Radeon TV Out?

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Haw'nTel

Greetings all. I'm a newbie to this. Just installed a Radeon 9660 with TV
Out. However, there seems to be no uption for a TV in the Catalyst Control
Center.
Do I need to have the card plugged in to a TV for the items to appear? Else,
how to I enable the TV mode?
Many thanks.
 
"Haw'nTel" said:
Greetings all. I'm a newbie to this. Just installed a Radeon 9660 with TV
Out. However, there seems to be no uption for a TV in the Catalyst Control
Center.
Do I need to have the card plugged in to a TV for the items to appear? Else,
how to I enable the TV mode?
Many thanks.
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Generally, you want the TV connected, since video cards like to
use jack sensing. When you connect the TV, the 75 ohm load of
the TV set, is detected by the video card. (If it is not detected
successfully, look for a "force detection" option in the software
interface.)

Here is a manual. Read this, then post back if you are still
having problems. Note that a similar file name on the ATI site,
is not actually a manual, but a 4 page piece of spam. This
Visiontek manual is the real thing.

http://www.visiontek.com/CCC.pdf

Paul
 
Thanks, Paul. I'll try it with the TV plugged in to the card.
I do have the Catalyst Control Center...downloaded it yesterday. But it
doesn't start up with the pic of the big breasted cartoon lady.
 
"Haw'nTel" said:
Thanks, Paul. I'll try it with the TV plugged in to the card.
I do have the Catalyst Control Center...downloaded it yesterday. But it
doesn't start up with the pic of the big breasted cartoon lady.
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There is a "Standard View" and an "Advanced View". I vaguely
remember being prompted to select one of the two, after doing
the install. (I don't have my ATI card in the computer right
now, otherwise I could check.)

Are you sure CCC is installed ? CCC needs .NET to be present, in
order for you to be able to use it. When CCC is running, you'll
notice that maybe 50MB of memory goes missing. To me, that is the
worst part of CCC, and may have something to do with the use
of .NET as part of the software solution.

Paul
 
I installed .NET along with CCC. It's there. However, I don't get my TV for
another month, so cannot test the system til then.
Thanks.
 
"LMO" said:
I installed .NET along with CCC. It's there. However, I don't get my TV for
another month, so cannot test the system til then.
Thanks.
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Try the "force" function. That is supposed to make the video
card believe a TV is connected. As far as I know, the TV output
is the only one that can be forced. You should then be able to
examine the options that CCC makes available for the card
(i.e. clone mode, extended mode, or whatever). Even if you cannot
look at the actual output on the TV signal.

I hope you realise, that a TV output has limited resolution.
Something like 1024x768 may be the limit as far as video cards
go. There are some scan converter products, that will handle
higher resolutions, but the thing is, the way TV signal transmission
works, limits the useful bandwidth. Translated into English, what
that means is, a movie should look good on the TV, but text will be
virtually unreadable. Text needs sharp signal edges, and TV signals
are not good at passing stuff like that. I've been disappointed with
the TV output of every video card I own, so personally I would not
be expecting miracles (if, say, you wanted to edit a document
in MS Word, on the TV set).

Paul
 
Okay, Forcing it at least gave me the TV options. I'll see how it works when
my TV gets here next month.
Thanks!
 
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