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PIX 220i, 240i, 220, & 240

User Guide and Technical Information

Firmware rev. 3.01 (Aurora)

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
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Page 1: ...User Guide and Technical Information Firmware rev 3 01 Aurora 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 support sounddevices com ...

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Page 3: ...nc Out31 PIX 220i Timecode Features 32 Timecode Modes 32 Freerun Timceode Mode 32 Record Run Timecode Mode 32 External Timecode Mode PIX 240i 32 External HDMI Timecode Mode PIX 220i 33 Timecode Input Sources 33 LEMO 5 pin 33 Timecode BNC 33 SDI Input Embedded Timecode 33 HDMI Input Embedded Timecode 33 Synchronization Timecode Examples 33 Single Video Camera no Genlock 34 Single Camera with Genloc...

Page 4: ...TION THEREOF REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARE CLAIMED UNDER CONTRACT TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR WHICH SOUND DEVICES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE SHALL INCLUDE WITH OUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS PENALTIES DELAY DAMAGES LIQUIDATED DAMAGES AND OTHER DAMAGES AND LIABILI TIES WHICH END USER SHALL BE OBLIGATED TO PAY OR WHICH END USER OR ANY OTHER PARTY MAY INCUR RELATED TO OR ARISING...

Page 5: ...re the menu category is one of the items in the list displayed when the Menu buton is pushed and the parameter is an item in the list displayed when that category is selected by pushing in on the Control Knob Terms that refer to speciic controls or functions such as Control Knob Menu Buton Setup Menu etc are capitalized These terms are described elsewhere in this user guide see the Panel Descripti...

Page 6: ...ecording Also stops video playback 7 Rewind Button Pressing once during playback reverses playback at 2x realtime speed Subse quent presses switch to 4x and 8x realtime speed When playback is paused each press of the Rewind Buton steps back one frame 8 Play Button Plays the most recently recorded ile when pressed In the File List View plays the selected video ile from the File List Pauses video du...

Page 7: ... 1 4 8 7 6 5 1 CompactFlash Slot Insert CompactFlash media with the label side up Visit www sounddevices com approved for an up to date list of tested and approved cards 2 External DC Input Hirose 4 pin Accepts 10 18 volts DC Hirose 4 pin con nector is wired pin 1 negative pin 4 positive Pin 2 and pin 3 must be connected in parallel to pins 1 and 4 respectively to charge atached Li ion bateries Th...

Page 8: ... record start and stop Can also be conig ured as a GPIO switch closure and used to drive an LED for record tally See LANC 3 HDMI Output Outputs HDMI video with up to 8 chan nels of embedded audio 4 HDMI Input Accepts HDMI 1 4a signal with two channels of embedded audio The PIX does not record or display content en coded with HDCP copy protection 5 Keyboard USB A USB A female connector to connect a...

Page 9: ...ces 2 Drive Bay Insert an approved 2 5 in drive mounted to a PIX CADDY into the Drive Bay When not in use keep covered with the supplied rubber grommet Drives can be hot swapped if the drive is not being ac cessed for recording or playback 3 SATA PIX CADDY Connector High reliability eSATAp connection de signed to mate with the PIX CADDY 4 Headphone Output 3 5 mm TRS stereo headphone connector Can ...

Page 10: ...criptions 3 2 1 1 Battery Mounts Accepts Sony InfoLithium L Series bat teries Also accepts third party bateries compatible with the Sony mount 2 Fan Whisper quiet low speed single large diameter fan Runs continuously 3 Mounting Point 20 Stainless steel threaded atachment point ...

Page 11: ...eed data transfer over 5V eSATAp Requires a 5V powered eSATAp port 3 USB 3 0 High speed data transfer over USB 3 0 backward compatible with USB 2 0 4 2 5 Drive Slot Connector for approved 2 5 inch SATA II 3 0 gb s drives Sound Devices main tains a list of tested and approved SSD drives for use with PIX video recorders Visit www sounddevices com approved for an up to date list of tested and approve...

