ATI MULTIMEDIA CENTER 8.7 User Manual

A TI Multimedia Center 8.7

User’s Guide

P/N 137-70268-50

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Using Your ATI Multimedia Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Starting ATI Multimedia Center....................................................................2

Starting from LaunchPad...................................... ...... ............................2

Starting from Windows® taskbar.......................................... ...... ...... .....3

Online Help....................................................................................................3

ATI REMOTE WONDER™........................................................ ...... ........... 3

Multimedia Center Configuration Tool ....................................................... 4

TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Special Features............................................................................................. 7

Video-In......................................................................................................... 8

Setting up TV ................................................................................................8

Initialization Wizard...............................................................................9

Sizing the TV display...........................................................................10

TV Feature Menu......................................................................................... 11

TV Keyboard Shortcuts...............................................................................13

TV Display Settings..................................................................................... 15

TV Video Settings....................................................................................... 17

TV Tuner Settings .......................................................................................18

Channel Property Details......................................................................19

TV Stills Gallery Settings............................................................................ 21

TV Schedule Settings ..................................................................................21

ATI TV Bar .......................... ............................................. ...... ..... ............... 22

ATI TV Bar controls............................................................................22

Channel Surfing........................................................................................... 23

Channel Surfing in EAZYLOOK mode...............................................24

Closed Captioning....................................................................................... 25

Closed Caption settings........................................................................26

HOTWORDS™........................................................................................... 27

TV Magazine...............................................................................................28

External Captions Support...........................................................................30

Secondary Audio Program (SAP)................................................................31

Zooming and Panning..................................................................................31

Channel Lockout..........................................................................................32

Parental Control........................................................................................... 33

Recording Video and Still Images...............................................................34

Recording a clip of video and audio from TV......................................35

TV-ON-DEMAND™..................................................................................36

Personal Video Recorder.............................................................................39

Personal Video Recorder settings.........................................................40

Using VIDEOSOAP............................................................................. 43

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One Touch Record..................................... ...........................................44

Achieving the best results with MPEG video recording......................45

MULTVIEW™............................................................................................47

MULTVIEW audio requirements ........................................................ 48

MULTVIEW keyboard shortcuts.........................................................49

TV Listings.................................................................................................. 50

Setting up TV Listings ......................................................................... 51

Getting around...................................... ..... ...... .....................................52

Recording ............................................................................................. 52

Viewing ................................................................................................ 53

Views....................................................................................................53

Filter options......................................................................................... 54

Actors tab .............................................................................................54

Categories- tab......................................................................................55

Searches ................................................................................................55

Favorite search .....................................................................................55

Movies tab........................... ..... ...... ............................................. ...... ...56

Schedules tab................................................... ..... ................................57

Searches tab.......................................................................................... 57

Setting search parameters.....................................................................58

Sports tab........................................................................................... ...59

Stations tab........................................................................................... 59

Titles tab............................................................... ................................60

Days and dates......................................................................................60

FAST tvtv.................................................................................................... 61

Stills Gallery................................................................................................62

Stills Gallery settings............................................................................62

CD Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

CD Audio Keyboard Shortcuts....................................................................65

CD Audio Settings.......................................................................................66

CD Audio Preferences Settings................................................................... 67

CD Database................................................................................................ 67

CD Audio Schedule Settings.......................................................................68

Video CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Video CD Feature Menu.............................................................................. 70

Video CD Keyboard Shortcuts....................................................................71

Capturing Still Frames From Video CDs....................................................72

Zooming and Panning..................................................................................72

Video CD Display Settings.......................................................................... 73

Video CD Closed Caption Settings............................................................. 74

Video CD Preferences Settings ...................................................................75

Video CD Stills Gallery Settings .................................................................75

DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Special Features........................................................................................... 76

What can I play on my DVD drive?..................................................... 77

Sizing the Video Display Panel................................................................... 77

Full-Screen Controls....................................................................................77

DVD Feature Menu..................................................................................... 78

DVD Keyboard Shortcuts............................................................................79

Playing DVD-Video Discs ..........................................................................81

Selecting audio channels......................................................................82

Setting up subtitles ...............................................................................82

External subtitles.................................................................................. 82

Using the menus...................................................................................83

Searching DVD discs ...........................................................................83

Selecting viewing angle........................................................................84

Parental Control....................................................................................84

Zooming and Panning ..........................................................................84

Bookmarks...................................................................................................85

Chapter Preview ..........................................................................................85

A/B Repeat ............................................................. ..... ...... ..........................86

DVD Display Settings.................................................................................87

DVD Preferences Settings...........................................................................88

DVD Initialization Wizard ..........................................................................89

DVD-Video Settings.................................................................................... 89

DVD Closed Captioning..............................................................................90

Closed Caption settings........................................................................91

DVD-Video Audio Settings......................................................................... 92

S/PDIF .........................................................................................................93

DVD Advanced Aspect Ratio Settings........................................................ 93

DVD Schedule Settings...............................................................................95

Region Codes............................................................................................... 95

File Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Special Features........................................................................................... 96

File Player Feature Menu ............................................................................ 98

File Player Shortcut Keys............................................................................99

Zooming and Panning................................................................................100

File Player Display Settings ...................................................................... 101

File Player Preferences Settings................................................................102

File Player Closed Caption Settings..........................................................102

External Captions Support.........................................................................103

File Player Stills Gallery Settings.............................................................. 103

File Player Schedule Settings....................................................................104

Slide Show................................................................................................. 104

FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Setting Preset Stations...............................................................................106

Recording...................................................................................................106

FM-ON-DEMAND ...................................................................................107

Setting up FM Radio.................................................................................. 107

Radio settings..................................................................................... 108

FM-ON-DEMAND settings............................................................... 109

Schedule.....................................................................................................110

Keyboard Shortcuts................................................................................... 111

Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Special Feature ..........................................................................................113

Filtering files..............................................................................................114

Converting Media Files.............................................................................115

Making Playlists........................................................................................ 115

External Captions Support.........................................................................115

Recommended Content Deletion............................................................... 116

Creating DVDs............................................ ............................................. .117

Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Schedule Settings ......................................................................................120

TV Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Multi-Monitor Support.............................................................................. 121

Teletext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Teletext Settings ....................................................................................... 124

Special Features......................................................................................... 124

Special Multimedia Center Features. . . . . . . . . . . . 125

THRUVIEW™.......................................................................................... 125

EAZYLOOK™.......................................................................................... 126

EAZYLOOK TV controls.................................................................. 127

EAZYLOOK DVD controls............................................................... 133

EAZYLOOK File Player controls......................................................136

EAZYLOOK Library controls ........................................................... 139

EAZYLOOK Teletext controls..........................................................141

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Audio Problems ........................................................................................143

Video Problems ... ................................................................................... 148

DVD Problems ..........................................................................................150

Other things to consider .....................................................................151

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Using Your ATI Multimedia Center

This Guide explains how to use the features that your ATI Multimedia Center offers. The Multimedia Center is a suite of products that provides TV, Video CD, CD Audio, DVD, File Player, FM Radio, and Library in one package.

Starting ATI Multimedia Center 2 Online Help 3 ATI REMOTE WONDER Multimedia Center Configuration Tool 4 TV 7 ATI TV Ba r 22 TV-ON-DEMAND Personal Video Recorder 39 MULTVIEW TV Listings 50 FAST tvtv 61 Stills Gallery 62 CD Audio 64 Video CD 69 DVD 76 File Player 96 FM Radio 105 Library 113 Schedule 119 TV Out 121 Multi-Monitor Support 121 Teletext 123 Special Multimedia Center Features 125 Troubleshooting 143

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2 Starting ATI Multimedia Center

Starting ATI Multimedia Center

Starting from LaunchPad

The LaunchPad provides a convenient way to start all your Multimedia Center features — just click the feature you want. LaunchPad opens automatically when you start your computer, or if you prefer, you can right-click LaunchPad, and uncheck Load on Startup in the drop-down menu.

• T o dock LaunchPad, right-click it, and then click Dock in the

menu. To change the docking position, right-click LaunchPad while it is docked, point to Side , and then choose a location.

• To change the size of the LaunchPad when it is not docked, double-click it or right-click it, and choose a size.

The buttons in the right side of LaunchPad let you access your desktop settings, get Help, and close LaunchPad. If your system does not have a TV tuner, Video In appears in place of TV in the LaunchPad.

Certain Multimedia Center features use some of the same resources. If you try to start one of these features while another is running, a resource conflict message appears. You have up to four choices:

• Run both features with reduced performance, where

possible.

• Suspend the first feature while the other is active.

• Close the first feature.

• Press Cancel to conti nue withou t sta rting t he seco nd

feature.

Starting from Windows® taskbar

In the Windows taskbar, click Start, and then point at Programs .

Point at ATI Multimedia Center , and then select CD Audio, DVD, LaunchPad, File Player, TV, Video CD, Library, or Configuration.

For information about using the ATI Multimedia Center features, see the online help.

Online Help

Feature Help. Click the Help button in any displ ay panel to open the online help.

Online Help 3

Context-Sensitive Help. Contex t-sens itiv e help is always available for each feature; just press the F1 key.

Tool Tips. Simply move the mous e c ursor over a control to see a description of its purpose. As you become familiar with your ATI Multimedia Center, you may want to turn off Tool Tips — click the Show T ool T ips checkbox in the Display tab (for more information, see TV Display Settings on page 15).

ATI Desktop Help. For help on your ATI video card’s graphics features, double-click the ATI icon in the lower-right corner of your screen.

Internet. Click http://www.ati.com/support/index.html for product support, including driver downloads, technical and warranty information.

A TI REMOTE WONDER

The AT I REMOTE WONDER replaces all the functionality of a mouse in all Windows software applications. If you have an ATI graphics card installed in your system, you will also enjoy additional control over ATI software. For complete information and installation instructions, see the ATI REMOTE WONDER Installation Guide that came with your card.

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4 Multimedia Center Configuration Tool

Multimedia Center Configuration T ool

When the Multimedia Center is running, you access settings via the Settings dialogs. You can also use the Multimedia Center Configuration Tool to access DVD audio settings, TV settings, PC Check, file types, skin settings, and EAZYLOOK settings for the following purposes.

• To modify settings that do not change regularly

• To change settings and run diagnostics when the Multimedia Center is not running

• To modify advanced settings that should only be changed if absolutely necessary

To open the Multimedia Center Con figuration T ool from LaunchPad

Click the Configuration Tool button in the Launchpad. For information on LaunchPad, see

page 2.

from Windows® taskbar

In Windows taskbar, click Start, and then point at Programs.

Point at ATI Multimedia Center, and then select Configuration.

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To access DVD audio set tings

Click the DVD tab in the Multimedia Center Configuration Tool. Three audio settings are available.

Selection Function

Enable Dynamic Compression

Output surround compatible (Dolby Pro Logic®) signal

Add low-frequency effects channel into downmix

The Multimedia Center supports standard DVD-Video, which provides stereo and compressed, multi-channel surround sound using Dolby® Digital or DTS® encoding. DVD-Audio (DV-A) is a separate standard, which requires a DVD-Audio player.

Applies dynamic compres si on to the overall dynamic range of the audio (useful for low-volume listening and for smaller speakers).

Encodes the 2-chann el s tere o ou tpu t with Dolby Pro Logic information (used for external Dolby Pro Logic decoder/amplifier.

Includes the LFE (subwoofer) channel in the 2-channel stereo downmix (may be useful if you have external subwoofers or want more bass — this only affects DVDs with true LFE data in the Dolby Digital 5.1 sound tracks).

If your graphics card is an ATI RADEON or later, Adaptive Deinterlacing is available (see page 41). Enabling this option most often improves DVD playback quality.

To access TV settings

Click the TV tab in the Multimedia Center Configuration Tool. The TV page provides settings for the Video Capture Source. If your system has multiple video decoders, select the one that Multimedia Center TV should use as its default.

To access file types

File Types displays how files are associated with different Multimedia Center applications. Click the File Types tab in the Multimedia Center Configuration Tool.

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To access PC Check

PC Check evaluates your computer system to determine if it is correctly set up for multimedia playback. If your computer fails any of the tests, PC Check recommends corrective action.

The test results are best estimates; they may not be

100% accurate.

In Windows Taskbar, click Start, point at Programs, point at A TI Multimedia Center, and then select Configuration.

A warning dialog appears, which identifies any pre-test requirements you should be aware of.

To start the tests, click the Run Tests button. The tests last approximately 45 seconds. When they are

complete, you can click the Details button to see the test results.

To access skin s settings

Click the Skins tab in the Multimedia Center Config uratio n Tool, and select skins for your Multimedia Center components.

Modern Classic

Tranquility Zero-G

To access EAZYLOOK settings

Click the EAZYLOOK tab in the Multimedia Center Configuration Tool. For information on EAZYLOOK, see

page 126.

