SWIT FM-215HDR 4K Input FHD Broadcast Monitor User Manual

SWIT FM-215HDR 4K Input FHD Broadcast Monitor

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The warranty period of this product are two years,the following conditions are not covered by the warranty:

1. The appearance and the LCD panel are damaged by man-made out force；
2. The number of defective pixels are under three；
3. Damage the product by using an incompatible power adaptor；
4. Damage the product due to violation operation；
5. Disassemble the product when using；
6. Other faults or damages not caused by design, technology, manufacture, and quality.

Any salesperson has no right to provide extra warranty beyond these terms.

If you have any advice or requirements about our products during use, please feel free to contact with us via phone or E-mail.

This instruction manual applies to FM field monitors and the schematic is based on the exterior view of the FM-215HDR as an example. Any differences in specifications and appearance are explained in additional text in this manual.

Packing list

Introduction

This series of monitor adopts TFT-LCD thin film transistor + QLED quantum dot display composition, the resolution is up to 1920×1080, H178°/V178° ultra-wide viewing angle, 1000:1 contrast ratio, support 1 channel 12G/6G/3G/H D/SD-SDI input and output, 1 channel HDMI® 2.0 4K@60 inpu t, and 3 channels 3G/HD /SD- SDI input and 1 channel 3G/HD/SD-SDI output, quad-link 4xSDI SQD /2S| 4Kp60/p50 inpu ts, 4-channel or 2-channel simultaneous picture display with headphone and speaker outputs.

Features

• 21.5″ 1920X1080 Full HD QLED screen.
• 1000nits high brightness backlight HDR monitor.
•  97% DCI-P3 wide colour gamut ratio.
• 4K/UHD interface (1x12G-SDI in/out, 1x HDMI® 2.0 4K@60 input).
• 12GSDI, HDMI® Mixed Quad, Dual PBP and PIP Picture-in-Picture monitoring.
• 12GSDI, HDMI® dual-screen PBP vertical monitoring.
• Simultaneous display of HDR/SDR in multi-color gamut for one signal.
• Read Payload ID to automatically set quantization, dynamic contrast, colour gamut, etc.
• 18-bit high-precision internal signal processing.
• Zero audio/video delay (0.01 frame).
• Built-in DelogSDR/HDR table for multiple cameras.
• 16-channel audio de-embedded sound column display, optional 2-channel output. Lissajous, 5.1 stereo phase map.
• Support waveform selection display Y/Cb/Cr/R/G/B /RGB and single line selection mode.
• Vector scope, R/G/B/Y histogram, bi-color focus assist.
• 3DLUT（17 x 17 x 17）accurate color correction, Fully automatic color correction, no computer required.
• User 3DLUT uploaded via USB.
• UMD dynamic source name and soft TALLY display (TSL 3.1/4.0), GPI control interface.
• Composition ratio auxiliary line:4:3/13:9/14:9/15:9/16:9/1.85:1/2.35:1/2:1/2.39:1/Custom 1/Custom 2.
• Support USB firmware upgrade and import Log file.(USB file system supports FAT 32 format only).
• IP Webserver Web Control.
• Support ECO mode.

Operation Instructions

Front panel

1. Speaker: For SDI/ HDMI® embedded audio. (Will not work if the earphone is plugged in)
2. F1~F5 function keys: Customize shortcut function keys. Users can set the shortcut keys to different functions according to their own requirements.
3. User1~User4： U1~User shortcut key, which can be used to quickly enter the set user mode. Long press to save user settings. Please see details in “10. System”
4. Info/Quit ： Display setting item. Press the ” Info/Quit ” button to display or turn off relevant status information and audio and video analysis function graph. When opening the menu, press ” Info/Quit ” to exit the menu with one click
5. 
6. Menu/Enter： When no Menu is displayed, press the button directly to open the Main Menu; Rotate the knob to select different settings or adjust parameter values, press the knob to set；
7. LUT/Firmware: Update firmware or import LUT files， Auto Calibration；
8. PHONE: 3.5mm headphone jack is used to monitor the embedded audio signals of SDI and HDMI®;
9. Power: Power switch;
10. Aluminum alloy flight case: to hold the monito.

