VideoMate W800F
Hybrid DVB-T and Analog TV
Standalone TV Box
Start Up Guide
Compro Technology, Inc.
www.comprousa.com
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Table of Contents
About This Guide .............................................................. 4
VideoMate W800F TV Box Contents ................................ 5
Install W800F TV Box with Box Stand .............................. 6
Buttons on VideoMate W800F TV Box ............................. 8
Remote Control Key Definition and Use ........................... 9
VideoMate W800F TV Box Using Guide......................... 10
Troubleshooting............................................................... 23
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About This Guide
This guide provides you the information on how to install and use your
VideoMate W800F standalone TV box.
VideoMate W800F standalone TV box lets you watch DVB-T digital TV or
analog TV with your computer monitor without driver or applications install,
also the W800F can provide FM radio listening. W800F TV box provide
S-video, composite video, and up to 1080i component video input which allow
you to connect other video devices (i.e. DVD Player, camcorder, xBox360, PS2,
PS3, Wii or other game console). The maximum resolution is 1900x1200 and
1680x1050, which allows you to have crystal clear pictures. It also supports 4:3,
5:4, 16:9, and 16:10 screen ratio for all kinds of monitors. With the remote
control that included with W800F package will greatly increase the value of the
computer monitor which also saves you from buying another TV set.
z VideoMate W800F only support SD format DVB-T reception, not
support H.264 format digital TV.
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
z Monitor (CRT or LCD) contains D-sub Connector and supports 800*600
resolution or above.
z DVB-T, Analog TV cable or antenna input
Warning
It is normal for VideoMate W800F TV Box become warm when it is being used.
Please place the TV Box at a place where the air flows.
VideoMate W800F TV Box will only need a computer monitor to work; It does
not require to connect to computer nor turn on the computer to work properly.
Please do not use other adaptor except the one included in the package to
W800F prevent damaging W800F. Damaged W800F by using wrong adaptor
will not be cover from the warranty.
Note
In order to receive digital terrestrial TV broadcast, the antenna is crucial.
Digital terrestrial TV broadcast uses about the same wave as analog TV. It’s
recommended to have a fishbone-like antenna on the roof for receiving. More
detail is on the troubleshooting chapter in this manual.
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VideoMate W800F TV Box Contents
S-video and component
W800F
TV Box
Start Up Guide
9-pin Mini-DIN to
video cable
TV Box
stand
Power Adaptor
FM Antenna
Remote Control
9-pin Mini-DIN to
15-pin D-sub Cable
Digital TV
Antenna
AAA batteries
Audio Cable
Please extend the antenna
horizontally to its fullest.
How to use the digital TV antenna:
For the best reception of this digital TV
antenna, please extend the antenna to
the left and right side as the picture
shown.
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Install W800F TV Box with Box Stand
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Step 1 Step 2
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VideoMate W800F TV Box Connection
Power Adaptor
Line-Out to Speaker
Line-In from the Line-Out
connector of sound card
Connect to monitor by
VGA cable
Connect from TV box to
VGA card by 9-pin
Mini-DIN to 15-pin D-Sub
cable in the package
FM Antenna Input
DVB-T or Analog TV
Cable/Antenna Input
USB Input
Composite
Video Input
Stereo Audio
Input (L/R)
9-pin Mini-DIN to
S-video and component
video input
* The USB port for multimedia files playback only supports USB pen
driver, not support USB external hard drive.
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Buttons on VideoMate W800F TV Box
Power On/Off
Source Switch
Analog TVÆDVB-TÆFMÆComposite video
ÆS-videoÆComponent video
Open OSD Menu
Volume Up
Volume Down
Channel Up
Channel Down
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Remote Control Key Definition and Use
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A
Power Power On/Off
Mute Mute
Sleep
PIP
Ch. Surf
Set Fav.
Resolution
PIP Audio
Exit
OK
Fav. Up/i
Fav. Down/A
Source
SAP
0-9
100
Recall
OptiRatio
Freeze
Sleep mode
(OFFÆ5Æ10Æ15Æ30Æ60Æ90Æ120)
Picture In Picture On/Off and
screen size select
9 Channels preview
Set to favorite channel list
Switch to digital FM channel
Switch Resolution
Switch audio between
TV and PC in PIP mode
* Exit OSD Menu
* Display info
* Exit PIP to TV mode
Volume Up / Direction key “Up”
Volume Down / Direction key “Down”
Channel Up / Direction key “Right”
Channel Down / Direction key “Left”
* Confirm / Open OSD Menu
* Switch PIP mode in PIP:
Open (default): Channel/Volume
up/down
Close: Direction key to move TV screen
on windows’ desktop
Favorite channel list up/information
Favorite channel list down/
Audio channel selection
Source Switch
(Analog TVÆDVB-TVÆFMÆ
CompositeÆS-VideoÆComponent)
* Stereo/SAP/Mono switch
* Green key in Teletext
Number Keys
Number Key
* EPG for DVB-T channels
* Return to last channel
* Red key in Teletext
* Switch aspect ratio
* Blue key in Teletext
* Freeze TV screen
* Yellow key in Teletext
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VideoMate W800F TV Box Using Guide
Using at the first time
Please refer to the above for correct setup to use W800F TV box. After you
have connected the power adaptor, you can press the power switch to turn on
the TV box and you will see the green LED light beside the power button. The
default TV settings will be your local country and TV system, and you can
change it from OSD menu later. Now you may enjoy the TV shows on your
monitor.
