ATI Technologies Radeon 8500, Radeon 7500 User Manual

RADEON™8500/ RADEON 7500

Version 1.0 P/N 137-40282-10

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User’s Guide

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Multiple Monitors

Your RADEON 8500/RADEON 7500 provides dual display functionality and TV Out from a single video card. This new technology changes the way you view your PC, TV, and video graphics.

The RADEON 8500/RADEON 7500 uses HydraVision™ software to create a seamless multiple display desktop. Multiple monitor display works as one large work area. A single application can span all monitors, or many applications can occupy their own specific monitor. This feature will take your PC’s graphics and video capabilities to the next level.

Connecting your RADEON 8500/RADEON 7500 to your monitors

The RADEON 8500/RADEON 7500 provides support for one DVI-I monitor or two VGA monitors using the supplied DVI-Ito-VGA adapter. A television can also be used to expand your desktop by using the S-Video connector.

Plug the monitor cable into your card (if you are running multiple monitors, connect their cables to the appropriate connectors), then turn on the computer and monitor(s).

To connect a flat panel to the RADEON 8500/RADEON 7500 use the DVI-I connector as shown on the following page. To connect a VGA monitor to the DVI-I connector, plug the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter into the DVI-I connector, then plug your monitor cable into the adapter.

When you use multiple monitors with your RADEON 8500/RADEON 7500, one monitor will always be primary. Any additional monitor(s) will be designated as secondary.

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TO TV/VCR

DISPLAY CABLE

TO VGA MONITOR

TO DIGITAL/ANALOG DEVICE WITH DVI CONNECTOR

DVI -I

CONNECTOR

ON CARD

VGA

CONNECTOR

FROM

MONITOR

DVI-I-TO-VGA

ADAPTER

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RADEON 8500/RADEON 7500 Display Configurations

Display Configuration

CRT monitor - 15-pin VGA connector

DFP monitor - 24-pin DVI-I connector

TV - s-video connector

CRT monitor +TV- 15-pin VGA connector +

DFP monitor +TV- 24-pin DVI-I connector +

CRT monitor + DFP connector

CRT monitor + CRT monitor

CRT monitor + DFP monitor + TV

Connector(s) Used Comments

- 24-pin DVI-I connector (with DVI-I-to-VGA

adapter)

s-video connector

- 15-pin VGA connector + 24-pin DVI-I connector

- 15-pin VGA connector + 24-pin DVI-I connector (with DVI-I-to-VGA adapter)

- 15-pin VGA connector + 24-pin DVI-I connector + s-video connector

Unsupported configuration if the CRT monitor is attached to DVI-I connector via DVI-I-to-VGA adapter

Please note that this will result in two independent displays with the third display “cloning” the image of one of the other two displays.

CRT monitor + CRT monitor + TV

Legend: CRT-(cathode ray tube) analog monitor utilizing the standard 15-pin VGA connector DFP-digital flat panel monitor utilizing the 24-pin DVI-I connector

- The DVI-I connector can support a monitor using a 15-pin VGA connector via DVI-I-to-VGA adapter

- The s-video connector on the board can support a composite connector via s-video-to-composite adapter

UNSUPPORTED CONFIGURATION

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Multiple Monitor Controls

The Windows®2000 Multi-Monitor Dialog

The Multiple Monitor control for Windows Windows

2000 is found in the Displays tab of the Advanced

NT4.0/

Settings of the Display Properties. This dialog features a graphic representation of the current monitor array. You can enable and disable monitors by double-clicking on the monitor number in the list box.

Multiple Monitor control for Windows

98SE and Windows

Me is located in the Settings tab of the Display Properties. From here, you can enable/disable multiple displays, change color depth and screen resolution.

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To enable the secondary display (assuming a secondary display is attached to your RADEON 8500/RADEON 7500):

Right-click on monitor labeled “2”.

Click “Enable” in the drop-down menu.

Click “OK”.

The Windows

To change resolution or color depth:

To reposition your display, click and drag the appropriate monitor to the desired position. For example, the secondary display can be dragged to the left of the primary display. This allows you to position your secondary display to be either physically left or right of the primary display.

98SE/Windows®Me Multi-Monitor Dialog

Left-click the desired monitor to make it active.

Make the desired changes to the color depth and resolution.

