ATI Technologies Computer Drive 117 40122 20 User Manual

RADEON™ Using  
Video In/Video Out  
P/N: 117-40122-20  
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Using Video Out  
View your PC’s display on a television!  
Your new RADEON™ graphics card has Video Out (also known as TV Out)  
capability. Just attach your new card to a television, a monitor, or both. You can  
even attach your graphics card to your VCR and record your computer’s display.  
Television display is ideal for playing games, giving presentations, watching  
movies, and browsing the Internet. The following tips will help you get the most  
out of your Video Out feature.  
IMPORTANT INFORMATION  
for European Customers  
• Some PC monitors in Europe cannot be used simultaneously  
with television display. When you enable television display in  
Europe, the refresh rate for the monitor and television is set to  
be damaged.  
Please check the documentation supplied with your monitor to  
see if your monitor supports a refresh rate of 50Hz. If your  
monitor does not support 50 Hz (or you are not sure), then  
turn off your monitor before turning on your computer when  
using your television as a display.  
For information about how to disable television display, see  
Enabling and Disabling the Television Display on page 5.  
• Some televisions in Europe may use a SCART connection. If you  
use SCART, read Using SCART Connectors for European  
Televisions on page 5 before attempting to connect your PC to  
your television.  
Connecting your PC to a television or a VCR  
To connect your computer to a television or a VCR, attach a connector cable from  
the television (or VCR) to your card. Most televisions and VCRs have a  
Composite video input, also referred to as a phono jack or RCA input. A growing  
number of televisions and VCRs have another type of video input called S-Video  
or S-VHS. An S-Video connection produces a higher quality display than  
Composite video. If your television has cable input only, which is the case on  
older units, you can connect your graphics card to your television using your  
VCR or an RF modulator (available in most electronics stores).  
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Connecting Your Video Out Graphics Card to a Television or VCR  
1 Turn off your computer and your television or VCR.  
2 Ensure your graphics card is installed correctly.  
To use television display, you need the enhanced ATI driver (version 6.0 or  
greater) installed on your system. For information about placing the card in  
your computer and installing the enhanced ATI driver, see the Getting Started  
guide.  
3 Determine if your television or VCR has an S-Video or Composite video  
connection.  
4 Looking at the back of your computer, locate your graphics card. Using an  
S-Video or Composite cable, attach one end of the cable to your graphics card  
and the other to your television or VCR. (See Figure 1. Connecting your ATI  
RADEON™ card to a TV or VCR below.)  
5 Turn on your computer and your television or VCR.  
6 To turn your television display on and off, please see Enabling and Disabling  
the Television Display on page 5.  
If there is no display on your television, you may need to switch your television  
to video display. For more information, see the documentation supplied with  
your television. If you have a television connected to your VCR, you can use  
the television as your computer’s display. For information about connecting a  
television to your VCR, see the documentation that came with your VCR.  
Video Input  
Composite Out  
S-Video Output  
TV  
VGA Monitor  
Connector  
OR  
VCR  
Composite Input  
OR  
S-Video Input  
Computer  
Composite Cable  
OR  
S-Video Cable  
Figure 1. Connecting your ATI RADEON™ card to a TV or VCR  
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Using SCART Connectors for European Televisions  
Figure 2. Using a SCART connector with a Composite cable  
The SCART connector supports only the Composite video format, which is the  
most common type. Figure 2 shows how to connect to a SCART connector with a  
Composite cable.  
If your television supports S-Video (also called S-VHS) video input, you can use  
an S-Video cable (available in most consumer electronic stores) to view your PC  
on a television.  
Using and Adjusting Video Out  
Enabling and Disabling the Television Display  
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1 Start Windows .  
2 Click Start.  
3 Point to Settings, then click Control Panel.  
4 Double-click Display.  
5 Click on the ATI Displays tab.  
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Windows 98 / Me / 2000 users: Click on the Settings tab and then the  
Advanced button, before clicking the ATI Displays tab.  
6 Click on the green enable/disable button next to the word “TV” to enable/  
disable television display.  
