Asus AGP-V7100/2V1D/32MB User Manual Download

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ASUS V7100 Series User’s Manual

3. S

Setup

3. Software Setup

3. Click Cancel to enter the Windows

desktop.

4. Insert the CD installation disc into

your CD-ROM drive.

5. The ASUS Windows 2000 Install

Shell appears. Click Drivers and then click Install Display Driver on the Driver
dialog box.

6. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup.

7. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer, it

will prompt you to restart your computer. Click Yes to restart your computer and
to complete Setup

Windows 2000

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program

1. Start Windows.

2. When Windows detects your ASUS

graphics card, the Found New Hard-
ware Wizard dialog box appears.

Display Drivers

Summary of Contents for AGP-V7100/2V1D/32MB

Page 1: ... TwinView GPU Graphics Card USER S MANUAL Hardware Video Drivers AGP V7100 Pure 32M AGP V7100 Pure 16M AGP V7100 T 32M AGP V7100 T 16M AGP V7100 DVI 32M AGP V7100 DVI 16M AGP V7100 2V1D 32M AGP V7100 Deluxe Combo 32M ...

Page 2: ...ting by ASUS or 2 the serial number of the product is defaced or missing Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trade marks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe NVIDIA GeForce2 MX andcombinationsthereof aretrademarksofNVIDIACorporation Windows ...

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Page 4: ...yout 13 ASUS VR 100 Optional Upgrade Kit 15 Installation Procedures 16 New Systems 16 Systems with Existing VGA Card 16 3 Software Setup 17 Operating System Requirements 17 Windows 98 17 Display Driver Installation 18 Windows 98 18 Method 1 ASUS Quick Setup Program 18 Method 2 Display Property Page 19 Method 3 Plug and Play 20 Windows 2000 21 Method 1 ASUS Quick Setup Program 21 Method 2 Plug and ...

Page 5: ...lity 37 Install ASUS Digital VCR 38 4 Software Reference 39 ASUS Control Panel 39 Refresh Rate 39 More Resolution 40 Information 40 Color 41 Display 44 Advanced 49 Direct3D VR 49 Direct3D 53 OpenGL VR 56 OpenGL 58 TwinView 60 Other 61 Using the Utilities 65 ASUS Tweak Utility 65 ASUS VideoSecurity 67 ASUS Live Video 71 ASUS Digital VCR 81 Using the Other Utilities 95 ASUS TWAIN Interface 95 ASUS V...

Page 6: ...e separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WARNING The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations Changes or modifications to this unit not e...

Page 7: ...V7100deliversnotonlybreakthroughleading edgegraphicsperformance but also ergonomically pleasing image fidelity regardless of the CPU central pro cessing unit your computer system is using With the ASUS AGP V7100 you will not only see but also experience stunning dynamic realistic 3D worlds and characters Highlights Powered by the World s Newest Graphics Processing Unit GPU Built in 32 16MB video m...

Page 8: ... light maps reflection maps full scene anti aliasing trilinear and 8 tap anisotropic filtering better than trilinear mipmapping Fully 1 2 compliant OpenGL support 32 bit colors Z stencil buffer Multi buffering double triple quad buffering for smooth animation and video playback TwinView Architecture for models with TV out DVI models only with si multaneous and independent dual display control and ...

Page 9: ...tenna ASUS AV Adapter NVIDIA T M GeForce2 MX T M GPU Chip Graphics Processing Unit with Heatsink VGA BIOS 32MB Frame Buffer S TV TUNER MODULE L G G R AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT Left Audio Channel Ground Ground Right Audio Channel Item Checklist ASUS AGP V7100 Deluxe Combo Graphics Card ASUS AV Adapter ASUS VR 100G This User s Manual ASUS V7100 Series Driver Utility CD Disc SVHS TV Output Video Output Aud...

Page 10: ...ransmits that output to a receiver in a display The VIP Video Interface Port Connector are used for third party add on modules such as video capture cards or television tuners 32MB Frame Buffer 1 VIP Connector A 2 26 25 The DVI Dual Link output accepts either a 12 or 24 pin DVI plug connector or a new type of analog plug connector that uses four additional pins plus a ground plane plug to maintain...

