TV WONDER™ PRO Getting Started Guide P/N: 137-70429-20 Copyright © 2004, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI and all ATI product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Features, performance and specifications are subject to change without notice. Product may not be exactly as shown in the diagrams.
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Table of Contents Getting Started............................................................... 1 What You'll Need .......................................................................................... 2 Other Sources of Information ........................................................................ 2 Warranty Information .................................................................................... 3 TV WONDER PRO Features ....................................................................
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Getting Started CHAPTER 1 Getting Started TV WONDER™ PRO lets you watch up to 125 cable television channels and 70 antenna channels in smooth, full-motion video in full screen or in a window. You can capture still frames and movie clips, create your own TV transcripts, and turn your PC into a digital VCR. i Not all channel options are available in all countries. The actual number of stations received will vary depending on the services provided in your area.
2 Getting Started What You'll Need Computer System Intel® Celeron™/Intel® Pentium®/Intel® Pentium® II/Intel® Pentium® III/Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD® K6®/AMD® K6® - 2/AMD® K6® - III/AMD® Duron™/ AMD® Athlon™ processor or compatible system, with at least 128MB of system memory. Monitor VGA, minimum 640x480 resolution. Operating System Windows® 98 SE (minimum requirement), Windows® Me, Windows® 2000 or Windows® XP.
Getting Started 3 ATI Multimedia Center Guide The online ATI Multimedia Center User’s Guide explains how to use the special features that the ATI Multimedia Center provides. To open the ATI Multimedia Center User’s Guide: 1 Insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive, then click User Guide. The Online Manual opens in Adobe® Acrobat® Reader™. 2 Click User’s Guides, click ATI Multimedia Center Guides, and then click ATI Multimedia Center.
4 Getting Started Telephone: Available Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM EST. 905-882-2626. * to Telephone Support is available to registered users *at Access no additional cost for the first 30 days from the date of purchase (long distance charges may apply). For complete details, please visit: http://www.ati.com/online/customercare. Mail: ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Getting Started 5 Warranty Service For warranty service instructions visit: http://www.ati.com/online/warranty or contact one of our Customer Service Representatives using one of the aforementioned means. • Before shipping any unit for repair, obtain an RMA number for warranty service. • When shipping your product, pack it securely, show the RMA and serial number of the product on the outside, and ship prepaid and insured. • ATI will not be held liable for damage or loss to the product in shipment.
6 Getting Started ATI makes no other representations or warranties as to fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability or otherwise in respect of the product. No other representations, warranties or conditions shall be implied by statute or otherwise.
Getting Started 7 TV WONDER PRO Features dbx® stereo TV audio in North America. S-Video inputs. MULTVIEW™ — If you have an ALL-IN-WONDER Series card and a TV WONDER PCI card installed in the same system, MULTVIEW lets you watch a different channel in a secondary video window. Television-quality video in a window and full screen. NICAM and FM modulation audio in Europe. Composite Video inputs for VCR, video camera, video game consoles, etc. Capture motion Video and Audio with a simple mouse click.
8 Getting Started Installing the TV WONDER PRO Card 1 Power-off the computer, and 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 PCI expansion slot for the TV WONDER PRO card. 4 With the slot cover removed, grasp the card by the top edge and carefully seat it firmly into the slot.
Getting Started 9 Audio Connection TV WONDER PRO offers you two methods of connecting the audio: externally or internally. ATI Technologies Inc. recommends the external method. If you wish to make the audio connection internally, refer to Internal Audio Connection on page 10. External Audio Connection 1 Looking at the back of your TV WONDER PRO card, you will see an Audio Out connector (AUD OUT). Insert one end of the sound cable into the Audio Out connector.
10 Getting Started Internal Audio Connection i When connecting cables to the computer, look at the connector and the socket carefully. The audio cables (not included with your TV WONDER card) are keyed to fit into the socket in only one way. DO NOT FORCE THE CONNECTOR INTO THE SOCKET. If you encounter difficulty, realign the connector with the socket, and then gently but firmly slide the connector fully into the socket. ATI recommends the external audio connection method.
Getting Started 11 TV WONDER PRO External Connectors TV WONDER PRO provides S-Video input via the ATI Input Adapter (see page 12) as well as composite video inputs and stereo audio input/output. TV WONDER PRO CATV A/V IN CATV Input from cable TV or antenna. A/V IN Connection of the ATI Input Adapter. COMP IN Input from composite video sources. AUD OUT Output to your sound card.
