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In this Guide Introduction 2 What’s in the Package 3 System Requirements 3 This is Your AVC-2210 4 Plugging In Your AVC-2210 5 Installing the Drivers 6 Installing Sonic MyDVD 21 Creating A Video Project With MyDVD 21 Sharing Your DVD or VCD 27 Finding More Information 27 Registering Your AVC-2210 27 Need Help with Your AVC-2210? 28 Need Help Capturing Your Video? 32 Need Help Burning Your Video? 33 Technical Specifications 34 1
VideOh! DVD AVC-2210 User’s Guide Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your Adaptec VideOh!™ DVD AVC-2210. With your VideOh! DVD kit, you can convert your analog videos into digital format and create your own Video CDs (VCDs) and DVDs. ■ Capture your favorite video footage with your AVC-2210 and the Sonic® MyDVD® software. ■ Organize and burn VCDs and DVDs with MyDVD. Add backgrounds to your videos, and menus for easy navigation.
What’s in the Package What’s in the Package Your Adaptec VideOh! DVD package includes: ■ Adaptec AVC-2210 USB 2.
VideOh! DVD AVC-2210 User’s Guide This is Your AVC-2210 FRONT VIEW Power button Power LED Audio Input ports Video Input port S-Video Input port BACK VIEW Power port USB port Stand You can also take your AVC-2210 out of its stand and lay it flat on your desk. Built-in rubber pads keep it in place when it’s not in its stand. Power LED Status The LED on the front of the AVC-2210 lights up to indicate the status of operation. The following table indicates the status modes.
Plugging In Your AVC-2210 Plugging In Your AVC-2210 To set up your AVC-2210: 1 Connect the power adapter. (See the figures on page 4 if you need help locating the ports on your AVC-2210.) 2 Connect your video device to your AVC-2210 using the included A/V cable. Your device may have a proprietary cable.
VideOh! DVD AVC-2210 User’s Guide 3 Turn on your computer if you haven’t already done so, then connect the AVC-2210 to your computer using the provided USB 2.0 cable. 4 Insert the VideOh! Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. 5 Turn on the AVC-2210 by pressing the Power button. The LED on the front of the AVC-2210 will light up orange when first powered on. Note: If the VideOh! DVD Software Installation screen appears, exit this screen until driver installation is complete.
Installing the Drivers Windows XP Windows XP automatically detects your device and opens the Found New Hardware Wizard. To perform the installation, follow the instructions provided in this section. Note: Before installing the driver, make sure the VideOh! Installation CD is in your CD-ROM drive. To install the driver: 1 In the Found New Hardware Wizard, select Install the software automatically..., then click Next.
VideOh! DVD AVC-2210 User’s Guide 2 If this window appears, click Continue Anyway. Note: Adaptec drivers have been fully tested and certified to work with the AVC-2210 device. Windows installs the driver. 3 Click Finish to complete the USB Loader installation. 4 From the Found New Hardware Wizard, repeat steps 1 and 2 to install the device drivers. 5 Click Finish to complete the installation.
Installing the Drivers 6 Click Yes to restart your computer. Note: If you plug your AVC-2210 into a USB 1.1 port, this message appears during driver installation: A hi-speed USB device is plugged into a non-hi-speed USB hub. This message indicates that your AVC-2210 will run at a reduced (USB 1.1) speed. To ensure maximum performance, plug your AVC-2210 into a USB 2.0 port. (For information on USB 2.0 adapters and hubs, go to the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com.
VideOh! DVD AVC-2210 User’s Guide Windows 2000 Windows 2000 automatically detects your device and opens the Found New Hardware Wizard. To perform the installation, follow the instructions provided in this section. Note: Before installing the driver, make sure the VideOh! Installation CD is in your CD-ROM drive. To install the drivers: 1 In the Found New Hardware Wizard, click Next.
Installing the Drivers 2 Select Search for a suitable driver..., then click Next. 3 Select only CD-ROM drives, then click Next. Windows locates a driver file.
