User manual
Table Of Contents
- About this manual
- What’s included
- Safety information
- Support information
- Hardware I/O
- Basic operation
- User Interface
- General notes about the user interface
- Main user interface (recording)
- Record start [record]
- Record stop [stop]
- Wired remote record start/stop [start][stop]
- Slate display [slate] Not currently enabled.
- Safe Frame Display [safe]
- Grid Display [grid]
- 100% Display [100%]
- Edge detection display [edge]
- Image Analysis [analysis]
- Highlight Clipping [clipping]
- Full Screen display [fullscreen]
- Full screen mode in main user interface [fullscreen]
- Full screen mode in main user interface [fullscreen]
- Full screen mode in playback interface. [fullscreen]
- Setup Menu Tabs [setup]
- Playback user interface [play]
- Playback user interface [play]
- Playback file manager [play]:[open]
- Touch screen lock [lock]
- Time Code Reset [TC reset]
- Settings and Status displays
- Playback user interface
- Setup Menu Tabs [setup]
- Input preferences tab [setup]:[input]
- Input preferences tab [setup]:[input]
- Signal input settings [setup]:[input] or {input status display}
- Valid input selections
- Application restart on settings change
- Application restart on settings change
- Input resolution
- Input frame rate
- Input pixel format
- Input video source
- Input audio source
- Input preview options
- Input codec, quality, and file format (wrapper) options
- Input preferences tab [setup]:[input]
- Folder manager tab [setup]:[files]
- Time code Preferences Tab [setup][TC]
- Time code Preferences Tab [setup][TC]
- Internally generated time code [gen]
- Save time code at end of session. [save TC]
- Generated drop frame time code [drop]
- Embedded SDI time code [SDI]
- Embedded SDI time code auto-record, generic [generic]
- Embedded SDI time code auto-record, VITC [future]
- ExSync hardware timecode module [ExSync]
- Hardware timecode module not found
- Time code offsets [offset +][offset -]
- Time code offsets [offset +][offset -]
- Time code display modes
- Show UTC or Local timecode [show UTC][show local]
- Time code Preferences Tab [setup][TC]
- Convert preferences tab [setup][convert]
- Update preferences tab [setup][update]
- General preferences tab [setup][prefs]
- Input preferences tab [setup]:[input]
- Appendices:
- Field Operating System Restore (“Factory Reset”) Instructions:
- Cinedeck Operating System Field Restore Disk Update instructions
- Cinedeck Bootable BIOS Update Disk Creation Instructions
- Breakout cable connections
- Cinedeck I/O Pin Definitions: Serial numbers 500 and higher.
- Setting up the docking station for use with the Cinedeck Extreme
- Care and feeding of SSD media
- Setting the battery meter COM port
- Codec installation on the MAC and PC
- Average data rates
CE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of the European Council Direc-
tive on the approximation of the law of the member states related to electromagnetic compatibility
(89/336/EEC) according to EN 55022 Class B.
CC and CE Compliance Statement
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against frequency interference in residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed or
used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communication. However,
there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on. The user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or
more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which receiver is connected
CAUTION: The Federal Communications Commission warns the user that changes or modifications to the
unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to oper-
ate the equipment.
FCC: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for Class B digital device pursuant
to Part 15 of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules.
Safety information
MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.CINEDECK.COM/WARRANTY
WARNING: The Cinedeck EXTREME needs ventilation for safe operation. DO NOT
block the fan at the rear of the unit. DO NOT lay the unit down on its back, there-
by blocking the fan. Blocking the fan will damage the unit, causing it to overheat,
and it will void the warranty.
WARNING: Take care of your Cinedeck EXTREME as you would your cameras or
other electronic equipment. Take care especially to keep water and moisture away
from the unit. Getting your Cinedeck EXTREME wet will void the warranty. AND
COULD CAUSE ELECTRIC SHOCK.