Page 11: ...o Interface Port Connector are used for third party add on modules such as video capture cards or television tuners 32 16MB Frame Buffer 1 VIP Connector A 2 26 25 The DVI Dual Link output accepts either a 12 or 24 pin DVI plug connector or a new type of analog plug connector that uses four additional pins plus a ground plane plug to maintain constant impedance for the analog RGB signals Item Check...

Page 12: ...n you should set JP1 to NTSC VGA Output Projector S Video Output Composite RCA Output NVIDIA TM GeForce2 MX TM GPU Chip Graphics Processing Unit with Heatsink VGA BIOS The VIP Video Interface Port Connector is used for third party add on modules such as video capture cards or television tuners 32 16MB Frame Buffer 1 VIP Connector A JP1 2 26 25 Item Checklist ASUS AGP V7100 T Graphics Card PAL or N...

Page 13: ...his User s Manual ASUS V7100 Series Driver Utility CD Disc VGA Monitor output 15pin standard VGA Output Projector NVIDIA TM GeForce2 MX TM GPU Chip Graphics Processing Unit with Heatsink VGA BIOS The VIP Video Interface Port Connector is used for third party add on modules such as video capture cards or television tuners 32 16MB Frame Buffer 1 VIP Connector A 2 26 25 ...

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Page 15: ...asses ASUS VR 100G Stereo Glasses Output VGA Monitor output 15pin standard VGA Input Reserved VR Glasses Output To VGA Card s Monitor Output VGA Input Projector ASUS VR 100 You must anchor the ASUS VR 100 s mounting bracket with a screw to a free ex pansion slot in your computer chassis VGA Output 3D Glasses ASUS VR 100G Stereo Glasses Output VGA Monitor output 15pin standard VGA Input Reserved VR...

Page 16: ...eady to install the software drivers and utilities Systems with Existing VGA Card 1 Change your display driver to Standard VGA 2 Shut down your computer and unplug all electrical cords 3 Replace the existing VGA card with your graphics card 4 Restart your computer 5 Install the ASUS V7100 series display driver NOTE This graphics card series can only be installed in motherboards with an AGP slot WA...

Page 17: ... necessary to use the DIME feature of AGP DIME means Direct Memory Execute which is accessed directly by most AGP chips when VGARTD is installed for complex texture mapping operations For other notes or release information see the README files in the installa tion CD disc This Manual assumes that your CD ROM disc drive is drive D and that Windows is in C WINDOWS Replace either with the actual loca...

Page 18: ...runtime libraries DirectX must be installed so that your video player can take advantage of hardware acceleration See 3 Software Setup Install GART Driver and 3 Software Setup Install DirectX later in this manual for the setup steps Method 1 ASUS Quick Setup Program NOTE See 3 Software Setup Drivers Install Display Driver for more informa tion 1 Start Windows 2 Switch display to Windows Standard D...

Page 19: ...to the next step 7 Click Browse to search the CD ROM drive In the Drives box of the Open dialog box select your CD ROM drive and then click OK 8 In the Foldersbox double click the WIN9x folder and then select ASUSNV9X INF in the File name box 9 Click OK Alist of video cards appears Select yourVGAcard type for your operat ing system and then click OK 10 The Update Driver Warning box appears Click Y...

Page 20: ... series graphics card the New Hardware Found dialog box appears 3 Click Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer 4 When Setup prompts you for the locationofthedriver typeD WIN9x to direct Setup to the INF file and then click Finish to install the driver 5 When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer it will prompt you to restart your computer Click Yes to r...

Page 21: ... Display Driver on the Driver dialog box 6 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup 7 When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer it will prompt you to restart your computer Click Yes to restart your computer and to complete Setup Windows 2000 Method 1 ASUS Quick Setup Program 1 Start Windows 2 When Windows detects your ASUS graphicscard theFoundNewHar...

Page 22: ...nstallation disc into your CD ROM drive to bring up the Locate Driver Files item of the FoundNewHardwareWizard dia log box 4 When the next Found New Hard ware Wizard dialog box appears select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended and then click Next Method 2 Plug and Play 1 Start Windows 2 When Windows detects your ASUS graphics card the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box ap pea...

Page 23: ...les Search Results item of the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box 9 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup 10 When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer it will prompt you to restart your computer Click OK to restart your computer and to complete Setup 8 When prompted to select the display driver to install in your system se lect the one that is l...

