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ADDING THE ATI-TV
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  • Page 1 User’s Guide Home Page • WELCOME • INSTALLATION • ADDING THE ATI-TV • TROUBLESHOOTING • TECHNICAL INFORMATION...
  • Page 2 ATI, ALL-IN-WONDER, ALL-IN-WONDER PRO, 3D RAGE, 3D RAGE PRO, ATI DeskTop, FlexDesk+, DeskScape, WinSwitch, ImpacTV2, ATI-TV — ATI Technologies Inc.; dbx — dbx Professional Products; Pentium, Pentium Pro — Intel Corporation; IBM, PC, VGA, OS/2 — International Business Machines Corp.; Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows NT, Video for Windows —...
  • Page 3 Welcome ATI’s graphics accelerators are the most advanced on the market today. They improve the performance of your system and display exceptional graphics . Your ATI graphics accelerator comes complete with enhanced drivers and comprehensive award-winning software utilities designed to make you more productive.

  • Page 4: Other Sources Of Information

    Other Sources of Information If you need additional help or require information that is not included in this guide, see the following sources of information: Readme File This file contains the latest information about your ATI graphics accelerator card. To view the Readme file in DOS Insert ATI’s Installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
  • Page 5 Online Help If you require additional information, you can refer to the online help available under Windows 3.1x and Windows 95 for more information about using ATI’s enhanced display drivers. • HOME PAGE • INSTALLATION...

  • Page 6: Installation

    Installation Installing your graphics accelerator card consists of two easy steps: • Placing the card in your computer • Installing ATI’s Enhanced Drivers...
  • Page 7 Turn off the power to your system and discharge your body’s static electric charge by touching a grounded surface — e.g., the metal surface of the power supply — before performing any hardware procedure. The manufacturer assumes no liability for any damage, caused directly or indirectly, by improper installation of any components by unauthorized service personnel.

  • Page 8: Preparing Your Computer

    Preparing Your Computer If you are using an operating system other than Windows 95, you may need to do the following before installing your card: • If your current system configuration uses special drivers that are not 640x480 VGA, you may encounter conflicts with the card. We recommend that you first reconfigure your operating system to use a VGA driver supplied with your operating system before installing the card.
  • Page 9 Installing your graphics accelerator card Power off the computer and monitor, then disconnect the monitor cable from the back of your computer. VIDEO OUTPUT CONNECTOR MONITOR CABLE...
  • Page 10 Remove the computer cover. If necessary, consult your computer system manual about removing the cover. Remember to discharge your POWER SUPPLY body’s static electricity by touching the metal surface of the computer chassis.
  • Page 11 If there is an existing graphics card, remove it from your computer. If the old graphics card sticks, rock it SCREW gently from end to end. Remember to save the screw. EXISTING GRAPHICS CARD If your computer has any on-board graphics capability, you may need to disable it.
  • Page 12 Align your card with an empty expansion slot (PCI cards use a PCI slot; AGP cards use an AGP slot) and gently insert the card into place. You may need to remove the cover from the rear of the expansion slot that you selected. Grasp the card by the top edge and carefully...
  • Page 13 Replace the screw to fasten the card in place, and replace the computer cover. SCREW ATI 3D GRAPHICS CARD...
  • Page 14 Plug the monitor into your card, then turn on the computer and monitor. Make sure your monitor cable is securely fastened. MONITOR CABLE You are now ready to install ATI’s enhanced drivers.

