Pinnacle MovieBox DV User manual

Pinnacle MovieBox DV
PROFESSIONAL QUALITY MOVIE MAKING
QUICK START GUIDE
QUICK START GUIDEN
KVIKGUIDE
SNABBSTARTGUIDE
PIKAOPAS
41003747

MovieBox DV
Quick Start Guide
GB/N/DK/S/FIN December 2003
41003747
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Pinnacle MovieBox DV
PROFESSIONAL QUALITY MOVIE MAKING
QUICK START GUIDE

English

Quick Start Guide 1
English
Before you begin
This chapter tells you which computer system components are required for
the operation of MovieBox DV and what is included in the MovieBox DV
package contents.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Please make sure your system meets the following requirements before
installing MovieBox DV:
Computer using MS Windows operating system
Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon, 800 MHz
(1.5 GHz or higher recommended)
256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
Windows 98SE, Windows Millennium, Windows 2000, Windows XP
(Windows XP recommended)
1394/FireWire port
DirectX compatible Graphics Card
(ATI Radeon or Nvidia Geforce recommended)
DirectX compatible Sound Card
(Creative Labs Audigy recommended)
500 MB of disk space to install software
Minimum 1 GB needed for project and temp files
Speakers
Mouse
CD-ROM drive
DVD drive required to install tutorial, electronic manual and some
bonus content. If you do not have a DVD drive you may order the
tutorial, electronic manual and bonus content separately on CD ROMs
Optional
yCD burner for creating Video CDs or Super Video CDs
yDVD burner drive for creating DVDs
yProLogic compatible audio system for preview of surround sound
mixes
yUse of some features requires product activation via internet

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Computer using Apple Macintosh operating system
Apple Macintosh OS9 and above for iMovie
Apple Macintosh OS X for iMovie and FinalCut
Mouse
CD-ROM drive
1394/FireWire link
Video equipment
MovieBox DV can capture from and output video to:
Any DV or Digital8 camcorder or VCR. (To output to the camcorder, it
must be enabled to record from DV Input.)
Any analog (8mm, Hi8, VHS, SVHS, VHS-C or SVHS-C) camcorder
or VCR.
PACKAGE CONTENTS
Please make sure your MovieBox DV system is complete before you begin
the installation. The system includes:
MovieBox DV*IEEE-1394 cable
6 x 6 6 x 4
Power supply Studio Manual and this Quick
Install Guide
Disks with Studio and Content software
If any parts are missing, please contact your retailer.
*Specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.

Quick Start Guide 3
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Installing the Software
INSTALLATION OF STUDIO SOFTWARE FOR THE PC
1. Insert the Studio CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
If you have Autorun enabled for your CD-ROM, Setup will run
automatically. If you do not have Autorun enabled, navigate to your
CD-ROM drive, and double-click on Setup.exe.
2. Select the language of your choice.
3. Check for previous version.
If a previous version of Studio is not found on your system you will be
asked to insert the CD-ROM of your previous version into your CD-
ROM drive.
4. Personalise your Studio installation by entering your name, country,
e-mail address (optional) and serial number.
5. Registration.
Next you will be given the opportunity to register your copy of Studio.
You can quickly and easily register using your Internet connection.
Registration is important for four reasons:
You will receive a free bonus effect pack upon registration.
Registration is required to receive technical support.
Registration allows Pinnacle Systems to inform you of free updates
to the Studio software.
Registration makes you eligible for special offers and promotions
from Pinnacle Systems.
6. Agree to the Studio software license terms (click I Agree).
If you do not accept or understand the terms, you should promptly
return this product to your dealer.
7. Choose Typical installation (recommended).
Only advanced computer users should choose Custom.
8. Click Next until the installation is completed.
9. Restart.
In some cases, you may be instructed to restart your PC.

