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User Guide 10818-301-0322 2008.12.01 Matr ox Parhelia Matr ox Millennium P750 Matr ox Millennium P690 Matr ox Millennium P650 ENGLISH.
2 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide H a rd w a re i n s t a l l a t i o n This secti on describes how to install your Matro x card. I f your Matr ox graphics card is already installed in y our c ompu ter , skip t o “Standar d (A TX) connection setup ” , page 6 or “Low-profile connectio n setup ” , page 10 .
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 3 1 Open your computer and remove your existing graphics card * If a graphics card isn ’t already instal led in you r co mpu te r , s ki p to step 2 . a Us i n g Add/Remove Pr ograms in the Wi n d o w s Control P anel , remo ve an y currently installed displ ay driv ers.
4 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 3 Insert your Matr ox card a P osition your M at ro x card ov er the expansion slot y ou’v e chosen. b Push the card in firmly and evenly until it’ s fully seated in the slot. c Secure the brack et of y our Matr ox car d to the c omput er frame.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 5 Replacing brackets on a low-profile graphics car d Matro x l ow-pr ofile gr aphics cards ship w ith standard (A TX) brackets compatible with most systems. The following explains ho w to change your standard brack et to a low- profile bracket.
6 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Standar d (A TX) connection setup This secti on describes how to connect y our monito rs to a standard (A TX) Matro x graphics card. Connector overview * Matrox Millennium P650 and P690 products include 2 DVI-to-H D15 adapters, but no dual-monitor cable.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 7 Step-by-step connection setup 1 Connect the fir st monitor Connect your pr eferred monitor to the main connect or ( A ) on y our M atro x graphics card. If y our monito r has a DVI c onnecto r , connect it directly to the main conn ector of your g ra ph ic s c ard.
8 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 2 Connect the second monito r If your secon d moni tor us es a DVI connect or , conn ect it directly t o the secondary connector ( B ) of your graphics card. If your second monitor uses an HD-15 connector , you can use a dual- monitor cable (included with certai n Matro x products) or a DVI-t o-HD15 adapter .
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 9 Y our M atro x card is now installed. Restart your c omput er and install your M atrox softwar e ( see “Softwar e setup ” , page 12 ).
10 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Low-pr ofile connection setup This section des cribes how to connect y our moni tors to a low-pr ofile Matrox graphics card. Connector overview * TV output adapters are sold separately (see http:// shopmat rox.com ).
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 11 Connecting a low-profile car d 1 Attach the dual-monitor cable A ttach yo ur Matro x dual-monitor cable to the co nnector on the brack et of your M atrox card . Mak e sure the co nnectors ar e properly fastened.
12 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Softwar e setup This secti on describes how to install Matro x software for Wi n d o w s 2000 , W indow s Ser ver 2003 , Wi n d o w s X P , W i ndows X P Professi onal x64 , and W indows Vista . Y ou may ne ed a dminis tr ator r ig hts to install c ertain softwar e.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 13 TV output Connection setup 1 T urn off computer Before y ou connect your M at ro x product, make sur e you shut do wn your system and turn off you r co mpu te r .
14 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 2 Attach TV ada pter Standard (A TX) card – Conn ect the TV outp ut ad apte r to conn ecto r 1 on your dual-monitor cable. If you ’re only using one computer moni tor and a TV , y ou can use a D VI-to-HD 15 adapter to conn ect the TV output adapter to the secondary ( B ) connector on your Mat rox c a rd .
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 15 Optional ly , if you use the composite v ideo and S-video c onnectors o n your M at ro x TV adapter, you can directl y connec t two diff erent v ideo de vices at th e same t ime.
16 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Software setup If a TV o r v ide o re cord er i s co nn ec ted to you r Ma trox pro du ct , yo u ca n us e T V ou tp ut m ode to v ie w or record your display on your TV or video recorder . (T o connec t vi deo dev ices to your computer , see page 13 .
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 17 V ideo input Connection setup 1 T ur n of f your computer Before y ou connect your M at ro x product, make sur e you shut do wn your system and turn off you r co mpu te r . 2 Connect your video-i nput adapter Connect the video-input adapt er to the main connect or ( A ) on your g raphi cs card.
18 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 3 Connect your monitor Connect your pr eferred monit or to the m ain connector (DVI) on your video-input adapter . If your mo nitor has a DVI connecto r , connect it directl y to the m ain co nnector (D VI) on yo ur adapter .
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 19 Software setup T o capture video wi th your M atrox P arhel ia prod uct, your video-capture software m ust support WDM (W indows Driver M o dule) drivers and you must ha ve the Matro x WDM display driver package installed on y our system .
20 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Ster eo output Y ou can use stereo ou tput w ith OpenGL software that take s advantage of this feature. M atrox products that support stereo output ship with a ster eo-output bracket, a ster eo-output adapter , or both.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 21 1 Remove your graphics car d T urn off you r computer and all peripher als such as your monitor or p rinter. Open your computer and remove your exis ting graphics card. 2 Connect the bracket to your graphics car d Connect your ster eo-output brack et to the stereo-output connector on your graphi cs card.
