ATI Technologies 100-703138 - TV Wonder Pro PCI-NTSC, TV USB Edition - XCLAIM - TV Tuner, TV Wonder USB Edition User Manual

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ATI TV Wonder USB Edition Installation and Setup User’s Guide

Version 1.0 P/N 117-70069-00

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Table of Contents

Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition . . . . . . . . 5

Minimum System Requirements .................................................................. 7

Online Help.................................................................................................... 7

Setting up your TV WONDER USB Edition ................................................ 8

Connecting video and audio devices ...................................................... 9

LaunchPad ................................................................................................... 10

Starting from Windows® taskbar......................................................... 10

Attaching and Detaching Panels.................................................................. 11

TV .................................................................................................... 12

Setting up TV ...................................................................................... 14

Sizing the TV display........................................................................... 15

TV Control menu.................................................................................. 16

TV display settings............................................................................... 17

TV video settings.................................................................................. 18

TV Tuner settings................................................................................. 19

TV Stills Gallery settings ..................................................................... 22

TV Schedule settings............................................................................ 22

ATI TV Bar .......................................................................................... 23

Channel Surfing.................................................................................... 24

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

Hot Words™ ........................................................................................ 27

TV Magazine........................................................................................ 29

Zooming and panning........................................................................... 31

Video Desktop...................................................................................... 32

Program Lockout.................................................................................. 33

Capturing Video and still images ......................................................... 34

Digital VCR ..................................................................................... 36

Saving and compressing captured video .............................................. 36

Digital VCR settings ............................................................................ 37

TV Listings...................................................................................... 38

Setting up TV Listings ......................................................................... 39

Getting around...................................................................................... 40

Recording ............................................................................................. 40

Viewing ................................................................................................ 41

Views.................................................................................................... 41

Filter options......................................................................................... 42

Actors tab ............................................................................................. 42

Categories tab....................................................................................... 43

Searches................................................................................................ 43

Favorites Search ................................................................................... 43

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Movies tab ............................................................................................ 44

Schedules tab........................................................................................ 45

Searches tab.......................................................................................... 45

Setting search parameters..................................................................... 46

Sports tab.............................................................................................. 47

Stations tab ........................................................................................... 47

Titles tab ............................................................................................... 48

Days and dates...................................................................................... 48

Stills Gallery ................................................................................... 49

Stills Gallery settings............................................................................ 49

CD Audio......................................................................................... 51

CD Audio settings ................................................................................ 52

CD Database......................................................................................... 53

CD Audio Schedule settings................................................................. 54

Video CD ......................................................................................... 55

Video CD Control menu....................................................................... 56

Capturing still frames from Video CDs ............................................... 57

Zooming and Panning .......................................................................... 57

Video CD Display settings................................................................... 58

Video CD Preferences settings............................................................. 59

Video CD Stills Gallery settings .......................................................... 60

File Player ....................................................................................... 61

File Player Control menu ..................................................................... 62

Zooming and Panning .......................................................................... 63

File Player Display settings.................................................................. 64

File Player Preferences settings............................................................ 65

File Player Stills Gallery settings ......................................................... 65

File Player Schedule settings................................................................ 65

Schedule ......................................................................................... 66

Schedule settings ................................................................................. 67

Troubleshooting............................................................................. 68

Audio problems ... ................................................................................ 68

Video problems ... ............................................................................... 69

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index - 1

Using Your ATI TV Wonder USB Edition

ATI TV WONDER USB Edition is an economical, external TV-tuner pod that attaches to your computer’s USB port.

This chapter explains how to use the special features that your TV Wonder USB Edition offers:

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Live TV from cable

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Live audio up to 16KHz and up to 16-bit

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S-Video or Composite video (via adapter) input for external video sources

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Full-motion video capture – 30 fps at 320x240 (NTSC), 352x288 (PAL) resolution

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VGA (640 x 480) resolution still image capture

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IN THIS CHAPTER...

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Setting up your TV WONDER USB Edition on page 8

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LaunchPad on page 10

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TV on page 12

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ATI T V Ba r on page 23

■ Digital VCR on page 36

■ TV Listings on page 38

■ Stills Gallery on page 49

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CD Audio on page 51

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Video CD on page 55

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File Player on page 61

■ Schedule on page 66

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Troubleshooting on page 68

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Minimum System Requirements

PC with a Pentium® processor with MMX

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32 MBytes of memory

Computer system

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USB port

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Sound card and speakers

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Operating system

Display adapter

TV source

Windows 98®, Windows Me®, or Windows

2000

16-bit, VGA, with video overlay support. The following graphics accelerators work with the ATI TV Wonder USB Edition. (Please visit our web site, www.ati.com, for an updated list of supported graphics accelerators.)

ATI products RAGE PRO, LT PRO, Rage XL, RAGE 128, RAGE 128 PRO, RADEON DDR/SDR. RAGE mobility AGP/PCI, Mobility 128 AGP.

