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Hardware Reference Guide EyeTV 500

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EyeTV 500 HDTV digital TV recorder

 

for free over-to-air (ATSC)  
and digital cable (Clear QAM)  
television

This hardware reference guide describes the particulars of your EyeTV hard-
ware.

EyeTV 500  System Requirements

EyeTV 500  requires the following minimum system configuration:

•  Macintosh computer with minimum PowerPC® G4 500Mhz or 

G5 processor. Dual G5 processor required for HDTV playback 
at full frame rate at full 1080i resolution

•  A built-in FireWire port or independently powered FireWire 

hub

•  Mac OS X 10.3 or later (Mac OS X v10.3.7 recommended), with 

256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)

•  Minimum 20 MB free hard disk space
•  Approximately 8 GB of free hard disk space for each hour of 

video to be recorded

•  QuickTime 6.5
•  Off-the-air antenna (optimized for HDTV reception) for broad-

cast over-the-air TV reception (not included) or

•  Basic digital cable subscription from your local cable pro-

vider for broadcast digital cable TV reception (Clear QAM)

•  An Internet connection to use EyeTV’s Electronic Program 

Guide (EPG) (Optional)

•  A CD or DVD burner and Toast 6 Titanium CD recording soft-

ware to create Video CDs, Super Video CDs or DVDs  
(optional)

Summary of Contents for EyeTV 500

Page 1: ...s Hardware Reference Guide EyeTV 500 2 5 2005 Elgato Systems LLC 900 Kearny Street Suite 750 San Francisco CA 94133 United States of America Elgato Systems GmbH Nymphenburgerstr 86 80636 M nchen suppo...

Page 2: ...Wire port or independently powered FireWire hub Mac OS X 10 3 or later Mac OS X v10 3 7 recommended with 256 MB RAM 512 MB recommended Minimum 20 MB free hard disk space Approximately 8 GB of free har...

Page 3: ...the nearest digital television transmitter you may be able to use an indoor antenna optimized for HDTV reception such as the Zenith ZHDTV1Z or the Radio Shack 15 1868 for instance or you will need to...

Page 4: ...eWire cable A DC 12V Power Adapter is optional Do not daisy chain other bus powered FireWire devices to the EyeTV 500 Next install the provided AAA batteries into the remote control Step Three Install...

Page 5: ...n your web browser and go to www elgato com registra tion html Enter the requested information and click the Submit but ton Preferences The setup preferences are initially set through the EyeTV Setup...

Page 6: ...gs either Unfortunately there is no com mon and publicly available standard in the United States that describes channel information for digital cable This complicates things because EyeTV cannot autom...

Page 7: ...numbers for the analog transmission and again in the high numbers for the digital cable transmission We find the digital broadcast of KPIX here Double click EyeTV channel 100 in the Setup Preferences...

Page 8: ...ne Quality setting Lossless The DVB stream is recorded unal tered and so you re getting the full quality MPEG 2 file Signal Tab This tab will display Signal Quality and Signal Strength which can help...

Page 9: ...y to display or record video If the light is always red then something may be wrong In that case quit the EyeTV application unplug the FireWire cable from your hardware for at least 10 seconds then co...

Page 10: ...to make repairs or to replace EyeTV or to refund the then current value of EyeTV In no event will Elgato be liable for any other costs associated with the replace ment or repair of EyeTV including la...

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