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Watch Television on your computer! receive up to 125 cable television channels and 70 antenna channels in smooth, full-motion video on the whole screen or in a window.

TV deliver s advanced features: TV-ONDEMAND™, Closed Captioning, Personal Video Recorder, Still Capture, Channel Surfing, Scheduled Events, TV Listing s, Par ent al Cont rol , and more.

When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the display panel, the “About...” notice appears. If you have more than one feature installed, a Task menu displays available and active features.

You can

For information about using TV controls, see the online help and Tool Tips.

• All channels may not be available in all countries.

• Not all TV features are available with Video-In cards.

Special Features

Additional special features are available for TV.

• THRUVIEW™ — see page 125.

• EAZYLOOK™ — see page 126.

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To start TV

Video-In

from LaunchPad

Click the TV button in the Launchpad. For information on LaunchPad, see page 2.

from Windows® taskbar

In the Windows taskbar, click Start, and then point at Programs .

Point at ATI Multimedia Center , and then select TV.

You can also start TV from other Multimedia Center features installed on your system. Click the ATI logo in

the feature’s control panel or display panel, and then click TV.

If there is no TV tuner in your computer system, a small control panel is pr ovided for recording video from external video sources.

If you have a Video-In card, the following dialogs and features are unavailable:

• TV Tuner settings (see

• Channel Surfing (see

• TV-ON-DEMAND (see

• Channel Lockout (see

• Parental Control (see

page 18

page 23

page 36

page 32

page 33

)

Setting up TV

The first time you start TV, you must complete the Initialization Wizard. After that, the Wizard will not run unless you want to re-run it in order to change settings. The Initialization Wizard guides you quickly and easily through setting up TV channels, Parental Control, Sound, Recording Format, and TV-ON-DEMAND.

Initialization Wizard

Click the Setup button, and then click the Display tab.

Click the Initialization Wizard... button. The TV Channels Initialization Wizard appears. Follow the Wizard’s instructions to select cable or antenna, choose the broadcast standard, and to scan for active channels.

Click Next >. The TV Parental Control Initialization Wizard appears. Follow the Wizard’ s instructions to set or change your Parental Control password.

Passwords are optional, case-sensitive, and must be at least three characters in length. If you forget your

password, you will have to uninstall and reinstall your TV software.

If your computer has an ATI ALL-IN-WONDER video card and an ATI TV WONDER video card, clicking Next > opens the MUL TVIEW settings page, where you can enable MULTVIEW (Picture in Picture), specify the MULTVIEW window position, and enable dual monitor display.

MUL TVIEW is not ava ilabl e with ALL-I N-WONDERVE

cards.

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Click Next >. The Sound Initialization Wizard appears. Follow the Wizard’s instructions to set up your audio connection. Line-In is the most common connection.

• If you do not hear TV audio, ensure that the TV is tuned to a broadcasting channel, and that you have made the correct audio connections. See Troubleshooting on page 143 for more information.

Click Next >. The Recording Format Initialization Wizard appears. Follow the Wizard’s instructions to select the default recording format.

Click Next >. The TV-ON-DEMAND Initialization Wizard appears. Follow the Wizard’s instructions to set up a temporary file and allocate file space. Available time is indicated. The Advanced Settings button lets you customize settings for image quality and processor load.

Click Next >. The End of Initialization Wizard panel appears. Click Finish to complete TV setup.

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Sizing the TV display

You can resize the TV display using the mouse, the Maximize button, or

• The F2 key hides/shows the control panel, to save desktop space.

To resize the TV display us ing the mouse

Drag the display’s border. The TV display maintains a fixed aspect ratio (width-to-height) of 4:3 to avoid picture distortion (to change this, see TV Display Settings on page 15).

To display TV in full-screen

Press CTRL+F or ALT+F to toggle between full-screen and the current size, or click the Maximize button. To return to the previous size, press the Esc key.

To display preset sizes using t he CTRL key

Ctrl

Tiny CTRL+1 Small CTRL+2

CTRL key combination.

Medium CTRL+3 Large CTRL+4 Toggle between full screen and

current size Increase size of display panel CTRL + Up Arrow Decrease size of display p anel CTRL + Down Arrow

CTRL+F ALT+F

TV Feature Menu

You can access TV functions by right-clicking on the control panel or the viewing area of the display panel. This is very useful in full-screen mode.

Selection Function

Setup Opens the TV setup page.

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Always On Top

Show Control Panel

THRUVIEW

Video Size

Aspect Ratio Selects the width-to-height ratio for the video window:

Displays TV on top of other applications.

Shows the TV Control panel.

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If your computer uses a RADEON or later video card, THRUVIEW Desktop and THRUVIEW Window are available (see

THRUVIEW Desktop:

screen as a translucent layer on top of all other windows when minimized.

THRUVIEW Window:

translucent layer on top of any other windows, allowing you to work and watch TV at the same time.

Indicates the sizes available for the current panel:

Tiny 160 x 120 pixels Small 240 x 180 pixels Medium 320 x 240 pixels Large 640 x 480 pixels Full Screen

Non-Fixed Allows the window to be stretched

Standard Standard aspect ratio for 4:3 television broadcast.

Letterbox (16:9, 1.85:1, 2.35:1)

Widescreen (16:9, 1.85:1, 2.35:1)

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to any proportions.

Crops the top and bottom of the frame to fit a wider window.

Scales the entire image to fit a wider window.

The current panel appears full-

The current panel appears as a

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Selection Function

Connector Specifies the video input:

TV Tu ner Selects TV Tuner input. Composite Selects composite video input. S-Video Selects S-Video input.

Sound Mode

Closed Captions

Zooming Selects the zoom ratio (2x, 4x, or 8x) or Unzoom if

About... Displays the About... dialog. Exit Closes TV.

Sets the audio mode:

Captions Displays closed captions when muted when audio is muted.

Stereo Enables stereo TV audio. Both Plays both standard and SAP audio tracks. SAP Enables the Secondary Audio Program. Mono Enables monaural TV audio.

Specif ies how clos ed ca ptio ne d text is dis played. Y ou can also enable the HOTWORDS and TV Magazine features. See

Magazine

already zoo m ed. See

HOTWORDS™

on page 28.

on page 27 and

Zooming and Panning

on page 31

TV Keyboard Shortcuts

You can use the following keys to control TV from your keyboard.

Command Key(s)

Pause Ctrl + B Play Ctrl + X Toggle Play / Pause Spacebar Skip forwards / backwards End / Home Volum e up / down (numeric keypad)

- / +

 

(alphanumeric keypad)

_ / =, - / + Channel up / down  /  Setup Ctrl + S Toggle closed captions Ctrl + C Unzoom Alt + Z

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Still capture Ctrl + Insert Size presets (Tiny, Small, Medium, Large) Ctrl + 1 — Ctrl + 4 Toggle full screen Ctrl + F Exit full screen Esc Cycle through Size up / down Ctrl +  / Ctrl +  Parental Control lock / unlock Ctrl + L Record Ctrl + R Help F1 Hide control panel F2 Hide video panels and borders; video panel

snaps to edge Always on top F4

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Command Key(s)

THRUVIEW window (Blended Window, regardless of settings in Display Sett ings page)

THRUVIEW Desktop (Blended Desktop, regardless of settings in Display Sett ings page)

Video Desktop, regardless of settings in Display Settings page)

Minimize without Video Desktop or THRUVIEW F8 Reverse play (Jog Shuttle) increments to next

lower speed: -2x, -4x, -8x, -16x Normal play (Jog Shuttle) F10 Forward play (Jog Shuttle) increments to next

lower speed: 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x Play speed (slow, normal, fast) Alt + F10 Export TV-ON-DEMAND video Ctrl + W Cycle time display format (while recording or in

TV-ON-DEMAND) Set Analog TV Tuner input connector Alt + 1 Set Composite TV Tuner input connector Alt + 2 Set S-Video TV Tuner input connector Alt + 3 Exit TV Alt + F4 About Alt + A

F11

Ctrl + T

TV Display Settings

The Display settings page lets you control how video is displayed in TV.

To open the Display settings page

Click the Setup button in the TV control panel, and then click the Display tab.

Selection Function

Video Size

Size

Selects the size for the current panel.

Aspect Ratio

Sets the width-to-height ratio for the current panel:

Standard 4:3 Standard television. Letterbox Crops the t op and bottom of the frame

Widescreen Scales the video frame to fit a

Crop Video

Trims the outside edges of the video frame.

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to fit a wider window.

wider window.

Tool Tips

Show To ol Tip

Show helpful aids for using TV when you point at a control with your mouse.

Show Shortcut

Show keyboard short cuts w hen you point at a control w ith your mouse.

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Selection Function

Display Feature

When Minimized

Controls how TV behaves when minimized:

Minimize TV TV becomes an icon on your desktop . Video TV display replaces your

Desktop desktop pattern. THRUVIEW

Always On Top

Displays TV on top of other applications.

Auto Hide Controls when in full screen

Hides TV controls when displaying TV in full screen. If you move your mouse, the controls re-appear

Blended Window

: The current panel appears as a translucent layer on top of any other windows.

Blended Desktop

: The current panel appears in full screen as a translucent layer on top of any other windows.

THRUVIEW

See

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on page 125.

Hide Player Hotkey

Initialization Wizard

Specify a keyboard key that hides/displays TV. This is useful when you want to do other work while recordi ng or using HOTWORDS.

Re-runs the Ini tializ ation Wiza rd. See

Initialization W izard

on page 9.

TV Video Settings

The Video settings page lets you choose a video connector and fine-tune video characteristics.

To open the V ideo settings page

Click the Setup button in the Television control panel, and then click the Video tab.

Selection Function

Connector Choose Analog TV Tuner, Composite or S-Video input.

• If you choose Composite or S-Video, you must specify

the Broadcast Standard.

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Broadcast Standard

Video Properties

Gamma Adjusts the color brightness of your display. The higher

Reset Sets all values on this page to their default values.

Choose the broadcast standard: NTSC, PAL, or SECAM.

Color

Adjusts the amount of color in the image. Brightness

Adjust the amount of white in the image. Contrast

Adjusts the gradation of tones between light and dark areas.

Tint (only available for NTSC) Adjusts the balance of red-to-blue in the image.

the gamma, the higher the brightness and contrast, maximum being a flat (unmodified) setting).

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TV T uner Settings

The TV Tuner settings page lets you autoscan for active TV channels, choose cable or antenna input, name channe ls, and set channel-specific options.

To open the TV Tune r settings page

Click the Setup button in the TV control panel, and then click the TV Tuner tab.

Selection Function

Channel Name

Details... Select a channel, and then click the Details... button to

Autoscan Scans for all active TV channels, and stores them when

You can enter channel names. If you have TV Listings installed (see automatically, based upon the Guide+ database.

open the Channel Property Det a ils page (see

you click the Set button.

page 50

), channel names are set

page 19

Cable Standard

If you have FAST tvtv on your system (see

Selection Function

# Channel number. Channel Name You can enter channel names. Station Select the TV station to associate with this channel. Lock Appears when a channel is locked (see

Surf Appears when a channel is in the Channel Surf list

Favorite Aappears when a channel is in the Favorites list

Selects the country and cable or antenna.

as follows:

page 23

(see

Channel Property Details

page 61

), the Tuner se ttin gs are

on page 19).

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Channel Property Details

When you select a channel and then click the Details... button in the TV Tuner settings page, the Channel Property Details page opens to let you set properties for particular channels — favorites list, channel assignment, and properties for audio, video, pro gram lockout, and closed captioning.

For example, in the Channel Specific Settings Video page, you could change a channel to SECAM when the other channels are (by default) PAL. In the Closed Captioning page you could enable a set of HOTWORDS specifically for a particular channel.

Selection Function

Channel Name

Number Displays the channel number.

Type a name for the channel.

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Tunes to Station

Channel in Favorites List

Channel in Channel Surf List

Specify the TV station that you want this channel to receive. Autosc anning return s all chan nel assignm ents to normal (see

Check to add the channel. To remove a channel, uncheck it.

Check to add the channel to the Visual Selection list displayed when channel surfing (see remove a channel, uncheck it.

page 18

page 23

). To

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Selection Function

Channel Specific Settings

Audio

Click Audio, and then click Details... to open the Sound details page.

Mute Settings Global Applies mute settings to

selected channel.

Mute On Mutes audio. Mute Off Cancels muting.

SAP Settings See Global Applies SAP settings to

Stereo Activates stereo TV audio for this Mono Activates monaural audio for SAP Activates SAP for this channel.

Secondary Audio Program

(SAP)

on page 23.

selected channel.

channel, if it provides it. this channel.