Back Panel

1. SDI1 OUT ：12G/6G/3G/HD/SD-SDI SDI2 OUT：3G/HD/SD-SDI
2. SDI1 IN ：12G/6G/3G/HD/SD-SDI SDI2~4 IN: 3G/HD/SD-SDI
3. ETHERNET(Network interface)： 1000M high-speed RJ45 Ethernet port， for web external control
4. HDMI® 2.0 4K@60 in ：Will not display HDCP protected content
5. RS485： TSL UMD control port
6. GPI： GPI control port
7. Fan
8. VESA bracket mounting area
9. DC IN： 12V~17V
10. AC switch: turns AC power on or off
11. AC IN： 100V~240V
12. Battery grommet mounting area

Flight Case

OSD

• (1) TALLY Light
  • TALLY Light Controlled by GPI
• (2) Time Code(SDI)
  • Under SDI input, the monitor can display Time code information (LTC, VITC1&2). If no Time code info is detected, it will display “TC UNLOCKED”. User can set function keys F1～F5 or GPI pins as “Time Code” to turn on or off this function.
• (3) On screen TALLY
  • Control of the display signal via GPI
• (4) Source ID/UMD
  • Display /UMD（TSL3.1/4.0），user can set in the UMD menu
• (5) Colour gamut char
  • Used to monitor the colour fullness and fineness of the image, open the gamut chart to display the current video gamut, users can set the “Main Menu” – “Colour Management” – “Gamut”. Current colour gamut.
• (6) Histogram
  • The horizontal axis of the histogram indicates the brightness of the image, from left to right indicates the increase of brightness, the left side represents the darker area, the right side is the brighter area, the vertical axis of the histogram indicates the distribution of the number of pixels, the higher the vertical coordinate, the higher the brightness density. The vertical axis of the histogram represents the distribution of the number of pixels, the higher the vertical coordinate, the higher the luminance density,  users can set the front panel shortcut keys (F1~F5) or GPI pins to the “Histogram” function, to turn on/off this function.
• (7) Waveform
  • Used to display multiple signals sampled at the same rate, users can set the front panel shortcut keys (F1~F5) or GPI pins to the ” Waveform ” function to turn on or off the Waveform graph and select different types of Waveform graphs; the parameters of the
  • Waveform graph, such as the position, transparency, color, etc. are set in the ” Waveform Setting” submenu. Waveform parameters, such as position, transparency, color, etc., can be set in the ” Waveform Setting” submenu.
• (8) Vectors
  • Used to monitor the colour, shape, outline, size and position of the image, etc. Users can set the front panel shortcut keys (F1 to F5) or GPI pins to the “Vector Graphics” function to turn on/off this function, and the display position, colour, transparency and other related parameters of the vector graphics are set in the “Vector Graphics Settings” submenu.
• (9) Lissajous
  • Used to monitor the audio frequency analysis and phase-amplitude difference determination, the user can set the front panel shortcut keys (F1~F5) to “Li Sha Yu” function, open/close this function.
• (10) Audio Meter
  • Used for monitoring audio information, users can set the front panel shortcut keys (F1~F5) or GPI pins as the function of “Audio Meter” to turn on/off this function, the display position of the audio meter, the number of displayed channels, transparency and other related parameters are set in the Audio Settings sub-menu.
• (11) Surround Phase
  • Monitor the sound source location of the full-space stereo sense of knowledge, Surround Phase default 5.1, the default 7, 8 channels, the user can be in the menu “data de-embedding” – “left / right channel”, set the desired sound channels
• (12) Eye pattern
  • Used to monitor the strength of the SDI signal quality, the larger the eye chart image, the stronger the signal quality.
• (13) Colour checklist
  • After auto-calibration, the gamut value and color difference (△E) before and after calibration will be popped up. “Auto calibration”-“Measurement” pops up the gamut value and color difference (△E) of the last calibration and the current measurement.

