ATI Technologies MULTIMEDIA CENTER 8.2 User Manual Download

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Using Your
ATI Multimedia Center

This chapter explains how to use the special features that your
ATI Multimedia Center offers. The Multimedia Center is a
suite of products that provides TV, Video CD, CD Audio, File
Player, and Media Library in one package.

Starting ATI Multimedia Center

Online Help

ATI REMOTE WONDER™

Multimedia Center Configuration Tool

ATI TV Bar

Media Library

Personal Video Recorder

MULTVIEW™

Media Library

TV Listings

Stills Gallery

CD Audio

Video CD

File Player

Schedule

TV Out

Multi-Monitor Support

Teletext

Troubleshooting

Summary of Contents for MULTIMEDIA CENTER 8.2

Page 1: ...of ATI Technologies Inc All other company and or product names are trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective owners Features performance and specifications are subject to change wit...

Page 2: ...profits or for punitive incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of the ATI hardware software or other products and documentation provided herein ATI Te...

Page 3: ...15 TV Tuner settings 16 TV Stills Gallery settings 19 TV Schedule settings 19 ATI TV Bar 20 Channel Surfing 21 Closed Captioning 22 HotWords 24 TV Magazine 25 External Captions support 27 Secondary Au...

Page 4: ...hes tab 56 Setting search parameters 57 Sports tab 58 Stations tab 58 Titles tab 59 Days and dates 59 Stills Gallery 60 Stills Gallery settings 60 CD Audio 62 CD Audio keyboard shortcuts 63 CD Audio s...

Page 5: ...ttings 80 File Player Preferences settings 81 File Player Closed Caption settings 81 External Captions support 82 File Player Stills Gallery settings 82 File Player Schedule settings 83 Schedule 83 Sc...

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Page 7: ...D Audio File Player and Media Library in one package Starting ATI Multimedia Center 2 Online Help 3 ATI REMOTE WONDER 3 Multimedia Center Configuration Tool 4 TV 6 ATI TV Bar 20 Media Library 45 Perso...

Page 8: ...ose 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 right side of LaunchPad let you access your desktop sett...

Page 9: ...liar with your ATI Multimedia Center you may want to turn off Tool Tips click the Show Tool Tips checkbox in the Display tab for more information see TV display settings on page 13 ATI Desktop Help Fo...

Page 10: ...n the Multimedia Center Configuration Tool from LaunchPad Click the Configuration Tool button in the Launchpad For information on LaunchPad see page 2 from Windows taskbar 1 In Windows taskbar click S...

Page 11: ...select Configuration A warning dialog appears which identifies any pre test requirements you should be aware of 2 To start the tests click the Run Tests button The tests last approximately 45 seconds...

Page 12: ...one feature installed a Task menu displays available and active features For information about using TV controls see the online help and Tool Tips To start TV from LaunchPad Click the TV button in th...

Page 13: ...structions to set or change your Parental Control password If your computer has an ATI ALL IN WONDER video card and an ATI TV WONDER video card clicking Next opens the MULTVIEW settings page where you...

Page 14: ...he Maximize button 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...

Page 15: ...se size of display panel CTRL Down Arrow Selection Function Setup Opens the TV setup page Always On Top Displays TV on top of other applications Show Control Panel Shows the TV Control panel THRUVIEW...

Page 16: ...fit a wider window Connector Specifies the video input TV Tuner Selects TV Tuner input Composite Selects composite video input S Video Selects S Video input Sound Mode Sets the audio mode Captions Di...

Page 17: ...nnel up down Setup Ctrl S Toggle closed captions Ctrl C Unzoom Alt Z Still capture Ctrl Insert Size presets Tiny Small Medium Large Ctrl 1 Ctrl 4 Toggle full screen Ctrl F Exit full screen Esc Cycle t...

Page 18: ...Desktop regardless of settings in Display Settings page F6 Video Desktop regardless of settings in Display Settings page F7 Minimize without Video Desktop or THRUVIEW F8 Set Analog TV Tuner input conn...

Page 19: ...rent panel Aspect Ratio Sets the width to height ratio for the current panel Standard 4 3Standard television Letterbox Crops the top and bottom of the frame to fit a wider window Widescreen Scales the...

Page 20: ...current panel appears in full screen as a translucent layer on top of any other windows Always On Top Displays TV on top of other applications Auto Hide Controls when in full screen Hides TV controls...

Page 21: ...the Broadcast Standard Broadcast Standard Choose the broadcast standard NTSC PAL or SECAM Video Properties Color Adjusts the amount of color in the image Brightness Adjust the amount of white in the i...

Page 22: ...ab Selection Function Channel Name You can enter channel names If you have TV Listings installed see TV Listings on page 49 channel names are set automatically based upon the Guide database Details Se...

