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AUGUST 2000
AC076A
Video Converter Pro for Mac
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- Page 1 Order toll-free in the U.S. 24 hours, 7 A.M. Monday to midnight Friday: 877-877-BBOX FREE technical support, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: Call 724-746-5500 or fax 724-746-0746 SUPPORT Mail order: Black Box Corporation, 1000 Park Drive, Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 INFORMATION Web site: www.blackbox.com • E-mail: info@blackbox.com...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
VIDEO CONVERTER PRO FOR MAC Table of Contents Chapter Page Specifications ..................3 Introduction ................... 4 Installation ....................5 3.1 Initial Steps ..................5 3.2 Hooking Up Video Output ............. 5 3.3 Selecting Your Video Standard ............6 3.4 Booting your Converter System ............6 Operation .................... -
Page 5: Specifications
CHAPTER 1: Specifications 1. Specifications Macintosh Video Input Standards — Mac 512 x 384 resolution at 24 KHz or 640 x 480 resolution at 35.5 KHz, up to 24-bit color Video Output Standards — Mac; NTSC or PAL: Composite video, S-Video, RGBS Controls —... -
Page 6: Introduction
VIDEO CONVERTER PRO FOR MAC 2. Introduction The Video Converter Pro for Mac ® some guidelines on what you should converts your computer’s monitor (and shouldn’t) expect from your converted computer images and signal into a form suitable for recording on a VCR, displaying explains how to get the best quality on a conventional TV or video of image display. -
Page 7: Installation
CHAPTER 3: Installation 3. Installation Follow the procedure outlined below 3.2 Hooking Up Video Output to install your Video Converter Pro Now connect one or more of the for Mac. Converter’s four output ports to 3.1 Initial Steps your video equipment: VIDEO OUT: This output is a passthrough of the MAC IN input. -
Page 8: Selecting Your Video Standard
VIDEO CONVERTER PRO FOR MAC Call us for a quote if you’d like 3.4 Booting Your Converter System RGBS cable with European SCART If you haven’t already done so, plug connectors or connectors for in and turn on your computer. The Sharp LCD projectors. -
Page 9: Operation
CHAPTER 4: Operation 4. Operation 4.1 Indicators 4.2 Front-Panel Controls The red POWER indicator lights UNDERSCAN: When this switch is in up when your Converter is receiving the NORMAL position, images that DC power. If this light is glowing the Coverter outputs in Composite, dimly or not at all, there might be S-Video, and RGBS formats will fill something wrong with the external... -
Page 10: Other Features
VIDEO CONVERTER PRO FOR MAC FLICKER REDUCTION: When 4.3 Other Features this switch is in the NORMAL • If the computer input signal is position, the Converter sends images no longer present on VIDEO IN using fully interlaced Composite, because the computer has been S-Video, and RGBS video signals. -
Page 11: What To Expect From Converted Computer Images
CHAPTER 5: What to Expect from Converted Computer Images 5. What to Expect from Converted Computer Images We have included this section to give justice. But all is not lost. There are a you some insight into what you can few things you can do to get the best and should expect computer images image possible on your TV/monitor... - Page 12 VIDEO CONVERTER PRO FOR MAC • When you make VCR recordings, • By far the most annoying effect use either (1) a “Pro” or that occurs when a computer “Broadcast” grade, name-brand image is converted to video is tape, or (2) an S-VHS (Super- “flicker.”...
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Page 13: Troubleshooting
CHAPTER 6: Troubleshooting 6. Troubleshooting This chapter lists some concerns that No video outputs. commonly arise during operation af the Video Converter Pro for Mac, as 1. Is the FREEZE IMAGE switch in well as some possible causes and the FREEZE IMAGE position? If not, remedies. -
Page 14: Appendix A: S-Video, The Improved Quality Video Standard
VIDEO CONVERTER PRO FOR MAC Appendix A: S-Video, the Improved Quality Video Standard Most of us are familiar with two In this TV-signal system, there forms of TV video: (1) “RF,” which are actually two signals. The is how broadcast and cable TV comes “LUMINANCE”... -
Page 15: Appendix B: Connector Pinouts
APPENDIX B: Connector Pinouts Appendix B: Connector Pinouts POWER COMPOSITE VIDEO OUTPUT Center +5 VDC In (“VIDEO”) Outer Ground Center Video Out Outer Video Ground VIDEO IN S-VIDEO OUTPUT Green Ground Blue Ground ID Bit LO-Res Out Luminance Ground Chrominance Red Ground Green Ground RGBS OUTPUT... - Page 16 © Copyright 2000. Black Box Corporation. All rights reserved. 1000 Park Drive • Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 • 724-746-5500 • Fax 724-746-0746...