Car Video System User Manual

Chapter 2: Installing Media Station|PT 15
chapter 2
Installing Media Station|PT
This chapter describes how to install
Media Station|PT software and related peripher-
als.
Media Station|PT
Configurations
You can use Media Station|PT in three different
configurations, as follows:
Standalone Media Station|PT is installed on a
computer without Pro Tools installed, and func-
tions as a standalone application. When in-
stalled in this way on Windows XP, this config-
uration can easily be modified to become a
video satellite.
Video Satellite (Windows XP Only)
Media Station|PT is installed on a computer that
does not have Pro Tools installed, and functions
as a video satellite of Pro Tools.
Co-installed with Pro Tools Media Station|PT is
installed on the same computer with Pro Tools,
and can be launched when Pro Tools is not run-
ning.
Upgrading Media Station|PT
This section describes how to prepare your sys-
tem for upgrading from a previous version of
Media Station|PT or Media Station|V10.
Preserving Existing User Settings
Before Upgrading from
Media Station|V10
Media Station|PT handles user settings differ-
ently from Media Station|V10. For optimal per-
formance, it is strongly recommended that you
create a new user profile after upgrading to
Media Station|PT.
If you have user settings in Media Station|V10
that you do not want to lose, you can preserve
them before uninstalling Media Station|V10 and
then copy them into your new user profile after
installing Media Station|PT.