User guide

Chapter 3, Installing Your RT.X100 Xtreme and Connecting Your Devices

Before you begin

Before proceeding with this chapter, make sure you’ve prepared your system for

the Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme installation as explained in the previous chapter.

Installation overview

The following list provides an overview of the steps to install your RT.X100

Xtreme card and connect your breakout cable and devices. These steps are

explained in detail in this chapter.

1 Install your Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme card. See the next section.

2 Connect your RT.X100 Xtreme breakout cable and computer speakers. See

page 20.

3 If you want to quickly set up a typical editing system, refer to the typical

RT.X100 Xtreme connections. See page 23.

4 Connect your DV-1394 device. See page 26.

5 Connect your composite and S-Video devices. See page 27.

1. Install your Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme card

For information specific to your computer, such as how to remove its cover, see

your computer manual.

²Caution Static electricity can severely damage electronic parts. Before touching

any electronic parts, drain the static electricity from your body. You can do this by

touching the metal frame of your computer. Hold your RT.X100 Xtreme card by

its edges and avoid touching its circuitry.

1 Turn off your computer.

2 Unplug your computer, then remove its cover.

3 Choose the appropriate expansion slot for your Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme

card. Certain motherboards require that you install your RT.X100 Xtreme

card in a specific slot. For information on which slot to use for your specific

motherboard, see the RT.X Support section of our web site at

www.matrox.com/videoweb/support.

a Most computers have different types of expansion slots. Choose a PCI slot

for your RT.X100 Xtreme card. Your computer manual should identify the

location of each type of expansion slot in your computer.

²Caution Inserting your Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme card into the wrong type

of slot could damage your card, your computer, or both.

b Remove the brackets from the slot you intend to use. Save the screw for the

mounting bracket.