NewTek TriCaster TC1 (2 RU) User Manual

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Access the

Output Configuration

panel by double-clicking the (

Live Desktop

)

PROGRAM

viewport.

Click the

Genlock

tab (Figure 28).

The default

Reference Type

in the

Genlock

settings group is

SD (Bi-level)

, as this is currently the most

common reference signal type. However, if you supply an HD reference signal to the Genlock input, you
may want to change the setting to

HD (Tri-level)

. Please note that 1080/59.94p Tri-level genlock signals

are not supported.

With the aid of downstream

Waveform

and

Vector Scopes

, adjust

Horizontal

and

Vertical Position

and

Phase

settings in the

Genlock

section of the

I/O Configuration

panel.

FIGURE 28

Ideally both the cameras and

your NewTek system’s output

should be genlocked. If they are not genlocked

to the same reference signal, by default the

Switcher

will automatically apply a TBC (Time Base Correction)

operation. (Time base correction may drop or insert frames as necessary to maintain sync, hence is a less
desirable approach.)

When genlocking is active and properly configured, the timecode in the

titlebar

will display in green.

FIGURE 29

Note: For a deeper discussion of genlocking, please see Section 8.2.2.