WinTV-HVR-Series WinTV-NOVA-Series WinTV-PVR-Series Reference Manual English M-HVRNOVAPVR-V1.
WinTV-HVR-Series WinTV-NOVA-Series WinTV-PVR-Series Reference Manual Copyright ©Hauppauge Computer Works, 2007 Hauppauge Computer Works, Ltd. 10 Borough High Street Bank Chambers London, UK, SE1 9QQ www.hauppauge.co.uk Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. 91 Cabot Court Hauppauge, NY 11788 www.hauppauge.com Hauppauge Digital Asia, Pte. Ltd. Blk 1093, Lower Delta Road #04-05 Tiong Bahru Industrial Estate Singapore 169204 www.hauppauge.com.
Content FCC Statement / CE Statement 1 Introduction 2 The WinTV Application 3 Fundamental operation 3 Setting up your TV channels 6 Configuration of Video Input 9 Changing the Channel List 10 Menu Options 11 WinTV settings Menu 14 Pause, Record and TV Mode 19 Keyboard shortcuts in WinTV 23 WinTV Remote control 24 WinTV-Scheduler 26 WinTV 7 Day EPG 29 The WinTV Radio Application 31 VTPlus application 33 Troubleshooting: 35 HcwDriverInstall gives "INF File Open Failed" error
WinTV Reference Manual Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) The device may not be disposed of with household rubbish. This appliance is labeled in accordance with European Directive 2002/96/EG concerning used electrical and electronic appliances (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment - WEEE). The guideline determines the framework for the return and recycling of used appliances as applicable throughout the EU.
WinTV Reference Manual Introduction This manual covers all of the WinTV-PVR, WinTV-NOVA and WinTV-HVR models for displaying TV on your PC’s screen.
WinTV Reference Manual The WinTV-Application After the installation of the software from the CD-ROM you find see the shortcut "Hauppauge WinTV" in the Windows Start menu and on your desktop. To start the WinTV application double left click on your mouse button. TV mode Minimize Volume Windowed mode Channel up Always on top Close WinTV Channel down Configuration Channel surf Sound on / off Last channel Subtitles on / off Click your right mouse button in the TV window to remove toolbars.
WinTV Reference Manual Last channel Clicking the “last channel” button will allow you to quickly change to the last viewed channel. Surf preview Clicking on the button "Surf" will show up to 16 still image preview of TV channels that you have scanned. The screen will gradually fill and double clicking on one of the preview images will show the selected channel in full screen. Always on top With Always on Top, WinTV will always be visible on your Windows desktop on top any applications.
WinTV Reference Manual The channel configuration allows you to configure using the following options: • Position the mouse pointer on the channel that you want to select and click the hand mouse button to select. • Use the and and and arrow keys on the keyboard to select the different sub-menu that you want to select and press Enter / Return • To select a channel list of either TV or Radio you can filter for either TV or Radio channels to be show in the channel list.
WinTV Reference Manual Search for Analogue channels This section refers to products with RF antenna and Cable tuner. Click on the Button MENU and “Suite-Manager” to open the channel manager. Select the and highlight the source. Automatic channel search Click on "Autoscan...", in order to start the automatic RF antenna channel scan. The channel frequencies will scan from 1 to 69. When channels are found they will be listed and the scanning will continue.
WinTV Reference Manual Search for DVB-S channels N ote: This section refers to products with DVB-S tuner (WinTV-NOVA-S series and WinTV-HVR-3000). LNB - Configuration and Channel search Click on the Button MENU and “Suite-Manager” to open the channel manager. Select the and highlight the source. LNB - Configuration To configure the LNB satellite positions left click on the configuration. The "LNB" (Low Noise block) is located on the head of the SAT antenna.
WinTV Reference Manual DiSEqC 1.0 By default this option is selected to DiSEqC Level 1.0. You can select between 4 different satellite positions. The specific settings can be found from the DiSEqC shift box or DiSEqC multi-toggle documentation.
WinTV Reference Manual Configuration a Video Input When connecting a external source to the WinTV product please ensure that the cables are connected in the correct order. N ote: This section refers to WinTV products with Video Input.
