ATI TV WONDER ELITE User Manual

TV WONDER™ ELITE

User’s Guide

P/N 137-70882-30

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Product Notices

Dolby* Laboratories, Inc.

Macrovision

Apparatus Claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 4,631,603, 4,577,216, 4,819,098, and 4,907,093 licensed for limited viewing uses only.

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

Documentation Updates

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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.

• Outdoor Antenna Grounding - Since an outdoor antenna or cable system is connected to the product, be sure that the antenna or cable system is grounded so as to provide some protection against voltage surges and built-up static charges. Article 810 of the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70, provides information with regard to proper grounding of the mast and supporting structure, grounding of the lead-in wire to the antenna discharge unit, size of grounding conductors, location of antenna-discharge unit, connection of grounding electrodes, and requirements for the grounding electrode.

• 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.

• Note to CATV System Installer - This reminder is provided to call the CATV systems installer’s attention to Section 820-40 of the NEC, which provides guidelines for proper grounding and, in particular, specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building, as close to the point of cable entry as practical.

- All card securement pins shall be completely

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

System Requirements 2 Before You Begin 2

Record Your Serial and Part Numbers 2

Installing Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Quick Installation 5 Detailed Installation 5

Installing your TV WONDER™ ELITE 6 Connecting Display Devices 8

Installing Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® 9

Software Installation Prerequisites 9

Using Your TV WONDER™ ELITE . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Launching your TV WONDER™ ELITE 11

Using Windows® XP Media Center Edition® 2005 11 Using PowerCinema™ - ATI Edition 12

Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Troubleshooting 13 Getting Additional Accessories 15 Product Registration 15 Customer Care 15

Disclaimer 17

Warranty Information 18

Hardware Warranty Service Statement 18 Warranty Service 18 Limitations 18 Compliance Information 19 FCC Compliance Information 19 Industry Canada Compliance Statement 20 CE Compliance Information 20 Informations de conformité de la CE 20

Electrical Safety 20

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

CHAPTER 1:

Getting Started

Your TV WONDER™ ELITE 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™ ELITE uses hardware MPEG encoding and digital audio.

The TV WONDER™ ELITE 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.

• MPEG-1 Layer II, 2-channel audio encoding.

• High quality MPEG-2 video encoder.

• Hardware noise reduction.

2 System Requirements

System Requirements

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

Operating System

Decoder • You must have an MPEG decoder (DVD or media

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

Sempron® (or compatible).

• Sound card and speakers.

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

• Motherboard with free PCI or PCIe X1slot (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.

• Windows® XP Media Center Edition® 2005

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

player) already on your system in order to play back MPEG video captured by the TV WONDER™ ELITE.

any other type of VGA monitor.

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

Before You Begin

Before you begin installing your TV WONDER™ ELITE product, please do the following.

Record Your Serial and Part Numbers

The serial number and 102 part number on the graphics card are required for registration. They are located on a sticker on the back of the card.

Write these numbers down before installing your new ATI product.

Serial and Part Numbers

Before You Begin 3

Serial number (S/N)

102 part number (P/N)

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