Page 24: ...ge 2 After your computer restarts right click the desktop and click Properties 3 Click the Settings tab 4 Select Change Display Type 5 Select Adapter Type and click Change 6 Click Have Disk 7 Insert the CD installation disc 8 Type D NT40 or click Browse to select the path of the display driver for Win dows NT Click OK 9 Select ASUS V7100 and then click OK 10 Windows NT will once again prompt for c...

Page 25: ...creen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Drivers If you prefer to install the drivers individually follow the steps on the following pages Windows 2000 Setup will only copy the display drivers Windows NT 4 0 SETUPNT TXTwill appear Follow the instructions to install the display driver You may refer to the installation procedures earlier in 3 Software Setup Win dows NT...

Page 26: ...ur CD ROM drive Click Drivers Install DirectX Windows 98 Only Microsoft DirectX allows 3D hardware acceleration support in Windows 98 For Software MPEG support in Windows 98 you must first install Microsoft DirectX and then an MPEG compliant video player 2 The Drivers box appears Click In stall DirectX to select the DirectX version you want to install WARNING Some games written for older DirectX v...

Page 27: ...t Follow the on screen instructions to finish the GART driver installation The succeeding steps as sume that you are installing for an Intel chipset 1 Insert the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Drivers 2 The Drivers box appears Click In stall...

Page 28: ...f you selected No on the previ ous screen before clicking OK you will be presented with a selection of other drivers Make your driver se lection and click Install 5 When the Welcome screen appears click Next to continue 6 Once the driver installation is fin ished click Finish ...

Page 29: ...ard Deluxe Combo Windows 98 only 1 Insert the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Drivers 2 The Drivers box appears Click In stall ASUS TWAIN Driver 3 When the Welcome box appears click Next to start copying the files Setup automatically starts c...

Page 30: ...the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Drivers 2 Click Uninstall Display Driver and follow the on screen directions Method 2 Using Control Panel 1 Click Start and then point to Set tings 2 Click Control Panel 3 Double click the Add Remove Pro gr...

Page 31: ... The system will prompt you to restart your computer Click Yes to restart Windows 2000 Method1 Using the Autorun Screen See Windows 98 Method 1 Using the Autorun Screen earlier in this section for the procedures Method 2 Using Control Panel 1 Click Start and then point to Set tings 2 Click Control Panel 3 Double click the Add Remove Programs icon 4 Click the Change Remove Pro grams icon 5 Click AS...

Page 32: ...SUS VGA LiveUpdate 2 Selectanupdatemethodfromthedrop down list box and then click Next Update BIOS Driver from the Internet lets you update the BIOS or driver from the Internet The updating running the flash utility or the installation program will be done automatically Download BIOS Driver from the Internet lets you download the BIOS or driver to a folder in your computer 3 After you have selecte...

Page 33: ...or Windows standard 1 Insert the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Drivers and when the Driv ers box appears click Install Video for Windows Capture Driver To complete the installation simply follow the on screen instructions or prompts NOTE Un...

Page 34: ...s inappropriately may dam age your card and cause your system to be unstable 1 Insert the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Utilities 2 The Utilities box appears Click In stall ASUS Tweak Utility 3 When the Welcome box appears click Next To com...

Page 35: ...monitors the card s graphic chip state alerting users about abnormal events such as a fan malfunction or chip overheat Likewise the utility cools down the graphic chip temperature when it is idle or returns it to its maximum capability when necessary The ASUS V7100 Series graphics cards do not require this utility DO NOT install ...

Page 36: ...by using a video capture device such as a digital camera 1 Insert the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Utilities 2 The Utilities box appears Click In stallVideoSecurity 3 When the Welcome box appears click Next to start the installation To com...

Page 37: ...lation disc into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Utilities To complete the installation simply follow the on screen instructions or prompts Install ASUS Live Utility TheASUS Live utility lets you view and capture video images from the card s video input port NOTE Make...

Page 38: ...e icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Utilities To complete the installation simply follow the on screen instructions or prompts Install ASUS Digital VCR ASUS DigitalVCR like the ASUS Live utility lets you view and capture video images from the card s video input port Digital VCR however provides extra func tions such...

Page 39: ...nced after clicking Settings Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings Refresh Rate Refresh Rate lets you change the refresh rate of your current screen resolution WARNING Be sure that the refresh rate that you select is supported by your monitor Selecting a refresh rate that is beyond your monitor s specification may damage it Press ESC to restore your original settings in case of...

