FusionHDTV 1. Before Getting Started 2. Software Installation 3. Hardware Installation 4.
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1 Before Getting Started ................................................................................... 6 1.1 1.2 1.3 2 Software Installation..................................................................................... 10 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3 Installing FusionHDTV Applications.................................................................... 10 Driver installation under Windows ME................................................................
1 Before Getting Started 1.1 FusionHDTV Specification A Highly cost effective ATSC/ NTSC TV reception card You can enjoy HDTV at quite a low price due to Dvico’s innovative HDTV software decoding engine. Unrivaled crystal-clear picture quality FusionHDTV provides up to 5 times higher resolution when compared to analog TV, and provides crisp and crystal-clear picture quality to a PC screen.
Cut Edit feature – Cut the transport stream files You can cut out the wanted scenes from the captured file and reconstruct the video clip. Supports virtual channel Virtual channel is set on the channel list independent of physical channel. - OSD for virtual channel and broadcasting station name is shown whenever channel is changed. Supports sub-channel Sub channel is listed up in sub channel play list and can be selected with channel up/down button or mouse selection in sub channel play list.
1.2 FusionHDTV System Requirements System requirements for FusionHDTV are as follows One TV antenna One inside stereo connection jack to sound card for analog TV S-Video IN, Composite IN Pentium3 800MHz or faster with 128M memory Celeron 900Mhz or faster with 128M memory GeForce4 MX420,440,Fx5200,5600 Series, Ti Series All ATI Radeon series VGAs WinME/2000/XP or later Ultra-DMA66 enabled main board and HDD for recording Pentium4 1.
1.3 Package contents The FusionHDTV package contains the following items: 1 2 3 4 5 FusionHDTV card Setup CD Manual Internal cable to sound card for Analog TV Audio External Connection cable * Optional FusionHDTV remote transceiver 1 2 FusionHDTV transceiver Receiver First install the software before you plug the FusionHDTV card in your system. It will ease the installation process. If you plugged the card in already, you can still proceed anyway.
2 Software Installation Most likely there will be an updated version of the files on our web site. Please check the site (Http://www.DVICO.com), before you install the software included in the CD. 2.1 Installing FusionHDTV Applications Insert FusionHDTV Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. The setup window will automatically pop up. if you downloaded the recent version on DVICO’s website, please run install.exe or setup.exe.
2.1.1 Uninstall Drivers 1) When you select Uninstall Driver in the menu on the FusionHDTV INSTALLER program, it will remove all the old drivers previously installed. 2) When all the drives are removed, you will see following message.
2.1.2 Installing FusionHDTV Software Important: Installation on Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Before you install FusionHDTV software, be sure that you logged on as an account with Administrator privileges. 1) Select “Install FusionHDTV”. 2) At the FusionHDTV Installation dialog opens, click on the “Next>” button. 3) The user Information window will show up when you are upgrading of the WEB version.
4) The “Choose Destination Location” window will appear. Click on “Next” if you want to install the FusionHDTV in the default directory. Otherwise, you can choose a different directory by clicking on “Browse”. 5) Press “Next” on the Destination Folder selection window.
6) The “Setup status” window will appear. 7) Choose your country, then click “OK”.
8) PC specification selection windows will appear. Please select the appropriate system. You can change the mode after installation with configuration menu of the application program. You do not need to reinstall the program with different options. 9) Select your FusionHDTV card, and Press ‘Next’ to install latest drivers.
10) You will see the progress window. 11) Press “Yes” for the digital signature message. 12) Following message indicates the completion of the setup. 13) By clicking the Finish button, the software installation is done.
14) When you reboot, the system will ask for the 4 drivers. Please click “Yes” when the digital signature window appears. In certain cases, Windows will ask for the .sys files. You can locate the sys files in the C:\Program Files\DVico\FusionHDTV\driver folder.
2.1.3 Installing Microsoft DirectX 8.1 Important! Installing on Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Before you install FusionHDTV software, be sure that you logged on as an account with Administrator privileges. You can check the version of DirectX by typing “dxdiag” on the command line which appears with menu selection “start->run” If you have DirectX8.1 or later already, you do not need to install DirectX8.1 again. 1) Run ‘Install.exe’ and then select “Install Direct8.1X”.
2.1.4 Installing the FusionHDTV remote transceiver Installation Caution • Remote transceiver is optional and can be purchased separately through FusionHDTV dealers. • First, install the FusionHDTV application then install the FusionHDTV remote transceiver program. Important: Installation on Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Before you install FusionHDTV software, be sure that you logged on as an account with Administrator privileges.
4) Click on the “OK” to restart and finish installation.
