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V7100 Series

TwinView™ GPU Graphics Card

USER’S MANUAL

Hardware & Video 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

ASUS V7100 Series User’s Manual

USER’S NOTICE

Product Name: ASUS V7100 Series

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ASUS V7100 Series User’s Manual

CONTENTS

I. Introduction ..................................................................................... 7

Highlights .................................................................................................... 7

Available 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 ............................................................ 11

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

Windows 98 ........................................................................................ 17

Display Driver Installation ........................................................................ 18

Windows 98 ........................................................................................ 18

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program .................................................................. 18

Method 2: Display Property Page ............................................................................ 19

Method 3: Plug and Play .......................................................................................... 20

Windows 2000 .................................................................................... 21

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program .................................................................. 21

Method 2: Plug and Play .......................................................................................... 22

Windows NT 4.0 ................................................................................. 24

Method 1: Display Property Page ............................................................................ 24

Drivers ....................................................................................................... 25

Install Display Driver .......................................................................... 25

Install DirectX ..................................................................................... 26

Install GART Driver ........................................................................... 27

Install ASUS TWAIN Driver .............................................................. 29

Uninstall Display Driver ..................................................................... 30

Windows 98 ............................................................................................................. 30

Method1: Using the Autorun Screen ............................................................... 30

Method 2: Using Control Panel ....................................................................... 30

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Windows 2000 ......................................................................................................... 31

Method1: Using the Autorun Screen ............................................................... 31

Method 2: Using Control Panel ....................................................................... 31

Windows NT 4.0 ...................................................................................................... 31

Method 1: Using Control Panel ....................................................................... 31

Run ASUS VGA Live Update............................................................. 32

Install Video for Windows Capture Driver ......................................... 33

Utilities ...................................................................................................... 34

Install ASUS Tweak Utility ................................................................ 34

Install SmartDoctor ............................................................................. 35

Install VideoSecurity ........................................................................... 36

Install ASUS Live Utility .................................................................... 37

Install ASUS Digital VCR .................................................................. 38

4. Software Reference ........................................................................ 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

TwinView ................................................................................................................. 60

Other ........................................................................................................................ 61

Using the Utilities ..................................................................................... 65

ASUS Tweak Utility ........................................................................... 65

ASUS VideoSecurity .......................................................................... 67

ASUS Live Video ............................................................................... 71

ASUS Digital VCR ............................................................................. 81

Using the Other Utilities ........................................................................... 95

ASUS TWAIN Interface ..................................................................... 95

ASUS VR PictureViewer .................................................................... 97

ASUS StereoTV .................................................................................. 99

5. Resolution Table........................................................................... 101

Maximum Refresh Rate .......................................................................... 101

6. Troubleshooting ........................................................................... 103

Description .............................................................................................. 103

Recommended Action ............................................................................. 103

CONTENTS

ASUS V7100 Series User’s Manual

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 energy 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 different from that to which

the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

WARNING! 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.

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for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by

Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassemby is prohibited.

7ASUS V7100 Series User’s Manual

I. Introduction

Available Models

ASUS AGP-V7100 / Deluxe Combo

• 32MB Frame Buffer + VGA + TV Tuner Module + TV-Out

+ AV 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 TwinView™ GPU Graphics Card.

With this purchase, you join a legion of mainstream graphics enthusiasts.

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.

With the ASUS AGP-V7100, you will not only see but also experience stunning,

dynamic, realistic 3D worlds and characters.

Highlights

• Powered by the World’s Newest

Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)

• Built-in 32/16MB video memory

with up to 2.7GB/sec bandwidth

• TwinView™ 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 DirectX® 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 Writes and Execute Mode

• Two 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 Transform 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 buffering) for smooth animation and video

playback

• TwinView™ 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

• Video acceleration for Direct Show and MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and Indeo

1. Introduction

Features

1. Introduction

9ASUS V7100 Series User’s Manual

2. H/W Setup

Deluxe Combo

VGA Monitor

Output

(15pin)

(Standard)

AV/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)

AV Input

(8pin)

3D Glasses

(ASUS VR-100G)

CATV

Antenna

ASUS AV Adapter

NVIDIA

Ge For ce 2 M X

GP U C hi p

(Graphics Processing Unit)

with Heatsink

VGA

BIOS

32MB

Frame

Buffer

TV TU NER MOD UL E

AU DIO O UT

Left Audio Channel

Ground

Right Audio Channel

Item Checklist

ASUS AGP-V7100 / Deluxe Combo Graphics Card

ASUS AV 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)

ASUS AV Adapter

2. Hardware Setup

ASUS AGP-V7100 / Deluxe Combo Layout

32MB Frame Buffer

ASUS V7100 Series User s Manual’10

2. Hardware Setup

2. H/W Setup

2V1D

ASUS AGP-V7100 / 2V1D Layout

32MB Frame Buffer

DVI-I Dual-Link

output (24pins)

VGA Monitor

output (15pins)

(standard)

VGA Output

Projector

DVI-I Dual-Link Input to VGA Monitor Output Adapter

NVIDIA

Ge For ce 2 M X

GP U C hi p

(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

VIP Connector A

226

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

11ASUS V7100 Series User’s Manual

2. Hardware Setup

ASUS AGP-V7100 / DVI Layout

32/16MB Frame Buffer

DVI-I Dual-Link

output (24pins)

VGA Monitor

output (15pins)

(standard)

VGA Output

Projector

DVI-enabled Flat-Panel Display

NVIDIA

Ge For ce 2 M X

GP U C hi p

(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

VIP Connector A

226

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

ASUS AGP-V7100 / T Layout

32/16MB Frame Buffer

VGA Monitor

output (15pin)

(standard)

Composite/TV

output (RCA)

SVHS/TV output

(7pin)

1 2 3

NTSC

PAL

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

Ge For ce 2 M X

GP U C hi p

(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

VIP Connector A

JP1

226

Item Checklist

ASUS AGP-V7100 / T Graphics Card (PAL or NTSC)

This User’s Manual

ASUS V7100 Series Driver & Utility CD Disc

Notes

• Use the same TV standard for all devices.