Other products GeForce Guillemot 3D Prophet

NVIDIA RIVA 128 NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 MATROX Millennium G400

Antenna or cable

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Model 64,

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Online Help

Feature Help. Click the Help button in the display panel to open the online help.

Context-Sensitive Help. Context-sensitive help is always

available for each feature; just press the F1 key.

Too l Tip s . Simply move the mouse cursor over a control to see a description of its purpose. As you become familiar with your TV Wonder USB Edition, you may want to turn off Tool Tips — click the Show Tool Tips checkbox in the Display tab (for more information, see TV display settings on page 17).

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Setting up your TV WONDER USB Edition

There are two ways to install the hardware and software.

Method 1

Turn on your system. Using the supplied USB cable, connect the pod to the USB port.

When your system finds a USB device:

• Do not select from the list of possible devices.

• Click the option to search. Click Next.

• Check the From a CD option. Insert the Installation CD,

Install the application software from the CD.

Reboot when prompted.

Method 2

Insert the Installation CD, and install the application software.

and click Next. (The wording will vary, depending upon the version of Windows.)

Reboot when prompted.

Using the supplied USB cable, connect the pod to the USB port.

• Do not select from the list of possible devices.

• Click the option to search. Click Next.

• Check the From a CD option. Insert the Installation CD,

and click Next. (The wording will vary, depending upon the version of Windows.)

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Connecting video and audio devices

You can connect a variety of analog video and audio devices to TV Wonder USB Edition—video camera, VCR, laserdisc player, audiotape, etc. Use the following illustration as a guide.

Cable TV in

Cable with S-Video plugs at each end

Cable with RCA plugs at each end

Cable with mini-phone plugs at each end

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Infrared in (Remote control)

S-Video in or Composite video in (via adapter–see Note.)

USB

port

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Yo u r computer’s USB port looks like this.

Note: The S-Video-to-Composite video adapter is included with your ATI TV WONDER USB Edition. S-Video cables, RCA cables, and mini-stereo cables are available separately from a consumer electronics dealer.

Analog audio in

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LaunchPad

The LaunchPad provides a convenient way to start all your ATI TV WONDER USB Edition 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.

• To dock LaunchPad, right-click it, then click Dock in the

menu. To change the docking position, right-click LaunchPad while it is docked, point to Side , 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 upper right of LaunchPad let you access your desktop settings, get Help, and close LaunchPad.

TV, Video CD, and File Player 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 four choices:

Run both features with reduced performance,

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where possible. Suspend the first feature while the other is active.

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Close the first feature.

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Press

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second feature.

Cancel

to continue without starting the

Starting from Windows® taskbar

In the Windows taskbar, click Start.

Point at Programs .

Point at ATI TV WONDER USB Edition .

Click CD Audio, File Player, LaunchPad, Video CD, or TV.

For information about using TV WONDER USB Edition features, see the online help.

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Attaching and Detaching Panels

You can detach the TV control panel from the display panel, move it to any location on your screen, and re-attach it.

To detach a panel

Move the cursor to the border of the panel you want to detach. As the cursor reaches the border, it changes to the detach symbol. Click the panel, and drag it away.

To attach a panel

Drag a panel to the panel you want to attach until its outline changes, then release the mouse button. The panels will snap back together.

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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 delivers advanced features: Closed Captioning, Video/Still Capture, Channel Surfing, Scheduled Events, TV Listings, and more.

You can

When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the display panel, the “About...” notice appears, and a Task menu displays available and active features.

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

All channels may not be available in all countries.

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To s ta r t T V

from LaunchPad

Click TV USB Edition in the LaunchPad. For information on LaunchPad, see page 10.

from Windows

In the Windows taskbar, click Start, then point at

taskbar

Programs .

Point at ATI TV Wonder USB Edition , then click TV.

You can also start TV from other ATI TV WONDER USB Edition features—Video CD, CD Audio, and File Player. Click the ATI logo in the upper left corner of the feature’s control panel, then click TV.

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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.

Initialization Wizard

Click the Setup button, 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.

• If you have TV Listings installed with its current database, it will also add the channel name for each channel. For more information see TV Listings on page 38.

• 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 68 for more information.

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 using 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 display TV in full-screen

Press CTRL+F or ALT+F, or click the Maximize button. To return to the previous size, click or press the Esc key.

CTRL

key combination.

Ctrl

To display preset sizes using the CTRL key

160 x120 pixels CTRL+1

240 x180 pixels CTRL+2

320 x240 pixels CTRL+3

640 x480 pixels CTRL+4

Toggle between full screen and current size

Increase size of display panel CTRL + Up Arrow

Decrease size of display panel CTRL + Down Arrow

CTRL+F ALT+F

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TV Control menu

You can access TV functions by right-clicking on the video viewing area or the control panel. This is very useful in fullscreen mode. The following menu items are available:

Setup

Always On Top

Hide Controls

Zooming

Video Size

Connector

Opens the TV setup page.

Displays TV on top of other applications.

Hides the TV Control panel.