Page 40: ...00 HiColor to 800x600 TrueColor Click OK to restart your computer to make the change 1 Click right click the ASUS Control Panel icon point to More Resolu tion andthenclickthedesiredscreen resolution The system will automati cally set the resolution selected with out restarting your computer Information Information lists the relevant informa tion about your card Aside from this it has links to the ...

Page 41: ...n be made for Desk top D3D Game Video and OpenGL The color settings of Desktop D3D Game and OpenGL are not adjustable under 8 bit colr depth Desktop Desktop lets you adjust the color of your Windows desktop D3D Game D3D Game lets you make your favorite color settings for D3D games Video Video lets you make your favorite color settings for videos OpenGL OpenGL lets you make your favorite color sett...

Page 42: ...saturation out put of your display card Video Changes to your settings can be viewed on the displayed picture shown as race horses Scheme Scheme lists schemes that you can use to change the appearance of many screen elements simultaneously You can use existing schemes or create and save your own scheme by saving your current settings or delete unwanted schemes You may want to save a scheme that yo...

Page 43: ... the video player cannot use the hardware acceleration function overlay On the other hand if you run your video player first before opening Video the preview window will show a warning message The message may also appear when you click Video and the dia log box is on the wrong monitor in a Windows 98 2000 multiple display environ ment Desktop Digital Vibrance Digital Vibrance lets you control colo...

Page 44: ...ecification check of your monitor That is you may select all the resolutions and refresh rates that the VGA card can support Note Choosing a resolution or refresh rate beyond the monitor specifications may damage your moni tor Change current refresh rate Windows 98 only Displays the Change current refresh rate box to let you customize a new refresh rate To change the current refresh rate 1 Click C...

Page 45: ...ed DirectDraw DirectDraw lets you change the refresh rate of DirectDraw It is most useful when you are play ing a full screen game To change the refresh rate 1 Click Change refresh rate 2 In the Refresh Rate list under the DirectDrawtab selecttherefreshrate you want to use Monitor Timing Displays the Monitor Timing box to let you select the proper timing mode of your monitor Auto Detect Lets Windo...

Page 46: ...o customize a resolution or refresh rate or both 1 Click 2 Click the Change Resolution pop up button when it appears 3 In the Change Resolution box change the settings according to your preference and then click OK These icons on the Display tab appear only under Clone mode Click to make monitor adjustments to the pri mary display device in Clone mode Click to make monitor adjustments to the sec o...

Page 47: ...y Flicker Filter Sets the anti flicker effect Position Sets the screen position Output type Displays the connection status of composite and S Video Scan Type Sets the scan type of the TV display Overscan default bleeds the image off the edges of the pic ture tube of your TV Underscan lets you compen sate for overscanning TVs Use Position to posi tion or center the image in the TV screen Digital Fl...

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Page 49: ... screen Foreground Foreground is set in conjunction with Background to extend or stretch the histogram chart on the D3D OSD box to scale the depth of 3D objects Some games require only a little range of Z to make bad stereoscopic effect On the D3D OSD box move the Foreground slider to the left to adjust Foreground to the Z value of objects stretched toward 0 0 On the Advanced dialog box see above ...

Page 50: ...support a high refresh rate Make sure that your monitor supports a selected refresh rate otherwise your monitor may become unstable for example a blank screen may occur Scheme Scheme lists schemes that you can use to change the appearance of many screen elements simultaneously You can use existing schemes or create and save your own scheme by saving your current settings or delete unwanted schemes...

Page 51: ...latest information D3DVR TXT in the WIN9X folder The OSD settings include Depth Embossment Direction Background Foreground Blind Brightness Contrast and Gamma See 4 Software Reference Advanced for a description of the 3D glasses settings and 4 Software Reference Color for a description of the display settings When selected this lets you to adjust onscreen the settings of your 3D glasses and displa...

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Page 53: ...rces the hardware to automatically adjust the depth of its Z buffer to the depth that the applica tion requests Normally you will want to keep this option enabled unless your work absolutely requires a specific Z buffer depth Enable alternate depth buffering technique This option lets the hardware use a different mechanism for depth buffering in 16 bit applications Enabling this setting can produc...

