User guide

Contents

Chapter 3

Installing Your RT.X100 Xtreme and Connecting Your Devices

Before you begin ............................................................................18

Installation overview ....................................................................... 18

1. Install your Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme card ...................................18

2. Connect your RT.X100 Xtreme breakout cable

and computer speakers............................................................... 20

Connections to a sound card with an external breakout box ..............22

3. Typical RT.X100 Xtreme connections ........................................ 23

DV-1394 connections ..........................................................................23

S-Video connections using same device for capture

and print-to-tape ................................................................................24

Composite connections using separate source and record devices...25

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

Hot-plugging .......................................................................................26

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

Composite input/output connections ..................................................28

S-Video input/output connections .......................................................30

Are you ready? .............................................................................. 32

Chapter 4

Installing Your Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme Software

Before you begin ........................................................................... 34

Overview of the software installation ............................................ 34

1. Hardware detection ................................................................... 34

2. Install Matrox X.tools ................................................................. 35

3. Register your RT.X100 Xtreme .................................................. 36

4. Install additional software from the RT.X menu......................... 36

Adding the Matrox plug-in to LightWave 3D ........................................ 37

Installing the Matrox VFW software codecs on a system without the

RT.X100 Xtreme hardware................................................................... 37

5. Install Sonic Solutions DVDit! SE ................................................ 38

6. Install Sonic ReelDVD Studio ..................................................... 38

Removing your Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme software ........................ 38