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V9520 Home Theater
User Guide
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E1385 Revised Edition V2 July 2003 Copyright © 2003 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (“ASUS”). Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (
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Contents Notices .................................................................................. v Safety Information .................................................................vi ASUS Contact Information .................................................. viii 1. Introduction ..................................................................... 1 Highlights ....................................................................................1 Package contents ..........................
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9. ASUS PowerDirector Pro ............................................... 31 9.1 Introduction .........................................................................31 9.2 Installing ASUS PowerDirector Pro.....................................33 10. Remote control functions ............................................. 34 11. Resolution Table ........................................................... 39 iv ASUS V9520 Home Theater User Guide
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Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable p
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Safety information Electrical safety • To prevent electrical shock hazard, disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet before relocating the system. • When adding or removing devices to or from the system, ensure that the power cables for the devices are unplugged before the signal cables are connected. If possible, disconnect all power cables from the existing system before you add a device. • Before connecting or removing signal cables from the motherboard, ensure that all power cabl
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Macrovision Corporation Product Notice This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is p
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ASUS contact information ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) Address: 150 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan 112 General Tel: +886-2-2894-3447 General Fax: +886-2-2894-3449 General Email: info@asus.com.tw Technical Support MB/Others (Tel): +886-2-2890-7121 (English) Notebook (Tel): +886-2-2890-7122 (English) Desktop/Server (Tel): +886-2-2890-7123 (English) Support Fax: +886-2-2890-7698 Web Site: www.asus.com.tw ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) Address: 44370 Nobel Drive, Fremont, CA 94538,
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1. Introduction Highlights • Enjoy the ultimate entertainment package ~ Allows you to easily watch TV, listen to MP3s, view DVDs, pictures and video on your PC. • Provides you with a complete TV experience on PCs: ~ “Time-Shifting Playback” for temporary leave, “Instant TV Replay”, “Automatic Channel Scanning”, “Pre-schedule Recording (MPEG1/2)”. • Advanced remote control kit with built-in wireless mouse ~ Comes with an advanced remote control kit for your convenience. • ASUS Video Security ~ A
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Package Contents • ASUS V9520 Home Theater Card • Remote controller • USB remote control receiver • AV Breakout box • ASUS Home Theater software CD • ASUS PowerDirector software CD • ASUS V9520 Home Theater driver CD • ASUS Home Theater user guide 2 ASUS V9520 Home Theater User Guide
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2. Hardware setup PUSH ASUS V9520 Home Theater User Guide 3 ASUS V9520 Home Theater Layout 128MB DDR Frame Buffer ® CATV Audio IN Microtune Frame Frame To Sound card IN MT2050 Buffer Buffer RF-in (DDR) (DDR) Antenna Audio Adapter To Sound card OUT To Speaker Frame Buffer VIVO TM AIAO (DDR) NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) Frame Svideo IN Svideo OUT To TV Buffer (DDR) Composite IN Composite OUT VGA Output VGA Monitor To Video Camcorder Output(15pin) Audio IN-R Audio OUT-R (
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3. Card installation This VGA card can only be installed on motherboards with an AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot. 3.1 For systems without an existing VGA card 1. Unplug all power cables from the wall sockets. 2. Remove the system unit cover. 3. Locate the AGP expansion slot on the motherboard. Make sure that the slot is not obstructed by cables or other components. 4. Remove the metal bracket cover opposite the AGP slot. Save the screw for later use. 5. Remove your new VGA card from its pla
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4. Display driver installation You can use one of the recommended methods to install the display drivers for your graphics card depending on your operating system. 4.1 Install ASUS enhanced driver The ASUS fine-tuned enhanced driver delivers the best 3D performance on your video output. 1. Insert the support CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. 3. From the installat
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4.1.1 Windows 98SE • Installing the AGP GART driver will ensure that the chipset’s AGP functions are available. • DirectX must be installed so that your video player can take advantage of hardware acceleration. Install GART Driver and Install DirectX later in this manual for the setup steps. Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program 1. Boot your computer. 2. Switch the display to Windows Standard Display Adapter (VGA) mode, then reboot computer. 3. Insert the support CD into your CD-ROM drive. 4. T
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Method 2: Directly executing installer program 1. Boot your computer. 2. Insert the support CD into the CD-ROM drive. 3. Run the setup utility from support CD from the following path : \Win9xMe\ANVSetup.exe 4. From the autorun screen, click Drivers then click Install ASUS Enhanced Driver on the Drivers dialog box. 5. Follow the succeeding instructions from the dialog box and reboot system after installation is complete. Method 3: Plug and Play Before proceeding with the following steps, replace
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Method 4: Display Property Page 1. Boot your computer. 2. Right-click on the Windows desktop and click Properties. 3. From the Properties dialog box, select the Settings tab, then click Advanced. The Standard Display Adapter (VGA) Properties dialog box appears. 4. Click Change on the Adapter tab to display the Update Device Driver Wizard dialog box. Click Next then click Display a list of all the drivers. 5. From the combo list box, click Next. 6. Click Show all hardware then Have Disk... to dis
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IMPORTANT NOTES • Quick installation works only when the primary display detected is an ASUS display card. • For optimum performance, check the following: - Make sure the DMA mode is enabled when using IDE DMA/33 or DMA/66 hard disk drives. To set parameters, click on Start-> Control Panel->System->Device Manager->Disk Drives-> Properties->Settings->Options->DMA. - Run the Disk Defragmenter (defrag.exe), especially when the hard disk is almost full. • Make sure the system powe
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Method 2: Plug and Play 1. Boot your computer. 2. When Windows detects your ASUS graphics card, the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears. 3. Click Next. 4. From the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box, select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) then click Next. 5. Insert the support CD into your CD-ROM drive to bring up the Locate Driver Files item of the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box. 6. Check CD-ROM drives, uncheck all other options then click Next to searc
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7. When the wizard has finished searching for driver files for your graphics card, check Install one of the other drivers then click Next from the Driver Files Search Results item of the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box. 8. When prompted to select the display driver to install in your system, select the one that is located in the D:\WIN2KXP\ASUS and click Next. 9. Follow succeeding onscreen instructions. 10. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files to your computer, it will
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4.1.4 Windows NT 4.0 Method 1: Display Property Page Before installing the display driver in Windows NT 4.0, make sure that you have installed Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 or later to take full advantage of the AGP features of your card. The following steps assume your CD-ROM drive letter is D. 1. Boot Windows NT system and log on as Administrator. 2. Switch display properties to VGA mode (16 colors, 640 x 480 pixels), then restart your computer. 3. After startup, right-click the Windows NT d
