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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction ................................................................4
1.1 System Requirements ..................................................................................................... 4
Chapter 2 Introducing the AVerTV Application......................... 5
2.1 Launching the AVerTV 6.0 Application ........................................................................ 5
2.2 Running the AVerTV 6.0 application for the first time.................................................. 6
2.3 Introducing the User Interface ........................................................................................ 7
2.4 The Control Panel........................................................................................................... 8
2.5 Remote Control............................................................................................................... 9
2.6 Resizing the TV Monitor Window ............................................................................... 10
2.7 Always on Top.............................................................................................................. 10
2.8 Setting Windows Power Options................................................................................ 10
Chapter 3 TV............................................................................... 12
3.1 Analog TV .................................................................................................................... 12
3.1.1 Scanning Channels .............................................................................................................12
3.1.2 Scanning Channels (For Advanced Users) ......................................................................... 13
3.1.3 Customize Video Recording Settings.................................................................................14
3.1.4 Fine Tuning Color and Display Quality .............................................................................16
3.1.5 Enhancing the Video Quality..............................................................................................17
3.2 Digital TV..................................................................................................................... 17
3.2.1 Scanning Channels .............................................................................................................17
3.2.2 Scanning Channels (For Advanced Users) ......................................................................... 19
3.2.3 Customize Video Recording Settings.................................................................................19
3.2.4 Using the EPG Function..................................................................................................... 20
3.2.5 Fine Tuning Color and Display Quality .............................................................................20
3.2.6 Enabling the Subtitle Function ...........................................................................................21
3.3 Adding and Deleting Channel Groups.......................................................................... 21
3.4 Selecting a TV/Radio Channel ..................................................................................... 22
3.5 Adjusting Volume......................................................................................................... 23
3.6 Specifying a Channel Name or Description ................................................................. 23
3.7 Modifying a program list name .................................................................................... 24
3.8 Removing Unwanted Channels .................................................................................... 24
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3.9 Using the OverScan Function....................................................................................... 25
3.10 16-Channel Preview...................................................................................................... 26
3.11 Changing the OSD Attributes....................................................................................... 26
Chapter 4 FM Radio................................................................... 28
4.1 FM Radio Controls ....................................................................................................... 28
4.2 How to Auto Scan FM Radio Channels........................................................................ 28
4.3 Manually Scanning Specific FM Channels .................................................................. 29
4.4 Selecting a Channel ...................................................................................................... 29
4.5 Skipping Unwanted Channels....................................................................................... 30
4.6 Adding a Radio Frequency ........................................................................................... 30
4.7 Modifying a Channel Name.......................................................................................... 30
4.8 Adding and Deleting Channel Groups.......................................................................... 30
4.9 Customizing Audio Recording Settings ....................................................................... 31
Chapter 5 TimeShift................................................................... 33
5.1 TimeShift Controls ....................................................................................................... 33
5.2 Customizing TimeShift Settings................................................................................... 34
5.3 Using the TimeShift Function ...................................................................................... 34
Chapter 6 PVR............................................................................ 36
6.1 PVR Controls................................................................................................................ 36
6.2 Recording Settings........................................................................................................ 36
6.3 Using the Recording Function ...................................................................................... 37
6.4 Playing the Recorded Programs.................................................................................... 37
6.5 Picture-in-Picture Display ............................................................................................ 38
Chapter 7 Image Capture ..........................................................39
7.1 Before Capturing .......................................................................................................... 39
7.2 Capturing a TV/ Video Image ...................................................................................... 39
7.3 Multiple Image Sequence Capture................................................................................ 41
Chapter 8 Teletext / MHEG-5.....................................................42
8.1 MHEG-5 Support (UK Digital Teletext Service) ......................................................... 42
8.2 Teletext ......................................................................................................................... 42
8.2.1 Toolbar Buttons .................................................................................................................. 43
8.2.2 LED Lamp..........................................................................................................................44
8.2.3 Using Teletext ....................................................................................................................44
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Chapter 9 Scheduler.................................................................. 47
9.1 Adding Schedules ......................................................................................................... 47
Chapter 10 Hot Keys...................................................................49
Chapter 11 Customer Service....................................................50
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Chapter 1 Introduction
Now, with the AVerMedia® AVerTV Hybrid+FM Volar, you can watch both analog and
digital TV, listen to FM radio and enjoy other features on your PC. Turn your computer
system into a real multimedia entertainment center.
You’ll never miss your favorite ball games, soaps or game shows anymore because the
TimeShift function performs background recording of a TV program this means you can
return and watch from the part of the program where you left off.
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To enjoy high quality digital programs, AVerMedia
best choice.
1.1 System Requirements
System requirements are described in detail below. Before using AVerTV Hybrid+FM
Volar, verify that your PC meets the described requirements.
