Digital TV Page
   Television Page

This page lets you view and/or adjust the settings of your TV display.  The settings are:

Auto TV Connection Detection Box

Composite

S-Video

Composite + S-Video

Screen Position

Left , Right, Up, Down and Center

Color Adjustment

Tint

Saturation

Brightness

Enable TV Taskbar Icon

Enable Underscan

Text Background Color Box

Optimal

Restore

Default Setting


Enable TV Taskbar Icon

Check this button to see a TV icon on the Windows taskbar. Un-check this button to eliminate the icon from the taskbar.  When the TV taskbar icon is enabled, you can click on this icon to show a menu. This menu allows you to adjust TV screen position or to disable the icon itself.


Auto TV Connection Detection

This box contains three status buttons: “Composite,” “S-Video,” and “Composite + S-Video,” which indicate the current status of the TV connection.  The TV connection is automatically detected while Windows starts. The “Light” on the button indicates which type of connection is detected.  Plugging and unplugging the cable is reflected dynamically by these buttons.


Default Setting

Click on this button to set your TV settings to the default values below:

•	Position:	center of the screen

•	Tint:	slide bar at the right end of the slider bar

•	Saturation:	slide bar in the middle of the slider bar

•	Brightness:	slide bar in the middle of the slider bar

•	Flick reduction: 	high

•	Text background: 	Windows desktop background color


Auto TV Connection Detection (Composite)
Composite

This button is lit when a composite cable is connected between your computer and TV.


Auto TV Connection Detection(SVideo)
  S-Video

This button is lit when  a S-Video cable is connected between your computer and TV.


Auto TV Connection Detection(Composite + SVideo)
Composite + S-Video

This button is lit when both S-Video and composite cables are connected between your computer and TV.


Color Adjustment

This box contains three slider bars to adjust the “Tint,” “Saturation,” and “Brightness” for your TV display.  The right end of the bar corresponds to the maximum setting.


Tint
TV Color Tint

Use the slider bar to adjust the color tint. The default value is the maximum setting.


Saturation
TV Color Saturation

Use the sliding bar to adjust the color saturation.  Saturation is the amount of primary color present; for example, a lightly saturated red looks pink.  The default value is in the middle of the adjustable range.


Brightness
TV Color Brightness

Use the sliding bar to adjust the brightness.  The default value is in the middle of the adjustable range.


Screen Position
Position

These five buttons: left, right, up,  down, and center are used for the fine adjustment of the display position on the TV screen.  You can shift the display on the screen by clicking on the arrow buttons. There is a limit to the amount you can shift in any one direction. When that limit is reached, the display stops shifting.


Shift Left
Left

Click on this button to shift the display to the left of the screen.


Shift Right
Right

Click on this button to shift the display to the right of the screen.


Shift Up
Up

Click on this button to shift the display higher on the screen.


Shfit Down
Down

Click on this button to shift the display lower on the screen.


Center

Click on this button to center the display on the screen.


Flicker Reduction
Flicker Reduction Box

Due to the nature of Interlaced Display for TV, the screen may flicker during normal display. There are four levels of Flicker Reduction: “None,” “Low,” “Medium,” and “High.” Flicker Reduction is achieved at the expense of image sharpness.


Flicker None

Check here if you do not want to apply any Flicker Reduction.


Flicker Low

Check here to apply the minimum level of Flick Reduction.


Flicker Medium

Check here to apply the medium level of Flicker Reduction.  This level is suitable for S-Video output.


Flicker High

Check here to apply the maximum level of Flicker Reduction.  This level is suitable for Composite output.


Enable Underscan

Check this button to see TV display mode with underscan. Un-check this box to see overscan mode.  Overscanning results in some of the video being lost beyond the edges of the screen. Underscanning modifies the video timing so that the entire video signal appears in a rectangle centered on the television screen with a black border.


Text Background
Text Background Box

This box contains two buttons, “Optimal ” and “Restore ,” to select TV background color.


Optimal

Click here to obtain the background color most suitable for TV viewing.


Restore

Click here to restore the background color to the previous setting.


LCD Page
Flat Panel Page

  Display Stretch

Use this check box when the display image is smaller than the LCD panel. You can choose to expand the image to fill the panel or keep the size of the original image and display it in the center of the panel. The default setting for the box is “un-checked”; the display image is centered without any expansion.


Rotate to 0

Click this button to rotate the entire screen to 0 degree.


Rotate to 180

Click this button to rotate the entire screen to 180 degrees.


Rotate to 90

Click this button to rotate the entire screen to 90 degrees.


Rotate to 270

Click this button to rotate the entire screen to 270 degrees.


Gamma Correction Page
Color Page

Due to the difference in electrical characteristics, the color of the same source image looks different on different display devices (such as CRT vs. LCD). This page describes how to correct these deviations using “Gamma Adjustment.” This utility works only if your display is in high color (16bpp) or true color (24bpp/32bpp) mode.  This page contains the following items:

Re-load a bitmap

Gamma Adjustment Box:

Gamma Curves

Red, Green and Blue Radio Buttons

Link

Save

Load

Reset


Re-load a bitmap

Click on  this button to load a sample image to the preview box and view the effect of Gamma correction. The default sample image is your wallpaper bitmap.


Gamma Adjustment Box

This control box provides you with two ways for Gamma Adjustment.  You can perform the adjustment either by using the slider bar or by pointing and dragging the graphical curve.  The value of Gamma correction for each color is shown on the right side of the slider bar. You also can save your current Gamma settings to a .gam file or restore Gamma settings from a .gam file.


