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1. IN RADIO IK TH T RADIO RADIO T IK TH T T RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO 10 WinTV Reference Manual Programme Delete To delete a channel you can either highlight and channel and the right click and select delete or highlight the name of the channel and press the DELETE key on your keyboard In order to delete the full channel list you can lt Select All gt and then delete Programme Rename To rename a channel you have to highlight it and then click on the column Preferred Name You can then edit the name of the channel Programme Number Location 1 Highlight the channel that you want to change in the column Preferred Number You can now enter a new number that is not already assigned to another channel 2 To move a channel up or down the list highlight the channel and then click on the Move Channel UP DOWN entry Favorite channel list You have the option of creating a favorites channel list in the order that you want Simply click on the channel name on the right hand side and drag the channel name to the left on top of the Favorite group on the left hand side window Creating a new favorites group You can also create a new channel suite if you prefer to create a new favorites group Click on the Add Suite and type in a name for the new suite If you then highlight All Channels you can then drag the channel on the right hand window into the new suite that you have created
2. once again click your right mouse button in the video window You can set the size of the window differently in each mode Freeze picture Click on the button Freeze around the picture to freeze Clicking on Freeze will un Freeze the picture Snapshot Clicking on the Camera symbol will take a snapshot still picture of the Video window that you are viewing A Thumbnail preview made smaller of the still image of the video window will appear in the snapshot preview border Double click on the Thumbnail to see it in full size Now you can save the picture using option in the menu file save under on your hard disk Clicking the Button CFG allows you to configure the snapshot function Saving several snapshots at the same time Highlight the first image and then hold down the lt SHIFT gt key on the keyboard and then highlight the subsequent images that you want to save Once you have selected the images that you want to save release the lt SHIFT gt key and then right click on a image to select the SAVE to file option Channel Menu To display the channel configuration menu lt right gt click with the mouse button on the TV window Channel Suite Manager Select Surte Type to filter channels G IT A T TVA H ITS 9 CITY 10 Teletext Cars Mm 11 Channel 4 12 Filrid 1 13 E4 14 More 4 15 RadioMusicS hop 16 Heart 17 BEC ONE 18 BBC TWO 19 BBC NEWS 24 ZU CBBC Channel 2 ITY 1 ER LU 2
3. CIT DVE T Source CITY OVE T Source Teletext Cars 4 OVE T Source Channel 4 OVE T Source Filr4 1 E4 DOVE T Source E4 More RadiotusicS hop A DVB T Source More 4 DVB T Source RadioMusicShop Heart DVE T Source Heart BEC ONE BBC TWO BBC NEWS 24 CBBC Channel i 21 ITZ fv 20 iw 22 lw 23 Iw 24 wi 25 Magic The Hits Aadio BEC world Sy DVB T Source BEC ONE DVB T Source BBC TWO DVB T Source BBC NEWS 24 DVB T Source CBBC Channel DVB T Source Tye LU DVB T Source L DVB T Source Magic DVB T Source The Hits Radio DVB T Source BBC World Sy d al Move Channel UP DOWN Le mt WinTV Reference Manual Ty Ty Ty Ty Ty RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO j Tune Channel Type i E St S S ivi 10 At TEF EE ei 1 i 18 i 16 Ek TRE TRE i 20 ei 21 22 23 ei 24 ei 25 r IT IV ITS CITY Teletext Cars Channel Ein Select All DVB T Source Teletext Cars DCH DVB T Source ITW DVB T Source ITY DVB T Source ITS DVB T Source CITY Ccuwce Channel A UICE Filrm4 1 T Source EA urce More 4 musics hop Source Heart ce BBC ONE e BBC TWO IC MEWS A4 BC Channel rce ITY Dop T Source D Tune Me TEE un H Copy BEC Paste BEL qT Refresh BBC NEW CBBC Che Rename ITV Add To Magic The Hits Radio BBL World Sy DVB T Source Magic DVB T Source The Hits Radia OVE T Source BBC World Ga TY IK T
4. Selecting Enforce Aspect ratio will round off the height and width dimensions of the televi sion image in order to maintain the proper aspect ratio WinTV can operate as a Screen Saver or can retain your current Screen Saver If Allow Screen Saver is checked choosing the Use System Screen Saver option uses any current screen saver configuration on your computer Choosing TV Mode uses WinTV in full screen mode as the system screen saver Tab No Title mode TV picture only No Title Mode Displays the Television inside the application window without Title and Menu bars This configuration dialog provides Aspect Ratio and Screen Saver settings as described in Title Mode above Tab TV Mode Full screen TV TV Mode displays the television image using the entire height and width available to the monitor screen Movies MPEG Settings ES WinTV Settings CR View Be Moes Je snapshot Audio Color DVD Record File Path CAM Heng Browse Pause Mode Record Path CM HWideos Browse Pause Butter Size om e S Quality Level DVD GMb Cancel DVCR Record File Path Refers to the save path of the actual recorded Video files during the record mode Pause Mode Record Path Refers to the temporary path of the file that is buffered during the pause mode Pause Buffer This sets the maximum size of the Pause Buffer Quality Level Allows you to set the quality level of the recorded MPEG files fi
5. 00 Stop B Clicking the Stop button will stop the video you are recording or playing back un Play Clicking the Play button will playback from disk the last video file created When play ing a video you can rewind fast forward replay 10 sec or skip forward 10 sec using the buttons on the control bar Pause Clicking the Pause button while Playing will pause your audio video Rewind a4 Clicking the Rewind button will play the video file in reverse Clicking the Rewind but ton again will continue the playing of the video A Fast forward Leas Clicking the Fast Forward button one time will fast Forward your video at 2X speed Clicking the Fast Forward button two times will fast Forward your video at 8X speed Clicking the button again will continue playing back at normal speed vn Slow motion Clicking the Slow Motion button during playback will cause the video to play in slow motion Clicking the Slow Motion button again will return the video to normal playback speed File Clicking the File button opens the File menu The last file recorded is listed in the File name box In the File menu you can e Rename your recorded video file To rename a video file find the file you would like to rename highlight it with your mouse and click and hold the right mouse button Go down to Rename and then you can type in a new name Remember You must keep the MPG exten sion on the file e Play a video file previously recorded Find the f
6. Channels Input Sources Tuning Mode m Channel TS ideo Source Channels by Country Channel Analog Source Country i EX Composite Source United Kingdom Description EX S Video Source 1 Broadcast Cable EX Composite Source 1 Antenna Finetune GP DVB T Source 2 E DVB S Source i Add 5 E E Jh SE Video Format Name Preset Channel Number Ant 23 135 Ant 26 136 Attached Devices order Ant 30 137 Analog TunelPYR DVE q 1 Ant 33 EI Ant 37 139 Tuner Format m m e m e e Click on the Button MENU and Suite Manager to open the channel manager Select the lt sources gt and highlight the lt analog gt source Automatic channel search Click on Autoscan in order to start the automatic RF antenna channel scan The channel frequencies will scan from 1 to 69 When channels are found they will be listed and the scan ning will continue After the completion of the channel scan a new window of an overview of the scanned frequencies and the number of found programs are will be displayed Manual channel search You can shorten the channel scan if you know the channel numbers for your local transmitter by entering the numbers into the channel number and click on Tune Please refer to the trou bleshooting section to find out the channel for your location Search for DVB T channels ote This section refers to products with DVB T tuner WinTV NOVA T and WinTV HVR series Select t
7. DIB Draw card via the AGP or PCl e bus 1 Overlay Surface With an overlay surface the video signal is transferred into an invisible part of the graphics card s memory The graphics card will then take care of the image and make sure that it gets transferred to the correct area of the visible memory i e visible screen This allows certain things to be done in the graphics card hardware without using up CPU cycles which equals lower CPU usage overall and potentially better quality Most graphics cards have high quality multiple tap scalers for resizing video as well as features such as deinterlacing and hardware color space conversion some older graphics cards lack support for video overlay and as such might not allow an overlay surface to be created Occasionally there are cases where the graphics card or it s driver tells the software Windows that it can do an overlay surface but then either does not do so or starts to draw incorrect buttons or destroy other desktop elements There are also limitations with regards to overlay such as screen resolution and the number of overlay surfaces Most graphics cards even the latest high end models only have ONE overlay surface This means that only ONE application can display ONE video via overlay at any one time You cannot therefore have Windows Media Player displaying an AVI file or DVD with overlay at the same time as WinTV is displaying TV via overlay Overlay may also not work o
8. Hide the Now Next EPG DVB T channels only Radio Start and Stop WinTV Radio application if available Arrows amp OK Select and confirm options in the WinTV Remote menu or the Windows task list Back Exit Stop a recording Exit pause mode and close the PVR tray as the Stop button Menu Brings up the Windows task list Use the left and right arrows to change to other Windows tasks and click OK i Menu is an always active button Vol Control the audio volume Prev Ch Swap to last viewed channel Ch Select the next previous channel Mute Audio on off REC Open the PVR tray amp start a recording See section Remote Control Buttons during a Recording Stop Stop a recording Exit pause mode and close the PVR tray as the Back Exit button lt lt Rewind or Volume down Play Open the PVR tray amp play back the last recording If you didn t record any TV shows recently it will open the MyVideos folder gt gt Fast forward or Volume up Replay Swap to previous channel as the Prev Ch button Pause Open the PVR tray amp pause live TV pause mode Clicking again will play from the point where the button was originally pushed Skip Surf Mode on off 0 9 Direct access to channel number text Start VIPlus teletext application Sub CC Sub titles Closed Caption on off if available on the channel Red Button Start the WinTV application as the TV button Green button Close the WinTV application as the P
9. It You must have a password set to log into Windows XP WindowsXP will not run any scheduled events without a username and password the first thing you should do is create them You may want refer to the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article regarding this issue http support microsoft com default aspx scid kb en us 316434 amp Product winxp If you Schedule something and it doesn t run at specific time check the following Make sure that your time and time zone are correct If you are in the East coast you could have the correct time but wrong time zone If you are running Windows XP Home or Pro and Windows 2000 please make sure that you have given your User account a password to log in According to Microsoft Services require that a user must have a logging password to start If you already have a password and it still won t work please double check the Task scheduler service and restart it Do the following to do this Go to Start Run and type servi ces msc and click ok The Services window will open Search for the Task Scheduler service Right click on the Task Scheduler and click on stop Then right click on the Task Scheduler and click on start to restart the service and then restart your computer to take effect After all this try WinTV Scheduler again You should also make sure that you have all Microsoft WindowsXP updates applied to your system as this can also correct issues with the task scheduler in WindowsXP Also
