Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150 Quick Installation Manual page 2

video. 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.
Slow Motion Button:
Clicking the Slow Motion button while playing video will play in Slow Motion.
Clicking the Slow Motion button again, will continue playing normally.
MPEG compression formats &
record directories
To set the directory where your video recordings will be stored, click
the PREF button (Preferences menu) on WinTV, then Capture and then
on the MPEG tab. Set the DVCR File Path to directory where you
would like to store
your video record-
ings.
The WinTV-PVR
supports several
formats for MPEG
video compres-
sion, called
Quality Levels.
The differences in
these formats are:
- The higher
the datarate,
the better the
video quality
you see from live TV and your recordings. The higher the
datarate, the more disk space which will be required.
- CPU horsepower required during playback and pause mode.
- The compatibility when creating Video CD's or S-VCD's.
To configure the MPEG Quality Level, on WinTV click the PREF but-
ton (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
- Date to Begin Program: todays date is the default. Change this
if 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 channel.
- Channel selection: chose one of your scanned channels.
- Recording options: click on Record to File to record your show.
Leave this button unchecked to watch TV at the requested time.
You can also name your file to record, in the dialog box below.
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 run-
ning, it takes about 10 seconds to start WinTV-PVR and to start the
recording of TV.
WinTV-PVR remote control
The WinTV-PVR's remote control software is installed automatically
during the installation of the WinTV applications. You will see the
WinTV Remote icon in the Device Tray. The installation will add a
shortcut to IR.EXE to the Startup group, so that IR.EXE is loaded
every time after Windows has booted.
If you need to restart the remote control, run IR32.EXE from the
C:\Program Files\WinTV directory.
To install the IR Remote receiver:
- Turn off your computer. Plug the sub-mini jack at the end of the
IR Receiver cable into the Remote control (IR) receiver socket
of the WinTV-PVR.
- Place the IR Receiver on your desktop so that the infrared light
from the IR Remote transmitter can reach the IR Receiver.
- Turn on your computer.
If you have previously installed the WinTV applications, the IR
-
software should automatically run, and you will see the WinTV
Remote icon in the Device Tray.
Some remote control buttons
TV button: when WinTV is closed, this button starts the WinTV appli-
cation. Once WinTV is running, this button makes TV go full screen,
or back to "TV-in-a-window".
Red record button: starts recording using the parameters set in the
Pref menu.
Pause button: if watching live TV, will open the record/play menu
box and puase the video. When recording, this button will pause the
them to the cut list.
Making DVDs from your
WinTV-PVR recordings
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-
PVR.
If you plan to burn a DVD with MovieFactory or any other DVD
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
Ulead DVD MovieFactory
Start project: Used to author and burn DVD's, SVCD's and VCD's.
Create chapter menus, mix videos, JPEGs and music.
Edit disk: Edit videos or menus from DVD+RW's.
Direct to disk: not currently used.
Copy disk: Burn copies of
existing disc images to
CD/DVD.
Tips on System Optimization for
Windows 98SE:
These are tips that will help you improve capture and playback per-
formance of video files on you PC.
1.) Do not use DoubleSpace or any other disk compression
scheme! This severely slows down your hard disk.
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
Note: 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 hard 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 format.
Once chosen, the Quality Level format is set for both the Pause and
Record modes. The format cannot be changed while Recording or
while in the Pause mode.
Video output (WinTV-PVR-350)
The WinTV-PVR-350 can output your "live" and recorded video to an
external video monitor or video recorder. With the Video Output fea-
ture of the WinTV-PVR-350, you can:
- Watch your TV shows on an external TV set, pausing or record-
ing just as you could when watching TV on your VGA monitor
- You can record a TV show, and then play it back to your TV set.
- Record your home videos, edit them with WinTV Editor, and
then watch them on your home TV set.
Connecting the A/V cable to a TV set:
1. Plug the 9-pin DIN connector on the A/V output cable into the
A/V output connector on the WinTV-PVR-350. This connector is
"keyed" so you cannot plug it in backwards.
2. The A/V cable has an S-Video output connector (black) and a
Composite output connector (yellow). Some TV sets have S-
Video inputs, and others use Composite connectors. Chose the
correct one for your TV set, and connect a video cable (not sup-
plied) between your TV set and the A/V output cable.
video but WinTV will con-
Application
Go button
tinue to record. If playing
on/off
back video, this button
will pause the video play-
TV
back. Click the Pause button
button to start playing
Back/Exit
again.
button
Stop button (square
icon): stops the record- Audio
mute
ing or playback. If in
Pause mode, will exit
Volume
Menu
up/down
pause.
Channel
Record
Play button: plays the
up/down
button
last video recorded.
Play
button
Back/Exit button: will button
Fast Fast
close the record, play or
rewind forward
pause menus.
