Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1955 Quick Installation Manual

WinTV-HVR-1955
Quick Installation Guide for Windows
Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. Telephone:
91 Cabot Court Fax:
Hauppauge, NY 11788 Tech Support:
support@hauppauge.com
1.

Included with the WinTV-HVR-1955

• WinTV-HVR-1955 device with ATSC/NTSC/clear QAM receiver,
125 channel cable ready TV tuner, FM radio receiver and MPEG-
2 hardware audio/video compressor for recording analog cable
TV to disk
• Remote control transmitter
and batteries
• IR Blaster cable
• Power supply (6 volt)
• 1 meter USB cable
• FM radio antenna
• WinTV Installation CD-ROM
2. What is ATSC and QAM digital TV, and
how does the WinTV-HVR-1955 work?
ATSC digital TV is over-the-air digital TV for North
America. ATSC digital TV typically requires an antenna for
reception, and is currently broadcast in 200 cities, with over
1500 TV stations.
ATSC digital TV is transmitted in several resolutions, from
"standard definition" which is similar to cable TV, up to high
definition which has about 16 times the resolution of normal
cable TV. In any resolution, ATSC digital TV gives sharper
pictures than analog cable TV and near CD quality sound.
Clear QAM TV channels are digital cable TV channels
which are broadcast on cable TV "in the clear". These digital
cable TV channels are broadcast in various resolutions, from
standard definition up to high definition. Please check with your
local cable TV operator on the availability of clear QAM TV
channels.
WinTV-HVR-1955 has a built-in tuner for analog cable TV, digital
ATSC and digital clear QAM TV. To receive ATSC, you will need an
antenna. To receive digital clear QAM or analog cable TV, you will
need a cable TV connection.
It uses your PC or laptop's CPU for displaying both analog and
digital TV programs on your PC screen. The decoding of high
definition ATSC is very processor intensive, and the smoothness
Install the WinTV
applications
Click the button labeled
Step 2: Install WinTV
Click Next.
The setup application
will then open and
begin automattically
installing the WinTV
application components.
The main applications installed are the WinTV v8 application for
TV watching and recording. Once complete, click OK then Exit.

5. Running WinTV v8 for the first time

To run the WinTV v8 application, double
click on the WinTV icon on your Windows
desk top.
When you run WinTV for the first time, the
WinTV
Device
Setup
Wizard
appears.
Select the
TV source
that you
are using.
On some
model
WinTVs,
you have
multiple
tuners and therefore you can select multiple sources.
If your TV source is ATSC digital over-the-air TV
Select Digital ATSC and click Next. In the ATSC Setup menu,
click Next. You will see the Digital ATSC Scan scanning for
digital over-the-air channels.
The digital
TV
scanning
process will
scan from
channels 2
to 51. As
TV channels
are found,
they will
appear in
the Channel
box.
of high definition TV progra ms depends upon how fast your PC
or laptop system is. Other PC activities that consume CPU
resources might affect the display of ATSC digital TV. Slow
video, jerky video and momentary pausing of video are all
results of a CPU which is temporarily being used by other
activities.
For the best ATSC TV reception, a roof top 'High gain' antenna
631-434-1600
is recommended. In the U.S., a good ATSC digital antenna
631-434-3198
selector can be found at www.antennaweb.org
631-434-3197
3.

