Pixel Magic PMS PDI Deluxe Owner's Manual

Copyright 2003 PMS Video Ltd. All Rights
Reserved.
Feb 2004

Doc. No: PMS-UM0005 Rev. 1.3
Last Update: Feb 24, 2004

Information in this document is subject to change
without notice. The software provided driver and
software DScaler are under GNC General Public
License (GPL). Software support is not provided by
PMS Video Ltd.

Please address comments or questions to:

Address:
PMS Video Ltd.
Unit 111, Innovation Center,
No.6 Science Park West,
Hong Kong Science Park,
Pak Shek Kok, Hong Kong

Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Website: www.pmsvideo.com
Support Forum:
www.pmsvideoforum.com

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Chapter 1:Product Description..........4

Physical Dimensions:...........................................4

Features:..............................................................4

Input Specifications: ............................................4

System Requirements:..........................................5

PDI Deluxe Card includes:...................................5

Chapter 2:Hardware Installation......6

Hardware Installation...........................................6

Chapter 3:Software Installation........8

DScaler 4.1.X Installation....................................8

DScaler Setting:.................................................10

Chapter 4:Appendix...............................12

Xcard Setting:....................................................12

Fusion BT878A driver Installation:....................12

Chapter 5:Limited Warranty............13

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Chapter 1:Product Description

Features:

The PDI (Parallel Digital Interface) Deluxe Card is
not only designed to work with the Realmagic Xcard
or 100% compatible MPEG2/MPEG4 decoder card,
but it also provides a set of analog inputs for video
processing of various input sources. This solution
combines the power of sophisticated deinterlacing,
video processing and scaling capability of the
DScaler software, and represents a revolution in the
HTPC (home theater PC) history. The result turns a
personal computer into a high performance digital
media player and video processor/scaler and delivers
unprecedented high quality video in home theaters.

Physical Dimensions:

 Height: 11cm
 Length: 13cm

 Easy to install
 32-bit PCI bus mastering, Plug-n-Play

compliant

 26-pin connector compatible with the digital

video output of Realmagic Xcard

 Analog Video Inputs: Component, RGB,

RGBS, S-Video and Composite

 Video formats supported: 480i (NTSC) and

576i (PAL)

 Fully compatible with the DScaler software
 Supports Microsoft Windows

98/ME/2000/XP

Input Specifications:

 One Parallel Digital Interface (PDI)
 Three RCA sockets can be used as:

-One component

-Three composites

-RGB(Sync on Green)

-RGBS (SCART) - One S-video is

used for sync input

 Two S-videos - Each S-video can be used as

two composite inputs*

*S-video to composite conversion cables are not
included

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System Requirements:

 Intel P4 1GHz or higher, or compatible

computer

 One available PCI 2.1 compliant slot
 Realmagic Xcard or 100% compatible

MPEG2/MPEG4 decoder card

 An AGP video card
 DRAM: 128MB or more
 Extra disk space: 10MB or more
 Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
 Graphic subsystem with DirectX 8.0 or higher

PDI Deluxe Card includes:

1. One PMS PDI Deluxe Card

2. One PMS PDI Deluxe card to Xcard Ribbon
Cable

3. User Manual CD and Software

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