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  • Page 2 Presto! PVR Analog Digital TV – DVB-T Digital TV – ATSC User’s Guide 507100-02-01-W-E-052507-09...
  • Page 3 Copyright © 2005-2007, Emtec Technology Corp. All Rights Reserved. No portion of this document may be copied or reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from Emtec Technology Corp. (Emtec) Emtec has no warranties to this documentation and disclaims any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1 Introducing Presto! PVR System Requirements Features ...2 Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR Installing Presto! PVR Receiving a Channel Receiving S-Video and Composite Signals Receiving FM Radio Choosing a Channel to Watch Channel List ...9 Channel Surfing Window Teletext (available for DVB-T or PAL Analog TV) Recording a Program Scheduling Your Program Recording...
  • Page 5 Settings ...27 Device ...28 Device ...29 Audio ...30 Channel ...30 Video ...33 Record ...34 Recording ...36 Time Shifting Schedule ...38 Advanced ...40 Skin ...41 Live Update ...42 Channel Surfing ...43 History ...44 Taskbar Commands Shortcut Keys ...46 Chapter 4 Appendix Frequently Asked Questions Troubleshooting Glossary...

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Introducing Presto! Pvr

    Introducing Presto! PVR Chapter 1 Presto! PVR is a video recorder for your computer. It takes television signals and records them onto your hard drive. You have all the convenience of a VCR (recording, playback, fast forwarding, rewinding, pausing) without having to rewind any tape. Here are the requirements and features of the program.

  • Page 7: Features

    Features • Record programs to a hard disk or DVD. (This feature is available only when your program supports Direct Disc Recording (DDR).) • Schedule your recordings for the future. • Use the EPG (Electronic Program Guide) function to get the program guide for current TV listings and add them to your recording schedule with the click of a button.

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! Pvr

    Using Your Presto! PVR Chapter 2 This program has everything a personal video recorder needs—preview, full screen view, snapshot, channel selection, channel surfing, recording, programmed recording, time shifting, settings, help, and a link to our website. Here are explanations of how to perform the most common tasks.
  • Page 9 Before you begin, make sure that the antenna or Cable is connected to the Presto! PVR device. Insert the Presto! PVR disc into your computer disc drive and follow the installation instructions. After the installation, the Wizard will open to let you choose what type of signal you will be using. The image above is for reference only.

  • Page 10: Receiving A Channel

    Click the desktop icon to start using your Presto! PVR program. Receiving a Channel To receive a channel through your network, please connect the antenna to the Presto! PVR device and make the proper settings. 1. Click to open the Settings dialog box, and then click the Device tab.
  • Page 11 Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR You can remove selected channels by clicking the Delete button. Digital TV - DVB-T Digital TV - ATSC...

  • Page 12: Receiving S-Video And Composite Signals

    4. Click OK to close the Settings dialog box and watch some TV. Receiving S-Video and Composite Signals 1. Click and choose S-Video or Composite from the source type. 2. PVR will pick up video and audio signals. These two features may not be available on all devices. Please refer to the user guide for your device.

  • Page 13: Choosing A Channel To Watch

    When scanning is finished, you can choose a station and change its name. You can also select a frequency and click the Add Channel button to add the corresponding station directly to the list of stations, or remove selected channels by clicking the Delete button. Other options include importing and exporting lists of stations.

  • Page 14: Channel List

    After you have installed Presto! PVR and scanned for channels, you can click and select a channel from the channel list to watch. Click to switch between channels, and • Channel List • Channel Surfing Window • Teletext (available for DVB-T or PAL Analog TV) Channel List Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR to go to the last channel viewed.

  • Page 15: Channel Surfing Window

    This is a quick way to select a channel. There are three buttons at the top of the window. Each shows different channels based on the settings you made on the Channel tab of the Settings dialog box. Here are some details for the channel list.

  • Page 16: Recording A Program

    Teletext is a quick and easily accessible service that gives you useful information for free. As long as a signal is present at the tuner and the channels are already scanned and stored, you will see the Teletext information offered by the corresponding TV station. This service varies for different areas.

  • Page 17: Scheduling Your Program Recording

    restore, but you cannot change programs, or close the program. Scheduling Your Program Recording You can add, modify, or delete items for recording shows in the future. For this, you will have to open the Settings dialog box by clicking selecting the Schedule tab.

  • Page 18: Adjusting The Schedule Settings

    Click Delete to cancel a selected recording, or Delete All • to cancel all scheduled recordings. • Click EPG to get an online listing to current TV programs. • If you want to use Silent mode while recording, click When a scheduled recording starts, it will be in silent mode. You can choose the action to be taken when a scheduled •...

