Compro Technology VideoMate Vista E800F, Startup Manual

Page 1: ...VideoMate Vista E800F Hybrid D A HW2 PCIe Tuner Card Start Up Guide Compro Technology Inc www comprousa com...

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Page 3: ...for Windows Vista 32 64 bit MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Your PC must meet or exceed the following system requirements to watch TV on your PC 1 7 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent CPU for DVD Quality recor...

Page 4: ...l TV broadcast uses about the same wave UHF as analog TV It s recommended to have a fishbone like antenna on the roof for receiving More details can be found in the troubleshooting chapter of this man...

Page 5: ...Contents Vista E800F TV card IR cable Installation CD Start Up Guide Windows Media Center remote Power switch patch cable FM antenna Low Profile Bracket Ulead Software CD Batteries I type to F type co...

Page 6: ...site video patch cable to connect to a video source such as a VCR DVD or VCD Option for composite video patch cable not included in the package Component Video Input Green Connect to the video device...

Page 7: ...ch pins on your computer case and trace the wires to the power switch connector on your mainboard The ATX power switch cable is normally a twisted pair cable with a two pin connector as shown above No...

Page 8: ...patch cable to the TV tuner card and the black end to the mainboard Power Up Scheduling is not required for using VideoMate Vista E800F PCIe card If you don t want to use Power Up Scheduling from the...

Page 9: ...he computer before 3 54 in order to let Power Up start the computer Power Up from Windows Shutdown mode i e ACPI S5 state requires An ATX power supply in your PC Motherboard support for PCI Express x1...

Page 10: ...proDTV 4 and ComproFM 2 or choose Custom to install selected item by item We also provide the DirectX 9 and Acrobat Reader 6 0 software on the installation CD you can explorer the CD folder and instal...

Page 11: ...eoMate Vista E800F 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...

Page 12: ...ereo SAP Up arrow Up arrow 21 Replay or switch TV format Scan channel Down Left arrow 22 Down arrow or snapshot Down arrow Down arrow 23 Advance in Timeshifting Scan channel Up Right arrow 24 OK Playl...

Page 13: ...ment video appliance Using Remote Power On Off Make sure you follow the instructions of the installation guide You will be able to use Remote Power On Off immediately Remote Power On Please put batter...

Page 14: ...countdown 20 seconds to shutdown the computer If you don t want to shut down the computer please press the CLEAR button again in other words pressing the CLEAR key a second time is the same as pressin...

Page 15: ...on please right click the mouse button and select the video source you want UI Control DTV Gadget has three modes including Live TV mode display playlist and display scheduled list The buttons from le...

Page 16: ...has three modes the undocked gadget only support live TV playback video mode and its size is bigger than docked one You can direct drag the gadget window to the other place out the sidebar and shows t...

Page 17: ...operation system only 2 ComproDTV Add In needs the channel table from ComproDTV 4 Please autoscan all the available digital and analog channels in ComproDTV 4 Then you can use the Vista Ggadget Tool...

Page 18: ...in your system bar You can choose the Option to enter the setup window Setup Step 1 Choose the type of your remote control There are many type of remote from Compro please select the remote picture as...

Page 19: ...ve 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...

Page 20: ...Record R and Record Option Channel Up Page Up with Quick Channel list I I Play P Pause U Volume Mute M Num Pad W Close CTRL X Docking D D Full Screen Z Help H Minimize G Timeshift bar Rewind Left Arr...

Page 21: ...ly set the method of scanning TV programs Select your choice here or use default channel table to do the scanning Autoscan The first time you start ComproDTV 4 Autoscan will automatically scan for ava...

Page 22: ...can do more changes on the channel s property by right click the mouse on the Description field of the channel you wish to edit Custom Settings for each channel You can customize each channel properti...

Page 23: ...t the same time if available Or watch 1 live analog TV show and playback recorded video file at once You can press the Add Reduce Window button to open a slave window for that Please see the following...

Page 24: ...re 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 If CPU usage rea...

Page 25: ...con on the control panel or hit the Space Bar of the keyboard shortcut to capture an image of the display window You can see the screen capture dialog as below You can setup to save it as jpg or bmp f...

Page 26: ...m the point when you left Straight to Disc Click on the top left corner of the icon on the control panel and select Straight to Disc The Vista E800F TV card supports DVD formats direct recording in di...

Page 27: ...e check the help file of ComproFM or the manual in the installation CD Control Panel The following describe the ComproFM control panel functions and tips for using ComproFM The following figure gives...

Page 28: ...site Driver Installation The most common cause of problems with the TV Tuner Card is incorrect installation of the TV capture and TV tuner drivers If you have problems watching recording or timeshifti...

Page 29: ...TV set can receive a good TV signal If the picture is not clear the digital terrestrial TV broadcast signal is about the same The difference is when the program data is not sufficient you may see a b...

Page 30: ...4 on the default OS 2 There may be other independent problems preventing Windows from starting normally Solution Remove the VideoMate Vista E800F PCIe card and troubleshoot PC start up Remember to cor...

Page 31: ...the remote If you see no response please move your mouse cursor on the IR icon If you see it shows No Device your drivers may not be not properly installed Please remove ComproDTV 4 using Add Remove p...

Page 32: ...r web site http www comprousa com New tw supports html You can download the latest update from our website Many issues should be solved on the newer version When contacting Compro for technical suppor...