ATI Technologies MULTIMEDIA CENTER 8.2 User manual

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ATI Multimedia Center 8.2
User’s Guide
P/N 137-70480-10
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Contents
Using Your ATI Multimedia Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Starting ATI Multimedia Center.................................................................... 2
Starting from LaunchPad........................................................................ 2
Starting from Windows® taskbar...........................................................3
Online Help.................................................................................................... 3
ATI REMOTE WONDER™......................................................................... 3
Multimedia Center Configuration Tool .......................................................4
TV ......................................................................................................6
Setting up TV ........................................................................................7
Sizing the TV display.............................................................................8
TV Feature menu.................................................................................... 9
TV keyboard shortcuts ......................................................................... 11
TV display settings............................................................................... 13
TV video settings..................................................................................15
TV Tuner settings................................................................................. 16
TV Stills Gallery settings..................................................................... 19
TV Schedule settings............................................................................ 19
ATI TV Bar ..........................................................................................20
Channel Surfing.................................................................................... 21
Closed Captioning................................................................................ 22
HotWords™ ......................................................................................... 24
TV Magazine........................................................................................ 25
External Captions support .................................................................... 27
Secondary Audio Program (SAP) ........................................................ 28
Zooming and panning...........................................................................28
THRUVIEW™..................................................................................... 29
Channel Lockout .................................................................................. 30
Parental Control.................................................................................... 31
Recording Video and still images ........................................................ 32
Personal Video Recorder.............................................................. 34
Personal Video Recorder settings......................................................... 35
One Touch Record................................................................................ 39
Achieving the best results with MPEG video recording...................... 40
MULTVIEW™............................................................................................ 42
MULTVIEW audio requirements ........................................................ 43
MULTVIEW keyboard shortcuts......................................................... 44

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Media Library..................................................................................45
Filtering files ........................................................................................ 46
Converting media files ......................................................................... 46
Making Playlists................................................................................... 47
External Captions support .................................................................... 47
Recommended content deletion ........................................................... 47
TV Listings...................................................................................... 49
Setting up TV Listings ......................................................................... 50
Getting around...................................................................................... 51
Recording ............................................................................................. 51
Viewing ................................................................................................ 52
Views.................................................................................................... 52
Filter options......................................................................................... 53
Actors tab ............................................................................................. 53
Categories tab....................................................................................... 54
Searches................................................................................................ 54
Favorite search ..................................................................................... 54
Movies tab............................................................................................ 55
Schedules tab........................................................................................ 56
Searches tab.......................................................................................... 56
Setting search parameters..................................................................... 57
Sports tab.............................................................................................. 58
Stations tab ........................................................................................... 58
Titles tab............................................................................................... 59
Days and dates......................................................................................59
Stills Gallery................................................................................... 60
Stills Gallery settings............................................................................ 60
CD Audio......................................................................................... 62
CD Audio keyboard shortcuts.............................................................. 63
CD Audio settings................................................................................ 64
CD Audio preferences settings............................................................. 65
CD Database......................................................................................... 65
CD Audio Schedule settings................................................................. 66
Video CD......................................................................................... 67
Video CD Feature menu....................................................................... 68
Video CD keyboard shortcuts ..............................................................69
Capturing still frames from Video CDs ............................................... 70
Zooming and Panning ..........................................................................70
Video CD Display settings................................................................... 71
Video CD Closed Caption settings.......................................................72
Video CD Preferences settings............................................................. 73
Video CD Stills Gallery settings .......................................................... 73

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File Player.......................................................................................74
File Player Feature menu...................................................................... 76
File Player shortcut keys ...................................................................... 77
THRUVIEW™..................................................................................... 78
Zooming and Panning ..........................................................................79
File Player Display settings.................................................................. 80
File Player Preferences settings............................................................ 81
File Player Closed Caption settings...................................................... 81
External Captions support .................................................................... 82
File Player Stills Gallery settings......................................................... 82
File Player Schedule settings................................................................ 83
Schedule.........................................................................................83
Schedule settings ................................................................................. 84
TV Out......................................................................................................... 85
Multi-Monitor Support................................................................................ 86
Teletext ........................................................................................... 86
Troubleshooting........................................................................................... 87
Audio problems ...................................................................................87
Video problems ... .............................................................................. 92
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

