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740DVD

Hardware DVD Daughterboard

for the

ASUS AGP-V2740

3D Multimedia Accelerator Series

USER’S MANUAL

E257

Summary of Contents for 740DVD

Page 1: ...R 740DVD Hardware DVD Daughterboard for the ASUS AGP V2740 3D Multimedia Accelerator Series USER S MANUAL USER S MANUAL E257 ...

Page 2: ...this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respectivecompanies andareusedonlyforidentificationorexplanationandtotheowners benefit withoutintenttoinfringe Intel740 is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation REALmagic and DVD Station are trademarks of Sigma Designs Inc Sound Blaster 16 is a trademark of Creative Technology Ltd Windows 95 and Windows 98 are tradema...

Page 3: ...Formats 7 System Requirements 7 Installation 8 Hardware Installation 8 ASUS 740DVD Parts 8 ASUS 740DVD Layout 8 Installing Your ASUS 740DVD 9 Software Installation 10 Windows95 98 10 Contents Scramble System CSS Regions 11 Using the DVD Station 12 Starting the DVD Station 12 Standard Buttons 14 Custom Buttons 15 Picture Controls 20 DVD Navigation Buttons 21 DVD Playback 23 Video CD Playback 26 Aud...

Page 4: ... occur in a particular instal lation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connecttheequipmen...

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Page 6: ...d this file on the CD disc supplied with the board and also in the REALmagic DVD program group after software installation Item Checklist ASUS 740DVD Hardware DVD Daughtercard ASUS 740DVD Software CD disc NOTE Throughout this document references are made to the Windows 95 98 direc tory or the CD ROM drive In general the Windows directory is called WINDOWS but this is not mandatory You may have nam...

Page 7: ...o only bitstream and audio only bitstream files System Requirements Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 1 or later Version 4 00 950 B with USB Update or Windows 98 16MB of RAM 32MB recommended ASUS AGP V2740 3D Multimedia Accelerator Pentium II computer system 10MB of free hard disk space DVD ROM drive Sound Blaster 16 or compatible sound card Plug and Play BIOS support Bus mastering IDE controller r...

Page 8: ...nstallation assumes that both yourASUSAGP V2740 and sound system check the hardware suppliers documentation have been prop erly installed in your computer VMI B Connector VMI A Connector ASUS 740DVD Parts EM8220 Audio Video Decoder Chip VMI A Connector VMI B Connector SDRAM 2 1 2 1 40 39 26 13 ASUS 740DVD Layout SDRAM ...

Page 9: ... male on the ASUS AGP V2740 3D Multimedia Accelerator If the AGP V2740 has already been installed on the system board refer to your user s manual to locate these connectors Plug the corresponding connectors on the 740DVD into the AGP V2740 and push gently and firmly to secure the card for proper connection Make sure that the VGAcard is properly seated and installed in theAGP connector Replace the ...

Page 10: ...o regionalize their DVD ROM drive or player up to five times Once the drive has been regionalized for the fifth time its region code is set and available only for the region for which the drive has been last set See opposite page for a list of the CSS Regions When the setup program is finished installing the necessary software the Setup Complete dialog box appears Click Finish to complete the setu...

Page 11: ...s one region only Aplayer or hardware may only play discs that are encoded for that player s region See WARNING on the opposite page CSS Regions Region 1 The U S its territories and Canada Region 2 Europe Japan the Middle East Egypt South Africa Greenland Region 3 Taiwan Korea the Philippines Indonesia Region 4 Mexico South America Australia New Zealand Region 5 Russia Eastern Europe India most of...

Page 12: ...tation can also detect MPEG files in your CD ROM and hard drives Your DVD ROM drive must be DVD compliant to be able to play DVD Video and DVD ROM Check the owner s manual of your DVD ROM drive to make sure it meets these requirements before attempting to play DVD discs Starting the DVD Station Start Windows if you have not already done so Insert a DVD disc a Video CD or a CD disc containing MPEG ...

Page 13: ...the progression of the clip as it plays You can click the Progress Bar to jump to a particular part of the track being played Depending on the type of disc you are playing additional information may appear Progress Bar Disc Type Track Number Time Display Aspect Ratio Repeat Mode The Volume Control increases or decreases the audio level Using your mouse move the slider up and down to adjust the vol...

Page 14: ...8x speed and click again to resume normal playback Previous Track button Click this button to skip to the previous track on the disc Next Track button Click this button to skip to the next track on the disc Play Mode button Click this button to select from three play modes All Ran dom and Play List The Display Panel will show which play mode is currently active The default play mode is All To sele...

Page 15: ...our hard disk DVD ROM or CD ROM drive You will see a standard Open Video File dia log window Clicking the Options Dialog button brings up the DVD Station Options window see next page Clicking the Display button displays the playtime of the current clip the spoken language and the name of the file in the upper left hand cor ner of the VGA viewing window Clicking the Counter button again disables th...

