Genius TVGO-U202, User Manual

Page 1: ...at another time With the bundled Ulead Toolbox software you can edit TV programs and format the file you save on your PC or notebook to MPEG 4 or 3GPP files which can then be played on a 3G mobile phone And with the USB 2 0 high transmission speed you will eliminate any slow images or interrupted TV signals So now with the TVGo U202 you can watch and record TV Video on your desktop or notebook usi...

Page 2: ...Show installed supporting 16 bit color y VGA card that supports DirectX 8 1 or above y Speaker for audio output y Supports Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 XP Service Pack 1 2 Input Output Connections 2 1 TVGo U202 1 Audio In Connects external audio to unit using supplied cable 2 TV In Connects NTSC or PAL adaptor to connect to TV source 3 S Video In Connects to S Video sources or to composite video so...

Page 3: ...ve cable or broadcast TV See diagram 2 3 Composite to S Video adaptor Connects TVGo U202 to Composite Video format external devices such as a DVD player or a VCR devices that use S Video plug directly into TVGo U202 See diagram 3 4 IR Extension cable Provides an external IR sensor to use with your remote control See diagram 4 5 Audio cable Transmits audio from external devices to TVGo U202 no cabl...

Page 4: ...on cable see section 2 1 You can use the following buttons on TVGo U202 s remote control to access many of the functions Button Function Air CATV Toggles between air and cable reception Video Toggles between Video settings use Volume to adjust Audio Toggles between Audio settings use Volume to adjust Power Turns the Genius TRV program on or off AV Source Controls the input source air cable AV in S...

Page 5: ...are not sure what version of Windows you have just click the right button of your mouse on My computer folder and select Properties to see the version If your PC is not ether Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or Windows XP Service Pack 1 please go to Start click on Programs then click Windows Update to upgrade your Windows version of Service Pack 4 for Windows 2000 or Service Pack 1 for Windows XP using...

Page 6: ...IVER SETUP to install the TVGo U202 driver then select your language and click next y Follow the installation instructions step by step to install the driver When the TVGo U202 driver has finished installing you will need to reboot your computer Next make sure the TV cable or antenna is connected to TVGo U202 and connect TVGo U202 to your PC or notebook with the USB cable y When a dialog box calle...

Page 7: ...ust choose your country and click OK or just click OK to let the software Auto Detect your country code At this point the software will scan for available TV channels This will take a few minutes 3 The TVGo U202 Interface The TVGo U202 interface operates the TVGo U202 3 1 Moving and resizing You can adjust the size of the TV screen by clicking and dragging on its edges with your mouse You can move...

Page 8: ... bottom of the channel number panel you can add or delete a tuned channel from your Channel List See sections 3 5 1 and 3 5 5 You can also find the volume bar in the middle of the interface Click on the or to increase or decrease the volume or click anywhere on the volume bar to set the volume at that level Click on the speaker icon at the left to mute the volume 3 4 Info panel The above image sho...

Page 9: ... Select Country and choose your country manually Channel editing This allows you to choose and name your favorite TV stations and add them to your channel list To add a channel choose it and click on Add this channel to delete a channel choose it and click on Delete this channel To name a channel choose it type a name in the Edit this channel box and click on Input Later you will be able to access...

Page 10: ...dec Recording BitRate Here you can choose the BitRate of your recording depending on which file format has been chosen A higher BitRate will improve the quality of the recorded files Working directory This allows you to choose the location on your PC where movies and pictures are saved To change the location click on Browse and select the folder you want to save your files in Capture settings Here...

Page 11: ...Freq Scan This will scan through all available frequencies to detect available channels Click Start Scan on the box that appears to start the full scan click on Stop Scan to stop scanning The scan will take a while to complete Channel Edit You can edit channels detected or add your own channels by entering a frequency To name a channel select it from the Channel List type a name into the Key In Th...

Page 12: ...able one at a time To stop Auto Scan click on the button again and click OK 3 6 3 Change Skin button Clicking Change Skin gives you a different view of the TVR software Click on the button again to change back to the original view 3 6 4 Snapshot button When you click on Snapshot TVGo U202 will take a picture of the current frame appearing on your monitor and the snapshot will be saved in your Gall...

Page 13: ...hile watching it and lets you control the TimeShifting feature 3 7 1 Record button By clicking this button you can record a program while watching it When you click again the recording will stop You will find the recorded file in the Gallery see section 3 7 3 for an explanation of the Gallery in the format you chose in Record Settings Video Format see section 3 5 3 You cannot change channels while...

Page 14: ...hift mode you can click on Stop or on the red TimeShift button You cannot change channels when in TimeShifting 3 7 3 The Gallery The gallery is a shortcut to the location on your hard drive where video files and snapshots are stored You can choose your hard drive location as explained in Record Settings Video Format see section 3 5 3 You can open the gallery by clicking on the button located at th...

Page 15: ...r 3GPP files which can be played on 3G mobile phones Aside from the ability to capture videos Video ToolBox carries a set of editing tools Cutting video clips and converting video files to other video file formats are both possible inside this program The program also offers various export options that allow you to share video clips It is also tightly integrated with Ulead DVD MovieFactory giving ...

Page 16: ...ion buttons Use these buttons for device control trimming and playing video clips 4 1 6 Insert Video files Allows you to add video clips from a file to the Video Strip 4 1 7 Remove selected clips Removes selected clips from the Video Strip 4 1 8 Video Strip Displays all video clips being used 4 2 Button Function It allows you to automatically split different scenes in your video into separate vide...

Page 17: ...his button again or press the ESC button It allows you to trim arrange and render your video in preparation for final output and you can also convert the format through batch conversion or combine clips into one whole movie Cutting Video Clips 1 Select a video clip on the Video Strip 2 Drag to Preview Bar under the Preview Window to the point where want to cut the Video clip 3 Select Cut Video cli...

Page 18: ... Window using the navigation buttons 2 Before exploring make sure that the format of your video file complies with your target media output 3 Create DVD VCD SVCD launches the Ulead DVD MovieFactory Allowing you to create a DVD VCD SVCD 4 DV Recording Sends your video back to a digital camcorder or other digital video recording devices 5 Web Page Shares your video over the internet 6 E mail Launche...