Wired 4DVD, User Manual

Page 1: ...Wired 4DVD User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...Corporation and other rights owners Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited Other Acknowledgements Wired Inc Wired 4DVD and Wired Stream are trademarks of Wired Inc REALmagic REALmagic ...

Page 3: ...n 10 Audio Connections 12 TV Monitor Connections 13 Software Installation 14 What gets installed 14 Using DVD Station Running DVD Station for the FirstTime 15 Auto Calibration 15 Selecting Your Geographic Region 16 Playing Discs 18 The Basics 18 Playing MPEG Files 19 Reference The DVD Station Controller 21 Player Controls 21 Display Panel 22 Volume Control 23 DVD Navigation Buttons 23 DVD Menu Con...

Page 4: ...er 28 Sizes Menu 29 Preferences 30 Play List Panel 30 Settings Panel 32 DVD Options Panel 34 Setting the DVD Region Code 36 Configuration Options 36 Auto Calibration 37 Adjust Borders 37 Advanced Color Adjustments 39 Select Screen 42 Index 43 ...

Page 5: ... 2 digital video playback capability The Wired 4DVD also has a digital audio output which can be connected to an external decoder for Dolbyª Digital or DTSª surround sound Please refer to the Read Me First file on the installation disc for important information not available when this manual was printed Technical Support Support for Wired 4DVD is available online at www wiredinc com and via e mail...

Page 6: ...ired 4DVD card requires A Power Macintosh running at 100 MHz or higher Mac OS version 8 0 or higher 8 5 1 recommended An available PCI expansion slot 10 MB of available RAM DVD ROM or DVD RAM drive An external amplifier and speakers is recommended for best sound ...

Page 7: ...nd entertainment communities as the current standard of digital video on both television and personal computers DVD DVD is a revolutionary storage medium that is currently capable of storing up to 18 gigabytes GB of data on a disc the size of a standard CD This is enough to store an entire movie encoded in the MPEG 2 format on a single disc For video the maximum bit rate is 10 8 Megabits per secon...

Page 8: ...or audio data whereas the IFO files contain navigation information DVD files are up to full CCIR601 resolution of 720 x 480 576 for PAL at 30 25 for PAL fps MPEG Files MPG is the extension commonly used for files with MPEG 2 or MPEG 1 compressed full motion video System streams Program streams and Transport streams are all supported which are different ways of storing both audio and video in one f...

Page 9: ...he power cord 2 Disconnect the monitor cable from your Macintosh 3 Open your computer so you have access to the PCI expansion slots Refer to your MacÕs users manual for specific instructions 4 Locate an available PCI slot 5 Remove the slot cover screw and slot cover if applicable 6 Open the protective bag and remove the Wired 4DVD card 7 Insert the card into the PCI slot Press down gently on the t...

Page 10: ...DVD ROM drive Otherwise you will not be able to play CD Audio titles with the DVD ROM drive This will not affect the audio of DVD Video or DVD ROM titles In Out Connectors This photo shows the various input and output connectors on the Wired 4DVD card Monitor Connection The Wired 4DVD card connects ÒbetweenÓ your monitor and the monitor port of the Mac This is accomplished by using a special Òpass...

Page 11: ...ompactÓ VGA style If your system uses the larger Òmac styleÓ monitor connectors you can use the supplied adapters to convert them to the right size The MacÕs monitor port location and appearance varies The video input of the Wired 4DVD The Òpass thruÓ cable This end goes to the Wired 4DVD card This end connects to your MacÕs monitor port Connect this adapter to your monitor cable And this one to t...

Page 12: ...res two separate audio outputs for specialized configurations The Stereo mini jack output The S PDIF digital audio connector The stereo mini jack outputs a standard analog stereo signal that can be used by virtually any stereo receivers or amplified speakers It also contains the Pro Logic Surround Sound encoding that allows you to achieve surround sound by attaching this signal to a Pro Logic rece...

Page 13: ...type connector you will need to use the supplied adapter to connect it Due to the copyright protection circuit in use by this product please do not connect any recording device such as a VCR to the Composite Video Out or the S Video Out connectors of the card For best playback make sure the DVD title is played directly from the card onto a TV not through a VCR S video cables plug directly in to th...

Page 14: ...er application 3 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the software installation What gets installed The installer places the following files on your hard drive The DVD Station application in the Wired 4DVDª folder This user guide in Adobe Acrobat format in the Wired 4DVDª folder The Wired4DVDLib file in your Extensions folder Proceed to the next section for detailed information on the ope...

Page 15: ...ibed below Auto Calibration In order to be able to display the signal from the Wired 4DVD card on your computer monitor the system must be ÒcalibratedÓ This is an automatic process that tests the signal from your computerÕs monitor port and adjusts the output of the Wired 4DVD accordingly If the current resolution and color depth of your monitor has not been calibrated before this dialog will appe...

