ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Installation and Setup User’s Guide Version 1.0 P/N 117-70069-00 © 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.
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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 ....................................
Movies tab ............................................................................................ 44 Schedules tab ........................................................................................ 45 Searches tab .......................................................................................... 45 Setting search parameters ..................................................................... 46 Sports tab ..................................................................................
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.
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Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 7 Minimum System Requirements PC with a Pentium® processor with MMX 32 MBytes of memory USB port Sound card and speakers Computer system • • • • Operating system Windows 98®, Windows Me®, or Windows 2000® Display adapter 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Setting up your TV WONDER USB Edition There are two ways to install the hardware and software. Method 1 1 Turn on your system. Using the supplied USB cable, connect the pod to the USB port. 2 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, and click Next. (The wording will vary, depending upon the version of Windows.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 9 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 Infrared in (Remote control) Cable with S-Video plugs at each end } Cable with RCA plugs at each end Cable with mini-phone plugs at each end S-Video in or Composite video in (via adapter–see Note.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 11 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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, and more. 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 13 To start TV from LaunchPad Click TV USB Edition in the LaunchPad. For information on LaunchPad, see page 10. from Windows® taskbar 1 In the Windows taskbar, click Start, then point at Programs . 2 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 15 Sizing the TV display You can resize the TV display using the mouse, the Maximize button, or CTRL key combination. • 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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 31.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 17 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 19 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 19).
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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 19).
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Channel Specific Settings 21 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 23 ATI TV Bar 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 1 Launch Internet Explorer. 2 In Explorer’s menu bar, click View Bar , then click ATI TV. , point to Explorer Or click the ATI TV button in Explorer’s menu bar.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 25 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 27 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 29 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). Note • • TV Magazine is only available in North America.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 31 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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® taskbar. Click the icon to display a small control panel that you can use to change channels and control the volume.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 33 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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 full- color, 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 (.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 35 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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).
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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).
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 39 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 1 In the File menu, click Download Weekly File. The Download Assistant opens. 2 Click the Download button to download the listings. To make changes, click the Change Settings button.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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: Watch Adds the item to your Watch schedule (see Schedules tab on page 45).
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 41 Viewing 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. Views 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).
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 43 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 45 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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: Stations Select All or None using the appropriate buttons at the bottom of the list. To use selected stations, click the station names to highlight them. Program Categories Select All or None using the appropriate buttons at the bottom of the list.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 47 Sports tab 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition • 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 49 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. 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...
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 51 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 53 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 55 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. To start Video CD from LaunchPad Click Video CD in the LaunchPad. For information on LaunchPad, see page 10. From Windows® taskbar 1 In the Windows taskbar, click Start.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 57 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 59 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 61 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: • AVI • MPEG (.mpg, .mpeg) • MP (.mp3, .mp2) • MIDI (.mid) • 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 63 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 65 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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.
Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition 67 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 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 TV Wonder™ USB Edition 69 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.
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Index A ATI TV Bar 23 controls 23 Attaching and detaching control panels 11 Audio and video devices connecting 9 Audio troubleshooting 68 Autoscan 19 settings 37 C Cable standard 19 Capture Wizard 37 Capturing video and still images 34 saving and compressing captured files 36 CD Audio 51 CD Database 53 Schedule settings 54 settings 52 CD Database 53 Channel name 19 Channel Property Details 19 Channel Surfing 24 Closed Captioning settings 25 Closed-captioned text transcribing 29 Connecting video and audio
R Recording quality 37 Resource conflict 10 S Schedule settings 67 Wizard 66 Schedule Wizard CD Audio 54 File Player 65 TV 22 Setting up TV WONDER USB Edition 8 Settings CD Audio 52 Closed Captioning 25 Digital VCR 37 File Player 64 File Player Preferences 65 File Player Schedule 65 File Player Stills Gallery 65 HotWords 27 Schedule 67 Stills Gallery 49 TV display 17 TV Stills Gallery 22 TV Tuner 19 TV tuner settings 19 TV Video 18 Video CD 58 Video CD Stills Gallery 60 Setup 8 Sizing TV display 15 starting
filter options 42 getting around 40 movies tab 44 recording shows 40 Schedules tab 45 searches 43 Searches tab 45 setting search parameters 46 setting up, registering, downloading updated listings, customizing channels, updating listings 39 Sports tab 47 starting 38 Stations tab 47 Titles tab 48 viewing shows 41 views, Grid, Log 41 TV Magazine setting up 29 starting 29 Wizard 26, 29 TV Magazine Wizard 26 TV Wonder USB Edition using 5 V Video capture 34 Video CD capturing still frames 57 Control menu 56 di
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Safety instructions for TV tuner products IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • • • • • • • • • • • Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. Heed Warnings - All warnings on the product and the operating instructions should be adhered to.