Page 12: ...ame or equivalent type Properly recycle batteries Do not crush disassemble incinerate dispose in a fire or expose to high temperatures When powered by the removable Li ion batery the LCD displays the batery voltage of each batery The nominal operating voltage for Li ion bateries is 7 2 V with operating voltages ranging between 6 8 8 5 V When the total voltage drops to 6 9 V the voltage display on ...

Page 13: ...all OSD items are shown 12 11 14 2 4 6 7 3 1 13 5 10 9 8 On screen Display Menu Item Description 1 ABS Time Absolute Time Total time of an active video recording 2 File Codec The presently selected video codec 3 File Name Name of the current file Pressing STOP shows the next file name 4 File Resolution Rate Resolution and frame rate of the file being recorded or played 5 Audio Input Currently sele...

Page 14: ...enu The Setup Menu controls setings for ile storage video audio time code sync system and display Navigate between menu items by turning the Control Knob and pressing it to select When in a menu press the MENU buton to go back to the previous screen See Setup Menu Options for a complete list of all available options Audio Press the AUDIO buton keyboard F3 to enter the Audio Metering and Gain contr...

Page 15: ...F2 to display the File List A list of all of the clips grouped by reel on the selected storage media Turn the Control Knob to highlight an item Press Play to start play back of the highlighted clip Reel group Number of clips in the reel indicated in brackets Press Control Knob to expand or collapse Clip Multi file clip Number of files in the clip indicated in brackets Press Control Knob to expand ...

Page 16: ...he Control Knob to access the File List for the selected media see File Management LCD From the Main View the LCD buton will toggle the On Screen Display OSD on or of From any other view the LCD buton will return to the Main View To make adjustments to the LCD backlight buton backlight image brightness image contrast or image chroma hold down the LCD buton then press the Control Knob The LCD Contr...

Page 17: ...ption Audio Audio Input Both the SDI and HDMI outputs contain the same embedded audio Except during playback the resolution and frame rate of the output stream is conigured in the Setup Menu option Video File Resolution Rate During playback the resolution and frame rate of the output stream is determined by the playing video ile The HDMI outputs of the PIX recorder use the HDMI 1 3a protocol HDMI ...

Page 18: ...f the audio meters both in the Audio View and the Main View When the yellow segment is visible limiting is occurring The Input Limiters are active for both mic and line level inputs When inputs are linked the limiters are linked Input Polarity Setup Menu options Audio Analog 1 Polarity and Audio Analog 2 Polarity Input Polarity inversion sometimes referred as phase reverse can be applied to either...

Page 19: ...ys positioned with its capsule as near as possible to the cardioid microphone s capsule the following diagram shows the relative polar paterns of microphones in an M S coniguration Mid Signal Side Signal To produce a stereo signal from an M S coniguration the signal from both microphones must be processed The PIX recorder can perform this processing on inputs 1 and 2 when Setup Menu option Audio I...

Page 20: ... 1 2 Analog Input XLR 2 3 Channel 1 SDI video input 4 Channel 2 SDI video input 5 Channel 3 SDI video input 6 Channel 4 SDI video input 7 Channel 5 SDI video input 8 Channel 6 SDI video input OFF None The selected audio source is included in the HDMI and SDI streams on the Video Outputs of the PIX recorder See Audio Outputs Input Level Control Input audio gain is adjusted with the Control Knob whe...

Page 21: ... applies to the recorded ile and to the audio outputs The delay can be applied to the recorded ile only and not the audio outputs be seting Setup Menu op tion Audio Input Delay to Output to Off Audio Outputs Analog 5 Pin XLR Output The two analog outputs of the PIX recorder are active balanced line level outputs 18dBu max on a single 5 pin XLR connection At factory default the source of the analog...

Page 22: ...will never afect the recorded video or the video signal sent to the PIX recorder s outputs Exposure Assist LCD FILES Exposure assist features mark areas of the video image based on the exposure level With over or under exposed areas of the image clearly marked adjustments can be made on the camera to ensure that the signal reaching the recorder has a proper exposure Exposure Assist is enabled by h...

