Asus V9520 Home Theater User manual

V9520 Home Theater
User Guide

ASUS V9520 Home Theater User Guide
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Contents
Notices .................................................................................. v
Safety Information.................................................................vi
ASUS Contact Information.................................................. viii
1. Introduction ..................................................................... 1
Highlights ....................................................................................1
Package contents .......................................................................2
2. Hardware setup................................................................ 3
3. Card installation ............................................................... 4
3.1 For systems without an existing VGA card ...........................4
3.2 For systems with an existing VGA card ................................4
4. Display Driver Installation ................................................ 5
4.1 Install ASUS Enhanced Driver ..............................................5
4.1.1 Windows 98SE ............................................................6
Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program .......................6
Method 2: Directly executing installer program ............7
Method 3: Plug and Play ..............................................7
Method 4: Display Property Page ................................8
4.1.2 Windows 2000/XP .......................................................9
Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program .......................9
Method 2: Plug and Play ............................................10
4.1.3 Windows NT 4.0 ........................................................12
Method 1: Display Property Page ..............................12
5. ASUS VideoSecurity ...................................................... 13
5.1 Installing ASUS VideoSecurity............................................13
5.2 Using ASUS VideoSecurity.................................................14
6. ASUS GameFace........................................................... 18
6.1 Introduction .........................................................................18
6.2 Installing ASUS GameFace ................................................19
6.3 Using ASUS GameFace .....................................................20
7. ASUS SmartDoctor ........................................................ 24
7.1 Install ASUS SmartDoctor..................................................24
7.2 Using ASUS Tweak Utility...................................................25
8. ASUS Home Theater ..................................................... 27
8.1 Introduction .........................................................................27
8.2 Installing ASUS Home Theater ...........................................30

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9. ASUS PowerDirector Pro ............................................... 31
9.1 Introduction .........................................................................31
9.2 Installing ASUS PowerDirector Pro.....................................33
10. Remote control functions ............................................. 34
11. Resolution Table........................................................... 39

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Notices
Federal Communications Commission Statement
This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions:
• This device may not cause harmful interference, and
• This device must accept any interference received including interference
that may cause undesired operation.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits
are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference
in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate
radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with
manufacturer’s instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not
occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to
which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise
emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference
Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.
This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the
graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations.
Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the
party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to
operate this equipment.

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Safety information
Electrical safety
• To prevent electrical shock hazard, disconnect the power cable from
the electrical outlet before relocating the system.
• When adding or removing devices to or from the system, ensure that
the power cables for the devices are unplugged before the signal
cables are connected. If possible, disconnect all power cables from the
existing system before you add a device.
• Before connecting or removing signal cables from the motherboard,
ensure that all power cables are unplugged.
• Seek professional assistance before using an adpater or extension
cord. These devices could interrupt the grounding circuit.
• Make sure that your power supply is set to the correct voltage in your
area. If you are not sure about the voltage of the electrical outlet you
are using, contact your local power company.
• If the power supply is broken, do not try to fix it by yourself. Contact a
qualified service technician or your retailer.
Operation safety
• Before installing the motherboard and adding devices on it, carefully
read all the manuals that came with the package.
• Before using the product, make sure all cables are correctly connected
and the power cables are not damaged. If you detect any damage,
contact your dealer immediately.
• To avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, screws, and staples away from
connectors, slots, sockets and circuitry.
• Avoid dust, humidity, and temperature extremes. Do not place the
product in any area where it may become wet.
• Place the product on a stable surface.
• If you encounter technical problems with the product, contact a
qualified service technician or your retailer.

