User Manual
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Notices & Warranties DANGER The following conditions indicate the potential for serious bodily injury or loss off life. Health precautions In rare cases, flashing lights or stimulation from the bright light of a computer monitor display may trigger temporary epileptic seizures or loss of consciousness. It is believed that even individuals whom have never experienced such symptoms may be susceptible.
Notices & Warranties Do not use the product in a dusty or humid environment It may cause short-circuit or build-up of heat, resulting in fire or electric shock. Do not let foreign matters enter the inside of the product If water or any foreign matter enters the inside of the product, it may cause fire or electric shock.
Notices & Warranties CAUTION The following conditions indicate the potential for bodily harm, damage to hardware or loss of data. Do not pull AC adapter cord when disconnecting from electrical outlet When disconnecting the AC adapter cord, pull on the plug, not the cord itself. Pulling on the cord can damage the cord and may result in fire or electric shock. Do not touch AC adapter with wet hands Do not disconnect or plug in the AC adapter when your hands are wet.
Notices & Warranties FCC Notice This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for the class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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Table of Contents Table of Contents ADVC-300 features ......................................................................................................... 12 Packege Contents ........................................................................................................... 13 Items included in ADVC-300 package ...................................................................... 13 Names and functions of components ...........................................................................
Table of Contents Recording digital video to analog VCR ................................................................... 49 Technical Information .................................................................................................... 50 Priorities among analog input signals ..................................................................... 50 Audio modes ............................................................................................................
ADVC-300 features D1 terminal output Component analog output is supported via the D1 connector. Compatible with SECAM format ADVC-300 is compatible with any video format. Input: NTSC, PAL, and SECAM are supported. Output: NTSC and PAL are supported. Image and sound quality adjustment software This product is includes with Picture Controller 300, which lets you adjust the quality of image and sound in a snap from Windows or Macintosh.
Pack age Contents ackage The product package includes the following accessories. Items included in ADVC-300 package • ADVC-300 • AC adapter and cable Tip As the AC adapter comes in a form that the adapter unit and cable (to receptacle) are separated each other, connect them before using it. * The shape of the plug may differ depending on your point of parchase.
Names and functions of components Front (1) (2) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (3) (1) [INPUT SELET] switch This switch sets the input mode to either of DV or analog. The switch toggles between the following two modes: • Analog > DV > Analog * If the [INPUT SELECT] switch is held down for about 3 seconds, color bars are output. Pressing the switch once again returns you to the DV input mode.
Rear (1) (2) (3) (4) (7) NOTE Please do not connect DV camcorders to DV connectors on both sides at the same time. This operation is not supported. (5) (6) (1) DV IN/OUT Terminal for DV connection (6-pin). Connect this terminal to a DV device or computer. (2) S-VIDEO OUT Terminal for S-video output. (3) VIDEO OUT Terminal for composite video output. (4) AUDIO OUT L/R Terminal for analog audio output. (5) DC IN 5V Connect the AC adapter that comes with the product to this terminal.
To p (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (1) [ADJUST DOWN] switch When selecting an item to set up, pressing this switch moves the ADJUST LEVEL LED's current indication to the left by one. When adjusting the quality of image or sound, pressing this switch decreases the setting value by one. (2) [ADJUST UP] switch When selecting an item to set up, pressing this switch moves the ADJUST LEVEL LED's current indication to the right by one.
(5) [ENTER] switch Use this switch to acknowledge the setting you made. Bottom (2) (1) (1) [SW1] DIP switches DIP switches for setting VIDEO and AUDIO modes. (2) [SW2] DIP switches DIP switches for making video settings.
NOTE Before changing the DIP switch settings, be sure to turn the power OFF. Setting up ADVC-300 [SW1] DIP switches Allow you to set various modes. No.5, No.6 may differ depending on your point of parchase. No.1 PHY Speed setting Allows you to set the PHY Speed. (Usually, set to S400.) OFF: S400 ON: S200 No.2 Update Mode setting Allows you to set Update Mode. (Usually, set it to Normal.) OFF: Normal ON: Update No.
No.7 Standby setting Allows you to set whether to use the standby feature (which detects the signal coming from devices connected to the DV terminal). OFF: Disable ON: Enable * Standby feature This feature turns ON/OFF the ADVC-300 power automatically after detecting ON/OFF of the power of the device connected to the DV terminal. You can use the [POWER] switch to turn ON/OFF the ADVC-300 power as usual even when the standby feature is active.
