ADS Technologies InstantTVDeluxeUSB User Manual
Instant TV Deluxe USB
English
Watch and Record TV shows on CD or DVD
Hardware User's Guide
Instant TV Deluxe USB
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Table of Contents
Quick Installation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
IR Blaster Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Capture Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Service and Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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Revision 4 March 2004
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Quick Installation Guide:
This Quick Installation Guide should be used as a reference guide only. It is highly recommended
that you read the complete Instant TV Deluxe Manual before using this product to help ensure you
get the most of your Instant TV Deluxe.
Follow these instructions when using the Instant TV Deluxe for the rst time.
Instant TV Deluxe Hardware Installation
1) Connect the Coaxial cable or Audio/Video cables from your video source to the Instant TV Deluxe.
2) Insert the Instant TV Deluxe CD into your CD-ROM drive.
3) Plug in the Power and connect the Instant TV Deluxe to an open USB port on the back of
your computer.
4) Drivers for the Instant TV Deluxe are located on the root of the CD. When prompted for drivers,
direct the driver installation to your CD-ROM.
(USB Instant TV Deluxe connection diagram image)
ADS IR Blaster Hardware Installation:
1) Insert the Instant TV Deluxe CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2) Connect the ADS IR Blaster into an open USB port on the back of your computer.
3) Drivers for the IR Blaster will be located on the Instant TV Deluxe CD. When prompted for drivers,
direct the driver installation to your CD-ROM.
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Step by Step Driver Installation:
Step 1:
Insert the Instant TV Deluxe CD into your CD ROM drive, then plug the USB cable from the Instant
TV Deluxe to an open USB port on the back.
Step 2:
After plugging in the USB Instant TV Deluxe into an open USB port on the back of your computer,
the “Found New Hardware Wizard” will come up, click “Next” to proceed with the driver installation.
Step 3:
Please wait for the computer to search for the proper drivers and once the “Next” button is
highlighted, click on “Next” to go to the next step of the driver installation.
Step 4:
You now have nished installing the drivers, click the “Finish” button to nalize the driver
installation.
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IR Blaster
The IR Blaster is an infra-red transmitter and receiver. As an IR Receiver the IR Blaster acts as a
receiver for the Instant TV Deluxe remote control. As an IR Blaster the device gives you the power to
control external TV receiver devices.
The IR Blaster is a very powerful addition to a TV Capture card. Today many people do not receive
TV signals over conventional analog cable systems. Many households today get TV content
delivered via digital cable or satellite TV receivers. Instant TV Deluxe, the IR Blaster and included
software allow you to schedule recordings of your favorite TV shows and capture those programs
to your computer hard drive, no matter how the TV signal is delivered to your home. The IR Blaster
communicates with these external tuning devices and allows you to record TV shows to your
computer via the RCA or S-Video cables instead of the cable ready tuner.
Important Note: The IR Blaster is a powerful IR transmitter/receiver device but please keep
in mind that Infra-red signals are a line of sight technology. IR signals cannot pass through walls.
The IR Blaster can control devices that are in the same room or proximity to the IR Blaster device.
IR Blaster as a Remote Control Receiver
The Remote control and IR Receiver function of the IR Blaster gives you complete navigation and
control of the Beyond TV and Quick DVD applications.
(See the Remote Control overview section for complete remote control review.)
Applications supported by IR Blaster receiver and Remote Control
Note: Currently only the on-screen remote control is available for CapWiz. We will have a free
download patch that adds remote control to CapWiz in the near future.
- SnapStream Beyond TV 3.5 SE
- ArcSoft Quick DVD
- CapWiz – coming soon via a free internet download.
IR Blaster as an IR Code Transmitter – Blaster function
The IR Blaster is also a transmitter. It has been designed to allow you to control external TV tuning
devices such as Cable Set Top boxes and Satellite receivers.
Applications supported by IR Blaster function:
When you run the Beyond TV Setup Wizard and choose Cable box or Satellite receiver as your TV
source the IR Blaster will send codes to your tuning device to change channels. The Beyond TV
setup Wizard lists several remotes in it’s database. If your device is not in the list you can “Teach”
the IR Blaster your remote control codes. The IR Blaster will learn your TV Remote TV tuning codes
so that the IR Blaster can change the channels on your Cable Set Top box or satellite receiver so
you can schedule recordings and automatically change channels to record the correct show.