  • Page 15: Windows Nt

    Installing ATI’s Enhanced Drivers Your computer uses programs called graphics drivers to display information on the screen. ATI’s enhanced display drivers give you enhanced speed, resolution, color depth, graphic utilities, and 3D features. This section explains how you install ATI’s enhanced display drivers. Select an enhanced driver from the following list: WINDOWS 95 WINDOWS NT...
  • Page 16 Installing Enhanced Drivers and the ATI VIDEO PLAYER for Windows 95 You need to install ATI’s enhanced driver for Windows 95 to take advantage of your card’s higher performance, resolutions, and special features. You can also install the ATI VIDEO PLAYER—a software multimedia player. The ATI VIDEO PLAYER provides full-screen MPEG video playback with excellent color quality, plus a host of advanced multimedia features.
  • Page 17 When you restart your system following installation of your ATI card, Windows 95 will detect the new hardware and may attempt to install a driver from its system registry. When prompted to “Restart the computer now”, select NO. Then follow the normal installation procedure below.
  • Page 18 To install the ATI RAGE family enhanced driver and ATI VIDEO PLAYER for Windows 95 Insert the ATI INSTALLATION CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. If Windows 95 runs the CD-ROM automatically, proceed to step 5. Click Start. Select Run. Type the following: D:\ATISETUP (If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter.) Click on Easy Install.
  • Page 19 Installing Enhanced Drivers for Windows NT After installing your graphics card, Windows NT will default to standard VGA mode (640 x 480, 16 colors). The procedure below describes how you install ATI’s enhanced driver for Windows NT 3.5 and 3.51. For Windows NT 4.0, see To install the enhanced driver and ATI VIDEO PLAYER for Windows NT...
  • Page 20 Double-click the Display icon. Click Change Display Type. Click Change. Click Other. Insert the ATI INSTALLATION CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. For Windows NT 3.5, type the following: D:\NT35 ( D being the letter of your CD-ROM drive) For Windows NT 3.51, type the following: D:\NT351 ( D being the letter of your CD-ROM drive) Click OK.
  • Page 21 Click Install. Click Yes to change your system configuration. Click Continue to confirm the full path name. After the files have been copied to your computer, click OK. Reboot Windows NT. After reboot, the Invalid Display Settings window appears. Click OK. The Display Settings dialog box appears.
  • Page 22 To install the enhanced driver and ATI VIDEO PLAYER for Windows NT 4.0 Insert the ATI INSTALLATION CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. If Windows NT runs the CD-ROM automatically, proceed to step 5. Click Start. Select Run. Type the following: D:\ATISETUP (If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter.) Click on Easy Install.
  • Page 23 Installing Enhanced Drivers and the ATI VIDEO PLAYER for Windows 3.1x You need to install ATI’s enhanced driver to take advantage of your card’s higher performance, resolutions, and special features. You can also install the ATI VIDEO PLAYER—a software multimedia player. The ATI VIDEO PLAYER provides full-screen MPEG video playback with excellent color quality, plus a host of advanced multimedia features.
  • Page 24 Select Run. Type the following: D:\ATISETUP (If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter.) Click on Display Drivers. Follow the online screen instructions to complete the installation. For correct resolution and refresh rate operation, you need to select a monitor.
  • Page 25 Select Run. Type the following: D:\ATISETUP (If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter.) Click ATI VIDEO PLAYER. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. For more information about the ATI VIDEO PLAYER, see the online help. •...
  • Page 26 Installing Enhanced Drivers for OS/2 To install ATI’s enhanced drivers for OS/2 2.1 or OS/2 Warp, you use the INSTALL program. This program checks the system for possible conflicts, sets the monitor type, and installs the enhanced display driver. To run the INSTALL Program Start OS/2.
  • Page 27 Double-click the OS/2 Full Screen object. Insert ATI’s Installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. Type D: (If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter). Type CD UTILITY . Type OS2INST . Select Utilities Installation from the Main Menu. This copies the utilities onto your hard drive.
  • Page 28 Select QUICK SETUP You need to select QUICK SETUP to specify a monitor. Proper monitor selection is necessary for correct resolution and refresh rate operation. Select your monitor from the list. If you do not see your monitor listed, see Custom Monitor Configuration After you select a monitor, you are ready to copy the enhanced driver files.
  • Page 29 To copy the enhanced driver files Select Drivers Installation from the Main Menu. Select from the list of applications. IBM OS/2 Select Read Installation Notes for help and tips. Select Install for the correct version of OS/2. Press ENTER to select the default destination directory or specify a destination directory for the OS/2 driver files.
  • Page 30 To install the enhanced driver for OS/2 In the OS/2 full-screen command prompt, type DSPINSTL . When the Display Driver Install panel appears, select Primary Display. Click OK to bring up the driver selection list. Select the latest ATI enhanced driver version from the list, and click OK. In the Monitor Configuration Selection Utility, select Install Using Defaults for Monitor Type, then click OK.
  • Page 31 Type EXIT to close the OS/2 full screen command prompt. Shut down OS/2. Restart OS/2. It will default to 640 x 480 in 256 colors. To change screen resolution and/or color depth, see your OS/2 User’s Guide. Refer to the README64.INF file in the C:\MACH_OS2 directory for configuration details.
  • Page 32 Adding the ATI-TV ATI-TV™ (sold separately) is an intelligent TV tuner add-in board that you connect to your ATI graphics accelerator. ATI’s TV tuner accepts a full range of video/audio input from just about any video source: TV, antenna/cable, VCR, video camera, LaserDisc, and video games.
  • Page 33 • Display and record closed-captioned text ATI’s TV tuner displays cable, broadcast television or full-motion video on the whole screen or in a window. Please contact your dealer for availability. Note: If you have ATI’s All-In-Wonder or All-In-Wonder Pro multimedia card, you already have a TV tuner and don’t require the ATI-TV product.

