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Brief Introduction Overview PVS0615 is an all-in-one 6-channel video switcher that allows video switching, audio mixing, and video recording. The unit integrated a 15.6” LCD monitor which can be used in wide variety of venues for events, seminars, etc.
Main Features ● Portable All-In-One design with 15.6 inch FHD LCD display ● 6 channel inputs: 4×SDI and 2×DVI-I/HDMI/VGA/USB player inputs ● 3×SDI & 2×HDMI PGM outputs, 1×HDMI multiview output ● SDI output 3 is AUX output, can be selected as PGM or PVW ●...
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Connections Interfaces 12V / 5A DC Power In TRS Balanced Analog Audio Out TRS Balanced Analog Audio In 2×HDMI Out (PGM) 3×SDI Out (PGM), SDI Out 3 can be for AUX output 4×SDI In 2×HDMI / DVI-I In 2×USB Input (Media player) HDMI Out (Multiviewer) GPIO (Reserve for Tally) SD Card Slot...
Control Panel Description Audio Mixer Control Record Control Power Switch Video Source of Channel 5 and Channel 6 PIP, POP MIX, WIPE, FADE, Inverse Transition Effect Luma Key, Chroma Key Menu Control Transition Speed USB Media Control AUTO Program Row Preview Row T-bar Manual Transition...
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Keyboard Button ■ Audio Mixer Press CH1/ CH2/ CH3 button to select the channel for audio mixing. Press SRC 1/SRC 2/SRC 3 button to select the audio source Master for adjust the main mixing audio to Program. The faders are for adjusting the audio volume. LISTEN button for earphone source selection.
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■ USB Media Player Control Press USB 5/ USB 6 button to select the one which you want to manage. VIDEO/IMAGE buttons is for switching the media format between video and image. The default setting is video. There are Play/Pause, Fast Forward, Fast Backward, BACK and NEXT buttons for USB media control.
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■ Luma Key Luma Key consists of one video source containing the video image that will be stacked on top of the background. All of the black areas defined by the luminance in the video signal will be made transparent so that the background can be revealed underneath.
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Operation Instruction Multiview Output Layout 1) PGM and PVW as Preview and Program displayed as following image. The level meter of PGM audio is shown only in multiview. SDI/HDMI PGM out is without any overlays. 2) The following 6 windows come from the 6 input signals. The signal source of window 5 and 6 can be selected from HDMI, DVI, VGA, USB.
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T-Bar Calibration The T-Bar of the video switcher may happen to misalignment, when the origin of the coordinates offset the T-Bar calibration is necessary before using. 1) Power off the video switcher and press button 1 and 2 of PVW at same time. K EEP p ressing the buttons until all calibration process finish.
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PGM PVW Switching PGM, PVW Channel Selection Below 1-6 buttons from PGM and PVW are corresponding with the 6 windows in the below of the multiview layout. The selected button from PGM turns on to red LED, and the selected button from PVW turns on to green LED.
Tally Output PVS0615 is equipped with a 25-pin GPIO interface for tally, the pin outputs are defined as follows: Transition Control There are two transition control types for this video switcher: Transition without effects and Transition with effects. 1) Transition without Effects CUT performs a simple immediate switch between Preview and Program views.
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Note: When the PGM window display black and keep black even after transition, please check if the FTB button flashing. Press the button again when it is flashing to stop black. Source Selection of Channel 5 and Channel 6 Press the button IN5/ IN6 to cyclic switch the video source between HDMI, DVI, VGA and USB. The default format is HDMI.
SDI PGM/AUX and Multiview Output Format The output format of multiview is fixed at 1080p60, and for PGM output can be set by the knob. Except PVW and PGM output, there is a AUX for choice in PGM SDI 3, you can quickly select the auxiliary output between PVW and PGM via Menu knob.
2) Earphone Press LISTEN button and use a 3.5mm earphone to monitor an assigned audio, PGM audio as the default. Press LISTEN button cyclically to assign one channel audio as the audio source. Transition Effects MIX Transition Pressing the MIX button selects a basic A/B Dissolve for the next transition. When button LED turns on it is active.
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button is an alternative button. Press it first and then press a Direction button, the WIPE will start from an inverse direction. FADE Transition Fade is a transition from one source to another with fade gradually transition effect. Press the FADE button and use T-Bar or AUTO to operate the FADE transition.
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Luma Key When turn on the Luma Key, all of the black areas defined by the luminance in the video signal will be made transparent so that the background can be revealed underneath. Therefore, the final composition does not retain any black from the graphic because all of the black parts have been cut out of the image. This function is often used for subtitle overlay of virtual studio.
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1) Switching a video with blue or green background to PVW window, and turn on the Chroma Key. Then enter into the Key menu to configure the value of Chroma Key. Using CUT, AUTO, or T-Bar to switch the image to overlay in the PGM window. 2) When you press Chroma Key button, indicator turns on and menu enter into the key setting interface as below image.
Video Record Basic Specification Record Video Source Record Storage SD Card (class 10) SD Card Format Max 64GB (file system format exFAT/ FAT32) Record Video Format H.264 (mp4) Record Video Resolution 1080p 60/50/30/25/24hz, 1080i 60/50hz SD Card Install and Uninstall 1) Install SD card: First, format SD card to exFAT/ FAT32 file system format.
2. In case the switcher is power off during record, the record file might be corruption. 3. If you want to change the PGM output resolution during recording, please stop recording and save the file first, then new record the video in new resolution. Otherwise, the record video files in SD card will be abnormal.
Entering system settings from the menu to switch the real-time clock shown in Analog or Digital. Clock Time Setting Connect video switcher to a PC and download a time control software from AVMATRIX official website, Open the software and click Scan to search and connect the device, then the clock time will be changed to same time to the PC’s time.
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Static: S elect static IP acquire method when the PC is without DHCP. Connect the video switcher with PC via network cable,set the PC’s IP address to the same IP range as video switcher( the video switcher’s default IP address 192.168.1.215), or set the video switcher’s IP address to the same IP range as PC’s IP address.
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