2.2 Driver installation under Windows ME 2.2.1 Before Installation Make sure to install the software in the following order. 1) Install the Application software (refer to 2.1 Installing FusionHDTV Applications) 2) Install Hardware(Board) (refer to 3.3 Board Installation) 3) Install Windows ME Driver (refer to 2.2.2 Installing Windows ME driver) 4) Check Windows ME device manger (refer to 2.2.3 Checking Windows ME Driver) 2.2.
7) The Add New Hardware Wizard will pop up automatically and “FusionHDTV 88x, Crossbar” driver installation will be done automatically. 8) The Add New Hardware Wizard will pop up automatically and “FusionHDTV 881, Audio Capture” driver installation will be done automatically. 2.2.3 Checking Windows ME driver If all four drivers are found in the device manager, the Windows ME driver is installed properly. Otherwise, you must reinstall the driver.
2.3 Driver installation under Windows 2000 Professional 2.3.1 Before Installation Make sure that you install the software in the following order. 1) Install the Application software(refer to 2.1 Installing FusionHDTV Applications) 2) Install hardware(board) (refer to 3.3 Board Installation) 3) Install the Windows 2000 Drivers (refer to 2.3.2 Installing Windows 2000 driver) 4) Check Windows 2000 device manager (refer to 2.3.3 Checking Windows Driver) 2.3.
4) When the Digital Signature appears, Click on “Yes”. 5) When the “Completing…” window appears, Click on “Finish”.
6) The “New Hardware Wizard” window will pop up automatically. 7) When the “Digital Signature Not Found” window appears, Click on “Yes”. . 8) The “New Hardware Wizard” window will pop up automatically. 9) When the “Digital Signature Not Found” window appears, Click on “Yes”.
10) The “New Hardware Wizard” window will pop up automatically. 11) When the “Digital Signature Not Found” window appears, Click on “Yes”. 12) If a driver file look for, click the browse button. Select the driver directory under the installation directory (ex : C:\Program Files\Dvico\FusionHDTV\driver) or Driver folder of installation CD..
2.3.3 Checking the Windows 2000 driver Right click the “My Computer” icon and select “properties” from the popup menu. Select Hardware-> Device Manger You must see four devices properly installed under “Sound video and game controllers”. If you do not see all four drivers installed correctly, please re-install the drivers.
2.4 Driver installation under Windows XP 2.4.1 Before Installation Make sure that you install the software in the following order: 1) Install the Application software (with reference to 2.1 Installing FusionHDTV Applications) 2) Install Hardware (refer to 3.3 Board Installation ) 3) Install the Windows XP drivers (with reference to 2.4.2 Installing Windows XP driver) 4) Check Windows XP Device Manager (with reference to 2.4.3 Checking Windows XP Driver ) 2.4.
3) After files are copied, Click “Finish” if the FusionHDTV 88x, Thomson7611+LG3302 WDM TvTuner driver is properly installed. Tip Using this way, you may install “FusionHDTV 881, Audio Capture “, “FusionHDTV 88x, Transport Stream Capture(ATSC-A)“, “FusionHDTV 88x, Video Capture “, “FusionHDTV 88x, Crossbar “drivers.
2.4.3 Checking the Windows XP driver Right click the “My Computer” icon and select “properties” from the popup menu. Select Hardware-> Device Manger. You must see four devices properly installed under the “Sound video and game controllers”. If you do not see all four drivers installed correctly, please re-install drivers.
3 Hardware Installation 3.1 About the Board Analog Audio Output Port Antenna Video-IN Antenna: Connects to the terrestrial signal : Connects to the Cable signal (This is used when the cable company sends the HDTV signal using the QAM method) Video -IN: For external video sources. Analog Audio Output Port : For the audio of analog sources.
3.2 Before Installation Warning: 1) Before installing, first touch the grounded part of the PC to protect the components on the board from static electricity. 2) Before installing the board, the system’s power should be turned off. Installing the Board when the system’s power is “ON,” will damage the system or the Board. 3) Please remove the power cord from the PC.
3.3 Board Installation 1) Connect the analog audio output port to the sound card (CD-IN or Aux) for Video or composite ( Windows ME requires for analog TV audio.) 2) Insert the board by holding the top part of the board and push it until it completely locks into the slot. Fasten the screw on the bracket using a screw driver. 3) Connect the Antenna input port to an antenna cable. Tip After the board installation, when the power is on, the driver search message will appear.
