RGBlink Mini User manual

● USB3.0 streaming output
● 4CH HDMI inputs
● 2’’TFT display on board to Live preview four inputs
● Auto cut and manual switch (T-Bar)
● 14 transition effects on T-Bar
● Support PIP (Picture-In-Picture)
● Audio offers embedded or external source to select
● Support switch between 6-Picture PVW and PGM to HDMI Out
● Control by PC or mobile phone (via APP)
● Compact design
Quick Start

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CONTENTS
Product Introduction...................................................................................................................................................2
Packing Configuration................................................................................................................................................. 3
Hardware Orientation................................................................................................................................................. 4
Front Panel.......................................................................................................................................................... 4
Interface Panel.....................................................................................................................................................5
Use Your Product......................................................................................................................................................... 5
MENU.................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Input............................................................................................................................................................ 6
HDMI........................................................................................................................................................... 6
USB3.0......................................................................................................................................................... 7
Audio........................................................................................................................................................... 7
IP Setting......................................................................................................................................................7
LANGUAGE.................................................................................................................................................. 8
Factory Reset...............................................................................................................................................8
INFO.............................................................................................................................................................8
S Button............................................................................................................................................................... 8
MIX.............................................................................................................................................................. 9
MODE.......................................................................................................................................................... 9
PIP..............................................................................................................................................................10
Switch Source.................................................................................................................................................... 10
XPOSE mini Operation.......................................................................................................................................11
OBS Streaming...................................................................................................................................................16
OBS Setting................................................................................................................................................16
Streaming Setting...................................................................................................................................... 19
Upgrade............................................................................................................................................................. 20
Contact Information.................................................................................................................................................. 27

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Product Introduction
mini is a “mini” signal switcher and mixer which is able to stream 6-picture PVW or PGM from any one out of
the 4 HDMI inputs to any live broadcasting platform via third party live streaming software such as OBS. It
adopts compact design, equipped with a 2 inch TFT screen to preview the 4 inputs in real time. 14 transition
effects on board work with T-Bar to do transition switching. Along with seamless switching, there are other
outstanding features such as audio embedding, de-embedding,and automatically identifying color depth of
RGB4:4:4, YUV4:4:4, YUV4:2:2, YUV4:2:0. mini devices are easy to operate either on board or remotely from
mobile devices or laptops with XPOSE mini.
System Connection Diagram
mini System Connection Diagram

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Packing Configuration
Note:
Power Adapter supplied as British and Australian standards.
Power Adapter
USB3.0 Cable

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Hardware Orientation
Front Panel
TFT display
To display 4 inputs and menu
PUSH/Y
1. Knob, turn to select menu item, push to confirm
2. Work as a quick button to switch HDMI Out between 6-Picture
PVW and PGM when TFT is under the state of previewing 4 inputs.
M( menu)
Menu and Back Button
S
Function Select button, to select Transition effect, Switch Mode (Fast
or T-Bar), PIP and FX (preview 4 inputs)
VOLUME/X
Turn to adjust volume of PGM
1,2,3,4
4 inputs, red is on air (PGM), static green is signal standing by to
switch, flash green is the ready to be switched
T-Bar
Manual switch, push to left end or right end to switch signal to PGM.

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Interface Panel
HDMI OUT
1 HDMI Output port, connect to display to show Preview (6 pictures) or
PGM.
HDMI IN
4 HDMI Inputs, connect to input source from HD camera or PC
DC 12V
1 DC Jack for power input, connect to 12V/4A power adapter.
LAN
Communication port to link dedicated software for control
USB
USB3.0 output, capture signal via third party streaming software and push
to live broadcasting websites
AUDIO IN/OUT
AUDIO In, analog audio input port, connect to microphone
AUDIO OUT, analog audio output port, connect to loudspeaker.
Use Your Product
MENU
When mini is power on, the native TFT display show starting up page.

