Asus TWINVIEW V7100 User Manual

R V7 1 00 Series T winV iew™ GPU Graphics Card USER’S MANUAL Hardware & V ideo Drivers AGP-V7100 / Pure / 32M AGP-V7100 / Pure / 16M AGP-V7100 / T / 32M AGP-V7100 / T / 16M AGP-V7100 / DVI / 32M AGP-V7100 / DVI / 16M AGP-V7100/ 2V1D / 32M AGP-V7100/ Deluxe Combo / 32M
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ASUS V7100 Series User’ s Manual 4 CONTENTS I. Intr oduction ..................................................................................... 7 Highlights .................................................................................................... 7 A vailable Models ........................................................................................ 7 ASUS AGP-V7100 / Deluxe Combo .................................................... 7 ASUS AGP-V7100 / 2V1D .................................................................. 7 ASUS AGP-V7100 / DVI / 32M or 16M ............................................. 7 ASUS AGP-V7100 / T / 32M or 16M .................................................. 7 ASUS AGP-V7100 / Pure / 32M or 16M ............................................. 7 Features ....................................................................................................... 8 2. Hardware Setup ............................................................................... 9 ASUS AGP-V7100 / Deluxe Combo Layout ............................................. 9 ASUS AGP-V7100 / 2V1D Layout ......................................................... 10 ASUS AGP-V7100 / DVI Layout ............................................................ 1 1 ASUS AGP-V7100 / T Layout ................................................................. 12 ASUS AGP-V7100 / T Layout .................................................................. 12 ASUS AGP-V7100 / Pure Layout ............................................................. 13 ASUS AGP-V7100 (Pure VGA) Layout ................................................... 13 ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit ....................................................... 15 Installation Procedures .............................................................................. 16 New Systems ....................................................................................... 16 Systems with Existing VGA Card ....................................................... 16 3. Software Setup ............................................................................... 17 Operating System Requirements ............................................................... 17 W indows 98 ........................................................................................ 17 Display Driver Installation ........................................................................ 18 W indows 98 ........................................................................................ 18 Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program .................................................................. 18 Method 2: Display Property Page ............................................................................ 19 Method 3: Plug and Play .......................................................................................... 20 W indows 2000 .................................................................................... 21 Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program .................................................................. 21 Method 2: Plug and Play .......................................................................................... 22 W indows NT 4.0 ................................................................................. 24 Method 1: Display Property Page ............................................................................ 24 Drivers ....................................................................................................... 25 Install Display Driver .......................................................................... 25 Install DirectX ..................................................................................... 26 Install GAR T Driver ........................................................................... 27 Install ASUS TW AIN Driver .............................................................. 29 Uninstall Display Driver ..................................................................... 30 W indows 98 ............................................................................................................. 30 Method1: Using the Autorun Screen ............................................................... 30 Method 2: Using Control Panel ....................................................................... 30
ASUS V7100 Series User’ s Manual 5 W indows 2000 ......................................................................................................... 31 Method1: Using the Autorun Screen ............................................................... 31 Method 2: Using Control Panel ....................................................................... 31 W indows NT 4.0 ...................................................................................................... 31 Method 1: Using Control Panel ....................................................................... 31 Run ASUS VGA Live Update ............................................................. 32 Install V ideo for W indows Capture Driver ......................................... 33 Utilities ...................................................................................................... 34 Install ASUS T weak Utility ................................................................ 34 Install SmartDoctor ............................................................................. 35 Install V ideoSecurity ........................................................................... 36 Install ASUS Live Utility .................................................................... 37 Install ASUS Digital VCR .................................................................. 38 4. Software Refer ence ........................................................................ 39 ASUS Control Panel ................................................................................. 39 Refresh Rate ........................................................................................ 39 More Resolution ................................................................................. 40 Information ......................................................................................... 40 Color ................................................................................................... 41 Display ................................................................................................ 44 Advanced ............................................................................................ 49 Direct3D VR ............................................................................................................ 49 Direct3D .................................................................................................................. 53 OpenGL VR ............................................................................................................. 56 OpenGL ................................................................................................................... 58 T winV iew ................................................................................................................. 60 Other ........................................................................................................................ 61 Using the Utilities ..................................................................................... 65 ASUS T weak Utility ........................................................................... 65 ASUS V ideoSecurity .......................................................................... 67 ASUS Live V ideo ............................................................................... 71 ASUS Digital VCR ............................................................................. 81 Using the Other Utilities ........................................................................... 95 ASUS TW AIN Interface ..................................................................... 95 ASUS VR PictureV iewer .................................................................... 97 ASUS StereoTV .................................................................................. 99 5. Resolution T able ........................................................................... 101 Maximum Refresh Rate .......................................................................... 101 6. T roubleshooting ........................................................................... 103 Description .............................................................................................. 103 Recommended Action ............................................................................. 103 CONTENTS
ASUS V7100 Series User’ s Manual 6 FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • 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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa- tion. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency ener gy and, if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer ’ s instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However , there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter - ference by one or more of the following measures: • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver . • Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit dif ferent from that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. W ARNING! The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations. Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user ’ s authority to operate this equipment. Canadian Department of Communications Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Cana- dian Department of Communications. 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. Macrovision Corporation Product Notice This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protec- tion technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macr ovision Corporation . Reverse engineering or disassemby is prohibited.
7 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual I. Introduction A vailable Models ASUS AGP-V7100 / Deluxe Combo • 32MB Frame Buffer VGA TV T uner Module TV -Out A V Adapter 3D Glasses (ASUS VR-100G Bundled Free) ASUS AGP-V7100 / 2V1D • 32MB Frame Buffer VGA1 VGA2 DVI ASUS AGP-V7100 / DVI / 32M or 16M • 32/16MB Frame Buffer VGA DVI ASUS AGP-V7100 / T / 32M or 16M • 32/16MB Frame Buffer VGA TV -Out ASUS AGP-V7100 / Pure / 32M or 16M • 32/16MB Frame Buffer VGA 1. Introudction Highlights/Models Thank you for purchasing an ASUS AGP-V7100 T winV iew ™ GPU Graphics Card. W ith this purchase, you join a legion of mainstream graphics enthusiasts. Powered by the NVIDIA ™ GeForce2 MX ™ graphics processing unit (GPU), the ASUS AGP-V7100 delivers not only breakthrough leading-edge graphics performance but also ergonomically pleasing image fidelity regardless of the CPU (central pro- cessing unit) your computer system is using. W ith the ASUS AGP-V7100, you will not only see but also experience stunning, dynamic, realistic 3D worlds and characters. Highlights • Powered by the W orld ’ s Newest Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) • Built-in 32/16MB video memory with up to 2.7GB/sec bandwidth • T winV iew ™ true dual-display support (TV -out/DVI models only) • Dual-texture pixel-fill capacities with two new hypertexel pipelines • 700 Mtexel fill rate, 20 Mtriangles/ sec through T&L/Setting • Optimized for Dir ectX ® 7 and OpenGL ® Features NVIDIA ™ GeForce2 MX ™ Provides more resolutions and color depths Brings more productivity Sets a new milestone for realism Performs up to 1.5x improvement over GeForce ™ Ensures broad application support
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 8 Features • AGP 4X/2X with Fast W rites and Execute Mode • T wo new Hypertexel pipelines process two texture per pixel, in true color , at full speed up to 700 million fill rate • Built-in 32/16MB high speed video memory with up to 2.7GB/sec bandwidth • Four texture mapped, filtered, lit pixels per clock cycle • Second generation T ransform and Lighting (T&L) Engine • Up to 20 million triangles per second at peak rates • Optimized for Direct3D acceleration with complete support for DirectX 7 fea- tures, such as multi-texturing, bump mapping, light maps, reflection maps, full scene anti-aliasing, trilinear and 8-tap anisotropic filtering (better than trilinear mipmapping) • Fully 1.2 compliant OpenGL support • 32-bit colors, Z/stencil buffer • Multi-buffering (double, triple, quad buf fering) for smooth animation and video playback • T winV iew ™ Architecture (for models with TV -out/DVI models only) with si- multaneous and independent dual-display control and dual-video output • Multiple video windows with hardware color space conversion and filtering (YUV 4:2:2 and 4:2:0) • Integrated 350MHz RAMDAC supporting from 640x480 up to 2048x1536 in true color • BRDF (Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function) support • V ideo acceleration for Direct Show and MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and Indeo 1. Introduction Features 1. Introduction
9 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 2. H/W Setup Deluxe Combo VGA Monitor Output (15pin) (Standard) A V/SVHS/TV Output (8pin) VR Glasses Output The AUDIO OUT connector allows you to receive stereo audio input from the TV TUNER MODULE VGA Output Projector Cable/ Antenna Connector (Coaxial) A V Input (8pin) 3D Glasses (ASUS VR-100G) CA TV Antenna ASUS A V Adapter NVIDIA TM GeForce2 MX TM GPU Chip (Graphics Processing Unit) with Heatsink VGA BIOS ® 32MB Frame Buffer S TV TUNER MODULE L G G R AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT Left Audio Channel Ground Ground Right Audio Channel Item Checklist ASUS AGP-V7100 / Deluxe Combo Graphics Card ASUS A V Adapter ASUS VR-100G This User ’ s Manual ASUS V7100 Series Driver & Utility CD Disc SVHS/TV Output Video Output Audio Output (Left Channel) (Right Channel) S ASUS A V Adapter 2. Hardware Setup ASUS AGP-V7100 / Deluxe Combo Layout 32MB Frame Buf fer
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 10 2. Hardware Setup 2. H/W Setup 2V1D ASUS AGP-V7100 / 2V1D Layout 32MB Frame Buf fer DVI-I Dual-Link output (24pins) VGA Monitor output (15pins) (standard) VGA Output Projector Projector DVI-I Dual-Link Input to VGA Monitor Output Adapter NVIDIA TM GeForce2 MX TM GPU Chip (Graphics Processing Unit) with Heatsink The PanelLink ® transmitter takes a digital stream from a graphics source, converts it to DVI-compliant digital output, and transmits that output to a receiver in a display . The VIP (Video Interface Port) Connector are used for third party add-on modules, such as video capture cards or television tuners. ® 32MB Frame Buffer 1 VIP Connector A 2 26 25 The DVI Dual-Link output accepts either a 12- or 24-pin DVI plug connector or a new type of analog plug connector that uses four additional pins, plus a ground plane plug to maintain constant impedance for the analog RGB signals. VGA BIOS TV -Out Module Connector PanelLink ® Transmitter Item Checklist ASUS AGP-V7100 / 2V1D Graphics Card DVI-Dual-Link Inout to VGA Monitor Output Adapter This User ’ s Manual ASUS V7100 Series Driver & Utility CD Disc
11 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 2. Hardware Setup ASUS AGP-V7100 / DVI Layout 32/16MB Frame Buf fer DVI-I Dual-Link output (24pins) VGA Monitor output (15pins) (standard) VGA Output Projector DVI-enabled Flat-Panel Display NVIDIA TM GeForce2 MX TM GPU Chip (Graphics Processing Unit) with Heatsink VGA BIOS The VIP (Video Interface Port) Connector are used for third party add-on modules, such as video capture cards or television tuners. ® 32/16MB Frame Buffer 1 VIP Connector A 2 26 25 The DVI Dual-Link output accepts either a 12- or 24-pin DVI plug connector or a new type of analog plug connector that uses four additional pins, plus a ground plane plug to maintain constant impedance for the analog RGB signals. Item Checklist ASUS AGP-V7100 / DVI Graphics Card This User ’ s Manual ASUS V7100 Series Driver & Utility CD Disc 2. H/W Setup DVI
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 12 2. Hardware Setup 2. H/W Setup T ASUS AGP-V7100 / T Layout 32/16MB Frame Buf fer VGA Monitor output (15pin) (standard) Composite/TV output (RCA) SVHS/TV output (7pin) 123 123 NTSC PA L JP1 JP1 Use the same TV standard for all devices. For example, if your TV uses the NTSC standard, then you should set JP1 to “NTSC. ” VGA Output Projector S-Video Output Composite (RCA) Output NVIDIA TM GeForce2 MX TM GPU Chip (Graphics Processing Unit) with Heatsink VGA BIOS The VIP (Video Interface Port) Connector is used for third party add-on modules, such as video capture cards or television tuners. ® 32/16MB Frame Buffer 1 VIP Connector A JP1 2 26 25 Item Checklist ASUS AGP-V7100 / T Graphics Card (P AL or NTSC) This User ’ s Manual ASUS V7100 Series Driver & Utility CD Disc Notes • Use the same TV standard for all devices.
13 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 2. Hardware Setup 2. H/W Setup Pure ASUS AGP-V7100 / Pure Layout 32/16MB Frame Buf fer Item Checklist ASUS AGP-V7100 / Pure Graphics Card This User ’ s Manual ASUS V7100 Series Driver & Utility CD Disc VGA Monitor output (15pin) (standard) VGA Output Projector NVIDIA TM GeForce2 MX TM GPU Chip (Graphics Processing Unit) with Heatsink VGA BIOS The VIP (Video Interface Port) Connector is used for third party add-on modules, such as video capture cards or television tuners. ® 32/16MB Frame Buffer 1 VIP Connector A 2 26 25
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15 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 2. Hardware Setup 2. H/W Setup ASUS VR-100 ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit The ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit enables the ASUS VR-100G 3D Glasses to be used with Pure models of the V7100 Series cards. See your dealer for more information on the ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit. The monitor cable that came with your kit may be of the Y - or standard type. Con- nect your cable accordingly . VGA Output 3D Glasses (ASUS VR-100G) Stereo Glasses Output VGA Monitor output (15pin) (standard) VGA Input (Reserved) VR Glasses Output T o VGA Card ’ s Monitor Output VGA Input Projector ASUS VR-100 ® Y ou must anchor the ASUS VR-100 ’ s mounting bracket with a screw to a free ex- pansion slot in your computer chassis. VGA Output 3D Glasses (ASUS VR-100G) Stereo Glasses Output VGA Monitor output (15pin) (standard) VGA Input (Reserved) VR Glasses Output T o VGA Card ’ s Monitor Output Projector ASUS VR-100 ® Y -T ype Connection Standard Connection When using a Y -type cable, you do not need to connect the VGA Input of the VR-100 to your VGA card ’ s monitor output ( see diagram above).
