AMD 650 manual System Requirements, Hardware, Operating, Decoder, Monitor

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Personal video recorder (PVR) to let you pause, rewind, or record live TV, or schedule recordings.

Note: The digital TV tuner also allows you to receive unencrypted digital cable channels (Clear QAM channels). Availability of Clear QAM channels varies by area and by cable provider.

The TV Wonder™ 650 also includes ATI Catalyst™ Media Center (CMC) multimedia software. CMC features include the following (available only when using CMC):

Electronic program guide.

Video converter, with support for capturing or converting video in a number of formats, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV9, and H.264.

DVD decoder software.

DVD authoring software.

System Requirements

Hardware

AMD Athlon™ or AMD Sempron™, Intel® Pentium® 4 or

 

Celeron®, (or compatible) CPU.

 

Sound card and speakers.

 

System memory:

 

For Windows® XP: 256 MB required, 512 MB or more

 

recommended for better performance.

 

For Windows Vista®: 1 GB required, 2 GB or more

 

recommended for better performance.

 

High-speed USB port.

 

CD-ROM drive (for installation software).

 

An ATI Radeon™ DirectX 9 compatible or higher graphics card

 

is recommended for optimal display output quality.

 

Cable TV signal or amplified antenna.

Operating

Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.

System

Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 2.

 

 

Windows XP Professional Edition, Service Pack 2.

 

Windows Vista™ Home Premium or Ultimate Edition.

Decoder

An MPEG-2 decoder (DVD or multimedia application, such as

 

the provided ATI Catalyst Media Center software) must be

 

installed to play MPEG-2 video files captured by the

 

TV Wonder™ 650.

Monitor

High-resolution MultiSync or multi-frequency monitors or

 

any other type of VGA monitor.

 

Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or digital CRT display.

 

 

TV Wonder™ 650

© 2007 AMD

P/N 117-70416-00

 

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