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ATI Technologies 100-703138 - TV Wonder Pro PCI-NTSC User Manual

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ATI TV Wonder
USB Edition

Installation and Setup

User's Guide
Version 1.0
P/N 117-70069-00
© Copyright 2000, by ATI Technologies Inc.
All rights reserved, including those to reproduce this guide or parts thereof, in any form without
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  • Page 1: Installation And Setup

    ATI TV WONDER USB Edition, RAGE PRO, LT PRO, RAGE XL, RAGE 128, RAGE 128 PRO, RAGE Mobility, Mobility 128 AGP, RADEON DDR/SDR – ATI Technologies Inc.; CDDB – Escient; Pentium is either a registered trademark or trademark of Intel Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
  • Page 2 Disclaimer The manufacturer (MFR) reserves the right to make changes to this document and the products which it describes without notice. The MFR shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions made herein; nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition ..5 Minimum System Requirements ..............7 Online Help....................7 Setting up your TV WONDER USB Edition ..........8 Connecting video and audio devices ............9 LaunchPad ....................
  • Page 4 Movies tab .................... 44 Schedules tab ..................45 Searches tab ..................45 Setting search parameters ..............46 Sports tab ....................47 Stations tab ................... 47 Titles tab ....................48 Days and dates..................48 Stills Gallery ................... 49 Stills Gallery settings................49 CD Audio..................

  • Page 5: Using Your Ati Tv Wonder™ Usb Edition

    Using Your ™ ATI TV Wonder USB Edition ATI TV WONDER USB Edition is an economical, external TV-tuner pod that attaches to your computer’s USB port. This chapter explains how to use the special features that your TV Wonder USB Edition offers: •...
  • Page 6 Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition IN THIS CHAPTER... Setting up your TV WONDER USB Edition on page 8 LaunchPad on page 10 on page 12 ATI TV Bar on page 23 Digital VCR on page 36 TV Listings on page 38 Stills Gallery on page 49...

  • Page 7: Minimum System Requirements

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Minimum System Requirements ® • PC with a Pentium processor with MMX • 32 MBytes of memory Computer system • USB port • Sound card and speakers ® ® Operating Windows 98 , Windows Me , or Windows ®...

  • Page 8: Setting Up Your Tv Wonder Usb Edition

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Setting up your TV WONDER USB Edition There are two ways to install the hardware and software. Method 1 Turn on your system. Using the supplied USB cable, connect the pod to the USB port. When your system finds a USB device: •...

  • Page 9: Connecting Video And Audio Devices

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Connecting video and audio devices You can connect a variety of analog video and audio devices to TV Wonder USB Edition—video camera, VCR, laserdisc player, audiotape, etc. Use the following illustration as a guide. Cable TV in Infrared in (Remote...

  • Page 10: Launchpad

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition LaunchPad The LaunchPad provides a convenient way to start all your ATI TV WONDER USB Edition features — just click the feature you want. LaunchPad opens automatically when you start your computer, or if you prefer, you can right-click LaunchPad, and uncheck Load on Startup in the drop-down menu.

  • Page 11: Attaching And Detaching Panels

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Attaching and Detaching Panels You can detach the TV control panel from the display panel, move it to any location on your screen, and re-attach it. To detach a panel Move the cursor to the border of the panel you want to detach. As the cursor reaches the border, it changes to the detach symbol.
  • Page 12 Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Watch Television on your computer! You can receive up to 125 cable television channels and 70 antenna channels in smooth, full-motion video on the whole screen or in a window. TV delivers advanced features: Closed Captioning, Video/Still Capture, Channel Surfing,...
  • Page 13 Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition To start TV from LaunchPad Click TV USB Edition in the LaunchPad. For information on LaunchPad, see page ® from Windows taskbar In the Windows taskbar, click Start, then point at Programs Point at ATI TV Wonder USB Edition , then click TV.

  • Page 14: Setting Up Tv

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Setting up TV The first time you start TV, you must complete the Initialization Wizard. After that, the Wizard will not run unless you want to re-run it in order to change settings. The Initialization Wizard guides you quickly and easily through setting up TV channels.

  • Page 15: Sizing The Tv Display

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Sizing the TV display You can resize the TV display using the mouse, the Maximize button, or key combination. CTRL • The F2 key hides/shows the control panel, to save desktop space. To resize the TV display using the mouse Drag the display’s border.

  • Page 16: Tv Control Menu

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition TV Control menu You can access TV functions by right-clicking on the video viewing area or the control panel. This is very useful in full- screen mode. The following menu items are available: Setup Opens the TV setup page.

