Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150 Quick Installation Manual

WinTV-PVR-150
WinTV-PVR-250
WinTV-PVR-350
Personal Video Recorder

Quick Installation

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QI-PVRPCI-150250350-V3.0-ENG
September 12, 2007
Full screen
Minimise
Channel up
Remove toolbars
Volume
Channel down no title mode
Channel surf
Always on Top
Last channel
Click your right mouse button
Mute
in the TV window to remove
Freeze picture
toolbars. Click again to
Setup Menu
restore 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
Setting up the channels
After you have scanned for channels, you can add channel names
and fine tune for better reception. To do this, click the Menu button
on WinTV, then click Suite Manager. You can also click and hold your
right mouse button, then click SuiteManager.
Click on the desired channel, then Edit. Change the ChannelName to
the name of the station, change the description or fine tune. Then
click OK.
Rescanning for channels
Click the Menu button and click on Suite Manager and then Auto
scan. Make sure you select cable or antenna in Broadcast / cable.
Chose the correct Video format for your region and then click Scan.
Analog
Tune
Source
button
Autoscan
Record timer:
A timed record is started by clicking the OTR button. Each time you
click OTR, the Record Timer is incremented by 15 minutes. At the
end of the time specified by the Record timer, the record will stop.
Also, clicking the Stop button will stop a timed record. The time is
specified in a Hour:Minute:Second format.
Record Button:
Clicking the Record button will automatically generate a file name and
start recording your audio/video program.
The quality of the video recording and the directory where the files
are stored are set in the MPEG Configuration Menu (see the sec-
tion entitled "Configuring the format for MPEG compression").
Click the PREF button on the WinTV application, then clicking Capture
/ MPEG. In Quality Levels, the highest quality is MPEG-2 12.0 MBit/sec,
and the lowest quality is VCD.
While recording:
- Live video continues to play in the WinTV window
- The Counter will display the length of your recording
- If you had started recording with the OTR button, and had
clicked it more than once, the total time for the recording will
also be displayed
The recorded video file is saved in the DVCR Recorded File Path which
can be configured from the MPEG Configuration Menu. Everytime you
record a file, a new file is automatically created. The first file will be
_dvcr001.mpg. The second file will be _dvcr002.mpg and so on.
Click the Stop button to stop your recording. The recorded audio/video
file is then saved to disk using the automatically assigned file name. The
Time counter is reset to 00:00:00 after the recording is saved.
Stop Button:
Clicking the Stop button will stop the video you are recording or play-
ing back. Once the video is stopped, live TV will be displayed.
Play Button:
Clicking the Play button will playback from disk the last video file
created. When playing a video, you can rewind, fast forward, replay
10 sec or skip forward 10 sec using the buttons on the control bar.
When playing video files, you can quickly skip to sections of your
video by hitting the 0 to 9 buttons on the remote (or your keyboard).
When you hit '1' you will skip to 10% of the length of the video.
Installing the
WinTV-PVR-150/250/350
The WinTV-PVR-150, WinTV-PVR-250 and WinTV-PVR-350 are TV
tuner boards with a built-in hardware MPEG encoder, designed for
Windows98SE, WindowsMe, Windows2000, WindowsXP and
Windows Vista. This guide refers to the WinTV-PVR-150/250/350 in
descriptions which are common to both models.
Installation overview
To install WinTV-PVR-150/250/350, you will follow these steps:
✓
Install the WinTV-PVR-150/250/350 board in your PC and con-
nect the TV cables.
✓
After booting Windows, install WinTV-PVR Windows device driv-
er from the WinTV-PVR-150/250/350 Installation CD-ROM.
✓
After the Windows driver is installed,install the WinTV applica-
tions from the WinTV-PVR-150/250/350 Installation CD-ROM.
Step 1: Install the WinTV-PVR board and connect the
cables
Turn the power off on your PC. Install the WinTV-PVR into a PCI
slot. On some PC's, the WinTV-PVR needs to be plugged into the
first or second PCI slot. Plug your TV antenna or cable TV cable into
the TV Connector.
Board connectors
FM Radio Connector input
(WinTV-PVR-350 only)
TV Connector
for antenna or Cable TV input
S-Video input
A/V Output connector
(WinTV-PVR-350 only)
Composite video
input connector
(WinTV-PVR-150/250 only)
Audio input (Line-In)
Remote control (IR)
receiver socket
WinTV-PVR-350
Displaying TV full screen
When you click the Full screen TV button, TV will appear full screen.
When finished watching TV full screen, click your right mouse button
Close
in the TV window.
If you see video with a black box to the left and right of the TV
image, click the Pref button then click TV mode tab. Check the box
which says "Allow resolution change".
Using an External Video source (satellite box, cable TV
box, VCR, camcorder, etc.)
To add an external video source, in the WinTV application click
Menu / Channel Manager. Under the Sources tab, click the input
connector you want to use (Composite, S-Video, etc.), add a name
such as "Composite1", click ADD and then click Close. The WinTV
application will add a special channel number to the list of channels.
