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Using Your
ATI TV Wonder

™

USB Edition

ATI TV WONDER USB
Edition is an economical,
external TV-tuner pod that
attaches to your
computer’s USB port.

This chapter explains how
to use the special features
that your TV Wonder
USB Edition offers:

•

Live TV from cable

•

Live audio up to 16KHz and up to 16-bit

•

S-Video or Composite video (via adapter) input for
external video sources

•

Full-motion video capture – 30 fps at 320x240 (NTSC),
352x288 (PAL) resolution

•

VGA (640 x 480) resolution still image capture

•

Powered by the USB port

Summary of Contents for 100-703138 - TV Wonder Pro PCI-NTSC

Page 1: ...28 PRO RAGE Mobility Mobility 128 AGP RADEON DDR SDR ATI Technologies Inc CDDB Escient Pentium is either a registered trademark or trademark of Intel Corporation in the United States and or other coun...

Page 2: ...es to this document and the products which it describes without notice The MFR shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions made herein nor for incidental or consequential damage...

Page 3: ...settings 17 TV video settings 18 TV Tuner settings 19 TV Stills Gallery settings 22 TV Schedule settings 22 ATI TV Bar 23 Channel Surfing 24 Closed Captioning 25 Hot Words 27 TV Magazine 29 Zooming a...

Page 4: ...Control menu 56 Capturing still frames from Video CDs 57 Zooming and Panning 57 Video CD Display settings 58 Video CD Preferences settings 59 Video CD Stills Gallery settings 60 File Player 61 File Pl...

Page 5: ...ter explains how to use the special features that your TV Wonder USB Edition offers Live TV from cable Live audio up to 16KHz and up to 16 bit S Video or Composite video via adapter input for external...

Page 6: ...TV WONDER USB Edition on page 8 LaunchPad on page 10 TV on page 12 ATI TV Bar on page 23 Digital VCR on page 36 TV Listings on page 38 Stills Gallery on page 49 CD Audio on page 51 Video CD on page 55...

Page 7: ...ab for more information see TV display settings on page 17 Computer system PC with a Pentium processor with MMX 32 MBytes of memory USB port Sound card and speakers Operating system Windows 98 Windows...

Page 8: ...m a CD option Insert the Installation CD and click Next The wording will vary depending upon the version of Windows 3 Install the application software from the CD 4 Reboot when prompted Method 2 1 Ins...

Page 9: ...og S Video in or Composite video in via adapter see audio in Infrared in Cable with RCA plugs at each end Cable with mini phone plugs at each end Cable with S Video plugs at each end PC USB port Note...

Page 10: ...ht click it and choose a size The buttons in the upper right of LaunchPad let you access your desktop settings get Help and close LaunchPad Starting from Windows taskbar 1 In the Windows taskbar click...

Page 11: ...ur screen and re attach it To detach a panel Move the cursor to the border of the panel you want to detach As the cursor reaches the border it changes to the detach symbol Click the panel and drag it...

Page 12: ...window TV delivers advanced features Closed Captioning Video Still Capture Channel Surfing Scheduled Events TV Listings and more When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the display panel t...

Page 13: ...see page 10 from Windows taskbar 1 In the Windows taskbar click Start then point at Programs 2 Point at ATI TV Wonder USB Edition then click TV You can also start TV from other ATI TV WONDER USB Editi...

Page 14: ...tton The TV Channels Initialization Wizard appears Follow the Wizard s instructions to select cable or antenna choose the broadcast standard and to scan for active channels If you have TV Listings ins...

Page 15: ...ins a fixed aspect ratio width to height of 4 3 to avoid picture distortion To display TV in full screen Press CTRL F or ALT F or click the Maximize button To return to the previous size click or pres...

Page 16: ...oom if already zoomed See Zooming and panning on page 31 Video Size Indicates the sizes available for the current panel 160 x 120 240 x 180 320 x 240 640 x 480 Full Screen Connector Specifies the vide...

Page 17: ...control with your mouse Show Shortcut Show keyboard shortcuts when you point at a control with your mouse Display Feature Video Desktop When TV is minimized TV display replaces your desktop pattern F...

Page 18: ...nnector Choose cable composite or S Video input If you choose Composite or S Video you must specify the Broadcast Standard Broadcast Standard Choose the broadcast standard NTSC PAL or SECAM Video Prop...

Page 19: ...for particular channels favorites list channel assignment and properties for audio video program lockout and closed captioning For example in the Channel Specific Settings Video page you could change...

Page 20: ...to add the channel to the channels that TV receives when you click the channel up down buttons To remove a channel uncheck it Channel in Visual Selection List Check to add the channel to the Visual S...

Page 21: ...e Contrast Gradation of tone between the image s highlights midtones and shadows Tint Balance of red green and blue in the image Broadcast Standard Choose the broadcast standard for this channel Progr...