Skip
Skip
0 - 9 buttons: When in ahead
back
"live" TV mode, is used to
Pause
button
directly enter channel
numbers. When playing 0 - 9
"Quick
back a recording, the "1"
Skip"
button will skip to 10%, buttons
the "2" button 20%, etc.
of the length of the
recording.
Skip ahead button: hold-
ing the skip ahead button
advances the video about
5 minues per 10 seconds CAUTION: RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED
BY AN INCORRECT TYPE. DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES
the button is depressed.
ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE BATTERIES.
Skip back button: press-
ing and holding the Skip back button makes the video go back
about 5 minutes for every 10 seconds the button is depressed.
Go button: brings up the WinTV task list. Allows you to start WinTV,
WinTV32 or WinTV-radio.
Menu button: brings up the Windows Task list. Use the left and right
arrows to change to other Windows tasks.
Power button (green): if WinTV is running in "Record" mode, this
button will put WinTV into the "TV" mode" and close the record/play-
back menu. If WinTV is in "TV mode", this button will close the
WinTV application.
Red button at bottom: closes WinTV Radio and opens WinTV.
Green button at bottom: closes WinTV and opens WinTV Radio (on
models with radio).
Yellow button at bottom: no current function.
2.) Make sure DMA is checked for your Hard disk drives in Device
Manager. Right click your mouse on the My Computer icon on
your desktop, and click on Properties. Click on the Device
Manager tab and double click on Disk Drives. Highlight
GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE and click on Properties. Click on
Settings. Make sure DMA is selected.
3.) Defragment your Hard Disk. To Defragment your hard disk, in
Windows click on Start / Programs / Accessories / System Tools
and click on Disk Defragmenter.
4.) You can use 7200 RPM disk drives. Also, there are several hard disks
on the market which are designed for higher performance video cap-
tures. These drives use 1:1 interleaving and track caching to elimi-
nate gaps caused by a hard disk drive seeking to the next track.
They are available with both IDE and SCSI interfaces.
Troubleshooting
Installation tips and software updates can be found at :
http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/support_pvr250-350.html
http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/support_pvr150.html
Our FAQ can be found at:
http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/support_faq_pvr250-350.html
Error: "No common media type between these pins"
The WinTV-PVR uses your PC's processor to display the TV image. If
the processor is too slow, or if there is something in the system
which is taking system resources, you might get this message.
Check the VGA acceleration in Device manager. make sure it is set
to "Full". Also check your VGA resoution. You might need to bring
the number of Colors down one notch.
Error: "Error code 10" during installation
This is caused by a failure to load the WinTV-PVR drivers. Run
HCWClear from the WinTV-PVR Installation CD-ROM, then reboot
and reinstall the WinTV-PVR. If this still gives you an error message,
move the WinTV-PVR to another PCI slot and reinstall the drivers.
Conflicts with Intervideo WinDVD
The WinTV-PVR uses a version of WinDVD to display video in the
WinTV window. Sometimes we have found that a previously installed
version of WinDVD will conflict with the version of WinDVD which is
installed with the WinTV-PVR. Symptoms include: black screen but
you can hear audio, failure to scan for channels, you can't change
MPEG formats without errors, bad audio/video sync, and others.
Audio out
Audio out
9-pin DIN
right
left
connector
(red)
(white)
3. The A/V cable has Audio out left (white) and a Audio out right
(red) jack. Connect these to the audio input jacks on your TV
set (not supplied).
4. Turn on the video output
feature in the WinTV
application by clicking
and holding your
RIGHT mouse button
on the WinTV window,
clicking on Video
Output and then clicking
On.
Note: some TV sets do not
have S-Video or Composite
jacks. To connect to a TV set,
it MUST have S-Video or
Composite video inputs, plus
audio input jacks.
Note: with the WinTV-PVR-350, when VideoOut is turned on the Fast
Forward is limited to 2X speed.
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 on your desktop.
WinTV-Scheduler works by using the Windows Task Scheduler to
launch WinTV at the chosen time. WinTV-Scheduler sets up a com-
mand line in Task Scheduler to run WinTV, specifying a TV channel
and a length of time to record.
Blue button at bottom: creates snapshot in live TV, pause, record or
playback modes.
Checking the function of WinTV's IR Remote
WinTV's Remote application, IR.EXE, is loaded every time Windows
is booted. You will see a Remote icon in the device tray. To check
the remote control operation, point the Remote transmitter at the
Remote control receiver. When you click the TV button on the
Remote transmitter, after 3-4 seconds the Remote icon should flash,
indicating that the Remote application is running. After the Remote
icon flashes, the WinTV application will be run.
WinTV MPEG Editor
Stop
The MPEG Editor is an MPEG1/MPEG-2 cut and join editor. You can
cut out segments from videos, or combine videos (of the same
MPEG format) together. The MPEG editor makes its cuts on what are
called "MPEG I-frames". These types of cuts do not require a re-
encode, and therefore preserves the quality of the original video.
