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WinTV Quick Installation Guide for Windows XP, Windows Me

1. Entertainment Volume Control be sure that the LINE IN section is not on Mute sometimes this is a PCs default and that the volume is up After making sure your PC s audio mixer Lineln setting is not muted and at a rea sonable volume level you can verify that the WinTV card is working by connecting self amplified speakers directly to the Audio Output jack LineOut on the WinTV board On the WinTV2000 application click the Pref button then select the Audio tab Make sure that the Audio Mixer list shows Line in Make sure that MUTE is not checked and that the volume is up Problem Incompatible motherboards Not all older motherboards completely support the WinTV We recommend the use of a motherboard with an Intel chipset We have software updates on our web site which will fix problems found with several VIA and SIS based motherboards Many motherboards have had BIOS upgrades to fix various problems Our techni cal support department maintains a list of problems solutions Please see http www hauppauge com html sw_west htm in the Tips section or http www hauppauge com htmi faq htm Problem Poor TV Reception or Not detecting all channels Poor TV reception is generally the result of an weak TV signal When using a roof top antenna an aerial booster may be required if there is poor TV reception If you find that some or all of the channels have not been detected you can insert chan nels manually If you are con
2. Windows Lineln volume Tune Fine tune the current radio channel Seek Mem Search for the next active FM radio channel Sets an FM radio channel preset To assign the current station to a preset click on Mem and then on one of the Preset buttons 1 10 Mute Turn off the sound Mono Force mono reception Default is stereo audio Scan Searches for new stations until you click on Stop Click the RIGHT mouse button anywhere on the WinTV radio window to set the Scan mode Min Minimizes the WinTV radio window CD Starts your systems Audio CD Player for playing back Audio CD s TV Closes the radio application and starts the WinTV application OFF Closes the radio application 1 10 Preset 1 10 Installing WinTV for Windows98 Windows Me Windows2000 1 After Windows in booted the Add New Hardware Wizard will appear Click NEXT Select Search for the best driver for your device Recommended Click NEXT 2 When you see the Windows will search dialog box insert the WinTV Installation CD ROM into your CD ROM drive Select CD ROM drive and click NEXT Once the Hauppauge WinTV video driver has been detected click NEXT You will see a number of files being copied to your hard disk drive Click FINISH ao a kh WO After the Hauppauge WinTV video driver has been installed the Hauppauge WinTV audio driver will be automatically installed Note If the driver is not found or if there are any other problems enc
3. files If you have problems with audio when playing back your recordings If you find that there is audio while watching live TV but no audio while playing your video recordings there are two things to check 1 Make sure the Mixer Line Record Source is set to either Stereo Mix or Mono Mix In WinTV2000 click Pref Movies Audio Record Source Also the message Error MainConcept MPEG Audio Connection can be fixed in the same way Bi WinTY Settings E View M Movies Ja Snap Shot audio Color l GHMPEG Audio Record Source Sound Card Select Crystal SoundFusionftm Mixer Line Record Source Volume 2 Sometimes problems are due to the sound card not being setup to record audio from its Line in socket To enable T audio recording open the Recording Control panel by clicking Start Run and then SNDVOL32 REC This will open the Recording Control panel Make sure that Line in is enabled this is sometimes called Line or Aux Stereo Mix T Cancel WinTV Scheduler WinTV Scheduler allows you to schedule the recording of TV shows WinTV Scheduler once it is set can be closed and the WinTV application will wake up at the desired time and tuned to the desired channel After installation WinTV Scheduler can be found on your desktop WinTV Scheduler can also be run by clicking Start Programs Hauppauge WinTV Scheduler WinTV Scheduler works by using the Windows Task Scheduler to la
4. or Cable TV cable into the WinTV s TV Connector The audio from the WinTV is routed to your PC s sound card for amplification and mixing To connect to the sound card plug one end of the supplied Sound cable into WinTV s Audio output LineOut connector Plug the other end of this cable into the Lineln connector on your sound card The S Video input and Audio input can be used to connect to a VCR camcorder camera DVD player or satellite TV receiver If your video device has a yellow composite connec If you have a WinTV with FM radio plug the supplied Radio aerial cable into the FM radio connector This may not be necessary if your TV aerial or cable network supplies an FM signal If you have a WinTV with remote con trol plug the Remote Control receiver into the the Remote con trol receiver IR socket Use the Velcro dot to position the Remote Receiver where it will be able to receive infra red commands from the Remote Transmitter Page 1 ers the back of the empty slot Sound card Lineln WinTV board connectors FM radio connector on some models TV Connector for antenna or Cable TV input Audio output LineOut S Video or composite video input S Video only on some models re pF Audio Input Lineln WinTV Sound Remote control IR card receiver socket on models with remote control Speaker cable Found New Hardware Wizard When the Found New Hardware Wizard app
