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RGBlink M3 Quick Start Manual

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M3 Quick Start
Integrated Vision Mixer
Full preview to program presentation switching
Additional background layer capability
Dual angle adjustable LCD monitors
Multi-View input sources
Full modular design
Combination module for greater flexibility
Configurable Genlock built-in
Tally support built-in
Support subtitles import and preview
Support scene edit and seamless switching
Save configurations on board and to USB
Optional Redundant Hot Swap PSU

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  • Page 1 M3 Quick Start Integrated Vision Mixer  Full preview to program presentation switching  Additional background layer capability  Dual angle adjustable LCD monitors  Multi-View input sources  Full modular design  Combination module for greater flexibility  Configurable Genlock built-in ...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    AUX Mode............................... 22 4K1K Mode..............................31 Switching Mode............................33 Set the Output Resolution........................34 Using Black Out............................37 Saving Views..............................38 Recall Saved Settings..........................39 Contact Information..............................40 © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 1 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com www.rgblink.com...

  • Page 3: Product Introduction

    LCD displays to monitor video sources, full preview, as well as live/program display monitoring. At the rear of the M3, the familiar VENUS X3 modular routing platform become apparent, with a host of new options and features tailored to presentation applications.

  • Page 4: Packing Configuration

    Antistatic Bag Note: SDI cable supplied only when SDI Output module is factory fitted AC Power Cable supplied as standard according to destination market. © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 3 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...

  • Page 5: Hardware Orientation

    Transition time control area DSK edit area WIPE operation area BLEND edit area OSD edit area Input sources area Switch Modes area Black button © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 4 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com www.rgblink.com...
  • Page 6 FREEZE: Freeze the image or video. Multiview Presets Area Multiview Presets : 1P : PIP CENT : SIDE BY SIDE : 3P : 4P © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 5 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com www.rgblink.com...
  • Page 7 LOGO: Editing function, the button is lit when enable LOGO function. STILL: Editing function, the button is lit when enable STILL function. BLACK Button © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 6 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...
  • Page 8 Time Rotary Knob: Adjust transition time. WIPE Operation Area : ←□→, →□←, ←＋→, →＋←, L←M→R, T←M→B : ←O→ : R→L, L→R : T→B, B→T, LT→RB © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 7 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com www.rgblink.com...
  • Page 9 : Subtitle rows forward button. OSD TAKE: Subtitles switch button. Switch Mode Area CUT: Seamless switching. TAKE: Seamless switching with effect. T-BAR: WIPE and fade switching. © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 8 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com www.rgblink.com...

  • Page 10: Back Panel

    VGA output DB15 port Control Interface LAN port RJ-45 USB interface USB-A port 11. 12 RS-232 Interface 5. 6 5: Genlock input BNC port © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 9 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com www.rgblink.com...
  • Page 11 6: Genlock loop out 15. 16. 17 TALLY light Power Module AC 100-240V, 50/60Hz, IEC-3 © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 10 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com www.rgblink.com...

  • Page 12: Using Your Product

    4K1K Mode  Switching Mode  Set the Output Resolution  Using Black Out  Saving Views  Recall Saved Settings  © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 11 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com www.rgblink.com...

  • Page 13: Menu Structure

    Menu Structure The menu structure is shown in the figure below: © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 12 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com www.rgblink.com...

  • Page 14: Pvw Mode

    PVW Mode M3 use the 8 inch HD monitor, and HDMI preview or VGA preview, it supports the functions as below: 1. Select any 8 channels from the 12 channels. 2. Quickly switch between single image preview and eight images preview by pushing [PVW] button.

  • Page 15: Pst Mode

    PST Mode M3 use the 8 inch HD preview edit display, and with one HDMI preview output, it supports the functions as below: Signal Selection Push any button in Input Sources Area, for example, push the button [5], the border of signal 5 will change to yellow, and the signal in PGM monitor will be changed to signal 5.
  • Page 16 2. Push [SYSTEM] button, and enter to the menu items. Turn the rotary knob, and select <DSK>, push the knob to confirm. (Or push the [DSK] button to enter to the DSK menu items) © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 15 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...
  • Page 17 2. Push the [SYSTEM] button, and enter to the menu items. Turn the rotary knob, and select <Blending>, push the knob to confirm. (Or push the [BLEND] button to enter to the blend menu items) © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 16 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...
  • Page 18 2. Turn the rotary knob, and select <Mask>, push the knob to confirm: Enable the mask function: Turn the rotary knob, select <ON/OFF>, and set ”ON” to enable the mask function. © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 17 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...
  • Page 19 4 point star, 6 point star, lighting, crescent left and crescent right. Mask setting: M3 support load file from UDisk, and set the selected layer, including effect & PIC Pos X, Y, effect X, Y, PIC Pos X, Y. WIPE Setting 1.
  • Page 20 2. Turn the rotary knob, and select the LOGO that to custom, push the knob to confirm. 3. Turn the rotary knob, select <X> or <Y>, and set the position of LOGO. Additionally, M3 supports load file from UDisk. Custom OSD...
  • Page 21 2. Turn the rotary knob, and select the STILL that to custom, push the knob to confirm. 3. Turn the rotary knob, select <X> or <Y>, and set the position of STILL. Additionally, M3 supports load file from UDisk. © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 22: Pgm Mode

    2. There are 2 HDMI outputs for program, and realize 4Kx1K output. 3. The PGM image can output to SPGM output card by internal loop out or external loop out. © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 21 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...

