SWIT Electronics S-1243H User manual

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Model: S-1243H
23.8" Broadcast Studio LCD Monitor
User Manual
Ver: A.2
SWIT Electronics Co., Ltd.
lease read this User Manual
throughout before using.

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reface
1. All internal technologies of this product are protected, including device, software and trademark.
Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited
2. All brands and trademarks of SWIT Electronics Co., Ltd. are protected and other relative
trademarks in this user manual are the property of their respective owners.
3. Due to constant effort of product development, SWIT reserves the right to make changes and
improvements to the product described in this manual without prior notice.
4. The warranty period of this product is 2 years, and does not cover the following:
hysical damage to the surface of the products, including scratches, cracks or ot ⑴ her damage to
the LCD screen or other externally exposed parts;
The LCD dot defects are not over three; ⑵
Any damage caused by using third ⑶ -party power adaptors;
Any damage or breakdown caused by use, maintenance or storage not according to the user ⑷
manual;
The product is disassembled by anyone other than an authorized service center; ⑸
Any damage or breakdown not caused by the product design, workmanship, or manufacturing ⑹
quality, etc;
＊ Any sales personnel have no rights to provide additional warranty.
5. For any suggestions and requirements on this product, please contact us through phone, fax,
Email, etc.
SWIT Electronics Co., Ltd.
Address: 10 Hengtong Road, Nanjing Economic and Technological Development Zone,
Nanjing 210038, .R. China
hone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Website: http://www.swit.cc

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Maintenance
Warning
1. In order to reduce the risk of fire and electrical shock, do not lay this product in rain
or damp places.
2. lease keep away from the strong magnetic field; it may cause the noise of the video
and audio signals.
The power
1. lease use the power adapter provided or recommended by the manufacturer in order
to avoid damage.
2. For a third party power adapter, please make sure the voltage range,
supplied power, and polarity of power lead are fit.
3. lease disconnect the power cable under the following situations:
(A). If you do not operate this monitor for a period of time;
(B). If the power cable or power adaptor is damaged;
(C). If the monitor housing is broken.
The monitor
1. lease don't touch the screen with your fingers, which would probably deface the screen.
2. lease don't press the screen; the LCD is extremely exquisite and flimsy.
3. lease don't lay this product on unstable place.
Cleaning
1. lease clean the screen with dry and downy cloth or special LCD cleanser.
2. lease do not press hard when cleaning the screen.
3. lease do not use water or other chemical cleanser to clean the screen.
The chemical may damage the LCD.

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Contents
reface ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Maintenace .............................................................................................................................................. 3
Contents ................................................................................................................................................... 4
acking List ............................................................................................................................................. 4
Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 4
Installation Dimensions ............................................................................................................................ 5
Operation Instructions ............................................................................................................................. 6
Front anel ........................................................................................................................................... 6
OSD ...................................................................................................................................................... 7
Rear anel ........................................................................................................................................... 9
Main Menu ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Specification ........................................................................................................................................... 18
Trouble-Shooting ................................................................................................................................... 19
acking List
Standard ackage:
1. Battery plate ( V-mount or Gold mount option)
2. Desktop Stand Feet
3. ower adaptor + power cable
Introduction
S-1243H adopts I S LCD panel, with resolution 1920×1080 and wide viewing angle H178°⁄ V178°.
It supports 2 x 3GSDI(Level A/B), 1 x HDMI, 1 x CVBS, 1 x Y/ b/ r, 1 x VGA and 1 x analog audio
input. It also supports 2 x 3GSDI, 1 x HDMI, 1 x CVBS and 1 x analog audio loop through output.
Features:
 Support multiple Aspect Ratio and scan modes
 Support multiple Marker selection (Marker, Safety Area)
 owerful audio and video analysis functions
 Support multiple functions user-defined (Source ID, function keys, G I)
 Multiple power supply methods to meet different requirements
 TSL UMD (RS485&RS232) ,Tally, G I Control
 USB firmware upgrade
 Supports 2K display
 Support green energy saving mode

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Installation imension
The main body (in mm)
With desktop stand feet (in mm)
For optional purchase
Item Name Item Model
V-mount battery plate S-7004S
Gold-mount battery plate S-7004A
1 、
、、
、 Battery plate
Installation
1. Take off the rub cover on the rear panel; see Fig (1).
2. Insert the DC cable of S-7004S/A into the hole, and
plug onto the power socket inside the hole; see Fig (2).
3. Fix the battery plate onto the rear panel by the supplied
screws; see Fig (3).
S-7004S S-7004A
Fig (1) Fig (2) Fig (3)