Select zoom ratio (2x, 4x, or 8x) or Unzoom if already zoomed. See Zooming and panning on page 31.

Indicates the sizes available for the current panel:

160 x 120 240 x 180 320 x 240 640 x 480 Full Screen

Specifies the video input:

TV Tuner Selects TV Tuner input.

Composite Selects composite video input. Requires

adapter (see Connecting video and audio

devices on page 9).

Closed Captions

About...

Exit

S-Video Selects S-Video input.

Specifies how closed-captioned text is displayed. You can also enable the Hot Words and TV Magazine features. See Hot Words™ on page 27 and TV Magazine on page 29.

Displays the About... dialog.

Closes TV.

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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, then click the Display tab.

Screen Size

Tool Tips

Display Feature

Indicates the sizes available for the current panel. If the current panel does not support resizing, the values are greyed-out.

Show Tool Tip

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

Show Shortcut

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

Video Desktop

When TV is minimized, TV display replaces your desktop pattern.

Fixed Aspect Ratio

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

Crop Edges

Crop image edges to hide overscan noise.

Always On Top

Display TV on top of other applications.

Hide Player Hotkey

Initialization Wizard

Auto Hide Controls when in full screen

Hide TV controls when displaying TV in full screen.

Specify a keyboard key that hides/displays TV.

Re-runs the Initialization Wizard. See Initialization Wizard on page 14.

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TV video settings

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

To open the Video settings page

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

Choose cable, composite or S-Video input.

Connector

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

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the Broadcast Standard.

Broadcast Standard

Video Properties

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 Adjusts the balance of red-to-blue in the image.

Tint is not adjustable for PAL or SECAM.

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TV Tuner settings

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

To open the Tuner settings page

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

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Channel Name

Details...

Autoscan

Cable Standard

You can enter channel names

Select a channel, then click the Details... button to open the Channel Property Details page (see Channel

Property Details on page 19).

Scans for all active TV channels, and stores them when you click the Set button.

Selects the country and cable or antenna.

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, program 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 Hot Words specifically for a particular channel.

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Channel Name

Number

Tun es to Station

Channel in Favorite List

Channel in Visual Selection List

Channel Specific Settings

Type a name for the channel.

Displays the channel number.

Specify the TV station that is received when you tune to a particular channel. For example, you could assign the actual channel 5 to the Television’s channel 2. Autoscanning returns all channel assignments to normal (see Autoscan on page 19).

Check to add the channel to the channels that TV receives when you click the channel up/down buttons). To remove a channel, uncheck it.

Check to add the channel to the Visual Selection list (see

Channel Surfing on page 24). To remove a channel,

uncheck it.

Audio

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

Mute Settings Global Applies mute settings to

all channels.

Mute On Mutes selected channel. Mute Off Cancels all muting. Stereo Activates stereo audio for this

channel, if it provides it.

Mono Activates monaural audio for

this channel.

Channel Specific Settings

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Video

Click Video, then click Details... to open the Channel 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.

Broadcast Standard

Choose the broadcast standard for this channel.

Program Lockout Click Program Lockout, then click Details... to open the Program Lockout Settings page (see Program Lockout on page 33).

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

Captioning on page 25).

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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, then click the Stills Gallery tab. For information on the Stills Gallery, see Stills Gallery on page 49.

TV Schedule settings

The Scheduler lets you set up TV to watch or record selected TV programs at times you specify. You can also schedule events for CD Audio, TV Magazine, Digital VCR, and File Player.

To open the Schedule settings page

Click the Setup button in the TV control panel, click the Schedule tab, then click the Create New button. The

Schedule Wizard will guide you through creating new scheduled events. See Schedule on page 66 for details.

ATI T V B a r

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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

Launch Internet Explorer.

In Explorer’s menu bar, click View , point to Explorer Bar , then click AT I T V.

Or click the ATI TV button in Explorer’s menu bar.

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

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.

ATI TV Bar controls

From left to right, the ATI TV Bar controls are: Channel down, Channel up, Volume, and Mute.

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Channel Surfing

You can browse through several 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 program.

• If any channel in the selection list is a locked-out channel (see Program Lockout on page 33), a password is required to access it. If a password is not entered, only unlocked channels are displayed.

• After an autoscan (see Autoscan on page 19), all detected channels are included in the selection list. A magnifying glass appears to the left of the lock-out icon. Click the magnifying glass button to add or remove the channel from the selection list.

• Most controls are disabled during Channel Surfing.

To use Channel Surfing

panel.

A grid of thumbnails appears over your TV display.

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.

Click the Channel Surf button in the TV control

Closed Captioning

Display closed captioned text over video, like a standard TV, 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.

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Note

Closed-Captioning is only available in North America.

To display closed-captioned text

Click the Closed Caption button in the TV control panel.

To close the Closed Captioning window, click the Exit

button.

Closed Caption settings

The Closed Caption settings page lets you specify how closed captioned text is displayed—over video or in a window—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.