Channel Specific Settings

Video Properties

Click Video, and then click Details... to open the Cha nnel Based Video Settings page. Move the sliders to change the values

Color Amount of color in the image. Brightness Balance of light and dark in

the image.

Contrast Gradation of tone between the

image’s highlights, midtones and shadows.

Tint Balance of red, green, and

blue in the image (only available for NTSC).

Broadcast Standard

Choose the broadcast standard for this channel. Channel Lockout

Click Channel Lockout, and then cli ck Details... to open the Channel Lock out Setting s page (see on page 32).

Closed Captioning Click Closed Captioning, and then click Details...to open the Closed Captioning Channel Settings page (see

Closed Captioning

on page 25).

Channel Lockout

TV Stills Gallery Settings

You can capture still images from TV, and save them in the Stills Gallery.

To open the TV Stills Gallery settings page

Click the Setup button in the TV control panel, and then click the Stills Gallery tab. For information on the Stills

Gallery, see page 62.

TV Schedule Settings

The Scheduler lets you set up TV to watch or record selected TV programs at times you specify. See Schedule on page119 for details.

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A TI TV Bar

Browse the Web and watch TV at the same time, without resizing your windows! ATI TV Bar displays TV in your Internet Explorer Web Browser.

North American users can also view a display of channel names and numbers, with continuously updated program information.

To open ATI TV Bar

1 2

• If TV is not running, ATI TV Bar opens it, and displays it in

Launch Internet Explorer. In Explore r’s menu bar, click View , point to Explorer

Bar , and then click ATI TV. Or click the ATI TV button in Explorer’s menu bar.

the TV Bar. Closing ATI TV Bar also closes TV.

• If TV is running, it is displayed in TV Bar, and the regular TV display disappears from your desktop. Closing TV Bar returns TV to its normal display on your desktop.

• If you resize Explorer, the TV display automatically fits itself to the new size.

A TI TV Bar controls

From lef t to ri gh t, th e ATI TV Bar controls are: Channel down, Channel up, Volume, Mute, Go to top, Page up, Page down, Pause scrolling, Favorites, and He l p.

ATI TV

TV Internet

Explorerlistings

Channel Surfing

You can browse through sever al TV channels simultaneously, and select channels by clicking on “thumbnail” images (miniature representations) of the channels. Each thumbnail displays the channel number, and is regularly updated to display the current progr am.

• A password is required to access locked-out channels (see

Channel Lockout on page 32); otherwise, only unlocked

channels will be displayed.

• Most controls are disabled during Channel Surfing.

To use Channel Surfing

panel.

A grid of thumbnails appears over your TV display.

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Click the Channel Surf button in the TV control

Click the thumbnail for the channel you want to preview.

The channel you clicked becomes “live”, and plays video and audio for a few seconds.

To select a channel for viewing, double-click a thumbnail.

The grid of thumbnails disappears, and the selected channel appears on your screen.

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Channel Surfing in EAZYLOOK mode

Use the following REMOTE WONDER buttons to navigate when you channel surf in EAZYLOOK mode (see

EAZYLOOK

™

on page 126).

REMOTE WONDER Button

Function

Toggle Channel Surf on / off.

Navigate the Channel Surf selection.

Preview the Channel Surf selection.

Exit Channel Surf, and v iew cu rrent channel surf selection.

Go to previous / next page.

Select previous / next channel.

Select surf c hannel.

Close Channel Surf, and return to TV.

• The Volume, Mute, DVD, Library, and Web buttons function normally

EAZYLOOK

(see EAZYLOOK mode.

• If a scheduled event occurs (see

Surf stops, and the scheduled event proceeds.

• For more information on the REMOTE WONDER, see the

REMOTE WONDER Installation Guide

™

on page 126). All other buttons are disabled in

Schedule

on page 119), Channel

ATI

provided with your card.

Closed Captioning

Display closed captioned text over video, like a standard TV, and/or in a separate window beside t he video. Whe n you use the separate window, you can use the scroll bar to review the last few minutes of text. You can set the background color, the font, and the font color for the window.

To display closed-cap tioned text

Click the Closed Caption button in the TV control panel.

Right-clicking the button opens a menu where you can control the type of captioning: over video, i n a window, display alternate text, TV Magazine, HOTWORDS, captions when muted.

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If you are in TV -ON -DEMAND mode (see displaying the Live: video window, closed captions

appear in the delayed video, not in the Live: window.

To close the Closed Captioning window, click the Exit

button.

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) and

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Closed Caption settings

The Closed Caption settings page lets you specify how closed captioned text is displayed — o ver video o r in a windo w — and the background color , the font, and the font color for the window. You can also set up and enable the HOTWORDS and TV Magazine features.

To set up closed captioning

Click the Setup button in the TV control panel, and then click the Closed Caption tab.

Selection Function

Placement External Window

Displays closed captioned text in its own window. Click

Font... to select the display font.

Video Window

Displays closed captioned text superimposed on the

video. Click Font... to select the display font.

Solid Background

Displays closed captioned text on a solid background.

Shaded Background

Displays closed captioned text on a shaded background.

HOTWORDS Enable

Check to enable HOTWORDS when Closed Captioning is

on (see

HOTWORDS Setup

Opens the HOTWORDS setting s page.

TV Magazine

Closed Caption On Mute

Show Alternate Text If Present

Enable

Activates TV Magazine (see

TV Magazine Setup

Opens the TV Ma gazine Setup Wizard.

Display closed captioned text when the audio is muted.

If T1 mode closed-captioned data is present in the

caption stream, checking this box displays a full page of

T1 mode, scrollable, clo sed ca ptione d text. If you turn of f

Closed Captioning or change channels, the page is

hidden.

HOTWORDS™

on page 27).

TV Magazine

on page 28.)

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HOTWORDS™

Have your computer watch TV for you! When you turn on Closed Captioning (see Closed Captioning on page 25 can specify words and phrases that Television will detect in the closed-captioned text.

Y o u can set HOTWORDS to show the matched text, restore TV, play a sound, enable TV Magazine, or enable the Personal Video Recorder when the HOTWORDS appear. You can also have TV automatically transcribe the text when the specified words appear.

Y o u can enable HOTWORDS, and then minimize TV; when the specified words occur, TV opens. You specify words using the HOTWORDS setup button in the Closed Caption settings page.

To set up HOTWORDS

Click the Setup button in the Television control panel, click Closed Caption, and then click the HOTWORDS

Setup button. The HOTWORDS Setup Wizard opens. To enable HOTWORDS, check the Enable box. The

HOTWORDS Setup Wizard will guide you through HOTWORDS setup.

you

Selection Function

First Word

Match Type

Type the first word to be matched.

Choose the type of match you want:

• By Itself Open TV when the Hot Word occurs.

• Followed by Open TV w hen t he Hot Word occurs, and

is immediately followed by the Optional Word you specify.

• Not Followed By Open TV when the Hot W ord occurs,

if it is not

• In Sentence With Open TV when the Hot Word

occurs, if it is in a sentence with the Optional Word.

Optional Word

Type the word you want to match with the Hot Word.

When you specify an Optional Word, the system only

looks for the First Word+Optional Word combination.

immediately followed by the Optional Word.

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Selection Function

Partial Check this box to open TV when a part of the First Word

occurs.

Use the Add and Remove buttons to add and remove words from the list

Actions to take when your HOTWORDS occur.

Recording Enable TV Magazine

Show Matched Text

Displays the text that matches your Hot Word(s).

Restore Player

Opens TV in its cu rrent state.

Activates TV Magazine (see

Enable Pe rsonal Video Recorder

Activates the Personal Video Recorder (see

Video Recorder

on page 39).

TV Magazine

on page 28).

Personal

TV Magazine

Use TV Magazine to transcribe closed captioned broadcasting, including pictures and text. You can save files as RTF (Rich Text Format), which preserves formatting, and can be used in many word processors, plain text (TXT), or Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). You can use the Schedule feature to start TV Magazine at dates and times you specify (see Schedule on page 119).

• TV Magazine is only available in North America.

• When TV Magazine is enabled, it transcribes closed-

captioned text even if the Closed Captioning button is off.

To start TV Magazine

Click the Setup button in the Television control panel, click the Closed Caption tab, and then click the TV

Magazine Setup button. T o enable TV Magazine, check the Enable box. The first time

you use TV Magazine, the TV Magazine Setup Wizard will guide you through the setup.

Selection Function

File Name

Type a name for the file.

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File Format

Options Overwrite files

Stop Transcribing After

Select Layout

(Images are not saved with .TXT files)

Select a file format (RTF, TXT, or HTML).

Check to overwrite existing files.

Uncheck to keep existing files.

Remove Advertising (North America only)

Automatically skips commercial advertising when you

display or transcribe closed captioned text. It works best

with programs that use scrolling transcripts rather than

“text bubbles” to record closed captioned text; for

example: Talk shows, News broadcasts, Sports, and

Soap operas.

(Depending upon the closed captioning format,

commercials may occasionally be recorded — a little

experimentation will show you how to get the best

results.)

Case Conversion

Convert all characters to upper or lower case.

Specify the number of minutes to transcribe.

No image

No images are saved.

Images on Left

Images are placed on the left, text on the right.

Images on Right

Images are placed on the right, text on the left.

Alternate images

Images and text alternate left and right.

Use black & white pictures

Save images as black & white, to save memory.

Image Density

1/page

2/page

4/page

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External Captions Support

When you record video using TV-ON-DEMAND (see page 36) or the Personal Video Recorder (see page 39), the associated closed caption information is added to the Library (see

page 113). TV can display the searchable, printable closed

caption text in three ways:

• Over video in the video panel

• In the Closed Captioning Window

• Over video and in the Closed Captioning window

simultaneously

The Closed Caption window contains a vertical scroll bar for navigating the closed caption text.

When you select AT I VCR recording format in the Personal Video Recorder Recording Presets page, (see page 41) the last page of the Recording Wizard allows you to record the closed caption information to a separate file, so that you can go to a particular location in the file when you double-click a specific section of the closed caption text.

To enable Externa l Captions support

Right-click the Closed Capti on butt on on the cont ro l pa nel, and then click External Captions.

To go to a particular location in the file

Double-click a specific section of closed caption text.

To print the closed caption text

Click the Print button.

To search the clos ed caption text

Click the Search button, and then type the word to find. You can search from the current position or start from the beginning.

Secondary Audio Program (SAP)

The Secondary Audio Program can be used to broadcast, for example, language translations, reading services for the visually impaired, weather forecasts, or information about a show.

• Only available for NTSC video; for PAL or SECAM, it

To hear the Secondar y Audio Program

is called Language B.

• Not all television stations broadcast SAP.

Right-click the Mute button in the Television control panel, and then click Sap in the drop-down menu.

Zooming and Panning

You can zoom in on the video in the Display panel to enlarge a selected portion of the screen, and return your display to normal. You can also pan (move the image horizontally and vertically) in the zoomed area.

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To zoom

Click within the display panel, and then hold down the mouse button and draw a rectangle around the area you want to zoom.

Or right-click the 1:1 button to open a menu where you can set the zoom level — Zoom x2, Zoom x4, or Zoom x8.

To pan in the zoomed area

Move your mouse within the zoomed area to pan horizontall y or vertically.

To unzoom

Right-click in the display panel to open the feature menu, point at Zooming , and then click Unzoom.

Or click the 1:1 button in the control panel.

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Channel Lockout

Channel Lockout lets you block particular programs at specific times, and set a password to unlock them. Use the Program Lockout page to specify channel, time, and duration.

Passwords are case-sensitive. If you forget your password, you must uninstall and reinstall your TV

software to view password-protected programs.

To set Channel Lockout

Click the Setup button in the Television control panel, and then click the TV Tuner tab.

Click the channel you want to lock, and then click the Details... button.

Click Channel Lockout, and then click the Details... button.

Click Create New.

The Channel Lockout Wizard guides you through the lockout procedure.

In the channel list, locked-out channels have a padlock to the right of the channel name,

A lock icon appears in the control panel when the locked channel is selected.

To remo ve Channel Lockout

Click the Setup button in the Television control panel, and then click the TV Tuner tab.

Click the channel you want to unlock , enter your password, and then click the Details... button.

Click Channel Lockout, then click the Details... button.

Select the channel you want to unlock.

Click the Delete button. To remove all program locks, click the Delete All button.

Click OK.

The padlock disappea rs, and the unl ock icon appear s in the control panel when the channel is selected.

Parental Contro l

Parental Control lets you restrict access to TV programs depending on their content rating. The video and audio of programs that you restrict will not be recorded until the correct password is entered.

• Parental Control i s onl y av ail abl e for North American

(NTSC) Television.

• Passwords are case-sensitive, and mu st be a t leas t

three characters in length.

