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WinTV-HVR-1950
Quick Installation Guide for Windows XP
and Windows Vista (all versions)
Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc.
Telephone:
631-434-1600
91 Cabot Court
Fax:
631-434-3198
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Tech Support:
631-434-3197
techsupport@hauppauge.com
1. Included with the WinTV-HVR-1950
WinTV-HVR-1950 device
•
with ATSC/NTSC/clear QAM
receiver, 125 channel cable
ready TV tuner, FM radio
receiver and MPEG-2 hardware
audio/video compressor for
recording analog cable TV to
disk
Remote control
•
transmitter
and batteries
Wall mounted power supply
•
(6 volt)
1 meter USB cable
•
FM radio
•
antenna
WinTV-HVR-1950 Installation CD-ROM
•
WinTV-HVR-1950 Quick Installation Guide
•
(this guide)
2. What is ATSC and QAM digital TV, and how
does the WinTV-HVR-1950 work?
ATSC digital TV is over-the-air digital TV for North America.
ATSC digital TV typically requires an antenna for reception, and is
currently broadcast in 200 cities, with over 1500 TV stations. Note:
ATSC digital TV is NOT digital cable TV or digital satellite TV. The
WinTV-HVR-1950 can receive clear QAM digital cable TV. It cannot
receive digital satellite TV.
ATSC digital TV is transmitted in several resolutions, from “standard
definition” which is similar to cable TV, up to high definition which
has about 16 times the resolution of normal cable TV. In any
resolution, ATSC digital TV gives sharper pictures than analog cable
TV and near CD quality sound.
Clear QAM TV channels are digital cable TV channels which
are broadcast on cable TV “in the clear”. These digital cable TV
channels are broadcast in various resolutions, from standard
definition up to high definition.
WinTV-HVR-1950 has a built-in tuner for analog cable TV, digital
ATSC and digital clear QAM TV. To receive ATSC, you will need an
antenna. To receive digital clear QAM or analog cable TV, you will need
a cable TV connection.
It uses your PC or laptop’s CPU for displaying both analog and digital
TV programs on your PC screen. The decoding of high definition
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6. Running WinTV
®
for the first time
To start the WinTV application, double click on the WinTV icon on
your desk top. When you run WinTV for the first time, a message
YES
says Would you like to scan for channels now? Click
.
To scan for cable TV channels, both analog and clear QAM digital, in
Cable
the Broadcast/Cable box chose
.
To scan for ATSC digital channels, in the Broadcast/Cable box
Antenna
chose
.
Scan
Click the
button and WinTV
will automatically scan for TV
channels. The scanning process
takes about 10 minutes.
The scanning process for ATSC will
scan from channels 2 to 68. The
ATSC digital channels that are
found will appear in the channel
listing box. The Name is the name
as defined by the broadcaster. The
Channel number is created by the
WinTV application. For ATSC digital channels, since each primary
channel might have several subchannels, the channel number is
calculated so that channel 22.2 would be listed as 1222. Channel 7.2
would be listed as 1072. Type 1072 on your keyboard for channel
7.2
Note: if you have attached an antenna and do not receive any ATSC
digital TV channels, either use a stronger antenna (a roof top
antenna is recommended for best reception) or reposition your
portable antenna. Then rescan for ATSC channels (see below for
instructions on rescanning and the Troubleshooting section for
information on choosing an ATSC antenna).
Note: If you experience problems when watching ATSC digital TV
channels, see the Troubleshooting section.
Rescanning TV channels
Menu / Suite
If you want to rescan for TV channels, click
Manager.
To scan analog cable TV channels, under Sources, highlight
Analog source
Auto scan
and click
.
To scan for digital ATSC channels, under Input Sources,
ATSC source
Auto scan
highlight
and click
.
To scan for digital QAM channels, under Input Sources, highlight
Clear QAM Source
Auto scan
and click
.
Signal
During the scan for ATSC and QAM digital TV channels, the
Status
locked box
will show a quality level and the
will be
checked if a channel is detected.
Other changes to channel listings
If you want to add names or fine tune an analog channel, click
Menu / Suite Manager / Sources
Analog
. Choose
Source
. You will see a list of your analog channels. Click on the
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ATSC is very processor intensive, and the smoothness of high
definition TV programs depends upon how fast your PC or laptop
system is. Other PC activities that consume CPU resources might
affect the display of ATSC digital TV. Slow video, jerky video and
momentary pausing of video are all results of a CPU which is
temporarily being used by other activities.
The portable antennas are designed primarily for ATSC digital TV
reception, and will work within 10 miles of an ATSC transmitter
(reception might be limited by obstructions such as steel buildings).
For the best ATSC digital TV reception, a roof top ‘High gain’
antenna is recommended. In the U.S., a good ATSC digital antenna
selector can be found at TitanTV.com under Resources.
3. Installing the WinTV-HVR-1950
The WinTV-HVR-1950 is a USB device designed for Microsoft®
WindowsXP and Windows Vista (all versions). It can be used with
the Hauppauge WinTV v6 application, with Media Center and other
TV tuner applications.
Connect the WinTV-HVR-1950 cables
Plug your TV antenna or cable TV cable into the WinTV-HVR-
1950’s TV Connector. Plug the supplied Radio aerial into the FM
radio connector. Note: this may not be necessary if your TV aerial or
cable network supplies FM.
