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Summary of Contents for Tekram Technology M205
- Page 1 USER’S GUIDE Rev. 1.0 11/98...
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Page 2: Fcc Notice
Each M205 PRO is equipped with an FCC compliance label which shows only the FCC Identification number: FCC ID: KHAM205 PRO. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rule. Operation is subjected to the following two... -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
ACKAGE ARDWARE NSTALLATION Installing the Capture Card ...8 Connectors and Jumpers on the M205 PRO Card ...8 Connecting the IR Sensor ...9 Connecting to External Video Sources (RCA jack) ...10 Connecting to External Video Sources (S-video)...10 Connecting to Speakers or Headphones ...11 Connecting to a Sound Card ...11... - Page 4 M205 PRO User's Manual Selecting the Video Source and Adjusting the Picture Properties ...18 Selecting Overlay / Preview Mode ...19 Setting the Video Display Size and Format...19 Selecting View/Capture Mode ...20 Creating New Palette...20 Displaying Close Captioned Text...21 ... 22...
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Page 5: N Key Feature
Live Video Display Plug in your camcorder, VCR or laser disk player! The M205 PRO allows you to monitor multiple video sources on your computer full screen (640 480) or in a window. The following video sources are supported and software selectable:... -
Page 6: The Videocapture Utility
Still image and live video capturing is easy with a simple mouse click. Closed captioning (NTSC only) Support including transcript creation and Hot Words that alert you when M205 PRO application program is broadcasting information that you want to watch. -
Page 7: Hardware Installation
HARDWARE INSTALLATION n n Components in the Package The following components should be included in your CaptureTV M205 PRO box: CaptureTV M205 PRO board “Tekram Multimedia Drivers & Utilities” CD-ROM IR Sensor Remote Control... -
Page 8: Hardware Installation
PCI expansion slot that you selected. 5. Replace the screws to secure the card retaining bracket in place. 6. Replace the computer cover. Connectors and Jumpers on the M205 PRO Card Refer to the diagram below while making the connections that follow. External Connectors... -
Page 9: Connecting The Ir Sensor
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Connecting to FM antenna (Optional) Connecting to Cable TV or Antenna Connecting the IR Sensor Page 9 M205 PRO User’s Manual... -
Page 10: Connecting To External Video Sources (Rca Jack)
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Connecting to External Video Sources (RCA jack) Connecting to External Video Sources (S-video) Page 10 M205 PRO User’s Manual... -
Page 11: Connecting To Speakers Or Headphones
It is not suitable for driving unpowered external speakers alone. If your system already has a sound card, hook the CaptureTV M205 PRO card’s audio output to your sound card’s audio input, usually marked “LINE-IN” with a 1/8” stereo cord, as shown below. -
Page 12: Software Installation
After the required files are copied, the system will ask if you wish to restart your computer. Select YES to restart. Note: The Windows 95 setup screen on your system may look different than the one shown above if you have OSR2 / Windows 95 (B) installed. Page 12 M205 PRO User’s Manual... -
Page 13: Installing The Windows 98 Device Drivers
2. Then select “Search for the best drive for your device. (Recommended).” 3. Next select “Specify a location” then type in D:\M205_PRO 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the driver installation. M205 PRO User’s Manual SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Page 13... -
Page 14: The Autorun Screen
After rebooting, insert the “Tekram Multimedia Utilities & Drivers” CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. The Autorun screen will show up. If it does not appear, run D:\AUTORUN (where D: is your CD-ROM drive). Double-clicking the appropriate product model name M205 PRO brings up the “Function Selector” submenu. Page 14... -
Page 15: Installing The Video Capture Utility
4. Click on the Exit button after the installation is complete. The “CapTV” program group is added to your Windows desktop, containing the application icons as shown: Use the Uninstall program when you want to remove this application program. M205 PRO User’s Manual SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Page 15... -
Page 16: Videocapture Utility
Menu Bar: Lists the six menus of the program. Display Area: The “screen” where your media plays. To exit from the program, either click the Exit button on the Title Bar or choose Exit from the File menu. Page 16 UTILITY M205 PRO User’s Manual... -