To watch TV from this source, you can either go to the special chan-
nel by using the Channel Up / Channel Down buttons, or you can
directly enter the special channel number.
For more information on adding an external video source, see the
section entitled "Adding a external audio/video source".
"Always-on-Top" mode:
With Always on Top, the WinTV window can always be visible on
your Windows desktop. To turn on Always-on-Top, simply click the
Always-on-top button. It will turn green. To turn off Always on Top,
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 quick from a small window to a
larger one simply by clicking the right mouse button.
Menu button
Click the Menu button to open the TV Setup menu. Here is the main
control for TV channels, and duplicate controls for other functions:
Suite Manager: configure the TV tuner (scanning, naming, fine tun-
ing, etc.), setting up 'favorite channel lists' and set an external
A/V source to a TV channel.
Configuration: duplicate configuration menus for color, audio,
MPEG settings, etc.
View: for setting the TV window size
Pref button
Click the Pref button to open the Preferences menu. You will have
tabs for:
When you hit '2' you will skip to 20% of your video.
Pause Button:
Clicking the Pause button while Playing will pause your audio/video
file. Clicking the Pause button again will continue the playing.
Rewind Button:
Clicking the Rewind button will play the video file in reverse at 1x
speed. Clicking the Rewind button again will continue the playing.
Fast Foward Button:
Clicking the Fast Foward button one time will fast foward your video at
2X speed. Clicking the Fast Foward button two times will fast foward
your video at 8X speed. Clicking the button again will continue play-
ing back at normal speed.
Note: with the WinTV-PVR-350, when VideoOut is turned on the Fast
Forward is limited to 2X speed.
Slow Motion Button:
Clicking the Slow Motion button will play video at 1/2 speed. Click the
Slow Motion button again to play your video at normal speed.
File Button:
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:
- Rename your recorded video file. To rename a video file, find
the file you would like to rename (remember, the automatically
generated file names start with _dvcr), 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 extension on the file.
- Play a video file previously recorded: find the file you would
like to play, highlight it with your mouse (one click of the mouse
button) and click Open. Then click the Play button.
- Delete recorded video files which you no longer want (and
which consume hard disk space). Click your right mouse button
on the video file once, go down the menu and click on Delete.
The S-Video/composite video input can be used to bring video from
a VCR, camcorder, camera, DVD player or satellite TV receiver. On
the WinTV-PVR-350, if your video device uses composite video
instead of S-Video, use the supplied Composite to S-Video
adapter. Plug your composite video connector (normally this is yel-
low) into one end of the Composite to S-Video adapter and the
other end into the S-Video input on WinTV-PVR-350.
On the WinTV-PVR-350, the A/V Output connector is used to dis-
play live or recorded video on a TV set, VCR or camcorder (see
Video Output on WinTV-PVR-350, below).
The Remote control receiver is plugged into the Remote control
receiver socket. Use the Velcro dot (on the back of the Remote control
receiver) to position the Remote control receiver where it will be able to
receive infra-red commands from the Remote control transmitter. Add
the supplied batteries to the Remote control transmitter.
Step 2A: Installing the WinTV-PVR under Windows Vista
Boot into Windows Vista. Insert the WinTV-PVR Installation CD-
ROM in your PC's CD-ROM
drive.
When the Found New
Hardware box opens, click
Locate and install driver soft-
ware.
Click Continue. If you see a
message which asks about
searching on-line, click Don't
search on-line.
Click Next.
Click Close.
Step 2B: Installing the WinTV-PVR under Windows XP
After installing the WinTV-PVR in your PC and booting into Windows,
the Found New Hardware
Wizard will appear.
Click No, not at this time.
Click Next.
Insert the WinTV-PVR-
150/250/350 Installation
CD-ROM in your PC's CD-
ROM drive and make sure
Install the software auto-
matically (Recommended)
is checked.
WinTV-PVR-150
WinTV-PVR-250 Click Next.
View: these are the settings for the On Screen Display of the TV
channel and Audio Volume, where you can enable Close
Captions, 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 settings.
You can set the movie record directory (DVCR Record File
Path), the MPEG Quality settings, and the Audio setings.
Snap Shot: here is where you can set the size of your captured
images, plus single or two field captures.
Audio: your audio settings are configured here.
Color: adjust the color of your TV picture here.
If you cannot hear audio
If you cannot hear audio when the WinTV application is running,
check the following:
- Click on the WinTV applications' audio configuration button
AUD and make sure the Audio Mixer Input is set to Wave.
- Open the Volume control menu (double click on the small
speaker icon in the lower right hand corner of your PC screen).
Make sure Wave is not muted and the level is about half way up.
- If you do not see a Wave listed in the Volume control menu,
click on Options / Properties in this menu and under Show the
following volume controls put a check mark next to Wave. This
will add Wave to the list of devices. Click OK and then you
should see Wave listed. Once again, make sure Wave is not
muted and the volume is half way up.
- If you do not hear audio when playing back a recorded video file
(or do not hear audio when in the Pause mode), then open up
the Windows Volume Control Mixer and make sure Wave is
listed and not muted.
