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THEATER 550.book Page ii Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Copyright © 2005, ATI Corporation. All rights reserved. ATI and ATI product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Corporation. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Features, performance and specifications are subject to change without notice. Product may not be exactly as shown in diagrams.
THEATER 550.book Page iii Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM L IMPORTANT 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.
THEATER 550.book Page iv Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM • 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.
THEATER 550.book Page v Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Table of Contents Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 System Requirements 2 Installing Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Quick Installation Detailed Installation Installing your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card Connecting Display Devices 3 4 5 6 Installing Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THEATER 550.book Page 1 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM CHAPTER 1: Getting Started Your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card 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 THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card uses hardware MPEG encoding and digital audio. The THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card provides the following features: • NTSC or PAL analog video decoding with motion-adaptive 3D comb filtering (depending on region).
THEATER 550.book Page 2 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Getting Started System Requirements 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). • Cable TV signal or amplified antenna.
THEATER 550.book Page 3 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM CHAPTER 2: Installing Hardware This chapter will guide you through the physical installation of your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card. Quick Installation Experienced users and system administrators can follow these brief instructions for installing the THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card in the shortest possible time.
THEATER 550.book Page 4 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Installing Hardware Detailed Installation The following instructions will take you step by step through the installation of your new THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card.
THEATER 550.book Page 5 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Installing your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card 1 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices. 2 Unplug the computer’s power cord, and disconnect all cables from the back of your computer. L 3 Remove the computer cover. If necessary, consult your computer’s manual for help in removing the cover.
THEATER 550.book Page 6 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Installing Hardware 10 Plug the input dongle that came with your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card into the AV IN connection. 11 Attach your S-video source and/or composite source to the proper input on the input dongle. 12 Turn on the monitor, and then your computer. If you have properly installed your card, operating system messages will appear once the boot procedure is finished. Proceed with the installation of drivers and software.
THEATER 550.book Page 7 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM CHAPTER 3: Installing Software This chapter will guide you through the installation of the drivers and software associated with your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card. Note: In order to use your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card, you will need to install CyberLink PowerCinema or ATI Multimedia Center, or use Windows® XP Media Center Edition® 2005.
THEATER 550.book Page 8 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Installing Software To install drivers 1 Start your system. When the Found New Hardware Wizard comes up, click Cancel. When the System Settings Change window asks you to restart your computer, click No. 2 Run the SETUP utility. The SETUP utility will start automatically if you insert the Installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive after the operating system has started.
THEATER 550.book Page 9 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM To install software (PowerCinema) 1 Run the SETUP utility again. If your CD-ROM auto-run is not enable or the SETUP utility does not start automatically: a) Click the Start button in the task bar. b) Click Run. c) Select SETUP.EXE from the X:\PCM\SETUP.EXE (where X is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive) d) Click OK.
THEATER 550.book Page 10 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Using Your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card CHAPTER 4: Using Your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card Watch television on your computer! You can receive up to 125 cable television channels and 70 antenna channels in smooth, full-motion video, and view them on the whole screen or in a window. Note: All channels may not be available in all countries.
THEATER 550.book Page 11 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Launching your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card Using Windows® XP Media Center Edition® 2005 To start TV from Windows® XP Media Center Edition® 2005 Note: You must have Windows® XP Media Center Edition® 2005 installed on your computer. 1 In the Windows® Start Menu, click Media Center. or 1 From the Windows® Start Menu, choose Programs > Accessories > Media Center > Media Center. 2 Click the MY TV button, and then click Live TV.
THEATER 550.book Page 12 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Using Your THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card CyberLink PowerCinema is a all-in-one home entertainment center. Brings all your entertainment applications together on your PC. You can use the provided remote control optional or the keyboard and mouse to select any of these options.
THEATER 550.book Page 13 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Using ATI Multimedia Center™ To start TV from the Windows® taskbar 1 In the Windows® taskbar, click Start, and then point at Programs. 2 Point at ATI Multimedia Center, and then select the feature you want to run. For information on the ATI Multimedia Center, see the User’s Guide and online help. L The first time you launch TV, you must complete the Initialization Wizard, which guides you through setting up TV.
THEATER 550.book Page 14 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Reference CHAPTER 5: Reference This chapter offers troubleshooting tips and provides customer-care, warranty, and compliance information. Troubleshooting The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. This documentation contains helpful installation/configuration tips and other valuable feature information. Please contact your dealer for more advanced troubleshooting information.
THEATER 550.book Page 15 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Video & TV Problems Problem Video Recording Stops Unexpectedly • Video files are typically very large; ensure that you have sufficient disk space. • Ensure that you are recording to the correct hard disk - check the Record on Drive setting in the Media Center by clicking on My TV, then Settings, then Recorder which takes you to the Recorder Storage page. • The maximum file size for the FAT32 file system is 4 Gigabytes.
THEATER 550.book Page 16 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Reference Warranty Service Please contact your original point of sale or product manufacturer for warranty service. Compliance Information FCC Compliance Information This THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card product complies with FCC Rules part 15.
THEATER 550.book Page 17 Friday, January 21, 2005 9:31 AM Industry Canada Compliance Statement ICES-003 This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la Classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.
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