Page 54: ... best performance PCI This option forces the command buffer to be created into the PCI memory If you are experiencing stability problems with your system especially with some Socket 7 motherboards choose this option for better compatibility PCI with reduced heap This option forces the command buffer to be created into the PCI memory This however also reduces the AGP heap size by an amount equal to...

Page 55: ...render frames allows you to limit the number of frames the CPU can prepare before they areprocessedbythegraphicschipwhenverticalsync is turned off Reduce this value if you experience while playing games a noticeable delay in the response of the input devices connected to your computer Texel Alignment Changing these values will change where the texel origin is defined The default values conform to ...

Page 56: ...objects being pulled or popping out of the screen See On Screen Display later in this section for details When set to a too high value eye discomfort fatigue may occur To achieve a better stereoscopic visual quality set Embossment in conjunction with View Angle VR Effect Enable Stereoscopic Mode When selected this enables you to use the stereo scopic mode when running OpenGL 3D applica tions and g...

Page 57: ... combination of your choice you can only define CTRL ALT key combinations Hot keys automatically include CTRL ALT Press any valid key you cannot use ESC ENTER TAB SPACEBAR PRINT SCREEN or BACKSPACE you want to add to this combination For example to define the hot key combination CTRL ALT D press D NOTE The hot keys will be available only if you selected the Enable OSD check box OSD Settings When s...

Page 58: ...p linear filtering This option allows increased application performance at the expense of some image quality loss In many cases the loss of image quality may not be noticeable Enable anisotropic filtering This option allows OpenGL to use anisotropic filtering for improved image quality Enable alternate depth buffering technique This option lets the hardware use a different mechanis for depth buffe...

Page 59: ...ways off default Off by default On by default Maximum system memory MB for textures in PCI mode Clicking the up arrow increases the memory size while clicking the down arrow decreases the size of system memory for textures The maximum amount of system memory for texture storage de pends on the physical memory installed on your system Maximum system memory MB for textures in PCI mode lets you set t...

Page 60: ...ure Disable auto panning on clone device viewport lock when selected lets you lock the display po sition of the secondary display Standard When selected default the TwinView function of the card is disabled Extended Desktop When se lected thisen ables your desktop area to be spread across two displays Ex tendedDesktopisnotsupportedunderWindows95 IMPORTANT If this is your first time to en able Exte...

Page 61: ...lication Management Application Management lets you add a program to Display Manager 1 Click the Add button on the Application Man agement tab IMPORTANT Make sure that the programs you want to run using Desktop Manager are already open Display Manager Display Manager lets you run one or more programs on one or both monitors or desktops Among others it also allows you to undertake program managemen...

Page 62: ... at its last position and size lets you start the program at the last position and size it was when you closed it To display the Desktop Manager menu from any program that has been added in Display Manager right click the title bar of the open program The title bar is the horizontal bar at the top of a window that shows the name of the document or program Hot Keys Hot Keys lets you enter different...

Page 63: ...the de faults Press any valid key including function keys you cannot use ESC ENTER TAB SPACEBAR PRINT SCREEN or BACKSPACE you want to add Zoom update frequency updates per second lets you set the update or refresh frequency of the magnified view in number of times per sec onds default 8 can be set from 1 to 100 times per second Normally the magnified view is up dated whenever the mouse cursor is m...

Page 64: ...ror Auto creates the full screen mirror on the display device on which there is no Overlay This implies that if the video play is dragged to the other display the full screen mirror will automatically switch displays Display 1 or Display 2 forces Full Screen Device in Display 1 or Display 2 In Clone mode selecting Auto is equivalent to selecting Display 2 because Overlay only appears in Display 1 ...

Page 65: ...weak Utility click Start and point to Programs Asus Tweak ing Utilities and then click Tweak Timing Adjustment Timing Adjustment lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory Use tweak settings on next startup Selecting this allows you to use your settings when Windows starts Graphics Speed Engine Lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine Memory Let...

Page 66: ...in safe mode hold the F8 key until the Windows Startup Menu appears For some machines and Windows 98 you can use CTRL to bring up the Startup Menu Enter the number for Safe mode and then press ENTER 2 In Windows click Start and point to Programs Asus Tweak Utility and then click Tweak Safe Mode Recovery 3 The ASUSTweak Safe Mode Prop erties box appears Click the appro priate settings Using Tweak S...

