Specifications

Expanded Systems Guide20
Starting Up Your System
Whenever you start your system, turn on all of
your system components in a specific order.
To start your Pro Tools system:
1 Make sure all your equipment is off (including
your computer). On the front panel of the
Digidesign Expansion|HD, the Power switch
LED should be flashing to confirm that the unit
is in Standby mode.
2 Press the Power switch on the front panel to
turn on the Digidesign Expansion|HD. The
Power switch LED remains lit when fully pow-
ered and ready for operation.
3 Turn on any external hard drives. Wait ap-
proximately ten seconds for them to spin up to
speed.
4 Turn on any MIDI interfaces and devices, or
synchronization peripherals.
5 Lower the volume of all output devices, then
turn on your Pro Tools audio interfaces. Wait at
least fifteen seconds for the audio interfaces to
initialize and the status LEDs to stop flashing.
6 Turn on your computer.
Launching and Configuring
Pro Tools
If you are installing a new Pro Tools system, re-
fer to the instructions for launching and config-
uring Pro Tools in the Pro Tools|HD Getting
Started Guide.
Location of the front panel Power switch
power switch