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Marshall Electronics
OR-841-HDSDI
Fully Featured 8.4” Rack Mountable / Camera-Top / Portable LCD Field Monitor
Operating Instructions
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Contents Product Overview ............................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Features .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Installation and Initial Setup ..............................................................
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Product Overview The Orchid OR-841-HDSDI is a single 8.4” fully featured camera-top and field monitor system. The OR-841- HDSDI offers built-in Waveform Monitor, Vectorscope, Audio Bars, Built In Speaker with audio outputs, and several diagnostic tools. This monitor is ideal for use as a camera top or field camera assist monitor. The OR-841- HDSDI is equipped with two HD/SD-SDI inputs with switched output. Diagnostic tools include our exclusive ClipGuide feature, 16 Tri-Color Audio Bar Graph m
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Precision Audio Level Meters De-embeds and displays up to 16 channels of audio using sixteen 64-segment tri-color Audio Meters with user-adjustable reference levels. The Audio Level Meters provide numerical indicators and headroom levels, as well as peak hold function. Audio Channel Loss Warning prevents errors during monitoring. Precision White Balance with Color Temperature Adjustment White balance adjustment is essential in order to render colors correctly. To display colors correctly,
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Installation and Initial Setup Unpacking Carefully unpack the OR-841-HDSDI monitor and verify that the following items are included: • OR-841-HDSDI Monitor • 12V 4A XLR Power Supply with 4-Pin Female XLR Connector • Operating Instructions Inspect the unit for any physical damage that may have occurred during shipping. Should there be any damage, immediately call Marshall Electronics Customer Service at (800) 800-6608. If you are not located within the continental United States, call +1 (
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Front Panel Features 2 3 4 5 1 Power Button with Indicator 1 Press power switch to turn on the Unit. The indicator LED will turn Green. Press again to put the OR-841-HDSDI into standby mode. The LED will turn Red. Tri-Color Tally Light 2 30mm Tri-Color tally lamp controlled via the Remote connector on the rear of the unit. User-Definable Function Keys 3 Nine user-definable function buttons can be used for direct access to various settings. Functions are assigned using the on-screen menu. User
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Rear Panel Features 3 2 Parallel Remote RJ-45 5 Pin Assignments Pin 1 GPI 1 Pin 2 GPI 2 Pin 3 GPI 3 Pin 4 GPI 4 Pin 5 GND 4 Pin 6 GPI 5 Pin 7 GPI 6 Pin 8 GPI 7 1 GPI Input 1 RJ-45 connector for 7 user-assignable GPI inputs. Assignable using the on-screen menu. 2 Service Port Proprietary connection used for firmware upgrades and LCD color balance calibration. Power Input 3 Connect 12VDC to the 4-Pin XLR power input connector. Power can be supplied from the included power supply or from a varie
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OR-841-HDSDI Compatible Formats Format HD/SD-SDI 480 / 60i ü 576 / 50i ü 480 / 60p 576 / 50p 720 / 60p ü 720 / 50p ü 720 / 30p ü 720 / 25 ü 720 / 24p ü 1080 / 60p 1080 / 50p 1080 / 60i (30PsF) ü 1080 / 50i (25PsF) ü 1080 / 48i (24Psf) ü 1080 / 30p ü 1080 / 25p ü 1080 / 24p ü VGA SVGA XGA SXGA UXGA WUXGA 8
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On-Screen Menu OR-841-HDSDI MENU STRUCTURE OVERVIEW MODEL NAME OR-841-HDSDI OPTION CARD N/A OPTION S/N INPUT SDI INFO [1080i / 60] INPUT FORMAT 1080i / 60 COLOR MATRIX 709 COLOR TEMP D65 VERSION 0.0.0.0 RETURN INPUT [SDI] INPUT SELECT SDI 1 / SDI 2 Analog Calibrate > RETURN BRIGHT 0~100 [50] is Calibrated setting CONTRAST 0~100 [80] is Calibrated setting PICTURE SATURATION 0~100 [50] is Calibrated setting SHARPNESS 0~100 [0] is Calibrated setting GAMMA 1.0 to 3.0 in 0.1 steps [
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On-Screen Menu (continued) OR-841-HDSDI MENU STRUCTURE OVERVIEW RETURN LEVEL METER ON / OFF METER BACKGROUND ON / OFF DISPLAY CHANNELS 1~16 ACTIVE CH ONLY ACTIVE, ALL METER COLUMNS DUAL, QUAD DISP TYPE OVERLAP, OVERLAY FRONT VOLUME 0 to 40 AUDIO [ON] REAR VOLUME 0 to 40 HEADROOM START -6 to -60 [-20] is SMPTE Standard HEADROOM END 0 to -20 [-6] is Normal setting LEFT CHANNEL CHANNEL1 TO CHANNEL 16 RIGHT CHANNEL CHANNEL1 TO CHANNEL 16 LOAD CH PRESET FROM > PRESET 1 to PRESET 8 SAVE CH PRESET
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On-Screen Menu (continued) COLOR CHANNEL AUDIO PRESET 5 SCAN AUDIO PRESET 6 ASPECT AUDIO PRESET 7 ZOOM AUDIO PRESET 8 HV DELAY LAYOUT A F-1 THRU F-9 MARKER LAYOUT B AUDIO METER WAVEFORM MON AUDIO PRESET 1 VECTORSCOPE USER ASSIGN AUDIO PRESET 2 ClipGuide AUDIO PRESET 3 TIMECODE AUDIO PRESET 4 VOLUME BRIGHT ROTARY 1 CONTRAST SATURATION SHARPNESS RETURN INPUT 1 INPUT 2 GAMMA 1.0 GAMMA 1.8 GAMMA 2.0 GAMMA 2.2 GAMMA 2.4 GAMMA 2.6 WHITEBLANCE D65 WHITEBALANCE D93 MONO SCAN ASPECT ZOOM HV DELAY RED ONL
