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Avoid mixing input and output types — if S-video jacks are not available
on both the input and output, use composite for both.
If you try to use the S-video output and the compos-
ite (RCA) input, an on-screen warning appears to re-
mind you to use the S-video input.
n Test the input connections.
Press POWER on the keyboardto turn TitleMaker 3000off. The input video
is passed through to the output, so you should see the input video on the
OUTPUT monitor.
TroubleshootingHints
If you do not see the picture you expect, review the following hints:
• Confirm that the POWER light is on.
• Double-check the connections, especially the one from TitleMaker 3000’s
VIDEO OUT to your monitor or VCR’s VIDEO IN. Most problems are
caused by a cabling mistake.
• Be sure the television is set to monitor the video input you are using rather
than, say, channel 7 (see “Set the OUTPUT monitor’s input switch”); and
that the VCR is set to record its video input (see “Set the Record VCR in-
put”). This is the second most common cause of problems.
• Check the obvious. Are the POWER SWITCH on the rear panel and the
POWER key on the keyboard both turned on? Are all switches set cor-
rectly? Are all connections correct, with OUTs going to INs?
• If you see titles when you press PLAY but you never see the screen with
the cursor, confirm that there is nothing — not even an unconnected cable
— plugged into the PREVIEW OUT jack.
• Try swapping cables — if the problem changes when you completely ex-
change twocables, you may have abad cable.
• If you are using S-video connectors, try temporarily using the RCA con-
nectorsinstead.
• Jumpy or off-color recordings are often caused by poor quality originals or
by the use of commercially recorded videos as source material. Many re-
cordings carry copy-protection signals designed to prevent copying.
TitleMaker 3000 is not designed to remove copy-protection signals.
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