Model # ATVPCI883 User’s Manual
Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INSTALLING HARDWARE...................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Package Contents ................................................................................................................................. 2 1.2 Minimum System Requirements.......................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Hardware Installation..........................................
CHAPTER 1 INSTALLING HARDWARE 1.1 Package Contents Unpack your Vision+ TV card and make sure that all the items are intact. The following items should be included in your package: l Vision+ TV Card l Audio Cable l A/V Converter Cable l Quick Installation Guide l Installation CD-ROM l Remote Control [requires two AAA batteries (not included)] l Remote Sensor l FM Radio Antenna 1.
1. Insert the TV card into an available PCI slot on your computer. 2. Connect the coaxial cable for the TV antenna/cable to the TV port of the TV card. 3. Connect one end of the A/V converter cable to the A/V port of the TV card, and connect the Composite (or S-Video input), and audio inputs to the corresponding output cables of your video/audio source. 4.
3. Click Next to install the driver for the Remote Control. 4. Click Next to install the driver for the TV card. 5. Click Next to launch the TVSetup utility. 6. Click TV System to configure the setting.
7. For U.S.A., select NTSC as your TV System and click OK. 8. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now and click Finish to restart your computer. Note: If you want to re-configure the TV system, you can run the “TVSetup” utility to change the setting. Click Start, Programs, Airlink+, TV88X, TVSetup to execute the program. CHAPTER 3 INTSTALLING PVR-PLUS PVR-PLUS is a set of utilities that allow you to watch TV on your computer, edit video clips, burn DVDs, and more.
3. Click Next to begin installation. 4. Click Next to accept the default Destination Location or click Browse to choose a new location. 5. Click Next to accept the default Program Folder. 6. Click Finish to complete the installation.
CHAPTER 4 USING PVR-PLUS Double-click the PVR Plus icon on your desktop to run PVR-PLUS. After you started PVR-PLUS, you can select the application you want to use . Click on each icon to start the application. • TVR: TVR turns your PC into a full-featured video recorder. (For detailed instructions, please refer to chapter 5). • MPEG Encoder: MPEG Encoder converts DV/AVI files into MPEG/DVD format. (For detailed instructions, please refer to chapter 6).
CHAPTER 5 USING TVR TVR is a powerful and easy-to-use TV application that provides feature-rich video/audio entertainment. TVR allows you to watch and record TV or video on your computer and playback the recordings as well. You can also listen to FM radio in the FM mode. 5.1 Setting TV system and scanning channels Note: The first time you start TVR, it will run the TV Frequency Table Setup Wizard . 1. For U.S.A., select TV System, NTSC, and click Next. 2.
3. Click Start to auto -scan for all available channels . 4. Click Finish to complete the TV Frequency Table Setup Wizard . Note: 1. TVR depends on current country codes provided by Windows OS to give you a default value of each country. However, this may not work in some cases so you should check and select a valid option for your TV system; otherwise you will not be able to view all TV programs. 2.
5.2 Main Panel Functions The display window shows live TV or recorded videos. You can drag it anywhere on the screen or adjust its size by double-clicking it to switch to full-screen and double -clicking the screen again to return to its original size. The TVR has six major parts. 5.2.
5.2.3 Channel Adjust Part You can select the channels by clicking the number keys , or on your computer’s keyboard when the video source is set to Antenna, Cable , or Memory. You can also select the channels with the remote control. Note: The remote control requires two AAA batteries (not included). Channel Up : Goes to previous channel Channel Down : Goes to next channel Note: You must first set the channels by auto -scanning for them as described in section 5.1 before you can switch the channels.
At Live mode, you can start recording the current broadcast by clicking on the capture button . Once you are capturing, click the stop button to stop recording. You can review your recorded files in the Play list after recording. 2. Playback You can playback the recorded files by clicking on the play button . A playback dialog box will appear, showing all the captured files and recently played files. Select the files you want to p layback and click Add to add them to the Play list.
3. Time Shifting Function The Time Shifting function allows you to record and playback videos at the same time. At Live mode, you can perform time shifting by clicking on the time-shifting button . Once you are in time-shifting mode, you need to wait at least 10 seconds before you can playback the recorded video by clicking on the play button click the stop button . If you want to stop time-shifting, .
File name option: You can use the date/time as your capture file name or assign a name yourself. Time option Current time: Shows the current time. Starting time: Enter the date and time when you want to start recording. Duration: Enter the length that you want to record. Recording rule: Select the recording rule you want to use. The default is "Once only.” When you enter a record schedule, it will be added to the Open tab of the Scheduled Recording Agent. Insert: Insert a new record schedule.
