GRASS VALLEY INDIGO User manual

INDIGO AV Mixer
User Manual
Software Version 1.2.2
000 219 419 800
August 2007 / Revision 2

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Contacting Grass Valley
On the www.thomsongrassvalley.com web site you get further information
on Grass Valley and our products.
For Sales and Service, please contact your local dealer.
To find the account representative, dealer, or distributor nearest you, go to
www.thomsongrassvalley.com/sales.
CE Conformity
This product is in conformity with the following standards, corresponding
to the provisions of 89/336/EEC and 73/23/EEC:
Find the detailed Declaration of Conformity on the CD shipped with your
INDIGO AV Mixer.
Standard Version Standard Version
EN 55103-1; -2 / Class A 1997-06 EN 61000-4-4 2002-07
EN 55022 / Class A 2000-05 EN 61000-4-5 2001-12
EN 61000-4-2 2001-12 EN 61000-4-6 2001-12
EN 61000-4-3 2001-12 EN 61000-4-11 2001-4-11
END-OF-LIFE PRODUCT RECYCLING NOTICE
Grass Valley’s innovation and excellence in product design also extends to the programs we’ve established to
manage the recycling of our products. Grass Valley has developed a comprehensive end-of-life product take
back program for recycle or disposal of end-of-life products. Our program meets the requirements of the Euro-
pean Union’s WEEE Directive and in the United States from the Environmental Protection Agency, individual state
or local agencies.
Grass Valley’s end-of-life product take back program assures proper disposal by use of Best Available Technolo-
gy. This program accepts any Grass Valley branded equipment. Upon request, a Certificate of Recycling or a
Certificate of Destruction, depending on the ultimate disposition of the product, can be sent to the requester.
Grass Valley will be responsible for all costs associated with recycling and disposal, including freight, however
you are responsible for the removal of the equipment from your facility and packing the equipment
ready for pickup.
For further information on the Grass Valley product take back system please contact Grass
Valley at + 800 80 80 20 20 or [phone] from most other countries. In the US
and Canada please call 800-547-8949 or 530-478-4148. Ask to be connected to the
EH&S Department. In addition, information concerning the program can be found at:
www.thomsongrassvalley.com/environment

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Copyrights
Copyright © Grass Valley Germany GmbH 2007. All Rights Reserved.
Portions of this software are copyright © 2007, The FreeType Project
(www.freetype.org). All rights reserved.
Portions of this software are copyright © 1991-1998, The Independent JPEG
Group, Thomas G. Lane. All rights reserved.
Portions of this software are copyright © 1998-2007 by Bill Spitzak and
others (www.fltk.org). All rights reserved.
This product incorporates copy protection technology that is protected by
U.S. and foreign patents, including patent numbers 5,315,448 and 6,836,549,
and other intellectual property rights. The use of Macrovision's copy pro-
tection technology in the product must be authorized by Macrovision.
Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

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Table of Contents
Section 1 — Safety Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.1 Safety Terms and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.1.1 Terms in this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.1.2 Terms on the Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.1.3 Symbols on the Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.2 Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.3 Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 2 — Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.1 About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.2 Related Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.3 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 3 — Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.1 Rear Panel Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.2 Electric Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.2.1 AC Power Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.2.2 Ground Screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.3 Rackmount Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.4 Video Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.4.1 Video Inputs Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.4.2 Video Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.4.3 Video Outputs Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.4.4 Video Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.5 Analog Ref Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.6 Audio Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.6.1 Audio Inputs Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.6.2 Audio Input Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.6.3 Audio Outputs Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.6.4 Audio Output Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.6.5 AES/EBU Pin Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.7 Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.7.1 Program Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.7.2 Preview Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.7.3 Auxiliary Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.8 USB Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.9 Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.9.1 DVI-I to VGA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.9.2 DVI-I to DVI-D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.9.3 DVI-I to HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.10 Tally/GPI/GPO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Section 4 — Initial Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.1 Power-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.2 Video Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.3 Audio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.4 Example Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Section 5 — Basic Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.1 Overview of Control Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.1.1 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.1.2 Touch Screen with Digipots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5.1.3 Delegation Subpanel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.1.4 Crossbars for Bus and Source Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5.1.5 Main Transitions Subpanel with Transition Lever Arm . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5.1.6 Numeric Input Subpanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5.1.7 Audio Control Subpanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5.1.8 Joystick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
5.2 Selecting Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5.2.1 Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5.2.2 Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
5.3 Video Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
5.3.1 Transitions, Effects, and Keying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
5.3.2 Making a Background Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
5.3.3 Making a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
5.3.4 Making a Chroma Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
5.3.5 Making an Effect Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5.3.6 Making a PiP (Picture in Picture) in SD Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5.3.7 Making a PiP (Picture in Picture) in HR Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.3.8 Making a PiP within a PiP in HR Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.4 Audio Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
5.4.1 Mic Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.4.2 Stereo Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.4.3 Adjusting Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Section 6 — Tutorials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6.1 Tutorial 1—Small Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
6.1.1 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
6.1.2 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6.1.3 Result. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.1.4 How to Set Up a Small Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Section 7 — Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
7.1 General Handling of the Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
7.1.1 Menu Navigation and Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
7.1.2 Virtual Numeric Keypad and Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
7.1.3 Onscreen Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
7.1.4 Auto Menu Delegation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7.2 Transition Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7.2.1 SD/HR Effects Submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
7.2.2 Duration Submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7.3 Keyer Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