Installing the WinTV-HVR-1955

The WinTV-HVR-1955 is a USB device designed for Microsoft®
Windows 10, 8, 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2. It can
be used with the Hauppauge WinTV application, with Windows
Media Center and other TV tuner applications and Linux.
Connect the WinTV-HVR-1955 cables
Plug your TV antenna or cable TV cable into the WinTV-HVR-
1955's TV Connector. Plug the supplied Radio aerial into the
FM radio connector. Note: this may not be necessary if your TV
aerial or cable network also supplies FM.
Plug one end (the square end) of the supplied USB cable into
the WinTV-HVR-1955's USB Cable connector. The WinTV-HVR-
1955 is compatible with USB 2.0 (high speed USB) only.
Plug the other end of the USB cable into a USB port on
your computer.
The S-Video and Composite video inputs and the L&R audio
inputs can be used to bring audio/video from a VCR, DVD
player or satellite TV receiver.
Information on the installation of the IR Blaster Cable can be
found in the IR Remote Blaster Quick Installation Guide.
Boot your PC.
Plug the power supply into WinTV-HVR-1955.
S-Video
Remote control
receiver input
TV Connector FM radio
for antenna or antenna
Cable TV connector
When complete, click Next / Next and OK.
N ote: if you do not receive any ATSC digital TV channels, an
antenna signal booster might be needed. After adding a signal
booster, see below for instructions on rescanning and the
Troubleshooting section for information on choosing an antenna.
If your TV source is Clear QAM Digital Cable TV
Clear QAM digital cable TV channels are those TV channels
broadcast on a digital cable network which are unencrypted
('free to
view'). If you
are using
cable TV
with clear
QAM
programs,
chose
Digital
QAM and
Next.
Encrypted
channels
are automatically not selected. The resulting channels in the list
might be both standard and high definition channels.
If your TV source is Analog cable TV
Select your
Country
and your TV
Source
from the
drop down
list. To
automatically scan for channels, click Next to continue.
Click the Scan button and WinTV will automatically scan for
analog channels. The scanning process takes about 10 minutes.
External audio/video sources
You can bring
video into the
WinTV from an
external
audio/video
source such as
a cable TV or
satellite set top
box.
In the Device
Setup Wizard,
select External Inputs and click Next.
Composite Left &Right
video input Audio Inputs
Power Supply
USB Cable
IR Blaster
Connector input: 6V to 12V
output
@1.7A
Plug the supplied Power Supply into the Power Supply input on
WinTV-HVR-1955. The WinTV-HVR-1955 can accept 6V to 12V
inputs.
4.

Installing the WinTV-HVR-1955 software

N ote: the latest WinTV-HVR-1955 software can be found at
www.hauppauge.com/site/support/support_hvr1950.html
N ote: You may need to disable your antivirus programs during the
installation only.
Install your WinTV products
(step 3). Turn on your PC, and
boot into Windows.
For Windows 10, 8 or 7:
You will see an AutoPlay mes-
Run Setup.exe
sage. Click
For Windows XP installa-
tions:
After you install your WinTV
device and boot Windows, a 'Found New Hardware' wizard
will appear.
Please cancel it and
allow Windows to load
fully before proceeding.
With some WinTV products,
you might see this message
two or three times. Please
click 'Cancel' each time
you see the New
Hardware Wizard.
For all versions of Windows: The "Hauppauge WinTV
Installation CD-ROM" window will appear on the screen.
N ote: if the CD does not autorun, navigate to the CD and run
the 'Setup.exe' file.
Select your language, then 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
You will be presented with the option to add a Composite and
an S-Video Input. Please select your country (if not correct)
and click Next.
If you wish to connect a source not normally designed for
operation in your country, you can configure the Video Format
manually from the drop down list. Change the value from
"AUTO". Pal BGHIDK is the commonly used format in Europe.
NTSC is the broadcast format used in North America.

Rescanning TV channels

If you want to rescan for TV channels, click the Configuration
menu (Gear button in the lower left corner of WinTV v8).
Then click on the Devices tab. Chose your WinTV device by
clicking on it, then click Tuner setup. Chose the TV format you
want to scan, then click Next. Click Next and a new scan will be
started. When the scan is complete, click Next / Next and OK.

6. Using the WinTV v8 application

Once the WinTV v8 application is open, click the Watch TV
button to watch TV .
To see the TV Channel list, click your right mouse button in
the TV window to display the Options menu. Select Find
Channel. You will see the channel list.
To display the channel list all the time, while the channel list is
displayed, click the Channel list display always on button.
Options menu
The Options menu is the main menu where you can select
channels, turn on close captions, open the TV Scheduler, show
the TV Guide and many other of the most important TV control
functions.
Current channel
name and number
WinTV source selector
Click your right
mouse button on the Channel list display
always on
live TV window to see
the Options menu
Fast channel
select
Settings menu
numbers
(Configuration)
TV Channel
Program Info
list
Playback file menu
Snapshot
Options menu
Channel
Record/Pause/Play
controls up/down
Finish
bar to exit.
Close WinTV
Volume adjust
and mute