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Fahrenheit ProVideo 64

User's Manual

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Summary of Contents for Fahrenheit ProVideo 64

Page 1: ...Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 User s Manual ORCHID ...

Page 2: ...produced reduced or translated by any means either mechanical or electronic without prior consent in writing from Orchid Technology Incorporated Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 is a trademark of Orchid Technology All other products mentioned in this manual are trademarks of their respective manufacturers Orchid Technology 45365 Northport Loop West Fremont CA 94538 9973 ...

Page 3: ... Adding Memory 10 SECTION 2 SOFTWARE 11 Software Overview 11 Software Installation 11 Fig 2 1 Main Menu Screen 11 Network Considerations 12 Windows Utilities 13 Orchid Control Panel 13 Fig 2 2 Orchid Control Panel Menu 13 Display Setup 13 Fig 2 3 Display Setup Screen 14 Virtual Desktop Feature 14 Fig 2 4 Virtual Desktop Screen 15 Switch on the Fly Magnify Feature 16 Fig 2 5 Switch on the Fly Magni...

Page 4: ...our Selection 22 APPENDIX A TECHNICAL HELP 23 CompuServe 23 Troubleshooting Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 23 Technical Specifications 28 Memory Address Setting 30 VESA Support 30 Resolutions and Refresh Rates 31 Table A 1 IBM VGA Graphics Modes 31 Table A 2 Video Text Modes 31 Feature Connector Pin Outs 32 Table A 3 VESA Feature Connector Pin outs 32 VAFC Feature Connector Pin Outs 32 VGA Pin Out Specifi...

Page 5: ...Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 User s Manual 3 APPENDIX C DIGITAL VIDEO SCALING 37 APPENDIX D MPEG VIDEO 39 FCC NOTICE 40 INDEX 41 ...

Page 6: ...ersion and dithering Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 also features the Xing Software MPEG codec for full screen full motion playback of MPEG digital video The Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 uses your computer s CPU for MPEG decoding MPEG playback performance is directly related to processor speed the current screen resolution and color depth The MPEG decoding soft ware can be used in all resolutions except 16 colo...

Page 7: ...ormation on the proper installation of Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 Section 2 Software Installation Here you will be given the information needed to install device drivers and utilities Appendix A Technical Help and Information If you are experiencing installation difficulties or require troubleshootinginformation thisappendixgivesyoucheck points to look at to ensure that your Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 is ...

Page 8: ...hing you should take a closer look at before proceeding further When you see the Exclamation Mark it gives important information on avoiding damage to property Common Names AVI Audio Video Interleaved CODEC Compression Decompression Algorithm DCI Display Control Interface DPMS Display Power Management Signaling MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect VAFC VESA Advan...

Page 9: ...lect a PCI slot for the PCI version or a VL Bus slot for the VLB version 4 Remove the rear slot cover bracket if it is present and keep the screw for future use 5 Carefully hold Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 by the top edges and lower it into its expansion slot Ensure that Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 seats firmly into the slot 6 Secure it in place by fastening its metal bracket to the computer backplane 7 Rec...

Page 10: ...Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 User s Manual Section 1 Hardware 8 VAFC Feature Connector 8 bit Feature Connector 15 pin VGA Connector Figure 1 1 Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 PCI Diagram BIOS ...

Page 11: ... ProVideo 64 User s Manual 9 Figure 1 2 Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 VLB Diagram 8 bit Feature Connector VAFC Feature Connector Orchid Technology c 1994 Fahrenheit Pro64 VLB BIOS 15 pin VGA Connector Section 1 Hardware ...

Page 12: ...on of Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 is easily upgradeable to 4MB of VRAM memory Install the new memory chips into the available memory sockets The additional memory is automatically detected and must meet the following specifications Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 256K x 8 VRAM Recommended memory Samsung KM428C256J 7 Operate at 70 nanoseconds access time or faster NOTE The access time is indicated on the chip as...

Page 13: ...ostation 3D Studio Other drivers are available through Orchid Technical Support or may be downloaded from the Orchid Bulle tin Board System or CompuServe Software Installation You can automatically install the Fahrenheit software drivers and utilities to your hard drive from the DOS command line Follow the steps below 1 Insert the Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 software disk into your floppy drive and typ...

Page 14: ...d and network installation options for Windows graphics drivers When using Windows in a Novell or compatible network select the Network Server Installation option The installer will ask for a directory name to install the drivers to You must install the Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 Windows drivers to the shared Windows directory on the network server Once the drivers are installed on the network server ...

Page 15: ...lick on the Fahrenheit Hyperdriver Control Panel icon and the following menu appears 2 Make your desired selections Use this utility for any future changes to the Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 configu ration Display Setup Use this utility to select the resolution text font size colors for your display and to enable or disable the 8 bit feature connector for digital video When certain combi nations of res...

Page 16: ...access to any part of your document or window without resizing or using scroll bars It s an ideal solution for spreadsheet or desktop applica tions A large area of display can be panned and viewed by simply moving your mouse Virtual Desktop doubles your workspace by transforming your standard VGA monitor into a virtual display with the maximum resolution avail able Virtual Desktop supports the 640...

