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10 Using Your ATI Multimedia Center

Feature Help. Click the Help button in any display panel to open the online help.

Context-Sensitive Help. Context-sensitive help is always available for each feature; just press the F1 key.

Tool Tips. Simply move the mouse cursor over a control to see a description of its purpose. As you become familiar with your ATI Multimedia Center, you may want to turn off Tool Tips — click the Show Tool Tips checkbox in the Display tab (for more information, see TV display settings on page 16).

ATI Desktop Help. For help on your ATI video card’s graphics features, double-click the ATI icon in the lower-right corner of your screen.

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Contents

ATI Multimedia Center User’s Guide Disclaimer Table of Contents CD Audio Stills GalleryVideo CD File Player TV Out Multi-monitor support Teletext TroubleshootingSchedule Page Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Starting ATI Multimedia Center Using Your ATI Multimedia CenterStarting from LaunchPad To detach a panel Attaching and Detaching PanelsStarting from Windows taskbar To attach a panel Online Help Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Video-In To start TV Setting up TV Initialization Wizard Sizing the TV display To resize the TV display using the mouseTo display preset sizes using the Ctrl key To display TV in full-screen Specifies how closed-captioned text is displayed. You Enables the Secondary Audio ProgramTV Control menu About Displays the About dialog Exit Closes TV TV display settings To open the Display settings TV video settings To open the Video settings Channel Property Details TV Tuner settingsTo open the Tuner settings Channel Name Settings Global Mute Settings GlobalSAP Settings Channel Program Lockout Channel Specific Settings VideoColor Brightness Contrast Tint Broadcast Standard Closed Captioning To open the TV Stills Gallery settings TV Stills Gallery settingsTV Schedule settings To open the Schedule settings To open ATI TV Bar ATI TV BarATI TV Bar controls Channel Surfing To use Channel Surfing Closed Captioning Closed Caption settingsTo display closed-captioned text To set up closed captioning Click the Closed Caption tab Hot Words To set up Hot Words TV Magazine To start TV Magazine Format Overwrite files FileName File Remove Advertising To hear the Secondary Audio Program Secondary Audio Program SAPZooming and panning To zoom Video Desktop To restore your desktop pattern and TVTo unzoom Click Create New Program LockoutTo set program lockout To remove program lockout Parental Control To use Parental Control Capturing Video and still images To capture still frames from Television TV-on-Demand To view time-shifted video To pause time-shifted video To return to live broadcastingTo play time-shifted video To change playback speed in time-shifted video To move within time-shifted video To export time-shifted video Saving and compressing captured video Digital VCRTo start the Digital VCR Digital VCR settings To set up the Digital VCR Prompt Before To customize Mpeg recording settingsReal-time Mpeg encoding Recording Record for Recording Quality, click the Set Custom... button To access Mpeg propertiesAchieving the best results with Mpeg video capture To select I-frame-only Mpeg capture Format Minimum Frame FramesOnly Mbps Required 160x120 TV Listings To access TV Listings information from TVTo start TV Listings Registration Setting up TV ListingsTo download updated listings File menu, click Download Weekly File Getting around Recording Viewing Views Actors tab Filter optionsSelect the Use Station List checkbox to apply Searches Categories tabFavorite search Movies tab Schedules tab Searches tab Setting search parameters Sports tab Stations tab Titles tab Days and dates Stills Gallery settings Stills Gallery To set up the Stills Gallery Gallery tab To start CD Audio CD AudioPoint at ATI Multimedia Center Click CD Audio Click the Setup button in the CD Audio control panel CD Audio settingsTo set up CD Audio Then click the CD Audio Settings tab CD Database To open the CD Audio CD Database Only perform remote queries when connected CD Audio Schedule settingsTo open the CD Audio Schedule settings Disable To start Video CD Video CDPoint at ATI Multimedia Center Click Video CD Video CD Control menu To zoom in the zoomed area Capturing still frames from Video CDsTo capture still frames from Video CDs To unzoom or use predefined zoom levels Click the Setup button in the Video CD control panel Video CD Display settingsTo open the Video CD Display settings Then click the Display tab To open the Video CD Preferences settings Video CD Preferences settingsThen click the Preferences tab Video CD Stills Gallery settings To open the Video CD Stills Gallery settings To start DVD Point at ATI Multimedia Center Sizing the Video Display panel What can I play on my DVD drive?Full-screen controls Selecting audio streams Setting up sub-titlesPlaying DVD Video Disks To play DVD discs Searching DVD disks Using the menusSelecting viewing angle Parental Control DVD Control menu DVD display settings Preferred DVD Preferences settingsAlways power management always enabled Language DVD Closed Captioning DVD Video settingsTo open the DVD Video settings Saturation Placement Closed DVD Schedule settingsTo open the DVD Schedule settings On Mute Region Region codesRegion China To start File Player File PlayerPoint at ATI Multimedia Center Click File Player File Player Control menu Zooming and Panning LCD Display File Player Display settingsOptions Auto Hide Controls when in Full Screen Time File Player Schedule settings File Player Preferences settingsFile Player Stills Gallery settings To open the File Player Stills Gallery settings Schedule Name Name of the event. Checked events are active Feature Schedule settingsTV Magazine, Video Capture, or Video CD TV Out To enable the television displayClick Displays Multi-monitor support Teletext Audio problems TroubleshootingAudio tab, check Show volume control on the Taskbar No sound from TV Can’t capture sound No sound on the videotape when outputting to a VCR Video problems Video is unstable or only black and white Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Control menu ATI TV BarClosed-captioned text Control panels Help Using 7 Multi-monitor support Overview Parental ControlSecondary Audio Program Settings HotWords TV Bar TV Channels Initialization Wizard TV display Tuner settingsSurfing TV Listings Wizard Video captureVideo CD Zoom and pan Zooming and panning