Diamond Multimedia 8500LE - Manual

2 Features At A Glance RADEON 7500 The RADEON 7500 provides high performance acceleration for today's demanding 3D graphic applications. Its main features are: • VIDEO IMMERSION™ which provides industry- leading DVD playback and digital TV decode capability • CHARISMA ENGINE™ which is the main VPU, ...

3 ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming Experience ATI’s CATALYST Software Suite provides multiple display functionality, and the advanced graphic features, such as TRUFORM, for the ultimate 3D gaming experience. For help on installing the CATALYST Software Suite, refer to t...

4 Multiple Displays Connecting Your Monitor(s) The RADEON 8500 provides hardware support for one DVI-I monitor or two VGA monitors using the DVI-I-to-VGA adapter. A TV can also be used to expand your desktop by using the S-Video out. The RADEON 7500 provides support for one VGA monitor and Composite...

5 CATALYST Software Suite The following section provides an explanation of each ATI tab available after installing the CATALYST Software Suite. ATI Displays Tab The ATI Displays tab provides the multi monitor features. Here you can enable/disable display devices and swap the assignment of Primary an...

6 Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays 1 Access the Windows ® Control Panel. Double- click Display. 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button. 3 Click on the ATI Displays tab. 4 Click the enable/disable button for the display device you want to enable/disable. 5 Click OK or Apply ...

7 To enable Extended Desktop Mode, refer to the section Enabling Extended Desktop Mode . 1 Access the Windows ® Control Panel. Double- click Display. 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button. 3 Click on the ATI Displays tab. The ATI Displays tab shows you the display(s) that are a...

12 ATI Overlay Tab The ATI Overlay tab allows you to configure the brightness, contrast, saturation, hue and gamma properties of your video overlay. Video Overlay Video overlay allows for the viewing of full-motion video on your PC. However, there is only one video overlay, which is only available o...

14 Direct 3D ® Control Panel Using this tab, gamers can tweak the settings of their Direct 3D ® games. Main and Custom Settings In the Main Settings you can maximize overall performance by moving the slider to the left, or you can enhance overall image quality by moving the slider to the right.

23 Using TV Out View your PC’s display on a TV Your RADEON card has TV Out capability. You can attach your card to a TV and monitor at the same time. Or you can connect it to your VCR and record your monitor’s display. TV display is ideal for playing games, giving presentations, watching movies, and...

24 7500 to a TV or a VCR, use a Composite (RCA) cable. If your TV has cable input only, you can connect your card to your TV through your VCR or an RF modulator (available in most electronics stores). Connecting Your Video Out to a TV or VCR 1 Turn off your PC and your TV (or VCR). 2 Ensure your car...

25 Starting Windows ® with TV Display Enabled The TV screen may become scrambled during the initial Windows ® logo display. This is only a temporary effect and your screen will be restored within a few seconds. During start up, your RADEON card will go through a sequence of mode settings, during whi...

27 Adjusting Monitor Display The size of the display on your monitor may be smaller and not perfectly centered when you have TV display enabled. These effects are caused by the changes required to provide a proper display on the TV. Use the controls available on the Adjustments tab on the Monitor Pr...

28 Reducing Edge Distortion When using a TV for your PC’s display, you may see some edge distortion on the left and right side of your TV screen. This effect depends on your TV and the PC application you are running. To reduce edge distortion, you can increase the TV display’s horizontal size. To In...