generic.bk : 00_cover.fm Page i Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM ATI-TV™ TV Tuner and Video Input Card for the ATI Multimedia Channel User's Guide Version 1.1 P/N: 107-70014-11 Rev. a © Copyright 1996 by ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved, including those to reproduce this manual or parts thereof, in any form without the express written permission of ATI Technologies Inc.
generic.bk : 00_cover.fm Page ii Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM 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.
generic.bk : generic.toc Page iii Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Table of Contents 1. Introduction .............................................................................1-1 Features .............................................................................................. 1-1 What You'll Need ............................................................................... 1-2 2. Installing the ATI-TV Card .....................................................2-1 Installing the ATI-TV Card ....
generic.bk : generic.toc Page iv Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM 7. European Teletext ..................................................................7-1 8. Regulatory Compliance Statement ....................................A-1 9. Troubleshooting ....................................................................B-1 10. Glossary ....................................................................
generic.bk : 01_intro.fm Page 1 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction Now you can watch TV, videos, or games on your computer! ATI-TV lets you watch up to 125 cable television channels and 70 antenna channels in smooth, fullmotion video on the whole screen or in a window. You can capture still frames and movie clips, channel surf, or create your own TV transcripts. Get real-time information when you want it.
generic.bk : 01_intro.fm Page 2 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Introduction What You'll Need • Computer System — Intel or compatible 486/Pentium system, with at least 4MB of system memory (8MB of system memory for Windows 95™). • Monitor — VGA, supporting minimum 640x480 resolution • ATI graphics accelerator with an AMC (ATI Multimedia Channel) connector If your computer system already has an AMC connector, then you can connect the ATI-TV directly into your motherboard.
generic.bk : 02_inst.fm Page 1 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Installing the ATI-TV Card Chapter 2 Installing the ATI-TV Card Static electricity can damage sensitive electronic components. Discharge your body’s static electric charge by touching a grounded surface — for example, the metal area of the computer chassis — before performing any hardware procedure. The manufacturer assumes no liability for any damage caused by improper installation of any components by unauthorized service personnel.
generic.bk : 02_inst.fm Page 2 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Installing the ATI-TV Card Installing the ATI-TV Card 1. Power-off the computer, then disconnect the power cable. 2. Remove the computer cover. If necessary, consult your computer system manual for removal instructions. Remember to discharge your body’s static electricity by touching the metal area of the computer chassis. 3. Select an empty ISA expansion slot for the ATI-TV card. 4.
generic.bk : 02_inst.fm Page 3 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Installing the ATI-TV Card 3. Pressing gently, connect the ribbon cable to the AMC connector on the ATI graphics accelerator. 4. Re-install the computer cover. 5. Connect your TV cable or video input to the ATI-TV card. For more information about the connectors on the ATI-TV, please see “ATI-TV Connectors” on page 2-4. Connecting the Audio If you have a sound card 1.
generic.bk : 02_inst.fm Page 4 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Installing the ATI-TV Card ATI-TV Connectors The TV Tuner provides stereo audio input, audio output, and three video input connectors: Audio Out For audio output to your sound card or powered speakers CATV For input from cable TV or antenna. Composite Video Input Use a standard cable fitted with RCA phono plugs to attach your video camera, VCR, or laser disk player. S-Video Input For input from S-VHS sources.
generic.bk : 02_inst.fm Page 5 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Installing the ATI-TV Card Installing the Software Before installing the software, you must have ATI’s mach64 enhanced graphics driver version 2.2 or greater installed on your system. For more information about installing enhanced drivers, see the User’s Guide for your ATI graphics accelerator. To install the ATI VIDEO PLAYER from CD-ROM 1. Insert the ATI INSTALLATION CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
generic.bk : 03_oview.fm Page 1 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Overview Chapter 3 Overview Starting ATI VIDEO PLAYER In Windows 95 1. Start Windows 95. 2. Click Start. 3. Select Programs. 4. Select ATI Multimedia. 5. Click the ATI VIDEO PLAYER. In Windows 3.1x 1. Start Windows. 2. Double-click the ATI DeskTop Program Group. 3. Double-click the ATI VIDEO PLAYER icon. The Task Control Panel The Task control panel indicates what mode the player is in and what it’s doing.
