ATI Technologies TV WONDER ELITE User manual

P/N 137-70882-30
TV WONDER™ ELITE
User’s Guide

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LIMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
•Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should
be read before the product is operated.
•Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should
be retained for future reference.
•Heed Warnings - All warnings on the product and the operating
instructions should be adhered to.
•Compatibility - This option card is for use only with IBM AT or
compatible UL Listed personal computers that have Installation
Instructions detailing user installation of card cage accessories.
•Grounding - For continued protection against risk of electric shock
and fire, this accessory should be installed only in products equipped
with a three-wire grounding plug, a plug having a third (grounding)
pin. This plug will only fit into a grounding-type power outlet. This is a
safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet,
contact your electrician to replace the obsolete outlet. Do not defeat
the safety purpose of the grounding-type plug.
•Secure Attachment - All card securement pins shall be completely
tightened as to provide continuous bonding between the option card
and the PC chassis.
•Outdoor Antenna Grounding - Since an outdoor antenna or cable
system is connected to the product, be sure that the antenna or cable
system is grounded so as to provide some protection against voltage
surges and built-up static charges. Article 810 of the National
Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70, provides information with regard to
proper grounding of the mast and supporting structure, grounding of
the lead-in wire to the antenna discharge unit, size of grounding
conductors, location of antenna-discharge unit, connection of
grounding electrodes, and requirements for the grounding electrode.
•Lightning - For added protection for this product during a lightning
storm, or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of
time, unplug it from the wall outlet, and disconnect the antenna or
cable system. This will prevent damage to the product due to
lightning and power-line surges.
•Power Lines - An outside antenna system should not be located in
the vicinity of overhead power lines or other light or power circuits, or
where it can fall into such power lines or circuits.
•Antenna Installation - When installing an outside antenna system,
extreme care should be taken to keep from touching such power lines
or circuits, as contact with them may be fatal.
•Note to CATV System Installer - This reminder is provided to call
the CATV systems installer’s attention to Section 820-40 of the NEC,
which provides guidelines for proper grounding and, in particular,
specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding
system of the building, as close to the point of cable entry as
practical.

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Table of Contents
Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
System Requirements 2
Before You Begin 2
Record Your Serial and Part Numbers 2
Installing Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Quick Installation 5
Detailed Installation 5
Installing your TV WONDER™ ELITE 6
Connecting Display Devices 8
Installing Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® 9
Software Installation Prerequisites 9
Using Your TV WONDER™ ELITE . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Launching your TV WONDER™ ELITE 11
Using Windows® XP Media Center Edition® 2005 11
Using PowerCinema™ - ATI Edition 12
Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Troubleshooting 13
Getting Additional Accessories 15
Product Registration 15
Customer Care 15
Disclaimer 17
Warranty Information 18
Hardware Warranty Service Statement 18
Warranty Service 18
Limitations 18
Compliance Information 19
FCC Compliance Information 19
Industry Canada Compliance Statement 20
CE Compliance Information 20
Informations de conformité de la CE 20

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Electrical Safety 20
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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CHAPTER 1:
Getting Started
Your TV WONDER™ ELITE is an advanced, analog TV tuner card that
represents a vast improvement in both video and audio quality over
previous PC TV tuner products. The TV WONDER™ ELITE uses
hardware MPEG encoding and digital audio.
The TV WONDER™ ELITE provides the following features:
• NTSC or PAL analog video decoding with motion-adaptive 3D
comb filtering (depending on region).
• Worldwide, analog, stereo audio decoding with digital output to the
PC.
• FM radio.
• MPEG-1 Layer II, 2-channel audio encoding.
• High quality MPEG-2 video encoder.
• Hardware noise reduction.

2 System Requirements
System Requirements
Before You Begin
Before you begin installing your TV WONDER™ ELITE product, please
do the following.
Record Your Serial and Part Numbers
The serial number and 102 part number on the graphics card are required
for registration. They are located on a sticker on the back of the card.
Write these numbers down before installing your new ATI product.
Hardware • Intel® Pentium® 4 or Celeron®, AMD Athlon® or
Sempron® (or compatible).
• Sound card and speakers.
• 128 MB of system memory; 256 MB or more is
recommended for best performance.
• Motherboard with free PCI or PCIe X1slot (as
appropriate).
• CD-ROM drive (for installation software).
• An ATI RADEON™9600 or newer graphics card is
recommended for optimal display output quality.
• Cable TV signal or amplified antenna.
Operating
System
• Windows® XP Media Center Edition® 2005
• Windows® XP (Professional or Home, Service Pack 2)
Decoder • You must have an MPEG decoder (DVD or media
player) already on your system in order to play back
MPEG video captured by the TV WONDER™ ELITE.
Monitor • High-resolution MultiSync or multi-frequency monitors or
any other type of VGA monitor.
• Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or digital CRT display.

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Serial and Part Numbers
XSerial number (S/N)
Y102 part number (P/N)

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