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2. Hardware Setup

2. H/W Setup

Pure

ASUS AGP-V7100 / Pure Layout

32/16MB Frame Buffer

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

Ge For ce 2 M X

GP U C hi p

(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

VIP Connector A

226

ASUS V7100 Series User s Manual’14

2. H/W Setup

2. Hardware Setup

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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. your dealer for moreSee

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

To VGA Card s Monitor Output VGA Input’

Projector

ASUS VR-100

You 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

To VGA Card s Monitor Output’

Projector

ASUS VR-100

Y-Type 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).

11. Connect other cables and devices if available -You 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.

WARNING! Computer boards and components contain very delicate Integrated

Circuit (IC) chips. To 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.

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3. S/W Setup

Requirements

3. Software Setup

Operating System Requirements

NOTE: This graphics card requires a motherboard with an AGP slot.

Windows 98

Windows 98 supports full Direct3D and AGP features. If you are still using the beta

version of Windows 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.

Windows 98 includes VGARTD for the major chipsets but it is recommended that

you install VGARTD from the ASUS AGP-V7100 Series CD to make sure that you

have the latest version of VGARTD (see 3. Software Setup | Install GART Driver).

NOTES

•VGARTD stands for Virtual Graphics Address Remapping Table Driver, which

is necessary to use the DIME feature of AGP. DIME means Direct Memory

Execute, which is accessed directly by most AGP chips (when VGARTD 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

Windows is in C:\WINDOWS. Replace either with the actual location, if

necessary.

IMPORTANT!

•To 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 VGARTD must be installed in normal mode.

ASUS V7100 Series User s Manual’18

3. Software Setup

3. S/W Setup

Display Driver Installation

You 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 GART driver if your

motherboard does not use the Intel AGPset. Installing the AGP GART 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. Software Setup |

Install GART Driver 3. Software Setup | Install DirectX and later in this manual

for the setup steps.

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program

NOTE: See 3. Software Setup | Drivers | Install Display Driver for more informa-

tion.

1. Start Windows.

2. Switch display to Windows’ Standard Display Adapter (VGA) mode and then

restart Windows.

3. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive.

4. The Install Shell appears. Click and then click Drivers 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 Yes... Finish and then to restart

your computer and to complete Setup.

Display Drivers

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3. S/W Setup

3. Software Setup

Method 2: Display Property Page

1. Start Windows.

2. Switch display to Windows’ Standard Display Adapter (VGA) mode and then

restart Windows.

3. Right-click the Windows desktop and click Properties.

4. Click the tab and then clickSettings

Advanced. The Standard Display

Adapter (VGA) Properties dialog box

appears.

5. Click Change on the Adapter tab. The

Update Device Driver Wizard dialog

box appears. Click , click Next Display

a list of all the drivers... and then click

Next.

6. Click Show all hardware and then

click Have Disk....When the Install

From Disk dialog box appears, type the

location of the ASUSNV9X.INF WIN9X file ( folder) and then proceed to step 9.

Otherwise, proceed to the next step.

7. Click Browse Drives Open to search the CD-ROM drive. In the box of the

dialog box, select your CD-ROM drive and then click OK.

8. In the box, double-click the Folders WIN9x ASUSNV9X.INF folder and then select

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 Warning box appears. Click Yes to confirm the setting up

of the ASUS enhanced display drivers and then follow the onscreen instructions

to start the setup.

11. Setup will prompt you when it has finished installing all the necessary files on

your computer. Click to close Setup.Finish

12. When you are returned to the Standard Display Adapter (VGA) Properties

box, click box appears. Click Close. The Display Properties Close.

13. The system will prompt you to restart your computer. Click to restart yourYes

computer and to complete Setup.

Display Drivers

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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 Windows.

2. When Windows detects your ASUS

AGP-V7100 series graphics card,

the New Hardware Found dialog

box appears.

3. Click Driver from disk provided

by hardware manufacturer.

4. When Setup prompts you for the

location of the driver, type D:\WIN9x

to direct Setup to the INF file and then click to install the driver.Finish

5. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer, it

will prompt you to restart your computer. Click to restart your computer andYe s

to complete Setup.

Display Drivers

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3. Click Cancel to enter the Windows

desktop.

4. Insert the CD installation disc into

your CD-ROM drive.

5. The ASUS Windows 2000 Install

Shell appears. Click and then click on the Drivers Install Display Driver 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 to restart your computer andYes

to complete Setup

Windows 2000

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program

1. Start Windows.

2. When Windows detects your ASUS

graphics card, the Found New Hard-

ware Wizard dialog box appears.

Display Drivers

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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 Hardware Wizard dia-

log box.

4. When the next Found New Hard-

ware Wizard dialog box appears,

select Search for a suitable driver

for my device (recommended) and

then click Next..

Method 2: Plug and Play

1. Start Windows.

2. When Windows detects your ASUS

graphics card, the Found New

Hardware Wizard dialog box ap-

pears.

3. Click .Next

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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 Wizard 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 to restart your computer and to complete Setup.OK

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.

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Windows NT 4.0

Method 1: Display Property Page

WARNING! Before installing the display driver in Windows NT 4.0, make sure that

you have installed Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 or later, to take full advan-

tage of the AGP features of your card. (You may download service packs at

http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads.)

NOTE: The following steps assume your CD-ROM drive letter is D.

1. Start Windows 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 Type.

5. Select Adapter Type and click Change.

6. Click .Have Disk

7. Insert the CD installation disc.

8. Type D:\NT40 or click Browse to select the path of the display driver for Win-

dows NT. Click OK.

