Avid Media Composer 10.0 Windows NT Installation guide

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tools for storytellers®

Avid

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Composer

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Setup Guide

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Operating System

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Avid Composer Products Setup Guide for the Windows NT Operating System •

Part 0130-04484-01 Rev. A • August 2000

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Contents

Using This Guide

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

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

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Related Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

If You Have Documentation Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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

Chapter 1 Hardware Overview

Avid System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The Platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Keyboard and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Peripheral Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

PCI Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Meridien Display Controller Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Meridien III Digital Media Board Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Meridien 3D Effects Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

F/C Controller Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

SCSI UL3D/160 Dual-Channel LVD Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

SCSI 2940U2B Single-Channel LVD Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

The Meridien I/O Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Meridien Video I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Meridien Eight-Channel Audio Interface Board. . . . . . . . . 28

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Meridien Two-Channel Audio I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Meridien Serial Digital I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Audio and Video Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Audio I/O Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

VLXi Multideck Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Black Burst Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Supported Internal Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

IBM 6866 Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

M Pro Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Supported External Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Standalone Fibre Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

SCSI LVD Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Avid Unity MediaNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

A Typical Avid System Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Chapter 2 Setting Up the System Hardware

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Checking the Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Arranging the Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Assembling the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Connecting the Keyboard and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Connecting the Meridien I/O Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Connecting the Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Connecting the 21-Inch Bin Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Connecting the 21-Inch Edit Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Connecting the Client Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Adjusting the Video Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Connecting the F/C Disk Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Placing the Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Connecting to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Connecting Cables to the Fibre Channel Controller Board . . . 48

Connecting to the Fibre Channel Drive Enclosure. . . . . . . . . . . 49

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Installing Rack-Mount FCDE Support Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Installing a Rack-Mount FCDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Connecting Cables to the Fibre Channel FCDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Connecting the Fibre Channel FCDE Power Cords . . . . . . . . . . 57

Installing Fibre Channel Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Setting Fibre Channel Drive Enclosure IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Connecting the SCSI Disk Subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Avid rS LVD MediaDrives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Avid MediaDock LVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Connecting the Application Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Using the Grounding Wrist Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Replacing the SDI Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Turning On the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Chapter 3 Testing the Hardware

Installing the Avid Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Diagnostic Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Diagnostic User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Understanding the Main Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Understanding the Board Information Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Understanding the Error Log Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Understanding the Preference Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Quick Start Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Before You Run Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Running the Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Running the Standard Test Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Running the External/User Interaction Test Suite . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Testing the Digital Media Board Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Testing the Video I/O Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Testing the Audio I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Cabling for the External/User Interaction Test Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Cabling for the Digital Media Board Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Cabling for the Video I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

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Running a Single Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Running Avid StorEx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

The Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

The Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

The Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

The Testing Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

The Console Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

The Preference Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

The Tests Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

The Options Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Before Running Avid StorEx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Running Avid StorEx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Chapter 4 Connecting Audio and Video Equipment

Video Decks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Configuration Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Identifying Audio and Video Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Meridien I/O Box Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Eight-Channel Audio Interface Board Connectors. . . . . . . . . . 108

Two-Channel Audio I/O Board Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Video I/O Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Meridien I/O Box Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Connecting a Client Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Synchronizing Audio and Video Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Connecting the Eight-Channel Audio Board and

Audio I/O Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Connecting the Black Burst Generator (BBGen). . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Connecting the BBGen to Two Video Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Controlling a Video Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Connecting Audio Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Connecting the Audio Splitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Connecting the Video Input/Output Board to Decks . . . . . . . . . . . 126

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Connecting A Single Video Deck — Component Signal . . . . 126

Connecting Two Video Decks — Component Signal . . . . . . . 128

Connecting A Single Video Deck — Composite Signal . . . . . 131

Connecting Two Video Decks — Composite Signal . . . . . . . . 133

Connecting A Single Video Deck — Digital Signal. . . . . . . . . 135

Connecting Two Video Decks — Digital Signal. . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Connecting a Video Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Chapter 5 Connecting Serial and MIDI Port Devices

Connecting to the MIDI Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Connecting JL Cooper Fader Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Initializing and Testing JL Cooper Fader Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . 143

Connecting the Yamaha 01V Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Connecting the JL Cooper Jog/Shuttle Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Connecting a VTR Emulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Chapter 6 Controlling Multiple Video Decks

Cabling Single VLXi Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Single-Deck Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Parallel Interface Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Cabling Dual-Deck Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Cabling Dual VLXi Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Configuring the VLXi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Setting VLXi Receiver Node Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Downloading VLXi Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

General Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

MediaDrive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Audio Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

3D Effects Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

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Appendix A Disk Subsystem Management

Windows NT Drive Subsystem Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Partition Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Supported File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Enabling Write Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Creating Primary Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Striping Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Creating a Stripe Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Formatting Partitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Moving Striped Sets Between Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Creating a Repair Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Creating a Disk Configuration Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Testing Drives on Windows NT Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Appendix B Removing and Installing the Fan