Setup: Output folder: Assign a destination folder to store your scheduled recorded files. Auto -execute at start up: Allows the Schedule d Recording Agent to start at Windows start up. Default is enabled. 5.4 Setup Utility Click on the Setup button to enter the Setup Utility. 5.4.1 TV Tuner The TV Tuner tab allows you to customize and configure your TV channels or edit your favorite memory channels.
5.4.2 Preview The Preview tab allows you to customize and configure your preview settings. Standard : Follows the standard channel order Custom: Allows you to set the video source of each channel. Click on the numbers below and set your video source. Preview dimension: Select from 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, and 5x5. Preview time interval: Set the time interval between each preview. 5.4.3 Capture Video capture device: Select your video capture device.
Audio Source: Select the audio input source. (Recommended using Line In) Audio format: Select the audio format. For DVD, be sure to select 48000 Hertz. Recording level: Adjust the audio recording level. 5.4.4 Video Color: Move the slide bar to adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation of the video. Click Default to reset the settings to factory default. Video Syste m: Select the video system for your Composite and S -Video inputs.
5.5 Channel Preview You can preview all the channels by clicking on the Channel Preview button . While previewing, you can select each channel sub-window with the 4 arrow keys (left, right, up, down), or directly clicking on it with the mouse. When you want to finish previewing, you can double -click on the sub-window you want to watch. 5.6 Snapshot You can take a snapshot (still image capture) of the current image in the display window by clicking on the Snapshot button .
5.8 FM Mode The FM Mode allows you to listen and record FM radios. Click on FM in the Basic Tool part to switch to FM mode. There are 50 memory channels that can be assigned, and you can schedule recordings for specific memory channels. Use the FM control panel to operate the FM radio. Information Window: Displays the current status: (FM, REC, Playback), audio volume, speaker state, recording time, recording file size, and current time.
Channel adjustment: Enter the number key and click Enter ( ) or wait 1 second to directly jump to the channel you entered. : Go to last selected channel. Volume adjustment: : Increase volume : Decrease volume : Mute or restore sound Record/Pla yback/Time-shifting: : Start recording : Start playback : Pause current playback : Stop playback and go back to Live mode : Go backward : Go forward Time control bar: While playback, it shows the general elapsed time or time remaining.
Recording Start recording the current radio channel by clicking on the record button recording, click on the stop button . Once you are to stop recording. You can review your recorded files in the playback list after recording. Playback Same as playback in the TV mode. Please refer to Chapter 5.2.6. CHAPTER 6 USING MPEG ENCODER The Mpeg Encoder lets you convert DV/AVI files into MPEG/DVD format. 6.
6.2 Streaming Video Translation MPEG Encoder converts multimedia files into MPEG/DVD format. For multimedia files to be encoded using the MPEG Encoder, they must be able to be played with Windows Media Player. File formats that can be converted are: AVI, DV-AVI, MPEG 1, MPEG 2, ASF, WMV, DivX, and DAT. To add a multimedia file to be encoded, click on the + or Add button. This will open the Browse dialog box. Browse to the desired directory/file and click Open.
6.3 Translation Option Dialog When a media file is added to the Batch Process Displa y Window, the Option Dialog Box will appear. Choose one of the formats and click on OK to continue. The MPEG-1 menu includes 7 profiles to choose from. Each profile displays the video bit rate of that format. The Following list explains each profile: Auto (match Calculates the most appropriate bit rate according to the screen size of the source) translating file Internet low band 256Kbps, QCIF(160*120), 23.
The MPEG-2 menu includes 7 profiles to choose from. Industry standard MPEG 2 DVD and SVCD profiles are included. Variable bit rate override can be manually selected. The Following list explains each profile: HP@H14 80Mbps, 1440*1152 (High Profile at High-1440) HP@ML 20Mbps, 720*576 MP@HL 80Mbps, 1920*1152 (Main Profile at Main Level) MP@H14 60Mbps, 1440*1152 MP@ML (DVD) Encode MPEG files suitable for creating DVD.
Once the output video format and options are specified and the OK button is clicked, the file will appear in the Batch Process Display Window. The Batch Process Display Window shows the status of the media file in the Status column. 1. Waiting: the media file is queued and ready for encoding. Click on the encoding button to begin encoding. 2. Exclusion: the media file will not be encoded. 3. Done: the media file is successfully encoded.