9. Select ASUS V7100 and then click OK.

10. Windows 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 . Click Close Apply.

11. The System Settings Change dialog box is displayed. Click Yes to restart Windows.

12. Windows NT will restart with the default settings. The Display applet will ap-

pear to allow for mode selection.

Display Drivers

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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 applyDrivers

to all the operating systems supported, namely, Windows 98, Win-

dows 2000, and Windows 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. You may

refer to the installation procedures

earlier in | 3. Software Setup Win-

dows NT 4.0 Method 1: Display |

Property Page.

2. The Windows 98: 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 VGART driver. Just

follow the on-screen instructions to

complete the installation.

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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 to finish the in-OK

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

Windows 98 Only

Microsoft DirectX allows 3D hardware acceleration support in Windows 98. For

Software MPEG support in Windows 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.

WARNING! 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. Software Setup | Uninstall

Display Driver.

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Drivers

Install GART Driver

Windows 98/Windows 2000

The AGP GART Driver is used to support AGP functionality for the chipset on your

PC’s motherboard. It is recommended to install the GART driver if it is newer than

the one you have installed in your system. The GART driver is only necessary for an

AGP graphics card.

NOTE: Installation dialogs are slightly different for each chipset. Follow the on-

screen instructions to finish the GART 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. Click In-

stall GART Driver to install AGP

support for motherboards with Intel,

AMD, VIA, SiS, or ALi chipsets.

3. The AGP VGARTD Driver Detec-

tion box appears with the chipset de-

tected on your motherboard. Click

OK to install the appropriate driver

for your AGPset.

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Drivers

4. If you selected , on the previ-No...

ous screen before clicking , youOK

will be presented with a selection of

other drivers. Make your driver se-

lection and click Install.

5. When the Welcome screen appears,

click Next to continue.

6. Once the driver installation is fin-

ished, click Finish.

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TWAIN Driver

Install ASUS TWAIN Driver

Only with Deluxe Combo/Windows 98

ASUS TWAIN Driver is a frame capture driver for Adobe Photoshop , an image®

editing software. With this driver, you can capture still images through Photoshop

using the video input port of your card (Deluxe Combo/Windows 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 TWAIN Driver..

3. When the Welcome box appears,

click Next to start copying the files.

Setup automatically starts copying

the necessary files to the default

folder.

To complete the installation, simply

follow the on-screen instructions or

prompts.

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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 to restart.Yes

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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 icon.Add/Remove Programs

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 Windows 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 toYes

restart.

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VGA LiveUpdate

3. Software Setup

Run ASUS VGA Live Update

Windows 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 from 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 from 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 from 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.

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Capture Driver

3. Software Setup

Install Video for Windows Capture Driver

Windows 2000/NT 4.0 Only

The Video for Windows Capture Driver must be installed to use ASUS Live Video

(see 4. Software Reference | ASUS Live Video). This driver conforms to the

Microsoft Video for Windows 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 Video

for Windows Capture Driver.

To complete the installation, simply follow the on-screen instructions or prompts.

NOTE: Under Windows 98, the video for Windows capture driver is installed

during the installation of the display drivers.

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SmartDoctor

3. Software Setup

Utilities

Install ASUS Tweak Utility

The ASUS Tweak Utility lets you control the core clock speed and the memory

interface speed of your graphics card.

WARNING! 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 Tweak Utility

3. When the Welcome box appears,

click .Next

To complete the installation, simply

follow the on-screen instructions or

prompts.

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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 require this utility. DO NOT

install.

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Live Utility

3. Software Setup

Install VideoSecurity

Windows 98 Only

VideoSecurity 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 VideoSecurity.

3. When the Welcome box appears,

click Next to start the installation.

To complete the installation, simply

follow the on-screen instructions or

prompts.

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Digital VCR

3. Software Setup

2. The Utilities box appears. Click In-

stall ASUS Live Utility.

3. When the Welcome 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

To 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.

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2. The Utilities box appears. Click In-

stall ASUS Digital VCR.

3. When the Welcome 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

To 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 TimeShifting™ .

NOTE: Make sure that you have an ASUS graphics card with VIDEO-IN connec-

tor before attempting to install the utility.

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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 Windows desktop, click

Properties, and then click . Under WindowsSettings

98/2000, click after clicking . ClickAdvanced Settings

the appropriate tab to change your display settings.

Refresh Rate

Refresh Rate lets you change the refresh rate of your current screen resolution.

WARNING! 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. Press ESC to restore 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 to keep the setting,OK

otherwise, click or press ESC.Cancel

4. Software Reference

ASUS Control Panel icon

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Resolution / Info

More Resolution

More Resolution lets you change the screen resolution of your monitor.

WINDOWS95 USERS: You 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

TrueColor. Click to restart yourOK

computer to make the change.

1. Click/right-click the ASUS Control

Panel icon, point to More 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 ASUSTeK COM-

PUTER, INC. web site for updated in-

formation about the graphics board, lat-

est drivers, and other information.

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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, Video, 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

Windows desktop.

D3D/Game

D3D/Game lets you make your favorite

color settings for D3D games.

Video

Video lets you make your favorite color

settings for videos.

OpenGL

OpenGL lets you make your favorite

color settings for OpenGL applications.

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Color

General Functions

Brightness Contrast Gamma / /

Brightness Contrast Gamma / / sliders

let you calibrate the brightness, contrast,

and gamma output of your display card.

Desktop

Changes to your color settings are

shown immediately on your monitor.

You 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. You

can use existing schemes, or create and

save your own scheme by saving your

current settings, or delete unwanted

schemes. You 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. You can adjust all chan-

nels at once ( ) or individual chan-All

nels ( , or R G, 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).

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Important Notes

D3D/Game

The color settings of take effect only when you are playing a D3D/Game full-screen

DirectDraw/Direct3D game.

Video

Only one overlay is allowed at a time with ASUS AGP-V7100. That is, when you

click Video 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 Video, the preview window will show a

warning message. The message may also appear when you click Video and the dia-

log box is on the wrong monitor in a Windows 98/2000 multiple display environ-

ment.