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 16 2. Hardware Setup 2. H/W Setup Procedures Installation Procedures New Systems 1. Unplug all electrical cords on your computer . 2. Remove the system unit cover . 3. Locate the AGP bus expansion slot. Make sure this slot is unobstructed. 4. Remove the corresponding expansion slot cover from the computer chassis. 5. Ground yourself to an antistatic mat or other grounded source . 6. Pick up the board (still in its sleeve) by grasping the edge bracket with one hand and then remove the plastic sleeve. 7. Position the card directly over the AGP slot and insert one end of the board in the slot first. Firmly but gently press the bus connector on the bottom of the card down into the slot. Be sure the metal contacts on the bottom of the host adapter are securely seated in the slot. 8. Anchor the board ’ s mounting bracket to the computer chassis using the screw from the slot cover that you set aside previously . 9. Replace the cover on the system unit. 10. Connect your analog monitor ’ s 15-pin VGA connector to the card and fasten the retaining screws (if any). 1 1. Connect other cables and devices if available -Y ou are now ready to install the software drivers and utilities. Systems with Existing VGA Card 1. Change your display driver to Standard VGA. 2. Shut down your computer and unplug all electrical cords. 3. Replace the existing VGA card with your graphics card. 4. Restart your computer . 5. Install the ASUS V7100 series display driver . NOTE: This graphics card series can only be installed in motherboards with an AGP slot. W ARNING! Computer boards and components contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. T o protect the computer board and other components against damage from static electricity , you must follow some precautions. 1. Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards. 2. Keep all components such as the host adapter in its antistatic bag until you are ready to install it. 3. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. If you do not have one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as the power supply case. Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips, leads, or circuitry . 4. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system.
17 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 3. S/ W Setup Requirements 3. Software Setup Operating System Requirements NOTE: T his graphics card requires a motherboard with an AGP slot. Windows 98 W indows 98 supports full Direct3D and AGP features. If you are still using the beta version of W indows 98 and you want to fully take advantage the Direct3D and AGP features, you must upgrade it to the release version before installing the AGP dis- play driver . W indows 98 includes VGAR TD for the major chipsets but it is recommended that you install VGAR TD from the ASUS AGP-V7100 Series CD to make sure that you have the latest version of VGAR TD ( see 3. Software Setup | Install GAR T Driver ). NOTES • VGAR TD stands for V irtual Graphics Address Remapping T able Driver , which is necessary to use the DIME feature of AGP . DIME means Direct Memory Execute, which is accessed dir ectly by most AGP chips (when VGAR TD is installed) for complex texture-mapping operations. • For other notes or release information, see the README files in the installa- tion CD disc. • This Manual assumes that your CD-ROM disc drive is drive D: and that W indows is in C:\WINDOWS. Replace either with the actual location, if necessary . IMPORT ANT! • T o avoid damage to your graphics card , unplug your computer ’ s power supply before inserting your graphics card into the AGP slot. • Make sure that the power supply of your motherboard can provide enough electrical current on the 3.3V lead to maintain normal operation. • The ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit must be installed to enable the the ASUS VR-100G 3D glasses to be used with the Pure models. • Windows 98 and VIA Systems: If your motherboard has a VIA-based chipset, the VIA VGAR TD must be installed in normal mode.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 18 3. Software Setup 3. S / W Setup Display Driver Installation Y ou can use one of the recommended methods to install the display drivers for your graphics card, depending on your operating system. NOTE: The screen displays in this manual may not reflect exactly the screen con- tents displayed on your screen. The contents of the support CD are subject to change at any time without notice. Windows 98 Method 2 and Method 3 will not install the appropriate AGP GAR T driver if your motherboard does not use the Intel AGPset. Installing the AGP GAR T driver will ensure that the AGPset ’ s AGP functions are available. Method 2 and Method 3 will not install also the DirectX runtime libraries. DirectX must be installed so that your video player can take advantage of hardware acceleration. See 3. Softwar e Setup | Install GAR T Driver and 3. Softwar e Setup | Install Dir ectX later in this manual for the setup steps. Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program NOTE: See 3. Softwar e Setup | Drivers | Install Display Driver for more informa- tion. 1. Start W indows. 2. Switch display to W indows ’ Standard Display Adapter (VGA) mode and then restart W indows. 3. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive. 4. The Install Shell appears. Click Drivers and then click Install Display Driver on the Drivers dialog box. 5. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup. 6. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer , it will prompt you to restart your computer . Click Y es... and then Finish to restart your computer and to complete Setup. Display Drivers
19 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 3. S / W Setup 3. Software Setup Method 2: Display Property Page 1. Start W indows. 2. Switch display to W indows ’ Standard Display Adapter (VGA) mode and then restart W indows. 3. Right-click the W indows desktop and click Properties . 4. Click the Settings tab and then click Advanced . The Standard Display Adapter (VGA) Pr operties dialog box appears. 5. Click Change on the Adapter tab. The Update Device Driver W izard dialog box appears. Click Next, click Display a list of all the drivers ... and then click Next . 6. Click Show all hardware and then click Have Disk... .When the Install Fr om Disk dialog box appears, type the location of the ASUSNV9X.INF file (WIN9X folder) and then proceed to step 9. Otherwise, proceed to the next step. 7. Click Br owse to search the CD-ROM drive. In the Drives box of the Open dialog box, select your CD-ROM drive and then click OK . 8. In the Folders box, double-click the WIN9x folder and then select ASUSNV9X.INF in the File name box. 9 . Click OK . A list of video cards appears. Select your VGA card type for your operat- ing system and then click OK . 10. The Update Driver W arning box appears. Click Ye s to confirm the setting up of the ASUS enhanced display drivers and then follow the onscreen instructions to start the setup. 1 1. Setup will prompt you when it has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer . Click Finish to close Setup. 12. When you are returned to the Standard Display Adapter (VGA) Pr operties box, click Close . The Display Properties box appears. Click Close . 13. The system will prompt you to restart your computer . Click Ye s to restart your computer and to complete Setup. Display Drivers
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 20 3. Software Setup 3. S / W Setup Method 3: Plug and Play NOTE: Before proceeding with these steps, replace first your old VGA card with an ASUS AGP-V7100 series graphics card. 1. Start W indows. 2. When W indows detects your ASUS AGP-V7100 series graphics card, the New Hardwar e Found dialog box appears. 3. Click Driver fr om disk pr ovided by hardwar e manufacturer . 4. When Setup prompts you for the location of the driver , typ e D:\WIN9x to direct Setup to the INF file and then click Finish to install the driver . 5. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer , it will prompt you to restart your computer . Click Ye s to restart your computer and to complete Setup. Display Drivers
21 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 3. S / W Setup 3. Software Setup 3. Click Cancel to enter the W indows desktop. 4. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive. 5 . The ASUS W indows 2000 Install Shell appears. Click Drivers and then click Install Display Driver on the Driver dialog box. 6. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup. 7. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer , it will prompt you to restart your computer . Click Ye s to restart your computer and to complete Setup Windows 2000 Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program 1. Start W indows. 2. When W indows detects your ASUS graphics card, the Found New Hard- war e W izard dialog box appears. Display Drivers
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 22 3. Software Setup 3. S / W Setup Display Drivers 6. Check CD-ROM drives , uncheck all other options and then click Next to search for the drivers of your graphics card. 5. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive to bring up the Locate Driver Files item of the Found New Hardwar e W izard dia- log box. 4. When the next Found New Hard- war e Wizard dialog box appears, select Sear ch for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) and then click Next. . Method 2: Plug and Play 1. Start W indows. 2. When W indows detects your ASUS graphics card, the Found New Hardwar e Wizard dialog box ap- pears. 3. Click Next.
23 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 3. S / W Setup 3. Software Setup Display Drivers 7 . When the wizard has finished searching for driver files for your graphics card, select Install one of the other drivers and then click Next from the Driver Files Search Results item of the Found New Hardware W izard dialog box. 9. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup. 10. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer , it will prompt you to restart your computer . Click OK to restart your computer and to complete Setup. 8. When prompted to select the display driver to install in your system, se- lect the one that is located in the D:\WIN2K and then click Next .
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 24 3. Software Setup 3. S / W Setup Windows NT 4.0 Method 1: Display Property Page W ARNING! Before installing the display driver in W indows NT 4.0, make sure that you have installed Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 o r later , to take full advan- tage of the AGP features of your card. (Y ou may download service packs at http://w w w .microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads. ) NOTE: The following steps assume your CD-ROM drive letter is D. 1. Start W indows NT , switch display properties to VGA mode (16 colors, 640 x 480 pixels), then restart your computer to make the change. 2. After your computer restarts, right-click the desktop and click Properties . 3. Click the Settings tab. 4. Select Change Display T ype . 5. Select Adapter T ype and click Change . 6. Click Have Disk. 7. Insert the CD installation disc. 8. T ype D:\NT40 or click Br owse to select the path of the display driver for W in- dows NT . Click OK. 9. Select ASUS V7100 and then click OK. 10. W indows NT will once again prompt for confirmation. All appropriate files are then copied to the hard disk. When all files are copied, go back to the Display Properties box by clicking Close. Click Apply . 1 1. The System Settings Change dialog box is displayed. Click Y es to restart W indows. 12. W indows NT will restart with the default settings. The Display applet will ap- pear to allow for mode selection. Display Drivers
25 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 3. Software Setup 3 . S/W Setup Drivers Drivers NOTES: 1 ) The screen displays in this manual may not reflect exactly the screen contents displayed on your screen. The contents of the support CD are subject to change at any time without notice. 2) Unless otherwise indicated, the procedures under Drivers apply to all the operating systems supported, namely , W indows 98, W in- dows 2000, and W indows NT 4.0. Install Display Driver 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. Click Drivers. If you prefer to install the drivers individually , follow the steps on the following pages. Windows 2000: Setup will only copy the display drivers. Windows NT 4.0: SETUPNT .TXT will appear . Follow the instructions to install the display driver . Y ou may refer to the installation procedures earlier in 3. Software Setup | W in- dows NT 4.0 | Method 1: Display Property Page . 2. Windows 98: The Drivers box ap- pears. Click Install Display Driver to install all the drivers and utilities into your computer . Setup will install the drivers in the following order: Display Driver (Direct3D and OpenGL Drivers), DirectX runtime libraries, and VGAR T driver . Just follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 26 3. Software Setup 3. S / W Setup Drivers 3. The installation program will auto- matically install the DirectX 7 runtime libraries into your system. 4. Setup will prompt when it has fin- ished copying all the files to your computer . Click OK to finish the in- stallation. 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. Click Drivers. Install DirectX W indows 98 Only Microsoft DirectX allows 3D hardware acceleration support in W indows 98. For Software MPEG support in W indows 98, you must first install Microsoft DirectX, and then an MPEG-compliant video player . 2. The Drivers box appears. Click In- stall DirectX to select the DirectX version you want to install. W ARNING! Some games written for older DirectX versions may not work prop- erly under DirectX 7. Make sure that your applications or games support DirectX 7 before installing the DirectX 7 runtime libraries. DirectX 7 currently cannot be uninstalled by regular means, such as outlined in 3. Softwar e Setup | Uninstall Display Driver .
27 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 3. Software Setup 3 . S/W Setup Drivers Install GAR T Driver Windows 98/W indows 2000 The AGP GAR T Driver is used to support AGP functionality for the chipset on your PC ’ s motherboard. It is recommended to install the GAR T driver if it is newer than the one you have installed in your system. The GAR T driver is only necessary for an AGP graphics card. NOTE: Installation dialogs are slightly dif ferent for each chipset. Follow the on- screen instructions to finish the GAR T driver installation. The succeeding steps as- sume that you are installing for an Intel chipset. 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. Click Drivers. 2. The Drivers box appears. C lick In- stall G A RT Driver to install AG P support for motherboards with Intel, AMD, VIA, SiS, or ALi chipsets. 3. The AGP VGAR TD Driver Detec- tion box appears with the chipset de- tected on your motherboard. Click OK to install the appropriate driver for your AGPset.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 28 3. Software Setup 3. S / W Setup Drivers 4. If you selected No..., on the previ- ous screen before clicking OK, you will be presented with a selection of other drivers. Make your driver se- lection and click Install . 5. When the W elcome screen appears, click Next to continue. 6. Once the driver installation is fin- ished, click Finish.
