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Introduction
Add 3 FireWire Ports to your PC
Use the PYRO Digital Video card to transfer video from your digital
camcorder to your PC, edit the video, add titles, effects, background
music and more. Then send your edited video back to your digital
recorder. Display your broadcast quality production on your TV or copy
to your VCR. Your friends will be amazed with your Hollywood directo-
rial style!
FireWire/1394 is the latest in high-speed external bus technology. This
means you can instantly connect devices to your PC without opening up
the case. FireWire offers true plug and play and hot swapping of devic-
es. Just plug in your digital camcorder, launch the software and you're
ready to make movies.
PYRO Features:
• Connect to Digital Camcorders
• Connect the PYRO 1394 WebCam
• Connect to 1394 Hard Drives
• Edit video and send out to tape
• Capture still images
• Produce Digital Video Movies
• 3 ports at 400 Mbps (2 external/ 1 internal)
• Fully IEEE 1394a compliant
• Plug and Play
Requirements:
• Intel Celeron 400MHz or above
• AMD K7-500 or above
• Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME,
or Windows XP
• 64 MB of RAM (128MB or higher Recommended)
• Sound card
• AGP or PCI video card with 4 MB of RAM
• CD-ROM Drive
• 170 MB hard disk space for capture/editing applications
• 4 GB hard disk space (20 minutes of raw DV footage)
• Available PCI slot
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Summary of Contents for ADS Technologies PYRO1394WebCam
- Page 1 Introduction Add 3 FireWire Ports to your PC Use the PYRO Digital Video card to transfer video from your digital camcorder to your PC, edit the video, add titles, effects, background music and more. Then send your edited video back to your digital recorder.
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Page 2: Package Contents
1. PYRO Card 2. Software CD (Drivers and Video Editing Package) 3. 4-pin to 6-pin IEEE 1394 (FireWire) cable 4. User’s Manual Note: If you did not receive one or more of the contents listed above inside the PYRO package, please contact the vendor you purchased it from or contact ADS directly. - Page 3 INSTALLATION GUIDE...
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Page 4: Hardware Installation
Installation Guide Getting Started Using PYRO Basic DV INSTALL IN THIS ORDER: 1.) Hardware Installation - Install PYRO Card 2.) Camcorder driver Installation 3.) Connecting the Digital Camcorder 4.) Install Video Studio 1.) HARDWARE INSTALLATION Follow the steps below to Install the PYRO hardware. Move on to connecting your camcorder and installing the Video Studio software only if the PYRO hardware is properly installed. - Page 5 PYRO 1394 PCI Card Hardware Installation Step 1 Power down your computer and discon- nect the power cord. Be sure to remove the power cord completely from your computer as shown in the picture to the left. Step 2 Remove the screws that hold the panel/shell of your computer (located on the back of the computer).
- Page 6 Step 5 Locate an available PCI expansion slot (usually white/beige in color). This will be in the area of your computer where other cards that look similar to the PYRO PCI card are installed. Step 6 Visually confirm that the PYRO 1394 PCI Card will fit into the available slot you have chosen.
- Page 7 Step 9 (optional) Connect the molex power supply to the PYRO card power connector. Step 10 Mount the PYRO 1394 PCI Card in place with a screw. Make sure the screw is firmly tightened so the PYRO 1394 PCI Card does not slide out of its seated position.
- Page 8 PYRO Basic PCI Card Driver Installation Note: Windows may install the drivers automatically. If the driv- ers are installed automatically then procede to camcorder driver installation. Step 1 To the left is a picture of the dialog box that will notify you that Windows has detected your new hardware.
- Page 9 2.) CAMCORDER DRIVER INSTALLATION 1. DO NOT PLUG YOUR CAMCORDER INTO THE PYRO BOARD UNTIL YOU HAVE INSTALLED THE CAMCORDER DRIVERS from PYRO CD. 2. Insert the PYRO 1394DV CD into your CD-ROM drive. INSTALL DRIVERS. The driver install will automatically install the correct version drivers to match your operating system.
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Page 10: Connecting The Digital Video Camcorder
3.) CONNECTING THE DIGITAL VIDEO CAMCORDER Once you have installed the camcorder drivers you are ready to connect your camcorder to the PYRO Card. Follow these steps to ensure that the operating system recognizes your camcorder and you are familiar with the camcorder driver your system is using. - Page 11 Camcorder Driver information and Descriptors: Windows 98 Texas Instruments DV camcorder driver Listed in Device Under: Shown as: File name: Device Control Selection: Output to camcorder Selection: Win98SE, WinME, Win2000, or Win XP Microsoft DV camcorder driver Listed in Device Manager: Shown as: File name: Device Control Selection:...
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