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Digital video input

Make connections between devices as shown in the figure.

NOTE

Before connecting/disconnecting
a DV cable, be sure to turn OFF
the power of your computer and
ADVC-300.

Computer

DV camera

Receptacle

Audio

input

Video

input

S video

input

Connect either of
the cables.

VCR

TV monitor

D terminal

input

Component

video input

Input

Output

Input

Front

Rear

6pin

4pin

6pin

ADVC-300

4pin

AC adapter

NOTE

Do not turn ON/OFF the ADVC-
300 power when the computer
connected to the ADVC-300 via a
DV cable is OFF or in the standby
mode. Otherwise, your computer
may become unbootable depend-
ing on the OHCI card being used.

Summary of Contents for ADVC-300

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Page 2: ...ble Canopus Co Ltd warrants that for this period the product will be in good working order Should our product fail to be in good working order Canopus will at its option repair or replace it at no add...

Page 3: ...body by touching a grounded metal surface Do not disassemble Do not disassemble Do not disassemble Do not disassemble Do not disassemble Do not remove the cover or modify the ADVC 300 Fire electric s...

Page 4: ...uct in an abnormal condition like it is smoking or emitting an odor It may result in fire or malfunction of the product If any anomaly is found turn OFF the power of the product disconnect the power c...

Page 5: ...ot setup other than the Described method Do not setup other than the Described method Do not setup in a manner other than prescribed Do not use while wrapped in cloth or plastic Heat can accumulate ca...

Page 6: ...ul interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following...

Page 7: ...00 is a trademark of Canopus Co Ltd 9 ADVC is a registered trademark of Canopus Co Ltd 10 Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation USA Apple Mac Macintosh Mac OS and Po...

Page 8: ...nd quality 22 Installing Picture Controller 300 27 System requirements 27 Installation for Windows 28 Installation for Macintosh 30 How to use Picture Controller 300 34 For Windows 34 For Macintosh 36...

Page 9: ...of Contents 9 Recording digital video to analog VCR 49 Technical Information 50 Priorities among analog input signals 50 Audio modes 50 Copyright protection feature 50 Specifications 51 Troubleshooti...

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Page 12: ...technology which digi tizes audio samples keeping the pace with video frame Because video and audio data are in sync the analog audio does not get behind the video You can feel assured that your vide...

Page 13: ...DVC 300 package ADVC 300 AC adapter and cable DV cable 6 pin to 4 pin CD ROM ADVC 300 User Manual this document This programs can be used only when you agree to the contents of Software End User Licen...

Page 14: ...mode 2 DIGITAL IN LED Lights while the ADCV 300 is receiving signals from the DV termi nal and converting them to analog signals 3 ANALOG IN LED Lights while the ADVC 300 is receiving signals from th...

Page 15: ...O OUT Terminal for composite video output 4 AUDIO OUT L R Terminal for analog audio output 5 DC IN 5V Connect the AC adapter that comes with the product to this termi nal 6 POWER switch Allows you to...

Page 16: ...s current indication to the right by one When adjusting the quality of image and sound pressing this switch increases the setting value by one 3 ADJUST LEVEL LED Shows the value for the image quality...

Page 17: ...h Use this switch to acknowledge the setting you made Bottom Bottom Bottom Bottom Bottom 1 2 1 SW1 DIP switches DIP switches for setting VIDEO and AUDIO modes 2 SW2 DIP switches DIP switches for makin...

Page 18: ...ode Usually set it to Normal OFF Normal ON Update No 3 Locked Audio Mode setting Allows you to select whether to use the Locked Audio mode or not Refer to P 49 OFF Locked ON Unlocked No 4 Audio Mode s...

Page 19: ...set the operation mode use the DIP switch for it You can set up the qual ity of image and sound on the ADVC 300 This mode is provided for using the ADVC 300 as a simple DV converter PC mode In this m...

Page 20: ...ect ratio setting No 5 Aspect Ratio Select If set to OFF Disable the aspect ratio of 4 3 is used for D1 output OFF Disable ON Enable No 5 Aspect Ratio Select setting Allows you to select the aspect ra...

Page 21: ...nly for DV inputs OFF External Sync ON Internal Sync If set to OFF External Sync the ADVC 300 synchronize the frame and subcarrier period of analog video to be output with the pulses of the incoming D...

Page 22: ...to Adjust 2 2 3 Adjusting image and sound quality Adjusting image and sound quality Adjusting image and sound quality Adjusting image and sound quality Adjusting image and sound quality ADVC 300 is e...

Page 23: ...LED Desired item Note PAGE1 5 Image and sound Default setting PAGE1 4 Brightness 256 levels PAGE1 3 Contrast 256 levels PAGE1 2 Hue 256 levels PAGE1 1 Saturation 256 levels PAGE1 0 Sharpness 256 leve...

Page 24: ...the image and sound default set ting has been selected All the LEDs of ADJUST LEVEL and 3D Processing will blink at the same time Pro ceed to step 7 PAGE1 4 When the image default setting has been se...

Page 25: ...163 3 186 4 209 5 232 255 Low tone Weak Default 0 Strong High tone Weak Default 0 Strong Settable values LED 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 15 14 9 6 3 0 1 4 7 10 13 15 Y C separation setting Audio AGC setting...

