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The Tower™
Document includes:
Setting up your Tower
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Connecting a digital video deck or camera to your Tower
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Connecting an analog video deck or camera to your Tower
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With Avid Xpress DV
Quick Setup Guide
© 2000 Ocean Systems
800-253-7516
www.oceansystems.com
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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... - Page 2 Page 1 Tower Setup Guide Setting up your Tower System ATTACH MOUSE AND Fig. 1 KEYBOARD The PS-2 ports are specific. Be sure to attach the mouse and keyboard to the ports as shown in Fig. 1. ATTACH THE AVID XPRESS The hardware lock (dongle) DV HARDWARE LOCK attaches to the parallel port as...
- Page 3 232 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 Fig.
- Page 4 “Line In” port to monitor any audio you are digitizing. PLUG IN THE SYSTEM AND Fig. 6 TURN IT ON. Plug the power cable in as shown in Fig. 5. Fig 5A shows the power button on the front of The Tower. Fig. 5A...
- Page 5 Page 4 Tower Setup Guide 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.
- Page 6 Page 5 Tower Setup Guide Connecting a Digital Video Deck or Camera Step Description Connect the analog video from the digital Connect the analog signal with either an deck or camera to the capture board. RCA cable (step 2a) or an S-Video cable (step 2b).
- Page 7 Page 6 Tower Setup Guide Connecting a Digital Video Deck or Camera Step Description Connect the capture board to the Connect the Client monitor with either an optional Client monitor. RCA cable (step 3a) or S-Video cable (step 3b). Provides composite analog video from the Connect an RCA cable to the Out1 port Out1 port, looped from the In1 port on the capture board.
- Page 8 Provides audio output to the speakers deck to the Audio in at the rear of your during the record process or when you are Ocean Systems Xpress DV editing playing a clip. system. Make sure you have already connected your...
- Page 9 Tower Setup Guide 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. Step...
- Page 10 Page 9 Tower Setup Guide Connecting an Analog Video Deck or Camera Step Description Connect the DV cable from the Sony Connect a 4-pin to-4-pin DV-to-DV cable transcoder to the capture board. from the Sony transcoder to the DV port on the capture board.
- Page 11 Page 10 Tower Setup Guide Connecting an Analog Video Deck or Camera Step Description Connect the analog video from the Connect the analog signal with either an transcoder to the capture board RCA cable (step 3a) or an S-Video cable (step 3b), not both.
- Page 12 Page 11 Tower Setup Guide Connecting an Analog Video Deck or Camera Step Description Connect the Client monitor to the capture Connect the Client monitor with either an board. RCA cable (step 4a) or S-Video cable (step 4b). Provides composite analog video from the Connect an cable with an RCA connector Out1 port, looped from the In1 port to the Out2 port on the capture board.
- Page 13 Provides audio output to the speakers transcoder to Audio In at the rear of the during the record process or when you are Ocean Systems Xpress DV editing playing a clip System. You can use the cables that came with your transcoder.