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1) PIX Video Recorder

1) Universal In-Line Power Supply; 100–240 VAC input, 12 VDC/45 watt output

1) 1/4-20 Simple Stand

1) Printed User Guide and Technical Documentation

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April, 2012

PIX 220 & PIX 240

User Guide and Technical Information

Firmware rev. 2.0

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PIX 220/PIX 240 User Guide and Technical Information

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Manual Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Front Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Top and Bottom Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Right Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Left Panel Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Rear Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

PIX-CADDY (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Powering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Removable Li-Ion Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Li-Ion Battery Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Menu and Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Main View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Video Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

SDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Video Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Audio Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Analog Audio Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Digital Audio Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Input Linking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Choosing Audio Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Input Level Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Audio Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Analog 5-Pin XLR Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Embedded Audio on HDMI and SDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Headphone Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Video Monitoring Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Exposure Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Focus Assist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Flip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Selecting File Resolution and Frame Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Selecting a Video Codec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Interruption of Signal During Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Alignment of Audio and Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Video Scaling and Frame Rate Conversion . . . . . . . 22

Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Playback Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Shuttle Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Cue Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Looping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Playing Back Files on a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Synchronization and Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Timecode Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Internal Ambient® Lockit: Timecode Generator with Sync Out26

PIX 220 Timecode Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Timecode Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Freerun Timceode Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Record Run Timecode Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

External Timecode Mode (PIX 240). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

External - HDMI Timecode Mode (PIX 220). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Timecode Input Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

LEMO 5-pin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Timecode BNC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

SDI Input Embedded Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

HDMI Input Embedded Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Synchronization/Timecode Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Single Video Camera, no Genlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Single Camera with Genlock Input, Genlocked from PIX . . . 29

Multiple Cameras with Genlock Input,

all Genlocked from a Single PIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Camera #1 to PIX #1, Camera #2 to PIX #2, No Genlock . . 30

Camera to PIX with Word Clock Connection to Audio Recorder30

External Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Triggering Recording from External Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Triggering Recording from SDI Flag Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

LANC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Switch Contact Closure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

USB Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Storage Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Supported Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

PIX-CADDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

eSATA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

File Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Target Storage Device for Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

File Management and Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

File View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

File Size Limit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

File Naming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Transfering Files to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Firmware Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Setup Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Saving and Loading Setup Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Custom Default Settings and Setup Menu Option Visibility . . 37

Setup Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Timecode/Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

LCD Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

On-Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Button Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Speciﬁcations - PIX Recorders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Analog Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Digital Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Timecode and Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Physical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

PIX 220 & PIX 240 CE Declaration of Conformity . . . 50

CE - CISPR Publication Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Software License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Warranty and Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Warranty & Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Technical Support / Bug Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Introduction

The PIX 220 and PIX 240 are highly advanced video recorders which can record digital video signals

from SDI or HDMI sources to an internal 2.5” drive or CompactFlash (CF) card. These recorders can

also record very high quality audio simultaneously with the video to industry-standard Quicktime

(.mov) ﬁles. Quicktime ﬁles can be edited with all major video editing programs.

The PIX recorders compress the incoming video signals using the popular Apple ProRes or Avid

DNxHD codecs at up to 10 bit, 4:2:2 sampling. Both codecs oﬀer excellent video quality in a “ready

to edit” ﬁle, not requiring transcoding while importing video.

The PIX 240 features both SDI and HDMI inputs and outputs. The PIX 220 has HDMI input and out-

put only. The PIX 240 oﬀers a full built-in Ambient® Lockit Timecode Generator/Reader, AES/EBU

audio inputs, and provisions to connect to an external, stand-alone eSATA hard drive.

Manual Conventions

This documentation addresses both the PIX 220 and PIX 240 video recorders. Several formaing

features have been included to make navigating the guide easier.

• Lighter (orange) text indicates information that applies only to the PIX 240.

• Setup Menu items are indicated with this text: Menu Category Parameter, where the menu

category is one of the items in the list displayed when the Menu buon is pushed, and the

parameter is an item in the list displayed when that category is selected (by pushing in on the

Control Knob).

• Terms that refer to speciﬁc controls or functions (such as Control Knob, Menu Buon, Setup

Menu, etc) are capitalized. These terms are described elsewhere in this user guide (see the Panel

Descriptions section).

• Blue italicized text references sections of the user guide containing contextually relevant

information.

This guide is available as a full color PDF at hp://www.sounddevices.com/download/guides/pix_en.pdf

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Front Panel Descriptions

9 107

1) LCD Display

Displays operating information when the

On-Screen Display (OSD) is active (see

On-Screen Display), user interface, source

video, and playback video. 5-inch dis-

play; 800x480 resolution.

2) Audio Button

Displays the Audio View. From the Audio

View, all audio inputs levels can be moni-

tored and input levels can be controlled.

3) LCD Button

Toggles the On Screen Display.

4) Menu Button

Displays the Setup Menu.

5) Files Button

Displays the File Browser Screen.

6) Stop Button

Stops an active recording. Also stops

video playback.