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7.4 Audio Mixer Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
7.4.1 Mixer Submenu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
7.4.2 Channel Adjust Submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
7.4.3 Monitor Submenu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
7.5 Media Player Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
7.5.1 Remote Control Submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
7.5.2 Favorites Submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
7.6 E-MEM Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
7.7 Correction/Mattes Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
7.7.1 Color Correction Submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
7.7.2 Mattes Submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
7.8 Stills Store Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
7.9 Setup Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
7.9.1 System Submenu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
7.9.2 Video Submenu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
7.9.3 Audio Submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
7.9.4 Control Panel Submenu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
7.9.5 GPIO Submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
7.9.6 External Devices Submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
7.10 Load/Save Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Section 8 — Network Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
8.1 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
8.2 Setting Up a Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Section 9 — External Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
9.1 Players and Recorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
9.2 Linear Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Section 10 — Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
10.1 CF Card / Software Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
10.2 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
10.3 Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
10.4 Calibrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
10.4.1 Touch Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
10.4.2 Transition Lever Arm (T-Bar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
10.4.3 Faders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
10.4.4 Joystick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Section 11 — Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Section 12 — Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
12.1 Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
12.2 Environmental Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
12.3 Mechanical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

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Table of Contents
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

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Section 1
Safety Summary
Read and follow the important safety information below, noting especially
those instructions related to risk of fire, electric shock or injury to persons.
Additional specific warnings not listed here may be found throughout the
manual.
WARNING Any instructions in this manual that require opening the equipment cover
or enclosure are for use by qualified service personnel only. To reduce the
risk of electric shock, do not perform any servicing other than that con-
tained in the operating instructions unless you are qualified to do so.
1.1 Safety Terms and Symbols
1.1.1 Terms in this Manual
Safety-related statements may appear in this manual in the following
form:
WARNING Warning statements identify conditions or practices that may result in
personal injury or loss of life.
CAUTION Caution statements identify conditions or practices that may result in
damage to equipment or other property, or which may cause equipment
crucial to your business environment to become temporarily non-opera-
tional.
1.1.2 Terms on the Product
The following terms may appear on the product:
DANGER — A personal injury hazard is immediately accessible as you read
the marking.
WARNING — A personal injury hazard exists but is not immediately acces-
sible as you read the marking.
CAUTION — A hazard to property, product, and other equipment is present.

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1.1.3 Symbols on the Product
The following symbols may appear on the product:
Indicates that dangerous high voltage is present within the
equipment enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to
constitute a risk of electric shock.
Indicates that user, operator or service technician should refer
to product manual(s) for important operating, maintenance,
or service instructions.
This is a prompt to note fuse rating when replacing fuse(s).
The fuse referenced in the text must be replaced with one
having the ratings indicated.
Identifies a protective grounding terminal which must be con-
nected to earth ground prior to making any other equipment
connections.
Identifies an external protective grounding terminal which
may be connected to earth ground as a supplement to an
internal grounding terminal.
Indicates that static sensitive components are present which
may be damaged by electrostatic discharge. Use anti-static
procedures, equipment and surfaces during servicing.

