User manual ATI XCLAIM TV

[. . . ] ATI and XCLAIM are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers. Pricing, availability, features, performance and specications are subject to change without notice. All rights reserved, including those to reproduce this manual or parts thereof, in any form without the express written permission of ATI Technologies Inc. Page ii g Installation Introduction XCLAIM TV brings the broadcast world to your desktop all thats required is a simple connection to XCLAIM VR or a Power Macintosh G3 with the Audio/Video option card installed. [. . . ] 4 For XCLAIM VR installations, insert the other end of the cable into the enhanced S-Video Input port (S VID IN) on the back of your XCLAIM VR card, or for G3-only installations, insert the other end of the cable into the enhanced S-Video Input port on the Audio/Video option card. Page 3 G3 Audio/Video Ports Enhanced S-Video Input Enhanced S-Video Cable Enhanced S-Video Connector Connecting to a Power Macintosh G3 Audio/Video Option Card OR Connecting to an XCLAIM VR card Enhanced S-Video Connector XCLAIM VR Card S VID IN TV OUT TV Coax To Cable Service or Amplified Antenna Enhanced S-Video Input VID IN Enhanced S-Video Cable Page 4 Computer's Sound Input port Connect your PlainTalk microphone to XCLAIM TV's Sound Input port Sound Output Connect the audio cable to your computer's Sound Input port 5 Connect one end of the audio cable (with stereo ) on your miniplug) to the Sound Output port ( XCLAIM TV tuner, and the other end to the Sound Input port ( ) of your computer. Stereo Miniplug 6 If you like, you can connect a PlainTalk microphone (or a compatible line-level microphone) to the Sound Input port ( ) on your XCLAIM TV tuner. Whenever Xclaim Video Player is not running, this port provides a pass-through function that routes audio to the Sound Input port on your computer, for use by other applications. Your XCLAIM TV tuner receives power from the computer through the enhanced S-video cable. A power indicator on the front of the XCLAIM TV tuner lights whenever the tuner is properly connected and power is applied to your computer. If the power indicator does not light when XCLAIM TV is connected and your Macintosh computer is on, make sure you are using the 7-pin enhanced S-Video cable that comes with XCLAIM TV. NOTE Page 5 Connecting Video Equipment to XCLAIM TV If you are planning to capture video and sound from a VCR, camcorder or other external video equipment, you should make the connections using the input ports on your XCLAIM TV tuner. These input ports provide a passthrough function to route video and sound from the external equipment to your computer. Once you have made the appropriate connections, you enable a pass-through function by selecting the input source using Xclaim Video Player s Remote Control palette (refer to the Xclaim Video Player Users Guide for help in selecting video sources). XCLAIM TV has pass-through inputs for the two major video formats S-video and composite. (To determine the format that your equipment uses, check your equipment manual. ) For audio, the two RCA-type audio inputs (for left and right audio channels) are typically used for audio pass-through; however, when capturing video to XCLAIM VRs composite input port, the Sound Input port ( ) on XCLAIM TV provides the audio pass-through. To connect S-video equipment, you will need a standard 4pin S-video cable (available at most electronic supply stores). To make composite video and audio connections, you can use three separate cables, or an all-in-one cable (three joined cables one video and two audio) with RCA connectors at each end (available at most electronic supply stores). The yellow connector is for the composite video, the red connector is for the right channel audio, and the white connector is for the left channel audio. If you are connecting mono video equipment (i. e. , only one audio channel), you can use either the left or right audio input on XCLAIM TV for the audio connection, but typically the left (white) audio input is used. If your video source provides composite video and S-video, S-video will produce better results. To use S-video, simply make the appropriate connection to XCLAIM TV, then select the S-Video input source using Xclaim Video Player s Remote Control palette (refer to the Xclaim Video Player Users Guide for help in selecting video sources). NOTE NOTE Page 6 S-Video Connector RCA Connector (audio and composite video) XCLAIM TV Composite Video Input (Yellow) Right Audio Input (Red) Composite OR S-Video Left Audio Input (White) S-Video Input Stereo S-Video VCR Mono VCR uses either Left OR Right audio jack Out R L Audio (Stereo S-Video) S-Video OR Video Out OR Audio (Mono Composite) Video Out R L Audio (Stereo Composite) XCLAIM TV To S-Video Camcorder Stereo Composite Camcorder Mono camcorder uses either Left OR Right audio jack Composite OR S-Video Page 7 Selecting the Sound Input Before installing and running the software, select the correct sound input in the Monitors & Sound control panel (or equivalent). The Sound Input setting should match the audio input connection that you are using. If you are using the Sound Input port ( ) on your Power Mac, the Sound Input setting is typically Microphone or Sound In (depending on the particular model and OS version); if you are using RCA audio connections, the Sound Input setting is typically RCA In or AV connector. Installing the Software The installation disks included with your XCLAIM TV install all of the components necessary to operate XCLAIM VR and/or XCLAIM TV (connected to either XCLAIM VR or an Audio/Video option card in a Power Macintosh G3). The specic installation disk you use is determined by your conguration. [. . . ] EN 50082-1, Generic Immunity Standard for Residential, Commercial and Light Industrial Products (IEC 801-2, IEC 801-3, IEC 801-4) Directive EMC 89/336/CEE et amendement 92/31/CEE, dispositif numZrique de Classe B EN 50081-1, Norme sur les Zmissions gZnZriques pour les produits domestiques, commerciaux et industriels lZgers (EN 55022/CISPR 22, Limites et mZthodes de mesure des Page 12 caractZristiques d'interfZrences radiophoniques, MatZriel des technologies de l'information) Mise en garde: ceci est un produit de Classe B. Il risque produire des interfZrences radiophoniques dans un environnement domestique auquel cas l'utilisateur peut se voir demandZ de prendre des mesures adZquates. EN 50082-1, Norme sur l'immunitZ gZnZrique pour produits domestiques, commerciaux et industriels lZgers. (CEI 801-2, CEI 801-3, CEI 801-4) EMC Richtlinie 89/336/EEC und nderung 92/31/EEC, Digitales GerSt der Klasse B EN 50081-1, Allgemeiner Emissions-Standard fYr Haushalt- und kommerzielle Produkte sowie Erzeugnisse der Leichtindustrie (EN 55022/CISPR 22, BeschrSnkungen und Verfahren der Messung von informationstechnischen AusrYstungen mit Funkstsrmerkmalen) Warnung: Dies ist ein Erzeugnis der Klasse B. [. . . ]