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CHAPTER 1 INSTALLING HARDWARE
1.1 Package Contents
Unpack your video capture adapter and make sure that all the items are intact. The
following items should be included in your package:
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video capture adapter
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Quick Installation Guide
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Installation CD-ROM
1.2 Minimum System Requirements
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Intel Pentium 4 1.6GHz or above CPU
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256 MB RAM
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200 MB available hard disk space
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One available USB port (USB 2.0 recommended)
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Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
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VGA with DirectDraw driver supporting Overlay Surface (DirectX 8.1 supported)
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AC 97 compatible sound card
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Speakers for audio output
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CD-ROM drive
1.3 Upgrading USB 2.0 Host Controller Driver
Before you plug the video capture adapter into your computer’s USB 2.0 port, please
check your USB 2.0 device driver first. If your USB 2.0 host controller driver is not the latest
version or provided by Microsoft, we strongly recommend you use our USB 2.0 update
utility. It will help you to upgrade your USB 2.0 driver to the latest version released by
Microsoft in order to avoid some compatibility issues. Please follow the steps below to
upgrade your USB 2.0 host controller driver.
Note: DO NOT
connect th e video capture adapter to your computer when you are using the
USB update utility.
1. Turn on your computer. After Windows has finished loading, insert the provided
Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. T he autorun page will automatically detect your
USB 2.0 host controller device. If your host controller is not the latest version or provided by
Microsoft, the USB update utility will display the following warning message: (
If your
driver is already the latest version, you would not see the warning message. Skip to Section
1.4 Hardware Installation to install the video capture adapter
).