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Operation Instructions
·Front Panel
(1) Desktop Stand Feet
(2) Speaker: For SDI/HDMI embedded audio and analog audio monitoring. (Will not work if earphone
is plugged in)
(3) Illuminated ush Button
SDI1: ress “SDI1” to switch to SDI input 1
SDI2: ress “SDI2” to switch to SDI input 2
HDMI: ress “HDMI” to switch to HDMI input
ANALOG: ress “ANALOG” to select from CVBS, VGA, Y/ b / r signal
F1 ～ F5: User definable function keys; please see details in “4.Function Key” under “Main Menu”.
For example: Set F1 as “Histogram”, press F1 to open Histogram function and press again to close
this function.
DIS LAY: ress “DIS LAY” to turn on or turn off relevant status information, audio and video
waveform.
ress “DIS LAY” to release one key quit the menu when Menu is opened.
(4) Rotary Knob
MENU/ENTER: When the menu is inactivated, press “MENU/ENTE” to turn on the main menu
Revolve “MENU/ENTER” to adjust settings or parameters, and press to apply
When the menu is inactivated, revolve “MENU/ENTER” to adjust the sound volume
BRIGHT: 0-100 value adjustment and the default value is 50
CONTRAST: 0-100 value adjustment and the default value is 50
SATURATIO: 0-100 value adjustment and the default value is 50
OWER: ower on/off
⑸
HONE: 3.5mm earphone socket, for SDI/HDMI embedded audio and analog audio monitoring. ⑹
⑺ TALLY Light: Red, Green and Yellow 3-color TALLY indicator

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·OS
Time ⑴ code （ SDI ）
Under SDI input, it can display Time code. If no Time code information is detected, it will be
displayed as “TC UNLOCKED”
User can set function keys F1 ～ F5 or G I pins as “Time code” to turn on or off this function.
UMD ⑵
Set up the UMD under ‘UMD” submenu.
⑶ AFD (SDI)
User can set function keys F1 ～ F5 or G I pins as “AFD” to turn on or off this function. If no
relevant information is detected, it will be displayed as “AFD: UNLOCKED”.
Audio ⑷ Bar
Monitor the audio information. The relevant parameters like position, audio channels and blending,
etc can be changed under “Audio Bar” submenu.
User can set function Keys F1 ～ F5 or G I pins as “Audio Bar” to turn on or off this function.
Introduction of audio and video functions
 2-ch embedded audio meters
Under 3G/HD/SD-SDI, HDMI and ANALOG (CVBS, VGA, Y b r), it displays 2 channels
embedded audio meters. The audio meter is green, and will turn yellow when audio exceeds -20dB,
and turn red when audio exceeds -9dB.
 Audio alarm
If the embedded audio value is too low or no embedded audio, it will display “MUTE” or
“UNLOCKED” in the audio bar.
 Time code （
（（
（ S I ）
））
）
Under SDI input, it can display the SM TE time code (VITC1, VITC2 or LTC) on the top of the
screen, which is used extensively for synchronization, and for logging and identifying material in
recorded media. If no Time code information is detected, it will be displayed as “TC UNLOCKED”.
 Internal Color Bar
Under SDI and HDMI input, it has 100% internal color bar which helps analyze the monitor color
and adjust the display parameter.
User can set function Keys F1
～ F5 or G I pins as “color bar” to turn on or off this function.
 Peaking focus assist (red/blue switch)
The eaking focus assist function is to mark the sharpest edges of the image with red or blue

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color under SDI and HDMI input, for users to check if the subjects are focused.
User can set function Keys F1 ～ F5 or G I pins as “Focus Assist” to turn on or off this function.
 Zebra stripes
Zebra Stripes are used to check if the image is over exposed or not by showing black and white
lines on the monitor. It is considered over exposed when luminance value exceeds 90%.
User can set function Keys F1 ～ F5 or G I pins as “Zebra” to turn on or off this function.
 Freeze Frame
The freeze frame is to capture and display the current broadcast frame.
User can set function Keys F1 ～ F5 or G I pins as “Freeze Frame” to turn on or off this function.
 R/G/B/Mono
R/G/B/Mono is to display only the blue/red/green primary signal or the luminance signal only so as
to monitor the image noise.
User can set function Keys F1 ～ F5 or G I pins as “R/G/B/Mono” to turn on or off this function.
 False Color
The false color is used to aid in the setting of camera exposure. Under false color mode, there’s a
color chart on the bottom of screen for reference. The color from the dark to the bright will be displayed
as blue, cyan, green, yellow, orange and red in a consecutive way. User can set function Keys F1 ～ F5
or G I pins as “False color” to turn on or off this function.
 AF （
（（
（ S I ）
））
）
It is the abbreviation of active format description. AFD is to display the SDI embedded AFD
information graphically on the screen.
 H/V elay （
（（
（ S I ）
））
）
Under SDI input, H/V Delay can be used to display line/field blanking signal, and to observe the
horizontal and vertical synchronous signal.
 UM
When using external control unit, it can display the video source ID and tally information on the
screen.
 Image Flip
Horizontal, vertical, horizontal and vertical two-way image flip function.

