ATI Multimedia Center 7 User’s Guide Version 5.0 P/N 137-40188-50 Rev. E © Copyright 2000, by ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved, including those to reproduce this guide or parts thereof, in any form without the express written permission of ATI Technologies Inc. Features and specifications are subject to change without notice. Trademarks and/or registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners: ALL-IN-WONDER 128, ALL-IN-WONDER 128 PRO, ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON – ATI Technologies Inc.
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Table of Contents Using Your ATI Multimedia Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Starting ATI Multimedia Center.................................................................... 6 Starting from LaunchPad........................................................................ 6 Starting from Windows® taskbar........................................................... 7 Attaching and Detaching Panels.................................................................... 7 Online Help..........................
Video CD ......................................................................................... 49 Video CD Control menu....................................................................... 50 Capturing still frames from Video CDs ............................................... 51 Zooming and Panning .......................................................................... 51 Video CD Display settings ................................................................... 52 Video CD Preferences settings.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center This chapter explains how to use the special features that your ATI Multimedia Center offers. The Multimedia Center is a suite of products that provides TV, Video CD, CD Audio, DVD, and File Player in one package. Because North American and European television use different broadcast standards, closed-captioning and related features are available only in North America. IN THIS CHAPTER...
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Starting ATI Multimedia Center Starting from LaunchPad The LaunchPad provides a convenient way to start all your Multimedia Center 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.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Starting from Windows® taskbar 1 In the Windows taskbar, click Start. 2 Point at Programs 3 Point at ATI Multimedia Center 4 Click CD Audio, DVD, LaunchPad, File Player, TV, or Video CD. . . For information about using the ATI Multimedia Center features, see the online help.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Online Help Feature Help. Click the Help button in any display panel to open the online help. F1 Context-Sensitive Help. Context-sensitive help is always available for each feature; just press the F1 key. Tool Tips. Simply move the mouse cursor over a control to see a description of its purpose.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 9 TV Watch Television on your computer! You can 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, Parental Control, and more. When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the display panel, the “About...” notice appears.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center To start TV from LaunchPad Click TV in the Launchpad. For information on LaunchPad, see page 6. from Windows® taskbar 1 In the Windows taskbar, click Start, then point at Programs . 2 Point at ATI Multimedia Center , then click TV. You can also start TV from other Multimedia Center features installed on your system—DVD, 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.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 11 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, Parental Control, Sound, and TV-on-Demand. • Note • If you have a Video-In card, only the Sound Initialization Wizard is used. TV-on-Demand is only available if your card supports it.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Click Next >. The TV-on-Demand Initialization Wizard appears. Follow the Wizard’s instructions to set up a temporary file and allocate file space. Available time is indicated. The Advanced Settings button lets you customize settings for image quality and processor load. Click Next >. The End of Initialization Wizard panel appears. Click Finish to complete TV setup.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 13 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 Opens the TV setup page. Always On Top Displays TV on top of other applications. Hide Controls Hides the TV Control panel. Zooming Select zoom ratio (2x, 4x, or 8x) or Unzoom if already zoomed. See Zooming and panning on page 27.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 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 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.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 15 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. Connector Choose cable, composite or S-Video input. • If you choose Composite or S-Video, you must specify the Broadcast Standard. Broadcast Standard Choose the broadcast standard: NTSC, PAL, or SECAM.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 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. Channel Name You can enter channel names Details... Select a channel, then click the Details... button to open the Channel Property Details page (see Channel Property Details on page 16).
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 17 Channel Name Type a name for the channel. Number Displays the channel number. Tunes to Station 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 16). Channel in Favorite List Check to add the channel to the channels that TV receives when you click the channel up/down buttons).
