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- Page 1 User Guide V1.2 TBS6220 PCI-E DVB-T/T2 TV Card TBS6280 PCI-E DVB-T/T2 Dual Tuner TV Card TBS6284 PCI-E DVB-T/T2 Quad Tuner TV Card...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview………………………………………………………..1 1.2 Features………………………………………………………...1 1.3 Device Specifications…………………………………………..1 1.4 System Requirements…………………..……………………...2 Chapter 2. Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation…………………………………………3 2.2 Software Installation…………………………………………..3 Chapter 3. Watch TV with TBSViewer 3.1. Install TBSViewer…………………………………………….6 3.2 Scan Channels………………………………………………….8 3.3 Watch and Record TV ………….……………………………..9 Chapter 4. -
Page 3: Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1. Overview TBS6220 is a single tuner PCI-Express interface DVB-T2/T TV Tuner Card. TBS6280 is a dual tuner PCI-Express interface DVB-T2/T TV Tuner Card which supports watching or recording two different channels from two different frequencies simultaneously. TBS6284 is a quad tuner PCI-Express interface DVB-T2/T TV Tuner Card which supports watching or recording four different channels from four different multiplexes simultaneously. -
Page 4: Device Specifications
Quad Channel Receiving Simultaneously Both DVB-T2 and DVB-T Supported High-Definition Video, Real-Time and Scheduled Video Recording High Sensitivity DVB-T2 Tuner for The Best Digital TV Reception Windows BDA Driver and Linux Driver Ready 1.3. Device Specifications 1. Receiving Channel: VHF Band and UHF Band 2. -
Page 5: Chapter 2. Installation
Chapter 2. Installation 2.1 Hardware Installation For installing TBS 6280/6220/6284 DVB-T/T2 TV Card, insert the card into PCI Express x1,x4, x8 or x16 slot, then connect rooftop or mini aerial to card “RF IN” port. For TBS6284, a loop through cable is provided to connect one tuner’s “RF OUT”... - Page 6 Then click "Install". After that, click "Finish" and the installation is completed.
- Page 7 To verify if driver was correctly installed, you could check computer device manager. You will see “TBS 6280 DVB-T2/T BDA Tuners” under the “Sound, video and game controllers” bar of “Device Manager” if the driver is correctly installed. You may also install TBSViewer or DVBDream for TV reception.
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Page 8: Chapter 3. Watch Tv With Tbsviewer
Chapter 3. Watch TV with TBSViewer 3.1. Install TBSViewer Click “Install TBSViewer” from CD auto-run to start installation, click “Next” until installation is completed. Double click the icon to launch TBSViewer, right-click on the application window to pop up menu and click the “Options” . - Page 9 Click “Hardware” on option window. If TBS6280 is well installed in the computer, you will see “TBS 6280 DVBT-T2 Tuner A (1)” and “TBS 6280 DVBT-T2 Tuner B (2) on a window as follows.
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Page 10: Scan Channels
Select one Tuner as “Preferred”. 3.2. Scan Channels Back to the menu and click “Channelscan”. The windows of “Scan channels” will pop up. Select Reception Type as “Terrestrial” and Select Transponder List basing on where you are. Normally “Fullscan” is recommended if you don’t know your terrestrial TV frequency. “Fullscan”... -
Page 11: Watch And Record Tv
After scan is completed, the found program numbers will be shown and the program list will be automatically saved. You can close the “Scan channels” window. 3.3. Watch and Record TV Move the mouse to the edge line of TBSViewer main window on the right, and a channel list window will appear. - Page 12 TBSViewer allows links to different Video/Audio codecs. To change Video/Audio codec, right click to pop up menu window and click the “Options”, enter the “Decoder” menu. Double click related options to select different codecs. If your system is Windows 7, you can select “Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder” which is bundled in the system.
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Page 13: Chapter 4. Watch Tv With Dvbdream
4.1. Install and use DVBDream Click “Install DVBDream” to start installation, and then click “Next” until the installation is completed. While TBS6220/6280 is installed in your PC, run DVBDream. Click “Device” under “Options” menu, and you will see TBS model name on the dialog. - Page 14 You may click ok or use the UP and Down arrow to select a different Tuner and click start. To set up frequency, you could click on “Frequency Lists” under “Options” menu. Click “Add list”.
- Page 15 Choose correct location from scroll down menu, and set up Bandwidth. For example, if you are in the United Kingdom, you can choose “DVB-T Europe” and 8Mhz bandwidth.
- Page 16 After you have completed the settings, you could click “Scan” or “Manual Scan” under “Channels” menu to search for channels. If you don’t know the exact frequency, Auto Scan is recommended. After scanning, the available channels in this frequency will be spotted, so you then could click “Save Channels”...
- Page 17 Click the channel name you want to watch from the channel list to play that channel. You may also use the record feature to record live TV.
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Page 18: Chapter 5. Watch Tv With Windows 7 Media Center
Chapter 5. Watch TV with Windows 7 Media Center After TBS6220/6280/6284 is installed in your computer, now you can launch Windows 7 Media Center. Click “settings” under “Tasks” column, and then a new window will prop up. See the screenshot below. - Page 19 Then you will see the following window asking you to select your region and input your postal code. If the region is correct, please click “Yes” and “Next”. Otherwise just click “No” and select the correct one again. Then the window “Program Guide Terms of Service” will appear. Select “I agree” to continue.
- Page 20 After this, there will be an “Examining TV Signals” window popping up. This will also take a few minutes. After completion, please click “Next” to continue. Then a “TV Signal Detection Result” window appears.
- Page 21 If you choose “Yes” and click “Next”, it will start to scan channels. If you choose “No, let me configure…” then, there will be a “TV Tuner Selection” window appears for you to select the tuner. Select TBS6280 Tuner A or Tuner B to continue scan.
- Page 22 The found channels will be listed below. Go back to the main menu of Windows 7 Media Center, click “Live TV” under the “TV” column. Relevant TV programs will start to show, and you can switch to different channels.
- Page 23 To switch channels, you can click the Stop button. Then a list of TV channels will pop up and you can select the one you want to watch.
- Page 24 Here is a picture which explains some shortcuts to control the Media center for you. If you don’t see some of the buttons, that’s simply because your Windows 7 Media Center window is not large enough. You should enlarge the window by dragging the window frame, or go to full- screen mode by clicking the Maximize button the upper-right corner.
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Page 25: Appendix. Uk Freeview Transmitters Map
Appendix 1. Check Freeview transmitters at your location and click the transmitter on the map to see Freeview frequencies and program list. http://www.ukfree.tv/txlist.php...