10. This is useful if you only want some channels to be shown in your TV channels list Menu Options Clicking on the MENU button will v 4x3 give you the following options 16 x9 Select Channel Suite Manager Configure d View d Options Display File Help 4x 3 4x 3 Pan Scan 4 x 3 Letter Box Select the TV picture aspect ratio 4 x 3 16 x 9 Select the TV picture aspect ratio 16 x 9 Select Channel Select the channel that you want to view Suite Manager Opens the channel suite manager where you can scan for channels and configure video input Configuration Menu Allows you to configure the Channels Audio Snapshots Preferences and MPEG Settings 11 WinTV Reference Manual View Menu Allows you to set the TV image screen size to a pre defined size 320 x 240 800 x 600 Options Menu To select the option ensure that the tick is selected before the name of the option Select suite Allows you to select a specific suite TV Radio or favorites you can also select your own created suite lw Axe 16x9 Select Channel Suite Manager Configure d View d Options Always On Top Display e File Foo Aspect Ratio Help Mute No Title TV Mode Option Always on Top Always on top will always make WinTV be visible on your windows desktop It will be on top of any application Opt
11. WinTV PVR USB2 WinTV PVR 150 WinTV PVR 250 WinTV PVR 350 WinTV NOVA Recorder DVB T WinTV NOVA T PCI WinTV NOVA T USB2 WinTV NOVA T 500 WinTV NOVA T Stick WinTV NOVA TD Stick WinTV NOVA S Plus DVB S WinTV NOVA S USB2 DVB S Hybrid Video Recorder Analogue amp DVB T WinTV HVR 900 WinTV HVR 1100 WinTV HVR 1300 WinTV HVR 1400 WinTV HVR 3000 DVB S For models which have particular features such as the chapter on the DVB S we will note which models these features are available on WinTV Reference Manual The WinTV Application After the installation of the software from the CD ROM you find see the shortcut Hauppauge WinTV in the Windows Start menu and on your desktop To start the WinTV application dou ble left click on your mouse button TV mode i mt Minimize Volume Windowed mode Channel up Always on top Configuration kA W E down Sound on off a OB Channel surf e E Last channel ban Click your right mouse button in the TV window to remove toolbars Subtitles on off Click again to restore toolbars Setup Menu ae re j ji l A H re d coc cess Freeze picture Configure Snapshot Snapshot view window i Double click on each thumbnail to see image full size Click and hold your right
12. YIA Rew D or later USB Universal Host Controller YIA USB Enhanced Host Controller H 36 WinTV Reference Manual USB 1 x Universal Host Controller UHCI or Open Host Controller OHCI 23 Device Manager Se File Action View Help PR e EE mm SW SS MAYLET z E ACPI Uniprocessor PDC E Ei Microsoft 4CPI Compliant System ACPI Fan 4 ACPI Fixed Feature Button e ACPI Thermal Zone mee AME Athonittmi 64 Processor 3200 L Motherboard resources iy PCT bus i 7 Direct memory access controller i eg Motherboard resources F Numeric data processor ae NVIDIG Network Bus Enumerator d MYIDIA nForce PCI System Management S NVIDLA nForce 250 AGP Host to PCI Bridge PCI standard PCI to PCl bridge E YIA Rew 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller H YIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller YIA USB Enhanced Host Controller USB Root Hub ro Es USE Composite Device EI Hauppauge Nova DT Dual DVB T Tuner Device CID tg Hauppauge Nova DT IR KE USB 2 0 Enhanced Host Controller EHCI All BDA DVB t devices should be under an Enhanced Host Controller If they are not you will not be able to view any channels A6 Faulty WinTV hardware One unlikely possibility is that the tuner on the card is physically faulty but this is the least common cause and you should explore all other avenues first B1 Software configuration issue When the WinTV doesn t start properly it can appear
13. Yiricrmation It is therefore necessary to scan for channels first in WinTV before star ting the VI plus application It is not possible at this time to receive Digital Teletext MHEG BBCi for DVB T in the UK To start the VTPlus application click on the Start All Programs VTPlus for WinTV Page Edit Window Show Options Help 4 1 E Sa 16 01 79 or Re Deutsche Aktien 15 01 99 FREI Vortag Creaton Uz 71 00 CS Interglas 4 05 5 d Custodi 1530 00 RIIT dk lx NO 1 00 Data Modul Dt Balaton Dbt Beteilig Dt steinzeug Didier Werke Dinkelacker Deraegerwerk DSL Holding The VTPlus icon border Seite Bearbeiten Fenster Anzeigen Optionen Hilfe 2345 BZ 8 H Reception indicator as this symbol is red your requested page Is being received Script corresponds with the menu option see Options Script Order the previous page corresponds with the menu option Page Previous page Order the next page corresponds with the menu option Page Next page Select previous Subpage corresponds with the menu option Show Previous Subpage Select next Subpage corresponds with the menu option Show Next Subpage oO 0 FP W NM 33 WinTV Reference Manual 7 Reveal button corresponds with the menu option Show Hidden characters When you use this button you might see hidden text like VPS time codes or answers from a Quiz 8 Change TV Station corresponds with the m
14. and Overlay renderers If DXVA is not supported no harm will come from ticking this box However be aware of older graphics cards such as the nVidia TNT2 since their drivers report that DXVA is supported when it isn t and this can result in some serious video display issues As a rule of thumb DXVA can usually be enabled on GeForce 4MX and Radeon 9200 and higher graphics cards TV becomes jumpy while recording Symptoms When viewing TV live there is no problem but while recording there are problems such as stuttering pausing and jumping Cause The two main causes of this are 1 Hard drive controllers that are PCI based some SATA and RAID controllers integrated onto motherboards are PCl based this can be the case even if they are not in a physical PCI slot There is a finite amount of band width on the PCI bus lt 133MB s and additionally there is something called latency to deal with in simple terms it affects how long a particular device can demand the attention of the CPU You can test whether a SATA device is causing the problem by viewing live TV not recor ding and then doing a disk defrag from the affected drive If this is the problem then you will likely find that running defrag causes the same stuttering problems on live TV as you normal ly see with recorded TV 2 Anti virus software scanning the recorded file as it s being written Most anti virus software will scan MPG files for viruses on both read and write to
15. and return the Warranty Registration Form inserted in this manual To obtain service under this warranty contact Hauppauge Computer Ltd 45
16. order TV Granada EE IT 1 Anglia E DVB S PVR DVB T S Al 4 PV Central VW HH HIE One ATE To E S604 INS Dit Ty RATE Radio 1 ATE 2EM PATE Baws LNB Configuration To configure the LNB satellite positions left click on the lt LNB gt configuration LNB Settings DiSEqC Support Satellite Source 0282 ASTARA 24 26 20 26 ZE LNB 9750000 wei Low Osc KHz TABOOOON High Osc KHz 11700000 wel LNB Switch KHz Satellite 0282 ASTHA 24 25 20 25 2E sl Default The LNB Low Noise block is located on the head of the SAT antenna DiSEqC is a stan dard for the control of several LNBs over a multi switch Select the DiSEqC option that suits your SAT Dish installation and configuration The control of up to four LNBs is supported No DiSEqC Select this option if your satellite cable is connected directly to 1 LNB where only 1 orbital satellite position can be received Click the small box before LNB_1 so that It Is ticked for use Simple DiSEqC Select this option if your satellite cable is connected to a shift box with Tone Burst control also called Mini DISEgC You have the option to select between 2 satellite positions Click the small box before LNB 1 so that it is ticked for use WinTV Reference Manual DiSEqC 1 0 By default this option is selected to DiSEqC Level 1 0 You can select between 4 different satellite positions The specific settings can be found from
17. the disk drive While recording you are doing a disk write Some antivirus software will attempt to scan the file for viruses as it s being written by the recording thread of WinTV2000 and may also attempt to scan for viruses as It s being read for the viewing thread of WinTV2000 This can be CPU intensive and also cause delays to the reading writing Resolution 1 Hard drive controllers The only solution to this is to record to a hard drive that is located on a controller connected directly to the motherboard s south bridge This problem will affect any PCI card from any manufacturer The other option would be to use a USB based device instead Please see below for a list of common motherboards with PCl based SATA controllers 43 WinTV Reference Manual 2 Antivirus software Set the recording directory folder by default C MyVideos to the on access real time scan ner s exclusion list This will prevent the recordings from being scanned for viruses without compromising the security of your system as would be the case with completely disabling the anti virus software Problems with the IR remote control Symptoms The infra red remote control doesn t work correctly or intermittently Cause See resolution section below Resolution On some system cases the IR connector may be too close to the edge and cause the IR plug to either not make adequate contact or fall out of the input Be sure that the IR plug is con nected fir
18. to work but not find any digital chan nels Please refer to thesupport section on the website for installing the latest version of the software How to connect a satellite cable set top box VCR or games console Summary This article explains how to connect any one of the following to your Hauppauge WinTV card Satellite set top box e g Sky DirecTV Cable set top box e g NTL Telewest Terrestrial set top box e g Freeview Video Cassette Recorder Games console e g X Box PS2 Gamecube Definition of video types In this article the source is the device used to provide the signal you want to feed into the WinTV card such as a set top box games console or VCR These sources can output in a number of interfaces which are described below RF coaxial cable RF is the type of output that the majority of VHS VCRs will have An RF modulator inside the VCR modulates the video sound onto a spare frequency This is then transferred over regular coaxial cable the same type of cable used for a TV aerial RF will only provide mono sound and the image quality is not as good as with the other methods It can also be complicated because you need to be aware which channel your source e g VCR is set to output on Composite Composite is a step up from RF but it is still not an ideal solution Luma brightness and chroma color are put onto the same cable and these can interfere with each other leading to poor quality
