Hauppauge IRRemoteBlaster Quick Installation Manual

IRRemoteBlaster
Quick Installation Guide
for the WinTV v7 application
IR transmitter
WinTV-HVR-1950
(blaster)
IR cable jack
IR cable jack
IR Blaster
The IR RemoteBlaster lets the Hauppauge WinTV 7 application change the channel on
a satellite or cable TV set top box by transmitting 'channel change' commands to the
box via an Infra Red (IR) transmitter. The IR blaster duplicates the number keys which
would normally be transmitted by your set top box remote control.
Installing the IR blaster hardware
The IR RemoteBlaster for WinTV consists of four components:
1. The Hauppauge remote control, which sends infrared signals to the IR Receiver.
2. IR RemoteBlaster cable, which is plugged into the WinTV card. This cable has an
IR cable jack and two ends: a IR receiver and an IR transmitter. The IR trans-
mitter has a thin wire and is at the end of the longer "leg" of the cable.
3. IR32 application, a program which runs in the Windows device tray and interprets
signals received by the IR receiver.
4. IR Blaster Config program, for configuring the IR transmitter.
N ote: if you are NOT using a set top box, you do not need to use the IR transmitter
(blaster) end of the IR Remote Blaster cable.
N ote: you can only use the Hauppauge remote control or a certified Windows Media
Center remote control with IR RemoteBlaster. The IR Receiver does not respond to
remote control transmitters from other devices like a TV set or VCR.
N ote: Before installing the IR Remote Blaster cable, install the WinTV board plus driver
and application software from the WinTV Installation CD ROM. Make sure that the
WinTV application works properly when using your mouse or keyboard.
During the installation of the WinTV software from the WinTV Installation CD-ROM, the
Step 5. Connect the set top box's audio/video outputs to the WinTV
This is the same as connecting a set top box to a TV set: chose either composite video,
S-Video or TV tuner as the way to connect from the set top box to WinTV. Some set top
boxes send video via channel 3 or 4, others have composite or S-Video outputs. Chose
one method and make the necessary audio/video connections from your set top box to
WinTV.
Step 6: Configure the video source in the WinTV v7 application
After you make the video connection from your set top box to WinTV in step 5, you need
to tell WinTV where the audio/video from your set top box is coming from. Many set top
boxes use a channel 3 or channel 4 output via an RF output connector. Other boxes use
S-Video or Composite video for out-
put. In either case, you need to tell
WinTV where the video will be com-
ing from.
To configure blaster channels, in
Settings
WinTV v7 click on the
button and go to Devices tab .
Highlight your Hauppauge TV tuner
Tuner setup
device and click .
You will see the Device Setup
Wizard with your WinTV device
specified.
Put a check in Analog TV via set
top box.
Click Next .
Then choose the connection you are
using: S-video, composite or
tuner (if tuner, choose the channel
the box is tuned to).
Check the box Use IR Blaster to
control STB.
Next
Click .
Now, you need to add your set top
box TV channels to the WinTV chan-
nel list.
If you are in the U.S., there is a
Internet based list of channels which
is available in some areas. To use
the Internet list of channels, see the
section entitled "Automatic map-
ping of your set top box channel
numbers to the IR blaster (U.S.
only)".
If you cannot use the Internet list of
channels, you need to enter each
channel you want the IR blaster to tune to. To manually add these channels, enter the TV
channel number and name (optional) and click
Colossus
HD PVR 2 model 1512
WinTV-HVR-2250
WinTV-HVR-1600
WinTV-HVR-1850
IR receiver
cable
IR Remote / Blaster
cable
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Add . You must repeat this process for
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Hauppauge WinTV IR and IR Blaster Applications will be automatically installed.
You will be asked during the IR software installation to acknowledge a software license.
You can manually install the Hauppauge WinTV IR and IR Blaster applications from
the Installation CD by running irblast.exe from the IR32 directory of your Hauppauge
Installation CD-ROM.
When Windows is booted, the IR32 application is automatically run and you will notice
a small IR icon in your system device tray. You can reset the IR application by running
RestartIR from the Hauppauge WinTV folder.
IR transmitter
(blaster)
Step 1: Plug the IR RemoteBlaster cable into your WinTV product
Plug the IR RemoteBlaster cable into the IR receiver jack on your WinTV prod-
uct.
N ote: be sure the IR Cable jack is well seated in the WinTV board. You might need to
wiggle the WinTV board and/or the IR RemoteBlaster cable to get it firmly seated. If
it is not well seated, the WinTV application will not respond to commands from the
Hauppauge remote control.
Step 2: Position the IR receiver
Place the IR Receiver from the IR RemoteBlaster cable so that the light beam
from the Hauppauge remote control can hit it . On the WinTV-HVR-1950, the IR
receiver is built into the front of the case.
Step 3: Check the function of Hauppauge Remote for WinTV
Point the Hauppauge remote at the IR receiver and click the Go button. You should
see the WinTV open.
N ote: If you click the Go button and the WinTV does not open, wiggle the WinTV board
and/or the IR RemoteBlaster jack to get the jack firmly seated. If it is not well seated,
the WinTV application will not respond to commands from the Hauppauge remote control.
Also, make sure you have installed batteries in the Hauppauge remote.
Step 4: Position the IR transmitter (blaster) at your set top box
N ote: The next steps (4 through 7) are optional and only required if you want WinTV to
control the TV channels on a satellite or cable TV set top box through WinTV's IR
transmitter (blaster).
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 2 inch distance, so you need to make sure it is placed over the remote sen-
sor 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.
all TV channels you wish to receive through your set top box.
When finished, click
automatically tune to. When you want WinTV v7 to tune to a channel which is in the
Channel list, your Hauppauge TV tuner will send a sequence of IR 'blinks' to your set top
box, causing it to change channels.
Blaster Configuration:
Configure the IR Blaster for your set top box
If you are using a HD PVR 2 model 1512, Colossus, WinTV-HVR-1600 or the WinTV-HVR-
1950, there is a list of set top boxes which the IR Blaster is pre-configured to control. See
the section "Using the pre-configured list of set top boxes". If you cannot find your
set top box in the pre-configured list, follow the Learn Mode instructions in this section.
If you are using the WinTV-HVR-1850 or the WinTV-HVR-2250, or you have a set top box
which the Blaster Config program does not know about, you must use the Learn Mode
for the IR Blaster.
Learn mode: learning the remote control codes for your set top box
The WinTV v7 application can "learn" new remote control codes for most cable TV and
satellite TV set top boxes. To access the learn function, in the Blaster Configuration
program, click on Advanced Config and then Learning. You will need to 'learn' the 0
through 9 keys, plus Power on and Enter.
N ote: You will need the remote control from your set top box to complete the configura-
tion in this section.
N ote: this proceedure is only neces-
sary if you are using WinTV v7. If you
are using Windows Media Center, it will
configure the IR blaster as part of the
Media Center setup.
To learn your set top box remote control:
- hold the remote control from your
set top box as close to the IR
receiver and learn sensor as pos-
sible. If you do not hold your remote
control close enough to the learn
sensor, you will not get accurate
results
- in the Blaster Configuration pro-
gram, click the Key Number you
would like to learn (for example: 1)
- then depress and hold the corre-
sponding key on your set top box
remote control. You will be instruct-
ed in the message box when to
release the key on your remote con-
trol.
- Do this for the keys 0 to 9 plus On
and Enter
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Next . You will now have a list of set top box channels WinTV can
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Send button
Key Numbers
Message box