Pinnacle MEDIACENTER, User Manual

Page 1: ...Pinnacle MediaCenter...

Page 2: ...for use with a mouse 8 Pinnacle MediaCenter PC View Overview 8 General Operating Controls 9 TV Operating Controls 14 DVD Playback Operating Controls 20 File Playback Operating Controls 24 Teletext 27...

Page 3: ...59 epgData com the Electronic Program Guide Premium Program Guide 59 Advanced Capture Settings 61 Capture folder 61 Hard disk capture formats 61 Direct to DVD recording 62 Advanced Timeshift Settings...

Page 4: ...4 Analog video inputs 74 Advanced System Information Settings 75 MediaCenter 4 install information 75 MediaCenter 4 features 75 System information 76 More information 76 Technical Support 77 Getting T...

Page 5: ...ou want and of recording your favorite broadcasts quickly and easily In addition your Pinnacle product lets your receive Internet radio stations The following components of your new Pinnacle product l...

Page 6: ...teletext or timeshift functions PCTV MediaCenter remote control You can use the remote control to easily operate the menu displayed on your monitor from any point in the room and you don t even have t...

Page 7: ...cally after the Pinnacle MediaCenter has been installed You can now configure your PCTV hardware using the wizard Here are some of your settings options The individual settings dialogs are explained i...

Page 8: ...se or keyboard This interface is especially useful when you use the Pinnacle MediaCenter while working at your desk for example for watching TV while working on the computer The bar shaped menu button...

Page 9: ...of your own sofa Of course you can still operate the Pinnacle MediaCenter with your mouse or keyboard while in the Remote View You can also display the PC View menu bars in the Remote View and use the...

Page 10: ...depending on PCTV hardware used You can also create radio playlists in the Advanced Settings so that you can receive the radio stations assigned to a certain category at any time Recording FM radio b...

Page 11: ...MediaCenter in the PC View you have two control bars one at the top and one at the bottom of the Pinnacle MediaCenter window For more information refer to the chapter General Operating Controls Size...

Page 12: ...indow or if the cursor does not move for a few seconds Note that depending on your hardware and the current reception area some buttons and their functions may be temporarily unavailable Menu If you c...

Page 13: ...se This button closes the Pinnacle MediaCenter or a subwindow for example the teletext or EPG window Bottom Control Bar The bottom control bar in the Pinnacle MediaCenter PC View is dependent on the m...

Page 14: ...ately This means you can put it anywhere on the screen independent of the rest of the Pinnacle MediaCenter window To do this click the bottom control bar and hold down your left mouse button While hol...

Page 15: ...o start page you arrive at the Pinnacle MediaCenter start page in the Remote View PIP activate Picture in Picture function The PIP option lets you open a second TV View if you are using a dual tuner T...

Page 16: ...ctive Recording Audio Another option is Audio active during DVD playback After clicking this button a dialog window opens where you can set the language for the soundtrack the subtitles and the menus...

Page 17: ...ed Settings a pop up window displays all the available channel lists If you click a specific channel list all the channels assigned to this group appear on the right side of the window Clicking a chan...

Page 18: ...n as a single image and saved in the previously indicated directory in Advanced Settings The file name is automatically created from the date time channel name and any available EPG information Previo...

Page 19: ...name is automatically created from the date time channel name and any available EPG information The recording can be paused by clicking the Record button again or by clicking the Stop button Play Paus...

Page 20: ...y running recording by clicking Stop Record If you click this button the TV program currently playing is recorded and saved in the directory previously indicated in Advanced Settings The file name is...

Page 21: ...le if a timeshift recording is currently running Click this button to return to the live position in the current program The timeshift recording continues to be recorded and can be played back at any...

Page 22: ...acle MediaCenter window now opens in which the other TV channel is displayed The TV channels displayed can be turned on and off independently of each other 2 Create PIP only active if a dual tuner TV...

Page 23: ...If more than one audio mode is available you can select between them here To do this click the Audio Mode button This opens a pop up window displaying all the available audio modes Clicking a specifi...

Page 24: ...it again resumes playback Open the bottom control bar Clicking this button opens the bottom control bar Opened Bottom Control Bar If you click the button while watching a DVD the bottom control bar op...

