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Video Transfer between U-Matic and LVR.

In order to do this it is necessary to use the MX-1 video mixer (MX-1), which usually lives in imager light.

What's required is:

The cables can be found on the cable tree in imager light (that is assuming that people have been putting things back where they find them.) The setup is as follows:

    *Start with MX-1 off*

  1. U-Matic composite out (3/4 out on the patch bay) --> input 1 of the video mixer.
  2. MX-1 output (S-VHS if possible) --> video in on Vid/IO box.
  3. RGB output on Vid/IO box --> RGB input on LVR.
  4. Connect preview out (on MX-1) --> video input for the old monitor.
  5. Turn on LVR and U-Matic (if they are not already on), then turn on the MX-1.
  6. Press Shift + Setup on MX-1.
    You will see a set of five icons, the important one is the lock.
  7. Using the diamond in the middle of the keypad, move to the lock. Press either the up or down arrow to toggle TBC off (value should read 1).
  8. Press Shift + Setup on MX-1 again to return to the main screen.
Now you a ready to begin copying the video.

An alternate method that works is running the video through Lucille. This is NOT recommended.

U-Matic --> LVR

LVR --> U-Matic

This is quite straight forward. There are two ways to set this up:
  1. Patch from the composite out of the LVR to the 3/4 in jack on the video patch bay. This will give a clear picture on the tape with no sync problems. You will want to start the recorder about 2-3 seconds before the material that is to be transferred, as there is some residual effect due to the machine going into record.

  2. Patch through the Vid/IO Box. RGB in from LVR and composite out to the U-Matic deck.
There is no real advantage to going through the Vid/IO Box, but it is an alternate method.

Note if you find that the colours are kind of off, it could be that the line going to the monitor is then going somewhere else (i.e. through line a or b out) this causes the colours to seem over saturated.


This document was last modified Nov 10, 1994, by Marcello Lioy