WinTV Reference Manual Changing the Channel List Click on the Button MENU and “Suite-Manager” to open the channel manager. Select the tab. The channel list allows you to see all of the available channels that have been scanned.
WinTV Reference Manual Programme Delete To delete a channel you can either highlight and channel and the right click and select delete or highlight the name of the channel and press the “DELETE” key on your keyboard. In order to delete the full channel list you can
WinTV Reference Manual “View” Menu Allows you to set the TV image screen size to a pre-defined size (320 x 240, ..., 800 x 600). “Options” Menu To select the option ensure that the tick is selected before the name of the option. “Select suite” Allows you to select a specific suite (TV, Radio or favorites), you can also select your own created suite. Option - Always on Top Always on top will always make WinTV be visible on your windows desktop, it will be on top of any application.
WinTV Reference Manual Display - Freeze Will stop the TV picture from moving. You can also press: + . Display - Preferences... Allows you to configure the “WinTV Preferences”. “File” Menu File - Save as After using the “Snap” button you will be able to save that still image snapshots to different file formats (e.g. Jpeg, BMP etc). File - Print... Allows you to print out the still image snapshot. File - Print setup Allows you to configure the printer settings.
WinTV Reference Manual WinTV Settings To configure the WinTV application select the “Spanner” button. Menu - On Screen Display On Screen Display The “On Screen Display” allows you to set the amount of time the information bar will be displayed on the screen. The annunciator font allows you to change the font type and colour that will be used. Where available Closed Captioning (CC) will show subtitles if selected.
WinTV Reference Manual Enforce Aspect ratio When checked, the image's aspect ratio is preserved as the WinTV window is scaled. Selecting Enforce Aspect ratio will round off the height and width dimensions of the television image in order to maintain the proper aspect ratio. WinTV can operate as a Screen Saver, or can retain your current Screen Saver. If Allow Screen Saver is checked, choosing the "Use System Screen Saver" option uses any current screen saver configuration on your computer.
WinTV Reference Manual Snap Shot Settings Clicking on the CFG icon allows you to configure the Snapshot settings: Capture resolution Capture Resolution Images in WinTV are captured at the maximum resolution. When the image is saved to a file name (below), you select a resolution for the snapshot, from 320 x 240 (minimum) to 1600 x 1200 (actual size).
WinTV Reference Manual Audio Settings N ote: This option is only available on a WinTV product that supports this feature and will only be displayed if you are tuned into a channel or video input that supports this feature. Audio Mixer Inputs Click on this item to display a list of possible selections: WinTV WAVE should be selected. Current TV Audio preferences This area enables you to select audio preferences, from the source dependent Available Modes listing at the bottom of the dialog box.
WinTV Reference Manual Colour settings (Analogue only) N ote: This option is only available on a WinTV product that supports this feature and will only be displayed if you are tuned into a channel or video input that supports this feature. Not available for DVB-T or DVB-S channels. Here the brightness, the contrast, the saturation and chroma can be changed for improving the picture quality for analog sources. Selecting default changes the settings back to default settings.
WinTV Reference Manual Pause, Record and TV-Mode There are four buttons to control the Watching, Recording and Pausing of TV. TV-Mode Pause-Mode Record mode Playback mode Clicking on the Pause button will cause the Pause menu to roll down from the WinTV application, while clicking on the Record button will cause the Record menu to roll down. Clicking on the Record will start a recording of the channel that you are watching.
WinTV Reference Manual The quality of the recording and the hard disk space can be specified by clicking the symbol spanner//Movies/MPEG. If you click on "stop", the timer counter is put back to 00:00:00. Stop Clicking the Stop button will stop the video you are recording or playing back. Play Clicking the Play button will playback from disk the last video file created. When playing a video, you can rewind, fast forward, replay 10 sec or skip forward 10 sec using the buttons on the control bar.
