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- Page 1 WinTV-HVR-Series WinTV-NOVA-Series WinTV-PVR-Series Reference Manual English M-HVRNOVAPVR-V1.0-ENG - 25/07/2007...
- Page 2 WinTV-HVR-Series WinTV-NOVA-Series WinTV-PVR-Series Reference Manual Copyright ©Hauppauge Computer Works, 2007 Hauppauge Computer Works, Ltd. Tech Support: (+44) 0207 378 0202 Telephone: (+44) 0207 378 1997 10 Borough High Street Fax: (+44) 0207 357 9171 Bank Chambers support@hauppauge.co.uk London, UK, SE1 9QQ www.hauppauge.co.uk...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Content FCC Statement / CE Statement Introduction The WinTV Application Fundamental operation Setting up your TV channels Configuration of Video Input Changing the Channel List Menu Options WinTV settings Menu Pause, Record and TV Mode Keyboard shortcuts in WinTV WinTV Remote control WinTV-Scheduler WinTV 7 Day EPG The WinTV Radio Application... -
Page 4: Fcc Statement / Ce Statement
If you have any feedback regarding the content of this manual we would be happy to receive your input. Please send any comments to the following address: support@hauppauge.co.uk We have made every effort to ensure that the Text, Pictures and Tables in this manual, and software programs and hardware are free from errors. -
Page 5: Introduction
WinTV Reference Manual Introduction This manual covers all of the WinTV-PVR, WinTV-NOVA and WinTV-HVR models for display- ing TV on your PC’s screen. It covers, but is not limited to, the following models: Personal Video Recorder (Analogue) WinTV-PVR-USB2 WinTV-PVR-150 WinTV-PVR-250 WinTV-PVR-350 WinTV NOVA Recorder (DVB-T) WinTV-NOVA-T PCI... -
Page 6: The Wintv Application
WinTV Reference Manual The WinTV-Application After the installation of the software from the CD-ROM you find see the shortcut "Hauppauge WinTV" in the Windows Start menu and on your desktop. To start the WinTV application dou- ble left click on your mouse button. -
Page 7: Always On Top
WinTV Reference Manual Last channel Clicking the “last channel” button will allow you to quickly change to the last viewed channel. Surf preview Clicking on the button "Surf" will show up to 16 still image preview of TV channels that you have scanned. - Page 8 WinTV Reference Manual The channel configuration allows you to configure using the following options: • Position the mouse pointer on the channel that you want to select and click the <Left> hand mouse button to select. • Use the <Up> and <Down> and <Left> and <Right> arrow keys on the keyboard to select the different sub-menu that you want to select and press Enter / Return •...
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Page 9: Setting Up Your Tv Channels
WinTV Reference Manual Search for Analogue channels This section refers to products with RF antenna and Cable tuner. Click on the Button MENU and “Suite-Manager” to open the channel manager. Select the <sources> and highlight the <analog> source. Automatic channel search Click on "Autoscan...", in order to start the automatic RF antenna channel scan. - Page 10 WinTV Reference Manual Search for DVB-S channels ote: This section refers to products with DVB-S tuner (WinTV-NOVA-S series and WinTV-HVR-3000). LNB - Configuration and Channel search Click on the Button MENU and “Suite-Manager” to open the channel manager. Select the <sources>...
- Page 11 WinTV Reference Manual DiSEqC 1.0 By default this option is selected to DiSEqC Level 1.0. You can select between 4 different satellite positions. The specific settings can be found from the DiSEqC shift box or DiSEqC multi-toggle documentation. After selecting the DiSEqC support you select the option on the left hand side which LNB should be configured, so that the blue line is highlighted and then select on the right hand side which satellite from the drop down list which will be used for channel scanning.
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Page 12: Configuration Of Video Input
WinTV Reference Manual Configuration a Video Input When connecting a external source to the WinTV product please ensure that the cables are connected in the correct order. ote: This section refers to WinTV products with Video Input. Connecting a Video Recorder or Set top box We recommend using a SCART to Composite cable for connecting most VCR's and set top boxes to our devices, this is because unless stated most of these devices will not be able to output in Svideo, so if you use a SCART to Svideo cable all you will see is a black and white... -
Page 13: Changing The Channel List
WinTV Reference Manual Changing the Channel List Click on the Button MENU and “Suite-Manager” to open the channel manager. Select the <Channels> tab. The channel list allows you to see all of the available channels that have been scanned. Channel-Menu If you right click on one of the channels on the right hand side you will have some of the fol- lowing options:... -
Page 14: Menu Options
WinTV Reference Manual Programme Delete To delete a channel you can either highlight and channel and the right click and select delete or highlight the name of the channel and press the “DELETE” key on your keyboard. In order to delete the full channel list you can <Select All> and then delete. Programme Rename To rename a channel you have to highlight it and then click on the column “Preferred Name”. - Page 15 WinTV Reference Manual “View” Menu Allows you to set the TV image screen size to a pre-defined size (320 x 240, ..., 800 x 600). “Options” Menu To select the option ensure that the tick is selected before the name of the option. “Select suite”...
