Sound Devices PIX 240 User Manual And Technical Information

Brand: Sound Devices

Model: PIX 240

Category: Recording Equipment

Type: User Manual And Technical Information

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PIX 220/PIX 240 User Guide and Technical Information

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Manual Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Front Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Top and Bottom Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Right Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Left Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Rear Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

PIX-CADDY (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Powering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Removable Li-Ion Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Li-Ion Battery Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Menu and Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Main View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Video Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

SDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Video Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Audio Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Analog Audio Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Digital Audio Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Input Linking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Choosing Audio Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Input Level Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Audio Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Analog 5-Pin XLR Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Embedded Audio on HDMI and SDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Headphone Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Selecting File Resolution and Frame Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Selecting a Video Codec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Interruption of Signal During Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Alignment of Audio and Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Video Scaling and Frame Rate Conversion . . . . . . . 18

Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Playback Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Shuttle Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Playing Back Files on a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Synchronization and Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Timecode Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Internal Ambient® Lockit: Timecode Generator with Sync Out 21

PIX 220 Timecode Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Timecode Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Freerun Timceode Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

24 Hour Run Timecode Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Record Run Timecode Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

External Timecode Mode (PIX 240) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

External - HDMI Timecode Mode (PIX 220) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Timecode Input Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

LEMO 5-pin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Timecode BNC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

SDI Input Embedded Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

HDMI Input Embedded Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Synchronization/Timecode Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Single Video Camera, no Genlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Single Camera with Genlock Input, Genlocked from PIX . . . 24

Multiple Cameras with Genlock Input,

all Genlocked from a Single PIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Camera #1 to PIX #1, Camera #2 to PIX #2, No Genlock . . 25

Camera to PIX with Word Clock Connection to Audio Recorder 26

External Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Triggering Recording from External Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Triggering Recording from SDI Flag Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

LANC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Switch Contact Closure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

USB Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Supported Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

PIX-CADDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

eSATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

File Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Target Storage Device for Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

File Management and Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

File View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

File Size Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

File Naming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Transfering Files to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Firmware Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Setup Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Saving and Loading Setup Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Custom Default Settings and Setup Menu Option Visibility . . 32

Setup Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Timecode/Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Button Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Speciﬁ cations - PIX Recorders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Analog Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Digital Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Timecode and Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Physical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

PIX 220 & PIX 240 CE Declaration Conformity . . . . . 44

Software License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Warranty and Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Warranty & Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Technical Support / Bug Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Right Panel Descriptions

3 4 5 7

621

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Left Panel Descriptions

321 4

RG$ eSATAp External Drive Connector

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Rear Panel Descriptions

3 2

RG$ Battery Mounts

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PIX-CADDY (Optional)

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Powering

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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 selected source and channel count of audio input.

6. Video Input Currently selected resolution and frame rate of the video input.

7. Headphone Source Current headphone routing.

8. Metering Levels of audio inputs 1 and 2.

9. Ext. DC Status Voltage level of external DC power.

10. Battery Status Voltage level of attached L-Series batteries.

11. Time/Date The current time and date.

12. Timecode Current timecode value an frame rate of the recorder or playing video file.

13. SSD/CF Status Remaining record time of each media (when video input is present) or remaining space in GB

(when no video input is present) or “Offline” (when no media is present) or “Mounting” (when

media is becoming ready). Asterisk indicates target recording media.

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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 or collapse. Press

Play to play first clip.

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.

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Highlighted Item Result of Pressing Control Knob

Reel group. Indicated by a grey background (when

not highlighted) and a number in brackets that indi-

cates the amount of clips in the reel.

Expands a list of clips that are within the Reel.

A Clip that consists of multiple files. Indicated by

the filename with a .mov extension and number in

brackets that indicates the amount of files that the

clip consists of.

Expands a sub-list of the files that are within the clip.

A Clip that consists of one file or a File within a sub-

list of a multi-file clip. Indicated by the filename with

.mov extension

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Video Inputs

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PIX 240 does not support 3G-SDI or dual-link HD-SDI.

Video Outputs

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Audio Input@$U58"$8"#$;<&$*+,$=<>&$5?8D?86$45+8*/+$8"#$6*:#$#:L#,,#,$*?,/5@

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Audio Inputs

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Input Low-cut Filters

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Audio  Low cut Slope$*11576$*,M?68:#+8$59$8"#$615D#$95.$L58"$*+*150$/+D?86@

Input Limiters

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1/+K#,@

Input Polarity

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HDMI / SDI Embedded Audio

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AES3

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6/0+*16$6#+8$*8$-b$K=_@

0+S'4%?(+[(+C

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M/S Matrixing

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Mid Signal

Side Signal

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95.$*?,/5$65?.4#6T

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Audio Source Tracks on Recorded Files and Video Outputs

Analog XLR 1: Analog Input XLR 1

2: Analog Input XLR 2

AES (Digital) XLR 1-2ch 1: Channel 1, AES XLR A

2: Channel 2, AES XLR A

AES (Digital) XLR 1-4ch 1: Channel 1, AES XLR A

2: Channel 2, AES XLR A

3: Channel 1, AES XLR B

4: Channel 2, AES XLR B

SDI/HDMI 2ch 1: Channel 1, HDMI/SDI video input

2: Channel 2, HDMI/SDI video input

SDI 4ch 1: Channel 1, SDI video input

2: Channel 2, SDI video input

3: Channel 3, SDI video input

4: Channel 4, SDI video input

SDI 6ch 1: Channel 1, SDI video input

2: Channel 2, SDI video input

3: Channel 3, SDI video input

4: Channel 4, SDI video input

5: Channel 5, SDI video input

6: Channel 6, SDI video input

SDI 8ch 1: Channel 1, SDI video input

2: Channel 2, SDI video input

3: Channel 3, SDI video input

4: Channel 4, SDI video input

5: Channel 5, SDI video input

6: Channel 6, SDI video input

7: Channel 7, SDI video input

8: Channel 8, SDI video input

OFF None

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d@$ !?.+$8"#$C5+8.51$^+5L$85$*,M?68$8"#$0*/+$3*1?#$?D$5.$,57+@$!"/6$*,M?68:#+8$7/11$*ě$#48$0*/+$

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Audio Outputs

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Audio  Output XLR 2 Attenuation@

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;#8?D$>#+?$5D8/5+$Audio  Headphone Source@

LCD A/V Alignment

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Recording

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Sound Devices PIX 240 User Manual And Technical Information

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Model: PIX 240

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