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Sigma Designs Realmagic NetStream 2000TV User Manual

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  • Page 1 Multi-standard Video Streaming Card for TV and VGA Output Rev NS001b004 page 1...
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  • Page 3 Sigma Designs, Inc., reserves the right to use or distribute any permission of Sigma Designs, Inc. information you supply to its Customer Service Center in any way it deems appropriate without incurring any obligation whatsoever.

  • Page 4: Fcc Compliance Statement

    • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit that is not connected FCC Compliance Statement to the receiver. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Notice Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents FCC Compliance Statement......4 Dolby Digital Surround Sound Notice Dolby Pro Logic Surround Sound Table of Contents ..............5 TV/VGA Monitor Connections Introduction................7...
  • Page 6 ToolTips More Custom Buttons ......28 Keep Aspect Ratio DVD Navigation Buttons ......29 Always on Top DVD Playback .

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Chapter 1: Introduction Congratulations on purchasing your new NetStream 2000TV! Package Contents NetStream 2000TV transforms your computer into a digital video workstation capable of playing extremely high-quality MPEG-1 and • NetStream 2000TV MPEG-2 digital video from local disks, DVDs, or across a network. It’s •...

  • Page 8: Additional Requirements

    • CD-ROM drive (for playing VCD or CD-based MPEGs) Technology Overview • DVD-ROM drive (for playing DVD movies) • Speakers (Optional: Dolby Pro Logic amplifier/receiver may be used MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 for surround sound; Dolby Digital Surround Sound amplifier/decoder MPEG, an acronym for Moving Picture Experts Group, refers to a may be used for Dolby Digital Surround Sound.) method of data compression optimized for video and audio data.

  • Page 9: Dolby Digital Surround Sound

    Dolby Digital Surround Sound Supported File Formats MPEG-2 video can include Dolby Digital Surround Sound. Dolby Digital Surround Sound incorporates six discrete digital audio channels NetStream 2000TV supports the following MPEG file formats: to provide a full immersion surround sound system similar to a movie MPG Files theatre.

  • Page 10: Hardware Installation

    Chapter 2: Hardware Installation Preparations and Precautions Note 2. Static electricity can damage your equipment!! Do not remove the board from its protective anti-static bag until you are ready to install it. • Before opening the protective anti-static bag, touch the bag to one of the metal expansion slot covers on the back of your computer to drain residual static electricity from the package and from your body.

  • Page 11: Hardware Connections

    Remove and set aside the slot cover screw and slot cover, if Hardware Connections applicable. Open the protective sleeve containing NetStream 2000TV, grasp Audio Connections the circuit board by the edge of its mounting bracket, and remove it Dolby Digital Surround Sound from the protective sleeve.

  • Page 12: Tv/Vga Monitor Connections

    TV/VGA Monitor Connections To connect NetStream 2000TV to a VGA monitor: VGA OUT Connect NetStream 2000TV directly to a VGA monitor using a pass-through cable to the VGA IN port, and a standard 9-pin DIN to DB-15 VGA connector through the VGA Out port.

  • Page 13: Advanced Connections

    connector. Use a software utility (DVD Station‚ page 20) to switch between RGB and YUV modes (TV Output‚ page 26). NetStream 2000TV can be simultaneously physically connected to BOTH a VGA monitor and a TV using the Monitor Out port and the S- Video or Composite Video out port, respectively.

  • Page 14: Macrovision Copyright Notice

    The signal from the Line-Out port combines the CD Audio In signal from the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive with the same signal that is Macrovision Copyright Notice output through the Stereo Output port on NetStream 2000TV. This solution eliminates the external audio cable that normally goes from This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by NetStream 2000TV to your sound card.

  • Page 15: Software Installation

    Chapter 3: Software Installation This chapter describes the software installation procedure for NetStream The Install From Disk dialog appears. Insert the NetStream 2000TV. Follow the directions carefully to help ensure proper operation. 2000TV Windows 9x/Me Disk #1 (or theNetStream 2000TV Windows 2000 Disk #1 for Windows 2000) into the floppy disk Note 9.

  • Page 16: Software Installation For Windows Nt 4.0

    10. To complete installation, you must run the REALmagic® Software Installation for Windows NT 4.0 Configuration Utility, as described in the next section. To install NetStream 2000TV software under Windows NT 4.0: Border Adjustment and Color Calibration Note 11. If Windows NT Plug and Play support auto-detects the NetStream 2000TV card during startup and prompts you to install a driver, select the Set Border Adjustment and Color Calibration once for each display option titled Do not install a driver (Windows will not prompt you again).
  • Page 17 If the auto calibration function fails, reboot your system and try The Reset Defaults button sets the color calibration and the border again. If it fails again, perform a manual color calibration. See adjustment values to factory default settings. Appendix A. Advanced Configuration Options‚ page 39. Note 12.

