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

2 Getting Started

•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