TV/FM Capture card (PCI – BUS Tuner / Capture Card) User's Manual
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1. Advanced funciar 11 Using the Tuner Player TV Function Brief Introduction eee cece cena ees 12 Using the TV Function Key ee 13 FM Function Brief Introduction eene 14 Using the FM Function List FM Mode TV FM Capture card Applicable only Using the TV FM Capture card Advanced Function List 15 How to Capture Video Conpresion Radio aaa IRI ETUR Put aaa a no EEUU 17 Video Forrri Setting FrareRde amp Audio Sadh 18 Save Still As Ope fti Single Still Picture Continualy Captured Manual SCanlli et het Bn a a E SR ERE d Eod as 19 Full Screen Setting Channel Editor oo orgie d a data tis ua eat ua a 20 o oco ooo III II II II IER 22 Uninstallation Procedure H NUHEHHONO9o09og8HHBNHHEHEHNHOILINH NBNHB 99m8HIbjL amp LoooooonHNmWSH gt Product Specification ie agreati VFM Copie carii Main Spec Chipset BrookTree Conexantt Bt878 878a_ BrookTree Conexant Bt878 878a TV Module LG or Philips or Temc LG or Philips or Temic TV System TV Channd Full Channd 125 Channds Full Channel 125 Channels Closed Caption NTSC SysterySoftware NTSC Syster Software Bilangud MTS NTSC SystemyHarcware Optiond NTSC System Hardware Optional PAL SystemySoftware FM Radio TV FM Capture cardT F mama aea ana One AV CVBS in amp one S Video Y C in NTSC PAL SECAM Multiple video window Resizable up to ful2. for leisure entertainment Catch your favorite TV programs and or FM radio programs without leaving your PC Keep up with the news and securities throughout the day The remote controller allows you to switch between PC mode and TV mode adjust the channel volume and more User friendly TV tuner FM radio Player Let you watch up to 125 cable television channels and 70 antenna channels and listen to full scale FM radio channels in smooth full motion video in a window or full screen You can capture still frames and movie clips channel surf or create your own TV transcripts Composite Video and S Video inputs support VCRs video cameras laser disc players video game consoles etc Still image and live video capturing is easy with a simple mouse click Closed caption Support NTSC system Closed caption display 1s supported for NTSC USA TV systems MTS optional Module NTSC system MTS function allows you to select Main Audio Program and or Secondary Audio Program SAP if the TV channel supports both audio programs Teletext Support PAL system Teletext function allows you to a display multiple Teletext windows for different pages b view as many teletext screens as you want and c view all the information at the same time e Video Conference TV FM Capture card offers real time video capture capability to support video conferencing applications Key applications include inter home POTS Plain Old Telephone Syste
3. system Please make sure your handy card is TV FM Capture card version or not If yes please click yes if not please click no f llowing program will be needed to identify path amp Program Folders 9 eo to detecting onto win 9 98 if the above setting is correctly done booting will be requested after setting programmed D 10 4 START TO USE TV FM Capture card Advanced Function B Using the Tuner Player After the Tuner player software is installed in the PC the Tuner player icon will be shown on the lower right corner after Windows is running You may double click on the icon to open close the remote controller on the screen and then click on the TV FM button or use the remote controller to power on the Tuner player After the Tuner player is ON the TV FM screen will be shown on the monitor screen according to your selection Use the remote controller or the simulated remote controller on the screen to control all the functions If you have any questions about using the remote controller please click the right button of the mouse on the Tuner player icon on the lower right corner and then select the Help Contents function bar for the help menu B TV Function brief intoduction TV Window LCD DISPLAY FM 1 Current Channel Me wem mmm 2 Air Cable TV LR Les 3 Real Time bles AN ET Ng PE Ng WKE AKA pan 4 Signal Source TV Mode EM Mode Teletext for PAL System Pow
