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    v Y10969-201-01 20 In s tal lat ion a nd U ser Gu ide Jan uary 31 , 200 7 Matrox MXO[...]

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    All ot h er nati on a lly and i nternation ally rec ognized tr ademarks a nd traden ames are h ereby a cknowled ged. Copyright © 2007 Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. • All right s reserved. Disc laimer M atr ox Ele c tron ic Systems Lt d . res e rves the right to m ake chan g es in specif ications at any t ime and w it hout notice. The in- form a[...]

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    i Ma tro x MX O Licen se A greem ent, W arra nty , a nd Se rvice M atrox MX O Licens e Agreem ent, W arranty , and Se r vice A . Ma trox softw are lice nse agreemen t for single-user prod ucts By ins tal ling th e soft ware, you, the ori gina l pur chase r , ind icate your acc eptance of the se terms. I f you do n ot agree to t he terms of this ag [...]

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    ii Matrox MX O License A greem e nt, W arranty , and Service C . End-user re gistratio n Bef ore usi ng your Matr ox MXO produ ct, pl ease take a mom ent to re gister your prod uct in th e Matr ox MXO Suppo r t s e ctio n of our web site at www .matro x.com/ video/ support . Th e inf orma t ion you pro vide wi l l ass ist Matro x t o qui ck ly di a[...]

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    iii Ma tro x MX O Licen se A greem ent, W arra nty , and Se rvice TO THE EXT ENT THA T T HESE L IMIT ED W ARR ANTY ST A T EMEN TS AR E IN CON SISTE NT W ITH THE LA W OF THE LOC ALIT Y WHERE YOU PURCHASED THE MA TR O X PR ODUC T , THESE L IMI TED W ARR ANTY ST A TEMEN TS SHAL L BE DEEM ED MOD IFIED T O BE CONSI STE NT WITH SUC H LOC AL LA W . UNDE R[...]

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    iv Matrox MX O License A greem e nt, W arranty , and Service H . Proce dure for returnin g goods No retu rne d goo ds, f or se rvic e or other wi se, wil l b e ac cepte d with out prio r au thoriz ati on fro m M atro x. T o obta in ret urn aut horizat i o n, c o ntact Matrox MXO Cus tomer S uppor t (see pag e 32 ). On ce app rov ed, Ma trox wil l c[...]

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    Cont en ts Cha p ter 1 Int roducing Matrox MXO Welcome to Matr ox MXO ..... ......... ...... .. ...... ...... ...... ...... ... ...... ...... ... . 2 Matrox M XO key fea tures .... ... ...... ...... ..... ...... ... ...... ...... ... ...... ...... .... 2 Matrox M XO operation modes ... ...... ..... ...... ...... ... ...... ...... ...... ...... ....[...]

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    vi Conten ts Chap ter 4 Using Matrox MXO with Final Cut Pro and Other Supported Pro gr ams Loading project preset s for Final Cut P ro ..... ...... ...... ...... ...... ... ..... 24 Specifying your video and audi o output device settings .... ......... .. 24 Sp ecify ing s ettin gs fo r Fina l Cu t Pro . ......... ..... .......... .... .......... .[...]

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    1 Introducing Ma trox MX O This chapt e r outli nes the fea ture s of Matr ox MX O, desc ri bes th e MX O op era tion mode s, li sts the conte nts of you r kit, provi des the MXO syste m re qui rem en ts, and desc ribe s th e ava ila ble M XO document atio n.[...]

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    2 C hap ter 1, Intr o duc in g Ma tro x M XO Wel come to Matrox M XO Matrox MXO connects to your Mac comput e r or laptop to pro vide br oadcast -quality aud io/video outp ut. Y ou can vie w your Apple Fi nal Cut Pro pr oject s or the outp ut of many othe r Quick T ime-ba sed appli c ati ons wi thout int erl ac ing a rti fact s, and re co rd th em [...]