Plug one end (the square end) of the supplied USB cable into
the WinTV-HVR-1950’s USB Cable connector. The WinTV-HVR-
1950 is compatible with USB 2.0 (high speed USB) only.
Plug the other end of the USB cable into a USB port on your
computer.
The S-Video and Composite video inputs and the L&R audio
inputs can be used to bring audio/video from a VCR, DVD player or
satellite TV receiver.
Information on the installation of the IR Blaster Cable can be
found in the IR Remote Blaster Quick Installation Guide.
Boot your PC.
Plug the power supply into WinTV-HVR-1950
Plug the supplied Power Supply into the Power Supply input on
WinTV-HVR-1950. The WinTV-HVR-1950 can accept 6V to 12V
inputs.
Composite
Remote control
S-Video
Left &Right
video input
input
receiver
Audio Inputs
USB Cable
Power Supply
FM radio
TV Connector
IR Blaster
Connector
input: 6V to 12V
antenna
for antenna or
output
@1.7A
connector
Cable TV
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Clear QAM
source
Click here
to scan
desired channel
Tune button
. Click the
to change channel.
You can change the Name to the name of the station. To fine tune an
AFT
Finetune slide
analog channel, unclick
and then use the
bar
Close
. When finished, click
.
Tune
button
Analog
Source
Click here
to scan
Using the WinTV v6 application
Full screen
Minimise
Channel up
Remove toolbars
Volume
Close
Channel down
no title mode
Channel surf
Always on Top
Last channel
Mute
Click your right mouse button
in the TV window to remove
Freeze picture
toolbars. Click again to restore
Setup Menu
toolbars.
CFG
Configure Snapshot
Current TV channel
Click your right mouse
Snapshot viewer
button here to see the
Snapshot Still
window:
channel selector
capture
Double click on each
thumbnail to see
image full size.Click
and hold your right
mouse button to see
image options.
Playback
TV mode
Pause
Record
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4. Installing the WinTV-HVR-1950 driver
ote: the latest WinTV-HVR-1950 software can be found at
N
www.hauppauge.com/site/support/support_hvr1950.html
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ote: You may need to disable your antivirus programs during the
installation only.
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ote: DO NOT PLUG THE POWER INTO WINTV-HVR-1950 UNTIL YOUR
PC HAS COMPLETELY BOOTED
Installing the WinTV-HVR-1950 Windows Vista driver
After plugging in the WinTV-HVR-1950 to your PC, the Found New
Hardware window will appear.
Insert the WinTV-HVR
Installation CD-ROM
in your PC’s CD-ROM
drive.
Locate and
Click
install driver soft-
ware (recom-
mended)
. Then click
Don’t search on-
line
Next
. Click
.
When the driver is
Close
installed, click
.
Installing the WinTV-HVR-1950 Windows XP driver
When your PC is booted, the Found New Hardware Wizard will
appear. Insert the Hauppauge Installation CD into your CD-ROM
Next
drive. Select No, not at this time. Click
. Select Install soft-
Next
ware automatically. Click
.
Finish
Once the driver component is installed, click
.
5. WinTV Software Installation
Start / Run
Windows XP: Click
then type your CD-ROM drive
Setup.exe
letter (for example: D:\) and then
Start button,
Vista: Click the
Computer,
then click
then
locate your CD-ROM drive. You
should see the contents of the
WinTV Installation CD. Double
Setup.
click on
Choose a language, and click
Next
Install
. Click
.
The main applications installed
are the WinTV application for TV
watching and recording, and the
WinTV Scheduler for scheduling
your TV recordings.
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Changing channels
Channel Up
You can change channels by clicking the
or
Channel Down
buttons on the WinTV application. You can also
type a channel number (for example: 27 or 1021) and WinTV will
tune to that channel. If the entered channel does not exist, you will
right click
see a black window. You can also
in the Current TV
channel box, where you will see a list of channels.
Changing the TV window size
You can change the size of the WinTV window by grabbing any
corner and dragging the video window to the desired size.
Displaying TV full screen
Full screen TV
When you click the
button, TV will appear full
screen on your PC monitor. When finished watching TV full screen,
right click your mouse button
.
If you see video with a black box around it, click the Pref button then
click TV mode tab. Check the box which says “Allow resolution
change”.
“Always-on-Top” mode
With Always on Top, WinTV will always be visible on your Windows
Always
desktop on top of any applications. To turn on, click the
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.
To hide the WinTV toolbar (No-title mode)
Click your right mouse button in the WinTV’s video window to hide
the WinTV toolbar (no-title mode). To restore the toolbars (the title
mode), once again click your right mouse button in the video
window. You can set the size and posiiton of the window differently
in each mode.
Pref button
Pref
Click the
button to open the Preferences menu:
View: These are the settings for the On Screen Display of the TV
channel and Audio Volume plus controls for the Toolbar mode
(Title mode), NoToolbar mode (No Title) and Full Screen (TV
mode).
Movies: Here is where you configure the video and audio setting
for SoftPVR
TM
. You can set the movie record directory (DVCR
Record File Path), the MPEG Quality settings, and the Audio
settings.
Snapshot: Set the size of your captured image, and settings for
capturing motion or still images. Note: VMR must be the graphics
setting to enable snapshot.
Audio: Your audio settings are configured here.
Color: Adjust the color of your TV picture here.
Menu button
Menu
Click the
button to open the TV setup menu. Here is the
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