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Conventions used in this guide
To make sure that you perform certain tasks properly, take note of the
following symbols used throughout this manual.
Where to find more information
Refer to the following sources for additional information and for product
and software updates.
1. ASUS Websites
The ASUS websites worldwide provide updated information on ASUS
hardware and software products. The ASUS websites are listed in the
ASUS Contact Information on page viii.
2. Optional Documentation
Your product package may include optional documentation, such as
warranty flyers, that may have been added by your dealer. These
documents are not part of the standard package.
WARNING: Information to prevent injury to yourself when
trying to complete a task.
CAUTION: Information to prevent damage to the components
when trying to complete a task.
IMPORTANT: Information that you MUST follow to complete a
task.
NOTE: Tips and additional information to aid in completing a
task.
Macrovision Corporation Product Notice
This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected
by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property
rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of
this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision
Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only
unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation . Reverse
engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

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ASUS contact information
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Support Email: www.asuscom.de/kontakt (for online support)
Web Site: www.asuscom.de

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1. Introduction
1. Introudction
Highlights/Models
Highlights
•Enjoy the ultimate entertainment package
~ Allows you to easily watch TV, listen to MP3s, view DVDs, pictures
and video on your PC.
•Provides you with a complete TV experience on PCs:
~ “Time-Shifting Playback” for temporary leave, “Instant TV Replay”,
“Automatic Channel Scanning”, “Pre-schedule Recording (MPEG1/2)”.
•Advanced remote control kit with built-in wireless mouse
~ Comes with an advanced remote control kit for your convenience.
•ASUS Video Security
~ Allows you to build a security monitoring system.
•ASUS GameFace
~ Allows you to open up a window for video conference or TV viewing
while you are still battling online.
•Powered by the programmable, precise and powerful CineFX
GPU: NVIDIA
®
GeForce FX 5200
~ Delivers cinema-quality video to your PC.
•Optimized for DirectX
®
9.0 and OpenGL
®
1.4 features:
~ Ensures broad application support.
•Built-in 128MB Double Data Rate frame buffer:
~ More resolutions and color depths up to 2048 x 1536 @ 85Hz
•AGP 8X support:
~ By adding support for the newest AGP 8X (AGP 3.0) standard, the
V9520 series takes advantage of the new peak AGP bandwidth to offer
higher resolution graphics.
•nVIEW™ display technology:
~ Supports TV encoder at 1024 x 768 resolution and two independent
display pipelines, providing the ultimate multiple display flexibility and
user control.
•Built-in TV Tuner (Microtune)
•Stereo TV-Tuner with 125 channels
•Video-in, Video-out, Stereo Audio supported
•Analog video capture and editing in MPEG-2 format with up to
720 x 480, 30 frames per second resolution.
•DVD video playback with Dolby
®
digital audio

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Package Contents
• ASUS V9520 Home Theater Card
• Remote controller
• USB remote control receiver
• AV Breakout box
• ASUS Home Theater software CD
• ASUS PowerDirector software CD
• ASUS V9520 Home Theater driver CD
• ASUS Home Theater user guide

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2. Hardware setup
ASUS V9520 Home Theater Layout
128MB DDR Frame Buffer
Item Checklist
ASUS V9520 Home Theater 128M Graphics Card (PAL or NTSC)
This User’s Manual
ASUS V9520 Home Theater driver and utility CD
Notes
• Use the same TV standard for all devices.
• Drawings are for reference only; actual cards may vary.
®
Frame
Buffer
(DDR)
VGA Monitor
Output(15pin)
(Standard)
VGA Output
Projector
NVIDIA
TM
GeForce FX
5200
GPU
(Graphics Processing Unit)
RF-in
Microtune
MT2050
Frame
Buffer
(DDR)
Frame
Buffer
(DDR)
Frame
Buffer
(DDR)
CATV
Antenna
PUSH
Composite OUT
Audio OUT-R
Audio OUT-L
Composite IN
Audio IN-R
Audio IN-L
Svideo OUT
Svideo IN
To Speaker
Audio IN
To Sound card IN
To Sound card OUT To Speaker
Audio Adapter
To TV
To Video Camcorder
VIVO
AIAO

