Blackmagicdesign Video Assist Installation And Operation Manual page 21

2 XLR Padding
If you are shooting in a noisy environment or near unpredectably loud sounds, you can
set the XLR padding feature to 'on'. This will drop your audio levels down by a small
amount and give you slightly more range in levels which may help you prevent clipping.
If you are shooting in normal audio conditions, set this feature to 'off'.
3 Phantom Power
When connecting microphones that are not self powered, you can power them using
phantom power via the XLR connector. Simply turn the setting to 'on'.
NOTE Make sure you have phantom power turned 'OFF' when using
microphones that are battery powered as some battery powered microphones
can be damaged when phantom power is supplied.
Setup Settings
Setup lets you set the language, set the date and time for your video assist's internal clock, plus
displays the device name, and the internal software version currently installed on the unit.
Video Assist also has a setting for HDMI range.
The setup settings page on Video Assist has an additional 'HDMI range' setting
Language
Tap the left or right arrows to switch between 'English' and a different language that
you have loaded. Refer to 'Blackmagic Video Assist Setup' for more information.
HDMI Range
The Video Assist HD model has an HDMI range selector, which allows you to specify
the type of signal being input to the unit. For an accurate display of your image, the
input range you select on your Video Assist HD needs to match the output range for
the signal being output from your source. For example, select 'full' when your source
video is being output as full data range, or 'video' when your source video is being
output as video range.
Select 'auto' if you are not sure which setting to choose, and the selection will be made
automatically by the unit. Note that Blackmagic Video Assist 4K does not have this
setting and selects the HDMI range automatically.
Setting the Date and time
When these settings are maintained and accurate, useful information is recorded in
your clip files to inform you of the date and time each clip was recorded.
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