About This Guide This manual tells you how to install and use your VideoMate U3 Digital Terrestrial USB 2.0 TV Tuner Box. For more information on using applications, please see the User’s Guides in the programs, on the CDs, or at our website for the latest manuals http://www.comprousa.com.
VideoMate U3 Contents VideoMate U3 Manual Software CD USB extension cable TV connector Antenna We suggest to connect VideoMate U3 with your laptop as the picture below.
Complete to install all necessary software (VideoMate U3 drivers, ComproDTV, ComproDVD, Ulead PhotoExplore 8.5 SE) 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”...
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.
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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 double click the ComproDTV icon on the desktop you will be able to watch TV.
Channel Surfing While watching TV, the channel surfing feature displays a 4x4 grid of channel images to give you an overview of available programming. EPG (Electronic Program Guide) You can press the EPG button to open the EPG dialog box. EPG can provides lots of information about the TV program when available.
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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.
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Note The default folder of recorded file is on My Document, you can change to another folder by entering the Options of ComproDTV. Digital TV program is a fixed MPEG-II file format from TV station. ComproDTV will directly save them into your hard disk and can’t transfer them to another format.
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Options You can press the Options button to open the Options dialog box. You can change detail settings of ComproDTV here. 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.
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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.
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting steps If you have problem installing or running VideoMate U3, please check the following by step: 1. OS issue: VideoMate U3 has to work on USB 2.0 interface. Note only Windows XP SP1 / Windows 2000 SP4 or above OS support USB 2.0. You are welcome to www.WindowsUpdate.com website for the Service Pack update of Microsoft.
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5. Power Issue: VideoMate U3 takes power from the USB 2.0 port. Note: PCMCIA and USB hub won’t provide enough power so that you have to use PCMCIA and USB hub with adapter plug-in in order to take power from it. Sometimes plugging in another USB 2.0 port may help.
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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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