Desktop

Digital Vibrance

Digital Vibrance lets you control color

separation and intensity of your Win-

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.

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Display

Display lets you make monitor adjustments, such as position, size, and refresh rate.

WARNING! 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. Press ESC to restore your original settings in case of problems.

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

(Windows 98 only)

Displays the box toChange current refresh rate

let you customize a new refresh rate.

To change the current refresh rate

1. Click Change current refresh rate.

2. In the Refresh rate list under

Change current refresh rate, click

the nearest default refresh rate and

then adjust the Edit refresh rate

slider to the rate you want, click Test

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.

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Display

Change refresh rate

Displays the box to let youChange refresh rate

change the refresh rate of any screen resolution.

GDI

(Windows 98 only)

GDI lets you change the refresh rate of the Win-

dows desktop.

To change the refresh rate

1. Click Change refresh rate.

2. In the list under theRefresh Rate

GDI tab, select the refresh rate you

want to use. A Test 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.

To change the refresh rate

1. Click Change refresh rate.

2. In the list under theRefresh Rate

DirectDraw tab, select the refresh rate

you want to use.

Monitor Timing

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.

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Display

Special Notes (Clone mode)

Change Resolution

Secondary Display Device in /Windows 98 onlyClone

Change Resolution Change Resolution displays the box to let you customize a new resolution and refresh

rate of the secondary display device in Clone.

NOTE: CloneThe following descriptions apply only to the secondary display device under mode.

To customize a resolution or refresh rate or both

1. Click .

2. Click the pop-Change Resolution

up button when it appears.

3. In the box,Change Resolution

change the settings according to your

preference and then click OK.

These icons on the tabDisplay

appear only under modeClone

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 mode.Clone

For example, if your secondary display device is

TV, click the tab to adjust, among others, TV Con-

trast Position or of the TV display (see 4. Soft-

ware Reference | TV later in this section).

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Display

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. You can use existing schemes, or create

and save your own scheme by saving your current

settings, or delete unwanted schemes. You 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, PAL 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 Type

Sets the scan type of the TV display. Overscan

(default) bleeds the image off the edges of the pic-

ture tube of your TV. lets you compen-Underscan

sate for overscanning TVs. Use to posi-Position

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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Advanced

Advanced provides some advanced settings for TwinView™, 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

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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 or crop the unwanted areas“ ”garbage

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 Effect

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: You 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 “–”.

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WARNING! To 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.

Take 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.

IMPORTANT: Before enabling stereoscopic mode and using your stereoscopic

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, 1152 x 864

32 bits: 640 x 480, 800 x 600

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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. Your monitor must be able to support the high frequency (at least 100Hz) necessary for

this mode.

Refresh Rate

To 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.

You can use existing schemes, or create and save your own scheme by saving your current settings, or

delete unwanted schemes. You 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 ) and thenHotkey

adjust onscreen the settings of your 3D glasses and display card when playing Direct 3D games.

Advanced

This lets you open the box.Advanced

Hotkey

This lets you assign hot keys to enable onscreen display or OSD. To use this function, select Enable

OSD. You may want to change the default hot key (CTRL + ALT + O) when it conﬂicts with hot keys of

certain games, video players, or Windows programs.

To change the default hot keys

1. With your mouse cursor in the box, press the hot key combination of your choice (you canHotkey

only deﬁne CTRL + ALT key combinations). Hot keys automatically include CTRL+ALT. Press any valid

key (you cannot use ESC, ENTER, TAB, SPACEBAR, PRINT SCREEN, or BACKSPACE) you want to add to

this combination. For example, to deﬁne the hot key combination CTRL+ALT+D, press D.

NOTE: The hot keys will be available only if you selected the Enable OSD

check box.

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OSD Settings

All registered and unregistered trademarks are the property of their respective users. No intended endorsement

of these products or games by ASUSTeK 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 Gamma, and . 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 Gamma, and . See 4. Software Reference | Advanced for a description

of the 3D glasses settings and for a description of the display settings.4. Software Reference | Color

Use the UP DOWN or 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.

To restore the settings to their defaults, press the HOME key.

To 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

Original idea and development by XPIRAL (Efecto Caos S.L.)™

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Direct3D

Windows 98 Only

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 buffering 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.

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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 buffer. 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 option.PCI

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PCI Texture Memory Size

NOTE: This setting applies only to PCI display

adapters or to AGP display adapters running in

PCI compatibility mode.

PCI Texture 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.

Vertical sync

Vertical sync lets you select how an image should

rendered to the screen. lets an imageAlways off

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.

Texel 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.

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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. Your monitor must be able to support the high frequency (at least 100Hz) necessary for

this mode.

Refresh Rate

To 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.

You can use existing schemes, or create and save your own scheme by saving your current settings, or

delete unwanted schemes. You 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. To

achieve a better stereoscopic visual quality, set in conjunction with Embossment View Angle.

VR Effect

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 Video-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.

WARNING! To 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.

Take 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.

IMPORTANT: Before enabling OpenGL stereoscopic mode and using your stereo-

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→

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All registered and unregistered trademarks are the property of their respective users. No intended endorsement

of these products or games by ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. and its subsidiaries is intended or implied.

On Screen Display

Enable OSD

When selected, this lets you open the D3D On Screen Display (you may use the defined ) and thenHotkey

adjust onscreen the settings of your 3D glasses and display card when playing games or watching 3D videos.

Advanced

This lets you open the box.Advanced

Hotkey

This lets you assign hot keys to enable onscreen display or OSD. To use this function, select Enable

OSD. You may want to change the default hot key ( CTRL + ALT + O) when it conflicts with hot keys of

certain games, video players, or Windows programs.

