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Watch Television on your computer! You can receive up to 125 cable television channels and 70 antenna channels in smooth, full-motion video on the whole screen or in a window.

TV delivers advanced features: Closed Captioning, Video/Still Capture, Channel Surfing, Scheduled Events, TV

Listings, Parental Control, and more.

When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the display panel, the “About...” notice appears. If you have more than one feature installed, a Task menu displays available and active features.

For information about using TV controls, see the online help and Tool Tips.

Note

•All channels may not be available in all countries.

•Not all TV features are available with Video-In cards.

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Contents

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