Page 23: ...ey 13 22 Light Blue 3 12 Blue 0 2 White 4 step False Color mode divides the monitor signal into 4 ranges and assigns a color to all but one range this range is displayed without chroma The table below illustrates the colors as they relate to luminance levels IRE 4 step 101 Red 99 100 Orange 3 98 N A 0 2 Blue Zebras Zebra stripe exposure assist mode overlays diagonal stripes over areas that are in ...

Page 24: ...and Edge Enhance Peaking Peaking inds sharp edges in a video based on luminance and replaces pixels in those areas to high light the edges The Setup Menu option LCD Monitor Peaking Sensitivity sets what level of sharpness will be marked by the Peaking ilter A seting of High will mark only the sharpest areas of the image while a seting of Low will also mark areas that are not as sharp The Setup Men...

Page 25: ...ct of Peaking on an image with a shallow depth of ield and a short focal length top and a longer focal length botom Edge Enhance The Edge Enhance ilter uses an algorithm which enhances the variation of the luminance of all edges present in the video image The following image comparison demonstrates the efect of Edge Enhance on an image with a shallow depth of ield and a short focal length top and ...

Page 26: ...ng While re cording the REC buton will illuminate red and the OSD Items Timecode File Name and ABS time turn red The PIX recorder is a record priority device and will enter record any time the REC buton is pressed While recording the FF RW Play and FILES butons are disabled Push the Stop buton to stop the recording During both recording and playback the MENU and FILES butons are locked out When th...

Page 27: ...rame into two segments PsF segments are the same as interlaced ields in that one segment represents the even lines of a frame and the other segment represents the odd lines of a frame PsF segments difer from interlaced ields in that there is no motion between each segment in a pair The PIX will automatically sense PsF signal from most cameras that output PsF over SDI This is accomplished through t...

Page 28: ...ehavior can be modiied such that the audio to PIX recorder s line outputs is not delayed This is particularly useful if feeding the line output audio back to the camera as a guide audio track Change the Setup Menu option Audio Input Delays to Output to Of to disable the audio delay to the line outputs Video Scaling and Frame Rate Conversion PIX recorders feature powerful hardware based video scali...

Page 29: ...p24 or 720p23 976 up down and cross conversion is not available 3 2 Pulldown Removal Many cameras which shoot with a shuter speed of 24 23 976 frames per second will output signal on the HDMI or SDI output at 60i 59 94i To achieve this the camera performs a 3 2 pulldown pro cess The 3 2 pulldown process splits each frame into 2 ields and duplicates a ield periodically The PIX recorders are capable...

Page 30: ...pect ratio into a high deinition 16 9 frame Down conversion is the opposite process PIX recorders have various options for up and down conversion Down Conversion Leterbox Maintains the same height and width ratio Results in blank bar at top and botom of image Crop Let and right side of image is cropped to it into 4 3 Results in missing image at sides of picture Anamorphic Image is horizontally squ...

Page 31: ...ng image Zoom 14x9 Maintains same size but ills in remaining screen space with blank bar on the right and let of image Zoom Leterbox Converts leterbox to full screen 16 9 Pillarbox Increases size and maintains same ratio Results in blank bar at right and let of image and picture cropped at top and botom Zoom Wide Increase size and maintains ratio to full screen 16 9 Results in top and botom being ...

Page 32: ...le and Cue Skip A single push of the Fast Forward buton during playback will move to the next cue point A single push of the Rewind buton during playback will move to the previous cue point If the Rewind buton is pushed again immediately ater it was pushed playback will jump to the cue before the previous cue For the purpose of skipping the beginning and end of a ile are considered cue points If n...

Page 33: ... hold down the Play buton and press the Fast Forward buton while playback is in between the two cue points The two points that are being looped between will be displayed in green text in the botom let hand corner of the OSD To return to looping the entire clip hold down the Play buton and press the Rewind buton To exit Looping mode hold down the Play buton for 1 second Play List Files can be added...

Page 34: ...nd of the ile is reached Play Once Pause When the end of the ile is reached playback will pause on the last frame of that ile Play All When the end of the ile is reached the next ile in the ile list is played This continues until there are no more iles let in the ile list to play Play All Pause When the end of the ile is reached the next ile is cued on the irst frame and paused Play List When the ...