generic.bk : 03_oview.fm Page 2 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Overview Switching Modes Use the Task control panel buttons to switch between Media Playback, TV, Capture, and Teletext modes. Media Playback Playback MPEG and AVI video files. See Chapter 4 Display live video sources, such as television programs. See Chapter 5 Capture Capture still images, video sequences, or audio-only. See Chapter 6 Teletext (Europe only) Display European teletext.
generic.bk : 03_oview.fm Page 3 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Overview Media Playback Press F5 TV Tuner Press F6 Teletext Press F7 Capture Press F8 Controlling the audio volume The TV Tuner panel has a volume control slider. Use the mouse to move the slider to increase and decrease the audio volume. Muting the audio volume The TV Tuner panel has a Mute button that you can click to temporarily turn off the audio. Clicking the button again or moving the volume control slider turns off muting.
generic.bk : 03_oview.fm Page 4 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Overview Sizing the Display panel You can resize the Display panel using the mouse, the Control panel buttons, or CTRL key combination: Increase size of Display Panel CTRL + Up Arrow Decrease size of Display Panel CTRL + Down Arrow Play full-screen CTRL + F In TV mode, when you play full-screen video, the Playback panel becomes “thin”, so that you can move it to the top or bottom of your screen.
generic.bk : 03_oview.fm Page 5 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Overview To detach a panel: While holding down the Shift key, click the panel where the panel edges meet, then drag it away. To attach a panel: Drag it near the Display panel until its outline changes, then release the mouse button. The panels will snap back together. Online Help Context-Sensitive Help. Context-sensitive help is always available in each panel. Just press the F1 key. Bubble Help.
generic.bk : 03_oview.fm Page 6 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Overview Still Capture Controls how still frames are captured. Where applicable, you can specify where to store them. • Capture still frames to the clipboard, to a numbered file (for example, image01.bmp, image02.bmp, etc.), or to a window. • Specify printer options for the captured images. • Adjust color, tint (NTSC only), contrast, and brightness. Video • Select input connector (TV, composite, or S-Video). • Select broadcast standard.
generic.bk : 04_plybk.fm Page 1 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Playing Media Files Chapter 4 Playing Media Files Click the Media Playback button in the Task control panel to switch to playback mode. The Control panel changes to the Playback panel. Play / Full Stop Screen To view the Playback panel in Full Screen mode, press F2.
generic.bk : 04_plybk.fm Page 2 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Playing Media Files Playing a File 1. In the Playback panel, click the File Open button. 2. Select a file from the list. 3. Click Add, then click OK. 4. Click the Play button. 5. The file plays in the Display panel. Playing Interactive Discs (Video CD 2.0) Menu Selection Play Play Return Selection Play Default Selection Select Audio Track for Dual-Mode MPEG CD 4-2 Setup Dialogs When playing Video CD 2.
generic.bk : 05_tuner.fm Page 1 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM The TV Tuner Chapter 5 The TV Tuner The TV Tuner displays cable or broadcast television and smooth, fullmotion video on the whole screen or in a window. You can use the TV Tuner to: • Watch television on your computer as you work in another software application. • Watch a videotape or laser disk movie on your computer. • Capture, save, and print TV and video images. • Display and record closed-captioned text.
generic.bk : 05_tuner.fm Page 2 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM The TV Tuner Autoscanning for TV Channels When you click the Auto Scan button in the Tuner setup dialog (see Tuner in “Setting up ATI-TV” on page 3-5), the TV Tuner scans for all available channels and stores them. When scanning is complete, you can type in a name for each channel. Before scanning, use the drop-down list box to select the broadcast format and the cable standard.
generic.bk : 05_tuner.fm Page 3 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM The TV Tuner Creating a Video Desktop • To replace your desktop pattern with live TV display when you minimize the ATI-TV, click the Setup button. Click the Video Desktop checkbox in the Display configuration dialog (see Display in “Setting up ATI-TV” on page 3-5). Displaying Closed-Captioned text You can display closed-captioned text that’s broadcast with NTSC television programming.