5. video source Double click on each thumbnail to Snapshot Button Click your right mouse One Touch Record Sele shea button here to see the eu Record F open the record Ick and hold your channel selector controls right mouse button to see image options ane i SIR TY PAUSE RECOR RC Software remote control Note If WinTV2000 deos not have the TV Pause record buttons The WinTV setup must be run from the primary CD ROM in your system If you do not see the TV Pause Record buitons re run setup with the WinTV Installation CD in your primary CD ROM drive ACh A Scanning for channels When running WinTV for the first time you will need to scan for your TV channels If you are using Cable TV in the Broadcast Cable box select Cable or Cable HRC Otherwise select Antenna Choose the Video Format for your geographic region North America uses NTSC M Europe uses PAL B G the U K uses PAL I in South America either PAL M or PAL N is used Then click Start to start the channel scan Setting up the channels After you have scanned for channels you can add channel names and fine tune for bet ter reception To do this click the Menu button on WinTV2000 then click Suite Manager You can also click and hold your right mouse button then click SuiteManager Click on the desired channel then Edit Change the ChannelName to the name of the sta tion cha
6. Down Page Up Volume Up Cirl T Full screen TV Quick Troubleshooting Guide Online installation tips and software updates can be found at http www hauppauge com pages support support_pci_878 html Our FAQ can be found at http www hauppauge com pages faq support_faq_pci html Problem Initialization error message when running WinTV2000 Sometimes there is an interrupt conflict between WinTV board and another device in your PC Move WinTV to another PCI slot You might need to reinstall the WinTV driver after moving WinTV Run HCWCLEAR first found on your WinTV Installation CD ROM before reinstalling the WinTV driver Problem WinTV2000 with a black screen no video The default WinTV video mode is Allow Overlay but this may give a black screen with some VGA cards Primary exe a program which is found in the WinTV directory on your hard disk can be used to set WinTV s video mode To change this setting run Primary exe and then select Force Primary The Force Primary setting works with almost all VGA cards Problem Pause button gives an error message Currently SoftPVR cannot support Pause mode Only the Hauppauge WinTV PVR products with HardPVR can operate in Pause mode Problem No live TV audio from your PC s Left amp Right speaker Make sure you have plugged the Sound cable into the Audio Output jack of the WinTV board and not the Audio Input jack In the Volume Control setting under Programs Accessories
7. Hauppauge WinTV Quick installation Guide for Windows XP Windows Me Windows2000 Windows98SE Note The full WinTV Installation manual in PDF format is located on the WinTV Installation CD ROM in the Manual directory Contents of the WinTV package WinTV board 878 based Sound cable for connection between the WinTV board and your sound card Composite to S Video adapter on some models WinTV for Windows Installation CD ROM with WinTV2000 application with SoftPVR WinTV Scheduler WinTV Radio application for use on models equipped with FM radio Remote control transmitter Remote Control application with 2 AAA batteries on some models for use on models equipped with Remote Control Remote control receiver with WinTV Installation and User manual VENETO COENA Stent OT SOMEONES WinTV Utilities Radio aerial on models equipped with FM radio Step 1 Prepare the computer Switch off the computer The manufacturer of your PC supplies instructions on removing the PC f M cover ee Remove the cover Locate a free PCI slot a short white slot Unscrew and remove the metal cover plate which cov Plug the WinTV board into the PCI slot and screw the WinTV s metal cover plate to the PC Replace the computer cover Step 3 Connect the WinTV cables tor instead of S Video use the supplied Composite to S Video adapter Plug your TV antenna
8. ck Finish Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for n Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware e Hauppauge Win TY 878 9 VFW Aux Driver Hauppauge Win TY 8787 9 VFW Aux Driver If your hardware came with an installation CD lt 6 or floppy disk insert it now has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows xP Tell me why this testing is important What do you want the wizard to do Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue CG f lt lt Ba Cancel Continue Anyway i After the video driver is installed the Found New Hardware Wizard will detect the WinTV audio driver Click Next then Continue anyway and then Finish to complete the audio driver installation Step 5 WinTV Software installation Moupoouge WinT Setup WinTV Setup Win98 VFW After the driver install completes Setup can be run from the WinTV Installation CD ROM Click the Start button then Run and then the driver letter of your CD ROM drive for example D then Setup EXE Choose your langua
