ATI Multimedia Center 8.2 User's Guide P/N 137-70480-10 Copyright © 2003, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI and all ATI product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Features, performance and specifications are subject to change without notice. Product may not be exactly as shown in the diagrams. 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With respect to ATI products which this document relates, ATI disclaims all express or implied warranties regarding such products, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement. ii Contents Using Your ATI Multimedia Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Starting ATI Multimedia Center.................................................................... 2 Starting from LaunchPad........................................................................ 2 Starting from Windows® taskbar........................................................... 3 Online Help.................................................................................................... 3 ATI REMOTE WONDERTM......................................................................... 3 Multimedia Center Configuration Tool ....................................................... 4 TV ...................................................................................................... 6 Setting up TV ........................................................................................ 7 Sizing the TV display ............................................................................. 8 TV Feature menu.................................................................................... 9 TV keyboard shortcuts ......................................................................... 11 TV display settings............................................................................... 13 TV video settings.................................................................................. 15 TV Tuner settings ................................................................................. 16 TV Stills Gallery settings ..................................................................... 19 TV Schedule settings............................................................................ 19 ATI TV Bar .......................................................................................... 20 Channel Surfing.................................................................................... 21 Closed Captioning ................................................................................ 22 HotWordsTM ......................................................................................... 24 TV Magazine ........................................................................................ 25 External Captions support .................................................................... 27 Secondary Audio Program (SAP) ........................................................ 28 Zooming and panning........................................................................... 28 THRUVIEWTM..................................................................................... 29 Channel Lockout .................................................................................. 30 Parental Control.................................................................................... 31 Recording Video and still images ........................................................ 32 Personal Video Recorder .............................................................. 34 Personal Video Recorder settings......................................................... 35 One Touch Record................................................................................ 39 Achieving the best results with MPEG video recording ...................... 40 MULTVIEWTM............................................................................................ 42 MULTVIEW audio requirements ........................................................ 43 MULTVIEW keyboard shortcuts ......................................................... 44 iii Media Library.................................................................................. 45 Filtering files ........................................................................................ 46 Converting media files ......................................................................... 46 Making Playlists ................................................................................... 47 External Captions support .................................................................... 47 Recommended content deletion ........................................................... 47 TV Listings...................................................................................... 49 Setting up TV Listings ......................................................................... 50 Getting around ...................................................................................... 51 Recording ............................................................................................. 51 Viewing ................................................................................................ 52 Views.................................................................................................... 52 Filter options......................................................................................... 53 Actors tab ............................................................................................. 53 Categories tab ....................................................................................... 54 Searches................................................................................................ 54 Favorite search ..................................................................................... 54 Movies tab ............................................................................................ 55 Schedules tab ........................................................................................ 56 Searches tab .......................................................................................... 56 Setting search parameters..................................................................... 57 Sports tab .............................................................................................. 58 Stations tab ........................................................................................... 58 Titles tab ............................................................................................... 59 Days and dates...................................................................................... 59 Stills Gallery ................................................................................... 60 Stills Gallery settings............................................................................ 60 CD Audio......................................................................................... 62 CD Audio keyboard shortcuts .............................................................. 63 CD Audio settings ................................................................................ 64 CD Audio preferences settings............................................................. 65 CD Database......................................................................................... 65 CD Audio Schedule settings................................................................. 66 Video CD ......................................................................................... 67 Video CD Feature menu....................................................................... 68 Video CD keyboard shortcuts .............................................................. 69 Capturing still frames from Video CDs ............................................... 70 Zooming and Panning .......................................................................... 70 Video CD Display settings ................................................................... 71 Video CD Closed Caption settings....................................................... 72 Video CD Preferences settings............................................................. 73 Video CD Stills Gallery settings .......................................................... 73 iv File Player ....................................................................................... 74 File Player Feature menu...................................................................... 76 File Player shortcut keys ...................................................................... 77 THRUVIEWTM..................................................................................... 78 Zooming and Panning .......................................................................... 79 File Player Display settings.................................................................. 80 File Player Preferences settings............................................................ 81 File Player Closed Caption settings...................................................... 81 External Captions support .................................................................... 82 File Player Stills Gallery settings ......................................................... 82 File Player Schedule settings................................................................ 83 Schedule ......................................................................................... 83 Schedule settings ................................................................................. 84 TV Out......................................................................................................... 85 Multi-Monitor Support ................................................................................ 86 Teletext ........................................................................................... 86 Troubleshooting........................................................................................... 87 Audio problems ... ................................................................................ 87 Video problems ... .............................................................................. 92 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 v vi 1 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, File Player, and Media Library in one package. Starting ATI Multimedia Center 2 Online Help 3 ATI REMOTE WONDERTM 3 Multimedia Center Configuration Tool 4 TV 6 ATI TV Bar 20 Media Library 45 Personal Video Recorder 34 MULTVIEWTM 42 Media Library 45 TV Listings 49 Stills Gallery 60 CD Audio 62 Video CD 67 File Player 74 Schedule 83 TV Out 85 Multi-Monitor Support 86 Teletext 86 Troubleshooting 87 2 Starting 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 LaunchPad while it is docked, point to Side , then choose a location. · To change the size of the LaunchPad when it is not docked, double-click it or right-click it, and choose a size. The buttons in the right side of LaunchPad let you access your desktop settings, get Help, and close LaunchPad. If your system does not have a TV tuner, Video In appears in place of TV in the LaunchPad. Certain Mu ...