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XL1 and microwave link chroma drop out problem
Hi , has anyone got some ideas,
I have just tried to send some footage to a TV network over a microwave link but when it was being recived the chroma chanel was missing ( ie no color the footage was in B/W)
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How do you have the video signal connected to the microwave input?
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I use the Video terminal and rca jacks,
Im not sure what part of the process is causing the probs but it could be one of 3 things the camera, somthing to do with the microwave link or the or the the recording process at the tv station -
What steps have you taken to trouble shoot the problem?
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this was my first step, to try and find out if any one elce had a problem and get some ideas
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Maybe I can cut this single question/single answer thing down a bit.
There is nothing special or unique about the composite output of an XL1.
Next time, send the camera’s composite output to a professional color monitor and “LOOP” the monitor’s output to the microwave. (Turn OFF the 75 ohm termination of the monitor, if it has a switch).
If you are seeing chroma and video from the camera’s output on the monitor, the microwave should have no trouble sending the full signal.
If there’s still a problem, I’d suspect the microwave unit.
They are supposed to sync to incoming video and just “pass it through” to the receiving link.
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