Page 17: ...s the edge 3 Choose a Desktop Size from the pull down menu 4 After making your selections click on the Save button to store your new values Switch on the fly Magnify Feature Switch on the fly Magnify can enlarge a portion of your document to its maximum size This is ideal when you need a closer view of your screen It supports the 1024x768x256 resolution When this resolution is se lected the Orchid...

Page 18: ... command to magnify a portion of your document Zoom Out Use the Zoom Out command to see all of your document at one time To enable Switch on the fly Magnify 1 Click on the Switch on the fly Magnify box to enable the option the selections are grayed out until you do so 2 Choose a Hot Key combination from the pull down menus for the Pan Lock Zoom In and Zoom Out options 3 After making your selection...

Page 19: ...2 Make your desired selections and click on the Save button to store your new values Power Management Use this utility for power savings on your Green PC monitor while your monitor is inactive When you use this utility with a Green PC monitor or other type of monitor the screen saver will appear as a blank screen You can access the Power Management utility from the Orchid Control Panel or from the...

Page 20: ...the selections are grayed out until you do so 4 SetdelaysforthedifferentPowerManagementmodes Select the delays by clicking on the arrows to increase or decrease the number 5 Test the delays you set for each mode 6 If you desire a password for the screen saver click on the Password Protected box 7 Click on Set Password and enter your password Click on OK to save the settings Figure2 7 PowerManageme...

Page 21: ... the Display Centering utility again if required System Information This option provides a visual way of obtaining relevant information about your system configuration The infor mation on this menu screen will be very helpful if you need to call Technical Support You can access the System Information option from the Orchid Program group or from the Windows Control Panel window To access System Inf...

Page 22: ... 64 User s Manual Figure 2 10 System Information Menu 2 If you need to make any changes to the system information settings click on Edit System Files to access the System Configuration Editor program Section 2 Software 20 ...

Page 23: ... the Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 installation program Select MS DOS Utilities and Application Drivers from the installation menu and install the Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 screen utilities see Figure 2 1 Because it is a DOS based utility do not run MONSET from inside other programs such as Windows From the DOS prompt type C CD FAHR64 then C MONSET The following menu appears The Monitor Setup utility displa...

Page 24: ...on Once the values have been defined you can test the values and center the display 1 To test the defined values click on the Configure button If the display appears distorted press the ESC key to return to the main menu If the display appears OK use the arrow keys to center horizontally and the arrow keys to center vertically 2 When the selected mode is displayed a test pattern appears with a des...

Page 25: ...e GO MULTIBVEN to get into the Multimedia Vendor Forum B Once you are in this forum select Message Section 10 The message and library sec tions are labeled Orchid Troubleshooting Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 The following information will help you diagnose prob lems you may have with the Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 Following these simple steps serves a twofold purpose You may be able to fix your problem or i...

Page 26: ...t is disabled If the video display adapter is other than a standard monochrome video adapter remove it from the system 3 Is the computer set up correctly for the Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 Refer to your computer s reference manual for information on setting up your computer 4 Are your computer and monitor plugged in Check the power cables to your computer and monitor Symptom 2 The computer gives an er...

Page 27: ...nization once it gets into a graphics program Check 1 Is the vertical hold on your monitor properly set Is your software properly installed for your current application Check Section 2 for device driver infor mation 2 Is your monitor able to display the graphics mode you are using Double check your monitor specifications for the graphics modes supported 3 Are you using the correct vertical refresh...

Page 28: ...t not at all in mine Check 1 Take a look at the check points for symptom 1 steps 1 through 4 It is a pretty good guess that the problem is not the Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 if it is working properly in another system Symptom 7 The Orchid icon does not appear in the Windows Control Panel Check 1 Check to make sure that you installed the Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 Windows drivers into the correct direc tor...

Page 29: ...most Pentium 90MHz systems the playback is fairly smooth Slower systems may exhibit slow MPEG video Symptom 9 MPEG will not run or a General Protection Fault error is received Check 1 Make sure you are using a supported resolution The MPEG decoding software can be used in all resolutions except 16 color modes and 1600x1200 resolutions Appendix A Technical Help 27 ...

Page 30: ... 968 Interfaces Supported Up to 50MHz VLB and PCI BIOS 8 bit Connectors 32 bit Bus PCI 32 bit Bus VLB 15 pin D Shell VGA VESA 8 bit Feature Connector VESA2 Feature Connector VAFC Memory Address Segments RAM A000 BFFF ROM C000 C7FF I O Address 3B0 3DF IBM standard Temperature Operating from 0 to 40 degrees C Storage from 30 to 60 degrees C Humidity Operating from 15 to 90 Storage from 10 to 95 Appe...

Page 31: ...Display Control Interface Support MPEG Software Decode High resolutions and refresh rates Up to 120Hz Vertical Scan Refresh Rate 1600 x 1200 x 16 colors 1280 x 1024 x 65 536 colors 1024 x 768 x 16 8 million colors 800 x 600 x 16 8 million colors 640 x 480 x 16 8 million colors Requires 4MB VRAM Memory ...