Page 22: ...Stills Gallery see Stills Gallery on page 49 TV Schedule settings The Scheduler lets you set up TV to watch or record selected TV programs at times you specify You can also schedule events for CD Audi...

Page 23: ...s menu bar click View point to Explorer Bar then click ATI TV Or click the ATI TV button in Explorer s menu bar If TV is not running ATI TV Bar opens it and displays it in the TV Bar Closing ATI TV Ba...

Page 24: ...ter an autoscan see Autoscan on page 19 all detected channels are included in the selection list A magnifying glass appears to the left of the lock out icon Click the magnifying glass button to add or...

Page 25: ...e font color for the window To display closed captioned text Click the Closed Caption button in the TV control panel To close the Closed Captioning window click the Exit button Closed Caption settings...

Page 26: ...round Displays closed captioned text on a shaded background HotWords Enable Check to enable HotWords when Closed Captioning is on see Hot Words on page 27 HotWords Setup Opens the HotWords settings pa...

Page 27: ...s to show the matched text restore TV play a sound enable TV Magazine or enable the Digital VCR when the Hot Words appear You can also have TV automatically transcribe the text when the specified word...

Page 28: ...irst Word occurs if it is not immediately followed by the Optional Word In Sentence With Notify when the First Word occurs if it is in a sentence with the Optional Word Optional Word Type the word you...

Page 29: ...ture to start TV Magazine at dates and times you specify see Schedule on page 66 To start TV Magazine Click the Setup button in the Television control panel click the Closed Caption tab then click the...

Page 30: ...shows News broadcasts Sports and Soap operas Depending upon the closed captioning format commercials may occasionally be recorded a little experimentation will show you how to get the best results Cas...

Page 31: ...om Click within the display panel then hold down the mouse button and draw a rectangle around the area you want to zoom Or right click the 1 1 button to open a menu where you can set the zoom level Zo...

Page 32: ...tab then check Video Desktop When you minimize Television live TV display replaces your desktop A TV icon appears in the tray on the right side of the Windows taskbar Click the icon to display a small...

Page 33: ...you through the lockout procedure In the channel list locked out channels have a padlock to the right of the channel name To remove program lockout 1 Click the Setup button in the Television control...

Page 34: ...Still images Capture full color 24 bit per pixel still images save them and print them The images are placed in the Stills Gallery which saves them as Windows standard bitmaps bmp or a wide variety o...

Page 35: ...an AVI file on your computer s hard disk For information on specifying capture formats see Digital VCR settings on page 37 To stop recording click the Record button in the Digital VCR A Save As dialo...

Page 36: ...lly If you want the Digital VCR to prompt you before recording click the Prompt before Recording checkbox in the Digital VCR tab of the TV Player Setup page see Digital VCR settings on page 37 Saving...

Page 37: ...u through the process Click the Edit button to modify an existing preset capture format Step 2 of the Capture Wizard provides a deinterlacing option Select it to prevent horizontal streaks in captured...

Page 38: ...ck TV Listings in the LaunchPad To access TV Listings information from TV When you Autoscan TV Listings provides station names see Autoscan in TV Tuner settings on page 19 When you change channels the...

Page 39: ...the File menu click Download Weekly File The Download Assistant opens 2 Click the Download button to download the listings To make changes click the Change Settings button To customize channels The E...

Page 40: ...g a file name and location to save the file When you select a program for recording the Record icon appears next to the title in any view where that program is displayed To remove a program from the R...

Page 41: ...croll up down left or right You can also scroll using the horizontal and vertical scroll bars Scroll to a specific program to display its details in the area above the grid To display just the station...

Page 42: ...nd actresses starring in all the movies in the current listings A list of actor names is displayed on the left of the screen Click the name of the actor for whom you want to display all movies and sho...

Page 43: ...y just the stations you want use the Station Lists option in the Edit menu see To customize channels on page 39 Searches GUIDE Plus comes with a powerful search engine to help you find the programs yo...

Page 44: ...ur Favorites list In any list of events three checkboxes appear in front of the event The right checkbox is the Favorites indicator click to toggle it Movies tab The Movies tab displays all movie sub...

Page 45: ...n two ways 1 In any view select the event you want to place in your schedule right click to open the Event menu then select Watch or Record to toggle the item in or out of your list of scheduled items...

Page 46: ...at the bottom of the list To use selected categories click the category names to highlight them Date Time Ranges Use the pull down items to select date ranges and the check boxes to select the hours...

Page 47: ...s details in the area above the log To display just the stations you want use the Station Lists option in the Edit menu see To customize channels on page 39 Stations tab The Stations tab displays list...

Page 48: ...times for that title on the right side of your screen Use the arrow keys to scroll up or down You can also type a partial or full Title name in the textbox above the Title list and quickly jump to a p...

