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XP and G400 : How to activate "Dual Head Clone" ?
Hi all,
I'm using a G400max, and I recently upgraded my win98se to XP Home (SP1). I installed the latest Matrox driver (5.88.061) on XP. I want to use the "Dual Head Clone" feature (as I was doing in win98), to get a "copy" of my display on my TV set. I was able to activate the "Multi-diplay" mode, but I can't find how to activate the "clone" mode. It stays deactivated, and I don't see how to activate it. Has anyone made the "clone" mode work with XP (with a lower resolution on the TV if needs be)? My final goal is to to display windows media player files full screen on my TV. Thanks. |
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wrote in message ... Hi all, I'm using a G400max, and I recently upgraded my win98se to XP Home (SP1). I installed the latest Matrox driver (5.88.061) on XP. I want to use the "Dual Head Clone" feature (as I was doing in win98), to get a "copy" of my display on my TV set. I was able to activate the "Multi-diplay" mode, but I can't find how to activate the "clone" mode. It stays deactivated, and I don't see how to activate it. Has anyone made the "clone" mode work with XP (with a lower resolution on the TV if needs be)? My final goal is to to display windows media player files full screen on my TV. Thanks. G400 clone mode definitely works on XP. You just have some minor config problem. To play most media files all your really need is DVD_Max mode (rather than clone mode). My first suggestion is to connect up your TV or VCR before you boot the PC. But first, go into DisplayProperites/Advanced/DualHead/Features/DualHeadClone and make sure you have it enabled. Then selected ChangeSettings/HotKeys and map a key to it (eg. Ctrl-F10) for fast enabling/disabling of the clone mode. |
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Hi,
I'm currently using XP and having TV Out working okay with my G400Max. I only use it to play media files (e.g. streaming media from Windows Media Player, WinDVD, RealPlayer, etc). No need to activate 'clone' mode - just DVDMax - select DualHead DVDMax - click on 'change settings' box at bottom of the page. - check 'use DualHead DVDMax' Click OK. You will now see DualHead DVDMax listed with value 'enabled but not currently active'. A rare problem that some people have is the video playing back weirdly on the TV - green and purple image is shown. Solution to this is to change your 'color quality' to 16 bit. I only have it periodically, so I leave my setting at 32 bit, and change it back to 16 bit when the problem occurs. Cheers, Cliff wrote in message ... Hi all, I'm using a G400max, and I recently upgraded my win98se to XP Home (SP1). I installed the latest Matrox driver (5.88.061) on XP. I want to use the "Dual Head Clone" feature (as I was doing in win98), to get a "copy" of my display on my TV set. I was able to activate the "Multi-diplay" mode, but I can't find how to activate the "clone" mode. It stays deactivated, and I don't see how to activate it. Has anyone made the "clone" mode work with XP (with a lower resolution on the TV if needs be)? My final goal is to to display windows media player files full screen on my TV. Thanks. |
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On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 08:01:21 +1000, Garrett Prestage pondered exceedingly, then
took quill in hand and carefully composed... | My understanding was that the TV-out function - & therefore the Clone | function - could not be enabled under XP. This is my complaint with Matrox's | lack of consumer support. On my XP system there is no option to enable the | Dual Head. Have you tried the Matrox Support Forum? http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/forum/agree.cfm Larc §§§ - Please raise temperature of mail to reply by e-mail - §§§ |
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Hmm... This all stands in complete contrast to everything else I've been
told. Anyway I've tried following the various instructions & it almost seems to be there (at least the option to enable is now available), but I've run up against an added problem. There is aprogram called Adobe Type Manager on my system (I don't even know where it came from or what its purpose might be) & apparently the Dual Head function cannot work while this program is installed. However when I go to Control Panel it won't let me remove it (comes up with a message saying it can only function on Windows 95 & so doesn't even let me into the menus to allow me to uninstall it. Anyone come up against this problem & how did you get around it? Garrett Prestage "Cliff" wrote in message u... Hi, I'm currently using XP and having TV Out working okay with my G400Max. I only use it to play media files (e.g. streaming media from Windows Media Player, WinDVD, RealPlayer, etc). No need to activate 'clone' mode - just DVDMax - select DualHead DVDMax - click on 'change settings' box at bottom of the page. - check 'use DualHead DVDMax' Click OK. You will now see DualHead DVDMax listed with value 'enabled but not currently active'. A rare problem that some people have is