SWIT S-1242H User manual

Model: S-1242H
23.8" Broadcast Studio LCD Monitor
User Manual
Ver: V1.0.0V00
Please read this User Manual
throu hout before usin .

Preface
Con ratulations on your purchase of this product. Please read this user manual carefully.
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Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited.
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3 ． Due to constant effort of product development, SWIT reserves the ri ht to make chan es 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 followin :
(1) Physical dama e to the surface of the products, includin scratches, cracks or other dama e to
the LCD screen or other externally exposed parts;
(2) The LCD dot defects are not over three;
(3) Any dama e caused by usin third-party power adaptors;
(4) Any dama e or breakdown caused by use, maintenance or stora e not accordin to the user
manual.
(5) The product is disassembled by anyone other than an authorized service center.
(6) Any dama e or breakdown not caused by the product desi n, workmanship, or manufacturin
quality, etc.
5 ． For any su estions and requirements on this product, please contact us throu h phone, fax, Email,
etc.
SWIT Electronics Co., Ltd.
Address: 10 Hen ton Road, Nanjin Economic and Technolo ical Development Zone,
Nanjin 210038, P.R.China
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: cont[email protected]
Website: http://www.swit.cc

Maintenance
 T e Monitor
1. Please keep the si nal terminals and the coolin vent away from knife-ed e, metal or liquid in
order to avoid short-circuit and dama e.
2. Please don't try to disassemble any parts of the monitor by yourself, which would probably
dama e the monitor and do harm to human body, and it will cause the invalidation of product
warranty.
3. Please don't touch the screen with your fin ers, which would probably deface the screen.
4. Please don't press the screen; the LCD is extremely exquisite and flimsy.
 T e power
Please use the power adapter provided or recommended by the manufacturer in order to avoid
dama e. For a third party power adapter, please make sure the volta e ran e, supplied power, and
polarity of power lead are fit.
Please disconnect the power cable under the followin situations:
1. If you do not operate this monitor for a period of time;
2. If the power cable or power adaptor is dama ed;
3. If the monitor housin is broken.
 Working Environment
1. Please don't lay this product on the unstable place.
2. Please don't lay this product in hot, cold or wet location.
 Cleaning
1. Please clean the screen with dry and downy cloth or special LCD cleanser.
2. Please do not press hard when cleanin the screen.
3. Please do not use water or other chemical cleanser to clean the screen. The chemical may
dama e the LCD.

1. Features
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◆ Full-HD 23.8” LCD Panel
1920×1080 resolution, 1000:1 contrast
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◆ Multiple inputs
3G/HD/SD-SDI, HDMI and Composite input
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◆ Loop t roug outputs
SDI, HDMI has loop throu h output
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◆ 2-c audio meter
Under HDSDI and HDMI, it displays channel1 and
channel 2 embedded audio meters with mark. The
audio meter is reen, and will turn yellow when
audio exceeds -20dB, and turn red when exceeds
-9dB.
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◆ SDI timecode
Under SDI input, it can display the SMPTE
timecode (VITC1, VITC2 or LTC), which is used
extensively for synchronization, and for lo in
and identifyin material in recorded media.
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◆ Peaking focus assist (red/blue switc )
The Peakin focus assist function are available
under SDI and HDMI, which is to mark the
sharpest ed es of the ima e with red or blue color,
for users to check if the subjects are focused.
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◆ UMD
Support TSL UMD protocol so that TALLY 、 UMD
can be remotely controlled.
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◆ Zebra stripes
Zebra Stripes are used to check if the ima e is
over exposed or not by showin black and white
lines on the monitor. It is considered over exposed
when luminance value exceeds 90%.
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◆ Blue Only
Under Blue Only Mode, only blue pixels are used
to enerate the ima e, because hue and saturation
can be adjusted quicker and more accurately.
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◆ Safe Area Adjustable
You can select the scale of safe area frame from
80%, 85%, 90% and 95% in the menu system.
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◆ Scale Marker
The monitor has 16:9 native LCD panel, and
supports 4:3, 13:9, 14:9, 15:9, 1.85:1 and 2.35:1
scales marker for different video producin .
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◆ Image Flip
Set ima e to rotate by 180 °
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◆ User definable function keys
There are 4 function keys on the monitor front
panel, which permit users to define shortcuts for
the various functions.
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◆ User editable video title
User can edit a video title for the current camera,
and the title will display on the top of screen.
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◆ 3-color TALLY lig t
There’s a 3-color TALLY li ht in the front panel of
monitor, and TALLY si nal is input via DB-9
connector on the rear panel.
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◆ Main/Backup Power Supply
The monitor provides 2 DC power inputs, for main
and backup power.

