Sound Devices PIX 220, User Manual And Technical Information

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PIX 220i, 240i, 220, 240 User Guide and Technical Information
v. 3.01 Features and specifications are subject to change. Visit www.sounddevices.com for the latest documentation.
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HDCP copy protection prevents direct digital-to-digital copying of copyrighted material. Protected
DVDs, Blue-Rays and streaming content with HDCP encryption is not valid content and will be ignored
by the PIX recorder.
SDI
The SDI input on the PIX 240i accepts video with embedded audio (up to eight channels) and em-
bedded SMPTE timecode. This connection accepts digital video up to 12-bit, with up to 4:4:4 color
sampling. Unlike the HDMI interface, which auto-negotiates rates between devices, what comes out
of a camera’s SDI output is received by the PIX recorder with no auto-negotiation or sample rate
conversion.
The PIX 240i supports 3G-SDI single link, but not dual-link HD-SDI.
Timecode over SDI is not available when recording in standard deinition
Video Outputs
The video outputs on the PIX recorders contain incoming video when idle and while recording;
during playback they contain the playback video. Both HDMI and SDI outputs are active simultane-
ously on the PIX 240i. This allows for conversion from SDI-to-HDMI and HDMI-to-SDI. The video
stream contains embedded audio (up to eight tracks) as deined by the Setup Menu option
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 output signal is always
10-bit, 4:2:2.
Embedded SMPTE timecode and record start and stop lags are included on the SDI output of the
PIX 240i. SDI output signal can be either 10-bit 4:2:2 (YCbCr) or 12-bit 4:4:4 (YCbCr) as deined by
Setup Menu option Video

SDI Output Type .
Timecode Overlay
For monitoring purposes, the timecode value and transport status of the PIX 240i can be visually
overlaid onto video output signal. The overlaid timecode value is displayed in the lower-let corner
of the video signal whenever video output is active. The color of the Timecode Overlay text will
change depending on the transport state of the PIX 240i: White=stop, Green=playback, Red=record.
Access Setup Menu option Video

Video Out TC Overlay to enable Timecode Overlay on SDI,
HDMI, or both video outputs.
Audio Inputs
The PIX recorders accept either two analog audio inputs on XLR connectors or two channels of
embedded audio on the HDMI input. The PIX 240i also accepts up to 8 channels of embedded audio
on the SDI input and the analog XLR inputs can be switched to accept four channels (two streams) of
AES/EBU digital audio.