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·Rear Panel
⑴ Handle
⑵ DC IN 11V-17V BACK U : Back up power input, connect with DC11V ～ 17V 4-pin XLR power
adapter. ( in 1: Negative, in 4: ositive)
⑶ DC IN 11V-17V MAIN: Main power input, connect with DC11V ～ 17V 4-pin XLR power adapter. ( in
1: Negative, in 4: ositive)
⑷ Reserved battery plate power socket: Take off the rub cover; connect V-mount or Gold mount
battery plate to the power socket.
⑸ ower adaptor
⑹ VESA Mount: Standard 10×10cm VESA desktop stand installation
⑺ 1U plastic bump: rotect the BNC sockets on the rear panel
⑻ Socket1
RS-485 (IN, OUT): TSL UMD control port
G I: G I control port
Y/ b/ r: Y/ b/ r input
CVBS-IN: CVBS input (BNC connector)
CVBS-OUT: VBS output (BNC connector)
⑼ Socket 2
RS-232C: TSL UMD control port
VGA-IN: VGA input
HDMI (IN, OUT): HDMI input/ output (HDMI-A connector)
SDI-IN1: SDI input (BNC connector)
SDI-OUT1: SDI loop through output from SDI-IN1 (BNC connector)
SDI-IN2: SDI input (BNC connector)
SDI-OUT2: SDI loop through output from SDI-IN2 (BNC connector)
AUDIO-L: Left channel audio signal input (3.5mm RCA)
AUDIO-R: Right channel audio signal input (3.5mm RCA)
⑽ USB socket

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Main Menu
S-1243H has OSD to adjust the parameters and settings, for example: icture, color temp.,
function keys, etc.
1. ress “MENU/ENTER” button, the main menu will popup from the left top of the screen. The
selected main menu highlights in yellow.
2. Revolve “MENU/ENTER” to select submenu, the selected submenu highlights in yellow, press
“MENU/ENTER” to apply and enter into the selected submenu’s items.
3. Revolve “MENU/ENTER” to select the item which needed to adjust, press “MENU/ENTER”, the
selected item and its parameters will be highlighted in yellow.
4. Revolve “MENU/ENTER” to change the selected item’s parameter, press “MENU/ENTER” to apply
and save the settings.
5 Revolve “MENU/ENTER” to select “Exit”, press “MENU/ENTER” to quit submenu. Select “Exit &
Status” under the Main Menu and press to quit Main Menu.
Notice:
＊ The items in gray can not be set up.
＊ If there is no operation under the setted time, the menu will automatically save settings and quit.
＊ If the key inhabit function is turned on, except key inhibit function, all other items are in grey. lease
turn off the key inhibit function to adjust the items.

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Submenu introduction （ the default values are marked with underline ）
1. Exit & Status
Displays the current status, the details are as down below:
*1 Display the current video signal and format
*2 Display the current function keys setup
2. Picture
To adjust picture parameters
3. Color Temp
To select different color temperature or setup user-defined color parameters.
* Only “Color Temp” is set to “User”, the Red/Blue/Green Gain or Red/Blue/Green Bias can be
adjusted.

