Avid NewsCutter 2.0 Installation guide

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tools for storytellers®

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NewsCutter

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Setup Guide

Release 2.0

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Avid NewsCutter Setup Guide • Part 0130-04675-01 Rev. A • November 2000

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Contents

Using This Guide

Who Should Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

About This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using the Help System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Related Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

If You Have Documentation Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Chapter 1 Introduction

NewsCutter System Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Meridien I/O Box Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Checking the Installation Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Rack-Mounting Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chapter 2 Setting Up the NewsCutter System

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Arranging Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Assembling the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Connecting the Keyboard and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Installing the Application Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Connecting the UI Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Connecting NewsCutter to the Meridien I/O Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Avid MediaDrive or MediaDock Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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Supported MediaDrives and MediaDock Storage Devices . . . 43

Connecting Avid Drives to NewsCutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Data Rate Calculations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Drive Striping Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Optional NewsCutter Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Local Area Network Workgroup Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Fibre Channel Workgroup Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Avid Unity for News Workgroup Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

SDTI Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Chapter 3 Connecting Audio and Video Devices

Avid Meridien I/O Box Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Audio Interface Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Video Interface Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Serial Digital Interface Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Connecting the Reference Signal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Controlling a Video Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Connecting a V-LAN VLXi Controller and GPI Devices. . . . . . 67

Video Local Area Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

General-Purpose Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Master Clock Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

SDTI Device Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Chapter 4 Running the System Diagnostics

Turning On the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Avid System Test Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Starting Avid System Test Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Quick Start Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Understanding the Main Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Understanding the Avid System Test Preferences Window . . . 78

Running the Standard Diagnostics Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Running the External/User Interaction Diagnostics Suite . . . . 81

External Diagnostics Audio Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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External Diagnostics Component Video Cabling . . . . . . . . 82

External Diagnostics Composite Video Cabling . . . . . . . . . 83

External Diagnostics Serial Digital Video Cabling. . . . . . . 84

External Diagnostics S-Video Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Running the External Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Understanding the Error Log Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Avid StorEx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Running Avid StorEx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Avid StorEx Disk Test Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Test Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Console Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Test Preferences Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Tests Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Options Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

Chapter 6 Setting Up Workgroups

Using TransferMananger as a Peer-to-Peer Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Media File Transfers to Playback Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Cabling NewsCutter to the Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Connecting NewsCutter and the Playback Device for

Ingest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Setting Up the Playback Device for Ingest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Setting Up NewsCutter for Ingest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Connecting NewsCutter and the Playback Device for

Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Connection Between NewsCutter and the Fibre

Channel Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Connection Between the Playback Device and the

Fibre Channel Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

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Connection Between the Playback Device, NewsCutter,

and the Ethernet Hub or Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Transferring Files from NewsCutter to the Playback

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Transferring from the Playback Device to NewsCutter . . . . . 119

Transferring Media Files from NewsCutter for

Play-to-Air. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Chapter 7 Connecting Fader Controllers and a VTR Emulator

Connecting Fader Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Connecting to the MIDI Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Connecting JL Cooper Fader Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Initializing and Testing the JL Cooper Fader Controllers . . . . 126

Connecting the Yamaha 01V Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Connecting a VTR Emulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Appendix A Servicing the Avid Meridien I/O Box

Meridien Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Meridien I/O Box Board Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Serial Digital Interface Board Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Appendix B Supported Serial Control Video Decks

General Deck Selection Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Direct Serial Decks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Edit Decks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Record Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Play Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

V-LAN Decks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Edit Decks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Record Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Play Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

VTRs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

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Appendix C Regulatory and Safety Notices

FCC Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Canadian ICES-003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

European Union Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Australia and New Zealand EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Taiwan EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Index

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Figures

Figure 1-1 Meridien I/O Box Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Figure 1-2 Meridien I/O Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Figure 2-1 Configured System Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Figure 2-2 IBM IntelliStation Z Pro — Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Figure 2-3 Meridien I/O Box Rear Panel Board Slots . . . . . . . . . . 36

Figure 2-4 Keyboard and Mouse Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Figure 2-5 Application Key Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Figure 2-6 VGA Cable Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Figure 2-7 Connection Between NewsCutter and Meridien

I/O Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 2-8 Dual-Channel SCSI Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 2-9 Connecting the MediaDrive or MediaDock SCSI

Cable to NewsCutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 2-10 Ethernet Workgroup Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Figure 2-11 Fibre Channel Workgroup Configuration . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 2-12 Avid WorkGroup Flow Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Figure 2-13 Sample Layout for an Avid Unity for News

Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Figure 3-1 Audio I/O Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Figure 3-2 Video I/O Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Figure 3-3 Serial Digital Video I/O Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Figure 3-4 Reference Signal Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Figure 3-5 Video Deck Control Cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Figure 3-6 V-LAN VLXi Deck Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Figure 3-7 Timecode Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Figure 3-8 SDTI Interface Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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Figure 4-1 Avid System Test Pro Quick Start Dialog Box. . . . . . . 76

Figure 4-2 Avid System Test Pro Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Figure 4-3 Avid System Test Preferences Window

— Test Control Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Figure 4-4 Avid System Test Preferences Window

— Video Subsystem Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Figure 4-5 Audio Test External Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Figure 4-6 Component Video External Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Figure 4-7 Composite Video External Cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Figure 4-8 Serial Digital Video External Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Figure 4-9 S-Video External Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Figure 4-10 Error Log Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Figure 4-11 Avid StorEx Disk Test Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Figure 4-12 Avid StorEx Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Figure 4-13 Avid StorEx Test Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Figure 4-14 Avid StorEx Test Preferences Window