29 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 3. Software Setup 3. S/W Setup TW AIN Driver Install ASUS TW AIN Driver Only with Deluxe Combo/Windows 98 ASUS TW AIN Driver is a frame capture driver for Adobe Photoshop ®, an image editing software. W ith this driver , you can capture still images through Photoshop using the video input port of your card ( Deluxe Combo/W indows 98 only ). 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. Click Drivers. 2. The Drivers box appears. Click In- stall ASUS TW AIN Driver . . 3 . When the W elcome box appears, click Next to start copying the files. Setup automatically starts copying the necessary files to the default folder . T o complete the installation, simply follow the on-screen instructions or prompts.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 30 3. S/W Setup Uninstall Driver 3. Software Setup Uninstall Display Driver If you want to update your display drivers or if you no longer need the display drivers for your card, you can use one of the following procedures to completely uninstall the drivers from your system to save disk space. Windows 98 Method1: Using the Autorun Screen 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. Click Drivers. 2. Click Uninstall Display Driver and follow the on-screen directions. Method 2: Using Control Panel 1. Click Start , and then point to Set- tings . 2. Click Control Panel. 3. Double-click the Add/Remove Pro- grams icon. 4. Click the Install/Uninstall tab. 5. Click ASUS Display Drivers from the list . 6. Click Add/ Remove . 7. The system will prompt you to restart your computer . Click Ye s to restart.
31 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 3. S/W Setup Uninstall Driver 3. Software Setup Windows NT 4.0 Method 1: Using Control Panel 1. Click Start , and then point to Settings. 2. Click Control Panel. 3. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 4. Click the Install/Uninstall tab. 5. Click ASUS Display Drivers from the list . 6. Click Add/Remove. 7. The system will prompt you to restart your computer . Click Ye s to restart. Windows 2000 Method1: Using the Autorun Screen See W indows 98 | Method 1: Using the Autorun Screen earlier in this section for the procedures. Method 2: Using Control Panel 1. Click Start , and then point to Set- tings . 2. Click Control Panel. 3 . Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 4. Click the Change/Remove Pro- grams icon. 5. Click ASUS Display Drivers from the list . 6. Click Change/Remove. 7. The system will prompt you to re- start your computer . Click Ye s to restart.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 32 3. S/W Setup VGA LiveUpdate 3. Software Setup Run ASUS VGA Live Update W indows 98 Only The ASUS VGA Live Update is a utility that allows you to update your VGA card ’ s BIOS and drivers. The use of this utility assumes that you are properly connected to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider (ISP). 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. Click Drivers and when the Driv- ers box appears, click Run ASUS VGA LiveUpdate . 2 . Select an update method from the drop- down list box and then click Next . • Update BIOS/Driver fr om the Internet lets you update the BIOS or driver from the Internet. The updating (running the flash utility or the installation program) will be done automatically . • Download BIOS/Driver fr om the Internet lets you download the BIOS or driver to a folder in your computer . 3. After you have selected your pre- ferred update method, you will need to select an Internet site. Choose the site that is closest to you and then click Next or click Auto Select. Follow any on-screen instructions or prompts to complete setup. If you selected Download BIOS/ Driver fr om the Internet , you will be prompted for a destination folder . Create or select an existing folder to save the file or files that you selected.
33 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 3. S/W Setup Capture Driver 3. Software Setup Install V ideo for Windows Capture Driver Windows 2000/NT 4.0 Only The V ideo for W indows Capture Driver must be installed to use ASUS Live V ideo ( see 4. Software Refer ence | ASUS Live V ideo ). This driver conforms to the Microsoft V ideo for W indows standard. 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. Click Drivers and when the Driv- ers box appears, click Install V ideo for W indows Captur e Driver . T o complete the installation, simply follow the on-screen instructions or prompts. NOTE: Under W indows 98, the video for W indows capture driver is installed during the installation of the display drivers.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 34 3. S/W Setup SmartDoctor 3. Software Setup Utilities Install ASUS T weak Utility The ASUS T weak Utility lets you control the core clock speed and the memory interface speed of your graphics card. W ARNING! Use this option with caution. Using this inappropriately may dam- age your card and cause your system to be unstable. 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. Click Utilities. 2. The Utilities box appears. Click In- stall ASUS T weak Utility 3 . When the W elcome box appears, click Next. T o complete the installation, simply follow the on-screen instructions or prompts.
35 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 3. S/W Setup VideoSecurity 3. Software Setup Install SmartDoctor SmartDoctor is a utility that monitors the card ’ s graphic chip state, alerting users about abnormal events, such as a fan malfunction or chip overheat. Likewise, the utility “cools ” down the graphic chip temperature when it is idle or returns it to its maximum capability when necessary . The ASUS V7100 Series graphics cards do not r equire this utility . DO NOT install.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 36 3. S/W Setup Live Utility 3. Software Setup Install V ideoSecurity W indows 98 Only V ideoSecurity is a powerful video stream comparison and detection utility that helps in detecting potential errors or intrusions at a specific time interval by using a video capture device, such as a digital camera. 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. Click Utilities. 2. The Utilities box appears. Click In- stall V ideoSecurity . 3 . When the W elcome box appears, click Next to start the installation. T o complete the installation, simply follow the on-screen instructions or prompts.
37 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 3. S/W Setup Digital VCR 3. Software Setup 2. The Utilities box appears. Click In- stall ASUS Live Utility . 3 . When the W elcome box appears, click Next to start copying the files. Setup automatically starts copying the necessary files to the default folder . 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. Click Utilities. T o complete the installation, simply follow the on-screen instructions or prompts. Install ASUS Live Utility The ASUS Live utility lets you view and capture video images from the card ’ s video input port. NOTE: Make sure that you have an ASUS graphics card with VIDEO-IN connec- tor before attempting to install the utility .
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 38 3. S/W Setup 3. Software Setup 2. The Utilities box appears. Click In- stall ASUS Digital VCR . 3 . When the W elcome box appears, click Next to start copying the files. Setup automatically starts copying the necessary files to the default folder . 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. Click Utilities. T o complete the installation, simply follow the on-screen instructions or prompts. Install ASUS Digital VCR ASUS DigitalVCR, like the ASUS Live utility , lets you view and capture video images from the card ’ s video input port. Digital VCR, however , provides extra func- tions, such as a playback module and T imeShifting ™ . NOTE: Make sure that you have an ASUS graphics card with VIDEO-IN connec- tor before attempting to install the utility .
39 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. S/W Reference Refresh Rate ASUS Control Panel After installation of the display drivers, you will find an ASUS icon on the taskbar ’ s status area. Clicking or right-clicking this icon opens the ASUS Control Panel, showing a menu composed of shortcuts of the graphics board ’ s enhanced and other functions. NOTE: Instead of clicking the ASUS Control Panel icon, you may right-click the W indows desktop, click Properties , and then click Settings. Under W indows 98/2000, click Advanced after clicking Settings. Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings. Refresh Rate Refr esh Rate lets you change the refresh rate of your current screen resolution. W ARNING! Be sure that the refresh rate that you select is supported by your monitor . Selecting a refresh rate that is beyond your monitor ’ s specification may damage it. Pr ess ESC to r estore your original settings in case of problems. 1. Click/right-click the ASUS Control Panel icon, point to Refresh Rate , and then click the desired refresh rate. 2. The system will prompt you whether you want to keep the setting you just selected. Click OK to keep the setting, otherwise, click Cancel or press ESC. 4. Software Reference ASUS Control Panel icon
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 40 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference Resolution / Info More Resolution More Resolution lets you change the screen resolution of your monitor . WINDOWS95 USERS: Y ou will be prompted to restart your computer if you select a screen resolution with a different color depth, for example, from 800x600 HiColor to 800x600 T rueColor . Click OK to restart your computer to make the change. 1. Click/right-click the ASUS Control Panel icon, point to Mor e Resolu- tion , and then click the desired screen resolution. The system will automati- cally set the resolution selected with- out restarting your computer . Information Information lists the relevant informa- tion about your card. Aside from this, it has links to the ASUST eK COM- PUTER, INC. web site for updated in- formation about the graphics board, lat- est drivers, and other information.
41 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference Color Color Color allows you to make color adjustments, such as brightness, contrast, and gamma values for each or all of the RGB colors. These adjustments can be made for Desk- top, D3D/Game, V ideo, and OpenGL. The color settings of Desktop, D3D/Game, and OpenGL are not adjustable under 8-bit colr depth. Desktop Desktop lets you adjust the color of your W indows desktop. D3D/Game D3D/Game lets you make your favorite color settings for D3D games. V ideo V ideo lets you make your favorite color settings for videos. OpenGL OpenGL lets you make your favorite color settings for OpenGL applications.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 42 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference Color General Functions Brightness / Contrast / Gamma Brightness / Contrast / Gamma sliders let you calibrate the b ri gh tn es s, contrast, and gamma output of your display card. Desktop Changes to your color settings are shown immediately on your monitor . Y ou may change the preview picture by clicking Load from the Desktop box. Dragging a slider to the left decreases the level and to the right increases it. The number at the right of each slider displays the brightness (value range: - 128 to 128, default: 0), contrast (-30 to 30, default: 0), or gamma value (0.2 to 3.0, default: 1.0). D3D/Game / OpenGL Changes to your color settings are shown immediately on your monitor . Brightness / Contrast / Hue / Saturation Brightness / Contrast / Hue / Satura- tion sliders let you calibrate the bright- ness, contrast, hue, and saturation out- put of your display card. Video Changes to your settings can be viewed on the displayed picture (shown as race horses). Scheme Scheme lists schemes that you can use to change the appearance of many screen elements simultaneously . Y ou can use existing schemes, or create and save your own scheme by saving your current settings, or delete unwanted schemes. Y ou may want to save a scheme that you created for some spe- cial situations, such as when you want to use the same settings when playing a certain game or a movie. Color Spline Color Spline shows how each (R, G, or B) or all channels are distributed when you move the Brightness, Con- trast, or Gamma slider to make your adjustments. Y ou can adjust all chan- nels at once ( All) or individual chan- nels ( R , G, or B ). Dragging a slider to the left decreases the level and to the right increases it. The number at the right of each slider displays the brightness (value range: -100 to 100, default: 0), contrast (0 to 200, de- fault: 100), hue (-180 to 180, default: 0), or satu- ration value (0 to 200, de- fault: 100).
43 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference Color Important Notes D3D/Game The color settings of D3D/Game take ef fect only when you are playing a full-scr een DirectDraw/Direct3D game. V ideo Only one overlay is allowed at a time with ASUS AGP-V7100. That is, when you click V ideo first and then run your favorite video player , you can only see the adjust- ments you made to the settings in the preview window because the video player cannot use the hardware acceleration function (overlay). On the other hand, if you run your video player first before opening V ideo , the preview window will show a warning message. The message may also appear when you click V ideo and the dia- log box is on the wrong monitor in a W indows 98/2000 multiple display environ- ment. Desktop Digital Vibrance Digital V ibrance lets you control color separation and intensity of your W in- dows desktop. Dragging a slider to the left increases the level and to the right decreases it (value range: 0 to 3). Increas- ing the levels may result in bold, dynamic visuals with sharp and balanced colors.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 44 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference Display Display Display lets you make monitor adjustments, such as position, size, and refresh rate. W ARNING! Adjusting position or size, especially refresh rate is a highly danger- ous operation. Selecting a value that is beyond your monitor ’ s specification may damage it. Pr ess ESC to r estor e your original settings in case of pr oblems. VGA Adjustment Position sets the screen position Size sets the screen size Synchronization Adjusts the synchronization polarity settings Disable Monitor Check Lets you disable the specification check of your monitor . That is, you may select all the resolutions and refresh rates that the VGA card can support. Note: Choosing a resolution or refresh rate beyond the monitor specifications may damage your moni- tor . Change current refresh rate (W indows 98 only) Displays the Change current refresh rate box to let you customize a new refresh rate. T o change the current refresh rate 1. Click Change current refr esh rate . 2 . In the Refresh rate list under Change current r efr esh rate , click the nearest default refresh rate and then adjust the Edit r efresh rate slider to the rate you want, click T est and then click YES when prompted to add the new refresh rate into the list. Otherwise, the original refresh rate will be restored. Load default Restores the settings to their defaults.
45 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference Display Change refresh rate Displays the Change refresh rate box to let you change the refresh rate of any screen resolution. GDI (W indows 98 only) GDI lets you change the refresh rate of the Win- dows desktop. T o change the refresh rate 1. Click Change r efresh rate . 2. In the Refr esh Rate list under the GDI tab, select the refresh rate you want to use. A T est button appears to let you test the selected refresh rate and resolution combination. Click YES when prompted whether to keep the new refresh rate. Otherwise, the original refresh rate will be restored. DirectDraw DirectDraw lets you change the refresh rate of DirectDraw . It is most useful when you are play- ing a full-screen game. T o change the refresh rate 1. Click Change refr esh rate . 2. In the Refresh Rate list under the DirectDraw tab, select the refresh rate you want to use. Monitor T iming Displays the Monitor Timing box to let you select the proper timing mode of your monitor . Auto-Detect (Lets Windows determine the proper mode) This option allows Windows to receive the proper timing information directly from the monitor itself. This is the default setting. NOTE: Some older monitors may not support this feature. General Timing Formula (GTF) GTF is a standard used by most new hardware. Discrete Monitor Timings (DMT) DMT is an older standard still in use on some hardware. Select this option if your hardware requires DMT .
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 46 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference Display Special Notes ( Clone mode) Change Resolution Secondary Display Device in Clone/W indows 98 only Change Resolution displays the Change Resolution box to let you customize a new resolution and refresh rate of the secondary display device in Clone . NOTE: The following descriptions apply only to the secondary display device under Clone mode. T o customize a resolution or refresh rate or both 1. Click . 2. Click the Change Resolution pop- up button when it appears. 3 . In the Change Resolution box, change the settings according to your preference and then click OK . These icons on the Display tab appear only under Clone mode Click to make monitor adjustments to the pri- mary display device in Clone mode. Click to make monitor adjustments to the sec- ondary display device in Clone mode. For example, if your secondary display device is TV , click the TV tab to adjust, among others, Con- trast or Position of the TV display ( see 4. Soft- ware Reference | TV later in this section).