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10.Insert the Studio Content DVD into your DVD drive.
If you have Autorun enabled for your DVD drive, Setup will run
automatically. If you do not have Autorun enabled, navigate to your
DVD drive, and double-click on Setup.exe. If you do not have a DVD
drive you may order the tutorial, electronic manual and bonus content
separately on CD ROMs at http://www.pinnaclesys.com/studio9cd
11.Install additional software.
If you received any additional effects or content with your Studio
upgrade, install it now by inserting the CD-ROM(s) or DVD into your
CD-ROM or DVD drive. If you have Autorun enabled for your CD-
ROM or DVD drive, Setup will run automatically. If you do not have
Autorun enabled, navigate to your CD-ROM or DVD drive, and double-
click on Setup.exe.
SOFTWARE FOR APPLE MACINTOSH
MovieBox DV supports the following Apple Macintosh applications:
iMovie
FinalCut
Please ensure that you have installed all necessary updates for your Apple
Macintosh before linking up to and running the MovieBox DV.

Quick Start Guide 5
English
Connecting the MovieBox DV
and the Video Devices
The following chapter tells you how to connect your video devices to the
MovieBox DV. To do so you will need the appropriate cables.
Important Be sure your computer system, your MovieBox DV and video
equipment are all turned OFF before making any connections
HOW TO CONNECT THE DEVICES
The following illustrations show how to connect MovieBox DV to your
computer system and video equipment.
Reset Front panel
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Power
Supply
Mode select
Inputs Outputs
Audio In Audio Out
cLeft
dRight
hRight
iLeft
Video In Video Out
eComposite
fS-video
jComposite
kS-video
gDV Port A lDV Port B

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The following illustrations shows a sample configuration with the
MovieBox DV in combination with a computer system.
* Special case: The digital camera can also be used as a target when data are
downloaded from the computer system. If, on the other hand, the data come from an
analogue input source, you will not have this option.
Power
Supply
PC/
Apple
Macintosh
VCR
Digital
Video Source
Analog
In
DV Port A* Analog
Out
Analog
Out
Analog
Video Source
Video Monitor
DV Port B
PC/
Apple
Macintosh

Quick Start Guide 7
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USER INTERFACE / CONTROLS
LEDs
Your MovieBox DV has one green LED for each video source (S video,
Composite video, DV Port A, DV Port B). The two LEDs used for the DV
ports are both enabled if the DV mode is selected as input via the source
select button. The two LEDs are both „off“ if S-video or Composite video
are used as input. Make sure that the Power LED is „on“ when you start
working with the MovieBox DV.
Mode Select / Reset
Via the Mode Select Button you can toggle between the different video
sources, e.g. ”DV to analog video”, one click ”Composite to DV”, next
click ”S-video to DV”, one more click ”DV to analog video”, ... .
The Reset button resets the MovieBox DV to the last selected operating
mode.
Note: If you switch on or reset the MovieBOX DV it takes a few seconds
until it starts in the last selected operating mode.
Now, have some fun…
Now that you have installed Studio and Movie Box DV, you can use it
immediately. We strongly recommend you to take this opportunity to
experience Studio digital video editing.
Mode Select
Reset

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Technical Data
KEY FEATURES
Realtime video converter between DV (Blue book SD 625-50, SD 525-
60) video compression format and analog video (both directions, half-
duplex)
CCIR 601 format, NTSC/PAL/SECAM: 50/60 fields, 720x480 /
720x576, YUV 4:1:1 / 4:2:0 chroma sub sampling, SECAM support on
analog input only.
Video standard auto detection on analog inputs
Analog outputs use same TV standard as active input (PAL, if
SECAM is used on input).
25 MBits/sec standard DV data rate for both directions.
Video standard auto detection on digital inputs
Digital output uses same video standard as active input
Stand-alone functionality (accessible w/ any DV enabled device):
DV-to-Analog
Analog-to-DV w/ default values for audio format and video settings
Manual selection of video and audio source (via Mode Select
button). Automatic selection depending on available signal when box
is switched on or resetted
Supports locked DV In/Out audio formats
32 kHz, 12 Bit, stereo (optional: channel A/B or C/D selectable)
48 kHz, 16 Bit, stereo
Supports unlocked DV In/Out audio formats
32 kHz, 16 Bit, stereo
44,1 kHz, 16 Bit, stereo
A/V connectors (input and output, one set each):
Composite and S-Video
Stereo audio, unbalanced
User Interface / Controls
One green LED for each video source (Y/C, Composite, DV ”port
A”, DV ”port B”) – the two LEDs used for the DV ports are both
enabled if DV is selected as input (via Mode Select button), the two
LEDs are both ”off” if S-video or Composite are used as input;
button for mode selection (everytime the Mode Select button is
pressed, the ”next” mode will be used: Composite, S-video, DV,
Composite, S-video, DV, … ), button for hardware reset
One green LED for power indication
Plug&Play installation (no need to install any software for access to
basic functionality)