Page 67: ... or editing software can then be used to view modify or distribute them Limitations Because of differences in hardware sensitivity VideoSecurity may not completely detect all possible errors Before you execute VideoSecurity there are some limita tions you have to understand so that you can appropriately use it Due to changing temperatures the captured image of some CCDs will be twisted which may g...

Page 68: ...r in the lower right corner of your screen Whenever VideoSecurity detects a problem it will run You may also run VideoSecurity by clicking the icon VideoSecurity Working Directory The VideoSecurity Working Directory is the folder where the utility stores its temporary working and log files Default is C VIDEOSEC The directory is user configurable When VideoSecurity is ran a sub directory will autom...

Page 69: ...dure Currently only one option is available to set the image format This is an important parameter when setting up VideoSecurity Your environment may change often but VideoSecurity is concerned only when there is a change in the environment Make sure that you select a suitable sensitivity for your environment Use this to stop tracing or to choose the error processing method to use while tracing Th...

Page 70: ...Main Control Panel Click to start detecting Click to open the VideoSecurity Setting dialog box Starts the Setup Wizard Lets you define a region with which VideoSecurity will monitor for errors or intrusion Lets you adjust the video source parameters such as Color Video Connector and Video Standard Opens online help Minimizes VideoSecurity to the status tray Click ASUS VideoSecurity icon on the sta...

Page 71: ...s digital cameras and laser disc players through the onboard RCA or SVHS VIDEO IN connectors 2 Capture live motion video up to 30 frames second minimum system require ment Pentium II 266 NOTE You should already have installed DirectX 7 or later to use ASUS Live see 3 Software Setup Install DirectX Running ASUS Live Video To run the utility click Start and point to Programs and then ASUS Live and t...

Page 72: ... and or ASV2 Settings Quality Level 0 Best Compression 1 2 3 default 4 5 Normal Quality 6 7 8 9 Best Quality Click an image to view it with the associated image viewer or application a pop up window opens to show the path and filename of the selected image Right click an image to View Save As and Delete that image Shows hides the Video Source Option F9 see next page Opens the About ASUS Live ASUS ...

Page 73: ...e Option When first using ASUS Live you must set up the video source By clicking the Video Source Option F9 button hotkey F9 on the ASUS Live Control Panel you can show or hide the video source setup screen Use your mouse pointing device or the Up or Down Buttons on the ASUS Live Control Panel or the UP and DOWN arrow keys on your keyboard to select Video Connector and then the Left and Right Butt...

Page 74: ...set live video as wallpaper to display it To change video source settings click the Setup button on the ASUS Live Control Panel NOTES 1 Currently Live Mode does not work under Windows NT 4 0 Live Mode requires at least Direct Draw 6 which Windows NT 4 0 does not support 2 Before using the Wall Paper option make sure that the View as Web Page option of the Active Desktop setting is not selected see...

Page 75: ...4 x 480 30 frames second during the video capture process Otherwise your system may become unstable Windows 2000 NT 4 0 The video capture driver for Windows 2000 NT 4 0 is not automatically installed when you install the display drivers of your ASUS graphics card To install insert the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive click Drivers and then click Install Video for Windows Capture Driver ...

Page 76: ... to ad just the basic video capture settings such as Capture Image Dimension and Format Capture CODEC se lection and CaptureAudio Format and Attribute Video Capture Setting Under Capture Image Dimension and Format select the Image Di mensions Image Format and ASV2 Settings of your choice NOTE Windows 2000 NT4 0 sup ports only the UYVY image format Under Capture CODEC selection select the video com...

Page 77: ...lso lets you ad just the Brightness Contrast Satura tion and Hue of your images SnapShot Setting 1 Click Setup and point to and then click Video SnapShot to select your Capture Picture Format default 24 bit Image Setting and other set tings Under Image Setting you may set the desired Image File name and path default C CAPTURE BMP and for the filename to be consecu tively numbered Store image use c...

Page 78: ...creen The screen will freeze momentarily and the captured image saved as a BMP file using consecutive numbers will be previewed in the Preview Files window You may click an image to view that captured image 2 Repeat Step 1 as necessary These settings include the Start Time Year Month Day Hour Minute Sec ond Stop Time Year Month Day Hour Minute Second Channel Num ber Capture Frame Rate and options ...