generic.bk : 05_tuner.fm Page 4 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM The TV Tuner Using Hot Words Have your computer watch TV for you! When you turn on Closed Captioning, you can specify words and phrases that ATI-TV will detect in the closed-captioned text. You set Hot Words to begin transcribing the text or to maximize the TV Tuner when the Hot Words appear. You specify words that you want using the Hot Words configuration dialog. (see Hot Words in “Setting up ATI-TV” on page 3-5). To select Hot Words 1.
generic.bk : 05_tuner.fm Page 5 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM The TV Tuner Using Channel Lockout Channel Lockout prevents anyone without the correct password from viewing selected TV channels. The first time you lock out a channel, a Channel lockout dialog box prompts you for a four character password. If you forget your password, you will have to uninstall and re-install your ATI-TV software to view password protected channels. To lockout a channel: 1. Click on the Setup button in TV Tuner mode. 2.
generic.bk : 06_captr.fm Page 1 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Capturing Video and Audio Chapter 6 Capturing Video and Audio Still images. You can capture full-color, 24-bit-per-pixel still images from your camcorder or television, save them on your computer’s hard disk, and print them. The images are placed on the clipboard, or you can display them in their own window as “thumbnails” (miniature images). ATI-TV saves still images as Windows-standard bitmaps (.bmp).
generic.bk : 06_captr.fm Page 2 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Capturing Video and Audio Capturing Still Frames For information on setting up capture files, see Still Capture in “Setting up ATI-TV” on page 3-5. To capture still frames: Click the camera button to capture the current frame. Reviewing captured images Click the image's thumbnail. • If the selected image has not been saved, the thumbnail has a red border. If it has been saved, the border is green.
generic.bk : 06_captr.fm Page 3 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Capturing Video and Audio To capture a stream of video and audio: • Click the Record Stream button in the Capture panel. ATI-TV starts recording video and audio. To capture a sequence of frames: • Click the Capture Sequence button in the Capture panel. ATI-TV starts recording a sequence of frames. Note that audio is not captured in this mode.
generic.bk : 07_ttx.fm Page 1 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM European Teletext Chapter 7 European Teletext ATI-TV supports European teletext, including FastText. You can use the teletext controls to move through major pages and sub-pages, and randomly select pages. Click the Teletext button in the Task control panel to switch to Teletext mode. The Control panel changes to the Teletext panel, and Teletext information is displayed in the Display panel.
generic.bk : a_comply.fm Page 1 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Regulatory Compliance Statement Appendix A Regulatory Compliance Statement FCC Compliance Information This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
generic.bk : a_comply.fm Page 2 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Regulatory Compliance Statement CE Compliance Information (for European Market) EMC Directive 89/336/EEC and Amendment 92/31/EEC, Class B Digital Device EN 50081-1, Generic Emissions Standard for Residential, Commercial and Light Industrial Products (EN 55022/CISPR 22, Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Interference Characteristics Information Technology Equipment) Warning: This is a Class B product.
generic.bk : b_troubl.fm Page 1 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Troubleshooting Appendix B Troubleshooting Because a typical computer system consists of many different parts, difficulties may arise from a combination of items. Check the following list and find a symptom that’s similar, then try the suggested solution. Video is unstable. • Check that you’re using the correct broadcast standard format (NTSC, PAL, or SECAM) — see Video in “Setting up ATI-TV” on page 3-5.
generic.bk : glossary.fm Page 1 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM Appendix 1 Glossary AMC ATI Multimedia Channel. 40-pin connector. Aspect ratio Relationship of width (x-axis) to height (y-axis). .AVI Audio-Video Interleaved. Microsoft’s specification for the integration of digital motion video under Windows™. See digital video. bitmap Representation of characters or graphics by individual pixels arranged in row and column order. See pixel. .BMP Bitmap file extension. See bitmap.
generic.bk : glossary.fm Page 2 Thursday, June 20, 1996 4:10 PM NTSC National Television Systems Committee. North American and Japanese television technical standards organization. Frame rate is 30 per second. See frame. PAL Phase Alternate Line. European (excluding France) television standard. pixel, pel Picture element. Smallest addressable area of the computer screen. resolution Number of pixels that can be displayed on the screen at one time.
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