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- Page 1 V7-VEGA VIDEO (PCI) User Manual Benutzerhandbuch Manuel d'emploi Manual del usuario Part Number 1740 1032.2 Rel. 0395 Copyright by SPEA Software AG...
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Page 2: Copyright 1995 Spea
Installing the Software from the SPEA Media-Gallery CD It is possible that you have received the SPEA software on CD rather than on diskette. If this is the case, then please note that the descriptions in this manual should be changed accordingly. For example, the instructions "Put the disk 'Drivers for Windows' in drive A:"... -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Copyright 1995 SPEA..........................2 Registered Trademarks ........................2 FCC Compliance...........................2 Installing the Software from the SPEA Media-Gallery CD..............2 Important Note ............................2 QUICK INSTALLATION ...........................5 GENERAL INFORMATION ........................6 Guide to this Manual ..........................6 Symbols and Conventions........................6 Delivery Scope Checklist........................6 SPEA Superdisk Format ........................6 Last-Minute Changes - README file ....................6... - Page 4 APPENDIX A UTILITIES ........................18 Technical Data ............................18 Memory Addresses of the V7-VEGA VIDEO ..................18 VESA Video Modes ..........................19 Video Modes ............................19 VGA Output Connector...........................19 VESA-Compatible Feature Connector....................19 APPENDIX B TROUBLESHOOTING ....................20 General Considerations ..........................20 Commonly Asked Questions ........................20 APPENDIX D GLOSSARY ........................24...
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Page 5: Quick Installation
7. Connect any peripheral equipment (e.g. loudspeakers) to the PC. 8. Switch on your monitor first, then the computer. 9. At the DOS prompt insert the SPEA 'Basic Installation' disk and start the software installation with: INSTALL Problems? In the unlikely event of problems ... -
Page 6: General Information
Warranty Note: This section contains useful hints. DOS commands are written in capital letters, You have a 3 year warranty for your SPEA example: graphics card. To ensure your warranty, it is necessary that you keep the invoice of the INSTALL graphics card. -
Page 7: Company Address
Standard Software Delivery Introduction Intuitive, multi-lingual menu-guided installation program SPEA Windows tools Your SPEA board is a high-resolution, VGA V7SETUP (Windows Setup) compatible accelerator adapter specially designed to accelerate graphics and video V7SETOS2 (OS/2 Setup) MediaStation (VideoCD playback tool) applications. -
Page 8: Part 2 Hardware Installation
Typical System Configuration 1. Hold the SPEA card on its edges only. Don't A typical configuration environment your board touch edge connectors or exposed circuitry. is described as follows: 2. -
Page 9: Preparing Your Computer
Preparing your Computer Installing the SPEA Board The SPEA card is installed in a PCI expansion Please note, that the applications you want slot. to install SPEA drivers for have to be already completely installed (for Standard 1. Select a free expansion slot and remove its VGA (640 x 480, 16 colors) on your system metal slot cover. -
Page 10: Additional Instructions
If your system does NOT boot it should, check The SPEA board has been designed to 'plug & again to see that the installation instructions play' without any modifications being made to were properly followed, or refer to Appendix B the default switch or jumper settings. -
Page 11: Part 3 Software Installation And Configuration
VGA (640 x 480, 16 colors) on your system outdated MDA, CGA and HGC video modes at prior to using the SPEA software. It is a a hardware level. good idea to do this before removing an... -
Page 12: Alansi.sys
ALANSI.SYS VDIAG.EXE To use your V7-VEGA VIDEO with DOS text VDIAG.EXE is a video diagnosis program processing programs it is advantageous to which runs through all the high-resolution video display text in 132 columns. The driver modes of the V7 board for test purposes. To software ALANSI.SYS provided with your... -
Page 13: Windows 3.1X
Double click on the SPEA V7 icon, the dialog Windows 3.1x box then will appear. Configure your system keeping the Warning! specifications of your monitor in mind. The SPEA board must already be installed in your system before the Windows driver can be Note that the option 'Hardware Video Support' installed. -
Page 14: Mediastation
MPEG and AVI frames. files. To make sure this is the case, click on the V7SETUP icon in the SPEA group and select an according mode. We've kept the following descriptions very brief as we intend to integrate multimedia features as they come onto the market. -
Page 15: Mpeg / Avi / Videocd Playback
control). Changes to the Windows Media MPEG / AVI / VideoCD Playback Player have no effect. 1. Open the MediaStation remote control 2. Click the right mouse button over a channel on the remote control. The file selection box appears: 3. -
Page 16: Windows Nt 3.5
