Grass Valley ADVC-3000 User Manual

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Chapter 1 - Introduction

1-2. Customer Support

For questions regarding hardware setup and usage, please contact your local Canopus offi ce,
distributor, or the store where you have purchased this product.

1-3. Canopus web-site

Including ADVC3000, the latest company information is announced at our website
http://www.canopus.com/. The latest drivers, utilities, product manuals, FAQs, etc. are also available
at our website.

1-4. Online user registration

You can register your ADVC3000 at the Canopus website.
http://www.canopus.com/support/supportcenter.php

1-5. Limitations

• Limitations on the nonstandard signal

While the ADVC3000 can convert the signals output by game consoles, there is a possibility that
some software will be unable to synchronize some video and audio signals.

* In order to capture the nonstandard signal, such as one from a game console without audio noise, enable the “108

DVout frame sync”. In this instance, frame-skip or frame-hold will occur.

• Limitations on the ADVC3000 connection

Before you connect(or disconnect) your ADVC3000 to(or from) a PC, ensure that the PC has been
powered off.

• Limitations on connecting your ADVC3000 to Windows 2000 PC through IEEE1394

interface (OHCI)

When the ADVC3000 is operating in NTSC mode, the DV frame rate being output from the OHCI
driver is markedly slower than the standard frame rate. Therefore, glitches in both the frame hold
and time-code can occur regularly while the DV output signal is being converted to an analog
signal. This phenomenon does not occur, however, when the signal is input through OHCI from the
ADVC3000.

Features of ADVC3000

 High-specifi cation video converter for professional use

The ADVC3000 is a converter designed to be used with professional VCR to convert Analog
Component/SD-SDI to DV and vice versa. This unit enables the conversion of the data from
Betacam, Digital Betacam, etc., to DV for use with nonlinear editing systems. Uncompressed 4:2:2
is used for Component-SDI conversion.

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