47 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference Display TV NOTE: This tab will not be avail- able if your card is a pure model (cards without a TV Out connector). Switch Device Lets you assign hot keys to switch between devices. Scheme Scheme lists schemes that you can use to change the appearance of many screen elements simulta- neously . Y ou can use existing schemes, or create and save your own scheme by saving your current settings, or delete unwanted schemes. Y ou may want to save a scheme that you created for some special situations, such as when you want to use the same settings when playing a certain a movie. Standard Sets the TV signal format, for example, P AL or NTSC. Black Level Sets the brightness of the TV display . Contrast Sets the contrast of the TV display . Flicker Filter Sets the anti-flicker effect. Position Sets the screen position. Output type Displays the connection status of composite and S-Video. Scan T ype Sets the scan type of the TV display . Overscan (default) bleeds the image of f the edges of the pic- ture tube of your TV . Underscan lets you compen- sate for overscanning TVs. Use Position to posi- tion or center the image in the TV screen. Digital Flat Panel NOTE: This tab will not be avail- able if your card is a pure model (cards without a DVI connector). The following options let you determine the place- ment of the image on your flat panel display when running at resolutions lower than the maximum resolution supported. Use display adapter scaling Lets your adapter do the scaling (default) Centered output Lets you center the image on the your flat panel and does not do any scaling. User monitor scaling Lets your monitor do the scaling. If your flat panel does not support this function, the image will be placed at the top left.
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49 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference Advanced Advanced provides some advanced settings for T winV iew ™ , ASUS VR-100G 3D Glasses (setting is available only on models with the ASUS VR-100 Optional Up- grade Kit) and Direct3D and OpenGL, which are software interfaces for your graph- ics cards. Direct3D VR 4. S/W Reference Direct3D VR Background Background is set in conjunction with Foreground to extend or stretch the histogram chart on the D3D OSD box to scale the depth of 3D objects. On the D3D OSD box, move the Foreground slider to the left to adjust Foreground to the Z value of objects toward 1.0. On the Advanced dialog box (see above), several current games set their Background to 100. Blind Lets you discard “ garbage” or crop the unwanted areas of your leftmost/rightmost display . Setting this to 0 will not discard any of the display area while setting it to a higher value will clear them. Tips 1. Make sure that the 3D objects of your games do not appear extremely separated between the scenes of two eyes, especially near ob- jects. 2. Make some objects appear outside your screen and other objects inside the screen. A ratio of 1:3 to 1:5 of objects outside and inside is rec- ommended. 3. For car racing games, you can use Emboss- ment to make just your car appear outside the screen. 4. For first-person shooting games, you can use Embossment to make just your hand/weapon appear outside the screen. Foreground Foreground is set in conjunction with Background to extend or stretch the histogram chart on the D3D OSD box to scale the depth of 3D objects. Some games require only a little range of Z to make bad stereoscopic effect. On the D3D OSD box, move the Foreground slider to the left to adjust Foreground to the Z value of objects stretched toward 0.0. On the Advanced dialog box (see above), several cur- rent games set their Foreground to 60. VR Ef fect Lists all parameters to fine tune the stereo- scopic effects for your Direct 3D games. Enable Stereoscopic Mode When selected, this enables you to use the stereo- scopic mode when playing games or watching 3D videos. This mode is available only on models with the ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit. NOTE: Y ou must quit all running DirectDraw/ Direct3D applications and then restart them for this option to take effect. Load Default Restores the settings to their defaults. Depth Adjust this to add more depth to the scene.When set to a too high value, eye discomfort/fatigue may occur . Embossment Adjust this to add more to the illusion of objects being pulled or popping out of the screen. See On Screen Display later in this section for details. When set to a too high value, eye discomfort/fa- tigue may occur . Direction Move the slider to the left when adjusting Emboss- ment does not give the expected effects (e.g., some objects being pulled or popping out of the screen and other objects being pulled into the screen) to some games. This should not be a concern because only a few games require the default “ ” setting to be changed, that is setting it to “–” .
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 50 4. Software Reference W ARNING! T o prevent discomfort and eye fatigue when using your stereoscopic or 3D glasses, DO NOT try to use your 3D glasses for an extended period of time. T ake frequent short breaks to give your muscles and eyes a chance to rest by taking off your 3D glasses and then looking up and focusing on distant objects. IMPORT ANT : Befor e enabling ster eoscopic mode and using your ster eoscopic or 3D glasses (ASUS VR-100G) , make sure that your monitor can support the selected refresh rate (interlaced mode) under the following display modes: 16 bits: 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 960 x 720, 1024 x 768, 1 152 x 864 32 bits: 640 x 480, 800 x 600 4. S/W Reference Direct3D VR Mode Line Interleave Select for better compatibility with most monitors, particularly monitors with less bandwidth or less range of horizontal/vertical frequency . Stereoscopic visual quality , however , will be poor because only half the number of vertical lines are generated with this mode. Page Flipping Select for the best stereoscopic visual quality . Page Flipping provides double vertical resolution compared with Line Interleave. Y our monitor must be able to support the high frequency (at least 100Hz) necessary for this mode. Refresh Rate T o prevent eye discomfort and fatigue, high refresh rates are preferred. Some monitors, however , may not be able to support a high refresh rate. Make sure that your monitor supports a selected refresh rate; otherwise, your monitor may become unstable, for example, a blank screen may occur . Scheme Scheme lists schemes that you can use to change the appearance of many screen elements simultaneously . Y ou can use existing schemes, or create and save your own scheme by saving your current settings, or delete unwanted schemes. Y ou may want to save a scheme that you created for some special situations, such as when you want to use the same settings when playing a certain game or a movie. On Screen Display Enable OSD When selected, this lets you open the D3D On Screen Display (you may use the defined Hotkey) and then adjust onscreen the settings of your 3D glasses and display card when playing Direct 3D games. Advanced This lets you open the Advanced box. Hotkey This lets you assign hot keys to enable onscreen display or OSD. T o use this function, select Enable OSD . Y ou may want to change the default hot key ( CTRL AL T O ) when it conflicts with hot keys of certain games, video players, or Windows programs. T o change the default hot keys 1. With your mouse cursor in the Hotkey box, press the hot key combination of your choice (you can only define CTRL AL T key combinations). Hot keys automatically include CTRL AL T . Press any valid key (you cannot use ESC , ENTER , TA B , SP ACEBAR , PRINT SCREEN , or BACKSP ACE ) you want to add to this combination. For example, to define the hot key combination CTRL AL T D , press D . NOTE: The hot keys will be available only if you selected the Enable OSD check box.
51 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference Direct3D VR OSD Settings All registered and unregistered trademarks are the property of their respective users. No intended endorsement of these products or games by ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. and its subsidiaries is intended or implied. The OSD Histogram Chart lets you determine at which Z range 3D objects are located and how they gather . For example, if this chart (simulated) was displayed on a car racing game, the vertices to the left of the E line could be the model of your car and to the right of the E line could be the road, houses, other cars or trees in front of your car . So, with this information, you could • Adjust Embossment by moving the E line. • Adjust Foreground/Background, thus stretching the histogram to make objects more evenly distributed. NOTE: Using the histogram chart requires games using Direct3D 6.0 or earlier . Known Issues on Specific Games See the included support CD for the latest information ( D3DVR.TXT in the WIN9X folder). The OSD settings include Depth , Embossment , Direction , Background , Foreground , Blind , Brightness , Contrast , and Gamma . See 4. Software Reference | Advanced for a description of the 3D glasses settings and 4. Software Reference | Color for a description of the display settings. When selected, this lets you to adjust onscreen the settings of your 3D glasses and display card when playing games or watching 3D videos. These settings include Eyes , Distance , Embossment , Background , Fore- ground , Blind , Brightness , Contrast , and Gamma . See 4. Software Reference | Advanced for a description of the 3D glasses settings and 4. Software Reference | Color for a description of the display settings. Use the UP or DOWN arrow keys on your keyboard to select a setting that you want to change or adjust and the PLUS or MINUS keys to move or drag the slider . T o restore the settings to their defaults, press the HOME key . T o close the onscreen display , press the END key . OSD Histogram Chart Z=0.0 E Embossment Z=1.0 Number of vertices on this Z-value 0 1 Beetle Crazy Cup ™ is copyright © 2000 by INFORGRAMES Original idea and development by XPIRAL ™ (Efecto Caos S.L.)
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53 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference Direct3D Direct3D Windows 98 Onl y Performance and Compatibility Options Enable fog table emulation Some old games do not correctly query the D3D hardware capabilities and expect table fog support. Choos- ing this option will ensure that such games will run properly . Adjust Z-buffer depth to rendering depth if unequal This option forces the hardware to automatically adjust the depth of its Z-buffer to the depth that the applica- tion requests. Normally , you will want to keep this option enabled, unless your work absolutely requires a specific Z-buffer depth. Enable alternate depth buffering technique This option lets the hardware use a different mechanism for depth buf fering in 16-bit applications. Enabling this setting can produce higher quality rendering of 3D images. Display logo when running Direct3D applications This option lets you display the Nvidia logo in the lower corner of the screen while running Direct3D applica- tions.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 54 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference Direct3D Mipmapping Options Mipmap detail level This option lets you adjust the level of detail bias for mipmaps. A lower bias will increase the application performance. Command Buffer Location Command Buffer Location lets you choose the location of the command buffer . Default setting is Strict AGP . Strict AGP This option forces all the command buffer into the AGP memory . Choose for best performance. PCI This option forces the command buffer to be created into the PCI memory . If you are experiencing stability problems with your system (especially with some Socket 7 motherboards), choose this option for better compatibility . PCI with reduced heap This option forces the command buffer to be created into the PCI memory . This, however , also reduces the AGP heap size by an amount equal to the size of the command buf fer . If you are experiencing stability problems with your system (especially with some Socket 7 motherboards), choose this option for best com- patibility . Performance is, however , poorer using this option compared with the PCI option.
55 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference Direct3D PCI T exture Memory Size NOTE: This setting applies only to PCI display adapters or to AGP display adapters running in PCI compatibility mode. PCI T exture Memory Size lets you set the amount of system memory for texture storage. Clicking the up arrow increases the memory size while clicking the down arrow decreases the size of system memory for textures. The maximum amount of sys- tem memory for texture storage depends on the physi- cal memory installed on your system. V ertical sync V ertical sync lets you select how an image should rendered to the screen. Always off lets an image to be immediately rendered to the screen without waiting to be synchronized with the vertical retrace of the monitor . This option allows for frame rates higher than the refresh rate of your monitor . This may , however , produce visual artifacts and tearing, resulting in reduced image quality . If this occurs, select Always on . Auto-select (default) selects the best rendering technique depending on your monitor . More Options Pre-Rendering Maximum pre-render frames allows you to limit the number of frames the CPU can prepare before they are processed by the graphics chip when vertical sync is turned off. Reduce this value if you experience, while playing games, a noticeable delay in the response of the input devices connected to your computer . T exel Alignment Changing these values will change where the texel origin is defined. The default values conform to the Direct3D specifications. Some software may expect the texel origin to be defined elsewhere. The im- age quality of such applications will improve if the texel origin is redefined. Dragging the slider to the left positions the texel origin toward the upper left corner and to the right positions it toward the center (range: 0 to 7, default: 3). Hardware Antialiasing Control Hardware Antialiasing Control lets you determine the amount of antialiasing to be applied in a par- ticular D3D application. Antialiasing is a technique used to minimize rendering artifacts, such as the “ staircase” or jagged effect seen along the edges of 3D objects. Select Force antialiasing in all applica- tions to force antialiasing in applications that do not directly support it. Note that some applications that do not explicitly support antialiasing may not display properly or may render irregular images. Use this option with care .