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Main Menu
Input
HDMI
Push 「M」button(MENU) to enter main menu and select first
menu item<INPUT>,push「Y」knob to enter <INPUT>menu.
The input menu displays the information of the input signal
source. If there is no input source, it displays: NO INPUT.
Push MENU and select the second menu item <HDMI>
Push 「Y」knob to enter <HDMI> menu
HDMI means HDMI output, rotate 「Y」knob to select PVW output
and PGM output for HDMI.
Output：PVW or PGM
Format：1920×1080@60

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USB3.0
Audio
IP Setting
Push MENU and rotate and push 「Y」knob to enter the third menu
item<USB3.0>
USB3.0 means USB3.0 output,rotate「Y」knob to select PVW output and
PGM output for HDMI.
Output：Choose PGM or PVW
Format：1920×1080@60
Push MENU and rotate and push 「Y」knob to enter the fourth menu
item<AUDIO>
Rotate 「Y」knob to select
Audio Source：AFV or LINE IN
Audio Bar：ON/OFF
Note：The mini can realize any one of five audio channels as the main
output. You can either fix one audio channel as the main output, so that
the audio does not change when you switch the HDMI screen signal,or
adjust it to follow the video, so that the audio signal follows the HDMI
signal when you switch the HDMI signal. When external audio is
selected, the main output is the audio signal from the microphone.
Push MENU and rotate and push「Y」knob to enter the fifth menu item<IP
SETTING>
SET IP Address Manually
Select each segment with the「Y」knob, then
press to enter and set the value of each segment by
pressing the knob again.
Note：After setting IP address manually, please restart the device.
Set IP Address Automatically
Use this setting if yournetwork/router has a DHCP server
Select DHCP and set to ON,manual setting is disabled, and the IP Address
for mini is set from the network.

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LANGUAGE
Factory Reset
INFO
S Button
Push MENU and rotate and push 「Y」knob to enter the sixth menu
item<IP SETTING>
Push MENU and rotate and push「Y」knob to enter the seventh menu
item<RESET>
Rotate and push「Y」knob to select YES or NO
Push MENU and rotate and push「Y」knob to enter the eighth menu
item<INFO>
INFO shows Device SN,IP address,MAC address,MAC address,MCU
version,Video version.

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When you want to personalize your live show, you can use the mini's 14 built-in switching effects and control
the timing of the switch via T-BAR.
Push S button to enter transition effect menu<MIX> and the LED indicator beside will light up;
Push S button twice to enter mode switch menu<MODE> and the LED indicator beside will light up;
Push S button three times to enter menu<PIP> and the LED indicator beside will light up;
Push S button four times to preview four inputs
Each time the menu is opened, the corresponding indicator light will be on, and then rotate the PUSH knob (" Y
") to select and confirm.
MIX
MODE
Press "S" button to enter transition effect menu<MIX>,there are 14 kinds
of effects
To change the switching effect, proceed as follows.
1. Press the "S" button to stay in the effects screen.
2. turn the「Y」knob to select the effect
In actual use, the hard cut is only available in Quick Cut mode, if you use
T-Bar mode, it will automatically change to FADE.
Push S button twice to enter <MODE>menu,and rotate 「Y」knob to
select FAST or T-BAR
After selecting Quick Cut, you need to select the switching time: from
0.5s to 5.0s.
The steps are as follows.
1. Press the "S" button until you enter the mode interface.
2. Press the「Y」knob and wait for the option to turn yellow.
3. Turn the「Y」knob to change the parameters.
4. Press the「Y」knob to confirm.
In T-Bar mode, you can directly control the progress of the T-Bar
manually and customize the switching
time of your effects.

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PIP
How to Enter PIP Menu Quickly
"S" button has memory function.When the TFT screen returns to preview mode, press S button to directly enter
PIP menu if you use it last time. If you want to enter other menus, continue to press the "S" button.
Switch Source
When you access the four source buttons, the lights on the source buttons will appear in four states:
green constant: the signal is recognized, no action is being taken;
green flashing: the currently selected,signal is being edited;
red constant: the signal is currently on the main output;
unlit: the source is not accessed or the resolution of the accessed source is not supported by the mini
In FAST Mode:
Press a source button (1, 2, 3, or 4) that is green.
Selected source will be switched to the output with the set fade TIME and using the MIX
transition selected, with the pressed source button becoming red.
Push S button three times to enter <PIP> menu and select PIP mode(9
PIP modes)
The steps are as follows：
1.Push "S" button, enter PIP setting page.
2.Rotate「Y」button to select layout you want and confirm by Pressing.
3.Select the signal you want for background. (When the letter is A, it
means background signal)
4.Press「X」button to select signal for PIP layer. (The A will change to B)
5.Finally, push the T-Bar and the content you’ve set will be taken to
PGM. (T-bar has to be totally left or right side to make sure the content
has been taken.)

