Trouble with HDMI only wireless video system converting to SDI

[yves d]

I have a radian wireless video system. The receiver only has HDMI out. I'm trying to connect it to a Flanders which only has SDI in. I purchased a blackmagic micro hdmi to sdi converter and had trouble getting it to work. Tried to troubleshoot it at the store where I purchased the converter without any luck.

Anyone have success with a similar system and converting the receiver from hdmi to sdi?

 

[Bob Gundu]

It may be the Flanders. Did you try it on a regular TV?

 

[yves d]

It may be the Flanders. Did you try it on a regular TV?

Yeah, I tried it on several different monitors.

 

[Nick Gardner]

Make sure the sdi converter supports the format you are shooting in. A lot will only do tv deliverable formats, not acquisition formats.

Nick

 

[yves d]

Make sure the sdi converter supports the format you are shooting in. A lot will only do tv deliverable formats, not acquisition formats.

Nick

I used this one https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...sign_convcmic_hs_micro_converter_hdmi_to.html

It works ok if I connect it directly from camera to the monitor. As soon as I add the wireless receiver it stops working.

 

[Patrick Hogue]

I would try another brand of HDMI to SDI Converter, like Decimator MD-LX or Atomos H2S. Although I own many BMD products, I don’t trust them 100%.

 

[Jan Balster]

Does the Flanders have a a DVI Port? You could get a DVI to HDMI adapter and try to connect it that way. I do that all the time with my older Panasonic and TVlogic monitors that don't have HDMI.

https://smile.amazon.com/Rankie-Ada...F8&qid=1523817138&sr=1-6&keywords=dvi+to+hdmi

- Jan

 

[Jacek Zakowicz]

HDMI signal contains HDCP handshake. If the converter does not have it the signal won't pass through.

 

[Kirby Hamilton]

I use the Atomos converters with no problems. However I also have a Flanders and it will not accept the HDMI signal from my Canon cameras. Or If the Flanders is the 2nd monitor in a chain of 2 monitors it wont' accept the signal. No problems with my Panasonic 17".

 

[Patrick Hogue]

Using a HDMI to DVI cable/adapter from HDMI camera output to the DVI port on a FSI monitor only works some of the times. I suspect that there are HDMI protocols that the monitor does not recognize as it’s not a true HDMI input. I have had luck with some cameras but not others. So I always convert the signal to SDI with an Atomos H2S or Decimator MD-HX.