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 56 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference OpenGL VR OpenGL VR Mode Line Interleave Select for better compatibility with most monitors, particularly monitors with less specifications. Stereoscopic visual quality , however , will be poor because only half the number of vertical lines are generated with this mode. Page Flipping Select for the best stereoscopic visual quality . Page Flipping provides double vertical resolution compared with Line Interleave. Y our monitor must be able to support the high frequency (at least 100Hz) necessary for this mode. Refresh Rate T o prevent eye discomfort and fatigue, high refresh rates are preferred. Some monitors, however , may not be able to support a high refresh rate. Make sure that your monitor supports a selected refresh rate; otherwise, your monitor may become unstable, for example, a blank screen may occur . Scheme Scheme lists schemes that you can use to change the appearance of many screen elements simultaneously . Y ou can use existing schemes, or create and save your own scheme by saving your current settings, or delete unwanted schemes. Y ou may want to save a scheme that you created for some special situations, such as when you want to use the same settings when playing a certain game or a movie. Embossment Adjust this to add more to the illusion of objects being pulled or popping out of the screen. See On Screen Display later in this section for details. When set to a too high value, eye discomfort/fatigue may occur . T o achieve a better stereoscopic visual quality , set Embossment in conjunction with View Angle . VR Ef fect Enable Stereoscopic Mode When selected, this enables you to use the stereo- scopic mode when running OpenGL 3D applica- tions and games. This mode is available only with the ASUS Deluxe modelser a Deluxe/TVR model — models with V ideo-In/TV -Out —or models with the ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit. Eyes Distance between both eyes. Adjust this to bring objects into focus. Default: 0. View Angle The angle by which your two viewing directions in- tersect. Adjust this to add more depth to the scene.When set to a too high value, eye discomfort/ fatigue may occur . W ARNING! T o prevent discomfort and eye fatigue when using your stereoscopic or 3D glasses, DO NOT try to use your 3D glasses for an extended period of time. T ake frequent short breaks to give your muscles and eyes a chance to rest by taking of f your 3D glasses and then looking up and focusing on distant objects. IMPORT ANT : Befor e enabling OpenGL ster eoscopic mode and using your ster eo- scopic or 3D glasses (ASUS VR-100G) , make sure that you select a high resolution. The equivalent Stereo Mode resolution of a particular resolution is lower , thus: 16 bits: 2048x1536 → 1024x768 Stereo Mode 32 bits: 1280x960 → 640x480 Stereo Mode, 1280x1024 → 640x480 Stereo Mode, 1600x900 → 800x600 Stereo Mode, 1600x1200 → 800x600 Stereo Mode
57 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference OpenGL VR All registered and unregistered trademarks are the property of their respective users. No intended endorsement of these products or games by ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. and its subsidiaries is intended or implied. Unreal T ournament ™ is copyright © 1999 by Epic Games, Inc. On Screen Display Enable OSD When selected, this lets you open the D3D On Screen Display (you may use the defined Hotkey) and then adjust onscreen the settings of your 3D glasses and display card when playing games or watching 3D videos. Advanced This lets you open the Advanced box. Hotkey This lets you assign hot keys to enable onscreen display or OSD. T o use this function, select Enable OSD . Y ou may want to change the default hot key ( CTRL AL T O ) when it conflicts with hot keys of certain games, video players, or Windows programs. T o change the default hot keys 1. With your mouse cursor in the Hotkey box, press the hot key combination of your choice (you can only define CTRL AL T key combinations). Hot keys automatically include CTRL AL T . Press any valid key (you cannot use ESC , ENTER , TA B , SP ACEBAR , PRINT SCREEN , or BACKSP ACE ) you want to add to this combination. For example, to define the hot key combination CTRL AL T D , press D . NOTE: The hot keys will be available only if you selected the Enable OSD check box. OSD Settings When selected, this lets you to adjust onscreen the settings of your 3D glasses and display card when playing games or watching 3D videos. These settings include Eyes , View Angle , Embossment , Brightness , Con- trast , and Gamma . See 4. Software Reference | Advanced for a description of the 3D glasses settings and 4. Software Reference | Color for a description of the display settings. Use the UP or DOWN arrow keys on your keyboard to select a setting that you want to change or adjust and the PLUS or MINUS keys to move or drag the slider . T o restore the settings to their defaults, press the HOME key . T o close the onscreen display , press the END key . Known Issues on Selected Games/Applications See the included support CD for the latest information ( OPENGL VR.TXT in the WIN9X folder).
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 58 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference OpenGL OpenGL Windows 98 Onl y Performance and Compatibility Options Enable buffer region extension This option allows the drivers to use the OpenGL extension GL_KTX_buffer_region. Allow the dual planes extension to use local video memory This option allows the use of local video memory when the GL_KTX_buffer_region extension is enabled. Use fast linear-mipmap-linear filtering This option allows increased application performance at the expense of some image quality loss. In many cases, the loss of image quality may not be noticeable. Enable anisotropic filtering This option allows OpenGL to use anisotropic filtering for improved image quality . Enable alternate depth buffering technique This option lets the hardware use a different mechanis, for depth buffering in 16-bit applications. Enabling this setting produces higher quality rendering of 3D images. Disable support for enhanced CPU instruction sets This option disables driver support for enhanced 3D instruction sets by certain CPUs.
59 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference OpenGL Default color depth for textures Default color depth for textures determines whether textures of a specific color depth should be used by default in OpenGL applications. Options are Use desktop color depth (default), Always use 16 bpp, and Always use 32 bpp . Buffer flipping mode Buffer flipping mode determines the buffer flipping mode for full-screen OpenGL applications. Options are Auto-select (default), Use block transfer, and Use page flip . V ertical sync V ertical sync lets you specify how vertical sync is handled in OpenGL. Options are Always off (default), Off by default , On by default . Maximum system memory (MB) for textures in PCI mode Clicking the up arrow increases the memory size while clicking the down arrow decreases the size of system memory for textures. The maximum amount of system memory for texture storage de- pends on the physical memory installed on your system. Maximum system memory (MB) for textures in PCI mode lets you set the amount of system memory for texture storage. NOTE: This setting applies only to PCI display adapters or to AGP display adapters running in PCI compatibility mode. Full scene antialising method Full scene antialiasing method lets you control the method that OpenGL will use for full scene antialiasing. Options are No antialiasing (default), 1.5 x 1.5 (lowest quality antialiasing), 2 x 2 (LOD bias), and 2 x 2 (highest quality).
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 60 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference T winView T winView T winV iew lets you connect two sepa- rate display devices (analog monitor , digital flat panel, or TV) to your graph- ics card. Clone When selected, this enables your desktop area or the same image to be displayed in the two displays. Under this mode, you can configure each display device individually by clicking the appropriate moni- tor image shown on the Display tab ( see 4. Soft- ware Reference | Display | VGA ( Clone mode) ). Virtual Desktop Virtual Desktop is automatically enabled under Clone mode when the resolution of the secondary display is less than that of the primary display de- vice. The secondary display device functions as a subset of the primary display to support Virtual Desktop and the Viewport lock feature. Disable auto-panning on clone device (viewport lock) , when selected, lets you lock the display po- sition of the secondary display . Standard When selected (default), the T winView function of the card is disabled. Extended Desktop When se- lected, this en- abl es your desktop area to be spread across two displays. Ex- tended Desktop is not supported under Windows 95. IMPORT ANT! If this is your first time to en- able Extended Desktop on the secondary dis- play device, make sure to click the secondary display device icon on the Display Proper- ties dialog box at the Settings tab of Windows, select Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor and then restart Windows. T o open the Display Properties dialog box at the Settings tab of Windows, click Start , point to Settings , click Control Panel, then double- click Display , and then click Settings or you may simply point and click the Windows Dis- play Properties shortcut on the ASUS Con- trol Panel ( see 4. Software Reference | ASUS Control Panel ) and then click the Settings tab.
61 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference Other Other Display Manager Properties T o set Display Manager properties, click the Dis- play Manager Properties button. The Display Manager dialog box opens. NOTE: Make sure that Enable Display Man- ager is selected before running Display Man- ager Properties . Application Management Application Management lets you add a program to Display Manager . 1. Click the Add button on the Application Man- agement tab. IMPORT ANT! Make sure that the programs you want to run using Desktop Manager are already open. Display Manager Display Manager lets you run one or more programs on one or both monitors or desktops. Among others, it also allows you to undertake program-management features, such as restoring application windows to their last-used position. NOTE: Display Manager only works under Extended Desktop .
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 62 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference Other 2. Y our open programs will appear in the New Application box. 3. Select the program you want to add, then click OK. The program appears in the Application Management window . Repeat this step for each program that you want to add to Display Manager . In the Application Management tab, you can set a variety of Display Manager settings. Always start this application on screen number lets you select the display or monitor to use when starting the program. Start this application at its last position and size lets you start the program at the last position and size it was when you closed it. T o display the Desktop Manager menu from any program that has been added in Display Manager , right-click the title bar of the open program. (The title bar is the horizontal bar at the top of a window that shows the name of the document or program.) Hot Keys Hot Keys lets you enter different key combinations and assign them to actions such as that involve moving active windows to another monitor or desk- top or moving windows to a separate monitor . The default key combinations for each action are Move the active window to another monitor: AL T 1 Move all windows to another monitor: AL T 2 Gather all windows to one monitor: AL T 3 TITLE BAR
63 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference Other Global Settings Global Settings lets you specify settings that will apply to all applications running under Display Man- ager . Zoom Zoom lets you enable a magnified or “ zoomed ” view of a region of the screen under and around the mouse cursor . The zoomed view appears on the monitor on which the mouse is not pointing. Enable zoom feature lets turn on or of f the zoom feature (default: selected or enabled). Hot keys to control zoom features lets you specify hot key combinations other than the de- faults. Press any valid key , including function keys, (you cannot use ESC , ENTER , TA B , SP ACEBAR , PRINT SCREEN , or BACKSP ACE ) you want to add. Zoom update frequency (updates per second) lets you set the update or “ refresh” frequency of the magnified view in number of times per sec- onds ( default: 8; can be set from 1 to 100 times per second). Normally , the magnified view is up- dated whenever the mouse cursor is moved and is updated at a fixed interval when the mouse cursor is still. Delay before switching zoom monitor (msec) lets you set the time delay in milleseconds (de- fault: 500; can be set from 0 to 1000 milleseconds) before the zoomed view switches monitors when you move your mouse cursor from one monitor to the other . Set to 0 for instant switching of the zoom window .
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 64 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference Other Open Full Screen Video Control Center Open Full Screen Video Control Center lets you display the V ideo Mirror control panel. Video Mirror is a T winView feature that lets a video or DVD program to mirror its playback in full-screen mode on any one of the connected display devices. That is, V ideo Mirror lets video data that is displayed on a hardware overlay to be displayed at full-screen on a secondary display . NOTE: Video Mirror is available under Clone or Extended Desktop . Video Mirror Properties T o set V ideo Mirror properties, click the Open Full Screen Video Control Center button on the T winView tab under Advanced . The Full Screen Video Mirror Control dialog box opens. NOTE: Make sure that the T winView panel is set to one of the supported modes, for example, Clone or Extended Desktop . Enable Video Mirror Zoom lets zooming to a quad- rant of the video data on the full-screen mirror . Se- lect screen region to zoom lets you select the quad- rant to zoom. Move the slider to zoom in and out. Enable Video Overlay Zoom lets zooming to a quadrant of the video data on the overlay . This option does not require a T winView device. Select screen region to zoom lets you select the quad- rant to zoom. Move the slider to zoom in and out. NOTE (when enabling either mirror or over- lay zoom) : Video players that are not able to detect the presence of Video Mirror may not update the zoom factor immediately while dis- playing a still frame. Full Screen Device lets you enable or disable the Full Screen Device function. Disable disables Video Mirror; Auto creates the full-screen mirror on the display device on which there is no Overlay . This implies that if the video play is dragged to the other display , the full screen mirror will automatically switch displays; Display 1 or Display 2 forces Full Screen Device in Display 1 or Display 2 . In Clone mode, selecting Auto is equivalent to selecting Display 2 because Overlay only appears in Display 1 under Clone mode. NOTE: After selecting your Full Screen Device settings, you may need to exit and restart your video application for the settings to take effect. Aspect Ratio lets you change the aspect ratio of the video displays on the V ideo Mirror . T rack Overlay Aspect (default; recommended setting) lets the aspect ratio of the Video Mirror to track the aspect ratio of the overlay . Source Aspect means that the aspect ratio of the Video Mirror is equal to the aspect of the source video, assuming square pixels. Full Screen means that the video is stretched to the boundaries of the Video Mirror device. TV 4:3 forces the V ideo Mirror aspect ratio to 4:3 (width:height). Anamorphic 16:9 forces the Video Mirror aspect ratio to 16:9 (width:height). Allow driver to select the full screen mode , when enabled (default), the V ideo Mirror driver selects the optimal display mode for the full screen device. When disabled, the Video Mirror uses that desktop mode that is currently set on the display device. T rack overlay zoom , when enabled, the V ideo Mirror Zoom settings become disabled. That is, enabling T rack overlay zoom causes the VIdeo Mirror settings to become dependent on the Video Overlay Zoom settings. Normally these two settings are independent. Apply : when changing the Full Screen Device options, click Apply for the changes to take effect. The changes automaticallly take effect for all other options.
65 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. S/W Reference ASUS T weak Utility Using the Utilities 4. Software Reference ASUS T weak Utility W ARNING! Use the ASUS T weak Utility with extreme caution and only if you are well acquainted with your display card. Using this inappropriately may dam- age your card, its components, and your system. T o run the ASUS T weak Utility , click Start and point to Programs , Asus , T weak- ing Utilities , and then click T weak . T iming Adjustment T iming Adjustment lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory . Use tweak settings on next startup Selecting this allows you to use your settings when W indows starts. Graphics Speed Engine Lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine Memory Lets you adjust the working frequency of the video memory . Load default Restores the settings to their defaults. 2D T est Lets you test your settings.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 66 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference ASUS T weak Utility T weak Safe Mode Recovery T iming Adjustment (Safe Mode) lets you restore the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory to their factory default settings. This mode is used when you encounter problems when starting or restarting W indows using your customized tweak settings. 1. Restart W indows in safe mode. T o start W indows in safe mode, hold the F8 key until the W indows Startup Menu appears. For some machines and W indows 98, you can use CTRL to bring up the Startup Menu. Enter the number for Safe mode and then press ENTER . 2. In W indows, click Star t and point to Programs, Asus, T weak Utility , and then click T weak Safe Mode Recovery . 3. The ASUS T weak Safe Mode Prop- erties box appears. Click the appro- priate settings. Using T weak Safe Mode Recovery T iming Adjustment (Safe Mode) Select the Clear tweak settings and use factory default box to change back the timing adjustment settings to their factory defaults and then click OK to restart W indows properly .