Page 16: ...previously set this dialog will appear when you run DVD Station 1 Click Yes and the DVD Region panel of the Preferences dialog will open 2 Click on your location on the map and click Change 3 A confirmation dialog will appear If you want to proceed click OK to set the region 4 Click OK to close the Preferences dialog The region can only be set five 5 times After the fifth time you will no longer b...

Page 17: ...al region code of the drive 1 Open the DVD Region panel of the Preferences dialog 2 Choose your DVD drive from the pop up menu and click on the desired region 3 Click Change and click OK in the confirmation dialog 4 Click OK again to close the Preferences dialog After the initial region selection for a drive you will only be able to change the driveÕs region code if you have a DVD from the new reg...

Page 18: ...c controls but each adds special controls as appropriate to their specific tasks 3 Click the Play button to start playing the disc If itÕs an AudioCD the disc will start playing If itÕs a DVD the playback window will appear on your monitor and the video will begin playing If the Autoplay feature is turned ON in the preferences dialog an inserted disc will start playing as soon as DVD Station is op...

Page 19: ...Besides playing audio and video discs DVD Station can play MPEG files directly from your hard drive These can be individual MPEG audio or video streams multiplexed MPEG streams or ÒIFOÓ or ÒVOBÓ files from a DVD It can even assemble a Òplay listÓ of different files to be played in sequence see ÒPlay List PanelÓ on page 30 for details To play an individual MPEG file 1 Start DVD Station by double cl...

Page 20: ...f you select a VIDEO_TS IFO file from a Video_TS directory either on a hard disk or on a DVD DVD Station will switch to DVD playback mode and you can play it as if it were a DVD disc Switching Back to Playing DVDs If you want to play an inserted DVD instead of a currently selected file just click the Program Type indicator to toggle between DVD and DATA modes DATA indicates that you have selected ...

Page 21: ...ying the active disc or file Click again to pause Stop button Click this button to stop play If youÕre playing a DVD the stop button will close the program window too Eject button Click this button to eject an inserted disc or to open the driveÕs tray if no disc is currently inserted You can ÒgrabÓ the controller by its edges to move it around on your screen Previous Track Next Track Number Pad fo...

Page 22: ...and Play List The Display Panel will show which play mode is currently active The default play mode is All To select Play List you must first create a play list See ÒPlay List PanelÓ on page 30 for details Selecting Random will cause DVD Station to play the tracks in random order The Random setting works only with Audio CDs Repeat Mode button Click this button to toggle between Play Once and Conti...

Page 23: ...on This operation only functions with a DVD movie disc that contains multiple language soundtracks Press the Audio Soundtrack Language Selector during play Click and select the language you want In this example English is the selected language The language selected is momentarily displayed in the upper right corner of your movie window Camera Angle Selector This operation only functions with a DVD...

Page 24: ...he language is momentarily displayed in the upper right corner of your movie window If the menu is divided the first section provides normal subtitles for the selected language the second section contains subtitles with extra functions Menu Selector This button usually displays the ÒmainÓ menu of a DVD Video disc The exact functionality is set by the producer of the particular disc Title Selector ...

Page 25: ... shortcuts to miscellaneous functions of DVD Station Clicking the On screen Display button displays the title chapter and playtime of the current DVD if playing a DVD disc or displays the file name track if playing from a playlist and playtime of the current clip if playing MPEG files Clicking the button again disables this feature Clicking the Video Mode button will switch the video display from ...

Page 26: ...ach to your taste Image Capture Click the Image Capture button capture a still image of the current video frame to the Clipboard You can then paste it into another program for saving or printing This feature does not work with DVD Video titles that are copy protected Segment Play A B This feature lets you loop playback between any two points in a movie While the movie is playing click the button w...

Page 27: ...at will allow you to interact with some DVD movie titles that have menu selections and other options There are two number pads one for selecting Titles or Chapters the other for selecting menus You can simply enter the desired number by click the keypad with the mouse and click the Enter button to confirm your entry Click on this button to toggle between the two keypads Use this button to make cor...

Page 28: ...he volume control slider To restore the standard controller click the plus symbol Ò Ó To access the position slider which lets you easily ÒscrollÓ to any part of the movie click the slider icon Click here to reveal the Secondary Controls Previous Track Next Track DVD Menu DVD Title Play Pause Stop Eject Rewind Fast Forward Grab here to move the controller on your screen Drag the slider to jump to ...

Page 29: ... corner You can move the on screen video window anywhere on your Mac monitor by clicking within the window and dragging it to a new location You can easily switch from window mode to full screen mode and back again by double clicking anywhere within the on screen video window These options show the video in a window on your Mac monitor so you can still see your other applications and the menu bar ...

Page 30: ...avorite MPEG clips to be played in sequence Since the card is capable of playing both MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 files you may choose to play MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 files from any available drive Files located on network volumes may not play properly due to speed limitations of your network To create a Play List 1 Open the Preferences window The Playlist panel will appear it has three sub panels The Volume List...

