Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Quick Installation Manual

WinTV-HVR-2250
for Vista Media Center
Quick Installation Guide
Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc.
91 Cabot Court, Hauppauge, NY 11788
tel: 631-434-1600 • fax: 631-434-3198 • tech support: 631-434-3197
techsupport@hauppauge.com
www.hauppauge.com
1. Contents of the WinTV-HVR-2250
• WinTV-HVR-2250 dual tuner PCI Express board, with on-board TV
antenna splitter and dual hardware MPEG-2 encoders
• Audio/Video input board with cable
WinTV-HVR Installation CD-
•
ROM
For Vista Media Center kits,
you will also find:
Media Center Remote
•
Control transmitter and two
AA batteries
• Media Center Remote con-
trol receiver/blaster box
• IR transmitter cable (blaster
cable)
• USB cable for the Media
Center remote control receiv-
er/blaster box
2. What is ATSC digital TV, and how does the WinTV-
HVR-2250 work?
ATSC digital TV is a over-the-air digital TV for North America. ATSC
digital TV typically requires an antenna for reception, and is current-
ly broadcast in 200 cities, with over 1500 TV stations. Note: ATSC
digital TV is NOT digital cable TV or digital satellite TV. Digital cable
TV, broadcast "in the clear", is called Clear QAM. Media Center can-
not currently receive digital cable TV or digital satellite TV.
ATSC digital TV is transmitted in several resolutions, from "standard
definition" which is similar to cable TV, up to high definition which
has about 16 times the resolution of normal cable TV. In any resolu-
tion, ATSC digital TV gives sharper pictures than analog cable TV
and near CD quality sound.
WinTV-HVR-2250 has a built-in analog cable TV and digital ATSC
TV tuner. It uses your PC or laptop's CPU for displaying both analog
and digital TV programs on your PC screen.
The decoding of high definition ATSC is very processor intensive,
and the smoothness of high definition TV programs depends upon
how fast your PC or laptop system is. Other PC activities that con-
sume CPU resources might affect the display of ATSC digital TV.
Slow video, jerky video and momentary pausing of video are all
results of a CPU which is temporarily being used by other activities.
For the best ATSC digital TV reception, a roof top 'Wideband' or
'High gain' antenna is recommended. In the U.S., a good ATSC digi-
tal antenna selector can be found at TitanTV.com under
Resources.
3. Installing the WinTV-HVR-2250
The WinTV-HVR-2250 MC-Kit will work with Microsoft's Media
Center application in Vista Home Premium or Ultimate. It will also
work with the Hauppauge WinTV v6 application in Windows XP and
Windows Vista (all versions).
To install, switch off the computer and remove the computer cover.
The manufacturer of your PC supplies instructions on removing the
PC cover.
N ote: Your PC could be damaged by elec-
trostatic discharge. Avoid this by con-
tacting the earthed chassis of your PC,
before you open it or touch the pci card.
Locate a free PCIe slot. Unscrew and
•
remove the metacover plate which covers
the back of the empty slot.
Plug the WinTV-HVR-2250 board into
•
the PCIe slot, and screw the WinTV-
HVR-2250 metal cover plate to the PC.
Replace the computer cover.
•
Plug either a rooftop TV antenna or
cable TV into the TV In connector. An FM radio antenna can be
plugged into the FM connector.
Connecting an external Audio/Video source
You can connect up to
two external audio/video
sources.
A/V Source 1 would be
connected to the S-
Video and Audio mini-
jack connectors on the
back panel of WinTV-
HVR-2250.
A/V Source 2 would be
source 2
connected using the A/V
cable set (provided).
source 1
4. Installing the WinTV-HVR-2250 driver
N ote: the latest WinTV-HVR-2250 software can be found at
www.hauppauge.com/pages/support/support_hvr2250.html
Installing the WinTV-HVR-2250 Windows Vista driver
After plugging the WinTV-HVR-2250 into your PC, turn on your
computer. Windows Vista will load. The Found New Hardware
window will appear.
Insert the WinTV-HVR Installation CD-ROM in your PC's CD-
ROM drive. Note: If the CD auto play opens a window, close
this window.
Click Locate and install driver software (recommended).
Then click Don't search on-line. Click Next. When the driver is
installed, click Close.
Cable TV or
TV antenna
FM radio
antenna
S-Video in
Audio in
A/V
A/V