67 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference IV . S/W Reference ASUS VideoSecurity ASUS V ideoSecurity Windows 98 Only NOTE: The ASUS V ideoSecurity utility can only be used with models with V ideo- In/TV -Out. ASUS V ideoSecurity lets you detect intruders into your system and environmental changes and monitor a specified location or any incoming visitor . If V ideoSecurity detects any deviation from the norm that you set, it may give an error message or not. Regardless of any messages, V ideoSecurity will record: • Any information about the monitored activity and then store these to an event log file. If you have already installed Microsoft Access 97 or later , you may use these event log data and export it as an Access database for further data management and processing. • The last two detected snapshot image files from the video captured stream (stored as bitmap format). Any image processing or editing software can then be used to view , modify , or distribute them. Limitations Because of dif ferences in hardware sensitivity , V ideoSecurity may not completely detect all possible errors. Before you execute V ideoSecurity , there are some limita- tions you have to understand so that you can appropriately use it. • Due to changing temperatures, the captured image of some CCDs will be twisted, which may give a wrong detection. • If the features (e.g., color , luminance) of the object are similar to that of back- ground, the object may not be detected clearly . • The CCD cannot capture the object smoothly and immediately when an object moves too fast. V ideoSecurity is designed for the widest environments possible and error condi- tions, therefore it is necessary to tune the parameters in V ideoSecurity Setup W izard to get the best detection results. Setup Wizard Setup W izard guides you through setting up the V ideoSecurity features. 1 . T o open Setup W izard, click the Start button, and then point to Pro- grams , ASUS V ideo Security , and then click Setup Wizard . The V ideo Security Setup W izard dialog box appears.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 68 4. Software Reference IV . S/W Reference ASUS VideoSecurity NOTE: The following descriptions are only for selected features of the ASUS V ideoSecurity utility . For a full description of the features described in this manual and other features, refer to the ASUS V ideoSecurity Online Help (HTML) for- mat included with your support CD. Y ou may also click the Help button to open the online help file. Main Window VideoSecurity Running Style • Normal Window is the default style, that is, V ideoSecurity will function as a standard W indows program. • Always on T op is like a Normal W indow except that the main window and con- trol panel is shown always on top of other programs or utilities. Y ou may right click to enable or disable this function at the main window anytime. • Minimize on T ray lets you hide the main V ideoSecurity window . This is useful when you don ’ t want anyone to know you are monitoring. When this option is selected, the V ideoSecurity icon will appear on the taskbar in the lower -right corner of your screen. Whenever V ideoSecurity detects a problem, it will run. Y ou may also run V ideoSecurity by clicking the icon. VideoSecurity W orking Directory The V ideoSecurity W orking Directory is the folder where the utility stores its temporary working and log files. Default is C:\VIDEOSEC . The directory is user- configurable. When V ideoSecurity is ran, a sub-directory will automatically be cre- ated under the main directory , using the current date and time as the folder name, for example, “1999.1 1.30_12.30.20 ” means that V ideoSecurity was started on 30 No- vember 1999 at 12:30:20 PM. IMPORT ANT : Do not change the working folder ’ s name while V ideoSecurity is running. Otherwise, a fatal runtime error will occur . V ideoSecurity Detecting Region Detects all visible area when watchdog function is on Detects only the area defined by the user when watchdog function is on. Feature will take effect only when VideoSecurity runs the next time This sets the scan rate. Default is 2 frames /sec. The higher the scan rate, the more accurate is the detection. Higher rates, however , entails a higher CPU usage. Do not use a high rate when you plan to use VideoSecurity while using other applications.
69 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference IV . S/W Reference ASUS VideoSecurity Sensibility Define T racing Procedure V ideoSecurity not only detects errors or problems in your card but also monitors or detects an intrusion. Error Processing Procedure Currently , only one option is available to set the image format This is an important parameter when setting up V ideoSecurity . Y our environment may change often but V ideoSecurity is concerned only when there is a change in the environment. Make sure that you select a suitable sensitivity for your environment. Use this to stop tracing or to choose the error processing method to use while tracing. This box appears when an error occurs. Stop Detecting Setting
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 70 4. Software Reference IV . S/W Reference ASUS VideoSecurity Running ASUS VideoSecurity Shortcut Keys ESC Exits V ideoSecurity F1 Opens Online help F2 T oggles V ideoSecurity / Stop W atchdog function F3 Opens Setup menu F4 Shows error log box Main Control Panel Click to start detecting Click to open the VideoSecurity Setting dialog box Starts the Setup Wizard Lets you define a region with which VideoSecurity will monitor for errors or intrusion. Lets you adjust the video source parameters, such as Color , Video Connector , and Video Standard Opens online help Minimizes VideoSecurity to the status tray (Click ASUS VideoSecurity icon on the status tray to display the VideoSecurity control panel) Exits VideoSecurity
71 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference ASUS Live ASUS Live V ideo NOTES 1. ASUS Live V ideo can only be used with models with a V ideo Decoder (De- luxe Combo) and monitors or monitor drivers that are designed for I2C bus control. 2. ASUS Live V ideo supports W indows 9x/ME, W indows NT 4.0, and W in- dows 2000. For W indows NT/2000, however , the ASUS capture driver for NT/2000 must be installed first before opening ASUS Live V ideo ( see In- stall V ideo for W indows Capture Driver earlier in 3. Softwar e Setup ). 3. W ith a Deluxe Combo graphics card, ASUS Live V ideo only supports Ex- tended Desktop mode if T winV iew is enabled. ASUS Live V ideo can be used to: 1. V iew images using your monitor as screen from traditional consumer devices, such as videocassette players, camcorders, digital cameras, and laser disc players through the onboard RCA or SVHS VIDEO-IN connectors. 2. Capture live motion video up to 30 frames/second (minimum system require- ment: Pentium II/266). NOTE: Y ou should already have installed DirectX 7 or later to use ASUS Live ( see 3. Software Setup | Install Dir ectX ) Running ASUS Live Video T o run the utility , click Start and point to Programs and then ASUS Live and then click ASUS Live . Y ou may also run ASUS Live by clicking or right-clicking the ASUS Control Panel icon ( see 4. Softwar e Reference | ASUS Control Panel ) on the taskbar ’ s status area to display the ASUS Control Panel, pointing to ASUS Live V ideo , and then clicking it. Uninstalling ASUS Live Video T o uninstall the software, click Start and point to Pr ograms and then ASUS Live and then click Uninstall. Y ou may also uninstall the software using the Add/Re- move Programs Pr operties dialog box at the Windows Setup tab. See W indows online help for more information on removing a W indows component.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 72 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference ASUS Live ASUS Live Control Panel Click here to open the ASUS Live Pre-Recording Setting dialog box. Click here to change the video standard ( NTSC-M , NTSC-N , NTSC-4.43 , P AL- BGHI , P AL-4.43, P AL-M , P AL-N or SECAM ) Click here to change the window size for viewing [ 160 x 120 , 176 x 120 , 340 x 240 , 352 x 240 (default), 640 x 480 , 720 x 480 or Full Screen ]. Click here to open the ASUS Live Pre-Recording Setting dialog box. Click here to change the video standard ( NTSC-M , NTSC-N , NTSC-4.43 , P AL- BGHI , P AL-4.43, P AL-M , P AL-N or SECAM ) Opens the ASUS Video Format dialog box to change the capture Image Dimensions [ 88 x 60 , 176 x 120 , 352 x 240 (default), 704 x 240 , 704 x 480 , 160 x 120 , 320 x 240 , 640 x 240 , 640 x 480 or Full Screen ], Image Format [ 8 bit Palettized , 16 bit RGB , 24 bit RGB , UYVY , and ASUS Video 2.0 (default)], and/or ASV2 Settings (Quality Level) [ 0 - Best Compression , 1, 2, 3 (default), 4, 5 - Normal Quality , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 - Best Quality ]. Click an image to view it with the associated image viewer or application (a pop-up window opens to show the path and filename of the selected image). Right-click an image to View , Save As , and Delete that image. Shows/hides the Video Source Option (F9) ( see next page) Opens the About ASUS Live (ASUS Live and Capture Driver version number) window Opens a drop-down box to let you set Video Format , Video Source , T uner Setting , and T uner Edit Opens a drop-down box to let you set capture format size, video compression, pre-recording settings, among others Keep ASUS Live Always On T op Zoom In/Out ASUS Live Control Panel Minimize ASUS Live Control Panel to taskbar Exit Click the preferred video connection (Composite, S-V ideo, TV T uner) to change a current connection. Click the preferred video connection (Composite, S-Video, TV T uner) to change a current connection. Live Mode (Click Capture to switch to Capture Mode) Capture Mode (Click Live to switch to Live Mode)
73 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference ASUS Live The Always On T op option is provided for users who may wish to continue watch- ing VCD/DVD/TV programs or want to have the display screen visible while doing other tasks, such as when downloading files from the Internet or word processing. T o keep your display screen always on top of other programs, right-click the display screen and then click Always On T op . Position the screen where it will not interfere with your other tasks. Always On T op V ideo Source Option When first using ASUS Live, you must set up the video source. By clicking the V ideo Source Option (F9) button ( hotkey: F9) on the ASUS Live Control Panel, you can show or hide the video source setup screen. Use your mouse/pointing device or the Up or Down Buttons on the ASUS Live Control Panel or the UP and DOWN arrow keys on your keyboard to select V ideo Connector and then the Left and Right Buttons or the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to set your video connection ( Composite , S-V ideo , or T uner ) or video standard [ NTSC- M , NTSC-N (not supported under W indows 2000/NT 4.0), NTSC-4.43 , P AL-BGHI , P AL-M , P AL-N , P AL-4.43 or SECAM ]. Click or select Reset to set the settings back to its default. Click or select Exit to close the V ideo Source Option window .
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 74 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference ASUS Live If desired, you may adjust t h e Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Hue of your dis- play by using the video source setup screen. Use the Up or Down Buttons on the ASUS Live Control Panel or the UP and DOWN arrow keys on your keyboard to select the desired option and then the Left and Right Buttons or the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to make the desired adjustments. Click again the V ideo Sour ce Option (F9) button on the ASUS Live Control Panel to exit from the video source option screen. NOTES 1. Users of the P AL D/K models should select P AL-BGHI for the V ideo Stan- dard. 2. NTSC-N is not supported under W indows 2000/NT 4.0. ASUS Live V ideo Modes ASUS Live Mode has two execution modes, namely , Live Mode and Capture Mode . Live Mode Live Mode lets you view live video. Under this mode, you may adjust the display screen size with your mouse, or view in full- screen mode, or set live video as wallpaper to display it. T o change video source settings, click the Setup button on the ASUS Live Control Panel. NOTES 1. Currently , Live Mode does not work under W indows NT 4.0. Live Mode requires at least Direct Draw 6, which W indows NT 4.0 does not support. 2. Before using the W all Paper option, make sure that the V iew as W eb Page option of the Active Desktop setting is not selected ( see Start – Settings – Active Desktop – V iew as W eb Page ). Capture Mode Capture Mode lets you capture and store images into your com- puter . It has three capture options: SnapShot , Frame Recording , and V ideo Recording . V ideo Recording adds an auto-timer record- ing function that allows you to schedule your video recording ( see Auto V ideo Recording Setting later in this section). Captured images are shown on the Preview Files win- dow of the ASUS Live Control Panel. Click an image to view it with the associated image viewer or applica- tion (a pop-up window opens to show the path and filename of the selected image). Right-click an image to V iew , Save As , and Delete that image. T o change video capture settings, click the Setup button on the ASUS Live Control Panel.
75 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference ASUS Live V ideo Capture IMPORT ANT : It is the intent of ASUS that this product be used in full compli- ance with the copyright laws of your respective and other countries and that prior permission be obtained from copyright owners whenever necessary . Windows 98 When you install the W indows 98 Driver of your ASUS graphics card (only models with the VIDEO-IN connector), the video capture driver will automatically be installed on your system. This video capture driver follows Microsoft V ideo for W indows standard and can open up to a capture window size of 704 x 480 . It can be used with some applications that use video capture as an option, such as video conferencing, net meeting, or digital video authoring applications. IMPORT ANT : Y ou must enable the DMA transfer mode of your hard disk (EIDE HD) to get the maximum data transfer capability ( 704 x 480, 30 frames/second ) during the video capture process. Otherwise, your system may become unstable. Windows 2000/NT 4.0 The video capture driver for W indows 2000/NT 4.0 is not automatically installed when you install the display drivers of your ASUS graphics card. T o install, insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive, click Drivers , and then click Install V ideo for Windows Captur e Driver ( see 3. Software Setup | Install V ideo for W indows Captur e Driver ). Enabling DMA T ransfer Mode NOTE: The How to Get Maximum Captur e Performance dialog box will tell you how to enable your hard disk ’ s DMA transfer mode to get the best capture performance. Simply follow the on-screen instructions to enable DMA mode. Otherwise, do the following: 1. Click Start , point to Settings , and then click Control Panel . 2. Double-click the System icon. The System Properties dialog box appears. 3. Click the Device Manager tab and then click the plus sign next to Disk drives , and then double-click your hard disk. The hard disk ’ s Pr operties box appears. 4. Click the Settings tab and then select the DMA check box under Options .
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 76 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference ASUS Live Capturing Images Y ou must be in capture mode to capture images. T o do this, click the Capture Mode button on the ASUS Main Panel. NOTE: ASUS Live will automatically detect and warn you if the capture driver installed in your system is not compatible with ASUS Live. 1. Click Setup and point to and then click Captur e Basic Setting to ad- just the basic video capture settings, such as Capture Image Dimension and Format , Captur e CODEC se- lection , and Capture Audio Format and Attribute . Video/Capture Setting Under Capture Image Dimension and Format , select the Image Di- mensions , Image Format , and ASV2 Settings of your choice. NOTE: W indows 2000/NT 4.0 sup- ports only the UYVY image format. Under Capture CODEC selection, select the video compression of your choice for your captures. Under Capture Audio Format and Attribute , select the audio Format and a udio Attributes setting of your choice. This setting depends on whether you have audio set on your system.
