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
28 Using HydraVision™ for Windows® NT4.0/Windows® 2000
You can also disable all hot keys listed in the Assigned hot keys list
boxbycheckingtheDisable hot keys box near the bottom of the
Hot Keys dialog.
Using Hot Keys
You can use any assigned hot key at any time, from within any
application, to change your display.
Provided hot key functions include:
Snap App to Monitor Allows you to move or “snap” active
windows or dialogs from monitor to
monitor for quick placement and
viewing of desktop contents.
HydraVision™ Pop-up
Menu
Allows on-the-fly access to
HydraVision™ controls.
Run Application Lets you start any application with a hot
key.
Gather All Windows to
Monitor 1
Allows you to find applications that are
hidden or are open and lost on disabled
monitors.
Find Cursor Locates the cursor on a busy or crowded
desktop
Next Desktop Accesses other active desktops
Zoom Display In/Out Causes the desktop resolution to increase
or decrease.
Zoom In/Out on
Monitor
Causes the resolution of the active
monitor to increase or decrease.