This article comprises the Read Me for the Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White) AV Bundle.

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Getting Started With Your Power Macintosh G3

Your Power Macintosh G3 has an ATI Xclaim VR graphics card you can use to create and edit video movies, put on presentations, and display graphics on your computer display or other large-screen monitor or TV.

Included are:

• a Power Macintosh G3 computer and accessory kit
• an Apple Studio Display 17 and display software
• an ATI Xclaim VR graphics card (installed in your computer) and adapter cable
• an Avid Cinema CD for installing the Avid Cinema video editing software and ATI Xclaim VR graphics card software

Set up your computer in the following order:

1. Set up your Power Macintosh G3, following the instructions in the Setting Up Your Power Macintosh G3 manual.

Note : The ATI Xclaim VR graphics card installed in your computer replaces the standard graphics card installed in a Power Macintosh G3. The connectors on your graphics card look different from illustrations shown in the Setting Up Your Power Macintosh G3 manual. See this booklet for information about connecting cables to your graphics card.

2. Set up your Apple Studio Display 17, following the instructions in Setting Up Your Apple Studio Display. The ATI Xclaim VR graphics card is already installed in your computer. Connect the display cable to it.

Note : When connecting your display to the graphics card, be sure to use the VGA-to-Macintosh adapter included with the display. Instructions for connecting the adapter are in the display box.

3. Install the graphics card software and video editing software located on the Avid Cinema CD. To install your software, follow the instructions provided in this booklet.

About Your Avid Cinema and Graphics Card Software

When you install your Avid Cinema video editing software, the documentation for the software is installed on your hard disk as an Adobe Acrobat file. The installation also installs the software required to use the ATI Xclaim VR graphics card. For information about using your video editing software, see the file Making Movies.pdf, located in the Avid Cinema folder on your hard disk. For instructions about setting up your ATI Xclaim VR graphics card, see the Read Me file in the Avid Cinema folder.

Installing the Software

After you have set up your Power Macintosh G3 and Apple Studio Display 17, install the video editing and graphics card software.

1. Place the Avid Cinema CD in your CD drive.

2. Open the disk icon, if necessary. Three folders appear that identify three steps for installation.

3. Open the folder Step 1 Install ATI Xclaim, and double-click the Installer icon to begin installation.

4. Follow the directions on the screen. After installing the ATI Xclaim VR software, restart your computer.

5. Open the folder Step 2 Install Avid Cinema, and double-click the Installer icon to begin installation.

6. Follow the directions on the screen.

7. Open the folder Step 3 Copy Example Media, and copy the files you want to your hard disk.

8. After the software is installed, open the Read Me file located in the Avid Cinema folder on your hard disk and follow the directions for setting up your ATI Xclaim VR card.

Note : During installation, a copy of the ATI Xclaim VR graphics card documentation is placed on your hard disk as an Acrobat Reader file. The manual is called Xclaim VR Manual.pdf. You can refer to this manual for general information about your graphics card. Disregard the hardware and software installation instructions in chapters 2 and 3, as well as information about the Control Strip on page 39 that mentions features not supported by your software.

Connecting Cables to Your Graphics Card

Most VCRs, camcorders, and other video devices use two types of cable connectors: S-video and Composite style (also known as RCA style) cables. See your video device documentation to determine the type of cable to use. Most video devices come equipped with these cables. For more general information about video cables and connecting a device to your computer, also see the Making Movies.pdf file on your hard disk.

Figure 1 , S-video and RCA-style connectors

You can connect your graphics card to a VCR, camcorder, or other device, such as a laserdisc player, to capture video for editing. You can also connect your graphic card to another video device, such as a VCR, to record edited video on tape or display it on another monitor or TV. You must connect your computer's sound input and output ports to your video device if you want to transfer or work with sound.

Note : Although your computer has a FireWire port for transferring digital video, the Avid Cinema software does not support this video format and you cannot use this port.

Capturing Video from Your VCR, Camcorder, or Other Device

Your card has four connectors: a monitor port, a TV Out port, an S-video in port (S VID IN), and a Composite video in port (VID IN).

Figure 2 , Locations of ports on the ATI Xclaim VR graphics card

Transferring Video to Your VCR, Camcorder, or Other Device

To transfer video, such as a movie that you've created, from your computer to another device, you use the TV Out port. Connect the video output adapter to the TV Out port. This adapter splits into two connectors, one for an S-video and one for a Composite video cable. Connect the cable from your video device to the appropriate connector.

Figure 3 , Connecting a videio output adapter

For information about which input connector on your video device to use, see your video device documentation.

For information about using the video editing software to transfer your movies or graphics to another video or display device, see the AvidCinemafile.pdf file on your hard disk.

Recording and Transferring Sound

To record or output sound with your video, you must connect your computer's sound input and output ports to the appropriate sound connectors on your VCR, camcorder, or other device.

The sound ports on your computer require stereo mini-plug connectors. Check the type of audio connectors that your VCR, camcorder, or other video device requires. You can purchase sound cables from your Apple-authorized dealer.

For more information about connecting the sound cables to your computer, choose About Your Macintosh from the Help menu on your computer. For more information about connecting sound cables to your video device, see the video device documentation.

Figure 4 , Types of sound cables

Upgrading Your Card's Memory

Your ATI Xclaim VR card comes with 4 megabytes (MB) of synchronous graphic random-access memory (SGRAM) installed. You can upgrade the card by adding a 4 MB SGRAM memory module in the video memory slot. Adding more memory allows the graphics card and display to use higher resolutions than 1024 X 1248 dpi. For more information about upgrading your ATI Xclaim VR card, contact ATI Technologies ( http://www.atitech.com ) or your Apple-authorized dealer.

Figure 5 , Location of video memory slot on ATI Xclaim VR graphics card

Support Contact Information

Support for Avid Cinema software:

World Wide Web: http://www.avidcinema.com

E-mail: Technical Support at support@avidcinema.com

Telephone: Avid Cinema Technical Support at 1-800-800-AVID

Support for your Apple Power Macintosh G3 computer, Apple Studio Display 17, ATI XClaim VR graphics card, and ATI XClaim VR graphics card software:

World Wide Web: http://www.apple.com/support/

Telephone: Apple Computer Telephone Support at 1-800-APL-CARE (1-800-275-2273)