Atomos SHOGUN User Manual

*Subject to change without notice Atomos Shogun – User Manual Edition 2: January 2016 21
Setting up for recording
As soon as you connect a supported signal to the Shogun input and have
inserted a formatted drive the following will happen;
• The Rec icons will go solid
• The input source & format will be shown in the top left corner
• Audio inputs will show levels in bottom left corner
Recording Checklist
• Check there is a valid signal by checking the input menu ensuring all
eldsdisplayagreentick.
• Check the input signal is set to what you would like from the input menu:
- Progressive
- Progressive with 2:2 or 3:2 pulldown (1080i inputs only)
- Interlaced (HD Only)
• If you see No Input for any reason please check your camera settings
match a supported format for Shogun. The formats supported are listed
inthetechnicalspecicationspageattheendofthismanual.
• Connect any additional Analogue audio inputs and adjust gain
accordingly.
• Check you have the correct audio channels in record, set to you
required from the audio panel.
• Connect headphones and monitor the audio channels to make sure the
sound is as expected
• Ensure the video is coming in as expected. Make sure the signal is
clean and does not have any GUI overlays from the camera.
• Check you have the correct Scene & Shot number selected, this can be
adjustbytappingthelenametothetopofthescreen.
• Check your drive is inserted and has been formatted by the Shogun
• Check your Timecode and tigger settings are as required
• Choose how you will start/stop your recording
• Check for clean input:
By touching the screen in Monitor mode, you can remove the Atomos
overlays to give you a clean screen. If any overlay graphics remain, these
will be coming from your camera. Please check the settings on your
camera to switch these off.
Choosing your recording format (Codec)
Select the codec name on to the top left of the screen to display the codec
menu.
From the codec section you can toggle between ProRes® or Avid
DNxHD
®
*. The Quality menu allows you to toggle codec compression
Apple ProRes offers 3 levels of compression (HQ, 422 & LT) DNx offers 4
(220x, 220, 145, 36 ) and DNxHR is available in HQX, HQ, SQ and LB.
The expected record time available from each codec selection is
automatically calculated from the available space on the media inserted.
If Avid DNxHD / DNxHR is required, you must activate it rst. This can
be done at www. atomos.com/support – DNxHD 220x/DNxHR HQX
are 10bit, all others are 8 bit, DNxHD36 is a proxy codec.
More information regarding Apple ProRes data rates can be obtained
online from Apple ProRes whitepaper PDF document.
8. Monitoring and Recording
Ready to Record
No Input / Disk Present
No Input / No Disk / No Disk Formatted
Input Present / No Disk

Atomos SHOGUN Specifications

General

Display resolution	1920 x 1200 pixels
HDD size	2.5 \
HDD interface	Serial ATA
Power consumption (typical)	20 W
Product color	Black

Weight and Dimensions

Weight	732 g
Dimensions (WxDxH)	196 x 47 x 110 mm