Specifications

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To authorize Media Composer or Symphony
automatically using the internet:
1 Launch Media Composer or Symphony. The
Activation tool opens.
2 Select “I want to activate my software using this
computer’s Internet connection.
”
3 Click Continue. The Avid Activation dialog box
opens.
4 Enter your system identification number in
the System ID text box. The system identifica-
tion number is located on the inside cover of the
Installation Guide for Avid Editing Systems, in-
cluded with Media Composer.
5 Enter your serial number in the Serial Number
text box. Your serial number is located on the in-
side cover of the Installation Guide for Avid Ed-
iting Systems, included with Media Composer.
6 Click Activate. The Activation tool confirms
your system information. When software activa-
tion is complete, a message informs you that
your software has been successfully activated.
7 Click OK. A registration dialog appears.
8 Do one of the following:
•Click
Register Later if you don’t want to reg-
ister Media Composer or Symphony now.
You can register at any time by selecting
Special > Register Your Software.
– or –
•Click Register Now if you want to register
Media Composer or Symphony now. The
Avid Product Registration web page opens
in your default browser, with your system
information automatically entered.
To activate Media Composer or Symphony
manually:
1 Launch Media Composer or Symphony. The
Activation tool opens.
2 Select “I want to activate my software by phone
or by using another computer’s Internet connec-
tion.
”
3 Click Continue. The Avid Activation dialog box
opens.
4 Enter your system identification number in
the System ID text box. The system identifica-
tion number is located on the inside cover of the
Installation Guide for Avid Editing Systems, in-
cluded with Media Composer or Symphony.
5 Enter your serial number in the Serial Number
text box. Your serial number is located on the in-
side cover of the Installation Guide for Avid Ed-
iting Systems, included with Media Composer or
Symphony.
6 If you are activating the software by phone,
call your local Avid Support Center. Avid Sup-
port Center contact information is available on-
line at http://www.avid.com/support/contact.
Your Avid representative provides an activation
code for your software. Once you have your acti-
vation code, proceed to step 12.
7 If you are using another computer to activate
your software, open a web browser on the second
computer and navigate to the Activation web
page at http://activate.avid.com.
8 Enter your machine identification number in
the Avid Machine ID text box. Your Avid Ma-
chine ID number is located on the Avid Activa-
tion Dialog box.
If you purchased Media Composer or Sym-
phony online, you received your system
identification number and serial number
from Avid by email.
If you purchased Media Composer or Sym-
phony online, you received your system
identification number and serial number
from Avid by email.