Selecting Video Input Formats And Adjusting Audio Levels; Selecting Video Output Format; Using Video And Audio Monitors; Cutting Between Sources - Datavideo SE-500 Instruction Manual

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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:
The SE-500 will automatically detect which connector is plugged in. 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.

Selecting video output format

In addition to the Composite Video Output the SE-500 can output either S-Video (Y/C) or Component Video
(YUV). To output Component Video there is a special breakout cable that connects to the (Y/C) out and one
of the Composite Outputs.
To switch the SE-500 Video Output to S-Video (Y/C) or Component Video (YUV):
Press and hold the Background Button for 5 Seconds until the On-Screen Menu appears.
Press the Background Button again and the second page of the menu will appear.
Use the UP and Down Buttons to navigate the menu and highlight Video Output.
Video Output can be set to Y/C C C or Y.U.V. C.
If you want to output S-Video use the Left or Right Arrow Buttons to select Y/C, C, C.
If you want to use Y.U.V. Component Output via the supplied Breakout Cable then select Y.U.V, C.

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.
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, 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 Controls and Operations, page 19.

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.
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