Avid NewsCutter NewsCutter 1.5 Windows NT Installation guide

Brand: Avid NewsCutter

Model: NewsCutter 1.5 Windows NT

Type: Installation guide

tools for storytellers™

Avid

NewsCutter

Setup Guide

Release 1.5

for the Windows NT

Operating System

Avid NewsCutter Setup Guide • Part 0130-04395-01 Rev. A • November 1999

Contents

Using This Guide

Who Should Use This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

About This Guide

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Symbols and Conventions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Using the Help System

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

If You Need Help

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Related Information

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

If You Have Documentation Comments

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

How to Order Documentation

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Chapter 1 Introduction

NewsCutter System Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Meridien I/O Box Indicators

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Example System Layout

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Checking the Installation Materials

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Rack-Mounting Kits

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Chapter 2 Setting Up the NewsCutter System

Connecting the Keyboard and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Installing the Application Key

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Connecting the VGA Interconnect Cable

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Connecting NewsCutter to the Meridien I/O Box

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Avid MediaDrive Connection

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Evaluating Drive Types

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Data Rate Calculations

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Optional NewsCutter Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Network Configuration

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Fibre Channel Workgroup Configuration

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Chapter 3 Connecting Audio and Video Devices

Avid Meridien I/O Box Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Audio Interface Connections

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Video Interface Connections

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Serial Digital Interface Connections

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Connecting the Reference Signal

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Controlling a Video Deck

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Connecting a V-LAN VLX

i Controller and GPI Devices. . . . . . 43

Video Local Area Network

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

General-Purpose Interface

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Master Clock Connection

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Chapter 4 Running the System Diagnostics

Turning On the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Avid System Test Pro

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Starting Avid System Test Pro

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Quick Start Dialog Box

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Understanding the Main Window

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Understanding the Avid System Test Preferences Window

. . . 51

Running the Standard Diagnostics Suite

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Running the External/User Interaction Diagnostics Suite

. . . . 53

External Diagnostics Audio Cabling

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

External Diagnostics Component Video Cabling

. . . . . . . . 54

External Diagnostics Composite Video Cabling

. . . . . . . . . 55

External Diagnostics Serial Digital Video Cabling

. . . . . . . 56

External Diagnostics S-Video Cabling

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Running the External Tests

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Understanding the Error Log Window

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Avid StorEx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Running Avid StorEx

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Avid StorEx Disk Test Window

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Menus

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Toolbar

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Test Display

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Console Display

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Test Preferences Window

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Tests Tab

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Options Tab

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Control Buttons

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

Chapter 6 Setting Up Workgroups

Video Transfers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Cabling the NewsCutter to the Workgroup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Connecting the NewsCutter and Playback Device for Ingest

. 79

Setting Up the Playback Device for Ingest

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Setting Up the NewsCutter for Ingest

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Transferring from the NewsCutter to the Playback Device

. . . 82

Transferring from the Playback Device to the NewsCutter

. . . 84

Appendix A Servicing the Avid Meridien I/O Box

Avid Meridien Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Avid Meridien I/O Box Board Replacement

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Serial Digital Interface Board Installation

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Appendix B Supported Serial Control Video Decks

General Deck Selection Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Direct Serial Decks

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Edit Decks

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Record Decks

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Play Decks

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

V-LAN Decks

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Edit Decks

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Record Decks

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Play Decks

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

VTRs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Appendix C Regulatory and Safety Notices

FCC Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Canadian ICES-003

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

European Union Notice

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Australia and New Zealand EMC Regulations

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Index

Figures

Figure 1-1 Meridien I/O Box Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Figure 1-2

Sample NewsCutter Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Figure 1-3 Meridien I/O Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Figure 2-1 Keyboard and Mouse Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Figure 2-2

Application Key Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Figure 2-3 VGA Interconnect Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Figure 2-4 VGA Interconnect Cable Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Figure 2-5

Connection Between the NewsCutter and

Meridien I/O Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Figure 2-6

MediaDrive SCSI Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Figure 3-1

Audio I/O Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Figure 3-2 Video I/O Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Figure 3-3

Serial Digital Video I/O Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Figure 3-4 Reference Signal Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 3-5 Video Deck Control Cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Figure 3-6

V-LAN VLXi Deck Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 3-7 Timecode Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 4-1 Avid System Test Pro Quick Start Dialog Box. . . . . . . 49

Figure 4-2

Avid System Test Pro for NewsCutter Window. . . . . 49

Figure 4-3 Avid System Test Preferences Window

— Test Control Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 4-4

Avid System Test Preferences Window

— Video Subsystem Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Figure 4-5

Audio Test External Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 4-6

Component Video External Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 4-7 Composite Video External Cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Figure 4-8 Serial Digital Video External Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Figure 4-9 S-Video External Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Figure 4-10

Error Log Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Figure 4-11 Avid StorEx Disk Test Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 4-12 Avid StorEx Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Figure 4-13