3.4 Remote Installation * Remote transceiver is optional and can be purchased separately through FusionHDTV dealers. 1) Connect the IR receiver module to the PC’s serial port(COM1, COM2…) or USB port.There are two types receivers serial or USB 2) After IR receiver and FusionHDTV remote software is installed, please reboot and start the configuration by right clicking the FusionRemote icon at the low right bottom of the screen.
Tip FusonRemote program will start automatically when the PC is booted. You can check the FusionRemote program availability at the Task Bar of Windows like the picture below.
4 Using FusionHDTV Please check www.dvico.com for any updated software or manuals. 4.1 Starting and Quitting Click Start, point to Program->DVICO->FusionHDTV, or double click on the FusionHDTV icon in the program folder to execute FusionHDTV. When you first execute the program, it will ask for a channel scan. Please say “Yes” for the channel scan. By clicking 4.2 (Exit Button) , the software is terminated. Display setup FusionHDTV Software composed with View panel and control panel. 4.2.
Configuration: Refer to 4.3 : Configuration Show Controller: Show/Hide FusionHDTV’s controller. Reservation Record : Used to Reservation Record. Input Source: Change input source. Favorites Channel : Add your favorite programs into favorite list before watching them. Display Size: Resize display. Aspect Ratio: Adjust display ratio. Analog TV De-interlacing: removes interlace to progressive conversion artifact. CUT mode file playback: Change cut edit playback mode.
4.2.2 Controller This indicates Control Buttons. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 30 14 33 9 16 12 13 17 28 27 31 11 10 15 29 32 25 19 21 20 18 22 23 26 24 1) Exit button 2) Minimize 3) Maximize button 4) Configuration button 5) Help button 6) Reserve REC button: is used to Reservation record. 7) LiveTV button: Changes to live TV mode. 8) Input button: is used to select input signal. 9) Time: Total elapsed time played. 10) Channel/Input button: This mode shows the channel number.
22) Review button: Is used to search backward. 23) FF button: Is used to search forward. 24) Stop button Tip You can press stop when recording if you want to record the content without viewing. 25) Instant Replay button: goes 10 sec backward by default. You can configure the instant replay time in the configuration menu. 26) Record button 27) Cut Edit button: Is used to edit a recorded file. 28) Mark in button: Mark in the start point where the cut starts.
4.3 Configuration Configuration: ( 4.3.1 ), you can Configure many parameters. Video Video settings tab. Input Source : Selects between multiple external video sources. You can select antenna input between Tuner (OTA) or Cable Cropping : flickering lines near the top or bottom of the picture can be removed with cropping function Video tap is possible with adjust Brightness/contrast/Hue/Saturation/Sharpness. Click on the " OK", and you can play adjusted display.
4.3.2 Display Repeat playback: It will play the file endlessly if checked. Show as hh:mm:ss: Shows time from 00:00:00. CUT mode file playback FullScreen Refresh : Fix 60Hz in Fullscreen monitor. Aspect Ratio : De-interlacing: Select BOB or WEAVE in DxVA video decoder. - Weave : Best for less moving picture - BOB : Best for moving picture Video Decoder: Is used to select video decoder.
< Dvico HDTV Video Decoder > For Non DxVA compatible graphics cards. Usually the ones from Matrox. Normal - Intel Pentium 4 : CPU 1.6GHz, AGP 4X - AMD Athlon XP : CPU 1600+, AGP 4X High - Intel Pentium 4 : CPU 2.4GHz, FSB 533, AGP 4X - AMD Athlon XP : CPU 2400+, AGP 4X Highest - Intel Pentium 4 : CPU 2.4GHz, FSB 800, AGP 8X - AMD Athlon XP : CPU 2400+, AGP 8X < Dvico HDTV (DxVA) Video Decoder> For DxVA compatible graphics cards. ATI Radeon,Geforce4 MX,Ti series cards.
4.3.3 Record This section indicates Record settings. Capture Native Record : You can record Tp stream to mpeg format with maintaining Video, Resolution, Audio information. (only with the sub-channels). Recording Folder: Sets the folder of files being recorded. Limitless Recording: If the record drive is formatted with NTSF, you are able to record a file continuously on a hard drive. REC SIZE per file: sets maximum file size to be recorded.
4.3.4 Channel This section indicates Channel settings: terrestrial digital analog channels and cable digital /analog channels. TV : Select Cable or Air depending on your antenna connection. Type : Scan wanted type. You can scan both. Manual Tune : Check/uncheck wanted/unwanted channels. You can change the station name by clicking on names. Auto Scan : Scan starts for currently available channels. Abort : Cancel channel scan and return to the original.