Page 25: ...D runs at quadruple speed Three clicks results in 8x speed and four clicks in 16x speed One more click lets the DVD run at normal speed again To pause rewind fast forward click the corresponding butto...

Page 26: ...position within the DVD here 00 56 50 as well as the current chapter You can see here how much of the DVD has already been played back or how much is still left The marks within the time status bar in...

Page 27: ...ally created from the date time and title of the file Volume You can adjust the volume of file playback with this slider To do this click the slider button and while holding the mouse button down slid...

Page 28: ...file playback by clicking the Pause button Clicking it again resumes playback Rewind Fast forward Clicking the Rewind and Fast forward buttons lets you move back and forth in a video file at an incre...

Page 29: ...you click this button a dialog window appears where you can set the language for the subtitles Timeline This field tells you the following information The beginning of playback here 00 00 00 The end o...

Page 30: ...etext and watch TV at the same time Positioning the teletext window Both the teletext window as well as the TV window if this is displayed can be coupled to each other and then moved together on the s...

Page 31: ...window with Live TV remains open Navigating Teletext Teletext not available in the USA Navigating teletext using TOP Text TOP Text lets you quickly and effectively navigate through teletext After clic...

Page 32: ...nel for which you would like the teletext pages displayed Use the following buttons navigate upwards and downwards in the Channel list Character set Use this option to select the character set used in...

Page 33: ...y you that one of the TV programs running has been delayed If you wanted to record this TV program you would be notified of this change In some games the answers to certain questions might remain hidd...

Page 34: ...me and teletext page number Entering pages directly To access a teletext page or subpage you can also enter the page number directly with your keyboard Opening pages in the teletext window You can ope...

Page 35: ...navigation window All of the teletext pages are available here for quick access Double click page 100 the Start page in the page navigation area The associated subpages 101 111 etc now appear in the...

Page 36: ...Guide offers you a complete overview not only of the current but also of the future TV schedule This also lets you record TV shows quickly and simply EPG program list In the middle part of the window...

Page 37: ...e on the day you have selected appears in the EPG list if this information is available Sorting the EPG program list by channel After you click the Channel button the current channel is displayed on t...

Page 38: ...ou can pause edit or delete the recording refer to the chapter Manual Recording Manual Recording To schedule a recording manually click the EPG button in the top control bar and click the Manual Recor...

Page 39: ...er entering the start time and the duration of a recording the end time is automatically calculated Frequency Here you can select the frequency your recording should be repeated for example once daily...

Page 40: ...te This option lets you take the end time of a recording into account if the start of a recording must be postponed for any reason The time set pushes the end of the recording back Shutdown Windows wh...

Page 41: ...y available recordings including information about the recording date and time You also see further information for each selected recording in the information box on the lower edge of the screen If yo...

Page 42: ...t the same time by displaying two or more TV windows The prerequisite is that you have installed one or more sets of Dual PCTV hardware or at least 2 PCTV hardware variants internally or externally ea...

Page 43: ...d select the Create PIP option in the PIP submenu The TV program which follows the program last open in the TV program list It is displayed in a small window The new window now becomes active Activate...

Page 44: ...the window The width of the window is too small In this case you need to increase the size of the window in order to display the title bar To do this move your cursor onto one of the window corners a...

Page 45: ...u like to watch TV or movies or view photos in full screen mode or should the menu remain visible The Pinnacle MediaCenter is very flexible in accommodating your wishes The following explains how to d...

Page 46: ...view or information window If you have opened the Pinnacle MediaCenter in normal size and the menu displayed contains a preview or information window for example the TV menu in the Remote View 1 you c...

Page 47: ...nter window in full screen 4 by clicking the Maximize button in the top control bar or double clicking the top control bar If only the TV window is displayed in normal size 2 you can enlarged it to fu...

Page 48: ...ALT L Volume or CTRL Cursor Up Down Channel Page Up Page Down OK Confirm Enter Start page Menu P key depending on remote control Esc Jump to live position during timeshift playback F5 Record C Pause I...

Page 49: ...Pinnacle MediaCenter 46 Selection of on screen menu buttons Cursor In teletext mode Display previous Next page Cursor Up Down Switch between letters and numbers C N CTRL C Delete entry Del...

