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ATI Multimedia Center 7.1
User’s Guide
Version 6.0 P/N 137-40188-60 Rev. F
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Disclaimer The manufacturer (MFR) reserves the right to make changes 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 damages resulting from the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. ii
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Table of Contents Using Your ATI Multimedia Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Starting ATI Multimedia Center.................................................................... 8 Starting from LaunchPad........................................................................ 8 Starting from Windows® taskbar........................................................... 9 Attaching and Detaching Panels.................................................................... 9 Online Help..............
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Actors tab ............................................................................................. 48 Categories tab....................................................................................... 49 Searches................................................................................................ 49 Favorite search ..................................................................................... 49 Movies tab ...............................................................
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File Player....................................................................................... 78 File Player Control menu ..................................................................... 79 Zooming and Panning .......................................................................... 80 File Player Display settings.................................................................. 81 File Player Preferences settings............................................................ 82 File Pla
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7 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, DVD, and File Player in one package. Because North American and European television use 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 T
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8 Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Starting ATI Multimedia Center Starting from LaunchPad The LaunchPad provides a convenient way to start all your Multimedia Center features — just click the feature you want. LaunchPad opens automatically when you start your computer, or if you prefer, you can right-click LaunchPad, and uncheck Load on Startup in the drop-down menu. To dock LaunchPad, right-click it, then click Dock in the menu. To change the docking position, right-click Launc
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Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 9 ® Starting from Windows taskbar 1 In the Windows taskbar, click Start. 2 Point at Programs . 3 Point at ATI Multimedia Center . 4 Click CD Audio, DVD, LaunchPad, File Player, TV, or Video CD. For information about using the ATI Multimedia Center features, see the online help. Attaching and 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,
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10 Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Online Help Feature Help. Click the Help button in any display panel to open the online help. Context-Sensitive Help. Context-sensitive help is always F1 available for each feature; just press the F1 key. 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 Tool Tips checkbox in the Display tab (for mo
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Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 11 TV Watch Television on your computer! You can receive up to 125 cable television channels and 70 antenna channels in smooth, full-motion video on the whole screen or in a window. TV delivers advanced features: Closed Captioning, Video/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
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12 Using Your ATI Multimedia Center To start TV from LaunchPad Click TV in the Launchpad. For information on LaunchPad, see page 8. ® from Windows taskbar 1 In the Windows taskbar, click Start, then point at Programs . 2 Point at ATI Multimedia Center , then click TV. You can also start TV from other Multimedia Center features installed on your 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.
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Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 13 Setting up TV The first time you start TV, you must complete the Initialization Wizard. After that, the Wizard will not run unless you want to re-run it in order to change settings. The Initialization Wizard guides you quickly and easily through setting up TV channels, Parental Control, Sound, and TV-on-Demand. If you have a Video-In card, only the Sound Initialization Wizard is used. Note TV-on-Demand is only available if your card support
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14 Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Click Next >. The TV-on-Demand Initialization Wizard appears. Follow the Wizard’s instructions to set up a temporary file and allocate file space. Available time is indicated. The Advanced Settings button lets you customize settings for image quality and processor load. Click Next >. The End of Initialization Wizard panel appears. Click Finish to complete TV setup. Sizing the TV display You can resize the TV display using the mouse, the Ma
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Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 15 TV Control menu You can access TV functions by right-clicking on the video viewing area or the control panel. This is very useful in full- screen mode. The following menu items are available: Setup Opens the TV setup page. Always Displays TV on top of other applications. On Top Hide Hides the TV Control panel. Controls Select zoom ratio (2x, 4x, or 8x) or Unzoom if already Zooming zoomed. See Zooming and panning on page 30. Indicates the sizes avai
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16 Using Your ATI Multimedia Center TV display settings The Display settings page lets you control how video is displayed in TV. To open the Display settings page Click the Setup button in the TV control panel, then click the Display tab. Indicates the sizes available for the current panel. If the Screen current panel does not support resizing, the values are Size greyed-out. Show Tool Tip Show helpful aids for using TV when you point at a control with your mouse. Tool Tips Show Short
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Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 17 TV video settings The video settings page lets you choose a video connector and fine-tune video characteristics. To open the Video settings page Click the Setup button in the Television control panel, then click the Video tab. Choose cable, composite or S-Video input. Connector If you choose Composite or S-Video, you must specify the Broadcast Standard. Broadcast Choose the broadcast standard: NTSC, PAL, or SECAM. Standard Color Adjusts the amount
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18 Using Your ATI Multimedia Center TV Tuner settings The tuner settings page lets you autoscan for active TV channels, choose cable or antenna input, name channels, and set channel-specific options. To open the Tuner settings page Click the Setup button in the TV control panel, then click the TV Tuner tab. Channel You can enter channel names Name Select a channel, then click the Details... button to open Details... the Channel Property Details page (see Channel Property Details on pa
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Using Your ATI Multimedia Center 19 Channel Type a name for the channel. Name Number Displays the channel number. Specify the TV station that is received when you tune to a particular channel. For example, you could assign the Tunes to actual channel 5 to the Television’s channel 2. Station Autoscanning returns all channel assignments to normal (see Autoscan on page 18). Check to add the channel to the channels that TV Channel in receives when you click the channel up/down buttons).
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20 Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Video 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 dark in the image. Contrast Gradation of tone between the image’s highlights, midtones and shadows. Channel Tint Balance of red, green, and Specific blue in the image. Settings Broadcast Standard Choose the broadcast standard for this channel. Program Locko
