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- Page 1 VideoMate S300 DVB-S PCI TV Tuner Card Start Up Guide Compro Technology, Inc. www.comprousa.com...
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Page 2: About This Guide
About This Guide This manual tells you how to install and use your VideoMate S300 DVB-S PCI Tuner Card. More information is available on the User’s Guides in the programs or on the installation CD. About VideoMate S300 DVB-S Tuner Card VideoMate S300 lets you watch and record Satellite TV broadcast on your PC. - Page 3 CD-ROM for software installation Windows XP SP2 / Vista Update the latest drivers on the system hardware 50 MB free space for software installation 600 MB (VCD-quality) to 3 GB (DVD-quality) per hour of recorded video Digital Satellite TV Dish, LNB, and DiSEqC Version 1.2 VideoMate S300 PCI Card Contents VideoMate S300 Start Up Guide...
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Page 4: Hardware Installation
TV card, and then remove the PC case cover. Insert VideoMate S300 in an available PCI slot. Compro recommends installing the card in the third or fourth PCI slot away from the AGP slot. Assemble the computer cover back and plug the PC power cord. -
Page 5: Remote Control Key Definition And Use
When watching TV, i.e. ComproDTV is running: Just press the SLEEP button on the lower-right corner on the remote keypad repeatedly, you will see the text on the screen turns to SLEEP OFF, SLEEP ON - 30 MINUTES, SLEEP ON - 1 HOUR, SLEEP ON - 2 HOURS, and SHUTDOWN. -
Page 6: Control Panel
ComproDTV 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 7: Channel Surfing
Icon HotKey Description Enable/Disable Always-on-Top function for TV window.(Orange 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 8: Still Image Capture
Still Image Capture Click on the capture icon on the control panel or hit the "Space Bar" of the keyboard shortcut to capture an image of the display window. You can see the screen capture dialog as below. Recording ComproDTV is a digital video recorder and save the digital TV program which is MPEG-II format to your hard disk. - Page 9 Playback Press the Play button to open the Play dialog box. Timeshifting Timeshifting temporarily saves the video to your hard disk for a specified period of time so that you can pause, replay, or skip commercials during live TV, without interrupting an ongoing recording session. Press the Timeshifting button and the Time Monitoring bar will appear.
- Page 10 LNB settings, please contact your satellite dish provider for correct information. DiSEqC1.2 motor control setting Compro S350/S300 supports DiSEqC 1.2 version. If you have installed motor that compatible to DiSEqC, it may aim to different satellite to receive different satellite’s channels.
- Page 11 “4 ports DiSEqC1.2 switch” will have Port S1, Port S2, Port S3, and Port S4 tab) Note Compro S350/S300 supports up to 4 ports DiSEqC switch. Before using autoscan, you may need to confirm the LNB connection and settings are correctly setup. After channel scanning, ComproDTV will receive the correspondent channels of the satellite.
- Page 12 For digital TV channels, you can do more changes on the channel’s property by right-click the mouse on the Description field of the channel you wish to edit. 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.
- Page 13 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 sub window for that.
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Page 14: Video Desktop
Video Desktop ComproDTV provides the new feature of Video Desktop, you can click right mouse button on the TV screen to open the dialog box and choose the Video Desktop mode. And you can set your TV watching screen as the live wallpaper; it’s more convenient to watch TV and using other application on your Windows’... -
Page 15: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Driver Installation The most common cause of problems with the TV Tuner Card is incorrect installation of the TV capture and TV tuner drivers. If you have problems with watching, recording, or timeshifting live TV, please check the status of the drivers with Device Manager. -
Page 16: Contacting Compro Technical Support
Power, and the Compro logo are trademarks of Compro Technology, Inc. Other names and marks are trademarks of their respective owners. Compro Technology, Inc. Tel. +886 2 2918 0169, Fax +886 2 2915 2389 3/F, No.12, Alley 6, Lane 45, Pao Shin Road Hsintein City, Taipei, Taiwan. www.comprousa.com...