12 Getting Started ATI Input Adapter for the TV WONDER PRO Use the ATI Input Adapter to connect a VCR, camcorder, or laserdisc player to your TV WONDER PRO, as shown. The audio and video output connectors on your VCR, camcorder, or laserdisc player will be similar to these. Use composite video out or S-Video out. S-Video will provide better results. S-VIDEO OUT COMP. VIDEO OUT L. AUDIO OUT R. AUDIO OUT Cables with RCA plugs at each end, available separately from a consumer electronics dealer.
Getting Started 13 Windows New Hardware Wizard Now that all necessary connections are made, you are ready to power on your system. Windows Plug and Play will detect a PCI multimedia video device after you restart your computer. • Windows XP users, please refer to the section below, entitled To identify new hardware in Windows XP. • Windows 98 SE/Windows Me users, please see To identify new hardware in Windows 98 SE / Windows Me on page 14.
14 Getting Started To identify new hardware in Windows 98 SE / Windows Me Follow these step-by-step instructions to allow Windows 98 SE / Windows Me to correctly identify your new hardware. 1 Windows will display the “New Hardware Found” dialog box, which will indicate “PCI multimedia video device” was found. Click Next, and then select Automatically search for the best drivers for your device. 2 Insert the ATI Installation CD into your CD drive, and then click Browse.
Getting Started 15 9 Click Next, select Automatically search for the best drivers for your device, click Browse, select your CD drive letter, select the “drivers” folder, click OK, and then click Next. Windows will ask if you want to install an updated driver (recommended). 10 Select “ATI TV WONDER PRO A/V Crossbar”, and then click Next. Windows will indicate where the driver is located. 11 Click Next, click Finish, and restart your computer.
16 Getting Started To identify new hardware in Windows 2000 i You must be logged on as an administrator to install the drivers and the Multimedia Centre in Windows 2000. Follow these step-by-step instructions to allow Windows 2000 to correctly identify your new hardware. 1 Insert the ATI Installation CD into your CD drive. The Wizard will display the “New Hardware Found” dialog box. 2 Click Next, select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended), and then click Next.
Getting Started 17 10 Click Next. The Wizard will report the digital signature is not found for “ATI TV WONDER PRO Tuner (Philips 4-in-1)” 11 Click Yes. The Wizard will ask for the Windows 2000 CD. 12 Click OK, click Browse to access the ATI Installation CD instead, select the “drivers” folder, click Open, click OK, and then click Finish. The Wizard will display the “New Hardware Found” dialog box. 13 Click Next, select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended), and then click Next.
18 Getting Started Installing ATI Multimedia Center With Windows XP, Windows 98 SE, Windows Me or Windows 2000 running on your computer, you need to install the ATI Multimedia Center to take advantage of your TV WONDER card’s special features. To install ATI Multimedia Center for Windows XP, Windows 98 SE, Windows Me or Windows 2000 1 Insert the ATI Installation CD into your CD drive. If Windows runs the CD automatically, proceed to step 4.
Getting Started 19 From Windows taskbar 1 In the Windows taskbar, click Start, and then point at Programs. 2 Point at ATI Multimedia Center, and then select CD Audio, File Player, LaunchPad, Library, TV, Video CD, or Configuration. i The first time you launch TV, you must complete the Initialization Wizard, which guides you through setting up TV. After that, the Wizard will not run unless you want to re-run it.
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21 CHAPTER 2 Troubleshooting The Readme file on the ATI installation CD ROM contains lastminute 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. Check the following list to find a similar symptom, and then try the suggested solution. Audio Problems No audio • Ensure that another Windows audio program is not muting the sound.
22 Troubleshooting No television audio 1 Start the TV Tuner, and then click the Setup button in the TV Tuner control panel. 2 Select the Display tab, and then select Initialization Wizard within the Display tab. 3 Select the appropriate audio source from within the TV Sound Initialization Wizard. Remember: to hear audio from the television, you must make a connection between your TV WONDER PRO card and your sound card. See Audio Connection on page 9.
Troubleshooting 23 • Make sure that the monitor and computer are plugged in and receiving power. • Check that the audio cables are connected properly (see Audio Connection on page 9). MULTVIEW does not appear • Open the MULTVIEW Initialization Wizard and ensure that Enable MULTVIEW is checked. From the MULTVIEW menu, click Show to open the MULTVIEW window. MULTVIEW video is poor quality • The MULTVIEW tuner may not support all the channels that the main tuner does.
24 Troubleshooting To load Windows XP in Safe Mode 1 Click Start, click Shut Down, and then, in the drop-down list, click Restart. Or click Start, click Turn Off Computer, and then click Restart. 2 During restart, hold the F8 key to get the Windows Advanced Options Menu. Select Safe Mode. In Safe Mode bring up the Device Manager and check for any duplicate display adapter and monitor entries if you are only using one graphics card.
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