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USB VideoBus
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for Macintosh
User Guide
P73261 F5U206-MAC
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P73261/F5U206-MAC/US/man.qxd 1/7/00 5:23 PM Page 1 Features System Requirements ® ™ • Mac or iMac Computer with USB Capabilities ® • Mac OS 8.6 or higher Package Contents ™ ® • Belkin USB VideoBus for Macintosh ™ ™ • Installation CD including Strata VideoShop 4.5 • Audio cable for connection from source to sound card • User Guide Software and Hardware Installation Step 1: Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive Place the CD into your CD-ROM drive. When the CD icon appears on your desktop named “
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P73261/F5U206-MAC/US/man.qxd 1/7/00 5:23 PM Page 2 Software and Hardware Installation (continued) 2.2. On the Belkin screen click on “Continue”. 2.3. The screen that follows will prompt you to commence installation. Click on “Install”. 2.4. A message will appear warning you to restart your computer after installation. Click “Continue”. 2.5. Click “Restart” to complete the installation. 2
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P73261/F5U206-MAC/US/man.qxd 1/7/00 5:23 PM Page 3 Software and Hardware Installation (continued) ™ The Belkin USB VideoBus Installer application will place 6 items on the “Extensions” folder, namely: 1) NT1003.sys 2) NT1003.sys.fuj 3) NT1003.sys.tos 4) Shell Interface Library 5) Shell Settings Panel 6) Shell Video Digitizer. ™ Step 3: Connect the USB VideoBus adapter to your USB Port After restarting the computer, attach the Belkin USB ™ ® ® VideoBus adapter for Macintosh to your Macintosh
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P73261/F5U206-MAC/US/man.qxd 1/7/00 5:23 PM Page 4 Connecting a VCR or Camcorder to ™ the USB VideoBus ™ After installing the USB VideoBus , you can now start ™ connecting the VCR or camcorder to the USB VideoBus . The ™ following outlines the steps connecting the USB VideoBus to the VCR or camcorder: 1. Connecting a VCR VCRs usually include either an S-video or RCA (depending on your VCR) video cable with the same connector on both ends, to allow connection of the VCR to a Television set.
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P73261/F5U206-MAC/US/man.qxd 1/7/00 5:23 PM Page 5 Connecting a VCR or Camcorder to ™ the USB VideoBus (continued) 2. If you want to capture sound as well, connect the Red and White cable using the included RCA Female/Female adapters. Plug the mini-stereo connector on the video’s audio ™ cable into the microphone input of your iMac , G3 or G4. This connection only applies if the audio connectors on your camcorder is the RCA type for other types of connectors. Refer to your camcorder manual.
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P73261/F5U206-MAC/US/man.qxd 1/7/00 5:23 PM Page 6 Configuring Audio In order to capture sound using the included audio cables, it is important to make sure that your computer’s audio properties are properly configured: 1. Click on the "Apple" icon from the “Menu” bar. 2. Choose "Control Panel" then "Monitor and Sound" from the menus that appear. 3. Click on the "Sound" icon and set the following: 1. Computer System Volume: Halfway 2. Sound Monitoring Source: Sound In 4. Close the “Monitor an
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P73261/F5U206-MAC/US/man.qxd 1/7/00 5:23 PM Page 7 ™ ™ Digitizing Clips using Strata VideoShop 4.5 ™ on the USB VideoBus ™ Using VideoShop ’s digitizing function, you can capture your own clips. Equipment needed for Digitizing: ™ • USB VideoBus - this will be your digitizing hardware installed on the computer • VCR or camcorder and necessary cables Digitizing Equipment Setup For digitizing, you will be capturing clips from an external source, such as a VCR or camcorder. Follow the instructi
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P73261/F5U206-MAC/US/man.qxd 1/7/00 5:23 PM Page 8 ™ ™ Digitizing Clips using Strata VideoShop 4.5 ™ on the USB VideoBus (continued) with the “Show Digitizing Window” command. The ™ digitized clips will be stored in the VideoShop cache folder (or designated digitizing folder). To use the clips, import them into the bin when you start a project. 3. The “Project Settings” dialog appears. Click on the “Internet” setting. Both the “Recording” and “Project Settings” change to “Width: 160”, “Heigh
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P73261/F5U206-MAC/US/man.qxd 1/7/00 5:23 PM Page 9 ™ ™ Digitizing Clips using Strata VideoShop 4.5 ™ on the USB VideoBus (continued) the Video input to be digitized. The options in the dialog box will change to “Source options”. 4. Your Digitizer is “USB Vision”. This may be the only option. 5. Select your “Input”: either “S-Video” or “C-Video” depending on the type of your connection. 6. Select your “Format”: NTSC, PAL or SECAM. NTSC is the standard in the United States and Japan, PAL is us
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P73261/F5U206-MAC/US/man.qxd 1/7/00 5:23 PM Page 10 ™ ™ Digitizing Clips using Strata VideoShop 4.5 ™ on the USB VideoBus (continued) To Adjust the Digitized Video Image: 1. Click the “Image” button in the “Digitize Window”. The “Image Settings” dialog appears. 2. Adjust the settings as desired. The results are shown in the preview window. 3. Click “OK” to accept your image changes. To Adjust the Signal Level of the Digitized Audio: 1. Select the “Sound Settings” command from the “Digitizing
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P73261/F5U206-MAC/US/man.qxd 1/7/00 5:23 PM Page 11 ™ ™ Digitizing Clips using Strata VideoShop 4.5 ™ on the USB VideoBus (continued) named “Untitled Movie1”, “Untitled Movie2”, and “Untitled Movie3”. 6. After digitizing clips you can rename them in the “Bin”. To rename files in the “Bin”: 1. Hold down the “Option” key and click on the file name in the “Bin”. 2. Rename the file. Note: Renaming the file in the “Bin” does not rename the file on your hard drive. To Digitize Still Images: 1. Loc
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P73261/F5U206-MAC/US/man.qxd 1/7/00 5:23 PM Page 12 ™ Belkin USB VideoBus Uninstall 1. Double-click the hard drive icon on your desktop. 2. Double-click the “System” folder. 3. Double-click the “Extensions” folder. 4. Look for the following files listed below then drag them to the “Trash”: 1. NT1003.sys 2. NT1003.sys.fuj 3. NT1003.sys.tos 4. Shell Interface Library 5. Shell Settings Panel 6. Shell Video Digitizer 12
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P73261/F5U206-MAC/US/man.qxd 1/7/00 5:23 PM Page 13 Information FCC Statement DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY WITH FCC RULES FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY We, Belkin Components, of 501 West Walnut Street, Compton CA 90220, declare under our sole responsibility that the product: F5U206-MAC to which this declaration relates: Complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must ac
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P73261/F5U206-MAC/US/man.qxd 1/7/00 5:23 PM Page 14 belkin.com Belkin Components 501 West Walnut Street Compton • CA • 90220 • USA Tel: 310.898.1100 Fax: 310.898.1111 Belkin Components, Ltd. Unit 13 • Gatelodge Close • Round Spinney Northampton • Northants • NN3 8RX • UK Tel: +44 (0) 1604678300 Fax: +44 (0) 1604678330 Belkin Components B.V. Diamantlaan 8 • 2132 WV Hoofddorp • The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0) 235698765 Fax: +31 (0) 235612694 © 1999 Belkin Components. All rights reserved. All trad