  • Page 34: Basic Troubleshooting Tips

    Troubleshooting The following troubleshooting tips may help you if you experience problems. Contact your dealer for more advanced troubleshooting information. Basic Troubleshooting Tips • Check that the card is seated properly in its expansion slot. If the problem still exists, try a different expansion slot. •...
  • Page 35 • Disable any built-in graphics capabilities on your mainboard. For more information, see your computer documentation. • Make sure that you selected the appropriate monitor when you installed your enhanced driver. Windows 95 Troubleshooting Tips For Windows 95 troubleshooting tips, right-click the ATI icon in the taskbar and select Troubleshooting.
  • Page 36 Press the F8 key when Starting Windows 95 appears on the screen. Select Safe Mode. • Disable any programs that launch automatically when you start Windows 95. • Check that you have the correct monitor and display driver selected in the Display Properties. For more information, click on Help in the Start menu.
  • Page 37 To remove the ATI VIDEO PLAYER Click Start. Select Settings. Click Control Panel. Double-click Add/Remove Programs. Select ATI VIDEO PLAYER from the list. Click on Add/Remove... Click OK.
  • Page 38 Windows NT Troubleshooting Tips • If you are having trouble during start-up, select VGA mode in the Boot Menu. • Disable any programs that launch automatically when you start Windows NT. • Check that you have the correct monitor and display driver selected. •...

  • Page 39: Technical Information

    Technical Information This section contains specifications and reference information about your ATI graphics accelerator. Select a topic from the following list: SPECIFICATIONS AND MODE TABLES RUNNING DIAGNOSTICS USING VESA BIOS EXTENSIONS CUSTOM MONITOR CONFIGURATION ATI MULTIMEDIA CHANNEL COMPLIANCE INFORMATION...