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On-Screen Menu (continued) R TALLY G TALLY B TALLY LEFT R TALLY PIN 1 THRU 8 REMOTE (Pin 5 is Ground) LEFT G TALLY LEFT B TALLY RIGHT R TALLY RIGHT G TALLY RIGHT B TALLY RETURN FORMAT DISP AUTO / ON / OFF TIMECODE OFF / LITC / VITC1 / VITC2 ALWAYS ON 2 MIN 5 MIN POWER SAVE 10 MIN SETUP 30 MIN 1 HOUR 2 HOUR KEY LOCK LOCK / UNLOCK RESET TO MFG DEFAULT > REST NOW / CANCEL BACKUP USER CONFIG > BACKUP NOW / CANCEL RESTORE USER CONFIG RESTORE NOW / CANCEL Main Menu and Navigation Access the main menu
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Brightness • Varies between 0 and 100 (50 is standard). • 50 is default value with standard black level. • Increasing brightness level allows user to see BTB (Blacker-than-Black). Contrast • Varies between 0 and 100 (80 is standard). • 80 is default value with 100% gain of video signal. Saturation • Varies between 0 and 100 (50 is standard). • 50 is default value with nominal color saturation. • Setting to 0 should display as monochrome. • Increasing value will increase color s
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SCREEN SUBMENU ■ Scan Normal (Zero Scan) • Whole picture should be visible without any cropping. • When in normal mode, it should not see non-active areas such as SAV, EAV. Over (End-User TV Production Scan) • 5% of the picture is cropped and zoomed to fill the screen. • After cropping, it will maintain correct aspect ratio and center. Zoom • When in zoom mode, the center portion of the picture is magnified to fill the screen by approximately 4x. ■ Aspect Ratio Set
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■ Shift V Use the RotoMenu control to change the value of this setting, which will shift the picture Vertically. Negative values will move the picture DOWN, while Positive values will move the picture UP. MARKER CONFIGURATION SUBMENU ■ Marker Use this setting to enable or disable all on-screen markers. This setting affects the Center marker, Aspect markers, and Safety marker. ■ Center Marker Use this setting to display a center marker on the screen. ■ Aspect Markers Use these settings to
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AUDIO CONFIGURATION SUBMENU ■ Level Meter Selects whether or not to display audio level meters. ■ Meter Background Selects whether or not to display meter background. ■ Display Channels Selects how many audio meters you want to display. You may select any number of channels from 1 to 16. ■ Active Channel Only Allows a choice of All channels or Active channels only. Selecting Active will override the Display Channels setting. ■ Meter Columns Allows a choice of displaying Level Meters is
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■ Save CH Preset To > Use this menu to select which one of 8 memory locations where the user wants to store the current channel output assignments. ■ CH Preset Use this menu to Lock or Unlock the ability to save to the Ch Preset memory locations. This helps to prevent accidental overwriting of stored presets. When Locked, Ch Presets may still be recalled. WAVEFORM SUBMENU ■ Layout Use this menu to choose from several available preset screen layouts. Choosing any of the available preset
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VECTORSCOPE SUBMENU ■ Layout Use this menu to choose from several available preset screen layouts. Choosing any of the preset layouts will override the settings in the Vectorscope, Size, and Position menus. ■ Vectorscope Use this menu to turn the Vectorscope display On or Off when in the Normal mode. ■ Size Use this menu to choose the size of the Vectorscope display in Normal mode. Choices are Small, Medium, and Large. ■ Position Use this menu to select the position you want the Vectorsc
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Y Limits (These values are shared with WFM settings) Set luminance upper and lower limits to be monitored. • Limits are displayed in IRE unit • Varies between -7.3 IRE and 109.1 IRE • This value will be shown in WFM window as red line • Any data exceeding these values will be displayed as red on the picture • These values are shared with WFM settings • Internally, Y values ranges from 0 to 255 • -7.3 IRE equals to 0 in digital • 0 IRE equals to 16 in digital • 100 IRE equals t
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REMOTE SUBMENU ■ Pin 1 through Pin 8 The RJ-45 Remote connector on the rear panel has 8 pins. Pin 5 is Ground, while the remaining 7 pins are pulled high to 3.3VDC and may be used for Tally or other Remote Commands. A list of available Commands and Tally configurations can be found in the Menu Overview section of this manual. The command or Tally is activated by connecting the corresponding Pin (1-4 and 6-8) to Pin 5 (Ground). Event Trigger • Two types of events are allowed. • The fa