  • Page 17: Tv Display Settings

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition TV display settings The Display settings page lets you control how video is displayed in TV. To open the Display settings page Click the Setup button in the TV control panel, then click the Display tab. Indicates the sizes available for the current panel.

  • Page 18: Tv Video Settings

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition TV video settings The video settings page lets you choose a video connector and fine-tune video characteristics. To open the Video settings page Click the Setup button in the Television control panel, then click the Video tab. Choose cable, composite or S-Video input.

  • Page 19: Tv Tuner Settings

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition TV Tuner settings The tuner settings page lets you autoscan for active TV channels, choose cable or antenna input, name channels, and set channel-specific options. To open the Tuner settings page Click the Setup button in the TV control panel, then click the TV Tuner tab.
  • Page 20 Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Channel Type a name for the channel. Name Number Displays the channel number. Specify the TV station that is received when you tune to a particular channel. For example, you could assign the Tunes to actual channel 5 to the Television’s channel 2.
  • Page 21 Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Video Click Video, then click Details... to open the Channel Based Video Settings page. Move the sliders to change the values Color Amount of color in the image. Brightness Balance of light and dark in the image.

  • Page 22: Tv Stills Gallery Settings

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition TV Stills Gallery settings You can capture still images from TV, and save them in the Stills Gallery. To open the TV Stills Gallery settings page Click the Setup button in the TV control panel, then click the Stills Gallery tab.

  • Page 23: Ati Tv Bar

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition ATI TV Bar Browse the Web and watch TV at the same time, without resizing your windows! ATI TV Bar displays TV in your Internet Explorer Web Browser. North American users can also view a display of channel names and numbers, with continuously updated program information.

  • Page 24: Channel Surfing

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Channel Surfing You can browse through several TV channels simultaneously, and select channels by clicking on “thumbnail” images (miniature representations) of the channels. Each thumbnail displays the channel number, and is regularly updated to display the current program.

  • Page 25: Closed Captioning

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Closed Captioning Display closed captioned text over video, like a standard TV, and/or in a separate window beside the video. When you use the separate window, you can use the scroll bar to review the last few minutes of text.
  • Page 26 Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition To set up closed captioning Click the Setup button in the TV control panel, then click the Closed Caption tab. External Window Displays closed captioned text in its own window. Click Font... to select the display font. Video Window Displays closed captioned text superimposed on the Placement...

  • Page 27: Hot Words

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Hot Words™ Have your computer watch TV for you! When you turn on Closed Captioning, you can specify words and phrases that Television will detect in the closed-captioned text. You can set Hot Words to show the matched text, restore TV, play a sound, enable TV Magazine, or enable the Digital VCR when the Hot Words appear.
  • Page 28 Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition To set up Hot Words Click the Setup button in the Television control panel, click Closed Caption, then click the HotWords Setup button. The HotWords Setup Wizard opens. To enable HotWords, check the Enable box. The HotWords Setup Wizard will guide you through HotWords setup.

  • Page 29: Tv Magazine

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition TV Magazine Use TV Magazine to transcribe closed captioned broadcasting, including pictures and text. You can save files as RTF (Rich Text Format), which preserves formatting, and can be used in many word processors, plain text (TXT), or Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).
  • Page 30 Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition File Type a name for the file. Name File Select a file format (RTF, TXT, or HTML). Format Overwrite files Check to overwrite existing files. Uncheck to keep existing files. Remove Advertising Automatically skips commercial advertising when you display or transcribe closed-captioned text.

  • Page 31: Zooming And Panning

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Zooming and panning You can zoom in on the video in the Display panel to enlarge a selected portion of the screen, and return your display to normal. You can also pan (move the image horizontally and vertically) in the zoomed area.

  • Page 32: Video Desktop

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Video Desktop To replace your desktop pattern with live TV display when you minimize TV Click the Setup button in the Television control panel, click the Display tab, then check Video Desktop. When you minimize Television, live TV display replaces your desktop.

  • Page 33: Program Lockout

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Program Lockout Program Lockout lets you block particular programs at specific times, and set a password to unlock them. Use the Program Lockout page to specify channel, time, and duration. • Passwords are case-sensitive. For example, PASSWORD, Password, and passWord are not the same.

  • Page 34: Capturing Video And Still Images

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Capturing Video and still images . The Full-motion video Digital VCR lets you capture a clip of full-motion video plus audio from your video source and save it as an AVI file on your computer’s hard disk.
  • Page 35 Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Recording a clip of video and audio from TV To record a clip of video and audio Click the Record button in the Television control panel. The Digital VCR starts recording video and audio to an AVI file on your computer’s hard disk.

  • Page 36: Digital Vcr

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Digital VCR The Digital VCR provides simple controls and powerful capture options. You can capture a clip of full-motion video and audio from your video source and save it as an AVI file. Double-click AVI files to open them in the File Player (see File Player...

