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WinTV-DVB / NEXUS Installation and Reference Manual

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Tuner-Status

Synchronization: 

It indicates whether a DVB signal is detected.

Signal quality:

This displays the quality of the received signal. A value of 100 % shows a
faultless reception. (Bit fault rate better than 10 -4 )

Signal strength: 

The level of the received signal as a percentage. With the aid of this
value, the alignment of the satellite dish can be more easily optimized.

Acoustic signalization: 

The acoustic signalization option gives a verbal output of the signal level
through the sound card.This option is present to further aid the alignment of
the satellite dish.

Tuner Adjustments:

Frequency

.............This allows you to set the transponder frequency.

Symbolrate

............This allows you to set the symbol rate that is being broad-

cast. The provider of the service should give the symbol
rate.

H / V

.......................This option allows you to specify the polarization of the

broadcast.

QAM

.......................This setting is only applicable to DVB-c (cable) cards and

is given by the cable operator.

Summary of Contents for WinTV-DVB

Page 1: ...WinTV DVB WinTV NEXUS Installations and Reference Manual from English...

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Page 3: ...www hauppauge de Hauppauge Computer Works Ltd 6 10 Bank Chambers Borough High Street London SE1 9QQ U K Phone 44 207 378 1997 Fax 44 207 357 9171 Tech support 44 207 378 0202 email sales hauppauge co...

Page 4: ...should not be construed as a commitment by Hauppauge Computer Works Incorporated Hauppauge Computer Works Inc assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in...

Page 5: ...s 2000 XP 11 Operating the WinTV DVB NEXUS Application 13 Overview 13 The Digital TV Application 13 Control Menu 15 Program list 15 Favorite 16 Program adjustments 17 Display Window 18 Keyboard operat...

Page 6: ...s not listed in Device Manager 53 Error message Open failure 54 Problem The entry Virtual DVB s c t Network Adapter in the device manger has a yellow mark next to it 54 Problem When scanning for chann...

Page 7: ...em Requirements To use the WinTV DVB NEXUS card you will need the following PC with Pentium Processor Pentium 233 or higher recommended Free bus master PCI Socket PCI specification 2 1 32MB RAM 32MB h...

Page 8: ...n touch a grounded part of the computer chassis such as the metal surface of the power supply The manufacturer disclaims any warranty for damages caused by direct or indirect installation of a compone...

Page 9: ...rence Manual 3 AV Connector LNB IR Connector LNB F Connector socket signal input from your digital satellite system IR Connection Connection for the IR receiver AV Connection Connection for the the AV...

Page 10: ...if the J3 connection is being used Black Cinch Digital audio output S PDIF for the connection to a digital audio input device Yellow Cinch Composite video output TV Out for the link of a television se...

Page 11: ...card Place the infrared receiver so that the infrared eye of the remote handset can see the infrared receiver Check that the 2 AAA batteries are fully inserted into the remote handset The remote hands...

Page 12: ...ither connect this Output with the enclosed Audio Loop Cable into the Line In of the Soundcard or directly into the active loudspeakers Video Output For a connection to a Video Input i e SCART on a te...

Page 13: ...NEXUS card into the PCI slot location and press firmly down until the card is fully inserted and sits correctly 7 Fasten the card with the retaining screw and replace the housing cover of the computer...

Page 14: ...WinTV DVB NEXUS driver is installed correctly as described in the previous section 2 Make sure that the WinTV DVB NEXUS CD ROM is in the CD ROM drive 3 If you then click on start and run 4 And then t...

Page 15: ...na ger Go to Start Settings Control Panel System Device manager Symbol The WinTV DVB NEXUS is located twice in the device manager under 1 The Sound Video and Game controllers as Hauppauge WinTV NEXUS...

Page 16: ...Virtual DVB s c t Network Adapter and click on the pro perties tab Select the option Bindings Only the TCP IP protocol can be selected for the Virtual DVB s c t Network Adapter If any others are also...