4. we will always update such user s manual under CD directory as shown Readme txt for updated information materials O w readme path TV FM Readme tx Assuming CD ROM to be drive E B Install TV FM Capture card Multifunction Card Please power on O Please open the casing Find out the available PCI slot on the mainboard Please insert TV FM Capture card onto the PCI slot perfectly and with tightly screwed D 6 Put back the casing with screws fastened Q Turn on the main power with the installation procedure Install Driver of TV FM Capture card under Microsoft Windows95 98 TV FM Capture card is a plug and play multi function card TV FM Capture card will be detected in the system after entering Windows 9x D Please put the bundled CD onto the CD ROM Drive amp O New hardware system will be detected after entering Win95 with the simultaneous request for new driver released w Driver Position EXTV FM Driver Win9x suming CD ROM to be drive E Add New Hardware Wizard This wizard searches for new drivers for PCI Multimedia Video Device D device driver is a software program that makes a hardware device work E Cancel O Bt878 Vide Audio Drive will be automatically detected onto the system s shown below the following two drivers will be detected in the system if the installation process 1s perfect and correct System Properties Ei ES General Device Manager H
5. TV FM Capture card PCI BUS Tuner Capture Card Users Manual Table of Contents cess eo roo etx RET nos PR OT UPON REMPORTE E REINES I Product Specilicatlot sissies s dorea EE SERES EPIO EE MEE da ni 3 CDM EU 2 NANA ANNA cess cccccccccccccccccccccccsssccccccscsccccccsscccesseses 3 Key Features Teevisior FM radio on your PC TV FM Capture card User friendly TV tuner FM radio Player TV FM Capture card Closed Caption TV FM Capture card NTSC only MTS optiond for TV FM Capture card NTSC only Tdetext TV FM Capture card PAL only MCE COTTI gessit atis iie dca sad i pina Mal Ga LSU ja ia 4 Live Video l mage Capture Display Latest Information H e o o o o o O B r v Package TV FM Capture card Parts Name pnnecting Air Cadle TV Connecting RF In R C Receiver Connecting IR Sensor IN 0 cece cece cece cece e cece eee eee eee 6 Audio Out Connecting Audio Out S Video Connecting S Video In AV In Connecting RCA Video IN 0 x eee 7 AV Out Connecting FM Antenna Cable TV FM Capture card equi pped only o C 8 Notice of Pre Installation Hardware Portion Software Portion 1 To Windows95 98 Uses 2 To Windows NT Uses 3 Make up portion of Manua Install TV FM Capture card Multifunction Card Install Driver of TV FM Capture card under Microsoft Windows95 98 9 Install TV FM Capture card Application onto Microsoft Windows9x 10 START TO USE TV FM Capturecad TV FM Cure card
6. ardware Profiles Performance S ew devi at E f View devices by type View devices by connection Driver has been Computer 9 Disk drives pe mu Display adapters a Floppy disk controllers Sy Hard disk controllers ae Keyboard 0 8 Monitors El 2 E installed successfully M BrB78 Video Device H E Universal serial bus controller Properties Refresh Remove Print cerea B Install TV FM Capture card Application onto Microsoft Windows9x O Go to the Windows Start icon and select Run then type m Application Program gt E TV FM AP Setup exe suming CD ROM to be drive E or choose the brief installation Autorun exe from bundled CD and select TV FM Capture card and then following step to install the application software O Initially pick up your local TV system after entering the installation program as shown below G Country selection Please select which country is your location The wrong selection will cause PY 957 work incorrectly JF your location is mot list az below please contact pour dealer to get more information TAMANG 2 SwITZERLAND 1 SwITZERLAND 10 THAILAND 10 TOGO REP 2 15 TRINIDAD amp TOBAGO D 13 TURKEY 1 10 i TURKS amp CAICOS 5 0 13 L S A 0 13 lt Back ose Cancel lt Taiwan 0 21 gt You will be asked to install the related FM Mode after choosing the TV