Avid StorEx Test Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Figure 4-14 Avid StorEx Test Preferences Window

— Tests Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Figure 4-15

Avid StorEx Test Preferences Window

— Options Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 6-1

Audio, Video, and Serial Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Figure 6-2

Digital Cut Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Figure A-1 Avid Meridien Audio Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Figure A-2

Avid Meridien Video Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Figure A-3 Avid Meridien Serial Digital Interface Connectors. . . 89

Figure A-4 Avid Meridien I/O Box Thumb Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Figure A-5

Circuit Board Connector and Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Figure A-6 Video I/O Board Blank Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Figure A-7 Avid Meridien Serial Digital Interface Connector . . . 92

Tables

Table 1-1 NewsCutter Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Table 1-2

Optional Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Table 1-3 Meridien I/O Box Indicator Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Table 2-1 DV25 Data Rate Storage Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Table 5-1

No Display After Power-On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Table 5-2 Display Colors Are Incorrect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Table 5-3 Cannot Initialize TARGA Board Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Table 5-4

UI Monitor Does Not Display Selected Resolution. . . 72

Table 5-5 Security Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Table 5-6 MediaDrives Not Recognized by System . . . . . . . . . . 73

Table 5-7

Cannot Read NewsCutter CD-ROM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Table 5-8 Video Deck or V-LAN Not Recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Table 5-9

No Video on Playback Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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

Source or Timeline Viewers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Table 6-1

Workgroup Cable Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Table A-1 Avid Meridien Audio Identifiers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Table A-2 Avid Meridien Video Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Table A-3

Avid Meridien Serial Digital Interface Identifiers . . . 89

Table B-1 Direct Serial Edit Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Table B-2 Direct Serial Record Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Table B-3

Direct Serial Play Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Table B-4 V-LAN Edit Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Table B-5 V-LAN Record Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Table B-6

V-LAN Play Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

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.

About This Guide

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

the NewsCutter. 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 and connect it to the Avid Meridien

™

input/output (I/O) box, see the chapter “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.

A note provides important related information, reminders, recommendations,

and strong suggestions.

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

your computer or cause you to lose data.

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

To open the Help system, start the NewsCutter application and choose

NewsCutter Help from the Help menu. The Help Topics dialog box

opens. Double-click a book icon in the Help window to display the

topics.

The NewsCutter application also provides context-sensitive Help.

While the NewsCutter window is active, press F1 to display

information about that window or tool. Right-click a screen object in

the NewsCutter application for a shortcut menu. Click What’s This? to

display a description of the screen object.

ToolTips are pop-up labels that appear when the cursor is over any

NewsCutter button. You can turn on or turn off the ToolTips feature by

choosing Show ToolTips from the Help menu.

If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using NewsCutter, you should:

1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that

task in this guide.

2. Check the documentation that came with your hardware for

maintenance or hardware-related issues.

3. Check the Customer Service and News + Publications sections of

the Avid Web site at www.avid.com for the latest FAQs, Tips &

Techniques, Broadcast Update, and other Avid online offerings.

4. Check the Avid Bulletin Board, “Avid Online,” for information on

product and user conferences. If you do not find the solution to

your problem, you can exchange information with other Avid

customers and Avid Customer Support representatives.

5. Contact the local support office in your region.

Related Information

The Help system and the following documents provide more

information about NewsCutter:

• Avid NewsCutter Getting Started Guide

• Avid NewsCutter Release Notes

• Avid Products Collaboration Guide

The most recent update of the Avid Products Collaboration Guide is

available in the Documentation section of the Avid Customer Service

Knowledge Center. To access the Avid Customer Service Knowledge

Center, click the Avid Customer Service link at www.avid.com and

select Knowledge Center.

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CHAPTER 1

Introduction

This chapter introduces the NewsCutter hardware. The introduction

includes an overview of the system and a list of the standard and

optional components.

The NewsCutter is a computer with an Avid peripheral board set that

lets you digitally record and compress high-quality audio and video

analog or digital signals to disk. This disk-based, nonlinear, random

access system is designed for editing news stories and other broadcast

needs.

The peripheral board set, referred to as the TARGA

2000 board set,

fits into a full-length PCI slot and supports full-screen, full-motion

National Television Standards Committee (NTSC) video at 60 fields

per second or Phase Alternating Line (PAL) video at 50 fields per

second.

The Windows NT operating system and the Windows service pack

come preinstalled in the NewsCutter. Unpack the hardware (monitors,

Meridien I/O box, application key, and media storage) and connect

the components, as described in the following chapters. After you

connect all the hardware, install the NewsCutter application as

described in the Avid NewsCutter Release Notes.

A User Interface (UI) monitor displays the user interface, including the

Timeline and bins. A customer-supplied Playback monitor displays

media the system is playing or recording. The Avid Meridien I/O box

is the interface for all the audio and video, input and output

connections.

If you have purchased the optional serial digital board for the Avid Meridien

I/O box, see Appendix A for installation instructions.