Page 50: ...with your keyboard or your mouse Apply button After configuring settings in any particular dialog click the Apply button before going to the next dialog in Advanced Settings Doing this applies the set...

Page 51: ...MediaCenter updates are listed for download Control bar Here you can define the appearance and size of the MediaCenter control bar The control bar is located in the lower area of the MediaCenter and...

Page 52: ...using the Pinnacle MediaCenter without having to create your own Favorites list After a channel scan you can watch all the channels in the Available TV channels area However in order to select the cha...

Page 53: ...on to delete Favorites from the list or the Favorites folder Preview Here a preview of the currently selected TV channel is displayed Channel Details Various parameters for the currently selected TV c...

Page 54: ...country set last Scan Mode Here you can select a Scan Mode You can choose between Quick Best Quality and Normal Here you can set how the channel scan should be performed Do you want the quickest possi...

Page 55: ...PAL NTSC SECAM The standard setting in the dropdown menu is the country set last Scan Mode Here you can select a Scan Mode You can choose between Quick Best Quality and Normal Here you can set how the...

Page 56: ...on Activate the A or 1 option in the drop down menu What is DiSEqC DiSEqC Digital Satellite Equipment Control is a data transmission method for controlling complex satellite systems with motors or mul...

Page 57: ...hannel list containing all the available channels sorted according to various criteria for instance All radio stations All TV channels In order to list the channels in a specific grouping click the co...

Page 58: ...ls selected TV channels or radio stations analog or digital only a few to the settings listed as follows can be configured Adding a channel After clicking the New button a window opens which displays...

Page 59: ...hardware the settings available in this menu option may vary In the Select device dialog for example select the PCTV Analog PCI analog device and click OK A dialog appears where you can configure the...

Page 60: ...add channels and click Delete to delete them My favorite radio channels The current Favorites are displayed in the list field Click the New button to add a channel to your Favorites list click Delete...

Page 61: ...n the this area you can use the Load button to import previously created channel lists Click the Load button to import a channel list You can also save channel lists Channel Scan To confirm click the...

Page 62: ...ur region epgData com the Electronic Program Guide Premium Program Guide The Electronic Program Guide EPG shows you the TV schedule for up to 2 weeks in advance In this menu you can request a test lic...

Page 63: ...se button After going through the various dialogs for obtaining the epgData test license the epgData com Channel assignment dialog appears If the automatic TV channel assignment does not function flaw...

Page 64: ...e a recording should be saved on your hard drive Hard disk capture formats Source Here you can select the PCTV hardware installed on your computer for recording video files Video format Select the rec...

Page 65: ...field select the default quality for your video recordings The available qualities depend on the previously selected recording format Audio format Select the audio format you want for your recordings...

Page 66: ...Video quality Here you can select the quality of the direct to DVD recording Audio format Select the audio format you want for direct to DVD recordings Audio quality Here you can select the audio qua...

Page 67: ...ause your to miss a second of the current TV show TimeShifting file path After clicking the Browse button you can select where temporary timeshift recordings should be saved on your hard drive Free di...

Page 68: ...his field you can activate or deactivate repeat mode When repeat mode is active all the selected music titles in the category from a playlist or album for example are played repeatedly You can activat...

Page 69: ...or example the playlist or album are displayed repeatedly You can activate or deactivate repeat mode at any time in the Photo menu Shuffle playlist In this field you can activate or deactivate shuffle...

Page 70: ...s in the category you selected for example in the playlist are played back repeatedly You can activate or deactivate repeat mode at any time in the Movie menu Shuffle playlist In this field you can ac...

Page 71: ...rent TV or radio program the current music the movie showing or the current photo are displayed in the Pinnacle MediaCenter Hi Resolution OSD If the OSD is displayed you can select the picture quality...

Page 72: ...this option Screen saver It can be annoying if the screen saver comes on while you are watching television or a video If this is the case you can deactivate the screen saver Preferred video aspect ra...

Page 73: ...tput setting SPDIF or analog OUT continues to be displayed Here set whether AC3 Sound should be used Note the following configurations when using AC3 Sound If SPDIF has been selected in the audio conf...