Page 35: ...iferent recorders audio or camera run at diferent rates the beginning of iles from each may have zero ofset but by the end they drit apart The PIX recorders were designed with these problems in mind and include the most comprehensive and powerful synchronization features available in a portable recorder These features can be used to alleviate or eliminate ofset and drit problems in both production...

Page 36: ...seful for simple cases where the PIX 240i s timecode follows the cam era timecode The timecode sync of the PIX 240i s ile will match exactly with the camera s ile with zero drit In situations where a consistent ofset is observed between PIX 240i iles and other production recordings the PIX 240i can ofset the timecode stamp The Setup Menu option Timecode Sync File Start TC Offset allows the user to...

Page 37: ...y connecting the Clockit Controller to the PIX 240i s LEMO connector and following the instrutions on the Clockit Controller PIX 220i Timecode Features The PIX 220i is able to read timecode that is embedded on the HDMI video signal Check your cam era s documentation to determine if the camera is able to send timecode over its HDMI output When the Setup Menu option Timecode Sync Timecode Mode is se...

Page 38: ...ec tors on BNC XL LB2 XLR XL LX or LEMO 5 pin XL LL To accept timecode at the LEMO 5 pin input the Setup Menu option Timecode Sync Timecode Mode must be set to Ext TC LTC If timecode is present on the Timecode BNC connection it will take precedence over timecode on the LEMO 5 pin connection Timecode BNC The Timecode BNC will provide timecode output by default or timecode input When the Setup Menu ...

Page 39: ...o Ext TC SDI HDMI The Setup Menu option Timecode Sync Sync Out can be set to several valid setings including the following Off sync signal is disabled Genlock Follows Video In Genlock for another camera is derived from the video signal of the single camera Wordclock Follows Video In Wordclock for an audio device is derived from the video sig nal of the single camera Single Camera with Genlock Inpu...

Page 40: ...rder Wordclock Input In this scenario each camera is its own master video sync source but the PIX is the source of the timecode The PIX 240i records its iles based on the camera s clock The heads will match perfectly but the tails may drit depending on the cameras clocks Camera to PIX with Word Clock Connection to Audio Recorder PIX 240 A PIX 240 B PIX 240 Camera Video Output Genlock Input Camera ...

Page 41: ...ontroller LANC commands recognized by the PIX recorder are Start and Stop recording To send LANC commands from a controller to both a camera and a PIX recorder or to use more than one PIX recorder parallel the LANC signal with a Y cable running to both the camera and the PIX Set the Setup Menu option System Rec Start Stop to LANC parallel for any paralleled PIX units Switch Contact Closure The 2 5...

Page 42: ...ns are disabled When the PIX CADDY is removed from a PIX recorder it operates as a high speed data interface for transferring iles from the drive to a computer Only one data connection can be used at a time See PIX CADDY documentation for details on ataching a 2 5 drive to the PIX CADDY eSATA An external storage device can be used instead of the PIX CADDY When the PIX CADDY is re moved the eSATAp ...

Page 43: ...n File Storage When Drive is Full Notes on automatic drive switching If the drive that is set as the primary drive is not atached when the Record buton is pressed the PIX will record to the alternate drive if present In order for automatic switching to occur the drive to be switched to must be atached and mounted prior to hiting Record Drives that are not mounted prior to hiting record will not be...

Page 44: ...ts Press Control Knob to expand or collapse Press Play to play first file File File of a multi file clip Only shown when clip is expanded Press Control Knob to view details Press Play to play Clip Single file clip Press Control Knob to view details Press Play to play File Details Highlight a ile and push the Control Knob to view the File Details of that ile File detail includes Start time code Tim...

Page 45: ...Files are named according to the ile name format as set with Setup Menu option File Storage File Name Format The options for ile name format include various combinations of CamID Reel Clip Scene Shot and Take metadata ields RED File Format When the Setup Menu option File Storage File Name Format is set to RED File Format the PIX 240i will generate iles that follow the same naming convention used b...

