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Using ATI Catalyst™ Control Center - Display Properties: ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 Pro User's Guide

Display Properties

Each type of display has special characteristics than you can configure on a display property page specific to that display type. Use the display properties pages to configure your displays, view information about them, and adjust display position and size.

Monitor Properties

Use Monitor Properties to configure your monitor's Display Data Channel (DDC) monitor's attributes, to view information about the connected monitor, and adjust the output display's position and size.

Monitor Attributes

ATI Catalyst™ Control Center: Monitor Properties - Attributes (Sample)

Monitor Attributes provides information about the attached monitor. You can also enable Extended Display Identification Data.

Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) uses the information provided by the attached monitor to determine the limits for the resolution and refresh rate.

Enable Extended Display Identification Data (EDID)

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Monitor Properties.
  2. Click Attributes.
  3. Select the Use Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) or driver defaults check box.

Monitor Adjustments

ATI Catalyst™ Control Center: Monitor Properties - Adjustments (Sample)

Use Monitor Adjustments to resize and reposition the computer desktop on your monitor's display screen. You can also adjust the horizontal and vertical sync or enable composite sync.

Adjust screen position or size

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Monitor Properties.
  2. Click Adjustments.
  3. Click the center of the box and hold the mouse button and drag to the desired position or size.
    • Optionally, use the arrows surrounding the box to adjust position and size.

Adjust Horizontal and Vertical Synchronization

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Monitor Properties.
  2. Click Adjustments.
  3. Under Synchronization, click the Horizontal or Vertical plus (+) and minus (-) buttons to the desired settings.

Enable Composite Sync

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Monitor Properties.
  2. Click Adjustments.
  3. Under Synchronization, click Composite sync.

NOTE: The feature should only be enabled if you are using a composite sync monitor.

Avivo™ Color

Avivo™ Color

Use Avivo™ Color with ATI Radeon™ graphics cards that support per-display color settings. Independently set the hue and saturation for each attached and enabled display.

What do you want to do?

Set Hue

Tint defines the tint of the red, green, and blue components of an image.

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Monitor Properties.
  2. Click Avivo™ Color.
  3. Adjust the Hue control slider to the desired position.

Set Saturation

Saturation is the amount of color in an image.

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Monitor Properties.
  2. Click Avivo™ Color.
  3. Click and drag the Saturation control slider to the desired position.

HDTV Support

Use HDTV Support when your CRT, DFP, or DTV display device supports one or more HDTV modes that are not initially listed in the Displays Manager due to an incomplete EDID (Extended Display Identification Data). Selecting one or both of the HDTV modes adds them to the Force button located in the Displays Manager when the associated display is selected.

If you have both CRT and DFP or DTV display devices and want both to support HDTV, select the Add 720... and Add 1080... check boxes in the HDTV Support pages for those devices.

The following formats are fully supported:

  • NTSC
  • PAL
  • SECAM

WARNING!: Forcing a display mode that exceeds its EDID limits may result in permanent damage to your display!

What do you want to do?

Force HDTV display modes and custom formats

You can force your display to the following progressive scan resolutions by selecting one of the following formats and then clicking the Force button in the Displays Manager. The options that display depend on your graphics card. You can also create customer HDTV formats if required.

WARNING!: These options are only intended for displays that report incomplete or incorrect EDID information. Adding this setting could damage your digital flat panel display. USE WITH CAUTION!

NOTE: The number after the `i' or `p' denotes the frame rate. Use 60Hz or 30Hz for NTSC countries. Use 50Hz or 25Hz for PAL and SECAM countries.

  • 720p60- Use this format for displaying 720p HDTV content broadcasted in traditional NTSC countries (North America and Japan).
  • 1080i30-Use this format for displaying 1080i HDTV content broadcasted in traditional NTSC countries (North America and Japan).
  • 1080p60-Use this format for displaying 1080p HDTV content broadcasted in traditional NTSC countries (North America and Japan).
  • 720p50-Use this format for displaying 720p HDTV content broadcasted in traditional PAL and SECAM countries (Europe, Australia, most of Asia, Africa and South America).
  • 1080i25-Use this format for displaying 1080i HDTV content broadcasted in traditional PAL and SECAM countries (Europe, Australia, most of Asia, Africa and South America).

Add a mode to the Displays Manager Force button

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Monitor Properties.
  2. Click HDTV Support.
  3. Select the check box next to the mode you want to add to the Displays Manager.

