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- Page 1 THEATER 550.book Page i Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM...
- Page 2 THEATER 550.book Page ii Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Copyright © 2005, ATI Corporation. All rights reserved. ATI and ATI product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Corporation. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
- Page 3 THEATER 550.book Page iii Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM 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.
- Page 4 THEATER 550.book Page iv Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM • Lightning - For added protection for this product during a lightning storm, or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time, unplug it from the wall outlet, and disconnect the antenna or cable system.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
THEATER 550.book Page v Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Table of Contents Getting Started ......1 System Requirements Installing Hardware. -
Page 6: Getting Started
THEATER 550.book Page 1 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM CHAPTER 1: Getting Started Your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card is an advanced, analog TV tuner card that represents a vast improvement in both video and audio quality over previous PC TV tuner products. The THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card uses hardware MPEG encoding and digital audio. -
Page 7: System Requirements
THEATER 550.book Page 2 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM System Requirements Hardware • Intel® Pentium® 4 or Celeron®, AMD Athlon® or Sempron® (or compatible). • Sound card and speakers. • 128 MB of system memory; 256 MB or more is recommended for best performance. -
Page 8: Installing Hardware
THEATER 550.book Page 3 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM CHAPTER 2: Installing Hardware This chapter will guide you through the physical installation of your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card. Quick Installation Experienced users and system administrators can follow these brief instructions for installing the THEATER™... -
Page 9: Detailed Installation
THEATER 550.book Page 4 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Detailed Installation The following instructions will take you step by step through the installation of your new THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card. PCIe x 1 Installation Diagram THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card with PCI Connector PCI Connection on Motherboard Insertion Point for PCI Card THEATER™... -
Page 10: Installing Your Theater™ 550 Pro Tv Tuner Card
THEATER 550.book Page 5 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Installing your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices. Unplug the computer’s power cord, and disconnect all cables from the back of your computer. WARNING - Wait approximately 20 seconds after unplugging the power cord before disconnecting a peripheral or removing a... -
Page 11: Connecting Display Devices
THEATER 550.book Page 6 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Plug the input dongle that came with your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card into the AV IN connection. Attach your S-video source and/or composite source to the proper input on the input dongle. Turn on the monitor, and then your computer. -
Page 12: Installing Software
THEATER 550.book Page 7 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM CHAPTER 3: Installing Software This chapter will guide you through the installation of the drivers and software associated with your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card. Note: In order to use your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card, you will need to install CyberLink PowerCinema or ATI Multimedia Center, or use Windows®... - Page 13 THEATER 550.book Page 8 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM To install drivers Start your system. When the Found New Hardware Wizard comes up, click Cancel. When the System Settings Change window asks you to restart your computer, click No. Run the SETUP utility.
- Page 14 THEATER 550.book Page 9 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM To install software (PowerCinema) Run the SETUP utility again. If your CD-ROM auto-run is not enable or the SETUP utility does not start automatically: Click the Start button in the task bar. Click Run.
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Page 15: Using Your Theater™ 550 Pro Tv Tuner Card
THEATER 550.book Page 10 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM CHAPTER 4: Using Your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card Watch television on your computer! You can receive up to 125 cable television channels and 70 antenna channels in smooth, full-motion video, and view them on the whole screen or in a window. -
Page 16: Launching Your Theater™ 550 Pro Tv Tuner Card
THEATER 550.book Page 11 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Launching your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card Using Windows® XP Media Center Edition® 2005 To start TV from Windows® XP Media Center Edition® 2005 Note: You must have Windows® XP Media Center Edition® 2005 installed on your computer. - Page 17 THEATER 550.book Page 12 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM CyberLink PowerCinema is a all-in-one home entertainment center. Brings all your entertainment applications together on your PC. You can use the provided remote control optional or the keyboard and mouse to select any of these options.
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Page 18: Using Ati Multimedia Center
THEATER 550.book Page 13 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Using ATI Multimedia Center™ To start TV from the Windows® taskbar In the Windows® taskbar, click Start , and then point at Programs . Point at ATI Multimedia Center , and then select the feature you want to run. -
Page 19: Reference
THEATER 550.book Page 14 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM CHAPTER 5: Reference This chapter offers troubleshooting tips and provides customer-care, warranty, and compliance information. Troubleshooting The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. This documentation contains helpful installation/configuration tips and other valuable feature information. - Page 20 THEATER 550.book Page 15 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Video & TV Problems Problem Possible Solution Video Recording • Video files are typically very large; ensure that you Stops have sufficient disk space. Unexpectedly • Ensure that you are recording to the correct hard disk - check the Record on Drive setting in the Media Center by clicking on My TV, then Settings, then Recorder which takes you to the Recorder Storage...
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Page 21: Warranty Service
THEATER 550.book Page 16 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Warranty Service Please contact your original point of sale or product manufacturer for warranty service. Compliance Information FCC Compliance Information This THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card product complies with FCC Rules part 15. -
Page 22: Industry Canada Compliance Statement
THEATER 550.book Page 17 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Industry Canada Compliance Statement ICES-003 This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la Classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. CE Compliance Information EMC Directive 89/336/EEC and amendments 91/263/EEC, 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC, Class B Digital Device EN 55022:2003/CISPR 22 Class B, Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Interference Characteristics Information Technology Equipment. - Page 23 THEATER 550.book Page 18 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM 7460000000073...