  • Page 18: Netstream 2000Tv Utility

    Select from NTSC (NTSC Japan), PAL, or HDTV 480p, NetStream 2000TV Utility depending on the TV Standard being used. Select Composite, S-Video, RGB, or YUV Output Mode. Selecting YUV output disables the Scart connector. Adjust the vertical slider bars for Playback Settings: brightness, contrast, color saturation, sharpness, and flicker filter.

  • Page 19: Setting And Changing The Dvd Region Code

    Select the DVD region code appropriate to the DVD being viewed. Setting and Changing the DVD Region Code Follow the on-screen instructions to complete region code set-up. Note 15. Regionalization and Copy Protection (DVD Region Code) uses the Note 14. You will NOT need to set a region code for NetStream 2000TV if you Content Scramble System (CSS) standard to prevent unauthorized duplication are using a DVD-ROM drive that carries the region code (RPC2 drive).

  • Page 20: Dvd Station

    Chapter 4: DVD Station This section describes how to use DVD Station, a versatile Windows (Figure 7) will appear on the screen. DVD Station looks best if utility, to play movies recorded in DVD and Video CD formats, MPEG Windows is set to 256 or more colors. data CDs, and audio CDs.

  • Page 21: The Volume Control

    track being played. Depending on the type of disc playing, additional The Volume Control information may appear. The Volume Control (Figure 9) increases and decreases the audio level. Disc Type Play Time Repeat Mode Adjust the volume by dragging the lever up and down. Click the Mute Play Track Aspect Ratio Sound button to toggle audio on and off.

  • Page 22: Keypad

    Click the Play/Pause button to pause play, to start playing the Random is chosen, DVD Station plays the tracks in random first track on the DVD or CD, or to resume play after pausing. order. Click the Stop button to stop DVD playback. Note 17.

  • Page 23: Custom Buttons

    Click the Keypad Toggle button to toggle between the two Custom Buttons available 10-key keypads. (Figur e11). Custom Buttons (Figure 12) perform additional functions within DVD Station. More Controls Figure 12. Custom Buttons Click the Counter button to toggle between showing and hiding Figure 11.

  • Page 24: Play List

    Click the Options Dialog button to bring up the DVD Station can play both MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files, you may choose to play Options window (Figure 13). MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files from the CD-ROM drive, DVD-ROM drive, or the hard disk drive. DVD movies will only play from the DVD-ROM Click the More Controls arrow to open additional picture controls.

  • Page 25: Settings

    Settings ToolTips: Enables pop-up ToolTips that explain the function of each DVD Station button. Click the Settings tab to display (Figur e14) and select DVD Station settings. Keep Aspect Ratio: Prevents distortion of the movie by maintaining the movie’s correct aspect ratio (4:3 or 16:9) when resizing a movie window. Press F4 to resize the movie window to the movie’s standard (non- scaled) resolution.

  • Page 26: Composite Video

    TV Output: Provides options for composite/S-Video, component YUV, and component RGB settings. Choose the appropriate setting for your Click on the DVD tab to display DVD Station’s DVD settings (Figure 15). Analog Overlay only: Choose this option to display windowed video on your monitor or TV.

  • Page 27: Correct Password Set Dialog

    objectionable scenes removed. For example, a title may come with R, Press Enter to implement the rating change. . PG-13, and PG-rated versions of the same movie. Note 20. This feature only works for DVD titles that support Rating Control. To activate password-protected rating control: Most DVD movie titles do not use this voluntary rating system.

  • Page 28: Manual Color Saturation Slider

    More Custom Buttons Note 22. DVD Station keeps separate sets of display values for VGA output Click the More Controls button (Figure 12, page 23, and Figure 16) to and TV output. Changes to brightness, contrast, and color saturation apply toggle the display of more features.

  • Page 29: Camera Angle Selector Button

    Use the Camera Angle Selector button to choose from DVD Navigation Buttons available camera angles on a DVD movie disc. Click the button and move the mouse up or down to highlight the camera angle Five DVD navigation buttons and a joystick controller appear on the you wish to view while a movie is playing.

  • Page 30: Detach Toggle

    language. The second language selection identifies subtitles with extra wish to select, and then click on the button in the center of the functions. joystick to select the highlighted item. DVD Playback Basic DVD Playback Turn on the PC and press Open/Close button on the DVD-ROM drive to open the disc tray.
  • Page 31 Click Play on the control panel to play the DVD in the DVD-ROM Ensure that a DVD is in the DVD-ROM drive, and that the DVD- drive if Auto-Play is disabled. ROM is the first logical drive after the hard disk (e.g., the hard disk is drive C: and the DVD-ROM is drive D:).
  • Page 32 Start DVD Station by navigating from the Start menu on the Taskbar to Programs>REALmagic NetStream>DVD Station. DVD Station will auto-detect the Video CD in the DVD-ROM drive and display the Video CD 2.0 Control Panel (Figur e23). The display will show VCD instead of VCD2 for a Video CD 1.0 disc format.

