COMPRO S300 - STARTUP, VideoMate S300 User Manual

VideoMate S300

DVB-S PCI TV Tuner Card

Start Up Guide

Compro Technology, Inc.

www.comprousa.com

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About This Guide

This manual tells you how to install and use your VideoMate S300 DVB-S PCI
Tuner Card. More information is available on the User’s Guides in the
programs or on the installation CD.

About VideoMate S300 DVB-S Tuner Card

VideoMate S300 lets you watch and record Satellite TV broadcast on your PC.
It features a TV tuner for Satellite TV broadcast, Digital Video Recording (DVR)
functions, scheduled recording at anytime, crystal video quality, intelligent TV
viewing, and a Multi-function Remote Control.

Additionally, VideoMate S300 also provides a Video capture function so that
you can transfer videos from video devices to your PC.

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Your PC must meet or exceed the following system requirements to watch TV

on your PC.

z 1.2 GHz CPU for SDTV viewing

z 128 MB RAM

z Sound card or on-board sound chip

z Graphics card or on-board graphics chip supports DirectX 9.0

z Open PCI slot

z CD-ROM drive for software installation.

z Windows XP SP2, Vista

z 50 MB free disk space for basic software installation.

z Digital Satellite TV Dish and LNB

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

To use all the features of VideoMate S300 PCI card, your PC should meet the

following requirements.

z 2.6 GHz CPU with SSE 2 support for HDTV and PIP/POP feature

z 256 MB RAM

z Sound card or on-board sound chip

z Graphics card or on-board graphics chip supports DirectX 9.0

z Open PCI version 2.2 slot

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z CD-ROM for software installation

z Windows XP SP2 / Vista

z Update the latest drivers on the system hardware

z 50 MB free space for software installation

z 600 MB (VCD-quality) to 3 GB (DVD-quality) per hour of recorded video

z Digital Satellite TV Dish, LNB, and DiSEqC Version 1.2

VideoMate S300 PCI Card Contents

VideoMate S300 Connectors

Item Function Description

1 Loop Through Connect to Satellite input device for TV

output
2 Satellite TV -In Connect to a Satellite TV cable feed.
3 IR Connect the IR receiver here.
4 External Audio-In Use an audio patch cable to connect to an

audio source, such as a VCR.
5 External

Audio-Out

Use the supplied audio cable to the Line-In

port of your sound card.
6 S-Video-In Use an S-Video patch cable to connect to

a video source.
7 Composite-In Use a Composite video patch cable to

connect to a video source.

VideoMate S300

PCI Tuner Card

IR Receiver Software CD

Start Up Guide

Wireless Remote Control

(Battery included)

External audio

patch cable

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3 2

5 467

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Hardware Installation

Warning !!

Unplug your PC’s main power cord before installing VideoMate S300.

Failure to do so may cause damage to your VideoMate S300 TV tuner card
and void your warranty.

1. Warning!! : Please shut down your computer and unplug the PC

power cord before installation the TV card, and then remove the PC
case cover.

2. Insert VideoMate S300 in an available PCI slot. Compro recommends
installing the card in the third or fourth PCI slot away from the AGP slot.

3. Assemble the computer cover back and plug the PC power cord.

4. Connect your satellite dish signal to the TV Tuner-In connector.

5. After restarting, insert the installation CD into your CD drive. If you have
Autorun enabled, the installer will start automatically. (If Autorun is not
enabled, double-click on “setup.exe” on the installation CD.) You can
choose Complete to install all necessary software (VideoMate TV drivers,
ComproDTV) or Custom to select the specific items you wish to install.
Compro recommends choosing Complete.

6. If you see the Windows Logo testing message, you should ignore it and
press Continue Anyway to proceed.

7. When installation completes, press Finish to restart the computer.

Remote Shut Down

There are two situations for the operation.

When not watching TV, i.e. no ComproDTV running:

Just press the SLEEP button on the lower-right corner on the remote keypad,
you will see a dialog as shown below. Program will countdown 20 seconds to
shutdown the computer. If you don’t want to shut down the computer, please
press the SLEEP button again, in other words, pressing the SLEEP key a
second time is the same as pressing the “Cancel” button. You may also use
your mouse to press the cancel button. Press OK to immediately shutdown the
computer.

