Sony AWS-G500E manual

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    1 A WS-G500E Liv e Content Pr oducer TM sony .com/anycaststation click: sony .com/son ysports SONY56177_AWS-G500E.indd 1 4/9/10 1:59:47 PM[...]

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    Simulat ed image Liv e Content Pr oducer 2 SONY56177_AWS-G500E.indd 2 4/9/10 1:59:50 PM[...]

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    Liv e Cont ent Pr oducer A WS - G500E The An ycast Station™ Live Content Pr oducer A WS-G500E is a solution that combines decades of Son y A V expertise t ogether with industr y-leading IT technology . Designed as a pow erful cont ent creation tool for live event pr ogr amming, it is comprised of a high-quality video switcher , an audio mixer , a[...]

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    MAIN FEA TURES All-in-one design The A WS-G500E comes equipped with a video switcher , an audio mixer , an LCD display , and camera contr ol functions, all packed into a compact att ache´ case design. This approach eliminates an y ext ernal wiring and cumber - some signal adjustments, making setup extr emely easy and quick. On the large LCD screen[...]

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    Source Viewer Displays the thumbnail video of each input source.The windows of the sources selected for PGM out and PVW out are highlighted in red and amber, res pectively. Streaming Display Displays the parameters, current server status of the streaming video, and URL of the AWS- G500E the user is operating. PGM Viewer Displays the source currentl[...]

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    Text Typing Tool software The A WS-G500E comes with T ext Typing T ool softwar e, which is contr olled via an easy-t o-use GUI displayed in full size on the LCD screen. This GUI can be easily toggled between the main GUI of the A WS-G500E. The T ext T yping T ool softwar e allows oper ators to easily generat e still te xt for superimposition on the[...]

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    Flexible video input configurations The A WS-G500E has three slots for optional modules located on the rear panel. A variety of optional interf ace modules r anging from SD t o HD ar e available, allowing users to conf igur e the system exactly as r equir ed. What’ s mor e, the A WS-G500E allows each input on these modules to be assigned to an y [...]

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    Multi-Camer a Recording* 5 Camer a 1 Camer a 2 Camer a 3 Camer a 4 D V Compr ession Nonlinear Editing HDD Handover External hard disk drives (HDD) operation* 5 During a live event, the A WS-G500E with optional BKA W -570 or BKA W -580 allows synchronized r ecording (DV -A VI format) of two primary standar d definition video input sources to an ext [...]

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    A / V Pr ocessing Using built-in Streaming function Using Ser vice Pro vider Str eaming Encoder Str eaming Ser ver Internal HDD On-demand Video File A / V Pr ocessing Str eaming Encoder Str eaming Server Str eaming Server We b Small number of clients Unlimit ed clients Service Pr ovider Streaming Encoder and Streaming Server – Live and On-demand [...]

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    APPLIC A TIONS Ex ample: Large projection application The A WS-G500E is a conv enient live content creation syst em that allows easy integr ation of PC images, such as Microsoft Pow erPoint ® slides and Excel ® spreadsheets , int o live video pr ogr amming. The A WS-G500E is designed so that PC image quality and/or video quality ar e not degr ade[...]

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    DIMENSIONS unit : inches(mm) 14 ( 354 ) 16 3/ 4 ( 424 ) 3 3/4 ( 93 ) 13 3º 4 1 /2 ( 114 ) 1 4 7/8 ( 375 ) 1 3 3/8 ( 339 ) FUNCTIONS Video Switcher Configuration 6 Primary inputs and 1 Internal Still Picture 1 M/E + 1 Key er + DSK + L OGO Input Level Control Lum Level / Lum Offset(Setup) / Chroma Level / Hue (NTSC only) Video Eff ect Mix and 16 pa[...]

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    SPECIFIC A TIONS General Power Requirements AC 100-240 V, 50/60 Hz Operating Voltage AC 90-260 V, 47/63 Hz Power Consumption 1.6 A - 0.8 A Operating Temperature 42 to 104 °F (5 to 40 °C) Dimensions (W x H x D) 16 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 14 inches (424 x 114 x 354 mm) Weight 15 lb 9 oz (7.0 kg)* 1 Video Signals VIDEO OUTPUTS ( in ex-f actory configur ation[...]