Page 26: ...26 Set the ADVC 300 POWER switch to OFF 8 8 Set the SW2 DIP switch No 1 to OFF The Video Audio Adjust Mode will be set to Normal This completes the setup procedure 9 9...

Page 27: ...product Windows CPU Pentium III or faster Memory 128 MB or more CD ROM drive Required to set up the software HDD 4 MB or more of available space for installing the software To use Picture Controller 3...

Page 28: ...matically starts up and the installation screen is displayed When the CD ROM does not automatically start up run ADVC 300 Applications CD PCtrl300 Steup exe 1 1 Do not remove the ADVC 300 Applications...

Page 29: ...4 4 Select your desired options and click Next Be sure to read the readme file since it contains content not covered in the manuals 5 5 Click Finish This completes the installation of Picture Controll...

Page 30: ...r running Mac OS X You can install Picture Controller 300 without ADVC 300 connected with the computer Insert the ADVC 300 Applications CD into the CD ROM drive The ADVC300 icon will appear 1 1 Do not...

Page 31: ...31 Click Continue 4 4 Read the content carefully and click Continue Be sure to read the readme file since it contains content not covered in the manuals 5 5...

Page 32: ...f you agree to it If you do not agree to the License Agreement click Dis agree to stop installation and notify our customer sup port personnel in writing If you do not agree to the License Agreement y...

Page 33: ...33 Click Install The installation process starts 8 8 After the installation completes click Close The Picture Controller 300 folder is created in the Ap plications folder 9 9...

Page 34: ...mode Picture Controller 300 lets you adjust the image and sound qual ity of streams coming from the computer via the DV terminal These settings are effective even after the ADVC 300 is turned OFF or d...

Page 35: ...re Controller 300 setup screen Refer to P 37 to 45 Open Preview Close Pre view button Opens the preview screen closes the preview screen Default button Reverts the setting to the de fault OK button Sa...

Page 36: ...Click Picture Controller 300 in the Picture Control ler 300 folder Picture Controller 300 will start up 2 2 About Picture Controller 300 setup screen Refer to P 37 to 45 Preview button Opens the previ...

Page 37: ...age Setting Allows you to adjust the brightness contrast saturation hue and sharpness of your video Audio Setting Allows you to adjust the volume high and low tones and AGC gain of video Audio Setting...

Page 38: ...en displaying composite video the ADVC 300 separates the luminance Y and chrominance C signals based on the scan ning lines above and below Y C Separation 3D When displaying composite video the ADVC 3...

Page 39: ...es color noise when a dot has little rela tionshipwiththeupperandlowerdots suchasthecaseofaslantedwhiteline on the black background it is widely accepted recent years because this methodcanworkwithahi...

Page 40: ...on The higher the value the deeper the black will be Base Level Allows you to specify up to which level of brightness you want to enhance the black The more the cursor is moved to the right the higher...

Page 41: ...justs the level of white peak based on the average brightness of the incoming video White Step Lowers the luminance signal level when the incoming video has a higher level of the average brightness to...

Page 42: ...ed to sets up the edge correction and AGC Edge Adjustment Corrects the edge of human or object profiles in videos Horizontal Edge Corrects horizontal edges in video Vertical edges are thus en hanced V...

Page 43: ...automatic adjustment level of AGC if AGC has been set to Auto The more the cursor is moved to the right the higher the level for AGC will be thereby making the video less bright Y Adjust Allows you to...

Page 44: ...select an audio frequency 48kHz 16bit Audio data will be processed as 16 bit stereo sound at 48 kHz Select this option when you want to create DVD videos 32kHz 12bit Audio data will be processed as 4...

Page 45: ...45 V V V V Version Info tab ersion Info tab ersion Info tab ersion Info tab ersion Info tab This tab page shows the version information of Picture Controller 300...

Page 46: ...shown in the figure NOTE Before connecting disconnecting a DV cable be sure to turn OFF the power of your computer and ADVC 300 Computer DV camera Receptacle When both of the video and S video termin...

Page 47: ...ack the video you want to capture on the ana log VCR 3 3 Capture the video on your computer For how to capture the video on your computer consult the user s manual of the software you are using 4 4 Au...

Page 48: ...mputer DV camera Receptacle Audio input Video input S video input Connect either of the cables VCR TV monitor D terminal input Component video input Input Output Output Output Output Output Input Fron...

Page 49: ...itor For how to output digital video on your computer con sult the user s manual of the software you are using 3 3 Recording digital video to analog VCR Recording digital video to analog VCR Recording...

Page 50: ...ation is accumulated along with elapsed time however it re sults in sound drift On the other hand the Locked Audio mode en sures synchronization between audio and video by restricting the number of au...

Page 51: ...tput Analog Audio 48kHz 16bit 2ch 32kHz 12bit 4ch ADVC 300 processes only the main 2 channels and not other 2 sub channels Data RCA jack x2 L R Front terminal Input RCA jack x2 L R Rear terminal Outpu...

Page 52: ...eceptacle Video and audio are not output Check if the POWER switch is ON Check that this product and DV analog devices are properly connected It cannot record If the video input or audio data contains...

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