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To set up closed captioning

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

External Window

Displays closed captioned text in its own window. Click

... to select the display font.

Font

Video Window

Placement

HotWords

Displays closed captioned text superimposed on the video. Click

Solid Background

Displays closed captioned text on a solid background.

Shaded Background

Displays closed captioned text on a shaded background.

Enable

Check to enable HotWords when Closed Captioning is on (see Hot Words™ on page 27).

HotWords Setup

Opens the HotWords settings page.

... to select the display font.

Font

TV Magazine

Closed Caption On Mute

Show Alternate Text If Present

Enable

Activates TV Magazine (see TV Magazine on page 29.)

TV Magazine Setup

Opens the TV Magazine 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, closed captioned text. If you turn off Closed Captioning or change channels, the page is hidden.

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Hot Words™

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

You can set Hot Words to show the matched text, restore TV, play a sound, enable TV Magazine, or enable the Digital VCR when the Hot Words appear. You can also have TV automatically transcribe the text when the specified words appear.

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

Note

Hot Words is only available in North America.

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To set up Hot Words

Click the Setup button in the Television control panel, click Closed Caption, 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.

First Word

Match Type

Optional Word

Partial

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

Type the first word to be matched.

Choose the type of match you want:

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By Itself

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Followed by

is immediately followed by the Optional Word you specify.

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Not Followed By

if it is not

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In Sentence With

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

Type the word you want to match with the First Word. When you specify an Optional Word, the system only looks for the

Check this box to notify when a part of the First Word occurs.

Notify when the First Word occurs.

Notify when the First Word occurs, and

Notify when the First Word occurs,

immediately followed by the Optional Word.

Notify when the First Word

First Word+Optional Word

combination.

Actions to take when your HotWords occur.

Recording

Show Matched Text

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

Restore Player

Opens Television in its current state.

Enable TV Magazine

Activates TV Magazine (see TV Magazine on page 29).

Enable Digital VCR

Activates the Digital VCR (see Digital VCR on page 36).

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 66).

To start TV Magazine

Note

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TV Magazine is only available in North America.

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When TV Magazine is enabled, it transcribes

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closed-captioned text even if the Closed Captioning button is off.

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

To 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.

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File Name

File Format

Options

Type a name for the file.

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

Overwrite files

Check to overwrite existing files. Uncheck to keep existing files.

Remove Advertising

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.

Stop Transcribing After

Select Layout

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 disk space.

Image Density 1/page 2/page 4/page

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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.

To zoom

Click within the display panel, 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 horizontally or vertically.

To unzoom

Right-click in the display panel to open the control menu, point at Zooming , then click Unzoom, or

Click the 1:1 button in the control panel.

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Video Desktop

To replace your desktop pattern with live TV display when you minimize TV

Click the Setup button in the Television control panel, click the Display tab, then check Video Desktop.

When you minimize Television, live TV display replaces your desktop.

A TV icon appears in the “tray” on

the right side of the Windows Click the icon to display a small control panel that you can use to change channels and control the volume. Closed-captioned information is not displayed.

taskbar.

To restore your desktop pattern and TV

Click the TV button in the Windows

taskbar.

Program Lockout

Program 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.

Note

To set program lockout

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Passwords are case-sensitive. For example,

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PASSWORD, Password, and passWord are not the same.

If you forget your password, you must uninstall

•

and reinstall your TV software to view passwordprotected programs.

panel, then click the TV Tuner tab.

Click the channel you want, then click the Details... button.

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

Click Create New.

The Program Lockout Wizard guides you through the lockout procedure.

To remove program lockout

panel, then click the TV Tuner tab.

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

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

Click the Setup button in the Television control

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

Click the Setup button in the Television control

Select the program you want to unlock.

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

Click OK.

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Capturing Video and still images

Full-motion video

. The Digital VCR lets you capture a clip of full-motion video plus audio from your video source and save it as an AVI file on your computer’s hard disk. See Digital VCR on page 36 for details.

Still images

. Capture fullcolor, 24-bit-per-pixel, still images, save them, and print them. The images are placed in the Stills Gallery, which saves them as Windowsstandard bitmaps (.bmp) or a wide variety of standard 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 49 for details.

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Recording a clip of video and audio from TV

To record a clip of video and audio

Click the Record button in the Television control panel.

The Digital VCR starts recording video and audio to an AVI file on your computer’s hard disk. For information on specifying capture formats, see Digital VCR settings

on page 37.

To stop recording, click the Record button in the Digital VCR. A Save As dialog opens, so you can name and save the captured video.

To capture still frames from Television

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

Gallery on page 49).

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Digital VCR

The Digital VCR provides simple controls and powerful capture options. You can capture a clip of full-motion video and audio from your video source and save it as an AVI file.

Double-click AVI files to open them in the File Player (see File

Player on page 61). The Schedule feature lets you record TV

programs on the dates and times you specify (see Schedule on page 66).