Removing and Installing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Removing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Installing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Appendix C Regulatory and Safety Notices

FCC Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Canadian ICES-003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

European Union Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Australia and New Zealand EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Taiwan EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Index

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Figures

Figure 1-1 Rear View of Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Figure 1-2 Meridien I/O Box Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Figure 1-3 IBM 6866 System Internal Drive Bay Locations. . . . . . 31

Figure 1-4 M Pro System Internal Drive Bay Locations . . . . . . . . 33

Figure 1-5 Avid System Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Figure 2-1 Arranging the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 2-2 Meridien I/O Box to System Cable Connection . . . . . 43

Figure 2-3 Digital Media Board Set to Meridien I/O Box

Cable Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 2-4 Bin Monitor to Display Controller Connection . . . . . . 44

Figure 2-5 21-Inch Bin Monitor Cable Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 2-6 Edit Monitor to Display Controller Connection . . . . . 46

Figure 2-7 21-Inch Edit Monitor Cable Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Figure 2-8 Attaching Copper Cable to the Controller Board . . . . 48

Figure 2-9 FCDE Connection Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Figure 2-10 FCDE Rack-Mount Rail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Figure 2-11 Locating the FCDE Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 2-12 Attaching the FCDE Rails to the Rack

Front Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Figure 2-13 Attaching the FCDE Rails to the Rack Middle or

Back Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Figure 2-14 Installing an FCDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 2-15 Opening the FCDE Front Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 2-16 Installing the FCDE Mounting Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 2-17 Attaching Copper Cable to the LCC Slot A . . . . . . . . . 56

Figure 2-18 Removing the FCDE Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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Figure 2-19 Attaching the FCDE Power Cords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Figure 2-20 Replacing the FCDE Fan Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Figure 2-21 Inserting a Drive into the FCDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Figure 2-22 Setting the FCDE ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 2-23 SCSI LVD Board Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Figure 2-24 Application Key Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Figure 2-25 Attaching the Grounding Wrist Strap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Figure 2-26 Video I/O Board in Meridien I/O Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Figure 2-27 Removing the SDI Board from Video I/O Board . . . . 67

Figure 2-28 Installing the SDI Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Figure 2-29 Replacing the Video I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Figure 3-1 Diagnostic Main Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Figure 3-2 Diagnostic Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Figure 3-3 Board Information Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 3-4 Save As Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 3-5 Error Log Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Figure 3-6 Save As Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Figure 3-7 Preference Window — Test Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Figure 3-8 Preference Window — Base Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Figure 3-9 Preference Window — Video Subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . 80

Figure 3-10 Quick Start Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Figure 3-11 Digital Media Board Set Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Figure 3-12 Cabling for the Pixel Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Figure 3-13 Cabling for the Capture and Playback Test . . . . . . . . . 90

Figure 3-14 Cabling for the Interaction Component Video Test . . 91

Figure 3-15 Cabling for the Interaction Composite Video Test . . . 92

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Figure 3-16 Cabling for the Interaction SDI Video Test . . . . . . . . . 93

Figure 3-17 Cabling for the S-Video Interaction Video Test. . . . . . 94

Figure 3-18 StorEx Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Figure 3-19 Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Figure 3-20 Testing Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Figure 3-21 Preference Window — Tests Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Figure 3-22 Preference Window — Options Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Figure 4-1 Meridien I/O Board Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Figure 4-2 Eight-Channel Audio Interface Board Connectors . . 108

Figure 4-3 Two-Channel Audio I/O Board Connectors . . . . . . . 109

Figure 4-4 Video I/O Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Figure 4-5 Meridien I/O Box Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Figure 4-6 Connecting the Client Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Figure 4-7 Eight-Channel Synchronization Cabling . . . . . . . . . . 118

Figure 4-8 Black Burst Generator Power Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Figure 4-9 Connecting the Black Burst Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Figure 4-10 Video Deck Control Cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Figure 4-11 Audio Splitter Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Figure 4-12 Connecting the Audio Splitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Figure 4-13 Connecting a Video Deck — Component Signal. . . . 127

Figure 4-14 Connecting Two Video Decks — Component

Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Figure 4-15 Connecting a Video Deck — Composite Signal . . . . 132

Figure 4-16 Connecting Two Video Decks — Composite

Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Figure 4-17 Connecting a Video Deck — Digital Signal . . . . . . . . 136

Figure 4-18 Connecting Two Video Decks — Digital Signal . . . . 138

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Figure 4-19 Connecting a Video Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Figure 5-1 MIDI Port Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Figure 5-2 JL Cooper MCS-3000X Fader Controller Rear View . 142