  • Page 40: Running Diagnostics

    Running Diagnostics You can run diagnostics to test the hardware on your card. All installed graphics modes can be viewed and tested. You cannot run the diagnostics program inside a Windows DOS Box. To run the diagnostics program in DOS Insert ATI’s Installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
  • Page 41 Select Diagnostics. Type the number of times you would like to run the tests. • HOME PAGE • TECHNICAL INFORMATION...
  • Page 42 Using VESA BIOS Extensions The VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE) feature supports software using modes compatible with VESA standards. To ensure that VBE works correctly, you can load a DOS TSR (terminate- and-stay-resident) program called M64VBE. If your software and/or games conform to the VBE standard, you should load M64VBE first.
  • Page 43 Type D: (If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter). Type CD UTILITY . Type INSTALL . Select Utilities Installation from the Main Menu. Press ENTER to select the default destination directory. When prompted, let the INSTALL program make changes to your Autoexec.bat file.
  • Page 44 To load M64VBE At the command prompt, type M64VBE. To remove M64VBE from your system At the command prompt, type M64VBE U . • For more information, see your DOS documentation for conditions on unloading TSRs. • HOME PAGE • TECHNICAL INFORMATION...
  • Page 45 Custom Monitor Configuration If you are using the INSTALL program to configure your monitor for OS/2 or VESA programs and your monitor is not in the list, you can do one of the following: • If the specification in the HELP BOX is compatible with your monitor, select the compatible monitor.
  • Page 46 • If you have a VESA Display Information Format file (VDIF) from the monitor manufacturer, select READ VDIF. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. If these options are not applicable to your monitor type, then you must follow the procedure below to manually set up your monitor. To run the INSTALL program Check your monitor’s maximum resolution, and horizontal and vertical frequencies for each available resolution.
  • Page 47 Type D: (If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter). Type CD UTILITY . Type INSTALL . To manually set up your monitor Select Quick Setup from the Main Menu.
  • Page 48 Select Custom An incorrect Monitor Type setting may damage your monitor. Review your monitor specifications before making a selection from the Monitor Selection Menu. A scrambled screen indicates your monitor is not capable of the selected display mode. Immediately press ESC to exit. If the monitor produces a scrambled display, try a lower refresh rate.
  • Page 49 Adjust the size and position of the box outline on the screen, and press to accept. ENTER Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you are satisfied with the box outline for all the resolutions. When finished, press ESC and save the settings. If you have not installed an enhanced driver on your system, see Installing ATI’s Enhanced Drivers...
  • Page 50 ATI Multimedia Channel The ATI Multimedia Channel (AMC) connects ATI’s TV tuner or video capture modules to your graphics card.
  • Page 51 While the AMC provides VGA Feature Connector (VFC) compatibility, it also provides enhanced features for new multimedia devices including serial control and provision for audio. The AMC connector shares the same footprint with the VFC but it adds pins for supporting additional multimedia modes. Great caution should be taken when connecting a ribbon cable to the AMC/VFC connector.

  • Page 52: Fcc Compliance Information

    Compliance Information FCC Compliance Information This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference, and This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

  • Page 53: Industry Canada Compliance Statement

    Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. Industry Canada Compliance Statement ICES-003 This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations.

  • Page 54: Ce Compliance Information

    CE Compliance Information EMC Directive 89/336/EEC and Amendment 92/31/EEC, Class B Digital Device EN 50081-1, Generic Emissions Standard for Residential, Commercial and Light Industrial Products (EN 55022/CISPR 22, Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Interference Characteristics Information Technology Equipment) Warning: This is a Class B product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
  • Page 55 EMC Richtlinie 89/336/EEC und Änderung 92/31/EEC, Digitales Gerät der Klasse B EN 50081-1, Allgemeiner Emissions-Standard für Haushalt- und kommerzielle Produkte sowie Erzeugnisse der Leichtindustrie (EN 55022/CISPR 22, Beschränkungen und Verfahren der Messung von informationstechnischen Ausrüstungen mit Funkstörmerkmalen) Warnung: Dies ist ein Erzeugnis der Klasse B. Dieses Erzeugnis kann Funkstörungen im Wohnbereich verursachen; in diesem Fall können entsprechende Maßnahmen seitens des Benutzers erforderlich sein.

  • Page 56: Product Notices

    Licensing Corporation. Their reproduction or disclosure, in whole or in part, or the production of derivative works therefrom without the express permission of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation is prohibited. Copyright 1992 - 1995 by Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved. • HOME PAGE • TECHNICAL INFORMATION © Copyright 1998, by ATI Technologies Inc.

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