That feeling when you always had great items and service from the same company for years and suddenly, it just fails miserably on every level possible ? Well, that's how we feel right now on set. The sidekick is far from being "universal" as promise. That first "alliance" between Teradek and Paralinx is a mistake. This Sidekick cost us time and money and was just too good to be true. We put the sidekick back in it's case and reached out to the reseller in Canada called Video Link : they won't take it back because we actually turned it on and used it.after a couple of emails and phone calls, they took it back with a 15% "return fee" !!! That's 300$ ! !! So we paid and now it's gone and could not be happier. Last time I had problems with PSF was back in 2013 with Cinetronic Gen2 monitors. I can't believe we still have PSF issues in 2016 with new gear. The only place this is mentioned anywhere (psf issue) is on the Paralinx website. It seems the paralinx units do not convert the signal to a P and just sends it as a PSF signal. What we learned the hard way is that the bolt 2000 linked to the sidekick WILL work with the F55 but the Paralinx units (any model) linked to the same Sidekick will not work with the F55. We then realize the cameras we have been using for the past 3 years (F55 with 4k module) is outputting a PSF signal when Sony menus use 1080P to describe it in it's menus and manuals. We had to check the literature to understand the camera signal was not recognized. And then it happened : screen just reads INVALID FORMAT. Just as we were losing all hope, one of the Tomahawks paired with the sidekick. Pairing this thing with the Bolt was easy and straightforward, but very frustrating with the Paralinx we reached out 3 or 4 times to teradek and paralinx support and got lots of tips that would not allow us still to pair it: removing antennas on sender, making sure the units were at least five feet away ,re-flashing firmware on all units, turning off all other sender / receiver kit on set (we have four running all the time). That is an option I would love even if it meant a couple more hundreds. No option to "store" the channels in the memory and recall them if needed. Second, you can only pair with one device at a time. Understandable and painless but still not an out of the box solution : I can't send the Sidekick on any sets last minute if not with my kits. After promising to keep his new identity a secret, Henry must navigate a double life. :įirst thing first, you have to upgrade every unit you have (TX and RX) with latest firmware, sidekick included. 13-year-old Henry Hart lands a part time job as Kid Danger, the sidekick-in-training to superhero Captain Man. Now we sometime need a third receiver and when teradek announced the sidekick, we jumped on the occasion to try it out as it was the ultimate tool to use with both Teradek and Paralinx units, a dream come true. We use them extensively on 90 days tv series and we have good results. We have 5 complete kits : 2 Tomahawks, 2 ArrowX, 1 Bolt 2000. Been a Teradek and Paralinx user for a while now and mostly happy with their products until now.
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