TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................... 2
1.1 FEATURES ................................................................2
1.2 DISPALY MODES SUPPORTED ..............................3
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ..................... 4
CHAPTER 3 A-PLUS DISPLAY DRIVER ......................... 5
INSTALLATION
3.1 INSTALLATION OVERVIEW .....................................5
3.2 DOS DRIVERS ..........................................................6
3.3 WINDOWS 3.X/WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUP DRIVERS
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AND UTILITY
3.4 WINDOWS 95 DRIVERS AND UTILITY....................9
3.5 WINDOWS NT 3.5 DRIVERS..................................11
3.6 OS/2 WARP DRIVERS............................................12
3.7 A-PLUS DISPLAY UTILITY .....................................14
3.7 A-PLUS DISPLAY UTILITY OPERATIONAL GUIDE17
CHAPTER 4 MPEG DRIVER INSTALLATION................ 23
4.1 MEDIAMATICS - MPEG DRIVER ...........................23
4.2 XING - MPEG DRIVER (OPTION) ..........................25
4.3 DIRECT VIDEO........................................................27
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
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1.1 FEATURES
The ET6000TM PCI VGA card uses TSENG LABS powerful
ET6000
provide excellent graphics performance at high resolutions. It
provides the flexible features to meet a wide range of user
requirements.
Full PCI 2.1 compatibility.
Up to 90 Hz high screen refresh rates.
Display memory 1MB MDRAM (MultibankTM DRAM),
700MB/sec. Peak memory bandwidth .
Software MPEG playback support.
VESA VBE, DPMS, DDC support.
Full software support, including enhanced drivers for
VESA standard Feature Connector support .
TM
128-bit GUI multimedia graphics accelerator, to
up to 4.5MB MDRAM.
Windows
TM
3.1, Windows
TM
95, Windows
TM
NT, OS/2,
AutoCAD , and Direct Video 2 for Windows 95.
1.2 DISPLAY MODES SUPPORTED
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Modes MDRAM Amount Refresh
1MB 2MB 2.5MB 4MB Rate
1280x1024, 16.7M - - 1280x1024, 65536 - 1280x1024, 256 1024x768, 16.7M - 1024x768, 65536 1024x768, 256
800x600, 16.7M 800x600, 65536
800x600, 256
640x480, 16.7M
640x480, 65536
640x480, 256
75Hz
75Hz
75Hz
75Hz
75Hz
75Hz
90Hz
90Hz
90Hz
90Hz
90Hz
90Hz
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
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INSTALLATION PROCEDURE :
1. Turn off your computer and disconnect all peripherals.
2. Remove the cover of the computer per the owner’s
manual.
3. Install the card in one of the PCI bus slots.
4. Replace the cover and reconnect the peripherals.
If the system successfully powers up and the normal DOS
boot-up messages appear on the screen, the card is installed
properly.
CHAPTER 3 A-PLUS DISPLAY DRIVER
INSTALLATION
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3.1 Installation Overview
To facilitate the smooth installation of the enhanced
display device drivers and utility software, you should
read the instructions in this chapter carefully prior to
attempting installation. This chapter describes the
installation procedure for DOS , Windows 3.x and
Windows for Workgroup, Windows 95, drivers. It is
recommended that you make a backup copy of the
installation disks before you begin.
3.2 DOS Drivers
Step 1: If you are installing a DOS application driver or
utility, insert the disk labeled “ET6000 DOS and
Windows Drivers” into floppy drive A (or drive B),
and run the INSTALL program from the DOS
command line by typing A:\DOS\INSTALL [enter]
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(or B:\DOS\INSTALL [enter] as appropriate). You
will be presented with a list of options similar to
the one illustrated below.
[X] ET6000 VGA DOS Utilities
[ ] Autodesk Device Interface 4.2
Step 2: Use the arrow keys to move to the option you
wish to install, press the space bar to select (or
de-select) it, it is allowed for multiple selections.
After having selected the option(s), then press
[enter], you may be presented with relevant
application notes, read these notes carefully.
Step 3: After reading the application notes, press
[enter] to continue with the installation
procedure. You will be prompted to confirm a
directory where the files should be copied
(normally the application’s directory). You also
have the option of entering a drive and directory
of your choice. If the directory you choose does
not exist, it will be created for you.
Step 4: After the installation procedure has completed,
refer to the relevant manual or notes for futher
information.
