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- Page 1 ATI-TV™ Wonder VE Getting Started and User’s Guide The PCI-based TV Tuner and Video Capture Card...
- Page 2 ATI, RAGE, ATI-TV and ATI-TV Wonder are either registered trademarks or trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. in the United States, Canada, and/or other countries. Pentium and Celeron are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Getting Started............... 1 What You'll Need ..................1 Features ..................... 2 Important Safety Instructions ..............3 Installing the ATI-TV Wonder VE card ........... 4 Audio Connection ..................5 Using Composite In................... 6 ATI-TV Wonder VE Connectors .............. 7 Windows® New Hardware Wizard ............7 Installing ATI Multimedia Center........ -
Page 5: Getting Started
Getting Started C H A P T E R 1 Getting Started ATI-TV Wonder VE lets you watch up to 125 cable television channels and 70 antenna channels in smooth, full- motion video on the whole screen or in a window. -
Page 6: Features
Getting Started Features • Television-quality video in a window or full screen. • Capture motion Video and Audio with a simple mouse click. • Live Motion Video Desktop, using your favorite TV show as wallpaper. • Zoom-In to any part of the screen. •... -
Page 7: Important Safety Instructions
Getting Started 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. • Heed Warnings - All warnings on the product and the operating instructions should be adhered to. -
Page 8: Installing The Ati-Tv Wonder Ve Card
ATI-TV Wonder card. For more information about the connectors on the ATI-TV Wonder VE tuner card, refer to ATI-TV Wonder VE Connectors on page ATI-TV Wonder VE Card PCI expansion slot Figure 1. Installing the ATI-TV Wonder VE tuner card... -
Page 9: Audio Connection
Audio Connection Audio Connection Looking at the back of your ATI-TV Wonder VE card, you will see an Audio Out connector. Insert one end of the sound cable into the Audio Out connector. Looking at the back of your sound card, you will find an Audio In source. -
Page 10: Using Composite In
Connect the other end of the audio cable to the Audio In on your sound card. Sound Card Your sound card may not look exactly as shown. CATV Composite In Line In COMP IN AUD OUT ATI-TV Wonder VE AUD OUT COMPOSITE OUT VCR or Camcorder Figure 3. Using Composite In... -
Page 11: Ati-Tv Wonder Ve Connectors
COMP IN For output to your Audio Out sound card. AUD OUT Figure 4. The ATI-TV Wonder VE connectors ® Windows New Hardware Wizard Now that all necessary connections are made, you are ready to power on your system. New hardware may be detected after you restart your computer. -
Page 12: Installing Ati Multimedia Center
With Windows 95 or Windows 98 running on your computer, you need to install the ATI Multimedia Center to take advantage of your ATI-TV Wonder VE card’s special features. ® To install ATI Multimedia Center for Windows 95 or ®... -
Page 13: Ati Multimedia Center
Installing ATI Multimedia Center Click OK. The Welcome screen appears. Click Next to install the ATI Multimedia Center software. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. ATI Multimedia Center The ATI Multimedia Center is designed to launch automatically ® each time you start Windows . - Page 14 Installing ATI Multimedia Center...
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Page 15: Using The Ati Multimedia Center
C H A P T E R 2 Using the ATI Multimedia Center This chapter explains how to use the special features that your ATI Multimedia Center has to offer. The Multimedia Center provides TV, Video Editing, Audio CD, and Video CD in one package. IN THIS CHAPTER... -
Page 16: Starting Ati Multimedia Center
Using the ATI Multimedia Center Starting ATI Multimedia Center Starting from LaunchPad The LaunchPad provides a convenient way to start all your Multimedia Center features — just click the feature you want. LaunchPad is designed to load automatically when you start your computer. -
Page 17: Attaching And Detaching Panels
Using the ATI Multimedia Center ® Starting from the Windows Taskbar Click Start. Select Programs. Select ATI Multimedia from the list of installed applications. Select Launch Pad. Attaching and Detaching Panels You can detach the TV, Video Editor, and Video-CD Player control panels from their display panels, move them to any location on your screen, and re-attach them. -
Page 18: Tv Player
Using the ATI Multimedia Center TV Player Watch TV on your NOTE computer! You can receive up to 125 cable channels may not be television channels and 70 available in antenna channels in smooth, full-motion video countries. on the whole screen or in a window. - Page 19 Using the ATI Multimedia Center Setting up the TV Player The TV Player Wizard will launch automatically the first time you select the TV tuner option. The TV Display Wizard guides you quickly and easily through the set up your TV Player. The TV Display wizard lets you control how video is displayed in the TV Player.
