Blackmagic Studio Camera User Manual Menu Settings

All the settings for your Blackmagic Studio Converter are available in the LCD menu. To change a setting:

1. Press the ‘menu’ button to open the settings menu.

2. Rotate the settings dial to select the desired menu page and press the ‘set’ button to confirm.

3. Rotate the settings dial to select the settings you want to change and press ‘set’ to confirm the change.

Your new settings are now applied. Press the ‘menu’ button to step back through the menu and return to the home screen.

The next section of the manual describes each setting.

Monitor

Clean Feed - On/Off

Setting clean feed to ‘on’ will remove the status text from the monitor output so only the source image is visible, for example the camera image or return feeds. For more information on the monitor output, refer to the ‘using the monitor output’ section later in this manual.

Audio

Audio Meters

To change the meter type, open the audio meters setting and select your preferred audio meter display from the options. You can select between PPM and VU meters.

Headphone and Speaker Level

In addition to holding the speaker button down on the front panel and rotating the settings knob, you can also adjust the speaker and headphones volume via the headphone and speaker level setting. The default level is 50%.

Program Audio

Set the program audio to SDI or analog.

SDI - Uses the program audio from the SDI return feed plugged into the return 1 BNC connector.

Analog - Uses analog audio connected to the DE-9 serial connector. For example, you could take an analog feed off a sound desk or a version of the audio with a different language commentary mixed on top of the program audio.

Talkback Source

Set the talkback source to SDI or analog.

SDI - Uses the talkback embedded in the SDI program return feed plugged into the return 1 BNC connector. Select this setting when connected to an ATEM switcher with talkback embedded in the video feed.

Analog - Uses analog talkback audio connected to the ‘talkback’ RJ-45 connector. The analog setting is what you will want to use if you are integrating a third party talkback system, for example ClearCom, RTS or Reidel.

Setup

Name

Displays the name of your Blackmagic Studio Converter.

Language

Blackmagic Studio Converter supports multiple languages, including English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Ukrainian and Polish.

To select the language, open the setup menu and scroll down using the settings knob. Press ‘set’ to confirm. Once selected you will automatically return to the setup menu.

Software

Displays the current software version for your Blackmagic Studio Converter.

Front Panel

Set your Blackmagic Studio Converter’s front panel to ‘light’ mode for a brightly illuminated LCD. Use ‘dark’ mode for dimly lit environments where a bright LCD may be distracting, for example multiple studio converter units mounted in a rack in a production facility.

Ethernet Power

Allows you to switch Ethernet power to your studio camera on or off.

As the quality of Ethernet cables can vary over long cable runs, setting Ethernet power to ‘off’ and powering your camera locally can increase performance over longer distances. The default setting is ‘on’.

Tally Settings

Source

Select SDI for embedded tally from an ATEM switcher, or ‘analog’ for third party tally systems connected via the DE-9 serial connector.

Analog Tally Type

Set the analog type to contact closure or voltage depending on the third party tally system connected via the DE-9 serial connector.

Timecode Settings

There are three timecode input options available.

Input

Auto - When set to ‘auto’ the camera will automatically lock to the external timecode signal being sent via the return 1 SDI input. If an analog timecode signal is also connected to Blackmagic Studio Converters timecode input BNC, it will over override the timecode signal sent via the return 1 SDI input.

Analog - Select analog to manually use analog timecode input.

SDI - Select SDI to manually use return 1 SDI input for your timecode source.

Reset

Factory Reset

‘Factory reset’ restores your Blackmagic Studio Converter to its factory default settings. Press ‘set’ and confirm the setting when prompted.