  • Page 19: Task

    If you click Add… or Modify from the Schedule tab, the Schedule Settings dialog box will open. There are three sections to pay attention to—Task, Time, and Quality. • Task • Time • Quality Quality is only available when selecting the analog device. Task Task Name: Give a name to the recording session or use the default.

  • Page 20: Quality

    Type: You can choose to record the selected channel One Time, Daily, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday to Friday, Monday to Saturday, or Saturday to Sunday. Choose Assign the Date to pick a more specific date. Start Date: This option is available only when you have selected One Time in the Type field.

  • Page 21: Time Shifting

    Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR Use the Channel box to choose an available channel. Select the program that you want to record, and then click Add to Schedule. The program will be added to the schedule. Click Refresh to make sure that the schedule is up-to-date.

  • Page 22: Adjusting The Volume

    Time Shifting means that you can pause a program while watching the big game, click the pause button, and then go get another bag of chips without missing any of the action. When you come back and click the play button, you will resume watching from the point at which you paused.
  • Page 23 Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR Click to capture the screen at that moment. The snapshots will be saved in the working folder. You can change the file format to save the snapshots on the Advanced tab of the Settings dialog box.

  • Page 24: Chapter 3 Menus And Settings

    Menus and Settings Chapter 3 For all that it does, Presto! PVR is very easy to use. There are only a few menus and settings that you need to worry about. Here they are in their entirety. • Main Screen •...
  • Page 25 These are the buttons for controlling the program. There are full screen, minimize and close Click the Emtec logo to connect to our website. Also available is the help file, the settings button, and a button for selecting the input source.

  • Page 26: Program Viewer

    Chapter 3 Menus and Settings These are special feature buttons. EPG (for Digital TV), Teletext (for DVB-T and PAL Analog TV), and Closed Captions (for ATSC and NTSC Analog TV) / Subtitles (for DVB-T). EPG is available for Digital TV only. The program control buttons are used for recording programs and watching the programs that have already been recorded.

  • Page 27: Screen Menu

    Chapter 3 Menus and Settings There are four buttons in the upper-right corner of the program viewer. Here is a quick tour of how to use them. Exit : Clicking this button closes the program. Minimize : Clicking this button sends the program viewer to the taskbar. Full Screen : Clicking this button maximizes the program viewer to full screen.
  • Page 28 Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Aspect Ratio - ATSC Size - DVB-T...
  • Page 29 Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Size - ATSC Sound - DVB-T...
  • Page 30 Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Sound - ATSC AC3 - ATSC Aspect Ratio: Click to select the width to height ratio for your Presto! PVR screen. You can choose Original Ratio ( 4:3 ), Free Ratio or 16:9. Choosing Free Ratio will allow you to distort your TV picture by dragging the lower-right corner of the screen.
  • Page 31 Original Ratio varies depending on the program or channel you have switched to. Sometimes the submenu options may appear like Original Ratio (16:9), Free Ratio or 4:3. The image above is for reference only. Size: Click to change the size of the display window or restore it to the original size.

  • Page 32: Settings

    Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Channel Surfing: Click to browse TV channels in a tiled window. Exit: Click to close the program. About Presto! PVR…: Click to display the program version information. Settings...

  • Page 33: Device

    Click to see the Settings dialog box to help you personalize you Presto! PVR program. • Device • Channel • Video • Record • Schedule • Advanced • Skin • Live Update Device On the Device tab, you can select how you control the Presto! PVR device.

  • Page 34: Device

    Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Analog TV Digital TV Device...

  • Page 35: Audio

    Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Available Presto! PVR devices are listed here. Other settings on this tab will be disabled unless you select a device. Audio For Analog TV only, you can choose an audio device and source. Channel...
  • Page 36 Chapter 3 Menus and Settings On the Channel tab, you can set up the scan parameters to more efficiently scan for available television channels. Digital TV- DVB-T...
  • Page 37 Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Digital TV - ATSC Analog TV Country: Select the country you are in to have the television reception properly formatted. Minimum Frequency/Minimum Channel, Maximum Frequency/Maximum Channel: For Digital TV only, these settings can be changed to restrict the range that Scan will use to search for available channels.

  • Page 38: Video

    Add or Update Channels: For Digital TV only, select the frequency range you want and then click Scan. This feature saves time by allowing you to rescan for channels to add or update without having to run through the whole frequency spectrum. Smart Scanning: For Digital TV - DVB-T, enabling this option can widen the scanning range to get improved results.

  • Page 39: Record

    Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Record...
  • Page 40 Chapter 3 Menus and Settings This tab will let you adjust your recording preferences. Record to the Hard Disk You are allowed to choose Saved type and Quality only when your input source is Analog. If your PVR doesn’t support DDR, the Destination option will not be available.