(see instructions on Beyond TV Setup Wizard for complete setup instructions)
- SnapStream Beyond TV 3.5 SE
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IR Blaster and the Instant TV Deluxe Remote
Once you have programmed the IR Blaster to send TV channel changing codes to your set top box,
you can use the Instant TV Remote in conjunction with the IR Blaster to control your set top box.
1) Point the Instant TV Deluxe remote at the IR Blaster – press 4 and Enter – the IR Blaster
will receive the code and then transmit the correct code to change to channel 4 on your
set top box.
2) Use the computer keyboard to change channels on your set top box – press 4 followed by
enter and the IR Blaster will send a code to change your set top box to channel 4.
Note: The Instant TV Deluxe Remote is not a learning remote. The IR Blaster is a learning IR Blaster
when used in conjunction with the Beyond TV software. The Instant TV Remote cannot directly
control your TV or set top box….the IR Blaster does.
IR Blaster Installation:
NOTE: Make sure that you have the Instant TV Deluxe CD inserted into your CD-ROM drive when
plugging in your hardware.
The ADS IR Blaster is a plug ‘n’ play USB Device, so it’s easy to setup. Simply plug it into any PC
running Windows and you will automatically be prompted for the driver disk.
Step 1:
Plug the USB IR Blaster into an open USB port on the back of you computer; and a “Found
New Hardware Wizard” window will come up to start the driver install, click “Next” to
continue on.
Step 2:
The Windows Logo testing window will come up, to continue with the driver install click on
“Continue Anyways”.
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Step 3:
You are now nished with the hardware driver install of the ADS IR Blaster, click “Finish”
to nalize the installation.
This USB device creates a wireless, infrared connection between your cable box or satellite
receiver and the PC running Beyond TV.
The USB IR Blaster,” allows any USB-equipped PC to exchange infrared signals with common
audio/video equipment. For Beyond TV users who receive their television signal via satellite or
cable boxes, the USB IR Blaster completes a critical link: it allows the PC running Beyond TV to
tune to the channels received on your receiver box so you can watch live TV and make recordings.
Best of all...the infrared signal means that the connection between PC and receiver box is wireless.
Additionally, this USB device does away with the hassles of similar devices that use a serial
connection.
Capture Wizard
Capture Wizard: Easy Video Capture and Playback
Introduction:
This is the fastest and easiest way to Watch TV, capture MPEG-1 (VCD), MPEG-2 (SVCD, DVD)
and DivX video on your PC. Use the Capture Wizard screens to verify your video connections,
video compression format and where you want to store your captured video les on your computer
drive.
Use CapWiz to quickly capture Video or just watch TV. CapWiz also allows you to set timed
recordings, schedule a recording and delayed recordings. You can also easily set capture
quality settings with DVD Good, Better and Best Settings or use the custom settings to capture
video just the way you want. CapWiz also features advanced controls such as variable bit rates,
preprocessing temporal and spatial lters to help clean up noisy TV signals or old VHS tapes.
With CapWiz you can even use the Direct to Disc feature (for DVD, SVCD or VCD) to capture and
burn directly to a CD or DVD disc. Direct to Disc can save hours in your effort to convert old VHS
tapes to DVD disc or record your favorite show direct to disc and watch in your home theatre DVD
player.
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Step One: Open Capture Wizard (Cap Wiz.)
Click the Cap Wiz icon on your Desktop
Or Click “Start” -> “Programs” -> “ADS Tech Instant TV
Deluxe” and click on “Capwiz”
Choose worldwide video standard based on country –
For Users in North America, you will select NTSC.
For Users in Europe and many other countries you
will select PAL.
For more information on these standards, click on
“Learn more about worldwide video standards”
Step Two: Select Video Inputs
Choose RCA or S-Video or TV Tuner based upon your
video source.
Step Three: Create le name and select le location
We will automatically select ‘My Documents\My Videos” as
the default location to store your video les. You can select
a different location if you desire.
Type in the le name for your video capture.
Step Four: Choose video format
In this step you will select between MPEG-1 and MPEG-2
video compression formats. Select MPEG-2 if you wish to
capture video in the highest quality DVD format. Select
MPEG-1 if you want to capture video in the VCD format.
The Disk Space indicator shows the amount of disk space
you have available and an example of how much video
you can capture if you selected MPEG-2 at 3 Mb/sec.
For more information on these MPEG, click on “Learn
more about video formats”.
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