To change the default hot keys

1. With your mouse cursor in the box, press the hot key combination of your choice (you canHotkey

only define CTRL + ALT key combinations). Hot keys automatically include CTRL+ALT. Press any valid

key (you cannot use ESC, ENTER, TAB, SPACEBAR, PRINT SCREEN, or BACKSPACE) you want to add to

this combination. For example, to define the hot key combination CTRL+ALT+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 Embossment Brightness Con-, View Angle, , ,

trast Gamma, and . 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 arrow keys on your keyboard to select a setting that you want to change or adjust andUP or DOWN

the PLUS or MINUS keys to move or drag the slider.

To restore the settings to their defaults, press the HOME key.

To close the onscreen display, press the END key.

Known Issues on Selected Games/Applications

See the included support CD for the latest information (OPENGLVR.TXT WIN9X in the folder).

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OpenGL

Windows 98 Only

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.

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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 (default), , andUse desktop color depth Always use 16 bpp

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), , and Use block transfer Use page flip.

Vertical sync

Vertical sync Always off lets you specify how vertical sync is handled in OpenGL. Options are (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 (default), (lowest quality antialiasing), , and No antialiasing 1.5 x 1.5 2 x 2 (LOD bias) 2 x 2

(highest quality).

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TwinView

TwinView 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 tab (Display 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 Viewport and the 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

TwinView function of the card

is disabled.

Extended

Desktop

When se-

lected, this en-

ables your

desktop area to be spread across two displays. Ex-

tended Desktop is under Windows 95.not supported

IMPORTANT! 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 Settings dialog box at the tab of Windows,

select Extend my Windows desktop onto

this monitor and then restart Windows.

To open the dialog box atDisplay Properties

the Settings Start tab of Windows, click , point

to Settings, click , then double-Control Panel

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.

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Display Manager Properties

To set properties, click the Display Manager 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.

IMPORTANT! 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: Extended Desktop Display Manager only works under .

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2. Your open programs will appear in the box.New Application

3. Select the program you want to add, then click . The program appears in the OK 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.

To 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: ALT + 1

Move all windows to another monitor: ALT + 2

Gather all windows to one monitor: ALT + 3

TITLE BAR

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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 pointing.not

Enable zoom feature lets turn on or off 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 SPACEBAR, , TAB, ,

PRINT SCREEN, or BACKSPACE) you want to add.

Zoom update frequency (updates per second)

lets you set the update or frequency of“ ”refresh

the magnified view in number of times per sec-

onds ( 8; can be set from 1 to 100 timesdefault:

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 for instant switching of the0

zoom window.

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Open Full Screen Video Control Center

Open Full Screen Video Control Center lets you display the Video Mirror control panel.

Video Mirror is a TwinView 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, Video Mirror lets video data that is displayed on a

hardware overlay to be displayed at full-screen on a secondary display.

NOTE: Clone Video Mirror is available under or Extended Desktop.

Video Mirror Properties

To set properties, click the Video Mirror Open

Full Screen Video Control Center button on the

TwinView tab under Advanced. The Full Screen

Video Mirror Control dialog box opens.

NOTE: Make sure that the TwinView 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 TwinView 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 Display 2 Display 1 Display 2 or forces Full Screen Device in or . In Clone mode, selecting Auto

is equivalent to selecting because Overlay only appears in Display 2 Display 1 under Clone mode.

NOTE: After selecting your settings, you may need to exit and restart your videoFull Screen Device

application for the settings to take effect.

Aspect Ratio lets you change the aspect ratio of the video displays on the Video Mirror. Track Overlay

Aspect (default; recommended setting) lets the aspect ratio of the Video Mirror to track the aspect ratio of

the overlay. means that the aspect ratio of the Video Mirror is equal to the aspect of theSource Aspect

source video, assuming square pixels. means that the video is stretched to the boundaries ofFull Screen

the Video Mirror device. forces the Video Mirror aspect ratio to 4:3 (width:height). TV 4:3 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 Video 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.

Track overlay zoom, when enabled, the Video Mirror Zoom settings become disabled. That is, enabling

Track overlay zoom causes the VIdeo Mirror settings to become dependent on the Video Overlay Zoom

settings. Normally these two settings are independent.

Apply Apply: when changing the Full Screen Device options, click for the changes to take effect. The

changes automaticallly take effect for all other options.

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Using the Utilities

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ASUS Tweak Utility

WARNING! Use the ASUS Tweak 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.

To run the ASUS Tweak Utility, click Start and point to Programs Asus, , Tweak-

ing Utilities, and then click Tweak.

Timing Adjustment

Timing 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 Windows 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 Test

Lets you test your settings.

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Windows 98 Only

NOTE: The ASUS VideoSecurity utility can only be used with models with Video-

In/TV-Out.

ASUS VideoSecurity lets you detect intruders into your system and environmental

changes and monitor a specified location or any incoming visitor. If VideoSecurity

detects any deviation from the norm that you set, it may give an error message or

not. Regardless of any messages, VideoSecurity 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 differences in hardware sensitivity, VideoSecurity may not completely

detect all possible errors. Before you execute VideoSecurity, 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.

VideoSecurity is designed for the widest environments possible and error condi-

tions, therefore it is necessary to tune the parameters in VideoSecurity Setup Wizard

to get the best detection results.

Setup Wizard

Setup Wizard guides you through setting up the VideoSecurity features.

1. To open Setup Wizard, click the

Start Pro- button, and then point to

grams, ASUS Video Security, and

then click Setup Wizard. The Video

Security Setup Wizard dialog box

appears.

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NOTE: The following descriptions are only for selected features of the ASUS

VideoSecurity utility. For a full description of the features described in this manual

and other features, refer to the ASUS VideoSecurity Online Help (HTML) for-

mat included with your support CD. You may also click the button to openHelp

the online help ﬁle.

Main Window

VideoSecurity Running Style

•Normal Window is the default style, that is, VideoSecurity will function as a

standard Windows program.

•Always on Top is like a Normal Window except that the main window and con-

trol panel is shown always on top of other programs or utilities. You may right

click to enable or disable this function at the main window anytime.

