Copyright: Copyright © March 1999 Creative Technology Ltd.
Citation: Copyright © March 1999 Creative Technology Ltd.  Creative BlasterControl TV Out Help version 1:00.  All rights reserved.


This is a context-sensitive Help file. To view the Help topics, right-click the item in the BlasterControl TV Out module, and then click What's This.


Select the signal that is currently used by your TV set.  BlasterControl TV Out supports the following TV formats (please take note, however, that this list is dependent on the TV encoder chip that is on the TV Out daughtercard, or the Graphics Blaster that supports TV Out capability).

NTSC-M

NTSC-M-Japan

PAL-B

PAL-D

PAL-H

PAL-I

PAL-M

PAL-N

If you want to turn off TV Out, select the option, VGA Mode (Off TV Out) from the list.


If you want to optimize the display for Windows, select Windows Graphics.  When you select Windows Graphics, the FlickerFilter will be turned on and Overscan turned on.  The Windows Graphics option is suitable when you are using Windows applications such as word-processing applications or graphics design applications.

If you want to optimize the display of video playback on the TV set, select Video PlayBack.  When you select Video PlayBack, the FlickerFilter will be turned off and Overscan turned off.  You cannot adjust the size of the TV output when Overscan is turned off.  The Video PlayBack option is suitable when you want to view video playback, for example, VideoCDs, DVD-Video discs or MPEG-video files, on the TV set.


These three vertical sliders allow you to adjust the TV display’s brightness, contrast and filtering effect of the FlickerFilter.


Increase or decrease the brightness of the TV set’s display by moving this slider up or down.


Increase or decrease the contrast of the TV set’s display by moving this slider up or down.


Increase or decrease the filtering effect of the FlickerFilter by moving this slider up or down.  When you increase the filtering effect, the flickering will be reduced, making text appear more stable and readable.  However, this will affect the picture quality, causing it to be not as sharp.


Increase or decrease the resolution of the display on the TV set by moving the slider to the right or the left.

Supported resolutions are 400x300, 512x384, 640x400, 640x480, 800x600.

Please take note, however, that the maximum resolution supported depends on the TV encoder chip and the graphics processor.


Turn on TV Out every time after Windows starts up.


Click these arrow buttons to adjust the position of the Windows’ desktop that is displayed on the TV set.


Click these arrow buttons to adjust the size of the output that is displayed on the TV set.


Click this button to display a transparent box.  Drag this box to the portion of Windows’ desktop that you want to display on the TV set.

If you want to change the resolution of the display on the TV set, right-click the box to select another resolution.


If you want to restore the last saved settings, click this button.  The settings are saved every time you click the Apply or OK button.


When you want the VGA display to be displayed on the TV set, clear this check box to disable the monitor display.

To enable the monitor display, select this check box.


Reset to factory default settings.