EX1 SDI-out for SNG at DVinfo.net

Gabor Heeres · July 7th, 2012, 03:55 AM

Hi all,

Last thursday my colleague was on location and needed to playout his pre-recorded footage to an SNG-van through the SDI output of his PMW-EX1 (no EX-deck onboard this SD-SNG). I did this once with my PMW-350 without any issues but we couldn't get any downconverted SD-signal from the EX1's SDI-output now. Of course the output was set to SD-SDI in the menu. What were we missing? Is it possible what I''d like to do? Any help is welcome to prevent this from happening in the futures. SNG's and OBV's with an EX-deck onboard are still very rare in Europe...

Thanks.

Dustin Moore · July 7th, 2012, 09:36 AM

If you discover that there is no SDI coming out and can't find any menu item that
is preventing it, save your settings to the SXS and then do a full reset. That should
bring the SDI back.

Peter Ford · July 9th, 2012, 07:00 AM

If memory serves, I think if hdv firewire out is enabled, it can disable the sdi out.

The way the output circuits are handled on those EX cameras has always bothered me!

Why can you only have SD out or HD... etc

But, as above, the quick fix is always a reset. Usually cures most ills, when some obscure setting has been switched on

David Clark · July 9th, 2012, 07:51 PM

Yep, Peter is correct. It took me a long time to figure that one out.

July 7th, 2012, 03:55 AM	#1
Gabor Heeres Major Player Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands Posts: 322	EX1 SDI-out for SNG Hi all, Last thursday my colleague was on location and needed to playout his pre-recorded footage to an SNG-van through the SDI output of his PMW-EX1 (no EX-deck onboard this SD-SNG). I did this once with my PMW-350 without any issues but we couldn't get any downconverted SD-signal from the EX1's SDI-output now. Of course the output was set to SD-SDI in the menu. What were we missing? Is it possible what I''d like to do? Any help is welcome to prevent this from happening in the futures. SNG's and OBV's with an EX-deck onboard are still very rare in Europe... Thanks.

July 7th, 2012, 09:36 AM	#2
Dustin Moore Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Rochester NY Posts: 104	Re: EX1 SDI-out for SNG If you discover that there is no SDI coming out and can't find any menu item that is preventing it, save your settings to the SXS and then do a full reset. That should bring the SDI back.

July 9th, 2012, 07:00 AM	#3
Peter Ford Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London, uk Posts: 99	Re: EX1 SDI-out for SNG If memory serves, I think if hdv firewire out is enabled, it can disable the sdi out. The way the output circuits are handled on those EX cameras has always bothered me! Why can you only have SD out or HD... etc But, as above, the quick fix is always a reset. Usually cures most ills, when some obscure setting has been switched on

July 9th, 2012, 07:51 PM	#4
David Clark Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Carrollton, Texas Posts: 145	Re: EX1 SDI-out for SNG Yep, Peter is correct. It took me a long time to figure that one out.