User manual
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Using This Guide
- Getting Started
- Setting Up CountDown
- Managing Media Events
- Managing Playlists
- Understanding Playlists
- Building a Playlist
- Opening an Existing Playlist
- Optimizing the Positions of CountDown Windows
- Modifying Events in the Playlist
- Playing a List to Air
- Previewing a Playlist
- Importing a Playlist
- Exporting a Playlist
- Printing a Playlist
- Deleting a Playlist
- Previewing a Transition
- Breaking Out of Referenced Playlist Loops
- Working with the MOS Protocol
- Using Shotboxes
- Index
Chapter 1 Getting Started
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Connecting the Application Key
The application key, commonly referred to as a dongle, allows CountDown to
run on your system. You need to connect the application key before you can
run the application. If your system has USB ports in the front and in the rear,
Avid recommends that you connect the application key to a USB port at the
rear of the system.
Setting Up Server Connections
This section describes basic configurations for using CountDown with one to
five AirSpeed servers.