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INTRODUCTION

This chapter provides some brief specification and
function of each TV tuner card. For detailed de-
scription of all functions, you may need to refer to
the other chapters.  Note that the TV tuner card you
purchased may not cover all functions mentioned
herein; therefore, it is recommended that you read
the 

Reference

  information  first,  which indexes

the correspoding founction description to each dif-
ferent TV tuner card, and then find the proper func-
tion description  for your  TV tuner  card in  other
chapters.

Summary of Contents for Theater 550PRO

Page 1: ...i USER S GUIDE Version 2 0 February 2006 G52 V8622X1 Analog TV series Theater 550 PROTM...

Page 2: ...to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsib...

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Page 6: ...stered trademark of American Megatrends Inc nVIDIA nfiniteFXTM is a registered trademark of nVIDIA Corporation Macrovision Corporation Product Notice This product incorporates copyright protection tec...

Page 7: ...Always Unplug the Power Cord before inserting any add on card or module 8 All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted 9 Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage the equi...

Page 8: ...Card Driver 4 2 4 2 Installing PowerCinema 4 and MakeDVD 4 3 4 2 1 Installing PowerCinema 4 3 4 2 2 Installing MakeDVD 4 5 4 3 Using PowerCinema 4 7 4 3 1 PowerCinema 4 7 4 3 2 TV Function 4 10 4 3 4...

Page 9: ...1 GETTING STARTED This user s guide is designed for a series of TV tuner cards Read this chapter first and it will give you a clear instruction on how to use this guide 1 1...

Page 10: ...recommended to read the Reference information first which indexes the correspoding founction description of each different TV tuner card and then find the proper function description for your TV tuner...

Page 11: ...and inspect all the items carefully If any item contained is damaged or missing please contact your local dealer as soon as possible Also keep the box and packing materials in case you need to ship th...

Page 12: ...Chapter 1 1 4...

Page 13: ...efer to the other chapters Note that the TV tuner card you purchased may not cover all functions mentioned herein therefore it is recommended that you read the Reference information first which indexe...

Page 14: ...uter Intel Pentium III 4 equivalent Expansion Slot Free PCI or PCI Express 1x slot Monitor VGA support minimum 640 x 480 resolution Operating System Windows XP SP2 Windows Media Center Edition 2005 wh...

Page 15: ...I Express1x Interface CATV In Connector FM Radio Antenna Connector AV IN Connector S Video Composite Audio L R 2 3 Product List MSI reminds you Note that the TV tuner card shown above may vary from th...

Page 16: ...Full Channel Scan Supports with TV Stereo SAP sound BTSC EIJA or NICAM A2 Stereo FM radio reception Provide the daily weekly reservation recording schedule Time shifting function simultaneously watch...

Page 17: ...STEM REQUIRTMENTS Intel Pentium 4 III or AMD equivalent Sound Card and speakers Available PCI slot Cable TV signal or amplified antenna OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORT Windows XP with SP2 Windows XP MCE 200...

Page 18: ...hip the unit in the future Your TV tuner card package should contain the following items THEATERTM 550 PRO E Software Pack CD User s Guide Remote Controller AV Cable FM Radio Antenna Reference Remote...

Page 19: ...CATV In Connector FM Radio Antenna Connector AV IN Connector S Video Composite Audio L R THEATERTM 550 PRO Layout MSI reminds you Note that the TV tuner card shown above may vary from the actual card...

Page 20: ...rt NTSC or PAL Tuner system Full band Air and Cable TV Tuner Auto Scan and Full Channel Scan Supports with TV Stereo SAP sound BTSC EIJA or NICAM A2 Stereo FM radio reception Provide the daily weekly...

Page 21: ...ing and scheduler recording FM radio reception Infrared Remote Control SYSTEM REQUIRTMENTS Intel Pentium 4 III or AMD equirvalent Sound Card and speakers Available PCI 1x slot Cable TV signal or ampli...

Page 22: ...ble Also keep the box and packing materials in case you need to ship the unit in the future Your TV tuner card package should contain the following items THEATERTM 550 PRO E Software Pack CD User s Gu...

Page 23: ...er correctly and how to use the con nectors on the card Note that your card may not cover all functions mentioned in this chapter Check on Chapter 2 INTRODUCTION for the specification of the card you...

Page 24: ...d then press one end of the card into the slot first Gently but firmly press the other end until it is fully seated in the slot Secure the card with a bracket screw 2 Remove the cover from your comput...

Page 25: ...Hardware Installation 3 3 5 Connect all necessary cables 4 Install the computer cover FM Radio Antenna CATV In Connector AV IN...

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Page 27: ...3 1 4 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION This chapter describes how to install software under Windows XP including the drivers and use ful utilities...

Page 28: ...elow to install the driver for the TV Tuner Card 1 Turn on the computer 2 Insert the provided CD into the CD ROM drive The autorun program will start the setup program 3 Click Install Theater 550 Pro...

Page 29: ...P operating system only 3 Follow the InstallShield Wizard for PowerCinema 4 Enter user s information and se rial number The serial number can be found on the packing of the provided CD Note The CD Key...

