README.TXT For REALmagic Hollywood Plus(TM) 
Release Alpha 1.1 (B.120) ------ 10/6/99
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  DRIVERS FOR WIN 2000
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This file contains important information for 
installation of the drivers and application software for this card.





CONTENTS
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I   - DRIVER AND APPLICATIONS INSTALLATION	
II  - BORDER ADJUSTMENT AND COLOR CALIBRATION	       
III - DVD REGION CODE CHANGE				
IV  - TV OUT
V   - FULL SCREEN PLAYBACK

I   - DRIVER AND APPLICATIONS INSTALLATION
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Note : You need to have the Administrator rights to be able to
       install this software because its modifications to the
       registry.

1.  On booting your system, Windows 2K will detect the card. Insert the
    REALmagic Hollywood Plus Drivers Disk in your floppy drive A and 
    click Finish. This will install Hollywood Plus drivers on your hard
    disk.
2.  To install the DVD navigation software insert Application Disk into
    drive A and run SETUP.
3.  The Setup program will show two options: Install the REALmagic DVD
    application or Change the DVD region code.
4.  Check the DVD application installation option and follow the 
    instructions.  
5.  After the files are copied, set a DVD region code as part of the 
    setup program  (if not already set up under Win 9x or Win NT 4.0).
    Note: Setup will not ask you to set the DVD region code if you 
          install the card later in the same region.
6. Click Finish to complete the installation process by performing
   Auto Calibration.  PLEASE REBOOT THE SYSTEM.

NOTE 1 : for these alpha drivers, you might get in a status after 
       installing and uninstalling the drivers in which you need 
       to perform a clean uninstall/install.  For a clean Uninstall,
       do the following :

 a - run the Uninstall app in the REALmagic group that uninstalls the
     application only
 b - right-click "My Computer", select Hardware - Device Manager - 
     "Sound, Video,...." - double-click "Sigma Designs Hollywood Plus"-
     select Driver - click Uninstall.  This will uninstall the P-n-P.
 c - delete in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS directory the .SYS files :
     VPFILTER, MPEGPORT, RMQUASAR, and RMDVD.
 d - delete the same sub-entries in the Registry entry :
      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE - SYSTEM - CurrentControlSet - Services
 e - delete the OEMx.INF file from WINDOWS\INF (where x is a number
     depending on your system but the slected file should have the 
     "Sigma Designs ... signature in its last two lines).


NOTE 2 : to manually stop and start Hollywood Plus issue the following
         commands in the proper order at the C:\> prompt  :
      
         net stop rmquasar
         net stop mpegport
         net stop vpfilter

         net start vpfilter
         net start mpegport
         net start rmquasar

   
II - BORDER ADJUSTMENT AND COLOR CALIBRATION
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    NOTE: If the border is not adjusted properly after Auto Calibration
          you may need to set the Border Adjustment to get more 
          accurate adjustment. You need to set the Border Adjustment 
          only once for each setting of display resolution.

1.  At the Start button, click Programs and select REALmagic Hollywood
    Plus program group. Click REALmagic Configuration.
2.  Click on Adjust Border and use the proper buttons to adjust the 
    black rectangle in the magenta box.
3.  Change different values to adjust stability if you are viewing 
    jumping pixels on MPEG video. Click OK when you are done. 
4.  The Reset Default button will reset the color calibration and 
    border adjustment values to the factory default settings.

    Note 1: Color calibration is required if the colors are not 
            normal or the screen is pink or not clear. If color 
            calibration is required, Click on "Auto Calibration". The
            screen will flash for 5 to 10 seconds then displays a 
            message that the calibration is complete. Click OK.
    Note 2: In the cases where this calibration is unsuccessful, 
            you can click on Advanced..., then the Manual 
            Calibration. This will involve fixing the R, G, B 
            sliders as shown in the window four times. You can use the
            up/down arrow keys for fine tuning and you don't need
            necessarily to see the cross but just the disappearance
            of the vertical bar.

III - DVD REGION CODE CHANGE
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1.  Run the set program from Application disk. Select DVD Region Code 
    change option. Set the region code according to the country you 
    are in. 
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    Note: The setup program will allow you to change the region code 
          for five times. If you want to reset the region code settings
          after five times contact the card manufacturer or an 
          authorized distributor or service center. A nominal handling
          fee will be charged.
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    Note: If the system includes an RPC2 DVD-ROM drive that carries
          its own region code, DVD Station will check the code against
          the movie and will issue an appropriate message if not 
          matching (the Hollywood Plus region code is ignored in this
          case).

IV  - TV OUT
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    The REALmagic Hollywood Plus can display on a VGA monitor or a TV.
    To switch between these modes an icon is provided on the left 
    corner of the DVD Station control panel that toggles between 
    computer monitor and TV.

    In order to display on a TV, some additional settings may be 
    required. From the DVD Station control panel click Options button.
    This will open a window for options setting. Click the settings tab.
    Select the options according to your TV type. The color control, 
    brightness, and contrast controls have also been provided for TV.

    Note :  Some TVs are sensitive with video frequency input and may 
            show Black and White video on TV. This has specially been
            noticed on some PAL TVs. In such a situation do the 
            following WHILE the TV-Out option is active and DVD/MPEG is
            playing on TV.:
		1. From the DVD station click the "Options Dialog -
                   Settings tab.
		2. Press Configure and then press Advanced Settings.
		3. Select Expert Settings and click the mouse. This 
                   will open a pop-up window. Adjust different values
                   until you have color picture on TV.  Notice that you
                   need to keep on going in one direction when changing
                   the values i.e. either always increasing or 
                   decreasing because of the hysteresis nature of this
                   adjustment.
	   
		     					

V  - FULL SCREEN PLAYBACK
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    In order to playback in full screen, double click the left button
    of mouse anywhere in the MPEG window or press Ctrl+Z. This will 
    playback the video in full-screen mode. In order to go back to the
    window mode, press Space in full-screen mode and it will resume 
    playback in the restored MPEG window.   


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