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  CD-ROM for software installation 

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  Windows XP SP2 / Vista 

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  Update the latest drivers on the system hardware 

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  50 MB free space for software installation 

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  600 MB (VCD-quality) to 3 GB (DVD-quality) per hour of recorded video 

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  Digital Satellite TV Dish, LNB, and DiSEqC Version 1.2 

VideoMate S300 PCI Card Contents 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

VideoMate S300 Connectors 

Item  Function 

Description 

1  Loop Through 

Connect to Satellite input device for TV 

output 

2  Satellite TV -In  Connect to a Satellite TV cable feed. 
3  IR 

Connect the IR receiver here. 

4  External Audio-In Use an audio patch cable to connect to an 

audio source, such as a VCR. 

5 External 

Audio-Out 

Use the supplied audio cable to the Line-In 

port of your sound card. 

6  S-Video-In 

Use an S-Video patch cable to connect to 

a video source. 

7  Composite-In 

Use a Composite video patch cable to 

connect to a video source. 

VideoMate S300 

PCI Tuner Card 

IR Receiver 

Software CD 

Start Up Guide 

Wireless Remote Control 

(Battery included) 

External audio 

patch cable 

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Summary of Contents for S300 - STARTUP

Page 1: ...VideoMate S300 DVB S PCI TV Tuner Card Start Up Guide Compro Technology Inc www comprousa com ...

Page 2: ...fer videos from video devices to your PC MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Your PC must meet or exceed the following system requirements to watch TV on your PC z 1 2 GHz CPU for SDTV viewing z 128 MB RAM z Sound card or on board sound chip z Graphics card or on board graphics chip supports DirectX 9 0 z Open PCI slot z CD ROM drive for software installation z Windows XP SP2 Vista z 50 MB free disk space...

Page 3: ...lite input device for TV output 2 Satellite TV In Connect to a Satellite TV cable feed 3 IR Connect the IR receiver here 4 External Audio In Use an audio patch cable to connect to an audio source such as a VCR 5 External Audio Out Use the supplied audio cable to the Line In port of your sound card 6 S Video In Use an S Video patch cable to connect to a video source 7 Composite In Use a Composite v...

Page 4: ... double click on setup exe on the installation CD You can choose Complete to install all necessary software VideoMate TV drivers ComproDTV or Custom to select the specific items you wish to install Compro recommends choosing Complete 6 If you see the Windows Logo testing message you should ignore it and press Continue Anyway to proceed 7 When installation completes press Finish to restart the comp...

Page 5: ...20 seconds to shutdown the computer If you don t want to shutdown the computer please press the SLEEP button again Remote Control Key Definition and Use Icon ComproDTV 2 ZOOM Zoom In Out DVD On Off ComproDVD 2 TV On Off ComproDTV 0 9 Number keys CHAN Switch channels VOL Volume REC Record TV VIDEO TV S Video Backward Replay Play Pause Pause or timeshifting Stop Stop Forward Advance CC Not used RECA...

Page 6: ...re available at all times and may be grayed out or inaccessible depending on your hardware setup and TV services available The following pages describe the ComproDTV control panel functions and tips for using ComproDTV The following figure gives you the function of the button with Hot Key Close CTRL X Last Channel N EPG E Source V Channel Surf F Reduce Window F2 Add Window F3 Timeshift T Channel D...

Page 7: ... with the full function remote control keypad Channel Surfing While watching TV you can press the channel surfing button to multiple channel watching the channel surfing feature displays a 4x4 grid of channel images to give you an overview of available programming Right Click Mouse Menu If using mouse to right click on the TV screen you can see a menu pop up There are many useful options for your ...

Page 8: ...rding 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 ComproDTV will save it automatically and show the file name on the screen You can also use the schedule recording by press Schedule button on control panel of ComproDTV Note The default folder of recorded file is on My Document you can change to another fold...

Page 9: ... When you return to your seat you can resume viewing the program from the point when you left Options You can press the Options button to open the Options dialog box You can change detail settings of ComproDTV here Digital TV Settings 1 Easy Mode Easy Mode is for user who have connect the satellite signal directly to Satellite TV card without passing through DiSEqC switch Please select the satelli...

Page 10: ...rking device that can receive the signal from the satellite i e Set Top Box you may refer the settings for that device If you still have problem with LNB settings please contact your satellite dish provider for correct information DiSEqC1 2 motor control setting Compro S350 S300 supports DiSEqC 1 2 version If you have installed motor that compatible to DiSEqC it may aim to different satellite to r...

Page 11: ...s of the satellite For information on above settings please refer to your satellite installer Pull down list Select all satellite TV channels or specific satellite TV only Free to Air Only Free to Air channels Radio Only radio channels Scrambled Only scrambled channels Note After one of above selection made only the selected list will be used by the channel up down buttons on the control panel Cha...

Page 12: ...ows you to restrict the viewing of certain channels altogether or during limited times You can lock a channel by clicking in the column labeled Lock next to the channel number you wish to restrict You will then see a red check mark in the box next to the channel You can unlock it by clicking the check mark To use this feature you should first set a password Password There is no default password If...

Page 13: ...nel Down Mute Windows Alignment and Close respectively Sub window can be resized by mouse dragging lower left corner to any ratio Note Running additional windows consumes more CPU usage If CPU usage reaches 100 then video lag will occur Please reduce the number of windows When main window changes the channel to another frequency sub window s will move to available programs of another frequency The...

Page 14: ...onvenient to watch TV and using other application on your Windows desktop It also supports PIP feature to watch TV and playback recorded video file at the same time The Video Desktop feature also support Picture in Picture feature and you still can do Stop Pause Forward Backward Mute Snapshot Windows Alignment and Channel Up Down on the sub window Click the right button of mouse on TV display wind...

Page 15: ... card Use Device Manager to detect IRQ conflicts In Device Manager choose View Resource by type and click on the besides Interrupt request IRQ For best performance no device should share IRQ with the VideoMate TV card If another device shares IRQ with the TV tuner card remove the PCI cards from your PC and insert TV card on the third or fourth slot from AGP only if available Then uninstall and rei...

Page 16: ...re crossing the IR receiver Contacting Compro Technical Support Before you submit an email for support please check support FAQs on our web site http www comprousa com support 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 request...

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