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- Page 1 Instant TV Deluxe USB English Watch and Record TV shows on CD or DVD Hardware User's Guide website: www.adstech.com Support: www.adstech.com/support/support.asp...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Corporation. IBM is a registered trademark of the International Business Machines, Inc. ADS is a registered trademark of ADS Technologies Inc. ADS Technologies (ADS) makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The information furnished within this written document is for information purposes only and is subject to change without notice. -
Page 4: Quick Installation Guide
Quick Installation Guide: This Quick Installation Guide should be used as a reference guide only. It is highly recommended that you read the complete Instant TV Deluxe Manual before using this product to help ensure you get the most of your Instant TV Deluxe. Follow these instructions when using the Instant TV Deluxe for the first time. -
Page 5: Driver Installation
Step by Step Driver Installation: Step 1: Insert the Instant TV Deluxe CD into your CD ROM drive, then plug the USB cable from the Instant TV Deluxe to an open USB port on the back. Step 2: After plugging in the USB Instant TV Deluxe into an open USB port on the back of your computer, the “Found New Hardware Wizard”... - Page 6 IR Blaster The IR Blaster is an infra-red transmitter and receiver. As an IR Receiver the IR Blaster acts as a receiver for the Instant TV Deluxe remote control. As an IR Blaster the device gives you the power to control external TV receiver devices.
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Page 7: Ir Blaster Installation
IR Blaster and the Instant TV Deluxe Remote Once you have programmed the IR Blaster to send TV channel changing codes to your set top box, you can use the Instant TV Remote in conjunction with the IR Blaster to control your set top box. Point the Instant TV Deluxe remote at the IR Blaster –... -
Page 8: Capture Wizard
Step 3: You are now finished with the hardware driver install of the ADS IR Blaster, click “Finish” to finalize the installation. This USB device creates a wireless, infrared connection between your cable box or satellite receiver and the PC running Beyond TV. The USB IR Blaster,”... - Page 9 Step One: Open Capture Wizard (Cap Wiz.) Click the Cap Wiz icon on your Desktop Or Click “Start” -> “Programs” -> “ADS Tech Instant TV Deluxe” and click on “Capwiz” Choose worldwide video standard based on country – For Users in North America, you will select NTSC. For Users in Europe and many other countries you will select PAL.
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Page 10: Using Capture Wizard Video Capture/Playback Tool For The First Time
Ready Now you are ready to start viewing and capturing video. You will need to start your camcorder or VCR playing. Press Play on your video source (VCR, DVD player, etc.). Click Finish and the Wizard screen will disappear and you will see the full Capture Wizard interface. - Page 11 Ways to begin Recording 1. You can start recording from the Stop or idle status in CapWiz or while you are previewing video. 2. Click the red record( ● ) button to begin recording at any time. 3. To Stop recording, Click the “Stop” ( ■ ) button or the “esc” key on your keyboard. 4.
- Page 12 Channel Number pad – You can click the number pad to change channels. Click the TV channel you want to watch, and then click Enter. Mute – Click the Mute button to mute audio Jump – The Jump button lets you toggle between TV channels. Click Jump and you will tune to the previously tuned station.
- Page 13 Playback List Box The Playback list box shows the file names of your video captures. This list will match the directory location you selected in the Capture Wizard screens. If you are unsure of the location you selected, run the Wizard again. Browse: The Browse button will allow you to browse to other file directories or hard drives.
- Page 14 CapWiz Direct to Disc Direct to Disc Wizard Overview Capture Direct to Optical Disc: CapWiz now includes the ability to capture directly to VCD, SVCD or DVD disc. Burn an MPEG file to Optical Disc: You can also load a previously captured MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video file and burn to disc. You can select and burn a single video file only to disc, so if you want to edit several clips and join them together on a disc, you can use the other software applications included with your product (Video Studio or DVD Movie Factory).
- Page 15 What is Single Session? Single Session means that once you have recorded to the disc, the disc cannot be appended or added to. You can record only one time to a disc, one home movie one video capture session. You can only record video to a blank disc.
- Page 16 Clicking the Direct to Disc button launches the Direct to Disc (DTD) Wizard. The DTD Wizard can be launched while CapWiz is idle (no video preview) or wheil video is being previewed. You cannot start the DTD Wizard while you are recording to the hard drive or if you are playing back a previously recorded video file. Splash Screen: The splash screen introduces the user to the DTD capabilities.
