Genlock problem

[Mark Beazley]

I always use the composite output of the Io to sync the Beta Records decks unless I am integrating the system into our component rack system, in which case I reference everything to the sync gen in the rack. Either way works fine.

-mark

[Bob Zelin]

If you would like to eliminate the sync bar from your picture, simply take a short BNC cable and connect it between the reference input and the video input – . So for example – if you are going to record the output of your AJA I/O component signal into the UVW1800, take the COMPOSITE signal from the I/O, and send it into the Video INput of the UVW1800, and then use the little loop cable to feed the SAME signal into the REF Video Input. Voila !
No more sync bar.

When I build facilities, I usually put in the loop cable, and bring the video input up to a patch bay, and normal color black into the video input on the bay. This way, there is never a sync bar, and whenever someone patches anything into the UVW1800, it never has a difference between the ref input and the video input. You never get Error -093 Non Std Ref, you never get the blue flashing stop light, and you never get the Sync bar in record.

Bob Zelin