19. will revert back to Dual tuner mode therefore you must have very good reception on both antennas The background record always start using the tuner connected to the main antenna connec tor the standard IEC one so you should always connect your roof antenna to this connector when using WinTV NOVATD Indoor at home If you located or travelling in an area where the reception is bad you should not use WinTV NOVA TD in Dual tuner mode your recordings could be corrupted To change between Dual Tuner and Diversity mode select the Diversity Tool on the Start Menu Hauppauge Folder Record a Pause d Playback slow Time counter Open file Skip back to start Video Position Skip to end Fast rewind Stop Playback Fast forward Skip back 10 secs Skip forward 10 secs Time counter The time is specified in a Hour Minute Second format Record v Clicking the Record button will automatically generate a file name and start recording your audio video program e The Live TV window will be shown in the TV window e The time counter will indicate the length of recording When recording using One Touch Record then length of the recording will be shown 19 WinTV Reference Manual The quality of the recording and the hard disk space can be specified by clicking the symbol spanner Movies MPEG If you click on stop the timer counter is put back to 00 00
20. 2 0 not used In some cases a motherboard will decide to connect a USB 2 0 device at USB 1 x speeds This may just be a glitch with the motherboard but can also occur when using a non USB 2 0 compliant cable Older USB cables will not operate at USB 2 0 speeds To verify whether your device is running at USB 1 x or USB 2 0 speeds you can check through Device Manager 1 Click on the Windows Start button 2 Select Run and type devmgmt msc 3 Device Manager will open Go to View and then Device by connection 4 Now try to locate the USB controllers in the device hierarchy They will be located somew here on a PCI bus but the location depends on the chipset of your motherboard 5 When you find them expand them and their Root Hubs to locate the Hauppauge device E Device Manager File ction wiew Help HES m GH ig 4 CPI Uniprocessor PC ke ER d Microsoft 4CPI Compliant System a ACPI Fan q ACPI Fixed Feature Button Fi ACPI Thermal Zone AMD Athlon tm 64 Processor 3200 ry Motherboard resources 2 d PCI bus d Direct memory access controller d Motherboard resources 7 Numeric data processor 3 NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator d NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management y MVIDDA nForces 250 AGF Host to PEI Bridge F PEI standard PcI to FPCI bridge CG YIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller 2 GES USB Root Hub E USB Composite Device 4B Hauppauge Nova DT Dual DYE T Tuner Device CID bg Hauppauge Nova DT IR D
21. 2 bits per pixel color depth Switch back to 16 bits per pixel When using primary surface both fields of the video will get displayed on the PC screen This may show as feathering and is due to the interlaced nature of the signal 41 WinTV Reference Manual Overlay Surface some graphics boards do not support overlay surface at all The overlay option will then not be available Some graphics boards report that they support overlay surface but they do not If you select overlay surface and your VGA card does not support Overlay it will default to Primary surface Overlay surface mode uses a keying color to indicate where on the screen video is being displayed Placing a window with this keying color above the video will result in the video showing through With an overlay surface the graphics board participates in manipulating the video before it gets displayed This may change the brightness or colors of the image Some graphics boards have tools gamma correction etc that permit you to adjust this Main differences The difference between Primary Surface and Overlay Surface is that Overlay Surface requi res special hardware on the graphics card You need a graphics card with one of these pro cessors along with drivers that support DirectDraw and DirectX in order to take advantage of the Overlay Surface feature Cards with Overlay Surface have an additional video buffer called an Overlay buffer in addition to the Primary video buf
22. 3 Magic 2d The Hits Aadio 25 BBC World Sw Zb Oopeord ae SMOOTH RADIM WinTV Reference Manual The channel configuration allows you to configure using the following options e Position the mouse pointer on the channel that you want to select and click the lt Left gt hand mouse button to select e Use the lt Up gt and lt Down gt and lt Left gt and lt Right gt arrow keys on the keyboard to select the different sub menu that you want to select and press Enter Return e To select a channel list of either TV or Radio you can filter for either TV or Radio channels to be show in the channel list The channel can also be selected by pressing the 1st letter of the channel name on the key board Channel search Click on the Button MENU and Suite Manager to open the channel manager The channel manager is divided into the options Scan Sources Devices and Channels You can select the option by left clicking on the option name click on the Sources to scan for channels WinTV Channel Manager lI S Ounces Devices Channels Analog Digtal Se EE TY Tuner Inputs S SE SES Analog Digital Config United Kingdom ATENTE Config Broadcast Cable Antenna Format PAL_BGHIDK ll Scan Device eseription WinTV Reference Manual Search for Analogue channels This section refers to products with RF antenna and Cable tuner WinTV Channel Manager Sources Devices
23. Composite cables only carry video and so for audio a separate cable is required 37 WinTV Reference Manual S Video S Video sometimes incorrectly referred to as S VHS is superior to Composite and is the best quality available with Hauppauge WinTV cards S Video separates the luma and chroma onto separate wires inside the cable As with Composite you need to run a separate audio cable RGB RGB is common in Europe via the SCART connector This provides the best quality from European set top boxes since it separates red green and blue but there are not currently any TV cards which will accept an RGB input Video Audio inputs Hauppauge WinTV cards can have a number of video inputs which you need to be familiar with Antenna In Used for RF inputs Recognizable as Standard TV coax connector accepts Belling Lee plug Europe F connector accepts screw on plug US Selected in WinTV as Tuner Composite In Used for Composite video sources Recognizable as a yellow phono connector Selected in WinTV as Composite or Composite 1 S Video In Used for S Video on WinTV cards which have a separate Composite connector see above S Video or Composite on WinTV cards which don t have a separate Composite connector see above Recognizable as a black round DIN connector with several pins Selected in WinTV as either Discrete S Video or S Video 1 source Combined Composite source and ticking t
24. MACHINE SOFTWARE Hauppauge hcwT VWnd 5 Set LivePreview to 1 WinTV PVR 150 HVR 1300 1 Click on the Windows Start button 2 Click on Run 3 Type Regedit in the box and click OK 4 Browse to HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Hauppauge hcwTVWnhnd Roslyn 5 Set LivePreview to 1 Vista switches to Basic UI when starting WinTV Symptoms When you start WinTV on Vista it switches from the Aero UI to Basic Cause Aero cannot be enabled at the same time as Video Overlay Resolution set WinTV2000 to use the VMR renderer rather than Overlay 1 Click on the Windows Start button 2 Go to All Programs Hauppauge WinTV 3 Open Primary 4 Select Allow VMR 40 WinTV Reference Manual What are the options in WinTV Primary Answer WinTV Primary is a small utility which sets the preferred video renderer using by the WinTV software It will not change the video renderer for any other software 4 PRIMARY Version 3 922146 d Copyright ICT 997 2004 Hauppauge There are four main ways to display a video window on the E tne computer screen Dima ry 1 Overlay surface Wideo Display Mode 2 Prim ary surface Allow YMA bam Only implies Allow Overlay 3 VMR surface a ee VMR7 MPEG Playback Options VMR9 vd Use DWA it available 4 DIB Draw Use Hw Motion Comp H available 2 DXVA Allow Overlay Overlay and Primary work by transferring the image directly Force Primary from the TV Tuner card to the memory of your PC s graphics
25. Radio application click the Start Programs Hauppauge WinTV and the Radio application shortcut or click on the Radio icon The 1st start When you start the radio application for the 1st time the Radio icon will be displayed in the task bar of Windows e g 87 00 WinTV radio while it searches for radio stations this may take some time If no FM antenna is attached no channels will be found Once it has finished scanning the radio window is opened Content Menu WinTV Ra gjo Tune Seek Volume Operational features Volume For controlling the volume level Tune Fine tune the current radio channel Seek search for the next active FM radio channel Mem sets an FM radio channel preset To assign the current station to a preset click on MEM and then on one of the Preset buttons 1 30 Mute Turns the sound off and on Mono Force mono reception Default is stereo Scan searches for new stations until you click Stop Click the Right mouse button anywhere on the WinTV radio window to set the Scan mode Min Minimizes the WinTV Radio window CD Starts your systems Audio CD player for playing back Audio CD s TV Closes the radio application and starts the WinTV application OFF Closes the radio application 1 to 10 Preset 1 30 Stations list 1 30 Keyboard shortcuts To select a radio preset using the keyboard you must 1 Search for the radio station you want to select 2 Cli
26. WinTV HVR Series WinTV NOVA Series WinTV PVR Series Reference Manual English M HVRNOVAPVR V1 0 ENG 25 07 2007 Hauppauge WinTV HVR Series WinTV NOVA Series WinTV PVR Series Reference Manual Copyright OHauppauge Computer Works 2007 Hauppauge Computer Works Ltd 10 Borough High Street Bank Chambers London UK GET 900 www hauppauge co uk Hauppauge Computer Works Inc 91 Cabot Court Hauppauge NY 11788 www hauppauge com Hauppauge Digital Asia Pte Ltd Blk 1093 Lower Delta Road 04 05 Tiong Bahru Industrial Estate Singapore 169204 www hauppauge com sg Tech Support 44 0207 378 0202 Telephone 44 0207 378 1997 Fax 44 0207 357 9171 support hauppauge co uk Tech Support 1 631 434 3197 Telephone 1 631 434 1600 Fax 1 631 434 3198 Tech Support 65 276 4412 Telephone 65 276 9163 Fax 65 276 9167 Content FCC Statement CE Statement Introduction The WinTV Application Fundamental operation setting up your TV channels Configuration of Video Input Changing the Channel List Menu Options WinTV settings Menu Pause Record and TV Mode Keyboard shortcuts in WinTV WinTV Remote control WinTV Scheduler WinTV 7 Day EPG The WinTV Radio Application VTPlus application Troubleshooting HcwDriverInstall gives INF File Open Failed error No DVB T digital channels found How to connect a satellite cable set top box VCR or games console Media Center Notes My external
27. able on a WinTV product that supports this feature The WinTV remote control allows you to control the WinTV or Radio application please ensu re the following before trying to use this feature 1 Infrared Remote control Has batteries inserted 2 Infrared Receiver is fully connected to the IR socket of the WinTV Card 3 Infrared software is started The IR icon is on the start bar Before using starting the IR application please ensure that the IR sensor and WinTV hardware is fully installed and insert the batteries into the Remote control handset Position the IR recei ver in a position where the signal from the handset can beam can be seen Installation of the Remote control software The WinTV s remote control software is installed automatically during the installation of the WinTV applications The installation will add the shortcut AutoStart IR to the Start up group and a IR icon next to the time on the win dows start bar If this is not the case you can manually install the WinTV s remote control software from the installation CD ROM IR32 folder Double click on IR32 exe Remote Control Buttons Go Open the Open the WinTV Remote menu or launch MCE Power Exit the WinTV application TV Start WinTV as the Red button Full screen TV mode on off Videos No Function reserved to the MediaMVP Music No Function reserved to the MediaMVP Pictures No Function reserved to the MediaMVP Guide Show