2. Panel Instruction
Front view
⑴ Desktop Stand Feet (dismountable)
⑵ Speaker: For SDI/HDMI embedded audio and analo audio monitorin . (Will not work if earphone is
plu ed in)
⑶ SDI1: Press “SDI1” to switch to SDI input 1
⑷ SDI2: Press “SDI2” to switch to SDI input 2
⑸ HDMI: Press “HDMI” to switch to HDMI input
⑹ CVBS: Press “CVBS” to switch to CVBS input
⑺ , ⑻ , ⑼ , ⑽ F1, F2, F3, F4: User definable function keys
⑾ DISPLAY: Press “Display” to display safe area, scale marker, title and the current input si nal
information.
⑿ MENU: Press to enter Menu
⒀ ENTER: Select and Apply
Under menu system, revolve “ENTER” to adjust settin s and press to apply; and out of menu system,
directly revolve “ENTER” to adjust volume and press “ENTER” to mute.
⒁ BRIGHT: Revolve “BRIGHT” to adjust bri htness value from 0 ～ 100. Default value is 50.
⒂ CONTRAST: Revolve “CONTRAST” to adjust contrast value from 0 ～ 100. Default value is 50.
⒃ SATURATION: Revolve “SATURATION” to adjust saturation value from 0 ～ 100. Default value is 50.
⒄ POWER: Power on/off
Connect with power cable, press the “POWER” to switch on the monitor. Press a ain to switch off.
Disconnect with power cable if the monitor will not be used for a period of time.
⒅ PHONE ： 3.5mm earphone socket, for SDI/HDMI embedded audio and analo audio monitorin .
⒆ TALLY Lig t: Red, Green and Yellow 3-color TALLY indicator

Rear view
⑴ Handle
⑵ Battery plate Install:
V-mount or Gold mount battery plates install position, with a hole to connect the battery plate power
wires to the main board inside.
⑶ DC IN 11V-17V BACK UP: Connect with 4-pin XLR power adaptor (Pin 1: Ne ative, Pin 4: Positive)
⑷ DC IN 11V-17V MAIN: Connect with 4-pin XLR power adaptor (Pin 1: Ne ative, Pin 4: Positive)
⑸ REMOTE: DB9 socket, external controllin si nal input.
(See details in “4.REMOTE interface definition”)
⑹ SDI-LOOP: 3G/HD/SD-SDI loop throu h output (BNC connector)
When SDI-IN2 is displayed, the SDI-LOOP outputs the SDI-IN2 si nal, and when SDI-IN1 or other input
sources are displayed, the SDI-LOOP outputs the SDI-IN1 si nal.
⑺ CVBS-IN: Composite video input (BNC connector)
⑻ SDI-IN1: 3G/HD/SD-SDI input (BNC connector)
⑼ SDI-IN2: 3G/HD/SD-SDI input (BNC connector)
⑽ HDMI-IN: HDMI input (HDMI-A connector)
⑾ AUDIO-IN: Analo stereo audio input (3.5mm)
⑿ HDMI-LOOP: HDMI loop throu h output (HDMI-A connector)
⒀ VESA installation position: standard 10 × 10cm VESA thread
Input formats
Input Supported formats
CVBS PAL / NTSC
HDMI
480i / 576i / 480p / 576p
720p (60 / 59.94 / 50)
1080i (60 / 59.94 / 50), 1080psf (30 / 29.97 / 25 / 24 / 23.98)
1080p (60 / 59.94 / 50 / 30 / 29.97 / 25 / 24 / 23.98)
SDI
SMPTE-425M 1080p (60 / 59.94 / 50)
SMPTE-274M 1080i (60 / 59.94 / 50)
1080p (30 / 29.97 / 25 / 24 / 23.98)
SMPTE-RP211 1080psf (30 / 29.97 / 25 / 24 / 23.98)
SMPTE-296M 720p (60 / 59.94 / 50)
SMPTE-125M 480i (59.94)
ITU-R BT.656 576i (50)

