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- Page 1 VideoMate S500 DVB-S USB 2.0 TV Tuner Box Start Up Guide Compro Technology, Inc. www.comprousa.com...
- Page 2 Copyright © 2001-2008. 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. Compro, VideoMate, Poladyne, Play with Power, and the Compro logo are trademarks of Compro Technology, Inc.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Table of Contents............1 About This Guide ............2 About VideoMate S500 DVB-S Tuner Box ....2 VideoMate S500 USB 2.0 Box Contents....4 VideoMate S500 TV Box Connectors ......5 Software Installation ........... 6 Remote Shut Down ............. 7 Remote Control Key Definition and Use .... -
Page 4: About This Guide
About This Guide This manual tells you how to install and use your VideoMate S500 DVB-S USB 2.0 Tuner Box. More information is available on the User’s Guides in the programs or on the CD. About VideoMate S500 DVB-S Tuner Box VideoMate S500 lets you watch and record free-to-air satellite TV broadcast on your PC. - Page 5 RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS To use all the features of VideoMate S500 USB 2.0 Box, your PC should meet the following requirements. P4 3.0 GHz CPU for HDTV viewing, recording, and PIP/POP feature 1.0 GB RAM Sound Box or on-board sound chip Graphics Box or on-board graphics chip supports DirectX 9.0 Available USB 2.0 port CD-ROM for software installation...
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Page 6: Videomate S500 Usb 2.0 Box Contents
VideoMate S500 USB 2.0 Box Contents IR Remote Control Start Up VideoMate S500 (batteries included) Guide USB 2.0 Box Software CD USB 2.0 cable Power Adapter... -
Page 7: Videomate S500 Tv Box Connectors
VideoMate S500 TV Box Connectors BOX Back View Name Function Description RF-OUT RF Connector RF Signal out RF-IN RF Connector RF Signal in USB Connector To connect TV BOX and the PC with USB 2.0 cable BOX Side View Name Function Description POWER... -
Page 8: Software Installation
“Setup.exe” in the disk.) Step 2. You can choose to install the “full installation” to install all the software (VideoMate S500 driver, ComproDTV, Compro IP Sink, ComproDVD 2) or choose by your own. We suggest you to use “full Installation”. -
Page 9: Remote Shut Down
Remote Shut Down There are two situations for the operation. When not watching TV, i.e. no ComproDTV running: Just press the SLEEP button on the remote keypad, you will see a dialog as shown below. Program will countdown 20 seconds to shutdown the computer. If you don’t want to shut down the computer, please press the SLEEP button again, in other words, pressing the SLEEP key a second time is the same as pressing the “Cancel”... -
Page 10: Remote Control Key Definition And Use
Remote Control Key Definition and Use Icon ComproDTV 2 ComproDVD 2 ZOOM Zoom In/Out Start/Stop ComproDVD 2 Start/Stop ComproDTV 2 CHAN Switch channels Not used Volume Volume Record Snapshot Add to TV/VIDEO TV/ S-Video bookmark Backward Replay Rewind Play/Pause Timeshifting Playback Stop Stop... -
Page 11: Comprodtv
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. Time shifting lets you watch TV, pause live TV, or review your favorite scenes without missing a minute of the program. -
Page 12: Channel Scan
Icon Hot Key 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. Options You can press the Options button to open the Options dialog box. You can change detail settings of ComproDTV here. - Page 13 LNB settings, please contact your satellite dish provider for correct information. DiSEqC1.2 motor control setting Compro S500 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 14 S3, and Port S4 tab) Note Compro S500 supports up to 4 ports DiSEqC switch. Before using auto scan, 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 15 Channel Display Pull-down list Select satellite channels specific satellite TV only Free to Air Only Free-to-Air channels Radio Only radio channels Scrambled Only scrambled channels Note After one of above selection made, only the selected list will be used by the channel up/down buttons on the control panel.
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Page 16: Channel Surfing
Set Lock (Parental Control) By default, ComproDTV lets you access all available channels. A Parental Control feature allows you to restrict the viewing of certain channels altogether or during limited times. You can lock a channel by clicking in the column labeled Lock next to the channel number you wish to restrict. - Page 17 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. You will see the zoomed image. Also you can press the mouse right button and move on the screen to shift the zoomed area of the image.
- Page 18 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 19 Alignment Window button will put sub window(s) into main window which is convenient for you to watch multiple programs on full screen mode. The buttons on the upper-left corner sub window are Channel Up, Channel Down, Mute, Windows Alignment, and Close respectively. Sub window can be resized by mouse dragging lower-left corner to any ratio.
- Page 20 Click the right button of mouse on TV display window to open dialog box, then choose “Video Desktop” The Video Desktop feature also support Picture in Picture feature, and you still can do “Stop”, “Pause”, “Forward”, “Backward”, “Mute”, “Snapshot”, “Windows Alignment” and “Channel Up/Down”...
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Page 21: Comprodvd 2
ComproDVD 2 Introduction Stability, simplicity, and superiority. ComproDVD epitomizes these traits to the maximum and gives users all they wish for in a DVD player. Note This section provides basic information for ComproDVD. For more details, please check the help file of ComproDVD or the manual in the installation CD. Control Panel The following describe the ComproDVD control panel functions, and tips for using ComproDVD. -
Page 22: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting OS requirement VideoMate S500 has to work on Windows XP SP 2 and Vista 32 bit (not support 64 bit version of XP and Vista system). You are welcome to www.WindowsUpdate.com website for the Service Pack update of Microsoft. Driver Installation The most common cause of problems with the TV Tuner Box is incorrect installation of the TV capture and TV tuner drivers. - Page 23 The recorded file from VCR has no sound? Please plug VCR Composite video cable (yellow) into TV Box yellow connector. Composite Audio needs to connect to the Line-In port of your sound Box. You have to buy a converter (see the right) to transfer Composite Audio cable (red one and white one) into stereo.
- Page 24 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.