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Using Your ALL-IN-WONDER: ATI ALL-IN-WONDER® 9000 Low Profile User's Guide
For correct operation of your card's multimedia features, the ALL-IN-WONDER
9000 Low Profile must be your computer's primary graphics card.
Connecting your PC to a video source
Attaching a TV to Your Card
To enable and disable the television
display
Starting Windows with television display
enabled
Using a monitor vs. using the television
display
Adjusting the monitor display
TV reception tips
Viewing text on television
Reducing edge distortion
Changing display configurations
Using games and applications
To connect your computer to a digital cable box or satellite receiver,
attach a connector cable
To connect a digital cable box or satellite receiver to your ALL-IN-WONDER:
- Turn off your computer and your digital cable box or
satellite receiver.
- Ensure your graphics card is installed correctly.
- Determine if your digital cable box or satellite
receiver has an S-Video or Composite video connection.
- Looking at the back of your computer, locate your
graphics card. Using the ATI Input/Output Adapter, attach one end of the
cable to your graphics card and the other to your digital cable box or
satellite receiver.
- Turn on your computer and your digital cable box or
satellite receiver.
Using your ALL-IN-WONDER card's S-Video output, you can connect a television
set as your computer's display. You can use your card to view computer output
directly on your television. You can display images on both the TV and VGA
monitor simultaneously.
The ALL-IN-WONDER provides a big-screen experience for entertainment PCs
that is ideal for playing games, giving presentations, and watching movies. You can
also record videotapes of your computer's display.
To connect your graphics card to a television:
- You must attach a TV before enabling TV output.
- If your television has cable input only, which is the
case for older units, you can connect your graphics card to your
television using your VCR or an RF modulator (available at most consumer
electronics dealers) that accepts audio input.
- Turn off your computer and
your television.
- Determine if your television
has an S-Video connection or an RCA video-in connection.
- Looking at the back of your
computer, locate your graphics card.
- Connect the supplied output
cable adapter to the A/V OUT connector on the card. See Input and Output adapters
- Using a cable with either
S-Video or RCA connectors, attach one end of the cable to the output
cable adapter and the other to your television.
- Turn on your computer and your
television.
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NOTE: If
you have a television connected to your VCR, you can use the television as your
computer's display. For information about connecting a television to your
VCR, see the documentation that came with your VCR.
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NOTE: If
you have a television connected to a VCR that is connected to the
ALL-IN-WONDER card's A/V OUT, and you use the television as your computer's
display, copy-protected DVD movies may appear alternately bright and dim.
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- Access the Control Panel and double-click Display.
- Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced...
button.
- Click on the ATI Displays tab.
- Click on the
enable/disable
button next to the word "TV" to enable/disable television
display.
- Click Apply to save the changes you have made.
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NOTE: If
there is no display on your television, you may need to switch it to video
display mode. For more information, consult the documentation supplied with
your television.
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The television screen may become scrambled temporarily during the initial
Windows logo display. This is only a temporary effect, and your television
screen will be restored within a few seconds.
During start up, your TV Out graphics card will go through a sequence of
mode settings, during which your television display will remain blank. This
process takes only a few seconds, and helps program the television display.
Using your television for your computer's display is ideal for playing
games, giving presentations, and watching
movies.
The display on your monitor may change or look squashed. This occurs because
the display adjusts to fit the dimensions of your television. To correct the
monitor's display, use the controls on the monitor to adjust the display size
and position.
Older monitors and large, speciality monitors may not work with television
display enabled. If you experience problems when television display is enabled,
disable television display to restore your monitor's display.
The size of the display on your monitor may be smaller and not perfectly
centered when you have television display enabled. These effects are caused by
the changes required to provide a proper display on the television.
Use the controls available on the Adjustments tab on the Monitor Properties
page (click the Monitor button on the ATI Displays page) to adjust the display
on your monitor only. Click the Television button to adjust the television
display only.
- For the best indoor antenna reception, use an amplified
model, and move it as far away from your monitor as possible.
- If you experience problems with cable input, a signal
amplifier may improve reception.
Due to the different technology used in the manufacturing of televisions and
PC monitors, standard PC text may be unreadable on your television. A
television is designed primarily to show moving, rather than static, images.
The large dot pitch of a TV (which is fine for moving video) will yield poor
quality static images such as text. The small text sizes commonly used for PC
desktops can appear blurred or unclear on a TV. You can compensate for this by
using larger fonts.
To use larger display fonts:
- Access the Control Panel and double-click Display.
- Click the Appearance tab.
- In the Font Size box, select the size you want
your displayed fonts to be.
- Click Apply. If prompted, click Yes to
restart your computer.
When using a television for your PC's display, you may see some edge
distortion on the left and right side of your television screen. This effect
depends on your television and the PC application you are running. To reduce
edge distortion, you can increase the horizontal size.
To increase the horizontal size:
- Access the Control Panel and double-click Display.
- Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced...
button.
- Click on the ATI Displays tab, then click the TV
button.
- In the Screen Size section, click on the plus
(+) button beside the horizontal arrowheads
to increase the horizontal size
of the TV display.
- Click OK or Apply to save the changes you
have made.
If you move your computer to a place where you are using television display
only, make sure that you have the television display feature enabled first; see
To enable and disable the television display.
Some older games and applications may program the graphics card directly to
run under a specific display mode. This may cause your television display to
turn off automatically or become scrambled (the PC monitor will not be
affected). Your television display will be restored once you exit the game or
if you restart your system.
Please read all restrictions and
disclaimers.
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