•Minimize on Tray lets you hide the main VideoSecurity window. This is useful

when you don’t want anyone to know you are monitoring. When this option is

selected, the VideoSecurity icon will appear on the taskbar in the lower-right

corner of your screen. Whenever VideoSecurity detects a problem, it will run.

You may also run VideoSecurity by clicking the icon.

VideoSecurity Working Directory

The VideoSecurity Working Directory is the folder where the utility stores its

temporary working and log ﬁles. Default is C:\VIDEOSEC. The directory is user-

conﬁgurable. When VideoSecurity 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, 1999.11.30_12.30.20“ ” means that VideoSecurity was started on 30 No-

vember 1999 at 12:30:20 PM.

IMPORTANT: Do not change the working folder’s name while VideoSecurity is

running. Otherwise, a fatal runtime error will occur.

VideoSecurity 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.

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Sensibility

Deﬁne Tracing Procedure

VideoSecurity 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

VideoSecurity. Your

environment may

change often but

VideoSecurity 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

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Running ASUS VideoSecurity

Shortcut Keys

ESC Exits VideoSecurity

F1 Opens Online help

F2 Toggles VideoSecurity / Stop Watchdog 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

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ASUS Live Video

NOTES

1. ASUS Live Video can only be used with models with a Video Decoder (De-

luxe Combo) and monitors or monitor drivers that are designed for I2C bus

control.

2. ASUS Live Video supports Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT 4.0, and Win-

dows 2000. For Windows NT/2000, however, the ASUS capture driver for

NT/2000 must be installed ﬁrst before opening ASUS Live Video (see In-

stall Video for Windows Capture Driver earlier in 3. Software Setup).

3. With a Deluxe Combo graphics card, ASUS Live Video only supports Ex-

tended Desktop mode if TwinView is enabled.

ASUS Live Video can be used to:

1. View 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: You should already have installed DirectX 7 or later to use ASUS Live

( see 3. Software Setup | Install DirectX)

Running ASUS Live Video

To run the utility, click and point to and then and thenStart Programs ASUS Live

click ASUS Live.

You may also run ASUS Live by clicking or right-clicking the ASUS Control Panel

icon (see 4. Software Reference | ASUS Control Panel) on the taskbar’s status

area to display the ASUS Control Panel, pointing to ASUS Live Video, and then

clicking it.

Uninstalling ASUS Live Video

To uninstall the software, click and point to and then Start Programs ASUS Live

and then click . You may also uninstall the software using the Uninstall Add/Re-

move Programs Properties Windows Setup dialog box at the tab. See Windows

online help for more information on removing a Windows component.

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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 PAL-, ,

BGHI, PAL-4.43, PAL-M,

PAL-N SECAM or )

Click here to change the

window size for viewing [160 x

120, 176 x 120, 340 x 240,

352 x 240 640 x 480(default), ,

720 x 480 Full Screen or ].

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 PAL-, ,

BGHI, PAL-4.43, PAL-M,

PAL-N SECAM or )

Opens the ASUS Video

Format dialog box to change

the capture Image

Dimensions [88 x 60, 176 x

120 704, 352 x 240 (default),

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, Tuner

Setting, and Tuner 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 Top

Zoom In/Out

ASUS Live

Control Panel

Minimize

ASUS Live

Control Panel

to taskbar

Exit

Click the preferred

video connection

(Composite, S-Video,

TV Tuner) to change

a current connection.

Click the preferred

video connection

(Composite, S-Video,

TV Tuner) to change a

current connection.

Live Mode

(Click Capture to

switch to Capture

Mode)

Capture Mode

(Click Live to switch

to Live Mode)

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The Always On Top 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.

To keep your display screen always on top of other programs, right-click the display

screen and then click Always On Top. Position the screen where it will not interfere

with your other tasks.

Always On Top

Video Source Option

When ﬁrst using ASUS Live, you must set up the video source. By clicking the

Video Source Option (F9) button ( F9) on the ASUS Live Control Panel,hotkey:

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 DOWN and arrow keys on your keyboard to select Video

Connector and then the Left and Right Buttons or the LEFT RIGHT and arrow keys

to set your video connection (Composite, S-Video Tuner NTSC-, or ) or video standard [

M NTSC-N, (not supported under Windows 2000/NT 4.0), NTSC-4.43 PAL-BGHI, ,

PAL-M PAL-N PAL-4.43 SECAM, , or ]. Click or select Reset to set the settings back

to its default. Click or select to close the Video Source Option window.Exit

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If desired, you may adjust the 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 DOWN and arrow keys on your keyboard to

select the desired option and then the Left and Right Buttons or the

LEFT RIGHT and

arrow keys to make the desired adjustments.

Click again the Video Source Option (F9) button on the ASUS Live Control Panel to

exit from the video source option screen.

NOTES

1. Users of the PAL D/K models should select PAL-BGHI for the Video Stan-

dard.

2. NTSC-N is not supported under Windows 2000/NT 4.0.

ASUS Live Video Modes

ASUS Live Mode has two execution modes, namely, and Live Mode 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.

To change video source settings, click the button on the ASUSSetup

Live Control Panel.

NOTES

1. Currently, Live Mode does not work under Windows NT 4.0. Live Mode

requires at least Direct Draw 6, which Windows NT 4.0 does not support.

2. Before using the Wall Paper View as Web Page option, make sure that the

option of the Active Desktop setting is not selected (see Start – Settings –

Active Desktop View as Web Page–).

Capture Mode

Capture Mode lets you capture and store images into your com-

puter. It has three capture options: SnapShot, Frame Recording,

and Video Recording. Video Recording adds an auto-timer record-

ing function that allows you to schedule your video recording (see

Auto Video 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 View Delete, Save As, and that image.

To change video capture settings, click the button on the ASUSSetup

Live Control Panel.

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Video Capture

IMPORTANT: 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 Windows 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 Video for Windows

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.

