User guide

Matrox Graphics Card – User Guide 35
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Solution If a video recorder is connected to your Matrox graphics card and the video recorder has a
TUNER/LINE switch, set it to LINE . For more information, see your video recorder manual.
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Cause Matrox software may not be set up for TV output. Particularly, the TV standard selected may
not be correct.
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Solution Windows 2000/XP – see “Software setup”, page 16.
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Cause TV output isn’t supported with full-screen DOS display modes (for example, the
information you see before Windows starts) or with standard VGA mode (for example, when
you restart Windows in “safe mode”). Older programs may use these display modes. While
one of these display modes is in use, your TV displays nothing (black).
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Solution View the program you’re using with your computer monitor instead of your TV.
Problem Computer text is hard to read with a TV
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Cause The resolution of a TV is lower than a typical computer display. As a result, some text may be
harder to read with a TV than with a computer monitor.
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Solution Lower your computer display resolution:
Windows 2000/XP –
1 Right-click your Windows desktop background, then click Properties Æ Settings .
2 Move the Screen area (Windows 2000) or Screen resolution (Windows XP) slider to a
lower setting.
3 Click OK to close the dialog box and apply changes.
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Solution If you’re using a display area larger than 640 × 480, you can use larger system fonts to make
some text more readable:
Windows 2000/XP –
1 Right-click your Windows desktop background, then click Properties Æ Settings Æ
Advanced Æ General .
2 Under Font size , select Large Fonts .
3 Click OK to close the dialog box and apply changes.
Problem Poor TV or video recorder image quality
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Cause Your software TV settings may need adjusting.
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Solution See “Software setup”, page 16.