Page 74: ...DIF output of your sound card check in the About the Pinnacle MediaCenter menu in the MediaCenter 4 functions area whether the Dolby 2 Channel Downmix option has been released If the function is highl...

Page 75: ...red playback format Here you can select audio output format you want for example Dolby digital 2 0 Analog audio input TV Tuner device In this area select the audio input source Choose between your PCT...

Page 76: ...ackage If you do not wish to use the remote control select the no remote option Remote control receiver Use the Run IR receiver service at startup option to set whether the IR service will start direc...

Page 77: ...installed are listed Antenna inputs Here you can activate the power supply to the antennas for example for an active room antenna Preview In the Preview area you can switch between and display the TV...

Page 78: ...n about the Pinnacle MediaCenter that you will need if you ever have to contact Pinnacle Systems Support You also have the option of checking for PMC updates or starting registration MediaCenter 4 fea...

Page 79: ...ams Pinnacle MediaCenter Registration After this the Dolby 2 Channel Downmix function is released Now you hear sound over the computer loud speakers but no AC3 Sound The free activation is dependent o...

Page 80: ...uently read questions In addition you can also sort the documents according to problem categories To do this use the pull down Category menu Please use the search function to obtain answers to special...

Page 81: ...ms online discussion forum to see whether your question has already been asked and a suitable answer found To use the service ask your question in the discussion forum and you will receive help from P...

Page 82: ...fer all copies to the same party or destroy any copies not transferred If you transfer possession of any copy of the Software to another party your License is automatically terminated 2 License Restri...

Page 83: ...order to protect the integrity of certain third party content Pinnacle and or its licensors may provide for Software security related updates that will be automatically downloaded and installed on yo...

Page 84: ...WHATSOEVER EVEN IF PINNACLE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN NO EVENT SHALL PINNACLE S LIABILITY EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE FEES PAID FOR THE SOFTWARE Some states jurisdictio...

Page 85: ...angular pixels are used without adjustment circles are displayed as ovals This distortion can be eliminated by factoring in the aspect ratio see also Pixel AVI Abbreviation for Audio Video Interleaved...

Page 86: ...download up to 6 Mbps and upload 0 6 Mpbs over short distances of 3 miles or less DSL connects using copper landlines DTVB Abbreviation for Digital TeleVision Broadcasting see also Digital Television...

Page 87: ...storing each dot GIFs are ideal formats for animations H HTML Abbreviation for HyperText Markup Language A document standard developed during the World Wide Web project that provides a simple logical...

Page 88: ...based on private transmission media and equipment Ethernet and Token Ring are common LAN technologies Letterbox The letterbox format is created when an image recorded in 16 9 format or wider is displ...

Page 89: ...ere are more than 70 such forums online PHP The abbreviation PHP officially stands for Hypertext Preprocessor PHP is a widely used scripting language designed for general use It can be embedded in HTM...

Page 90: ...ion see also S Video VHS S Video S Video signals deliver brightness and color information separately through several cables This means that the video does not need to be modulated and demodulated and...

Page 91: ...VCD T TIF Abbreviation for Tagged Image File Format Standard format for professional printed images developed by Aldus V VCD Abbreviation for Video CD A standard for writing MPEG 1 formatted videos t...

Page 92: ...duced by Microsoft for Windows Millennium Edition and Windows XP WIA allows image processing programs to communicate with and receive data from digital cameras scanners and other devices Widescreen Se...

Page 93: ...video inputs 74 Analog Digital Reception 57 Antenna inputs 74 Apple iPod 61 ATSC 61 Audio 70 Audio configuration 70 Audio language 70 Audio quality 61 B Basic Settings 3 Bottom Control Bar 10 C Chann...

Page 94: ...ys 45 PC View 5 8 PCTV Analog PCI 51 PCTV Hybrid Pro Stick DVB T 53 PCTV Sat USB DVB S 53 Photo slide show 65 Photos 5 Picture in Picture 39 40 Pinnacle End User License Agreement 79 Pinnacle Hardware...

Page 95: ...75 T Technical Support 77 Teletext 27 28 Timeshift 64 Top Control Bar 9 TOP Text 28 TV channels 49 TV Tuner device 70 TV View 5 U User Interfaces 5 V VCD format 61 Video aspect ratio 68 Video display...