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COMPRO VideoMate Vista E500F Startup Manual

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  • Page 1 VideoMate Vista E500F PCIe Tuner Card 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents VideoMate Vista E500F PCIe Tuner Card ........4 VideoMate Vista E500F Package Contents ......... 5 VideoMate Vista E500F Connectors ..........6 Hardware Installation ..............7 Software Installation..............10 Windows Media Center Remote for Vista E500F....... 11 Remote Power On/Off..............13 ComproDTV Vista Gadget Tool for Vista ........

  • Page 4: Videomate Vista E500F Pcie Tuner Card

    Windows XP SP2 or Vista x86/x64 50 MB free disk space for basic software installation. RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS To use all the features of VideoMate Vista E500F PCIe card, your PC should meet the following requirements. P4 2.4 GHz for PIP mode 1.0 GB System Memory...

  • Page 5: Videomate Vista E500F Package Contents

    VideoMate Vista E500F Package Contents Windows Media I-type to F-type Vista E500F Batteries Center remote converter TV card Power switch FM antenna IR cable Start Up Guide patch cable 6 in 1 Audio/video Low-Profile Ulead Software Installation CD cable Bracket...

  • Page 6: Videomate Vista E500F Connectors

    VideoMate Vista E500F Connectors Item Function Description TV Tuner-In Analog TV or digital TV cable/antenna input FM Tuner-In Connect to an FM antenna feed. Connect the IR receiver here. Audio-In Use an audio patch cable to connect to an audio source, (Blue) such as a VCR, DVD or VCD.

  • Page 7: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation Warning Unplug your PC’s main power cord before installing VideoMate Vista E500F PCIe card. Failure to do so may cause damage to your VideoMate Vista E500F PCIe card and void your warranty. 1. Shut down your computer and unplug main power cord. 2.
  • Page 8 Power Up Connections in steps 3 through 6. You can still use scheduled recording from Standby mode or powered on state. 7. Insert VideoMate Vista E500F PCIe card in an open PCIe slot. This completes the hardware installation. Please read the following notes and...
  • Page 9 Note For best performance, the VideoMate Vista E500F PCIe card should not share its IRQ. For more information, please see the Troubleshooting section. 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.

  • Page 10: Software Installation

    After installing the PCIe card and cables in your computer, you should restart it and follow these steps to install the software. Step 1. After restarting, Windows will detect your VideoMate Vista E500F PCIe card and start the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard, prompting you to install the VideoMate Vista E500F PCIe card drivers.

  • Page 11: Windows Media Center Remote For Vista E500F

    Windows Media Center Remote for Vista E500F Compro VideoMate Vista E500F bundles the easy-to-use Microsoft certified remote control to controls the Windows Media Center and also ComproDTV, ComproFM software. Some keys are special designed for Windows Vista Premium/Ultimate, it may not be used in Windows XP system.
  • Page 12 Windows Media ComproDTV 4 ComproFM 2 Center (MCE) Number Key Preset stations Number Key Power On/Sleep mode Power On/Sleep mode Sleep mode Videos (MCE) Videos (MCE) Videos (MCE) Radio (MCE) Radio (MCE) Radio (MCE) Music (MCE) Music (MCE) Music (MCE) Pictures (MCE) Pictures (MCE) Pictures (MCE)

  • Page 13: Remote Power On/Off

    Introduction Compro has always focused on developing products of great convenience. VideoMate Vista E500F PCIe 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 14 Note You must correctly install the Power Up connectors to use Remote Power On/Off function. See Hardware Installation section above for more information. There will be a two second delay before the PC powers on. You have to install the TV card’s driver correctly before using this feature. This feature cannot logon your system.

  • Page 15: 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 16 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 17: Comprodtv Windows Media Center Add-In

    Record button To record the TV show to your hardware drive. Timeshifting button At Compro software will not forced to execute but let you control this function by yourself. Snapshot button It provides you the more instinct interface. As soon as you snap one shot, and it will be shown directly on the left and bottom corner of DTV Add-In for preview.

  • Page 18: 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 19: Open And Close The Comprodtv 4 Control Panel

    If you have any Windows Media Center 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 20: Comprodtv 4

    ComproDTV 4 Control Panel The ComproDTV 4 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).
  • Page 21 HotKey Description Enable/Disable Always-on-Top function Source Language Selection for TV window.(Oregon circle on the For Audio (Q) upper-right corner of the TV window) Sleep function Screen Ratio Switch (tab) Video Desktop Open snapshot dialog box Note: Language select is only available while the program supports it.
  • Page 22 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 23 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 24 with main window’s channel and three sub channels of the main window and another channel of the second tuner. Furthermore, you can also have another window to playback recorded file which now allows you to watch total of 6 windows at the same time. Note Running additional windows consumes more CPU usage.
  • Page 25 Also you can press the mouse right button and move on the screen to shift the zoomed area of the image. Just click the mouse left button to resume normal mode. Still Image Capture Click on the capture icon on the control panel or hit the "Space Bar"...
  • Page 26 Straight-to-Disc Click on the top left corner of the icon on the control panel and select Straight-to-Disc. The Vista E500F TV card supports DVD formats direct recording in VCD/DVD formats. You can see the straight-to-disc dialog as above. Format: Display the recording format. Device: Choose the DVD-R device here.

  • Page 27: Comprofm 2

    ComproFM 2 Introduction ComproFM lets you enjoy FM radio programs on your PC. Listen to music or other programs while you work or browse the Internet. Note The hardware needs to have FM tuner in order to use ComproFM. This section provides basic information for ComproFM. For more details, please check the help file of ComproFM or the manual in the installation CD.

  • Page 28: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting OS requirement VideoMate Vista E500F PCIe card has to work on Windows XP SP2 or Vista. You are welcome to www.WindowsUpdate.com website for the Service Pack update of Microsoft. VideoMate Vista E500F PCIe card can also works on Microsoft XP Media Center 2005.
  • Page 29 VideoMate TV. Recheck the ATX power switch cable connection. My PC cannot shut down? In rare circumstances, the VideoMate Vista E500F PCIe card must be reset. Unplugging the AC power cord from the PC case for 10 seconds will reset the card.
  • Page 30 Video OK / No Audio If you can view the TV picture but get no audio, you should check the following: 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.) Also check the sound is not muted or volume too low in the Windows Volume Control dialog.
  • Page 31 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.
  • Page 32 Note Make sure you include the information of hitting the button of "E-mail Info" in the Device Settings in Settings of ComproDTV 4 in order to determine the problem. In order to solve the problem quickly, it is very important to provide as much detail as possible.

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