4.3.5 Add To Favorite Channel List Add your favorite programs into favorite list before watching them. Hit the STAR( ) button above the Channel number. Click Insert button and add programs from Channel list to Favorite list. Click Delete button and delete the programs from Favorite list Click Insert All button and add all of the programs from Channel list to Favorite list Click Delete All button and delete all of the programs from Favorite list Click OK and set up current favorite list.
4.3.6 Audio This section indicates Audio settings. TV Multi-Sound : is used to select the analog mono ,stereo or Multi-Language. TV Audio Input: When you watch outer input(S-VHS,Video), you can set the input of sound card. Analog Audio Attenuation : Analog audio level can be adjustable. Digital Audio Output: is used to select the audio output: 2 CH SPEAKER, 5.1CH SPEAKERS or S/PDIF.
4.3.7 Analog This section indicates Analog settings. Size(NTSC) : Initialize to VCD : 352*240 , S-VCD : 480*480 ,MPEG-1 : 320*240 MPEG2 : 640*480 ,DVD : 720*480 Size(PAL) : Initialize to VCD : 352*288 , S-VCD : 480*576 ,MPEG-1 : 320*288 MPEG2 : 720*576 ,DVD : 720*576 Quality : When MPEG-1,MPEG-2,DVD ,You can select Lowest,Low,Normal,High,Highest. Record Audio Level : when recording the analog signals, The audio level can be adjustable. Audio Bitrate : When MPEG-1,MPEG-2, you can select audio bitrate.
4.3.8 OSD Show OSD: Is used to show channel and volume; on screen display. Show Signal Strength : Is used to show Signal Check.( % or db) Use BIG OSD : Is used to FusionRemote. (MENU button) on remote controller, you can set Advanced OSD : If you click the Configuration at Fullscreen. ( Channel button : Shift between menu ) ( Volume button : Change Setting ) ( Play button : Go Sub-menu or Escape ) You can use Volume down key for exit to the file list.
4.4 4.4.1 Record Manual Record When you want record On-Air right away, click controller. (Record button) on FusionHDTV‘s If you want to terminate recording, click on the “Finish” button. The files recorded within that time will be saved. If you want to cancel recording, click on the “Cancel” button. When you click the cancel button while recording, you 'll get a message selecting Yes or No. EXTEND : You can extend the recording time while manual/ reservation recording.
4.4.2 Recording Scheduler This mode is enabled by pressing popup menu(Recording Scheduler). You can easily set the Channel/Date/ start time / Duration/Cycle of the TV program you want to record. Click Insert( ) button and add Recording Schedule list. Click Delete( ) button and delete Recording Schedule list. Record is enable that computer is ON during reservation recorded time.
4.5 Playing Files If you click on the “open file” button on the controller, you can play a file. You can also select multiple files for playback. Tip Difference between a *.tp and *.tpl file: *.tp files are recorded files that are formatted for HDTV *.tpl file is a file that represents multiple files when one program is recorded to multiple files. You can conveniently play one program by selecting this .tpl file.
4.6 SnapShot Capturing FusionHDTV provides high resolution still screen capture capability in live playback as well as in file playback mode. Click the snapshot button for capturing a snapshot of LiveTV while in playback or file playback mode. In the Record Tab, you can set the file name and file format.
4.7 4.7.1 Using EPG Recorded Scheduler List Recording Scheduler list shows the program that you reserved.If you need to cancel reservation, select the program and click button( ). .
4.7.2 TitanEPG EPG(Electronic Program Guide) tells you exactly what you can see at your location. You can use EPG to see quickly what's on for digital and analog broadcasts, cable, satellite, and datacasting services When you first visit TitanTV, Click TitanTV icon( to become a member before viewing your channel guides. ) and you must sign up( Most likely there will be an updated version of the TitanEPG Information on Titan web site Please check the site (Http://www.titan.com).
4.7.3 EPG Program The main feature on this page is the programming grid. This grid is divided lengthwise by station/channel number and widthwise by time (in three-hour increments). You may have to scroll to see all channels/programs available to you. 1 7 2 3 4 5 9 6 8 1) TitanTV logo in top left hand corner 2) Watch Now icon( 3) PVR icon( ) must be present ) must be present.
6) Variety of genres (color codes) in program grid 7) My Favorites tab present 8) Legend of genres present 9) Sub-channel programming present 56
4.7.4 FusionHDTV Agent This mode is enabled Shutdown the program or Turn the system off after the recording is finished. 1) Execute the FusionHDTV program and right click the “Tray” icon. If you do not see the FusionTray icon in the tray, uncheck ‘Fusion Tray Auto Run’. Start the program by Start>Program->DViCO->FusionHDTV Agent. 2) Select FusionHDTV Agent. If you want to silent mode recording, select Minimize on Silent mode or . Silent mode Shutdown the program when every scheduled recording is done.
