Contents

Notices..........................................................................................................

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Safety information ......................................................................................

vi

About this guide ........................................................................................

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Chapter 1: Hardware information

1.1

System requirements...................................................................

1-2

1.2

Card/Box layout............................................................................

1-2

1.3

Before you proceed .....................................................................

1-7

1.4

Installation ....................................................................................

1-8

 

1.4.1

Installing the ASUS TV Tuner Card.................................

1-8

 

1.4.2

Installing the ASUS USB TV Box ....................................

1-9

 

1.4.3

Installing the ASUS TV Express Card.............................

1-9

1.5

Connecting cables and devices................................................

1-10

 

1.5.1

Quadri PCI-E TV card ...................................................

1-10

 

1.5.2

Hybrid TV card ...............................................................

1-11

 

1.5.3

USB TV box ..................................................................

1-12

 

1.5.4

DVBT Express Card......................................................

1-13

 

1.5.5

Hybrid Express Card.....................................................

1-13

 

1.5.6

DVBT USB TV box........................................................

1-13

 

1.5.7

Hybrid USB TV box.......................................................

1-13

Chapter 2: Software information

2.1

Device driver installation.............................................................

2-2

 

2.1.1

Installing Microsoft® DirectX® .........................................

2-2

 

2.1.2

Installing the driver..........................................................

2-3

 

2.1.3

Uninstalling the drivers....................................................

2-7

2.2

CyberLink® PowerCinema (optional)....................................

2-8

 

(for Windows® XP only)

 

 

2.2.1

Launching PowerCinema................................................

2-8

 

2.2.2

Optimizing your computer for multimedia .......................

2-9

 

2.2.3

Navigating through the home page...............................

2-12

 

2.2.4

Using the player control panel ......................................

2-13

 

2.2.5

Using the remote control...............................................

2-13

 

2.2.6

Settings .........................................................................

2-14

 

2.2.7

Watching TV..................................................................

2-16

 

2.2.8

Watching movies...........................................................

2-21

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