This driver is optionally available (SPEA UpdateService, SPEA Mailbox, CompuServe). Please read the SPEA ExpertLine info sheet enclosed with your board for more details. 1. Copy the files from the mailbox and unpack these onto a diskette. -
Page 17: Os/2 (Warp)
pCAD WordPerfect WordStar Please note that this list is a provisional one and could not be confirmed at the time this manual was printed. SPEA reserves the right to make changes without prior notice as deemed necessary. -
Page 18: Appendix A Utilities
Technical Data board are not used by other hardware devices. Board/Bus Your board uses the following addresses: V7-VEGA VIDEO for PCI V2.0 Local Bus I/O addresses: Standard VGA I/O 3B0-3DF Video Processor Graphics Engine... -
Page 19: Vesa Video Modes
BIOS.TXT Key (no pin) on the Superdisk. This file is installed in your Sync Return (ground) new SPEA directory during the software not used installation if you selected the option not used 'Utilities'. -
Page 20: Appendix B Troubleshooting
The system does not work properly, General Considerations some problems occurred during installation. Make sure the SPEA board is firmly seated in its PCI expansion slot, and that it is not The system beeps when booting or the touching other boards in your system. - Page 21 Add the following entry to the The SPEA Utilities are not available. SYSTEM.INI file under the section [CAR1K.DRV]: The SPEA Utilities are packed (and not CHIPSYNC=1 visible) on the SPEA Superdisk. To use them you have to install them via...
- Page 22 VPG files are played back without Problems with MediaStation or sound. Media Player MPEG files will not play in MediaStation This type of file doesn't contain a sound or Media Player track. Check that you have at least 500 KB free MPEG file can't be rescaled to conventional memory on your computer.
- Page 23 European manufacturers 9000 rules. A list of CD ROM drives tested favour a softer image, which can look more by SPEA can be found in the README file pleasing, and be less prone to the above in the SPEA directory.
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Page 24: Appendix D Glossary
in this format if you wish to continue to process Appendix D them later under Windows. Glossary Booting/Booting Up Starting the computer. There are two types. Warm Booting is accomplished by Analog Display simultaneously pressing the CTRL/ALT/DEL A monitor that uses variable color control keys and can occur only when the computer is voltages to display a very large number of running. - Page 25 (red, green, blue) monitor, referring to the particular piece of equipment in your computer signals needed to drive it. system (i.e. video boards, printers, and keyboards). Drivers are often loaded by your config.sys at system boot. Color Palette Conversion Conversion of video data from the YUV color Dropped Frames model into the RGB color model, or v.v.
- Page 26 Frame Rate frames per second. Measurement unit for the Number of images shown per time unit. Software videos have a fixed frame rate. When frame rate. playing back the actual frame rate achieved can differ to the rate defined in the video Frame considerably.
- Page 27 Image Compression Technique used to reduce the volume of data in digital image and video files. INDEO Intel Video. Compression technique developed by Intel. Gives good quality but requires a high level of processing work to decompress. Indexed 16 and 256 Color Images Indexed color images contain a color table in the file.
- Page 28 international standard for the display of 25 Jumper images per second and a transmission rate of A small plastic plug that fits over a pair of pins. between 150 and 300 KByte per second is When the plug straddles two pins it makes an defined.
- Page 29 don't contain any information about the colors that are used in this file are created resolution of the image. additively mixing parts of the three basic colors. The parts of the three basic colors can be varied in 256 steps. If you mix all these colors Peripheral Equipment together a total of 16.7 million possible color Auxiliary equipment connected to a computer...
- Page 30 Sound Files Terminate and Stay Resident (TSR) The most common file type for sound files Programs that are run once then remain in under Windows are WAV files. memory in order to be activated by a sequence of key strokes or a 'hotkey.' It is possible that a TSR may take up too much memory and cause Sync conflicts with other programs.
- Page 31 Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) industry-wide consortium organized to standardize graphic modes. Your board supports the VESA standards. Video Keying This term refers to the process of mixing two video and computer graphics signals. YUV Color Palette The image information of individual frames is comprised of a brightness part and 2 color parts.
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Page 32: Index
Index Address............6 Playback............15 AutoCAD ............16 README file ............6 BIOS.TXT ............18 Software ............7 CD ROM ............22 Software Delivery Scope........7 Copyright............2 SPEAenergy...........13 Support.............6 Syntax Conventions .........6 System Configuration........8 DPMS............. 13 Technical Data ..........17 Feature Connector......... 18 Trademarks............2 Troubleshooting ..........19 Glossary............
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