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- Page 1 VideoMate Vista U100 USB 2.0 DVB-T Stick 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
Installation .................... 6 Windows Media Center Remote for Vista U100 ......... 7 ComproDTV Vista Gadget Tool for Vista..........9 HID (Human Interface Device) for Compro Remote ........12 Open and close the ComproDTV 4 display panel......13 ComproDTV 4 ..................14... -
Page 4: About This Guide
About This Guide VideoMate Vista U100 lets you watch and record digital terrestrial TV broadcast on your computer or laptop. It can efficiently capture digital terrestrial TV broadcast programs from your area. VideoMate U100 features a TV tuner for digital TV broadcast, Digital Video Recording (DVR) functions, scheduled recording at anytime, crystal video quality, and intelligent TV viewing. -
Page 5: Videomate U100 Contents
VideoMate U100 Contents Start Up Guide VideoMate U100 MCE Remote DVB-T stick with battery Software CD USB 2.0 cable Digital terrestrial TV antenna Note In order to receive digital terrestrial TV broadcast, the antenna is crucial. Digital terrestrial TV broadcast uses about the same wave as analog TV. It’s recommended to have a fishbone-like antenna on the roof for receiving. -
Page 6: Installation
“setup.exe” on the installation CD.) You can choose Complete to install all necessary software (VideoMate U100 drivers, ComproDTV4, or choose Custom to select item by item. Compro recommends you choose Complete. Step 3. After each program is successfully installed, press Finish to proceed. -
Page 7: Windows Media Center Remote For Vista U100
Windows Media Center Remote for Vista U100 Compro VideoMate Vista U100 bundles the easy-to-use Microsoft certified remote control to controls the Media Center and also ComproDTV, ComproFM software. Some keys special designed Windows Vista Premium/Ultimate, it may not be used in Windows XP system. - Page 8 Windows Media ComproDTV 4 Center (MCE) Into sleep mode Into sleep mode Media Center Media Center Mute Mute Channel Up Channel Up/Angle Channel Down Channel Down/Subtitle Volume Up Volume Up Volume Down Volume Down More Zoom Back Guide/Menu Up, Mono/SAP/Stereo Down Down/snapshot Right...
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Page 9: Comprodtv Vista Gadget Tool For Vista
ComproDTV Vista Gadget Tool for Vista The Compro gadget tool is designed to provide the more convenient TV experience in Windows Vista. It will be installed from the Compro installation CD, and you can delete and add it from gadget setup. - Page 10 If clicking any files, the gadget will change to play mode from playlist mode, then playing the file you clicked. Scheduler list mode: This mode will display the top 5 of your current scheduled list, you can click any of the scheduled item and check the detail information of it.
- Page 11 Gadget Settings Settings of gadget have four parts included: Capture device : to select capture devices. (when running gadget first time or having more than one device, this item is needed) Quality setting : to select recording quality Normal, Better, Best Quality Record folder: a directory to place recorded files.
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Page 12: Hid (Human Interface Device) For Compro Remote
Setup: Step 1: Choose the type of your remote control. (There are many type of remote from Compro, please select the remote picture as you have). Step 2: Choose one IR function you want to change. Step3: Set the IR dialog you want and press OK button. -
Page 13: Open And Close The Comprodtv 4 Display Panel
If you have any MCE system in your PC, such as Windows MCE, Vista Premium, Vista Ultimate, this function can replace the windows remote control. HID can also combine the Compro software control in the MCE interface to make you more convenient. -
Page 14: Comprodtv 4
ComproDTV 4 Control Panel The ComproDTV 4.2 control panel resembles the controls on a VCR. Please note that not all options are available at all times, and may be grayed out or inaccessible depending on your hardware setup and TV services available. The following figure gives you the function of the button with (Hot key) Volume Channel Up (Page Up) - Page 15 HotKey Description Video Source Enable/Disable Always-on-Top function for Audio mode Switch (V) TV window.(Oregon circle on the upper-right corner of the TV window) Sleep function Video Desktop TV / Timeshifting Open snapshot dialog box mode Note: Language select is only available while the program supports it.
- Page 16 can interrupt the scanning process by pressing the Stop button. After you are finished scanning for available channels, you may select OK to return to the display window, or customize the channel list according to your preferences, as described below. Channel Naming You can customize the channel names by double-click on the Description field of the channel you wish to rename.
- Page 17 ComproDTV 4 also supports 2 or above Compro products connect and watch it at the same time. If you have more than one Compro analog or digital TV cards and USB TV box, you can use it to watch the live TV from different devices.
- Page 18 Choosing the “Digital Sub Window” will open a new window to view the digital sub channels in the same frequency of the main window. Choosing the “VideoMate xxx Video Capture” will open a new window to view digital or analog channel with the second tuner in other products, which you are able to tune to any channel you prefer.
- Page 19 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 20 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. You may also press the Advance (for commercial skip) and Replay (for instant replay) buttons on the control panel or remote control to navigate through the program.
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Page 21: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting steps If you have problem installing or running VideoMate Vista U100, please check the following by step: OS issue: VideoMate Vista U100 has to work on USB 2.0 interface. Note only Windows XP SP2 or Vista support USB 2.0. You are welcome to www.WindowsUpdate.com website for the Service Pack update of Microsoft. - Page 22 No sound on the recorded file: Please see above “Video OK / No Audio.” on the number 5. Playback lags: VideoMate Vista U100 needs CPU resources to do the encoding. Therefore, the lags come when CPU fails to encode in real time. Usually, VCD quality needs about 1.7 GHz CPU for recording while DVD quality needs about 2.4G CPU for recording.
- Page 23 Note Digital TV broadcast is different than normal analog TV. You will see no picture instead of noisy or blurred picture when the signal is too weak. Make sure you have a good antenna and strong digital TV signal in your location. Or you will have no TV picture at all.
- Page 24 Questions) on our web site http://www.comprousa.com/support You are welcome to download the latest software from our website as well. Most problems may be solved on the updates. When contacting Compro for technical support, please use the Compro support request form and provide as much of the requested information as possible.
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