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Quick Reference Guide 

 Introduction

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This quick reference guide provides assistance for basic setup and operating functions of the Abekas 6000 MultiFlex DTV 
Production Server and assumes the system has been powered up correctly, configured properly with at least one (1) 
Abekas 6000 Control Panel connected and ready for operation.  Please refer to the “Abekas 6000 Operations Manual” and 
the “Abekas 6000 Installation Guide” for more extensive instructions. 

 How to POWER ON

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1.  Be sure the appropriate Abekas 6000 control panel(s) is/are connected to the Abekas 6000 Main chassis before 

powering ON. 

2.  If one or two Disk Expansion Chassis’ are present, power them ON before powering ON the Abekas 6000 Main 

chassis. 

3.  If redundant power supplies are present in the Abekas 6000 Main chassis or Disk Expansion chassis’, you may 

power ON either of the two redundant power supplies first, in a given chassis.  All power supplies are located in 
the front of the chassis, near the bottom — the power switch is located on the face of each power supply.  Open 
the chassis door and switch ON either of the two redundant power supplies first, then switch ON the other. 

 How to POWER OFF

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1.  If one or two Disk Expansion Chassis’ are present, power OFF the Abekas 6000 Main chassis before powering 

OFF any of the disk expansion chassis’. 

2.  The Disk Expansion chassis’ may then be powered OFF in any order between them. 

3.  If redundant power supplies are present in the main chassis or expansion chassis’, you may power OFF either of 

the two redundant power supplies first, in a given chassis.  All power supplies are located in the front of the 
chassis, near the bottom — the power switch is located on the face of each power supply.  Open the chassis door 
and switch OFF either of the two redundant power supplies first.  Be sure both redundant power supplies inside 
each chassis are switched OFF. 

Summary of Contents for Abekas MultiFlex 6000

Page 1: ...is you may power ON either of the two redundant power supplies first in a given chassis All power supplies are located in the front of the chassis near the bottom the power switch is located on the fa...

Page 2: ...the button is not already illuminated 2 To ACQUIRE a given video channel be sure the lamp below the channel button that you wish to ACQUIRE is NOT illuminated If the lamp is RED you must first RELEASE...

Page 3: ...NU position you will see a list of SUBMENUS with a title ABEKAS 6000 HOME MENU on the menu display 5 From the HOME MENU select the SYSTEM SETUP submenu using the rotary knob on the Abekas 6000 control...

Page 4: ...rotary knob select SAVE SETTINGS and then press the T A K E button 10 A confirm prompt will appear in the control panel asking if you wish to SAVE SETTINGS under the USER memory you have chosen If yo...

Page 5: ...n you wish to RECORD on for example press the C h A button The lamp below the CHANNEL button should be illuminated GREEN if not follow the procedure To ACQUIRE a Video Channel starting on page 2 above...

Page 6: ...video channel Alternative Method 1 Press the green C L I P P L A Y button this is necessary only if the lamp below the button is not already illuminated 2 Press the specific CHANNEL button C h A C h B...

Page 7: ...e eight video channel buttons C h A C h B C h C etc and verify the clip ID s are not cued or to be really sure just load clip ID 0 BLACK into each of the video channels before performing DELETE see Ho...

Page 8: ...initiated within a single Abekas 6000 chassis the process will be performed rather quickly since the CLIP ID is only being change to a new CLIP ID MOVE The clip s video audio and key material is not p...

Page 9: ...utton 5 Using the numeric keypad type the clip ID that you wish to COPY this clip TO 6 Press the button 7 Press the E N T E R button to start the clip COPY operation COPYING a RANGE of Clips 1 Press t...

Page 10: ...the CLIP ID s will CUE on the video CHANNEL 6 Press to toggle between the BROWSE display categories CLIP LENGTH COMPRESSION etc 7 Press the green C L I P P L A Y button to EXIT the BROWSE function Loc...

Page 11: ...F Y buttons to execute the TRIM A confirm prompt will appear in the LCD display before the clip is finally TRIMMED 7 Press the E N T E R button to execute the TRIM How to TITLE Clips You may TITLE cli...

Page 12: ...of 100 play speed For example for one quarter play speed type 25 4 Press the button 5 To return PLAYING a CLIP at 100 NORMAL play speed press the button How to LOOP Clips This will allow you to LOOP s...

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