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The Tower™ With Avid Xpress DV
Quick Setup Guide Document includes: • • •
Setting up your Tower Connecting a digital video deck or camera to your Tower Connecting an analog video deck or camera to your Tower © 2000 Ocean Systems 800-253-7516 www.oceansystems.com
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Setting up your Tower System 1.
ATTACH MOUSE AND KEYBOARD
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The PS-2 ports are specific. Be sure to attach the mouse and keyboard to the ports as shown in Fig. 1.
2.
ATTACH THE AVID XPRESS DV HARDWARE LOCK
The hardware lock (dongle) attaches to the parallel port as shown in Fig. 2.
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Setting up your Tower System 3.
CONNECT YOUR 422/232 CABLE. (FOR ANALOG DECKS ONLY) If you are connecting a 422 controllable deck, attach the 422 converter to com1, then attach the 232 cable from the converter to your deck. Make sure the 232 side (silver) is connected to the tower and the 422 side (grey) is connected to the deck. This cable is for analog decks. If you are utilizing a DV camera or deck, use your IEEE DV cable for deck control.
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ATTACH THE MONITOR TO THE VGA CONNECTOR Your VGA monitor plugs into the connection labeled “1” as shown in Fig. 4.
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Setting up your Tower System 5.
CONNECT YOUR AUDIO I/O
Fig 5 shows the audio connections both in and out of the system. Use the port labeled “F L/R” to connect audio to your speakers. To bring audio into your system (from a deck, camera, or transcoder), use the port labeled “Line In”. You must have audio going into the system through the “Line In” port to monitor any audio you are digitizing.
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PLUG IN THE SYSTEM AND TURN IT ON.
Connect audio from playback device (deck, transcoder) to the “Line In” Port to monitor audio as it’s digitized
Connect speakers to the F L/R port
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Plug the power cable in as shown in Fig. 5. Fig 5A shows the power button on the front of The Tower.
Fig. 5A
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Connecting a Digital Video Deck or Camera To connect a digital video deck or camera, you need to have the provided A/V cables from your digital video deck or camera and the capture board available. Follow each step and make sure to connect both the DV and the analog cables. Step
1.
Connect the DV cable from the digital deck or camera to the capture board.
Description Connect a 4-pin to 4-pin DV-to-DV cable from the digital deck or camera to the DV port on the capture board. This provides DV video and audio to and from the capture board. This cable must remain connected to use the hardware codec in the camera for display during editing.
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Connecting a Digital Video Deck or Camera Step
Description
2.
Connect the analog video from the digital deck or camera to the capture board.
Connect the analog signal with either an RCA cable (step 2a) or an S-Video cable (step 2b). Perform step 2a or step 2b, not both.
2a
Connect an RCA-to-RCA cable from the camera to the in1 port on the capture board.
Provides a composite analog signal from the hardware codec of the camera to the In1 port on the capture board. The signal is looped to the Out1 port and used as a composite output of the capture board to the client monitor (your TV or NTSC monitor).
2b
Connect an S-Video-to-S-Video cable from the camera to the in2 port on the capture board.
Same as step 2a except the signal uses the In2 and Out2 ports.
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Connecting a Digital Video Deck or Camera Step
Description
3.
Connect the capture board to the optional Client monitor.
Connect the Client monitor with either an RCA cable (step 3a) or S-Video cable (step 3b).
3a
Connect an RCA cable to the Out1 port on the capture board.
Provides composite analog video from the Out1 port, looped from the In1 port connection, to the Client monitor. You can see the incoming video during the record process and when you play a clip, as explained in step 2a.
Attach the other end of the cable to the Client monitor.
3b
Connect a cable with an S-Video connector to the Out2 port on the capture board. Attach the other end of the cable to the Client monitor.
Same as step 3a except the signal uses the In2 and Out2 ports.
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Connecting a Digital Video Deck or Camera Step
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Connect the audio Out of your camera or deck to the Audio in at the rear of your Ocean Systems Xpress DV editing system.
Description Provides audio output to the speakers during the record process or when you are playing a clip. Make sure you have already connected your provided speakers.
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Connecting an Analog Video Deck or Camera An analog video deck connects to the Sony transcoder, and the transcoder connects to the Ocean Systems editing system. You need the cables from your camera and the capture board available.
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Step
Description
Connect the video and audio cables from an analog video deck to the input of the Sony transponder.
Provides an analog signal to be recorded and used as DV data. It also allows the composite video signal and analog audio signal to be sent from the transcoder back to the deck when you output the edited file.
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Connecting an Analog Video Deck or Camera Step
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Connect the DV cable from the Sony transcoder to the capture board.
Description Connect a 4-pin to-4-pin DV-to-DV cable from the Sony transcoder to the DV port on the capture board. This provides DV video and audio to and from the capture board. This cable must remain connected to use the hardware codec in the Sony transcoder for display during editing.
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Connecting an Analog Video Deck or Camera Step
Description
3
Connect the analog video from the transcoder to the capture board
Connect the analog signal with either an RCA cable (step 3a) or an S-Video cable (step 3b), not both.
3a
Connect an RCA-to-RCA cable from the Sony transcoder to the In1 port on the capture board.
Provides a composite analog signal from the hardware codec of the transcoder to the In1 port on the capture board. The signal is looped to the Out1 port and used as a composite output of the capture board to the Client monitor. This signal will also loop through via the DV connection as a VGA overlay.
3b
Connect an S-Video to S-Video cable from the Sony transcoder to the In2 port on the capture board.
Same as step 3a except the signal uses the In2 and Out2 ports.
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Connecting an Analog Video Deck or Camera Step
Description
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Connect the Client monitor to the capture board.
Connect the Client monitor with either an RCA cable (step 4a) or S-Video cable (step 4b).
4a
Connect an cable with an RCA connector to the Out2 port on the capture board.
Provides composite analog video from the Out1 port, looped from the In1 port connection, to the client monitor. You can see the incoming video during the record process and when you play a clip, as explained in step 3a.
Attach the other end of the cable to the Client monitor.
4b
Connect a cable with an S-Video connector to the Out2 port on the capture board. Attach the other end of the cable to the Client monitor.
Same as step 4a except the signal uses the In2 and Out2 ports.
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Connecting an Analog Video Deck or Camera Step
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Connect the Audio Out of your Sony transcoder to Audio In at the rear of the Ocean Systems Xpress DV editing System. You can use the cables that came with your transcoder.
Description Provides audio output to the speakers during the record process or when you are playing a clip
