Getting Connected: Display Settings
1. After completing the software and hardware installation, connect your
DeckLink card to an external device such as a broadcast monitor, tape
deck or Blackmagic HDLink. Connection diagrams, for the DeckLink
family of cards, can be found towards the end of this manual from page
21 onwards.
2. Go to the Apple menu and choose System Preferences. Click on the
Displays icon. Ensure that “Show displays in menu bar” is enabled.
If you are using Mac OS X™ 10.2.x, ensure that “Show modes
recommended by display” is disabled. If you are using Mac OS X™
10.3 (or newer), increase the “Number of recent modes” to 10.
The same dialog box should also be appearing on your broadcast
monitor and you should also increase its “Number of recent modes” to
10 especially if you are using a high denition DeckLink card. Quit out
of System Preferences.
3. Go to the menu bar above your main display and you should nd the
Displays menu. Click on it and you will see all of the display resolutions
for your 1 or 2 main computer monitors as well as for your TV monitor.
4. The standard denition DeckLink cards will list two modes, NTSC
(720 x 486, 29 Hz) and PAL (720 x 576, 25 Hz). The high denition
DeckLink cards will list many more modes in addition to these two
modes. Select the desired mode and your TV monitor should switch
to that mode. If you have a NTSC-only monitor and switch to a PAL
desktop, the video will appear gray in color. The same is true if you
have a PAL-only monitor and switch to NTSC. A multi-format monitor is
required to display the different modes in their correct color.
5. You can switch between TV resolutions by opening the System
Preferences and then selecting Displays. However using the Displays
menu is usually much easier and more convenient.
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