28. annel in WinTV Be aware that while in older versions of WinTV it was possible to select S Video Composite by clicking the green button between the Channel Up and Channel Down buttons this is no longer recommended You should add them as a channel To do this please follow these instructions WinTV PVR Suite Manager Old Ul Start WinTV Click on MENU Select Suite Manager Click on the Add button Select either Composite or S Video Composite as appropriate If using S Video ensure that the S Video box is ticked Close Suite Manager WinTV HVR Channel Manager New UI Start WinTV Click on MENU elect Suite Manager Click on the Sources tab at the top Select either Composite Source or S Video Source as appropriate Click Preview to verify you have selected the correct source Click Add Close the WinTV Channel Manager Media Center Notes Be aware that Media Center MCE2005 and Vista MCE has limitations in setting up TV chan nels It is not possible to mix and match source types in other words you can have it confi gured for terrestrial TV OR satellite OR cable Media Center doesn t make any provision for adding an auxiliary external source such as a VCR If you are using MCE2005 it is recommen ded that you install software such as WinTVin order to use a VCR or games console outside of the MCE interface WO OT ZS OND CON MORON 39 WinTV Reference Manual My external input conn
29. blem A2 Bad driver state A3 Windows Region Wrong A4 Poor USB controller A5 USB 2 0 not used A6 Faulty WinTV hardware B If the scanner runs for less than 5 seconds B1 Software configuration issue Resolution A1 Signal problem Most aerial and cable issues can be identified by running the digital scanning tool scanChannelsBDA UK 35 WinTV Reference Manual A2 Bad driver state Some software can leave the card s driver in an invalid state Try rebooting Windows and rescan and if the WinTV is a USB device disconnect and reconnect In some rare cases for PCI cards it is necessary to completely power off the PC at the mains and then back on again A3 Windows Region Wrong DVB cards are tuned via tuning spaces and these differ for each country It is important that Windows Is set to the correct country or the wrong tuning space may be used Check as follows 1 Click on the Windows Start button 2 Open the Control Panel 3 Open Regional and Language Options 4 Click on the Regional Options tab and ensure that the country is correct under both Standards and formats and Location 5 Click on the Advanced tab and ensure that the correct country Is selected e g English United Kingdom 6 Click on the Languages tab 7 Ensure that the Default Input Language Is set correctly 8 Click OK and Reboot A4 Poor USB Controller some USB controllers have serious compatibility issues with certain devices A5 USB
30. ck on the Mem button 3 Click on a number where you want to save the radio station to 1 10 Each Preset button holds up to 3 presets each Press the button to go to the next preset The Mem button cycles through FM1 FM2 and FM3 bands to specify where to save a new pre set Entering station names When the radio is tuned to a preset the user can assign a name by clicking the mouse on the frequency display and typing in a name that does not begin with a number You can use lea ding spaces to center the name in the display Hit Enter Return to finish Minimize to tray Left click restores app right click accesses context menu 31 WinTV Reference Manual If you click and hold the right hand mouse button on the Radio window then a menu will appear Presets Configure Audic Ctrl A Scan Mode Seek Mode Remote Tuning Tool Tips v Use Tray Minimize Restore About Mute OFF Presets Allows you to select the preset that you have created Configure audio Select the audio properties Scan mode Allows you to select between preset mode list and all channel list Seek mode Allows you to search for strong signal station or weaker longer distance Remote Tuning If you select Use Channel Seek the keys CH CH on the remote con trol has the same function as the key Seek in WinTV radio If you select By frequency the keys CH CH has the same function as the Tune option Tool tips Ope
31. ding to be This can only be in inter vals of 60 seconds mute Mutes the application upon starting the recording So the above command line will start the WinTV application on channel 7 will mute and record for one hour at the default MPEG quality setting the application is currently set for This recording will be named WinTV_O mpg If you copy the command line and then paste it in the Run program field Start Run and click on Okay it should start your recording on the channel you specified If tt does it means that the job is being created properly and again indicates that the problem is with Windows scheduled Tasks 28 WinTV Reference Manual How to use 7 Day EPG for WinTV DVB T only 1 You should see an icon close to the Windows clock You will reach the TE menus of the 7 Day EPG by a right click on this icon i So i747 2 You should then see the EPG Service window It show the Eme a e ll status of the EPG service The buttons below the window SE give you the following controls Hauppauge e Start stop the EPG Service e Modify the current settings e Open the EPG help file en e Exit the EPG application K View EPG To view the EPG guide click View EPG See Step 4 for more information 3 Configuring the EPG Service Click on the Settings button to be shown the EPG confi guration window EE Start with system boot Starts the EPG Service auto SEU matically each time you Start your c
32. e of the possibilities are You don t have graphics card drivers installed and you are instead using the default fail safe VGA mode driver You don t have DirectX installed or your DirectX installation is damaged You do have graphics card drivers installed but they are out of date or incorrectly installed You have a hardware conflict between the graphics card and another component Your graphics card has some faulty memory which only becomes apparent when using overlay VMR Your graphics card has a faulty GPU which only becomes apparent when utilizing certain hardware acceleration features You have graphics card hardware acceleration turned all of the way down 5 DXVA DXVA DirectX Video Acceleration is a standardized way of allowing software to make use of hardware MPEG2 video acceleration decoding on a graphics card For example as most gra phics cards on the market today can do hardware motion compensation hardware iDCT and hardware adaptive deinterlacing DXVA provides a way for the MPEG decoder software to offload these aspects of decoding from the main CPU to the graphics card The result of this is lower CPU usage when viewing MPEG2 content such as DVDs or streams from digital TV or PVR TV cards as well as potentially higher visual quality from more refined and powerful deinterlacing methods In WinTV Primary the Use DXVA box determines whether a DXVA connection will be attemp ted DXVA can be used for VMR
33. e the keypad on the keyboard lt PgUp gt for volume up or lt PgDn gt for volume down Sound on off To mute the sound on or off click on the green button below the slider bar Alternatively you can use the keys on the keyboard lt CTRL gt lt M gt WinTV Reference Manual Last channel Clicking the last channel button will allow you to quickly change to the last viewed channel Surf preview Clicking on the button Surf will show up to 16 still image preview of TV channels that you have scanned The screen will gradually fill and double clicking on one of the preview images will show the selected channel in full screen Always on top With Always on Top WinTV will always be visible on your Windows desktop on top any applications To turn on click the Always on top button It will turn green To turn off click this button again A convenient way to use Always on Top is to make the TV window in the no title mode small and to make the TV window in the title mode larger Then you can switch very quickly from a small window to a larger one by clicking the right mouse button TV mode Click on the button TV mode in order to watch television in the full screen TV mode With one click to the right mouse button or press the lt ESC gt key to leave TV mode To hide the WinTV toolbar No title mode Click your right mouse button in the WinTV s video window for the no title mode To restore the toolbars the title mode
34. ected by S Video is black and white Symptoms When you connect an external source such as a games console VCR or cable satellite set top box via S Video the picture is in black and white Cause Simple SCART to S VIDEO adapters unpowered do not convert the signal to S Video at all as they just rewire the pins VHS VCRs rarely output S Video over SCART Most Sky boxes except for Sky don t output S Video Many other set top boxes only output Composite and RGB no S Video Resolution To get a color image from equipment with just Composite and RGB on the SCART connector you will have to connect up via Composite lf you want to get higher quality than Composite then it will be necessary to use a mains powered RGB to S Video converter If it doesn t require power then it isn t a converter it Is just a simple adapter and will not do the job Games console slow response Symptoms When you connect a games console to the WinTV card you find that the action on screen responds to button presses slowly up to 2 seconds after you press a button on the control ler Cause The cards above use hardware MPEG encoders and the encoders are used for live TV too The MPEG encoded stream must be decoded before it can be displayed and this introduces a delay Resolution Enable Live Preview mode WinTV PVR 150 500 1 Click on the Windows Start button 2 Click on Run 3 Type Regedit in the box and click OK 4 Browse to HKEY_ LOCAL_
35. eduling a recording To schedule d recording simply click On the Program z Program information Microsoft Internet Explorer E title this will give you more information about that pro _ gram from there you can click on Schedule for recor ding Channel RTL Television When you click a record button the 7 Day EPG schedu Program SE les a task to record your TV show from a DVB T channel The scheduled task is added to Windows Scheduled Program info Tasks Schedule l Please note you need to have a user name and pass start EEN word on your PC in order for he scheduled recordings to Schedule record through Windows Scheduled Tasks end See The scheduled recordings can be viewed and modified through the WinTV Scheduler The format of the file Schedule for recording name is programs title Time Date mpg Close Window Guide Home Update Guide Scheduled Tasks 17200 17 30 Ahornallee Unter uns CALLUS Je Television 19 00 Big Brother 16 00 Wildes Kinderzi 16 15 A 17 15 Wege zum Gl ck hallo deutschla 17 15 Bilder aus Deut Wednesday 16 May 16 00 G0 1 Now 30 WinTV Reference Manual The WinTV Radio application Depending on which WinTV product you have will depend on if you can listen and record FM radio on your PC Please ensure that the FM Radio antenna is connected to the FM connec tion on the back of the of the WinTV product To start the WinTV
