUDIO MIXER ....................................................................................................................................................... 11 2.7 RS-232 CONTROL .................................................................................................................................................. 11 2.8 TALLY CONTROL ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 2.9 MIDI CONTROL ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 3. QUICK START ....................................................................................................................................................12 3.1 SE-500 FRONT PANEL ............................................................................................................................................ 12 3.2 SE-500 REAR PANEL .............................................................................................................................................. 15 3.3 SELECTING VIDEO INPUT FORMATS AND ADJUSTING AUDIO LEVELS ................................................................................... 17 3.4 USING VIDEO AND AUDIO MONITORS ........................................................................................................................ 17 3.5 CUTTING BETWEEN SOURCES .................................................................................................................................... 17 3.6 DISSOLVING BETWEEN SOURCES ................................................................................................................................ 17 3.7 OTHER TRANSITIONS BETWEEN SOURCES .................................................................................................................... 17 3.8 EFFECTS ............................................................................................................................................................... 18 4. CONTROLS AND OPERATIONS .....................................................................................................................19 4.1 VIDEO SOURCE ...................................................................................................................................................... 19 4.2 COLOR PROCESSOR ................................................................................................................................................ 19 4.3 MENU ................................................................................................................................................................ 21 4.4 AUDIO INPUTS, LEVELS, AND METERS (FADERS, BUS SELECTORS,) ................................................................................... 21 5. USING TRANSITIONS .......................................................................................................................................23 5.1 SELECTING A TRANSITION: FADE, WIPE ...................................................................................................................... 23 5.2 PLAYING A TRANSITION MANUALLY ............................................................................................................................ 23 5.3 PLAYING A TRANSITION AUTOMATICALLY..................................................................................................................... 23 5.4 LIST OF TRANSITIONS AND PARAMETERS (SUITABLE FOR PHOTOCOPYING) ................................................................ 24 6. USING EFFECTS ................................................................................................................................................26 6.1 EFFECTS: QUAD ..................................................................................................................................................... 26 6.2 EFFECTS: SPLIT ...................................................................................................................................................... 26 6.3 EFFECTS: PICTURE IN PICTURE ....................................................................................................................... 27 6.4 EFFECTS: FREEZE ............................................................................................................................................ 27 6.5 BORDER ............................................................................................................................................................ 27 1 6.6 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................................... 27 7. SAMPLE APPLICATIONS .................................................................................................................................28 7.1 FOUR CAMERA SHOOT: LIVE STAGE PERFORMANCE / SPORTING EVENT ........................................................................... 28 7.2 LIVE CONFERENCE .................................................................................................................................................. 29 7.3 LIVE EVENT MIXING: CLUB VJ / CONCERT .................................................................................................................. 30 7.4 USING SE-500 WITH CG-100 FOR TITLES/GRAPHICS/LOGOS OVERLAY ........................................................................... 31 8. TROUBLESHOOTING .......................................................................................................................................32 8.1 NO POWER ........................................................................................................................................................... 32 8.2 NO IMAGE AT OUTPUT ............................................................................................................................................ 32 8.3 AUDIO CLIPPING .................................................................................................................................................... 32 8.4 FROZEN IMAGE AT OUTPUT .....................................................................................................................................