Setup guide

24 • Avid|DS
Chapter 2 • Site Preparation
Additional Equipment
A typical Avid|DS workstation requires the following additional peripherals
and cables:
Device Description
House sync
generator
The house sync must have the same video format as your
video equipment and as the project that you create in
Avid|DS 4.02.
You will need a tri-level sync generator for HD projects.
Video monitor HD or NTSC/PAL
Video tape recorder
(VTR)
VTRs connect to the base unit through an RS-422 cable.
(Contact your Avid|DS reseller for a list of approved HD VTRs)
Digital waveform
monitor
Measures the luminance and chrominance video signals
Speakers and
amplifier
Analog and/or digital audio equipment and converters for
converting audio signals
Cables Video: Use high quality 75-ohm coaxial cables with
75-ohm BNC coaxial connectors.
Audio: Balanced cables
Standards
convertors
Lets you convert between HD and other (NTSC and PAL for
example) standards in order to accommodate archival
footage coming from other formats or standards