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When watching TV, i.e. ComproDTV is running:

Just press the SLEEP button on the lower-right corner on the remote keypad
repeatedly, you will see the text on the screen turns to SLEEP OFF, SLEEP ON

- 30 MINUTES, SLEEP ON - 1 HOUR, SLEEP ON - 2 HOURS, and
SHUTDOWN. When the text shows SHUTDOWN, the program will countdown
20 seconds to shutdown the computer. If you don’t want to shutdown the
computer, please press the SLEEP button again.

Remote Control Key Definition and Use

Icon ComproDTV 2

ZOOM Zoom In/Out

DVD On/Off ComproDVD 2

TV On/Off ComproDTV

0-9 Number keys

CHAN Switch channels

VOL Volume

REC Record

TV/VIDEO TV/ S-Video

Backward Replay

Play/Pause Pause or timeshifting

Stop Stop

Forward Advance

CC Not used

RECALL Previous channel

SURF Channel surf

MTS Mono/Stereo/SAP

Snapshot Snapshot

SLEEP Sleep function

A, B Not used

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ComproDTV

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 de-interlacing technology
assures the highest picture quality. And most of the features can be controlled
with bundled remote control.

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)

Close

(CTRL+X)

Last Channel

(N)

EPG

(E)

Source

(V)

Channel

Surf(F)

Reduce Window (F2) /

Add Window (F3)

Timeshift

(T)

Channel Down

(Page down)

Snapshot

(Space)

Docking

(D)

Volume

(+, -)

Full Screen

(Z)

Language
Select (Q)

Record (R) with
record methods

Channel Up (Page

Up) with lists( I )

Help

(H)

Minimize

(G)

Timeshift bar

Options

(O)

Schedule

(B)

Signal

Strength

Mute

(M)

Windows

Alignment (F5) /

All Windows (F6)

Te le t ext

(T)

Closed

Caption (C)

Stop

(S)

Play

(P)

Pause

(U)

Replay

(

Left Arrow

)

Advance

(Rig

ht Arrow)

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Icon HotKey Description

A

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

n/a

L Sleep function

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

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 notebook, 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, you can press the channel surfing button to
multiple channel watching, the channel surfing feature displays a 4x4 grid of
channel images to give you an overview of available programming.

Right-Click Mouse Menu

If using mouse to right-click on the TV screen, you can see a menu pop up.
There are many useful options for your convenience.

Zooming image

If you would like to see more details on a certain part of a video image, you can
press the mouse right button to drag a zone of the screen. You will see the
zoomed image.

Also you can press the mouse right button and move on the screen to shift the
zoomed area of the image. Just click the mouse left button to resume normal
mode.

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Still Image Capture

Click on the capture icon on the control panel or hit the "Space Bar" of

the keyboard shortcut to capture an image of the display window. You can see

the screen capture dialog as below.

Recording

ComproDTV is a digital video recorder and save the digital TV program which

is MPEG-II format to your hard disk.

To instantly start recording:

Press the Record button . ComproDTV starts recording the video source

currently showing in the display window. It will save it to a file on your disk.

Press the Stop button to stop recording. ComproDTV will save it

automatically and show the file name on the screen.

You can also use the schedule recording by press Schedule button on

control panel of ComproDTV.

Note

The default folder of recorded file is on “My Document”, you can change to
another folder by entering the Options of ComproDTV.

Digital TV program is a fixed MPEG-II file format from TV station. ComproDTV
will directly save them into your hard disk and can’t transfer them to another
format.

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Playback

Press the Play button to open the Play dialog box.

Timeshifting

Timeshifting temporarily saves the video to your hard disk for a specified

period of time so that you can pause, replay, or skip commercials during live TV,

without interrupting an ongoing recording session.

Press the Timeshifting button and the Time Monitoring bar will appear.

You may also press the Advance (for commercial skip) and Replay (for instant

replay) buttons on the control panel or remote control to navigate through the

program. When you return to your seat, you can resume viewing the program

from the point when you left.

Options

You can press the Options button to open the Options dialog box. You

can change detail settings of ComproDTV here.