For TimeShift and Record in MPEG-2
o Pentium
o AMD
o Pentium Mobile
VGA card supports DirectX 9.0c or above
256 MB RAM or above
USB2.0 Port
Sound Card
Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP
Windows
For HDTV (MEPG-2) only
VGA card supports DirectX 9.0c and DxVA (HDTV)
HDTV will only function when the TV signal is in HDTV format
4 2.6GHz (Hyper-Threading)
AthlonXP 2600+
XP MCE 2005 (DVB-T only)
1.73GHz
AVerTV Hybrid+FM Volar is your
Note: Using the AVerTV Hybrid+FM Volar under Windows XP MCE 2005
environment can only support the DVB-T TV system.
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Chapter 2 Introducing the AVerTV
Application
The AVerTV 6.0 application allows you to watch digital and analog TV, listen to the
radio, record programs, and capture still images while you work on your computer.
2.1 Launching the AVerTV 6.0 Application
Run the AVerTV 6.0 application from the Programs menu.
To run the application, click
click AVerTV 6.0. Another way is to double-click the AVerTV 6.0 program icon
”on the desktop. Or, you can double-click the Quick TV launcher located in the
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lower right corner of the screen.
Note: Quick TV launcher is important for both of the remote control and the Schedule.
If it is not activated, the remote control feature is automatically disabled and the
Schedule will not perform any preset schedules (if any).
Start, point to Programs, choose AVerTV 6.0, and then
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Quick TV Launcher
2.2 Running the AVerTV 6.0 application for the first
time
If this is your first time running the application, the Setup dialog box will appear
to prompt you to scan for channels. (For details, please refer to the section
Scanning Channels).
1. Choose your favorable signal input (Digital TV, Analog TV or FM Radio) on the left
pane of the Setup dialog box.
Note: Before choosing the signal input, please make sure that your country/region is
correct. For more information, please refer to “Scanning Channels” in Chapter
3.
2. Then you need to select the TV option to search only for air channels, or select
CATV to scan for cable channels if your choice is “Analog TV” in step 1.
3. Click New and the Program List dialog box will appear. Type in the desirable name
and click OK.
4. Click Program Scan for searching for available channels/programs in your area.
5. After scanning, the active TV channels will be listed inside the box. Click Apply to
save the scanned channels.
6. To exit the current dialog box, click OK.
7. If you choose Digital TV or FM Radio in step 1, just repeat step 3-6 to complete the
program scanning.
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Note:
1. This car only supports DVB-T Radio Broadcasts, not the Digital Audio Broadcast
system
2. When scanning digital signals and if your country broadcasts logical channel data, the
scanned channel will be allocated based on the assigned logical channel
number.Introducing the User Interface
2.3 Introducing the User Interface
The TV monitor allows you to watch live TV or video.
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2 Playback Seek Slider 7 Record
3 Play 8 Volume +/4 Pause 9 Channel Up/Down
5 Stop 10 Resize Window
The Control Panel provides button controls for selecting channels, adjusting volume,
capturing images, and more. It has a panel display that shows the current channel number
and channel name.
To display or hide the
corner of the TV Monitor.
Control Panel, click the button located in the lower left
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The table below describes functions of the buttons on the Control Panel.
BUTTON FUNCTION
1 Enable/Disable Repeat
Play
2 Signal Strength Display signal strength.
3 Backward Move backwards in intervals.
4 Channel Loop Return to previously accessed channel.
5 16-Channel Preview Display 16 consecutive TV channels on the TV Monitor
6 Channel Up/ Down Go to the next upper or lower active channel.
7 Mute Turn off the sound.
8 Setup Allows you to:
9 Teletext View Teletext/MHEG-5/Closed Caption information
Continuously play back the files in the playlist.
window.
* Scan channels.
* Set the Windows power options.
* Configure snapshot settings.
* Customize recording settings.
* Customize the TimeShift function.
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10 EPG View EPG information.
11 Snapshot Capture a single image or a sequence of images.
12 Forward Skip forward in intervals.
13 Always on Top Make the TV monitor float over the top of other program
windows.
14 Full Screen Show TV/Radio programs in full screen.
15 Program List Display the program list.
16 Audio Mode Switch between available audio modes.
17 Schedule Display Schedule dialog box.
18 Play List Create a playlist of video files to playback.
19 Show/ Hide Numeric
Panel
20 Radio Source
Toggle between displaying or hiding the Numeric Panel.
Switch to radio mode. (FM or Digital Radio)
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21 Change Video Source Switch between analog TV, digital TV, composite or S-Video.
22 Record Record the current program.
23 TimeShift Performs background recording of the live program. This
function lets you view the recorded parts, while at the same
time, recording is in progress.