- Page 16 WinTV Reference Manual Display - Freeze Will stop the TV picture from moving. You can also press: <CTRL> + <F>. Display - Preferences... Allows you to configure the “WinTV Preferences”. “File” Menu File - Save as After using the “Snap” button you will be able to save that still image snapshots to different file formats (e.g.
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Page 17: Wintv Settings Menu
WinTV Reference Manual WinTV Settings To configure the WinTV application select the “Spanner” button. Menu - On Screen Display On Screen Display The “On Screen Display” allows you to set the amount of time the information bar will be displayed on the screen. The annunciator font allows you to change the font type and colour that will be used. - Page 18 WinTV Reference Manual Enforce Aspect ratio When checked, the image's aspect ratio is preserved as the WinTV window is scaled. Selecting Enforce Aspect ratio will round off the height and width dimensions of the televi- sion image in order to maintain the proper aspect ratio. WinTV can operate as a Screen Saver, or can retain your current Screen Saver.
- Page 19 WinTV Reference Manual Snap Shot Settings Clicking on the CFG icon allows you to configure the Snapshot settings: Capture resolution Capture Resolution Images in WinTV are captured at the maximum resolution. When the image is saved to a file name (below), you select a resolution for the snapshot, from 320 x 240 (minimum) to 1600 x 1200 (actual size).
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Page 20: Audio Settings
WinTV Reference Manual Audio Settings ote: This option is only available on a WinTV product that supports this feature and will only be displayed if you are tuned into a channel or video input that supports this feature. Audio Mixer Inputs Click on this item to display a list of possible selections: WinTV WAVE should be selected. - Page 21 WinTV Reference Manual Colour settings (Analogue only) ote: This option is only available on a WinTV product that supports this feature and will only be displayed if you are tuned into a channel or video input that supports this feature. Not available for DVB-T or DVB-S channels. Here the brightness, the contrast, the saturation and chroma can be changed for improving the picture quality for analog sources.
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Page 22: Pause, Record And Tv Mode
If you located or travelling in an area where the reception is bad, you should not use WinTV- NOVA-TD in Dual tuner mode: your recordings could be corrupted. To change between Dual Tuner and Diversity mode select the Diversity Tool on the Start Menu / Hauppauge Folder. Record Pause Playback slow... - Page 23 WinTV Reference Manual The quality of the recording and the hard disk space can be specified by clicking the symbol spanner//Movies/MPEG. If you click on "stop", the timer counter is put back to 00:00:00. Stop Clicking the Stop button will stop the video you are recording or playing back. Play Clicking the Play button will playback from disk the last video file created.
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Page 24: Delay Counter
WinTV Reference Manual Pause-Puffer 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. To change the default pause buf- fer location licking the symbol spanner//Movies/MPEG. - Page 25 WinTV Reference Manual MPEG compression formats ote: Only available on supported products (PVR / HVR) The WinTV supports several formats for MPEG video compression, 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 recor- dings.
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Page 26: Keyboard Shortcuts In Wintv
WinTV Reference Manual Keyboard shortcuts in WinTV In Live TV-Mode Plus (+) Channel Up Minus (-) Channel Down Page Up Volume Up Page Down Volume Down Enter a channel number Spacebar Take a snapshot still image capture Exit Full screen TV mode Open online help CTRL + M Mute sound on / off... -
Page 27: Wintv Remote Control
WinTV Reference Manual WinTV Remote Control ote: This option is only available on a WinTV product that supports this feature. The WinTV remote control allows you to control the WinTV or Radio application, please ensu- re the following before trying to use this feature: 1. - Page 28 WinTV Reference Manual ote: The WinTV remove will only work when the WinTV application is the active application, press the RED button to make it the active application. Remote Control Buttons during a Recording ote: Most WinTV functions and remote buttons are disabled when recording Record button: Set the duration of the recording, by steps of 15 minutes up to 2 hours, then by steps of 30 minutes up to 4 hours (like the OTR button).
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Page 29: Wintv-Scheduler
After installation, WinTV-Scheduler can be found by going to Start / Program files / Hauppauge WinTV. In order to Schedule a recording click on the “Add Program” button: The items that need to be set for each event are: Time to Begin Program: Set the start time. - Page 30 WinTV Reference Manual Date to Begin Program: Today's 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.
- Page 31 WinTV Reference Manual "-startr:": The name you want for the recorded file. "-qdef": MPEG quality of the recorded file. Currently there are only two choice here, current default level (-qdef) and VCD quality (-qvcd). "-limit:": Length of time in seconds you want the recording to be. This can only be in inter- vals of 60 seconds.
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Page 32: Wintv 7 Day Epg
WinTV Reference Manual How to use 7 Day EPG for WinTV (DVB-T only) 1. You should see an icon close to the Windows clock. You will reach the menus of the 7 Day EPG by a right click on this icon. 2. - Page 33 WinTV Reference Manual 5. Scheduling a recording To schedule a recording, simply click on the Program title, this will give you more information about that pro- gram, from there you can click on 'Schedule for recor- ding'. When you click a "record" button, the 7 Day EPG schedu- les a task to record your TV show from a DVB-T channel.