Button operation

1. Press the “Menu/Enter” knob, the menu pops up in the upper left corner of the screen, and the currently selected menu is highlighted in yellow.
2. Rotate the “Menu/Enter” knob to select all kinds of sub-menu, the corresponding item is highlighted in yellow, press the “Menu/Enter” key, the sub-menu is selected and enter the parameter setting sub-menu.
3. Rotate the “Menu/Enter” knob to select the item to be adjusted, press the “Menu/Enter” knob, the adjustment items and parameters are highlighted in yellow.
4. rotate the “Menu/Enter” knob to adjust the parameters, complete the settings, click “Menu/Enter” to save the settings.
5. Rotate “Menu/Enter” to select “Exit”, click “Menu/Enter” knob to exit the sub-menu, select “Exit& Status” in the main menu. Select “Exit & Status” in the main menu, click the “Menu/Enter” knob to exit the main menu

Note

1. Items displayed in grey cannot be set;
2. If there is no operation within the set time, the menu will automatically save the settings and exit.
3. If the key lock function has been turned on, all items except “System Setting” will be displayed in grey, if you want to adjust any item, please set the key lock function to “Off” first.

Menu Configuration

Menu configuration introduces the main menu and the sub-menu, marked * menu items will be given in the list after a more detailed description of the menu or the operation of the explanation

Exit & Status – Exit the main menu and display the current status of the monitor. 

Press the “Menu/Enter” key, the main menu pops up in the upper left corner of the screen, and the main menu shows the current working status of the monitor.

• (1) Standard
  • Display the standard of the current input signal; if there is no recognizable signal input, “No Signal” will be displayed. If you select Multi-screen for the current channel, and select 4-screen, 2-screen or Picture-in-Picture for the Multi-screen type, the standard will display the input signal standard of the screen 1/2/3/4 or screen 1/2 channel respectively.
• (2) Input source
  • Displays the currently selected channel.
• (3) Colour Temperature
  • Displays the currently set color temperature mode
• (4) Function key 1~Function key 5
  • Displays the currently set function value of the function key
• (5) Model
  • Displays the current monitor model
• (6) Version
  • Displays the current software version number

Input—Set the color of the input video

• 1 Input Range: Sets the quantization range of the video to suit the input video signal. The default video quantization range is Limited 64-940 for the broadcast application

*Image setting1—Setting for the picture preference**

1 Image Settings

The image settings for contrast, brightness, saturation, and backlight can be quickly adjusted using the front panel shortcut keys.

Color management—Setting about video colors

• 1 Color gamut
  • Set the gamut to match the input video.
• 2 Gamma
  • When Four is selected; the gamma of four signals can be adjusted separately for display
• 3 HLG System Gamma
  • Display tunable only when Gamma is set to HLG1000
• 4 Partition HDR/SDR
  • Individual color gamut for Partition HDR/SDR, gamma can be adjusted individually, Partition HDR/SDR default color gamut Rec.2020, gamma 2.2.
• 5 LUT Upload
  • Place the cube file that needs to import the monitor in the root directory of the u-disk, insert the u-disk into the USB interface on the front shell of the monitor, and choose to import the corresponding file

Scanning—Setting for picture scan, zoom, etc

1. Scanning
   • Panel Fit : Turn on this feature to adapt the video to the entire screen. Pixel To Pixel only displays the original mode in the specified mode.
2. Zoom -in : Shown below, the image is divided into 9 regions and adjusted to display in sequence.

When the zoom mode is turned on, a rectangle box pops up at the bottom left of the screen, showing the currently selected zoom image area.

Odd/Even Frame

Odd/Even Frame is only displayed in I mode. Open Low Latency Mode and Odd/Even Frame function is turned of

Control—Setting for TALLY, UMD, IP control to the monitor

1 GPI control

Connect the GPI remote control terminal through the GPI interface on the real panel of the monitor, turn on“GPI control”and set the function of GPI 1-6 buttons.

The GPI control allows you to control both the Tally light and the on screen TALLY light on at the same time:

UMD

Select the display type as ““TSL3.1 or 4.0”, which can be controlled with TSL UMD.