  • Page 23: Aux Mode

    Push the [SPGM] button in PST/PGM Monitor Area, and enter to the SPGM menu items: M3 supports 3 kinds of splicing modes, PGM Splicing, SPGM Splicing and PGM&SPGM Splicing, PGM Splicing is mainly for loop PGM to SPGM for splicing. The following is the operations for SPGM Splicing and PGM&SPGM Splicing.
  • Page 24 User can also custom the size and position of each SPGM. (3) Push the [SIZE] button, and enter to the menu items as follows: © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 23 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...
  • Page 25 SPGM 3: SPGM 3 Pos X is 3840, SPGM 3 Pos Y is 0, SPGM 3 H Size is 1920, SPGM 3 V Size is 1080. SPGM 4: SPGM 4 Pos X is 5760, SPGM 4 Pos Y is 0, SPGM 4 H Size is 1920, SPGM 4 V Size is 1080. © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 24 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...
  • Page 26 PGM&SPGM Splicing 1. Turn the rotary knob, and select <PGM&SPGM Splicing>, push the knob to confirm, and enter to the menu items. © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 25 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...
  • Page 27 SPGM 3: SPGM 3 Pos X is 1920, SPGM 3 Pos Y is 1080, SPGM 3 H Size is 1920, SPGM 3 V Size is 1080. SPGM 4: SPGM 4 Pos X is 3840, SPGM 4 Pos Y is 1080, SPGM 4 H Size is 1920, SPGM 4 V Size is 1080. © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 26 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...
  • Page 28 (SPGM2/4)=3840], and set Scale V Size as 2160 [1080 (SPGM1/3)+1080 (SPGM2/4)=2160]. The image or video will output to the 4 split screens, as shown in the figure below: © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 27 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...
  • Page 29 User can also custom the size and position of each SPGM. (3) Push the [SIZE] button, and enter to the menu items as follows: © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 28 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...
  • Page 30 SPGM 1: SPGM 1 Pos X is 3840, SPGM 1 Pos Y is 0, SPGM 1 H Size is 1920, SPGM 1 V Size is 1080. SPGM 2: SPGM 2 Pos X is 5760, SPGM 2 Pos Y is 0, SPGM 2 H Size is 1920, SPGM 2 V Size is 1080. © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 29 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...
  • Page 31 According to the parameters from Step 4, set Scale H Pos as 0 and Scale H Size as 11520, [1920 (PGM1)+1920 (PGM2)+1920 (SPGM1)+1920 (SPGM2)+1920 (SPGM3)+1920 (SPGM4)=11520], as shown in the figure below: © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 30 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...

  • Page 32: 4K1K Mode

    5. Push the [SIZE] button, and set Scale H Size as 3840, then it realizes the 4K1K mode. If output the dual graphics to the background input, the operation is as follows: © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 31 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...
  • Page 33 4. Push the [BK] button in the PST area, and select the background signal, then it realizes the 4K1K mode. Note The background input resolution much be greater than output resolution. © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 32 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...

  • Page 34: Switching Mode

    3. TAKE switch: Switch the PST image to program with wipe and fade by pushing [TAKE] button. 4. TRANSITION DURATION: Transition duration setting, the adjustment range is between 0.1~5S. © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 33 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...

  • Page 35: Set The Output Resolution

    Custom the Output Resolution 1. Push the [SYSTEM] button, and enter to the menu items, turn the rotary knob and select <Output>: © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 34 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...
  • Page 36 2. Push the rotary knob to confirm, and enter to the menus as below: 3. Turn the rotary knob, and select <Custom Format>, push the rotary knob to confirm. © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 35 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...
  • Page 37 4. Set H Active, V Active and Fred according to actual need, then select <Set> and set “Yes”, push the rotary knob to confirm. © Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 36 / 41 Ph: +86 592 5771197 | support@rgblink.com...

  • Page 38: Using Black Out

    Black out description: Black signal realizes one-key-touch to a black screen. M3 provides black effect processing for program output and preview output, with cut black effect. Operation is as below: Push the [BLACK] button, the button light is lit, then the program output is cut to black.

  • Page 39: Saving Views

    Saving Views M3 provides 36 positions for saving or recording parameters. To save current parameters and settings: 1. Push the [SAVE] button in Stored Presets Area, the button [SAVE] and [PAGE] lights are lit, and some of buttons 1~6 are lit and some are flashing. The button lit can be saved and flash will be overwrite, push the button lit to save.

  • Page 40: Recall Saved Settings

    Recall Saved Settings M3 provides 36 positions for saving or recording parameters. To recall saved settings: 1. Push the [LOAD] button in Stored Presets Area, the button [LOAD] and [PAGE] lights are lit, and some of buttons 1~6 are lit and some are flashing. The button lit is ready for recall and flash means just recall, push the button lit to recall.

  • Page 41: Contact Information

    Warranties are effective upon delivery date to customer and are non-transferable. RGBlink warranties are only valid to the original purchase/owner. Warranty related repairs include parts and labor, but do not include faults resulting from user negligence, special modification, lighting strikes, abuse(drop/crush), and/or other unusual damages.

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