BMC 3.208 Reporter workflow

This workflow discusses how to use the Reporter equipment in BMC 3.208

Begin by checking out the Live Reporter Kit from equipment checkout in BMC 5.104.

This workflow assumes we are beginning with the equipment off, dark, and stowed.

Gently pull the camera unit out of wall recess with the handle provided.

There are 5 objects to turn on, and they each turn on in different ways.  They must all be turned on in-order for this equipment to function properly.

1) Turn on the light-switch labeled "Local Reporter Flat-Panel Lights" on the opposite wall.

2) Turn on the wall mounted Program Out monitor by pressing the button on the bottom right-hand side.

3) Turn on the top, shelf-mounted Teleprompter monitor by pressing the button on the right side.  This button is a little difficult to find.

4) Turn on the lower, Local Reporter monitor by touching the power symbol on the bottom right side.

5) Turn on the AJA KiPro Mini inside the rack, just behind the Local Reporter monitor, by holding down the power button for 2 seconds.

Remove the cloth cover from the camera.  Place the cover next to the camera, so we can put it back later.

At this point, the equipment should all be turned on, and look something like this:

Note: The teleprompter monitor should be on, but not necessarily displaying words.

Optional: To hear the producer in the Newsroom, set up the IFB earpiece. 

This will require:

• IFB earpiece
• Clearcom IFB Reciever
• XLR Cable

Plug the earpiece into the receiver.  

Clip the receiver behind you to a belt loop or something similar, so that it cannot be seen on camera, but the earpiece can reach your ear.

Plug the other end of the receiver into the XLR cable.

Plug the XLR for the IFB into one of the two IFB ports at the bottom of the rack.  Both ports are the same.

Clip the IFP to the back of your shirt.

Place the earpiece over the top of your ear, and in your ear, as if you were in the Secret Service.

Test the setup by talking at a normal level.

Watch to see levels move on the AJA Kona recording device.

Stand on the X taped to the floor.

Make sure you can see yourself in the lower, Local Camera monitor.

If you need to adjust the camera, you can change the pan, tilt, or zoom with the remote control in the Live Reporter Kit.

Optional: If you are using the IFB earpiece, make sure you can hear the producer in the Newsroom.  Adjust the volume on the side if necessary.

Your setup is now complete.

Remove and break-down the lavalier microphone and IFB.  Make sure to remove the battery from the microphone. Place them both in the Live Reporter Kit.
     

Turn off the AJA KiPro Mini by holding down the power button for 3 seconds.  The KiPro Mini will display that it is shutting down.

Turn off the 3 monitors by pushing the power button on each of them.

Place the cloth cover back on the camera.

Gently push the camera shelf back into the wall-rack.

Now the monitors and KiPro in the rack should be dark and stowed.

Turn off the Local Reporter Flat-Panel lights.

Return the Live Reporter Kit to Equipment Checkout in BMC 5.104.