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Switch Source via Button
In T-BAR Mode:
Press a green button to set the source as the PVW, the source button will blink green.
Slide the T-BAR to switch/mix from the current PGM source to the PVW source.Any MIX
transition effect will be applied as the T-BAR is moved. Once the T-BAR has been fully transitioned, the indicator
lights on sources buttons that are PGM and PVW will be swapped.
Note: Source selection is locked when T-BAR is in transition (not entirely docked at a left or right position)
Switch Source via T-BAR
XPOSE mini Operation
Install dedicated software named XPOSE to
control mini or mini+.
Right click the setup exe file .
Choose Run as administrator to open the
exe and install the software.

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After software is installed, click the icon
XPOSE and login the software.
After searching, all available mini devices in the
sub-net can be found, up to 128 devices can found
if there are.
Select the desired device by SN and IP and enter the
management interface. The software interface is a
simulation of operation panel on real mini device.
For example, clicking Button M can open up
menu as on the device. If it is the first time for you
to use mini, we suggest you watch our User Guide
video.
Click the drop down arrow and click to play the user
guide video.
Click Search to search mini device.

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Live Streaming
Device Capture:choose RGBlink USB3.0 Capture
H.265: When it is ON, users can watch 4 inputs
streaming back on XPOSE software.
Import the related OBS application if users need
to do live streaming, click Relate to confirm.
OBS: slide ON to start streaming.
Note: H.265 and OBS cannot work at the same
time. User choose either H.265 or OBS, not both.
If you have use XPOSE mini before,then you can
directly click and check sub menu.
Following sections are dedicated to the additional
features of XPOSE mini.

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Test Pattern
To facilitate troubleshooting, XPOSE mini provides a
test signal output, which can be used to troubleshoot
the USB or HDMI output interface when there is no
output signal from USB or HDMI.
1.Select the USB/HDMI interface to be tested.
2. Select the mode of the test signal
3.Adjust color
Password Protection
In order to solve the problem of control conflicts
caused by different devices controlling the same
mini in the same LAN, XPOSE mini provides a
password protection function, as an administrator,
you can set a password for the device controlling
XPOSE mini, and when you control the interface
again, you need to
enter the password to control it.

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T-Bar Calibration
If the T-Bar is not in the correct position, no other
operation is possible.T-Bar correction is available in
XPOSE mini.
The steps are as follow：
1. Turn on the T-Bar Calibration switch.
2. Push the T-Bar to the far right on the mini.
3. Turn on the "On" switch
4. Push the T-Bar to the far left on the mini.
5. Turn on the "On" switch

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OBS Streaming
OBS Setting
mini is compatible with many third party streaming software, we recommend OBS, which is available to
download on https://obsproject.com/download.Download the software and update to the latest version.
1.Click”+”icon
2.choose video capture device
3.Click video capture device to open up setting page
4.Choose :RGBlink USB 3.0 Capture
5.Choose Video Format YUY2

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If there is no video format YUY 2 after setting above, check the USB 3.0 port connection. Make sure it is
linked to USB 3.0 port on PC by USB 3.0 cable. (USB 3.0 cable or port is standard in blue while USB 2.0 is in
black)
If the captured video is showing mosaic, change the video format to YUY2.
Audio Setting
When there is no audio playing first check the video source see if the it is set in default value and then check the
audio setting on OBS.

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2. Audio setting on OBS.
Choose Audio, click Setting and choose audio device (Mic/Auxiliary Audio Device)
1.Set Default for the audio source.

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Streaming Setting
1. Find the RTMP URL and Stream Key provided by streaming broadcast website.
2. Copy URL and Stream Key
3. Back to OBS, click Setting in the lower right corner and click “Stream”. Choose Stream Type as “Streaming
Service” or “Custom Streaming Server” . If choose “Streaming Service”, there is a list of streaming service name
available in the drop down list of Service. If the streaming service is in the list, choose it from the list.
If choose Custom Service, just fill in URL and Stream Key.