  • Page 41: Recording

    The Quality option for Time Shifting is available only when the input source is analog TV. It is not available for DVB-T or ATSC. Record to DVD RW The Quality option is available when your PVR supports DDR and your input source type is Analog. For more information see: •...

  • Page 42: Time Shifting

    You can choose a disc drive under Destination and a Folder for saving your recorded files and snapshots. Then use the slider to adjust the Auto cut file size. The video will be automatically cut into separate files when the limit is reached. If your disk file system is FAT32, the maximum size of each file will be 4 GB.

  • Page 43: Schedule

    Chapter 3 Menus and Settings For computers with limited speed and power, lower the quality for time-shifting live TV programs to avoid CPU overload. Please note that while the Quality option is available when the input source is analog TV. It is not available when the source is digital TV.
  • Page 44 Chapter 3 Menus and Settings The schedule will display the programs that have been selected for recording at a later date. For more information, see Scheduling Your Program Recording. Digital TV – DVB-T...

  • Page 45: Advanced

    For Digital TV – ATSC, *If you have chosen an encrypted program, it will not be recorded will appear at the bottom. This message won’t appear when the input source is analog TV. Advanced Under Snapshot, select a file format for saving the images. In the Channel Surfing section, you can select the display mode for channel surfing.

  • Page 46: Skin

    Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Other options include: Always on Top. During Recording/Time Shifting, if there is already a scheduled setting, the scheduled recording will take priority: When this option is selected, scheduled recording is given the highest priority, which means the system will begin scheduled recording regardless of whether other recording or time shifting is in process.

  • Page 47: Live Update

    Chapter 3 Menus and Settings In this tab, you can change the skin. Choose a different skin from the Select list and see how it looks in the Preview window. Click OK to accept. Live Update In this tab, you can check for product updates and news under Live Update.

  • Page 48: Channel Surfing

    Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Channel Surfing...

  • Page 49: History

    Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Right-click the program viewer and select Channel Surfing from the screen menu to tile the channels in thumbnails. You can play a channel by double-clicking the thumbnail. To quit this function, click Esc and back to live program.

  • Page 50: Taskbar Commands

    Click to see the programs you have recorded, with the most recent listed first. The first frame of the selected recording will be shown in the preview area. Click Browse… to look through the recorded programs. • • Click Play to watch the selected program. •...

  • Page 51: Shortcut Keys

    Shortcut Keys Shortcut keys are a quick way to manipulate the program. See the Readme.txt file for details. Click the Start button, point to Programs, Emtec, and then Presto! PVR. Locate the folder that contains the Readme file and open it.

  • Page 52: Chapter 4 Appendix

    Appendix Chapter 4 • Frequently Asked Questions Troubleshooting • • Glossary Frequently Asked Questions Sometimes we get questions about our product. Here are the questions that we get asked the most. Hopefully this information will be useful to you. How can I optimize the PVR performance? ...

  • Page 53: Troubleshooting

    PVR requires either Windows 2000 SP4 or Windows XP SP2. d. PVR requires DirectX 9.0c or later. Can I record subtitles from DTV channels?  Dynamic subtitles are subtitles that can be disabled and enabled. The current version of Presto! PVR doesn't support recording dynamic subtitles.
  • Page 54 Presto! PVR does not respond after being started, or  it displays stuttering or corrupted video. If you encounter one of these problems and are using Windows XP Service Pack 2, please visit the Microsoft website at this link, http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang= en&FamilyID=14caaf6d-198c-4197-82ad-28251f9c50a5, and download the latest patch.
  • Page 55 We suggest that you install the built-in Windows driver for USB 2.0 PCI cards. If you need to contact the Emtec support center, either by phone or by e-mail, here are the details that you should pass a. Operating system, language, and service pack.

  • Page 56: Glossary

    Annexe Glossary Here are terms used in the manual for Presto! PVR. AC'97 – (Short for Audio Codec '97) This is an audio encoding system for computer files. Analog TV – This is the traditional old-style television signal. Kind of like radio waves.
  • Page 57 Annexe SAP – Second Audio Program. Usually used to present the material in a different language. Smart Scanning – A more efficient way to scan for channels and frequencies. Teletext – A free program to give information about broadcasts and schedules.
  • Page 58 3. Emtec will be held responsible only for the inherent problem of the device itself, but not for data loss, modification of the device or other indirect loss resulting from mal-operation of software, maintenance or other accidents.
  • Page 59 In this case, contact Emtec customer service center for technical support and help from Emtec professional service team. However, Emtec takes no liability for any damage resulting from battery liquid leakage.
  • Page 60 However, mal-operation, malfunction or external strong electromagnetic interference may lead to data loss. So, it is advisable for users to make a copy of all useful data in time. Emtec will be responsible only for the inherent problem of the device, not for data loss or other indirect loss arising from maloperation, maintenance or other accidents.

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