PIX 260i User Guide and Technical Information Firmware rev. 1.03 Sound Devices, LLC E7556 State Rd. 23 and 33 • Reedsburg, WI • USA +1 (608) 524-0625 • fax: +1 (608) 524-0655 Toll-Free: (800) 505-0625 www.sounddevices.com [email protected] PIX 260i User Guide and Technical Information Table of Contents Introduction . 2 F Sampling Rate Modes . 28 Manual Conventions . 2 48 .048k and 48 .048kF . 28 Video Mode and Audio Mode . 2 Fostex DV40 . 29 Panel Descriptions . 4 47 .952k and 47 .952kF . 29 Front Panel . 4 Video Scaling and Frame Rate Conversion . 29 Rear Panel . 5 3:2 Pulldown Removal . 30 PIX-CADDY 2 (Optional) . 7 Up and Down Conversion . 30 Menu and Navigation . 8 Down-Conversion . 31 Up-Conversion . 32 LCD . 8 Main View . .. 8 Playback . 33 On-screen Display . 8 Playback Operation . 33 Menu . 10 Fast Forward and Rewind . 33 Audio Screen . 10 File Skip . 33 File List . 11 Shuttle Playback Mode . 34 File Details . 13 Cue Marker . 34 Inputs and Outputs . 14 Cue Marker Looping . 35 Play List . 35 Video Inputs . 14 Playback Mode . 36 HDMI . .. 14 Playback Rate of Audio Files . 37 SDI . 14 Non-Native File Playback . 37 Video Outputs . 14 Exporting QT Files for 260i Playback . .. 37 Audio Inputs . 15 Playing Back Files on a Computer . 37 Analog Audio Inputs . 15 XLR (1-2) . 15 Synchronization and Timecode . 38 DB25 (1-8) . 15 Sync Reference . 39 Digital Audio Inputs . 15 Video Mode Synchronization . 39 HDMI / SDI Embedded Audio . 15 Audio Mode Synchronization . 39 AES3 . 15 Timecode Reader . 39 Dante Audio Inputs . 16 Internal Ambient® Lockit: Timecode Generator with Sync Out 40 Dante Redundancy . 17 Setting the Sync Out . 40 Sample Rate Converters . 17 Timecode Modes . 40 Choosing Audio Sources . 17 Freerun Timceode Mode . 40 Input Level Control . 17 Record Run Timecode Mode . 40 Input Delay Control . 18 External Timecode Mode . 41 Audio Outputs . 18 Timecode Frame Rate . 41 Analog Audio Outputs . 18 Timecode Input Sources . 41 Digital Audio Outputs (AES/HDMI) . 18 Timecode BNC . 41 Dante Audio Outputs . 18 SDI or HDMI Input Embedded Timecode . 41 SDI Audio Outputs . 18 Synchronization/Timecode Examples . 41 Headphone Output . 18 Single Video Camera, no Genlock . 41 Ethernet . 19 Single Camera with Genlock Input, Genlocked from PIX . 42 Multiple Cameras with Genlock Input, all Genlocked from a Single Video Monitoring Features . 20 PIX . 42 Exposure Assist . 20 Camera #1 to PIX #1, Camera #2 to PIX #2, No Genlock . 43 False Color . .. 20 Camera to PIX with Word Clock Connection to Audio Recorder 43 Zebras . 21 External Control . 44 Focus Assist . 22 RS422 . 44 Peaking . 22 PIX Grouping . 44 Edge Enhance . 23 Group Transport . 44 Zoom . 24 Non-Grouping Settings and Functions . 44 Flip Display . 24 Web Interface - PIXNET . .. 44 Recording . .. 25 PIXNET All Units Page . 45 Selecting Video File Resolution and Frame Rate . 26 PIXNET Unit Page . 46 Progressive Segmented Frames (PsF) . 26 PIXNET Unit Page Main View and Menu Tabs . 47 Selecting a Video Codec . 26 Main View . 47 Interruption of Signal During Recording . .. 27 Clips Menu . 47 Alignment of Audio and Video . 27 File Storage Menu . 47 Audio Track Arming . 27 Video Menu . 47 Audio Mode . 27 Audio Menu . 48 Polyphonic or Monophonic WAV Files . 27 TC Menu . 48 Audio Mode Settings . 28 OSD Menu . 48 PIX 260i User Guide and Technical Information Remote Menu . 48 File Storage . 62 Network Menu . 48 Video . 63 System Menu . 48 Audio . 64 Triggering Recording from External Timecode . 48 Timecode/Sync . 66 Triggering Recording from SDI Flag Bits . 49 LCD Monitor . 67 GPIO (General Purpose Input / Output) . 49 On-Screen Display . .. 68 USB Keyboard . 50 Remote Control . 68 Storage and File Management . 51 Network . 69 Storage . 51 System . 69 PIX-CADDY . 51 Quick Setup . 70 eSATA . .. 51 Button Shortcuts . .. 71 Supported Storage Devices . 51 Connector Pin Assignments . 72 Formatting . 52 Appendix A - Supported Files . 74 Drive Modes . 52 Record Mode (Simultaneous or Sequential) . 52 Specifications - PIX 260i . 75 Metadata . 53 SDI . .. 75 CamID . 53 HDMI . 75 Reel . 53 Video Input Resolutions / Rates . 75 Clip . .. 53 Video Codecs and Files . 75 Scene/Shot . 53 Up/Down/Cross Conversion . 75 Take . 53 Frame Rate Conversion . 75 Audio Track Name (Audio Only) . 54 LCD . 75 File Management . 54 Audio Recording . 75 File Size Limit . .. 54 Analog Audio . 76 File Naming . 54 Digital Audio . 76 RED File Format . ..