Specifications

Chapter 2: Installing Video Satellite 15
Connecting Video I/O to the VTR
Connecting a VTR to an Avid Video Peripheral
If an Avid video peripheral is connected to the
system, connect the VTR’s video I/O to the Avid
video peripheral.
To connect a VTR’s video I/O to an Avid video
peripheral:
1 Connect the Avid video peripheral Composite
IN, Component IN, S-Video IN, SDI IN, or HD-
SDI IN connectors to the corresponding output
or outputs on your VTR.
2 Connect the Avid video peripheral Composite
OUT, Component OUT, S-Video OUT, SDI OUT,
or HD-SDI OUT connectors to the correspond-
ing inputs on your VTR.
Connecting a VTR with No Avid Video
Peripheral Present
If no Avid video peripheral is connected to the
system—but the VTR supports input and output
of audio and video as a DV-stream over
FireWire— connect the VTR directly to the
Media Composer or Symphony computer.
To connect a VTR’s video I/O without an Avid video
peripheral:
1 Connect one end of a 1394 (FireWire) cable to
the 1394 connector on the VTR.
2 Connect the other end of the 1394 (FireWire)
cable to an available FireWire port on the
Media Composer or Symphony computer.
Connecting Audio I/O to the VTR
Connect the audio inputs and outputs on the
VTR to the audio inputs and outputs on the pri-
mary Pro Tools HD audio interface.
Configuring Machine Control with a
VTR
Because the VTR is usually controlled by
Media Composer or Symphony in a video satel-
lite system, you need to connect the video satel-
lite computer directly to the VTR.
If the VTR is DV-based (which means it accepts
Deck Control over FireWire), connect the VTR
to the Media Composer computer over
FireWire.
Connecting a serial 9-pin cable is not necessary
if you are using a DV-based VTR that accepts
deck control commands over FireWire.
In this case, the serial 9-pin cable is not neces-
sary since the FireWire connection between the
VTR and the Media Composer or Symphony cli-
ent computer is sufficient. (See your VTR docu-
mentation for detailed support information.)
If the VTR requires 9-pin control, you need to
set it up differently.
To connect a VTR using 9-pin to a Mac computer:
1 Plug a Keyspan USA-19HS adapter into a USB
port on the computer, and install the included
driver software.
2 Connect the Keyspan serial port to the deck,
using a 9-pin RS-232 to RS-422 adapter and RS-
422 cable (not provided).
To connect a VTR using 9-pin to a Windows
computer:
 Connect the computer’s COM port to the deck,
using a 9-pin RS-232 to RS-422 adapter and RS-
422 cable (not provided).
This only supports DV video formats such as
DV25, DVCPro 100 and HDV.