1. verify that the hardware installation is complete according to the directions in chapter 2 - osprey-500 hardware.

    2. connect a video signal source to one of the osprey-500 connectors (composite/s-video/sdi/dv).

    3. open the osprey-500 group in the start menu.

    4. click the vidcap32 icon. refer to chapter 7 - vidcap32 for more information on this application.

    5. if your input is composite video, the screen displays a still video frame from the osprey-500 board. click the overlay button. the screen should display moving video frames. if your input choice is not composite video, select the video source option under the options menu. this brings up the osprey-500’s video capture driver configuration box where you can select your video input.

    6. if the video area does not contain video, it could be for one of the following reasons:

    a. the driver is looking for video on the wrong input connector. you can either move the video cable to another connector or reconfigure the driver using its control dialog. refer to chapter 5 - osprey-500 video control dialog.

    b. the video source is not turned on or activated.

    7. if the video area is scrambled or has bad color, the signal format of your video source may be different from the signal format selected in the driver software. since the driver defaults to ntsc-m signal format, users of pal equipment always need to change the driver’s signal format the first time they run the driver. refer to chapter 5 - osprey-500 video control dialog for more information.