If you press the FTB button, the whole program output of the switcher will fade to black.
The button will flash to indicate to you that it’s active. You can set the duration for the fade to
black transition in the LCD menu or on a software or hardware control panel.
Press the fade to black or FTB button to perform a
fade to black on the whole program output, including
any graphics or keyers that may be in use
Front Panel Aux Switching
If you want to live switch the aux output of the switcher then press the AUX button to go into
aux mode. Once in aux mode you will notice that the source buttons have now changed to
white and the aux button is illuminated white also. This means that any source button you select
will send that output to the aux SDI output of the switcher. While in aux mode, you won’t be
controlling the switcher anymore and you are only changing the aux output, not the program
output. To go back to normal switcher operation, just select the aux button again.
If you select aux and you don’t see any front panel buttons illuminated, then it could be that
there is a source selected to the aux output that does not have a button on the front panel.
For example if you had color bars selected to the aux output, when you go into aux mode, none
of the front panel buttons would be illuminated.
You can change aux sources in the LCD menus or on a software or hardware control panel.
There are more options for aux sources than available on the buttons on the front panel and
please check out the LCD menus for all the options.
Press the auxiliary or aux button to go into aux mode and press
an input button to select it on the auxiliary output
Using the LCD Menus
The LCD Menus make the entire operation of the switcher available. In the examples above, we
used the menus and it’s a good idea to explore the menus to see what’s available. If you have
used the software control panel on an ATEM switcher in the past, then you will see that each
menu is like a palette on the software control panel and each palette on the software control
panel has a menu page on the LCD. However, there are a few extra LCD menus and these
include program, preview and aux source, the audio mixer, and there is also a settings page for
setting up your ATEM Television Studio HD.
Master
+2.3dB
AUX
MENU
SET
FTB
MP 2
AUTO
DSK 1
MIX
MP 1
CUT
ON
AFV AFV AFV AFV AFV AFV AFV
AFV
8
Camera 5
+2.3dB
MENU
SET
FTB
MP 2
AUTO
DSK 1
MIX
MP 1
CUT
ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON
AFV AFV AFV AFV AFV AFV AFV AFV
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AUXAUX
Camera 5
+2.3dB
MENU
SET
FTB
MP 2
AUTO
DSK 1
MIX
MP 1
CUT
ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON
AFV AFV AFV AFV AFV AFV AFV AFV
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AUXAUX
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Using ATEM Television Studio HD