User`s guide

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Features
The Digital Video Machine 2 offers a wide range of features including:
• Plays high resolution MPEG-2 Video.
• Composite, S-Video, RGB and YUV outputs.
• Plays over one hour of video from internal drive.
• 2 Channels of digital audio available as Balanced, Unbalanced, or S/PDIF.
• Dolby 5.1 Digital Surround Sound bitstream output
• 720 x 480 (NTSC) or 720 x 576 (PAL) Resolution
• Converts NTSC to PAL and PAL to NTSC.
• Stores over 500 Clips per drive.
• Serial RS-232 Control is Pioneer and Sony LDP compatible.
• Sony 9-pin (RS-422) compatible.
• MIDI controllable.
• Clips loaded via Ethernet or removable hard drive.
• Parallel Contact Closures provide discrete control of 15 files.
The following feature upgrades were implemented in version 0.85 of the DVM2
operating system.
• DHCP Support
• Soft Reboot
• FTP Client
• Scheduler Commands: N, C, P, X
• Pioneer Commands: LS, GW, SM, DL, RN
If you have an earlier version of the OS, you need to upgrade your unit before
you can use these features. To get the latest DVM2 operating system, go to
www.alcorn.com/products/dvm2/osupdate.html.
DVM2/L and DVM2/V
The Digital Video Machine 2/L and 2/V include most of the same features as the
full-featured model; however, some features have been excluded in these
models:
• Composite and S-Video outputs only.
• Serial RS-232 Control is Pioneer compatible only.
• The 2/V model is only capable of NTSC (720 x 480) Resolution Playback.