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4. Function key
To define the F1 ～ F5 function keys.
Audio Bar, False Color, AFD, H/V Delay, R/G/B/Mono, Marker , Color Bar, UMD, Audio Alarm,
Focus Assist , Aspect Ratio, Scan Mode, Zoom Mode, Mute, Freeze Frame, Flip Mode, CVBS, Y b r ,
VGA ,Color Temp, Time Code, Zebra.
For example: Set F3 to “R/G/B/Mono” under “Function key” submenu. User can press F3 on the
front panel to adjust the parameters of “R/G/B/Mono”, and the “R/G/B/Mono” will change and follow the
sequence: Blue Only →Red Only →Green Only →Mono →Off.
5. GPI
User can set G I pins to relevant functions to turn on or off this function.
*1 When “G I control” is set to “On”, the monitor can be operated through external G I control unit.
*2 The G I pins can be setted to the down below functions:
Red Tally, Green Tally, Yellow Tally, Aspect Ratio, Scan Mode, Zoom Mode, Mute, Freeze Frame,
Flip Mode, Color Temp, Time code, Zebra, Audio Bar, False Color, AFD, H/V Delay, R/G/B/Mono,
Marker , Color Bar, UMD, Audio Alarm, Focus Assist.
When connecting the G I pin with ground, the setted function will be turned on, and goes out when
disconnecting.
Example 1: Under “G I ” submenu, set “G I control” to “On”, set “2 in” to “Red Tally”, when the
pin 2 of the extenal G I control unit is connected with ground, the Tally light on the front panel will turn
red. When disconnected, the tally light will turn off.
Example 2: Under “G I ” submenu, set “G I control” to “On”, set “6 in” to “Scan Mode”, when the
pin 6 of the extenal G I control unit is connected with ground, the Scan mode will change and follow
the sequence: “Normal” →”Overscan”→”Native” .

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6.UM
Support “TSL UMD rotocol-V4.0” provided by Television System LTD
Setup Source ID:
Select “Source ID”, revolve “MENU/ENTER” to select the letters and press “MENU/ENTER" to
input. Max 8 letters are supported. Select “Exit” to quit and save settings, the source ID will be
displayed on top or bottom of the screen.
UMD setup:
⑴ Connect the external control equipment with S-1243H
⑵ Set “Display Type” to “UMD” under UMD submenu
⑶ Set “Serial ort” to RS485 or RS232 according to the
port type of external control equipment
⑷ Make sure the “address”, “Baud Rate”, “ arity” the
same
⑸ Adjust the external control equipment and send UMD
command, the UMD information will be display as the right
photo.
User can set the character and color of the UMD and the color of Tally1 and Tally2.
RS485 pin sequence and definition:
RS232 pin sequence and definition:

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7. Marker
*1 When “Fit Marker” is Off, the size of safety area is benchmarked against the actual display screen,
accounting for 80% ~ 95% of actual display screen. When “Fit Marker” is On, the size of safety area is
benchmarked against the area inside the scales marker, accounting for 80% ~ 95% of the area inside
the scales marker.
Example:
Aspect ratio: 4:3 Aspect ratio: 4:3
Safety Area: 85% Safety Area: 85%
Center Marker: On Center Marker: Off
Fit Marker: Off Fit Marker: On

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8. Audio
*1 When “Bar Frame” is set to “Off”, only the audio meter will be displayed
When “Bar Frame” is set to “On”, frame and real-time audio value will be displayed.
*2 When “Audio Alarm” is set to “On”, if no embedded audio is detected, the audio bar will display
“UNLOCKED”. If the audio value is too low, the audio bar will display “MUTE”.
*3 Only under SDI signal, user can set the output channel as channel 1 or channel 2 according to
requirements.
In audio bar, the left channel information will be in green, and the right channel information will be
in red.
9. isplay

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10. System
*1 Source Scan
When set to “Yes”, after turn on the monitor, the signal will be inspected and follow the sequence
of “SDI1→SDI2→HDMI→Y b r→VGA→CVBS”.
For example: if channel is selected to SDI2, SDI-IN2 has no input, and CVBS has input. When
turn on the monitor, after automatic inspection, SDI2 has no recognized signal, and CVBS has
recognized signal, then the input signal will be CVBS.
When set to “No”, update model will not be supported.
*2 Logo
When powered on, the screen will display SWIT logo.
*3 Green Mode
When no recognizable signal is detected and opreation time reaches the time selected in “Idle
Duration”, then the monitor will turn to green energy saving mode that is “Green mode”.
For example: Set the “Green Mode” to “Standby” and “Idle Duration” to “2Hours”, if no
recognizable signal is detected for 2 hours, the montor will turn to standby mode.
Under standby, Gray Backlight, Blacklight mode, press any button on the front panel, the monitor
will be back to normal operation status.
*4, *5 Update Driver/ Kernel
① Download latest firmware files to USB disk, switch on the monitor, and insert to the USB port
on rear panel of the monitor;
② ress “MENU/ENTER”, enter “Main Menu” - “System”, and select “Update Driver” or “Update
Kernel”;
③ Set “Yes”, the monitor will upgrade automatically;
④ During firmware upgrade, the screen will display progress percentage. lease do not cut off
power during the upgrade;
⑤ When succeed, the monitor will automatically re-start, and then upgrade will be finished.