CHAPTER 7 USING VIDEO EDITOR The Video Editor lets you edit and merge your videos and save them as new v ideo files. The Video Editor's interface contains the following areas: • • • • • • • Menu Area: add/delete files, minimize/maximize window, exit, and help files. Display Area: play original video clips (left screen), play edited video clips (right screen), display saving progress information. Video Clip Staging Area: Original Clips (top), Staging Clips (bottom).
7.1 Menu Area Button Descriptions Click the +/Add button to open a file • Supports MPEG 1 & 2 files (Video and Audio), AVI (DV-AVI). • Select a file and click Open. Click the -/Delete button to delete the file icon in the Original Clips area. Note : If you check the Delete File check box, the actual file will be deleted.
7.2 Display Area Original Video Display Window (Left screen) • Displays original video. (Double-click or drag-and-drop the original video into this display window). • Videos in Staging Clips cannot be displayed in this window. • In Title editing mode, Title can be edited in this window. • In Audio editing mode, it d isplays registered audio files. • In Special Effect mode, it displays all available filters. • Displays the progress information when final video is created.
Original Clips (Top) • This is the area where video clips that need to be edited are added and managed. • Video clips can be dragged and dropped into the Original Clips area. • The sequence of video clips added can also be rearranged easily by dragging and droppin g. 1.1 How to add video clips • Use the button in the menu area to browse and select video clips to add to the Original Clips area. • Drag and Drop the video files into the Original Clips area. 1.
7.4 Frame Edit Mode 1. Frame Range Selection for Editing • • • • Specify frame range To add an entire video clip, drag the clip from the Original Clips area and drop it in the Staging Clips area. To add portions of a video clip, drag the clip from the Original Clips area and drop it in the Original Video display window. Then using the Mark-in/Mark-out button, cut the portion of the video clip to be edited and then click on the cut button transfer the clip to the Staging Clips area.
CHAPTER 8 USING DVD MAKER The DVD Maker allows you to burn your videos into several video formats including DVD, VCD, SVCD, and DATA. Note: The videos need to comply with proper specifications in order for the DVD Maker to burn them successfully. Please refer to section 8.3 Video Specifications for more details. 8.1 Adding Files : 1. Select the format you want to create: DVD: For DVD. VCD: For Video CD. SVCD: For Super VCD. DATA: For multimedia data CD. 2. Click the add button .
4. Click Next to accept the default background image for your DVD Title page, or click Background to choose an image. Click Background again after you have selected your background image and click Next. 8.2 Burning If you wish to go back and modify your selections, click the back button . 1. Select the DVD/CD burner to use. 2. : Click the Option button to edit the options.
- Path: You can specify DVD Maker's temporary directory. 3. After selecting the DVD/CD burner and configuring the settings in the Option dialog box, click the next button to start burning the DVD or CD. 8.3 Video Specifications In order for the DVD Maker to successfully burn the videos, the video files must meet the video specifications of the desired video format. • Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) Specs: - NTSC: Size: MPEG2 720 X 480 pixels Video bit rate: Up to 9.8 Mbit/sec Frame rate: 29.
Audio : 224 kbit/sec MPEG-1 Layer2 - MPEG1 352 X 288 PAL Size: MPEG1 352 X 288 pixels Video bit rate: 1150 kbit/sec Frame rate: 25.00 frames/sec Audio : 224 kbit/sec MPEG-1 Layer2 • Super VCD (SVCD) Specs: - NTSC Size: MPEG2 480 X 480 pixels Video bit rate: max 2524 kbit/sec MPEG-2 (if the audio is in 224 kbit/sec), audio + video bit rate max bit rate is 2748 kbit/sec. Frame rate: 25.
Appendix A Product Specifications Key Features: • Watch TV on PC • Receive TV: 125 Channels Cable/Antenna • Video Resolution: NTSC - 30fps @ 720 x 480 PAL - 30fps @ 720 x 576 • Capture TV and vid eos in Mpeg 1, Mpeg 2, and Mpeg 4 format • SAP support Nicam, A2, MTS-EIAJ & MTS-BTSC • Time-shifting function allows you to record & playback videos at the same time • Capture still images in BMP and JP EG formats • Full function remote control • Picture-in-Picture playback Specifications: • Video inputs: - TV Inp
Appendix B Technical Support E-mail: support@airlinkplus.com Toll Free: 1-888-746-3238 Web Site: www.airlinkplus.
