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Welcome

Thank you for purchasing a Blackmagic Audio Monitor for your production needs! 

We hope you share our dream for the television industry to become a truly creative industry by 
allowing anyone to have access to the highest quality video equipment. 

Audio monitoring is crucial for any video production workflow, whether it’s broadcast, 
post production or live production. Blackmagic Audio Monitor gives you all the features of 
professional audio monitors in a compact rack mount design. You can connect to virtually all 
types of audio equipment for high quality monitoring. The original Blackmagic Audio Monitor 
supports 6G-SDI for connecting Ultra HD video up to 30 frames per second. Blackmagic Audio 
Monitor 12G supports 12G-SDI for connecting Ultra HD video up to 60 frames per second and 
also supports level A and B 3G-SDI video signal inputs.

This instruction manual contains all the information you need to start using your 
Blackmagic Audio Monitor.

Please check the support page on our web site at www.blackmagicdesign.com for the latest 
version of this manual and updates to your Blackmagic Audio Monitor’s internal software. 
Keeping your internal software up to date will always ensure you get all the latest features. 
When downloading software, please register with your information so we can keep you 
updated when new software is released. We are constantly working on new features and 
improvements, so we would love to hear from you!

Grant Petty 

CEO Blackmagic Design

English

Summary of Contents for Teranex Mini IP Video 12G

Page 1: ...Installation and Operation Manual November 2018 Blackmagic Audio Monitor 12G...

Page 2: ...g Ultra HD video up to 30 frames per second Blackmagic Audio Monitor 12G supports 12G SDI for connecting Ultra HD video up to 60 frames per second and also supports level A and B 3G SDI video signal i...

Page 3: ...Blackmagic Audio Monitor Setup 9 Mac OS X Installation 9 Windows Installation 9 Updating the Internal Software 9 Meter Tab 10 Configure Tab 12 Changing Network Settings 12 Installing the optional Bla...

Page 4: ...ems and iPods Your Blackmagic Audio Monitor includes two high quality internal full range speakers and two sub woofers that give you a wide range of frequencies for clear and deep sound reproduction o...

Page 5: ...io with Blackmagic Audio Monitor Connecting Video Outputs If you need video as well as audio monitoring Blackmagic Audio Monitor s video outputs let you monitor video with audio on a large screen or c...

Page 6: ...is no SDI video detected a music icon will be displayed The following information is displayed for each selected input SDI input SDI video format selected audio channels 20 10 3 3 L R 0 SDI 1080PsF 3...

Page 7: ...buttons let you isolate left and right channel audio so you can listen for any potential audio problems in each channel independently 45 30 20 10 3 3 L R 0 SOLO LEFT SOLO RIGHT CH CH INPUT SDI 1080Ps...

Page 8: ...eakers and headphones Muting the audio will not affect your audio input and will only affect the speakers and headphones output Pressing the MUTE button again will restore audio to the control panel s...

Page 9: ...Mac OS X Installation 1 Double click the installer file from the supplied media or from your downloads folder if you downloaded the software from the Blackmagic Design website 2 Follow the install pr...

Page 10: ...ted audio level meters and measurement scale combinations Meter Type Scale Type Measurement Scale How to Use VU 45 to 3 Printed on unit PPM EBU 12 to 12 Stick on label PPM BBC 1 to 7 Stick on label Lo...

Page 11: ...itor to help you easily identify where your audio is peaking To apply the stick on labels simply peel and stick the desired scale in between the colored LED meters and over the current VU scale markin...

Page 12: ...acquire a network address making it easy to immediately select it from the setup utility home screen If you are having trouble finding a Blackmagic Audio Monitor 12G on your network or you have previo...

Page 13: ...ear surround left and right channels a center channel plus one channel for low bass frequencies The Dolby decoder is a 72 pin SIMM module that is easily installed into the empty SIMM slot on Blackmagi...

Page 14: ...hannels by pressing the control panel channel up and down buttons A Holding the Blackmagic Dolby decoder module by the top edges align the module s keyway to the SIMM slot key and gently insert the mo...

Page 15: ...now open the Terminal application on macOS or enable Telnet command line utilities on Windows and enter Blackmagic Audio Monitor 12G Ethernet Protocol commands These commands can be programmed into yo...

Page 16: ...protocol is changed in a compatible way the minor version number will be updated If incompatible changes are made the major version number will be updated Device Information The next block contains ge...

Page 17: ...o 15 16 XLR AES EBU Stereo 1 2 XLR Analog Stereo or RCA Stereo AUDIO INPUT Routing Speaker Stereo XLR AES EBU Stereo 1 2 The response will be ACK AUDIO INPUT Routing Speaker Stereo XLR AES EBU Stereo...

Page 18: ...Label label Unique ID label read only NETWORK Dynamic IP boolean read only Current address IP _ address read only Current subnet IP _ address read only Current gateway IP _ address read only AUDIO MET...

Page 19: ...pport request Alternatively click on the Find your local support team button on the support page and call your nearest Blackmagic Design support office Checking the Software Version Currently Installe...

Page 20: ...t 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses a...

Page 21: ...adequate ventilation is provided around the product and is not restricted When rack mounting ensure the ventilation is not restricted by adjacent equipment No operator serviceable parts inside Refer s...

Page 22: ...r or service the product b to repair damage resulting from improper use or connection to incompatible equipment c to repair any damage or malfunction caused by the use of non Blackmagic Design parts o...

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