Hauppauge HD PVR High Definition Video Recorder for Windows 1212 User's Manual
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1. by transmitting channel change commands to the box via an Infra Red IR transmitter The IR Blaster consists of two components 1 IR Blaster cable This cable has an IR cable jack and an IR transmitter The IR cable jack plugs into the back of the HD PVR and the IR transmitter needs to be positioned over the IR receiver on your set top box using the self stick tape supplied on the front of the transmitter IR Blaster Config program BlasterCfg EXE for configuring the codes for the IR transmitter Using the WinTV Scheduler The WinTV Scheduler can be used to control the channel changing of a set top box for cable or satellite Add Program Channel Reminder _ Save to One Time Only Every day Weekly Time To Begin Program Duration Minutes Time To End Date To Begin 15 2 2008 nao OTE the IR blaster must be configured in advance for the Scheduler to change channels on your set top box To schedule a recording click on the HD PVR Scheduler icon on the desktop Click on the Add program button to begin Use your mouse to highlight the Channel box and type in the Channel number you wish to record In the Save To box type in the name of the program or use the default Then select the date and time to begin and the duration When finished click Set Program You will see a list of your entries If you need to make changes to the scheduled program highlight the program and2. click the Edit button You will see your scheduled program in the Add Program menu After making changes close the scheduler by clicking Set Program At the scheduled date and time the HD PVR will send a command through the IR Blaster to your set top box telling the box to change to the selected channel Then a few seconds later the HD PVR will start to record video for the scheduled duration
3. from your game console on a HD TV set without any delay you can connect the Component Video output from the HD PVR to the Component Video input on your TV set ArcSoft Capture Module Source EE Video Video input l n put Audio input PC Audio Mode 2 Channel Stereo Device Settings Format Settings Input Resolution 720 x 480 Current Encoding Bit Rate 0 0MB Audio Bitrate Recording PLAYSTATION3 Format Enable preview Enable Preview on Recording iiarciuare Acceleration Capture Capture duration 00 00 00 Saved format MP4 Hardware acceleration Capture recording value in the Capture duration box The recording will start and continue until the time duration Nv to preview your video while recording check the Enable preview on recording button Playing back your video recordings To play back a file close the Arcsoft Capture Module recording window and click on the Play Video icon Play Video atch AVCHD DYD YCD Movies This will open Arcsoft TotalMedia Theater In Arcsoft TotalMedia Theater click on the folder icon and choose Open media file It will open the My Videos folder Click on the file you wish to play and then click on the Open button Video playback will begin automatically ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre E E A ArcSoft ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre 3 gt A Promotion To burn a Blu ray compatible DVD disc You can burn ab
4. satellite set top box The recordings are made onto a computer s hard disk in a compressed H 264 format HD PVR uses Component video also called YPrPb S Video or composite video and will record at resolutions from standard definition 480i up to high definition 1080i at datarates from 1Mbit sec up to 13Mbits sec N if you are connecting HD PVR to a video game console such as an XBox360 or PS3 make sure the Component video output of the game console is set to 1080i Please see the Hauppauge HD PVR support page for instructions on connecting the Xbox360 or PS3 to HD PVR http www hauppauge com site support support_hdpvr html Audio can be supplied to the HD PVR from a set of stereo audio cables or via an optical SPDIF The optical audio input to the HD PVR can be in either a 2 channel stereo audio format or a 2 or 5 1 channel AC 3 format The recording format used by HD PVR is H 264 video with AC 3 audio HD PVR recordings can be played back to the PC screen or can be converted on the fly to a Blu ray format AVCHD file for burning onto a DVD disk There are three types of record formats which can be selected TS the native H 264 format with 2 or 5 1 channel audio You create this format when you click AVCHD in Arcsoft Capture M2TS this is an H 264 format which can be played on a Sony IR receiver on some models Power Power on Status LED switch blue LED yellow Composite Stereo audio video input input from
