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Page 1: ...Features and specifications are subject to change without notice Trademarks and or registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners ALL IN WONDER 128 ALL IN WONDER 128 PRO ALL IN WO...

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: ...ery settings 21 TV Schedule settings 21 ATI TV Bar 22 Channel Surfing 23 Closed Captioning 24 Hot Words 26 TV Magazine 28 Secondary Audio Program SAP 30 Zooming and panning 30 Video Desktop 31 Program...

Page 4: ...rom Video CDs 63 Zooming and Panning 63 Video CD Display settings 64 Video CD Preferences settings 65 Video CD Stills Gallery settings 66 DVD 67 What can I play on my DVD drive 68 Sizing the Video Dis...

Page 5: ...r Display settings 81 File Player Preferences settings 82 File Player Stills Gallery settings 82 File Player Schedule settings 82 Schedule 83 Schedule settings 84 TV Out 85 Multi monitor support 86 Te...

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Page 7: ...e different broadcast standards closed captioning and related features are available only in North America IN THIS CHAPTER Starting ATI Multimedia Center on page 8 TV on page 11 ATI TV Bar on page 22...

Page 8: ...choose a location To change the size of the LaunchPad when it is not docked double click it or right click it and choose a size The buttons in the upper right of LaunchPad let you access your desktop...

Page 9: ...Detaching Panels You can detach the DVD Video CD TV CD Audio and File Player control panels from their display panels move them to any location on your screen and re attach them To detach a panel Move...

Page 10: ...ey Tool Tips Simply move the mouse cursor over a control to see a description of its purpose As you become familiar with your ATI Multimedia Center you may want to turn off Tool Tips click the Show To...

Page 11: ...deo Still Capture Channel Surfing Scheduled Events TV Listings Parental Control and more When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the display panel the About notice appears If you have more...

Page 12: ...r system DVD Video CD CD Audio and File Player Click the ATI logo in the upper left corner of the feature s control panel then click TV Video In If there is no TV tuner in your computer system a small...

Page 13: ...ase it will also add the channel name for each channel For more information see TV Listings on page 44 Click Next The TV Parental Control Initialization Wizard appears Follow the Wizard s instructions...

Page 14: ...or CTRL key combination The F2 key hides shows the control panel to save desktop space To resize the TV display using the mouse Drag the display s border The TV display maintains a fixed aspect ratio...

Page 15: ...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 video input TV Tuner Selects TV Tuner input Composite Selects composite...

Page 16: ...ontrol 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 Fix...

Page 17: ...ector 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 Proper...

Page 18: ...r 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 a...

Page 19: ...l up down buttons To remove a channel uncheck it Channel in Visual Selection List Check to add the channel to the Visual Selection list see Channel Surfing on page 23 To remove a channel uncheck it Ch...

Page 20: ...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 Program...

Page 21: ...tills Gallery on page 55 TV Schedule settings The Scheduler lets you set up TV to watch or record selected TV programs at times you specify If you have the features installed you can also schedule eve...

Page 22: ...lick 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 Bar also closes TV If TV is running it is displayed...

Page 23: ...r an autoscan see Autoscan on page 18 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 r...

Page 24: ...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 T...

Page 25: ...und Displays closed captioned text on a shaded background HotWords Enable Check to enable HotWords when Closed Captioning is on see Hot Words on page 26 HotWords Setup Opens the HotWords settings page...

Page 26: ...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 words...

Page 27: ...st 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 w...

Page 28: ...re to start TV Magazine at dates and times you specify see Schedule on page 83 To start TV Magazine Click the Setup button in the Television control panel click the Closed Caption tab then click the T...

Page 29: ...ows 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 Case...

Page 30: ...ono Zooming and panning You can zoom in on the video in the Display panel to enlarge a selected portion of the screen and return your display to normal You can also pan move the image horizontally and...

Page 31: ...ab 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 32: ...ou 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 pa...

Page 33: ...CC guidelines for Parental Control Note Parental Control is only available for North American NTSC Television Passwords are case sensitive and must be at least three characters in length If you forget...

Page 34: ...d MPEG clips see Video CD on page 61 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 of standard formats The Sti...

Page 35: ...page 40 To stop recording click the Record button in the Digital VCR A Save As dialog opens so you can name and save the captured video To capture still frames from Television Click the Camera button...

Page 36: ...You can vary the playback speed or skip ahead by a pre set number of seconds You can also export time shifted video as an MPEG MP2 file To view time shifted video Click the TV on Demand button or the...

Page 37: ...use button changes to the Play button When you click the Play button time shifted video resumes playback and the Play button changes to the Pause button To change playback speed in time shifted video...

Page 38: ...ates Live To export time shifted video Click the Export button in the TV on Demand control panel A dialog appears where you can select the portion of time shifted video you want to save Range and the...

Page 39: ...ick the Prompt before Recording checkbox in the Digital VCR tab of the TV Player Setup page see Digital VCR settings on page 40 Saving and compressing captured video The Digital VCR Custom Settings pa...

Page 40: ...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 video Note The Video...

Page 41: ...2 Click the Set Custom button The Custom Settings page opens 3 Select the MPEG format you want to use To change preset values click the Edit button The Capture Wizard will guide you through making cha...

Page 42: ...pture This uses less CPU but requires 2 to 3 times the bit rate which produces larger files 1 Click the I Frames Only button 2 Click Next then click Finish To select I B P frame MPEG capture This uses...

Page 43: ...eeds up encoding but produces lower quality video at a given bit rate The above bit rate settings are based on a motion estimation setting of 10 If your system is not capable of achieving smooth looki...

Page 44: ...r click 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 18 When you change channel...