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The RADEON 8500/RADEON 7500 offers Ratiometric expansion. Ratiometric expansion (or digital panel scaling as it is commonly known) expands a low resolution image to fill a higher

Note

resolution panel. However, Ratiometric expansion is only available on the primary display. Therefore, if a DFP is set as secondary, the extended desktop is disabled and the resolution is less than the DFP monitor’s native resolution. This causes the DFP monitor to default to center mode.

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Dynamic Monitor Reassignment Windows 98SE/Windows®Me/Windows

NT4.0/Windows®2000

In addition to the fact that you never have to reboot when enabling and disabling multiple monitor settings, you can also change the assignment of your primary and secondary display on the fly without even rebooting!

Right-click on the Windows®desktop and click on Properties from the drop down menu.

Select the Settings tab.

ClickontheAdvanced button.

Select the Displays tab.

This window shows you the display(s) that are active, and the button beside the active displays will be blue. The active blue buttons will have the word “Primary” or “Secondary” beside them.

Clicking on a blue button (in a dual display configuration) will reassign the primary and secondary monitors. Clicking on “Apply” will enable any changes that you have made.

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Video overlay allows for the viewing of full-motion video on your computer. However, there is only one

Note

video overlay, which is only available on the primary monitor. The RADEON 8500/RADEON 7500 allows you to change the primary monitor while viewing a DVD.

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Using HydraVision™for

Windows

The Windows®98SE and Windows®Me operating systems are designed to recognize multiple monitors in a single system. HydraVision™ software is specifically designed for use with Windows enables the Desktop Manager and creates a Windows group for HydraVision™ display management software.

98SE/Windows®Me

98SE and Windows®Me. HydraVision™ installation

program

HydraVision™ and the Desktop Manager are activated whenever Windows the ATI Icon.

Click on the ATI icon to access the application’s features and help, or to unload the HydraVision™ Desktop Manager.

starts. Installing HydraVision™ adds menu options to

Accessing HydraVision

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Desktop Manager

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The HydraVision™ Desktop Manager allows you to modify your display options. You can access the Desktop Management and Hot Keys dialog boxes by clicking on the appropriate tab in the Desktop Manager.

Along the bottom of each HydraVision™ dialog are four buttons:

OK, Cancel, Apply and Help.

OK implements the changes you’ve made in the HydraVision™

dialog and exits the Desktop Manager. Changes take effect immediately unless you see a message prompting you to restart your computer.

Cancel discards all changes made to any section of the HydraVision™ dialog and closes the Desktop Manager.

Apply implements your changes without closing the Desktop Manager.

Help connects to local or online HTML-based help. You can also get context-sensitive on-screen help by moving your mouse over the relevant text for each control.

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Desktop Management Controls

The Desktop Management Dialog

The Desktop Management dialog lets you determine the behavior of pop-up windows and dialog boxes in a multiple monitor environment.

Dialog control:

Enable dialog repositioning—Toggles dialog control on and

off. When it is checked, you can choose to have dialog boxes appear on the parent application’s monitor. (The parent application is the application that generated the dialog box.) If the parent application or associated monitor cannot be located, the dialog box defaults to monitor 1. You can also choose to have dialog boxes appear on the monitor in which the cursor is located or to always appear on a specific monitor in the array.

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Window control:

Single monitor windows—When this box is checked,

windows are sized no larger than a single monitor. Windows that are placed on monitor splits are automatically relocated to the monitor on which most of the window appears.

HydraVision™ Max/Restore button management— Allows you to control the behavior of the Windows

Maximize button. When HydraVision™ is running, a HydraVision™ Max/Restore button appears in the upper right corner of your application title bars. Clicking this icon makes the active window maximize in one of two ways:

− Maxtowindowcornerscauses windows to

maximize to the monitor(s) that contain the window’s upper left and lower right corners.

− Maxtofulldesktopcauses windows to maximize

to the entire monitor array.

Max child windows—Keeps windows generated by parent applications from splitting across monitors. (A child window is a window residing within a parent application window.) The ability to keep child windows on a single monitor when maximized is extremely useful for editing multiple documents side by side in a parent application.

 NOTE: The HydraVision™ application title bar icon changes from a single square to two smaller squares when a window is in a HydraVision™ maximized state. Clicking the icon again restores the active window to its default state as a single square.

General:

Application position memory—Check this box to “remember” the size and location of application windows when they are closed and reapply those settings when the application is reopened.

Automatically align monitors—Under Windows Windows

Me, you can manually define monitor placement

98SE and

from the Settings dialog in the Display Properties dialog box. When this box is checked, HydraVision™ will override userdefined monitor placement if the monitors are not evenly aligned.

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