To start the Digital VCR

When you capture video (see To record a clip of video and

audio on page 35) from TV, the Digital VCR opens

automatically. If you want the Digital VCR to prompt you before recording, click the Prompt before Recording checkbox in the Digital VCR tab of the TV Player Setup page (see Digital VCR settings on page 37).

Saving and compressing captured video

The Digital VCR Custom Settings... page lets you compress your captured video and save it in several industry-standard formats (see Recording Quality in Digital VCR settings on page 37). The quality of the video that you capture depends on the following conditions:

• speed of your system (CPU)

• amount of system memory (RAM)

• performance of your hard disk

• size of the video capture window

• video codec (encoder-decoder) used

When you compress a file, your original file is

Note

deleted. To keep the original file, save it under a different name.

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Digital VCR settings

Use the Digital VCR settings pages to specify recording quality, duration, general options, and custom settings.

To set up the Digital VCR

Click the Setup button in the TV control panel, then click the Digital VCR tab.

Check Best Quality, Good Quality, or Longest Time. (The higher the quality, the less video you will be able to store on a disk.) For extremely fine control, click the Set Custom button to open the Custom Settings page, where you can create and modify preset capture formats.

Recording Quality

Disk Space Settings

Current Settings

Capture Still at 640 x 480

Click the Create New... button to create a new, preset capture format. The Capture Wizard guides you through the process.

Click the Edit... button to modify an existing, preset capture format.

Step 2 of the Capture Wizard provides a

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deinterlacing option. Select it to prevent horizontal streaks in captured video.

Allocates the amount of disk to store captured video.

Record to Drive Select the drive to hold captured video.

Amount of disk space to leave free

Use the slider to set the amount of space to leave on your hard drive. Use this to prevent the recording from completely filling your drive.

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

Capture still images in 640 x 480 pixel format.

Prompt Before Recording

Record for

Do all capture setup, then display a dialog that starts capture.

Check the box, then type the number of hours and minutes you want to record.

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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. Before you use TV Listings for the first time, it is recommended that you complete the TV Initialization Wizard (see Setting up TV on page 14).

You can schedule recording and viewing sessions, search for programs, and maintain a list of your favorite shows. For more information, see the TV Listings Help.

TV Listings is only available in North America.

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Note

You need an internet connection to download the

•

TV listings to your computer.

To start TV Listings

Click the TV Listings button in the TV control panel, or click TV Listings in the LaunchPad.

To access TV Listings information from TV

• When you Autoscan, TV Listings provides station names

(see Autoscan in TV Tuner settings on page 19.)

• When you change channels, the current program name, and

the station name and number are displayed.

When you use TV Listings, the TV Control panel is hidden and the following features are unavailable:

On-screen display of channel information.

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Resizing the Display panel (see page 15).

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Zoom and Pan (see page 31).

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Video Desktop is deactivated when you open TV

Note

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Listings, and reactivated when you close TV Listings (see page 32).

TV Listings is unavailable when you use the following features:

Channel Surf (see page 24).

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Video capture (see page 34).

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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 download the listings.

To make changes, click the Change Settings button.

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 Numbers 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 want, 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:

Recording

Watch

Record

Favorite

Details and Showtimes

Go To

Adds the item to your Watch schedule (see

Schedules tab on page 45).

Adds the item to your Record schedule (see

Schedules tab on page 45).

Adds the item to your Favorites list (see

Favorites Search on page 43.

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

Tunes the PIP (Picture-In-Picture—the window in the 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 program to record, 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 program for viewing, the Watch icon appears next to the title in any view where that program is displayed.

• To remove a program 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 displays 24 hours of listings in a table (similar to 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 39.)

Log view displays the data in a list, in the following order: Date/Station/Category and Title/Episode. 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 log.

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

option in the Edit menu (see To customize channels on page 39.)

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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 39).

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 39).

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Searches

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.

Favorites Search

Access the Favorites 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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Typically, you use the favorites 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, 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.

Movies tab

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 down in the Movies 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 39).

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 41). 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:

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Searches tab

The Searches tab displays a list of saved searches, including a list of personal Favorites (see Favorites Search on page 43), which is always the first search in the list. The Search title is automatically updated when you click it.

• To create a new search, click the Search menu, then click

New Search. The Search dialog opens.

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

In any list of events, three checkboxes appear in front of the event; the left checkbox is the Watch indicator, and the center checkbox is the Record indicator. Click either one to toggle it.

• To edit a saved search, double-click the search title, or launch

the Search dialog (as above), then click Load Search.

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Setting search parameters

To start a new search, in the Searches menu, click New Search to open the Search dialog, which you can use to set the following options:

Select All or None using the appropriate

Stations

Program Categories

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

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.

Date/Time Ranges

Rating

MPAA

Parental Guidance

Text Search

Year of Release

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

Highlight one or more entries in this list to search for movies with specific quality ratings.

Highlight one or more entries in this list to search for movies with specific MPAA ratings.

Highlight one or more entries in this list to search for movies 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

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The Sports tab displays all sports sub-categories for all sporting 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

options checked (see Filter options on page 42), only those stations in the currently-selected station list are displayed.

