Ati TV Wonder 550 User Manual

TV Wonder™ 550 TV

tuner card

User’s Guide

P/N 137-7111 1-10

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

• Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated.

• Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference.

• Heed Warnings - All warnings on the product and the operating instructions should be adhered to.

• Compatibility - This option card is for use only with IBM AT or compatible UL Listed personal computers that have Installation Instructions detailing user installation of card cage accessories.

• Grounding - For continued protection against risk of electric shock and fire, this accessory should be installed only in products equipped with a three-wire grounding plug, a plug having a third (grounding) pin. This plug will only fit into a grounding-type power outlet. This is a safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet, contact your electrician to replace the obsolete outlet. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the grounding-type plug.

• Secure Attachment tightened as to provide continuous bonding between the option card and the PC chassis.

• Lightning - For added protection for this product during a lightning storm, or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time, unplug it from the wall outlet, and disconnect the antenna or cable system. This will prevent damage to the product due to lightning and power-line surges.

• Power Lines - An outside antenna system should not be located in the vicinity of overhead power lines or other light or power circuits, or where it can fall into such power lines or circuits.

• Antenna Installation - When installing an outside antenna system, extreme care should be taken to keep from touching such power lines or circuits, as contact with them may be fatal.

- All card securement pins shall be completely

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Note: This graphics card is for use only with compatible UL Listed personal computers that have Installation Instructions detailing user installation of card cage accessories.

Contents

Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

System Requirements 1

Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Quick Installation 3 Detailed Installation 4 Installing your TV Wonder™ 550 5 Connecting Display Devices 6

Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® 7

Software Installation Prerequisites 7

Using Your TV Wonder™ 550. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Using Your TV Wonder™ 550 with Windows® XP Media Center Edition® 2005 9

Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Troubleshooting 11 Additional Accessories 12 Product Registration 12 Customer Care 13 Warranty Service 14 Compliance Information 14

FCC Compliance Information 15 Industry Canada Compliance Statement 15 CE Compliance Information 16 Informations de conformité de la CE 16 Electrical Safety 16 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive Compliance 16 VCCI Class B ITE Compliance Information 17 MIC Certification Information 17 BSMI Certification Information 17

System Requirements 1

Getting St arted

Your TV Wonder™ 550 is an advanced, analog TV tuner card that represents a vast improvement in both video and audio quality over previous PC TV

tuner products. The TV Wonder™ 550 uses hardware MPEG encoding and digital audio.

The TV Wonder™ 550 provides the following features:

• NTSC or PAL analog video decoding with motion-adaptive 3D comb filtering (depending on region).

• Worldwide, analog, stereo audio decoding with digital output to the PC.

• FM radio.

• M PEG-1 Layer II, 2-channel audio encoding.

• High quality MPEG-2 video encoder.

• Hardware noise reduction.

System Requirements

Hardware • Intel® Pentium® 4 or Celeron®, AMD Athlon® or

Sempron® (or compatible) CPU.

• Sound card and speakers.

• 128 MB of system memory; 256 MB or more is recommended for best performance.

• Motherboard with free PCI or PCIe X1 slot (as appropriate).

• CD-ROM drive (for installation software).

• An ATI Radeon® 9600 or newer graphics card is recommended for optimal display output quality.

• Cable TV signal or amplified antenna.

Operating System

Monitor • High-resolution MultiSync or multi-frequency monitors or

• Windows® XP Media Center Edition® 2005.

• Windows® XP (Professional or Home, Service Pack 2).

any other type of VGA monitor.

• Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or digital CRT display.

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