Ross ACUITY 4K-UHD Quick Start Manual

4K-UHD Production
The MultiFeed feature allows you to use the
utility buses of an ME as the background and
preset sources for the configurable program
outputs of an ME. If you use multiple
configurable program outputs from the same
ME, you can have two program outputs with
different background sources that transition
together. These separate program outputs can
be further enhanced by excluding some keys
from each program output. This allows you to
have separate keys for each program output.
For example, you can have key 1 included in
Program/Preset A but excluded from
Program/Preset B and key 2 is included in both.
This allows key 1 to be transitioned on or off-air
for Program A without affecting Program B and
key 2 to be common across both outputs.
Program A
Background
Preview A
Preset
ME
Program B
Utility 1
Preview B
Utility 2
Figure 1: Separate Program Outputs from the same ME
If you set up two MEs like this and then set the
second ME to auto follow the first, you now have
four separate program outputs from 2 MEs that
are tied together. This is the basis for a 4K-UHD
configuration stitching together (Square
Division) or combining (2 Sample Interleave
(2SI)) four Full-HD (1920×1080p) signals to make
a single UHDTV1 (3840×2160p) image. Both
methods involve separating the 4K-UHD signal
into four separate streams before going into the
switcher and then combining them again after.
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4K-UHD (UHDTV1)
ME 1
IN1
Program A (Bkgd/Pst)
Program B (U1/U2)
IN2
ME Follow
IN3
ME 2
Program A (Bkgd/Pst)
IN4 Program B (U1/U2)
Figure 2: Square Division Quad-Link
ME Setup for 4K-UHD
A number of MEs must be set up to work
together for the switcher to operate in a 4K-UHD
production.
To Set Up MultiFeed for 4K-UHD
1. Press HOME > Setup > Installation >
Program Assignment
2. In the Select ME area, press ME X for the ME
that you want to configure the output for.
For example, press ME 1.
3. In the Program A and Preview A rows,
select the keys that you want included.
4. In the Program B and Preview B rows, select
the keys that you want included.
5. In the Program B row press, Bkgd/Pst to
select U1/U2.
6. Select a second ME and configure the
Program/Preview A and B outputs as above.
For example, press ME 2.
7. Press HOME > Confirm.
To Set Up ME Follow for 4K-UHD
1. Press HOME > Setup > Personality >
Autofollow Setup
2. Press ME and use the Echo From and Echo
To knobs to select which ME you want to
follow another ME.
For example, use the Echo From knob to
select ME 1 and the Echo To knob to select
ME 2.
3. Press Set.
OUT1
OUT2
OUT3
OUT4
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