Digital Panel Properties

Use Digital Panel Properties to configure the DVI settings and Image Scaling to improve image quality. Use HDTV Support to add Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) information about your connected HDTV display to the Force button in Displays Manager.

Attributes

Digital Panel Attributes provides information about the connected digital display. Use DVI Settings and Image Scaling to configure your digital display.

Set Image Scaling

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Digital Panel Properties.
  2. Click Attributes.
  3. Under Image Scaling, click to enable the desired setting.

NOTE: Enable Scale image to full panel size to fill the digital display.

NOTE: Use centered timings will not resize the desktop to fit the screen, and may result in a centered image with a black border around it.

Adjust the DVI Settings

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Digital Panel Properties.
  2. Click Attributes.
  3. Under DVI Settings, click to enable the desired setting.

NOTE: Reducing DVI frequency on high-resolution displays can resolve either display corruption or the complete absence of any image when a display is set to a high resolution. This should only be enabled if the Digital Panel is experiencing these types of problems.

NOTE: Alternate DVI operational mode, when enabled, may eliminate display corruption.

Avivo™ Color

Avivo™ Color

Use Avivo™ Color with ATI Radeon™ graphics cards that support per-display color settings. Independently set the hue and saturation for each attached and enabled display.

Set Hue

Refers to a specific color within the visible spectrum of light, defined by its dominant wavelength.

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Digital Panel Properties.
  2. Click Avivo™ Color.
  3. Adjust the Hue control slider to the desired position.

Set Saturation

Saturation refers to the intensity of a color in an image.

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Digital Panel Properties.
  2. Click Avivo™ Color.
  3. Click and drag the Saturation control slider to the desired position.

LCD Overdrive for Digital Panel Displays

Use LCD Overdrive to improve the quality of video displayed on an LCD, DFP, or DTV display.

NOTE: The LCD Overdrive feature is only available on ATI Radeon™ X1000 and later graphics cards.

What do you want to do?

Enable LCD Overdrive for Digital Panel displays

The first time you access LCD Overdrive all the features are unavailable. You must enable LCD Overdrive in order to change the setting.

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Digital Panel Properties.
  2. Click LCD Overdrive.
  3. Click Enable LCD Overdrive.
  4. Click Apply or OK to effect the change.

Calibrate LCD Overdrive for Digital Panel displays

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Digital Panel Properties.
  2. Click LCD Overdrive.
  3. Click and drag the control slider to your preferred setting:
    • To increase the response time compensation, move the slider to the right.
    • To decrease the response time compensation, move the slider to the left.
    • Optionally, to more finely tune the response time compensation, click the up and down arrow buttons of the adjustment box.
  4. Click Apply or OK to effect the changes.

HDTV Support

Use HDTV Support when your CRT, DFP, or DTV display device supports one or more HDTV modes that are not initially listed in the Displays Manager due to an incomplete EDID (Extended Display Identification Data). Selecting one or both of the HDTV modes adds them to the Force button located in the Displays Manager when the associated display is selected.

If you have both CRT and DFP or DTV display devices and want both to support HDTV, select the Add 720... and Add 1080... check boxes in the HDTV Support pages for those devices.

The following formats are fully supported:

  • NTSC
  • PAL
  • SECAM

WARNING!: Forcing a display mode that exceeds its EDID limits may result in permanent damage to your display!

Force HDTV display modes and custom formats

You can force your display to the following progressive scan resolutions by selecting one of the following formats and then clicking the Force button in the Displays Manager. The options that display depend on your graphics card. You can also create customer HDTV formats if required.

WARNING!: These options are only intended for displays that report incomplete or incorrect EDID information. Adding this setting could damage your digital flat panel display. USE WITH CAUTION!

NOTE: The number after the `i' or `p' denotes the frame rate. Use 60Hz or 30Hz for NTSC countries. Use 50Hz or 25Hz for PAL and SECAM countries.

  • 720p60- Use this format for displaying 720p HDTV content broadcasted in traditional NTSC countries (North America and Japan).
  • 1080i30-Use this format for displaying 1080i HDTV content broadcasted in traditional NTSC countries (North America and Japan).
  • 1080p60-Use this format for displaying 1080p HDTV content broadcasted in traditional NTSC countries (North America and Japan).
  • 720p50-Use this format for displaying 720p HDTV content broadcasted in traditional PAL and SECAM countries (Europe, Australia, most of Asia, Africa and South America).
  • 1080i25-Use this format for displaying 1080i HDTV content broadcasted in traditional PAL and SECAM countries (Europe, Australia, most of Asia, Africa and South America).

