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PIX 270i

Rack Mount Production Video Recorder

User Guide

Firmware rev. 2.10

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PIX 270i User Guide and Technical Information

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Manual Conventions .............................1Video Mode and Audio Mode .....................1

Panel Descriptions 2

Front Panel......................................2

Rear Panel ......................................3

PIX-CADDY 2 (Optional)...........................5

Menu and Navigation 6

Main View ......................................6

Menu ..........................................7

Audio Screen ....................................8

File List .........................................9

Metadata Screen................................11

LCD ...........................................12

Inputs and Outputs 13

Video Inputs ...................................13

Video Outputs ..................................13

Audio Inputs ...................................14

Audio Outputs..................................18

Ethernet 19

Video Monitoring Features 20

Exposure Assist .................................20

Focus Assist ....................................22

Zoom .........................................24

Flip Display.....................................24

Recording 25

Sound Devices File Format........................25

File Splitting....................................26

False Take......................................26

Selecting Video File Resolution and Frame Rate .....26

Selecting a Video Codec .........................27

Interruption of Signal During Recording............27

Alignment of Audio and Video ...................27

Audio Track Arming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Audio Mode ...................................28

F Sampling Rate Modes ..........................30

Video Scaling and Frame Rate Conversion 31

Up and Down Conversion ........................32

Playback 34

Playback Operation .............................34

Shuttle Playback Mode ..........................35

Cue Marker ....................................35

Looping Playback ...............................36

Playback Mode .................................36

Play List........................................37

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Playback Rate of Audio Files ......................38

Non-Native File Playback .........................38

Playing Back Files on a Computer .................38

Synchronization and Timecode 39

Sync Reference .................................40

Timecode Reader ...............................41

Internal Ambient® Lockit: Timecode Generator with Sync

Out ...........................................41

Timecode Modes................................42

Timecode Frame Rate............................42

Timecode Input Sources ..........................43

Synchronization/Timecode Examples ...............43

Powering 46

PowerSafe .....................................46

Network Grouping 47

Grouped Settings ...............................47

Pushing Settings to Group........................48

Group Auto-Conﬁguration .......................48

Grouped Transport ..............................48

External Control 50

RS-422.........................................50

Web Interface - PIXNET ..........................50

PIXNET Unit Page Main View and Menu Tabs .......54

Triggering Recording from External Timecode.......56

Triggering Recording from SDI Flag Bits ............57

GPIO (General Purpose Input / Output) .............57

USB Keyboard ..................................58

Storage and File Management 59

Storage........................................59

Metadata ......................................61

Audio File Metadata.............................62

File Management ...............................64

Setup Management and Firmware Upgrades 68

Saving and Loading Setup Files....................68

Custom Defaults and Setup Menu Option Visibility...68

Factory Restore .................................70

Firmware Upgrades .............................70

Setup Menu Options 71

File Storage ....................................71

Video .........................................72

Audio .........................................73

Timecode/Sync..................................75

LCD Monitor ...................................77

On-Screen Display ...............................78

Remote Control.................................79

Network .......................................79

System ........................................80

Quick Setup ....................................81

Button Shortcuts 81

Connector Pin Assignments 82

Appendix A - Supported Files 85

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Speciﬁcations 86

SDI............................................86

HDMI .........................................86

Video Input Resolutions / Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Video Codecs and Files...........................86

Up/Down/Cross Conversion .......................86

Frame Rate Conversion ..........................86

LCD ...........................................86

Audio Recording and Playback ....................87

Analog Audio ..................................87

Digital Audio ...................................87

File Storage ....................................87

Timecode and Sync ..............................88

Control ........................................88

Keyboard ......................................88

Power .........................................88

Physical ........................................88

Declaration of Conformity 89

Software License 90

Warranty and Technical Support 91

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PIX 270i User Guide and Technical Information

Introduction

The PIX 270i is a rack-mountable, production video recorder with extensive audio and video pro-

cessing capabilities. The foundation of the PIX 270i is hardware-based, 10-bit video up/down/cross

conversion, and hardware-based encoding to Apple ProRes and Avid DNxHD codecs. These features

allow for fast, reliable acquisition of video (at any standard HD or SD resolution and frame rate) and

audio (up to 64 tracks from Analog, AES, HDMI, SDI, MADI, or Dante sources) to ready-for-edit,

industry standard QuickTime .mov ﬁles.