IMPORTANT: You 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 Windows 2000/NT 4.0 is not automatically installed

when you install the display drivers of your ASUS graphics card.

To install, insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive, click Drivers,

and then click Install Video for Windows Capture Driver (see 3. Software Setup

| Install Video for Windows Capture Driver).

Enabling DMA Transfer Mode

NOTE: The How to Get Maximum

Capture 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 tab and then click the plus sign next to Device Manager Disk drives,

and then double-click your hard disk. The hard disk’s Properties box appears.

4. Click the Settings tab and then select the DMA check box under Options.

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Capturing Images

You must be in capture mode to capture images. To 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 Capture Basic Setting to ad-

just the basic video capture settings,

such as Capture Image Dimension

and Format Capture CODEC se-,

lection, and Capture Audio Format

and Attribute.

Video/Capture Setting

Under Capture Image Dimension

and Format Image Di-, select the

mensions, Image Format, and

ASV2 Settings of your choice.

NOTE: Windows 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

audio Attributes setting of your choice.

This setting depends on whether you

have audio set on your system.

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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. To do this, click

Preallocate disk space and enter the

desired maximum file size.

Don’t ask before starting capture:

This lets you start capture without the

dialog box prompt.

You are now ready to capture video images.

Capture Tip: See Enabling DMA

Transfer Mode

Adjust Source: 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 Hue, and of your images.

SnapShot Setting

1 Click Setup and point to and then

click Video SnapShot to select your

Capture Picture Format (default:

24 bit), and other set-Image Setting

tings.

Under Image Setting, you may set

the desired andImage File name

path (default: C:\CAPTURE.BMP)

and for the ﬁlename to be consecu-

tively numbered (Store image use

consecutive numbered ﬁlename).

You 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 Time ( :default

10 seconds) and and pathFile name

(default: C:\CAPTURE.AVI).

You are now ready to capture video images.

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Scheduled Recording Setting (Windows 98/ME only)

NOTE: For Windows NT/2000, refer to 4. Software 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 Control Panel earlier in this section).

To begin capturing, do the following:

1. Click Snapshot on the ASUS Live Control Panel or press the

key to capture the desired image on ASUS Live Video’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 Preview Files window.

You may click an image to view that captured image.

2. Repeat Step 1 as necessary.

ber, Capture Frame Rate, and options to Add Audio to the recording, View

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 to select the liveScheduled Recording

pre-recording settings.

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NOTES

1. Windows 2000/NT4.0: The capture performance quality under Windows

2000/NT 4.0 is not as good as that under Windows 98.

2. Windows NT 4.0: To run ASUS Live Video, Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

3 or later must be installed on your computer. You may download service

packs at http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads.

3. Windows 2000/NT 4.0: To enhance capture performance, select asUYVY

the capture format size and as capture CODEC.ASUS ASV2

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.

To begin capturing, do the following:

1. Click Frame Recording on the ASUS Live Control Panel or

press the F6 key to open the Capture Frames box.

2. Click Capture to begin capturing the desired frame or frames on

ASUS Live Video’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.

Video Recording

Video Recording (hotkey: F7) lets you capture video stream data continuously and

then show these images on your desktop through your default movie player.

To begin capturing, do the following:

1. Click Video 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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Enable Always on Top

The Enable Always on Top 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. To keep the monitor always on top of other programs, click the

Enable Always on Top button or select the Always on Top On command from the

Window(W) menu. Position the monitor where it will not interfere with your other

tasks.

To disable the Always on Top option, click or select the Always on Top Off

command from the Window(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 and

UP 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. You may also use your mouse/pointing device to change

an option by clicking the appropriate item or slider.

To set the settings back to its default, click (or use theF9 hot key or select Video

Source Setup(S) on the menu) and then click Reset Video in the Video Source tab.

Click OK to close the Video Source tab.

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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 ( preceding illustrationsee

on the ASUS Digital VCR monitor). Live video can also be viewed in full screen

mode or set as desktop wallpaper.

To switch to Live Mode from Capture Mode, click or press F2.

Enable full screen display

To Enable full screen display, click or use CTRL+S.

To disable full screen display, double-click the display and then click . You 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 option, make sure that theEnable wallpaper display

View as Web Page option of the Active Desktop setting is not selected (see Start

– – – Settings Active Desktop View as Web Page).

To Enable wallpaper display, click or use CTRL+W.

To disable desktop wallpaper, double-click anywhere the display and then click .

You may also use CTRL+W to disable the desktop wallpaper.

Setup

To set up Video Source, click .

Video Source

Video Source lets you set the display video method, video scan option, video stan-

dard, brightness/contrast, saturation/hue and other options.

To use Video Source, click (or use the hot key or select

F9 Video Source on the

Setup(S) menu).

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Display Video Method

Display Video Method lets you select ways to display video on your monitor: BOB

(default) or WEAVE. 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.

Video Scan Option

Video Scan Option lets you select the scanning method to use: Normal (default),

Skip Odd Field Skip Even Field, and . Use this option to reduce the strobing effect

that results from fast moving objects when rendering to video. uses bothNormal

fields to render the video output. For PAL output, use and for NTSCSkip Odd Field

output, use Skip Even Field.

Video Standard

Video Standard lets you select the video srandard to use for display: NTSC-M (de-

fault), NTSC-N NTSC-4.43 AL-BGHI, , P , PAL-M PAL-N PAL-4.43 SECAM, , or .

NOTE: Users of the PAL D/K models should select PAL-BGHI for the Video

Standard.

If desired, you may adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Hue of the VCR

monitor. Use your mouse/pointing device to make the necessary adjustments.

Click again the Video Source Option (F9) button on the ASUS Live Control Panel to

exit from the video source option screen.

Use Hardware Pre-filtering function

Use Hardware Pre-Filtering function (default: disabled) lets you use your graphics

card for pre-filtering (pre-smoothing the image before compression encoding).