7. ck the battery is fixed Q Why the picture quality is not good during replaying after retrieving those captured motions QA might because the improper video setting does not go with the executing captured motion compression ratio Please do the minor adjustment of the setting program It will be definitely solved There is minor difference during the capturing in the different working environment Adjust the setting 1s required for better effect Q I ve performed Autoscan on OSD remote controller but no channel or only few channels can be tuned A Probably the built in frequency tables are not complete Y ou can use Manual Scanning function to search all possible frequencies If you don t know how to use the Manual Scanning tool You can simply click Auto Scan Add button on Manual Scanning tool dialog and it will automatically search most tuned channels and add them on your program lists cable air for you This operation will take about 5 to 10 minutes See On Line help about Manual Scanning for more information Q Image qualities on some programs are not good A You can use finetune function by clicking Func on remote controll to get acceptable image quilities Q Why I can t perform the Overlay Mode 23 A Update the VGA driver to latest version from your VGA chip vendor reason incorrect VGA DirectX driver installed A2 Change your VGA card reason the VGA card is too old to perform proper Directdraw operation
8. cord Name Record FM Channel Select Directory Memorize Frequency Memorize Channel Edit Frequency Edit Channel 9 About About EM P Se UE out rogram amp On Line Help din MN On line Help Function Close All Close FM mode MEM Memorize FM Channel Key 2 Autoscan FM Channel Up Down uL IL dL iL isi sda lal FM Channel Memory Number Function Key 14 m FM Mod TV FM Capture card applicable only FM Mode Rh ALS me lt i CH Up Down c gt Volume Up Down B Using the TV FM Capture card Advanced Function List Click the right button of mouse on TV screen then the taskbar icon of advanced function will be shown as the following sampling S Save Still As LKH Single Continual Screen Pictures Captured Copy Image ue Copy to Clipping List qz Capture Movie tlc M Captured at Continual Motions Capture Option Motion Pictures Captured Setting Preview Overlay Setting Video b Video Specification Setting Call Fonction Bar Function Rolling Shaft Vien sare Instant View on 16 Channels Put T on Wallpaper Put TV Motion on Wallpaper ME TV Picture on Top of Monitor Remote to Top Remote Control on Top of Monitor Channel Editor Channel Sequence Editing Manual scan DONO Scan the current channels Full Screen CHF Full Screen Display i Es i Maximize the TV Screen Minimize Minimize the TV Screen Full Screen Setting K Optimize full Screen Solution About TV FM Capture card Driver Version Ab
9. d Audio Out Connecting Audio Out EF Audio Cable ur Audio Qut Sound Card i Capture Card Video Connecting S Video In Camcoder Digital Camera Video Casselle Playe Jeg OF S Capture Card LaserDisc mayor NE e C de MoConnecting RCA Video In Camcoder Digital Camera s Video Cassette Player RCA Jack Calbe or Capture Gard LaserDisc NG Audio out Connecting Camcoder i Digital Camera z 307 hubs Audio Cable Video gr lH wm Cassette Player Audio in TV FM Capture Card OF LaserDisc aM NG FM Antenna Cabl TV FM Capture card equipped only Fl Antenna Outlet Fh Cable Capture Card 3 INSTALLATION B Notice of Pre Installation e Hardware Portioi G Please be sure to confirm there is an available PCI slot in the system for TV FM Capture card insert because TV FM Capture card is a PCI Multi function card e Software Portiof G I To Windows1M95 98 Users Please make sure if Microsoft M Direct X5 or higher version is installed if you are using Windows 95 98 operation system GeneraP OSR or higher version 2 To Windows NT Users Windows 95 98 is purely supported in TV FM Capture card and presently Windows NT is not being supported in TV FM Capture card if you are one of the Windows NT users 3 Make up Portion of Manual In view of the perfection of giving service to all customers