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3. Card installation
This VGA card can only be installed on motherboards with an AGP (Accelerated
Graphics Port) slot.
3.1 For systems without an existing VGA card
1. Unplug all power cables from the wall sockets.
2. Remove the system unit cover.
3. Locate the AGP expansion slot on the motherboard. Make sure that the
slot is not obstructed by cables or other components.
4. Remove the metal bracket cover opposite the AGP slot. Save the
screw for later use.
5. Remove your new VGA card from its plastic packaging.
6. Align the card golden connectors over the AGP slot. Insert one end of
the card and press down firmly. Press down the other end until the card
is completely seated on the slot.
7. Anchor the card mounting bracket to the rear of the chassis and secure
it with a screw.
8. Replace the system unit cover.
9. Use a video signal cable to connect your analog monitor VGA
connector (15-pin male) to the connector on the card (15-pin female).
10.Connect the power cables.
11. Proceed to section “4. Drivers Installation”.
3.2 For systems with an existing VGA card
1. Boot your computer.
2. Click on the Start button. Select Settings, then Control Panel.
3. Double-click the System icon in the Control Panel. Select the Device
Manager tab.
4. Double-click the Display adapters icon, highlight the current VGA
driver and click on Remove.
6. Select Standard VGA as your display driver then click Ok to close the
dialog box.
7. Shut down the computer.
8. Unplug all cables from the wall sockets and remove computer cover.
9. Remove existing VGA card.
10. Follow steps #5 to #11 in section 3.1 above to install new VGA card
into the AGP slot.

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4. Display driver installation
You can use one of the recommended methods to install the display drivers
for your graphics card depending on your operating system.
1. Insert the support CD into your
CD-ROM drive.
2. Double click the CD drive icon
in My Computer to bring up
the autorun screen or run
Setup.exe in the root directory
of your CD-ROM drive.
3. From the installation menu,
click Drivers.
4.1 Install ASUS enhanced driver
4. Click Install ASUS Enhanced
Driver from the Drivers dialog
box to copy the necessary files
to your computer.
5. Setup prompts you when it
has finished copying all the
files to your computer. Click
OK to finish the installation.
TheASUS fine-tuned enhanced driver delivers the best 3D performance on
your video output.

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4.1.1 Windows 98SE
1. Boot your computer.
2. Switch the display to Windows
Standard DisplayAdapter (VGA)
mode, then reboot computer.
5. Follow the succeeding screen
instructions.
6. When Setup has finished
installing all the necessary files
to your computer, it prompts you
to restart your computer. Click
Yes... then Finish to restart
your computer.
Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program
• Installing the AGP GART driver will ensure that the chipset’s AGP
functions are available.
• DirectX must be installed so that your video player can take
advantage of hardware acceleration. Install GART Driver and
Install DirectX later in this manual for the setup steps.
3. Insert the support CD into your
CD-ROM drive.
4. The autorun screen appears.
Click Drivers and click Install
ASUS Enhanced Driver on
the Drivers dialog box.

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Method 2: Directly executing installer program
1. Boot your computer.
2. Insert the support CD into the CD-ROM drive.
3. Run the setup utility from support CD from the following path :
\Win9xMe\ANVSetup.exe
4. From the autorun screen, click Drivers then click Install ASUS
Enhanced Driver on the Drivers dialog box.
5. Follow the succeeding instructions from the dialog box and reboot
system after installation is complete.
1. Boot the computer.
2. When Windows detects your
ASUS graphics card, the New
Hardware Found dialog box
appears.
3. Click Driver from disk provided
by hardware manufacturer.
Before proceeding with the following steps, replace your old VGA card
with an ASUS graphic card.
Method 3: Plug and Play
4. The Setup prompts you for the location of the driver, type the following
path:
D:\WIN9xMe
to direct Setup to the INF file, then click Finish to install the driver.
5. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files to your
computer, it prompts you to restart your computer. Click Yes to restart
your computer and to complete setup.