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Warnings
1.2 Warnings
The following warning statements identify conditions or practices that can
result in personal injury or loss of life.
Dangerous voltage or current may be present — Disconnect power and remove
battery (if applicable) before removing protective panels, soldering, or
replacing components.
Do not service alone — Do not internally service this product unless another
person capable of rendering first aid and resuscitation is present.
Remove jewelry — Prior to servicing, remove jewelry such as rings, watches,
and other metallic objects.
Avoid exposed circuitry — Do not touch exposed connections, components or
circuitry when power is present.
Use proper power cord — Use only the power cord supplied or specified for
this product.
Ground product — Connect the grounding conductor of the power cord to
earth ground.
Operate only with covers and enclosure panels in place — Do not operate this
product when covers or enclosure panels are removed.
Use correct fuse — Use only the fuse type and rating specified for this
product.
Use only in dry environment — Do not operate in wet or damp conditions.
Use only in non-explosive environment — Do not operate this product in an
explosive atmosphere.
High leakage current may be present — Earth connection of product is essential
before connecting power.
Double pole neutral fusing — Disconnect mains power prior to servicing.
Avoid mechanical hazards — Allow the fan to come to a stop before servicing.

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1.3 Cautions
The following caution statements identify conditions or practices that can
result in damage to equipment or other property.
Do not open the device — Unauthorized opening will void warranty.
Use correct power source — Do not operate this product from a power source
that applies more than the voltage specified for the product.
Provide proper ventilation — To prevent product overheating, provide equip-
ment ventilation in accordance with installation instructions. Do not
deposit any papers beneath the device — they could affect ventilation.
Place device only on a flat surface.
Use anti-static procedures — Static sensitive components are present which
may be damaged by electrostatic discharge. Use anti-static procedures,
equipment, and surfaces during servicing.
Do not use CF card with a PC — The CF card is specially formatted. The soft-
ware stored on the CF card could be deleted.
Do not operate with suspected equipment failure — If you suspect product
damage or equipment failure, have the equipment inspected by qualified
service personnel.
Route cable properly — Route power cords and other cables so that they are
not likely to be damaged. Properly support heavy cable bundles to avoid
connector damage.
Use correct power supply cords — Power cords for this equipment, if provided,
meet all regional electrical codes. Operation of this equipment at voltages
exceeding 130 VAC requires power supply cords which comply with
NEMA configurations. International power cords, if provided, have the
approval of the country of use.
Use correct replacement battery — This product contains a battery. To reduce
the risk of explosion, check polarity and replace only with the same or
equivalent type recommended by manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries
according to the battery manufacturer’s instructions.
The unit does not contain any user serviceable parts. If problems arise,
please contact your local dealer.

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Section 2
Welcome
Welcome to the INDIGO AV Mixer. The INDIGO AV Mixer uniquely
combines the advanced features of a video production switcher, a seamless
switcher, and an audio mixer.
Figure 1. The INDIGO AV Mixer

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Key features of your INDIGO AV Mixer:
• Live seamless switching of video, computer, and audio sources
• Mix digital and analog sources
• Upconvert/downconvert multiple video channels between High Res-
olution (HR) and SD
• SD/HR simulcast output
• Pre-programmable video layouts with keyers for picture-in-picture
and other effects
• Digital effects with 2D and 3D transformations, including page turns,
ripples, and swirls
• Linear/luminance and chroma keyers
• Integrated control of the Grass Valley Turbo™ intelligent digital disk
recorder (iDDR) and other devices
• Stereo analog and AES/EBU audio
• SDI audio de-embedding and re-embedding
• Four-band parametric equalizer and motordriven audio faders
• Simple audio-follow-video mode
• Intelligent audio-delay management for live production lip sync
2.1 About this Manual
This User Manual is intended to help you understand how your INDIGO
AV Mixer works and how to work with it.
In addition to explaining basic functionality (Basic Operation on page 37),
hardware (Connections on page 17) and software, it also provides practical
hints. The Tutorials on page 67 may give you a good starting point for cre-
ating your own setups.
The section Menus on page 73 explains the basic navigation and organiza-
tion of the menus and provides a quick reference to all their functions and
buttons.
This User Manual also provides further details on how to operate the
INDIGO AV Mixer in a network (Network Operation on page 147) and how
to operate external devices (External Devices on page 149).
The section Maintenance on page 151 explains how to clean the INDIGO
AV Mixer, how to calibrate its operating elements, and how to update the
software.
Finally, the section Troubleshooting on page 159 provides tips and tricks for
dealing with most common problems on your INDIGO AV Mixer.

