PMW-EX1R SDI troubles at DVinfo.net

Gabor Heeres · November 14th, 2012, 02:37 PM

Currently I'm havind SDI troubles with my PMW-EX1R. The SDI-out does give an SD signal when the EX1R is in SD mode Though, in HD mode Neither the HD-SDI or the SD-SDI will work. I'm unable to playout HD-recorded material via the SDI output. Though because it works in SD-mode it seems that the hardware or connector itself can't be the problem. What am I missing? Which menu setting do I need to change?

Any help is welcome

Jack Zhang · November 14th, 2012, 03:34 PM

24PsF could be your problem if you are recording/playing back 24p footage in NTSC mode. Try changing that to 60i just in case you are in "NTSC area" mode.

In all other cases, the EX1R outputs 60i/50i in both HD and SD. What is the EX1R feeding to?

Gabor Heeres · November 14th, 2012, 03:48 PM

Jack,

Thanks for your reply. We do news stuff so footage is recorded in PAL 1920x1080 50i. Just want to be able to playout pre-recorded footage to a HD SNG (satellite van), at leat in HD but on request also in SD (PAL 720x576 50i). I have tried to connect the EX1R to an HD monitor, that doesn't work, no signal at all. Though, when the whole camera (not just set the output to SD-SDI component) is switched to SD mode (for DVCAM recording) it does show a signal. And that's why I believe it's not the hardware that is broken. So I do think it must be a settings thing..... Any help is appreciated.

Gabor

Jack Zhang · November 14th, 2012, 04:13 PM

Most likely the fault is on the SNG side, not the EX1R. Can you try to use the HDMI and see if a signal is being fed to that? Do you have any other SDI monitors to see if that can accept the HD-SDI signal?

It could also be the cable. You could try a shorter cable to see if the signal makes it through.

Dustin Moore · November 15th, 2012, 09:55 PM

There may not be a particular menu setting that is doing it. Try a system reset and see
if the SDI comes back.

Les Wilson · November 16th, 2012, 06:09 AM

Look at the limitations of outputs in th emanual around page 147. SDI and HDMI are mutually exclusive and perhaps you've go the HDMI turned on in HD mode.

Gabor Heeres · November 19th, 2012, 08:21 AM

Les,

Thank you so much for this. It indeed was the problem that the iLink was activated to HDV and therefore the SDI output didn't give any signal. Once the iLink was disabled it worked immediately. Once more, thank you very much.

Gabor

Jack Zhang · November 19th, 2012, 06:27 PM

Recording in HQ 1920/25p or 1920/50i cannot be output over the i.Link HDV output. If you are not shooting SP 1440/50i, there is no need for this feature to be on.

November 14th, 2012, 02:37 PM	#1
Gabor Heeres Major Player Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands Posts: 322	PMW-EX1R SDI troubles Currently I'm havind SDI troubles with my PMW-EX1R. The SDI-out does give an SD signal when the EX1R is in SD mode Though, in HD mode Neither the HD-SDI or the SD-SDI will work. I'm unable to playout HD-recorded material via the SDI output. Though because it works in SD-mode it seems that the hardware or connector itself can't be the problem. What am I missing? Which menu setting do I need to change? Any help is welcome

November 14th, 2012, 03:34 PM	#2
Jack Zhang Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada Posts: 3,053	Re: PMW-EX1R SDI troubles 24PsF could be your problem if you are recording/playing back 24p footage in NTSC mode. Try changing that to 60i just in case you are in "NTSC area" mode. In all other cases, the EX1R outputs 60i/50i in both HD and SD. What is the EX1R feeding to?

November 14th, 2012, 03:48 PM	#3
Gabor Heeres Major Player Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands Posts: 322	Re: PMW-EX1R SDI troubles Jack, Thanks for your reply. We do news stuff so footage is recorded in PAL 1920x1080 50i. Just want to be able to playout pre-recorded footage to a HD SNG (satellite van), at leat in HD but on request also in SD (PAL 720x576 50i). I have tried to connect the EX1R to an HD monitor, that doesn't work, no signal at all. Though, when the whole camera (not just set the output to SD-SDI component) is switched to SD mode (for DVCAM recording) it does show a signal. And that's why I believe it's not the hardware that is broken. So I do think it must be a settings thing..... Any help is appreciated. Gabor

November 14th, 2012, 04:13 PM	#4
Jack Zhang Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada Posts: 3,053	Re: PMW-EX1R SDI troubles Most likely the fault is on the SNG side, not the EX1R. Can you try to use the HDMI and see if a signal is being fed to that? Do you have any other SDI monitors to see if that can accept the HD-SDI signal? It could also be the cable. You could try a shorter cable to see if the signal makes it through.

November 15th, 2012, 09:55 PM	#5
Dustin Moore Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Rochester NY Posts: 104	Re: PMW-EX1R SDI troubles There may not be a particular menu setting that is doing it. Try a system reset and see if the SDI comes back.

November 16th, 2012, 06:09 AM	#6
Les Wilson Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Boca Raton, FL Posts: 3,014	Re: PMW-EX1R SDI troubles Look at the limitations of outputs in th emanual around page 147. SDI and HDMI are mutually exclusive and perhaps you've go the HDMI turned on in HD mode. Attached Thumbnails

November 19th, 2012, 08:21 AM	#7
Gabor Heeres Major Player Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands Posts: 322	Re: PMW-EX1R SDI troubles Les, Thank you so much for this. It indeed was the problem that the iLink was activated to HDV and therefore the SDI output didn't give any signal. Once the iLink was disabled it worked immediately. Once more, thank you very much. Gabor Attached Thumbnails

November 19th, 2012, 06:27 PM	#8
Jack Zhang Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada Posts: 3,053	Re: PMW-EX1R SDI troubles Recording in HQ 1920/25p or 1920/50i cannot be output over the i.Link HDV output. If you are not shooting SP 1440/50i, there is no need for this feature to be on.