Digital TV Settings

1. Easy Mode

Easy Mode is for user who
have connect the satellite
signal directly to Satellite
TV card without passing
through DiSEqC switch.
Please select the satellite
that your satellite dish
have been aimed to and
press “Autoscan” to scan
channels.

2. Single

Single mode and rest of the mode are for user who wants to have advance
settings like LNB, DiSEqC1.2 motor control and etc. It also has two other
scanning modes like “Transponder Scan” and “Scan the specific frequency
ONLY”.

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Transponder Scan

This scanning mode is for
you to specifically scan a
transponder that you
know instead of scanning
the whole satellite. When
scanning in this mode, it
will add the channels you
have scanned to your
channel list. You will need
to know some information
on the transponder that
you wish to scan first.

Scan the specific
frequency ONLY

This scanning mode will
specifically scan a
frequency; usually used
when the signal is weak
and has been lost during
other type of scanning
mode.

LNB Settings

This settings need to follow the instruction from the Satellite’s LNB spec. If
you already have other working device that can receive the signal from the
satellite (i.e. Set-Top Box), you may refer the settings for that device. If you
still have problem with LNB settings, please contact your satellite dish
provider for correct information.

DiSEqC1.2 motor control setting

Compro S350/S300 supports DiSEqC 1.2 version. If you have installed motor
that compatible to DiSEqC, it may aim to different satellite to receive different
satellite’s channels.

3. 2 ports 22KHz switch / 2 ports mini DiSEqC switch /
4 ports DiSEqC1.0 switch / 4 ports DiSEqC1.2 switch

These four settings are similar to Single mentioned above. The difference is
these four settings have connected the LNB to the TV card through a switch.
Please refer to the picture in each setting to confirm which switch you are
using, then continue with the advance settings.

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Each of these mode will have 2~4 tabs to
switch between different satellites (i.e.
under “4 ports DiSEqC1.2 switch” will have
Port S1, Port S2, Port S3, and Port S4 tab)

Note

Compro S350/S300 supports up to 4 ports
DiSEqC switch. Before using autoscan, you
may need to confirm the LNB connection
and settings are correctly setup. After
channel scanning, ComproDTV will receive
the correspondent channels of the satellite.
For information on above settings, please
refer to your satellite installer.

Pull-down list

Select all satellite TV channels or
specific satellite TV only

Free to Air

Only Free-to-Air channels

Radio

Only radio channels

Scrambled

Only scrambled channels

Note

After one of above selection made, only the selected list will be used by the
channel up/down buttons on the control panel.

Channel Naming

You can customize the channel names by double-click on the Description
field of the channel you wish to rename.

Please always press “Apply” before using

“Autoscan” and “DiSEqC motor control”.

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For digital TV channels, you can do more changes on the channel’s property
by right-click the mouse on the Description field of the channel you wish to
edit.

Set Mem+

During the Autoscan process, ComproDTV automatically detects and enables
channels with a valid signal. By default, every available channel will be
enabled and marked with the green

icon. However, you can shorten the
list of enabled channels to reduce channel-browsing time. Customize your list
by enabling or disabling channels from the channel list by clicking on the green

icon.

Disabled channels will not be shown when you use the channel Up and Down
or channel surfing functions.

Set Lock (Parental Control)

By default, ComproDTV lets you access all available channels. A Parental
Control feature allows you to restrict the viewing of certain channels altogether
or during limited times.

You can lock a channel by clicking in the column labeled Lock next to the
channel number you wish to restrict. You will then see a red check mark

in the box next to the channel. You can unlock it by clicking the check

mark. To use this feature, you should first set a password.

Password

There is no default password. If you like to change it, click on the Password
button. Enter the old password in the field labeled Old Password. Then enter
the new password in the field labeled Password and Confirm.

My Favorite Channels List

ComproDTV includes a
channels sorting and
re-ordering feature. Check the
“Use My Favorites as My
Channel Lists” checkbox. You
can see the window below.

Select the channel you wish to
add to “my favorite” and press
the proper arrow button. You
may double-click on the channel
to move it as well. In addition,
adjusts the channel order by
using the proper arrow button.

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PIP/POP (Picture In/Out Picture) 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

button to open a sub window for that. (As shown below)

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 is convenient for you to watch

multiple programs on full screen mode.