When the system is recording, it stores the audio and video media data

in digital format on a MediaDrive. The system plays back the digital

media from the drives.

NewsCutter System Features

The NewsCutter minimum system requirements include the hardware

listed in Ta bl e 1 -1 .

Table 1-1 NewsCutter Features

Equipment Description

NewsCutter

Hard drive

CD-ROM

Floppy drive

Expansion slots

Keyboard

Mouse

Operating system

Deskside computer system with optional rack-mount kit

Internal hard drive (see the manufacturer’s

documentation for details)

Internal CD-ROM reader (see the manufacturer’s

documentation for details)

Internal 3.5-inch

PCI and ISA slots (see the manufacturer’s documentation

for details)

PS/2-style (with color-coded keycaps, branded with

icons, and linked to commands in the NewsCutter

application)

PS/2-style

Microsoft

Windows NT 4.0 with service pack

Small Computer

System Interface

(SCSI)

A fast and wide external SCSI connector provided for

external MediaDrives

Network interface Ethernet-compatible 10BASE-T/100BASE-T interface

connector

Video board Video graphics array (VGA) board

TARGA 2000

board set

Avid and Truevision

designed board set, used to

interface with the Avid Meridien I/O box

Monitor Color VGA monitor that displays the user interface;

1024 x 768 pixels capability

Meridien I/O box Interface for the NewsCutter; provides industry-standard

input and output connectors for broadcast video and

audio

Tabl e 1 -2 lists the NewsCutter optional or additional equipment that

is purchased separately.

Table 1-2 Optional Equipment

Equipment Description

Playback monitor Displays incoming video when recording. Also displays

playback material during the edit session.

MediaDrives Individual external Avid MediaDrive rS enclosures linked

in a SCSI chain. These drives are audio and video certified

with a 15-inch (38-centimeter [cm]) cable. The MediaDrive

rS enclosures can be rack-mounted or stacked on top of

each other.

MediaDock

™

An enclosure that houses up to eight 3.5-inch drives or up

to four 5.25-inch drives. The chassis can stand alone or be

rack mounted. Drives slide into slots and plug into a SCSI

bus in the chassis.

Video source A video deck or satellite feed can be used for recording

material to the NewsCutter. Recorded media can then be

transferred from the NewsCutter back to videotape.

Audio amplifier

and two speakers

Hardware for monitoring audio. (An amplifier is not

required if the speakers are powered.)

V-LAN

VLXi

If a deck does not support Sony

direct serial protocol,

control may be possible via V-LAN VLXi hardware, which

includes a transmitter and appropriate receivers.

General-purpose

interface (GPI)

(optional)

Triggers external hardware to play or create effects,

generate characters, or create other special video effects

using a parallel control interface.

Timecode

(customer-

supplied house

or master clock)

The timecode is used to synchronize all the input data to a

common clock time. The timecode is connected to the

Meridien I/O box, video decks, audio, and external

devices.

Black burst

generator

A stable video reference source is required for

synchronizing the system.

Meridien I/O Box Indicators

The Meridien I/O box provides six indicators along with a power

switch on the front of the box (see Figure 1-1

). When you turn on the

Meridien I/O box, the indicators will turn on and off as it goes

through its power-on self-test (POST). After the POST, the 48 kHz and

POWER indicators remain on.

Figure 1-1 Meridien I/O Box Indicators

Ta bl e 1 -3

lists the indicator functions.

44.1 kHz

48 kHz

PULL DOWN

AUDIO SYNC

VIDEO SYNC

POWER

44.1 kHz AUDIO SYNC PULL DOWN

48 kHz VIDEO SYNC POWER

Power switch

Table 1-3 Meridien I/O Box Indicator Functions

Indicator Function

44.1 kHz

The 44.1 kHz indicator is on when 44.1 kHz digital audio

is connected to the Meridien I/O box.

Do not use 44.1-kHz digital audio. The NewsCutter

accepts and outputs only 48 kHz.

48 kHz The 48 kHz indicator is on when 48 kHz digital audio is

connected to the Meridien I/O box.

Example System Layout

Before you start to connect and install equipment for NewsCutter, set

up your system components, especially monitors and keyboards, in

positions that allow you easy access to them.

AUDIO SYNC The audio synchronized indicator is on when audio is

detected by the Meridien I/O box.

VIDEO SYNC The video synchronized indicator is on when video is

detected by the Meridien I/O box.

PULL DOWN

The pulldown indicator is on when performing a telecine

film-to-tape transfer whereby 24-fps film material is

adapted to the 30-fps NTSC videotape format. Extra

pulldown fields are eliminated to achieve true 24-fps film

editing.

This function is not used in the NewsCutter.

POWER The power indicator is on when the Meridien I/O box

power switch is in the on (I) position.

Table 1-3 Meridien I/O Box Indicator Functions (Continued)

Indicator Function

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