Page 79: ... on your desktop through your default movie player Frame Recording is useful in animation To begin capturing do the following 1 Click Frame Recording on the ASUS Live Control Panel or press the F6 key to open the Capture Frames box 2 Click Capture to begin capturing the desired frame or frames on ASUS Live Video s display screen and then click Done when the desired end frame is reached The initial...

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Page 81: ...em require ment Pentium II 266 For TimeShifting recording at MPEG II format 704x480 30 frames second minimum system requirement is Pentium III 600 recommended Pentium III 700 or higher NOTE You should already have installed DirectX 7 or later to useASUS Digital VCR see 3 Software Setup Install DirectX Running ASUS Digital VCR To run the utility click Start and point to Programs and then ASUS Digit...

Page 82: ...52x240 To resize the monitor drag a window corner pointer becomes a double headed arrow when it is ready to the desired size The video size status will also change accordingly NOTES Users of PAL D K models of the graphics card should select PAL BGHI for the Video Standard Monitor Toolbox Exit Click to quit ASUS Digital VCR OSD Setup Click to set up the video source and adjust Brightness Contrast a...

Page 83: ...lect the Always on Top Off command from the Window W menu OSD Setup When first using ASUS Digital VCR you must set up the video source Use the OSD Setup button on the ASUS Digital VCR Control Panel to show or hide the video source setup screen on the monitor Use your mouse pointing device or the UP and DOWN arrow keys on your keyboard to select options Brightness Contrast Saturation Hue Connector ...

Page 84: ...ick the display and then click You may also use CTRL S or ESC to disable full screen display The display will then revert to its previous size Enable wallpaper display NOTE Before using the Enable wallpaper display option make sure that the View as Web Page option of theActive Desktop setting is not selected see Start Settings Active Desktop View as Web Page To Enable wallpaper display click or us...

Page 85: ...esults from fast moving objects when rendering to video Normal uses both fields to render the video output For PAL output use Skip Odd Field and for NTSC output use Skip Even Field Video Standard Video Standard lets you select the video srandard to use for display NTSC M de fault NTSC N NTSC 4 43 PAL BGHI PAL M PAL N PAL 4 43 or SECAM NOTE Users of the PAL D K models should select PAL BGHI for the...

Page 86: ...de from Live Mode click or press F3 Captured images are shown on the Preview Library Double click an image to play it back or view it with the associated image viewer or application the path and file name of the selected image is shown below the image You may also right click an image or select an image and then click the appropriate button to Playback or view Save As a new file or Delete that ima...

Page 87: ...y models with the VIDEO IN connector the video capture driver will automatically be installed on your system This video capture driver follows Microsoft Video for Windows standard and can open up to a capture window size of 704 x 480 It can be used withsomeapplicationsthatusevideocaptureasanoption suchasvideoconferencing net meeting or digital video authoring applications IMPORTANT You must enable...

Page 88: ...Video Capture Store Video file use consecutive numbered filename Select preferred file naming convention default selected Capture Audio Select if you prefer to include audio when capturing video default not selected When selected the Set Audio option becomes available SnapShot Store image use consecutive numbered filename Select preferred file naming convention default selected Snapshot color bits...

Page 89: ...z 16 Bit Stereo 172 KB s can make the sound quality of your video file better but your video file size will be larger Frame rate lets you select the preferred video data rate for the images to be cap tured default 30 frame sec which is full motion Maximum AVI split file size lets you set the maximum size for each video capture default 2000 M Bytes Enable capture time limit lets you limit the captu...

Page 90: ...cordingincludes the Current time Hour Minute Second StartTime Year Month Day Hour Minute Second End Time Year Month Day Hour Minute Second Frame Rate Channel and options to Capture Audio to the recording View Log of auto recorded events and to Delete one or Delete All the pre recording settings Add lets you add while Clear lets you clear your pre recording setting s The video recording will start ...

Page 91: ... images and then show these images on your desktop almost simultaneously through the default image viewer It supports any plug in picture viewer image processing pro gram to view the captured images To begin capturing do the following 1 Click on the ASUS Digital VCR toolbar or press the F5 key to capture the desired image from the ASUS Digital VCR monitor The screen will freeze momentarily and the...