Page 17: ...ngs Control Panel System Hardware and click on the Device manager Symbol The WinTV DVB NEXUS is located twice in the device manager under 1 The Sound Video and Game controllers as Hauppauge WinTV NEXU...

Page 18: ...e LAN connection Virtual DVB s c t Network Adapter and select Properties Only the TCP IP protocol and Client for Microsoft Networks can be selec ted for the Virtual DVB s c t Network Adapter If any ot...

Page 19: ...tart Programs and Hauppauge WinTV NEXUS The WinTV DVB NEXUS application program offers the following functionality Digital TV Enables the reception and playback of DVB TV and Radio pro grams and allow...

Page 20: ...The program list The control panel program adjustment The name and information of the current channel The recording control On the right hand side The television picture The current program informatio...

Page 21: ...mon Interface module is connected Playback of audio video files Adjustments of general type Display to the on line assistance Program list The available programs are displayed in the program list You...

Page 22: ...ist as well as the remote control hand set or keyboard shortcuts Note If the program list is empty when you first start the application you have to go to the LNB Satellite configuration to carry out a...

Page 23: ...hat you want to remove from the list Select one of the delete options offered below the appearing matrix Note If you would like to delete all TV or radio favorites display this as a list on the displa...

Page 24: ...he volume level Clicking on the speaker symbol will Mute start the sound volume Hint When the sound is on mute the speaker symbol is highlighted and when it is not muted it is not colored Audio Under...

Page 25: ...ture with a border In order to return to the normal display mode you can either double click with the mouse or press you the ESC key Full Screen Mode By clicking this symbol you change to full screen...

Page 26: ...digital the active window In the frame and full screen window mode all keys specified do not have any effect Keys Plus Minus ENTER L LEFT RIGHT M Q A F ESC W ESC V ESC T R I 0 9 Action CH CH VOL VOL...

Page 27: ...the numbered keys on the IR remote control 0 9 to select the pages Alternatively you can also use the CH CH as well Note All TV programs which are selected and displayed as favorites will be coloured...

Page 28: ...asted After the transponder search has finished and you will be returned to the main application window after clicking on OK The updated channels in the program list are added to the channel list if t...

Page 29: ...sis of the up to date stopped frequency The search takes place on the selected satellite with the adjusted polarization and symbol rate PSI Read This reads the program specific information of the DVB...

Page 30: ...hen a DVB transponder is detected the indication areas Signal Carrier Viterbi and FSync are highlighted Program List Displays the current program list Current available programs blue detected or updat...

Page 31: ...stments DiSEqC adjustments for WinTV NEXUS s The DiSEqC adjustments digital Satellite equipment control are of importan ce if you attach the WinTV NEXUS s card to a satellite system where the receptio...

Page 32: ...espectively LNB Satellite position Depending which DiSEqC settings have been selected will determine which of the available four LNB and different position options are assigned They are activated by s...

Page 33: ...quency Input the desired transponder fre quency in mc s here Symbolrate Input of the symbol rate The WinTV NEXUS s needs the input of the symbol rate in kS s of the appropriate transponder to detect a...

Page 34: ...uency range is necessary Sat ZF 950 to 2150MHz This is also the incoming fre quency range of digital satellite receiver like the WinTV NEXUS s card LOF 1 Local Oscillator Frequency ies The LOF indicat...

Page 35: ...requency between the Low and High band by means of 22kHz Signal Operating voltage Indicates whether the LNB is to be supplied with current This should be always activated Standard Re establishes the p...

Page 36: ...found in the cable network The standard is 64 Quick Scan Click on Quick Scan to start the channel search for the channels that are listed with the given symbolrate and QAM The channels that are found...

Page 37: ...oltip reveals the file names are also available If the recorded file achieves the indicated max file size a new file is begun automatically and the recording is continued The status beam is set back t...

Page 38: ...If you want to open another file click again on this icon Control Keys The alternative key assignment is indicated in square brackets ALT S This key stops current playback ALT P This key starts playb...

