User Manual

assigned to you should make sure to change the text on
the button cap.
•
Key — press one of the KEY X buttons to select
that keyer.
•
ME — press ME.
•
MiniME
™
— press and hold MiniME/MS and
press the button on the key bus that corresponds
to the MiniME
™
you want to select. Source
button 1 selects MiniME
™
1 and button 2 selects
MiniME
™
2.
Tip: You can also press and hold ME and press the
button on the key bus that corresponds to the MiniME
™
you want to select. Source button 3 selects MiniME
™
1 and button 4 selects MiniME
™
2.
•
Aux — press and hold Aux and press the button
on the key bus that corresponds to the Aux you
want to select.
•
MultiScreen — press and hold MiniME/MS
and press the button on the key bus that
corresponds to the MultiScreen you want to
select. Source button 6 selects the MultiScreen.
Tip: If you want to select the MultiScreen bus directly, you
must re-assign one of the user buttons to MultiScreen.
2.
Select the bus you want to select a source on.
Note: The user select buttons can be assigned to specific
keyers or aux buses or they can be configured so that you
can press and hold a single button and use the key bus to
select the keyer or aux bus.
• Program Bus — use the PROGRAM bus.
• Preset Bus — use the PRESET bus.
•
Key Bus — press KEY X to assign the
KEY/AUX/CUSTOM CONTROL bus to that
keyer.
• Aux Bus — use the KEY/AUX/CUSTOM
CONTROL bus.
3.
Select the source you want to use on the bus. Use
the Shift button to access additional sources.
Video Layering
How video is layered in the output of the switcher
depends on what keyers are on-air and how MiniME
™
outputs are re-entered.
ME Background
Keyer 1
Keyer 2
Keyer 3
Keyer 4
Figure 8: Video Layering
Tip: You can select a MiniME
™
on an ME or different MiniME
™
to re-enter it. Up to two MiniME
™
re-entries, including an ME is
allowed.
Re-Entry
Re-entry is the term used to describe the process of
selecting a MiniME
™
on an ME.
Keep the following in mind when working with
re-entries:
• You cannot re-enter an ME, or the Clean Feed of an
ME, into itself.
Re-Entry Timing
To maintain proper video timing through the switcher,
each MiniME
™
exists in a specic timing window relative
to the ME. These windows restrict what can be re-entered
into what.
1 2 3
MiniME ME MiniME
MiniME ME
MiniME MiniME
Figure 9: MiniME
™
Timing Windows
FlexiClean Clean Feed
FlexiClean provides a second program output that is
derived from a different location than the standard
program output. A frequent application is the recording
of shows for later airing without call-in phone numbers
inserted.
The clean feed output can come from before or between
the keyers.
KEY 1 KEY 2
PGM/
PST
KEY 3 PGM
CLEAN
FEED
KEY 4
Figure 10: Clean Feed Modes
Video Preview
Video preview allows you to use an additional monitor
to preview what the next shot is going to be. The preview
for an ME shows what is selected for the next transition
on that ME. This includes the keys and background video
sources that will be on-air after the next transition.
MultiViewer
The MultiViewer allows you to view up to 10 video
sources, in 23 layouts, from a single output BNC. Any
video source on the switcher, including ME Program,
Preview, and Media-Store channels, can be routed to any
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