Hauppauge WinTV-USB2 Quick Installation Manual

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WinTV-USB2
Quick Installation Guide
for Windows XP
Note: DO NOT Install the WINTV-USB2 until Windows has booted.
Note: WinTV-USB2 will not work on a USB 1.1 port.
Contents of the WinTV-USB2 package
WinTV-USB2 device
1 meter Audio cable - sound cable for con-
necting between the WinTV-USB2 and your
sound card
S-Video to Composite video adapter cable
FM radio antenna (on models with FM
radio)
WinTV-USB2 Installation for Windows
CD-ROM with:
Drivers for WinTV-usb2 on WindowsXP
WinTV2000 application
SoftPVR™
WinTV-Scheduler
Step 1: Connect the TV and Video/Audio cables
Connect a TV aerial or cable TV to the WinTV-USB2 connector marked TV. If you have
a WinTV-USB2-FM, attach the supplied FM antenna to the connector marked FM.
You can also connect an A/V source such as a VCR, camcorder or video camera to the
WinTV-USB2. Connect the video from your A/V source to the S-Video In connector. If you
have a composite video source, use the S-Video to Composite adapter cable.
Connect the audio from your A/V source to the WinTV-USB2's Line-In jack.
Audio out from the WinTV-USB2
Connect the Line-Out jack on the WinTV-
USB2 to your sound card's Line-In jack. To do
this, plug one end of the supplied 1 meter
audio cable into the jack marked Line Out.
Plug the other end into your PC's sound
card LineIn jack.
If your PC or laptop does not have a Line-In connector:
you can enable Digital audio over USB while watching live TV. To do this, see the paragraph
"Enabling audio over USB2" in the WinTV2000 section.
Step 2: Plug WinTV-USB2 into a USB 2.0 port on your
laptop or desktop
After WindowsXP has booted, plug the WinTV-USB2 into a USB2.0 port.
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Step 3: Install the WinTV-USB2 driver for WindowsXP
3-1 After the WinTV-USB2 is plugged into a
USB2 port, the Found New Hardware
Wizard will appear. Insert the WinTV-
USB2 Windows Installation CD-
ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
If your PC has Automatic Updates turned
on, you will be asked Can Windows
connect to Windows update?
Click No, not at this time and then Next.
Click NEXT to Install the software
automatically (Recommended).
3-2 If the Hardware Installation dialog box
appears, click Continue Anyway.
3-3 Click Finish to complete the driver
installation.
3-4 You will see a Found New Hardware ..
your new hardware is ready to use
in the Windows tray in the lower right hand
corner of your PC screen.
Step 4: WinTV Software installation
After the WinTV-USB2 driver has been loaded, run the WinTV setup program.
Run SETUP.EXE from the WinTV-USB2 Installation CD-ROM.
For example (if your CD-ROM is on driver E:), click Start then Run then E:\Setup.exe
Click Install to start the WinTV installation.
During the installation, you might get a Hardware Installation message regarding
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WinTV-USB2 Aux Device. This will
occur if you click the Enable WinTV-
USB2 audio driver install box. If so,
click Continue anyway.
When all of the WinTV-USB2 software is
installed, an Installation Complete
message will pop up.
The WinTV2000 TV application
To run the WinTV2000 application, double click the WinTV2000 icon on your Windows
desktop.
Scanning for channels
When running WinTV for the first time, you will be
asked "Would you like to scan for tuner chan-
nels now?". Click Yes.
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
Full screen TV
Always-on-top
Channel up
Video source select
Remove toolbars
"no toolbar" mode
Pref
Preferences
Channel down
menu
Minimize
Channel surf
Menu
Setup Menu
Previous channel
CFG
Remove toolbars
Configure
Freeze
Click your right mouse button in the TV
Snapshot
video
window to remove toolbars.
Snapshot viewer Click again to restore toolbars.
window
Current TV channel
Snap
or video source
Double click on Snapshot
each "thumbnail" to Button
One Touch
Click your right mouse
see image full size.
Record
button here to see the
Click and hold your
channel selector
right mouse button
to see image
options.
RC: Software remote control
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in South America, PAL M or PAL N is used.
For other countries, choose the video format of your region's broadcasting standard.
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 WinTV2000, 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, change the
description or fine tune.
Then click OK.
Selecting an External Video
source (VCR, camcorder, etc.)
Click the green Video source select button to select TV, Composite and S-Video sources.
The video sources will use the TV standard chosen when you scanned for your TV channels.
If you want to add an External video source (S-Video or Composite) of dif-
ferent video format other than your TV standard: click the Menu button, then Suite
Manager. Click the Add button and then chose S-Video or Svideo/Composite (depends on your
video input) then choose the video format from your video source (NTSC, PAL, etc.)
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.
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 in the TV window.
"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
Here are the main controls for TV channels, and duplicate controls for other functions:
Close
Suite Manager: configure the TV tuner (scanning, naming, fine tuning, etc.), setting up
WinTV
'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:
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).
Record
Movies: here is where you configure the video and audio settings for SoftPVR. You can
open the record
set the movie record directory (DVCR Record File Path), the MPEG Quality settings,
controls
and the Audio setings.
Snap Shot: settings for the size of your captured images plus single or two field captures.
Audio: your audio settings are configured here.
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