User manual TERRATEC TVALUE878 QR VXD

[. . . ] Leave the AC cord connected for the time being, so that your computer is still grounded. Touch the metal chassis at the rear of the PC to ground yourself and discharge static. When selecting the PCI slot, note that TV cards should not be plugged into PCI slot 1 in conjunction with an AGP graphics card because PCI slot 1 is always assigned the same interrupt as the AGP slot. This would give both cards the same interrupt, which can lead to crashes during operation! [. . . ] Windows 98 now informs you that it has found the driver for the TerraTValue. When the installation is complete, Windows 98 informs you that all drivers for the device have been installed. Confirm the message by clicking the Next button. TerraTValue (english) 7 Step ­ 2 1. When the first part of the installation is complete, Windows 98 finds a second device called TerraTValue ­ Audio Section. Using the mouse, select the Search for the best driver for the device. Windows 98 now informs you that it has found the driver for the TerraTValue ­ Audio Section. When the installation is complete, Windows 98 informs you that all drivers for the device have been installed. This concludes the installation of the drivers. Uninstalling the Drivers The easiest way to uninstall the drivers is to use the Uninstall utility, which you can find in the \Drivers\Uninstall directory of your TerraTValue CD or at our Internet site at www. terratec. net. Once all drivers have been uninstalled, a message is displayed informing you that the uninstallation was successful. This concludes the uninstallation of the TerraTValue drivers. 8 TerraTValue (english) Installing the TV Software TerraTValue includes high-quality, 32-bit TV software, which provides a colorful spectrum of features and makes the operation of the individual TV functions more convenient. Start the TerraTValue Autostarter by placing the TerraTValue CD into your CD-ROM drive or by running the Autorun. exe file located in the main directory of the CD. When the installation is complete, you will find the TerraTValue software and the Online Manual in the TerraTValue program group. TerraTValue (english) 9 Important System Settings for Operating the TV Card Observe the following items to ensure that the TV card provides optimal performance: · The color depth for your graphics board should be set to a minimum of 16 bit or 65536 colors so that the TV image can be displayed in true-to-life color. You can change the color depth setting for your graphics board under Control Panel > Display. For questions regarding the configuration of the color depth, refer to the manual provided with your graphics board. · The TV card blends the TV/Video data directly into the memory of your graphics board through the PCI bus. Because direct access under Windows is only possible through a DirectX driver, your graphics board must be equipped with a DirectX driver that supports Video Overlay. Video Overlay refers to the blending of the TV data into the graphics board memory. If you are not sure whether your graphics board driver supports DirectX, acquire the newest drivers for your graphics board and then install the newest version of DirectX. [. . . ] 2: Connect the TV and sound card as illustrated here. To do so, proceed as follows: 1. Double-click the volume control icon illustrated here, which is found on the taskbar. Be sure that the Mute option under the Line-In slider is not checked and that the Line-In slider is not at the bottom of its range. Now enable the check box below the Line-In slider and set the Line-In slider to its middle position. [. . . ]