7 Click OK or Apply to save the changes you have made.  
For information about how to use television display and the ATI Displays  
Properties page, click the Help button.  
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Starting Windows® with Television Display Enabled  
The television screen may become scrambled temporarily during the initial  
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Windows logo display. This is only a temporary effect and your television  
screen will be restored within a few seconds.  
During start up, your Video Out graphics card will go through a sequence of  
mode settings during which your television display will remain blank. This  
process takes only a few seconds and helps program the television display.  
Using a Monitor vs. Using the Television Display  
Using your television for your computer’s display is ideal for playing games,  
giving presentations, watching movies, and browsing the Internet. The display on  
your monitor may change or looked squashed. This occurs because the display  
adjusts to fit the dimensions of your television. To correct the monitor’s display,  
use the controls on the monitor to adjust the display size and position.  
Some single frequency monitors may not work with television display enabled. If  
you experience problems when television display is enabled, disable television  
display to restore your monitor’s display.  
Adjusting Monitor Display  
The size of the display on your monitor may be smaller and not perfectly  
centered when you have television display enabled. These effects are caused by  
the changes required to provide a proper display on the television.  
Use the controls available on the Adjustments tab on the Monitor Properties page  
(click on the Monitor button on the ATI Displays page) to adjust the display on  
your monitor only. Click on the Television button to adjust the television display  
only.  
Viewing Text on Television  
Due to the different technology used in the manufacturing of televisions and PC  
monitors, standard PC text may look too small on your television.You can  
compensate for this by using larger fonts.  
To Use Larger Display Fonts  
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1 Start Windows .  
2 Click Start.  
3 Point to Settings, then click Control Panel.  
4 Double-click Display.  
5 Click on the Settings tab.  
6 In the Font Size box, select the size you want your displayed fonts to be.  
Windows® 98 / Me / 2000 users: Click on the Advanced button; then select  
your font size.  
7 Click OK or Apply; then follow the onscreen instructions to save your new  
settings.  
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Reducing Edge Distortion  
When using a television for your PC’s display, you may see some edge distortion  
on the left and right side of your television screen. This effect depends on your  
television and the PC application you are running.  
To reduce edge distortion, you can increase the horizontal size.  
To Increase the Horizontal Size  
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1 Start Windows .  
2 Click Start.  
3 Point to Settings, then click Control Panel.  
4 Double-click Display.  
5 Click on the ATI Displays tab.  
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Windows 98 / Me / 2000 users: Click on the Settings tab and then the  
Advanced button, before clicking the ATI Displays tab.  
6 Click on the TV button.  
7 Click on the Adjustments tab.  
8 Click on the plus (+) button under Horizontal Screen to increase the horizontal  
size of the television display.  
9 Click OK or Apply to save the changes you have made.  
You can also reduce edge distortion by reducing the brightness.  
To Change the Brightness  
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1 Start Windows .  
2 Click Start.  
3 Point to Settings, then click Control Panel.  
4 Double-click Display.  
5 Click on the ATI Displays tab.  
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Windows 98 / Me / 2000 users: Click on the Settings tab and then the  
Advanced button, before clicking the ATI Displays tab.  
6 Click on the TV button.  
7 Drag the Brightness slider to the left to decrease the brightness.  
8 Click OK or Apply to save the changes you have made.  
Changing Display Configurations  
If you move your computer to a place where you are using television display  
only, make sure that you have the television display feature enabled; see  
Enabling and Disabling the Television Display on page 5.  
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If you change your display mode, television display is disabled beyond the  
800x600 mode. If a television is your only display device and a non-supported  
mode is selected, the display on your television will disappear. Try pressing ESC  
or wait for 15 seconds to see if your display will return. If your display does not  
return, you will need to hook up a monitor to your computer to re-enable  
television display.  
Using Games and Applications  
Some older games and applications may program the graphics card directly to  
run under a specific display mode. This may cause your television display to turn  
off automatically or become scrambled (the PC monitor will not be affected).  
Your television display will be restored once you exit the game or if you restart  
your system.  
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