Watch, Pause, Record and
Playback TV
Clicking on the Record button will cause the Record menu to roll
down and start recording. Click the Playback button to open the
Playback menu. Click the Pause button to open the Pause menu
TV Mode Pause
Pause mode
Clicking the Pause button on the WinTV application starts the
Pause mode. The Pause Menu will drop down.
N ote: It takes about 10 seconds to create a pause buffer. While
the buffer is initializing, do not click any buttons on the WinTV
application.
Time counter
Video-position Fast rewind
Pause buffer:
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 and which type of MPEG
format you have chosen. Both of these can be set in the MPEG set-
tings menu (see the section entitled "Configuring the format for
MPEG compression").
To catch up to the "live" audio/video program, you can either exit the
Pause mode by clicking the TV mode button, you can click the Skip
button, which skips ahead 10 seconds per click, or you can grab the
Video Position indicator and move it to the right until it is at the end
of the Video Position bar.
The Limit Pause Mode buffer size sets the maximum size of the
Pause buffer. Here are some suggested sizes:
- If you are using MPEG1 VCD format, 650 MBytes per hour are
used. So if you want a 1/2 hour buffer, then set the Limit Pause
Mode Buffer Size to 325 MBytes.
- If you are using MPEG-2 4.0MB/sec, about 2 Gigabytes per
hour is used for the Pause buffer. So for a 30 minute buffer, then
set the Limit Pause Mode Buffer Size to 1000 MBytes.
Delay counter:
The Delay counter displays how much time you are behind the live
video. For example, if the delay counter says 00:01:23, then the video
window is showing video 1 minute and 23 seconds behind live video.
Pause button:
Clicking the Pause button causes WinTV to start recording into
If the Hardware Installation dialog box opens, click Continue
Anyway.
The WinTV-PVR driver will be installed. This takes several seconds.
Click Finish.
This will complete the driver installation for Windows XP . Go to step 3.
Step 3: WinTV-PVR-150/250/350 Software installation
After the WinTV-PVR driver has been installed, you need to run
WinTV Setup to complete the installation. Run SETUP from the
WinTV-PVR
Installation CD-
ROM.
Click Install to
start the applica-
tion installation.
The installation
requires two
reboots. The
installation may
require a file from
your Windows
CD-ROM, so
keep it handy.
After the Setup
program is com-
plete, you will see
the WinTV icon
on your Windows desktop.
The WinTV application
To run the WinTV application for watching TV, recording videos and
playing them back to your PC screen, double click the WinTV icon.
Scanning for channels
When running WinTV for the first time, you will need to scan for your
TV channels. If you are using Cable TV, in the Broadcast/Cable box
select Cable (or Cable HRC). Otherwise select Antenna.
Choose the Video Format for your geographic region, then click on
Start:
North America uses NTSC M
Europe uses PAL B/G
the U.K. uses PAL I
in South America, either PAL M or PAL N is used
and to pause the video.
Quick instructions on recording and pausing your TV
shows
If you want to record a TV show you are watching:
- Click the Record button to lower the Record and Playback menu
- In the Record menu, the red record button indicates recording
- When you are finished recording, click the Stop button
- Click the Play button to play the video you just recorded
- To play a video you recorded earlier, click the File button and then
move your mouse and click once on the video you want to play.
Click Open and then the Play button. For more instructions, see the
section entitled Record mode.
If you want to pause a TV show you are watching:
- Click the Pause button to lower the pause menu. After about 15
seconds, your screen will stop and the Time counter will start
counting.
- To start the video from where you paused, click the Play button
- To pause the video again, click the Pause button
- To rewind the video to the beginning, click the Skip to the begin-
ning button. If your video was paused, click the Play button.
- To rewind the video 10 seconds, click the rewind 10 seconds but-
ton. If your video was paused, click the Play button.
Record Mode
Clicking the Record button will start a record session. If you click
Record more than once, a record timer will be set and the recording
will be done for 30 minutes for each time the Record button is
clicked. For example, if you click the Record button 2 times, WinTV
will record for 60 minutes..
Time counter:
The time is specified in a Hour:Minute:Second format.
Display Counter
Record Playback Video-Position
WinTV's Replay Buffer. It takes about 10 seconds for the Replay
Buffer to be initialized and for Pause to become effective.
Unclicking the Pause button will cause the audio/video program to
start playing from the point where the button was originally pushed.
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
TV-Mode Pause Record
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
Skip forward 10 sec
Buffer. To stop saving the A/V stream in the Replay Buffer, you must
Fast forward
exit the Pause mode by clicking the TV mode button.
Pause Play Fast forward
Slow motion
Replay button:
While in the Pause mode, hitting the Replay 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 indicator 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 record-
ed in the Replay Buffer. Therefore, if 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.
Skip Ahead Button
Clicking the Skip button will skip the video ahead 10 seconds.
Rewind Button:
Clicking the Rewind button while playing video will rewind the recorded
Record
File
Rewind Pause Stop Play Forward
Play forward slow