Atomos SUMO19 User Manual

*Subject to change without notice Atomos Sumo19 – User Manual Edition 1: September 2017 22
Setting up for recording
As soon as you connect a supported signal to the Sumo19 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 Sumo19. 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 Sumo19
• Check your Timecode and trigger settings are as required
• Choose how you will start/stop your recording
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 SUMO19 Specifications

General

Product color	Black
Housing material	Aluminum
Video capturing speed	120 fps
Maximum video resolution	3840 x 2160 pixels
DC voltage	16.8 V
Power consumption (typical)	75 W
Built-in display	Yes
Display diagonal	19 \
Display resolution	1920 x 1200 pixels
BNC input ports	1
HDD size	2.5 \

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	63 mm
Width	504 mm
Height	310 mm
Weight	5450 g