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Page 34: The Wintv Radio Application
PC. Please ensure that the FM Radio antenna is connected to the FM connec- tion on the back of the of the WinTV product. To start the WinTV-Radio application, click the “Start” / “Programs” / “Hauppauge WinTV” and the “Radio” application shortcut or click on the “Radio” icon. - Page 35 WinTV Reference Manual If you click and hold the right hand mouse button on the Radio window then a menu will appear: Presets: Allows you to select the preset that you have created. Configure audio...: Select the audio properties. Scan mode: Allows you to select between preset mode list and all channel list. Seek mode: Allows you to search for strong signal station or weaker (longer distance) Remote Tuning: If you select "Use Channel Seek", the keys "CH+"/"CH -"...
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Page 36: Vtplus Application
WinTV Reference Manual VTPlus application VTPlus for WinTV is a sophisticated analogue Teletext software application which is only avai- lable on the analogue Tuner of the HVR. VTPlus allows you to view multiple teletext pages, save or print teletext pages and create Dynamic Data Links so that teletext data can be used in other applications.The WinTV application does not have to be active while the VTPlus tele- text application is running. - Page 37 WinTV Reference Manual 7. Reveal button, corresponds with the menu option Show Hidden characters. When you use this button you might see hidden text, like VPS time codes or answers from a Quiz. 8. Change TV Station, corresponds with the menu option Options Change TV Station. 9.
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Page 38: Troubleshooting
HcwDriverInstall without extracting all files from the .zip archive. Resolution All Hauppauge drivers that are packaged within a zip archive must be extracted before you do anything with them. You can either use the built in zip handling in Windows XP (but Extract, do not just view) or use a dedicated utility such as WinZip, WinRAR or Zip Genius (other zip utilities exist). - Page 39 4. Now try to locate the USB controllers in the device hierarchy. They will be located somew- here on a PCI bus, but the location depends on the chipset of your motherboard. 5. When you find them, expand them and their Root Hubs to locate the Hauppauge device.
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Page 40: How-To Connect A Satellite/Cable Set Top Box, Vcr Or Games Console
How-to connect a satellite/cable set top box, VCR or games console Summary This article explains how to connect any one of the following to your Hauppauge WinTV card: - Satellite set top box (e.g. Sky, DirecTV) - Cable set top box (e.g. NTL, Telewest) - Terrestrial set top box (e.g. - Page 41 European set top boxes, since it separates red, green and blue, but there are not currently any TV cards which will accept an RGB input. Video/Audio inputs Hauppauge WinTV cards can have a number of video inputs, which you need to be familiar with. Antenna-In...
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Page 42: Media Center Notes
WinTV Reference Manual A "SCART to Composite/S-Video" adapter is connected to the SCART-OUT. From there, a Composite cable runs from the adapter to the Composite-In on the WinTV card. For audio, a 2x Phono to 3.5mm Mini-jack adapter is required. Another option for this would be to purcha- se a cable which has a 3.5mm mini-jack connector at one end and 2x Phono at the other end, similar to this: A "SCART to Composite/S-Video"... -
Page 43: My External Input Connected By S-Video Is Black And White
Aero cannot be enabled at the same time as Video Overlay. Resolution Set WinTV2000 to use the VMR renderer rather than Overlay: 1. Click on the Windows Start button 2. Go to All Programs, Hauppauge WinTV 3. Open Primary 4. Select Allow VMR... -
Page 44: Primary Options
WinTV Reference Manual What are the options in WinTV Primary? Answer WinTV Primary is a small utility which sets the preferred video renderer using by the WinTV software. It will not change the video renderer for any other software. There are four main ways to display a video window on the computer screen: 1. - Page 45 WinTV Reference Manual Overlay Surface Some graphics boards do not support overlay surface at all. The overlay option will then not be available. Some graphics boards report that they support overlay surface, but they do not. If you select overlay surface, and your VGA card does not support Overlay, it will default to Primary surface.
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Page 46: Tv Becomes Jumpy While Recording
WinTV Reference Manual If you do have to use DIB Draw, then you have something seriously wrong with the setup of your system. Some of the possibilities are: - You don't have graphics card drivers installed, and you are instead using the default fail-safe VGA mode driver - You don't have DirectX installed, or your DirectX installation is damaged - You do have graphics card drivers installed, but they are out of date, or incorrectly installed... -
Page 47: Problems With The Ir Remote Control
Re-install the Remote software by double clicking the IR32.EXE file located on your WinTV CD rom (in the IR32 folder). Go to start/programs/Hauppauge WinTV/Restart IR. Clicking "Restart IR" will reinitialize the remote software. It is placed in the Startup Group and will initialize after each reboot, in the event that it was turned off. -
Page 48: Warranty Information
Hauppauge Warranty Information Warranty Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. warrants the WinTV board to be free from defects in mate- rial and workmanship for a period of 2 years from date of initial retail purchase. We will, at our option, repair or replace a defective product. The limited warranty does not cover any losses or damage that occur as a result of: •...