Compro ComproDTV User Manual

ComproDTV

User’s Guide

Compro Technology, Inc.

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Table of Contents

Introduction................................................................................... 2

Key Features ............................................................................................3

Installation.................................................................................................4

Remote Control Key Definition and Use ....................................6

Card type Remote Control ........................................................................7

Using ComproDTV........................................................................ 8

Control Panel ............................................................................................8

Channel Surfing ........................................................................................ 9

Video on Desktop ................................................................................... 11

Right-Click Mouse Menu......................................................................... 11

Zooming image ....................................................................................... 11

Still Image Capture .................................................................................12

EPG (Electronic Program Guide)............................................................13

Recording ...............................................................................................14

Playback ................................................................................................. 14

Timeshifting ............................................................................................14

ComproDTV Configuration ........................................................ 15

Options ...................................................................................................15

Channel Options .....................................................................................15

Video/Audio Options ...............................................................................21

Recording Options (Only available on Analog TV).................................. 23

Timeshifting Options (Only available on Analog TV) ...............................26

User Interface .........................................................................................27

System Devices Options.........................................................................29

Troubleshooting .........................................................................31

OS requirement ......................................................................................31

Driver Installation ....................................................................................31

No digital broadcast signal......................................................................31

Audio OK / No Video...............................................................................32

Video OK / No Audio...............................................................................32

No audio in the recorded file?.................................................................32

The recorded file from VCR has no sound?............................................ 32

Why can’t I playback the recorded video? ..............................................32

How can I record as a different video format? ........................................33

Why are images scrambled？.................................................................33

Why does the remote control fail? ..........................................................33

Contacting Compro Technical Support ...................................................34

Introduction

ComproDTV is a complete digital entertainment solution for your PC. Watch

and record TV programs on your PC, in full-screen mode or in a window.

Timeshifting lets you watch TV, pause live TV, or review your favorite scenes

without missing a minute of the program. Integrated deinterlacing technology

assures the highest picture quality.

Note

Not all features in this manual are available for all products. Please check the
product package to confirm if this model supports such feature of ComproDTV.

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Key Features

z Watch and record digital or analog TV programs.

z View all available TV programming.

z Never miss a second with Timeshifting.

z Advanced PIP and POP features to watch TV and playback in the

same time.

z Video Desktop to setup TV watching screen as wallpaper.

z Powerful and easy to use schedule recording functioning.

z Capture video from analog video sources and encode them to digital

MPEG-1, MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 formats.

z 12 and 16 channels surfing.

z Supports S-Video and Composite inputs.

z Deluxe all functioning wireless remote control.

z 4:3, 16:9, full screen and customized ratio screens available.

z Convenient Snapshot feature, series or single shot supports.

z Zoom a zone of video screen.

z Completely customized On-Screen-Display (OSD) function. Your

choices of size, color, and position.

z My favorite channels. Sorting and rearrangement channel orders.

z Languages select support.

z Supports Closed Caption and Teletext.

z Electronic program guide support.

z Always on top and hiding window frame.

z Brightness, hue, contrast, saturation, and sharpness options for

adjustment.

z Auto tune for best picture quality frequencies.

z Parental control to lock out selected channels.

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Installation

Usually, ComproDTV is automatically installed upon inserting the installation
CD into your CD drive. You can also manually install it by inserting the
installation CD. Open Explorer, double-click on “setup.exe” in the folder named
ComproDTV.

When you run ComproDTV for the first time, you will see the following. Please
choose the right setting in order to run the program correctly.

Video Device

If you are using VideoMate DVB-T PCI Tuner card, the video device should be
“VideoMate BDA Capture.”

Please refer the product installation FAQ to check the device name for your
product.

Audio Device

ComproDTV automatically detects the audio input devices available in your
system. Here, you must select the appropriate audio input devices (your sound
card) for your system.

Note

You must select the proper Video and Audio devices for correct operation.

If you do not see the appropriate Video and Audio devices, the drivers are not
properly installed. Please reinstall these drivers and see the chapter titled,
“Troubleshooting.”

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TV Live Mixer

You can choose the audio source for watching live TV programs. The default is
set to main volume control.