7) Rewind Button

Pressing once during playback reverses

playback at 2x realtime speed. Subse-

quent presses switch to 4x and 8x realtime

speed. When playback is paused each

press of the Rewind Buon steps back

one frame.

8) Play Button

Plays the most recently recorded ﬁle

when pressed. In the File List View, plays

the selected video ﬁle from the File List.

Pauses video during playback.

9) Fast-Forward Button

Pressing once during playback increases

playback speed to 2x realtime speed.

Subsequent presses switch to 4x and 8x

realtime speed. When playback is paused

each press of the Fast-Forward Buon

steps forward one frame.

10) Record Button

Begins recording. Optional: Splits the

recording and begins writing a new ﬁle

when pressed while recording. (System

Rec Button File Split)

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11) Power LED

Hold the Menu buon down, then press

the Control Knob to power on the unit.

12) Time Code / Charge LED

Flashing green: Accurate timecode is main-

tained by internal Li-Ion baery.

Flashing amber: baery charging. (Time-

code display has precedence)

Alternating Amber / Green: Fault with

internal timecode baery.

Solid Red (when PIX is powered up): Time-

code has been reset back to zero and

needs to be re-jammed due to PIX power

being oﬀfor more than 2 hours.

Top and Bottom Panel Descriptions

1 4 87

1) CompactFlash Slot

Insert CompactFlash media with the

label-side up. Visit www.sounddevices.com/

approved for an up-to-date list of tested

and approved cards.

2) External DC Input (Hirose 4-pin)

Accepts 10–18 volts DC. Hirose 4-pin con-

nector is wired pin-1 negative (-), pin-4

positive (+). Pin-2 (-) and pin-3 (+) must

be connected in parallel to pins 1 and 4

respectively to charge aached Li-ion

baeries. The included XL-WPH3 power

supply provides positive DC on pins 3

and 4 and negative DC on pins 1 and 2.

3) Audio Output - 5-pin XLR

Two channels of active, balanced, line-

level output. Source selected in the Audio

Menu.

4) Audio Inputs - 3-pin XLR

Active, balanced, analog microphone

or line level inputs. PIX 240 only: can

be switched to accept AES digital input,

channels.

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5) Timecode BNC

Selectable timecode input or output. Con-

ﬁgured with Video Timecode/Sync 

Timecode BNC menu item.

6) Sync Output BNC

Selectable genlock or wordclock output.

Conﬁgured with Setup Menu option

Timecode/Sync Sync Out.

7) SDI Input BNC

HD-SDI video input. Accepts SMPTE

292M (HD-SDI) signal with up to 8 chan-

nels of embedded audio.

8) SDI Output BNC

HD-SDI video output. Outputs SMPTE

292M (HD-SDI) signal with up to 8 chan-

nels of embedded audio.

Right Panel Descriptions

3 4 5 7

621

1) Time Code I/O LEMO-5

Time code input and output on 5-pin

LEMO® connector.

2) LANC - 2.5 mm

2.5 mm female connector for a standard

LANC (Control-L) remote. Supports

record start and stop. Can also be con-

ﬁgured as a GPIO switch closure and

used to drive an LED for record tally. See

LANC

3) HDMI Output

Outputs HDMI video with up to 8 chan-

nels of embedded audio.

4) HDMI Input

Accepts HDMI (1.4a) signal with two

channels of embedded audio. The PIX

does not record or display content en-

coded with HDCP copy protection.

5) Keyboard - USB A

USB A female connector to connect a USB

keyboard. Keyboards with integrated

USB hubs are not compatible.

6) Control Knob

The Control Knob can be both turned and

pressed. Use the Control Knob to navi-

gate between menu seings and to select

menu items. Pressing during playback

will toggle pause / play. Turning while

playback is paused will step forward or

backward by single frames.

7) Factory Programming Port

Factory use only. No user connection.

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Left Panel Descriptions

321 4

1) eSATAp External Drive Connector

Connection for portable, bus-powered

drives. Also compatible with (non-pow-

ered) eSATA to connect to large capacity

drives. Visit www.sounddevices.com/ap-

proved for an up-to-date list of tested and

approved storage devices.

2) Drive Bay

Insert an approved 2.5-in drive mounted

to a PIX-CADDY into the Drive Bay.

When not in use, keep covered with the

supplied rubber grommet. Drives can be

hot-swapped if the drive is not being ac-

cessed for recording or playback.

3) SATA PIX-CADDY Connector

High-reliability eSATAp connection de-

signed to mate with the PIX-CADDY.

4) Headphone Output - 3.5 mm

TRS stereo headphone connector. Can

drive headphones from 8 to 100 ohms

to very high headphone levels. Head-

phone volume is controlled by holding

down the AUDIO buon and turning the

Control Knob. Headphone source signal

is changed by holding down the AUDIO

Buon and pressing the Control Knob.

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