10. er Off P 4 gt 2 Page Up Down Concealed R C Help Function Closed Caption NTSC Bilingual WAT For NTSC TV System Recall Channel o Channel Add Erase Autoscan m Air Cable TV Select TV Channel Sleep Time setting Full Screen 222 Display Video Source Select Mute TV Number Key TV Function List el ETE TE Bar Call Function Tool Bar v Enable Function Bar lE Enable Function Tool Bar v Overlay Mode Switch to Overlay Mode Preview Mode Switch to Preview Mode About p About FM Program On Line Help On line Help Function X Clos all Close FM mode TV Mode i a FUNCTION e B Using the TV Function Key Remark Please switch to Preview Mode before you power on the TV to solve the compatibility of old VGA card T i CH Up Down 2 gt Volume Up Down CEC Fu ener Continually click Func for functions key select and click 4 gt for setting adjust Brightness 120 HE HH EE EE ELE NI Brightness Default 158 Contrast let c gt Contrast Default 128 UL EHE HEEL LE B Hue 122 c gt Hue Default 128 TU HEEL LE T B Finetune lt Adjust Image Quality gt Fine tune Default O Saturation 120 C Saturation Default 128 B FM Function brief intoduction LCD DISPLAY 5 Current Channel 6 Air Cable TV 7 Real Time 8 Signal Source B Using the FM Function List Record Radio Set Re
11. hen the name will be shown on the channel box of Channel Attributes Dialog Rename Channel Dialog x Enter new name unnamed Cancel 20 When the channel you named is tuned the name string will be shown on the Top left corner of the TV display window this feature makes you convenient on searching certain channels whose numbers have been forgotten Remap You can select a channel listed on the list box of Channel Attributes Dialog and then left click on the Remap button and Remap dialog as shown below will appear Once the Remap dialog appeared You can choose a new channel number to remap to the one you previously selected on list box of Channel Attributes Dialog Channel Remapping Dialog Fa Remap to hoo se cQ C cM C MI AM Ma For Example 1 Select the channel number of Channel Attributes Dialog for example Disney Channel 5 2 Click the Remap button of Channel Attributes Dialog then select the channels which you want to remap for example ABC Channel 7 then click OK 3 The ABC channel 7 will be remapped to Channel 5 Display You can also directly switch to the channel you selected on channel box of Channel Attributes Dialog by clicking Display button Reset Clicking Reset button will reset the channel selected on the list box to default settings Reset All Clicking Reset All button will reset ALL channels of selected mode CABLE or AIR to default setting
12. ing per captured pictures per second gt Setting captured either with Audio Sound Card installed is a KAKAR e de AR QOO STEET T RRR R 0098689 9099898094949 8000000 V UV UTE B Save Still As OD fi e Single Still Picture Continually Captured TV FM Capture card providing you with two ways in getting your favorite programs J save BMP ip Save Stil As LCH Copy Image LCH uu Capture Mowie Ctrl M Capture Option K Video E all Function Bar Preview 16 Channel Put TV on Wallpaper Freeze Video Cer A las on Top Remote to Top Channel Editor dX Manual Scanning E PA PEGA PEPER PEPER PAE PARA EAA PERANG Full Screen Ctrl F ja lvanced Function List as shown above Minimize 3 c After clicking the right button Wa NG About Close TV CHR Pls move to Save Still as click for Single Still Picture Continually Captured Save BMP box will be shown with the captured pictures then choose your favorite pictures and save 18 B Manual Scanning The dialog of the Manual Scanning as shown below is a useful tool for searching available tuned channels when the built in frequency table is not correct Manual Scanning Tool Current Frequency lt o a a Add to list ea lt panse gt gt Auto Scan The dialog of Add to list as shown below will appear when you click the Add to list button The Add button on Add to list dia
13. l screen Remote Control Reca ver amp 30 Keys Rerrote Controller 30 Keys Rerrote Controller Audio out format One Audio Line Out One Audio Line Out Audio in format One Audio Line In One Audio Line In Interface Bus PCI v 2 1 Conpliance PCI v 2 1 Conpliance Video In S in Y C with mini din connector S in Y C with mini din connector One RF infor FM sgn input TV FM Capture cardTF only Win 95 98 Driver Win 95 98 Driver Capture Application eTuner Capture Application e Win 2000 is supported by 878a Win 2000 is supported by 878a IBM 32bit Compatible PC IBM 32bit Compatible PC Requirement Minimuml6MB DRAM MinimumileMB DRAM 2X CD RomDrive 2X CD RomDrive MS Win95 98 MS Win95 98 PCI AGP VGA Card amp Monitor PCI AGP VGA Card amp Monitor 1 INTRODUCTION Congratulations You have purchased the most valuable Multi function card TV FM Capture card Brooktree Conexant Bt878 878a chipsets is integrated in TV FM Capture card with best solution provided to upgrade your PC to the most high end video ready system Providing you the marvelous Audio Video multimedia integrated and soundtrack surrounding B Key Features e Television FM radio on your PC TV FM Capture card virtually turns your PC into a television and FM radio set with an IR Remote Controller You can watch TV programs in a window while you are working in another applications switch to full screen TV display or listen to the FM radio
