User's Manual

Using SmartScope Duo 4K
What is Blackmagic SmartScope?
Previously, broadcast quality television and post production scopes were incredibly expensive
custom solutions that only let you see one scope at a time on a tiny screen! Some scopes look
ugly and don’t really look good in front of your client.
With SmartScope Duo 4K you get the addition of waveform monitors which allow you to see any
aspect of your video signal on your dual monitors in real time. Any adjustments made to the
input signal in Blackmagic SmartView setup can immediately be seen on SmartScope Duo 4K!
Furthermore, each input signal can be sent to either monitor via the SDI loop out, meaning you
can use the right hand monitor to display the scope for the signal going into the left
hand monitor.
The scopes displayed by SmartScope Duo 4K are selected in the Blackmagic SmartView setup
software. Select your scopes from the ‘display’ drop down menu.
The information below, and over the next several pages, explains how each scope display is
used so you can get a deeper understanding of how each display can help you.
It’s easy to set your Blackmagic SmartScope Duo 4K to show a different
scope on each monitor using Blackmagic SmartView setup
Video Monitoring Display
The Video Monitoring display is a handy confidence monitor so you can see the video that is
being received by SmartScope.
If your input signal is SD, you can select between displaying it in either 4:3 pillarbox or 16:9 from
the ‘set’ drop down menu. Any changes made to the LCD brightness, contrast or saturation
settings can be immediately seen in this view. Note that changing these settings only affects
the monitor, not the video signal, so the scopes will not be affected by any saturation or
brightness changes.
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