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- Page 1 SD Personal Video Recorder GTV-SD-PVR User Manual www.gefentv.com...
- Page 2 Chatsworth, CA 91311 www.gefentv.com support@gefentv.com Gefen Inc. reserves the right to make changes in the hard ware, packaging and any accompanying doc u men ta tion without prior written notice. Gefen TV SD PVR is a trademark of Gefen Inc.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Operating The Gefen TV SD PVR / GUI Navigation Operating The Gefen TV SD PVR / Initial Setup Operating The Gefen TV SD PVR / Watching A Live Source Operating The Gefen TV SD PVR / Recording A Source Operating The Gefen TV SD PVR / Recording Quality Operating The Gefen TV SD PVR / Viewing And Managing Media Operating The Gefen TV SD PVR / System Confi... -
Page 4: Introduction
The PVR is easy to use. You simply connect your video source(s) to one or all of the SD-PVR’s 3 inputs, then connect the Display on any of the up to 3 video output ports (Composite, Component and S-Video). Once the Source(s), the SD- PVR and the Display are powered and connected, you simply select the video source and function that you want using the infrared (IR) remote. -
Page 5: Operation Notes
OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR • USB media is required to be attached for use of the Gefen TV SD PVR. If there is not a valid USB media device attached to the Gefen TV SD PVR, the unit will display a message on screen and will not allow any operation to be performed. -
Page 6: Features
Friendly graphical interface for controlling settings • 1/4x-20x digital picture zoom for viewing photos and movies Package Includes (1) Gefen Standard-Defi nition Personal Video Recorder (1) 5V DC power supply (1) Remote Control, Infra-Red handheld type (1) User’s Manual FEATURES... -
Page 7: Panel Layout
PANEL LAYOUT Front Panel Back Panel... -
Page 8: Panel Descriptions
POWER LED The Power LED will be active when the unit is on. There is no LED active when the unit is in off. VIDEO LED This Video LED will be active when a valid composite source is connected and selected. S LED This S LED will be active when a valid s-video source is connected and selected. - Page 9 COMPOSITE AUDIO INPUT L/R RCA stereo analog audio input for composite video. COMPOSITE VIDEO OUTPUT 480i and 576i composite video output. S-VIDEO OUTPUT 480i and 576i s-video output. COMPONENT VIDEO OUTPUT 480i and 576i component video output. PANEL DESCRIPTIONS...
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Page 10: Connecting The Gefen Tv Sd Pvr
L/R RCA cable. Connect the USB media to the Gefen TV SD PVR’s USB input port. Connect the included 5V DC power supply to the Gefen TV SD PVR and a wall power outlet. -
Page 11: Operating The Gefen Tv Sd Pvr / Remote Control
OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR The Gefen TV SD PVR uses a GUI (graphical user interface) that is displayed on-screen for ease of navigation of the features and settings. All of the available commands and operations are conducted by using the included IR remote control. -
Page 12: Operating The Gefen Tv Sd Pvr / Gui Navigation
OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR Begins recording the currently selected source. STOP Stops the current recording. VOLUME + AND - Increases and decreases the audio volume. MUTE Mutes the audio output. Press again to resume audio output. REWIND Rewind during playback of content. -
Page 13: Operating The Gefen Tv Sd Pvr / Initial Setup
The Power and USB LED should become active, and your display should show the initial USB scan screen (1-1) The Gefen TV SD PVR will warn you if either a USB device is not found (1-2) or if the connected USB device is not compatible with the unit (1-3). -
Page 14: Operating The Gefen Tv Sd Pvr / Watching A Live Source
Exits USB Mode and starts the Auto-Detect Feature EXIT To initially prepare the unit for use, it is recommended that the currently connected USB media be formatted by the Gefen TV SD PVR. Please follow the steps below to format the USB media device. From the Home Screen (1-5), use the included IR remote to navigate to the System Menu (1-6) item and press OK. -
Page 15: Operating The Gefen Tv Sd Pvr / Recording A Source
OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR Select the Format option (1-9) in the Format window (1-10) and press OK. HD Utility window (1-11) will appear and ask for confi rmation to begin formatting. Select the YES option and press OK to start formatting the USB media device. -
Page 16: Operating The Gefen Tv Sd Pvr / Recording Quality
OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR Format window (1-12) will show the progress of the format. The formatting process will be complete when the status bar reads 100% (1-13). Once the formatting process is fi nished (1-14), press any button on the remote to return to the Format window (1-15). -
Page 17: Operating The Gefen Tv Sd Pvr / Viewing And Managing Media
OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR WATCHING A LIVE SOURCE SELECTING A LIVE VIDEO SOURCE & AUTO-DETECT FEATURE A source can be watched in real-time. To access the live source feed, simply press the EXIT button while in USB Mode (Home Screen 2-1). -
Page 18: Operating The Gefen Tv Sd Pvr / System Confi Guration
OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR The Information Display Panel is activated by pressing the Display button on the included IR remote. Pressing the button once will bring up the Information Display Panel. The Information Display Panel will remain on-screen until the Display button is pressed once more to hide it. - Page 19 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR DATE Displays the current date. The date can be adjusted from the System Menu on page 43. TIME Displays the current time. The time can be adjusted from the System Menu on page 43.