VideOh! DVD AVC-2210 User’s Guide 4 Click Next. Note: The drive letter for your CD-ROM may be different than the one shown in the example above. 5 Click Finish to complete the USB Loader installation. 6 Repeat steps 2 through 4 to install the device drivers.
Installing the Drivers 7 If this window appears, click Yes. Note: Adaptec drivers have been fully tested and certified to work with the AVC-2210 device. 8 Click Finish to complete the installation.
VideOh! DVD AVC-2210 User’s Guide 9 When the installation is complete, restart your computer. Note: To check if the driver is installed properly, you can follow the instructions provided in Need Help Installing Your Device Drivers? on page 28. Windows Me Windows Me automatically detects your device and opens the Found New Hardware Wizard. To perform the installation, follow the instructions provided in this section.
Installing the Drivers 2 Select Automatic search..., then click Next. 3 Click Finish to complete the USB Loader installation. 4 From the Add New Hardware Wizard, repeat Steps 1 through 3 to install the device drivers. Note: To check if the driver is installed properly, you can follow the instructions provided in Need Help Installing Your Device Drivers? on page 28.
VideOh! DVD AVC-2210 User’s Guide Windows 98SE Windows 98SE automatically detects your device and opens the Found New Hardware Wizard. To perform the installation, follow the instructions provided in this section. Note: Before installing the driver, make sure the VideOh! Installation CD is in your CD-ROM drive. Note: You may need your Windows 98SE CD to complete this installation procedure. To install the drivers: 1 In the Add New Hardware Wizard, click Next.
Installing the Drivers 2 Select Search for best driver..., then click Next. 3 Select only CD-ROM drive, then click Next.
VideOh! DVD AVC-2210 User’s Guide 4 Click Next. Note: The drive letter for your CD-ROM may be different than the one shown in the example above. 5 Click Finish to complete the USB Loader installation.
Installing the Drivers 6 In the Add New Hardware Wizard, click Next then follow steps 2 through 4 to install device drivers. 7 If required, insert your Windows 98SE CD, then click OK.
VideOh! DVD AVC-2210 User’s Guide 8 Click Finish to complete the installation. Note: If the driver file being installed from the VideOh! installation CD is older than the existing driver file, you may get a version conflict message. Select to keep the newer driver file. Note: To check if the driver is installed properly, you can follow the instructions provided in Need Help Installing Your Device Drivers? on page 28.
Installing Sonic MyDVD Installing Sonic MyDVD After you install your drivers, you need to install MyDVD. To install MyDVD: Note: If you have an older version of MyDVD already installed on your system, you must uninstall it first before insalling the newer version. 1 Insert the VideOh! CD into your CD-ROM drive. The VideOh! Installation screen appears. If the VideOh! CD Installation screen doesn’t appear, use Windows Explorer to display the CD contents, then click autorun.exe.
VideOh! DVD AVC-2210 User’s Guide Before you begin creating: ■ Make sure your analog video device (such as a camcorder or VCR) is connected to the AVC-2210 and switched on. ■ If you have an external DVD/CD recorder, make sure it is connected to your computer and switched on. You need a DVD-Recordable drive and appropriate media to burn DVDs. DVD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW drives do not have the capability to burn DVD discs.
Creating A Video Project With MyDVD 2 Move the mouse pointer over either DVD-Video or Video CD (depending on what type of media you want), then click Create or Modify a ... Project. The Main project window appears. 3 On the Main project window (shown in Step 2), click Capture. The Capture window appears. These buttons won’t operate your analog video device. Use the Play, Stop, and other control buttons on your device to control your analog video tape. 4 Press the Play button on your analog video device.
VideOh! DVD AVC-2210 User’s Guide 5 To begin transferring your video to your computer, click Start Capturing. MyDVD captures your video, including the audio. Note: If you get any error messages at this point in your video capturing, stop your analog video device and refer to Need Help Capturing Your Video? on page 32. 6 When you want to stop transferring your video to your computer, click Stop Capturing, then stop or pause your analog video device.