22 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 4 Connect your ster eo device Connect your stereo dev ice (for example, your 3D glasses) to the stereo c onnector (mini DIN, 3 pins) on your stereo-output bracket. T o conn ect your monit ors, see “Standar d (A TX) connection setup ” , page 6 .
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 23 2 Connect your monitor Connect your pr eferred monit or to the m ain connect or (D VI) on y our stereo-o utput adapter . If your m onitor has a DVI c onnector , connect it directly to the m ain co nnector (D VI) on yo ur adapter .
24 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide T roubleshooting Basic procedur es This section explains basi c proc edures th at are ref erred to b y some troubleshootin g items in this guide. Restarting in VGA mode W i ndows 2000/XP/V ist a – W hat follows is in formation o n how t o restart y our com puter in VG A mode .
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 25 2 Solution If graphics hard ware is built int o your co mputer mothe rboard, your syst em may not have autom atically disabled it when you inserted y our Matro x card. Check y our system man ual for instr uctions on how to disable your computer’ s built- in graphi cs hardware.
26 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 5 T ur n off your computer , remove t he ot her g r aphics card, then plug your mo nitor into your M atro x graphics card. 6 Restart your c omputer . Proble m W rong color balan ce, screen imag e off-center , or no pictur e at all 1 Cause Y our monitor v ideo controls may be improperl y set.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 27 1 Solution Mak e sure yo ur monitor supports the display mode currently in use. After installi ng y our Matro x product, your system uses ei ther the preferred dis play mode for your monitor or a display mode of 800 × 600 at 60 Hz.
28 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Graphics – Extra troubleshooting The following ar e extra troubleshooting ite ms related t o graphics hardwar e.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 29 2 Solution T r y m ov i n g y o u r M a t r ox g r a p h i c s c a r d t o a n o t h e r P C I ( o r P C I e d e p e n d i n g o n y o u r p r o d u c t ) slot in your c omput er . For instructions on ho w to safely install your M atro x card, see “Hard ware installation ” , page 2 .
30 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Problem Using multiple displays u nder Windows 2000/XP/Vista, pr ogram doesn’t work with your Matr ox product 1 Cause Y o u r m a i n g r a p h i c s c a r d m a y n o t b e c o n t r o l l i n g y o u r p r i m a r y d i s p l a y.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 31 Problem Not all graphics ca rds in the computer ar e fully supported (Software doesn’ t work with a certain graphics card, or another graphics card doesn’t .
32 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 3 Click OK . Proble m Screen image defects appear , pr ogram doesn’ t run properly , or Windows doesn’ t work properly (example: mouse pointe r not drawn pr operly) 1 Cause Some progr ams may not wor k properly w ith so me Matro x accel erati on.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 33 3 Click Effects and then disable one or more featur es. 4 Click OK Æ OK . 3 Solution W indows Vista – Disable W indows A ero . Rig ht-click your W indows desktop background, then click Personalize Æ Window Color and Appea rance Æ Open classic appearan ce properties for mor e color options .
34 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 3 Click OK or Apply for your changes to take effect. W indows Vista – 1 Right-click your W indows desktop background, then click Personalize Æ Display settings . 2 Select the display y ou want to disable, then clear the Extend the desktop onto this monitor check b o x.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 35 Problem Displa y on digita l monitor app ears blurr y or uses only a po rtion of th e screen 1 Cause Y ou ma y be using a lower displa y resolution than what your digital monitor suppor ts. If your monitor supports displ ay scaling, the image on your screen ma y appe ar blurr y .
36 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 3 Solution Mak e sure the drive y ou ’r e using (a hard disk or DVD drive) is using DM A (if your drive supports DMA transfer s). T o use DMA: W i ndows 2000/XP – 1 Click Start Æ Settings * Æ Control P anel Æ Performance and Maintenance * Æ System (double-click*) Æ Hard ware Æ Device Ma nager .
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 37 DVD The foll owing troublesho oting items addres s problems related to DVD . (For general v ideo-rel ated troubleshooting items , see “V ideo ” , page 35 .) Problem DVD video playback is jerky (skipping fra mes) 1 Cause Y our DV D drive may be too slow .
38 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 2 Solution If a video record er is connected t o your M atrox graphics card and the video rec order has a TUNER/LINE switch, set it to LINE . Fo r more information , see you r video reco rder m anual. 3 Cause M atro x software ma y not be set up for TV output.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 39 2 Solution If you ’re using a display area larger than 640 × 480, you can use la rger system fonts to make som e tex t mo re re ada bl e: W i ndows 2000/XP – 1 Right-click your W i ndow s desktop background, then click Propert ies Æ Settings Æ Advanced Æ General .
