User guide

1 Table of Contents
1 Table of Contents ........................................................................................ 1
2 Overview ..................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Introduction............................................................................................ 5
3 Physical Attributes ...................................................................................... 6
3.1 System Hardware Features .................................................................... 6
3.2 Cables, Connectors and Adapters ........................................................ 10
3.2.1 3.5 mm Mini-jack ................................................................................. 10
3.2.2 VGA to DVI Cable ................................................................................. 11
3.2.3 DVI to DVI Cable ................................................................................... 11
3.2.4 S-Video Cable ....................................................................................... 13
3.2.5 Composite to S-Video Cable ................................................................. 13
3.2.6 HDMI to DVI Adapter ........................................................................... 14
3.2.7 RJ-45 Male ............................................................................................ 14
3.2.8 Power over Ethernet (PoE) Injector ..................................................... 15
4 Getting Started .......................................................................................... 15
4.1 Supplying Power to the Lecture Recorder x2 ....................................... 15
4.2 Confirm Input Signals are Received ...................................................... 16
4.2.1 Checking the Signal from a DVI/VGA or HDMI Input source ................ 16
4.2.2 Checking the Signal from an S-Video or Composite Source ................. 16
4.2.3 Checking the Analog Audio Signal ........................................................ 17
4.3 Network Connections ........................................................................... 17
4.4 Logging into the Web Admin Interface ................................................ 17
4.4.1 Access through Service Discovery ........................................................ 17
4.4.2 Epiphan’s Network Discovery Utility. ................................................... 18
4.4.3 Logging into the Web Admin Interface Using a Web Browser and the IP
Address of the Lecture Recorder x2................................................................... 18
4.5 Users Logging ....................................................................................... 19
4.5.1 The Administrator User ........................................................................ 19
4.5.2 The Operator User ............................................................................... 20
4.5.3 The Viewer User ................................................................................... 20
4.6 Web Admin Interface ........................................................................... 20
5 Signal Flow Diagrams ................................................................................. 23
6 Video Formats and Standards .................................................................... 24
7 Signal Capture ........................................................................................... 25
7.1 Connecting Input Sources .................................................................... 25
7.1.1 Connecting DVI, VGA or HDMI Input Sources ...................................... 26
7.1.2 Connecting Analog Video Input Sources .............................................. 26
7.1.3 Connecting Audio Input Sources .......................................................... 26
7.2 Frame Grabber Adjustments ................................................................ 26
8 Channel Setup ........................................................................................... 30
8.1 Select Video Codec ............................................................................... 30
8.2 DVI Channel Setup ................................................................................ 32
8.3 Video Channel Setup ............................................................................ 34
8.4 Picture In Picture Layouts ..................................................................... 37
8.4.1 Select Background Color ...................................................................... 37