Page 92: ...reached The initial frame of the captured video saved as an AVI file will immediately be displayed on your movie player NOTE 1 With the newTimeShifting technology fromASUS you can start playing back the captured video anytime see TimeShifting later in this section even while recording Capture Video F7 Capture Video hotkey F7 lets you capture video stream data continuously and then show these image...

Page 93: ...u re watching your favorite TV show on your computer and you had to leave but you don t want to miss the rest of the show all you need is to record it with ASUS TimeShifting When you come back you don t have to wait unlike traditional recorders for the recording to finish to be able to watch what s been recorded Just click Play and playback will start imme diately this while recording still contin...

Page 94: ...ox opens Double click the video file you want to open You may need to locate the drive or folder that contains the file 3 Playback immediately begins A progress indicator will show the elapsed time NOTES During playback 1 You may apply some filters to create effects on your video Simply clickFilters to apply a filter to the video file 2 You may apply Fast Motion Slow Motion and other effects Simpl...

Page 95: ...he First Time NOTE You do not need to repeat this step for subsequent uses of theASUS TWAIN module If more than one TWAIN device is installed in your system and you want to switch devices use Select TWAIN_32 Source command Importing an Image Using the ASUS TWAIN Interface ASUS TWAIN Interface Windows 98 Only TWAIN is a cross platform interface for acquiring images captured by scanners digital came...

Page 96: ...ck the capture button or click the Capture menu and then Single Frame Other Options Preferences Menu Click to adjust the background color of your image and other options Toggle preview video Click button or click the Options menu and then Pre view to toggle between the preview video options A pressed button or a checked Preview command indicates that the pre view is on and vice versa Toggle overla...

Page 97: ... 3D glasses ASUS VR 100G and test your 3D glasses func tionality 1 Click the VR Effect menu and then click VR On to enable stereoscopic display Opening or Displaying a Stereoscopic or 3D File To run ASUS VR PictureViewer click or right click the ASUS Control Panel icon see 4 Software Reference ASUS Control Panel on the taskbar s status area to display the ASUS Control Panel point to VR PictureView...

Page 98: ...en dialog box or select another folder and then click Open The 3D image appears on the VrViewer main window see preced ingpageforanopened3Dimagefile Note that the 3D effect is not shown in this picture Changing the View 1 Click the Zoom menu and then click the desired zoom percentage Testing the 3D Glasses 1 Click the Test 3D glasses and then follow the onscreen instructions ...

Page 99: ...ereoTV see 3 Software Setup Install DirectX To run StereoTV right click the ASUS Control Panel icon on the taskbar s status area to display the ASUS Control Panel point to StereoTV and then click it ASUS Control Panel icon ASUS VR MoviePlayer Exit Minimize Channel Buttons Stereo Setting Volume Buttons Window Size Buttons Channel Setting Video Setting Image Setting Buttons and Functions Channel But...

Page 100: ...system IMPORTANT Be sure that the system and standard of the country where you will be installing your card is set appropriately For example you should have the NTSC model if you plan to use your card in countries with NTSC systems PAL BGHI model in countries with PAL BGHI systems or PAL 4 43 model in countries with PAL 4 43 systems Video Setting Use this button to select the video format Options ...

Page 101: ...colors 16 7M colors Standard High Color True Color 640 x 480 240 240 240 800 x 600 240 240 240 1024 x 768 240 240 240 1152 x 864 200 200 170 1280 x 960 170 170 150 1280 x1204 170 170 170 1600 x 900 150 150 120 1600 x 1200 120 120 100 1920 x 1080 100 100 85 1920 x 1200 100 100 85 1920 x 1440 85 85 75 2048 x 1536 75 75 75 Maximum Refresh Rate ...

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Page 103: ...Bus Master mode instead ofAGP execute mode for motherboards using this AGPset You must install DirectX 6 or later so that your player can take advantage of the hardware acceleration mode DirectDraw Try to switch to a lower resolution color depth or refresh rate Switching to a lower mode allows your player to use hardware acceleration mode Switch dual view mode to VGA or TV mode VideoSecurity curre...

Page 104: ...d The only way to remove password protection is to recall the original password that you assigned The password protection is still active even when you uninstallVideoSecurity and install a new copy Make sure that the password that you assigned can be eas ily remembered You may write down your password and store it in a safe place 6 Troubleshooting 6 Troubleshooting ...

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