40 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Proble m Can’t recor d video with a video re corder 1 Cause The video sourc e may be c opy pr otected. Y o ur M atro x product ma y not let you mak e copies of copy-protected v ideo. (Some v ideo sources l et you make a c opy of a v ideo, but you may not be able to mak e a cop y of that copy .
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 41 Sound The following troubleshooting items address problem s related to sound cards. Problem Sound does n’t rec ord, video files play back with no sound, or so.
42 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 2 Click Options Æ Propert ies . 3 Click t he Recording butt on, enable all c heck bo xes in the lis t box, t hen click OK .
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 43 4 Select Recording and mak e sure all the dev ices you want t o use are listed as working. If a device is listed as not w orking, right-click the device ic on and select Enable . 5 For each device you want to use, double-click the device icon and selec t Levels .
44 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Display information Y our M atrox graphics card is 100% V GA co mpatible and sup por ts all VESA standar ds: VBE 2.0 (Super V GA modes), DPMS (energ y saving), and DDC-2B (Plug-and-Play monitor). Y our M atrox pr oduct supports DualHead features.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 45 resolution avail able is th e high est resolution suppor ted by both monitors. If one of your monitors supports a higher resolution, it may use display scaling to fill the entire screen. For mor e information on what your moni tors support, see thei r documentati on.
46 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide H a rd w a re i n f o r m a t i o n Features – Matr ox Parhelia, Millennium P750, Millennium P650 Matrox Parhelia Matrox Millennium P750 Matrox Millennium P65.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 47 Features - Matr ox Millennium P690 Digital monitor infor mation Matrox Millennium P690 PCI Matrox Millennium P690 PCIe Matrox Millennium P690 LP PCIe Matrox Mil.
48 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Maximum card dimensions – Matr ox Parhelia (AGP) 6.875 in. / 17.46 cm 4.25 in. / 10 .80 cm ≤ 0.75 in. / ≤ 1.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 49 Maximum card dimensions – Matr ox Parhelia (PCI) 7.50 in. / 19.05 cm 4.20 in. / 10.67 cm ≤ 0.75 in. / ≤ 1.
50 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Maximum card dimensions – Matr ox Millennium P750 or P650 (AGP) 5.90 in. / 14.99 cm 4.05 in. / 10.29 cm ≤ 0.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 51 Maximum card dimensions – Matr ox Millennium P650 Low-profile PCI 5.20 in. / 13 .21 cm 2.536 in. / 6.4 4 cm ≤ 0.
52 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Maximum card dimensions – Matr ox Millennium P650 PCIe 6.425 in. / 16.32 cm 4.376 in. / 11.12 cm ≤ 0.75 in.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 53 Maximum card dimensions – Matr ox Millennium P690 PCI 0.325 in. / 0.83 cm 6.60 in. / 16.76 cm ≤ 0.75 in. / ≤ 1.
54 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Maximum card dimensions – Matr ox Millennium P690 PCIe ≤ 0.75 in. / ≤ 1.91 cm 0.331 in. / 0 .84 cm 4.376 in.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 55 Maximum card dimensions – Matr ox Mille nnium P690 LP PCIe (x1 and x16) and P690 Plus LP PCIe 6.60 in. / 16.76 cm 2.712 in. / 6.8 9 cm ≤ 0.75 in. / ≤ 1.91 cm (Millennium P690 LP PCIe (x16) shown) 0.331 in.
56 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Maximum card dimensions - Matr ox Millennium P690 Plus LP PCI 6.60 in. / 16.76 cm 2.536 in. / 6.44 cm ≤ 0.75 in.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 57 Customer support Matrox W eb Matro x is on the Internet wi th a W orld W ide W eb (WWW) si te. Our W eb site has product literature, press r eleases, technical mat erial, a sales office list, trade show informat ion, and othe r relevant materi al.
58 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Where to get information For d isplay inf ormation: W i ndows 2000/XP/V ist a – 1 Double-clic k the P owerDesk ic on ( ) o n you r W indow s taskbar to ac cess the P owerDesk m ain inte rface.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 59 Wa r r a n t y A. Limited Warranty Statemen t 1. Matrox Graphics Inc. (“Matr ox”) warrants to the end-user c ustomer , who provides ade quate proof of pur c.
60 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide C. Limitations of Liability 1. EXCEPT FOR THE OBLIGA TIONS SPECIFICALL Y SET FORT H IN THE LIMITED WARRA NTY ST A TEMENT , IN NO EVENT SHALL MA TROX BE LIABLE FOR: a.
Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 61 Softwar e license agr eement Single User Products This Matrox software (the “Software”) is copyri ghte d by Matrox Graphics Inc. Al l rights are reserve d. The purchas er is granted a license to use the softwar e only , subject to the following restri ctions and limitations: 1.
62 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Index A Adobe Reader 43 AG P 3 B BIOS 25 , 29 , 30 Bus master ing 29 C CD-ROM, Matro x 43 Connection se tup Low-profile card 10 – 11 Standard (A TX) card 6 .
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