Page 49: ...print them When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the Stills Gallery the About notice appears and a Task menu displays available and active features For information about using the Stills...

Page 50: ...nter Use only 256 colors Saves captured images as 256 color files to save disk space Save Options Warn if closed without saving Alerts you if you close Television or the Stills Gallery without saving...

Page 51: ...About notice appears and a Task menu displays available and active features For information about using CD Audio controls see the online help and Tool Tips To start CD Audio from LaunchPad Click CD Au...

Page 52: ...y all tracks in random order Shuffle user playlist Play playlist in random order Disc Information If the information is available displays the name of the disc and the artist You can also type in the...

Page 53: ...ck the Setup button in the CD Audio control panel then click the CD Database tab Server Address of CDDB server default cddb cddb com Port Port to use with this CDDB server default 8880 Get Sites List...

Page 54: ...he CD Audio control panel then click the Schedule tab The Schedule Wizard will guide you through creating new scheduled events See Schedule on page 66 for details Dial Up Networking Use dial up networ...

Page 55: ...o CD controls see the online help and Tool Tips To start Video CD from LaunchPad Click Video CD in the LaunchPad For information on LaunchPad see page 10 From Windows taskbar 1 In the Windows taskbar...

Page 56: ...splay video at double size Full Screen Display video in full screen no borders Show Controls Display the Control panel Audio Channels Click to select audio tracks for dual mode MPEG CDs Stereo Stereo...

Page 57: ...use button and draw a rectangle around the area you want to zoom Or right click the 1 1 button to open a menu where you can set the zoom level Zoom x2 Zoom x4 or Zoom x8 To pan in the zoomed area Move...

Page 58: ...ab Video Size Choose playback size 50 75 100 200 or Fullscreen Tool Tips Show Tool Tips Show tool tips when you point at controls with your mouse Show Shortcuts Show keyboard shortcuts when you point...

Page 59: ...frames Show Time Display scale in time Show Total Time Display the total time of the playing video CD or file Show Time Remaining Display the remaining time in the playing video CD or file General Set...

Page 60: ...n capture still images from Video CDs and save them in the Stills Gallery To open the Video CD Stills Gallery settings page Click the Setup button in the Video CD control panel then click the Stills G...

Page 61: ...owing multimedia files AVI MPEG mpg mpeg MP mp3 mp2 MIDI mid WAV wav For information about using File Player controls see the online help and Tool Tips To start File Player from LaunchPad Click File P...

Page 62: ...en mode The following menu items are available Setup Open the File Player Setup page Hide Show Controls Hide the File Player Control panel Play Play the current file Stop Stop playing Time display mod...

Page 63: ...nu where you can set the zoom level Zoom x2 Zoom x4 or Zoom x8 To pan in the zoomed area Move your mouse within the zoomed area To zoom in the zoomed area Hold down the Shift key and draw another rect...

Page 64: ...ber and current playback time on an LCD display Always on Top Always display File Player on top of other applications Auto Hide Controls when in Full Screen Automatically hides controls in full screen...

Page 65: ...an schedule the File Player to play media files on the dates and times you specify You can also schedule events for CD Audio TV Magazine Digital VCR and TV To set up scheduled events Click the Setup b...

Page 66: ...eduled events Click the Setup button in the TV CD Audio or File Player control panel Click the Schedule tab and then click the Create New button The Schedule Wizard will guide you through creating new...

Page 67: ...activate an event set its Month Day to today or later If a settings page is open or if the About Help box is being displayed the Scheduler cannot process events If an event occurs a warning dialog te...

Page 68: ...he Play button to preview the sound If you still do not hear any sound open the Volume Control Click Start point at Programs point at Accessories point at Entertainment then select Volume Control Or r...

Page 69: ...tion Wizard see page 14 Check the quality of your incoming TV signal on another receiver bad reception may be the cause Ensure that your cable or antenna is connected Ensure that the video connector i...

Page 70: ...70 Using Your ATI TV Wonder USB Edition...

Page 71: ...s 25 Closed captioned text transcribing 29 Connecting video and audio devices 9 Control menu File Player 62 TV 16 Video CD 56 Control panels attaching and detaching 11 D Digital VCR setting up 36 sett...

Page 72: ...channels 24 T Tool Tips 7 Transcribing closed captioned text 29 Troubleshooting audio 68 video 68 Tuner settings TV 19 TV capturing video and still images 34 Channel Property Details 19 Channel surfin...

Page 73: ...ine setting up 29 starting 29 Wizard 26 29 TV Magazine Wizard 26 TV Wonder USB Edition using 5 V Video capture 34 Video CD capturing still frames 57 Control menu 56 display settings 58 Stills Gallery...

Page 74: ...Index 4...

Page 75: ...be sure that the antenna or cable system is grounded so as to provide some protection against voltage surges and built up static charges Article 810 of the National Electrical Code ANSI NFPA 70 provid...

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