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- Page 1 VideoMate DVB-T series PCI Tuner Card Start Up Guide Compro Technology, Inc. www.comprousa.com...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Remote Control Key Definition and Use ........16 ComproDTV 2.5 ................. 18 Troubleshooting ................. 29 Copyright © 2001-2005. Compro Technology, Inc. No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of Compro Technology, Inc. -
Page 3: About This Guide
About This Guide This manual tells you how to install and use your VideoMate DVB-T PCI Tuner Card. More information is available on the User’s Guides in the programs or on the CD. About VideoMate DVB-T PCI Tuner Card VideoMate DVB-T300 lets you watch and record digital TV broadcast / analog TV signal on your PC. - Page 4 Note In order to receive digital terrestrial TV broadcast, you have to have your own antenna which is crucial. Digital terrestrial TV broadcast uses about the same wave (UHF) as analog TV. It’s recommended to have a fishbone-like antenna on the roof for receiving. More details can be found in the troubleshooting chapter of this manual.
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Page 5: Videomate Dvb-T Pci Card Contents
VideoMate DVB-T PCI Card Contents VideoMate IR Remote Control Start Up Guide DVB-T PCI card (batteries included) Software CD IR Receiver Internal Audio Power switch patch cable patch cable (T300 only) 1 to 4 converter cable (T220 only) -
Page 6: Videomate Dvb-T300/T200A Connectors
VideoMate DVB-T300/T200A Connectors Item Function Description TV Tuner-In T300 Connect to a digital TV antenna or analog TV cable feed. T200A Connect to a digital TV antenna Audio-In Use an audio patch cable to connect to an audio source, such as a VCR, DVD or VCD. Composite-In Use a Composite video patch cable to connect to a video source, such as a VCR, DVD or VCD. -
Page 7: Videomate Dvb-T200 Connectors
VideoMate DVB-T200 Connectors Item Function Description Audio-In Use an audio patch cable to connect to an audio source, such as a VCR, DVD or VCD. Composite-In Use a Composite video patch cable to connect to a video source, such as a VCR, DVD or VCD. TV Tuner-In Connect to a digital TV antenna. -
Page 8: Videomate Dvb-T220 Connectors
VideoMate DVB-T220 Connectors Item Function Description TV Tuner-In Connect to a TV antenna or TV cable feed. Connect the IR receiver here. Audio-In (Blue) Use an audio patch cable to connect to an audio (1 to 4 source, such as a VCR, DVD or VCD. converter External Use the supplied audio patch cable to connect to... -
Page 9: Hardware Installation
Hardware Installation Warning Unplug your PC’s main power cord before installing VideoMate DVB-T PCI card. Failure to do so may cause damage to your VideoMate DVB-T PCI card and void your warranty. 1. Shut down your computer and unplug main power cord. 2. - Page 10 5. Connect the black socket of Power Up patch cable to the power switch connector on the mainboard. 6. Connect the white socket of Power Up patch cable to the connector named “Mainboard” on the VideoMate DVB-T PCI Tuner card. Note Double check your work.
- Page 11 System Device in Settings of ComproDTV. 9. Verify that the power cord to your PC case is unplugged. 10. Insert VideoMate DVB-T PCI card in an open PCI slot. Compro recommends installing the card in the third or fourth PCI slot away from the AGP slot.
- Page 12 Note If the computer cannot be turned on, verify the position of the power patch cable on the mainboard. Consult the mainboard documentation to determine the position of the ATX power switch connector.. Power Up will start your computer 5 minutes in advance of the scheduled recording time, for example, if you have set ComproDTV to record a program at 4 o’clock, it will start your computer at 3:55.
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Page 13: Software Installation
DVB-T300/T200A/T200/T220 drivers, ComproDTV 2.5, Ulead PhotoExplorer 8.5 SE and ComproDVD 2) or choose Custom to select item by item. Compro recommends you choose Complete. Step 3. If you see the Windows Logo testing message, below, please press “Continue Anyway” to proceed. -
Page 14: Remote Power On/Off
Remote Power On/Off Introduction Compro has always focused on developing products of great convenience. VideoMate DVB-T PCI card features the Remote Power On/Off function for greater convenience. This section explains the details. Integration of hardware and software support, you can start your computer from the shut down state by pressing a button on the remote keypad. - Page 15 Remote Power Off There are two situations for this operation. When not watching TV, i.e. no ComproDTV running: Just press the SLEEP button on the lower-right corner on the remote keypad, you will see a dialog as shown below. Program will countdown 20 seconds to shutdown the computer.
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Page 16: Remote Control Key Definition And Use
Remote Control Key Definition and Use Please refer to the buttons and their corresponding function listed on the opposite page... - Page 17 ComproDTV 2.5 ComproDVD 2 Number keys Number keys Mute sound Mute sound Zoom In/Out Zoom In/Out Start/Stop ComproDVD 2 Start/Stop ComproPVR 2 Replay Rewind Play/Pause during Pause or enable timeshifting playback Advance Forward Previous channel Last chapter Stop Stop Tab function Next chapter Main manual Open properties setup...