9. ears Insert the WinTV Installation CD ROM in your PC s CD ROM drive and make sure Install the software automati cally Recommended is checked Then click NEXT Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for Multimedia Video Controller If your hardware came with an installation CD lt 6 or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do Install from a list or specific location Advanced Hardware Installation Click Next to continue e lt Back Cancel The software you are installing for this hardware Hauppauge Win TY 878 9 VFW Video Driver has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Tell me why this testing is important Found New Hardware Wizard Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for Hauppauge Win TY 878 9 VFW Video Driver A Continue Anyway Click Finish to close the wizard When the Hardware installation dialog box opens click Continue Anyway Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Cli
10. ecord directory DVCR Record File Path the MPEG Quality settings and the Audio setings Snap Shot set the size of captured images plus single or two field captures Audio your audio settings are configured here Color adjust the color of your TV picture here To hide the WinTV toolbar Simply click your right mouse button in the WinTV s video window for the no title mode To restore the toolbars the title mode once again click your right mouse button in the WinTV s video window You can set the size of the window differently in each mode To allow WinTV to display TV full screen Click on the Pref button in WinTV2000 or click on Display Preferences in WinTV32 then click TV mode and check the box which says Allow resolution change When you click the Full screen TV button on either WinTV32 or WinTV2000 Windows will change your screen resolution to either 640x480 and TV will appear full screen When finished watching TV full screen click your right mouse button to return to TV in a window mode Recording MPEG video with SoftPVR Stereo io ar om ov PAU E RecoRo Live TV mode Record mode Ehi Cot Trr yr SoftPVR uses your PC s processor to compress your TV recordings into a size much smaller than the original video This compression process runs at the same time as the recording called real time compression SoftPVR has two recording formats MPEG 1 or DivX Y
11. ge r Components IV Install the Hauppauge WinT Application Tl Install WinT D Driver Update I Install WinT English Help Files amp Language Re T Install the Hauppauge Snapshot WinTVCap Software M install the Hauppauge wint VIR Remote Control Application IV Install WinT Online Manual T Install Adobe Acrobat T Install the Cinax Win CR Software time limit demo lV WinT Product Registration m Description m Progress Uncheck any applications you do not want to install Click Install to install the WinTV appli cations Et Cancel Page 2 After the Setup program is complete the WinTV2000 icon will be on your Windows desktop You ll also have the WinTV Radio icon on WinTV models equipped with radio The WinTV2000 TV application To run the WinTV2000 application for watching TV and for recording videos double click the WinTV2000 icon Full screen TV Channel up Video source select Remove toolbars Pref iy i no toolbar mode Preferences _ Channel down menu f _ if Minimize Close SEMU EA Channel surf A WinTV Menu RADIO ios Setup Menu J Previous channel _ p A i CFG amp q Remove toolbars Configure Click your right mouse button in the snapshot TV window to remove toolbars Snapshot viewer window Click again to restore toolbars Current TV channel or
12. into a window 0 9 X Guck Record button opens the SoftPVR tray Skip buttons p E QO wo c g 42 O Remote control when playing video recordings Skip ahead button skips ahead in the video 30 seconds per click Holding the skip ahead button will autorepeat and advances the video about 5 minutes per 10 seconds the button is depressed Q Q Q Hauppauge serenon SETAN Skip back button skips back 30 seconds per click pressing and holding the Skip back button makes the video go back about 5 minutes for 10 seconds the button is depressed Go button brings up the WinTV task list Allows you to start WinTV2000 WinTV32 or WinTV radio Menu button brings up the Windows Task list Use the left and right arrows to change to other Widnows tasks Green power button will turn off the WinTV application O 9 Quick Skip buttons When playing back a recording the 1 button will skip to 10 the 2 button 20 etc of the length of the recording Page 6 WinTV Radio on some models Running the WinTV Radio program To launch the WinTV radio application click the Radio button on the WinTV2000 application You can also launch the WinTV radio application by running it from the ProgramFiles WinTV directory Using the WinTV radio Buttons Volume BEET 2 f ua ma Hauppauge gt gt 7 KE Mem Mute Mono Scan The audio volume is adjusted by setting the
