Terratec TVALUE878 QR VXD User Manual

Version BT878

Quick reference ( english)

22.07.99

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CE Declaration
We:

TerraTec Electronic GmbH, Herrenpfad 38, D-41334 Nettetal, Germany
hereby declare that the product:
ReceiverSystem TerraTValue
to which this declaration refers is in compliance with the following standards or standardizing

documents:

1. EN 55022

2. EN 50082-1
The following are the stipulated operating conditions and environmental conditions for said compliance:
Residential, business and commercial environments and small - company environments.
This declaration is based on:
Test report(s) of the EMC testing laboratory

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Hardware Overview

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•  SVHS-In

•  Video In

•  Audio Out

•  Antenna Terminal

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Key features

• Brooktree 878 chipset

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• Intel

Intercast Technology – Receiving

Internet sites via TV signals

• High-speed videotex – videotex without
waiting times

• Recording of stills and video sequences

• TV screen scalable up to full screen size

• Multiple-station preview of up to 100

stations simultaneously

• SVHS and video inputs for external video
sources

• Win95/98 compatible

• Ideal for Internet video conferencing

• 2 year warranty

System Requirements

• Pentium 90 MHz

• Windows 95 or Windows 98

• 1 free PCI 2.1 master slot

• Active speakers or a sound card

• 1 free interrupt

If your PC and equipment do not meet these requirements, the TerraTValue will not operate
correctly.

• CD-ROM drive (to install the drivers and
software)

• 1 PCI VGA card with Direct Draw drivers
and Video Overlay support

Package Contents

• TerraTValue Card

• External audio cable (for connecting a

sound card to the LINE IN terminal)

• TerraTValue CD-ROM with (drivers,
TerraTValue software, Intel

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Intercast

Viewer, MS Netmeeting, Videotext
software, DirectX 6.0, Acrobat Reader)

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Installing the Hardware

Install the hardware as follows:

1. Switch off your PC and all connected periphery, in other words printer, monitor and so on.
Leave the AC cord connected for the time being, so that your computer is still grounded.

2. Touch the metal chassis at the rear of the PC to ground yourself and discharge static. Now
unplug the cord from the AC mains socket.

3. Now remove the cover from the case of your PC.

4. Look for a free PCI expansion slot. When selecting the PCI slot, note that TV cards should
not be plugged into PCI slot 1 in conj unction wit h an AGP graphics card because PC I slot 1 is
always assigned the same interrupt as the AGP slot. This would give both cards the same
interrupt, which can lead to crashes during operation! The numbers assigned to the PCI
slots are listed in your mainboard manual.

5. Carefully remove the card from its packaging and pick it up by the edges with one hand
while your other hand is touching a metal part of the P C. This will ensure that your body is
completely discharged through your computer and the TV card is not damaged.

6. Align the holder at the rear of the TV card in the expansion slot in such a way that the card’s
connectors are directly aligned with the slot’s socket (refer to the following illustration).

7. Push the TV card firmly into the slot, ensuring good contact.

8. Fasten the TV card with an appropriate screw.

9. If a sound card is installed, connect the TV card to it u s ing the supplied jack-jack cable. Plug
one end into the audio output of the TV card and the other end into the LINE IN terminal on
the sound card (refer to the following illustration).

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fig. 1: Connect the output of the TV card to the input of the sound card as shown

in this illustration.

If you connect the TV card to the sound card, be sure to read the section called Important
Settings for Sound Card Owners on page 11!

10. Reinstall the cover of your PC case.

11. Using the supplied adapter, connect the antenna cable (which you would normally connect

to the antenna input terminal on your television) to the antenna terminal on the TV card.
Reconnect the mains and all other cables. Make sure that your speakers are set to low
volume. Start your computer.

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Windows 98 Installation

Step – 1

1. Instal the TerraTValue hardware and start W indows 98.

2. During startup, place the provided TerraTValue CD into your CD-ROM drive.

3. After Windows 98 has started, the TerraTValue is detected as a PCI Multimedia Video
Device. Confirm the message by clicking the Next button.

4. Using the mouse, select the Search for the best driver for the device. (Recommended)
option and confirm your choice by clicking Next.

5. Enable the check box next to CD-ROM drive. Confirm this setting by clicking Next.

6. Windows 98 now informs you that it has found the driver for the TerraTValue. Confirm the
message by clicking the Next button. Windows 98 then copies and installs all of the
required driver files.

7. When the installation is complete, Windows 98 informs you that all drivers for the device
have been installed. Confirm the message by clicking the Next button.

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Step – 2

1. When the first part of the installation is complete, Windows 98 finds a second device called

TerraTValue – Audio Section. Confirm the message by clicking the Next button.

2. Using the mouse, select the Search for the best driver for the device. (Recommended)

option and confirm your choice by clicking Next.

3. Enable the check box next to CD-ROM drive. Confirm this setting by clicking Next.

4. Windows 98 now informs you that it has found the driver for the TerraTValue – Audio

Section. Confirm the message by clicking the Next button. Windows 98 then copies and
installs all of the required driver files.

5. When the installation is complete, W indows 98 informs you that all drivers for the device

have been installed. Confirm the message by clicking the Next button. This concludes the
installation of the drivers.