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Page 18: Comprodtv 2.5
ComproDTV 2.5 Introduction ComproDTV is a complete digital entertainment solution for your PC. Watch and record TV programs on your PC, in full-screen mode or in a window. Timeshifting lets you watch TV, pause live TV, or review your favorite scenes without missing a minute of the program. - Page 19 Icon HotKey Description Enable/Disable Always-on-Top function for TV window.(Oregon circle on the upper-right corner of the TV window) Sleep function Note: Language select is only available while the program supports it. Watching After installation, just press the ComproDTV button on the remote or double click the ComproDTV icon on the desktop you will be able to watch TV.
- Page 20 PIP/POP (Picture In/Out Picture) mode Usually, digital TV station broadcasts multiple programs on one frequency. Therefore, ComproDTV supports up to four windows watching additional TV program of same frequency on another window if available. You can press the Add Window button to open a slave window for that.
- Page 21 Note Running additional windows consumes more CPU usage. If CPU usage reaches 100%, then video lag will occur. Please reduce the number of windows. When main window changes the channel to another frequency, slave window(s) will move to available programs of another frequency. The slave window will show black if there is no additional program on this frequency.
- Page 22 Right-Click Mouse Menu If using mouse to right-click on the TV screen, you can see a menu pop up. There are many useful options for your convenience. Zooming image If you would like to see more details on a certain part of a video image, you can press the mouse right button to drag a zone of the screen.
- Page 23 Custom channels ComproDTV can also set video properties (brightness, contrast, etc) for each channel. Just press the button on the custom column in Channel tab in Settings of ComproDTV. The dialog box will pop up as follow. ComproDTV can let you re-order channel number if necessary. After Autoscan channels, channel number is as same as default channel number.
- Page 24 Note The Difference between “Custom Channels” and “My Favorite Channels List” are: Using “My Favorite Channels List” will only shows the channels you have selected and rotate with up and down in the order you have set. “Using “Custom Channels” you will be able to assign a new channel number to a frequency and therefore will be able to press the number to select the channel.
- Page 25 Recording ComproDTV is a digital video recorder and save the digital TV program which is MPEG-II format to your hard disk. To instantly start recording: Press the Record button . ComproDTV starts recording the video source currently showing in the display window. It will save it to a file on your disk. Press the Stop button to stop recording.
- Page 26 Options You can press the Options button to open the Options dialog box. You can change detail settings of ComproDTV here.
- Page 27 Digital TV Settings This option gives you the way to manually set the method of scanning digital TV programs. Select your choice here or use default channel table to do the scanning. Autoscan The first time you start ComproDTV, Autoscan will automatically scan for available TV channels for TV signals.
- Page 28 Set Mem+ During the Autoscan process, ComproDTV automatically detects and enables channels with a valid signal. By default, every available channel will be enabled and marked with the green icon. However, you can shorten the list of enabled channels to reduce channel-browsing time. Customize your list by enabling or disabling channels from the channel list by clicking on the green icon.
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Page 29: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting OS requirement VideoMate DVB-T PCI card has to work on Windows XP / Windows 2000 or above OS. You are welcome to www.WindowsUpdate.com website for the Service Pack update of Microsoft. VideoMate DVB-T PCI card can also works on Microsoft XP Media Center 2005. - Page 30 Panel applet to uninstall the drivers. Reinstalling the drivers should fix this problem. Error Code: 0x1000006 This error code generally indicates a driver installation problem. Please uninstall and reinstall the drivers. Follow the steps described above. If the problem persists, your problem could also be the result of an IRQ conflict. IRQ conflicts happen when other devices, e.g., network card or sound card, in your computer share the same IRQ with your TV tuner card.
- Page 31 After you are able to successfully use ComproDTV, install the other PCI devices one at a time. Restart your system and test ComproDTV after installing each card. Note Pay attention to the IRQ numbers of networking, sound, and SCSI cards. They should not share IRQs with the TV tuner card.
- Page 32 Why won’t my PC start? Don’t panic. The most common reason for this is because you connected the ATX power switch cable to the wrong pins on the mainboard. Verify the position of the power patch cable on the mainboard. Check the mainboard documentation to verify the position of the connector for ATX power switch cable.
- Page 33 My system cannot Remote Power Up? Please check with above steps. Make sure you have successfully set a schedule to power up. Also make sure red jumper J10 is on 1-2 (default, left). Why can’t I shut down my PC? In rare circumstances, the VideoMate DVB-T PCI card must be reset.
- Page 34 Video OK / No Audio If you can view the TV picture but get no audio, you should check the following: For digital broadcast, please check that the WAVE sound is not muted or volume too low in the Windows Volume Control dialog. (Double-click on the speaker icon in the system tray.) For analog VCR capture, check that it is connected between the internal Audio-Out of the TV tuner card and AUX-In or CD-Player of your sound card...
- Page 35 software will help. Also reinstalling DirectX usually solves the problem. (See our website for how to reinstall DirectX) How can I record as a different video format? Digital program is a fixed MPEG-II format file already. ComproDTV can’t change it and will save it into hard disk directly. Only Analog TV, Composite or S-Video input video can be software encode to your choice of video format.
- Page 36 You can download the latest update from our website. Many issues should be solved on the newer version. When contacting Compro for technical support, please use the Compro support request form and provide as much of the requested information as possible. Please write the details in order to determine the problem.