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Summary of Contents for Odyssey7

Page 1: ...User Manual Odyssey7 Updated 21 Jul 2014 Firmware Release v2 10 141 2014 ...

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Page 3: ...Odyssey7 Activation 13 Initializing 13 Setting Up Using the Odyssey7 14 The Odyssey7 Menu 14 Powering Down 14 WORKING W MEDIA 15 Loss of Power During a Record 15 Downloading Media 15 File Management Software 16 File Storage 16 POST PRODUCTION 17 Apple ProRes 422 HQ 17 Working with Files Recorded by the Odyssey7 17 ODYSSEY7 MENUS 18 System Status Buttons 18 Upper LOWER Tool BarS Play Mode 21 LOWER ...

Page 4: ...sey7 from an ARRI Alexa camera we recommend using the 24V r s Fischer 3 output from the Alexa using the optional Convergent Design cable 6 Familiarize yourself with the equipment and test prior to shooting 7 Before using the SSDs it is IMPERATIVE TO FORMAT them in the Odyssey7 Formatting SSD media is a Destructive process any existing data will be lost during format 8 Ensure that the camera s view...

Page 5: ...gram False color exposure view Zebra three mode Focus assist pixel Zoom 1 1 2 1 LUTs and Frame Guides Flexible I O One dedicated 3G SDI input one dedicated 3G SDI output one HDMi input one HDMi output Active cross conversion means that both outputs are always active no matter which input is used RECORDING High capacity recording A high speed solid state Drive SSD available in 256 GB or 512 GB allo...

Page 6: ...bs for the basic unit Small size even with a 7 7 screen the Odyssey7Q is approximately 8 x6 x1 making it easy to use on cameras mounted in tight spots or held in one s hand MOUNTING The Odyssey7 features three x20 threaded sockets one on the lower rear of the case and one each on the left and right sides of the case Do not exceed 11mm of depth when inserting a bolt otherwise damage may occur to th...

Page 7: ...el Mode Image Zoom Vertical Flip Aspect Ratio Guides Digital Audio I O 2 Channel Embedded Audio 48KHz 24 bit Analog Audio I O 3 5mm stereo unbalanced input up to 10dB future 3 5mm stereo headphone output Remote and Timecode RS 232 I O future programmable GPIO future Timecode LTC I O BNC or embedded SDI HDMI HDMI future User Interface Capacitive Touchscreen Two user programmable context sensitive m...

Page 8: ...additional compressed video codecs with expanded frame rate resolution selections interlaced support and pull down support NOTE Convergent Design manufactures the Odyssey7Q that is designed for recording in 2K 4K RAW MultiStream and other formats Please see our website or talk to your dealer for details Apple ProRes 422 HQ The Odyssey 7 records in Apple ProRes HQ which is a 10 bit 4 2 2 220Mb comp...

Page 9: ...720 227 9296 Office Hours 8 00 A M to 5 30 P M Monday Friday Mountain Time GMT 6 EMAIL CDSupport Convergent Design com WEBSITE www Convergent Design com Package Contents Odyssey7 box contains one 1 Odyssey7 monitor recorder and one 1 universal power supply MEDIA AND ACCESSORIES SOLD SEPARATELY ...

Page 10: ...2GB SSD for Odyssey7 and 7Q CD SSD 512GB ODYSSEY UTILITY DRIVE The Odyssey Utility Drive is designed as a lower cost alternative to the Odyssey Premium SSD media for secondary tasks The Odyssey Utility Drive can be used for Odyssey7 7Q firmware updates Odyssey7Q 3D LUT files and other future functionality The Odyssey Utility Drive will not record video files It is intended for Odyssey7 7Q owners w...