14. log will add currently shown frequency on Edit Boxes into elect a channel number the channel number you select from list box 1 The edit Boxes on dialog show current frequency e 3 Reset and you can enter a number to start searching 4 The lt lt button represents continuously showing 5 Frequency l l l 6 images on TV window with decreased 55 0 MHz 7 frequencies B 9 k AIR A The gt gt button represents continuously showing ia e CABLE Sara images on TV window with increased frequencies The gt button will search available tuned channels with increased frequencies The button will search available tuned channels with decreased frequencies The gt button will set channel with plusing 0 25MHZ on current frequency The button will set channel with miusing 0 25MHZ on current frequency You can click Pause button to stop or pause currently running operation You can easily add currently tuned channel with a channel number you like by clicking Add to List button If you have trouble on channel turning and don t know how to use the Manual Scanning tool You can simply click Auto Scan Add button on dialog and it will automatically search most tuned channels and add them on your program lists cable air for you This operation will take about 5 to10 minutes All added channels will occupy available Cable mode channel numbers and they will use AIR mode channel numbers if available empty CABLE mode channel nu
15. m conference using inexpensive software that implements H 324 such as Intel s Proshare Live Video Image Capture Display Plug in your camcorder VCR or VCD DVD player TV FM Capture card allows you to view multiple video sources on your VGA monitor at up to 30 frames per second The following video sources are supported and are software selectable Internal TV tuner TV FM Capture card only NTSC PAL and SECAM CVBS composite video NTSC PAL and SECAM S video NTSC PAL and SECAM TV FM Capture card allows you to capture still image and full motion video from any of the supported video sources to use in pictures presentations movies and so on B Latest Information Please read the README TXT file n TV FM if it exists on the CD ROM title for any updates made after this manual put to press 2 HARDWARE EQUIPMENT B Package Full Package of TV FM Capture card in the bog G TV FM Capture card Main Bod D Audio Cabl D CD Drive D User s Manua D Remote Control FM Antenna Cabl D TV FM Capture cardTF equipped only IR Sensor Cable S og Ge B TV FM Capture card Parts Name Eonnecting m IR Sensor In g Audio Out a S Video In 4 RCA Video In Audio In Capture Card Sampling TV FM Capture Aif Cable TV Connecting RF In Ty Antenna 4 m giang RF Cable Capture Card R C Receiver Connecting IR Sensor In Capture Car
16. mbers are exhausted The customized channels added by using Manual Scan tool can be maintained by using Channel Editor You can easily delete the customized channels by clicking Reset or Reset All buttons 19 B Full Screen Setting If you select this item as shown below then it could work out some of VGA cards can t perform Overlay mode correctly Full Screen Setting Kl wv Set Resolution when Full Screen Select this item while you r VGA card couldn t show correctly at Overlay mode B Channel Editor The dialog of the Channel Editor as shown below is the newly developed feature that can let you edit all channel attributes Channel Editor Channel Attributes Close Mame Channel Remapped Status Frequency Custom 103 25 Custom 107 75 IET 11 Custom 1339 25 Rename PISCOVERY Untuned Tuned SPORTS lz Custom 163_25 HEO l3 E eror Custom l g_25 Remap TYBS l4 l Tuned default default E Display 3 default unnamed 17 17 Tuned default Bezet Hn ame d 12 18 Untuned default nT Sme d 13 19 Untuned default Lirik ame d ZU ZU Untuned default nT Sme d el cel Tuned default C AIR CABLE il Reset Al You can easily remap a channel number to another or name rename a channel with a proper string less than 12 characters Rename Once the Rename Channel Dialog appeared You can enter a name you prefer for this channel and t