- Page 20 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR The Recording Indicator will remain on-screen while the unit is recording the live video source. RECORDING INFORMATION DISPLAY PANEL Pressing the Display button on the IR remote while recording will bring up the Recording Information Display Panel as shown below (3-3).
- Page 21 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR STOP RECORDING A LIVE VIDEO FEED When you want to stop recording the live video feed, press the Stop button on the remote control (3-4). The unit will pause for a moment to perform some maintenance procedures on the newly created fi...
- Page 22 The following sections will outline the options that are available for watching and managing all of the media fi les on the Gefen TV SD PVR. Readable fi le formats that are placed on a connected USB media device are:...
- Page 23 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR The Movie Menu (4A-3) is where all recorded and stored movies will be available for viewing and managing. SELECTED MOVIE TRACK NUMBER This shows the track number of the selected movie fi le. The format is as...
- Page 24 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR 4A-4 The naming structure for directories are limited to eight alpha-numeric characters. Spaces and special characters are not allowed. All directories that exceed these limitations will automatically be truncated. Multiple levels of directories are allowed and each one will be listed as a separate directory in the directory list.
- Page 25 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR From the Movie Menu (4A-5), select your desired movie and press the OK or button on the IR remote control to begin movie playback. Basic playback controls are executed from the included IR remote control. A small icon will briefl...
- Page 26 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR PAUSE Pause the currently playing movie. To resume playback press the Play. STEP FWD Fast forward playback by a single frame when the movie is paused. RIGHT DIRECTIONAL BUTTON Progress to the next track in the current directory.
- Page 27 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR MOVIE INFORMATION DISPLAY PANEL Pressing the Display button on the IR remote while playing a movie will bring up the Movie Information Display Panel as shown below (4A-7). RECORDING MEDIUM This indicates what type of recording device is connected. This will always be listed as USB.
- Page 28 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR TRACK TIME This displays the current track’s playback position in time and the track’s total playback time. The time format is as follows: 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 / 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 Hours Minutes Seconds Hours Minutes The Zoom button can be used to focus in or out of a movie during playback.
- Page 29 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR CLEAR KEY This will clear the entire Name Field. BACK SPACE KEY This key will delete the previous character. SPACE KEY This key will add a space in the Name Field. CAPS LOCK KEY This key will toggle between lowercase and uppercase letters.
- Page 30 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR The Music Menu (4B-3) is where all stored music will be available for listening and managing. SELECTED MOVIE TRACK NUMBER This shows the track number of the selected music fi le. The format is as...
- Page 31 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR DIRECTORY All directories on the connected USB media device that contain valid music fi les will be listed here. Pressing the OK button on the IR remote control when this item is selected will display a list of these directories (4B-4). Using the IR remote control, you can navigate up and down this menu to select your desired directory.
- Page 32 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR If there are more than 11 total music fi les in the selected directory, you can either manually scroll down to access the remaining directories, or you can press the Step Fwd or Step Rew buttons on the IR remote control to navigate forwards and backwards through full pages of directories.
- Page 33 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR FAST FWD Fast forward during playback of music content. The music track fast forwards in the following order: PAUSE Pause the currently playing music track. To resume playback press the Play. The repeat function can be used to repeat a single music track or an entire directory.