3. Menu Operation
⑴ Press “MENU” and it will display menu system
⑵ Revolve “ENTER” to select an item. The selected item will be hi hli hted display.
⑶ Press “ENTER” to enter the selected item.
⑷ Under menu system, press “MENU” to back to previous menu.
*The menu will automatically save and quit if it remains idle.
3.1 PICTURE submenu
The PICTURE submenu includes:
⑴ CONTRAST: 0-100 value adjustment
⑵ BRIGHTNESS: 0-100 value adjustment
⑶ HUE: 0-100 value adjustment
(Only available under CVBS NTSC input)
⑷ SATURATION: 0-100 value adjustment
⑸ SHARPNESS: 0-100 value adjustment
⑹ BACKLIGHT: 0-100 value adjustment
3.2 SYSTEM submenu
The SYSTEM submenu includes:
⑴ RATIO: Aspect ratio “16:9” / “4:3” selection
⑵ SCAN: “UNDERSCAN” / “OVERSCAN” / “NATIVE”
selection
⑶ ZOOM: “OFF”, “ZOOM1” and “ZOOM2” selection
⑷ FLIP: Select “ON” to flip the picture by 180°.
⑸ RESET: Select “YES” to recover all to factory
settin .
3.3 OSD submenu
The OSD submenu includes:
⑴ LANGUAGE: Menu lan ua e selection
⑵ H-POSITION: Menu horizontal position (0-100)
adjustment, real-time preview and default value: 50.
⑶ V-POSITION: Menu vertical position (0-100)
adjustment, real-time preview and default value: 50.
⑷ DURATION: Menu timeout settin (5-60)
Set a time (in seconds) in which the menu will
automatically quit if remains idle. Default: 15.
3.4 TITLE submenu
Revolve "ENTER" button to select the letters, and press
"ENTER" to input. Select SPACE to input space and
DEL to delete the left letter. Max 10 letters are
supported.
After settin , press "MENU", the system will save data
to current user and quit menu. The menu will
automatically save and quit if it remains idle.

3.5 DISPLAY submenu
The DISPLAY submenu is to select the items to be
displayed on screen when ‘DISPLAY” button is pressed.
Revolve "ENTER" to turn on/off the items:
⑴ INFO: Includin Input format, aspect ratio,
underscan/overscan, zoom status
⑵ TITLE: User edited title
⑶ MARKER SEL: Select the scale marker from 4:3,
13:9, 14:9, 15:9, 1.85:1, 2.35:1 and OFF
⑷ SAFE AREA: Select the safe area scale from 80%,
85%, 90%, 95% and OFF.
⑸ MARKER CLR: Select the color of markers from WHITE, RED, GREEN, BLUE, BLACK and GRAY.
3.6 F KEY submenu
The F KEY Settin s Submenu is to define Function Key F1, F2, F3 and F4. The available function items are:
01- RATIO: Aspect ratio 16:9 / 4:3 switch
02- SCAN: Underscan / Overscan switch
03- ZOOM: Picture Zoom-in
04- B/W: Color / Black & white switch
05- BLUE ONLY: Blue only mode switch on/off
06- ZEBRA: Zebra over exposure switch on/off
07- TIMECODE: SDI timecode display switch on/off
08- AUDIO BAR: Audio meter display switch on/off
09- FOCUS: Peakin focus assist switch on/off
10- FLIP: Ima e flip
11- COLOR TEMP: Adjust color temperature
12- KEY LED: Keyboard backli ht switch on/off
3.7 COLOR submenu
The color submenu is to chan e the color temperature
settin s. User can select color temperature as 6500K 、
5600K 、 9300K, or define color temperature by RGB
GAIN and RGB BIAS.
⑴ COLOR TEMP: 6500K, 5600K, 9300K, USER1,
USER2, USER3
⑵ R GAIN: 0-255 value adjustment
⑶ G GAIN: 0-255 value adjustment
⑷ B GAIN: 0-255 value adjustment
⑸ R BIAS: 0-255 value adjustment
⑹ G BIAS: 0-255 value adjustment
⑺ B BIAS: 0-255 value adjustment
Remark: RGB GAIN and RGB BIAS settin s are only available when “Color temp” is set as USER1/2/3
3.8 UMD submenu
The UMD submenu includes:
RS485 ADDR: ⑴ 1 ～ 126 address selection
⑵ UMD POS: Select UMD display at TOP or BOTTOM
on the screen
⑶ UMD DISP: Switch to UMD or fixed TITLE, or turn
OFF
⑷ BAUD RATE: ”38400”, “19200” or “9600” selection
⑸ PARITY: “EVEN” or “NONE” selection