Files are recorded simultaneously on (up to) 4 separate, 2.5” SSD storage devices via two front panel

PIX-CADDY slots and two rear panel eSATAp connections. This redundancy in local, removable

storage devices, coupled with standard, Ethernet-based ﬁle transfer features further reduces steps in

the production workﬂow. Gigabit Ethernet network ports enable remote access to recorded ﬁles and

the ability to transfer them quickly into a post-production environment.

Full-featured precision timecode and sync reference I/O using Ambient Clockit core technology is

provided to allow tight synchronization with external equipment in complex multi-machine conﬁgu-

rations. The PIX 270i supports various external control options: RS-422, GPIO, SDI ﬂags, Timecode

triggering, and an embedded web server for network-based remote control. Network Grouping

functionality enables linked, frame-synchronized recording and playback of multiple PIX 270i units

connected to a standard Ethernet network.

This User Guide details installation and operation of the PIX 270i. This User Guide corresponds to

PIX 270i ﬁrmware version 2.10. User Guide revisions are released at the same time as ﬁrmware up-

dates and available online:

http://www.sounddevices.com/products/pix270i/downloads/

Manual Conventions

Several formatting features have been included to make navigating the guide easier.

• Physical buttons on the PIX 270i are represented with capital letters (REC button, MENU, etc).

All physical button names are detailed in the Panel Descriptions section.

• Button combinations are represented with the plus (+) symbol. For example: “Press LCD + AU-

DIO” means to ﬁrst hold down LCD, then press AUDIO, and ﬁnally release both buttons.

• 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 MENU is pushed, and the parameter is an

item in the list displayed when that category is selected (by pressing in on the Control Knob).

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

tion. When viewing this document on a computer, this text can be clicked to jump to the named

section.

Video Mode and Audio Mode

Throughout this User Guide, the terms Video Mode and Audio Mode will be used. The PIX 270i is

capable of recording video and audio together into a QuickTime .mov ﬁle (Video Mode) or record-

ing audio only to a .wav ﬁle (Audio Only Mode). The mode is determined by the Setup Menu option

[System - Video/Audio Mode]. When set to [Video + Audio (QuickTime), the PIX 270i is in Video

Mode. When set to Audio Only Poly (Wave) or Audio Only Mono (Wave) the PIX 270i is in Audio

Mode.

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Panel Descriptions

Front Panel

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1) Control Knob

The Control Knob can be both turned and

pressed. Use the Control Knob to navi-

gate between menu settings and to select

menu items. Pressing during playback or

stop will toggle Shuttle mode. Turning

while playback is paused will jog forward

or backward by single frames.

2) AUDIO Button

Displays the Audio Screen. From the

Audio Screen: Select audio input sources,

Arm/disarm tracks, Set audio input gain

and delay, View audio input levels, and

Edit audio track names.

3) LCD Button

Toggles the On-Screen Display. Hold for

2 seconds to toggle LCD on/off. Press to

return to the Main View.

4) Handle

This handle is designed to provide a grip-

ping point for tilting down the LCD.

5) LCD Display

Displays operating information when the

On-Screen Display (OSD) is active(See

“On-Screen Display”, page 6), user in-

terface, source video, and playback video.

5-inch display; 800x480 resolution.

6) FILES Button

Displays the File List View. Press FILES +

Fast Forward (>>) during record or play-

back to add a Cue Marker. Press FILES +

Rewind (<<) to delete a Cue Marker.

7) MENU Button

Displays the Setup Menu.

8) Play Button

Plays the most recently recorded ﬁle

when pressed. In the File List View, plays

the selected ﬁle from the File List. Toggles

Play and Pause in Playback mode. Press

and hold Play to activate Loop Play

(Video Mode). (See “Playback”, page 34)

9) Stop Button

Stops an active recording or playback.

When Stopped, hold the Stop button to

display the next ﬁlename.

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10) Fast Forward Button

When Stopped, press to cue up the next

ﬁle for Playback. During Playback or

Pause, press once to jump to the next Cue

Marker, press and hold to increase play-

back speed. Continue to hold for faster

speeds.

11) REC Button

Begins recording. Optional: Splits the

recording and begins writing a new

ﬁle when pressed while recording.

[System - Rec Button File Split]

12) Rewind Button

When Stopped, press to cue up the previ-

ous ﬁle for Playback. During Playback

and Pause, press once to jump to the

previous Cue Marker or beginning of the

ﬁle, press and hold to reverse playback

speed. Continue to hold for faster reverse

speeds.

13) Headphone Volume Knob

Adjusts the overall volume of the head-

phones. NOTE: the headphone output is

capable of ear-damaging levels. Take care

when adjusting among signal sources.