- Page 34 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR Music tracks can be renamed using the on-screen keyboard. From the Music Menu, select the fi le that you wish to rename and press the Rename button on the IR remote control. The on-screen keyboard (4B-8) will appear.
- Page 35 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR This mode can be accessed at anytime while in the USB Mode by pressing the PIC button on the IR remote control. The only exception is when the user is in the System Menu.
- Page 36 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR SELECTED PHOTO NUMBER This shows the track number of the selected photo fi le. The format is as follows: PHOTO WIDTH This displays the current photo’s pixel width. PHOTO HEIGHT This displays the current photo’s pixel height.
- Page 37 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR FILE All fi les in the currently selected directory are listed here. Using the IR remote control, you can navigate up and down this menu to select your desired directory. The fi les are listed in the following format: 0 0 0 XXXXXXXX .
- Page 38 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR PLAYBACK CONTROLS Basic playback controls are executed from the included IR remote control. A small icon will briefl y appear in the left-hand corner of the screen to indicate which command was used. STOP Stops the current photo playback.
- Page 39 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR SEQ PLAY Sequential playback of all photos in the selected directory once. FILE REP Repeat the current photo indefi nitely. DIR REPEAT Same as SEQ PLAY but will repeat playback of the entire directory indefi nitely.
- Page 40 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR PHOTO WIDTH This displays the current photo’s pixel width. PHOTO HEIGHT This displays the current photo’s pixel height. The Zoom button can be used to focus in or out of a photo during playback. To zoom into the movie, press the Zoom button on the IR remote control during playback or when the movie is paused.
- Page 41 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR SPACE KEY This key will add a space in the Name Field. CAPS LOCK KEY This key will toggle between lowercase and uppercase letters. By default, all keys will appear in the uppercase form.
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Page 42: System Configuration
OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR SYSTEM CONFIGURATION The Gefen TV SD PVR has a number of setup options that can all be accessed via the System Menu. From the Home Screen (5-1) in USB Mode, navigate to the System Menu (5-2) listing and press the OK button. -
Page 43: Setup Menu
OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR SETUP MENU SECTION 5A The Setup Menu is separated into two main categories. The System and A/V Set sections. The sections have the following confi guration options: SYSTEM TV System System Language Set Date... - Page 44 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR SYSTEM To navigate this menu system, use the Directional keys on the IR remote control to move in and out of menu options. Highlight a menu option and press the OK button to confi rm a menu item change. Currently set menu options are marked with a yellow asterisk.
- Page 45 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR SYSTEM LANGUAGE This changes the language for all menu options and labels. OPTIONS: ENGLISH (Default), CHINESE, DUTCH, SPANISH, FRENCH, AND PORTUGESE. TIME FORMAT This will change the way that the date and time appear in all menu systems.
- Page 46 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR SET DATE This will set the date that is shown on all system menus. OPTIONS: Use the ◄ and ► Directional buttons to move between fi elds, and the ▲ and ▼ buttons to change the values.
- Page 47 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR RESET SETTINGS This will reset all system options to their default factory settings. OPTIONS: Use the OK button on the IR remote control to initiate a factory reset. A/V SETUP VIDEO OUTPUT This will set the output to either YCbCr or Pan and Scan.
- Page 48 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR TV TYPE This will set the output video format OPTIONS: PS 4:3, LB 4:3, 16:9 NOTE: PS = Pan And Scan LB = Letterbox BRIGHTNESS This will adjust the brightness of the video output.
- Page 49 OPERATING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR Use the ▲ and ▼ buttons on the IR remote control to change the brightness level. Default brightness level is set to 6.
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Page 50: Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS Video Amplifi er Bandwidth ... 74.5 Mhz Input Video Signal ... 1.2 Volts p-p Input DDC Signal ... 5 Volts p-p (TTL) Single Link Range ... 480i and 576i Input Connectors ... Composite (TV), S-Video, Component Output Connectors ... Composite (TV), S-Video, Component Audio Connections ... -
Page 51: Warranty
Gefen warrants the equipment it manufactures to be free from defects in material and workmanship. If equipment fails because of such defects and Gefen is notifi ed within two (2) years from the date of shipment, Gefen will, at its option, repair or replace the equipment, provided that the equipment has not been subjected to mechanical, electrical, or other abuse or modifi...
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