Page 46: ...cene Shot ield consists of a alpha numeric value Use this ield to indicate a descriptive name for the current scene or shot Take The Take ield consists of a numeric value between 1 and 999 It is intended to indicate what take number the clip is relative to the scene This ield can be set manually and will increment each time a new ile is recorded The Take number will reset to 1 when the Scene name ...

Page 47: ... up Setup Management Saving and Loading Setup Files To save all of the setings to a setup ile select the Setup Menu option Quick Setup Save Settings to SSD or Save Settings to CF Use the on screen keyboard or atached USB keyboard to enter a name for the setup ile This will save all of the current setings to an XML ile on the root of the selected storage device To load a previously saved setup ile ...

Page 48: ... keyboard If this is the irst time this action has been performed since powering the PIX recorder up a password dialog will appear Enter the password the default password is default 4 Ater the correct password has been entered the Setings Customization Menu will appear Select Edit Menu Default Values 5 The Setup Menu will be shown with a colored background There will be check boxes next to each me...

Page 49: ...he Setup Menu and un checked items will not be displayed Crossed out items will be hidden 7 Setings changed at this point will become the default setings 8 When inished press Esc or F1 on the keyboard This will show the Setings Customization Menu again Select any of the save options Keep a record of the password if it is changed A lost password could result in undesirable limitations The Setings C...

Page 50: ...switch to the other storage device if the primary drive becomes full while recording Stop recording Switch to other drive 3 File Split Every Choose the recording time that will elapse before a new file is created automatically Since ProRes and DNxHD codecs are variable bit rate the size of each file will vary even though the running time will be the same 1 min 5 min 10 min 15 min 30 min 60 min 4 F...

Page 51: ... 220Mb s 8bit DNxHD 145 145Mb s 8bit DNxHD 36 36Mb s 8bit ProRes 4444 330Mb s 12 bit ProRes 422HQ 220Mb s 10bit ProRes 422 145Mb s 10bit ProRes 422LT 100Mb s 8bit ProRes 422Proxy 36Mb s 8bit 3 4 Up Conversion 4 3 16 9 Anamorphic 4 3 16 9 Pillar Box 4 3 16 9 Zoom Letterbox 4 3 16 9 Zoom 14 9 4 3 16 9 Zoom Wide 4 5 Down Conversion 16 9 4 3 Letterbox 16 9 4 3 Crop 16 9 4 3 Anamorphic 5 6 Input PsF De...

Page 52: ... 160Hz 200Hz 240iHz 5 Analog 2 Low cut Engages low cut filter on analog Input 2 at the speci fied frequency OFF 40Hz 80Hz 120Hz 160Hz 200Hz 240iHz 6 Low cut Slope Selects the curve of the analog low cut filters 6dB oct 12dB oct 7 input Limiter 1 2 Toggles input limiters on analog inputs On Off 8 Analog 1 Polarity Selects normal or inverse polarity for analog Input 1 Normal Reverse 9 Analog 2 Polar...

Page 53: ...ric 0 20 15 17 Output XLR 2 Attenuation Attenuate analog output 2 by 1 dB increments 0 dB numeric 0 20 16 18 Input Delay to Output Toggles whether or not Input Delay affects audio signal to the main audio outputs On Off 17 19 Headphone Source The audio channels sent to the headphone output Left of the comma represents left headphone channel and right of the comma represents right headphone channel...

Page 54: ...r output for SMPTE timecode Timcode Output Timecode Input 2 5 Auto Record Hold Off 0 sec numeric 0 8 6 Jam Received TC Opens a dialog that displays incoming timecode value in realtime RxTC incoming userbits UB transmitting internal Ambient Lockit timecode value GENTC and transmitting internal userbits UB Push Control Knob to jam inter nal timecode to incoming RxTC timecode Push Menu button to back...

Page 55: ...er Name Description Options 1 ABS Time Display of absolute record time On Off 2 File Codec Display of current file codec On Off 3 File Name Display of current file name On Off 4 File Resolution Rate Display of current file resolution On Off 5 Input Audio Display of auio input levels for channels 1 and 2 On Off 6 Input Video Display of input audio source and channel count On Off 7 Headphone Source ...