14) Headphone Output 1/4”

TRS stereo headphone connector. Can

drive headphones from 8 to 100 ohms to

very high headphone levels.

15) USB Keyboard Input

USB A female connector to connect a USB

keyboard. Keyboards can be used to navi-

gate, control, and enter metadata into the

PIX 270i. Keyboards with integrated USB

hubs are not compatible.

Rear Panel

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3 654

1) Secondary DC Power Input (XLR 4-pin)

Accepts 10–27 volts DC. XLR 4-pin con-

nector is wired pin-1 ground, pin-4 posi-

tive (+).

2) Primary DC Power Input (XLR 4-pin)

Accepts 10–27 volts DC. XLR 4-pin con-

nector is wired pin-1 ground, pin-4 posi-

tive (+).

3) MADI I/O (SC Optical)

Input (top) accepts up to 64 channels of

MADI (AES10) digital audio. Output

(bottom) provides MADI (AES10) digital.

MADI connections use multimode ﬁber

and networks.

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4) MADI I/O (BNC)

Input (top) accepts up to 64 channels of

MADI (AES10) digital audio. Output

(bottom) provides MADI (AES10) digital

audio.

5) Timecode I/O (BNC)

Input (top) accepts SMPTE timecode.

Output (bottom) provides SMPTE time-

code.

6) SYNC I/O (BNC)

Output (bottom): Selectable gen-

lock or wordclock output. Con-

ﬁgured with Setup Menu option

[Timecode/Sync - Sync Out]. Input (top):

Selectable Genlock or Wordclock input.

Conﬁgured with [Timecode/Sync] Setup

Menu options Sync Ref - Video Playback

or Sync Ref - Audio Playback.

7) Digital Audio AES I/O (DB-25)

8 channels of AES digital audio input

and 8 channels of AES digital output. (See

“Connector Pin Assignments”, page 82)

8) Ch. 1-8 Analog Audio Output (DB-25)

8 channels of balanced, line-level analog

audio output. Conﬁgured with Setup

Menu option [Audio - Line Output]. (See

“Connector Pin Assignments”, page 82)

9) Ch. 1-8 Analog Audio Input (DB-25)

8 channels of balanced, line-level analog

audio input. (See “Connector Pin Assign-

ments”, page 82)

10) Analog Audio Inputs (XLR)

2 channels of balanced, line-level analog

audio inputs. If both XLR and DB-25

signals are connected, the signal will be

combined.

11) Analog Audio Outputs (XLR)

2 channels of balanced, line-level analog

audio outputs. Same signal as DB-25 Ana-

log Audio outputs channels 1 and 2.

12) Ethernet (RJ-45)

Attaches to 1G or 100M Ethernet net-

works. Provides Dante connectivity (See

“Dante Audio Inputs”, page 15), Network

Grouping (See “Network Grouping”, page

47), web access for remote control (See

“Web Interface - PIXNET”, page 50), and

network ﬁle service. (See “Storage and File

Management”, page 59)

13) RS-422 Control (DB-9)

Connects to RS-422 Controllers for exter-

nal control of the PIX 270i. (See “RS-422”,

page 50)

14) External Drive Connections (eSATAp)

Connector for approved 2.5-inch SATA

drives. Sound Devices maintains a list of

tested and approved media for use with

PIX video recorders. Visit www.soundde-

vices.com/approved for an up-to-date list of

tested and approved media.

15) SDI Video I/O (BNC)

Input (right): Accepts 3G-SDI, HD-SDI, or

SD-SDI signal with up to 16 channels of

embedded audio. Output (left): Provides

3G-SDI, HD-SDI, or SD-SDI signal with

up to 16 channels of embedded audio.

16) GPIO Remote (Phoenix 10-pin)

Logic contact points for remote control.

(See “GPIO (General Purpose Input / Out-

put)”, page 57)

17) HDMI Video Input (HDMI)

Accepts HDMI (1.4a) signal with 8

channels of embedded audio. The PIX

270i does not record or display content

encoded with HDCP.

18) HDMI Video Output (HDMI)

Provides HDMI (1.3) signal with 8

channels of embedded audio. Audio

conﬁgured with Setup Menu option

[Audio - HDMI/AES Output].

19) USB Connection

Connect to a Windows computer to load

ﬁrmware with PIX Loader software

(Available on the Sound Devices website).

(See “Setup Management and Firmware

Upgrades”, page 68)

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