Page 45: ...Settings button To customize channels The Edit menu contains two features related to the channel list Station Lists lets you create and maintain a list of stations based on the master list for your ar...

Page 46: ...esting 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...

Page 47: ...oll 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 stations...

Page 48: ...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 show...

Page 49: ...just the stations you want use the Station Lists option in the Edit menu see To customize channels on page 45 Searches GUIDE Plus comes with a powerful search engine to help you find the programs you...

Page 50: ...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 ca...

Page 51: ...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 52: ...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 you...

Page 53: ...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 45 Stations tab The Stations tab displays listin...

Page 54: ...mes 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 par...

Page 55: ...them When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the Stills Gallery the About notice appears If you have more than one feature installed a Task menu displays available and active features For...

Page 56: ...er 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 ca...

Page 57: ...ears If you have more than one feature installed 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 fr...

Page 58: ...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 in...

Page 59: ...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 fr...

Page 60: ...etup button in the CD Audio control panel then click the Schedule tab The Schedule Wizard will guide you through creating new scheduled events See Schedule on page 83 for details Dial Up Networking Us...

Page 61: ...tion about using Video 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 8 From Windows taskbar 1 In...

Page 62: ...lay 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 au...

Page 63: ...e 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 y...

Page 64: ...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 at...

Page 65: ...ames 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 Setti...

Page 66: ...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 Gal...

Page 67: ...and more New video and audio technologies such as MPEG 2 video compression give you a higher level of multimedia video and audio experience When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the dis...

Page 68: ...cted and interactive titles Sizing the Video Display panel You can resize the video display panel by using your mouse to drag an edge and you can use the CTRL key to display these preset screen sizes...

Page 69: ...standard DVD Video disc that has multiple audio streams clicking the audio channel button displays a pop up menu of available audio streams The currently playing channel is checkmarked All DVD Video D...

Page 70: ...ms and parts of titles chapters or songs Use Search to go to a specific location on the disc Click the Search button in the DVD control panel to open the search dialog You can search DVD discs for Tit...

Page 71: ...o normal To zoom in 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...

Page 72: ...play and pause Stop playing Stops play Play at specific part Search for a specific location on the disc see Searching DVD disks on page 70 Restart program Starts play at the beginning of the file Go...

Page 73: ...age with a width to height ratio of 16 9 for wide screen TVs Letterbox Displays the image with top and bottom borders in 4 3 format for a shorter but full width image Pan Scan Displays a 16 9 image fo...

Page 74: ...e 1st choice If the 1st choice is not available the 2nd choice is used If neither 1st or 2nd choice is available the player uses the first available audio and sub picture stream You can use the Sub ti...

Page 75: ...oll bar to review the last few minutes of text You can set the background color the font and the font color for the window To display closed captioned text Click the Closed Caption button in the DVD c...

Page 76: ...r and TV To open the DVD Schedule settings page Click the Setup button in the DVD control panel then click the Schedule tab The Schedule Wizard will guide you through creating new scheduled events See...

Page 77: ...t from the currently set value a dialog appears where you can change the region code for your location You can only change Region Codes five times Region 1 The U S U S territories and Canada Region 2...

Page 78: ...s DVD Player is installed You can play the following 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...

Page 79: ...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 mode...

Page 80: ...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 rectan...

Page 81: ...r 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 m...

Page 82: ...e Player to play media files on the dates and times you specify If you have the features installed you can also schedule events for CD Audio TV Magazine Digital VCR and TV To set up scheduled events C...

Page 83: ...DVD 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 scheduled events Step 4 of the Wizard...

Page 84: ...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 85: ...s that is ideal for playing games giving presentations watching movies and browsing the Internet To enable the television display 1 In the Windows taskbar click Start 2 Point to Settings then click Co...

Page 86: ...ulti monitor support for DVD File Player and Video CD For details please see the RADEON VE Installation and Setup User s Guide Teletext ATI s new Teletext application lets you get the most out of work...

Page 87: ...e 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 ri...

Page 88: ...sure that the audio connection between your ALL IN WONDER 128 family card or ALL IN WONDER RADEON card and your sound card is correct For complete installation instructions refer to the ALL IN WONDER...

Page 89: ...itialization Wizard see page 13 is checked then click to close the dialog Connect the VCR audio output to your PC Left and right audio output from your VCR must be connected to your ALL IN WONDER 128...

Page 90: ...Video does not provide an audio connection For complete installation instructions refer to the ALL IN WONDER 128 ALL IN WONDER 128 PRO ALL IN WONDER RADEON Installation and Setup User s Guide No sound...

Page 91: ...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 is set to the correct source see Connector in...

Page 92: ...92 Using Your ATI Multimedia Center...

Page 93: ...best results with MPEG 42 Capture Wizard 41 real time MPEG encoding 41 setting up 39 settings 40 DVD 67 Closed Captioning settings 75 control menu 72 display settings 73 full screen controls 68 Paren...

Page 94: ...33 DVD 71 password 13 Wizard 13 Program Lockout passwords 32 Wizard 32 R RADEON VE 86 Real time MPEG encoding 41 Recording quality 40 Region codes 77 Resource conflict 8 S SAP 30 Schedule settings 84...

Page 95: ...ing up 13 starting from LaunchPad 11 Stills Gallery 55 Stills Gallery settings 21 tuner settings 18 TV Bar 22 TV Listings 44 TV Magazine 28 TV on Demand 36 Video Desktop 31 video settings 17 zoom and...

Page 96: ...u 62 display settings 64 Stills Gallery 55 Stills Gallery settings 66 Video CD 1 0 Karaoke CDs 61 zooming and panning 63 Video CD 1 0 61 Video Desktop 31 Video settings TV 17 Video troubleshooting 87...

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