• If you forget your password, you must uninstall and

To set a Parental Control level

Right-click the Parental Control button in the T elevision control panel to display a menu of choices. The selected level is checkmarked.

reinstall your TV software.

• Parental Control is only available for computer

systems that have a TV tuner.

• The capture still frames feature is disabled, and

video recording will stop.

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Click the level you want.

The Set Password dialog appears.

T ype your passwor d in the upper box, and then type i t in the lower box to confirm it.

The following table summarizes the FCC guidelines for Parental Control.

Programs designed solely for children TV-Y This program is designed to be appropriate for all children. TV-Y7 This program is designed for children age 7 and above. Programs designed for the entire audience TV-G General audience. TV-PG Parental guidance suggested. TV-14 Parents strongly cautioned. TV-MA Mature audience only.

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Recording Video and Still Images

Full-motion video. The Personal Video Recorder lets you

record a clip of full-motion video plus audio from your video source and save it as an MPEG, AVI, ATI VCR (proprietary ATI video format), or WMV (Windows Media Video for streaming and download-and-play applicati ons) fi le on you r computer’s hard disk. See Personal Video Recorder on page 39 for details.

Still images. Capture full-

color, 24-bit-per-pixel, still images from television, save them, and print them. The images are placed in the Stills Gallery, which saves them as Windows- standard bit maps (.bmp) or a wide variety of stand ard formats.

The Stills Gallery also supports most industry -standard graphics file formats, so you can insert the images into reports, presentations, letters, and other documents, to add impact to training applications and presentations. See Stills Gallery on page 62 for details.

If the program is restricted by Parental Control, video recording and still capture are disabled (see

Control

on page 33).

Parental

Recording a clip of video and audio from TV

To record a clip of video an d audio

Click the Record button in the Television control panel, or right-click the Record button and select a duration from the menu. The Personal Video Recorder starts recording video and audio to your computer’s hard disk. For information on recording formats, see Personal Vid e o Recorder settings on page 40. The right-click menu also provides One Touch Record settings, which let you set the duration, location, and style for the recorded file (see One Touch Record on page 44).

T o change the fi le name and location during recording, edit the name and location in the recording panel, or click the Select a File Name button.

Four recording presets are available for quick selection — rightclick the Record button in the control panel, or click a preset button in the personal Video Recorder Settings page. You can customize any of these presets; when you have selected a preset, click Map Preset.

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To stop recording, click the Record button again. A Save As dialog opens, so you can name and save th e recorded video.

• If the program is restricted by Parental Control,

recording will stop (see page 33).

Parental Control

• You cannot record copy-protected material.

To capture still frames from T elevision

Click the Capture button in the Television control panel. The current frame is placed in the Stills Gallery (see

Stills Gallery on page 62).

• If the program is restricted by Parental Control (see

page 33

• If you are in TV-ON-DEMAND mode (see

and displaying the Live: video window, still images are captured from the delayed video, not from the Live: window.

), Still Capt ure is dis ab led .

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)

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TV -ON-DEMAND

TV-ON-DEMAND lets you pause a live program, return later, and resume watching where you left off. You can view the show from the beginning, even after it has started, without waiting until the whole program is recorded.

You can quickly back up a program, watch the selected portion again, and fast-forward or skip ahead to the live broadcast. Y ou can also export the recorded video as an MPEG (.MPG) file or an AT I VCR file.

You cannot use the Personal Video Recorder in TV-ON-DEMAND mode — use the Export function

instead (see

To start TV-ON-DEMAND

Click the TV-ON-DEMAND (upper) button or the Pause (lower) button in the TV control panel.

If you click the TV-ON-DEMAND button, the button and the control panel change to TV-ON-DEMAND mode, and video is recorded and displayed.

™

page 38

If you click the Pause button, the button and the control panel change to TV-ON-DEMAND mode, the last

frame of video is displayed, and video is recorded. When you click the Play (lower) button, recorded video is displayed, continuing from where you paused.

If you do not hear TV audio, or if th e audi o is too l ow o r

too high, see

Troubleshooting

on page 143.

To return to live broadcas ting

Click the Live TV button in the TV-ON-DEMAND

control panel. V ideo recor ding stops. To keep recording while you watch live TV, stay in TV-ON -DEMAN D mode and drag the slider to the right (see To move within recorded video on page 38).

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To play recorded vide o

Click the Play button in the TV-ON-DEMAND control

panel.

To pause recor ded video

The Pause button is displayed in live TV mode or in

TV-ON-DEMAND mode while recorded video is playing. When you click the Pause button, recorded video playback stops, displaying the last frame of video, TV-ONDEMAND continues recording live video, and the Pause button changes to the Play button.

When you cli ck the Play button, delayed v i deo resumes playback, and the Play button changes to the Pause button.

To change playback sp eed in recorded video

Click the Speed button to select playback speed: Slow

Play (half-speed), Normal Play, and Fast Play (1.5x speed). Right-clic king the Speed butt on also di splays a menu of speeds, and Go to Time lets you choose a time from which to start viewing recorded video.

• The Speed button is only enabled when you are in TV-ON-

DEMAND mode, but behind Live.

To skip backwards and forwards in recorded video

Click the left button to skip back; click the right button to skip forwards. The default settings are: forwards – 10 seconds; backwards – 30 seconds.

You can right-click the button to change the time settings to 1 frame, 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, or two minutes.

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To move within recorded video

Using your mouse, drag the position slider to move forwards or backwards in delayed vid eo. As

Position slider

you move the slider all the way to the right, the time display indicates Live.

The Jog Shuttle feature provides

Jog Shuttle

high-speed playback — forwards

or backwards. Using your mouse, drag the slider to the right (forwards) or to the left (backwards). When you release the mouse button, the slider returns to the middle (normal speed) position. T en speeds are available: -16x,

-8x, -4x, -2x, -1x, 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x, and 16x.

To export rec orded video

Click the Export button in the TV-ON-DEMAND

control panel. A dialog appears, where you can select the portion of recorded video you want to save (Range:), and the location to store it (Output File:). You can save exported video in MPEG-2 or ATI VCR format.

• You can export more quickly if you return to live broadcast

mode first (but do not return to TV-ON-DEMAND, or you will overwrite your previously-recorded video).

• The Export button alerts you if there is insufficient video for

export.

TV-ON-DEMAND history

When you right-click the Time mode button in the

Recording panel, a Go To Time menu lists all programs that TV-ON-DEMAND has recorded. To open the program, click its file name.

When you click the Export button, a menu lists all

programs that TV-ON-DEMAND has recorded. You can select the start time and duration of the exported file.

TV-ON-DEMAND uses the TV Listings data to provide the information (see TV Listings on page 50). If there is no TV Listings information, or if the data is outdated, the history shows the Type of Connection and Channel Number instead of Program Name and Channel na me.

Personal Video Recorder

The Personal Video Recorder provides simple controls and powerful r ecording options. You can record a clip of fullmotion video and audio from your video source and save it as an MPEG, AVI, VCR, or WMV file.

You can play recorded files in the File Player (see File Player on page 96.) Advanced time-lapse and motion-triggered recording modes are available.

The Schedule feature lets you record TV programs on the dates and times you specify (see Schedule on page 119).

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Because TV-ON-DEMAND (see your hard drive, you cannot use the Personal Video Recorder in TV-ON-DEMAND mode. Instead, use the

Export function (see DEMAND mode.

VIDEOSOAP

page 38

™

, ATI’s custom video noise reduction system,

page 36

) when you are in TV-ON-

) records to

lets you remove noise that was in the original content or analog noise introduced as a result of poor transmission , subs t and ard cabling, or poor analog-to-digital conversion (see Using

VIDEOSOAP on page 43).

VIDEOSOAP is not available with

ALL-IN-WONDER VE cards.

To start the Persona l Video Reco rder

When you record video from TV (see To record a clip of

video and audio on page 35), the Personal Video

Recorder opens automatically. If you want the Personal Video Recorder to prompt you before

recording, click the Prompt before Recording checkbox in the Personal Video Recorder tab of the TV Player Setup page (see Personal Video Recorder settings on page 40).

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When you right-click the record button, the following options are available (the available times depend upon your hard disk space).

Record for

Sets the length of time to record. Record until

Sets the time to stop recording. Record until manually stopped

Record until you click the Record button again.

Recording preset

Lets you change the default recording preset. One Touch Record Settings

Open the One Touch Record settings page. Motion Triggered Recording

Opens the Motion Triggered Recording Wizard. Time Lapse Recording

Opens the Time Lapse Recording Wizar d. Show Recording Panel

Shows/ Hides the Personal Video Recorder panel, which shows the numb er o f frames recorded and the ti me re mai ni ng on your hard disk.

Recent Recording Displays a lis t of the five most recently reco rded files.

One Touch Record provides one-click recording for specific times and durations. The default recording preset is used (see Recording Preset in page 40).

Personal Video Rec order settin gs

Personal Video Recorder settings

Use the Personal Video Recorder settings pages to specify recording quality, duration, general options, and custom settings. Several recording modes are available, including advanced modes such as Time-Lapse and Motion-triggered.

To set up the Personal V ideo Recorder

Click the Setup button in the TV control panel, and then

click the Personal Video Recorder tab.

Selection Function

Recording Preset

These settings are dependent upon your system configuration. Each can be customized.

Check DVD, Good, Longer, Video CD, or Custom. (The higher the quality, the less video you will be able to store on a disk.)

Note

: The Video CD setting lets you create Video-CDcompliant files that can be played on most consumer DVD players. To create a CD containing the Video CD files, you need a writ able CD driv e and ac comp anying CD creation software.

For extremely fine co ntro l, c li ck the Ma p Pr es et b utto n to open the Recording Presets, where you can create and modify preset recording f ormats.

Click the Create New... button to create a new recording preset. The Recording Wizard guides you through the process.

Click the Edit... button to create a modified copy of an existing recording preset, or to edit one of your own custom settings. The Recording Wizard will guide you through the process.

• Step 2 of the Recording Wizard

provides a deinterlacing option. Select it to prevent horizo nta l str eaks (“combing”) in captured video.

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The following, advanced recording settings are available when you cli c k the Map Preset button:

Time lapse recording

Record video-only, frame-by-frame and save it to an MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 file. You can also manually trigger recording from your keyboard, mouse, or other device. You can use this feature to create stop-motion video (for example, Claymatio n

-type video).

Click the Map Preset button, and the n click Time Lapse. To edit the preset, cli ck th e Edit button, and follow the on - screen steps

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Selection Function

Recording Preset

Motion-triggered recording

Record video and audio, triggered by motion in the video frame. This feature could be used for security applications or to record only material of interest over time.

You can specify an optional “include” rectangle that defines the area to watch for motion, and an “exclude” rectangle that is excluded from motion detection. For example, you could monitor a room, but exclude a fish tank, which would falsely trigger recording.

You can simultaneously perform motion-triggered and time-lapse recording, to record a minimum number of frames over time, but include real-time video when motion occurs.

Click the Set Custom button, and then click Default Motion Triggered. To edit the preset, click the Edit button, and follow the on-screen steps

Record in Windows Video Format WMV recording lets you record WMV video to a file. Use

these settings to record a Windows Media file for streaming over a 56K dial-up network connection or a cable or DSL network connection.

Click the Map Preset button, and then click 56K Modem or Cable/DSL Modem. To edit the preset, click the Edit button, and follow the on-screen steps

Disk Space

Current Settings

Allocates the amount of disk to store recorded video. Always Record to Temporary Drive

Always use a temporary drive while recording, or only when the specified recorded file is not on a local disk.

Temporary Drive Select the drive to hold temporary recorded video.

Amount of disk space to leave free on temporary drive

Use the slider to set the am ount of sp ace to lea ve on your temporary drive. Use this to prevent the recording from completely filling your drive.

Displays the video format, size, frame rate, and audio format for recorded video.

Selection Function

Capture High Resolution Stills

Capture still images at high resolution.

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One Touch Record

Custom duration configuration

Type the numb er of day s, ho urs, and m inutes you want to record.

Folder for recorded files Choose a location for your recorded files.

Recorded file name Type a name for your recorded files.

File name style Type a custom name or choose a preset from the li s t.

Using VIDEOSOAP

VIDEOSOAP delivers advanced filtering to reduce noise, improve sharpness and soften focus as desired, to provide the highest quality video compression for personal video recording and editing functions.

In the Personal Video Recor der tab, click Map Preset, and then choose a recording preset.

Click the Edit VIDEOSOAP button, choose a VIDEOSOAP type, and then click the Next button.

The VIDEOSOAP Configuration page opens. You can apply up to four filters, each with its own noise reduction algorithm. Use the sliders to control the strength of the filters.

T o preview the effect, ch oose a preview ar ea, and then click the Preview button.