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Capture Mode

Capture Mode lets you capture and store images into your computer. It has three

capture options: Video Snapshot Capture Frames, , and Capture Video. Video

Recording adds an auto-timer recording function that allows you schedule your video

recording ( later in this section).see Auto Recording

To 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). You may also right-click an

image or select an image and then click the appropriate button to (orPlayback

view), Save As (a new file), or Delete that image.

Setup

To set up Video Capture, click .

Video Capture

Video Capture lets you set the snapshot and video capture settings.

To use Video Capture, click (or use theF9 hot key or select Capture Mode on

the Setup(S) menu).

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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 Windows 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 Video for Windows

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.

IMPORTANT: You 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.

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Set Audio displays the dialog box, which lets you save a schemeSound Selection

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 11KB/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 ( 30 frame/sec, which is full motion).default:

Maximum AVI 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 ( 10 seconds).default:

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.AVI).

You are now ready to capture video images.

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Auto Recording

Auto recording adds an auto-timer recording function that allows you to schedule

your video recording.

To use , click Auto recording (or use the hot key) and then click the

F9 Auto

recording tab or simply click on on the toolbar or select Auto-Recording Setup

the Setup(S) menu.

Auto recording Current time includes the (Hour:Minute:Second), Start Time (Year

Minute | Second), and options to to theFrame Rate, ,Channel Capture Audio

recording, View Log (of auto recorded events), and to Delete one or Delete All the

pre-recording settings.

Add Clear lets you add while 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.

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Playback

Playback lets you set the options when playing back video files.

To use , click Playback (or use theF9 hot key) and then click the tab orPlayback

simply select on the menu.Playback Setup(S)

Capturing Images

Video Snapshot F5

Video 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.

To begin capturing, do the following:

1. Click on the ASUS Digital VCR toolbar or press the 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.

You may click an image to view that captured image.

2. Repeat Step 1 as necessary.

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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.

To begin capturing, do the following:

1. Click on the ASUS Digital VCR toolbar or press the F6

key to open the Capture Frames box.

2. Click Capture 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. With the new TimeShifting™ 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 Video (hotkey: F7) lets you capture video stream data continuously and

then show these images on your desktop through your default movie player.

To begin capturing, do the following:

1. Click on the ASUS Digital VCR toolbar or press the key.

2. The Video Capture Setup dialog box opens. Set the different

options as desired and then click . Click when theStart Stop

desired end frame is reached. The initial frame of the captured

video (saved as an AVI file) will immediately be played back.

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4. S/W Reference

ASUS Digital VCR

TimeShifting™

The innovative TimeShifting feature of the ASUS™

Digital VCR lets you record incoming video feeds into

a buffer. 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 TimeShifting . 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 and playback will start imme-Play

diately (this while recording still continuing in the back-

ground)!

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4. S/W Reference

VR PictureViewer

ASUS VR PictureViewer

Optional

ASUS VR PictureViewer 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 menu and thenVR Effect

click VR On to enable stereoscopic

display.

Opening or Displaying a Stereoscopic or 3D File

To run ASUS VR PictureViewer, click or right-click the ASUS Control Panel icon

( see 4. Software Reference | ASUS Control Panel) on the taskbar’s status area to

display the ASUS Control Panel, point to VR PictureViewer, and then click it.

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4. Software Reference

4. S/W Reference

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: You should already have installed DirectX 7 or higher to use ASUS

StereoTV (see 3. Software Setup | Install DirectX)

To run , right-click theStereoTV

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 SettingVolume 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.

Volume 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.

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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.

IMPORTANT! 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, PAL-BGHI

model in countries with PAL-BGHI systems, or PAL-4.43 model in countries with

PAL-4.43 systems.

Video Setting

Use this button to select the video format ( NTSC, PAL-BGHI, PAL-4.43)Options:

and video source ( Composite, Video).Options:

Minimize Button

Clicking this button minimizes the ASUS VR MoviePlayer.

Exit Button

Clicking this button closes StereoTV.

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5. Resolution Table

5. Resolution

Max Refresh Rate

Resolution Color Depth

8bpp = 16bpp = 32bpp =

256 colors 65K colors 16.7M colors

Standard High Color True Color

640 x 480 240 240 240

800 x 600 240 240 240

1024 x 768 240 240 240

1152 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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6. Troubleshooting

Description Recommended Action

After installation and re-

starting, Windows 95/98 in-

forms me that the display

setting is still incorrect.

• “ ”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.

•Windows 95 is not OSR2.1 or later.

•DirectX version is not 6.0 or later.

•You have not installed appropriate drivers for the

AGP chipset. (e.g. VGARTD.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.

•Try to switch to a lower resolution.

•You may be using a motherboard with an Aladdin

IV AGPset. To get the best compatibility, the dis-

play card uses AGP Bus Master mode instead of AGP

execute mode for motherboards using this AGPset.

•You must install DirectX 6 or later so that your player

can take advantage of the hardware acceleration

mode (DirectDraw).

•Try 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.

•VideoSecurity currently only supports S-Video 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 VideoSecurity with the never stop option. You“ ”

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,

VideoSecurity will not store any information and give

you a warning message.

My monitor is not capable

of high resolution or refresh

rate.

DirectX or the other appli-

cations report no AGP

memory available.

Games or applications re-

port “No 3D acceleration

hardware found.”

My MPEG player displays

bad quality video clips.

I cannot enable AGP

memory or run I-Base test.

I can’t use VideoSecurity

with my USB CCD or IEEE

1394 CCD.

I am using Video Security

and it seems my hard disk

space is almost exhausted.

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I am using VideoSecurity

and I set the password op-

tion. I have forgotten my

password, though. Is there

a way to recover my pass-

word?

•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 VideoSecurity and install a new copy. Make

sure that the password that you assigned can be eas-

ily remembered. You may write down your password

and store it in a safe place.

6. Troubleshooting

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