• 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 log.

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

option in the Edit menu (see To customize channels on page 39).

Stations tab

The Stations tab displays listings for each station, on the left side of your screen. Click the station you want, or use 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:

• Use the arrow keys to scroll up or down. You can also scroll

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 Vi ews on page 41). Each station is shown as a 24-hour grid.

using the horizontal and vertical scroll bars.

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• 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 39).

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 39).

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.

Stills Gallery

The still images you capture 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.

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Note

When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the Stills Gallery, the “About...” notice appears, and a Task menu displays available and active features.

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

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

Stills Gallery settings

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

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To set up the Stills Gallery

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

Gallery tab.

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 Options

Save Options

Tool Tips

Always on top

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 disk space.

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.

Print Options

Center image

Print image in center of page.

Image size:

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

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 playback on dates and times you specify (see Schedule on page 66).

When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the display panel, the “About...” notice appears, and a Task menu displays available and active features.

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

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To start CD Audio

from LaunchPad

Click CD Audio in the LaunchPad. For information on LaunchPad, see page 10.

from Windows

In the Windows taskbar, click Start.

Point at Programs .

Point at ATI TV WONDER USB Edition .

Click CD Audio.

You can also start CD Audio from other ATI TV WONDER USB Edition features—DVD, Video CD, TV, and File Player. Click the ATI logo in the upper left corner of the feature’s control panel, then click CD Audio.

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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, then click the CD Audio Settings tab.

Play List

Shuffle Play

Disc Information

Available Tra ck s

LCD Display

Tool Tips

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

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 track number and current playback time on an LCD display.

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 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

Server

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

Protocol



server for

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

Por t

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

Get Sites List from Server

Get sites list from server using current settings.

CDDBP

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)

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.)

Por t

Port to use with proxy server.

Requires Proxy Authentication

This proxy server requires authentication.

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Dial-Up Networking

Use dial-up networking when accessing the server.

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.

Disable CD Database

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. You can also schedule events for TV Magazine, Digital VCR, File Player, and TV.

To open the CD Audio Schedule settings page

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

guide you through creating new scheduled events. See Schedule on page 66 for details.

Video CD

Video CD plays Video CD

1.0 CDs and Karaoke CDs.

When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the display panel, the “About...” notice appears, and a Task menu displays available and active features.

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

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To start Video CD

from LaunchPad

Click Video CD in the LaunchPad. For information on LaunchPad, see page 10.

From Windows

In the Windows taskbar, click Start.

Point at Programs .

Point at ATI TV WONDER USB .

Click Video CD.

You can also start Video CD from other ATI TV WONDER USB Edition features—TV, CD Audio, File Player, and DVD. Click the ATI logo in the upper left corner of the feature’s control panel, then click Video CD.

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Video CD Control 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. The following menu items are available:

Setup

Eject CD

Play

Pause

Stop

Display Size

Show Controls

Audio Channels

Open the Video CD setup page.

Eject the video CD from the drive.

Play the loaded Video CD.

Pause playback.

Stop playback.

50% Display video at 1/2 size.

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.

Display the Control panel.

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.

Movie Scale

Zoom

About...

Exit

Right Channel Right channel audio only.

Show Time Display scale in time.

Show Frames Display scale in frames.

Time Remaining Display time remaining in current CD.

Tot al Ti me Display total time of current CD.

Unzoom Return to normal display.

Zoom 2x Zoom to double size.

Zoom 4x Zoom to 4 times size.

Zoom 8x Zoom to 8 times size.

Display the About... dialog.

Close the Video CD program.

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Capturing still frames from Video CDs

To capture still frames from Video CDs

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

Stills Gallery on page 49).

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, 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 zoom in the zoomed area

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

To unzoom or use predefined zoom levels

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

Video CD Control menu on page 56), then click Zoom, and

select Unzoom, Zoom x2, Zoom x4, or Zoom x8.

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

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Video CD Display settings

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

To open the Video CD Display settings page

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

Video Size

Tool Tips

Always on top

Keep Aspect Ratio

Autohide Controls in Full screen

Choose playback size: 50%, 75%, 100%, 200%, or Fullscreen.

Show Tool Tips

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

Show Shortcuts

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

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 Preferences settings

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

To open the Video CD Preferences settings page

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

Show Frames

Display scale in frames.

Show Time

Movie Scale

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.

General Settings

Power Management

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.

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Video CD Stills Gallery settings

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

To open the Video CD Stills Gallery settings page

Click the Setup button in the Video CD control panel, then click the Stills Gallery tab. For information on the Stills Gallery, see Stills Gallery on page 49.

File Player

Use the File Player to play various multimedia file formats. The types of file you can play depends on your system’s software. You can play the following, multimedia files:

• AV I

• MPEG (.mpg, .mpeg)

• MP (.mp3, .mp2)

• MIDI (.mid)

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• WAV (.wav)

For information about using File Player controls, see the online help and Tool Tips

To start File Player

from LaunchPad

Click File Player in the LaunchPad. For information on LaunchPad, see page 10.

from Windows

In the Windows taskbar, click Start.