Figure 5-3 Connecting the JL Cooper Fader Controllers. . . . . . . 143

Figure 5-4 Yamaha 01V Mixer Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Figure 5-5 Connecting the JL Cooper Jog/Shuttle Wheel. . . . . . 145

Figure 5-6 Connecting a VTR Emulator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Figure 6-1 VLXi Single-Deck Control Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Figure 6-2 VLXi Parallel Deck Control Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Figure 6-3 VLXi Dual-Deck Control Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Figure 6-4 Multiple VLXi Configuration Control Cabling . . . . . 157

Figure B-1 Removing the Side Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Figure B-2 Fan in the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Figure B-3 Fan Tab Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Figure B-4 Extending the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Figure B-5 Connecting the Fan Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

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Tables

Table 1-1 Peripheral Board Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Table 4-1 Eight-Channel Audio Interface Board Identifiers . . . 109

Table 4-2 Two-Channel Audio I/O Board Identifiers . . . . . . . . 110

Table 4-3 Video I/O Board Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Table 4-4 Meridien I/O Box Indicator Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 114

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Using This Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of an Avid® Media Composer®,

Film Composer®, or Avid Xpress® system. You can use your system to

create broadcast-quality output incorporating every possible

production element from full-speed, high-resolution footage to

multimedia artwork and animation to titling and computer-generated

effects.

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Your system might not contain all of the hardware that is described in your

documentation. Our documents describe all hardware regardless of which

model you purchased.

Who Should Use This Guide

This guide is designed for anyone who is installing a system for the

first time, for anyone who might be moving a system, and for anyone

who might be attempting to solve problems that can arise with the

system hardware. This guide is not designed for someone who is

installing board sets in the system.

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About This Guide

The information provided in this guide will help you to understand

the components that are part of a system, connect the components for

proper system functionality, configure and test the system after

installation, and troubleshoot basic problems that can arise during

daily operation.

The Contents that precedes this section lists the topics included in the

guide. They are presented with the following overall structure:

• Chapter 1, “Hardware Overview” helps you to understand the

basic and optional components that make up your system.

• Chapter 2, “Setting Up the System Hardware” helps you to

complete the installation of the components that come with your

system.

• Chapter 3, “Testing the Hardware” provides the basic system

configuration information and the tests that you should perform

before trying to run the Avid software.

• Chapter 4, “Connecting Audio and Video Equipment” explains

synchronization of audio and video equipment and how you

connect audio and video equipment to the system.

• Chapter 5, "Connecting Serial and MIDI Port Devices" explains

how you connect serial and MIDI port devices.

• Chapter 6, “Controlling Multiple Video Decks” provides

information that allows you to connect multiple video decks to

your system using VLXi® systems.

• Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting” provides basic problem-solving

information to help you determine why one or more components

is not functioning as expected.

• Appendix A, “Disk Subsystem Management” provides

explanations of how you partition a disk in a Windows NT®

operating system.

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• Appendix B, “Removing and Installing the Fan” explains how to

remove and install the Avid fan.

• Appendix C, “Regulatory Information” provides regulatory and

safety notices for the system.

•An index at the end of this guide helps you locate the information

you need.

Symbols and Conventions

The Avid hardware documentation 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.

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

Look here in the margin

for tips.

In the margin, you will find tips that help you perform tasks more

easily and efficiently.

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A note provides important related information, reminders, recommendations,

and strong suggestions.

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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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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.

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If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using the system, 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, Film + Television Update, and other Avid online

offerings.

The Customer Service Knowledge Center provides support

information and documentation for Avid products. To access the

Knowledge Center:

a. Go to www.avid.com.

b. Click Customer Service.

c. Click Knowledge Center.

d. Log in.

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If you are not already a registered user of the Knowledge Center, register now.

Registered users can access more information.

For the latest versions of the Avid Products Collaboration Guide and

the drive striping tables, click the Documentation tab.

4. For customer support, contact your local Avid Reseller, or contact

Avid Customer Support directly at 800-800-AVID (2843).

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Related Information

The following documents provide more information about the

hardware and software for your system:

• Avid Composer Products Site Preparation Guide (online version)

• Avid iS MediaDrive Setup and User’s Guide

• Avid MediaDrive rS Setup and User’s Guide

• Avid MediaDock LVD Setup and User’s Guide

• The appropriate Avid Composer products release notes

• Avid Products Collaboration Guide

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for transferring

project files, audio files, and graphics and effects files between

various Avid products.

For the most recent version of this guide, see the Documentation

section of the Avid Customer Service Knowledge Center. The

previous section, “If You Need Help”, explains how to access the

Knowledge Center.

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We value your comments about this guide, the Help, the Online

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How to Order Documentation

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United States, call Avid Telesales at 800-949-AVID (2843). If you are

placing an order from outside the United States, contact your local

Avid representative.

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