Page 30: ...th the default title of CyberLink PowerCinema 4 You can edit a preferred title for it Click Next to continue 7 Click Next to continue 8 PowerCinema Setup is perform ing the requested operations 9 Clic...

Page 31: ...m 2 Click Install MakeDVD 3 Select the language for this installation 4 Follow the InstallShield Wizard for MakeDVD 5 Enter user s information and se rial number The serial number can be found on the...

Page 32: ...6 Select the folder where Setup will install MakeDVD 7 Click Next to continue 8 Select working directory 9 MakeDVD Setup is performing the requested operations 10 Click Finish to reboot your com puter...

Page 33: ...ers displayed exceeds one page in the content browsing area use the up down buttons in the lower right corner to scroll through the pages You can also use the up down arrows on the key board to scroll...

Page 34: ...the video display CLEV is a video enhancement technology from CyberLink that dynamically adjusts the brightness contrast and saturation if the movie you Run Setup Wizard opens the wizard that appears...

Page 35: ...ds the range of sound of 4 or 6 speaker output CLMEI is an audio channel expansion technology from CyberLink that converts stereo audio sound and outputs it to multiple channels There are three variat...

Page 36: ...ols Channel up switches up one channel Channel down switches down one channel Snapshot takes a snapshot of the current frame of video TeleText displays TeleText information and Record records TV conte...

Page 37: ...to the main TV page When you use the TeleText function the following special controls are added to the pop up control panel Red opens TeleText pages marked in red Green opens TeleText pages marked in...

Page 38: ...ply for these changes to take effect Recording Settings The Recording Quality option allows you to set the quality of video re corded from TV Selecting a higher quality results in a larger recorded fi...

Page 39: ...hat are used to control playback include Resume starts the movie from the point it was stopped Restart starts the movie from the beginning Main Menu displays the disc s menu page and Eject opens the d...

Page 40: ...When you watch a video file the following special control is added to the pop up control panel Snapshot takes a snapshot of the current frame of video this function requires a mouse to use Browsing f...

Page 41: ...Select Repeat All to repeat a list of songs after the entire list has played To display the most recent music that you have listened to select Recent Music To sort music select Album Artist Playlist...

Page 42: ...ks in the content area 2 Select Rip CD In the window that opens select tracks for ripping Use Select All or Deselect All to manage all tracks simultaneously Checked tracks are ripped unchecked tracks...

Page 43: ...added to the pop up control panel Zoom In Zoom Out Pan Left Pan Right Pan Up and Pan Down On the remote use the CH PG Up and CH PG Down buttons to zoom and the left right arrows to pan Browsing for P...

Page 44: ...must select Apply for these changes to take effect 4 3 7 Radio Function PowerCinema lets you listen to the radio on your computer You can listen to the radio add stations to your list of Favorites an...

Page 45: ...all available radio stations Radio Recording Schedules To set a recording schedule select Schedule then New schedule Make sure that Radio is selected In the page that opens select the Channel you wan...

Page 46: ...ion Content on the Extras page includes product upgrades and patches to improve PowerCinema s functionality Select an upgrade or a patch to begin the download process Select a program in the content a...

Page 47: ...references Click the Settings button to open the Settings page Output type Select the disc format DVD VCD or SVCD you want to burn your content to The disc type you use is dependent on the type of dis...

Page 48: ...humbnail image shows the first frame of the video To display video content click My Vid eos button Click More videos to ac cess folders and drives that are not cur rently displayed To browse a folder...

Page 49: ...enu In the page that opens select a theme then click Return to go back to the main page Burn Disc When you are ready to burn your movie to disc click Burn disc Click Start burning to begin the burning...

Page 50: ...revious Chapter 14 Play Pause 15 Next Chapter 16 Fast Rewind 17 Stop 18 Fast Forward 19 Volume Up Down 20 Start Main Menu 21 Channel Up Down 22 Mute 23 Record 24 Toggle 25 Number Keys 0 9 26 Guide 27...

Page 51: ...6 N A 27 N A Key Definitions Windows MCE 2005 1 Put the system in standby wake the system 2 Go in TV wake up from s3 mode and go to tv model if AP ok 3 Go in Radio wake up from s3 mode and go to radio...

Page 52: ...te Support Windows XP operating system only 3 Select the language for this installation 4 Follow the InstallShield Wizard for Power2Go 5 Enter user s information and se rial number The serial number c...

Page 53: ...re Installation 4 27 6 Select the folder where Setup will install files 7 Click Next to continue 8 Power2Go Setup is performing the requested operations 9 Click Finish to reboot your com puter as inst...

Page 54: ...o disc 4 Copy Disc Copies disc content onto a blank disc 5 Mixed Disc Burns mixed media content to disc 6 Disc Utilities Select this icon and then select the utility you want to run a Burn Disc Image...

Page 55: ...tions 1 Starts a new burning task 2 Opens an existing project 3 Saves an existing project Click the down arrow to save a project under a different name 4 Refreshes the displayed disc drive information...

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