Apple Video and TV Systems Documentation
Apple's manuals for its video input and television kits for the Performa, LC 630 and Power Macintosh families: the Apple Video System, the Apple TV/Video System and the Apple TV/FM Radio System.
Apple Video System User's Manual (1996)
[edit | edit source]Apple Video System User's Manual, copyright 1996, Apple's own 95-page PDF. It covers installing the video input card in computers with and without a built-in monitor, installing the software, connecting video equipment, Apple Video Player, capturing images and movies, troubleshooting (pp. 71-75, PDF pp. 77-81) and technical information on the card (pp. 77-78, PDF pp. 83-84): input standards, connectors, the S-video connector's 0.5 A current limit, video and audio input levels and impedances, and the internal connections to the Apple MPEG Media System and TV tuner cards. It is a user's manual: there is no service information.
Download: Apple Video System User's Manual (1996).pdf
Apple TV/Video System User's Guide (1995)
[edit | edit source]Apple TV/Video System User's Guide, copyright 1995, a 104-page scan from vintageapple.org. Chapters: installing the video input and TV tuner cards in a compact computer (pp. 3-20) and a modular computer (pp. 21-31), installing the software and connecting video equipment (pp. 32-40), watching video, customising the TV tuner settings (channels, names, locks, passwords, reminders, hot key), capturing images and movies, special features (closed captions and video text, window size, input standard), the remote control (pp. 79-82) and troubleshooting (pp. 83-86). Printed page numbers are nine lower than PDF page numbers. A user's guide: no service information.
Download: Apple TV-Video System User's Guide (1995).pdf
Apple TV/FM Radio System User's Manual (1996)
[edit | edit source]Apple TV/FM Radio System User's Manual, copyright 1996, Apple's own 151-page PDF. Chapters cover installing the TV/FM tuner card in compact and modular computers, connecting other video equipment, the Apple FM Radio application, recording from the radio, Apple Video Player, the remote control and troubleshooting (chapter 10, pp. 117-124, PDF pp. 124-131). A user's manual: no service information.
Download: Apple TV-FM Radio System User's Manual (1996).pdf
Apple TV/FM Radio System Service Source
[edit | edit source]The Apple TV/FM Radio System Service Source, 46 pages, from the Service Source 2.5 CD of 1997. Contents: Basics, overview and features (PDF pp. 2-6); Specifications for the TV tuner, Apple Video Player, the FM tuner, Apple FM Radio Player, the remote control and system requirements (PDF pp. 7-20); Upgrades, installing the tuner card in compact and modular computers (PDF pp. 21-46). It has no troubleshooting chapter, parts list or board information.
Download: Apple TV-FM Radio System Service Source.pdf
Apple TV/FM Radio System data sheet (1996)
[edit | edit source]Apple's two-page data sheet, May 1996, L01827A, with features, ordering information, related products and technical specifications.
Download: Apple TV-FM Radio System Data Sheet (1996).pdf
Pages that cite these documents
[edit | edit source]- Apple Video System: card specifications and troubleshooting
- Apple TV/Video System: installation, connections and troubleshooting
- Apple TV/FM Radio System: specifications, requirements and troubleshooting