Powering the Streamer X

Plug the provided power supply into your wall outlet, and then connect it to the Streamer X’s USB-C port with the lightning indicator. It will automatically switch on when provided power. You can also power the Streamer X directly from your computer via the USB 1 port, as long as it's able to provide a minimum of 5V / 3A stable power.

USB 1

This is the Streamer X’s primary USB port, and when connected, is used for sending and receiving video and audio data to your laptop or desktop computer. It can also be used to power the Streamer X if the power supply isn’t connected, provided your device can supply the appropriate level of power.

It’s important you use the included USB-C cable for this port, or alternatively a USB-C cable that supports SuperSpeed data transfer, as this is required to transmit the video feed.

When connected, the following devices will be available as input devices on your computer:

• Streamer X Main: This is the primary audio stream from your Streamer X and includes either the XLR microphone, instrument, headset microphone or wireless microphone system connected to your Streamer X.
• Streamer X HDMI (Audio): This input includes any audio that is sent into your Streamer X via the HDMI In connection. This can include the audio from your DSLR camera, video game console, or gaming computer, for instance.
• Streamer X HDMI (Video): This input represents the video stream sent to your Streamer X via HDMI In.

The Streamer X will also show up as an audio output device, which allows you to send audio from your computer to the headphone or headset output on your Streamer X.

USB 2

The USB 2 is intended to be used to connect secondary audio devices, such as consoles, computers, Android phones and tablets and similar devices for music playback, chat applications and other uses. When connected, you’ll be able to send audio to and from the device connected to USB 2 by using the “Streamer X Secondary” option in your audio device configuration setup.

Combo Jack

This input allows you to connect either an XLR cable for a microphone, or a 1/4-inch cable for an instrument. By default, the input will be tailored to receive volume levels of microphones, but you can switch to instrument mode (which offers a high-impedance input) by pressing and holding the input rotary encoder until the LED ring changes colour from pink to blue.

If your microphone requires phantom power (such as the NT1 5th Generation), you can provide this by pressing the red ‘P48’ button next to the input. You’ll notice the ‘P48’ indicator LED on the front of the unit light up red.

Input Encoder

This encoder is used to adjust the input level of the currently selected input device, whether that’s the microphone/instrument, headset or wireless microphone. Turn the encoder clockwise to increase the volume and notice the LED ring increase as you do so. You can click the encoder to cycle through these input devices and their respective indicator LEDs above the encoder will change accordingly.

Microphone/Instrument: This input is indicated by the pink ring around the input encoder and controls the level of the microphone or instrument connected to the combo jack (either an XLR or 1/4-inch connector). When in this mode, press-and-hold the encoder to switch between microphone input levels and high-impedance instrument levels, changing the encoder LED from pink to blue.

Headset: This input is indicated by the green ring around the input encoder and controls the level of the headset microphone plugged into the headset connector (3.5mm TRRS).

Wireless: This input is indicated by the cyan ring around the input encoder and controls the level of the RØDE Series IV wireless transmitter that’s paired with your Streamer X.

How to Pair Your Wireless Transmitter

To pair your transmitter to the Streamer X when in this mode, press-and-hold the input encoder until the cyan LED above it begins to flash, power on your transmitter and enter the transmitter into pairing mode. For the Wireless ME and Wireless GO II, this is just a short-press on the transmitter’s power button while the transmitter is already powered on and not paired to another receiver.

Headphone Encoder

You can use this control to raise or lower the volume of your headphones or headset. Turn the encoder clockwise to increase the volume, and notice the LED ring increase as you do so. Turn the encoder counterclockwise to reduce the volume. You can press this encoder in order to mute your headphones or headset, indicated by the encoder LED ring turning red.

Microphone Mute and Video Cut Switches

Microphone Mute: Pressing the microphone mute will instantly mute all microphone inputs and turn the button from green to red. This means the microphone inputs won’t be sent to any connected device (such as your computer) via USB, or to your headphones. This button synchronises to the UNIFY Stream Mix control and will affect all linked mixes (more on UNIFY below).

Video Cut: Pressing the video cut button will stop the video feed (from the HDMI input) being sent to your device connected to USB 1 and turn the button from green to red. Any audio passed over HDMI into the HDMI Input will not be muted, and the video and audio signal will still be passed to the HDMI Thru output.

SMART Pads

This section of Streamer X consists of four SMART pads and a pair of navigation arrows. The SMART pads have a wide range of uses, from triggering sounds and voice effects to MIDI commands and mixer actions. By default, the pads include a pitch-up and pitch-down effect, a censor button and various sound recordings, but these can be configured using the RØDECaster App or UNIFY.

Navigation Arrows

By default, these arrows allow you to cycle between banks of SMART pads (there are two banks on the Streamer X by default). The colour of your arrows will change (from white to red) when you’ve cycled to a different bank.

You can also enable ‘Presentation’ mode via the RØDECaster App under the ‘Customize SMART Pad’ menu, or UNIFY, which allows these arrows to perform the function of the left and right keys on your keyboard.