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Channel Specific Settings Video Click Video, then click Details... to open the Channel Based Video Settings page. Move the sliders to change the values Amount of color in the image. Color Balance of light and dark in Brightness the image. Gradation of tone between the Contrast image’s highlights, midtones and shadows. Balance of red, green, and Tint blue in the image. Broadcast Standard Choose the broadcast standard for this channel.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 19 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 43. TV Schedule settings The Scheduler lets you set up TV to watch or record selected TV programs at times you specify.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 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 29), a password is required to access it.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 21 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. Note Closed-Captioning is only available in North America. To display closed-captioned text Click the Closed Caption button in the TV control panel.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 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 Font... to select the display font. Placement Video Window Displays closed captioned text superimposed on the video. Click Font... to select the display font. Solid Background Displays closed captioned text on a solid background.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 23 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.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 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 Type the first word to be matched. Match Type Choose the type of match you want: • By Itself Notify when the First Word occurs.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 25 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 70). Note • • TV Magazine is only available in North America.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center File Name Type a name for the file. File Format Select a file format (RTF, TXT, or HTML). Overwrite files Check to overwrite existing files. Uncheck to keep existing files. Options Remove Advertising Automatically skips commercial advertising when you display or transcribe closed-captioned text.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 27 Secondary Audio Program (SAP) The Secondary Audio Program can be used to broadcast, for example, language translations, reading services for the visually impaired, weather forecasts, or information about a show. • Note • Not all television stations broadcast stereo or SAP. SAP is not available in Japanese versions of TV. To hear the Secondary Audio Program Right-click the Mute button in the Television control panel, and click Sap in the drop-down menu.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 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. 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.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 29 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 • Passwords are case-sensitive. For example, 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.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Parental Control Parental Control lets you restrict access to TV programs depending on their content rating. The video and audio of programs that you restrict will be scrambled until the correct password is entered. • • • Note • • Parental Control is only available for North American (NTSC) Television. Passwords are case-sensitive, and must be at least three characters in length. If you forget your password, you must uninstall and reinstall your TV software.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 31 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 MPEG or AVI file on your computer’s hard disk. See Digital VCR on page 36 for details. Still images. Capture full- color, 24-bit-per-pixel, still images from television, and MPEG clips (see Video CD on page 49), save them, and print them.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 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 MPEG or 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.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 33 TV-on-Demand™ TV-on-Demand (“Time-Shifting”) is available if your graphics card supports it (for example, the ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON and the ALL-IN-WONDER 128 PRO). TV-onDemand combines the immediacy of live TV with the storage and replay capability of a VCR to create a new way to watch and interact with TV. Live Pause. With a mouse click, you can pause a live TV broadcast, and resume viewing the time-shifted video later, without missing any of the action.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Note If you do not hear TV audio, see Troubleshooting on page 74. To return to live broadcasting Click the Live TV button in the TV-on-Demand control panel. Video recording stops. To keep recording while you watch live TV, stay in TV-on-Demand mode and drag the slider to the right (see To move within time-shifted video on page 35). To play time-shifted video Click the Play button in the TV-on-Demand control panel.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 35 To move within time-shifted video Drag the slider with your mouse. The time display Live indicates the position in the recorded video. As you move the slider all the way to the right, the time display indicates Live. To export time-shifted video Click the Export button in the TV-on-Demand control panel. A dialog appears, where you can select the portion of time-shifted video you want to save (Range:), and the location to store it (Output File:).
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 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 MPEG or AVI file. You can play captured files in the File Player (see File Player on page 65.) The Schedule feature lets you record TV programs on the dates and times you specify (see Schedule on page 70).
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 37 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.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Real-time MPEG encoding If your computer uses a Pentium® II, Pentium® III, Pentium® processor with MMX technology or an AMD Athlon™ processor, you can capture video and save it in MPEG format, in real time. The Digital VCR Custom Settings provide four, pre-set MPEG recording settings, as well as AVI, and you can customize video and audio settings for your particular purposes.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 39 Achieving the best results with MPEG video capture To access MPEG properties 1 Click the setup button in the Television control panel, then click the Digital VCR tab. 2 In Recording Quality, click the Set Custom... button. 3 Click Best Quality, then click the Edit... button. Capture Wizard (Step 1) appears. 4 Enter a name and description (if desired) for the preset. 5 Click Next >. Capture Wizard (Step 2) appears.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Video Format IBP Frames (Mbps) Minimum CPU Required I-Frame Only (Mbps) Minimum CPU Required 160x120 1.0 P200-MMX 1.0 P200-MMX 352x240 1.5 PII-266 2.0 P200-MMX 320x480 3.0 PII-400 4.0 PII-266 640x480 4.0 Athlon 600 6.0 PIII-450 720x480 4.0 Athlon 700 6.0 PIII-450 Mbps = Megabits per second, or millions of bits per second. 1 Mbps is approximately 125Kbytes/second.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 41 TV Listings Gemstar’s GuidePlus+ 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 11). You can schedule recording and viewing sessions, search for programs, and maintain a list of your favorite shows.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Note When you use TV Listings, the TV Control panel is hidden and the following features are unavailable: • On-screen display of channel information. • Resizing the Display panel (see page 12). • Zoom and Pan (see page 27). • Video Desktop is deactivated when you open TV Listings, and reactivated when you close TV Listings (see page 28). • In TV-on-Demand mode, viewing goes to Live (see page 33).