When you are satisfied with the results, click the Finish button.

VIDEOSOAP is not available with

ALL-IN-WONDER VE cards.

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One T ouch Record

One Touch Record provides one-click recording for specific times and durations. The default recording quality is used (see Recording Quality in Personal Video Recorder settings on page 40.)

Right-click the Record button in the control panel, and then click the recording option that you want.

Selection Function

Record for 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2hours

Record for these preset durations. (xx days, yy hours, zz minutes)

Specify the recording time you want.

Record until (Indicated times are examples only)

Record until manually stop

One Touch Record Settings

Motion Triggered Recording

Time Lapse Recording

Show recording panel

7:30

Record until the end of the half-hour (time shown depends upon the current time).

8:00 Record until the end of the first hour (time shown depends upon the current time).

9:00 Record until the end of the second hour (time shown depends upon the current time).

The end of (show name) Record until the end of the program.

Record until you click the Stop button in the Personal Video Recorder.

(See

Personal Video Recorder settings

Use motion triggered recording (see

Recorder settings

Use time lapse recording (see

settings

Show/hide t he recording panel.

on page 40.)

Personal Video Recorder

on page 40.)

Personal Video

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Achieving the best results with MPEG video recording

To access MPEG proper ties

Click the setup button in the T elevision control panel, and then click the Personal Video Recorder tab.

In Recording Quality, click the Map Preset... button.

Click DVD, and then click the Edit... button.

Capture Wizard (Step 1) appears.

Enter a name and description (if desired) for the preset.

Click Next >. The MPEG-specific Recording Wizard pages appear.

Select MPEG-1, MPEG-2, or ATI VCR, and then click Next >.

To select I-frame-only MPEG reco rding

This uses less CPU, but requires 2 to 3 times the bit-rate, which produces larger files.

Click the I Frames Only button.

Click Next> until you reach Finish, and then click Finish.

To select I, B, P frame MPEG recording

This uses more CPU, but greatly reduces the bit-rate required for a given level of video quality.

In the Recording Wizard, set Number of P Frames in Group to 12.

Set Number of B Frames in Subgroup to 3. (These are typical values; they can be adjusted.)

To record with a minimum number of dropped frames in MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 format, the following settings are recommended. Ranges are given, as some video compresses better than others, dep ending o n the amount o f rapid motion and the number of complex scenes.

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Video Format

160x120 1.0 P200-MMX 1.0 P200-MMX 352x240 1.5 PII-266 2.0 P200-MMX 320x480 3.0 PII-400 4.0 PII-266 640x480 4.0 Athlon 600 6.0 PIII-450 720x480 4.0 Athlon 700 6.0 PIII-450 Mbps = Megabits per second, or millions of bits per second.

1 Mbps is approximately 125Kbytes/second. If your system is not capable of achieving smooth-looking video, try the

following:

IBP Frames (Mbps)

Minimum CPU Required

I-Frame Only (Mbps)

Minimum CPU Required

• Record I frames only.

• Record using a smaller frame size.

ATI VCR is best suited for Personal Video Recorder use. MPEG-1 decoders are widely used, so video encoded in MPEG-1 format

can be played on many PCs. However, MPEG-1 playback on a PC uses the Microsoft MPEG-1 decoder, which may not provide the best performance.

MPEG-2 playback on a PC requires an MPEG-2 decoder. With ATI graphics cards, MPEG-2 decoders use the ATI hardware IDCT and motion compensation, which provides higher resolution video playback and less CPU loading than the Microsoft MPEG-1 decoder.

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MUL TVIEW

If you have an ATI ALL-IN-WONDER card and an ATI TV WONDER PCI card installed, MULTVIEW lets you watch a different channel in a s econ dary v id eo win dow. You can record video from your ALL-IN-WONDER card while you watch another channel on the TV WONDER. The secondary window can be in the following locations:

Picture in Picture (PiP) When the main video window is in full-screen, the MULTVIEW (PiP video window is embedded in the main window. It can be positioned in the top/bottom left or top/bottom right of the main window.

Picture outside Picture (PoP) If you use only one monito r , the main and MULTVIEW video windows can be displayed in separate windows.

If you use dual monitors, you can drag the MULTVIEW window to the secondary monitor. MULTVIEW can be displayed in a window or full-screen in the secondary monitor.

™

• The first time you start TV, the MULTVIEW

Initialization Wiz ard will gui de y ou through setting up the MUL TVIEW window loc ation and the MULTVIEW tuner audio connection.

• MULTVIEW is not available with

ALL-IN-WONDER VE cards.

MULTVIEW controls include channel up/down, Mute/unmute, audio, swap channel, volume slider, and channel status. When MULTVIEW is in focus, you can also type a ch annel number o r name to change channels.

To en able MU L T VIEW

Click the Setup button in the TV control panel, and then click the Display tab.

Click the Initialization Wizard button, and then click the Next button repeatedly until the MULTIVIEW Initialization Wizard appears.

Click Enable MULTVIEW, choose the default location of the PIP window, and then click the Finish button.

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To open and close MULTVIEW

Right-click the control panel or the video panel.

In the Feature menu, click MULTVIEW, then click Show. To close MULTVIEW click the Close button .

• Or right-click the control panel or the video panel.

• In the Feature menu, click Show.

To change the location of the MUL T VIEW window

When the main video window is in full screen, right-click the control panel or the video panel, click MULTVIEW, click Location, then click the position you want: Top-Left, TopRight, Bottom-Right, or Bottom-Left.

You can manually change the embedded window's size and location when the MULTVIEW borders are visible.

Autohiding MUL TVIEW window controls and borders

The MULTVIEW window borders disappear after a few seconds of mouse inactivity on the MULTVIEW window. When you move your mouse over t he MULTVIEW window, the border re-appears.

• Only one video window can be in control. When the embedded MULTVIEW window is in focus, its borders are red; when it is not in focus, its borders are black. For example when the borders are red, a REMOTE WONDER (see page 3) channe l-change com mand will chang e the MULTVIEW channel.

MUL TVIEW audio requirements

If you have one audio card or an integrated audio chip, you must connect one audio path internally (CD-In, for example) and the other externally (Line-In, for example).

If you have two audio card s o r o ne au dio car d and an integrated audio chip, you can connect both audio paths internally, externally, or one internally and the other externally.

MUL TVIEW keyboard shortcuts

You can use the following keyboard shortcuts to control MULTVIEW.

Command Key(s)

Toggle MULTVIEW window on / off Alt + H Toggle MULTVIEW focus Alt + O

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MULTVIEW window in top-left of main video window

MULTVIEW window in bottom-left of main video window

MULTVIEW window in bottom-right of main video window

MULTVIEW window in top-right of main video window

Cycle through MULTVIEW window positions Alt + W Toggle MULTVIEW full screen / windowed mode Alt + W Swap channels = Channel up (numeric keypad) + Channel down (numeric keypad) Volume up (numeric keypad)  Volum e dow n (numeric keypad)  Toggle mute (numeric keypad) *

Alt + 

Alt + 

Alt + 

Alt + 

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TV Listings

Gemstar’s GUIDE Plus+™ is an electronic television programming guide for Microsoft Windows. It provides advanced program information, such as station names and numbers, as well as program names and details.

You can schedule recording and viewing sessions, sear ch for programs, and maintain a list of your favor ite shows. For mo re information, see the TV Listings Help.

To start TV Listings

• TV Listings is available only in selected countries.

• Before you use TV Listings for the first time, it is

recommended that yo u com plete the TV Initia lizati on Wizard (see

• You need an internet con nec tio n to do wn lo ad t he TV

listings to your computer.

• Running GUIDE Plus+ weekly will keep your TV

listings current.

Setting up TV

on page 8).

Click the TV Listings button in the TV control panel.

To access TV Listings informa tion from TV

When you Autoscan, TV Listings provides station names (see Autoscan in TV Tuner Settings on page 18).

• When you change channels, the current program name, and the station name and number are displayed.

• When watching TV, right-click the TV Listings button to get the following options:

• TV Program Details If TV Listings has information

about this program, it displa ys a panel con taining detailed program information.

• Auto Update As time passes, or as you change channels,

the TV Program Details panel updates its program information.

• Copy Check this to copy the TV Program Details panel’s

information into your Windows clipboard.

Right-clicking in the text area of the TV Program Details panel also provides access to the Auto Update and Copy features.

• When you use TV Listings, the TV Control panel is

hidden, and some features are unavailable.

• TV Listings is unavailable when you use Channel

Surf (see

Setting up TV Listings

Registration

The first time you launch the GUIDE Plus+ system, you will need to register. This allows you to download the listings for your area or cable service.

To download updated listings

In the File menu, click Download Weekly File ...

The Download Assistant opens.

Click the Download button to downlo ad the listings. To make changes, click the Change Settings button.

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) or video recording (see

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page 34

To customize channels

The Edit menu contains two features related to the channel list:

• Station Lists ... lets you create and maintain a list of stations, based on the master list for your area or cable service.

• Channel Number ... lets you assign and maintain channel numbers for each station.

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Getting around

To navigate the various TV Listings views, click the tab for the view you wan t , or select the appropriate view from the View menu at the top of the screen.

Use the mouse or cursor keys to move within the current view. Left-click to select an item and display its details in the details window above the grid or log.

Right-click to open a pop-up menu with various options:

Watch Adds the item to your Watch schedule (see

Record Adds the item to your Record schedule (see

Favorite Adds the item to your Favorites list (see

Schedules tab

Favorite search

on page 57).

on page 55.)

Recording

Program Details

Go To Tunes the PIP (Picture-In-Picture—the

Opens a window that includes a detailed description of the program, as well as additional air dates.

window in the upper left corner of the guide where the TV picture is displayed) to the selected station.

TV Listings works with your TV tuner to automatically record shows. When you select a prog ram to re cord, a pop -up window appears, requesting a file name and location to save the file.

When you select a program for recording, the Record icon appears next to the title in any view where that program is displayed.

• To remove a program from the Record Schedule, simply click the Record icon next to the program title.

Viewing

Views

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TV Listings works with your TV tuner to automatically display shows. When you select a pro gram for viewing, the Watch icon appears next to the title in any view where that program is displayed.

• T o remove a prog ram from the Watch Schedule, simply click the Watch icon next to the program title.

There are two, main views for the guide: Grid and Log. Grid view displa ys 24 hours of l istings in a table (simila r t o

your newspaper or cable guide). Use the arrow keys to scroll up, down, left, or right. You can also scroll using the horizontal and vertical scroll bars.

• Scroll to a specific program to display its details in the area above the grid.

• To display just the stations you want, use the Station Lists ... option in the Edit menu (see To customize channels on page 51.)

Log view displays the data in a list, in the following order: Date/Station/Category and T itle/Episode. Use the arrow k eys to scroll up, down, left, or right. You can also scroll using the horizontal and vertical scroll bars.

• Scroll to a specific program to display its details in the area above the log.

• To display just the stations you want, use the Station Lists ... option in the Edit menu (see To customize channels on page 51.)

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Filter options

Click the Filter icon to open the Filter options dialog, where you can adjust the current view and quickly locate programs. Select the boxes you want to apply to the current view, and click Close.

Select the Use Station List checkbox to apply the most recently customized station list.

Actors tab

The Actors tab displays all actors and actresses starring in all the movies in the current listings. A list of actor names is displayed on the left of the screen. Click the name of the actor for whom you want to display all movies and show times.

• Use the arrow keys to scroll up and down in the Actors List.

• You can also type an actor’s partial or full name in the textbox above the Actors List to quickly locate that actor.

• Scroll to a specific program to display its details in the area above the list.

• To display just the stations you want, use the Station Lists ... option in the Edit menu (see To customize channels on page 51).

Categories- tab

The Categories tab displays all genre categories in the current listings. A list of genre categories is displayed on the left of the screen.

• Click the category you want to view, to display all titles for that category on the right side of the screen.

• Double-clicking on categories with a + sign opens a list of sub-categories on the right side of the screen.

• Use the arrow keys to scroll up and down in the Categories List. You can also scroll using the horizontal and vertical scroll bars.

• Scroll to a specific program to display its details in the area above the log.

• To display just the stations you want, use the Station Lists option in the Edit menu (see To customize channels on page 51).

Searches

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GUIDE Plus+ comes with a powerful search engine to help you find the programs you want. You can save and maintain a list of custom searches to run each week, as well as a Favorites search that tracks your favorite shows and movies.

Favorite search

Access the Favorite search under the Searches tab. Favorites are a special list of show titles that you keep and use to find your favorite shows with a mouse click. You can add and remove items from your favorites list from any view in the guide.

• Favorites is always the first search displayed in the Searches tab. It behaves like other searches, but it cannot be deleted.