- Page 17 These settings over-ride any capture setting you have previously selected in CapWiz. However, If you choose “Custom” - the DTD Wizard will use the custom capture settings you have selected in CapWiz. Select Disc Drive: If you have more than one Optical drive you can select the drive you want to use for disc burning. The DTD Wizard will examine the drive and show the type of media supported by the drive.
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Page 18: Stop Recording
Error Proof :if you select a drive with a CD-R inside the video format will automatically change to the best video format for this media, which would be SVCD. You cannot capture DVD to a CD-R disc. You cannot capture VCD to a DVD disc. These are formats that are incompatible with the media type and we don’t want you to make a mistake…..so we will try our best to make you Error Proof. - Page 19 You can also click the Stop button on CapWiz or press the Escape key (ESC) on your keyboard to stop recording at any time. Please BE AWARE that if or when you stop recording, the disc will be finalized and you will have a CD or DVD with a background menu and a video file recorded on the disc even if you stop capture after a few seconds.
- Page 20 Click the Record to Disc button to begin the recording process. Before actual direct to disc recording can take place, the CD-R or DVD disc must be initialized. The initialization process can take from a couple of seconds or up to a minute depending upon your disc drive and media type.
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Page 21: Menu Options
Menu Options This section will describe all settings and choices for all of the menu options along the top of the CapWiz Interface. • Video Inputs/Outputs: This dialog box allows you to quickly change your video input choices. Here you can choose between RCA, S-video These settings can also be changed by running the Capture Wizard Screens. -
Page 22: Video Resolution
Home Theatre Profile – 640 x 480 resolution - To capture DivX files in the Home Theatre profile your PC needs to have a CPU speed of 2.4 GHz or faster. If your CPU does not meet this requirement, you will not be able to capture DivX at the higher resolution. - Page 23 Video Bit Rate: You will notice that you have the ability to select a video capture rate of up to 15 Mb/sec. You will also notice that any bit rate over 9 Mb/sec. is red in color. This is because any bit rate above 9 Mb/sec.
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Page 24: Spatial Filtering
Format 1.15 Mb/sec. SVCD 1.5 Mb/sec. - 2.5 Mb/sec. 2 Mb/sec. – 5 Mb/sec. Audio Bit Rates The audio format is always compressed in MPEG-1 Layer 2 audio. CapWiz also automatically sets the audio sampling rate to 44.1 Khz for VCD and SVCD settings and 48 Khz for DVD video. We give you the choice to select the audio bit rate for your custom video captures in the range from 192 kbits/sec to 384 kbits/sec. - Page 25 determine if you want to preview with de-interlacing enabled or disabled. Setting Custom Capture Settings Click Custom Settings button When the custom settings dialog box opens, make your selections. Click OK to save Click “Use Custom Format” to capture with the settings selected. •...
- Page 26 Playback… This will allow you to playback captured video at any standard playback resolution regardless of the capture resolution: 1) Click Options at the top of the screen. 2) Click Advanced 3) Click Playback Options 4) Select the desired playback resolution. 5) if you select Full Screen, then you can manually drag the playback window to any size.
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Page 27: System Info
Record Duration You can set a time limit for your recording. If you know you want to record for exactly 1 hour, you can set the record duration, hours, minutes and seconds exactly. Start recording and walk away knowing that the recording will stop at the time limit you determine. You can use Record delay and Record duration in combination. -
Page 28: Service And Warranty
CES will ADS Technologies, Inc. be liable for consequential damages, including but not limited to any lost savings, lost profits, or any other dama-ges, caused by the use of any ADS Technologies, Inc. product or inability to use the product, even if the dealer or ADS Technologies, Inc. has been advised of such liability or other claims. -
Page 29: Technical Support
If you have any problems or questions on this product, please call: Technical Support - 562.926.4338 North America Support Hours: Mon-Fri: 8am - 5pm, PST Support: www.adstech.com/support/support.asp www.adstech.com European Technical Support: +353.61.702042 North America Support Hours Phone: 562-926-4338 M-F: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, PST www.adstech.com Support: www.adstech.com/support/support.asp Southern Europe Office...
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