TV Wonder™ 550 TV tuner card User’s Guide P/N 137-71111-10
ii Copyright © 2006, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI, the ATI logo, and ATI product and product-feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. 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.
iii 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.
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v Contents Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 System Requirements 1 Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Quick Installation Detailed Installation Installing your TV Wonder™ 550 Connecting Display Devices 3 4 5 6 Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® Software Installation Prerequisites 7 7 Using Your TV Wonder™ 550. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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System Requirements 1 Getting Started Your TV Wonder™ 550 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™ 550 uses hardware MPEG encoding and digital audio. The TV Wonder™ 550 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.
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Quick Installation 3 Hardware Installation This chapter guides you through the physical installation of your TV Wonder™ 550. Quick Installation Experienced users and system administrators can follow these brief instructions for installing the TV Wonder™ 550 in the shortest possible time. To perform a quick installation 1 Uninstall the drivers and software for any previous versions of the product if you have not already done so. 2 Shut down and disconnect your computer system.
4 Detailed Installation Detailed Installation The following instructions will take you step by step through the installation of your new TV Wonder™ 550.
Installing your TV Wonder™ 550 5 Installing your TV Wonder™ 550 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 WARNING - Wait approximately 20 seconds after unplugging the power cord before disconnecting a peripheral or removing a component from the motherboard to avoid possible damage to the motherboard. Remove the computer cover.
6 Connecting Display Devices 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.
Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® 7 Software Installation This chapter will guide you through the installation of the drivers and software associated with your TV Wonder™ 550.
8 Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® To install ATI drivers and software 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 ATISETUP utility. The ATISETUP utility will start automatically if you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your CDROM drive after the operating system has started.
Using Your TV Wonder™ 550 with Windows® XP Media Center Edition® 2005 9 Using Your TV Wonder™ 550 Your TV Wonder™ 550 can receive up to 125 analog cable television channels and up to 70 analog antenna channels in smooth, full-motion video. You can watch TV full-screen or in a window.
10 Using Your TV Wonder™ 550 with Windows® XP Media Center Edition® 2005
Troubleshooting 11 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. ATI’s documentation contains helpful installation/configuration tips and other valuable feature information. Please contact your dealer for more advanced troubleshooting information.
12 Additional Accessories Video & TV Problems Problem Possible Solution Dropped Frames During Video Recording Dropped frames during video recording indicates that some part of the system is not fast enough to keep up with the recording. Recording video is a very demanding task for even the most powerful system. To achieve the best results, you must dedicate the PC to recording, and ensure that nothing else is active during recording. • Defragment your hard drive.
Customer Care 13 ati.com/online/registration Customer Care For detailed instructions on how to use your ATI product, refer to the Online User’s Guide included on your ATI installation CD-ROM. If you require further assistance with your product, the following Customer Care options are available: Service Availability Language Access Online 24/7 English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German ati.com English 1-877-284-1566 (toll-free) or Mail Telephone US & Canada 9:00AM 7:00PM EST.
14 Warranty Service Service Availability Language Access Telephone Latin America / South America 7:00AM to 3:30 PM EST Spanish, Portuguese +0800-333-5277(Argentina) +0800-891-9068 (Brazil) +001800-514-3276 (Mexico) 7:00AM to 7:00PM EST English other: +1-905-882-3277 (International and/or local toll charges to Canada will apply) ATI Customer Care will work to resolve your issue and help you to get your ATI product up and running.
Compliance Information 15 FCC Compliance Information This [ProductFamily] product complies with FCC Rules part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions • This device may not cause harmful interference. • 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.
16 Compliance Information CE Compliance Information EMC Directive 89/336/EEC and amendments 91/263/EEC, 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC, Class B Digital Device EN 55022:2003/CISPR 22 Class B, Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Interference Characteristics Information Technology Equipment.
Compliance Information 17 VCCI Class B ITE Compliance Information MIC Certification Information “Class B” Equipment (Household purpose info/telecommunications equipment) As this equipment has undergone EMC registration for household purpose, this product can be used in any area including residential area.
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20 Compliance Information Printed in Canada