Page 11: ...connector for 3G SDI input LTC io BNC connector for linear Timecode input output HDMi in HDMi 1 4 input from HDMi video source HDMI Out HDMi 1 4 output to external monitor or other device SDI Out BNC connector for 3G SDI output AUDIO in 3 5mm mini phone stereo socket for analog audio in This input will be enabled in a free future firmware update AUDIO Out 3 5mm mini phone stereo headphone socket O...

Page 12: ...mware update it will be possible to program these buttons for additional functions ODYSSEY7 RIGHT SIDE There are three connector ports top to bottom USB HDMI OUT and RMT USB An access point for servicing by Convergent Design HDMi out Output to an HDMi compatible device RMT A remote control connection to the Odyssey7 In a future free firmware update the rMt port will allow control interface with fu...

Page 13: ...tivate the Odyssey7 after initial purchase go to http www Convergent design com to register the unit Also make sure your Odyssey7 has the latest firmware posted here https www convergent design com odyssey7 firmware See Firmware Updates under the Appendix below for more information on how to put new firmware on your Odyssey7 INITIALIZING Plug in power to the Odyssey7 It should take about 5 10 seco...

Page 14: ... the most in depth section of the Odyssey7 touchscreen menus Please see the Odyssey7 Menus section of this manual for a full explanation of all menu functions POWERING DOWN While it may seem an odd time to NOTE this it is important to know that there is a preferred method to shutting down the Odyssey7 On the left side of the case the F2 shut down button should be pressed This prompts a confirmatio...

Page 15: ...k the SSD as full once power is restored to the unit You will need to offload the footage before you will be able to continue recording in order to help ensure proper recovery of the previous recordings DOWNLOADING MEDIA Always make sure to properly safe eject to dismount the SSD before removing from Odyssey7 While the Odyssey7 SSDs are exclusive Convergent Design products they utilize a standard ...

Page 16: ...SSDs support read rates of 500 Mbytes sec Keep in mind you will be limited by the slowest median in the transfer process For example eSATA 3GBps interface cards have a max performance of 270Mbps and eSATA 1 5GBps have a max performance of 130Mbps typical Hard Drives non RAID generally perform anywhere in the range of 80 130MbpsFor maximum performance make sure you are using eSATA 6 GBps USB 3 0 or...

Page 17: ... ProRes HQ which is a 10 bit 4 2 2 220Mb compressed codec This will allow for high quality recording while avoiding high data rates of working with uncompressed video WORKING WITH FILES RECORDED BY THE ODYSSEY7 There are numerous post systems and NLEs that can read natively the various file formats recorded by the Odyssey7 Some NLEs may require plug ins in order to read certain file formats Blackm...

Page 18: ...afeguards in place to protect the device and the recorded files TEMPERATURE WARNINGS AND SAFEGUARDS System Status Text Warning Operational Protection 59 C Yellow text No change to operation 61 C Red text flashing warning New recordings prevented 65 C Red text flashing warning Current recording stopped The Odyssey7 has a wide range of acceptable voltage for incoming power from 6 5 volts to 34 volts...

Page 19: ...ng mode When button is Red with a white circle it is ready to record When Gray there is no signal available to record While recording the button is Blue with a white square and the background of the entire top menu is Red If REC Button is selected as the trigger then tapping button triggers record start stop RECORD TRIGGER REC BUTTON In PLAY mode the button becomes the Playback Trigger SSD1 STATUS...

Page 20: ...ETADATA BUTTON CLIP0000 005_000 MOV A Displays detailed information on clip metadata Clip name Reel name number Scene name number Take Day Camera designation and Project name are indicated Tapping on button opens menu to adjust clip metadata LAST TAKE BUTTON LAST TAKE 00 00 05 650 FRAMES Displays timecode start and elapsed time of last recorded take Tapping button brings up detailed information of...

Page 21: ...y Mode PLAY LIST BUTTON PLAY LIST Tapping button displays a list of recorded files Files can be selected for playback and can be continuously played back in a Loop OUTPUT STATUS PROJECT RATE BUTTON 2K60P 4 2 2 Displays current SDI output setting Tapping button brings up detailed information on the Output Status To change these settings go to OUTPUTS MODE PLAY LAST BUTTON PLAY LAST Displays last re...

