User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- RADEON™ 8500/ RADEON 7500™ User’s Guide
- Documentation Updates
- Multiple Monitors
- Connecting your RADEON 8500/RADEON 7500 to your monitors
- RADEON 8500/RADEON 7500 Display Configurations
- Multiple Monitor Controls
- Dynamic Monitor Reassignment Windows® 98SE/Windows®Me/Windows® NT4.0/Windows®2000
- Desktop Management Controls
- Hot Keys Controls
- MultiDesk
- Desktop Management Controls
- Hot Keys Controls
- MultiDesk
- OpenGL Display Properties
- Direct 3D Display Properties
- Color Properties
- Using TV Out
- View your PC’s display on a TV!
- Connecting your RADEON 8500/RADEON 7500 to a TV or a VCR
- Using and Adjusting TV Out
- Enabling and Disabling the Television Display
- 1 Click Start.
- 2 Point to Settings, then click Control Panel.
- 3 Double-click Display.
- 4 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button.
- 5 Click on the ATI Displays tab.
- 6 Click on the green enable/disable button next to the word “TV” to enable/disable television dis...
- 7 Click Apply to save the changes you have made.
- Starting Windows® with Television Display Enabled
- Using a Monitor vs. Using the Television Display
- Adjusting Monitor Display
- Viewing Text on Television
- To Use Larger Display Fonts
- 1 Click Start.
- 2 Point to Settings, then click Control Panel.
- 3 Double-click Display.
- 4 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button.
- 5 Make sure you’re on the General tab.
- 6 In the Font Size box, select the size you want your displayed fonts to be.
- 7 Click Apply, then follow the onscreen instructions to save your new settings.
- To Use Larger Display Fonts
- Reducing Edge Distortion
- To Increase the Horizontal Size
- 1 Click Start.
- 2 Point to Settings, then click Control Panel.
- 3 Double-click Display.
- 4 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button.
- 5 Click on the ATI Displays tab.
- 6 Click on the TV button.
- 7 Make sure you’re on the Adjustments tab.
- 8 Click on the plus (+) button under Horizontal Screen to increase the horizontal size of the tel...
- 9 Click Apply to save the changes you have made.
- To Change the Brightness
- 1 Click Start.
- 2 Point to Settings, then click Control Panel.
- 3 Double-click Display.
- 4 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button.
- 5 Click on the ATI Displays tab.
- 6 Click on the TV button.
- 7 Drag the Brightness slider to the left to decrease the brightness.
- 8 Click Apply to save the changes you have made.
- To Increase the Horizontal Size
- Changing Display Configurations
- Using Games and Applications
- Enabling and Disabling the Television Display
Using HydraVision™ for Windows® NT4.0/Windows® 2000 25
NOTE: The HydraVision™ application title bar icon
changes from a single square to two smaller squares when a
window is in a HydraVision™ maximized state. Clicking the
icon again restores the active window to its default state as a
single square.
General:
Application position memory—Check this box to “remember”
the size and location of application windows when they are
closed and reapply those settings when the application is
reopened.
Boot to single monitor—Check this box to enable a single
monitor only when the computer starts. All other connected
devices will be disabled.
NOTE: Extended Desktop must be enabled before the
computer is restarted.
Remove HydraVision™ title bar buttons—This box removes
or restores the ATI buttons placed on the title bar in installed
applications.
Remove MultiDesk system tray icon—This box removes or
restores the MultiDesk system tray icon.
MultiDesk Settings—This button gives access to all the MultiDesk
Properties. Here you enable, disable and name active desktops.
Load/Unload Desktop Manager—Thisbuttonrestoresorremoves
the HydraVision™ Desktop Manager tracking program. You should
only select this option if you do not want to use any multiple monitor
dialog box controls and window controls or hot keys.
. NOTE: MultiDesk will not reload automatically when
Windows
®
restarts. You will need to reload MultiDesk from the
Desktop Manager dialog box.