Creating A Video Project With MyDVD Trim Your Video Now that you’ve captured some video footage, you can trim it. For example, you can change your Start and End points. You can also choose the specific video frame that you want to use as the thumbnail picture that is displayed in your Main project window. 1 From the Main project window, double-click the thumbnail for the video clip you want to trim. 2 Use the controls in the Trimming window to trim your video.
VideOh! DVD AVC-2210 User’s Guide Preview Your Project It’s a good idea to see how your DVD/VCD project will look before you burn it to disc. To preview your project, press Preview at the bottom of your Main project window, then double-click the thumbnail clip you want to look at. When you have previewed your project, press Stop.
Sharing Your DVD or VCD Sharing Your DVD or VCD Now that you’ve captured your video and burned it to a DVD or CD, you’re ready to share it. You can play your newly created DVD on most compatible DVD players and your VCD on most compatible DVD players or CD-ROM drives. You can play your DVDs the way you play any standard DVD, using the controls on your DVD player or remote control. To play a VCD, you need to select the video clip you want to view by using the number pad on the video player remote control.
VideOh! DVD AVC-2210 User’s Guide Need Help with Your AVC-2210? Note: See the Readme file on the VideOh! Installation CD for the latest information. ■ Ensure that your analog video device is connected and powered on. ■ Double-check all cable connections. ■ Try connecting to a different USB port on your computer. In doing so, you may need to reinstall the drivers. ■ If your AVC-2210 is connected to a USB hub, try connecting it directly to your computer’s USB port.
Need Help Installing Your Device Drivers? 3 Click Sound, video and game controllers, and check that Adaptec AVC-2210 USB Device appears, as shown in the following figure. Note: The screen you see on your computer may be different than the one shown in the example above. If the AVC-2210 doesn’t appear, refer to Need Help with Your AVC-2210? on page 28.
VideOh! DVD AVC-2210 User’s Guide For Windows 2000: 1 On the bottom left of your desktop, click the Start button, select Settings and click Control Panel, then double-click System. The System Properties window opens. Click the Hardware tab. 2 Open Device Manager. 3 Click Sound, video and game controllers, and check that Adaptec AVC-2210 USB Device appears, as shown in the following figure. Note: The screen you see on your computer may be different than the one shown in the example above.
Need Help Installing Your Device Drivers? For Windows Me and 98SE: 1 On the bottom left of your desktop, click the Start button, select Settings and click Control Panel, then double-click System. The System Properties window opens. 2 Open Device Manager, and select View devices by type. 3 Click Sound, video and game controllers, and check that Adaptec AVC-2210 USB Device appears, as shown in the following figure.
VideOh! DVD AVC-2210 User’s Guide Need Help Capturing Your Video? ■ If your analog video device, such as a VCR or camcorder, is not powered on, after about 1 minute, you will get an error message. To allow MyDVD to recognize and capture the video: a Click OK to close the error message. b Click Done to close the Capture window. c Press the Power on button on your video device. d Click Capture.
Need Help Burning Your Video? ■ If there are large gaps in your analog video tape of about 5 minutes, MyDVD stops capturing. To continue, forward to a new clip and start capturing. Gaps in video footage are often caused by stops, pauses, static, or unrecorded space in the original recording. They can also be caused by old, damaged, or deteriorated video tapes. ■ Set your computer monitor’s screen resolution to 1024 x 768 or higher for optimum viewing.
VideOh! DVD AVC-2210 User’s Guide Technical Specifications Technology USB 2.0 Video Capture Format MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Bit Rate Constant bit rate (CBR) Video Standards NTSC format at 29.97fps: Full D1: 720x480, MPEG1: 352x240 PAL format at 25fps: Full D1: 720x576, MPEG1: 352x288 Audio Input Stereo Audio (Left/Right RCA) Video Input Composite (RCA) S-Video Connector (7-pin DIN) PC Interface USB 2.
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