[SW2] DIP switches Tip The following functions are changeable under the PC mode. The set values are saved in the ADVC-300's memory. • Locked Audio Mode ([SW1] DIP switch No. 3) • Audio Mode ([SW1] DIP switch No. 4) The following functions are not changeable from the PC. • NTSC Setup Level ([SW1] DIP switch No. 5) • Video Format ([SW1] DIP switch No. 6) • Chroma Filter ([SW2] DIP switch No. 2) • Component Level ([SW2] DIP switch No. 3) • Aspect Ratio Enable ([SW2] DIP switch No.
No.8 Video Sync Mode setting Allows you to select whether to enable the PLL (phase-locked loop) control or not. This switch is effective only for DV inputs. OFF: External Sync ON: Internal Sync If set to [OFF: External Sync], the ADVC-300 synchronize the frame and subcarrier period of analog video to be output with the pulses of the incoming DV stream. If set to [ON: Internal Sync], the ADVC-300 uses its internal circuit to determine the frame period of the analog video to be output.
Adjusting image and sound quality Tip • The image and sound quality adjustments for external inputs is commonly applied to both of S-video and composite inputs. • You cannot adjust DV input devices using this feature. • The settings specified in the image quality adjustment are applied when analog data is converted to DV data. ADVC-300 is equipped with the image and sound quality adjustment feature. You can save one setting for external (LINE) inputs. 1 Set the ADVC-300 [POWER] switch to [OFF].
4 Select your desired item to adjust by pressing the [ADJUST UP] or [ADJUST DOWN] switch. LED PAGE1[-5] PAGE1[-4] PAGE1[-3] PAGE1[-2] PAGE1[-1] PAGE1[ 0] PAGE1[+1] PAGE1[+2] PAGE1[+3] PAGE1[+4] PAGE1[+5] PAGE1[-5] PAGE1[-4] Desired item Image and sound Brightness Contrast Hue Saturation Sharpness Volume Low tone High tone Image Sound Y/C separation setting Audio AGC setting Tip To change the page, select [PAGE1/2], and then press the [ENTER] switch.
5 Press the [ENTER] switch to select the currently chosen item > The [ADJUST LEVEL] LEDs will light in series from [-5] to [PAGE1/2] twice, and then the current setting value (previously saved value) will be indicated. > PAGE1[-5]: When the image and sound default setting has been selected: All the LEDs of [ADJUST LEVEL] and [3D Processing] will blink at the same time. Proceed to step 7.
6 Adjust the setting value by pressing the [ADJUST UP] or [ADJUST DOWN] switches. Tip You can increase or decrease the value continuously by holding down the [ADJUST UP] or [ADJUST DOWN] key.
8 Set the ADVC-300 [POWER] switch to [OFF]. 9 Set the [SW2] DIP switch No. 1 to [OFF]. > The Video Audio Adjust Mode will be set to [Normal]. > This completes the setup procedure.
Installing Picture Controller 300 System requirements Canopus does not gurantee all system meeting the below requirements to work accordingly with the ADVC-300. Computer The following are the minimum requirements for using this product. Windows • CPU: • Memory: • CD-ROM drive: • HDD: Pentium III or faster 128 MB or more Required to set up the software. 4 MB or more of available space for installing the software • To use Picture Controller 300, an OHCI (IEEE1394) interface is required.
Installation (for Windows) The following describes the procedure for installing Picture Controller 300 on a computer running Windows XP. * You can install Picture Controller 300 without ADVC-300 connected with the computer. Tip 1 Insert the “ADVC-300 Applications CD” into the CDROM drive. Do not remove the “ADVC-300 Applications CD” from the CDROM drive until the installation is completed. > The CD-ROM automatically starts up and the installation screen is displayed.
4 Click [Next]. * If you want to change the folder where the program will be installed into, click [Browse...] and specify your desired folder. > The installation process starts. 5 Select your desired options and click [Next]. > Be sure to read the readme file since it contains content not covered in the manuals. 6 Click [Finish]. Tip ADVC-300 comes with the “ProCoder Demo version”. When you want to install “ProCoder Demo”, run “ADVC-300 Applications CD” > [ProCoder Trial] > [ProCoderDemo_1_25.