3.3 Windows 3.x / Windows for Workgroup
Drivers and Utility
Step 1: Before starting Windows, if your Windows is
not in VGA mode, change to the Windows
directory in DOS command line, then type
SETUP, select Display, highlight the VGA, and
press [enter].
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Step 2: Launch Windows, insert the disk labeled
“ET6000 DOS and Windows Drivers” into floppy
drive A (or drive B), run the SETUP program on
Diskette from the Windows Program Manager by
selecting File|Run and typing A:\SETUP ( or
B:\SETUP as appropriate). The Setup Program
will copy the Windows driver and supported files
to your hard drive, create a Program Group, and
add the ET6000 display manager program to
'load' item of 'win.ini' file which Windows
automatically loads each time it starts. The Setup
program also place a 'Uninstaller' icon on
program group which you can run it to un-install
this package.
Step 3: After installation is completed, the Display
Control Panel will display, select the desktop size
(resolution), colors (color depth), refresh rate,
font size as you like, then press the "OK" button,
restart Windows, then the ET6000 driver will be
activated.
Step 4: After Windows is restarted, a 'ET VManager'
icon will display at the bottom of your screen. Left
Click the 'ET VManager' icon and then select the
'Diaplay Control Panel' menu item, or double
click the 'Display Control Panel' icon on the new
installed program group, the 'Diaplay Control
Panel' program will be opened, please read the
on-line help or contact the manual for futher
information to configure your desktop
environment .
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3.4 Windows 95 Drivers and Utility
Special notes for the first time you install a Tseng Labs
ET6000 card:
Due to the plug & play feature of Windows 95, if it
is the first time you install a ET6000 card and
then launch Windows 95, Windows will find a
new device (Tseng labs ET6000 VGA card) is
installed and ask you to insert the driver diskette.
In this case, please insert the diskette labeled
“ET6000 DOS and Windows Drivers” into floppy
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drive A (or drive B), then input the driver source
as A:\ (or B:\ as appropriate). After that, Windows
will prompt you again to select the device type,
please select "Tseng Labs ET6000 PCI", then
Windows will copy the ET6000 drivers and ask
you to restart Windows, you need to choose ‘OK’
to restart Windows so that the new driver will
take effect.
After Windows 95 is restarted, you should follow
the steps below to install the display utility and/or
driver.
Step 1: Launch Windows 95, insert the disk labeled
“ET6000 DOS and Windows Drivers” into floppy
drive A (or drive B), click the Start Menu and
select Run then typing A:\SETUP ( or B:\SETUP
as appropriate).
Step 2: The Setup Program will install
(i) the display control application
(ii) the Windows 95 ET6000 display drivers
In(ii), Setup program will prompt you to input the
ET6000 driver path, please input A:\ (or B:\), after
that, Setup program will prompt you again to
select the device type, please select “Tseng
Labs ET6000 PCI” and click on OK. Then
Windows will copy the ET6000 drivers, after the
installation is completed, you need to restart
Windows so that the new driver will take effect.
Step 3: After Windows is restarted, a 'ET VManager'
icon will display at the bottom of your screen.
Right Click the 'ET VManager' icon and then
select the 'Diaplay Control Panel' menu item, or
double click the 'Display Control Panel' icon on
the new installed program group, the 'Diaplay
Control Panel' program will be opened, please
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read the on-line help or contact the manual for
further information to configure your desktop
environment .
3.5 Windows NT 3.5 Drivers
To install the ET6000 display drivers for Windows NT
3.5, you must select the “Display” applet from the NT
Control Panel which is located in the Program Manager
Main folder.Change the Display option as described in
the manual supplied with NT. The ET6000 drivers for
NT 3.5 are located in the diskette labeled “ET6000
DOS and Windows Drivers” at the directory \NT35.
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3.6 OS2 Warp Drivers
To install the ET6000 display drivers for OS2 Warp,
please read the README.WAR on the diskette labeled
‘OS2 Warp Driver’ for further information.
Setting VGA Mode
Your system must be in ‘VGA’ mode prior to installation.
To restore to VGA mode :
1. Turn on the computr. If the computer is already on,
press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart it.
2. When a small white box appears in the upper left hand corner of your screen, press Alt+F1.
3. When the Recovery Choices screen appears, prss V.
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Installing the ET6000 PM Driver
When the desktop appears, open a OS/2 Window or a
OS/2 Full Screen session.