36. el Channel selection Choose one of your scanned channels Recording options Click on Record to File to record your show Leave this button unchek kked to watch TV at the requested time You can also name your file to record Record in background The background recorder BG recorder allows you to record your program with out the WinTV application running If you have a Dual Tuner product you can record from 1 channel while watching another Once these are set click Set Program You can add more Events clicking Set Program after each event is set When you are finished click Close The WinTV program does not have to be running for the Schedular to work If WinTV is not running it takes about 10 seconds to start Scheduler and to start the recording of TV You must make sure Windows Task Scheduler is running properly For both Windows 2000 and XP you must have the Windows task scheduler started and run ning correctly or WinTV Scheduler will not work For XP you must also have a password assigned to log into Windows which ts a requirement for Windows task scheduler To be sure Windows task scheduler is running go to Start Run and enter services msc click ok when the Services window appears find Task Scheduler in the right column and be sure it is set to started and automatic If it is not started you can start it manually If it is started and scheduler is still not working correctly you can try stopping the service and restarting
37. enu option Options Change TV Station 9 Set system clock corresponds with the menu option Options Set system clock Click on this button with your mouse and the received Time from the Teletext channel will be used by the System clock of your PC Receiving a teletext page To receive a teletext page click on page and new and then type in a page number e g 100 and click on OK Quick select Many Teletext pages have a reference to many other Teletext pages For example in the TV guide section are a number of page referrals to film background information or any other additional referred information Quick select allows you to select these pages directly Double click with the left Mouse button on the page number in the text A new Window appears and the selected page is being received While you Double click on the left Mouse button and at the same time push on the Shift Key no new Window will be opened but the selected page will appear in the original window However you can also work with two windows one for use as index reference and the other to display the selected pages The way to do this is by activating the reception window and using the right Mouse button in the index Window The selected pages are being displayed in the reception window while the Index window Is available for further activities With Quick select several pages can be called at once Mark with a single left mouse click a page number and start t
38. fer If you use a graphics card that does not have this support you can use Primary Surface type of Overlay Primary Surface still requires Direct Draw and Direct X support but the overlay will be processed in the primary video buffer since the card does not have an Overlay buffer The other issues are related to performance due to the fact that Overlay Surface has It s own Overlay buffer and Primary Surface does not If you move a window while using Primary Surface the entire computer screen will refresh as the window is moved This does not cause any functional problems but to some users the refreshing of the screen may be annoying The other issue is that Primary Overlay may not work at the higher screen resolu tions and color depths that your graphics card may allow 3 VMR VMR Video Mixing Renderer was initially introduced on Windows XP as VMR7 but as of DirectX 9 it has been available for Windows 2000 too The two main forms of VMR are VMR7 and VMRQ9 which use DirectX7 and DirectX9 and later hardware respectively The use of VMR requires support in the graphics card driver which will then either allow the use of hard ware accelerated features e g when using VMR9 on a DX9 class graphics card or by partial hardware acceleration and partial software emulation e g when using VMR9 on a DX8 class graphics card with DX9 compatible drivers Generally VMR 7 shouldn t be used on anything older than a GeForce2 era card and VMR9 shouldn
39. he S Video box if using S Video Line In 3 5mm mini jack Used to provide the audio when using Composite or S Video Recognizable as a standard 3 5mm mini jack similar to a headphone jack Retail cards use a 3 5mm mini jack for line in Line In 2x Phono connectors Used to provide the audio when using Composite or S Video Recognizable as a pair red and white of phono connectors MCE OEM cards use the pair of phono connectors for line in Typical SCART to WinTV Connection The following images depict a typical connection between the SCART connector on a set top box and a Hauppauge WinTV card Retail Cards 38 WinTV Reference Manual A SCART to Composite S Video adapter is connected to the SCART OUT From there a Composite cable runs from the adapter to the Composite In on the WinTV card For audio a 2x Phono to 3 5mm Mini jack adapter is required Another option for this would be to purcha se a cable which has a 3 5mm mini jack connector at one end and 2x Phono at the other end similar to this A SCART to Composite S Video adapter is connected to the SCART OUT From there a Composite cable runs from the adapter to the Composite In on the WinTV card For audio twin phono cables run between the adapter and the relevant inputs on the WinTV card Media Center Cards Software Configuration Once the hardware is all setup all you need to do Is configure the S Video or Composite input as a new ch
40. he DVB T option on the left hand side Automatic channel search Click the lt Autoscan gt button to start the search for DVB T channels ensure that you have selected your country location The channel search will count from 1 to 74 and when a signal is found the box locked will have a tick Manual channel search You can shorten the channel scan if you know the Multiplex Channel Numbers for your local digital transmitter by entering the numbers into the Channel Number and click on Tune Please refer to the troubleshooting section to find out the Multiplex Channel Numbers for your location WinTV Reference Manual Search for DVB S channels ote This section refers to products with DVB S tuner WinTV NOVA S series and WinTV HVR 3000 LNB Configuration and Channel search Click on the Button MENU and Suite Manager to open the channel manager Select the lt sources gt and highlight the lt DVB S gt source WinTV Channel Manager Sources Devices Channels Input Sources Satellite Sources ND 1 E EX S Video Source 5 E e Analog Source 0262 ASTARA 24 2620 26 2E 10773000 Tuner Status EX Composite Source TEX S Video Source 1 fin fide Tafa hah signal TX Composite Source DI TTT ttt ttt H Du Source Locked Present WE S Source Eeer e Linear Horizontal Frequency KHz S Rate MSps Polarization Provide ITY London IV CIT Men amp Motors Attached Devices
41. he reception with a left Double click on another page The distance between the selected pages may not be more than 11 Example News from Page 112 115 are being selected with a single click on 112 anda Double click on 115 The multiple page reception will open individual windows for each of the pages within the selected page numbers All Quick select actions also may be done using the right mouse button In that case a con text menu is displayed For more information on using VTPlus please refer to the online application Help file 34 WinTV Reference Manual Troubleshooting If you are having problems using WinTV or Media Center then we firstly recommend upda ting the drivers for your sound card graphics card and the operating system To get the latest driver versions available for the sound card and graphics card visit the respective manufac turer s websites MPORTANT If you have a laptop you will not need to go to the individual manufactu rers websites for the latest software instead go to the website of the manufacturer of your laptop and search their downloads section for your laptop updated drivers and software are typically available for it there For updating the operating system go to the Http www microsoft com website and select Microsoft Update and follow the on screen instructions If prompted select the Custom option and then install all of the updates that it finds including software optional and hard wa
42. ich can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help FCC ID HSOWINCAST Assembled in Malaysia CAUTION Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance to the FCC Rules could void the user s authority to operate the equipment CE Statement This equipment has been tested and complies with EN 55013 EN 55020 and IEC 801 3 part 3 standards LEGAL DISCLAIMERS If you have any feedback regarding the content of this manual we would be happy to receive your input Please send any comments to the following address support hauppauge co uk We have made every effort to ensure that the Text Pictures and Tables in this manual and software programs and hardware are free from errors However we cannot guarantee that errors or omissions do not exist As a result we cannot accept liability for any loss damage or misunderstanding made directly or indirectly as a result of using our Manual Software and or Hardware This manual as well as the software described in it is furnished under license and may be used or copied only
43. ile you would like to play highlight it with your mouse one click of the mouse button and click Open Then click the Play button e Delete recorded video files which you no longer want Click your right mouse button on the video file once go down the menu and click Delete Pause Mode The pause mode allows you to pause the TV or Video window Clicking the Pause button on the WinTV application starts the Pause mode The Pause Menu will drop down Rewind Slow motion Fast forward Skip forward 10 secs Display counter Skip back to start Video position Skip to end Pause Play Replay last 10 secs Skip back 10 secs Skip forward 10 secs 20 WinTV Reference Manual Pause Puffer The Pause buffer is space on your hard disk where video is stored during the Pause mode The maximum amount of time which your TV program can be delayed is dependent upon how much storage space you have set for the Pause buffer To change the default pause buf fer location licking the symbol spanner Movies MPEG Delay counter The delay counter indicates the amount of time that the Live video window has been paused lf the delay counter indicates 00 01 23 then the Live video window has been paused for 1 minute and 23 seconds Rewind id Clicking the Rewind button while playing video will rewind the recorded video Click
44. in accordance with the terms of such license The content of this manual is furnished for informal use only is subject to change without notice and should not be con strued as a commitment by Hauppauge Computer Works Incorporated Hauppauge Computer Works Inc assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appe ar in this book No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or storing in a retrieval system or translating into any language in any form without the express written per mission of Hauppauge Digital Europe A R L All manufacturers names product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned in this manual are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners Trademarks Hauppauge logo and WinTV product name Hauppauge Computer Works Inc Windows Video for Windows NetMeeting and Internet Explorer Microsoft Corporation Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation All other trade names are the service mark trade mark or registered trademark of their respective holders WinTV Reference Manual Introduction This manual covers all of the WinTV PVR WinTV NOVA and WinTV HVR models for display ing TV on your PC s screen It covers but is not limited to the following models Personal Video Recorder Analogue