Installation (for Macintosh) The following describes the procedure for installing Picture Controller 300 on a computer running Mac OS X. * You can install Picture Controller 300 without ADVC-300 connected with the computer. Tip 1 Insert the “ADVC-300 Applications CD” into the CDROM drive. 2 Run [ADVC300] > [PCtrl300] > [Picture Controller 300.pkg]. Do not remove the “ADVC-300 Applications CD” from the CDROM drive until the installation is completed. > The [ADVC300] icon will appear.
4 Click [Continue]. 5 Read the content carefully, and click [Continue]. > Be sure to read the readme file since it contains content not covered in the manuals.
6 Click [Continue]. > The License Agreement will be displayed. Read the content carefully and click [Agree] only if you agree to it. > If you do not agree to the License Agreement, click [Disagree] to stop installation and notify our customer support personnel in writing. * If you do not agree to the License Agreement, you cannot use this software. 7 32 Select the destination folder for installation, and then click [Continue].
8 Click [Install]. > The installation process starts. 9 After the installation completes, click [Close]. > The [Picture Controller 300] folder is created in the [Applications] folder.
NOTE How to use Picture Controller 300 Do not turn ON/OFF the ADVC300 power when the computer connected to the ADVC-300 via a DV cable is OFF or in a standby mode. Tip Picture Controller 300 lets you adjust the image and sound quality of streams coming from the computer via the DV terminal. These settings are effective even after the ADVC-300 is turned OFF or disconnected from the computer. For Windows NOTE When the ADVC-300 power is OFF, set the [SW1] DIP switch No.
2 Click the [Start] menu, point to [All Programs], and click [Canopus Picture Controller 300]. > Picture Controller 300 will start up. Tip • About Picture Controller 300 setup screen (Refer to P. 37 to 45) [Open Preview] ([Close Preview]) button Opens the preview screen (closes the preview screen). [Default] button Reverts the setting to the default. [OK] button Saves the current setting and exits Picture Controller 300. [Cancel] button Exits Picture Controller 300 without saving the current setting.
For Macintosh NOTE When the ADVC-300 power is OFF, set the [SW1] DIP switch No. 8 to [ON: PC] (PC mode) beforehand (Refer to P.19). Tip 1 Connect the ADVC-300 to the computer, boot up the computer, and set the [POWER] switch to [ON]. 2 Click [Picture Controller 300] in the [Picture Controller 300] folder. • About Picture Controller 300 setup screen (Refer to P. 37 to 45) [Preview] button Opens the preview screen. [Default] button Reverts the setting to the default.
[Basic] tab This tab page is provided for adjusting the image and sound quality. • Image Setting Allows you to adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, and sharpness of your video. • Audio Setting Allows you to adjust the volume, high and low tones and AGC gain of video. Tip Audio Setting: AGC gain The sound volume is automatically adjusted by this feature. You can set the level of AGC automatic adjustment.
[Filter] tab This tab page is provided for setting up Y/C separation and DNR. NOTE When the S-video input, Y/C separation of the [Filter] tab can not set. • Video Processing [Y/C Separation 2D] When displaying composite video, the ADVC-300 separates the luminance (Y) and chrominance (C) signals based on the scanning lines above and below.
• 3D Noise Reduction Removes noise from each of the luminance (Y) and chrominance (C) signals after comparing the current frame with the previous one. [Y Signal] Allows you to set the noise reduction level for the luminance (Y) signal. [C Signal] Allows you to set the noise reduction level for the chrominance (C) signal. • 2D Noise Reduction Removes noise by blurring the entire image uniformly by using the built-in filter. [Y Signal] Allows you to set the noise reduction level for the luminance (Y) signal.
[Video1] tab This tab page is provided to set the correction for color graduation. If this correction is enabled for a video having black or white crushes, the video is adjusted and become clear and crisp. • Black Expansion Tip We recommend setting this to [Middle] or [Strong] because you may not recognize the effect of this setting if it has been set to [Weak].
• White Peak Adjust Corrects a whiteout image by correcting the gain of white (high brightness) areas and thus restoring the contrast in them. [Adjustment] Allows you to set the level of white peak adjustment. The higher the level, the lower the white peak will be. [Base Level] Allows you to specify up to which level of brightness you want to correct the white peak. The more the cursor is moved to the left, the lower (darker) the bright level will be.
