MOTU HD Express, User Manual

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Quick Ref
e
re
nc
e:
HD
Expr
ess F
ron
t P
a
nel
1.
Co
nnec
t an SD sour
ce
her
e,
such as a camc
or
der
, D
VD
pla
yer
, VHS deck or an
y other c
omposit
e or S-Video
sour
ce
.
2.
Co
nnec
t an HDMI sour
ce
her
e,
such as a camc
or
der
, D
VD
pla
yer
, set-t
op bo
x,
video game c
onsole
, A
V r
ec
eiv
er or
other HDMI de
vic
e.
Not
e tha
t man
y c
onsumer HDMI
sour
ce
s (such as D
VD pla
yers) implemen
t HDCP (High
Bandwidth Digital C
on
ten
t P
rot
ec
tion),
which does not
allo
w video captur
e of c
op
y-pr
ot
ec
ted signals via I/O
devic
es lik
e the HD Expr
ess.
3.
Th
is is a standar
d quar
te
r-inch st
er
eo headphone jack.
Its output alw
ays ma
tc
hes analog outputs 1-2 on the
re
ar panel.
U
se the v
olume knob t
o c
on
tr
ol its lev
el.
To
monit
or S/PDIF or HDMI input on this headphone jack,
see “D
ow
nmix t
o Output 1-2 on C
aptur
e”
on page 31.
4.
Th
e GENL
OCK ligh
t glo
w
s when the HD Expr
ess has
succ
essfully lock
ed t
o the curr
en
tly selec
ted clock
sour
ce
. T
he C
APTURE ligh
t glo
w
s when the HD
Expr
ess is
capturing or pr
eviewing video;
the MONIT
O
R ligh
t
glo
w
s when the HD Expr
ess is pla
ying back (whether
still-fr
amed or not).
5.
Th
e HOST ligh
t illumina
te
s when the HD Expr
ess in
te
r-
fac
e succ
essfully establishes c
ommunica
tion with the
co
mput
er via the PCIe car
d or Expr
essC
ar
d.
6.
W
hen the po
w
er swit
ch is in the A
U
TO
ON position,
the HD Expr
ess po
w
ers up when y
ou swit
ch on y
our
co
mput
er and po
w
ers do
wn when y
ou swit
ch off y
our
co
mput
er
.
7.
Keep this swit
ch in the do
wn position t
o enable A
U
TO
ON mode
. W
ith this main po
w
er swit
ch flipped t
o the
AU
TO
ON position,
the HD Expr
ess will po
w
er on and off
with y
our c
omput
er
.
W
hen using the HD Expr
ess r
ack-moun
t in
te
rf
ac
e with
the lapt
op Expr
essC
ar
d adapt
er
, oper
at
ion is
plug-and-pla
y:
y
ou can disc
onnec
t and r
ec
onnec
t the
in
te
rf
ac
e,
and fr
eely swit
ch it on or off as desir
ed
.
W
hen using the PCIe car
d adapt
er on a deskt
op
machine
, the HD Expr
ess r
ack-moun
t in
te
rf
ac
e must be
co
nnec
ted and swit
ched on befor
e star
ting up the
co
mput
er
. Similarly
, y
ou must shut do
wn the c
omput
er
befor
e swit
ching it off and/or disc
onnec
ting it.
If the
in
te
rf
ac
e gets disc
onnec
ted or swit
ched off bef
or
e
co
mput
er shut-do
w
n,
y
ou
’ll need t
o r
estar
t the
co
mput
er t
o bring the in
te
rf
ac
e back on line
.
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