5. your game from your game console console Sn ee F S Video input from your game console Optical audio Passthrough optional to your TV set or stereo system Stereo audio passthrough to your TV Component Video Passthrough to your TV set USB port to your PC LO o oc ele Rigt A l op Opt Blaster out in A Ss Component Optical audio Video optional from from your your game game console console Stereo audio from your game console IR blaster to your cable or satellite box only use the power supply which was supplied with O your HD PVR Choose a language and click next click Install The Arcsoft Total Media Extreme software application HD PVR Scheduler application and IR Blaster application will be installed Once complete click OK then Exit ote the latest driver updates are available at www hauppauge com in the Support section Running Arcsoft TotalMedia Extreme To start the ArcSoft Total Media Extreme application double click on the TotalMedia Extreme icon on your desktop w Y o f Record Video Ca Record Video The program will open to this initial screen which has four icons along the top Record video Create Disc Play Video Utilities Recording Videos Click on the Record video icon to open the Arcsoft Capture Module recording function Make sure the Source is set to Hauppauge HD PVR Capture Select your A V input source Choose the Vide
6. HD PVR High Definition Video Recorder for Windows Quick Installation Guide 2008 2011 Hauppauge Computer Works Inc QI HDPVR V3 4ENG Oct 24 2011 Telephone 631 434 1600 Fax 631 434 3198 Tech Support 631 434 3197 Hours M F 9 00AM to 6 30PM EST Hauppauge Computer Works Inc 91 Cabot Court Hauppauge NY 11788 Hauppauge Computer Works Ltd Crown House Home Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 1DZ Telephone 0207 378 1997 Fax 0207 357 9171 Tech Support 0207 378 0202 Hauppauge Digital Asia Pte Ltd Blk 1093 Lower Delta Road 04 05 Tiong Bahru Industrial Estate Singapore 169204 support hauppauge com sg Tech Support 65 276 4412 Telephone 65 276 9163 Fax 65 276 9167 www hauppauge com sg Internet addresses Sales sales hauppauge com Tech Support techsupport hauppauge com Web site www hauppauge com Included with HD PVR HD PVR H 264 high definition video recorder USB Component video cable set 1 meter Audio cable set 1 meter USB cable 5v 2 amp power supply IR Blaster transmitter cable to control the channel changing on your cable TV or satellite set top box not used with game consoles HD PVR Installation CD with HD PVR drivers for Windows and Arcsort Total Media Extreme ote your HD PVR needs to be powered on for Pass Through Video Output to operate If the HD PVR is powered on Pass Through will operate even if your PC is turned off Audio connection Audio from the set top box is
7. connected where you have connected the video input either to the optical audio in rear RCA audio in rear or RCA audio in front Optical audio is connected on the rear panel Step 2 Boot your PC Step 3 Plug the power supply into HD PVR After your PC has booted to Windows plug the supplied Power Supply into the Power input on HD PVR The power supply is 5 DC 2amps Step 4 Install the HD PVR Windows driver and applications Ne the HD PVR needs to be powered up in this step and plugged into your PC while the Windows drivers are installed ac Hauppauge Hauppauge Installation CD Step 1 Install Drivers Step 2 Install Software Register Browse CD Turn on your PC and boot into Windows If a Found New Hardware wizard appears please cancel it and allow windows to load fully before proceeding Insert the WinTV Installation CD ROM in your PC s CD ROM drive Nes if the CD does not autorun navigate to the CD and run the Setup exe file Hauppauge WinTV Installation CD ROM window will appear on the screen Install the HD PVR driver Click the button labeled Step 1 Install Drivers A blue screen will open and begin installing the drivers for your WinTV Once the drivers have installed click on the Finish bar to exit Install the HD PVR application Click the button labeled Step 2 Install software Overview The Hauppauge HD PVR records video from a video game console or cable TV or
8. i MediaConverter 4 Platinum m ig ear ie Drag and drop media files here gt gt Drag and drop media files to the device icon A NVIDIA ATi CUDA STREAM TECHNOLOGY Click the Start button which will begin the conversion process When the conversion process completes it will display the results Configuring the IR Blaster when using HD PVR with a cable TV or satellite box Install the IR Blaster cable Plug the IR blaster jack at the end of the IR Blaster transmitter cable into the IR Blaster Out jack on the HD PVR Install the IR transmitter blaster at your set top box Attach the end of the IR transmitter over the remote sensor on the set top box to be controlled Placement of the IR transmitter is important The IR transmitter only works over a 1 inch distance so you need to make sure it is placed over the remote sensor in your set top box Some set top boxes have the position of the remote receiver indicated on the plastic front of the set top box With others you might need to look carefully at the set top box for what looks like a round or square area underneath the plastic front panel There is double sided tape on the back of the IR transmitter to hold it in place over the remote sensor in your set top box You will configure the IR Blaster for your set top box in the section entitled Configuring the IR Blaster The IR Blaster lets the HD PVR change the channel on a satellite or cable TV set top box
