Hardware: Sdi Monitoring - Blackmagicdesign SmartView Duo Operation Manual

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Hardware: SDI monitoring

SmartView Duo features regular BNC connectors to make it easy to connect cables from other SDI
equipment including switchers, cameras, capture cards, decks and disk recorders. After powering on the
SmartView Duo and connecting an SDI video source to one of the SDI In connectors, the video should
immediately be visible on the corresponding monitor and no configuration is required.
Each monitor has its own, independent, 3 Gb/s SDI input as well as a loop-through output. SD, HD and 2K
signals are automatically detected and supported by the SDI input and loop-through connections. When
multiple SmartView Duo units are daisy-chained together via SDI, all units must be powered on to support
the loop-through SDI output.
The independent monitors on each SmartView Duo enable one monitor to display a YUV 4:2:2 signal
while the other receives RGB 4:4:4. One monitor could be showing NTSC while the other shows PAL. One
monitor could be showing HD while the other shows 2K. There are many possible combinations but it is
all as simple as connecting a single SDI cable to each monitor. Following are two examples of different SDI
signals connecting to SmartView Duo simultaneously.
Example 1: Connecting a 4:2:2 SDI or HD-SDI source
The illustration on the following page shows the SDI output of an HyperDeck Shuttle disk recorder
connected to an SDI IN port on SmartView Duo. The HyperDeck Shuttle can send standard definition
or high definition YUV 4:2:2 video to SmartView Duo.
Example 2: Connecting a dual-link 4:4:4 HD or 2K-SDI source
If you wish to view an RGB 4:4:4 dual-link HD-SDI or dual-link 2K-SDI signal on SmartView Duo, you will
need to use a dual-link to single-link SDI converter such as an HDLink Pro from Blackmagic Design.
The illustration on the following page shows the dual-link HD-SDI outputs of a Sony HDCAM SR
deck converted to a 3 Gb/s SDI signal, by HDLink Pro, and then connected to an SDI IN port on
SmartView Duo.