the video playing back weirdly on the TV - green and purple image is shown. Solution to this is to change your 'color quality' to 16 bit. I only have it periodically, so I leave my setting at 32 bit, and change it back to 16 bit when the problem occurs. Cheers, Cliff wrote in message ... Hi all, I'm using a G400max, and I recently upgraded my win98se to XP Home (SP1). I installed the latest Matrox driver (5.88.061) on XP. I want to use the "Dual Head Clone" feature (as I was doing in win98), to get a "copy" of my display on my TV set. I was able to activate the "Multi-diplay" mode, but I can't find how to activate the "clone" mode. It stays deactivated, and I don't see how to activate it. Has anyone made the "clone" mode work with XP (with a lower resolution on the TV if needs be)? My final goal is to to display windows media player files full screen on my TV. Thanks. |
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Sorry, haven't had this problem, but perhaps you can disable it from loading
(using msconfig or removing it from the startup group). If that fails, you could also try to kill the process via Task Manager, though you might need to be wary if some application needs it. Sounds like it just a font manager of some sort. "Garrett Prestage" wrote in message ... Hmm... This all stands in complete contrast to everything else I've been told. Anyway I've tried following the various instructions & it almost seems to be there (at least the option to enable is now available), but I've run up against an added problem. There is aprogram called Adobe Type Manager on my system (I don't even know where it came from or what its purpose might be) & apparently the Dual Head function cannot work while this program is installed. However when I go to Control Panel it won't let me remove it (comes up with a message saying it can only function on Windows 95 & so doesn't even let me into the menus to allow me to uninstall it. Anyone come up against this problem & how did you get around it? Garrett Prestage "Cliff" wrote in message u... Hi, I'm currently using XP and having TV Out working okay with my G400Max. I only use it to play media files (e.g. streaming media from Windows Media Player, WinDVD, RealPlayer, etc). No need to activate 'clone' mode - just DVDMax - select DualHead DVDMax - click on 'change settings' box at bottom of the page. - check 'use DualHead DVDMax' Click OK. You will now see DualHead DVDMax listed with value 'enabled but not currently active'. A rare problem that some people have is the video playing back weirdly on the TV - green and purple image is shown. Solution to this is to change your 'color quality' to 16 bit. I only have it periodically, so I leave my setting at 32 bit, and change it back to 16 bit when the problem occurs. Cheers, Cliff wrote in message ... Hi all, I'm using a G400max, and I recently upgraded my win98se to XP Home (SP1). I installed the latest Matrox driver (5.88.061) on XP. I want to use the "Dual Head Clone" feature (as I was doing in win98), to get a "copy" of my display on my TV set. I was able to activate the "Multi-diplay" mode, but I can't find how to activate the "clone" mode. It stays deactivated, and I don't see how to activate it. Has anyone made the "clone" mode work with XP (with a lower resolution on the TV if needs be)? My final goal is to to display windows media player files full screen on my TV. Thanks. |
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Yes, this comes as part of Photoshop (and with Acrobat, I think). You don't
need it. Remove the shortcut from your "startup" folder. Or rename the target executable (mine is called C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe so you could rename the program to "Adobe Gamma Loader.exe.not" and it won't run. If you have any luck with the dual-head card, follow up and tell us about it. "Cliff" wrote in message u... Sorry, haven't had this problem, but perhaps you can disable it from loading (using msconfig or removing it from the startup group). If that fails, you could also try to kill the process via Task Manager, though you might need to be wary if some application needs it. Sounds like it just a font manager of some sort. "Garrett Prestage" wrote in message ... Hmm... This all stands in complete contrast to everything else I've been told. Anyway I've tried following the various instructions & it almost seems to be there (at least the option to enable is now available), but I've run up against an added problem. There is aprogram called Adobe Type Manager on my system (I don't even know where it came from or what its purpose might be) & apparently the Dual Head function cannot work while this program is installed. However when I go to Control Panel it won't let me remove it (comes up with a message saying it can only function on Windows 95 & so doesn't even let me into the menus to allow me to uninstall it. Anyone come up against this problem & how did you get around it? Garrett Prestage "Cliff" wrote in message u... Hi, I'm currently using XP and having TV Out working okay with my G400Max. I only use it to play media files (e.g. streaming media from Windows Media