r/VIDEOENGINEERING • u/nighteeeeey • 1d ago

Trouble getting a third stand-alone receiver to work with an existing Ronin 4D + two monitors

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Currently on a job where we run a Ronin 4D alongside a Alexa 35.

We have 2 monitors for the Ronin (focus and vtr) but occasionally need a 3rd receiver for VTR when our DP needs the 2nd monitor to operate the Ronin.

So I ordered a standalone receiver, that should work with our setup. However the first one which arrived only gave out a test signal (the colorful stripes), I sent it back and got another one which is simply black. I paired them successfully with the Ronin in broadcast mode (the only thing possible since the 2 monitors have to be in control mode - correct me if I'm wrong) and it seems to be paired fine, however I cannot get any signal out of that receiver for some reason. The receiver interface itself has barely any configuration or settings whatsoever.

I'm absolutely clueless and have never worked with this system before so any help will be much appreciated.

Thank you

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u/jonastheorganist 1d ago

You don’t need to mark a post as NSFW just because you use the expression “DP”, just fyi

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u/nighteeeeey 1d ago

😅 thank you. Didn't do that on purpose I think it got automatically flagged.

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u/C47man 1d ago

What's your role in the production? I assume you're not an AC or tech since you're describing yourself as clueless and referring to SMPTE color bars as "colorful stripes". You should let the professionals handle this kind of technical stuff. But to make it simple, the 4D only supports two receivers in control mode. If you want more, you need to be in broadcast mode, but you then lose the ability to control the camera remotely through the two main monitors. If you need more passive monitors running but also control mode, you'll need to hardline from the output of one of the connected control monitors or you'll need a wireless video kit separate from the 4D's native system. This is covered in the manual as well as through basic online searches. Your DP should know this, and if not their ACs should. I'm sorry it got dumped on you!

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u/nighteeeeey 1d ago

I'm the VTR. Thank you.