WinTV Reference Manual Pause-Puffer The Pause buffer is space on your hard disk where video is stored during the Pause mode. The maximum amount of time which your TV program can be delayed is dependent upon how much storage space you have set for the Pause buffer. To change the default pause buffer location licking the symbol spanner//Movies/MPEG. Delay counter The delay counter indicates the amount of time that the Live video window has been paused.
WinTV Reference Manual MPEG compression formats N ote: Only available on supported products (PVR / HVR) The WinTV supports several formats for MPEG video compression, called Quality Levels. The differences in these formats are: • The higher the datarate, the better the video quality you see from live TV and your recordings. The higher the datarate, the more disk space which will be required. • CPU horsepower required during playback and pause mode.
WinTV Reference Manual Keyboard shortcuts in WinTV In Live TV-Mode Plus (+) Minus (-) Page Up Page Down 0-9 Spacebar Esc F1 CTRL + M CTRL + F CTRL + C CTRL + P CTRL + S CTRL + T CTRL + I Alt + M Alt + P Alt + R Alt + F Alt + F4 Channel Up Channel Down Volume Up Volume Down Enter a channel number Take a snapshot still image capture Exit Full screen TV mode Open online help Mute sound on / off Freeze TV image Copy to clipboard Snapshot print Video source select Re-size the TV window to and from Full Screen
WinTV Reference Manual WinTV Remote Control N ote: This option is only available on a WinTV product that supports this feature. The WinTV remote control allows you to control the WinTV or Radio application, please ensure the following before trying to use this feature: 1. Infrared Remote control - Has batteries inserted 2. Infrared-Receiver, is fully connected to the IR socket of the WinTV-Card 3.
WinTV Reference Manual N N ote: The WinTV remove will only work when the WinTV application is the active application, press the RED button to make it the active application. Remote Control Buttons during a Recording ote: Most WinTV functions and remote buttons are disabled when recording Record button: Set the duration of the recording, by steps of 15 minutes up to 2 hours, then by steps of 30 minutes up to 4 hours (like the OTR button). Clicking again will disable recording duration.
WinTV Reference Manual WinTV-Scheduler WinTV-Scheduler allows you to schedule the recording of TV shows. WinTV-Scheduler, once it is set, can be closed, and the WinTV application will “wake up” at the desired time and tuned to the desired channel. After installation, WinTV-Scheduler can be found by going to Start / Program files / Hauppauge WinTV.
WinTV Reference Manual 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. Channel selection: Choose one of your scanned channels. Recording options: Click on Record to File to record your show. Leave this button unchekkked to watch TV at the requested time. You can also name your file to record.
WinTV Reference Manual "-startr:": The name you want for the recorded file. "-qdef": MPEG quality of the recorded file. Currently there are only two choice here, current default level (-qdef) and VCD quality (-qvcd). "-limit:": Length of time in seconds you want the recording to be. This can only be in intervals of 60 seconds. "-mute": Mutes the application upon starting the recording.
WinTV Reference Manual How to use 7 Day EPG for WinTV (DVB-T only) 1. You should see an icon close to the Windows clock. You will reach the menus of the 7 Day EPG by a right click on this icon. 2. You should then see the EPG Service window: It show the status of the EPG service.
WinTV Reference Manual 5. Scheduling a recording To schedule a recording, simply click on the Program title, this will give you more information about that program, from there you can click on 'Schedule for recording'. When you click a "record" button, the 7 Day EPG schedules a task to record your TV show from a DVB-T channel. The scheduled task is added to Windows Scheduled Tasks.
WinTV Reference Manual The WinTV-Radio application Depending on which WinTV product you have will depend on if you can listen and record FM radio on your PC. Please ensure that the FM Radio antenna is connected to the FM connection on the back of the of the WinTV product. To start the WinTV-Radio application, click the “Start” / “Programs” / “Hauppauge WinTV” and the “Radio” application shortcut or click on the “Radio” icon.
WinTV Reference Manual If you click and hold the right hand mouse button on the Radio window then a menu will appear: Presets: Allows you to select the preset that you have created. Configure audio...: Select the audio properties. Scan mode: Allows you to select between preset mode list and all channel list.