[Video2] tab This tab page is provided to sets up the edge correction and AGC. • Edge Adjustment Corrects the edge of human or object profiles in videos. [Horizontal Edge] Corrects horizontal edges in video. Vertical edges are thus enhanced. [Vertical Edge] Corrects vertical edges in video. Horizontal edges are thus enhanced.
• Video AGC Sets up the AGC feature for video in detail. Checkmark this option if you want to automatically set the brightness of the entire video to an optimal level. [AGC] If [Auto] is checkmarked, the brightness of the entire video will be automatically adjusted. When [Fix] is checkmarked, the brightness of the entire video will be adjusted using the fixed value. [Set Auto Gain] Allows you to set the automatic adjustment level of AGC if [AGC] has been set to [Auto].
[Audio] tab Sets the sampling rate and the Locked Audio mode. • Audio Encode NOTE This switch is effective only for analog inputs. Tip This setting cannot be altered in the UNIT mode. 44 [Locked audio mode] Allows you to select whether to use the Locked Audio mode or not. [Sampling Rate] Allows you to select an audio frequency. [48kHz 16bit] Audio data will be processed as 16-bit stereo sound at 48 kHz. Select this option when you want to create DVD videos.
[V ersion Info] tab [Version This tab page shows the version information of Picture Controller 300.
Connecting ADVC-300 Analog video input NOTE Make connections between devices as shown in the figure. Before connecting/disconnecting a DV cable, be sure to turn OFF the power of your computer and ADVC-300. Computer DV camera Receptacle DV DV Connect either of the cables. Output 4pin 6pin Output AC adapter ADVC-300 4pin 6pin Rear Front Input Input Input *When both of the video and S-video terminals are used, the S-video terminal takes priority.
Capturing analog video into computer 1 2 NOTE Press the [POWER] switch on the rear. By pressing the [INPUT SELECT] switch on the front, switch the input mode to the ANALOG IN external input mode. > The ANALOG IN LED will light. 3 4 Playback the video you want to capture on the analog VCR. Capture the video on your computer. > For how to capture the video on your computer, consult the user's manual of the software you are using.
Digital video input NOTE Make connections between devices as shown in the figure. Before connecting/disconnecting a DV cable, be sure to turn OFF the power of your computer and ADVC-300. VCR S video input NOTE Do not turn ON/OFF the ADVC300 power when the computer connected to the ADVC-300 via a DV cable is OFF or in the standby mode. Otherwise, your computer may become unbootable depending on the OHCI card being used.
Watching digital video on TV monitor 1 Press the [POWER] switch on the rear. 2 By pressing the [INPUT SELECT] switch, switch the input mode to DIGITAL IN. 3 Output your desired digital video from the computer (or DV camera). > The DIGITAL IN LED will light. > The digital video will be displayed on the TV monitor. * For how to output digital video on your computer, consult the user’s manual of the software you are using. Recording digital video to analog VCR 1 Press the [POWER] switch on the rear.
Technical Information Priorities among analog input signals When all the connectors are used at the same time, priority is given in the order shown below: • Video 1. S-video input 2. Composite input Audio modes 48kHz/16-bit mode In this mode, audio data is recorded as 16-bit stereo sound at 48 kHz. Select this option when you create DVD videos. 32kHz/12-bit mode In this mode, 4 channels of 12-bit audio signals are recorded at 32kHz.
Specifications Video signal formats DV Front terminals Analog Video Rear terminals Front terminal Input Rear terminal Analog Audio NTSC(0IRE), NTSC(7.5IRE), SECAM*, PAL 4-pin iLINK Connector 6-pin iLINK Connector S-Video(MiniDIN 4 Pin)x1 RCA jack Compositex1 Output S-Video(MiniDIN 4 Pin)x1 RCA jack Compositex1 Data 48kHz 16bit 2ch 32kHz 12bit 4ch (ADVC-300 processes only the main 2 channels and not other 2 sub-channels.
Troubleshooting If you have found any troubles, check the following points before contacting us for repair. Symptoms Cause/Action Pressing the POWER > Check that the AC adapter is connected to switch does turn ON the DC IN 5V connector and the receptacle. the ADVC-300 power. Video and audio are > Check if the POWER switch is ON. Check not output. that this product and DV/analog devices are properly connected. It cannot record.
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