77 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference ASUS Live Preallocate disk space: If you have limited space on your hard disk, you may want to limit the capture file size to a certain size. T o do this, click Preallocate disk space and enter the desired maximum file size. Don ’ t ask before starting captur e: This lets you start capture without the dialog box prompt. Y ou are now ready to capture video images. Captur e Tip: See Enabling DMA T ransfer Mode Adjust Sour ce: This lets you select the video connection and video standard to use in the capture. It also lets you ad- just the Brightness , Contrast , Satura- tion , and Hue of your images. SnapShot Setting 1 Click Setup and point to and then click V ideo SnapShot to select your Capture Pictur e Format ( default : 24 bit), Image Setting and other set- tings. Under Image Setting , you may set the desired Image File name and path ( default : C:\CAPTURE.BMP ) and for the filename to be consecu- tively numbered ( Store image use consecutive numbered filename ). Y ou are now ready to capture video images. Manual Video Recording Setting 1. Click Setup and point to and then click Manual Recording to select the video recording settings, such as the Frame Rate (fps) ( default : 30), Maximum Capture T ime ( default: 10 seconds ) and File name and path ( default : C:\CAPTURE.A VI) . Y ou are now ready to capture video images.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 78 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference ASUS Live Scheduled Recording Setting (Windows 98/ME only) NOTE: For W indows NT/2000, r efer to 4. Softwar e Reference | Auto Recording. Snapshot Snapshot ( hotkey: F5) lets you capture video stream data as single images and then show these images on your desktop almost simultaneously through the default im- age viewer . It supports any plug-in picture viewer/image processing program to view the captured images ( see ASUS Live Contr ol Panel earlier in this section). T o begin capturing, do the following: 1. Click Snapshot on the ASUS Live Control Panel or press the F5 key to capture the desired image on ASUS Live V ideo ’ s display screen. The screen will freeze momentarily and the captured image (saved as a BMP file, using consecutive numbers) will be previewed in the Pr eview Files window . Y ou may click an image to view that captured image. 2. Repeat Step 1 as necessary . These settings include the Start T ime (Y ear | Month | Day | Hour | Minute | Sec- ond), Stop T ime (Y ear | Month | Day | Hour | Minute | Second), Channel Num- ber , Captur e Frame Rate, and options to Add Audio to the recording, V iew Auto Recording Log , and to Delete one or Delete All the pre-recording settings. 2. Click Add to add your pre-recording setting/s. The video recording will start at the designated date and time. NOTE: The video recording settings assume that you have a video device con- nected to your ASUS graphics card and that the device is turned on and running. 1. Click Setup and point to and then click Scheduled Recording to select the live pre-recording settings.
79 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference ASUS Live NOTES 1. Windows 2000/NT4.0: The capture performance quality under W indows 2000/NT 4.0 is not as good as that under W indows 98. 2. Windows NT 4.0: T o run ASUS Live V ideo, W indows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 or later must be installed on your computer . Y ou may download service packs at http://www .microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads. 3. Windows 2000/NT 4.0: T o enhance capture performance, select UYVY as the capture format size and ASUS ASV2 as capture CODEC. Frame Recording Frame Recording ( hotkey: F6) lets you capture video stream data as consecutive images and then show these images on your desktop through your default movie player . Frame Recording is useful in animation. T o begin capturing, do the following: 1. Click Frame Recording on the ASUS Live Control Panel or press the F6 key to open the Captur e Frames box. 2. Click Capture to begin capturing the desired frame or frames on ASUS Live V ideo ’ s display screen and then click Done when the desired end frame is reached. The initial frame of the captured video (saved as an AV I file) will immediately be displayed on your movie player . V ideo Recording V ideo Recording ( hotkey: F7) lets you capture video stream data continuously and then show these images on your desktop through your default movie player . T o begin capturing, do the following: 1. Click V ideo Recording on the ASUS Live Control Panel or press the F7 key . 2. Follow the on-screen instructions to begin and then stop video recording.
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81 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4 . S/W Reference ASUS Digital VCR ASUS Digital VCR NOTES 1. The following can only be used as a general reference and may not be an exact reflection of the software version you are using. The contents are sub- ject to change at any time without notice. 2. ASUS Digital VCR can only be used with the TVR model (models with a V ideo Decoder) and monitors or monitor drivers that are designed for I2C bus control. 3. ASUS Digital VCR currently only supports W indows 9x/ME. ASUS Digital VCR can be used to: 1. V iew images using your monitor as screen from traditional consumer devices, such as videocassette players, camcorders, digital cameras, and laser disc players through the onboard RCA or SVHS VIDEO-IN connectors. 2. Capture live motion video up to 30 frames/second (minimum system require- ment: Pentium II/266). For T imeShifting ™ recording at MPEG-II format (704x480, 30 frames/second), minimum system requirement is Pentium III/600 (recommended: Pentium III/700 or higher). NOTE: Y ou should already have installed DirectX 7 or later to use ASUS Digital VCR ( see 3. Software Setup | Install Dir ectX ) Running ASUS Digital VCR T o run the utility , click Start and point to Pr ograms and then ASUS Digital VCR and then click ASUS Digital VCR . Y ou may also run ASUS Digital VCR by clicking or right-clicking the ASUS Con- trol Panel icon ( see 4. Software Refer ence | ASUS Contr ol Panel ) on the taskbar ’ s status area to display the ASUS Control Panel, pointing to ASUS Digital VCR, and then clicking it. Uninstalling ASUS Digital VCR T o uninstall the software, click Start and point to Pr ograms and then ASUS Digital VCR and then click Uninstall . Y ou may also uninstall the software using the Add/ Remove Pr ograms Properties dialog box at the W indows Setup tab. See W in- dows online help for more information on removing a W indows component.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 82 4. Software Reference 4 . S/W Reference ASUS Digital VCR Using ASUS Digital VCR ASUS Digital VCR has been designed as a standard W indows program. That is, functions can be accessed by means of the main menu bar or by clicking the toolbar buttons on the program window . It has three operational modes: Live Mode , Cap- ture Mode , and Playback Mode . Menu bar T oolbar buttons ASUS Digital VCR monitor Monitor toolbox Video standard ( see Notes below) Video size (Default: 352x240) T o resize the monitor , drag a window corner (pointer becomes a double-headed arrow when it is ready) to the desired size. The video size status will also change accordingly . NOTES : Users of P AL D/K models of the graphics card should select P AL-BGHI for the Video Standard. Monitor T oolbox Exit (Click to quit ASUS Digital VCR) OSD Setup (Click to set up the video source and adjust Brightness/ Contrast and Saturation/Hue; see On Screen Display later in this section) Minimize all window (Click to minimize monitor and program window) Zoom out window Zoom in window Enable Always on T op ( see Always on T op later in this section) When Always on T op is enabled, this icon changes into (Disable Always on T op)
83 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4 . S/W Reference ASUS Digital VCR Enable Always on T op The Enable Always on T op option is provided for users who may wish to continue watching VCD/DVD/TV programs or want to have the ASUS Digital VCR monitor visible while doing other tasks, such as when downloading files from the Internet or word processing. T o keep the monitor always on top of other programs, click the Enable Always on T op button or select the Always on T op On command from the W indow(W) menu. Position the monitor where it will not interfere with your other tasks. T o disable the Always on T op option, click or select the Always on T op Off command from the W indow(W) menu. OSD Setup When first using ASUS Digital VCR, you must set up the video source. Use the OSD Setup button on the ASUS Digital VCR Control Panel to show or hide the video source setup screen on the monitor . Use your mouse/pointing device or the UP and DOWN arrow keys on your keyboard to select options ( Brightness , Contrast , Saturation , Hue , Connector ) and then the LEFT (select to the left or to decrease) or RIGHT (select to the right or to increase) arrow keys to change an option. Y ou may also use your mouse/pointing device to change an option by clicking the appropriate item or slider . T o set the settings back to its default, click (or use the F9 hot key or select V ideo Sour ce on the Setup(S) menu) and then click Reset V ideo in the V ideo Source tab. Click OK to close the V ideo Sour ce tab.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 84 4. Software Reference 4 . S/W Reference ASUS Digital VCR Live Mode The default mode when you open ASUS Digital VCR is Live Mode, which lets you view live video. Under this mode, the VCR monitor can be resized (default size: 352x240) by dragging either of the four window corners ( see preceding illustration on the ASUS Digital VCR monitor). Live video can also be viewed in full screen mode or set as desktop wallpaper . T o switch to Live Mode from Capture Mode, click or press F2 . Enable full screen display To Enable full scr een display , click or use CTRL S . T o disable full screen display , double-click the display and then click . Y ou may also use CTRL S or ESC to disable full screen display . The display will then revert to its previous size. Enable wallpaper display NOTE: Before using the Enable wallpaper display option, make sure that the V iew as W eb Page option of the Active Desktop setting is not selected ( see Start – Settings – Active Desktop – V iew as W eb Page ). To Enable wallpaper display , click or use CTRL W . T o disable desktop wallpaper , double-click anywhere the display and then click . Y ou may also use CTRL W to disable the desktop wallpaper . Setup T o set up V ideo Sour ce , click . Video Source V ideo Source lets you set the display video method, video scan option, video stan- dard, brightness/contrast, saturation/hue and other options. T o use V ideo Source , click (or use the F9 hot key or select V ideo Sour ce on the Setup(S) menu).
85 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4 . S/W Reference ASUS Digital VCR Display Video Method Display V ideo Method lets you select ways to display video on your monitor: BOB (default) or WEA VE . These methods are simple ways of correcting interlaced display .ASUS Digital VCR by default will use the bob method for correcting inter - laced display . If your video contains no motion, weave would be a best choice. For more information, visit www .microsoft.com/hwdev/devdes/vpe.htm#Interleaved. V ideo Scan Option V ideo Scan Option lets you select the scanning method to use: Normal (default), Skip Odd Field , and Skip Even Field . Use this option to reduce the strobing ef fect that results from fast moving objects when rendering to video. Normal uses both fields to render the video output. For P AL output, use Skip Odd Field and for NTSC output, use Skip Even Field . V ideo Standard V ideo Standard lets you select the video srandard to use for display: NTSC-M (de- fault), NTSC-N , NTSC-4.43 , PAL-BGHI , P AL-M , P AL-N , P AL-4.43 or SECAM . NOTE: Users of the P AL D/K models should select P AL-BGHI for the V ideo Standard. If desired, you may adjust t h e Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Hue of the VCR monitor . Use your mouse/pointing device to make the necessary adjustments. Click again the V ideo Source Option (F9) button on the ASUS Live Control Panel to exit from the video source option screen. Use Hardware Pre-filtering function Use Har dwar e Pr e-Filtering function (default: disabled) lets you use your graphics card for pre-filtering (pre-smoothing the image before compression encoding).
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 86 4. Software Reference 4 . S/W Reference ASUS Digital VCR Capture Mode Capture Mode lets you capture and store images into your computer . It has three capture options: V ideo Snapshot , Capture Frames , and Captur e V ideo . V ideo Recording adds an auto-timer recording function that allows you schedule your video recording ( see Auto Recording later in this section). T o switch to Capture Mode from Live Mode, click or press F3 . Captured images are shown on the Preview Library . Double-click an image to play it back or view it with the associated image viewer or application (the path and file name of the selected image is shown below the image). Y ou may also right-click an image or select an image and then click the appropriate button to Playback (or view), Save As (a new file), or Delete that image. Setup T o set up V ideo Captur e , click . Video Capture V ideo Capture lets you set the snapshot and video capture settings. T o use V ideo Capture , click (or use the F9 hot key or select Captur e Mode on the Setup(S) menu).
87 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4 . S/W Reference ASUS Digital VCR IMPORT ANT : It is the intent of ASUS that this product be used in full compli- ance with the copyright laws of your respective and other countries and that prior permission be obtained from copyright owners whenever necessary . Windows 98 When you install the W indows 98 Driver of your ASUS graphics card (only models with the VIDEO-IN connector), the video capture driver will automatically be installed on your system. This video capture driver follows Microsoft V ideo for W indows standard and can open up to a capture window size of 704 x 480 . It can be used with some applications that use video capture as an option, such as video conferencing, net meeting, or digital video authoring applications. IMPORT ANT : Y ou must enable the DMA transfer mode of your hard disk (EIDE HD) to get the maximum data transfer capability ( 704 x 480, 30 frames/second ) during the video capture process. Otherwise, your system may become unstable.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 88 4. Software Reference 4 . S/W Reference ASUS Digital VCR Setting Up for Capturing Images Y ou must be in capture mode to capture images. T o do this, click on the ASUS Digital VCR toolbar . NOTE: ASUS Digital VCR will automatically detect and warn you if the capture driver installed in your system is not compatible with ASUS Digital VCR. Video Capture Store Video file use consecutive numbered filename: Select preferred file naming convention ( default: selected) Capture Audio: Select if you prefer to include audio when capturing video ( default: not selected). When selected, the Set Audio option becomes available. SnapShot Store image use consecutive numbered filename: Select preferred file naming convention ( default: selected) Snapshot color bits: Select preferred color bits ( default: 24Bit) Snapshot file name: T ype preferred path and file name ( default: C:\CAPTURE.BMP). Y ou are now ready to capture video snapshots ( F5).