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1. Boot your computer.
2. Right-click on the Windows
desktop and click Properties.
3. From the Properties dialog box,
select the Settings tab, then click
Advanced. The Standard
Display Adapter (VGA)
Properties dialog box appears.
4. Click Change on the Adapter tab
to display the Update Device
Driver Wizard dialog box. Click
Next then click Display a list of
all the drivers.
5. From the combo list box, click
Next.
6. Click Show all hardware then
Have Disk... to display Install
From Disk dialog box.
7. Type the location of the ASUSNV9X.INF file (WIN9X folder) then proceed
to step 12. Otherwise, proceed to the next step.
8. Click Browse to search the CD-ROM drive. From the Drives box of
the Open dialog box, select your CD-ROM drive and click OK.
9. From the Folders box, double-click the WIN9x folder and select
ASUSNV9X.INF in the File name box.
10.Click OK to display the list of compatible video cards. Select your
VGA card type for your operating system and click OK.
11. From the Update Driver Warning box, click Yes to confirm the setting
up of the ASUS enhanced display drivers.
12.Follow succeeding screen instructions.
13.The setup screen prompts you when it has finished installing all the
necessary files to your computer. Click Finish to complete setup.
14.When you are returned to the Standard Display Adapter (VGA)
Properties dialog box, click Close.
15.In the Display Properties box, click Close.
16.The system prompts you to restart your computer. Click Yes to restart
and to complete setup.
Method 4: Display Property Page

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1. Boot your computer.
2. When Windows detects your
ASUS graphics card, the
Found New Hardware
Wizard dialog box appears.
3. Click Cancel toenterthe Windows
desktop.
4. Insert the support CD into your
CD-ROM drive.
IMPORTANT NOTES
• Quick installation works only when the primary display detected is
an ASUS display card.
• For optimum performance, check the following:
- Make sure the DMA mode is enabled when using IDE DMA/33 or
DMA/66 hard disk drives. To set parameters, click on Start->
Control Panel->System->Device Manager->Disk Drives->
Properties->Settings->Options->DMA.
- Run the Disk Defragmenter (defrag.exe), especially when the
hard disk is almost full.
• Make sure the system power supply can provide the minimum
power requirement of the graphic card.
• When using a motherboard with VIA chipset, install VIA VGARTD
in normal mode.
4.1.2 Windows 2000/XP
Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program
5. From the autorun screen, click Drivers then Install ASUS Enhanced
Driver on the Driver dialog box.
6. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup.
7. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your com-
puter, it will prompt you to restart your computer. Click Yes to restart your
computer and to complete Setup.

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6. Check CD-ROMdrives,uncheck
all other options then click Next
to search for the drivers of your
graphics card.
5. Insert the support CD into your
CD-ROM drive to bring up the
Locate Driver Files item of the
Found New Hardware Wizard
dialog box.
4. From the Found New
Hardware Wizard dialog box,
selectSearchforasuitabledriver
for my device (recommended)
then click Next.
Method 2: Plug and Play
1. Boot your computer.
2. When Windows detects your
ASUS graphics card, the Found
New Hardware Wizard dialog
box appears.
3. Click Next.

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7. When the wizard has finished
searching for driver files for
your graphics card, check
Install one of the other
drivers then click Next from the
Driver Files Search Results
item of the Found New
Hardware Wizard dialog box.
9. Follow succeeding onscreen
instructions.
8. When prompted to select the
display driver to install in your
system, select the one that is
located in the D:\WIN2KXP\ASUS
and click Next.
10. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files to your
computer, it will prompt you to restart your computer, click OK to
restart your computer and to complete Setup.

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4.1.4 Windows NT 4.0
Method 1: Display Property Page
1. Boot Windows NT system and log on as Administrator.
2. Switch display properties to VGA mode (16 colors, 640 x 480 pixels),
then restart your computer.
3. After startup, right-click the Windows NT desktop and click Properties.
4. Select the Settings tab.
5. Select Change Display Type.
6. Select Adapter Type and click Change.
7. Click Have Disk.
8. Insert the support CD.
9. Type D:\NT40 or click Browse to select the path of the display driver for
Windows NT then click OK.
10.Select your ASUS VGA Card model then click OK.
11. Windows NTwill onceagainprompt forconfirmation.Confirm installation
of display drivers to copy all appropriate files. When all files are copied,
click Close go back to the Display Properties box then click Apply.
12.TheSystem SettingsChange dialog boxisdisplayed.ClickYes toreboot
computer.
13.Windows NT will restart with the default settings. The Display applet will
appear to allow for mode selection.
Before installing the display driver in Windows NT 4.0, make sure that
you have installed Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 or later to take
full advantage of the AGP features of your card.
The following steps assume your CD-ROM drive letter is D.