13. necting to a satellite TV receiver cable box or DVD player the best video quality comes if you use the S Video or Composite video input on WinTV instead of the TV connector S Video and Composite video have better quality than the RF video used with the TV connector Also in some areas using cable TV a format called Cable HRC is used If so try rescanning see step 8 but use CABLE HRC instead of cable in the Broadcast Cable box Problem Installing WinTV on Windows95 Windows NT systems Our website has special drivers for use under Windows 95 and WindowsNT 2002 2005 Hauppauge Computer Works Inc QI WINTV V3 9e ENG 2 21 05 Page 8
14. nge the description or fine tune Then click OK Selecting an External Video source VCR DVD player satellite TV box Click the green Video source select button to select TV Composite and S Video sources The video sources will use the TV standard chosen when you scanned for your TV chan nels NTSC or PAL Rescanning for channels Click the Menu button and click on Suite Manager and then Auto scan Make sure you select cable or antenna in Broadcast cable Chose the correct Video format for your region and then click Scan Displaying TV full screen When you click the Full screen TV button TV will appear full screen When finished watch ing TV full screen click your right mouse button in the TV window If you see video with a black box around it click the Pref button then click TV mode tab Check the box which says Allow resolution change Always on Top mode With Always on Top the WinTV window can always be visible on your Windows desk top To turn on Always on Top simply click the Always on top button It will turn green To turn off Always on Top click this button again Page 3 Tuner Scanning Setup A convenient way to use Always on Top is to make the TV window in the no title mode small and to make the TV window in the title mode larger Then you can switch very quick from a small window to a larger one simply by clicking the right mouse button Make sure your Country and Broadcast Cable Setting
15. ou can set the formats by clicking the Pref button on WinTV2000 and then clicking the Movies tab Note The following functions are not currently enabled with SoftPVR the OTP and Pause buttons plus the Fast Forward and Rewind functions Note a Pentium III 750MHz minimum is recommended for best SoftPVR operation with MPEG For recording DivX a 1 5GHz Pentium or faster is recommended Page 4 To start recording either click the OTR One Touch Record button or the red Record button on WinTV2000 You can also start a recording by using WinTV Scheduler To stop recording click Stop To close the recording controls click the TV button If you click OTR more than once a record timer will be set and the record timer will be set 15 minutes for each time the OTR button is clicked For example if you click the OTR button 3 times WinTV will record for 30 minutes Recording settings Click the PREF button Preferences menu then the Movies tab to get to the Record settings menus In DVCR Record Path set the directory for your recordings E WinTY Settings E View 3 Movies Ja Snap Shot Audio color En MPEG audio Record Source DYCR Record File Path c MyVideos Browse Quality Level Divx HCW 352 240 288 740Kbs Divx HOW 160x120 15Fps 110Kbs a Dives HCW 320 240 288 740K bs z Dives HCW 352 240 288 740Kbs Mi In Quality Level you can set the format of your recordings You can set MPEG or DivX record fo
16. ountered while installing the driver you may cancel this step entirely and install the drivers manually Double click on My Computer on your windows background usually in the upper left hand corner of your screen click the Right mouse button on the WinTV USB Installation CD ROM drive and select Open on the pop up menu Double click on the folder called WDM then double click on the file Wdm98 XP EXE and follow the on screen instructions Note After rebooting your PC you may be asked to insert your Windows98 CD ROM Be sure to use the exact version of Windows 98 that is installed on your system If you are using Windows98SE do not use a Windows98 Gold CD ROM System and Direct Draw check for Windows98SE and Me After all files are copied the Hauppauge WinTV System Inspection utility will be run Check for the message Your Hauppauge WinTV hardware and software driv ers appear If not refer to the Quick Troubleshooting section Click on Close Now the Hauppauge WinTV DirectDraw Inspection utility will be run Check if the message GOOD NEWS We detect appears Click on Close and save details If you do not see this message then your VGA card does not have an updated Direct Draw driver Most VGA card manufacturers provide updated drivers for Windows Page 7 Keyboard shortcuts channel up Ctrl C Copy image clipboard channel down Ctrl F Image freeze Ctrl M Mute audio Ctrl P Image print Page Down Volume