9. inalize the Blu ray and to burn directly to DVD disc During the installation of the HD PVR software from the Installation CD ROM the Hauppauge IR Blaster applications will be automatically installed You will be asked during the IR software installation to acknowledge a software license Configuring the IR Blaster The IR Blaster Configuration program can be found in the Program Groups Hauppauge WinTV Run BlasterCfg EXE Select the Device cable or satellite then Vendor Model of your cable TV or satellite set top box The CodeSet will contain a list of codes which IR Blaster knows about the selected Vendor There might be as many as ten codes for the Vendor chosen To determine the correct CodeSet for your set top box On Blaster Config click the Power On Off button You should see the IR transmitter blink after each click of the Power On Off button If your set top box turns on or off then this code is the correct one for your set top box If not click Test Next Continue to click Test Next until your set top box turns on or off at which time you have found the correct code Close the Blaster Configuration program to save the configuration If you cannot find a code which works with your set top box HD PVR has a Scan function which allows it to scan for all known set top box remote control codes To scan First make sure the IR transmitter is positioned over the remote sensor on your set top box The IR trans
10. mitter has a very short transmission distance and needs to be positioned carefully over the remote sensor on your set top box Next click the Test All button This button will go through all of the codes in our database of set top boxes over 200 devices at present After clicking Test All watch your set top box If it goes on or off immediately click Stop Test You have found the correct code for your set top box If your set top box does not turn on or off even after going through all the codes then either the IR transmitter is not positioned correctly or your set top box is not in our database see Learning a new set top box Once you have determined the Code click Next to go to the IR Channel Test menu You can click the Send button to send a number sequence to your set top box If your set top box is on you should see 1 2 3 appear on the channel indicator of your set top box Learning a new set top box remote control code If you have a set top box that is not part of the Hauppauge IR ae Blaster preset codes and the Scan function does not work you can add a new set top box by using the Learn function For best results the remote control can touch the To access the learn HD PVR plastic case at a 45 degree angle ArcSoft TotalMedia Studio Start lt ae N Son ee SES eee Wildlife Disc DVD Disc 4 76 v 66 31 MB 4 70 GB Clicking the Burn button will give you the options of writing to di
11. ntrol Do this for the keys 0 to 9 plus On and Enter You should receive a LearnKey key Succeeded message Then move on to the next key If you receive a LearnKey key Failed error this means that the key was either held down too long or not long enough or Lleaming St lt i SCS SY that the remote was a Device Type not held close Settop Box enough to the IR Vendor Model sensor Try again UserLeamed y Blaster Port a y g ser Leame v s O CodeSet nce you are 10000 IR Channel Test masa a bane maa E e On and Enter you Test All can test the learnin x g Min Digits to Send 3 0 Tuning Delay ms by clicking the Send 2 AFA x Inter Digit Delay ms 100 0 Single Niait Delav ms button in the Power On Delay ms 40 E Blaster Key Delay ms E Configuration Load Defaults Save Settings Language Version Engisn o YS 7 1 27107 API 1 0 FW 0 1 0 OK Region Send button Key numbers program It will send the numbers 123 to your set top box Your set top box should now be on channel 123 LearnKey 1 Press and hold button again LearnKey 1 oN Close the Blaster Message box Configuration Lear program to save the configuration Learning Action aN Select the file you wish to convert by clicking the add file button and select the Manufacturer amp Device model options for the format you wish to convert to ArcSoft TotalMedia Extreme