Cascade:

Assist-Setting for Vector scope and Histogram patterns

1 WFM Single Line

Open waveform single-line mode, the monitor shows only one line of audio waveform. Rotate the Menu/Enter knob to select the number of lines of audio signal to display the waveform. (The selection range of the number of lines in a waveform depends on the current signal standard)

2 Horizontal / Vertical (user 1)

When the value of the scale item is set to “User 1”, the user can adjust the X position and Y position of the marking line according to his/her own needs, and the coordinate value can be adjusted in the range of 50%~99%;

3 Horizontal / Vertical (User 2)

When the value of the scale item is set to “User 2”, users can adjust the X position and Y position of the marking line according to their own needs, and the X coordinate value can be adjusted in the range of 0~1920, and the Y coordinate value can be adjusted in the range of 0~1080.

4 Eye pattern

Only SDI1 supports eye diagram to monitor the image quality of the current SDI video signal after transmission over the cable, especially the transmission quality of 12G SDI.

De-embed— Setting for video/audio analysis functions

1. Audiometer marker

   • Audio table display, display 16 channel audio table
     Marking line off : Only the audio table is displayed
     Marking line on : Display audio decibels, audio alarm signal and left and right channel options

2. Left Channel/ Right Channel

   • Audiometer under SDI showing 16-channel audio meter
   • Audiometer under HDMI®, a menu shows 8 groups of channels

3. H/V Delay

   • H/V Delay is not displayed on the HDMI® channel.

*Auto Calibration1**

Auto Calibration

The monitor has built-in 3DLUT color calibration software, which supports Atheros X-rite I1 Pro OEM and JETI Specobos1211 color probes directly connected to the monitor via USB.
When calibration starts, the color probe will read the standard color graphics generated by the monitor and load the results to the monitor via the USB port.
The monitor internally compares the standard colors with the colors read by the probe to generate a 3DLUT table and complete the automatic color calibration.
Calibration time: X-rite I1: 15 minutes, JETI Specobos1211: 45 minutes.
The calibration result from Delta E <1.0.

Probe Select

This monitor supports the following probes models:

Start Calibration

Steps:

1. Put the monitor into a dark room. Switch on the monitor.
2. Connect the calibration instrument (compatible with x-rite and JETI color measuring instruments) and monitor via USB. Before calibration, ensure that the monitor and the color calibration instrument are in good condition and the monitor aging time reaches 30 minutes.
3. Enter the“Probe Select” and select the currently used calibration probe.
4. Enter the“Start Calibration”and select“yes”to start calibration. The monitor will display the prompt message and the color position prompt box. Put the sensitive part of the device in the color position prompt box correctly. Note that when placing the calibration instrument; do not squeeze the monitor’s LCD screen.
5. Select “yes” to begin auto-calibration. The color calibration instrument will automatically measure the color of the screen and correct the color of the screen. During this process, it is necessary to observe the color calibration progress bar in the color correction prompt box.
6. Press “INFO” to terminate the color correction Auto Calibration process at any time. When the prompt color calibration progress reaches 100%, the whole automatic color calibration is completed. After automatic color correction, press the “INFO” button to exit the menu and let the monitor enter the normal display mode.
7. After the automatic color correction, the display screen pops up“Before Calibration”and“After Calibration”.

Measure

The monitor has been calibrated in the factory. And may need to be re- calibrated after a period of  time. Before re-calibrated, the measure function checks the current color to compare with the last time-calibrated color, to decide if the monitor needs to be re-calibrated. Connect with the sensor probe and place the sensor probe onto the right position like the calibration step. Enter“Auto Calibration”‒“Measure”. The monitor will generate several colors and finish measurements within 30 seconds. And display the result as：

System-User profile saving, firmware update

Key Lock

The “Menu/Enter” button can be operated when the button is locked. “Key Locked” will be displayed on the screen when you press the Locked button or knob.