- Page 20 Using the ATI Multimedia Center Setup using the Initialization Wizard The Initialization Wizard allows you to change previous settings at any time. Click the Setup button, then click the Display tab. Click the Initialization button to open the Wizard. Check the features you want (point your mouse at the checkboxes to see what each one does).
- Page 21 Using the ATI Multimedia Center The TV Player scans for all available channels and stores them when you click the OK button. When scanning is complete, you can type a name for each channel in the Channel Name box. Sizing the TV Player display You can resize the TV Player display using the mouse, the Maximize button, or key combination:...
- Page 22 Using the ATI Multimedia Center To open the Video settings page Click the Setup button in the TV Player control panel, then click the Video tab. Connector Choose cable, composite input. Standard Choose the broadcast standard for your area. Color Adjusts the amount of color in the display.
- Page 23 Using the ATI Multimedia Center Channel Property Details When you select a channel and then click the Details... button in the TV Player Tuner settings page, the Channel Property Details page opens to let you set properties for particular channels— favorites list, channel assignment, and properties for audio, video, program lockout, and closed captioning.
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Page 24: Zooming And Unzooming
Using the ATI Multimedia Center TV Player Schedule settings You can schedule the TV Player to play on the dates and times you specify. You can also schedule events for the Audio CD Player, Video-CD Player, and Video Capture. To open the TV Player Schedule settings page Click the Setup button in the TV Player control panel, then click the Schedule tab. - Page 25 Using the ATI Multimedia Center panel that you can use to change channels and control the volume. Closed-captioned information is not displayed. If you do not have a TV tuner, this control panel containing volume and mute controls is available. To restore your desktop pattern and the TV Player ®...
- Page 26 Using the ATI Multimedia Center To remove program lock Click the Setup button in the TV Player control panel, then click the Tuner tab. Click the channel you want to unlock, then click the Details... button. Click Program Lockout, then click the Details... button. Select the program you want to unlock.
- Page 27 Using the ATI Multimedia Center Recording a stream of video and audio or stop-motion video from TV To record a stream of video and audio Right-click the Record button in the TV Player control panel, then click Stream Capture in the menu. The Digital VCR starts recording video and audio to an.AVI file on your computer’s hard disk.
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Page 28: Digital Vcr
Using the ATI Multimedia Center Compressing and saving captured video The Digital VCR Custom Settings... page lets you compress your captured video and save it in several industry-standard formats (see Digital VCR Custom Settings on page 26). The quality of the video that you capture depends on the following conditions: •... - Page 29 Using the ATI Multimedia Center Digital VCR settings The Digital VCR tab will allow you to select the recording quality of your captures. The higher the quality you select, the less video you will be able to store on your hard drive. The Duration option allows you to specify the recording time.
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Page 30: Stills Gallery
Using the ATI Multimedia Center Digital VCR Custom Settings The Custom Settings page allows you to customize your video and audio captures. this option allows you to choose a video format, frame size and frame rate. You can also choose to capture audio or video only. - Page 31 Using the ATI Multimedia Center To set up the Stills Gallery Click the Setup button in the TV Player 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.
