automatically scan for analog channels. The scanning process takes about 10 minutes.
External audio/video sources
You can bring video into the WinTV from an
external audio/video source such as a cable
TV or satellite set top box.
In the
Device Setup Wizard
, select
External Inputs
and click
Next
.
You will be presented with the option to add a
Composite
and an
S-Video
Input. Please
select your country (if not correct) and click
Next
.
If you wish to connect a source not normally
designed for operation in your country, you
can configure the Video Format manually from the drop down list. Change the value from
“AUTO”.
Note:
Pal BGHIDK is the commonly used format in Europe. NTSC is the broadcast
format used in North America.
Rescanning TV channels
If you want to rescan for TV channels, click the
Setup
menu (the gear button in the lower
left corner of WinTV v7).
Then click on the
Devices
tab. Choose your WinTV device by clicking on it, then click
Tuner setup
. Chose the TV format you want to scan, then click
Next
. Click
Next
and a
new scan will be started. When the scan is complete, click
Next
/
Next
and
OK
.
To watch TV, click the
Watch TV
button.
To see the
TV Channel list
, click your
right mouse button
in the TV window to
display the
Options menu
. Select
Find Channel
. You will see the channel list.
To display the
channel list all the
time, while the
channel list is
displayed, click the
Channel list
display always on
button.
Options menu
The
Options menu
is the main menu
where you can
select channels,
turn on closed
captions, open the
Using the WinTV v7 application
TV Scheduler and many other of
the most important TV control
functions.
To bring up the Options Menu,
click your
right mouse button
once
in the TV window .
To see the channel list, click on
Find channel
. You will see the
list of channels which have been
scanned.
To show the Channel menu as
part of the TV window, click the
Channel list
always on icon at
the top of the channel list.
To turn on Closed captions, click on
Show Captions
.
To manually schedule a TV recording, or to see which programs have been scheduled,
click on
Scheduler
.
To turn on the
Always on Top
mode, click on
Stay on Top
.
Watch, Pause and Record TV
WinTV v7 is always recording video to your PC’s hard drive while TV is being displayed.
In this way, you can immediately skip back and replay the TV program you are watching.
Clicking on the
Pause button
will cause the video to pause, while clicking the
Record
button
will cause the current TV program to be recorded to hard disk.
Recording your TV shows
If you want to record a TV show you are watching:
-
Click the
Record button
. The recorded file name will popup on the video for a few
seconds as the recording starts.
-
When you are finished recording, click the
Stop button
.
-
Click the
Playback file
button and select the last file recorded to play the video
you just recorded
-
To play a video you recorded earlier, click the
Playback File
button and then move
your mouse and click once on the video you want to play. Click
Open
and the file
will start playing.
The recorded video file is saved in the directory set in
Recordings directory
. The
default directory is
MyVideos
. To change this directory, click the
Settings
button and
then the
Folders
tab. Every time you record a file, a new file is automatically created.
The file will be formatted as (ChannelNumber)_(ChannelName)YearMonthDay_TIme.
For digital TV programs, the quality level recorded is the same as it is transmitted by the
TV station. For example, if the TV station is transmitting a high-definition program, WinTV
will record the program in high-definition.
Close captions, parental control information and SAP audio is recorded with digital TV
programs.
For analog cable TV using the built-in hardware MPEG-2 encoder, the quality of the video
recording is set to 6Mbits/sec. This will be a configurable setting in a future version of
WinTV v7.
If you want to pause a TV show you are watching:
- Click
the
Pause
button. Your TV video will stop and the Time counter will start
counting.
-
To start the video from where you paused, click the
Play
button
-
To rewind the video to the beginning, click the
Skip to the beginning
button. If
your video was paused, click the
Play
button.
-
To rewind the video 1 minute, click the
Skip back 1 minute
button. If your video was paused, click the
Play
button.
The Delay counter displays how much time you are behind the live video. For example, if
the delay counter says 00:01:23, then the video window is showing video 1 minute and
23 seconds behind live video.
Selecting FM radio programs
On those WinTV products which support FM radio, if you
have scanned for FM radio staions in the section entitled
“Using WinTV for the first time” you can change the WinTV
v7 application to FM by clicking FM radio in the Source
selector, found in the upper right hand corner of the
WinTV application.
Configuration menu
The WinTV v7 Configuration menu is accessed by clicking the gear button in the lower
left hand corner of WinTV v7.
General tab:
you can set the Video Renderer which allows WinTV v7 to display
video with a wide range of graphics systems.
Devices tab:
this is where you can select your Hauppauge TV tuner, set up the
tuner, re-scan for TV channels and set up the TV sources.
Parental control tab:
is where you can set the Parental Control level.
Advanced options:
you can set options such as Convert TV recordings to .MPG
file type and Game mode here.
TV Scheduler
WinTV v7’s built-in TV Scheduler allows you
to schedule the recording of TV shows.
Once a record event is set, WinTV v7 can be
closed and the WinTV application will “wake
up” at the desired time and tuned to the
desired channel.
The TV Scheduler can be found in the
WinTV v7 Options
menu.
Right click your
mouse button in the TV window to see
the Options menu.
Click
Scheduler
. To set up an event for
timed watching or recording, click the
Add button
.
The items that need to be set for each event are:
-
Name:
you can add a name to the recording. If you do not enter a name, the name
will be in the channel/date format.
-
Channel:
chose one of your scanned channels.
-
Start time:
set to the desired start time. Click on the hour to set the hour, the minute
to set the minute. Note: It takes about 15 seconds to launch the WinTV and start
recording.
-
Duration:
number of minutes in the recorded program.
-
Recurrance:
one time, daily, weekly. Note: If you set for Record Weekly, you must
also specify the Day of the Week for the recording.
-
Date to Begin Program:
today's date is
the default. Change this if you want to
schedule on another date.
-
Source selection:
leave set at WinTV to
bring up the WinTV at the requested time
and on the requested channel.
Once these are set, click
OK
. You can add
more recordings, clicking
OK
after each
event is set.
When you are finished click
Close
. The
WinTV program does not have to be running
for the Schedular to work. If WinTV is not
running, it takes about 15 seconds to start
Options menu
click your
right mouse button
to view
Playback menu
Channel list
TV Scheduler
Close captions
Always on top
Record
Playback
file
Program
info
Skip back
1 minute
Pause/Play
Stop
Skip
ahead 1
minute
Skip back 10
seconds
Skip ahead
30 seconds
Settings
Time bar
Current channel
name and number
Record/Pause/Play
controls
Channel list display always on
TV Channel list
Volume adjust
and mute
Channel
up/down
Fast channel select
numbers
Close WinTV
WinTV source selector
Playback
file menu
Watch
TV
Program Info
Configuration
menu
(Settings
menu)