Add a mode to the Displays Manager Force button

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Digital Panel Properties.
  2. Click HDTV Support.
  3. Select the check box next to the mode you want to add to the Displays Manager.

New formats are added to the Force button in the Displays Manager. Also, formats that are based on this mode appear in the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list which you can select to customize or apply the format.

WARNING!: This option is only intended for displays that report incomplete or incorrect EDID information. Adding this setting could damage your digital flat panel display. USE WITH CAUTION!

Add and customize a predefined HDTV format

The Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box should list any standard and optimized HDTV formats supported by the digital panel's EDID. If the list is empty, then no HDTV formats are natively supported. However, you can add a predefined or custom format based on one of the standard timing formats (720 or 1080).

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Digital Panel Properties.
  2. Click HDTV Support.
  3. In the list of HDTV modes supported by this display, select the check box next to the mode you want to add.
  4. Click Yes in the HDTV Formats Warning Dialog.
  5. Click Apply.

New formats appear in the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list.

  1. Click Yes in the Displays Manager Notification message box.
  2. Click Add in the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list.
  3. A group of four arrow buttons and a large rectangle appears. Use the arrows to increase or decrease the width and height of the rectangle until the blue background is just visible.
  4. Click Maintain aspect ratio to maintain the ratio between width and height while making adjustments.
  5. Click Accept.
  6. Click OK in the Custom HDTV Format warning message box.
  7. To add the new format to the Force button in the Displays Manager, select the new format and click Apply Format.

Apply an HDTV format

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Digital Panel Properties.
  2. Click HDTV Support.
  3. Click to highlight the desired an HDTV format in the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box.
  4. Click Apply Format.

Remove an HDTV format

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Digital Panel Properties.
  2. Click HDTV Support.
  3. Click to highlight the HDTV format to be removed in the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box.
  4. Click Remove.

NOTE: The removed format will no longer be available in the Displays Manager mode list.

TV Properties

Use the TV Properties to configure your TV settings. Use Image Quality to adjust the contrast, saturation, and sharpness of your screen. Any display flicker can also be removed. Use Avivo™ Color to adjust Hue and Saturation. Use TV Adjustments to set the video mode, enable overscan, and change the position and size of the screen. Use TV Formats to determine and set the TV broadcast display format appropriate for your region.

Screen Adjustments

Use Screen Adjustments to establish the attributes, such as maximum resolution and refresh rates of the connected TV, and to resize and position the output seen on the TV.

Find the maximum available resolution and refresh rates for my TV

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand TV Properties.
  2. Click Formats.
  3. Attributes presents the signal format, if known, the maximum resolution and maximum refresh rate supported by your TV.

Enable Video Mode

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand TV Properties.
  2. Click Adjustments.
  3. Select Video Mode to place a check mark in the check box.

NOTE: Video Mode is only supported in specific lower resolution modes such as 720x480x16 and 640x480x32.

Adjust screen position and size manually

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand TV Properties.
  2. Click Adjustments.
  3. Click any of the four buttons grouped in the center of the Screen Position and Size box.

Image Quality

Use the Image Quality feature to adjust the output image quality to your TV.

Adjust Flicker removal

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand TV Properties.
  2. Click Image Quality.
  3. Click and drag the Flicker removal slider to the desired position.

NOTE: The Flicker removal slider adjusts the amount of luma, or black and white, flicker present in the TV output. The maximum setting is recommended.

Set Composite Sharpness

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand TV Properties.
  2. Click Image Quality.
  3. Select the desired setting from the Composite sharpness list.

NOTE: Composite sharpness is not available if you are using a S-Video connection to your TV.

Set S-Video sharpness

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand TV Properties.
  2. Click Image Quality.
  3. Select the desired setting from the S-Video sharpness drop-down menu.

Avivo™ Color

Use Avivo™ Color to independently set the hue and saturation for each attached and enabled display.

Set Contrast

Contrast is the difference between the brightest and darkest parts of an image.

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Avivo™ Video.
  2. Click Basic Color.
  3. Click and drag the Contrast control slider to the desired position.

Set Brightness

Brightness is the overall intensity, or luminosity of an image.

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Avivo™ Video.
  2. Click Basic Color.
  3. Click and drag the Brightness control slider to the desired position.

Set Hue

Hue defines the tint of the red, green, and blue components of an image.

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand TV Properties.
  2. Click Avivo™ Color.
  3. Click and drag the Hue control slider to the desired position.