Page 23: ...re by default PAL In the Closed Captioning page you could enable a set of HotWords specifically for a particular channel Selection Function Channel Name Type a name for the channel Number Displays the...

Page 24: ...deo Properties Click Video then click Details to open the Channel Based Video Settings page Move the sliders to change the values Color Amount of color in the image Brightness Balance of light and dar...

Page 25: ...ls Gallery settings page Click the Setup button in the TV control panel then click the Stills Gallery tab For information on the Stills Gallery see Stills Gallery on page 60 TV Schedule settings The S...

Page 26: ...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 in TV Bar and t...

Page 27: ...nnel Lockout on page 30 otherwise only unlocked channels will be displayed Most controls are disabled during Channel Surfing To use Channel Surfing 1 Click the Channel Surf button in the TV control pa...

Page 28: ...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 TV control panel Right clicking the...

Page 29: ...the video Click Font to select the display font Solid Background Displays closed captioned text on a solid background Shaded Background Displays closed captioned text on a shaded background HotWords...

Page 30: ...button in the Television control panel click Closed Caption then click the HotWords Setup button The HotWords Setup Wizard opens To enable HotWords check the Enable box The HotWords Setup Wizard will...

Page 31: ...e box The first time you use TV Magazine the TV Magazine Setup Wizard will guide you through the setup Selection Function Partial Check this box to open TV when a part of the First Word occurs Use the...

Page 32: ...adcasts 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 Conversion C...

Page 33: ...in the Personal Video Recorder Recording Presets page the last page of the Recording Wizard allows you to record the closed caption information to a separate file so that you can go to a particular lo...

Page 34: ...to normal You can also pan move the image horizontally and vertically in the zoomed area To zoom Click within the display panel then hold down the mouse button and draw a rectangle around the area you...

Page 35: ...page 13 minimizing TV displays a blended desktop or blended window Closed captioned text is not displayed A TV icon appears in the tray on the right side of the Windows taskbar Click the TV icon to d...

Page 36: ...the channel name A lock icon appears in the control panel when the locked channel is selected To remove Channel Lockout 1 Click the Setup button in the Television control panel then click the TV Tuner...

Page 37: ...summarizes the FCC guidelines for Parental Control Parental Control is only available for North American NTSC Television Passwords are case sensitive and must be at least three characters in length If...

Page 38: ...re full color 24 bit per pixel still images from television 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 s...

Page 39: ...l or click the Select a File Name button Four recording presets are available for quick selection right click the Record button in the control panel or click a preset button in the personal Video Reco...

Page 40: ...or analog noise introduced as a result of poor transmission substandard cabling or poor analog to digital conversion see Using VideoSoap on page 38 The Schedule feature lets you record TV programs on...

Page 41: ...y stopped Record until you click the Record button again Recording preset Lets you change the default recording preset One Touch Record Settings Open the One Touch Record settings page Motion Triggere...

Page 42: ...dify preset recording formats Click the Create New button to create a new recording preset The Recording Wizard guides you through the process Click the Edit button to create a modified copy of an exi...

Page 43: ...n and follow the on screen steps Record in Windows Video Format WMV recording lets you record WMV video to a file Use these settings to record a Windows Media file for streaming over a 56K dial up net...

Page 44: ...o preview the effect choose a preview area then click the Preview button 3 When you are satisfied with the results click the Finish button Selection Function Capture High Resolution Stills Capture sti...

Page 45: ...0 Record until the end of the half hour time shown depends upon the current time 8 00 Record until the end of the first hour time shown depends upon the current time 9 00 Record until the end of the s...

Page 46: ...G recording 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 until you reach Finish then click Finish To select I B P...

Page 47: ...ble of achieving smooth looking video try the following Record I frames only Record using a smaller frame size ATI VCR is best suited for Personal Video Recorder use MPEG 1 decoders are widely used so...

Page 48: ...PoP If you use only one monitor the main and MULTVIEW video windows can be displayed in separate windows If you use dual monitors you can drag the MULTVIEW window to the secondary monitor MULTVIEW can...

Page 49: ...W window controls and borders The MULTVIEW window borders disappear after a few seconds of mouse inactivity on the MULTVIEW window When you move your mouse over the MULTVIEW window the border re appea...

Page 50: ...eo window Alt MULTVIEW window in bottom left of main video window Alt MULTVIEW window in bottom right of main video window Alt MULTVIEW window in top right of main video window Alt Cycle through MULTV...

Page 51: ...tent that the Media Library finds in the specified directory You can drag files from the upper window into the lower window to create playlists of various multimedia files For information about using...