Recall Profile/ Save Profile

User Settings provide 4 menu Settings, that is, users can save the current monitor menu Settings as one user Settings (USER1~USER4) according to usage habits. Then, when switching menu Settings, just select the corresponding “USER1~USER4” through the “Recall Profile” item to display the corresponding menu Settings. Example：By adjusting the parameters of the color temperature of 2200K, open the necessary auxiliary functions (such as: histogram), set the function key to the desired menu (such as F1 is set to “Blue Only”), and so on, the monitor Menu Settings can be “USER Settings” save as “USER” 1, rotating the “Menu/Enter” choose to load the USER Settings “set to the current” USER 1 “mode, the monitor Menu item value will show” USER 1 “mode to save Menu.

IP control

Connect the monitor to the LAN through an ETHERNET interface, and the Monitor can be controlled by web page.

Enter Menu- System ‒ IP/Net Mask/Gateway/Port to set the monitor address. Set the computer Ethernet IP addresses at the same LAN environment as the Monitor. Launch any of a web browser on the computer, and enter URL: Monitor IP+ Port (Example: 192.168.1.99.8080). The web server control page will be displayed.

• Used crossed-wired cable for computer monitor directly connection.
• Use straight-through wired cable for Router connections.
• Please seek help from your webmaster for any network connections.

Webserver page control interface

Update

System software can be updated by USB interface, and steps are as follows:

1. Download the latest software package into the U-disk root direction.
2. Open the monitor and plug the U-disk into the USB into port.
3. Follow the step“Menu-System-Update”,the monitor will update automatically.
4. When the update finishes, press the “Power” button and close and reboot the monitor.

Multiview setting

Multiview setting

Source selects Multiview before the Multiview Setup menu is adjustable and some menu functions are disabled;
When Multiview is selected, the quantization range, color gamut, and gamma of each channel can be adjusted individually.

Multiview type

4-channel or 2-channel independent 12G/6G/3G/HD-SDI or HDMI® mixed 4-screen or 2-screen monitoring;
4-screen : If there is no signal input on the 4th screen, HDMI® signal appears on the 4th;

Flip(PBP)

Select the required type, and the screen is in vertical mode to monitor the screen.

Appearance and Size

Flight Case Monitor Appearance

Aluminium flight case (unit: mm)

Specification

Supported standards: Signals of the following standards can be displayed on the monitor

3G supports level A/levelB; Support RGB444

√: The format is supported
—: The format is not supported

Common Problems and Solutions

This instruction manual applies to FM field monitors and the schematic is based on the exterior view of the FM-215HDR as an example. Any differences in specifications and appearance are explained in additional text in this manual.

Maintenance precautions

Warning

1. To reduce the dangers of fire or electric shock,do not expose the monitor in rainy or wet places.
2. The monitor will create noise when using near high-intensity magnetic field.

Precautions for power supply

1. Please use the special power adapter specified by the original factory to avoid damage to the product.
2. If another DC power supply is used, ensure that the voltage range, power supply and polarity of the power supply meet the requirements.
3. In the following cases, please unplug the power cord and external battery of the product:
   • (A) If you have not used the product for A long period of time.
   • (B) If the power cord or power plug/socket is damaged.
   • (C) If the product is hit or dropped so that the shell is damaged.

Precautions for product use

1. Please do not touch the screen surface directly with your fingers to avoid damage to the screen, and the oil on the skin will be difficult to remove if left on the screen.
2. Please do not put pressure on the LCD screen, LCD screen is very delicate and fragile.
3. Do not place the product in an unstable place, as the product may be seriously damaged due to falling.

Precautions for product use

1. Please do not touch the screen surface directly with your fingers to avoid damage to the screen, and the oil on the skin will be difficult to remove if left on the screen.
2. Please do not put pressure on the LCD screen, LCD screen is very delicate and fragile.
3. Do not place the product in an unstable place, as the product may be seriously damaged due to falling.

Precautions for product cleaning

1. Clean LCD screen, please use dry soft fabric with fluff and special liquid crystal cleaning agent, to remove dust and stains on the screen.
2. Do not pressure when wiping the LCD screen surface.
3. Please do not use water and other chemical cleaners to wipe the LCD screen surface, chemical agents may damage the LCD screen surface.

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