
The unit’s uber-simplicity does come at a price: your attention. To watch your transferred video on your PC or Mac, you must have QuickTime installed. You’ll also want to update the firmware on your iPod, PSP or other destination device.
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If you disconnect before the lights turn blue, you could lose your video.īefore using your Pinnacle Video Transfer, you’ll want to download the latest firmware update at If your unit sometimes writes a blank MP4 file when the input signal goes bad, the firmware update will help. Pinnacle warns that you must wait until all lights at the top and bottom of the device turn blue before disconnecting the cables. Two of the lights turn blue, but two stay red. Just press REC again when youre finished recording. The video signal is converted in real time and placed automatically in the Videos folder of your iPod. The LEDs change to red again when recording. Now press Play on your camcorder and the REC button on the Video Transfer. After pressing the Mode button, wait for the lights at top and bottom to turn from red to blue. The LEDs below the Mode button light up: one for Good, two for Better, three for Best quality. You just press the Mode button until you get the video quality you want. Then plug your iPod into the USB connector on the other end. You take your camcorder or your VCR and plug it into the Video Transfer unit. But what happens in the middle makes it a useful tool.

This little black box has a cable going in and a cable going out.