45. ing the Rewind button again will continue the playing Pause Clicking the Pause button causes WinTV to start recording into WinTV s Replay Buffer It takes about 10 seconds for the Replay Buffer to be initialized and for Pause to beco me effective Un clicking the Pause button will cause the audio video program to start playing from the point where the button was originally clicked Most WinTV functions are active while in the Pause or Pause Live mode For example you can change volume resize the TV window go into no title mode etc While in Pause mode the Video Position bar shows the amount of the Replay Buffer which is filled with video For example if the Video Position indicator shows halfway it means that half of the Replay Buffer is filled If you find you cannot Pause as many minutes as you would like increase the size of the Replay Buffer While in Pause mode the A V stream is always saved in the Replay Buffer To stop saving the A V stream in the Replay Buffer you must exit the Pause mode by clicking TV mode Slow motion Clicking the Slow Motion button while playing video will play in Slow Motion Clicking the Slow Motion button again will continue playing normally Fast forward weng Clicking the Fast Forward button one time will fast forward your video at 2X speed Clicking the Fast Forward button two times will fast forward your video at 8X speed Replay While in the Pause mode hitting the Repla
46. input connected by S Video is black and white Games console slow response Vista switches to Basic Ul when starting WinTV2000 Primary options TV becomes jumpy while recording Problems with the IR remote control No Tuner Available message when starting Live TV in MCE Vista Warranty Information wech O O O OUO O N WinTV Reference Manual Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE The device may not be disposed of with household rubbish This appliance is labeled in accordance with European Directive 2002 96 EG concerning used electrical and electronic appliances Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE The guideline determines the framework for the return and recycling of used appliances as applicable throughout the EU To return your used device please use the return and collection systems available to you FCC Statement Radio Interference Statement The WinTV boards have been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and cause harmful interference to radio com munications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception wh
47. ion Aspect Radio This option will force the aspect ratio to 4 x 3 Option Mute Will Mute and un mute the sound Option No Title This option will remove the TV applications borders so you will only have the TV picture Option TV Mode This option will change the TV picture to Full Screen mode so the TV picture will cover the whole of the desktop Display Menu vw 4x3 16 9 Select Channel Suite Manager Configure d View d Options i Display Steg Freeze Ctrl F File a Help a Preferences 12 WinTV Reference Manual Display Freeze Will stop the TV picture from moving You can also press lt CTRL gt lt F gt Display Preferences Allows you to configure the WinTV Preferences File Menu Ww Avi 169 Select Channel Suite Manager Configure View Options Display Hel a zeae Print Ctrl P Print Setup Copy Ctrl C Exit File Save as After using the Snap button you will be able to save that still image snapshots to different file formats e g Jpeg BMP etc File Print Allows you to print out the still image snapshot File Print setup Allows you to configure the printer settings File Copy Allows you to copy the still image snapshots to the clipboard of Windows File Exit Will close down the TV application You can also press lt Alt gt lt F4 gt on the keyboard Help Menu Help Help Topics O
48. ion is Transponder data You enter Frequency 10 773 MHz Frequency 10733000 Symbolrate 22 000 MSps Symbolrate 22000 Polarization Horizontal Polarization Linear_Horizontal WinTV Reference Manual Configuration a Video Input When connecting a external source to the WinTV product please ensure that the cables are connected in the correct order N ote This section refers to WinTV products with Video Input Connecting a Video Recorder or Set top box We recommend using a SCART to Composite cable for connecting most VCR s and set top boxes to our devices this is because unless stated most of these devices will not be able to output in Svideo so if you use a SCART to Svideo cable all you will see is a black and white image There may be a switch on the SCART connecting for lt IN gt or lt OUT gt ensure it is set to lt OUT gt so that the signal is sent from the SCART to the composite If your VCR or Set top box has a S video output and your WinTV product has S video input then you can use a S video to S video lead You may also need to connect the Red amp White RCA phono plugs into the Stereo Line in for the sound to be transferred Simply use a Red amp White female RCA to Stereo Jack connec tion Configuring the Composite channel Click on the Button MENU and Suite Manager to open the channel manager Select the lt sources gt and highlight the lt Composite gt or lt S video gt source The video f
49. les example DVD 6Mb for analog recordings ote For digital WinTV product DVB S DVB T the default is DVD 2048 bytes and this cannot be changed native MPEG quality WinTV Reference Manual Snap Shot Settings WinTV Settings ER view M Movies t amp Snap Shot Audio Color Capture Resolution Fields Captured f 320 2 240 f 1 Motion f 640 x 480 fe 2 Still f 800 600 f 1024 x 768 f 1280 1024 f 1600 x 1200 f Actual Size canci Clicking on the CFG icon allows you to configure the Snapshot settings Capture resolution Capture Resolution Images in WinTV are captured at the maximum resolution When the image is saved to a file name below you select a resolution for the snapshot from 320 x 240 minimum to 1600 x 1200 actual size Fields Captured Fields Captured Broadcast video uses an interlaced format in which the odd numbered scan lines and even numbered scan lines are displayed separately the eye combines them into a smooth image On the computer monitor output both fields are displayed at once When taking a snapshot of a video image with little motion Capture 2 Fields produces the most data and the clearest image However when taking a snapshot of a video image containing motion capturing both fields may result in a blurred image Therefore use Capture 1 Field for best results Experiment with these settings to achieve the desired results Default Button Resets S
50. make sure your system is not set to go into hibernate or sleep mode as the scheduler cannot wake up Windows to start the recording The scheduler writes a command line to Windows Scheduled Task so if the WinTV is failing to launch at the specified time you may want go into Windows Scheduled Tasks Start Programs Accessories System Tools Scheduled Tasks and see if you can schedule any event to occur at a specific time If you cannot get any other program to begin at a specific time then the problem is with Windows Scheduled Tasks You can also check to see if the command line is being written correctly to Scheduled Tasks Create a schedule recording in the WinTV Scheduler Then go into Windows Scheduled Tasks and find the job file for the recording you created Right mouse click on it and go to Properties In the Run field you will see the command line for the recording it will look something like this C PROGRA 1 WinTV WinTV EXE c7 ntod startr WinTV_ 0 mpg qdef limit 3600 mute C PROGRA 1 WinTV WinTV EXE Obviously the path to the WinTV application c The channel number you want the WinTV to open up on ntod No tip of the day dialog window 27 WinTV Reference Manual Startr The name you want for the recorded file qdef MPEG quality of the recorded file Currently there are only two choice here current default level qdef and VCD quality qvcd limit Length of time in seconds you want the recor
51. mly to the WinTV board and try holding the connector in while using the remote to be sure good contact Is being made Be sure that the batteries are installed in the remote properly and that the batteries are fresh Re install the Remote software by double clicking the IR32 EXE file located on your WinTV CD rom in the IR32 folder Go to start programs Hauppauge WinTV Restart IR Clicking Restart IR will reinitialize the remote software It is placed in the Startup Group and will initialize after each reboot in the event that it was turned off Windows and NT 4 0 may experience some issues with the Remote working properly If you are having issues with the remote working in these OS simply copy the WinTV shortcuts from the desktop to the Windows start menu and reboot the system No Tuner Avilable message when starting Live TV in MCE Vista Symptoms When you attempt to view Live TV in Media Center the following message appears No Tuner Available Cause This message can appear if 1 You don t have a TV tuner card installed 2 You have installed non MCE drivers for the TV card 3 The TV card is not functioning 4 The Media Center services are not running 5 Wrong MCE file versions are installed Resolution You don t have a TV tuner card installed You have installed non MCE drivers for the TV card You will not be able to use Live TV in Media Center unless you have installed an MCE com patible TV card T
52. mouse button to see image options Snapshot still Current TV Audio Type TV Mode Pause Mode Playback Mode capture channel Time Shift Some control options can be selected by right clicking on the mouse button When watching a current TV program a simple right click on the mouse button will display the current TV list for fast channel changing You can also change channels by using the numbers on the keyboard or by pressing the letter on the keyboard for the channel that you want to view eWith a right click of the mouse button on the audio type language selection you can chan ge the available audio language settings of the current TV program that you are watching eWith a right click of the mouse button hold for 2 seconds in the TV window the control options are displayed In order to re size the window move the mouse pointer to the edge of the TV window This changes the mouse pointer into a double arrow Press and hold the left hand mouse button and drag the window into the desired size releasing the left mouse button when finished Fundamental operation Channel changing You can change channels by using the Channel Up or Channel Down buttons on the WinTV You can also type a channel number for example 27 and WinTV will tune to that channel Volume change With the slide bar on the top left hand side of the WinTV application window you can change the Volume level Alternatively you can us
53. n multiple monitors or on a graphics card TV Out Where clone mode is used you may find that the secondary output simply has a black rectangle where the video should be displayed Please consult your graphics card driver documentation for furt her information on dealing with overlay and multiple monitors 2 Primary Surface With Primary surface and in contrast to the overlay surface the video signal is transferred directly into a visible part of the graphics board memory right where you will see It The drawback of a primary surface is that your graphics board has to be set to at least 16 bits per pixel color depth Primary surface also requires more bandwidth on the PCI bus and we have occasionally seen some graphics boards showing distortions of the video display espe cially when using 32 bits per pixel color depth And finally a menu or other window covering the primary surface video display may get overwritten under certain circumstances Overlay versus Primary To help you in troubleshooting and deciding which display mode to use here are some of the limitations of primary and overlay surface In general we recommend to use the overlay surface if your graphics board supports it Primary Surface Primary surface requires that the graphics board is set to 16 24 or 32 bits per pixel color depth Primary surface requires a higher bandwidth on the PCI AGP bus This may result in flashing lines on the video image especially at 24 or 3