WinTV Reference Manual VTPlus application VTPlus for WinTV is a sophisticated analogue Teletext software application which is only available on the analogue Tuner of the HVR. VTPlus allows you to view multiple teletext pages, save or print teletext pages and create Dynamic Data Links so that teletext data can be used in other applications.The WinTV application does not have to be active while the VTPlus teletext application is running.
WinTV Reference Manual 7. Reveal button, corresponds with the menu option Show Hidden characters. When you use this button you might see hidden text, like VPS time codes or answers from a Quiz. 8. Change TV Station, corresponds with the menu option Options Change TV Station. 9. Set system clock, corresponds with the menu option Options Set system clock. Click on this button with your mouse and the received Time from the Teletext channel will be used by the System clock of your PC.
WinTV Reference Manual Troubleshooting: If you are having problems using WinTV or Media Center then we firstly recommend updating the drivers for your sound card, graphics card and the operating system. To get the latest driver versions available for the sound card and graphics card visit the respective manufacturer's websites.
WinTV Reference Manual A2 - Bad driver state Some software can leave the card's driver in an invalid state. Try rebooting Windows and rescan, and if the WinTV is a USB device, disconnect and reconnect. In some rare cases for PCI cards it is necessary to completely power off the PC at the mains and then back on again. A3 - Windows Region Wrong DVB cards are tuned via tuning spaces and these differ for each country.
WinTV Reference Manual USB 1.x - Universal Host Controller (UHCI) or Open Host Controller (OHCI) USB 2.0 - Enhanced Host Controller (EHCI) All BDA DVB-t devices should be under an Enhanced Host Controller. If they are not you will not be able to view any channels. A6 - Faulty WinTV hardware One unlikely possibility is that the tuner on the card is physically faulty but this is the least common cause and you should explore all other avenues first.
WinTV Reference Manual S-Video S-Video (sometimes incorrectly referred to as S-VHS) is superior to Composite, and is the best quality available with Hauppauge WinTV cards. S-Video separates the luma and chroma onto separate wires inside the cable. As with Composite, you need to run a separate audio cable. RGB RGB is common in Europe, via the SCART connector.
WinTV Reference Manual A "SCART to Composite/S-Video" adapter is connected to the SCART-OUT. From there, a Composite cable runs from the adapter to the Composite-In on the WinTV card. For audio, a 2x Phono to 3.5mm Mini-jack adapter is required. Another option for this would be to purchase a cable which has a 3.5mm mini-jack connector at one end and 2x Phono at the other end, similar to this: A "SCART to Composite/S-Video" adapter is connected to the SCART-OUT.
WinTV Reference Manual My external input connected by S-Video is black and white Symptoms When you connect an external source such as a games console, VCR or cable/satellite set top box via S-Video, the picture is in black and white.
WinTV Reference Manual What are the options in WinTV Primary? Answer WinTV Primary is a small utility which sets the preferred video renderer using by the WinTV software. It will not change the video renderer for any other software. There are four main ways to display a video window on the computer screen: 1. Overlay surface 2. Primary surface 3. VMR surface VMR7 VMR9 4.
WinTV Reference Manual Overlay Surface Some graphics boards do not support overlay surface at all. The overlay option will then not be available. Some graphics boards report that they support overlay surface, but they do not. If you select overlay surface, and your VGA card does not support Overlay, it will default to Primary surface. Overlay surface mode uses a keying color to indicate where on the screen video is being displayed.
WinTV Reference Manual If you do have to use DIB Draw, then you have something seriously wrong with the setup of your system.
WinTV Reference Manual 2. Antivirus software Set the recording directory/folder (by default, C:\MyVideos) to the on-access/real-time scanner's exclusion list. This will prevent the recordings from being scanned for viruses without compromising the security of your system, as would be the case with completely disabling the anti-virus software. Problems with the IR remote control Symptoms The infra-red remote control doesn't work correctly or intermittently. Cause See resolution section below.
WinTV Reference Manual Hauppauge Warranty Information Warranty Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. warrants the WinTV board to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of 2 years from date of initial retail purchase. We will, at our option, repair or replace a defective product.
