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TABLE OF CONTENTS
IMPORTANT NOTICE ......................................... 2
C
ERTIFICATES & COMPLIANCES ........................... 5
S
AFETY SYMBOLS ............................................ 6
MAINS PLUGS & MAINS POWER CORDS .............. 7
OBTAINING TECHNICAL SUPPORT ........................ 8
SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION ............................. 9
1.1 Product Description .............................. 9
1.2 Manual Summary ................................. 9
1.3 System Overview ............................... 10
1.4 Unpacking .......................................... 11
1.5 Equipment Supplied ............................ 11
1.6 Static Precautions ............................... 12
1.7 Environment........................................ 12
SECTION 2 - ENGINE PHYSICAL INSTALLATION ..... 13
2.1 Mechanical Installation ...................... 13
2.2 Electrical Installation .......................... 14
2.3 Engine Rear Panel Connections .......... 15
2.4 Cabling ............................................... 16
2.5 External Cable Length Considerations 17
2.5.1 M
ERLIN CONTROL CABLE ................ 17
2.5.2 SONY 9-PIN CABLE ....................... 17
2.5.3 VGA CABLE ............................... 17
2.5.4 A
UDIO CABLE .............................. 17
2.5.6 DIGITAL AUDIO CABLES ................. 17
2.6 Connecting The Various System .............
Components .............................................. 18
SECTION 3 - MERLIN CONSOLE PHYSICAL INSTALLATION
19
3.1 Introduction......................................... 19
3.2 Mechanical Installation ...................... 19
3.3 Electrical Installation .......................... 20
3.3.1 M
ERLIN CONTROL CABLE ................ 20
3.4 Interconnecting The Console And ...........
Engine ....................................................... 20
3.6 Internal and External SCSI Devices.... 21
SECTION 4 - SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ............... 22
4.1 Introduction......................................... 22
4.2 Switching on the Equipment ............ 22
4.2.1 Console ...................................... 22
4.2.2 Engine ........................................ 22
4.3 Boot up screen .................................... 24
4.4 Software Installation ........................... 26
4.4.1 Installing Software From .................
Exabyte ............................................... 26
SECTION 5 - CONFIGURING DISK DRIVES .......... 28
5.1 External Hard Disk Drives ................. 28
5.1.1 Wide Based Disk Drives ............ 28
5.1.2 Narrow Based Disk Drives ........ 28
5.1.2 Configuring The Engine For ............
Narrow Use ........................................ 29
5.1.3 Mixing Wide And Narrow Disk ......
Drives ................................................. 30
5.2 Checking for Newly Installed SCSI ........
Devices .................................................... 31
5.3 Setting Up Removable Media .................
Devices .................................................... 31
SECTION 6 - ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ................ 32
6.1 Cleaning The Exterior Of The Units ..... 32
6.2 Cleaning The Monitor Screens ............ 32
6.3 Cleaning The Engine Air Filter ............ 32
New Air Filters .................................... 33
APPENDIX - CONNECTION SPECIFICATIONS .......... 34
Introduction ............................................... 34
A1 - Audio I/O Configuration .................... 34
QDC Configuration................................... 35
A1.1 Analog Audio I/O Specifications ..... 36
A1.2 Digital Audio I/O Specifications ....... 36
APPENDIX - CONNECTION & SIGNAL .....................
SPECIFICATIONS ............................................ 51
A2 Control & Reference Pinouts ............... 51
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