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Related Documents
2.2 Related Documents
You will find the complete User Manual and all Release Notes (as pub-
lished so far) on the CD-ROM included in the INDIGO AV Mixer
package. It provides you with comprehensive information about your
INDIGO AV Mixer.
Users who have a general understanding of how a video/audio mixer
works and who want to start immediately, should review the
Quick Start Guide.
Additionally, you will find the following information at
www.thomsongrassvalley.com:
•Online versions of Documentation — Current versions of product
catalogs, brochures, data sheets, ordering guides, planning guides,
manuals, and release notes in .pdf format are available for download.
•FAQ Database — Search our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) data-
base to find quick answers to common questions and troubleshoot
problems.
•Software Downloads — Software updates, drivers, and patches are
available for download.
2.3 Before You Begin
Check whether your INDIGO AV Mixer package is complete. The fol-
lowing items are included:
•INDIGO AV Mixer device
• Two power supply cables (US and Continental Europe)
•Tally/GPI/GPO breakout box + cable (if ordered)
•Digital Audio breakout cable (if ordered)
•HiRes Board (if ordered)
• CD-ROM with the User Manual in different languages
• Multilingual Quick Start Guide

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Section 3
Connections
3.1 Rear Panel Overview
The following figure shows the rear panel of the INDIGO AV Mixer with
its various connectors:
Figure 2. Rear panel of the INDIGO AV Mixer
Note All Sub-D connectors of the INDIGO AV Mixer use SAE inch threads, not
ISO/DIN metric threads.
35"/54

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3.2 Electric Power Supply
3.2.1 AC Power Cable
Use the power cable to connect the power inlet of the INDIGO AV Mixer
to the wall outlet.
Note If required, ask your dealer for an appropriate power cable.
3.2.2 Ground Screw
Use the ground screw to connect the unit to the ground terminal.
Figure 3. The ground screw
3.3 Rackmount Connections
You can install your INDIGO AV Mixer in a rack using telescopic rails.
For this purpose, the device is equipped with four M5 cage nuts under-
neath.
Figure 4. Cage nuts for rackmounting
CAUTION To avoid damages of the unit, only use screws with a maximum length of
10 mm (0.39 inch).

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Video Connections
3.4 Video Connections
The INDIGO AV Mixer provides various analog and digital video inputs
and outputs. Via the optional HiRes board you can also make use of HD
inputs and outputs as well as internal upscaled and downscaled signals.
3.4.1 Video Inputs Overview
The following figure shows the video inputs of the INDIGO AV Mixer:
Figure 5. Video input connections
3.4.2 Video Inputs
The INDIGO AV Mixer provides various inputs for video, both analog
and digital.
Note The system can perform auto frame synchronizing for all video inputs, so
there is no requirement for genlocking.
The following inputs are available:
• 12 SDI inputs, the first 6 supporting also analog formats
Supported analog formats:
• PAL B, G, H, I, M, N; Pal 60
• NTSC, NTSC M, NTSC 4.43
Supported digital formats:
• ITU-R-656 (SMPTE 259M-1997) with embedded audio (SMPTE
272M-1994)
• 6 CVBS (Composite) inputs
Note The CVBS inputs share connectors with the first 6 SDI inputs.
• 4 S-Video inputs, aliased with the first 4 SDI inputs
• 2 IEEE 1394 (Firewire) inputs
Note The firewire inputs will replace the SDI inputs 11 and 12.
Note The Firewire connectors can also be configured as outputs.

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HiRes Board
The optional HiRes board additionally provides the following video
inputs:
• 2 DVI-I inputs with a resolution of up to 1920x1080 pixels
• 2 HD-SDI inputs with a resolution of 1080i or 720p
Note Using an appropriate adapter, analog VGA signals can also be input via the
DVI-I connectors (see DVI-I to VGA on page 29).
3.4.3 Video Outputs Overview
The following figure shows the video outputs of the INDIGO AV Mixer:
Figure 6. Video output connections
3.4.4 Video Outputs
The outputs listed below are sorted by sections (as labeled on the rear
panel), in order to allow a quick and easy overview.
Section PGM OUT
The PGM OUT section provides the following outputs, which can be used
concurrently:
• 2 x SDI
• 2 x CVBS (Composite)
• 1 x S-Video
Section PREVIEW OUT
The PREVIEW OUT section provides the following outputs, which can be
used concurrently:
• 1 x SDI
• 1 x CVBS (Composite)
• 1 x S-Video