Instruction manual

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Installation
Installation
Testing your installation
Testing
To check the installation has been successful on most DeckLink cards with Windows XP:
1. Go to the Control Panel and open Display. Click on the Settings tab. You should see an
extra display which represents the extended desktop feature of your DeckLink. The size of
the DeckLink display will appear differently to your computer display, and may be in HD or SD
resolution. Select the second display. DeckLink models, which support high definition video
with a x1 lane PCI Express card, do not include an extended desktop and will not show an extra
display in the Settings tab.
2. Then enable Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor
3. Go to the Control Panel and open DeckLink. Check the SDI, Analog Component, Composite
NTSC/PAL, and the HDMI outputs for desktop video.
The DeckLink HD Extreme 2 has SDI, Component analog, Composite analog and HDMI video
outputs as well as SDI, HDMI, XLR analog and AES digital audio outputs. Other models of
DeckLink cards have some but not all of these video and audio outputs.
Note: You won’t see any video on the composite analog NTSC/PAL outputs if the desktop is set to
HD or 2K modes. You won’t see any video on the component analog outputs if the desktop is set
to 2K modes. A 2K monitoring solution, such as HDLink Pro and a 30” monitor, is required to view
2K-SDI video output from hardware such as DeckLink HD Extreme 2 and Multibridge Eclipse.
4. Check audio output channels 1 & 2 for audio playback. The same audio should be heard on all
the audio outputs provided on your model of DeckLink card, eg: analog XLR, AES/SPDIF, HDMI
and SDI. If this is all working well, you know your DeckLink is working correctly.
Display Properties.