Live Titles - Videonics TM-2000 Instruction Manual

VIDEONICS TITLEMAKER 2000
INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING REMOTE TRIGGER BUTTON
Tools required:
• A soldering iron and solder
• Wire cutters
• An electric drill.
Parts required:
• A 4-inch piece of 3/4-inch PVC pipe (C) and two end caps (B and E)
• 3-conductor, 22-24 gauge stranded wire cable (D)
• A "normally open momentary pushbutton switch" (A)
• A stereo 3.5-mm mini-pin plug (F)
Instructions:
Drill a 1/4-inch hole in the center of one PVC end cap (E) and a hole to match the pushbutton switch in
the other end cap (B). Feed one end of the cable through the end cap with the 1/4-inch hole (E) and strip
the ends of each wire. Tie a single knot (D) about 8 inches from the end of the wire. Slide the wire
through the PVC pipe, the nut and washer, and the other end cap (B). Solder the two wires at the
knotted end to the two poles on the switch (A). Slip the switch into the end cap and secure it using the
nut and washer.
Solder the other ends of the cable to the plug (F). Connect to the tip (G) and the base (H) of the plug.
Don't connect anything to the middle section of the plug (X). Push the end caps in place. After testing,
you can glue the end caps using PVC cement, if you wish. Solder the wires at the other end of the cord
to the poles from the tip and base of the stereo mini-pin plug. If you're unsure which poles are which, ask
at the store when you make the purchase. Your new remote trigger plugs into the "GPI (CONTROL)"
jack on the back of the TitleMaker 2000.
IMPORTANT! Any time you plug or unplug the GPI trigger, make sure the TitleMaker 2000 is
turned OFF. Plugging or unplugging with the unit turned on can cause the loss of your work.

Live Titles

Many of the applications listed at the start of this chapter, such as video
billboards, nightclub and restaurant uses, and in-store displays, have one
thing in common: Titles play live, rather than being recorded.
• Live presentations often rely on automatic play in which each page is
assigned a duration or uses scroll or crawl (Chapter 17).
• Continuous play (Chapter 19) makes it easy to have the program repeat
over and over again.
• Projects make it possible to store multiple "programs." For instance, a
restaurant might have one set of titles play during lunch and switch to a
different project later in the day.
• Preview (Chapter 21) is designed for live use. Connect a small monitor to
the preview jack and the Editing Screen and Page Index will only appear
on that monitor. Anytime you edit titles, the regular output will carry
whatever video is plugged into the IN jack (without titles). The audience
will see the input video rather than watching you type! When you press
PLAY, the titles again appear on both monitors.
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