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 43 Stills Gallery The still images you capture from TV, Video CD, or File Player 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. Note If you close the Stills Gallery without saving, your captured still images are deleted. When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the Stills Gallery, the “About...” notice appears.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 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 Capture to clipboard Places captured images on the Windows Clipboard.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 45 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 70). When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the display panel, the “About...” notice appears.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 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 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.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 47 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. When you put an audio CD in your CD-ROM drive, the CD Audio program can query a global CDDB server for 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.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Dial-Up Networking Use dial-up networking when accessing the server. Disable CD Database 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. 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.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 49 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. If you have more than one feature installed, a Task menu displays available and active features. For information about using Video CD controls, see the online help and Tool Tips. To start Video CD from LaunchPad Click Video CD in the Launchpad. For information on LaunchPad, see page 6.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 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 Open the Video CD setup page. Eject CD Eject the video CD from the drive. Play Play the loaded Video CD. Pause Pause playback. Stop Stop playback. Display Size 50% Display video at 1/2 size. 75% Display video at 3/4 size.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 51 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 43). 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.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 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 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.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 53 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. Movie Scale Show Time Display scale in time. Show Total Time Display the total time of the playing video CD or file.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 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 43.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 55 DVD DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) is a high-density format that provides as much as 17 Gigabytes of storage—25 times more than a CD-ROM. This vastly increased capacity lets you view a full-length movie or play games that used to require multiple CDs. Many DVD titles provide new viewing capabilities: interactive menu selection, multiple languages, foreign-language subtitles, multiple viewing angles, and more.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center You can also start DVD from other Multimedia Center features installed on your system—TV, Video CD, File Player, and CD Audio. Click the ATI logo in the upper left corner of the feature’s control panel, then click DVD. What can I play on my DVD drive? You can play all video discs that conform to the DVD Video Disc 1.0 specification, including encrypted (copy-protected) and interactive titles.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 57 Playing DVD Video Disks All DVD players and drives will read audio CDs and CD-ROMs, and play music from Enhanced CDs (CD Plus, CD Extra). To play DVD discs Place a DVD disk in your DVD drive, then click the Play DVD button in the File Open dialog. Selecting audio streams When you view a standard DVD Video disc that has multiple audio streams, clicking the audio channel button displays a pop-up menu of available audio streams.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Using the menus Click the Menus button in the DVD control panel. A pop-up “menu of menus” opens, where you can select a menu to jump to. Standard DVD Video Discs provide up to six menus: • Title (usually, a whole movie or album) • Root • Audio • Sub-picture (sub-pictures overlay the video, and are used for sub-titles, karaoke, menus, simple animation, etc.).
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 59 Parental Control Parental Control lets you restrict access to selected material by requiring password access. Click the Parental Lockout button in the DVD control panel to display a menu of parental level choices. The selected level is checkmarked. • When a parental level is selected, a password dialog appears. A password is required to change parental levels.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center DVD Control menu As well as using the control panel buttons, you can access DVD functions by right-clicking on the video viewing area or the control panel. This is very useful when you play files in fullscreen mode. The following menu items are available: Setup Opens the Preferences page. Hide controls Hides the full-screen controls (see Full-screen controls on page 56). Eject Ejects the DVD disc from the drive.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 61 DVD display settings The Display settings page lets you control how video is displayed in DVD. To open the Display settings page Click the Setup button in the DVD control panel, then click the Display tab. Display Size Display video at 50%, 75%, 100%, or full screen. If the DVD video disc contains the appropriately formatted content, DVD video can be displayed with a width-toheight ratio of 4:3 (standard TV shape) or 16:9 (widescreen).