  • Page 37: Digital Vcr Settings

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Digital VCR settings Use the Digital VCR settings pages to specify recording quality, duration, general options, and custom settings. To set up the Digital VCR Click the Setup button in the TV control panel, then click the Digital VCR tab.

  • Page 38: Tv Listings

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition TV Listings Gemstar’s GUIDE Plus+™ is an electronic television programming guide for Microsoft Windows. It provides advanced program information, such as station names and numbers, as well as program names and details. Before you use TV Listings for the first time, it is recommended that you complete the TV Initialization Wizard (see Setting up TV...

  • Page 39: Setting Up Tv Listings

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Setting up TV Listings Registration The first time you launch the GUIDE Plus+ system, you will need to register. This allows you to download the listings for your area or cable service. To download updated listings In the File menu, click Download Weekly File.

  • Page 40: Getting Around

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Getting around To navigate the various TV Listings views, click the tab for the view you want, or select the appropriate view from the View menu at the top of the screen. Use the mouse or cursor keys to move within the current view. Left-click to select an item and display its details in the details window above the grid or log.

  • Page 41: Viewing

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Viewing TV Listings works with your TV tuner to automatically display shows. When you select a program for viewing, the Watch icon appears next to the title in any view where that program is displayed.

  • Page 42: Filter Options

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Filter options Click the Filter icon to open the Filter options dialog, where you can adjust the current view and quickly locate programs. Select the boxes you want to apply to the current view, and click Close.

  • Page 43: Categories Tab

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Categories tab The Categories tab displays all genre categories in the current listings. A list of genre categories is displayed on the left of the screen. • Click the category you want to view, to display all titles for that category on the right side of the screen.

  • Page 44: Movies Tab

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Typically, you use the favorites list to find your preferred shows when your data file is updated. Select the Favorites search from the list of searches, and the guide will look up and display all your favorite items.

  • Page 45: Schedules Tab

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Schedules tab A schedule is a list of TV events that you have selected in any view, including search results. The schedule is in the form of a Log View (see page 41). There are three lists you can choose from: •...

  • Page 46: Setting Search Parameters

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Setting search parameters To start a new search, in the Searches menu, click New Search to open the Search dialog, which you can use to set the following options: Select All or None using the appropriate buttons at the bottom of the list.

  • Page 47: Sports Tab

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Sports tab The Sports tab displays all sports sub-categories for all sporting events in the current listings, on the left side of your screen. Click the category on the left side of the screen for which you want to display all titles.

  • Page 48: Titles Tab

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition • Scroll to a specific program to display its details in the area above the list. • To display just the stations you want, use the Station Lists option in the Edit menu (see To customize channels page 39).

  • Page 49: Stills Gallery

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Stills Gallery The still images you capture are saved in the Stills Gallery. You can save images in a variety of graphics formats and sizes. The Stills Gallery controls let you delete images, hide them, save them as wallpaper, and print them. If you close the Stills Gallery without saving, your Note captured still images are deleted.
  • Page 50 Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition To set up the Stills Gallery Click the Setup button in the Stills Gallery, TV, File Player, or Video CD control panel, then click the Stills Gallery tab. Capture to Gallery Captures still images to the Stills Gallery. Capture to numbered file Stores captured images in numbered files (pic001.bmp, pic002.bmp ...) on your hard disk.

  • Page 51: Cd Audio

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition CD Audio Use CD Audio to play standard audio CDs. Advanced features such as Random play, Intro play (which plays the first ten seconds of each track) and Loop play are available. The Schedule feature lets you schedule CD playback on dates and times you specify (see Schedule page 66).

  • Page 52: Cd Audio Settings

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition CD Audio settings Use the CD Audio Settings page to set up playlists and shuffle play, and to use an LCD panel for track number and playback time. To set up CD Audio Click the Setup button in the CD Audio control panel, then click the CD Audio Settings tab.

  • Page 53: Cd Database

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition CD Database If you are connected to the Internet, you can use the CD Database to display album title, artist, song names, and other information on your computer as your CD plays. When you put an audio CD in your CD-ROM drive, the CD Audio program can query a global CDDB ...

  • Page 54: Cd Audio Schedule Settings

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Dial-Up Use this connection when making remote queries Networking When not connected, connect using this entry. Use dial-up networking Only perform remote queries when connected when accessing Access the database only when already connected. the server.

  • Page 55: Video Cd

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Video CD Video CD plays Video CD 1.0 CDs and Karaoke CDs. When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the display panel, the “About...” notice appears, and a Task menu displays available and active features.