54. n the Add Program button SE Add Program Channel Selection 1 Tw Source Selection o mr Ge winT 2000 Reminder J Program Period Program DateTime One Time Only Time To Begin Every day aati Program Duration Fd Record To File Minutes E Mute volume while recording Weekly Mf Sunday 7 d 8 Horey II RI Record in Background Ml Tuesday os F ME Date To Begin E Enable Wing T Thursday 1S0V2007 nee Date To End Saida Kee cd Time To End RB Geen winT open when done Ape Pod Sony PSP Ore Creative Fen vision The items that need to be set for each event are Time to Begin Program Set the start time Click on the hour to set the hour the minute to set the minute and the second if you feel this is necessary to set the second to start the pro gram ote It takes about 10 seconds to launch the WinTV and set up for recording so set the Time to Begin Program to 10 seconds before the time your TV show actually starts Time to End Program Set to the time to end this event ote you need to leave at least 30 seconds between scheduled programs to give the recorder time to set up its disk buffers Program Period One time daily weekly 26 WinTV Reference Manual Date to Begin Program Today s date is the default Change this tf you want to schedule on another date Source selection Leave set at WinTV to bring up the WinTV at the requested time and on the requested chann
55. napshot Configuration to factory defaults 16 WinTV Reference Manual Audio Settings ote This option ts only available on a WinTV product that supports this feature and N will only be displayed if you are tuned into a channel or video input that supports this feature E WinTV Settings EE View BL Movies Snap Shot Audio later m Volume Controls Miser Selection r Current TY Audio Preferences Audio Mixer Inputs Mona e Stereo win Wave ll SE w Current IV Available Modes Mono Stereo Actual Stereo Cancel Audio Mixer Inputs Click on this item to display a list of possible selections WinTV WAVE should be selected Current TV Audio preferences This area enables you to select audio preferences from the source dependent Available Modes listing at the bottom of the dialog box Current TV Available Modes The actual active setting is highlighted 17 WinTV Reference Manual Colour settings Analogue only ote This option ts only available on a WinTV product that supports this feature and will only be displayed if you are tuned into a channel or video input that supports this feature Not available for DVB T or DVB S channels WinTV Settings m ER View Movies a Snap Shot Audio Color Brightness Contrast Saturation Hue Default l Here the brightness the contrast the saturation and chroma can be changed for improving the picture quality f
56. ns some tips Tool Tips Use Tray When Use Tray is select the application is minimized onto the system tray Minimize Minimize to system tray Restore Restore the application to full screen About Displays information about the radio application Mute Sound on off OFF Turns off the radio application Keyboard shortcuts in WinTV Radio F1 F10 Preset 1 10 0 to 9 Preset 1 10 F11 12 une Up Down as defined by Remote Tuning Mode INS Add current station as preset if not already defined as preset Pg Up Dn Volume Up Down Tune Up Down Home seek Up End seek Down O Toggle Mono Stereo Mode Toggle Mute N Minimize Radio T Close Radio and go to WinTV C Close Radio and go to CD Player E Exit Radio OFF S Toggle Scan Mode Preset or All channels R Toggle Mem state Space Scan to next Preset or Station as defined in Scan Mode F11 12 Tune Up Down as defined by Remote Tuning Mode DEL Remove existing Preset 32 WinTV Reference Manual VTPlus application VTPlus for WinTV is a sophisticated analogue Teletext software application which is only avai lable on the analogue Tuner of the HVR VTPlus allows you to view multiple teletext pages save or print teletext pages and create Dynamic Data Links so that teletext data can be used in other applications The WinTV application does not have to be active while the VTPlus tele text application is running ote VTPlus uses the channel list of the analogue WinTV for finding the VI plus
57. o check whether your TV card is compatible with MCE please see the links in See Also at the bottom of this page The TV card is not functioning This may be caused by hardware compatibility issues e g BIOS settings or incorrectly installing the drivers Please consult the See Also links at the bottom of this page for troubles hooting these problems The Media Center services are not running The Media Center Receiver service is essential for Live TV to be functioning in Media Center If you believe that you have disabled this service please re enable it as follows 1 Click on the Windows Start button 2 Go to Control Panel 3 Go to Performance and Maintenance 4 Go to Administrative Tools 5 Launch Services 6 Find Media Center Receiver Service in the list and check that it s current status is Started The Startup Type should be Automatic 44 WinTV Reference Manual Hauppauge Warranty Information Warranty Hauppauge Computer Works Inc warrants the WinTV board to be free from defects in mate rial and workmanship for a period of 2 years from date of initial retail purchase We will at our option repair or replace a defective product The limited warranty does not cover any losses or damage that occur as a result of e Improper installation e Misuse or neglect or operation with faulty equipment e Repair or modification by anyone other than Hauppauge Computer Works or an authorized repair agent Please complete
58. omputer Record program ahead 5 ei minutes Record program longer 5 si minutes If program already running record after 2 minutes Server Port No a0 Start minimized Starts the EPG Service minimized tn the system tray Record program ahead longer Specifies the recording overlap before and after a scheduled recording Account Server Port No Specifies which port the EPG Service should run on Default is port 80 however if you are SG Account for Remote Login hosting your own webpage you will need to alter this User Mame Unknown Account for remote login Enter a username password Password seer to access the EPG service from any other internet ena bled computer G2 System account for recording User Mame Unknown Password Sir System Account for recording Enter the username password for the user account you are cur rently using the EPG service will use this account to be able to start up the WinTV application en 4 Viewing the EPG information From the EPG application window click View EPG this will open a web page showing the EPG information initially the application will need to scan and update the EPG information The amount of time it takes to read the data is related to the number of channels in your DVB T transmission area The more channels the longer it takes to read all of the data this may take several minutes 29 WinTV Reference Manual 5 Sch
59. or analog sources Selecting default changes the settings back to default settings WinTV Reference Manual Pause Record and TV Mode There are four buttons to control the Watching Recording and Pausing of TV 1V Mode Pause Mode Record mode Playback mode dg Clicking on the Pause button will cause the Pause menu to roll down from the WinTV applica tion while clicking on the Record button will cause the Record menu to roll down Clicking on the Record will start a recording of the channel that you are watching If you click on the button once it will record for 15 Minutes clicking twice will record for 30 minutes clicking a third time will record for 45 minutes Each click will record for another 15 minutes So 3 clicks will record for 45 minutes Background Record and Dual Tuner mode N ote Only available for the WinTV NOVA TD The background recorder BG recorder allows you to record your program without the WinTV application opened on your desktop When the background record starts a red bullet icon close to the Windows clock starts You can end the recording by right clicking on this icon and selecting terminate recording If you are not using WinTV at the same time the WinTV NOVA TD will background record in Diversity mode for the best reception quality If you watch or record another channel anot her MUX at the same time the WinTV NOVA TD will not operate in Diversity mode and
60. ormat commonly used in Europe is Pal BGHIDK type a name for the channel and a description and click on lt Save gt and lt Close gt WinTV Channel Manager Sources Devices Channel Input Sources Video Format r Channel EX S Video Source FAL_BGHIDK analog SOLUCE SCH Preview Composite Source Description EX S Video Source 1 VCR save Ex Composite Source 1 Ga OVE T Source E DVB S Source Saa SOLUCE Attached Devices order al Composite PYA DYVE T 7 H Selecting the composite channel in the channel list To select the Video Channel that you created lt right gt click with the mouse button on the TV window and select the channel list You should see you the channel name you just created at the bottom of the channel list Changing the Channel List Click on the Button MENU and Suite Manager to open the channel manager Select the lt Channels gt tab WinTV Channel Manager 1 all Channels fal IA Channels The channel list allows you to see all of the available channels that have been scanned Channel Menu If you right click on one of the channels on the right hand side you will have some of the fol lowing options Sources Free Channels ID Blaster Chan Devices Channel Filmg Teletext Cars Channels All Channels ITV Audio Channels Video Channels Favorites Chann OVE T Source IT IV DVB T Source ITM IV DVB T Source ITYS
61. ower button Yellow button No function Blue button Make a Snapshot still image capture 24 WinTV Reference Manual ote The WinTV remove will only work when the WinTV application is the active application press the RED button to make it the active application Remote Control Buttons during a Recording NE Most WinTV functions and remote buttons are disabled when recording Record button Set the duration of the recording by steps of 15 minutes up to 2 hours then by steps of 30 minutes up to 4 hours like the OTR button Clicking again will disable recor ding duration This information is displayed in the PVR tray Stop button Stop recording and close the PVR tray as the Back Exit button Pause button Freeze the video Press the Play or Pause button again to un freeze the video The Pause button has no effect on the recording itself While the video is frozen the recor ding is continued in the background there is no Rewind Forward Skip Replay function Remote Control Buttons when Pausing TV or Playing a Video N ote You cannot change channels when Pausing TV Record button Stop current action and start a recording Stop button Stop playing or Exit pause mode and close the PVR tray as the Back Exit button Play button Play the recorded TV or TV from the pause buffer if PVR tray opened Play and Pause button have alternatively the same function lt lt Rewind Play backwards at 8x speed Clicking again will
62. pens the online help menu Help Tip of the Day Shows the tip of the day for useful information about the application Help About Shows information about the application version files and hardware WinTV Reference Manual WinTV Settings To configure the WinTV application select the Spanner button Menu On Screen Display Ki WinTV Settings CN View IN movies a Snap Shot On Screen Display fei Title Mode M No Title Mode tv Mode i Annunciators On C Constant Display e Display Elica Seconds Annunciator Font Font Preview Closed Captioning On Cancel On Screen Display The On Screen Display allows you to set the amount of time the information bar will be displayed on the screen The annunciator font allows you to change the font type and colour that will be used Where available Closed Captioning CC will show subtitles tf selected Tab Title mode TV picture with application Menu 4 3 Aspect Ratio The option 4 3 aspect ratio determines whether this is automatically selected if you re size the WinTV window with the mouse WinTV Settings DN View B Movies ey Snap Shot Audio Color On Screen Display Deinterlace Title Mode B NoTitieMode tv Mode i Enforce Aspect Ratio Do Not Resize Window Default ee 14 WinTV Reference Manual Enforce Aspect ratio When checked the image s aspect ratio is preserved as the WinTV window is scaled