Page 39: ...his maneuver shift the position of the automatic controller a little further Additional displays The current status File and format path name and format of the opened file Bit rate Play time previous...

Page 40: ...rmines the standard output mode for transmissions which are bro adcasted in pure 16 9 format They have the selection between 16 9 as Raw output 4 3 Letterbox broad picture 4 3 Pan scan DirectDraw The...

Page 41: ...is the PAL standard If you are however in a Area where the television broadcasts in NTSC standard o activate this small control box Note Note that on modification of these options you must re start t...

Page 42: ...You can select the location of the folder where you want to record the files Timer The timer function enables you to record a channel using while not sitting at the computer similar to a VCR The foll...

Page 43: ...broadcaster is sen ding videotext pages It is activated using the Teletext symbol in the control border menu page 19 If you stop a TV program with videotex in DVB TV radio then DVB Teletext in the ba...

Page 44: ...oes to a page previously visited after clicking on the Back button BACK Goes back to a page previously visited PAGE Allows you to enter a page number manually and move the page number up and down by t...

Page 45: ...his is why the recep tion of arbitrary IP based DVB data services is possible as is integration with the Windows network architecture and thus compatibility to other Internet applications Almost all c...

Page 46: ...ow you to change the language used in the data application The changes only take effect after clicking on the Apply button Selecting the Hide button will make the application move to the task bar Doub...

Page 47: ...frequency symbol rate polarization PID IP or MAC address should be given to you by the provider of the service Service alert The selection of a service is achieved simply by opening the Service selec...

Page 48: ...xisting service Clicking on OK sets the new name and deletes the old name Clicking on Cancel discards this change Service delete Clicking on the Remove button deletes the current service from the Serv...

Page 49: ...an be more easily optimized Acoustic signalization The acoustic signalization option gives a verbal output of the signal level through the sound card This option is present to further aid the alignmen...

Page 50: ...signals is made by a DiSEqC switch box or DiSEqC multi chan ger No DiSEqC Select this option if the WinTV NEXUS s card is connec ted directly to the LNB of single satellite dish This will only receive...

Page 51: ...be able to process the actual incoming frequencies The LOF is imprinted on the LNB Digital suited universal LNBs have 2 LOF one for the Low band also 11GHz Band and one for the High band also 12GHz Ba...

Page 52: ...UC Unicast filters BC Broadcast filters MC Multicast filters The filter can be only set by the WinTV DVB s data application if the use is permitted shown in the field use and a valid PID field PID was...

Page 53: ...add a new filter in the input field The default needs to be changed and selecting OK applies the changes Selecting Cancel abort with out making any changes Filter modify Modification of an existing F...

Page 54: ...meters Filter option The tab filter options offers the possibility to adjust the parameters of the Unicast Broadcast and multicast filters All modifications will only take effect after re starting the...

Page 55: ...small box a new procedure for the PID determination can be switched on By this the PID does not have to be similar any more for all mul ticast data streams or for each multicast data stream to be ent...

Page 56: ...ter for Unicast data is taken from the IP address of the selected network card Select this option if you are connected with the InterNet by means of network card and your data service provider applies...

Page 57: ...plication Hide Start A small control box is available which will start the data application in hide mode when started In order to bring it to the display you must double click on the smiley in the Win...

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Page 59: ...raph the Hauppauge WinTV DVB NEXUS driver is not installed in the device manager Problem the Hauppauge WinTV NEXUS s or Hauppauge WinTV DVB is not installed in the device manager If you do not answer...

Page 60: ...Network Adapter in the device manager has a yellow mark next to it The WinTV DVB NEXUS card s driver was not mapped correctly to the hardware and should be resolved by removing the Virtual DVB s c t i...

Page 61: ...Virtual DVB s c t Network Adapter Please ensure that only TCP IP is selected for Bindings and not IPX SPX Protocol Problem No sound WinTV NEXUS s the sound is carried from the AV cable of the WinTV NE...

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