Point at Programs .

Point at ATI TV WONDER USB Edition .

Click File Player.

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File Player Control menu

You can access File Player functions by right-clicking on the video viewing area or the control panel. This is very useful when you play files in full-screen mode. The following menu items are available:

Setup

Hide/Show Controls

Play

Stop

Time display mode

Zoom Mode

Video Size

About...

Exit

Open the File Player Setup page.

Hide the File Player Control panel.

Play the current file.

Stop playing.

Set time mode: Elapsed Time Remaining Time To t a l T i m e

Set Zoom: Unzoom, Zoom 2x, Zoom 4x, Zoom 8x.

Set playback size: 50%, 75%, 100%, 200%, Full Screen.

Displays the “About” dialog.

Closes the File Player.

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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, 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 zoom in the zoomed area

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

To unzoom or use predefined zoom levels

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

File Player Control menu on page 62), then click Zoom, and

select Unzoom, Zoom x2, Zoom x4, or Zoom x8.

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

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File Player Display settings

The Display settings page lets you control how video is displayed in the File Player.

To open the Display settings page

Click the Setup button in the File Player control panel, then click the Display tab.

Video Size

Options

Time Mode

Tool Tips

Display video at 50%, 75%, 100%, 200%, or full screen.

LCD Display

Display track number and current playback time on an LCD display.

Always on Top

Always display File Player on top of other applications.

Auto Hide Controls when in Full Screen

Automatically hides controls in full-screen mode if no user interaction occurs. Controls automatically re-appear if you move the mouse.

Keep Aspect Ratio

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

Set the time mode:

Elapsed Time, Remaining Time, or To tal Time.

Show Tool Tips

Displays helpful aids for using the File Player.

Show Shortcut

Displays shortcut keys.

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File Player Preferences settings

The Preferences settings page lets you specify power management settings.

Select one of the following levels:

Always

Power management always enabled.

Power Management

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.

File Player Stills Gallery settings

You can capture still images from the File Player.

To open the File Player Stills Gallery settings page

Click the Setup button in the File Player control panel, then click the Stills Gallery tab. For information on Stills Gallery, see Stills Gallery on page 49.

File Player Schedule settings

You can schedule the File Player to play media files on the dates and times you specify. You can also schedule events for CD Audio, TV Magazine, Digital VCR, and TV.

To set up scheduled events

guide you through creating new scheduled events. See Schedule on page 66 for details.

Click the Setup button in the File Player control panel, then click the Schedule tab. The Schedule Wizard will

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Schedule

The Scheduler lets you set up TV Wonder USB Edition to play particular files and/or watch or record selected TV channels, start TV Magazine, and capture video at times you specify. You can also schedule events for CD Audio and Video CD.

To set up scheduled events

Click the Setup button in the TV, CD Audio, or File Player control panel. Click the Schedule tab, and then

click the Create New button.

The Schedule Wizard will guide you through creating new scheduled events. Step 4 of the Wizard asks if you want to set up feature-specific settings (for example, if you are recording video, you can specify quality and duration for particular events). When you click the Finish button, your event is added to the scheduled event list; checked items are active.

Schedule settings

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Name

Feature

When

Next Run Time

Modify

Delete

Delete All

Events whose date (On Month & Day) has passed are not automatically

•

removed. To re-activate an event, set its Month & Day to today or later. If a settings page is open, or if the About Help... box is being displayed,

•

the Scheduler cannot process events. If an event occurs, a warning dialog tells you that a particular event was not processed.

When ATI TV WONDER USB Edition first runs, if there are any

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scheduled events recorded, and the Scheduler program is not running, a warning dialog tells you that the scheduled events will not be processed.

The name of the event. Checked events are active.

The feature to schedule: CD Audio, File Player, Television, TV Magazine, Video Capture, or Video CD.

When the event occurs.

The next time the event will run.

Click to change values for a scheduled event.

Remove a scheduled event.

Remove all scheduled events.

You can run the Scheduler immediately, and/or install it in your Windows Startup file, so that it runs every time Windows is started. the warning dialog is displayed whenever you click OK after adding an item to the scheduled viewing list.

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Troubleshooting

If you have problems with video or audio, try these suggestions.

Audio problems ...

No sound

Check your speakers:

• If you have external speakers, ensure that they are powered-

on (

POWER

LINE-OUT

Still no sound?

Play a .WAV sound:

indicator light is on) and connected to the

SPEAKER OUT

connectors on your sound card.

Click Start, point at Settings , select Control Panel, then double-click Sounds.

In the Events area, Click Asterisk, then click a .WAV file in the Sound area.

Click the Play button to preview the sound.

If you still do not hear any sound, open the Volume Control:

• Click Start, point at Programs , point at Accessories ,

point at Entertainment , then select Vo l u m e Co n t r ol . Or, right-click the speaker icon (usually in the lower-right corner of your screen), then click Open Volume Controls.