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Page 32: Video Editor
Using the ATI Multimedia Center Video Editor The Video Editor lets you mark start and end points in a captured video clip, and save the portion you select. When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the display panel, the “About...”... -
Page 33: Cd Audio Player
Using the ATI Multimedia Center Video Editor settings Use the Video Editor Setup page to set playback size, and general operation. To set up the Video Editor Click the Setup button in the Video Editor control panel. Playback Play back video at 50%, 75%, 100%, or 200% of original Size size. - Page 34 Using the ATI Multimedia Center To start the CD Audio Player from LaunchPad Click CD Audio in the Launchpad. For information on Multimedia Launch Pad Options, see page 12. ® ® from Windows 95 / Windows 98 taskbar In the Windows taskbar, click Start. Point at Programs Point at ATI Multimedia Click CD Audio.
- Page 35 Using the ATI Multimedia Center Show Tool Tips Display tool tips when you point at a control with your mouse. Tool Tips Show Shortcut Display keyboard shortcuts when you point at a control with your mouse. CD Audio Player Schedule settings You can schedule the CD Audio Player to play on the dates and times you specify.
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Page 36: Video-Cd Player
Using the ATI Multimedia Center Video-CD Player The Video-CD Player plays MPEG-1 digital audio and video, Video CD 1.0 CDs, MPEG-1 Video CD 2.0 Interactive CDs, Karaoke CDs, and .AVI video files. The Schedule feature lets you play video files on dates and times you specify (see Schedule... - Page 37 Using the ATI Multimedia Center When you play a video CD, this small control panel opens to provide navigation. Use the numeric keys to enter values directly; the upper window displays your entries. To play a file Click the File Open button, and select a file from the list.
- Page 38 Using the ATI Multimedia Center The vertical scroll bar lets you navigate closed-captioned text, and the buttons control CCFE functions. • The bottom of the window displays the current scene. • The light blue square is a bookmark. Click it to bookmark the page;...
- Page 39 Using the ATI Multimedia Center To open the Video-CD Display settings page Click the Setup button in the Video-CD Player control panel, then click the Display tab. Video Choose playback size: 50%, 75%, 100%, 200%, or Size Fullscreen. Show Tool Tips Show tool tips when you point at controls with your mouse.
- Page 40 Using the ATI Multimedia Center Update Update the position slider while a file is playing. (May Slider slow down playback; turn this off for faster response.) Position Automatically play CD if Automatically play a loaded CD. present Video-CD Player Closed Caption settings Use the closed caption settings to specify the closed caption language and display font for the video window and the Closed Caption window.
- Page 41 Using the ATI Multimedia Center Do not open the second window. Single Language English Only Display English text. Hangul Only Display Hangul text. Second Both Languages Window Horizontally Display English and Hangul text side-by-side, divided by the slider. Vertically Display “layered” view: English, Hangul, English... Font Select the font for the second window, and the foreground and background color.
- Page 42 Using the ATI Multimedia Center Warn if closed without saving Alerts you if you close the Stills Gallery or the Video-CD Player without saving captured images. Save Options Show paths of saved images Display the drive, folders, and subfolders that contain your saved images.
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Page 43: Schedule
Using the ATI Multimedia Center Sizing the Video Display panel You can resize the video display panel by using your mouse to drag an edge, and you can use the CTRL key to display these preset screen sizes: 50% of original size. CTRL+1 75% of original size. - Page 44 Using the ATI Multimedia Center...
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Page 45: Troubleshooting
C H A P T E R 3 Troubleshooting The Readme file found on the ATI installation CD ROM, will contain last minute information not provided in the User’s Guide. The Readme file can be found in PM\PMCORE\MAIN. Because a typical computer system consists of many different parts, difficulties may arise from a combination of items. - Page 46 • Check that the audio and video connectors are securely plugged into the correct jacks. • Check that the ATI-TV Wonder VE tuner card is securely seated in its PCI slot. If the problem still exists, try a different PCI expansion slot.
- Page 47 Troubleshooting ® ® To load Windows 95/Windows 98 in Safe Mode Turn on your computer. ® In Windows 95, press the F8 key when “Starting Windows 95” appears on the screen. ® In Windows 98, press and hold the Ctrl key until the ®...
- Page 48 Troubleshooting...