17. out l X Close TY CHE Exit TV Screen 15 Capture Movi OD TV FM Capture card Providing you Motion Capture Function as long as the click on the right button of Mouse is made The advance function list will be shown as the Motion Capture related setting E Save Still As Chl Copy Image Colt me File Name Setting we Captum Movie ChbM w Video Compression Ratio SOPUUR LEER we Video Format Setting nm Compression i Video d f i Alea Format we Audio Format Setting Call Function Bar Audio Format i Preview 16 Channel we Frame Rate amp Audio Setting Rate and Audio Put T on Wallpaper i Freeze Video Chie Always on Top Remote to Tap Channel Editor ax Manual Scanning Full Screen Maximize Minimize Full Screen Setting T About Che TY How to Capture ease initially decide the desired captured picture and click the right button of mouse in order to select the Advanced Function List O Hieaseclick Capture Movi Rao on default setting of motion captured Please click Capture Optiofi f r advanced motion capture setting We following picture sampling will be shown as your present capture status if the motion capture program is undergoing Capturing Status amp prompt any click for pause picture Click mouse button to stop Captured 86 frames O dropped 5 757 sec Wompt right click for stopping captu
18. re in order to fulfill the motion capture 9 Capture result will be shown once the capture action is done as followings Capture Result Captured 6 954 sec 133 frames DU dropped 14 854 fos 88728 audio bytes 11 025 sp2 00 Q9 Q Please following the default path to open the motion capture file and replaying amp Default path Filenam Program Files TV FM Tuner Player Capture avi e Video Compression Ratio Such setting enables your capture file saved by certain required compression programs TV FM Capture card provided the following compression programs ideo Compression x Video Compression Compressor No E Compressor Cinepak Codec by Radius Y Cancel ecompressio Ec Cancel ENTE Sean a D LEUR EB PZ l Key Frame Ever 0 names Brooktee YUY 411 Raw e Video Format Setting Adjust the image dimensions and image format setting for the motion capture Video Format 7 EJ Image Dimensions 384 x 288 Ti 22 ET P Image Format 14 172 Full vuvi 2 Image Format 1 4 160x 120 size 3 112 gt 320 x 240 size Full gt 640 x 480 Image Dimensions 384 x 298 17 Frame Rate amp Audio Setting Numbers of Captured Video Pictures can be set at motion capture per captured pictures settings per second during motion and audio portion oet Frame Fate and Audio Sett
19. s Reset All Channel Dialog Are you SURE you want to clear all channel attributes 21 S UNINSTALLATION Remark should close the Remote Control before uninstallation as following chart Show Panel Move the cursor over here and click right button of mouse Select the Unload Remote on the pop menu PM 04 22 Uninstallation Procedure Select the start program files TV FM TUNER PLAYER from TASKBAR as below windows Update Piagam p LS Accessories d Online Services d kl Favorites Startllp K Internet Explorer MS DOS Prompt Settings K Outlook Express Documents AJ Windows Explorer Eind L TV FHM TU HER gd F EJ Control F an el OnLine Help wa Uninstall Help Bun Log Off Ray Shut Down 22 7 APPENDIX B Q amp A Q Why the Init DLL error message is shown at rebooting into Windows9x after the installation the application of TV FM Capture card H A Qt means that the hardware of TV FM Capture card can not be detected with the Application program So Please use soft eraser to erase the gold fingers to solve such problem Q Why my TV FM Capture card provided with no sound QA Please see to the short cap on the 5 6 7 8 of JP1 If no it may bring you to no sound Why remote control is not working properly y A might because of the inferior connecting Please re setup again of the receiver or che
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