Page 32: ...y man ager user s manual for details on using a memory exclu sion statement VESA Support Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 is designed to support the VESA BIOS Extension VBE through its BIOS Extended modes can be selected through the VESA option in the applica tion you are running The BIOS supports the VESA 1 2 specification In addition the Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 VLB version supports the VESA VL Bus hardware...

Page 33: ...70 11 640 x 480 2 31 5 60 12 640 x 480 16 31 5 60 13 320 x 200 256 31 5 70 Mode Resolution Colors Horz Vert Polarity 00 40 x 25 16 31 5 70 01 40 x 25 16 31 5 70 02 80 x 25 16 31 5 70 03 80 x 25 16 31 5 70 07 80 x 25 Mono 31 5 70 54 132 x 43 16 31 5 70 55 132 x 25 16 31 5 70 Table A2 Video Text Modes Table A1 IBM VGA Video Graphics Modes NOTE Horizontal frequencies are in kHz Vertical frequencies a...

Page 34: ... motherboard DAC 3 Low Enable External Pixel Clock Input to the motherboard DAC VAFC Feature Connector Pin Outs Please contact the VESA Standards Committee for a complete description of the VAFC feature connector pin outs and functions VESA 2120 N First St Suite 440 San Jose CA 95131 Table A 3 VESA Feature Connector Pin Outs Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 Feature Connector Pin Outs Pin Function Pin Functi...

Page 35: ...n D shell connector The pin outs are as follows Appendix A Technical Help 6 Red return 7 Green return 8 Blue return 9 Noconnection 14 Vertical sync 10 Sync return 15 Not used 13 Horizontal sync 12 Monitor ID Bit 1 11 Monitor ID Bit 0 1 Red video 2 Green video 3 Blue video 4 Monitor ID Bit 2 5 Ground Figure A 1 Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 15 pin Connector 33 ...

Page 36: ...Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 User s Manual Appendix A Technical Help 34 ...

Page 37: ...ing Using a Green PC monitor and a Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 in conjunction you can lower the power consumption to 30 watts when the monitor is idle This power manage ment feature is required by the EPA s Energy Star Program and is also required by all U S Government agencies A Green PC monitor and your Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 can be placed into one of four states On Standby Suspend or Off Here is an ...

Page 38: ...n starts This is a significant reduction of power consumption with the HSYNC Active and VSYNC Inactive Off Mode Set the amount of inactive time before the blank screen starts This is the lowest level of power consumption with the HSYNC Inactive and VSYNC Inactive The VESA DPMS technology also implements the U S Governmental Protection Agency Energy Star and European Nutek standards The Power Manag...

Page 39: ...scaling The accelerated video hard ware allows Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 to display AVI files to full screen while maintaining smooth motion and improving image quality By incorporating the new DCI standard Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 can take on many of the tasks generally shared with the Windows display software The DCI standard allows Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 s accelerator hardware to act independently d...

Page 40: ...Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 User s Manual Appendix C Digital Video Scaling 38 ...

Page 41: ...or depth As a reference a Pentium 90MHz system will usually provide smooth video play back at 30 frames per second in resolutions up to 1024x768 Slower systems may provide less perfor mance The MPEG decoding software can be used in all resolutions except 16 color modes and 1600x1200 resolutions Playback of MPEG digital video is enhanced with Fahren heitProVideo64 sSuperZoomfeature WithSuperZoom vi...

Page 42: ...or more of the following measures 1 Reorient the receiving antenna 2 Relocate the computer with respect to the receiver 3 Move the computer away from the receiver 4 Plug the computer into an outlet which resides on a different circuit breaker than the receiver 5 If necessary consult your dealer or an experienced radio or television technician for additional suggestions You may find the booklet How...

Page 43: ... Board System BBS 11 C Display Centering 19 CompuServe 23 Control Panel 13 D Device Drivers Installation 11 Diagrams 8 9 Display Setup 13 DOS Monitor Setup 21 DOS Software Installation 11 F Feature Connector Pin Outs 32 H Help Bulletin Board System BBS 11 CompuServe 23 Tips to use 23 41 ...

Page 44: ...6 Memory Address Setting 30 Monitor Cable Pin out Information 33 Monitor Setup DOS 21 Windows 17 N Network Considerations 12 O Orchid Control Panel 13 P Power Management 17 R Resolutions Refresh Rates Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 31 S Screen Saver 18 Software Device Drivers Installation 11 Switch on the fly Magnify Feature 16 Index 42 ...

Page 45: ...rograms Display Centering 19 Display Setup 13 21 Monitor Setup 17 MONSET Monitor Setup 21 Fahrenheit Hyperdriver Control Panel 13 Power Management 17 System Information 19 V VESA Support VESA BIOS Extension VBE 30 VESA Local Bus VL Bus 30 VESA Feature Connector Pin Outs 32 Video Display Setup 13 21 Virtual Desktop Feature 15 ...

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