Quick Start Guide 9
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MovieBox DV
as stand-alone solution
The following illustrations shows a sample configuration with MovieBox
DV as a stand-alone solution. In stand-alone operation, the DV camcorder
can be connected to DV Port A or DV Port B. DV Port A will be disabled
automatically if an analog input is selected, it will be enabled if DV is
selected as input. The DV Port B is always active.
Video Monitor
VCR
Power
Supply
Analog
Video Source
DV camcorder
Front Panel
If you open the front panel you will see six dip switches. The default
setting is ”Off”.
Note: If you change the dip switch positions you will have to reset or
power off / on the MovieBox DV to make these changes take effect.
Off Ï
On Ð

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Dip switches ”One” and ”Two”
The dip switches 1 and 2 modify the audio rate.
Audio Rate
12
Off Off 48 kHz 16 Bit
On Off 32 kHz 12 Bit
Off On 44,1 kHz 16 Bit
On On 32 kHz 16Bit
Note: These changes only take effect if you are working in the ”Analog to
DV” mode!
Dip switch ”Three”
This dip switch is reserved.
Dip switch ”Four”
Dip switch 4 increases the audio input level. Default (dip switch ”Off”) is
1 V (RMS =Root-Means-Square). If your device connected to the
MovieBox DV outputs a higher audio level overmodulation may occur. In
this case, please switch the dip switch to ”On”, which means 2 V (RMS).
Audio Level
4
Off 1 V (RMS)
On 2 V (RMS)
Dip switches ”Five” and ”Six”
Dip switch 5 and 6 allow you to select your country. The default settings
include almost all countries with a few exceptions:
Country Selection
56
Off Off All countries except ...
On Off Japan
Paraguay
Uruguay
Off On Brasil
On On Argentina
If you select one of the exceptions MovieBox DV works with the country
specific video standards for the analog inputs and outputs.

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QUICK START GUIDEN

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Quick Start Guiden 1
Norsk
Før du begynner
Dette kapittelet forteller deg hvilke systemkomponenter som kreves for å
kjøre MovieBox DV og hva som er inkludert i MovieBox DV-pakken.
SYSTEMKRAV
Vennligst påse at systemet ditt oppfyller følgende krav før du installerer
MovieBox DV:
Maskin som bruker MS Windows operativsystem
Intel Pentium eller AMD Athlon 800 MHz
(1.5 GHz eller raskere anbefales)
256 MB RAM (512 MB anbefales)
Windows 98SE, Windows Millennium, Windows 2000, Windows XP
(Windows XP anbefales)
1394/FireWire-port
DirectX-kompatibelt grafikkort
(ATI Radeon eller Nvidia Geforce anbefales)
DirectX-kompatibelt lydkort
(Creative Labs Audigy anbefales)
500 MB ledig plass på harddisken til å installere softwaren
Minimum 1 GB er nødvendig for prosjektet og midlertidige filer
Høyttalere
Mus
cd-rom-driver
DVD-driver er nødvendig for å installere tutorial, elektronisk manual
og ekstra bonusmateriale. Hvis du ikke har en DVD-driver kan du
bestille tutorial, elektronisk manual og bonusmateriale separat på cd-
rom.
Ekstra
yCd-brenner til produksjon av Video cd-er og Super Video cd-er
yDVD-brenner til å produsere DVD-er
yProLogic-kompatibelt studiosystem til forhåndsvisning av
surroundsound-lyd
yBruk av visse funksjoner krever aktivering via internett