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    3 Sup por ted video outp ut sta ndards mode , you must f irst sel ect the MXO as the o utput de vice for your appl ic ati on. F or m ore info rm ati on on ho w to do this, se e “Specifyi ng your vide o and aud io output de vice set tin gs” on pa g e 24 . • Pres enta tion mode Thi s mode mirror s the conten ts of your deskt op a nd output s it[...]

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    4 C hap ter 1, Intr o duc in g Ma tro x M XO Matrox MXO s ystem requirements Matrox MXO requires a Mac s ystem with t he follo wi ng system conf i gurati on: • Mac OS X v10.4. 7 o r lat er . • D VD-R OM dr iv e to instal l the MXO softw are. • Free USB port. • Disp lay card with a sec ondary D VI-I connect or . Must be abl e to display 1920[...]

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    2 Connecting Externa l Devices to Mat rox M XO This chap te r shows you how to connect e xternal d evi ces to Matr ox MXO.[...]

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    6 C hap ter 2, Co nn ec tin g Ex ter nal D evic e s to Ma tr ox M XO MXO connections Matrox MXO allo ws you to co nnect mult iple dev ices for si multaneo us output . The conne c t ions you mak e depend on which vide o formats you wish to output . ¡ Importa n t Only D VI monitor s that acc ept di gital i nput a re suppo rted for us e as a se conda[...]

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    7 MXO connections Rem ark s $ The MXO require s a High-Spee d USB 2.0 con ne cti on. Do not plug the USB cable connec tor to t he USB soc ket on your ke yboard. $ If you disc onnect th e U SB cable at any tim e or shut your system do wn, the MXO will aut omati call y shut o ff. 4 Plu g th e m ale ster eo au dio conne ctor o n t he sy ste m en d o f[...]

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    8 C hap ter 2, Co nn ec tin g Ex ter nal D evic e s to Ma tr ox M XO T ypical Matrox MXO connect i ons The fo llo wing il lustrati ons sho w some ty pical MXO connec tions. I n thes e ill us tra tions we’ v e connecte d an Apple Cin e ma Displ a y as th e seconda ry display , and al so connect e d a video devic e , su ch as a VTR or video monitor[...]

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    9 T ypical Matrox MXO conne cti ons Analog component connections Y/VIDEO DVI OUT DVI IN Pb/Y Pb Pr/C Pr Audio L Audio R REF IN IN IN R L SDI Apple Cinema Displa y Video device (VTR, video monitor , etc.) Y USB B connector 5V 3A - + Amplified computer speakers Male stereo plug Secondar y DVI connector Mac s y stem Female stereo jack USB A connector [...]

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    10 C hap ter 2, Co nn ec tin g Ex ter nal D evic e s to Ma tr ox M XO S-Video connec tions AUDIO R S-VIDEO IN Apple Cinema Displa y Video device (VTR, video monitor , etc.) USB B connector AUDIO L AUDIO R S-Video adapter cable IN Y/VIDEO DVI OUT DVI IN Pb/Y Pr/C REF IN RL SDI 5V 3A - + Secondary DVI connector Mac s y stem Female stereo jack USB A c[...]

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    11 T ypical Matrox MXO conne cti ons Composite c onnec tions VIDEO IN AUDIO R AUDIO L IN Apple Cinema Displa y Video device (VTR, video monitor , etc.) USB B connector Y/VIDEO DVI OUT DVI IN Pb/Y Pr/C REF IN RL SDI 5V 3A - + Secondary DVI connector Mac s y stem Female stereo jack USB A connector LINE-OUT Amplified computer speakers Male stereo plug[...]

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    12 C hap ter 2, Co nn ec tin g Ex ter nal D evic e s to Ma tr ox M XO SDI connection s Apple Cinema Displa y Video device (VTR, video monitor , etc.) SDI IN USB B connector Y/VIDEO DVI OUT DVI IN Pb/Y Pr/C REF IN RL SDI 5V 3A - + Secondary DVI connector Mac s y stem Female stereo jack USB A connector LINE-OUT Amplified computer speakers Male stereo[...]

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    3 Installing Y our Matrox MXO Software and Co nf iguring Y our System This chapter explai ns how to ins t all th e Mat ro x M XO soft ware and how to configure you r syste m in t he MXO Pref erenc e pa ne.[...]