Recording Mixer (Only available on Analog TV)

When using DVB-T PCI Tuner card, you need to use the internal audio patch
cable to connect to the “AUX-In” or “CD-In” port on your sound card and
choose “AUX-In” or “CD-In” in ComproDTV. (For the detail installation of your
DVB-T card, please refer to your product start up guide in the package.

If you are using VideoMate DVB-T USB Box, the audio will pass by “WAVE”.
You don’t need to choose audio source here.

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Remote Control Key Definition and Use

Key ComproDTV 2

0-9 Number keys

10 Mute sound

11 Zoom In/Out

12 Start/Stop ComproDVD 2

13 N/A

14 Start/Stop ComproDTV 2

15 Replay

16 Pause or enable timeshifting

17 Advance

18 Previous channel

19 Stop

20 Tab function

21 EPG

22 Open setup dialog box

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24 Replay or switch TV format

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26 Advance

27 Volume adjustment

28 Open play list

29 Channel up

30 Channel down

31 Record

Up arrow
or select audio

Down arrow
or snapshot

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32 TV / S-Video / Composite

33 Channel surfing

34 Closed caption / Teletext

35 Sleep function

Card type Remote Control

Icon ComproDTV 2

DVD Start/Stop ComproDVD 2

TV Start/Stop ComproDTV 2

Power Start/Stop ComproDTV 2

0-9 Number keys

CHAN Switch channels

VOL Volume

RECALL Previous channel

MUTE Mute

CC N/A

Up Arrow Up arrow

MTS Select Audio

TV/VIDEO N/A

Left Arrow Replay

OK Open play list

Right Arrow Advance

REC Record

EPG N/A

Down Arrow Down or snapshot

SURF Channel surf

ZOOM Zoom In/Out

Backward Replay

Play/Pause Timeshifting

Forward Advance

SETUP N/A

Last Previous channel

Stop Stop

Next Next channel

SLEEP Sleep function

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(S)

(P)

Using ComproDTV

Control Panel

The ComproDTV control panel resembles the controls on a VCR. Keep in mind
that not all options are available at all times, and may be grayed out or
inaccessible depending on your hardware setup and TV services available.
The following pages describe the ComproDTV control panel functions, and tips
for using ComproDTV. The following figure gives you the function of the button
with (Hot Key.)

Timeshift bar

Channel

Surf(F)

Snapshot

(Space)

Timeshift

Options

(O)

(T)

EPG

(E)

Language
Select (Q)

Signal

Strength

Schedule

(B)

Mute

(M)

Source

(V)

Docking

(D)

Closed

Caption (C)

Help

(H)

Volume (+, -)

Te le t ext

Windows

Alignment (F5) /

All Windows (F6)

(T)

Minimize

(G)

Stop

Full Screen

(Z)

Channel Up (Page

Up) with lists( I )

Channel Down

(Page down)

Last Channel

(N)

Close

(CTRL+X)

Record

(R) with

record

methods

Reduce Window (F2) /

Add Window (F3)

Replay

(Left Arrow)

Play

(Right Arrow)

Pause

(U)

Icon HotKey Description

n/a

Note: Language select is only available while the program supports it.

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A

L Sleep function

Enable/Disable Always-on-Top function for TV window.(Oregon
circle on the upper-right corner of the TV window)

Advance

Watching

After installation, just press the ComproDTV button on the remote or double click
the ComproDTV icon on the desktop you will be able to watch TV. Same as
operating a normal TV set. Watch TV programs on your PC, in full-screen mode or
in a window. Channel up and down. Close ComproDTV and even shutdown the
computer with the full function remote control keypad.

Channel Surfing

While watching TV, the channel surfing feature displays a 4x4 grid of
channel images to give you an overview of available programming.

PIPs mode

Usually, digital TV station broadcasts multiple programs on one frequency.

Therefore, ComproDTV supports up to four windows watching additional TV

program of same frequency on another window if available. You can press the

Add Window

illustration.

Main window has all features while sub window has limited functions only.

Double-click on the sub window can switch the TV program to the main window.

Alignment Window button will put sub window(s) into main window which

button to open a sub window for that. Please see the following

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