ATI Technologies 550 manual System Requirements, Hardware, Operating

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System Requirements

Hardware

• Intel® Pentium® 4 or Celeron®, AMD Athlon® or

 

Sempron® (or compatible).

 

• Sound card and speakers.

 

• 128 MB of system memory; 256 MB or more is

 

recommended for best performance.

 

• Motherboard with free PCI or PCIe X1slot (as

 

appropriate).

 

CD-ROM drive (for installation software).

 

• Cable TV signal or amplified antenna.

 

 

Operating

• Windows® XP Media Center Edition® 2005

System

• Windows® XP (Professional or Home, Service Pack

 

2)

 

 

Decoder

• You must have an MPEG decoder (DVD or media

 

player) already on your system in order to play

 

back MPEG video captured by the THEATER™

 

550 PRO TV tuner card.

 

 

Getting Started

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Contents Theater 550.book Page i Friday, January 21, 2005 931 AM Disclaimer Important Safety Instructions Theater 550.book Page iv Friday, January 21, 2005 931 AM Table of Contents Getting Started System System RequirementsHardware OperatingQuick Installation Installing HardwareTo perform a quick installation Installation Diagram Detailed InstallationInstalling your Theater 550 PRO TV tuner card Theater 550 PRO TV tuner card Baseplate Connecting Display DevicesInstalling Drivers and Software in Windows Installing SoftwareSoftware Installation Prerequisites To install drivers Select SETUP.EXE from the X\PCM\SETUP.EXE To install software PowerCinemaUsing Your Theater 550 PRO TV tuner card To start TV from Windows XP Media Center Edition Using Windows XP Media Center EditionUsing CyberLink PowerCinema Launching your Theater 550 PRO TV tuner cardTheater 550.book Page 12 Friday, January 21, 2005 931 AM To start TV from the LaunchPad Using ATI Multimedia CenterATI Launchpad Reference TroubleshootingDropped Frames Video RecordingStops UnexpectedlyCompliance Information Warranty ServiceFCC Compliance Information CE-Konformitätserklärung Industry Canada Compliance StatementCE Compliance Information Informations de conformité de la CETheater 550.book Page 18 Friday, January 21, 2005 931 AM