Lindy 42960 User Manual

USB 2.0 Video &

Audio Grabber

User Manual English

LINDY No. 42960

www.lindy.com

© LINDY ELECTRONICS LIMITED & LINDY-ELEKTRONIK GMBH - FIRST EDITION (JUNE 2006)

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the LINDY USB 2.0 Video & Audio Grabber.

The USB 2.0 Video & Audio Grabber allows you to connect your camcorder or VCR to your
computer to transfer audio and full motion video for storage, backup, copying and editing.

With the supplied GrabBee video grabber application and Presto! Video editing software suite
you’ll be able to create professional looking results which you can copy to CD or DVD, or e-mail
to family and friends.

Features

 High speed USB 2.0 support for superior performance
 Easy Plug & Play installation
 Snapshot image capture function
 Powered by the USB bus – no external power supply required
 Motion capture: up to 25fps @ 720 x 576 (PAL), 30fps@ 720 x 480 (NTSC)
 Supports MPEG 1, MPEG 2 and MPEG 4 encoding formats
 Audio input: USB (Windows XP only)*
 Composite video & S-Video inputs
 NTSC, PAL & SECAM support
 Overall length: 105cm (approx.)

* If you use Windows 2000 you must connect the audio output from your camcorder/VCR to the sound card audio
input on your computer using a separate cable (not included)

Minimum System Requirements

 USB 2.0 equipped computer
 Pentium 4 CPU (or equivalent), 1 GHz or above
 128MB RAM
 Windows XP (SP1) or Windows 2000 (SP3)
 Sound Card
 CD or DVD drive
 Adobe Acrobat Reader software (available free from

Converter manual

Package Contents

 LINDY USB 2.0 Video & Audio Grabber
 Driver and GrabBee software application CD
 Presto! VideoWorks and Digital Converter CD
 This manual

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Product Information

USB 2.0 connector: Connects directly to a USB 2.0 port on your computer. This product is not

designed for use with the USB 1.1 interface nor should you connect it to a non-powered USB

2.0 hub

Audio inputs (Windows XP users only): Connects to the left & right audio outputs from your
external device (e.g. VCR)

Windows 2000 users should connect the audio outputs from their external device directly to
their sound card using separate cables (not included – see www.lindy.com for suitable audio
cables)

Composite video input: Connects to the Composite video output from your device

S-Video input: Connects to the S-Video output from your external device

USB 2.0 connector

Audio inputs
Left (white)
Right (red)

Composite video
input (yellow)

S-Video input

Device Installation

Note: You must install the driver software BEFORE connecting the Video & Audio
Grabber to your PC!

1. Insert the Multimedia Installation Kit CD into your CD/DVD drive. Launch the following

setup program:

E:\GrabBeeX+deluxe\Driver\Setup.exe

(assuming ‘E’ is your CD/DVD drive)

2. The InstallShield Wizard will launch.

Follow the on-screen instructions to install
the driver. When driver installation is
complete you will be asked to restart your
computer.

Select: Yes, I want to restart my computer
now, and then click OK.

3. After the computer has restarted and booted into Windows, you can plug the Video & Audio
Grabber into one of your computer’s USB 2.0 ports. Windows will automatically detect and
set up the device.

4. You can confirm correct installation by launching Windows Device Manager:

Go to: Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager

Check for the outlined entries –