Player, WinDVD, RealPlayer, etc). No need to activate 'clone' mode - just DVDMax - select DualHead DVDMax - click on 'change settings' box at bottom of the page. - check 'use DualHead DVDMax' Click OK. You will now see DualHead DVDMax listed with value 'enabled but not currently active'. A rare problem that some people have is the video playing back weirdly on the TV - green and purple image is shown. Solution to this is to change your 'color quality' to 16 bit. I only have it periodically, so I leave my setting at 32 bit, and change it back to 16 bit when the problem occurs. Cheers, Cliff wrote in message ... Hi all, I'm using a G400max, and I recently upgraded my win98se to XP Home (SP1). I installed the latest Matrox driver (5.88.061) on XP. I want to use the "Dual Head Clone" feature (as I was doing in win98), to get a "copy" of my display on my TV set. I was able to activate the "Multi-diplay" mode, but I can't find how to activate the "clone" mode. It stays deactivated, and I don't see how to activate it. Has anyone made the "clone" mode work with XP (with a lower resolution on the TV if needs be)? My final goal is to to display windows media player files full screen on my TV. Thanks. |
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Thanx Mojo
Yes, that worked but it merely exposed that that wasn't the real problem so I did a lot more fiddling around & finally I have got the dual-head function working - but it isn't as simple as it used to be under Win 98. First I had to install the unofficial drivers at http://adis.szm.com . Then I had to activate the secondary monitor on the initial menu of the Display Properties. And then I had to switch on the Dual-Head - but the trick to that was to set up a hot key for the feature. However, when you want to switch modes it isn't as simple as simply using the hot keys - I find I have to actually go into the menus again & turn on the features by setting up the hot keys again from scratch. Anyway I've made it work - however, now I'm having problems with the Matrox PC-VCR. The video screen just freezes but I can it turn off via the remote. I suspect the problem is it can't function while the Dual Head feature is on. Garrett Prestage "Mojo" wrote in message ... Yes, this comes as part of Photoshop (and with Acrobat, I think). You don't need it. Remove the shortcut from your "startup" folder. Or rename the target executable (mine is called C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe so you could rename the program to "Adobe Gamma Loader.exe.not" and it won't run. If you have any luck with the dual-head card, follow up and tell us about it. "Cliff" wrote in message u... Sorry, haven't had this problem, but perhaps you can disable it from loading (using msconfig or removing it from the startup group). If that fails, you could also try to kill the process via Task Manager, though you might need to be wary if some application needs it. Sounds like it just a font manager of some sort. "Garrett Prestage" wrote in message ... Hmm... This all stands in complete contrast to everything else I've been told. Anyway I've tried following the various instructions & it almost seems to be there (at least the option to enable is now available), but I've run up against an added problem. There is aprogram called Adobe Type Manager on my system (I don't even know where it came from or what its purpose might be) & apparently the Dual Head function cannot work while this program is installed. However when I go to Control Panel it won't let me remove it (comes up with a message saying it can only function on Windows 95 & so doesn't even let me into the menus to allow me to uninstall it. Anyone come up against this problem & how did you get around it? Garrett Prestage "Cliff" wrote in message u... Hi, I'm currently using XP and having TV Out working okay with my G400Max. I only use it to play media files (e.g. streaming media from Windows Media Player, WinDVD, RealPlayer, etc). No need to activate 'clone' mode - just DVDMax - select DualHead DVDMax - click on 'change settings' box at bottom of the page. - check 'use DualHead DVDMax' Click OK. You will now see DualHead DVDMax listed with value 'enabled but not currently active'. A rare problem that some people have is the video playing back weirdly on the TV - green and purple image is shown. Solution to this is to change your 'color quality' to 16 bit. I only have it periodically, so I leave my setting at 32 bit, and change it back to 16 bit when the problem occurs. Cheers, Cliff wrote in message ... Hi all, I'm using a G400max, and I recently upgraded my win98se to XP Home (SP1). I installed the latest Matrox driver (5.88.061) on XP. I want to use the "Dual Head Clone" feature (as I was doing in win98), to get a "copy" of my display on my TV set. I was able to activate the "Multi-diplay" mode, but I can't find how to activate the "clone" mode. It stays deactivated, and I don't see how to activate it. Has anyone made the "clone" mode work with XP (with a lower resolution on the TV if needs be)? My final goal is to to display windows media player files full screen on my TV. Thanks. |
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