Set Saturation

Saturation is the measure of amount of color in an image.

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand TV Properties.
  2. Click Avivo™ Color.
  3. Click and drag the Saturation control slider to the desired position.

TV Formats

Use TV Formats to determine and set the TV broadcast display format appropriate for your region.

Select TV signal format determined by Microsoft®'s Regional Options settings

Use signal format appropriate to Regional Options settings determines the TV signal format from the setting in Microsoft®'s Regional and Language Options located in the ATI Control Panel.

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand TV Properties.
  2. Click Formats.
  3. Click Use signal format appropriate to Regional Options settings.

Select TV format determined by country or region

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand TV Properties.
  2. Click Formats.
  3. Click Select by country / region.
  4. Select country or region from the Country / region list.

Select by TV signal format

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand TV Properties.
  2. Click Formats.
  3. Click Select by signal format.
  4. Select a TV format from the Signal format list.

DTV Properties

Use the DTV aspects to improve image quality, perform color correction adjustments, and add support for additional HDTV modes.

DTV Attributes

DTV Attributes shows the connected display type and settings. Use DVI Settings and Image Scaling to configure your DTV display.

Set Image Scaling

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand DTV.
  2. Click Attributes.
  3. Under Image Scaling, click to enable the desired setting.

NOTE: Enable Scale image to full panel size to fill the digital display.

NOTE: Use centered timings will not resize the desktop to fit the screen, and may result in a centered image with a black border around it.

Adjust the DVI Settings

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand DTV.
  2. Click Attributes.
  3. Under DVI Settings, click to enable the desired setting.

NOTE: Reducing DVI frequency on high-resolution displays can resolve either display corruption or the complete absence of any image when a display is set to a high resolution. This should only be enabled if the digital TV is experiencing these types of problems.

NOTE: Alternate DVI operational mode, when enabled, may eliminate display corruption.

Avivo™ Color

Avivo™ Color

Use Avivo™ Color with ATI Radeon™ graphics cards that support per-display color settings. Independently set the hue and saturation for each attached and enabled display.

Set Hue

Refers to a specific color within the visible spectrum of light, defined by its dominant wavelength.

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand DTV.
  2. Click Avivo™ Color.
  3. Adjust the Hue control slider to the desired position.

Set Saturation

Saturation refers to the intensity of a color in an image.

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand DTV.
  2. Click Avivo™ Color.
  3. Click and drag the Saturation control slider to the desired position.

LCD Overdrive

Use LCD Overdrive to improve the quality of video displayed on an LCD, DFP, or DTV display.

Enable LCD Overdrive for DTV displays

The first time you access LCD Overdrive all the features are unavailable. You must enable LCD Overdrive in order to change the setting.

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand DTV.
  2. Click LCD Overdrive.
  3. Click Enable LCD Overdrive.
  4. Click Apply or OK to effect the change.

Calibrate LCD Overdrive for DTV displays

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand DTV.
  2. Click LCD Overdrive.
  3. Click and drag the control slider to your preferred setting:
    • To increase the response time compensation, move the slider to the right.
    • To decrease the response time compensation, move the slider to the left.
    • Optionally, to more finely tune the response time compensation, click the up and down arrow buttons of the adjustment box.
  4. Click Apply or OK to effect the changes.

HDTV Support

Use HDTV Support when your CRT, DFP, or DTV display device supports one or more HDTV modes that are not initially listed in the Displays Manager due to an incomplete EDID (Extended Display Identification Data). Selecting one or both of the HDTV modes adds them to the Force button located in the Displays Manager when the associated display is selected.

If you have both CRT and DFP or DTV display devices and want both to support HDTV, select the Add 720... and Add 1080... check boxes in the HDTV Support pages for those devices.

The following formats are fully supported:

  • NTSC
  • PAL
  • SECAM

WARNING!: Forcing a display mode that exceeds its EDID limits may result in permanent damage to your display!

Force HDTV display modes and custom formats

You can force your display to the following progressive scan resolutions by selecting one of the following formats and then clicking the Force button in the Displays Manager. The options that display depend on your graphics card. You can also create customer HDTV formats if required.

WARNING!: These options are only intended for displays that report incomplete or incorrect EDID information. Adding this setting could damage your digital flat panel display. USE WITH CAUTION!

NOTE: The number after the `i' or `p' denotes the frame rate. Use 60Hz or 30Hz for NTSC countries. Use 50Hz or 25Hz for PAL and SECAM countries.