89 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4 . S/W Reference ASUS Digital VCR Set Audio displays the Sound Selection dialog box, which lets you save a scheme for your audio setting or select from a list, select the audio format type and audio format attributes of the video to be captured. ( PCM , which means Pulse Coded Modulation or uncompressed audio data, is currently the only available selection) Selecting a lower quality format, for example, *,000 Hz, 8 Bit, Mono 1 1KB/s , will make your video file size smaller while a higher quality format, for example, 44,100 Hz, 16 Bit, Stereo 172 KB/s , can make the sound quality of your video file better , but your video file size will be larger . Frame rate lets you select the preferred video data rate for the images to be cap- tured ( default: 30 frame/sec, which is full motion). Maximum A VI split file size lets you set the maximum size for each video capture ( default: 2000 M Bytes). Enable capture time limit lets you limit the capture time ( default: 10 seconds). NOTE: Make sure that you have enough space on your hard disk drive. A 640x480 pixel video size, full-color (24-bit), full-motion (30 frames /sec) video capture requires about 27MB/sec (before compression). Captured file name lets you set the path and file name of the images to be captured ( default: C:\CAPTURE.A VI ). Y ou are now ready to capture video images.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 90 4. Software Reference 4 . S/W Reference ASUS Digital VCR Auto Recording Auto recording adds an auto-timer recording function that allows you to schedule your video recording. T o use Auto recording, click (or use the F9 hot key) and then click the Auto recording tab or simply click on the toolbar or select Auto-Recording Setup on the Setup(S) menu. Auto recording includes the Curr ent time (Hour:Minute:Second), Start T ime (Y ear | Month | Day | Hour | Minute | Second), End Time (Y ear | Month | Day | Hour | Minute | Second), Frame Rate , Channel , and options to Capture Audio to the recording, V iew Log (of auto recorded events ) , and to Delete one or Delete All the pre-recording settings. Add lets you add while Clear lets you clear your pre-recording setting/s. The video recording will start at the designated date and time. NOTE: The video recording settings assume that you have a video device con- nected to your ASUS graphics card and that the device is turned on and running.
91 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4 . S/W Reference ASUS Digital VCR Playback Playback lets you set the options when playing back video files. T o use Playback, click (or use the F9 hot key) and then click the Playback tab or simply select Playback on the Setup(S) menu. Capturing Images V ideo Snapshot F5 V ideo Snapshot ( hotkey: F5) lets you capture video stream data as single images and then show these images on your desktop almost simultaneously through the default image viewer . It supports any plug-in picture viewer/image processing pro- gram to view the captured images. T o begin capturing, do the following: 1. Click on the ASUS Digital VCR toolbar or press the F5 key to capture the desired image from the ASUS Digital VCR monitor . The screen will freeze momentarily and the captured image (saved as a BMP file, using consecutive numbers) will be previewed in the Preview Library window . Y ou may click an image to view that captured image. 2. Repeat Step 1 as necessary .
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 92 4. Software Reference 4 . S/W Reference ASUS Digital VCR Capture Frames F6 Capture Frames ( hotkey: F6) lets you capture video stream data as consecutive images and then show these images on your desktop through your default movie player . Capture Frames is useful in animation. T o begin capturing, do the following: 1. Click on the ASUS Digital VCR toolbar or press the F6 key to open the Captur e Frames box. 2. Click Captur e to begin capturing the desired frame or frames on ASUS Digital VCR monitor and then click Stop when the desired end frame is reached. The initial frame of the captured video (saved as an AV I file) will immediately be displayed on your movie player . NOTE 1. W ith the new T imeShifting ™ technology from ASUS, you can start playing back the captured video anytime ( see TimeShifting ™ later in this section), even while recording! Capture Video F7 Capture V ideo ( hotkey: F7) lets you capture video stream data continuously and then show these images on your desktop through your default movie player . T o begin capturing, do the following: 1 . Click on the ASUS Digital VCR toolbar or press the F7 key . 2 . The V ideo Capture Setup dialog box opens. Set the different options as desired and then click Start. Click Stop when the desired end frame is reached. The initial frame of the captured video (saved as an AV I file) will immediately be played back.
93 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4 . S/W Reference ASUS Digital VCR TimeShifting™ The innovative T imeShifting ™ feature of the ASUS Digital VCR lets you record incoming video feeds into a buf fer . So if you ’re watching your favorite TV show on your computer and you had to leave but you don ’ t want to miss the rest of the show , all you need is to record it with ASUS T imeShifting ™. When you come back, you don ’ t have to wait (unlike traditional recorders) for the recording to finish to be able to watch what ’ s been recorded. Just click Play and playback will start imme- diately (this while recording still continuing in the back- ground)!
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 94 4. Software Reference 4 . S/W Reference ASUS Digital VCR Playback Mode Playback ( hotkey: F4) lets you play back captured video stream data using ASUS Digital VCR. T o begin playback, do the following: 1 . Click on the ASUS Digital VCR toolbar or press the F4 key . 2 . The Open (video file) dialog box opens. Double-click the video file you want to open. Y ou may need to locate the drive or folder that contains the file. 3. Playback immediately begins. A progress indicator will show the elapsed time. NOTES During playback, 1. Y ou may apply some filters to create effects on your video. Simply click Filters to apply a filter to the video file. 2. Y ou may apply Fast Motion , Slow Motion , and other effects. Simply select any of the ef fects on the Play(P) menu or click any of the buttons on the Playback toolbar . Progress Indicator
95 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. S/W Reference ASUS TW AIN Using the Other Utilities 4. Software Reference NOTE: The following steps assume that you are already running Photoshop and that you have already connected a compatible and working capture device, such as a web cam, to your system. 1. From the File menu, click Import and then TW AIN_32 . 1. From the File menu, click Import and then Select TW AIN_32 Source to specify the capture option. Select ASUS Frame Captur e Sour ce . Using the ASUS TW AIN Interface for the First Time NOTE: Y ou do not need to repeat this step for subsequent uses of the ASUS TW AIN module. If more than one TW AIN device is installed in your system and you want to switch devices, use Select TW AIN_32 Source command. Importing an Image Using the ASUS TW AIN Interface ASUS TW AIN Interface Windows 98 Only TW AIN is a cross-platform interface for acquiring images captured by scanners, digital cameras, and frame grabbers. The ASUS TW AIN Driver is currently sup- ported only when used with Adobe Photoshop ® (see www .adobe.com for details). If you already have Photoshop installed and you chose to install the ASUS TW AIN Driver , you can use Photoshop to import a still image using the ASUS TW AIN inter - face installed.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 96 4. S/W Reference ASUS TW AIN 2. When the ASUS TW AIN Driver util- ity appears, click Options and then V ideo Format . 3 . In the Image Format list of the ASUS V ideo Format dialog box, click 24 bit RGB. 4. Click Options and then V ideo For - mat to select your video source. If desired or necessary , you may adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Satura- tion , and Hue of your image. Y ou are now ready to capture. 5. T o capture, click the capture button or click the Captur e menu and then Single Frame . Other Options Prefer ences Menu: Click to adjust the background color of your image and other options. T oggle preview video: Click button or click the Options menu and then Pr e- view to toggle between the preview video options. A pressed button (or a checked Preview command) indicates that the pre- view is on and vice-versa. T oggle overlay video: Click button or click the Options menu and then Over - lay to toggle between the overlay video op- tions. A pressed button (or a checked over - lay command) indicates that the overlay preview is on and vice-versa. 4. Software Reference
97 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference VR PictureV iewer ASUS VR PictureV iewer Optional ASUS VR PictureV iewer lets you view stereo images, size your stereo image, set the VR effect of your 3D glasses (ASUS VR-100G), and test your 3D glasses ’ func- tionality . 1. Click the VR Effect menu and then click VR On to enable stereoscopic display . Opening or Displaying a Stereoscopic or 3D File T o run ASUS VR PictureV iewer , click or right-click the ASUS Control Panel icon ( see 4. Software Refer ence | ASUS Contr ol Panel ) on the taskbar ’ s status area to display the ASUS Control Panel, point to VR PictureV iewer , and then click it.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 98 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference VR PictureV iewer 2. Click the File menu and then click Open to select a file. Select the file from the Open dialog box or select another folder and then click Open . The 3D image appears on the V rV iewer main window ( see preced- ing page for an opened 3D image file. Note that the 3D ef fect is not shown in this picture). Changing the V iew 1. Click the Zoom menu and then click the desired zoom percentage. T esting the 3D Glasses 1. Click the T est 3D glasses and then follow the onscreen instructions.
99 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 4. Software Reference 4. S/W Reference ASUS StereoTV ASUS StereoTV Optional Windows 98 Only NOTE: The ASUS StereoTV utility can only be used with the Deluxe Combo. It can be used to view stereo video images with the optional 3D glasses (ASUS VR- 100G) using your monitor or TV as screen from traditional consumer devices, such as videocassette players, camcorders, digital cameras, and laser disc players through the onboard RCA or SVHS VIDEO-IN connectors. NOTE: Y ou should already have installed DirectX 7 or higher to use ASUS StereoTV ( see 3. Software Setup | Install Dir ectX ) T o run StereoTV, right-click the ASUS Control Panel icon on the taskbar ’ s status area to display the ASUS Control Panel, point to StereoTV , and then click it. ASUS Control Panel icon ASUS VR MoviePlayer Exit Minimize Channel Buttons Stereo Setting V olume Buttons Window Size Buttons Channel Setting Video Setting Image Setting Buttons and Functions Channel Buttons Clicking selects the next higher channel while pressing selects the next lower channel. V olume Buttons Clicking increases the volume while pressing decreases the volume. Window Size Buttons Clicking increases the window size while pressing decreases the window size. Stereo Setting Use this button to toggle between non-stereoscopic and stereoscopic mode.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 100 4. S/W Reference ASUS StereoTV 4. Software Reference Image Setting Use this button to view correctly a stereoscopic image. For example, with a space inverted pseudoscopic spatial image, where the background appears in front and the foreground in the back. ( Hotkey: R). Channel Setting Use this button to select an appropriate cable standard for your video system. IMPORT ANT! Be sure that the system and standard of the country where you will be installing your card is set appropriately . For example, you should have the NTSC model if you plan to use your card in countries with NTSC systems, P AL-BGHI model in countries with P AL-BGHI systems, or P AL-4.43 model in countries with P AL-4.43 systems. Video Setting Use this button to select the video format ( Options: NTSC, P AL-BGHI, P AL-4.43) and video source ( Options: Composite, V ideo). Minimize Button Clicking this button minimizes the ASUS VR MoviePlayer . Exit Button Clicking this button closes StereoTV .
101 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 5. Resolution T able 5. Resolution Max Refresh Rate Resolution Color Depth 8bpp = 16bpp = 32bpp = 256 colors 65K colors 16.7M colors Standard High Color T rue Color 640 x 480 240 240 240 800 x 600 240 240 240 1024 x 768 240 240 240 1 152 x 864 200 200 170 1280 x 960 170 170 150 1280 x1204 170 170 170 1600 x 900 150 150 120 1600 x 1200 120 120 100 1920 x 1080 100 100 85 1920 x 1200 100 100 85 1920 x 1440 85 85 75 2048 x 1536 75 75 75 Maximum Refresh Rate
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103 ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 6. T roubleshooting 6. T roubleshooting Description Recommended Action After installation and r e- starting, W indows 95/98 in- forms me that the display setting is still incorr ect. • Make sure the “ Assign IRQ to VGA” option is en- abled in the BIOS. • Check if there is enough IRQ for VGA. • Uninstall the driver , restart, and reinstall the driver . • It depends on the display characteristics of your monitor . Consult your monitor documentation for the proper configuration. • W indows 95 is not OSR2.1 or later . • DirectX version is not 6.0 or later . • Y ou have not installed appropriate drivers for the AGP chipset. (e.g. VGAR TD.VXD for Intel 440LX). • Incorrect BIOS setting. BIOS must support at least 64MB for AGP aperture size. • 3D works only in 16- or 32-bit color depth. Switch your color depth display mode to 16-bit (high color) or 32-bit (true color). • Check necessary libraries, such as DirectX or OpenGL. • T ry to switch to a lower resolution. • Y ou may be using a motherboard with an Aladdin IV AGPset. T o get the best compatibility , the dis- play card uses AGP Bus Master mode instead of AGP execute mode for motherboards using this AGPset. • Y ou must install DirectX 6 or later so that your player can take advantage of the hardware acceleration mode (DirectDraw). • T ry to switch to a lower resolution, color depth, or refresh rate. Switching to a lower mode allows your player to use hardware acceleration mode. • Switch dual view mode to VGA or TV mode. • V ideoSecurity currently only supports S-V ideo or Composite CCDs. Any device used must be con- nected to an ASUS video card. • This is a very important issue when you decide to use V ideoSecurity with the “never stop ” option. Y ou must be aware of the free space of your hard disk — it must be enough for storing temporary files in the current working directory . If disk space is exhausted, V ideoSecurity will not store any information and give you a warning message. My monitor is not capable of high r esolution or r efr esh rate. Dir ectX or the other appli- cations r eport no AGP memory available. Games or applications r e- port “No 3D acceleration har dwar e found.” My MPEG player displays bad quality video clips. I cannot enable AGP memory or run I-Base test. I can’ t use V ideoSecurity with my USB CCD or IEEE 1394 CCD. I am using V ideo Security and it seems my har d disk space is almost exhausted.
ASUS V7100 Series User ’ s Manual 104 I am using V ideoSecurity and I set the passwor d op- tion. I have for gotten my passwor d, though. Is ther e a way to r ecover my pass- wor d? • The only way to remove password protection is to recall the original password that you assigned. The password protection is still active even when you uninstall V ideoSecurity and install a new copy . Make sure that the password that you assigned can be eas- ily remembered. Y ou may write down your password and store it in a safe place. 6. T roubleshooting 6. T roubleshooting