12. o and Audio inputs you are using to setup up the recording If you are using Component video from your set top box choose Component If you are using S Video or Composite video from your set top box choose S Video or Composite ote if you are connecting HD PVR to a game console make sure the Component video output of the game console is set to 1080i Adjust the bitrate by clicking on Format Settings You can set the bitrate from 1Mbit sec to 13 Mbits sec The higher the bitrate the more disk space is used but the higher the video quality of the recording When recording high definition videos we recommend a bitrate of 5Mbits sec or higher The format created by the HD PVR is a H 264 using AC 3 audio in an AVCHD TS PlayStation3 M2TS or XBox360 MP4 file format Start the recording by clicking on the Capture button During recording the Capture button will turn green and the button will change to a Stop button The recording will be saved in the default directory of My Documents My Videos The default name of the video will be the date and time i e 2008 3 20 09 08 32 TS You can make a recording of a specified time duration by entering a Playstation3 You create this format when you click on Playstation3 in Arcsoft Capture MP4 this is an H 264 format which can be played on an XBox360 You create this format when you click on XBox 360 in Arcsoft Capture HD PVR comes bundled with Arcsoft s Total Media Ext
13. out 110 minutes of 5Mbit sec high definition HD PVR video onto a standard DVD R or DVD RW disk and then play those recordings back in a Blu ray DVD player The number of minutes which can be burned on a DVD disk is determined by the bit rate which you selected in the section entitled Recording videos The higher the bit rate you choose the less amount of time which can be recorded onto a DVD disk From the main menu of the TotalMedia Extreme click Create Disk This will open the Arcsoft TotalMedia Studio application which can be used to author a DVD disk plus edit your videos The Get Media screen in TotalMedia Studio screen shows what your DVD disk will look like after it is burnt onto a DVD disk ArcSoft TotalMedia Studio Disc DVD Disc 4 76 iv OKB 4 70 GB The default disk setting for Disc is a 4 7 GByte DVD disk If you have made HD recordings at 5Mbits sec this disk will hold about 110 minutes of video To add videos to the DVD layout Click the Get Media tab Click on the Video button to add a recording you have previously made Click on Capture Video to capture a new video to the hard disk for edit ing and burning There are also options for adding a submenu and custom text To design the background of your DVD disk The Design tab will allow you to customize the menu screen for the Blu ray DVD disc Burning your videos onto a DVD disk in a Blu ray format The Preview Produce tab will allow you to f
14. reme TME Arcsoft s TME is used to record videos play back the recorded videos to your PC screen using the TME Theater function plus can burn your video recordings into a AVCHD format using conventional DVD disks for playback on a Blu ray DVD player Installing the HD PVR Step 1 Connect the HD PVR cables USB connection Plug one end the square end of the supplied USB cable into the HD PVR s USB cable connector HD PVR is compatible with USB 2 0 high speed only Video input connection From your game console cable TV or satellite TV set top box there are three ways to connect video to the HD PVR You only need one audio video connection from your set top box to the HD PVR a Component Video YCrCb YPrPb or Green Blue Red Connect the Component Video from your game console or satellite or cable box to the Component video inputs on the rear of the HD PVR see diagram Note Component video is limited to 1080i HD format Cable TV or Satellite receiver HD version Connecting HD PVR to a satellite or cable TV set top box showing left and right audio connections b S Video connect the S Video output of your set top box to the S Video input on the front of the HD PVR c Composite video connect the composite video output from your set top box the yellow RCA connector to the yellow Composite video input on the front of HD PVR Pass Through Video for no delay recordings optional To watch live video
15. sk You can also save the project as a disc image file to the hard drive ArcSoft TotalMedia Studio Start Labet 3 18 2011 Drive Hard Drive C Users hpphenom732 Documents Browse v Create a disc without a menu TV standard NTSC Encoder mode Automatic Smart rendering prioritized Video encoder MPEG 4 AVC H 264 Frame size 1920 X 1080 Frame rate 29 97 Video bitrate 15000kb s Audio encoder Dolby Digital AC 3 Compressed audio highly compatible Audio bitrate 384kb s Fit to disc No gt 66 31 MB 4 70 GB Utilities Arcsoft Media Converter Click the Utilities option from the main menu then choose Arcsoft MediaConverter p The Arcsoft MediaConverter application will allow you to convert your HD PVR captured TS files into an Apple MP4 format Microsoft WMV format Philips WMV playable format a Sandisk MOV playable format or a Sony MP4 playable format function click on Advanced config and then click Learn To learn the new keys hold the remote control from your set top box as close to the IR receiver and learn sensor as possible It can touch the HD PVR plastic case a 45 degree angle as seen above is helpful in the Blaster Configuration program click the button you would like to learn for example 1 then depress and hold the corresponding key on your set top box remote control You will be instructed in the message box when to release the key on your remote co
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