COMPRO H900 - STARTUP, Manual

Page 1: ...VideoMate H900 PCI TV Tuner Card Start Up Guide Compro Technology Inc www comprousa com...

Page 2: ...respective owners COMPRO makes no warranties with respect to this documentation and disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability quality or fitness for any particular purpose The information in...

Page 3: ...Tuner Card 2 VideoMate PCI TV Tuner Card Contents 3 Remote Control Key Definition and Use 4 VideoMate PCI TV Tuner Card Connectors 6 Hardware Installation 7 Software Installation 10 Remote Wake Up 11...

Page 4: ...ti function Remote Control Additionally VideoMate TV also provides a Video capture function so that you can transfer videos from video devices such as video cameras to your PC MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREME...

Page 5: ...DVD quality per hour of recorded video ATX power supply A computer case with a separate power switch cable from power on button for power up feature VideoMate PCI TV Tuner Card Contents VideoMate H90...

Page 6: ...4 Remote Control Key Definition and Use Please refer to the buttons and their corresponding function listed on the next page...

Page 7: ...t chapter 21 EPG US only Open on line help Main manual 22 Open setup dialog Open setup dialog Open setup dialog 23 Up arrow or select Mono Stereo SAP Up arrow Up arrow 24 Replay or switch TV format Sc...

Page 8: ...d audio patch cable to connect to the Line In port of your sound card S Video In Black Use an S Video patch cable to connect to a video source such as a VCR DVD or VCD 4 4 in 1 breakout cable Composit...

Page 9: ...ns 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 Note On...

Page 10: ...If you don t want to use Power Up Scheduling from the Windows Shut down state you can skip the power switch circuit connections in other words you can skip Power Up Connections in steps 3 through 6 Yo...

Page 11: ...TX power supply in your PC z Mainboard support for PCI version 2 2 in order to have 3 3V standby power z An ATX power switch cable which is a pair of twisted wires with a two wire connector as shown t...

Page 12: ...installer will start automatically If Autorun is disabled double click on setup exe on the installation CD You can choose Complete to install all necessary software VideoMate TV drivers ComproPVR 2 C...

Page 13: ...er to use Remote Wake Up function There will be a two second delay before the PC powers on If you want to disable the Remote Wake Up function move the red jumper JP1 on your TV card from position 2 3...

Page 14: ...s the SLEEP button again 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 Control Panel The followin...

Page 15: ...ols on a VCR Keep in mind 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 describe the Co...

Page 16: ...click the ComproPVR icon on the desktop you will be able to watch TV The first time you start ComproPVR Autoscan will automatically scan for available TV channels When Autoscan is finished detected c...

Page 17: ...ress the mouse right button to drag a zone on 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 Just click...

Page 18: ...ndow It will save it to a file on your disk While recording you can click the Record button again to setup recording time as 30 60 90 120 minutes for more convenient 2 Press the Stop button to stop re...

Page 19: ...imeshifting Timeshifting lets you pause replay or skip commercials during live TV without interrupting an ongoing recording session Timeshifting gives you absolute control over how you watch televisio...

Page 20: ...Record tab in Settings of ComproPVR Scheduled Recording ComproPVR can be scheduled to record a TV program later or remind you of an upcoming program The schedule can be set for a one time or a recurr...

Page 21: ...the CD R or DVD R device here Erase Disk If the disc is re writable and not empty you need to erase it first Start Burning Press this button to start burning disc Stop Press the button on the control...

Page 22: ...y Options You can press the Options button to open the Options dialog box You can change detail settings of ComproPVR here Custom channels ComproPVR can also set video properties brightness contrast e...

Page 23: ...e This manual only provides basic information for the ComproPVR 2 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 ma...

Page 24: ...anual in the installation CD Control Panel The following describe the ComproDVD control panel functions and tips for using ComproDVD The following figure gives you the function of the button with Hot...

Page 25: ...005 please check Microsoft website 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 wa...

Page 26: ...ce shares an IRQ with the TV tuner card remove other PCI cards from your PC and insert TV card on the third or fourth slot from AGP only if available Then uninstall and reinstall the TV card driver Th...

Page 27: ...nd Cross Luminance phenomena Scientists developed many algorithms trying to solve these problems Among them 2D and 3D Y C separation algorithms have been widely adopted These algorithms are superior t...

Page 28: ...n for more information Second make sure you see a green LED light on the VideoMate TV tuner card If you don t see the green light your mainboard does not support the standby power You can only use Pow...

Page 29: ...dio OK No Video The main reason for this problem usually is the result of an IRQ conflict Please see Driver Installation above to solve it Video OK No Audio VideoMate H900 uses PCI audio by default Ch...

Page 30: ...record video from VCR Please plug VCR Composite video cable yellow into TV card yellow connector which is on the 4 in 1 breakout cable Composite Audio needs to connect to the Audio In port of TV card...

Page 31: ...e no response your IR drivers may not be properly installed Please remove ComproPVR using Add Remove programs in the Control Panel and reinstall it If you have switched the blue jumper to another pins...

Page 32: ...tly connecting the cable before the splitter may help This problem could also come from with static Once you connect the cable to our TV card the static interfere the system It s possible to correct t...