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11. OS
12. Key Inhibit
If the “Key Inhibit” is “On”, there is no response when all the buttons expert ” MENU/ENTER” are
pressed, the sreen will be displayed as ” Key Inhibit”.
User can set “Key Inhibit” under “key Inhibit” submenu to “Off” to recover the functions of all
buttons.

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Specification
LC Performance
Size
23.8
inches
Display area
527.04
mm×
296.46
mm
Resolution
1920×RGB×10
80
Color
8 bit
Aspect ratio
16:9⁄4:3
Brightness
250cd⁄
㎡
Contrast
1000:1
Viewing Angle
178°(H)⁄178°(V)
Input/output
Input
BNC×2 3G/HD/SD-SDI input×2
BNC×1 CVBS input
BNC×3 Y/ b/ r input
HDMI×1 HDMI input
RS-485×2 G I×1, UMD×1
USB×1
VGA×1 VGA input
RS-232C×1 UMD
3.5mm RCA L/R audio input
Output
BNC×2 3G/HD/SD-SDI Loop output
BNC×1 CVBS Loop output
HDMI×1 HDMI Loop output
RS-485×1 UMD×1
3.5mm×1 SDI/HDMI embedded audio output, analog audio output
Video Format
CVBS NTSC ／ AL
HDMI
480i ／ 576i ／ 480p ／ 576p
1080i （ 60 ／ 59.94 ／ 50 ）
720p （ 60 ／ 59.94 ／ 50 ）
1080p （ 60 ／ 59.94 ／ 50 ／ 30 ／ 29.97 ／ 25 ／ 24 ／ 23.98 ）
1080psf （ 30 ／ 29.97 ／ 25 ／ 24 ／ 23.98 ）
SDI
SM TE-425M-A/B 1080p （ 60 ／ 59.94 ／ 50 ）
SM TE-274M 1080i
（ 60 ／ 59.94 ／ 50 ）
1080p （ 30 ／ 29.97 ／ 25 ／ 24 ／ 23.98 ）
SM TE-R 211 1080psf （ 30 ／ 29.97 ／ 25 ／ 24 ／ 23.98 ）
SM TE-296M 720p （ 60 ／ 59.94 ／ 50 ）
SM TE-125M 480i （ 59.94 ）
ITU-R BT.656 576i （ 50 ）
SM TE-2048-2 2048
× 1080p （ 23.98 ／ 24 ／ 25 ／ 29.97 ／ 30 ／ 50 ／ 59.94 ／ 60 ）
2048 × 1080i （ 50 ／ 59.94 ／ 60 ）
VGA 640×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×768, 1280×960,
1280×1024, 1600×1200
Y/ b/ r 480i
、 480p 、 576i 、 576p 、 720p50 、 720p60 、 1080i50 、 1080i60 、 1080p50 、
1080p60
General
Working voltage AC 100V
～ 240V
DC / battery 11V-17V
ower consumption
36W
Working temperature
0 ℃～ +40 ℃
Working humidity 10%
～ 90%
Storage temperatu
re
﹣ 15 ℃～﹢ 60 ℃
Storage humidity
10% ～ 90%
Dimensions
576×387×87mm
Net weight (w/o stand) 7.2 Kg

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Trouble-shooting
Symptom Possible Causes Solution
No display
The power is not turned on
lease check if the power is
connected, and then
press ” OWER” button to turn on
the monitor
Unstable power voltage Reconnect to power supply
BNC or HDMI cable loose
contact or not correctly
connected
Check and correctly connect the
BNC or HDMI cable
The attached battery is no
power Change battery
Using DIY power supply but
the polarity is reversed
Refer to the provided power supply,
reconnect the power.
Image or color
abnormal
Bad contact of BNC or HDMI
cable Change cable
Video signal has Interference Remove the interference source(s)
Improper adjustment of the
color parameters
Adjust the “Recall profile” to
“Default” under “System” submenu
Distortion of the image Reset the Aspect ratio
Set to Red/Green/Blue only or
Mono
Turn the Blue only/ Red Only/
Green Only/Mono off under
R/G/B/Mono submenu
Turn on the “Focus Assist”
function Turn off the “Focus Assist” function
Turn on the “False Color”
function Turn off the “False Color” function
No audio output
Set to Mute
Turn off MUTE or revolve
“MENU/ENTER” to adjust the
volume
Bad contact of signal cable Change signal cable
Wrong connection or bad
contact of Audio cable Connect to the correct input socket.

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