Pinnacle Systems Media Composer, Symphony User Guide
Avid® Symphony™ and
Composer Products
Site Preparation Guide
for the Mac OS® X Operating System
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Avid Symphony and Composer Products Site Preparation Guide for the
Mac OS X Operating System • Part Number 0130-05432-01 • February 2003
Contents
Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Who Should Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Related Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
If You Have Documentation Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Avid Educational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 1 Symphony and Avid Composer Products Site Preparation . 12
Site Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Environmental Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Electrical Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Component Dimensions and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
System Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Clearance and Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing Equipment in a Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Physical Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Symphony or Media Composer Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Avid Xpress Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Check List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Avid System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Appendix A Regulatory and Safety Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
FCC Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Canadian ICES-003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
European Union Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Australia and New Zealand EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Taiwan EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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Figures
Figure 1 Symphony or Media Composer System with
Additional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 2 Basic Avid Xpress System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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Tables
Table 1 Environmental Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Table 2 Electrical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Table 3 Component Dimensions and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
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Using This Guide
n
This guide provides information about preparing your site for the
installation of Symphony
with the Apple
platform).
Your system might not contain all of the hardware that is described in your
documentation. Our documents describe all hardware regardless of which
model you purchased.
®
Dual 1-GHz PowerPC® G4 Mini-Tower platform (G4
™
Who Should Use This Guide
This guide is intended for all Symphony and Avid Composer Products
users, from beginning to advanced. Read this guide if you are responsible
for preparing a site for installation.
About This Guide
This guide provides information concerning the following topics:
• Environmental issues
or Avid® Composer Products hardware used
• Electrical connections
• Size and weight requirements
• System Planning and Layout
Symbols and Conventions
Unless noted otherwise, the material in this document applies to the
Mac OS X operating system.
Avid documentation uses the following symbol and convention.
Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action
Symbols and Conventions
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If You Need Help
If you are having trouble using your system, you should:
1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task
in this guide. It is especially important to check each step of your
workflow.
2. Check the release notes supplied with your Avid application for the
latest information that might have become available after the
documentation was published.
3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your
hardware for maintenance or hardware-related issues.
4. Visit the online Knowledge Center at www.avid.com/support. Online
services are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this
online Knowledge Center to find answers, to view error messages, to
access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to read/join
online message-board discussions.
A note provides important related information,
reminders, recommendations, and strong
suggestions.
5. For Technical Support, please call 800-800-AVID (800-800-2843).
For Broadcast On-Air Sites and Call Letter Stations, call
800-NEWSDNG (800-639-7364).
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