63. play paused TV or recorded TV at 1x gt gt Forward Play forward at 2x speed Clicking again will play forward at 8x then back to 1x Pause button Start Pause Mode TimeShift Press Play or Pause again to continue watching from where you left off gt I Skip Skips ahead in the Pause buffer by 10 seconds per click Holding the Skip button will auto repeat and advances the video about 10 minutes per 15 seconds the button is depressed I lt Replay Skips backward in the Pause buffer by 10 seconds per click Holding the Replay button will auto repeat and advances the video about 10 minutes per 15 seconds the button is depressed Quick Jump 0 to 9 buttons When playing a video you can quickly skip through the video by pressing the 0 9 buttons When you press one of these buttons you will skip to for example 10 of the video file when you press 1 20 of the video file when you press 2 and so forth of the length of the file During Pause Mode any key skips ahead in the Pause buffer to 2 seconds 25 WinTV Reference Manual WinTV Scheduler WinTV Scheduler allows you to schedule the recording of TV shows WinTV Scheduler once it is set can be closed and the WinTV application will wake up at the desired time and tuned to the desired channel After installation WinTV Scheduler can be found by going to Start Program files Hauppauge WinTV WinlT Scheduler In order to Schedule a recording click o
64. rd disk space Video is recorded at 480x480 480x576 for PAL video at a datarate up to 2 5Mbits sec For creating Video CD s for playback on your home DVD player chose the MPEG1 VCD for mat Once chosen the Quality Level format is set for both the Pause and Record modes The for mat cannot be changed while Recording or while in the Pause mode DVD players which are compatible with CD s and MP3 s can also read DVD s burned using MPEG video files created with the WinTV Creating a DVD If you plan to burn a DVD using a authoring software package you should use either the DVD Standard Play the DVD Long Play or DVD Extra Long Play These formats will allow you to make DVD s with the following recording lengths DVD Standard Play 1 hour 30 minutes on DVD R RW disks DVD Long Play 1hour 50 minutes on DVD R RW disks DVD Extra Long Play 4 hours on DVD R RW disks 22 WinTV Reference Manual Keyboard shortcuts in WinTV In Live TV Mode Plus Minus Page Up Page Down 0 9 Spacebar Esc F1 CTRL M CTRL F CTRL C CTRL P CTRL S CTRL T CTRL Alt M Alt P Alt R Alt F Alt F4 Channel Up Channel Down Volume Up Volume Down Enter a channel number Take a snapshot still image capture Exit Full screen TV mode Open online help Mute sound on off Freeze TV image Copy to clipboard Snapshot print Video source select Re size the TV window to and from Full Sc
65. re The following information and more can be found on the Hauppauge UK Forums http www hauppauge co uk board index php HcwDriverlnstall gives INF File Open Failed error Symptoms When you run HewDriverlInstall exe to install drivers they fail to install and you receive the following error message Drivers have NOT been updated INF File Open Failed lt gt Cause This error occurs when the INF files to install the drivers are not where HcwDriverlInstall exe expects them The most common cause for this is from the user attempting to run HcwDriverInstall without extracting all files from the zip archive Resolution All Hauppauge drivers that are packaged within a zip archive must be extracted before you do anything with them You can either use the built in zip handling in Windows XP but Extract do not just view or use a dedicated utility such as WinZip WinRAR or Zip Genius other zip utilities exist No DVB T digital channels found Symptoms When you scan for digital channels either A The scanner runs for several minutes and returns no channels B The scanner runs for less than 5 seconds and returns no channels It is Important to identify the amount of time that scanning takes because the troubleshooting methods differ for each The time is measured from the point that the Scan button changes from displaying Stop back to it s original Scan state Cause A If the scanner runs for several minutes A1 Signal pro
66. reen Show EPG information Re size the TV window to default size Start the Pause function Timeshift Start the recording function Opens the snapshot save options Close the application During recording Plus Minus Spacebar Esc F1 CTRL P CTRL F CTRL C CTRL M CTRL T Alt Q Alt R Alt P Alt F Alt N Alt F4 Channel Up Channel Down Take a snapshot still image capture Stop recording Open online help Snapshot print Freeze TV image Copy to clipboard Mute sound on off Re size the TV window to and from Full Screen Pause the Live TV window has no effect on the recording Increase record time by 15 min intervals Start the Pause function Timeshift Opens the snapshot save options Stop recording and return to Live TV mode Close the application In TimeShift Mode Pause mode Plus Minus Spacebar Esc F1 CTRL P CTRL C CTRL M CTRL T Alt Q Alt R Alt P Alt F Alt N Alt F4 Channel Up Channel Down Take a snapshot still image capture Exit pause mode Online Help Snapshot print Copy to clipboard Mute sound on off Re size the TV window to and from Full Screen Pause the Live TV window Pause Mode stops and recording start Start the Pause function Timeshift Opens the snapshot save options Exit pause mode and return to Live TV mode Close the application 23 WinTV Reference Manual WinTV Remote Control N ote This option ts only avail
67. t be used on anything older than an nVidia GeForce FX or Radeon 9xxx card If you do attempt to use them on older hardware then one of two things may happen 1 You will get no video at all and WinTV will fail to function correctly 2 You will get poor performance such as slow refresh of the screen jerkiness or generally poor quality blocky etc All VMR renderers make use of the graphics card s 3D engine to render the video and so video performance with VMR is dependent upon the 3D gaming performance of the card In addition to displaying the video on a 3D surface additional processes are done via the gra phics card hardware including high quality scaling deinterlacing and color control The quali ty and availability of these again depends upon the graphics card in use 4 DIB Draw DIB Draw is a fallback method of displaying video in case of lack of overlay primary surface and DirectX support DIB Draw does not make use of any hardware acceleration at all and uses the system CPU to render frames and draw them directly to an area of the screen Without any assistance from the graphics card this method is extremely slow and should only be used for testing Additionally you cannot use DIB Draw on cards which make use of software MPEG2 decoders such as the PVR HVR and Nova range of cards since these 42 WinTV Reference Manual If you do have to use DIB Draw then you have something seriously wrong with the setup of your system Som
68. the DiSEqC shift box or DiSEqC multi toggle documentation After selecting the DiSEqC support you select the option on the left hand side which LNB should be configured so that the blue line is highlighted and then select on the right hand side which satellite from the drop down list which will be used for channel scanning The frequency data for Low Osc High Osc and LNB SWITCH are preset for the use of commercial universal LNBs and do not need to be changed If these values are changed you can re set the default options by clicking on the button default Automatic channel search Click on Autoscan in order to start the automatic satellite channel scan The channel fre quencies scan will depend on the satellite selection that you selected in the option Satellite sources and LNB position When channels are found they will be listed and the scanning will continue After the completion of the channel scan a new window of an overview of the scanned frequencies and the number of found programs are will be displayed Manual channel search If you know the frequency symbol rate and polarization of a certain TV or radio program you can enter the information to perform a manual channel scan If you select the option manual scanning enter the values there and you click on the button scan The programs found on this transponder frequency will be listed For example on the Astra 28 2 East the TV channel BBC News 24 informat
69. these formats are e The higher the datarate the better the video quality you see from live TV and your recor dings The higher the datarate the more disk space which will be required e CPU horsepower required during playback and pause mode e The compatibility when creating Video CD s or S VCD s To configure the MPEG Quality Level on WinTV click the PREF button Preferences menu then Capture and then the MPEG tab Here are the video formats and the amount of disk space per hour used MPEG1 VCD 65 Gigabytes hour MPEG2 2 0MBits sec Full D1 9 Gigabytes hour MPEG2 2 0MBits sec Half D1 9 Gigabytes hour MPEG2 12 0 MBits sec Full D1 5 4 Gigabytes hour MPEG2 12 0 MBits sec CBR 5 4 Gigabytes hour DVD Standard Play 8 0Mbits sec 3 1 Gigabytes hour DVD Long Play 6 2Mbits sec 2 4 Gigabytes hour DVD Extra Long Play 2 5 Mbits sec 1 2 Gigabytes hour SVCD Standard Play 2 5Mbits sec 8 Gigabytes hour N ote CBR is constant bit rate VBR is variable bit rate Which record format should you use If you would like to burn a DVD then chose either DVD Standard Play DVD Long Play or DVD Extra Long Play DVD formats record at 720x480 720x576 with PAL video sources using 48 0 kHz stereo audio If you want to watch the recorded video on your PC for the best video quality chose MPEG2 12 0MB sec or DVD Standard Play If you do not have much disk apace try the MPEG 2 2 0MB sec SVCD is a nice compromise between video quality and ha
70. y button acts like the Instant Replay you see on TV broadcast sporting events the audio video goes back in time and you repeat what you have previously seen Each click of the Replay button causes audio video to go back 10 seconds For example if you want to repeat the audio video you saw 10 seconds ago you would click the Replay button once If you want to see the video you saw one minute ago you would need to click the Replay button six times For extended replay times you might find it more convenient to grab the Video Position indi cator control bar and move it to the left Once you let the control bar go audio video starts to play it might take a few seconds for the WinTV application to start playing You might have to move the Video Position indicator to the left and right to find the desired spot to start replaying audio video While Replaying your audio video program continues to be recorded in the Replay Buffer Therefore tf you have clicked the Replay button 3 times so that you are replaying the audio video seen 30 seconds ago the video you see in the WinTV window will be 30 seconds behind the live audio video program lt Skip ahead Clicking the Skip button will skip the video ahead 10 seconds 21 WinTV Reference Manual MPEG compression formats N ote Only available on supported products PVR HVR The WinTV supports several formats for MPEG video compression called Quality Levels The differences in

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