Page 22: ...selected playlist STEP and STEP move a paused video file to the previous or next frame toggle between play and pause SCRUB BAR The lower right tool bar is a bar that represents the full video file The number on the left notes the time within the video file it currently cued The number on the right indicates the total time of the clip A vertical line graphically represents the cue point within the ...

Page 23: ...ra the Odyssey7 defaults are 50 for brightness and contrast medium for backlight and REC709 for Color Gamut Unless otherwise noted any standard HD video source should be a REC709 compliant signal not DCI P3 which is for digital cinema displays Additional controls will be available in a future free firmware update GUIDE GUIDE Tapping button activates Frame Guides Holding button brings up the Frame ...

Page 24: ...lse The FOCUS button will highlight in green when active RESET Reset resets monitor functions to default values ZOOM ZOOM Pixel Zoom enlarges a section of the image on the OLED panel to better judge focus and other aspects of the image The native resolution of the HD image area on the OLED panel is 1280x720 Pushing the Pixel Zoom button once enlarges the image to fit a 1280x720 window within an HD...

Page 25: ...p to the bottom of the Red exposure range Purple is the bottom of the exposure range so it will appear for any part of the image at the user set exposure value or below Blue will appear from the user set exposure value to the top of the Purple exposure range As Green is in a middle range of exposure the top and bottom of its range can be set It is possible to overlap some of the exposure ranges at...

Page 26: ...ure value references in 20 increments from 0 100 with an additional reference at 109 HIST HISTOGRAM HIST Tapping button activates Histogram Holding button brings up Histogram settings A Histogram is an exposure tool indicating brightness by volume of image across a horizontal plane The brighter the image the farther it is to the right The more of an image registering at a particular brightness the...

Page 27: ...FORMATTING IS A DESTRUCTIVE PROCESS AND WILL ERASE ANY FILES CURRENTLY ON THE SSD BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD ALL FILES BEFORE FORMATTING Recover SSD1 Non destructively recovers rebuilds file system of SSD1 Use only in extreme cases such as if a computer corrupts the SSDs file system Formatting should be performed at the start of use of any new SSDs and the start of any new project Recovery is for when th...

Page 28: ...lec tions are paid optional record functions and if not licensed in the unit will output with a watermark over the image 4 2 2 4 4 4 SOURCE ARRI CANON PANASONIC RED SONY FS700 SONY OTHER OTHER This tells the Odyssey7 the type of camera sending a standard HD video signal Manufacturers use different protocols for sending record triggers metadata and Timecode They also define their image log curves d...

Page 29: ...e Clip AAAAAAAA 000 Enter in clip naming convention Will increase sequentially with each clip With ARRIRAW and Canon Raw the Clip Name is set by the camera PROJECT Frame Rate Follows Input Default setting aligns to the incoming frame rate for all frames rates 60p and below Determines playback frame rate onto SSDs It can follow the source frame rate or be set to a specific record frame rate The FOL...

Page 30: ...rlaced fields i Note that some cameras carry progressive video embedded within an interlaced signal See 3 2 Pulldown 3 2 Pulldown to 24p For 24p video signals striped within a 60i signal Extracts the 24p video records it as 1080 24p and discards the excess fields for greater efficiency and smoother post Records a 1080 60i video signal without alteration OUTPUTS Sub Menu Sub Menu 2 Sub Menu 3 Optio...

Page 31: ...rthpark Dr Colorado Springs CO 80918 USA TEL 720 221 3861 FAX 720 227 9296 Office Hours 8 00 A M to 5 30 P M Monday Friday Mountain Time GMT 6 EMAIL CDSupport Convergent Design com WEBSITE www Convergent Design com Mechanical Drawings ...