Page 17: Control Panel
TV channels. Please refer to the subsequent sections for details. M205 PRO User’s Manual VideoCapture UTILITY 1. POWER: Quits the M205 PRO VideoCapture application. 2. PC/TV: Switches between viewing in a window and full screen. (*) 3. -
Page 18: Video Display
Changing the video system type brings up the Video Format dialog box. For Video Format settings, please refer to later section. Color: Drag the slide bars to adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of the displayed video. Page 18 M205 PRO User’s Manual... -
Page 19: Selecting Overlay / Preview Mode
Note: The higher the number of colors and the bigger the window size, the larger the size of the AVI file. It is recommended that you keep the image size at the default and colors not higher than 16 bits. M205 PRO User’s Manual VideoCapture UTILITY Page 19... -
Page 20: Selecting View/Capture Mode
From the Options menu, choose Make Palette to create a new palette. The following dialog box appears: Colors: Specify the number of colors to be contained in the palette. Frame: Specify how many frames from which the color is to be selected for the palette. Page 20 M205 PRO User’s Manual... -
Page 21: Displaying Close Captioned Text
File Name: Specify the text file name for the transcribed closed captioned text. Alert Token: Type in this field the word that the program will detect for transcribing automatically. M205 PRO User’s Manual VideoCapture UTILITY Page 21... -
Page 22: Ideo Capture
Enable Capture Time Limit: Check this box to specify the maximum recording time. Capture Audio: Check this box to capture audio with the video. Key to Abort Capture: Select the key to be used for ending video capture. Page 22 M205 PRO User’s Manual... -
Page 23: Selecting The Audio Format
The following dialog box will appear: Enhancements like Stereo Sound will result in less bandwidth being used for Video Recording. Therefore, unless sound is important, keep the settings low or capture only the video. M205 PRO User’s Manual VideoCapture UTILITY Page 23... -
Page 24: Selecting The Video Compressor
Before you start to capture a movie, check out the available hard disk space and set aside a memory size for the captured file by selecting Allocate File Space from the File menu. Page 24 M205 PRO User’s Manual... -
Page 25: Specifying The File Name For Motion Video Capture
Choose Set Capture File from the File menu. The following dialog box appears: Page 25 M205 PRO User’s Manual... -
Page 26: Capturing Motion Video
Copying to the Clipboard To copy the displayed image onto the Clipboard, choose Copy from the Edit menu. The image is captured as a bitmap and can be pasted to any application supporting the Windows software Clipboard. Page 26 M205 PRO User’s Manual... -
Page 27: The Tv Tuner
Note: After you exit the application, the Scanned List will no longer retain the deleted channels. In this case if you want to add a channel back, you will need to rescan the channels. Page 27 M205 PRO User’s Manual... -
Page 28: Selecting A Channel
To watch TV in a full screen, click on TV Mode, press the Esc key to return to Windows. Note: M205 PRO supports full screen viewing up to 1024 768 16bit color VGA setting, however, some problem may occur with certain VGA cards. If you find the image centered to the left of the screen and has image residue when refreshing, enable the option Max 640 480 to solve the problem. -
Page 29: Channel Browsing
To view all channels simultaneously, click Channel Browsing. The option is then toggled to Exit Browsing. To stop browsing, click Exit Browsing or press the Esc key on you keyboard. You may select the channel while browsing by clicking on the desired channel. Page 29 M205 PRO User’s Manual... -
Page 30: The Remote Control
AIR / CABLE: Switches between cable TV and antenna (Air). MUTE: Stops / Resumes playing the sound. VOL: Volume up/down CH/TK: Channel up/down RECALL: Changes to the previously selected channel. Page 30 * Reserved for future function expansion M205 PRO User’s Manual... -
Page 31: Troubleshooting
Check the audio cables to make sure all connectors are securely plugged into the correct jacks. Ensure that another Windows audio program is not muting the sound. Check the mixer line input selling in the audio software provided with your sound card. M205 PRO User’s Manual Page 31... -
Page 32: N N N Appendix
3. Under Start… Run of the task bar, TYPE in X:\DIRECTX6\DXSETUP (X is the letter of your CD-ROM drive). The following dialog box will appear: 4. Check “Direct 3D Hardware Acceleration Enabled” option and then click the “ReInstall DirectX” button. 5. Restart Windows 95 to complete installation. Page 32 M205 PRO User’s Manual...
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