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6.7.4 USB
The four USB 2.0 ports at lower right on 3P LAY s faceplate can be used to connect the keyboard,
mouse and 3P-10 Control Surface, or external drives.
Note: 3P LAY does not support IEEE1394 (DV/HDV) video capture
6.8 SYSTEM RESTORE
We firmly expect you will never need it, but isn’t it good to know that a complete System Restore
function is available in the event of an unforeseen problem?
Ordinarily, on power up 3P LAY automatically performs various diagnostic tests, launches Microsoft
Windows™ and then displays the Administration Screen. To access System Restore, press F8 (you
may need to do so a few times in quick succession, say once per second) immediately after
powering up and before Windows launches.
This will present you with a black screen listing boot options that include “Safe Mode” and "Return
to OS choices menu." Choose the latter option, and then select Restore from the next screen.
This procedure will completely restore your system drive (“C”) to its ‘as-shipped’ state. Note that
any additional content you may have added after your system was new, including software
updates, will be over written – so use this function only if you truly find it necessary (a call to
NewTek’s excellent Tech Support first may often be fruitful – see Section 7.5.2).
6.9 SCREEN SHARING AND R EMOTE DESKTOP
Attempts to run screen sharing or remote desktop software on 3P LAY are strongly discouraged (this
includes NewTek’s own iVGA client). Applications of this type require significant system resources.
At the same time, 3P
LAY ’s primary functions require unhindered CPU and GPU access. Adding the
resource demands of additional software of this type would almost certainly cause 3P LAY to drop
frames on output, and should simply never be done.