Posted by blackburst@aol.com on 07/13/06 15:38

Rôgêr wrote:
> Please, no lectures on using crappy equipment, it's what I have to work
> with. But we started this evening doing a live show at one of our leased
> access stations. Problem is, the way it's set up, as soon as *any* video
> signal hits the wire, it switches immediately to it. When I turn the
> Videonics on, we (along with our millions of viewers *heh*) see the
> Videonics splash screen. Anybody know how to turn on the mixer without
> having to show the splash screen?

Why don't you put another video switcher after it?

You can use one of those $25.00 a/v switch boxes (RCA in/out). Or to go
on the cheap, get a standard cable A/B switch (RF connectors) and use
adapters for RCA. Some of my systems STILL use the cable A/B to switch
government meetings on the air.

I presume the headend detects incoming video and switches to it. Like I
said, use an external switch. Have the Videonics "in black". As soon as
your signal hits air and is stable, dissolve up to your program.

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