17. rmats Recording controls Cancel a Record Button Clicking the Record button will automatically generate a file name and start recording Everytime you record a file a new file is automatical ly created and the file name is displayed in the record window The first file name will be _dvcr001 mpg The second file will be _dvcr002 mpg and so on While recording Live video continues to play in the WinTV window If you are recording DivX videos the TV screen might become jerky of your processor is not fast enough to record and play live vide at the same time The Counter displays the length of your recording in hours minutes seconds If you had started recording with the OTR button and had clicked it more than once the total time for the recording will also be displayed You can also click OTR after a record has been started and the record timer will be set Click the Stop button to stop your recording The recorded audio video file is then saved to disk using the automatically assigned file name The Time counter is reset to 00 00 00 after the recording is saved P Play Button Clicking the Play button will playback from disk the last video file created With SoftPVR you can only Play and Pause your videos aq File Button Clicking the File button opens the File menu The last file recorded is listed in the File name box You can Rename your recorded video file Play a video file previously recorded Delete recorded video
18. s are correct before scanning Also make sure your Video Format is correct for your area If you still have trouble finding stations try setting Tuning Mode to All Channels and rescan Menu button Click the Menu button to open the TV Setup menu Here is the main control for TV channels and duplicate controls for other functions Tuning Mode Channels by Country Broadcast Cable Antenna x Video Format Tuner Format Country United States x Suite Manager configure the TV tuner scanning nam ing fine tuning etc set ting up favorite channel lists and set an external Channel Configuration ChannelName Channel Description _ d l 4 an H Ant 4 A V source to a TV channel v E Ants 9 B Ant 5 5 i a ha g Ant 11 11 Configuration duplicate con E tts a figuration menus for color vE Ant 7 7 audio MPEG settings etc Tns si A i l Ch ls Ant View for setting the TV window _feto Scan ais size Pref button Click the Pref button to open the Preferences menu You will have tabs for View these are the settings for the On Screen Display of the TV channel and Audio Volume where you can enable Close Captions plus controls for the Toolbar mode Title mode NoToolbar mode No Title and Full Screen TV mode Movies here is where you configure the video and audio settings for SoftPVR You can set the movie r
19. unch WinTV at the chosen time WinTV Scheduler sets up a command line in Task Scheduler to run WinTV2000 specifying a TV channel and a length of time to record At the sched uled time WinTV2000 will open and the record menu will roll down and start recording To set up a scheduled recording run WinTV Scheduler and click on the Add Program The items that need to be set for each event are Page 5 Time to Begin Program Time to End Program a Program Period one time daily weekly Date to Begin Program todays date is the default Change this if you want to schedule on another date Source selection leave set at WinTV2000 to bring up the WinTV at the request ed time and on the requested channel Channel selection chose one of your scanned channels Recording options click on Record to File to record your show You can also name your file to record in the dialog box below Once these are set click Set Program You can add more Events clicking Set Program after each event is set When you are finished click Glose The WinTV program does not have to be running for the Schedular to work If WinTV is not running it takes about 10 seconds to start WinTV and to start the recording of TV WinTV Scheduler also works with the following on line Electronic Program Guides TitanTV in North America TVTV in Europe and iEPG in Japan The IR Remote Control on some models Note the IR remote control is found onl
20. y on some WinTV models Note Before installing the IR Remote for WinTV make sure that the WinTV application works properly when using your mouse or keyboard The WinTV s remote control software is installed automatically during the installation of the WinTV applications You will see the WinTV Remote icon in the Windows Device Tray The installation will add a shortcut to IR EXE to the Startup group so that IR EXE is loaded every time after Windows has booted If you need to restart the remote control run IR32 EXE from the C Program Files WinTV directory To install the IR Remote receiver Application Turn off your computer Plug the sub mini on off jack at the end of the IR Receiver cable into the Remote control IR receiver socket of the WinTV PVR Place the IR Receiver on your desktop so that the infrared light from the IR Remote transmitter can reach the IR Receiver Go button Turn on your computer Audio myte If you had installed the WinTV SS Vol applications the IR software should auto up dn Menu matically run and you will see the WinTV Channel Remote icon in the Device Tray up dn D 8 a off y oW c Remote control when watching live may wa aap Fast Fast TV rewind a gt ath forward O 9 buttons channel numbers oO oO Ski i Skip shead Full button makes WinTV go full screen back Pause Clicking the Full button again brings WinTV Q z ra K r

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