• When one of your favorites appears in any view of the guide,

appears in front of the title.

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Movies tab

T ypical ly, you use the fav orites list to find your preferred shows when your data file is updated. Select the Favorites search from the list of searches, and the guide will look up and display all your favorite items. You can then select any or all of these items into your Schedule. You can set Favorites in two ways:

• In any view, select an event you want to place in your Favorites list. Right-click to open the Event menu, and then select the Favorite option to toggle the item in or out of your Favorites list.

• In any list of events, three checkboxes appear in front of the event. The right checkbox is the Favorites indicator; click to toggle it.

The Movies tab displays all movie sub-categories for all movies in the current listings, on the left side of your screen.

• Click the category you want to view; all titles for that category will be displayed on the right side of your screen.

• Use the arrow keys to scroll up and do wn in t he Movi es Lis t. You can also scroll using the horizontal and vertical scroll bars.

• Scroll to a specific program to display its details in the area above the log.

• To display just the stations you want, use the Station Lists ... option in the Edit menu (see To customize channels on page 51).

Schedules tab

A schedule is a list of TV events that you have selected in any view, including search results. The schedule is in the form of a Log View (see page 53). There are three lists you can choose from:

• Watch displays all events with at least the Watch indicator set.

• Record displays all events with at least the Record indicator set.

• All displays all events with either the Watch or Record indicator set.

In any view, when an event has been scheduled, an icon appears in front of the title, indicating whether the item is scheduled to watch, record, or both. Scheduled items can be added and removed in two ways:

In any view, select the event you want to place in your schedule, right-click to open the Event menu, and then select Watch or Record to toggle the item in or out of your list of scheduled items.

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Searches tab

The Searches tab displays a list of saved searches, including a list of personal Favorites (see Favorite search on page 55), which is always the first search in the list. The Search title is automatically updated when you click it.

• T o create a new search, click the Search menu, and then cli ck New Search. The Search dialog opens.

• T o edit a saved search, double-click the search title, or launch the Search dialog (as above), and then click Load Search.

In any list of events, three check boxes appear in front of the event; the left checkbox is the Watch indicator, and the center checkbox is the Record in dicator . Click either on e to toggle it.

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Setting search parameters

T o start a new search , in the Search menu, cl ick New Sear ch... to open the Search dialog, which you can use to set the following options:

Stations Select All or None using the appropriate buttons at the

bottom of the list. To use selected stations, click the station names to highlight them.

Program Categories

Date/Time Ranges

Rating Highlight one or more entrie s in this li st to searc h for movie s

MPAA Highlight one or more entrie s in this li st to searc h for movie s

Parental Guidance

Text Search

Year of Release

Select All or None using the appropriate buttons at the bottom of the list. To use selected categories, click the category names to highlight them.

Use the pull-down items to select date ranges, and the check boxes to select the hours you wish to include in your search.

with specific quality ratings.

with specific MPAA ratings. Highlight one or more entries in this list to se arch for mo vies

with specific ratings. Enter names, titles, and/or keywords in the text box. Check

the Title, Desc, and/or Performers boxes to search the appropriate fields for the text.

Use the pull-down items to search for movies before, after, or within specific years.

Use the icons at the top of the Search dialog to:

• Create a new search

• Load an existing search

• Save the current search criteria

• Run the current search

• Exit the search dialog

Sports tab

The Sports tab displays all sports sub- categor ies for all sporti ng events in the current listings, on the left side of your screen. Click the category on the left side of the screen for which you want to display all titles. Titles will appear on the right side of the screen.

• If you have the Use Station List checkbox in the Filter

• Use the arrow keys to scroll up, down, left, or right. You can

• Scroll to a specific program to display its details in the area

• To display just the stations you want, use the Station Lists ...

Stations t ab

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options checked (see Filter options on page 54), only those stations in the currently-selected station list are displayed.

also scroll using the horizontal and vertical scroll bars.

above the log.

option in the Edit menu (see To customize channels on page 51).

The Stations tab displays listings for each station, on the left side of your screen. Cli ck the station yo u want, or us e the arrow keys to move up or down the list. The listings for that station are displayed on the right side of your screen.

There are two ways to view listings in the Stations tab. You control how the listings are displayed via the Stations tab Format option. Log view is the standard view. Each station is shown in its own, rolling log. Grid view can be activated from the Grid Mode option of the View menu (see Views on page 53). Each station is shown as a 24-hour grid.

• Use the arrow keys to scroll up or down. Y o u can al so scro l l using the horizontal and vertical scroll bars.

• Scroll to a specific program to display its details in the area above the list.

• To display just the stations you want, use the Station Lists option in the Edit menu (see To customize channels on page 51).

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Titles tab

The Titles tab displays all titles in the current listings, on the left side of your screen. Click a title to display all show times for that title, on the right side of your screen.

• Use the arrow keys to scroll up or down . You can also type a partial or full Title name in the textbox above the Title list, and quickly jump to a particular title.

• Scroll to a specific program to display its details in the area above the log.

• To display just the stations you want, use the Station Lists ... option in the Edit menu (see To customize channels on page 51).

Days and dates

Each view contains listings for the current date. To change the date, select the date you wish to view from the Dates menu at the top of the screen.

FAST tvtv

FAST tvtv is a web-based program guide that provides advanced program information, such as station names and numbers, as well as program names and details. You can schedule recording sessions, search for programs, and maintain a list of your favorite shows.

To start the F AST tvtv set up Wizard

Setup Wizard will guide you through the setup. Auto Scan Stations will automatically assign some channels to stations; however, you will need to use the Tuner Settings page (see

page 18) to manually assign most channels to stations.

• Fast tv tv is available only in Europe.

• Internet access is required to use FAST tvtv.

• For automatic channel mapping, the Multimedia

Center Teletext feature must be installed on your computer ( see manually, Teletext is not required.

Right-click the TV Listings button (if you have not yet run the Wizard, left-clicking will start it). The FAST tvtv

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). If you map channels

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Stills Gallery

The still images you capture from TV, Video CD, or File Player are saved in the Stills Gallery. You can save images in a variety of graphics formats and sizes. The Stills Gallery controls let you delete images, hide them, save them as wallpaper, and print them.

You can check multiple Capture options in the Stills Gallery Setup page. Still images can be captured to the Stills Gallery, numbered files, clipboard, and printer, all at the same time.

When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the Stills Gallery, the “About...” notice appears. If you have more than one Multimedia Center feature installed, a Task menu displays available and active features.

If you close the Stills Gallery without saving, your captured still images ar e deleted.

For information about using the Stills Gallery controls, see the online help and Tool Tips.

Stills Gallery settings

Use the Stills Gallery Setup page to define how the Stills Gallery saves and prints captured images.

To set up the Stills Gallery

Click the Setup button in the Stills Gallery, TV, File Player, or Video CD control panel, and then click the

Stills Gallery tab.

Selection Function

Capture Options

Capture to Gallery

Captures still images to the Stills Gallery.

Capture to numbered file

Stores captured images in numbered files (pic001.bmp, pic002.bmp ...) on your hard disk.

Capture to clipboard

Places captured images on the Windows Clipboard.

Capture to printer

Send the captured image to the printer.

Use only 256 colors

Saves captured images as 256-color files, to save memory.

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Save Options

Tool Tips

Always on top

Print Options

Warn if closed without saving

Alerts you if you close Television or the Stills Gallery without saving captured images.

Show paths of saved images

Displays the drive, folders, and subfolders that contain saved images.

Show Tool Tips

Display tool tips for the Stills Gallery controls.

Show Short Cut

Display shortcut keys for the Stills Gallery controls.

Keep the Stills Gallery on top of other applications.

Center image

Print image in center of page.

Image size:

Maximize Print in full-page format. One to one Print sa me size as original. Double Print twice original size.

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CD Audio

Use CD Audio to play standard audio CDs. Advanced features such as Random play, Intro play (which plays the first ten seconds of each track) and Loop play are available. The Schedule feature lets you schedule CD p l ayback on dates and times you specify (see page 119).

When you click the logo in the control panel, the “About...” notice appears. If you have more than one feature installed, a Task menu displays available and active features.

For information about using CD Audio controls, see the online help and Tool Tips.

To start CD Audio from LaunchPad

Click the CD Audi o button in the Launchpad. For information on LaunchPad, see page 2.

from Windows® taskbar

In the Windows taskbar, click Start, and then point at Programs .

Point at ATI Multimedia Center , and then select CD Audio.

You can also start CD Audio from other Multimedia Center features. Click the ATI logo in the feature’s

control panel or display panel, and then click CD Audio.

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CD Audio Keyboard Shortcuts

You can use the following keys to control CD Audio from your keyboard.

Command Key(s)

Pause Ctrl + B Play Ctrl + X Stop Ctrl + Z Toggle Play / Pause Spacebar Eject Ctrl + E Volum e up / down (numeric keypad)

- / +

 / 

(alphanumeric keypad)

_ / =, - / + Setup Ctrl + S Help F1

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CD Audio Settings

Use the CD Audio Settings page to set up playlists and shuffle play, and to use an LCD panel for track number and playback time.

To set up CD Audio

Click the Setup button in the CD Audio control panel, and then click the CD Player Settings tab.

Selection Function

Play List

Displays all tracks in the playlist (the list of your selections).

Shuffle Play

Disc Information

Available Tracks

LCD Display

Tool Tips

Shuffle all tracks

Play all tracks in random order.

Shuffle user playlist

Play playlist in random order. If the information is available, displays the name of the

disc and the artist. You can also type in the information. Displays the tracks that you can add to the playlist. Use

the buttons to add or remove selected tracks or all tracks. Check to display trac k nu mb er an d cu rrent playback time

on an LCD disp lay.

Show Tool Tips

Display tool tips when you point at a control with your mouse.

Show Shortcut

Display keyboard shortcuts when you point at a control with your mouse.

CD Audio Preferences Settings

The Preferences settings page lets you control Power Management settings in CD Audio.

To open the Prefer ences settings page

Click the Setup button in the CD Audio control panel, and then click the Preferences tab.

Click the Help button on this settings page for more information on Power Management.

CD Database

If you are connected to the Internet, you can use the CD Database to display album title, artist, song names, and other information on your computer as your CD plays.

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When you put an audio CD in your CD-ROM drive, the CD Audio program can query a global CDDB information about the disk. If the database contains information for your disk, CD Audio downloads and displays the data.

• Access to the CDDB service is free of charge to end-users.

To open the CD Audio CD Database page

Click the CD Database button in the control panel. Or click the Setup button in the CD Audio control panel,

and then click the CD Database tab.

Selection Function

Server

Address of CDDB server (default: cddb.cddb.com)

Protocol CDDBP

Port

Port to use with this CDDB server (default: 8880).

Get Sites List from Server

Get sites list from server using current settings.

Use direct TCP/IP connection.

HTTP

Use the HTTP connection if you are behind a firewall. A CGI script must be defined (default: /-cddb/cddb.cgi)



server for

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Selection Function

Proxy Server

Access the database using a proxy server

Server Address of proxy server (a proxy server is another computer on your LAN that connects to the Internet without compromising the security of your network).

Port

Port to use with proxy server.

Requires P roxy Authentication

This proxy server requires authentication.

Dial-Up Networking

Use dial-up networking when accessing the server.

Disable CD Database

Use this connection when making remote queries

When not connected, connect using this entry.

Only perform remote queries when connected

Access the database only when already connected.

No queries are performed when this box is checked.

CD Audio Schedule Settings

You can schedule CD Audio to play on the dates and times you specify. If you have the features installed, you can also schedule events for TV Magazine, Personal Video Recorder, File Player, and TV.

To open the CD Audio Schedu le settings page

Click the Setup button in the CD Audio control panel, and then click the Schedule tab. The Schedule Wizard

will guide you through creating new scheduled events. See

page 119 for details.

Video CD

Vi deo CD plays V ideo CD

1.0 CDs, Video 2.0 Interactive CDs, and Karaoke CDs.

For information about using Video CD controls, see the online help and Tool Tips.

To start V ideo CD

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from LaunchPad

Click the Video CD button in the Launchpad. For information on LaunchPad, see page 2.

from Windows® taskbar

In the Windows taskbar, click Start, and then point at Programs .

Point at ATI Multimedia Center , and then select Video CD.

You can also start Video CD from other Multimedia Center features. Click the ATI logo in the feature’s

control panel or display panel, and then click Video CD.

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Video CD Feature Menu

You can access Video CD functions by right-clicking on the video viewing area or the control panel. This is very useful in full-screen mode.

Selection Function

Setup Open the Video CD setup page. Eject CD Eject the video CD from the drive. Play

Pause Stop

Display Size 50% Display video at 1/2 size.

Show Controls Display the Control panel. Audio

Channels

Movie Scale Show Time Display scale in time.

