Hauppauge HD-PVR Quick Installation Manual

HD PVR
High Definition Video Recorder
for Windows
Quick Installation Guide
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QI-HDPVR-V2.5ENG December 24, 2010
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Included with HD PVR:
• HD PVR H.264 high definition video recorder, USB
• Component video cable set, 1 meter
• Audio cable set
• USB cable
• 5v 2 amp power supply
• IR Blaster transmitter cable to control the channel changing on
your cable TV or satellite set top box
• HD PVR Installation CD, with HD PVR drivers for Windows and
Arcsort Total Media Extreme
If a 'Found New Hardware' wizard appears, please cancel it and
allow windows to load fully before proceeding.
Insert the WinTV Installation CD-ROM in your PC's CD-ROM drive.
N ote: if the CD does not autorun, navigate to the CD and
run the 'Setup.exe' file.
"Hauppauge WinTV Installation CD-ROM" window will appear on the
screen.
Install the HD PVR driver
Click the button labeled Step 1: Install Drivers.
A blue screen will open and begin installing the drivers for your WinTV.
Once the drivers have installed, click on the Finish bar to exit.
Install the HD PVR application
Click the button labeled Step 2: Install software
Choose a language, and click next, click
Install
The Arcsoft Total Media Extreme software application, HD PVR
Scheduler application, and IR Blaster application will be installed.
Once comp lete, click OK then Exit.
N ote: the latest driver updates are available at:
www.hauppauge.com in the Support section.
Step 6: Install the IR Blaster cable (optional for
use with a cable TV or satellite receiver box)
Plug in the IR blaster cable: plug the jack at the end of the IR
RemoteBlaster cable into the IR receiver jack on the HD PVR.
Install the IR transmitter (blaster) at your set top box: Attach the
end of the IR transmitter over the remote sensor on the set top box to be
controlled. Placement of the IR transmitter is important! The IR
transmitter only works over a 1 inch distance, so you need to make
sure it is placed over the remote sensor in your set top box. Some set
top boxes have the position of the remote receiver indicated on the
plastic front of the set top box. With others, you might need to look
carefully at the set top box for what looks like a round or square area
underneath the plastic front panel. There is double sided tape on the
back of the IR transmitter to hold it in place over the remote sensor in
your set top box.
You will configure the IR Blaster for your set top box in the section
The Hauppauge HD PVR records video from a video game console or
cable TV or satellite set top box. The recordings are made onto a
computer's hard disk in a compressed H.264 format. HD PVR uses
Component video (also called YPrPb), S-Video or composite video,
and will record at resolutions from standard definition (480i) up to high
definition (1080i), at datarates from 1Mbit/sec up to 13Mbits/sec.
N ote: if you are connecting HD PVR to a video game
console such as an XBox360 or PS3, make sure the
Component video output of the game console is set to 1080i.
Please see the Hauppauge HD PVR support page for
instructions on connecting the Xbox360 or PS3 to HD PVR:
http://www.hauppauge.com/site/support/support_hdpvr.html
Audio can be supplied to the HD PVR from a set of stereo audio cables
or via an optical SPDIF. The optical audio input to the HD PVR can be in
either a 2 channel stereo audio format or a 2 or 5.1 channel AC-3 format.
The recording format used by HD PVR is H.264 video with AC-3 audio.
HD PVR recordings can be played back to the PC screen or can be
converted "on the fly" to a Blu-ray format AVCHD file for burning onto a
DVD disk.
There are three types of record formats which can be selected:
.TS: the native H.264 format with 2 or 5.1 channel audio. You create
this format when you click AVCHD in Arcsoft Capture.
.M2TS: this is an H.264 format which can be played on a Sony
Playstation3. You create this format when you click on Playstation3
in Arcsoft Capture.
entitled Configuring the IR Blaster.
Running Arcsoft TotalMedia Extreme
To start the ArcSoft Total Media Extreme application, double click on the
TotalMedia Extreme icon on your desktop.
