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Important !!!!!!! This manual covers two different VisionTek Theater 550 Pro product solutions:
(1) The VisionTek XTASY Theater 550 Pro Media Center Edition version with
remote control
(2) VisionTek Theater 550 Pro Windows XP version without
remote control.
Congratulations on your purchase of the VisionTek Theater 550 Pro TV Tuner card/PVR solution. Your VisionTek
THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card is an advanced, analog TV tuner card that represents a vast improvement in
both video and audio quality over previous PC TV tuner products. The THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card uses
hardware MPEG encoding and digital audio.
The THEATER™ 550 PRO TV tuner card provides the following features:
• NTSC analog video decoding with motion-adaptive 3D comb filtering (depending on region).
• Worldwide, analog, stereo audio decoding with digital output to the PC.
• FM radio.
• MPEG-1 Layer II, 2-channel audio encoding.
• High quality MPEG-2 video encoder.
• Hardware noise reduction.
Watch television on your computer! You can receive up to 125 cable television channels and 70 antenna channels in
smooth, full-motion video, and view them on the whole screen or in a window.
System Requirements
Hardware • Intel® Pentium® 4 or Celeron®, AMD Athlon® or
Sempron® (or compatible).
• Sound card and speakers.
• 128 MB of system memory; 256 MB or more is
recommended for best performance.
• Motherboard with a free 3.3V PCI slot.
• CD-ROM drive (for installation software).
• A DirectX 9 supported graphics card is recommended
for optimal display output quality.
• Cable TV signal or amplified antenna.
Internet connection to retrieve electronic programming
guide
Operating
System
• Windows® XP Media Center Edition® 2005
• Windows® XP (Professional or Home, Service Pack 2)
Decoder • You must have an MPEG decoder (DVD or media
player) already on your system in order to play back
MPEG video captured by the THEATER™ 550 PRO-
based TV tuner card.
Monitor • High-resolution MultiSync or multi-frequency monitors
or any other type of VGA monitor.
• Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or digital CRT display.
CHAPTER 1: Getting Started