Uninstalling the Drivers

The easiest way to uninstall the drivers is to use the Uninstall utility, which you can find in the

\Drivers\Uninstall directory of your TerraTValue CD or at our Internet site at
www.terratec.net. Uninstall the drivers as follows:

1. To uninstall the TerraTValue drivers, run the Uninstall utility.

2. Click the Uninstall button.

3. Once all drivers have been uninstalled, a message is displayed informing you that the

uninstallation was successful. Confirm the message by clicking the Exit button.

4. This concludes the uninstallation of the TerraTValue drivers.

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Installing the TV Software

TerraTValue includes high-quality, 32-bit TV software, which provides a colorful spectrum of
features and makes the operation of the individual TV functions more convenient. Inst all the
TV software as follows:

1. Start the TerraTValue Autostarter by placing the TerraTValue CD into your CD-ROM drive or
by running the Autorun.exe file located in the main directory of the CD.

2. Select the language to be used for the installation.

3. To install the TerraTValue software, click the TV software button. Follow the instructions of
the installation program. When the installation is complete, you will find the TerraTValue
software and the Online Manual in the TerraTValue program group.

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Important System Settings for Operating the TV Card

Observe the following items to ensure that the TV card provides optimal performance:

• The color depth for your graphics board should be set to a minimum of 16 bit or 65536

colors so that the TV image can be displayed in tru e-to-life color. You can change the color
depth setting for your graphics board under Control Panel > Display. For questions
regarding the configuration of the color depth, refer to the manual provided with your
graphics board.

• The TV card blends the TV/Video data directly into the memory of your graphics board

through the PCI bus. This requires direct access to the hardware of the graphics board.
Because direct access under Windows is only possible through a DirectX driver, your
graphics board must be equipped with a DirectX driver that supports Video Overlay. Video
Overlay refers to the blending of the TV data into the graphics board memory. If you are not
sure whether your graphics board driver supports DirectX, acquire the newest drivers for
your graphics board and then install the newest v ersion of DirectX. The DirectX 6.0 drivers
are provided in the \DirectX directory of the TerraTValue CD!

• If you own a mainboard with VIA or SIS chipset, you should check certain settings in your

system BIOS. If you do not know what chipset is installed on your mainboard, refer to your
mainboard manual or try to locate large, obvious chips on your mainboard and compare
their labels with the following list.

Important:
You might find that the chipset on your mainboard matches one of the chipsets listed in the
following but that the corresponding setting is not available in your BIOS. In this case, try to
activate the corresponding options by acquiring a BIOS update. Another way of accessing the
corresponding settings is by using the TweakBIOS utility, which you can download from the
Internet. This tool allows you to enable hidden BIOS settings.

Chipset Note:

VIA VT82c598 MVP Set the CPU to PCI Write Buffer option to disabled. You can find

this setting in your BIOS under the PnP/PCI-Configuration item.

VIA VT82c598 MVP3 Set the CPU to PCI Write Buffer option to disabled. You can find

this setting in your BIOS under the PnP/PCI-Configuration item.

SIS 5582 Set the Peer Concurrency option to disabled. You can find this

setting in your BIOS under the Chipset Features Setup item.

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Important Settings for Sound Card Owners

If you have connected the Audio output of the TV card to the Line-In input of your sound card
using the provided jack-jack cable, you will have to make ce rtain settings in the mixer for the
sound card so that you can hear and record the TV/Vide o t one.

fig. 2: Connect the TV and sound card as illust ra t ed here.

To do so, proceed as follows:

1. Double-click the volume control icon illustrated here, which is found on the
taskbar.

2. Be sure that the Mute option under the Line-In slider is not checked and that the Line-I n
slider is not at the bottom of its range.

3. Select the Options\Properties menu item.

4. Set the Adjust volume for option to Recording. Confirm you r choice by clicking OK.

5. Now enable the check box below the Line-In slider and set the Line- In slider to its middle
position. By checking the check box below Line-In, you define the Line-In input of your
sound card as a recording input source. This is required if you want to record a video
sequence with sound!

Close Volume Control to completes the sound card configuration.

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The TerraTec Hotline

If you still have problems or questions, please review all of the instructions in this
documentation first.

If you are certain that you can’t solve your problem without assistance, please call our hotline.
Our friendly support team is available from Monday through Friday from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Central European Time under the number [phone].
Please have the following information handy to ensure that your call is processed quickly:

• Your registration number

• This quick-reference guide

• A printout of your configuration files

• The manual of your motherboard

• A screenshot of your BIOS configuration.

If possible, call from within reach of your running computer. Please also note the name of the
support team member who answers your call, as you will need it if you have to return a
defective card.

If you live in one of the countries below, please call the corresponding Hotline number:

U.K. or Ireland Benelux U.S.A.

[phone]
Monday through Friday

9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (local time)
For all the other countries, please call [phone].
Our friendly support team is available from Monday through Friday from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. (CET).

Another source of help is our Internet support page:

http://www.terratec.net/support.htm

It is also useful to keep all of the information re levant t o y our comput er handy when u sing t his
resource. Providing detailed information about y our problem increases the chances of getting
quick assistance.

[phone]
Monday through Friday
3 p.m. - 6 p.m. (local time)

[phone]
Monday through Friday
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (pacific time)

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