4. REMOTE Interface Definition
The TALLY li ht controllin port and UMD si nal port are controllin throu h the DB-9 socket at the rear
panel, and terminal description is as follows:
The RED li ht is on when connectin the terminal “R” with “GND”, and oes out when disconnectin . ⑴
The GREEN li ht is on when connectin the terminal “G” with “GND”, and oes out when disco ⑵ nnectin .
The YELLOW li ht is on when connectin the terminal “Y” with “GND”, and oes out when disconnectin . ⑶
485B(Rx ⑷ -)
485A(Rx+) ⑸
Note ： 3-color TALLY li ht can be remotely controlled by REMOTE port.
Terminal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Description Y G R 485B(Rx-) 485A(Rx+) GND

5. Specifications
LCD Performance
Size 23.8 inches
Display area 527
× 296mm
Resolution 1920
× RGB × 1080
Aspect ratio 16:9 (4:3 adjustable)
Bri htness 250cd
/ m
2
Contrast 1000:1
Color 16.77 million colors
Viewin an le Horizontal: 178
° Vertical: 178 °
Video Format
CVBS NTSC
∕ PAL
SDI
SMPTE-425M 1080p (60 / 59.94 / 50)
SMPTE-274M 1080i (60 / 59.94 / 50)
1080p (30 / 29.97 / 25 / 24 / 23.98)
SMPTE-RP211 1080psf (30 / 29.97 / 25 / 24 / 23.98)
SMPTE-296M 720p (60 / 59.94 / 50)
SMPTE-125M 480i (59.94)
ITU-R BT.656 576i (50)
HDMI
480I / 576I / 480P / 576P
720p (60 / 59.94 / 50)
1080i (60 / 59.94 / 50), 1080psf (30 / 29.97 / 25 / 24 / 23.98)
1080p (60 / 59.94 / 50 / 30 / 29.97 / 25 / 24 / 23.98)
General
Workin volta e DC / battery 11V-17V
Power consumption
≤ 35W
Workin temperature 0
℃～ +40 ℃
Workin humidity 10%
～ 90%
Stora e temperature
﹣ 15 ℃～ 60 ℃
Stora e humidity 10%
～ 90%
Net wei ht (w/o stand) 6.03k

6. Packing List
Monitor × 1
Desktop stand × 2
User manual × 1
4-pin XLR AC-DC Power adaptor × 1
Power cable × 1
7. Optional Accessories
Model Description
S-7004S V-mount battery plate
S-7004A Gold mount battery plate
A-VS22 Rotatable desktop stand with VESA installation
7.1 Battery plate
Installation
1. Take off the rub cover on the rear panel, see Fi . (1)
2. Insert the DC cable of S-7004S/A into the hole, and plu
onto the power socket inside the hole, see Fi . (2)
3. Fix the battery plate onto the rear panel by the supplied
screws, see Fi . (3)
S-7004S S-7004A
(1) (2) (3)

7.2 VESA Desk top stand
10x10cm VESA
A-VS22 Rear View
8. Installation Dimension
8.1 T e main body (in mm)

8.2 Wit desktop stand feet (in mm)
8.3 Wit rotatable VESA desktop stand (in mm)