Zoom Unzoom Return to normal display.

Play the loaded Video CD. Pause playback. Stop playback.

75% Display video at 3/4 size. 100% Display video full size. 200% Display video at double size.

Full Screen Display video in full screen, no borders.

Click to select audio tracks for dual-mode MPEG CDs:

Stereo Stereo audio playback. Both Channels Both audio channels active. Left Channel Left channel audio only. Right Channel Right channel audio only.

Show Frames Display scale in frames. Time Remaining Display time remaining in current CD. Total Time Display total time of current CD.

Zoom 2x Zoom to double size. Zoom 4x Zoom to 4 times size.

Zoom 8x Zoom to 8 times size. About... Display the About... dialog. Exit Close the Video CD program.

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Video CD Keyboard Shortcuts

You can use the following keys to control Video CD from your keyboard.

Command Key(s)

Pause Ctrl + B Play Ctrl + X Toggle Play / Pause Spacebar Skip forwards / backwards End / Home Eject Ctrl + E Volum e up / down (numeric keypad)

- / +

 / 

(alphanumeric keypad)

_ / =, - / + Setup Ctrl + S Toggle closed captions Ctrl + C Still capture Ctrl + Insert Size presets Ctrl + 1 — Ctrl + 4 Toggle full screen Ctrl + F Exit full screen Esc Cycle through Size up / down Ctrl +  / Ctrl +  Help F1 Hide control panel F2 Hide video panels and borders; video panel

snaps to edge Always on top F4

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Capturing Still Frames From V ideo CDs

To capture still frames from V ideo CDs

Click the Capture button in the Video CD control panel. The current frame is placed in the Stills Gallery (see

Stills Gallery on page 62).

Zooming and Panning

You can zoom in on the video in the Display panel to enlarge a selected portion of the screen, and return your display to normal.

To zoom in

Click within the display panel, and then hold down the mouse button and draw a rectangle around the area you want to zoom.

Or right-click the 1:1 button in the control panel to open a menu where you can set the zoom level — Zoom x2,

Zoom x4, or Zoom x8.

To pan in the zoomed area

Click and drag your mouse within the zoomed area to pan horizontally or vertically.

To zoom in the zoomed area

Hold down the Shift key, and draw another rectangle in the zoomed area.

To unzoom or use pre defined zoom levels

Right-click in the display panel to open the Feature Menu (see

V id eo CD Feat ure Menu on page 70), and then click Zoom, and

select Unzoom, Zoom x2, Zoomx4, or Zoom x8.

Or click the 1:1 button to unzoom, or right-cli ck the button to open a menu where you can set the zoom level

— Zoom x2, Zoom x4, or Zoom x8.

Video CD Display Settings

Use the Video CD Display settings pages to set up video size and general operation.

To open the V ideo CD Display settings page

Click the Setup button in the Video CD control panel, then click the Display tab.

Selection Function

Video Size

Tool Tips Show Tool Tips

Choose playback size: 50%, 75%, 100%, 200%, or Fullscreen. If the current panel does not sup port resizi ng, the values are greyed-out.

Show tool tips when you point at controls with your mouse.

Show Shortcuts

Show keyboard shortcuts when you point at controls with your mouse.

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Always on top

Keep Aspect Ratio

Autohide Controls in Full screen

Keep Video CD on top of other applications.

Maintain the width-to-height ratio when you resize or zoom the display.

Automatically hide Video CD controls when playing fullscreen.

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Video CD Closed Caption Settings

The Closed Caption settings page lets you specify how closed captioned text is displayed – over v ideo or in a window – and the preferred language, the font, and the font color for the window.

Selection Function

Video Window Off

Do not display closed captioned text.

English Display closed captioned text. Hangul Display Hangul text. Font

Select the font for the video window and the background style (solid or semi-transparent).

Second Window

Off

Do not open the second window. Single Language

English Only Display English text. Hangul Only Display Ha ngul text.

Both Languages Horizontally Display English and Hangul,

side-by-side, divided by the slider.

Vertically Display “ layered” view: English,

Hangul, English ...

Font

Select the font for the seco nd window , and the foreground and background color scheme.

Video CD Preferences Settings

Use the Video CD Preferences settings page to set up general characteristics for your player.

To open the V ideo CD Preferences se ttings page

Click the Setup button in the Video CD control panel, and then click the Preferences tab.

Selection Function

Movie Scale

Show Time

Display scale in time. Show Total Time

Display the total time of the playing video CD or file. Show Time Remaining

Display the remaining time in the playing video CD or file.

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General Settings

Power Management

Automatically play CD if present

Automatically play a loaded CD. Select one of the following levels:

Always Power management always enabled.

Disabled while playing Power management is disabled while a CD is playing.

Allow display to turn off while paused Only the display turns off when playback is paused.

Disabled Power management is never enabled.

Video CD Stills Gallery Settings

You can capture still images from Video CDs, and save them in the Stills Gallery.

To open the V ideo CD Stills Gallery settings page

Click the Setup button in the Video CD control panel, and then click the Stills Gallery tab. For information on

the Stills Gallery, see page 62.

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DVD

DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) is a high-density format that provides as much as 17 Gigabytes of storage — 25 times more than a CD-ROM. This vastly increased capacity lets you view a full-length movie or play games that used to require multiple CDs.

For information about using the DVD controls, see the online help and Tool Tips.

Special Features

Additional special features are available for DVD.

•THRUVIEW

• EAZYLOOK

To start DVD from LaunchPad

Click the DVD button in the Launchpad. For information on LaunchPad, see page 2.

from Windows® taskbar

In the Windows taskbar, click Start, and then point at Programs .

Point at ATI Multimedia Center , and then select DVD.

™

— see page 125.

™

— see page 126.

You can also start DVD from other Multimedia Center features installed on your system. Click the ATI logo in

the feature’s control panel or display panel, and then click DVD.

What can I play on my DVD drive?

You can play all video discs, including encrypted (copyprotected) and interactive titles.

Sizing the V ideo Display Panel

You can resize the video display panel by using your mouse to drag an edge, and you can use the ALT or CTRL key to display these preset screen sizes:

50% of original size Alt / Ctrl+1 75% of original size Alt / Ctrl+2 100% of original size Alt / Ctrl+3

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Toggle full-screen Alt / Ctrl+4 Full screen

Full-Screen Controls

When you play DVD discs in full-screen mode, the Player controls appear at the bottom of your screen. You can use the following keys to return to windowed video, and hide or show the on-screen controls.

Alt / Ctrl + F Toggle full-screen mode. Esc Exit full screen mode. F2 Hide / Show the on-screen

Ctrl+F Toggle full screen Esc Exit full screen

controls.

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DVD Feature Menu

You can access DVD functions by right-clicking on the video viewing area or the control panel. Thi s i s very useful when you play files in full-screen mode.

Selection Function

Setup Opens the Preferences page. Hide controls Hides the full-screen controls (see Always On Top Displays DVD on top of other applications.

The video window appears as a translucent layer on top

THRUVIEW Window

THRUVIEW Desktop Blends the display with your desktop. Eject Opens/closes the DVD drive tray. Resume Continues play, after pausing Play/Pause Toggles between play and pause. Stop Stops play. Jump To Search for a specific location on the disc. Restart program Starts play at the beginning of the file. Menu Up Display next menu. Menu Displays a “menu of menus” (see Closed Captions Display closed captions, select language Audio Displays a menu of audio streams (see Angle Displays a menu of camera angles (see

of any other windows, allowing you to work and watch DVD movies at the same time.

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page 83

page 82

page 84

Parental Control Displays a menu of parental level settings. Search Search for any title or chapter. Zoom Zoom 2x, 4x, 8x, Unzoom. Advanced Aspect

Ratio About... Displays the About... dialog. Exit Closes DVD.

Control the width-to-height ratio of video displayed in DVD.

DVD Keyboard Shortcuts

You can use the following keys to control DVD from your keyboard.

Command Key(s)

Help F1 Show / hide controls F2 Play / Pause Spacebar Pause Ctrl + B Play Ctrl + X Stop playback Ctrl + Z Toggle Play / Pause Spacebar Skip forwards / backwards End / Home Volum e up / down (numeric keypad)

- / +

(alphanumeric keypad)

_ / =, - / +

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Mute audio (numeric keypad) * Skip to pre vious chapter Home Scan backwards Page Up Scan forwards Page Down Skip to next chapter End Select menu option Return Resume playback Backspace 0 - 9 Enter number 0 - 9 Move selection up

Move selection down Move selection left

Move selection right

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Command Key(s)

Display at 50% Display at 75% Display at 100% Display at 200%

About Alt + A Setup Alt + S Exit Alt / Ctrl + F4 Toggle Always On Top Alt / Ctrl + T Eject disk Alt / Ctrl + E Minimize Alt / Ctrl + M

Alt / Ctrl +1

Alt / Ctrl +2

Alt / Ctrl +3

Alt / Ctrl +4

Increase display size Decrease display size

Stereo Ctrl + A Go to Root menu Ctrl + M Open a dialog wh ere you c an play a speci fic title,

chapter, or time Restart from beginning of chapter Ctrl + R Closed caption Ctrl + S In a menu, select Go Up program, if available Ctrl + U Select viewing angle Ctrl + V

Alt / Ctrl + 

Alt / Ctrl + 

Ctrl + P

Playing DVD-Video Discs

All DVD players and drives will read audio CDs and CD-ROMs, and play music from Enhanced CDs (CD Plus,

CD Extra).

To play DVD discs

Place a DVD disc in your DVD drive, and then click the Play DVD button in the File Open dialog. If you experience problems see DVD Problems on page 150.

It is the nature of the DVD format that some commands and options are allowed at some times, and not allowed at others. The way the disc was authored determines this, so it can vary from one disc to another. The following examples illustrate some of these situations.

Audio selection disabled. Some DVD discs that include multiple languages forbid changing audio tracks during playback, which disables the Audio channel button. In these cases, the disc provides an audio la ngu age men u where y ou can select the audio track. There may be similar situations for Subtitle selection (see page 82) or Viewing angle selection (see

page 84).

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Click the Menu button in the control panel, and then click the Root menu (or the Language menu, if available).

From the Root menu's Languages option, select the language.

Time search disabled. Some DVD discs disable searching by time; searching randomly through the disc is prohibited, and skip forward, skip back, and seek slider buttons are disabled. Usually, the next program and previous program buttons continue to function. The Play specific buttons will work, but you can only select title and chapter (not time).

Stop disabled. The “FBI warning” often disables the Stop button until the warning has played. The Skip forward and Next program buttons have no effect until the warning is complete.

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Selecting audio channels

When you view a standard DVD-Video disc that has

multiple audio streams, clicking the audio channel bu tton displays a pop-up menu of available audio streams. The currently-playing channel is checkmarked.

• DVD-Video Discs can support up to eight audio channels,

but not all discs provide them.

Setting up subtitles

Subtitles are transcriptions or translations of dialog.

Click the subtitle selection button in the DVD control

panel to display a menu of subtitle language choices. Click the language you want for subtitles. The selected language is checkmarked.

• DVD-Video Discs support up to thirty-two subtitle

languages.

External subtitles

The External Subtitles feature lets you view subtitles in languages not provided on the DVD disc. The DVD Player supports two of the most common subtitle formats: MicroDVD Player and SubViewer 2.0. Using third-party conversion tools available on the Internet, you can easily convert other subtitle file formats into MicroDVD and SubViewer 2.0 format.

MicroDVD requires a value for frames per second; if the DVD movie does not indicate the frame rate, try

these standard values: 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 30.

Y o u can display external subtitles over the video or in a separate window. When you display subt i tles i n a s eparat e w indow, you can double-click the external subtitle text to jump to that point in the movie.

If the external subtitle te xt is not synchronized with the video, incorrect time coding in the external subtitle file

is usually the cause. Third-party tools are available to correct this.

To set up external subtitles

and select your subtitle file. You can add and remove DVDs from the External Subtitle list,

change the DVD’s title, and adjust the frame rate.

Using the menus

menu to jump to. Standard DVD-Video Discs provide up to six menus:

• Title (usually, a whole movie or album)

• Root

•Audio

• Sub-picture (sub-pictures overlay the video, and are used for

subtitles, karaoke, menus, simple animation, etc.).

•Angle

• Chapter

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Click the Closed Caption button in the DVD control

panel, and then click the Set External Subtitle button,

Click the Menus button in the DVD control panel. A

pop-up “menu of menus” opens, where you can select a

Searching DVD discs

DVD-Video Disc content consists of “titles” (movies or albums), and “parts of titles” (chapters or songs). Use Search to go to a specific location on the disc.

Click the Search button in the DVD control panel to open

the search dialog. You can search DVD discs for:

• Title (usually a whole movie or album)

• Title and Chapter (a Chapter is part of a Title).