Page 52: ...o display only the file types and time periods you want To filter by Type Click the Type button in the upper left corner of the Library to filter by media type All Movie Music Picture or Document To f...

Page 53: ...ce you specify You can set up a loop that plays your selections continuously and you can shuffle selections so that they play in random order You can export playlists into M3U MP3 playlist format Righ...

Page 54: ...ct the criteria for deletion then click Next The Contents Recommended page opens 3 To delete selected files click the file s you want to delete then click Remove Selected To remove all files click Rem...

Page 55: ...es see Autoscan in TV Tuner settings on page 16 When you change channels the current program name and the station name and number are displayed When watching TV right click the TV Listings button to g...

Page 56: ...In 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 Th...

Page 57: ...le 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 Record...

Page 58: ...n 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 you want u...

Page 59: ...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 times Use t...

Page 60: ...stations you want use the Station Lists option in the Edit menu see To customize channels on page 50 Searches GUIDE Plus comes with a powerful search engine to help you find the programs you want You...

Page 61: ...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 categories f...

Page 62: ...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 2 In any li...

Page 63: ...m 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 wish to i...

Page 64: ...dit menu see To customize channels on page 50 Stations tab The Stations tab displays listings for each station on the left side of your screen Click the station you want or use the arrow keys to move...

Page 65: ...a partial or full Title name in the textbox above the Title list and quickly jump to a particular title Scroll to a specific program to display its details in the area above the log To display just th...

Page 66: ...o the Stills Gallery numbered files clipboard and printer all at the same time When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the Stills Gallery the About notice appears If you have more than one...

Page 67: ...nter Use only 256 colors Saves captured images as 256 color files to save memory Save Options Warn if closed without saving Alerts you if you close Television or the Stills Gallery without saving capt...

Page 68: ...ave 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 from LaunchPad...

Page 69: ...ts You can use the following keys to control CD Audio from your keyboard Command Key s Pause Ctrl B Play Ctrl X Stop Ctrl Z Toggle Play Pause Spacebar Eject Ctrl E Volume up down numeric keypad alphan...

Page 70: ...l 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 info...

Page 71: ...CD Audio program can query a global CDDB server for information about the disk If the database contains information for your disk CD Audio downloads and displays the data Access to the CDDB service i...

Page 72: ...ils Selection Function Proxy Server Access the database using a proxy server Server Address of proxy server a proxy server is another computer on your LAN that connects to the Internet without comprom...

Page 73: ...For information about using Video CD controls see the online help and Tool Tips To start Video CD from LaunchPad Click the Video CD button in the Launchpad For information on LaunchPad see page 2 Fro...

Page 74: ...ze 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 audio playback Both Chan...

Page 75: ...forwards backwards End Home Eject Ctrl E Volume up down numeric keypad alphanumeric keypad _ Setup Ctrl S Toggle closed captions Ctrl C Still capture Ctrl Insert Size presets Ctrl 1 Ctrl 4 Toggle ful...

Page 76: ...a you want to zoom Or right click the 1 1 button in the control panel to open a menu where you can set the zoom level Zoom x2 Zoom x4 or Zoom x8 To pan in the zoomed area Click and drag your mouse wit...

Page 77: ...100 200 or Fullscreen If the current panel does not support resizing the values are greyed out Tool Tips Show Tool Tips Show tool tips when you point at controls with your mouse Show Shortcuts Show ke...

Page 78: ...isplay closed captioned text Hangul Display Hangul text Font Select the font for the video window and the background style solid or semi transparent Second Window Off Do not open the second window Sin...

Page 79: ...lick the Stills Gallery tab For information on the Stills Gallery see Stills Gallery on page 60 Selection Function Movie Scale Show Time Display scale in time Show Total Time Display the total time of...

Page 80: ...as ATI s DVD Player or other MPEG 2 decoders is installed You can play the following multimedia files AVI MPEG mpg mpeg MP mp3 mp2 MIDI mid WAV wav VCR vcr proprietary ATI video format Personal Video...

Page 81: ...rom LaunchPad Click the File Player button in the Launchpad For information on LaunchPad see page 2 from Windows taskbar 1 In the Windows taskbar click Start then point at Programs 2 Point at ATI Mult...

Page 82: ...ode Elapsed Time Remaining Time Total Time Zoom Mode Set Zoom Unzoom Zoom 2x Zoom 4x Zoom 8x Video Size Set playback size 50 75 100 200 Full Screen THRUVIEW If your computer uses a RADEON or later vid...

Page 83: ...k Page Up Page Down Volume up down numeric keypad alphanumeric keypad _ Toggle mute numeric keypad Open file Ctrl O Setup Ctrl S Toggle closed captions Ctrl C Unzoom Alt Z Still capture Ctrl Insert Si...