If the speaker icon is not in your Taskbar, do the following:

In the Windows Taskbar, click Start, point to Settings,

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then click Control Panel. Double-click Multimedia.

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In the Audio tab, check Show volume control on the

•

Taskbar.

• Ensure that the Vo lu me Control and the Wave channel are

not muted or set very low.

When you hear sound from your speakers, you know they are working.

Video problems ...

Video is unstable or only black and white

Check that you are using the correct broadcast standard format:

• See Broadcast Standard in TV video settings on page 18. For

proper operation, you must specify your country in the TV Channels Initialization Wizard (see page 14).

• Check the quality of your incoming TV signal on another

receiver; bad reception may be the cause.

There is no video or audio

• Ensure that your cable or antenna is connected.

• Ensure that the video connector is set to the correct source

(see Connector in TV video settings on page 18).

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• Check that your video card is securely seated in its slot.

Please refer to the user guide for the card location.

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Index

ATI TV Bar

controls

Attaching and detaching control panels Audio and video devices

Audio troubleshooting Autoscan

Cable standard Capture Wizard Capturing video and still images

CD Audio

CD Database Channel name Channel Property Details Channel Surfing Closed Captioning

Closed-captioned text

Connecting video and audio devices

Control menu

Control panels

Digital VCR

connecting

saving and compressing captured

files

CD Database Schedule settings settings

settings

transcribing

File Player

TV Video CD

attaching and detaching

setting up

36 51

settings

File Player

Control menu Display settings Preferences Schedule Settings Schedule Wizard Stills Gallery Settings zooming and panning

Help

features, context-sensitive, Tool

HotWords

setting up Wizard

HotWords Wizard

Initialization Wizard

Karaoke CDs

LaunchPad

Minimum system requirements

overview

Program Lockout

passwords Wizard

Tips, desktop

Index - 1

Recording quality Resource conflict

Schedule

settings Wizard

Schedule Wizard

CD Audio File Player TV

Setting up TV WONDER USB Edition Settings

CD Audio Closed Captioning Digital VCR File Player File Player Preferences File Player Schedule File Player Stills Gallery HotWords Schedule Stills Gallery TV display TV Stills Gallery TV Tuner TV tuner settings TV Video Video CD Video CD Stills Gallery

Setup Sizing TV display starting from Taskbar Still image capture Stills Gallery

settings

Surfing

channels

18 58

Tool Tips Transcribing closed-captioned text

Troubleshooting

audio video

Tuner settings

capturing video and still images Channel Property Details Channel surfing Closed-Captioning settings Control menu Digital VCR HotWords Initialization Wizard Program Lockout recording a clip of video and audio

saving and compressing captured

Schedule settings setting up starting from LaunchPad Stills Gallery Stills Gallery settings tuner settings TV Magazine Video Desktop video settings zoom and pan

TV Bar TV Channels Initialization Wizard

TV display

settings sizing

TV Listings

accessing information from TV Actors tab Categories tab days and dates favorites search

68 68

from TV

files

Index - 2

filter options 42

getting around movies tab recording shows Schedules tab searches Searches tab setting search parameters setting up, registering, downloading

Sports tab starting Stations tab Titles tab viewing shows views, Grid, Log

TV Magazine

setting up starting Wizard

TV Magazine Wizard TV Wonder USB Edition

using

Video capture Video CD

capturing still frames

updated listings, customizing channels, updating listings

26, 29

Control menu display settings Stills Gallery settings Video CD 1.0, Karaoke CDs zooming and panning

Video CD 1.0 Video Desktop Video settings

Video troubleshooting

Wizard

Zooming and panning

65 Capture HotWords Initialization Program Lockout Schedule TV Channels Initialization TV Magazine TV Schedule

File Player

TV Video CD

Index - 3

Index - 4

Safety instructions for TV tuner products

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

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Read Instructions

read before the product is operated.

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Retain Instructions

retained for future reference.

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Heed Warnings

instructions should be adhered to.

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Compatibility

compatible UL Listed personal computers that have Installation Instructions detailing user installation of card cage accessories.

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Grounding

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.

• All option card securement pins shall be completely tightened as to provide continuous bonding between the option card and the PC chassis.

•

Outdoor Antenna Grounding

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

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.

•

Po wer Li nes

vicinity of overhead power lines or other light or power circuits, or where it can fall into such power lines or circuits.

• 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.

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Note to CATV System Installer

CATV systems installer’s attention to Section 820-40 of the NEC, which provides guidelines for proper grou nding 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.

- CAUTION: For Continued Protection Against Risk of

- For added protection for this product during a lightning

- All the safety and operating instructions should be

- The safety and operating instr uc tions should be

- All warnings on the product and the operating

- This option card is for use only with IBM AT or

- Since an outdoor antenna or cable

- An outside antenna system should not be located in the

- This reminder is provided to call the

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