Avid Technology Avid Adrenaline, Manual

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Using the Avid Adrenaline
Important Information
Avid
®
recommends that you read all the information in these installation
instructions thoroughly before connecting or using your new hardware and
software.
This document explains how to use and to connect cables and devices to the
Avid Adrenaline
™
Digital Nonlinear Accelerator (DNA) and how to connect
specific devices to an Avid-supported PC or Macintosh
®
system that the Avid
Adrenaline is connected to. The PC and Macintosh systems supported with
your Avid Adrenaline can change at any time.
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Please look at the ReadMe file that installs with the application. It contains
important information that is used in conjunction with the information
presented in this document.
Contents
If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Avid Adrenaline Front and Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Four-Channel Audio I/O Board Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Avid DNxcel Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SD Video I/O Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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