Change to the ‘A’ drive.
Insert the diskette into the ‘A’ drive and type :
“setup [source path:] [target drive:]
Where “source path” is the location of the SETUP.CMD
file and “target drive:” is the drive letter + “:” of your boot
drive. Example “setup a: c: ”
The setup program will copy a few files to your hard
drive and ask you to reboot your machine and remove
the diskette.
After the reboot, click the right mouse button on the
desktop to display the desktop menu. Choice ‘System
setup’ and ‘Display Driver Install’ to begin the second
phase of the display driver installation. Choice Primary
Display and select Tseng Laboratories ET6000 from list
adapters.
At the Monitor Configuration / Selection Utility screen,
Install Using Display Adaptor Utility Program.
At the Monitor Configuration / Selection Utility Location
screen backspace over the “A:\” and type :
c:\os2\svga.exe on mointor; click OK.
At the SVGA modes and Refresh rates supported
screen type “AUTO” and press Enter
Insert the driver diskette in to ‘A’ drive
At the Source Directory screen click INSTALL, & OK.
Type Exit and reboot your system.
Regenerating SVGADATA.PMI
You may have to regenerate you SVGADATA.PMI file
after the install is complete. To do this, either boot to
real DOS or start a DOS full-screen session. Go to the
OS/2 directory of your OS/2 boot partition and type :
“SVGA ON DOS”
The screen will go black for several seconds while the
utility gathers information about the modes support by
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your adapter. Now, your DOS session will reappear. At
this point, rename the file SVGADATA.DOS to
SVGADATA.PMI and reboot the system.
3.7 A-PLUS Display Utility
The A-PLUS Display Utility, is an integrated set of
utilities which you can use to configure and adjust your
graphics display card for optimal usage under
Microsoft Windows 3.x, Windows for Workgroup and
Windows 95. The A-PLUS features monitor Plug n'
Play support, on-the-fly resolution switching, on-the-fly
refresh rate changing, monitor centering, custom
cursor color and a variety of other productivity
enhancing features.
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Procedure to Configure A-PLUS Display Driver
Left Click (Windows 3.x), or right click(Windows 95) the 'ET
VManager' icon and then select the 'Diaplay Control Panel'
menu item, or double click the 'Display Control Panel' icon on
A-PLUS driver program group, the 'Diaplay Control Panel'
program will open, then with the following configuration
procedures, you can set the optimized desktop environment
for yourself.
1. Clicking Monitor tabbed dialog to open it, then click 'DDC
detect' (Windows 3.x) or 'Change' (Windows 95) button to
view your monitor information. If you have a plug n' play
monitor, A-PLUS driver will show your monitor's
manufacturer name and model name, and list all the
available resolutions with the maximum vertical refresh rate
that your monitor can support. If your monitor does not
support plug n' play, on Windows 3.x, a "Old-type monitor"
message will be displayed, but on Windows 95, you can
select the monitor type manually.
2. Clicking Desktop tabbed dialog to set various desktop
environments. If you have selected a monitor, a button,
below 'Refresh rate' box, with caption 'Load PnP monitor
refresh rates' or 'Load selected monitor refresh rates' will
show, press this button will update the refresh rate for all
modes in the 'Refresh rate' box, these refreah rate values
are the maximun refresh rates which your monitor supports,
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you can use these refresh rates with no trouble. However,
you can still select a higher refresh rate if you like, A-PLUS
driver has 'Preview' facility(see below) which means if your
monitor can't support some resolution and refresh rate
combination, simply press 'Enter' key or space bar or wait
15 seconds, then the original settings will be restored. Now
you can select the desired resolution* , color depth, and font
size*, and choosing the expected vertical refresh rate* from
the combo-list of the resolution you choose, then you click
"OK" or "Apply" button to finish the desktop configuration.
3. After Windows changes to the new desktop setting,
A-PLUS driver will pop up a "Reconfirm" message dialog.
You need to click "OK" to accept the new desktop resolution
and/or refresh rate, otherwise the setting will be changed
back to the original one either by clicking "Cancel"
(defaulted option) or press 'Enter' key or space bar or being
changed back automatically after 15 seconds. Remember
that, if you change your display to higher resolution or higher
refresh rate and your Windows can't appear correctly,
simply press 'Enter' key or space bar or wait 15 seconds and
your Windows will be restored with original settings.,
4. Clicking Monitor tabbed dialog to adjust screen position.
You can locate the screen to the center of the monitor by
clicking the four buttons in Screen Adjust group. Also,
A-PLUS driver provides you the Compute Refresh Rate
utility to let you check the current vertical refresh rate. After
this adjustment, you can click "Apply" or "OK" to memorize
the final setting. Next time you enter this mode, Media Pro
will auto-adjust the screen centering.
