Instruction manual

Getting Started
10
Plugging in SDI Monitoring
SmartView monitors feature regular BNC connectors to make it easy to connect cables from other SDI
equipment including switchers, cameras, capture cards, decks and disk recorders. After powering on the
SmartView and connecting an SDI video source to an SDI In connector, the video should immediately be
visible on the corresponding monitor and no configuration is required.
Each monitor has its own, independent, 3 Gb/s SDI input as well as a loop-through output. SD, HD and 2K
signals are automatically detected and supported by the SDI input and loop-through connections. When
multiple SmartView units are daisy-chained together via SDI, all units must be powered on to support the
loop-through SDI output.
The independent monitors on each SmartView Duo enable one monitor to display a YUV 4:2:2 signal
while the other receives RGB 4:4:4. One monitor could be showing NTSC while the other shows PAL. One
monitor could be showing HD while the other shows 2K. There are many possible combinations but it is all
as simple as connecting a single SDI cable to each monitor. Following are examples of different SDI signals
connecting to SmartView.
Connecting a 4:2:2 SDI or HD-SDI source to SmartView Duo
The illustration on the following page shows the SDI output of an HyperDeck Shuttle disk recorder connected
to an SDI IN port on SmartView Duo. The HyperDeck Shuttle can send standard definition or high definition
YUV 4:2:2 video to SmartView Duo.
Connecting a dual-link 4:4:4 HD or 2K-SDI source to SmartView Duo
If you wish to view an RGB 4:4:4 dual-link HD-SDI or dual-link 2K-SDI signal on SmartView Duo, you will need
to use a dual-link to single-link SDI converter such as an HDLink Pro from Blackmagic Design.
The illustration on the following page shows the dual-link HD-SDI outputs of a Sony HDCAM SR deck
converted to a 3 Gb/s SDI signal, by HDLink Pro, and then connected to an SDI IN port on SmartView Duo.
Connecting an SDI or HD-SDI source to SmartView HD
As with SmartView Duo, you can connect a YUV 4:2:2 or RGB 4:4:4 signal to the SDI input of SmartView HD
and SmartView HD will accept standard definition, high definition or even 2K video via SDI. The example
in the next couple of pages shows the high definition multi-view output of an ATEM switcher connected to
the SDI IN port on SmartView HD.