Page 32: ...uer 12v power cable to Odyssey7 18 CD OD DTAP XLR 4 generic 12v power cable to Odyssey7 18 CD OD XLR Fischer 3 ARRI 24v power cable to Odyssey7 18 CD OD Fischer Flying lead bare wire pigtail power cable to Odyssey7 36 CD OD Flying BATTERY PLATE OPTIONS Convergent Design offers a series of rear plates for the Odyssey7 that accept various manufacturers small camcorder batteries Odyssey battery plate...

Page 33: ...stand also functions as a chest offset when an Odyssey is worn with a neck strap so the operator doesn t have to look uncomfortably straight down ODYSSEY CASE CD OD CASE The Convergent Design Odyssey Case is based on a Nanuk 910 with custom foam insert The use of rigid foam means less is needed for protecting the gear and it can be precision cut The main cutout for an Odyssey7 or Odyssey7 includes...

Page 34: ...RACK MOUNT KIT CD OD RACK The Convergent Design Odyssey Rack Mount Kit accepts one or two Odyssey7 or Odyssey7 units Monitors face forward for easy viewing and tilt forward for access to SSDs A pass through patch bay is included on the back along with short jumper cables for complete connectivity ODYSSEY SCREEN PROTECTORS Replacement Odyssey7 Screen Protector CD OD SP7 US List 35 Replacement Odyss...

Page 35: ...er may be required for full USB 3 0 compatibility However USB 2 0 works fine to copy firmware updates to the SSD MOUNTING AND BATTERY PLATES Ocean Video manufactures the EnduroPower mounting plate with Anton Bauer Gold Mount or IDX V Lock battery mounts The EnduroPower plate includes numerous threaded mounting points for accessories Nebtek manufacturers the Odyssey7 Power Cage with Anton Bauer Gol...

Page 36: ...D FORMAT SUPPORT IN APPLE PRORES 422 HQ In addition to 1080p video the Odyssey7 and Odyssey7 now support 1080i and 720p signals as well as 24p signals embedded within 1080i video streams using 3 2 Pulldown Additionally upon selecting 3 2 PULLDOWN the Odyssey7 and Odyssey7 will remove the excess material and record a pure 1080p23 98 video stream for more efficient storage and ease of post Added For...

Page 37: ...ded support for firmware updates via the new Odyssey Utility Drive TIMECODE TRIGGERING Added record triggering via rolling of timecode when recording in Apple ProRes 422 HQ 1080 formats over SDI only INTERNAL TIMECODE GENERATOR Activated internal timecode generator Seed Record Run Seed Time of Day Timecode Seed Time of Day Timecode Drop Frame LTC TIMECODE SUPPORT Enabled LTC timecode input Record ...

Page 38: ...mes Add two seconds of pre and post roll to avoid Occasionally headphones output will flip channels PIXEL ZOOM Occasionally when recording a PSF or Interlaced signal in Apple ProRes 422 HQ engaging PIXEL ZOOM can result in a black image on the OLED panel and video outputs The recorded signal is not affected and the issue is corrected by cycling through the PIXEL ZOOM settings Occasionally in Playb...

Page 39: ...p with 3 2 or 2 2 Pulldown SD NTSC PAL video 1080p 50 59 94 recording in Apple ProRes 422 HQ Analog audio input File name matching from the camera in video recording LTC Timecode Trigger HDMI Timecode in HDMI Record Trigger OTHER To playback Apple ProRes 422 HQ files in QuickTime Player X the files must be first run through our Apple ProRes 422 HQ Utility to be optimized for the recently released ...

Page 40: ...on This warranty service will be performed at no charge to the registered owner provided the product is shipped prepaid to Convergent Design Convergent Design reserves the right to determine whether a needed repair is subject to the warranty as per its provisions stated herein Transit damage caused by inadequate packing violates the warranty The warranty will be void if in the opinion of Convergen...

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