Plugging In Your Camera; Plugging In Your External Audio; Plugging In Your Headset - Blackmagicdesign ATEM Camera Converter Installation And Operation Manual

Getting Started
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Plugging in Your Camera

The first thing you'll want to do is to plug in your cameras! All you need to do is connect an HDMI or SDI
cable from the camera video output and then connect it to an input on the ATEM Camera Converter. If your
camera has both SDI and HDMI outputs, use an SDI cable as SDI is a more robust, industrial standard and
can be reliably used with long cables of up to 300 feet or 100 meters in length.
If you are connecting a camera with an HDMI cable, try to use short cables that are no longer than 6 feet or
2 meters, and use good quality cables to help eliminate unwanted sparkles or glitches in your video.
Make sure your camera is set to output video in a format which is supported by your live production switcher.
In particular, 1080p cameras will usually need to be adjusted to output either 1080i or 720p for broadcast.
If you are connecting to an ATEM switcher, check the switcher video standard and then set the camera to
the same video standard, e.g. 1080i59.94.

Plugging in Your External Audio

The ATEM Camera Converter supports 2 channels of camera audio. By default, ATEM Camera Converter
uses the embedded audio from your camera's microphone. The two channels of embedded audio are
carried on audio channels 1 & 2 of the optical fiber SDI cable.
If external audio equipment is connected to the ATEM Camera Converter, the external audio will be used
instead of the embedded audio. The two, balanced 1/4" TRS connectors accept stereo, analog audio at
microphone level. Microphone volume buttons are used to increase or decrease the external audio to the
desired level. The two channels of external audio are carried on audio channels 1 & 2 of the optical fiber
SDI cable.

Plugging in Your Headset

The ATEM Camera Converter includes headset jacks for talkback between the camera operator and the
switcher operator.
You can use a headset with conventional, 3.5mm stereo analog microphone and headphone plugs.
The headphone jack supports iPhone-compatible headsets, where the microphone works via the headphone
jack. If both an iPhone-compatible headset and external microphone are connected at the same time, the
iPhone microphone will mute and the external microphone will be used instead.
The two channels of talkback audio are carried on audio channels 15 & 16 of the optical fiber SDI cable.