5. Clicking Cursor tabbed dialog to choose the hardware
cursor color according to your preference.
6. Clicking DMPS tabbed dialog to set the time slot for each
power-saving mode.
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3.8 A-PLUS Display Utility Operational Guide
Desktop
The Desktop dialog allows you to configure your desktop size,
color depth, font size and refresh rate.
Desktop Size:
The desktop size option allows you to select a desktop
resolution.
Colors:
Available color options depend on desktop size and installed
memory, and determine the number of colors that can be
displayed on screen.
Font:
This option allows you to select the font size Windows will use
for system menus and resources.
Refresh Rate:
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These options allow you to adjust refresh rate settings for each
display mode. Faster refresh rates are less likely to cause eye
fatigue due to screen flicker.
Load selected monitor refresh rates
This button will load the maximum refresh rates for all
resolutions which detected by DDC monitor or by the monitor
you selected. These refresh rates are only as a suggestion, you
are allowed to choose a different refresh rate if you like.
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Monitor
Detect DDC monitor or select monitor type, Screen adjustment
and compute the real refresh rate.
DDC detection or Change monitor type:
This button will be displayed as "DDC Detect" on Windows 3.x
and as "Change" on Windows 95. Press this button will detect
your monitor to see if it supports Plug & Play facility. If it does,
the manufacturer of your monitor and the display modes which
your monitor supports will be shown; if your monitor does not
support PnP, then the "Old type monitor" will be shown on
windows 3.x, but if you are running on Windows 95, then you
have a option to select the monitor type manually.
Compute Refresh Rate:
When you click on the Compute Refresh button, A-PLUS driver
will attempt to determine the current refresh rate of your monitor
in Hz.
Screen Adjustment:
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The Screen Adjustment buttons allow you to adjust screen
position. Using the arrow bitmap buttons for up, down, left, right
adjustment, the cross (+) bitmap button on the center will
restore the screen to its original position.
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DPMS
The DPMS group shows the current power management
settings. Inactivity time-out values are shown for Standby and
Off. Display Power management services work in conjunction
with EPA Energy Star compliant monitors. The DPMS screen
allows you to enable, configure and test these services.
Enable Power Saving:
To enable power savings this option must be checked. If you do
not wish to use power management services, uncheck this
option.
Standby Mode:
This option allows you to set the inactivity delay time, in minutes,
after which Standby power management takes effect. Standby
mode provided minimal power savings but has the fastest
recovery time.
Off Mode:
This option allows you to set the inactivity delay time( in
minutes) after your monitor is on the standby mode when Off
power management will takes effect. Off mode provided
maximun power savings but has the longest recovery time.
Test Buttons (Standby Test and Off Test) :
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These test buttons allow you to check the effect immediately
when your monitor enter "standby" or "off" power saving mode.
Cursor
The Cursor dialog allows you to change the
cursor color.
There are 16 cursor colors you can choose.
Info. ( Information )
This window shows the resolution, color-depth, font size and
refresh rate for current desktop setting, the graphic chipset, the
versions of the BIOS and Windows driver, and also the total
video memory size on your graphic card.
CHAPTER 4 SOFTWARE MPEG DRIVER
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INSTALLATION
4.1 MEDIAMATICS MPEG ARCADE
Player (Win 31, Win 95)
The VGA card supports software MPEG function, this is a
OM-1 compatiable MCI driver enabling software only Decode of
MPEG-1 streams. It can read MPEG-1 System, Video and
Audio Streams of up to 1.5Mbits/sec from Hard Disk or
ISO/High Sierra CD-ROMS and play back on Windows 3.1 and
Windows 95. For more information, please refer to
“readme.doc” file.
4.1.1 Hardware Requirements
For Windows 95 --
Pentium based system with 256K L2 cache
Direct Draw Enabled graphics Card (recommended)
SVGA graphics, 256 color minimum
8/16 bit Audio card with Windows 95 Drivers
(For 8 bit cards - please configure the MPEG driver using
Multimedia section in the Windows 95 Control Panel.)
