Car Video System User Manual

Chapter 2: Installing Media Station|PT 29
Disabling Simple File Sharing
Ensure that you have turned off Simple File
Sharing in Windows.
To turn off Simple File Sharing in Windows:
1 Click Start, and double-click My Computer.
2 In the My Computer window, choose Tools >
Folder Options.
3 In the Folder Options dialog, click the View
tab.
4 In the View tab of the Folder Options dialog,
deselect the Use Simple File Sharing option.
5 Click OK.
Installing nVidia Drivers
Installing nVidia drivers is required for using
Media Station|PT on Windows.
To install the nVidia drivers:
1 In Windows Explorer, navigate to:
C:\Program Files\Avid\Utilities\nVidia.
2 Double-click the executable installer file.
3 Follow the instructions to install the nVidia
drivers.
Disabling the nVidia Display Driver
Service
To use Media Station|PT with Avid video periph-
erals, the nVidia Display Driver Service should
be disabled.
To disable nVidia Display Driver Service:
1 Right-click My Computer, and choose Man-
age.
2 Double-click Services and Applications.
3 Double-click Services.
4 Right-click NVidia Display Driver or NVidia
Driver Helper Service.
5 Click Properties.
6 Select Startup Type > Disable.
7 Click OK.
Configuring More Than One
Monitor for Full Screen Playback
If you have the correct hardware installed (see
“Full-Screen Playback of Video in
Media Station|PT” on page 26), you can config-
ure more than one monitor for full-screen play-
back on Windows XP.
To configure more than one monitor for full screen
playback on Windows XP:
1 Choose Start > Control Panel.
2 Double-click Display.
3 In the Display Properties dialog, click the Set-
tings tab.
Performing this procedure should help rem-
edy any issues that may occur if the Media
Tool does not display media files. See “Re-
storing Invisible Media Files in the Media
Tool” on page 83 for details.
Every time you update or reload the driver,
this service is enabled again.