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    14 C hap ter 3 , Ins tallin g Y o ur M at rox M XO S o ftware and Co nf igurin g Y our Sy st em Installing y our Matrox M XO software If you are pl anning on us ing MXO in Masterin g mode for vide o e ditin g, you shou ld insta ll Final Cut Pro before installi ng the MXO softw are. For infor mation on i nstalli ng Final Cut Pro, see your F inal Cut[...]

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    15 Defini ng your s ettings in the M X O P reference pane Defining your settings in t he MXO P re ference pane The MXO Prefe rence pa ne allo ws you to specif y vari ous settings to conf igure your vide o a nd audio out put from MXO for the Mast ering and Present ation mode s. Y ou c a n also u s e t he MXO Pr eferen c e pa ne to vi ew informat ion[...]

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    16 C hap ter 3 , Ins tallin g Y o ur M at rox M XO S o ftware and Co nf igurin g Y our Sy st em 4 Under Vid eo Out p ut C ont ro l , sel ect Dow nco nvert H D v ideo to S D if you w ant to do wncon ve rt HD video outp ut to SD. ¦N o t e When you select Dow nco nvert HD vid eo to SD , y ou do not need to c ha ng e your vi deo playba ck se ttings in[...]

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    17 Defini ng your s ettings in the M X O P reference pane Specifying your Pr esentation mode settings T o spec ify your P res entat ion m ode s etti ngs on Ma tr ox MXO: 1 From the App le menu, clic k Sy s tem Pr ef er enc e s , and th en cl ick t he Ma tro x M X O icon. 2 Clic k the Pres entati on tab . 3 Under Vid eo Out p ut C ont ro l , from th[...]

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    18 C hap ter 3 , Ins tallin g Y o ur M at rox M XO S o ftware and Co nf igurin g Y our Sy st em 4 The A nti-flick e r filter opti on is enable d by defaul t to preve nt flic kering when pre v ie wing inter laced vide o. Y ou may want to cle ar this option when w orking with gra phics f i les in Pho toshop, or when di splay ing full-s cree n vide o [...]

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    19 Defini ng your s ettings in the M X O P reference pane Spec if ying yo ur Genera l s ettings T o spec ify your Ge neral se ttings on Matr ox MXO: 1 From the App le menu, clic k Sy s tem Pr ef er enc e s , and th en cl ick t he Ma tro x M X O icon. 2 Clic k the Ge nera l tab. 3 Under Vid eo Out p ut C ont ro l , s ele ct the set up leve l you wan[...]

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    20 C hap ter 3 , Ins tallin g Y o ur M at rox M XO S o ftware and Co nf igurin g Y our Sy st em 4 Under V ideo O utp ut Co ntro l , from t he Set anal og vi deo as menu, select the ty pe of analog vide o ou tput you wan t by selecti ng Compon ent , or Com po si te & Y/C . 5 Under Genl ock Co ntrol , for Genl o ck s ource sele ct one of t he fol[...]

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    21 Defini ng your s ettings in the M X O P reference pane Viewing M XO information T o vie w MXO informat ion, such as the seria l number and operati ng temp erature: 1 From the App le menu, clic k Sy s tem Pr ef er enc e s , and th en cl ick t he Ma tro x M X O icon. 2 Clic k the De vi ce tab . 3 T o dis pl ay the cu rrent M XO ope rati ng temp er[...]

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    22 C hap ter 3 , Ins tallin g Y o ur M at rox M XO S o ftware and Co nf igurin g Y our Sy st em Y our notes[...]

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    4 Using Matrox MXO with Final Cut Pro an d Oth er Supp orted P rog rams This chapter explai ns how to de fi ne va riou s set ti ngs f or us ing y o ur M X O w it h Fi na l C u t Pr o and ot her su ppo rt ed pro gram s .[...]

