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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.
External
Device Setup Wizard
In the
, select
Inputs
Next
and click
.
You will be presented with the option to add a
Composite
and an
S-Video
Input. Please
Next
select your country (if not correct) and click
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".
Note:
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
corner of WinTV v7).
Devices
Then click on the
tab. Choose your WinTV device by clicking on it, then click
setup
. Chose the TV format you want to scan, then click
Next
started. When the scan is complete, click
Using the WinTV v7 application
To watch TV, click the
Watch TV
button.
Current channel
TV
To see the
name and number
Channel list
, click
right mouse
your
button
in the TV
Configuration
window to display the
menu
(Settings
Options menu
.
menu)
Program Info
Find
Select
Channel
. You will
Playback
file menu
see the channel list.
Watch
To display the channel
TV
list all the time, while
the channel list is
Channel list display always on
displayed, click the
Options menu
The
Options menu
is the main menu where you can select channels, turn on closed captions,
open the TV Scheduler and many other of the most important TV control functions.
right mouse button once
To bring up the Options Menu, click your
Find channel
To see the channel list, click on
scanned.
For example, if the TV station is transmitting a high-definition program, WinTV will record the
program in high-definition.
Close captions, parental control information and SAP audio is recorded with digital TV programs.
For analog cable TV using the built-in hardware MPEG-2 encoder, the quality of the video recording
is set to 6Mbits/sec. This will be a configurable setting in a future version of WinTV v7.
If you want to pause a TV show you are watching:
Pause
-
Click the
button. Your TV video will stop and the Time counter will start counting.
-
To start the video from where you paused, click the
-
To rewind the video to the beginning, click the
Play
video was paused, click the
button.
-
To rewind the video 1 minute, click the
button. If your video was paused, click the
The Delay counter displays how much time you are behind the live video. For example, if the delay
counter says 00:01:23, then the video window is showing video 1 minute and 23 seconds behind
live video.
Selecting FM radio programs
On those WinTV products which support FM radio, if you have
scanned for FM radio staions in the section entitled "Using WinTV
for the first time" you can change the WinTV v7 application to FM
by clicking FM radio in the Source selector, found in the upper right
hand corner of the WinTV application.
Configuration menu
The WinTV v7 Configuration menu is
accessed by clicking the gear
button in the lower left hand
corner of WinTV v7.
General tab:
you can set the
Video Renderer which allows
WinTV v7 to display video with
a wide range of graphics sys-
tems.
Devices tab:
allows is where
you can re-scan for TV chan-
nels and set up the TV sources
in WinTV v7.
Parental control tab:
is
where you can set the Parental Control level.
Advanced options:
you can set options such as Convert TV recordings to .MPG file
type and Game mode here.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com
.
Setup
menu (the gear button in the lower left
Tuner
Next
Next
. Click
and a new scan will be
Next
OK
/
and
.
Close WinTV
WinTV source selector
Channel list display always on
Fast channel select
numbers
TV Channel list
Record/Pause/Play
controls
Volume adjust
and mute
Channel
up/down
button.
in the TV window .
. You will see the list of channels which have been
Play
button
Skip to the beginning
button. If your
Skip back 1 minute
Play
button.
To show the Channel menu as
part of the TV window, click the
Channel list
always on icon
at the top of the channel list.
To turn on Closed captions,
Show Captions
click on
.
To manually schedule a TV
recording, or to see which
programs have been
scheduled, click on
Scheduler
.
Always on
To turn on the
Stay on
Top
mode, click on
Top
.
Watch, Pause and Record TV
WinTV v7 is always recording video to your PC's hard drive while TV is being displayed. In this way,
you can immediately skip back and replay the TV program you are watching.
Pause button
Clicking on the
will cause the video to pause, while clicking the
button
will cause the current TV program to be recorded to hard disk.
Recording your TV shows
If you want to record a TV show you are watching:
Record button
-
Click the
. The recorded file name will popup on the video for a few sec-
onds as the recording starts.
-
When you are finished recording, click the
Playback file
-
Click the
button and select the last file recorded to play the video you
just recorded
-
To play a video you recorded earlier, click the
your mouse and click once on the video you want to play. Click
start playing.
The recorded video file is saved in the directory set in
MyVideos
directory is
. To change this directory, click the
tab. Every time you record a file, a new file is automatically created. The file will be formatted as
(ChannelNumber)_(ChannelName)YearMonthDay_TIme.
For digital TV programs, the quality level recorded is the same as it is transmitted by the TV station.
Program
Playback
Stop
Skip back
info
file
1 minute
Record
Settings
TV Scheduler
WinTV v7's built-in TV Scheduler allows you to
schedule the recording of TV shows. Once a
record event is set, WinTV v7 can be closed and
the WinTV application will "wake up" at the desired
time and tuned to the desired channel.
When a scheduled record event takes place, the
WinTV v7 application records "in background" so
that you can continue to watch your live TV
program, even as the recording progresses.
WinTV v7
The TV Scheduler can be found in the
Options
menu.
Right click your mouse
button in the TV window to see the
Options menu.
Scheduler
Click
. To set up an event for timed watching or recording, click the
The items that need to be set for each event are:
-
Name:
you can add a name to the record-
ing. If you do not enter a name, the name
will be in the channel/date format.
-
Channel:
chose one of your scanned
channels.
Start time:
-
set to the desired start time.
Click on the hour to set the hour, the
minute to set the minute. Note: It takes
about 15 seconds to launch the WinTV and
start recording.
Duration:
-
number of minutes in the
recorded program.
-
Recurrance:
one time, daily, weekly.
Note: If you set for Record Weekly, you
must also specify the Day of the Week for the recording.
-
Date to Begin Program:
today's date is the default. Change this if you want to sched-
ule on another date.
-
Source selection:
leave set at WinTV to bring up the WinTV at the requested time and
on the requested channel.
OK
Once these are set, click
. You can add more recordings, clicking
Close
When you are finished click
. The WinTV program does not have to be running for the
Schedular to work. If WinTV is not running, it takes about 15 seconds to start WinTV and to start the
recording of TV.
Options menu
click your right mouse button to view
Playback menu
Channel list
TV Scheduler
Close captions
Always on top
Record
Stop button
.
Playback File
button and then move
Open
and the file will
Recordings directory
. The default
Settings
Folders
button and then the
Skip back 10
Time bar
Skip ahead
Skip
seconds
30 seconds
ahead 1
minute
Pause/Play
Add button
.
OK
after each event is set.
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