The buttons on the upper-left corner sub window

are Channel Up, Channel Down, Mute,

Windows Alignment, and Close respectively. Sub window can be resized by

mouse dragging lower-left corner to any ratio.

Note

Running additional windows consumes more CPU usage. If CPU usage
reaches 100%, then video lag will occur. Please reduce the number of
windows.
When main window changes the channel to another frequency, sub window(s)
will move to available programs of another frequency. The sub window will
show black if there is no additional program on this frequency.
Sub window has no full screen mode. Please double-click on sub window to
switch program with main window in order to do so.
It is available to hear audio on multiple programs at the same time. You can
mute or un-mute the sound of sub window(s) at any time. However, main
window audio can’t be muted separately from sub window(s).

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

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Video Desktop

ComproDTV provides the new feature of Video Desktop, you can click right
mouse button on the TV screen to open the dialog box and choose the Video
Desktop mode. And you can set your TV watching screen as the live wallpaper;
it’s more convenient to watch TV and using other application on your Windows’
desktop. It also supports PIP feature to watch TV and playback recorded video
file at the same time.

The Video Desktop feature also support Picture in Picture feature, and you still
can do “Stop”, “Pause”, “Forward”, “Backward”, “Mute”, “Snapshot”,
“Windows Alignment” and “Channel Up/Down” on the sub window.

Click the right button of mouse on TV display window to
open dialog box, then choose “Video on Desktop”

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Troubleshooting

Driver Installation

The most common cause of
problems with the TV Tuner
Card is incorrect installation of
the TV capture and TV tuner
drivers. If you have problems
with watching, recording, or
timeshifting live TV, please
check the status of the drivers
with Device Manager.

If these drivers are not listed
there, uninstalling and
reinstalling the VideoMate TV
drivers, it helps. Use the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel applet to
uninstall the drivers. Reinstalling the drivers should fix this problem.

If the problem persists, your problem could also be the result of an IRQ conflict.
IRQ conflicts happen when other devices, e.g., network card or sound card, in
your computer share the same IRQ with your TV tuner card. Use Device
Manager to detect IRQ conflicts. In Device Manager, choose "View->Resource
by type" and click on the "+" besides Interrupt request (IRQ). For best
performance, no device should share IRQ with the VideoMate TV card.

If another device shares IRQ with the TV tuner card, remove the PCI cards
from your PC and insert TV card on the third or fourth slot from AGP only (if
available). Then uninstall and reinstall the TV card driver. It usually solves the
problem. If the problem persists, you should move the PCI TV Tuner card to
another PCI slot.

The recorded file from VCR has no sound?

Please plug VCR Composite video cable
(yellow) into TV card yellow connector.
Composite Audio needs to connect to the
Line-In port of your sound card. You have to
buy a converter (see the right) to transfer
Composite Audio cable (red one and white one)
into stereo. Choose Line-In to be your
Recording Mixer in the Device System in Settings of ComrpoDTV.

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Why does the remote control fail?

The remote control sensor, which is plugged into the TV card, may be loose.
Please unplug it and plug it in again. You should also check the batteries of the
remote control. Do not use rechargeable batteries.

Verify that the IR icon (ComproRemote) is in the system tray on the
lower-right corner of the screen. If you don't have ComproRemote on the
system tray, start the following program:

C:\Program Files\ Common Files\VideoMate\ComproRemoteDTV.exe

Then you should see the icon on the system tray. The IR icon should turn
bright when you press buttons on the remote.

If you see no response, please move your mouse cursor on the IR icon. If you
see it shows “No Device,” your drivers may not be not properly installed.
Please remove ComproDTV using "Add/Remove programs" in the Control
Panel and reinstall it.

Some devices may emit the IR signals. Please check if there are any
microwaves or lights that may be doing this. And make sure as few cables as
possible are crossing the IR receiver.

Contacting Compro Technical Support

Before you submit an email for support, please check support FAQs on our
web site. http://www.comprousa.com/support

You can download the latest update from our website. Many issues should be
solved on the newer version. When contacting Compro for technical support,
please use the Compro support request form and provide as much of the
requested information as possible. Please write the details in order to
determine the problem. And also provide the product serial number (19 digits
numbers) on the PCI card. Please use the form from below or email to
[email protected].

http://www.comprousa.com/support/form.htm

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