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Maskin som bruker Apple Macintosh operativsystem
Apple Macintosh OS9 eller høyere for iMovie
Apple Macintosh OS X for FinalCut
Mus
CD-ROM-stasjon
1394/FireWire-link
Videoutstyr
MovieBox DV kan digitalisere fra og overføre video til:
Ethvert DV eller Digital8 videokamera eller videospiller. (For å
overføre til videokameraet må det være i stand til å ta opp fra DV
Input.)
Ethvert analogt (8mm, Hi8, VHS, SVHS, VHS-C eller SVHS-C)
videokamera eller videospiller.
PAKKEINNHOLD
Vennligst påse at ditt MovieBox DV-system er komplett før du begynner
installasjonen. Systemet inkluderer:
MovieBox DV*IEEE-1394 kabel
6 x 6 6 x 4
Strømledning Studio Manual og denne
Quick Install Guiden
Pinnacle Studio “Programs” og “Content”-disker*
Vennligst kontakt din forhandler om noe mangler.
*Spesifikasjoner kan endres uten forvarsel eller ytterligere forpliktelser.

Quick Start Guiden 3
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Programvare
INSTALLASJON AV STUDIO-PROGRAMVAREN FOR PC-EN
1. Sett inn Studio cd-rom-en i cd-rom-driveren.
Hvis du har Autorun aktivert vil Setup starte automatisk. Hvis Autorun
ikke er aktivert, må du lokalisere cd-rom-driveren og dobbeltklikke på
Setup.exe.
2. Velg språk.
3. Kontroller for tidligere versjoner.
Hvis en tidligere versjon af Studio ikke blir funnet på ditt system, vil
du bli bedt om å sette inn cd-rom’en fra den tidligere versjonen i cd-
rom-driveren.
4. Personaliser din Studio-installasjon ved å taste inn ditt navn,
hjemland, email-adresse (valgfritt) og serienummer.
5. Registrering.
Deretter vil du få muligheten til å registrere din kopi av Studio. Du
kan raskt og enkelt registrere den ved hjelp av din
Internettforbindelse. Registrering er viktig av fire årsaker:
Du vil motta en gratis pakke med bonuseffekter ved registrering.
Registrering er påkrevet for å få teknisk support.
Ved registrering kan Pinnacle Studio informere deg om gratis
oppdateringer til Studio-softwaren.
Registrering gjør det mulig for deg å motta spesielle tilbud og
kampanjer fra Pinnacle Systems.
6. Aksepter lisensvilkårene i Studio (klikk I Agree).
Hvis du ikke aksepterer eller forstår alle betingelsene bør du
øyeblikkelig returnere produktet til din forhandler.
7. Velg Typical installation (anbefales).
Kun avanserte computerbrukere bør velge Custom.
8. Klikk Next til installasjonen er avsluttet.

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9. Restart.
I visse tilfeller vil du bli bedt om å restarte din PC.
10.Sett inn Studio Content DVD’en i din DVD-driver.
Hvis du har Autorun aktivert vil Setup kjøre automatisk. Hvis du ikke
har Autorun aktivert må du lokalisere DVD-driveren og dobbeltklikke
på Setup.exe. Hvis du ikke har DVD-driver kan du bestille tutorial,
den elektroniske manualen og bonusinnholdet på selvstendige cd-
rom’er fra http://www.pinnaclesys.com/studio9cd.
11.Innstaller ytterligere software.
Hvis du har mottatt ytterligere effekter eller innhold med din Studio-
oppdatering, bør du installere det nå ved å sette inn cd-rom’ene eller
DVD’ene i cd-rom- eller DVD-driveren. Hvis du har Autorun aktivert
vil Setup begynne automatisk. Hvis du ikke har Autorun aktisert må
du lokalisere din cd-rom- eller DVD-driver og dobbeltklikke på
Setup.exe.
PROGRAMVARE FOR APPLE MACINTOSH
MovieBox DV støtter følgende Apple Macintosh-applikasjoner:
iMovie
FinalCut
Vennligst forsikre deg om at du har installert alle de nødvendige
oppdateringene på din Apple Macintosh før du linker opp til og kjører
MovieBox DV.