To connect the ADVC110 to your Mac, you will need a 6pin to 6pin Firewire cable. To connect the ADVC110 to your video equipment, camera, VCR, etc. You will need whatever cables fit the output of those devices.

The Canopus ADVC-110 is the recommended capture box to use when capturing SD (standard definition) video with Sportscode. The device is easy to set up with very few. If you're using a newer MacBook, you will need the Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter to use an ADVC-110. Plug the power cord for the ADVC-110 into.

Digital (DV) camcorders usually have a Firewire cable, (aka IEEE1394 or iLink) that will connect to the ADVC. To connect the ADVC110 to your TV, you will need either an RCA cable or an S-Video cable, depending on what your TV will support.

All of the above information is on the Canopus site. What are you planning to use the device for? Once you have finished capturing your VHS stuff into iMovie, done any necessary editing and added titles or such, save the project and then share it. Under Share, you will see an option to send it to iDVD. Iannis Xenakis Rapidshare Library there. Here you can add menu's, if necessary, and add a few bits and pieces to make it look like a 'real' DVD when inserted into a DVD player.

Once you are set, hit the burn button and take the rest of the night off. I usually leave mine overnight and it's ready when I get up. Best not to be doing anything else when iDVD is rendering, compressing and otherwise doing its stuff. Theronjames, If you want to watch TV on your Mac through your Canopus, you have two options: 1) Use Quicktime Pro.

2) Use iMovie. You don't need to actually capture video to your hard-drive. The software will simply show you what is being fed into the computer via the Canopus. For both options, plug your video device into the Canopus, then use a Firewire cable from the Canopus to the Mac. Use whichever option you want above.

I am currently watching FOX Business News on my Mac-mini, taking RCA video and audio from a VCR (which has a TV cable plugged in) and I am using QT Pro. Printmaster Platinum 7.0 Program Cd. I choose 'New Movie Recording' and AT opens up and shows the video signal. The only problem with either of my options is that they don't give you full screen video like a TV.

The TV screen image is controlled by the software and it's smaller than full-screen.