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    24 C hapter 4, Using Ma trox M XO wi th Final Cu t Pro and Ot her Suppo rte d Progr ams Loading project pres ets for Final Cut Pro The Matrox MXO Quic kTim e video out put compo nent for Fina l Cut Pro incl udes proj ect pr e set s tha t you c a n load t o immediat ely ap ply appr opriate MXO se ttings . ° T o lo ad a Matro x MX O projec t pres et[...]

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    25 Spe cifyin g you r vid eo and aud io o utpu t device se ttings Remarks •T h e MX O Audi o se tti ng will not wor k unle s s you hav e an MXO setting sel ect ed fro m the Video Pl ayback me nu. • If the External Video option is of f in the Video Playback menu, you wil l not be able to moni tor your a udio throug h Matro x MXO. In order to hea[...]

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    26 C hapter 4, Using Ma trox M XO wi th Final Cu t Pro and Ot her Suppo rte d Progr ams Ensuring accurate printing to t ape using Final Cut Pro In order to pe rform an accur ate prin t-to-ta pe usin g Final C ut Pro with Matrox MXO, you may nee d to adjus t the Playback Offset valu e in th e Dev ice Co ntro l P res et Edi tor . ° T o ad ju s t th [...]

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    A Ma trox M XO Sp ecifications Th is append ix prov ides spe cificat ions for y our Matro x MXO b o x.[...]

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    28 App en dix A , M a tro x MXO Sp ecific atio ns Matrox MXO box specifications Gene ral Video standa rds NTSC, P AL, NTSC-EIAJ, 720p, and 1080i Regu lator y com plia nce FCC Class A, CE Mark Class A, C-T ick Mark, VCCI RoHS Directiv e 2002/95/ EC Dimensions 134mm (L) × 161mm (W) × 45mm (H) Ex te rn a l A C/ D C a d apt er 100-240 V A C 50- 60 Hz[...]

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    29 Matr ox MX O box spec ifica tions HDTV ana log compone n t video output Supported video form ats: 720p and 108 0i Compliant with EIA- 770.3 Frequency response Y : +/ - 0.3 dB max to 28 MHz Frequency response Pb, Pr: +/-0.4 dB max to 14 MHz Component ch annel delay: +/- 0.5ns Component S /N (Y , Pb, Pr) : > 57 dB, uni f ied weighted BNC connec[...]

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    30 App en dix A , M a tro x MXO Sp ecific atio ns Y our notes[...]

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    B Mat rox MX O C usto me r S upp ort This ap pend ix e xplains how you can reg ister your Matr ox MXO and ob tain customer sup por t.[...]

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    32 App endi x B, Matrox MXO Cus tomer Support How to get Matrox M XO Customer Support If you ha ve a problem tha t you’ re unable to sol ve by referring to your Matr ox MXO documenta ti on, pleas e conta ct your Matro x MXO repres enta ti ve. He or she shou ld be a ble t o help y ou quic kly c orrect a ny i nstalla tion or syst em conf igurat ion[...]

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    A Adobe After Eff ects spec ifying se ttings f or 25 Af te r Ef fec ts Se e Adobe Aft er Ef fect s Aud io o utput devi ce sett ings spec ifying in Fina l Cut Pro 24 C Comput er sy stem requi rement s for Mat r ox MXO 4 Connec tions anal og compone nt 9 com posit e 11 MXO to Mac s ystem 6 SDI 12 S-Vid eo 10 typi cal 8 Cust omer s uppo rt 32 D Deskto[...]

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    34 Ind e x P Pref erence pan e Se e Ma trox MXO Pres entati on mode about 3 spec ifying se ttings f or 17 Proj ect prese t s loa ding f or F ina l C ut P r o 24 R Regis tering your M atro x MXO 32 Retur ning pr ocedure iv S Secon dary di splay cali b ratin g 14 Ser vice , re turn s iv Sp ecif i c ation s for M atr ox M XO 28 Styl e conven tions 4 S[...]

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    Compliance Stateme nts USA FCC C ompl ianc e Stat ement Remark for the Matr o x hardwa re products supported by this guide This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC R ules . These limits ar e desig ned to provide reas onable protection aga i ns t harm ful interfer[...]

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    www .ma trox.com /video[...]