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Slight monitoring problem with Decklink Extreme
Hi Guys,
I switched from the Decklink 2, to the Decklink Extreme over a month ago. Since switching, I’ve had a sporadic problem with my component outs on the Decklink Extreme’s breakout cable. Occasionally I see several semi-transparent shimmery lines on my video monitor, over my picture. I can still see the picture behind it, but they are not fun to try to edit with. They will then will not go away until I start messing around with the cables, usually unhooking the breakout cable from the monitor and then reattaching them solves the problem (for a while). I wasn’t having any monitoring problems before with the Decklink 2 and my AJA DA, but now that I’m using the Extreme, I have this issue. So, I’m not sure if this is a problem with the breakout cable. A problem with the monitor or what. Anyone have any suggestions for addressing this problem?
Cheers
Julian
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5 Replies
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Hey Julian,
I started to get this too recently after using an Extreme card for 5 months. By any chance do you have external media drives sitting next to your monitor? I moved mine away from the monitor and haven’t seen the lines since (just 2 days – fingers are crossed). There are some other posts here about “interference” that touch on the probelm too. Let us know if you figure it out…
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Thanks for your response.
No, I don’t have any external drives near my monitor. I do have a mixer and a shielded speaker near it however. If I get some longer cables I could experiment with moving these things further away. I’ll let you know what the result is…
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Hi Julian
I’ve seen RF interference on another Decklink Extreme in Vancouver. Make sure you have no power cords crossing or running parallel with your Decklink breakout cable.
Cheers
John Christie
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So far so good. Removing the power cords crossing the breakout cable seems to have solved the problem.
As always, you are a fountain of useful information John.
Much obliged…
Julian
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Hey Julian,
Could you report back if the problem creeps up again for you. I’ve had this exact problem come-and-go for 6 months now and I’d love to find out for sure if it’s cable interfearance.
Thanks in advance.
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