  • Page 33: Default Selection Button

    Select Buttons (Video CD 2.0 Only) Playing a Video CD 2.0 Video CD 2.0 discs feature interactive embedded playback controls that Press the Play button on the DVD Station application to play a VCD. query the user on available options. For example, the disc may provide For most Video 2.0 CDs, a menu of half the song titles on the VCD will multi-audio options, such as English and Japanese.
  • Page 34 DVD Station will auto-detect the Audio CD in the DVD-ROM drive or the CD-ROM drive and display the Audio CD Control panel (Figure 25). Figure 25. Audio CD Control Panel Click the Play button to start playing the Audio CD, or use the Play List function to choose your own selection.
  • Page 35 Shortcut Keys Description Description Double-click on Toggle movie playback between full-screen and window Fast-forward (cycles from 2x, 8x, then normal) Ctrl+f movie window mode. Press any key Return from full-screen to window playback mode Segment (A-B) play Ctrl+g Right-click on Display playback controls (window playback mode only) Ctrl+l Cycle playback mode (All, Random, Play List)
  • Page 36 Video CD 2.0 Shortcut Keys Description Select numbers on Video CD 2.0 keypad Ctrl+0-9 Backspace on Video CD 2.0 keypad Ctrl+← Ctrl+<Enter> Apply or enter selection on Video CD 2.0 keypad Play default Video CD 2.0 track Ctrl+→ DVD Menu Shortcut Keys Description ↑...

  • Page 37: Compatibility List, Video Servers

    5 or 10 channels available. Multicasting can be server products. Sigma Designs maintains a detailed compatibility list used with stored video, live video, or a combination of stored and live...
  • Page 38 The Sigma Designs tool kit, uses Sigma-developed filters and special function calls to augment standard Microsoft Sigma Designs works with many partner companies to provide a variety DirectShow functions. For more information, or to purchase these of highly dependable streaming video solutions. These partners, experts software development tool kits, e-mail sales@sigmadesigns.com.
  • Page 39 Appendix A. Advanced Configuration Options Perform this procedure three more times for the each of the colors Manual Color Calibration red, green, and blue.Click OK after the last adjustment. If Auto Calibration displays an error message, manually calibrate color: Navigate to Advanced>Manual Calibration from the REALmagic®...

  • Page 40: Choose Key Color To Set

    Start DVD Station and play an MPEG video. Even if the video is Advanced Color Adjustments not visible, audio should be audible. Navigate to Options>Settings>Advance>Color Adjustment. VGA graphics need to appear over DVD/MPEG windows when the Select a key color from the Choose key color to set menu. mouse or a window is moved over the video window.
  • Page 41 If MPEG video does not appear in BOTH the border and the space If the hole is too large, MPEG video will play through areas in a in the color chart, adjust the width (W) and length (L) slider bars of larger range around the chroma key color.

  • Page 42: Customer Service

    If you encounter problems installing or using your REALmagic® NetStream 2000TV, contact your dealer. For additional assistance, Sigma Designs maintains a full-time Customer Service staff to assist you over the telephone, by FAX, or via the Internet. Customer Service Hours:8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. (Pacific Time)
  • Page 43 border adjust ....... 40 Index brightness slider ......28 button audio soundtrack language selector camera angle selector...
  • Page 44 custom continuous play mode ......22 navigation contrast slider ......28 standard correct password set dialog .
  • Page 45 DirectShow......15, 37 next track filters play mode play/pause DirectX ........15 previous track display control panel .
  • Page 46 full-screen MPEG ......13 Karaoke CD compatibility ..... . 9 keep aspect ratio .
  • Page 47 more controls button ..... 24, 28 MPEG open file button ......23 audio open file feature, unsupported .
  • Page 48 ......25 passwords refresh rate Sigma Designs tool kit ......38 slider monitor...
  • Page 49 brightness title selector button ......30 color saturation toggle contrast attach/detach slow motion button ......28 autoplay sound troubleshooting .
  • Page 50 playback 32, 33 video servers, compatibility list ....37 video troubleshooting ......40 volume control .
  • Page 51 Rev NS001b004 Windows Media Player and DirectShow Support page 51...
  • Page 52 ® Sigma Designs, Incorporated 355 Fairview Way • Milpitas, CA 95035-3024 Tel: (408) 262-9003 • Fax: (408) 957-9740 http://www.sigmadesigns.com page 52 Windows Media Player and DirectShow Support Rev NS001b004...

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