Asus My Cinema Series - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
Notices .......................................................................................................... v
Safety information ...................................................................................... vi
About this guide ........................................................................................ vii
Chapter 1: Hardware information
1.1 System requirements ................................................................... 1-2
1.2 Card/Box layout ............................................................................ 1-2
1.3 Before you proceed ..................................................................... 1-7
1.4 Installation .................................................................................... 1-8
1.4.1
Installing the ASUS TV Tuner Card ................................. 1-8
1.4.2 Installing the ASUS USB TV Box .................................... 1-9
1.4.3 Installing the ASUS TV Express Card ............................. 1-9
1.5 Connecting cables and devices ................................................ 1-10
1.5.1
Quadri PCI-E TV card ................................................... 1-10
1.5.2 Hybrid TV card ...............................................................1-11
1.5.3 USB TV box .................................................................. 1-12
1.5.4 DVBT Express Card ...................................................... 1-13
1.5.5 Hybrid Express Card ..................................................... 1-13
1.5.6 DVBT USB TV box ........................................................ 1-13
1.5.7 Hybrid USB TV box ....................................................... 1-13
Chapter 2: Software information
2.1 Device driver installation ............................................................. 2-2
2.1.1
Installing Microsoft ® DirectX® ......................................... 2-2
2.1.2 Installing the driver .......................................................... 2-3
2.1.3 Uninstalling the drivers .................................................... 2-7
2.2 CyberLink ® PowerCinema (optional) ....................................2-8
(for Windows ® XP only)
2.2.1 Launching PowerCinema ................................................ 2-8
2.2.2 Optimizing your computer for multimedia ....................... 2-9
2.2.3 Navigating through the home page ............................... 2-12
2.2.4 Using the player control panel ...................................... 2-13
2.2.5 Using the remote control ............................................... 2-13
2.2.6 Settings ......................................................................... 2-14
2.2.7 Watching TV .................................................................. 2-16
2.2.8 Watching movies ........................................................... 2-21