24 Next File Play the next file in the playlist.
25 Previous File Play the previous file in the playlist.
26 Stop Stop the playback, recording, TimeShift, etc.
27 Pause Freeze the playback and TimeShift temporarily.
28 Play Play back recorded video files.
29 Volume Control Drag your mouse up/down to increase/decrease the volume
level.
30 Help View User’s Manual.
31 Numeric Buttons Select channels/programs.
Playback Seek Drag the slider tab to move to any part of the recorded TV
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program.
2.5 Remote Control
After installing drivers and applications, you can use remote control to turn on/off the programs, select
channels, adjust volume and so on. (The remote control can only be used on AVerMedia AVerTV
application.)
Remote Control Buttons
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Button Description
1. Power Turn on/off the application
2. VOL +/- Volume up/down.
3. Source Switch between available signal sources.
4. Numeric Buttons Select a TV channel.
5. MUTE Turn on/off the sound.
6. CH ▲/▼ Go up or down to the next active channel.
7. CH RTN Go to the previously selected channel.
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2.6 Resizing the TV Monitor Window
To enlarge or reduce the size of the TV Monitor window, click and drag the lower right
edge of the window.
Double-click the TV Monitor window to display it in full screen or click the Full Screen
button
When in full screen mode, just double-click anywhere on the screen to revert to the
normal TV window size.
on the Control Panel.
2.7 Always on Top
To make the TV monitor window float over the
top of other program windows, right-click on
the TV monitor. In the pop-up menu, point to
Video and choose Always on Top.
OR,
Click the Always on Top button
Control Panel.
on the
2.8 Setting Windows Power Options
This option allows you to put your computer in Stand By or Hibernate mode while you
are away from the computer.
Note:
Stand By: Stand By is a state in which your monitor and hard disks turn off, so that your
computer uses less power.
Hibernate: Hibernation is a state in which your computer shuts down to save power but
first saves everything in the memory on your hard disk.
Please do the following:
1. First, Click the Setup button
Miscellaneous icon on the left pane.
and in the Setup dialog box, click on the
2. By default, the system is set to enable the Stand By/Hibernation option. What you
have to do is to choose the desired power-saving settings. If your computer has
problem with being out of Stand By or Hibernate mode, please clear the Stand
By/Hibernate option.
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To set the time to put the computer into Stand By or Hibernation, right click on the
TV monitor, point to Sleep and choose an execution time.
The time setting will be displayed on the TV monitor. For details, please see the
description below.
Time setting mode Description
Sleep 30/60/90/120 Minute(s) Your computer will go into Stand By or Hibernate mode
in 30/60/90/120 minutes.
Now Your computer will go into Stand By or Hibernate mode
in about 10 seconds.
Cancel Your computer will return to original settings.
Note:The system will detect if your VGA card supports DXVA. If yes, enable the
“DXVA Support” to activate the video acceleration of the VGA card. To watch
HDTV, it is strongly recommended to execute “DXVA Support”.
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Chapter 3 TV
In this chapter, we will introduce methods to scan programs, select a TV/Radio program,
create a group and so on.
3.1 Analog TV
3.1.1 Scanning Channels
If you haven’t done channel scanning when you first run the application, please follow
the steps to complete this procedure.
1. Click the Setup button
Volar icon on the left pane.
Note:
Make sure that your Country/Region is correct.
a. First, choose AVerTV Hybrid+FM Volar.
b. From the Region/Country drop-down list, select your country or region.
c. Click Apply to save the settings.
2. Then select Analog TV. On this page, choose the TV option to search only for air
channels or select CATV to scan for cable channels.
3. Click New and the Program List dialog box will appear. Type in the desirable name
and click OK
and in the Setup dialog box, click AVerTV Hybrid+FM
4. Then Click Program Scan to start the searching process.
The application comes with a default frequency table therefore the application will
use this table to search for active channels/programs. If you want to terminate the
searching process, just click Stop.
5. You can check the scanning progress from the progress bar. After scanning, the active
TV/Radio channels will be listed inside the box. Click Apply to save the scanned
channels.
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3.1.2 Scanning Channels (For Advan ced Users)
1. Click Advance located at right-lower corner in the Programs Information section.
Then the Advance Program Configuration dialog box will appear.
2. If you don’t want to miss any channels, click All Frequencies Scan.
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3. When a warning message appears, click Yes to continue the procedure or click No to
abort this operation.
4. After scanning, new active channels/programs will be memorized and listed in the left
pane of the dialog box.
5. Click Apply to save the scanned channel.
3.1.3 Customize Video Recording Settings
To customize the video recording settings, please do the following.
1. Click the Setup button and in the Setup dialog box, click Analog TV icon on the
left pane.
2. Select the Record option.
3. Determine the video file format you wish to use for saving the recorded video file.
4. You can use the default format (DVD, VCD, or WMA) or select New to create your
own file format.
5. Click New and the Format dialog box appears. In the Format tab, select the file
format you want and enter the desired name in the text box.
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