LH suddenly goes haywire.

[Bob Zelin]

1) disconnect the black generator, and put the Kona LH into “free run” in the AJA Control Panel. Try it now. If it works, it’s your black gen.

if this does not work

2) instead of “edit to tape”, go into hard record (hit play and record) on your VTR, while playing back your edit sequence out of your LH. Does it work ? No? Could be your VTR (VTR should be checked independently in hard record, and insert edit).

Bob Zelin

[Chris Poisson]

Bob,

You’re the guy who threatened to do me bodily harm if I didn’t get a BBG last Fall. Well, it’s worked flawlessly for 5 months, and now BOOM, you’re right, I did what you said and it works, although the horizontal hold is fakacta.

The BBG is kinda tucked away behind my decks, and I guess I never turned it off in these past five months. I bought it new, so tell me, is it normal for a Horita to burn up in that amount of time? Or is there a fuse or something in it I can change?

Fortunately, I can finish my long form video this weekend and it doesn’t have to go to tape, so I’m good until Monday, when I have a TV spot job coming in. Thankfully, my BBG vendor is here in town, just have to keep my fingers crossed that they have another one.

Thanks for your help as usual.

Have a wonderful day.

[Bob Zelin]

so you did not answer my question. When you disconnect the Black generator, is the problem resolved ? You NEED the black generator to get rid of all kinds of problems – this is just a test. And there may be nothing wrong with your black generator – it may be the genlock circuit in
the AJA Knoa LH. You asked a question, and I am guessing at answers, but you MUST RESPOND to my questions for us to proceed. So once again – if you DISCONNECT the black generator, and put the Kona LH control panel to FREE RUN, does the problem go away ?

Bob Zelin

[Chris Poisson]

Hey Bob,

In the first paragraph, I did answer you, turned off the BBG and put Kona in freerun, and it worked, except that horizontal hold is blown.

But after that I hooked it back up and it’s working now. Maybe the BBG was just over-heated.

Anyway, if you want me to do any other tests, I’m game.

Thanks.

Have a wonderful day.

[Bob Zelin]

This is a sily general answer to a general question – but it applies to all kinds of things, and certainly AJA products, as well as other products. When you lose video output to the AJA product, when you lose VTR control, when you lose Genlock, when you get clicks and pops, when all kinds of bizarre things start to happen, after you try the “correct things to try” – ALWAYS ALWAYS turn off your equipment (OFF not RESTART), and fire it back up and try it again.

Why don’t computer and digital products just work all the time – if you can answer this question, you win a prize ! I doubt there is anything wrong with your Black Generator. Cycling power is engineering fix # 1.

bob Zelin

[Chris Poisson]

Thanks Bob,

My deck still will not lock up when ETT hits the in point.

Have a wonderful day.

[Bob Zelin]

so are you telling me that it works when you disconnect the black generator, but it DOES NOT work when you hook up the black generator ?

I await your reply.

Bob Zelin

[Chris Poisson]

Hey Bob,

I took my generator to the shop on Monday and it checked out fine. I got the system working again, traced the problem to of all things, incorrect settings when blacking my tape! Doh! Thank the lord for dumb mistakes, a whole lot better when they’re solved than having to do something major like losing the deck for a week to repair.

But hey, thanks a bunch for your help as usual.

Have a wonderful day.