Page 31: ...g it back to the Title List box or click on its title and press the Delete key To change a clipÕs playing order drag and re position its icon in the Play List box 4 Click OK when you have finished adding removing and or changing the order of the clips in the Play List 5 Click the Play Mode button in the controller window until the word Play List is highlighted in the Display Panel C lick Play to p...

Page 32: ...een in Full Screen Mode If you have more than one monitor connected to your Mac this option will dim all other monitors when you switch to full screen mode CD DVD Drive If you have more than one DVD drive in your system choose the preferred drive from this menu AutoPlay If the Autoplay feature is turned ON in the preferences dialog an inserted disc will start playing as soon as DVD Station is open...

Page 33: ...on NTSC monitors and NTSC clips can be played properly on PAL monitors If the 1 1 Ratio feature is enabled the output to the TV is scaled to maintain a 1 1 output ratio Normally if NTSC clips 720 x 480 resolution are played on a PAL monitor 720 x 576 resolution the resulting image is squeezed vertically With the 1 1 ratio selected the 720 x 480 NTSC frame will be scaled to 720 x 576 to fill the PA...

Page 34: ...ctivated the Password Protection feature you will have to enter your password before you can change the rating This feature has no effect on titles that do not support the Parental Lockout feature Most DVD movie titles do not use this voluntary rating system You cannot rely upon this feature to prevent your children from viewing objectionable titles The only way to prevent children from playing su...

Page 35: ...to enter a new password Preferred Display Mode The Preferred Display Mode lets you specify how you would like to view movies which are recorded in widescreen format Wide Shows the entire recorded movie frame in the on screen video window Pan Scan Crops the left and right edges of the movie frame as needed to fit the image on a standard 4 3 aspect ratio window Letterbox Shows the entire recorded fr...

Page 36: ...rrently playing DVD and start it over Setting the DVD Region Code You can change the region code of your system if you relocate to somewhere with a different region code See ÒSelecting Your Geographic RegionÓ on page 16 for more information Configuration Options The Auto Calibration procedure that runs the first time you launch DVD Station normally does a great job of setting up the overlay window...

Page 37: ...k the Configure button The Configuration dialog will appear 3 Click Auto Calibration to run the calibration procedure Adjust Borders If you see a colored border around the video in the Program window even after using the Auto Calibration function you can adjust the border manually 1 Open the Preferences dialog 2 Click on the Settings tab and then click the Configure button The Configuration dialog...

Page 38: ...have a long ways to move it 5 Then use the increase and decrease buttons to change the width of the overlay to exactly match the colored rectangle 6 Click OK when done Use these arrows to move the overlay box Click to decrease the width of the overlay rectangle Click to increase the width If the video image on the computer screen ÒjittersÓ adjust this setting to stabilize it Fine tunes the horizon...

Page 39: ...ou are not able to view any MPEG video on your VGA screen or If the VGA graphics seems to Òbleed throughÓ the MPEG video If you are not able to view MPEG video at all there are several things you should try before changing the chroma key color make sure that the monitor is connected to the card powering off the computer and try again after restarting or double check the Border Adjust and Color Cal...

Page 40: ...lar sample of the current key color see above 6 A standard Macintosh color picker will be displayed Choose a new color and click OK DonÕt pick a commonly used color or you will see the DVD video bleeding through into your other applications Click here to change the key color ...

Page 41: ...sily make a very large hole in the color chart that displays the video Once you can see black in both the inside and the outside area you should adjust the sliders to reduce the size of the hole so that it is about 40 x 40 pixels which is roughly the size of a standard icon Making the hole too small will cause video ÒjitteringÓ and Òbleeding Ó Making the hole too large will cause MPEG video to pla...

Page 42: ...een command to specify which monitor is connected to the Wired 4DVD card 1 Start DVD Station 2 Click on the Settings tab and then click the Configure button The Configuration dialog will appear 3 Choose Select Screen from the Advaanced pop up menu 4 In the dialog that appears select the monitor that is connected to the Wired 4DVD card ...

Page 43: ...play button 25 Display Panel 22 Dolby Digital Surround Sound 7 Dolby Pro Logic 8 DVD 7 8 DVD Menu Controller 25 DVD Navigation Buttons 23 DVD Options Panel 34 DVD Region Code 36 DVD Video 10 E Eject 21 Encoder 7 F Fast Forward 22 File Formats 8 fps 7 Frames per second 7 Function Buttons 25 I Image Capture 26 Installation 9 Introduction 5 K Keep Aspect Ratio 32 key color 39 L Language 36 Language B...

Page 44: ...es 26 30 Preferred Display Mode 35 Previous Track 22 Pro Logic Surround Sound 12 R Random 22 Receiver 7 Rewind 22 S S PDIF 7 12 Secondary Controls 26 Segment Play 26 Select Screen 42 Setting the Region 17 Sizes Menu 29 Slow Motion Play 27 Static electricity 9 Stop 21 Subtitle Selector 24 System Requirements 6 T Technical Support 5 Technology Overview 7 Title Selector 24 ToolTips 32 V Video Connect...