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center DVD Preferences settings The Preferences settings page lets you control how video is displayed in DVD. To open the Display settings page Click the Setup button in the DVD control panel, then click the Preferences tab. Preferred Language Select a 1st choice and a 2nd choice for your preferred language. • DVD automatically selects the audio stream and subtitles to match the 1st choice. • If the 1st choice is not available, the 2nd choice is used.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 63 DVD Video settings The Display Settings page lets you adjust video characteristics. Your hardware will determine which settings are available. To open the DVD Video settings page Click the Setup button in the DVD control panel, then click the Video tab. Brightness Adjusts the intensity of light in your display. Gamma Adjusts the color brightness of your display.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Region codes There are six region codes, or “country codes”, which are used to prevent playback of certain discs in certain geographical regions. DVD players will not play discs that are not allowed in the region. If you insert a DVD disc whose region code is different from the currently-set value, a dialog appears where you can change the region code for your location. You can only change Region Codes five times. Region 1 The U.S., U.S. territories and Canada.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 65 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. For example, MPEG-2 file playback is available if software such as ATI’s DVD Player is installed. You can play the following, multimedia files: • AVI • MPEG (,mpg, .mpeg) • MP (.mp3, .mp2) • MIDI (.mid) • WAV (.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 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 Open the File Player Setup page. Hide/Show Controls Hide the File Player Control panel. Play Play the current file. Stop Stop playing.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 67 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.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 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 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.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 69 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.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Schedule Use the Schedule feature to activate events on the dates and times you want. You can schedule events for CD Audio, TV Magazine, Digital VCR, File Player, and TV. To set up scheduled events Click the Setup button in the DVD, 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.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 71 Schedule settings Name The name of the event. Checked events are active. Feature The feature to schedule: CD Audio, File Player, Television, TV Magazine, Video Capture, or Video CD. When When the event occurs. Next Run Time The next time the event will run. Modify Click to change values for a scheduled event. Delete Remove a scheduled event. Delete All Remove all scheduled events.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center TV Out You can connect a television set as your computer’s display, and use your Multimedia Center to view computer output directly on your television in NTSC or PAL formats, connect using Composite or S-Video output capabilities, and display images on the TV and PC monitor simultaneously. TV Out provides a big-screen experience for entertainment PCs that is ideal for playing games, giving presentations, watching movies, and browsing the Internet.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Teletext ATI’s new Teletext application lets you get the most out of working with Teletext. ATI Teletext eliminates all the familiar disadvantages of television’s teletext, and allows you to surf in the teletext data stream. The ATI Teletext User’s Guide provides complete installation and operating instructions. Note Teletext is only available in Europe.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 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 poweredon (POWER indicator light is on) and connected to the LINE-OUT or SPEAKER OUT connectors on your sound card. Still no sound? Play a .WAV sound: 1 Click Start, point at Settings then double-click Sounds. 2 In the Events area, Click Asterisk, then click a .
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 75 When you hear sound from your speakers, you know they are working. • If you still experience audio problems, check the audio connections to your ALL-IN-WONDER 128 family card. No sound from TV Ensure that the audio connection between your ALL-IN-WONDER 128 family card or ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON card and your sound card is correct.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Can’t capture sound Check the Record mixer settings: 1 Click Start, point at Programs , point at Accessories , point at Entertainment , then select Volume Control. Or, right-click the speaker icon (usually in the lowerright corner of your screen), then click Open Volume Controls. 2 In the Volume Control menu, click Options, click Properties, click Recording, then click OK. The Recording Control opens.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 77 No sound on the videotape when outputting to a VCR Connect your PC audio to the VCR: • Left and right audio output from your VCR must be connected to your ALL-IN-WONDER 128 family card or ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON card (note that S-Video does not provide an audio connection). For complete installation instructions, refer to the ALL-IN-WONDER 128 / ALL-IN-WONDER 128 PRO / ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON Installation and Setup User’s Guide. R. AUDIO IN L. AUDIO IN COMP.
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 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 15. For proper operation, you must specify your country in the TV Channels Initialization Wizard (see page 11). • 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.
Index A Attaching and detaching control panels 7 Audio troubleshooting 74 Autoscan 16 C Cable standard 16 Capture Wizard 37, 38 Capturing video and still images 31 saving and compressing captured files 36 CD Audio 45 CD Database 47 Schedule settings 48 settings 46 CD Database 47 Channel name 16 Channel Property Details 16 Channel Surfing 20 Closed Captioning settings 21 Closed-captioned text transcribing 25 Control menu DVD 60 File Player 66 TV 13 Video CD 50 Control panels attaching and detaching 7 D Digit
R Real-time MPEG encoding 38 Recording quality 37 Region codes 64 Resource conflict 6 HotWords Wizard 24 I I, B, P frames 39 I-frames 39 Initialization Wizard 11 TV 11 Instant Replay 33 K Karaoke CDs 49 L LaunchPad starting Multimedia Center from 6 Live Pause 33 M MPEG achieving best results with video capture 39 customizing recording settings 38 real-time encoding 38 Multimedia Center starting 6 using 5 O overview 9 P Parental Control 30 DVD 59 password 11 Wizard 11 Program Lockout passwords 29 Wizard 29
Sizing TV display 12 Sound Initialization Wizard 11 starting from Taskbar 9 Starting Multimedia Center 6 Still image capture 31 Stills Gallery 43 settings 43 Surfing channels 20 T Teletext 73 Tool Tips 8 Transcribing closed-captioned text 25 Troubleshooting audio 74 sound card connection 75 VCR audio connection 76 video 74 Tuner settings TV 16 TV capturing video and still images 31 Channel Property Details 16 Channel surfing 20 Closed-Captioning settings 21 Control menu 13 Digital VCR 36 HotWords 23 Initia
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