You will find the WinTV MPEG editor by clicking Start / All Programs /
MPEG Tools for Hauppauge / nanoPEG Editior.
This version of the MPEG editor has these features:
Uninstalling WinDVD will fix this problem. You uninstall WinDVD
through the "Add/Remove Programs" in Control Panel. You will still
be able to play DVD movies in MediaPlayer, since the WinTV-PVR
installation provides a MediaPlayer compatible DVD player.
Problem: Poor Reception or Not detecting all channels:
Poor TV reception is generally the result of an Weak TV signal. When
using a 'roof-top' antenna, an aerial booster may be required if there
is poor TV reception. If you find that some or all of the channels have
not been detected, you can insert channels manually. Also, in some
areas using cable TV, a format called Cable HRC is used. If so, try
rescanning but use CABLE (HRC) instead of cable in the
Broadcast/Cable box.
Problem: Live TV program and video playback has a
"Jerky" effect and/or lip synchronization during play-
back.
Make sure that DMA is enabled for IDE hard disks. See the section
entitled "Tips on System Optimization" #2.
Problem: WinTV has display problems on the screen,
e.g. blurred image.
In the WinTV program group (Start / Programs / Hauppauge WinTV)
there is a utility called "Primary". Set it to "Allow Overlay". If it is on
"Allow Overlay", try it on "Force Primary". Some VGA cards need to
upgrade from the latest drivers in order for it to support Overlay mode.
Try to upgrade your VGA drivers from the manufacturer web site.
How do I configure the Audio for the WinTV-PVR?
Your PC's sound card is used to amplify the audio during "live" TV,
record and playback. The WinTV application's Volume Adjust slide-
bar adjusts the volume by raising and lowering the WaveOut volume
control in the sound card.
A/V output
cable
S-Video
output
Composite
To set up an event for timed watching or recording, run WinTV-
video output
Scheduler and click on the Add Program.
(yellow)
The items that need to be set for each event are:
- Time to Begin Program: set to the desired start time. The
default time is about 3 minutes from the current 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 minute to start the
program. Note: It takes about 10 seconds to launch the WinTV
and set up for recording, so set the Time to Begin Progam to 10
seconds before the time your TV show actually starts.
- Time to End Program: set to the time to end this event. Note:
you need to leave at least 30 seconds between scheduled pro-
grams to give the recorder time to set up its disk buffers.
- Program Period: one time, daily, weekly
- Edit (cut) MPEG1 or MPEG2 files.
- Join MPEG files of the same resolution and bit rate
- Remultiplex Video CD compatible files so they can be "burnt"
into VCD's
- Remultiplex S Video CD compatible files so they can be "burnt"
into SVCD's
- Split large MPEG videos into pieces, so that these can be
burned onto CD-ROM or DVD media
- Has a "play" option so you can play the file you have just edited
without having to close the editor
How to use the WinTV Editor:
Click on the Add source button or click on File / Add source to bring
the file you want to edit into the MPEG editor. The WinTV-PVR uses
the c:\My Documents\My Videos directory as the default directory
to save video files created by the WinTV-PVR. When the selected file
is opened, it will start playing back in the video window. Click the
Stop button to stop playback.
Grab the video position slider, and move it to the beginning of the
video segment you want to keep. The video frame will be shown in
the video window. You can also use the controls under the video
window (play, pause, stop and the frame control buttons).
When you have correctly positioned to the video frame you want, click
the In button. This will define the starting point of the video interval.
Grab the video position slider and move it to the end position of
the clip you want to keep, then click the Out button.
Click Add Interval to add the defined clip to the cut list. Repeat until
you have put all the desired video clips in the "cut list".
When you have finished with your cut list, click the Generate output
button. All intervals in the cut list will appear in the final video. The
Generate Output step normally takes awhile.
Your MPEG video is named nanoEDIT.mpg. Be sure to rename this
before cutting another video, otherwise the file will be overwritten!
Before you click Generate Output, click File / SelectOutputFile to
change the file name of your recorded file.
To cut away an advertisement, click the In button at the beginning of
the video sequence, then click the Out button just before the adver-
tisement starts. Click Add Interval. Then click the In button at the end
of the advertisement, and click the Out button at the end of the video
sequence you want to keep. Then click Add interval.
To cut away advertisements from a movie, you must define all pieces
you want to keep (everything which belongs to the movie) and add
FCC Statement
Radio Interference Statement:
The WinTV-PVR has 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 rea-
sonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equip-
ment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and cause harmful inter-
ference to radio communications. 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, which 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 follow-
ing measures: Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation
between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit
different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experi-
enced radio/TV technician for help.
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.
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