Selecting Video Input Formats And Adjusting Audio Levels; Using Video And Audio Monitors; Cutting Between Sources; Dissolving Between Sources - Datavideo se-500 Instruction Manual

3.3

Selecting video input formats and adjusting audio levels

(Numbers refer to the Front Panel illustration above)
*. Verify that there is a valid source at each input you've connected by using the Main Source Select buttons
(13.) to select a channel and view the output on the main monitor.
For each input channel (1, 2, 3, 4): connect either a Composite or S-Video source to each channel. For more
information please see below.
Adjust any audio input levels you will be using, for example microphones, Aux in from a mixer, etc. Set the
level of the LEDs in the Audio Meters (3.) to occasionally peak at +8 or +10 and there is no audible distortion.
Tech Note:
SE-500 will automatically detect which connector is plugged. Therefore, there is no need to
change the setting when you switch the video source from S-Video to Composite, and vice versa. However,
if you connect both S-Video and Composite inputs on the same Channel, the SE-500 will automatically select
the S-Video as main input source.
3.4

Using Video and Audio Monitors

Without reliable video and audio monitors, you won't be able to tell what's what in your mix.
The SE-500 provides the ability to easily and reliably monitor video and audio at the output stages.
All video input channels can be monitored on one monitor, via the Quad Preview Monitor Output, page 14.
You should have a video monitor displaying the Main Output. This could be a composite monitor, for
example, connected to the one of two CV plug (Composite) in the Video Output section (2a, page14), or to
the composite output of a VCR connected to the Video Output.
For output audio monitoring with headphones, set the rotary headphone volume control knob to the center.
(4.); to monitor through an amplifier and speakers, push the MASTER fader to -12 in the Audio Faders (1.)
section. For more information, see
3.5

Cutting between sources

The simplest way to cut (switch) between source video inputs: use the Video Main Source buttons (13.) to
select which input goes to the program monitor (output). Look at the results on your program or record
monitor.
3.6

Dissolving between sources

Select the Main Video Source (13.) by pressing the appropriate channel button. The LED for the channel you
have selected should be lit and you should see that source on the program monitor.
Select the Sub Video Source (14.) you want to dissolve to.
The default transition is fade (The LED should be lit when you turn on the switcher. If a different transition is
selected at power up, press it to deselect.) Move the T-Bar (11.) to the opposite position and watch the fade
happen on the program monitor. You can stop the fade part way through and watch the Main source fade
away.
3.7

Other transitions between sources

Select Main and Sub sources as above.
Select the wipe you wish to use. There are total 11 different Wipe styles and the corresponding icon will be
displayed on the preview monitor when you press it.
Controls and Operations.
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