4.8 Cut Editing You can cut the live recording/broadcast files as well as recorded .tp file with the cut-editing feature of the FusionHDTV. 1) The cut-editing window will appear if you hit the ‘Cut’ button. (Mark-in/out button also brings the cut-editing window) 2) You can set the prefix name on the ‘Prefix’ edit-box to generate the prefix of cut-edited file name automatically. 3) You can set the output folder by pressing the right-side button of output folder edit-box.
5) To change the file name, just click the file name area. The edit-box will appear and you can type the filename. To change the IN/OUT position, just click the spot you want to change. The edit-box and up/down buttons will appear for you to change the position. To change the hour / minute/ second, click each area you want. Then type the actual position, or hit the up/down arrow button to adjust. 6) You can delete unwanted clips by hitting the ‘Delete’ key on the keyboard.
4.9 Using FusionRemote * Optional FusionHDTV remote transceiver. This indicates Remote Buttons. 4.9.1 Using For FusionHDTV 1) HDTV button: Start or Exit FusionHDTV program.
3) ~ 12) number button 13) Snapshot button: is used for still image capture. 14) Record button 15) Channel UP button 16) Volume DOWN button. 17) Play/Pause button: is used to pause playing or replay. 18) Volume UP button 19) Channel DOWN button. 20) Review button: is used to search backward. 21) Stop button 22) FF button: Is used to search forward. 23) Playback button: Is used to play an input signal (or file). 24) ATV/DTV button: Changes to live TV mode. 25) DVHS button: Connect / Disconnect with DVHS.
4.9.2 Using other Windows 1) UP button 2) LEFT button 3) Enter button 4) RIGHT button 5) DOWN button 6) TAB button 7) Shift + TAB button 8) ESC button 4.9.3 Using Customize mode When you are not using the FusionHDTV, you can use Fusion Remote as the simple replacement of the keyboard. You can define the key-button mapping of any program you want to use with the FusionRemote. Please refere to the instruction below.. 1) Create the profile you want to define like the picture below.
2) After pressing the New button input the profile name and the execution path of the program. The program will be started by pressing the red start button of the remote transceiver. 3) After adding the profile please press the <- button to select the profile for key define.
4) Please press the blue button on the remote transceiver for customizing the remote transceiver keys for the program you selected. 5) If you press the Customize… button on the picture above you will see the remote transceiver pop up.
6) Please press button on the remote transceiver and input the keys or short cut keys you want to map to the button.
7) Clear button clears the button defined. 8) You can set the OSD setting in accordance to each profile like the picture below.
4.10 Using Signal Checker You can check the strength of the TV signal using the Signal Checker program Please do not execute Fusion Program and signal checker at the same time. They only work one at a time. 1) Start – Program– Dvico – FusionHDTV – Signal Checker 2) Press Scan CHs (Scan Channels) button to search the channel. 80% or more signal strength is recommended 3) You can change the channel number of your preference to check the strength.
4.11 Using FusionConverter You can Convert Tp files to MPEG2,DVD or DivX Files. FusionConverter works in 1080i, 576p, 576i 1. Start->Program->DVICO->FusionConverter 2. Use file open button to select Tp file to convert. Use file save button to locate the converted file to be saved. You can select the single sub-channel. 3. Press “Start” button to initiate the conversion. If you press stop button, conversion will stop and converted file up to the point will be saved.
PC OFF : Is used to turn the system off after the converting is finished. Cature Native MPEG : You can convert Tp stream to mpeg format with maintaining Video, Resolution, Audio information. Use “progressive” option when you watch the converted motion file on PC monitor only. Use “interlace” option if you watch converted motion file on a TV or on both TV and a PC. Use “MP2” Audio format option if you burn the DVD authoring tool.(Ex.
4.12 FusionHDTV ShortKey Short Key Explanation F1 HELP A+Numeric Analog Channel D+Numeric Digital Channel ALT+F4 Exit. ALT+W Show WallPaper Page Up Fast Foward (FF) Page Down Rewind (REW) Backspace Instant Replay. ALT+Enter Fullscreen. CTRL+Space Mute. CTRL+B Repeat all Aspect ratio CTRL+C 16:9,4:3,4:3 Pan & Scan toggle CTRL+D DVHS Mode CTRL+E TV guide. CTRL+F File open. CTRL+H Edit favorite channel list . CTRL+I Snapshot . CTRL+L LIVE TV. CTRL+M Configuration.