Manual ActionTec 1394

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    Proprietary Notice and Disclaimer 1 T ab le of Contents Proprietary Notice and Disclaimer ........ ................ 1 Introduction ................................................................ 2 Contacting Action tec Technical Support ................ 2 Do This First ............................................................... 3 Minimum Syste ...

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    2 Introduction Intr oduction Thank you for purchasing an Act io n tec 13 94 F ireWire Car d. Ac t i o n tec’ s implementation of the IEEE 1394 standar d brings the latest in serial bus technology to your PC in an inexpensive PCI car d. An integral part of any PC-based video editing solu- tion, the 139 4 Fir eWire C ard also opens you up to a worl ...

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    Do This First 3 Do This Fi rst Minim um System Requirements • 333Mhz (or above) PC with 32MB of RAM and CD- R OM dr ive • One available PCI slot • Microsoft W indo ws 98, Windo w s 98SE, or Wind ows 2 000 installed Pa c k ag e C o n t e n t s Make sur e the following items came in this package: • 1394 F ireWire Car d • This user ’ s man ...

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    4 Do This First • Do not, under any circumstances, insert or remo ve the PCI car d while the comput er is turned on. Doing so with any PCI card will have unpredictable results which may include per- manent physical damage to the card, your computer ’ s mainbor d, or both. ...

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    Instal ling the PCI Card 5 Installing the PCI Car d C AU T I O N : A l ways discharge static electricity before handling the1394 FireWire Card. Y ou ma y d ischarge static electricity by touch- ing a grounde metal structure or by using any commer- cially a v ailab le grounding s trap. S tep 1 T urn off the co mputer and all peripheral devices con- ...

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    6 Installing the PCI Card S tep 5 Insert the PCI card into the available PCI expansion slot. Ensure that the car d is seated properly before securing it with the screw removed in Step 4, as shown in the foll owing diagram. Figure 2: Installing The PCI C ard Note: Make sure the pow er connector from your system is long enough to reach the card so th ...

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    Configuring Windows 98 7 Configuring Windo w s 98 S tep 1 After you have installed the 1394 F ireWire Card in your computer , turn on the po wer and allow the sys- tem to boot normal ly. S tep 2 Windo ws 98 will immediately display the Ad d New Hardware W izard and identify the modem as a “PCI OHCI Compliant I EEE 1394 H ost Controller”. Click ...

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    8 Configuring Windows 98 Note: After inse rting the CD-ROM, m ake sure to wait a f ew seconds before clickin Ne xt. Other- wise, the Wizard ma y rep ort that it was un able to find the drivers. If this is the case, cli c k Back and then click Next, repeating this pro- cess un til th e CD- ROM has been rec- ogniz ed by th e drive. S tep 4 N ext the ...

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    Configuring Windows 98 9 Note: If the Add New Hardware Wizard asks y ou to inser t your Win dows 98 CD-ROM, le ave the Action tec 1394 FireWire Card instal- lation CD-ROM inser ted and follow the on-screen instruction s. The files that Windows is asking f or ha v e bee provided on the installation CD- RO M . After Windo ws has finished copying the ...

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    10 Configuring Windows 98 Chec king the installation in Win dows 98 N ext, find o ut if the 1394 F ireWir e Card has been pr operly installed and configured for use with your operating system. S tep 1 On the Windows desktop , right-click the icon for M y Computer . In the dial og box t hat appears, click the Device Manager tab . S tep 2 The Device ...

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    Configuring Windows 2000 Professional 11 Configuring Windo w s 2000 Prof essional S tep 1 After you have installed the PCI card in your com- puter , turn on the power and allow the system to boot normall y. S tep 2 On the W indows desktop , right-click the icon for My Computer . On the menu that appear s, c lick Pr o p e r - ties. The system proper ...

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    12 Configuring Windows 2000 Professional S tep 4 Double-click the listing for OH CI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controlle r. Click the Driver tab to bring it to the front, then click U pdate Driv er . S tep 5 This will start the U pdate Device Driver W izard. Click Ne x t . ...

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    Configuring Windows 2000 Professional 13 S tep 6 In the dialog bo x that appears next (shown below) make sur e “S earch for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended) is selected, then click N ext. S tep 7 In the dialog box that appears next, make sure that “CD-R OM dri ves” is the only option selected. Insert the A ction tec 1394 F ireWir ...

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    14 Configuring Windows 2000 Professional S tep 8 In the dialog box that appears next, W indo ws will announce that it has found a better driver (the Action- tec driver) on the CD-R OM. Click N ext. S tep 9 Windo ws will copy the necessary file s an d report that installation of the “ Actiontec 13 94 F ireWi r e Car d” i complete. Click Finish. ...

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    Configuring Windows 2000 Professional 15 Chec king the installation in Windows 200 0 Professional N ext, find out if the 1394 F ireWir e Card has been pr operly installed and configured for use with your operating system. S tep 1 On the W indows desktop , right-click the icon for My Computer . On the menu that appears, click Pr o p e r - ties. The ...

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    16 Notices Notices FCC Regulations—Declaration of Conformity This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursu ant to P art 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits ar e designed to pro vide r easonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa- tion. This equipment generates, ...

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