Product specifications
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Media Recorder System
Media Recorder uses the same basic hardware as NewsCutter.
However, it has a smaller UI monitor.
Media Recorder Layout
Figure 1-2 shows all standard and optional Media Recorder
components except for a source of reference video or a black burst
generator. The rack shown in the Þgure is not supplied with a Media
Recorder system.
Figure 1-2 Sample Media Recorder System Layout
VLX
SCSI IDSCSI ID
DEVICE DEVICE
ACTIVITYACTIVITY
TERM BUS B TERM BUS B
TERM BUS ATERM BUS A
COOLINGCOOLING
POWER 2POWER 2
POWER 1POWER 1POWER 1POWER 1
V-LAN VLXi
(option required to connect a deck withou
t
Avid direct serial protocol)
Customer-supplied
playback monitor
Video Slave Driver
Audio interface
UI monitor
Avid Media
Processor
Customer-supplied rack
MRS – multidrive rack-mountable storage
V-LAN – video local area network
Disk drives:
MediaDock, MRS, or MediaDrives
Keyboard
Modem (optional)
Mouse
Speaker
(optional)
Customer-supplied deck, feed,
router, or other video source
Speaker
(optional)