Page 56: ...n 12 or 24 hour format for the time of day clock 12h 24h 7 Date Format Selects between MM DD YY and DD MM YY date format MM DD YY DD MM YY 8 Set Date Time Set the time and date 9 Rec Start Stop Determines what method the PIX recorder uses to automatically start and stop recording Switch Closure Switch Momentary LANC In LANC parallel SDI Flag RED SDI Flag Panasonic SDI Flag Panasonic Varicam SDI Fl...

Page 57: ...s to CF Opens dialog to name and save current setup to CF Shortcuts Button Shortcuts Button Combination Function AUDIO Control Knob push Select headphone audio source AUDIO Control Knob rotate Adjust headphone gain LCD Control Knob push Adjust LCD Backlight LCD brightness LCD contrast LCD chroma and button backlight Hold LCD Turns off LCD display MENU FILES Button lock options Unlock Buttons Lock ...

Page 58: ... Arrow Rotary Encoder turn up Down Arrow Rotary Encoder turn down Menu Button MENU Button Ctrl L Loop Mode toggle Ctrl Q Delete Que Marker Ctrl Alt F10 in Menu only Enters Menu Customization Home In Menu and File List only Skips to top of the list End In Menu and File List only Skips to bottom of the list Page Up In Menu and File List only Skips to top of visible items Page Down In Menu and File L...

Page 59: ... signal Sleeve ground Mates with BNC male connector Unbalanced coaxial connection BNC SDI input SDI output Mates with BNC male connector Unbalanced coaxial connection 75 ohm con nectors recommended BNC Genlock or Wordclock output Mates with BNC male connector Unbalanced coaxial connection 75 ohm con nectors recommended 5 pin LEMO Timecode I O 1 ground 2 SMPTE TC In 3 ASCII in out 4 tuning out 5 SM...

Page 60: ...op Anamorphic Down Conversion 720p 1080i or 1080p to 480i or 576i Letterbox Crop Anamorphic Frame Rate Conversion 24 25 30 50 60 to 24 25 30 50 60 23 976 29 97 59 94 to 23 976 29 97 59 94 Automatic 3 2 pulldown removal in 23 976 and 24 modes Other pulldown cadences used 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 and 2 2 LCD Display 5 inch IPS In Plane Switching LCD 800x480 resolution Analog Audio Frequency Respons...

Page 61: ...EMO 5 pin input and output SDI Input BNC input SDI Output BNC output HDMI Input Jack Input Timecode Input BNC input or output Timecode Input Output Signal LEMO 5 pin and Timecode BNC 20k ohm impedance 0 3V p p 8 dBu minimum 1k ohm impedance 3 0V p p 12 dBu Sync Output Analog bi tri level sync Genlock Wordclock Square wave 48 kHz sampling rate 3 3vp p 75 ohm Ambient Lockit 0 2ppm frame per 24hrs ac...

Page 62: ...ptions This declaration covers all options of the above products complies with the essential requirements of the following applicable European Directives and carries the CE marking accordingly EMC Directive 2004 108 EC EN 55022 2006 A1 2007 EN 55103 2 2009 Low Voltage Directive 2006 95 EC EN 60065 2002 A12 2011 Incorporating corrigenda August 2002 August 2007 and November 2011 First date of CE app...

Page 63: ... you must treat the SOFTWARE PRODUCT like any other copyrighted material except that you may make copies as only provided below You may not copy the printed materials accompanying the SOFTWARE PRODUCT Restrictions on use Licensee may not distribute copies of the SOFTWARE or accompanying materials to others Licensee may not modify adapt translate reverse engineer decompile disassemble or create der...

Page 64: ...on or limitations set forth above they may not apply in all cases For all service including warranty repair please contact Sound Devices for an RMA return mer chandise authorization before sending your unit in for repair Product returned without an RMA number may experience delays in repair When sending a unit for repair please do not include ac cessories including SSD drives CF cards bateries pow...

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