Page 16: ...ard disk drive DVD files will only play from the DVD ROM or the hard disk drive The Title List window displays the filenames of MPEG clips that DVD Station was able to locate on the hard disk DVD ROM or CD ROM drive The Play List win dow displays the clips that are currently on the Play List To create a Play List follow these steps Select the clip s icon that you wish to add to the Play List from ...

Page 17: ...ntil the word Play List is highlighted in the Display Panel All clips included in the Play List will play in the order that you made NOTE Play Lists cannot be created for DVD movies Settings Click the Settings tab to display the DVD Station Settings This section allows you to choose the various DVD Station settings that you can enable and or disable Start Detached Displays the DVD Station Control ...

Page 18: ...e the movie window to the movie s standard non scaled resolution Always on Top Displays the movie window on top of all other windows With this feature enabled other programs will not appear on top of the movie window AutoPlay Allows you to enable and disable the Windows 95 98AutoPlay feature on the DVD ROM drive DVD Click the DVD tab to display the DVD Station s DVD settings ...

Page 19: ...einstall DVD Station to enter a new password When you want to change the rating level enter the password into the Enter box and them make your selection IMPORTANT NOTE This feature has no effect on titles that do not support the Paren tal Lockout feature Most DVD movie titles do not use this voluntary rating system You cannot rely upon this feature to prevent your children from viewing objectionab...

Page 20: ... Capture button to save a BMP image of a movie frame to disk Note that because of copyright re strictions this feature does not work with DVDVideo titles Segment Play A B This feature lets you loop playback between any two points in a movie Click this button on the progress bar once dur ing movie playback to set the start point Click the button a second time to set the end point The movie will now...

Page 21: ... play Click and select the language you want The figure below shows an example where En glish is the selected language The language selected is momentarily displayed in the upper right corner of your movie window Camera Angle Selector This operation only functions with a DVD movie disc that contains multiple camera angles Click the Camera Angle Selector during play Move the mouse UP or DOWN to hig...

Page 22: ... second language selection identifies subtitles with extra functions such as for use by visually impaired people Menu Selector Some DVD discs have a unique menu structure called DVD menu For example some discs allow you to access the multiple language soundtrack multiple camera angles and subtitle options in the DVD menu Title Selector Some DVD discs such as movies or Music Videos have more than o...

Page 23: ... the joystick to select the highlighted item DVD Playback Basic DVD Playback Turn on the PC and press OPEN CLOSE button on the DVD ROM drive to open the disc tray Insert a DVD disc onto the tray and press the OPEN CLOSE button on the DVD ROM drive to close the disc tray Start DVD Station by selecting the following from the taskbar START PRO GRAMS REALmagic Malibu DVD Station The DVD control panel ...

Page 24: ...e DVD ROM drive and the DVD ROM drive is the first logical drive after the hard disk for example the hard disk is drive C and the DVD ROM is drive D click PLAY on the DVD station The DVD movie should start If the DVD ROM is NOT the first logical drive after the hard disk click the Op tions Button on the DVD Station In the Options dialog select the drive that represents your DVD ROM drive DVD Stati...

Page 25: ...vie titles that have menu selections and other options Click this button to toggle between the two 10 key keypads Use this button to make corrections This button returns to the previous menu Click this button to execute whatever option you have chosen If the 10 key keypad is hidden by another window clicking the 10 key Keypad but ton again will bring it back to the foreground During full screen vi...

Page 26: ... is a Video CD 1 0 disc the 10 key Keypad will not appear and the display will show VCD instead of VCD2 Select Buttons Video CD 2 0 Only Video CD 2 0 discs feature embedded playback controls When you play a Video CD 2 0 disc you can experience a whole new level of interactivity You may play a disc that prompts you with questions For example you may be asked if you want to play the disc in 1 Englis...

Page 27: ...nel using your mouse NOTE Some Video CDs have different formats and do not require the Menu Select key Some formats will work by using the Next Track button to select the song fol lowed by clicking the Play button Audio CD Playback Press the OPEN CLOSE button on the DVD ROM drive or the CD ROM drive to open the disc tray Insert an Audio CD disc onto the tray Start DVD Station by selecting the foll...

Page 28: ...yback mode Display playback controls window playback mode only Display mini controls full screen mode only Help Toggle to detach attach playback controls to movie window Display DVD movie information window playback mode only Size window to the movie s standard resolution without scaling or stretching Quit Activate angle menu Activate frame capture Toggle display timer Eject disk Fast forward cycl...

Page 29: ...ous track or chapter Slow motion playback Toggle between Full and Window Screen Video CD 2 0 Shortcut Keys Ctrl 0 Ctrl 9 Ctrl Ctrl Enter Ctrl Select numbers on Video CD 2 0 keypad Backspace on Video CD 2 0 keypad Apply or enter selection on Video CD 2 0 keypad Play default Video CD 2 0 track DVD Menu Shortcut Keys Enter Select menu option active when DVD menu is onscreen Activate selection active ...

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