  • 720p60- Use this format for displaying 720p HDTV content broadcasted in traditional NTSC countries (North America and Japan).
  • 1080i30-Use this format for displaying 1080i HDTV content broadcasted in traditional NTSC countries (North America and Japan).
  • 1080p60-Use this format for displaying 1080p HDTV content broadcasted in traditional NTSC countries (North America and Japan).
  • 720p50-Use this format for displaying 720p HDTV content broadcasted in traditional PAL and SECAM countries (Europe, Australia, most of Asia, Africa and South America).
  • 1080i25-Use this format for displaying 1080i HDTV content broadcasted in traditional PAL and SECAM countries (Europe, Australia, most of Asia, Africa and South America).

Add a mode to the Displays Manager Force button

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand DTV.
  2. Click HDTV Support.
  3. Select the check box next to the mode you want to add to the Displays Manager.

New formats are added to the Force button in the Displays Manager. Also, formats that are based on this mode appear in the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list which you can select to customize or apply the format.

WARNING!: This option is only intended for displays that report incomplete or incorrect EDID information. Adding this setting could damage your digital flat panel display. USE WITH CAUTION!

Add and customize a predefined HDTV format

The Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box should list any standard and optimized HDTV formats supported by the digital panel's EDID. If the list is empty, then no HDTV formats are natively supported. However, you can add a predefined or custom format based on one of the standard timing formats (720 or 1080).

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand DTV.
  2. Click HDTV Support.
  3. In the list of HDTV modes supported by this display, select the check box next to the mode you want to add.
  4. Click Yes in the HDTV Formats Warning Dialog.
  5. Click Apply.

New formats appear in the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list.

  1. Click Yes in the Displays Manager Notification message box.
  2. Click Add in the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list.
  3. A group of four arrow buttons and a large rectangle appears. Use the arrows to increase or decrease the width and height of the rectangle until the blue background is just visible.
  4. Click Maintain aspect ratio to maintain the ratio between width and height while making adjustments.
  5. Click Accept.
  6. Click OK in the Custom HDTV Format warning message box.
  7. To add the new format to the Force button in the Displays Manager, select the new format and click Apply Format.

Apply an HDTV format

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand DTV.
  2. Click HDTV Support.
  3. Click to highlight the desired an HDTV format in the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box.
  4. Click Apply Format.

Remove an HDTV format

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand DTV.
  2. Click HDTV Support.
  3. Click to highlight the HDTV format to be removed in the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box.
  4. Click Remove.

NOTE: The removed format will no longer be available in the Displays Manager mode list.

Component Video Properties

The Component Video Properties aspect of the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center adds further support when using the ATI HDTV Component Video Adapter.

Adjustments

Use Adjustments to fine-tune the brightness and contrast of your HDTV device.

NOTE: You can fine-tune the saturation in Avivo™ Color.

Set brightness or contrast on a component video device

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Component Video Properties.
  2. Click Adjustments.
  3. Click and drag the Brightness or Contrast slider to the desired position.

Avivo™ Color

Avivo™ Color

Use Avivo™ Color with ATI Radeon™ graphics cards that support per-display color settings. Independently set the hue and saturation for each attached and enabled display.

Set Hue

Hue defines the tint of the red, green, and blue components of an image.

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Component Video Properties.
  2. Click Avivo™ Color.
  3. Adjust the Hue control slider to the desired position.

Set Saturation

Saturation is the amount of color in an image.

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Component Video Properties.
  2. Click Avivo™ Color.
  3. Click and drag the Saturation control slider to the desired position.

Formats

Use Formats when your CRT or DFP display device supports one or more HDTV modes that are not initially listed in the Displays Manager due to an incomplete EDID (Extended Display Identification Data). Selecting one or both of the HDTV modes adds them to the Force button located in the Displays Manager when the associated display is selected.

If you have both CRT and DFP display devices and want both to support HDTV, you select both the Add 720p and Add 1080i check boxes in the corresponding HDTV Support pages.

The following formats and refresh rates are fully supported:

  • NTSC
  • PAL
  • SECAM

WARNING!: Forcing a display mode that exceeds its EDID limits may result in permanent damage to your display!

Force HDTV display modes and custom formats

You can force your display to the following progressive scan resolutions by selecting one of the following formats and then clicking the Force button in the Displays Manager. The options that display depend on your graphics card. You can also create customer HDTV formats if required.

WARNING!: These options are only intended for displays that report incomplete or incorrect EDID information. Adding this setting could damage your digital flat panel display. USE WITH CAUTION!

