Roland VR-4HD HD AV Mixer - Manual (Page 2)

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USING THE UNIT SAFELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
IMPORTANT NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Top Panel/Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Rear Panel/Side Panel (Connecting Your Equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Basic Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Turning the Power On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Switching the View Mode of the Built-in Monitor
and Preview Output . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Working with Setup Screens (Menus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
List of Supported Video Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Input Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Output Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Video Input/Output Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting the Video Input/Output Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting the System Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting the Input Format for Channel 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Setting the Output Format for Main Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Assigning a Video Source to Channel 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adjusting Output Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adjusting the Input Video on Channel 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Specifying the Video Output from
the PVW OUT Connector/USB 3.0 Port . . . . . . . . . 16
Inputting Copyright-protected (HDCP) Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Video Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Switching the Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Switching by Tapping the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Switching the Video Using Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Switching Automatically (Auto Scan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Applying a Fade to the Main Output Video (Output Fade) . . . . . . . . . 19
Freezing Input Video (Freeze) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Capturing a Still Image from Input Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Video Effect Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using Filter Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using Compositing Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Compositing Using Picture-in-Picture (PinP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Compositing Using Split (SPLIT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Compositing Four Video Streams on a Single Screen (QUAD) . . 24
Compositing Using Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Audio Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjusting the Volume Level of Input Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjusting Input Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjusting the Sound Position (Pan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Adjusting the Volume Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Adjusting the Volume Level of Main Output Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Adjusting the Volume Level of USB Output Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Applying Effects to Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Applying Effects to Input Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Applying Effects to Main Output Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Hearing Only Specific Input Audio (Solo/Mute) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Eliminating Echo in Web Conferencing Systems (Echo Cancel) . . . . . 31
Controlling Fader Operation Automatically (Auto Mixing) . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the AUX Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Interlinking Audio Output to Video Switching (Audio Follow) . . . . . . 34
Aligning the Output Timing of Video and Audio (Lip-sync) . . . . . . . . 35
Operations Using a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Outputting Streaming-use Video/Audio to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the Loopback Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Recording Video on a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Other Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Assigning Functions to USER Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Saving/Recalling Settings (Memory) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Saving a Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Recalling a Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Preventing Unintended Operation (Panel Lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Turning Off the Power Automatically (Auto Off) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Returning Settings to the Factory-default State (Factory Reset) . . . . 40
Operating the VR-4HD by Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Outputting a Tally Signal or Control Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Calibrating the Tap Points on the Touch Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Main Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Transition Effects List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Conventions in this manual
In order to explain the operations as clearly as possible, this manual uses the following conventions.
5 Text enclosed in square brackets [ ] indicates the name of a button or a knob, such as the [SETUP] button, [VALUE] knob.
5 Text enclosed in angle brackets < > indicates text that appears in the screen, such as .
Checking the Included Items
The VR-4HD includes the following items. Please take a moment to confirm that all of these items have been included with the VR-4HD. If you find that
any item is missing, contact the nearest authorized Roland distributor in your country.
The Unit AC Adaptor/Power Cord Owner’s Manual
* The shape of the power cord’s plug
varies depending on the country.
Contents
Before using this unit, carefully read “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” (p. 3)
and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (p. 5). After reading, keep the document(s)
including those sections where it will be available for immediate reference.