  • Page 56: Video Cd Control Menu

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Video CD Control menu You can access Video CD functions by right-clicking on the video viewing area or the control panel. This is very useful in full-screen mode. The following menu items are available: Setup Open the Video CD setup page.

  • Page 57: Capturing Still Frames From Video Cds

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Capturing still frames from Video CDs To capture still frames from Video CDs Click the Camera button in the Video CD control panel. The current frame is placed in the Stills Gallery (see Stills Gallery on page 49).

  • Page 58: Video Cd Display Settings

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Video CD Display settings Use the Video CD Display settings pages to set up video size and general operation. To open the Video CD Display settings page Click the Setup button in the Video CD control panel, then click the Display tab.

  • Page 59: Video Cd Preferences Settings

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Video CD Preferences settings Use the Video CD Preferences settings page to set up general characteristics for your player. To open the Video CD Preferences settings page Click the Setup button in the Video CD control panel, then click the Preferences tab.

  • Page 60: Video Cd Stills Gallery Settings

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Video CD Stills Gallery settings You can capture still images from Video CDs, and save them in the Stills Gallery. To open the Video CD Stills Gallery settings page Click the Setup button in the Video CD control panel, then click the Stills Gallery tab.

  • Page 61: File Player

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition File Player Use the File Player to play various multimedia file formats. The types of file you can play depends on your system’s software. You can play the following, multimedia files: • AVI •...

  • Page 62: File Player Control Menu

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition File Player Control menu You can access File Player functions by right-clicking on the video viewing area or the control panel. This is very useful when you play files in full-screen mode. The following menu items are available: Setup Open the File Player Setup page.

  • Page 63: Zooming And Panning

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Zooming and Panning You can zoom in on the video in the Display panel to enlarge a selected portion of the screen, and return your display to normal. To zoom in Click within the display panel, then hold down the mouse button and draw a rectangle around the area you want to zoom.

  • Page 64: File Player Display Settings

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition File Player Display settings The Display settings page lets you control how video is displayed in the File Player. To open the Display settings page Click the Setup button in the File Player control panel, then click the Display tab.

  • Page 65: File Player Preferences Settings

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition File Player Preferences settings The Preferences settings page lets you specify power management settings. Select one of the following levels: Always Power management always enabled. Disabled while playing Power Power management is disabled while a CD is playing. Management Allow display to turn off while paused Only the display turns off when playback is paused.

  • Page 66: Schedule

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Schedule The Scheduler lets you set up TV Wonder USB Edition to play particular files and/or watch or record selected TV channels, start TV Magazine, and capture video at times you specify. You can also schedule events for CD Audio and Video CD.

  • Page 67: Schedule Settings

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Schedule settings Name The name of the event. Checked events are active. The feature to schedule: CD Audio, File Player, Television, Feature TV Magazine, Video Capture, or Video CD. When When the event occurs. Next Run The next time the event will run.

  • Page 68: Troubleshooting

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Troubleshooting If you have problems with video or audio, try these suggestions. Audio problems ... No sound Check your speakers: • If you have external speakers, ensure that they are powered- on ( indicator light is on) and connected to the POWER connectors on your sound card.

  • Page 69: Video Problems

    Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition Video problems ... Video is unstable or only black and white Check that you are using the correct broadcast standard format: • See Broadcast Standard in TV video settings on page 18. For proper operation, you must specify your country in the TV Channels Initialization Wizard (see page...
  • Page 70 Using Your ATI TV Wonder™ USB Edition...
  • Page 71 Index settings 37 ATI TV Bar 23 controls 23 File Player 61 Attaching and detaching control Control menu 62 panels 11 Display settings 64 Audio and video devices Preferences 65 connecting 9 Schedule Settings 65 Audio troubleshooting 68 Schedule Wizard 65 Autoscan 19 Stills Gallery Settings 65 zooming and panning 63...
  • Page 72 Recording quality 37 Tool Tips 7 Resource conflict 10 Transcribing closed-captioned text Troubleshooting Schedule audio 68 settings 67 video 68 Wizard 66 Tuner settings Schedule Wizard TV 19 CD Audio 54 File Player 65 capturing video and still images 34 TV 22 Channel Property Details 19 Setting up TV WONDER USB...
  • Page 73 filter options 42 Control menu 56 getting around 40 display settings 58 movies tab 44 Stills Gallery settings 60 recording shows 40 Video CD 1.0, Karaoke CDs 55 Schedules tab 45 zooming and panning 57 searches 43 Video CD 1.0 55 Searches tab 45 Video Desktop 32 setting search parameters 46...

  • Page 74: Index

    Index - 4...
  • Page 75 Safety instructions for TV tuner products IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. • Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. •...

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