— Tests Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Figure 4-15 Avid StorEx Test Preferences Window

— Options Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Figure 6-1 Audio, Video, and Serial Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Figure 6-2 Fibre Channel and Ethernet Connections. . . . . . . . . . 116

Figure 6-3 Digital Cut Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Figure 7-1 IBM IntelliStation Z Pro — MIDI Connector . . . . . . . 123

Figure 7-2 Fader Controller Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Figure 7-3 MCS-3000X Fader Controller Rear View . . . . . . . . . . 125

Figure 7-4 Connecting JL Cooper Fader Controllers . . . . . . . . . . 126

Figure 7-5 Yamaha 01V Mixer Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

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Figure 7-6 Connecting a VTR Emulator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Figure A-1 Meridien Audio Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Figure A-2 Meridien Video Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Figure A-3 Meridien Serial Digital Interface Connectors. . . . . . . 135

Figure A-4 Meridien I/O Box Thumb Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Figure A-5 Circuit Board Connector and Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Figure A-6 Video I/O Board Blank Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Figure A-7 Meridien Serial Digital Interface Connector . . . . . . . 138

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Tables

Table 1-1 NewsCutter Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Table 1-2 Optional Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Table 1-3 Meridien I/O Box Indicator Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Table 2-1 Avid NewsCutter Expansion Slot Assignments . . . . . 35

Table 2-2 Meridien I/O Box Peripheral Board Locations . . . . . . 36

Table 2-3 MediaDrive and MediaDock Shuttle Information . . . 44

Table 2-4 Drive Storage Capacities (Minutes) for NTSC

Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Table 2-5 Drive Storage Capacities (Minutes) for PAL

Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Table 2-6 Data Rate Storage Calculations for NTSC

Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Table 2-7 Data Rate Storage Calculations for

PAL Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Table 2-8 Drive Striping Requirements for NTSC Video . . . . . . 49

Table 2-9 Drive Striping Requirements for PAL Video . . . . . . . 50

Table 2-10 SDTI Signal Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Table 5-1 No Display After Power-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Table 5-2 Display Colors Are Incorrect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Table 5-3 Cannot Initialize Meridien II Digital Media

Board Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Table 5-4 UI Monitor Does Not Display Selected

Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Table 5-5 Security Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Table 5-6 MediaDrives Not Recognized by System . . . . . . . . . 102

Table 5-7 Cannot Read NewsCutter CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Table 5-8 Video Deck or V-LAN Not Recognized . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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Table 5-9 No Video in Playback Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Table 5-10 Sequences or Clips Do Not Appear in the Source

or Timeline Viewers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Table 6-1 Workgroup Cable Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Table A -1 Meridien Audio Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Table A -2 Meridien Video Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Table A -3 Meridien Serial Digital Interface Identifiers . . . . . . . 135

Table B - 1 Direct Serial Edit Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Table B - 2 Direct Serial Record Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Table B - 3 Direct Serial Play Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Table B - 4 V-LAN Edit Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Table B - 5 V-LAN Record Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Table B - 6 V-LAN Play Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

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Using This Guide

The Avid

®

NewsCutter

®

Setup Guide explains how to set up NewsCutter

system components. NewsCutter ships with Windows NT

®

4.0,

Windows

®

Service Pack, and the NewsCutter application loaded on

the internal hard drive. You should consult the Avid

NewsCutter Release

Notes, distributed with this guide, for any late-breaking information

that might apply to your system setup.

If for any reason the NewsCutter application needs to be reinstalled,

see the release notes for instructions on installing the application. For

instructions on how to install Windows NT, see your Windows NT

documentation.

Who Should Use This Guide

You should have some prior knowledge of computers before

attempting to install this product. If you are not familiar with

computers, you should obtain qualified help before installing any

hardware or software for this product.

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About This Guide

Use this guide when you are connecting the peripherals and cables to

the NewsCutter system. After you complete the installation, you

might want to consult this guide if you need to add external drives

and video decks to the NewsCutter system.

After you set up the NewsCutter system and connect it to the Avid

Meridien

™

input/output (I/O) box, see Chapter 4, “Running the

System Diagnostics” to verify that your hardware is functioning

properly. Troubleshooting information is also provided to help if you

encounter any problems. To install the optional Meridien serial digital

interface board or to replace a subassembly in the Meridien I/O box,

see Appendix A.

The Index helps you locate the information you need.

Symbols and Conventions

The Avid NewsCutter Setup Guide uses the following special symbols

and conventions:

1. Numbered lists, when the order of the items is important.

a. Alphabetical lists, when the order of secondary items is

important.

• Bulleted lists, when the order of the items is unimportant.

- Indented dashed lists, when the order of secondary items is

unimportant.

n

A note provides important related information, reminders, recommendations,

and strong suggestions.

c

A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to

your computer or cause you to lose data.

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w

A warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm.

Follow the guidelines in this guide or on the unit itself when

handling electrical equipment.

Using the Help System

You can get help and background information for tasks, windows,

dialog boxes, and screen objects through the Avid Help system. The

Help system is HTML-based and operates in a Web browser. To open

the Help system, start the NewsCutter application and choose

NewsCutter Help from the Help menu. The Help system for

NewsCutter opens and displays a list of topics in the Contents frame

on the left side of the screen. Click an entry in the list to display the

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