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Using Your
ATI Multimedia Center
This chapter explains how to use the special features that your
ATI Multimedia Center offers. The Multimedia Center is a
suite of products that provides TV, Video CD, CD Audio, File
Player, and Media Library in one package.
Starting ATI Multimedia Center 2
Online Help 3
ATI REMOTE WONDER™ 3
Multimedia Center Configuration Tool 4
TV 6
ATI TV Bar 20
Media Library 45
Personal Video Recorder 34
MULTVIEW™ 42
Media Library 45
TV Listings 49
Stills Gallery 60
CD Audio 62
Video CD 67
File Player 74
Schedule 83
TV Out 85
Multi-Monitor Support 86
Teletext 86
Troubleshooting 87

2 Starting ATI Multimedia Center
Starting ATI Multimedia Center
Starting from LaunchPad
The LaunchPad provides a
convenient way to start all
your Multimedia Center features — just click the feature you
want. LaunchPad opens automatically when you start your
computer, or if you prefer, you can right-click LaunchPad, and
uncheck Load on Startup in the drop-down menu.
• To dock LaunchPad, right-click it, then click Dock in the
menu. To change the docking position, right-click
LaunchPad while it is docked, point to Side , then choose a
location.
• To change the size of the LaunchPad when it is not docked,
double-click it or right-click it, and choose a size.
The buttons in the right side of LaunchPad let you access your
desktop settings, get Help, and close LaunchPad. If your
system does not have a TV tuner, Video In appears in place of
TV in the LaunchPad.
Certain Multimedia Center features use some of the
same resources. If you try to start one of these
features while another is running, a resource conflict
message appears. You have up to four choices:
•Run both features with reduced performance, where
possible.
•Suspend the first feature while the other is active.
•Close the first feature.
•Press Cancel to continue without starting the second
feature.
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Online Help 3
Starting from Windows
®
taskbar
1In the Windows taskbar, click Start, then point at
Programs .
2Point at ATI Multimedia Center , then select
CD Audio,LaunchPad, File Player, TV, Video CD,
Media Library, or Configuration.
For information about using the ATI Multimedia Center
features, see the online help.
Online Help
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 13).
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.
Internet. Click http://www.ati.com/support/index.html for
product support, including driver downloads, technical and
warranty information.
ATI REMOTE WONDER
™
The ATI REMOTE WONDER replaces all the
functionality of a mouse in all Windows software
applications. If you have an ATI graphics card installed
in your system, you will also enjoy additional control
over ATI software. For complete information and
installation instructions, see the ATI REMOTE
WONDER Installation Guide that came with your card.
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4 Multimedia Center Configuration Tool
Multimedia Center Configuration Tool
When the Multimedia Center is running, you access settings via
the Settings dialogs. You can also use the Multimedia Center
Configuration Tool to access TV settings, PC Check, file types,
and skin settings for the following purposes.
• To modify settings that do not change regularly
• To change settings and run diagnostics when the Multimedia
Center is not running
• To modify advanced settings that should only be changed if
absolutely necessary
To open the Multimedia Center Configuration Tool
from LaunchPad
Click the Configuration
Tool button in the
Launchpad. For information on LaunchPad, see page 2.
from Windows
®
taskbar
1In Windows taskbar, click Start, then point at Programs.
2Point at ATI Multimedia Center, then select
Configuration.
To access TV settings
Click the TV tab in the Multimedia Center Configuration Tool.
The TV page provides settings for the Video Capture Source. If
your system has multiple video decoders, select the one that
Multimedia Center TV should use as its default.
To access file types
File Types displays how files are associated with different
Multimedia Center applications. Click the File Types tab in the
Multimedia Center Configuration Tool.