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
30 Using HydraVision™ for Windows® NT4.0/Windows® 2000
To switch to another defined desktop, select the appropriate desktop
number from the pop-up menu. To enable, disable and name active
desktops, select MultiDesk Properties from the pop-up menu. The
MultiDesk functionality can be removed by selecting Unload
HydraVision™ MultiDesk from the pop-up menu.
MultiDesk Properties allows you to control the desktops. Right-
click a Desktop tab to set it Active, Inactive, or Disabled. Inactive
desktops MAY contain applications; however, they are temporarily
disabled. Disabled desktops cannot contain any applications. If an
Active or Inactive desktop that contain applications is disabled, the
applications will be automatically moved to an Active desktop.
You can also give a desktop a unique name. Double-click the desired
desktop tab. The tab will turn grey and the cursor will blink. Simply
type in the new name. When you have finished renaming the desktop
clickonthetabtosavethechange.
Keep on all desks allows you to have a selected application visible
on all desktops.
The MultiDesk functionality can be removed by selecting Unload
ATI Ic on or the Desktop Manager.
NOTE: MultiDesk will not reload automatically when
Windows
®
restarts. You will need to reload MultiDesk from the
Desktop Manager.