NOTE: The number after the `i' or `p' denotes the frame rate. Use 60Hz or 30Hz for NTSC countries. Use 50Hz or 25Hz for PAL and SECAM countries.

  • 720p60- Use this format for displaying 720p HDTV content broadcasted in traditional NTSC countries (North America and Japan).
  • 1080i30-Use this format for displaying 1080i HDTV content broadcasted in traditional NTSC countries (North America and Japan).
  • 1080p60-Use this format for displaying 1080p HDTV content broadcasted in traditional NTSC countries (North America and Japan).
  • 720p50-Use this format for displaying 720p HDTV content broadcasted in traditional PAL and SECAM countries (Europe, Australia, most of Asia, Africa and South America).
  • 1080i25-Use this format for displaying 1080i HDTV content broadcasted in traditional PAL and SECAM countries (Europe, Australia, most of Asia, Africa and South America).

Determine the HDTV component dongle settings

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Component Video Properties.
  2. Click Formats.

Dongle Settings shows the configuration of the dip switches on the component video dongle connected to your computer.

Create custom settings for a "smart" component video dongle

A "smart" dongle has dip switches that configure the supported HDTV formats.

Use the Component Video Properties Custom Settings to change the "smart" component video dongle settings without physically removing it from your computer and changing the dip switches.

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Component Video Properties.
  2. Click Formats.
  3. Click Use Custom Settings.
  4. Click the desired settings.

NOTE: Custom Settings overrides dip switch settings on the HDTV dongle.

Create custom settings for a "dumb" component video dongle

A "dumb" dongle has no dip switches to configure your HDTV.

Use the Component Video Properties Custom Settings to select all the appropriate HDTV formats.

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Component Video Properties.
  2. Click Formats.
  3. Click Supported Formats.
  4. Click the desired settings.

NOTE: 480i is always supported. If a format is not selected, that format and its optimized / custom derivatives will not appear in the mode list.

HDTV Support

Use Advanced when your CRT or DFP display device supports one or more HDTV modes that are not initially listed in the Displays Manager due to an incomplete EDID (Extended Display Identification Data). Selecting one or both of the HDTV modes adds them to the Force button located in the Displays Manager when the associated display is selected.

If you have both CRT and DFP display devices and want both to support HDTV, you select both the Add 720p and Add 1080i check boxes in the corresponding HDTV Support pages.

The following media standards are fully supported:

  • NTSC
  • PAL
  • SECAM
  • ATSC (on selected products only)

WARNING!: Forcing a display mode that exceeds its EDID limits may result in permanent damage to your display!

Force HDTV display modes and custom formats

You can force your display to the following progressive scan resolutions by selecting one of the following formats and then clicking the Force button in the Displays Manager. The options that display depend on your graphics card. You can also create customer HDTV formats if required.

WARNING!: These options are only intended for displays that report incomplete or incorrect EDID information. Adding this setting could damage your digital flat panel display. USE WITH CAUTION!

NOTE: The number after the `i' or `p' denotes the frame rate. Use 60Hz or 30Hz for NTSC countries. Use 50Hz or 25Hz for PAL and SECAM countries.

  • 720p60- Use this format for displaying 720p HDTV content broadcasted in traditional NTSC countries (North America and Japan).
  • 1080i30-Use this format for displaying 1080i HDTV content broadcasted in traditional NTSC countries (North America and Japan).
  • 1080p60-Use this format for displaying 1080p HDTV content broadcasted in traditional NTSC countries (North America and Japan).
  • 720p50-Use this format for displaying 720p HDTV content broadcasted in traditional PAL and SECAM countries (Europe, Australia, most of Asia, Africa and South America).
  • 1080i25-Use this format for displaying 1080i HDTV content broadcasted in traditional PAL and SECAM countries (Europe, Australia, most of Asia, Africa and South America).

Create a customized timing

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Component Video Properties.
  2. Click Advanced.
  3. Select 720p or 1080i and click Apply Format.
  4. Click Add. Four arrow buttons and a rectangle appear.
  5. Create a custom mode by clicking and dragging any of the four arrows to adjust the rectangle's width and height until the background is just visible.
  6. Click Accept.
  7. Click OK in the warning message box.

Remove customized timing settings

  1. From the Graphics Settings tree, expand Component Video Properties.
  2. Click Advanced.
  3. Click to highlight the customized settings you wish to remove from the Customized Timings window.
  4. Click the Remove button.

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