The program will open to this initial screen which has four icons along
the top.
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Recording Videos
Click on the video cassette icon to open the Arcsoft Capture Module
recording function. Make sure the Source is set to Hauppauge HD
PVR Capture.
Select your A/V input source
Choose the Video and Audio inputs you are using to setup up the
recording:
If you are using Component video from your set top box, choose
Component.
If you are using S-Video or Composite video from your set top box,
choose S-Video or Composite.
N ote: if you are connecting HD PVR to a game console,
make sure the Component video output of the game
console is set to 1080i.
Adjust the bitrate by clicking on Format Settings. You can set the
bitrate from 1Mbit/sec to 13 Mbits/sec. The higher the bitrate, the more
disk space is used but the higher the video quality of the recording.
When recording high definition videos, we recommend a bitrate of
5Mbits/sec or higher.
The format created by the HD PVR is a H.264 using AC-3 audio in an
AVCHD (.TS), PlayStation3 (.M2TS) or XBox360 (.MP4) file format.
Start the recording by clicking on the Capture button.
During recording, the Capture button will turn green and the button will
change to a Stop button. The recording will be saved in the default
directory of My Documents\ My Videos. The default name of the video
will be the date and time (i.e. 2008_3_20 _09_08_32.TS).
You can make a recording of a specified time duration by entering a
value in the Capture duration box. The recording will start and
continue until the time duration.
N ote: to preview your video while recording, check the
'Enable preview on recording" button.
Overview .MP4: this is an H.264 format which can be played on an
XBox360. You create this format when you click on XBox 360 in
Arcsoft Capture.
HD PVR comes bundled with Arcsoft's Total Media Extreme
(TME). Arcsoft's TME is used to record videos, play back the
recorded videos to your PC screen (using the TME Theater function),
plus can burn your video recordings into a AVCHD format using
conventional DVD disks for playback on a Blu-ray DVD player.
Installing the HD PVR
Step 1: Connect the HD PVR cables.
Video connection
From your cable TV or satellite TV set top box, there are three ways to
connect video to the HD PVR. You only need one audio/video
connection from your set top box to the HD PVR:
a.) you can connect the Component video (YCrCb) output cables
to the component video inputs located on the rear of the HD PVR.
Note: Component video is limited to the 1080i HD format.
b.) you can connect the S-Video output of your set top box to the
S-Video input on the front of the HD PVR
c.) you can connect the Composite video output of your set top
box (normally the yellow RCA connector on a set top box) to the
yellow composite video input on the front of HD PVR
d) Video Output (optional) - You can connect the component
video output from the HD PVR to the Component video input on
your TV set. In this way, you can preview your recordings on a TV
set.
Note: To enable the component video pass through, your HD
PVR needs to be powered on. If the HD PVR is powered on, the
component video output will operate even if your PC is turned off.
Audio connection
Audio from the set top box is connected where you have connected
the video input: either to the optical audio in (rear), RCA audio in
(rear) or RCA audio in (front). Optical audio is connected on the rear
panel.
USB connection
Plug one end (the square end) of the supplied USB cable into the
HD PVR's USB cable connector. HD PVR is compatible with USB
2.0 (high speed) USB only.
Step 2: Boot your PC
Step 3: Plug the power supply into HD PVR
After your PC has booted to Windows, plug the supplied Power
Supply into the Power input on HD PVR. The power supply is
5VDC@ 2amps.
Step 4: Install the HD PVR Windows driver and
applications
N ote: the HD PVR needs to be powered up in this step
and plugged into your PC while the Windows drivers
are installed.
Turn on your PC, and boot into Windows.
Playing back your video recordings
To play back a file, close the Arcsoft Capture Module recording
window and click on the Play Video icon.
This will open Arcsoft TotalMedia Theater. In Arcsoft TotalMedia
Theater, click on the folder icon and choose Open media file. It will
open the My Videos folder. Click on the file you wish to play and then
click on the Open button. Video playback will begin automatically.