Page 84: ...layer displays a blended desktop or blended window A File Player icon appears in the tray on the right side of the Windows taskbar Click the File Player icon to display the blend control panel which y...

Page 85: ...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 rectangle in the...

Page 86: ...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 mo...

Page 87: ...ays Power management always enabled Disabled while playing Power management is disabled while a CD is playing Allow display to turn off while paused Only the display turns off when playback is paused...

Page 88: ...rt Right click the Closed Caption button on the control panel then click External Captions To go to a particular location in the file Double click a specific section of text To print the closed captio...

Page 89: ...you through creating new scheduled events See Schedule on page 83 for details Schedule Use the Schedule feature to activate events on the dates and times you want You can schedule events for CD Audio...

Page 90: ...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 tel...

Page 91: ...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 at Settings then select Con...

Page 92: ...on lets you get the most out of working with Teletext ATI Teletext eliminates all the familiar disadvantages of television s teletext and allows you to surf in the teletext data stream The ATI Teletex...

Page 93: ...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 right click the speaker icon usually in the...

Page 94: ...and Setup User s Guide ALL IN WONDER RADEON 8500DV 8500 7500 RADEON ALL IN WONDER 9700 Series ALL IN WONDER 9000 PRO A V IN CATV A V OUT output adapter LINE IN SOUND CARD ALL IN WONDER 9700 Series ALL...

Page 95: ...lume Control Or right click the speaker icon usually in the lower right corner of your screen then click Open Volume Controls 2 In the Volume Control menu click Options click Properties click Recordin...

Page 96: ...stallation instructions refer to the ALL IN WONDER RADEON 8500DV 8500 7500 RADEON Installation and Setup User s Guide S VIDEO OUT COMP VIDEO OUT L AUDIO OUT R AUDIO OUT A V IN CATV A V OUT OR S L R AT...

Page 97: ...n instructions refer to the ALL IN WONDER RADEON 8500DV 8500 7500 RADEON Installation and Setup User s Guide A V IN CATV A V OUT S VIDEO IN COMP VIDEO IN L AUDIO IN R AUDIO IN output adapter LINE IN S...

Page 98: ...here is no video or audio Ensure that your cable or antenna is connected Ensure that the video connector is set to the correct source see Connector in TV video settings on page 15 Check that the audio...

Page 99: ...ecording creates very large files very quickly and requires a fast hard disk system Try a lower frame size for example 320x240 If you do not drop frames using 320x240 frame size but frame drops do occ...

Page 100: ...40 In the Personal Video Recorder Settings page click the Set Custom button then click the Edit button choose your AVI preset then edit the frame size See Personal Video Recorder settings on page 35 I...

Page 101: ...f the problem still occurs NOTE the REAL MODE CD ROM driver is not usually required for Windows 98 to access the CD ROM drive The REAL MODE driver is only required to access the CD ROM when booting to...

Page 102: ...is approach because it only requires one IDE ribbon cable If the DVD ROM drive is connected to the same ribbon cable as the hard drive then the DVD ROM drive is configured for SLAVE operation on the P...

Page 103: ...DRIVE Any cable or BUS must be properly terminated at both ends of the cable Do not connect devices to the middle of a cable and leave a cable end dangling 3 Use the new IDE cable and connect one end...

Page 104: ...port driver Mkeatapi mpd v 2 01 installed for the hard disk controller may experience problems If your system has this driver installed and you are experiencing difficulties upgrade this driver Real...

Page 105: ...Operating system name and version ATI display adapter model or name ATI display driver version ATI DVD Player software version Sound card name and manufacturer if integrated provide chipset type To em...

Page 106: ...100 Troubleshooting...

Page 107: ...ing 25 Configuration Tool 4 file types 4 PC Check 5 Skins 5 TV settings 4 Converting media files 46 File Player 46 D Dual monitor display 7 E External Captions support File Player 47 82 Media Library...

Page 108: ...l 31 password 7 Wizard 7 PC Check 5 Personal Video Recorder achieving best results with MPEG 40 One Touch Record 39 setting up 34 settings 35 VideoSoap 34 Picture in Picture 7 R Recommended content de...

Page 109: ...and audio from TV 33 recording video and still images 32 Schedule settings 19 Secondary Audio Program 28 setting up 7 Stills Gallery 60 Stills Gallery settings 19 THRUVIEW Desktop THRUVIEW Window 29 t...

Page 110: ...y settings 73 Video CD 1 0 Karaoke CDs 67 zooming and panning 70 Video CD 1 0 67 Video recording 32 achieving best results with MPEG 40 Video settings TV 15 VideoSoap 34 using 38 W Wizard 35 83 Channe...

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