For Windows 3.1x --
Pentium based system with 256K L2 cache
Video for Windows 1.1d or 1.1e by Microsoft
DCI Enabled graphics card with OffScreen Color space
support and DCI software (dciman.d11 and the DCI service
provider)
CD-I, Video CD compatible CD ROM
8/16 bit Wave card with Windows Drivers, the factory
default is 16 bit PCM Wave data (for 8 bit cards please
configure the driver using Control Panel/Drivers/Setup)
4.1.2 Installation
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Whenever you change any configuration - either the Audio or
Video quality from the Device/Configure Dialog - please stop
playing all clips and exit all running instances of Media Player.
New settings will take effect when Media Player is re-run.
※ Playing MPEG files from Windows 3.1x
1. Install the graphics device driver and DCI software and
Video for Windows 1.1d or 1.1e
2. Install Mediamatics MPEG Arcade Player by running the
program SETUP. EXE on the software disk.
※ Playing MPEG files from Windows 95
To play a MPEG file (.MPG, .MPA, .MPV) run Media Player
in one of two ways :
Start/Programs/Mediamatics Software MPEG/Arcade
Media Player
Start/Programs/Accessories/Mediamatics/Media Player
1. On the Device menu, click the Mediamatics Arcade Player
2. Double-click the file you want to play. (files with
.mpg, .mpa, .mpv extension)
3. Click play the play the MPEG file.
※ Playing Video CD files from Windows 95
To play a MPEG file (..DAT) run Media Player in 1 of 2
ways :
Start/Programs/Mediamatics Software MPEG/Arcade
Media Player
Start/Programs/Accessories/Mediamatics/Media Player
1. On the menu, click the Mediamatics Arcade Player
2. Double-click the file you want to play in the AVSEQ
directory on the CD-ROM drive. (files with .dat extension)
3. Click play the play the Video CD file.
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＃The Arcade Player for Windows95 is capable of playing only the
newer CD-i discs which carry the Video CD label. The DISC‘s that
can be played back have the label “VIDEO CD” on the jacket / disc.
4.2 XING - MPEG DRIVER (option)
The card supports software MPEG function, it supports all
resolutions and color depths supported by ET-6000 Windows
driver with DCI 1.6 support.
INSTALLATION
1. Install ET-6000 Windows driver compatible with DCI 1.6.
2. Launch Windows 3.1 or Windows 95.
3. Insert the Xing Native-MPEG Driver diskette in the drive A.
4. Run the SETUP program on the diskette in the Windows
environment. (The SETUP program will automatically restart
Windows.
To Use Video for Windows‘ Media Player with Xing
Native-MPEG Driver
The driver should be used with Microsoft‘s Video for Windows
ver.1.1e rtv Media Player. Refer to the Microsoft Video for
windows User’s Guide for detail.
To specify the Xing Native-MPEG Driver :
1. From the device menu, select the Native-MPEG ...device.
2. Select the drive, subdirectory and name of the MPEG file in
dialog box.
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To adjust viewing characteristics of the software MPEG
files :
1. Use File/Open and/or Device/Native-MPEG... to select a file
2. From the menu, select Configure... to launch the
configuration dialog box.
DCI support :
By default, the “Use DCI if available” option is active. When this
option is disabled, the Xing Native-MPEG Driver will not use
DCI.
DCI support :
By default, the “Use DCI if available” option is active. When this
option is disabled, the Xing Native-MPEG Driver will not use
DCI.
Rate Control :
When Rate Control is ON, the driver plays the loaded MPEG file
at normal speed. When Rate Control is OFF, the driver ignores
the frame rate, display ever video frame, and disanles audio
playback.
Audio :
The sample rate options (11KHz and 44KHz) specify the rate at
which the driver decodes the MPEG file.
The audio playback mode options (Steroeo and Mono) specify
the decoding mode of the driver. Mono-encoded files will
always be decoded in Mono mode.
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Direct Video revision II supports Direct X II standard, it should
be run under MS-Windows 95 platform. For installation, you
should enter into DOS mode.
1. Under DOS mode, insert the diskette labeled of “Direct
Video ” into the ‘A’ drive and change to the device.
2. Run ‘ Install’, follow the instruction showed on screen.
3. Restart Windows 95
4. Run ‘ C:\DVIDEO2\SETUP’
5. Reboot the system
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