Gamma Adjustment
Slider Bar (blue)

Move this slider to change your blue Gamma setting.


Gamma Adjustment(green)
Slider Bar (green)

Move this slider to change your green Gamma setting.


Gamma Adjustment(red)
Slider Bar (red)

Move this slider to change your red Gamma setting.


Link

Check this box to simultaneously change Red, Green, and Blue Gamma settings. To change Red, Green and Blue Gamma settings separately, un-check this box.


Gamma Curves

The Gamma curves for Red, Green, and Blue show the relationship between the original and corrected data.  A straight line in the graph has a Gamma value of 1, indicating there is no Gamma correction. You can perform the adjustment by pointing and dragging the graphical curve inside this box.  The value of Gamma correction for each color is shown on the right side of the slider bar.


Red, Green and Blue Radio Buttons

Check these buttons to individually adjust Red, Green, or Blue Gamma correction levels. If the Link box is checked, all three colors are adjusted simultaneously.


Red, Green and Blue Radio Buttons
Blue Radio Button

Check this button for Blue Gamma adjustment. You can perform this adjustment either by moving the slider or by pointing and dragging blue graphical curve. When the “Link” box is checked, this button has no effect.


Red, Green and Blue Radio Buttons
Green Radio Button

Check this button for Green Gamma adjustment. You can perform this adjustment either by moving the slider or by pointing and dragging green graphical curve. When the “Link” box is checked, this button has no effect.


Red, Green and Blue Radio Buttons
Red Radio Button

Check this button for Red Gamma adjustment. You can perform this adjustment by moving the slider or by pointing and dragging red graphical curve. When the “Link” box is checked, this button has no effect.


Save Button

Click on this button to save the current Gamma settings to a .gam file.


Load Button

Click on  this button to load the Gamma settings from a .gam file.


Reset Button

Click on  this button to reset the Gamma setting to 1.  No Gamma correction is implemented.


Display Device Page

Display Device Page for Windows 95/NT4.0

Display Device Page for Windows 98/ME/2000


Display Device Page for Windows 95/NT4.0

The “Display Device Page” can be used to switch display device(s) from one combination to another.

Display Devices Area:

LCD

CRT

TV

Enable Different Refresh Rate

Video Output on LCD


Display Device Page for Windows 98/ME/2000

The “Display Device Page” can be used to switch display device(s) from one combination to another.

Display Devices Area:

LCD

CRT

TV

Enable Different Refresh Rate

Video Output on LCD

Multi-Monitor Devices Box:

LCD/CRT(multi-monitor display)

LCD/TV(multi-monitor display)


LCD

Press down this button to enable the LCD display device. If CRT or TV button is enabled, the display devices would be in simultaneous mode or in dual display mode.


CRT

Press down  this button to enable the CRT display device. If LCD button is enabled, the display devices would be in simultaneous mode or in  dual display mode. Enable this button  would disable TV.


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TV

Press down  this button to enable the TV display device. . If LCD is enabled, the display devices would be in  dual display mode. Enable this button would disable CRT.


LCD/CRT (dual display)
Multi-Monitor LCD/CRT

Press down this button to enable both the LCD and CRT as the display devices in multi-monitor display mode. This option only exists in Windows 98/ME.


LCD/TV(dual display)
Multi-Monitor LCD/TV

Press down this button to enable both the TV and LCD as the display devices in multi-monitor display mode. This option only exists in Windows 98/ME.


Enable Different Refresh Rate

Press down this button to see dual display mode with LCD and CRT display devices. Release this box to see single view mode.

Dual display modes include LCD+CRT (dual display) or LCD+TV (dual display). The two display devices in dual display mode can have different refresh rate.  Because LCD+CRT can also be single view mode (simultaneous), you can press down  this button to specify whether LCD+CRT is in single view mode or in dual display mode. Please note that LCD+TV is always a dual display device. If you release this button, the “LCD+TV” mode is disabled.


Video output on LCD

Press down this button to view the video playback on the LCD. The video playback is not shown on the CRT or TV.  Release this button to enable the video playback on the TV or CRT, but not on the LCD.


NTSC

Press down this button to specify the TV standard to NTSC.


PAL

Press down this button to specify the TV standard to PAL.


Video Page

Brightness Slider Bar

Contrast Slider Bar

Hue Slider Bar

Saturation Slider Bar

Enable Video Taskbar Icon

Save Button

Load Button

Reset Button


Brightness Slider Bar

Move this slider to adjust the brightness of your video window.


Contrast Slider Bar

Move this slider to adjust the contrast of your video window.


Hue Slider Bar

Move this slider to adjust the color hue of your video window.


Saturation Slider Bar

Move this slider to adjust the color saturation of your video window.


Enable Video Taskbar Icon

Check  this box to add a video icon on the Windows taskbar.

You can click on the icon to pop up a control panel. This panel allows

you to adjust the video window color, save current color settings, load a previous color settings or reset with default color settings.

Un-check this box to eliminate the icon from the taskbar.


Save Button

Click on  this button to save the current video window color settings to a .vid file.


Load Button

Click on this button to load the video window color settings from a previously saved .vid file.


Reset Button

Click on this button to reset the video window color settings to the following default values:

brightness 0

contrast   0

hue        0

saturation 0


Video_Memory_Setting
Video Memory Setting

Video Memory Configuration

This setting allows you to configure the amount of system memory used by the video controller.