• Time within the current Title and Chapter in HH:MM:SS:FF

format (HH=hour, MM=minute, SS=second, FF=frame).

You can also use the DVD Feature Menu to search for titles and chapters (see page 78).

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Selecting viewing angle

Click the Angle button in the DVD control panel to

display a menu of camera angles. The selected angle is checkmarked.

• Even when a disc is encoded with multiple viewing angles,

there may be sections with only a single available angle.

Parental Control

Parental Control lets you restrict access to selected

material by requiring password access. Click the Parental Lockout button in the DVD control panel to display a menu of parental level choices. The selected level is checkmarked.

• When a parental level is selected, a password dial og appears.

A password is required to change parental levels.

Zooming and Panning

You can zoom in on the video in the Display panel to enlarge a selected portion of the screen, and return your display to normal.

To zoom in

Click within the display panel, and then hold down the mouse button and draw a rectangle around the area you want to zoom.

Or right-cl ick the 1:1 bu tton to open a menu where you

can set the zoom level— Zoom x2, Zoom x4, or Zoom x8.

To pan in the zoomed area

Click and drag your mouse within the zoomed area to pan horizontally or vertically.

To zoom in the zoomed area

Hold down the Shift key, and draw another rectangle in the zoomed area.

To unzoom or use pre defined zoom levels

Right-click in the display panel to open the Feature Menu (see

DVD Feature Menu on page 78), and then click Zoom, and

select Unzoom, Zoom x2, Zoomx4, or Zoom x8.

— Zoom x2, Zoom x4, or Zoom x8.

Bookmarks

When you first install your DVD Player, you can create bookmarks, which you can use to mark sections of a DVD disc. When you load a DVD, if the Player finds a current bookmark, it starts playing from that point.

Each time the Player creates a bookmark or exits the Setup Wizard, it sorts bookmarks by creation date, and deletes bookmarks older than the expiry date you specified. To ensure that the maximum number of bookmarks is not exceeded, the Player deletes bookmarks, starting with the oldest.

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Or click the 1:1 button to unzoom, or right-cli ck the

button to open a menu where you can set the zoom level

The Power Management bookmark is never deleted (see

on page 88).

Chapter Preview

When you eject a DVD disc before the movie is over, and then restart playback, Chapter Preview displays an on-screen message asking if you want to preview the previous chapters.

You must enable Bookmarks in order to use Chapter

Preview.

When you click the Play button, the Player plays the first ten seconds of each chapter, up to the point where you stopped.

Power Management

DVD Preferences Settings

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If you do nothing, playback resumes from the point where you stopped.

When you click Stop, Previous/Next Chapter, A/B Repeat, or move the position slider, playback starts from the point

where you stopped. When you click the Pause button, Chapter Preview pauses.

When you click Play, Chapter Preview plays another ten seconds of the current chapter.

If you exit the Player or restart playback by changing settings in the Audio Setup page (see DVD-Video Audio Settings on page 92), Chapter Preview asks if you want to preview again.

If you jump to any menu (see page 83) or change a Parental Control Setting (see page 84), Chapter Preview stops.

A/B Repeat

Y o u can play a section of a DVD disc by setting a start point (A) and an end point (B) in the disc, and play that section continuously.

Click the A/B Repeat button once to set the start point. Playback continues.

Click the A/B Repeat button again to set the end point. Looped playback begins from the start point to the end point.

Pressing the A/B Repeat button again cancels looped playback, and playback continues from the current point.

After you s et the start po int, navigating or openi ng a menu cancels creation of the loop; if the loop is already playing, it will stop.

DVD Display Settings

The Display settings page lets you control how video is displayed in DVD.

To open the Display settings page

Click the Setup button in the DVD control panel, and

then click the Display tab.

Selection Function

Display Size

Options Keep Aspect Ratio

Display video at 50%, 75%, 100%, or full screen.

Maintains the aspect ratio (width-to-height ratio) when you resize the display.

Always on Top

Always displays the Player on top of other windows.

Auto Hide in Full Screen

Automatically hide s contro ls in f ull-scr een mode if no us er interaction occurs. Controls automatically re-appear if you move the mouse.

When Minimized

Controls how DVD behaves when minimized:

Minimize DVD becomes an icon on the taskbar. DVD

THRUVIEW The DVD display window appears as Window a translucent layer on top of your

other applications.

THRUVIEW The DVD display appears full screen, Desktop as a translucent layer on top of all other

windows.

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Tool Tips

Show Tool Tips

Displays he lpful aids for using DVD.

Show Shortcut

Displays shortcut keys.

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DVD Preferences Settings

The Preferences settings page lets you control some of the DVD default values.

To open the Prefer ences settings page

Click the Setup button in the DVD control panel, and

then click the Preferences tab.

Selection Function

Preferred Language

Select a 1st choice and a 2nd choice for your preferred language.

• DVD automatically sel ec t s the aud io stre am and

subtitles to match the 1st choice.

• If the 1st choice is not av ail able, the 2nd choice is used.

• If neither 1st or 2n d c hoi ce is available, the Playe r uses

the first available audio and sub-picture stream.

• You can use the Subtitles button to change languages

during playback (see

Setting up subtitles

on page 82).

Power Management

Enable Subtitles Always

Show Subtitles When Muted

Select one of the following levels:

• Always (power management always enabl ed) .

• While not playing

• Display to turn off while paused (only the display

turns off when playback is paused).

• Never

Always display subtitles.

Display subtitles whenever the audio is muted.

DVD Initialization Wizard

When you click the Initialization Wizard button, the second page of the Wizard provides options for controlling bookmarks:

Selection Function

Enable Bookmarks

Bookmarks allow y ou to resume play back from where you left off when last viewing the DVD.

Maximum number of bookmarks to keep Enter the number of bookmarks that DVD should record.

Bookmarks expire after this many days Enter the number of days to keep bookmarks.

DVD-Video Settings

The V ideo Sett ings page l ets you contr ol how vi deo is displ ayed in DVD.

To open the DVD-Video settings page

Click the Setup button in the DVD control panel, and

then click the Video tab.

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Selection Function

Brightness Adjusts the intensity of light in your display. Saturation Adjusts the richness of color (determined by the amount

of grey in a color) in your display.

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DVD Closed Captioning

Display closed captioned text over video, and/or in a separate window beside the video. When you use the separate window, you can use the scroll bar to review the last few minutes of text. You can set the background color, the font, and the font color for the window.

The author must have specifically included closed captioning In order for it to be available. Most movies

include subtitles, and not closed captions (see

up subtitles

To display closed captione d text

Click the Closed Caption button in the DVD control

panel.

To close the Closed Captioning window, click the Exit

button.

on page 82.)

Setting

Closed Caption settings

The Closed Caption settings page lets you specify how closed captioned text is displayed — o ver video o r in a windo w — and the background color , the font, and the font color for the window.

To set up closed captioning

Click the Setup button in the DVD control panel, and

then click the Closed Cap t ion tab.

Selection Function

Placement External Window

Displays closed captioned text in its own window. Click

Font... to select the display font. Video Window

Displays closed captioned text superimposed on the video. Click Font... to select the display font.

Solid Background

Displays closed captioned text on a solid background.

Shaded Background

Displays closed captioned text on a shaded background.

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Closed Caption On Mute

Display closed captioned text when the audio is muted.

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DVD-Video Audio Settings

The Audio settings page lets you control how DVD handles audio.

• The Multimedia Center supports standard DVD-Video,

which provides stereo and compressed, multi-channel surround sound using Dolby DVD-Audio (DVD-A) is a separate standard, which requires a DVD-Audio player.

To open the Audio settings page

Click the Setup button in the DVD control panel, and

then click the Audio tab.

Selection Function

Multi-Channel Audio options

Decode and down-mix to 2 channels

The audio decoder “passes-through” non-PCM multichannel audio or 2 -chann el aud io as L PCM (norm al) .

Pass through to audio device Some audio cards may incorrectly report several audio devices that support non-PCM audio input

(Dolby should specify the audio device you want to use.

• If only one audio device reports support for non-PCM

audio, the audio device selection is greyed-out and displays the only choice.

• If no audio devices report support for non-PCM audio,

only the Decode and down-mix to 2 channels is available.

Digital, DTS, etc.). For correct operation, you

Digital or DTS® encoding.

Dolby Options Stereo

Play audio in 2-channel stereo.

Dolby

Play audio using Dolby Pro Logic.

Pro Logic

S/PDIF

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S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) allows transfer of digital audio from one location to another without analog conversion; it is the standard format for exchanging digital audio signals between consumer audio components. Connections can be coaxial or optical.

You can connect your ALL-IN-WONDER’s audio output directly to an S/PDIF amplifier or speaker set; for details, see the Installation and setup User’s Guide that came with your ALL-IN-WONDER card.

• S/PDIF is not compatible with analog audio. Y ou must have a

Dolby Digital 5.1 channel A/V receiver; enabling S/PDIF with an analog receiver will not provide audio.

• If you are using regu la r s peaker s on your PC, but do not hear

audio while playing a DVD, ensure that the Enable S/PDIF output box is not checked.

• High-quality audio cab les can be used f or short lengths; goo d

75-ohm cable and good 75-ohm connectors can provide lengths up to 25 feet.

DVD Advanced Aspect Ratio Settings

When you play a DVD in full screen mode, the Advanced Aspect Ratio settings page lets you control the width-to-height ratio of video displayed in DVD. This feature is useful for finetuning your display for wide-screen and projection TVs. Fullscreen, letterbox, and standard 4:3 aspect ratios are available.

To enable Advanced Aspe ct Ratio

Click the Setup button in the DVD control panel, click

the Advanced Aspect Ratio tab, and then click Enable Advanced Aspect Ratio, and select the aspect ratio.

• You can enter values in the Dynamic Aspect Ratio dialog

box, or drag the window margins using your mouse.

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Selection Function

Some discs may not support the aspect ratio you select. For example,

selecting letterbox for a disc that contains only 4:3 data will not provide

letterbox playback.

Enable Advanced

This option lets y ou ma ke sel ect ions in the controls listed below.

Aspect Ratio Aspect Ratio Sets the default aspect ratio for all DVD content using

DVD. Fullscreen

The movie fills th e enti re screen , regar dless of de sktop or movie resolution.

Letterbox Shows a 16:9 movie on a desktop with 4:3 aspect ratio. Black bars appear at the top and bottom of the screen to fill the remaining space.

4:3 Shows a 4:3 movie on a desktop with 16:9 aspect ratio. Black bars appear on either side of the screen to fill the remaining space .

Known DVDs By clicking the Add button while a DVD disc is inserted,

you can add this disc to a list, and set a custom aspect ratio for this title only.

Click the Aspect Ratio button beside the desired title entry in the list to select an aspect ratio from the pulldown menu.

• In the future, if possi ble, DVD will p lay this tit le using the

aspect ratio you selected.

To remove a title from the list, select it, and then click

Remove.

ATI MULTIMEDIA CENTER 8.7 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Using Your ATI Multimedia Center

Starting ATI Multimedia Center

Starting from LaunchPad

Starting from Windows® taskbar

Online Help

Multimedia Center Configuration T ool

Special Features

Video-In

Setting up TV

Initialization Wizard

Sizing the TV display

TV Feature Menu

TV Keyboard Shortcuts

TV Display Settings

TV Video Settings

TV T uner Settings

Channel Property Details

TV Stills Gallery Settings

TV Schedule Settings

A TI TV Bar

A TI TV Bar controls

Channel Surfing

Channel Surfing in EAZYLOOK mode

Closed Captioning

Closed Caption settings

HOTWORDS™

TV Magazine

External Captions Support

Secondary Audio Program (SAP)

Zooming and Panning

Channel Lockout

Parental Contro l

Recording Video and Still Images

Recording a clip of video and audio from TV

Personal Video Recorder

Personal Video Rec order settin gs

Using VIDEOSOAP

One T ouch Record

Achieving the best results with MPEG video recording

MUL TVIEW audio requirements

MUL TVIEW keyboard shortcuts

TV Listings

Setting up TV Listings

Getting around

Recording

Viewing

Views

Filter options

Actors tab

Categories- tab

Searches

Favorite search

Movies tab

Schedules tab

Searches tab

Setting search parameters

Sports tab

Stations t ab

Titles tab

Days and dates

FAST tvtv

Stills Gallery

Stills Gallery settings

CD Audio

CD Audio Keyboard Shortcuts

CD Audio Settings

CD Audio Preferences Settings

CD Database

CD Audio Schedule Settings

Video CD

Video CD Feature Menu

Video CD Keyboard Shortcuts

Capturing Still Frames From V ideo CDs

Zooming and Panning

Video CD Display Settings