If you have connect W800F TV box to your computer’s video card, press the
power button on the TV box to switch between TV and PC signal.
Order of the Sources: Analog TV Æ DVB-T Æ FM Æ Composite video Æ
S-Video Æ Conponent video Æ Analog TV …
VideoMate W800F TV Box supports 60 and 75 Hz with 9 resolutions from
below. The default setting is 1024*768 @ 60Hz.
Resolution 1 -> 800*600 (4:3) Resolution 6 -> 1600*1200 (4:3)
Resolution 2 -> 1024*768 (4:3) Resolution 7 -> 1680*1050 (16:10)
Resolution 3 -> 1280*1024 (5:4) Resolution 8 -> 1920*1080 (16:9)
Resolution 4 -> 1400*1050 (4:3) Resolution 9 -> 1920*1200 (16:10)
Resolution 5 -> 1440*900 (16:10)
To change resolution, please open up menu and select the resolution you want.
Refer to later instruction for more detail. “Resolution” button from the remote
controller can also switch the resolution.
If using PIP feature, the refresh rates in Windows support resolutions below:
Resolution
60 Hz 75 Hz
800 x 600 Yes Yes
1024 x 768 Yes Yes
1280 x 1024 Yes No
1440 x 900 Yes No
1400 x 1050 Yes No
1600 x 1200 Yes No
1680 x 1050 Yes No
1920 x 1080 No No
1920 x 1200 No No
Reflash Rate
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OSD Menu Guide (Analog TV and FM Radio)
Menu button will open up OSD Menu, please use the direction key to navigate.
Picture
Brightness Adjust the brightness (0~100)
Contrast Adjust the Contrast (0~100)
Saturation Adjust the Saturation (0~100)
Hue Adjust the Hue ( 0~100)
Sharpness Adjust the Sharpness (0~15)
OptiMode 3 preset modes (Standard/TV, Game, and Cinema) and 5
custom modes of picture settings. You can adjust the color
settings then save it in custom mode.
TV Function
Input Signal Select Air or Cable for TV input signal type. Default is Air
Channel Video
System
Change video standard for current channel.
(Only appears in countries with 2 or multiple TV systems)
Channel Rename Set a name for specific channel. (5 letter/numbers)
Auto Scan Recommend to use Auto Scan for the first time. (NO/YES)
Channal Edit Advanced channel edit
Finetune Fine tune frequency if TV is unclear. (0~100) default is 50
Custom Channel
CH…….. Add and edit your custom channel for some countries.
Resolution
Resolution Swtich resolution: 800x600 Æ 1024x768 (default) Æ
1280x1024 Æ 1440x1050 Æ 1400x900 Æ 1680x1050 Æ
1600x1200 Æ 1920x1080 Æ 1920 x1200
Noise Reduction Adjust level of noise reduction. (0~8) Default is 4
OptiRatio 4:3 16:9 SmartZoom Panorama Full
Input Source DVB-T, Analog TV, Composite, S-Video, Component, FM,
PC
Position Finetune Use right and left direction key to adjust the position of
screen
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OSD Settings
Country/Region Select your country or region
Language Adjust level of noise reduction. (0~8) Default is 4
OSD Position Select your language (Default is your local country)
OSD Transparency 0-100
Information VideoMate W800F Version information
Reset all settings YES/NO (Default: NO)
Audio Settings
Volume Adjust volume (0-100)
Treble Adjust Treble volume (0-15)
Bass Adjust Bass volume (0-15)
Dynamic Bass
Boost
Stereo Effect Adjust Stereo Effect (0~8) Default : 0
Reset YES/NO (Default: NO)
FM Mode: While listen to FM radio, this OSD page will different with TV mode.
CH 1
CH 2
……….
Auto Scan Auto scan the available FM channel
YES/NO (Default: NO)
FM Station List
List all the available FM channel and frequency. You can
select the channel by up/down arrow key or direct input the
channel number to listen
FM Station Scan
Add Channel Add FM channel by directly frequency input
Delete Channel Delete FM channel
Reset all YES/NO (Default: NO)
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Audio Settings
Volume Adjust volume (0-100)
Treble Adjust Treble volume (0-15)
Bass Adjust Bass volume (0-15)
Dynamic Bass
Boost
Stereo Effect Adjust Stereo Effect (0~8) Default : 0
Reset YES/NO (Default: NO)
YES/NO (Default: NO)
OSD Menu Guide (Digital TV and USB Playback)
While switch to digtial TV mode, you can setup the digital TV channel in the
menu and also choose to playback the video/photo from USB.
The VideoMate W800F TV box provides directly video, audio, and photo files
playback from USB 2.0 pen drive. (Not support USB external hard drive.)
Support MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 Part II formats video file, MP3/WAV/WMA
music, and jpg format photo files playback.
After switch the video source to digital TV, you can press the “OK” key to the
Main Menu for digital TV setup, playback Movie, Music, Photo or play games.
You can press the “i” (Fav Up) key for more operation guide about setup.
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Digital TV Setup Manu
Below is the table of digital TV and multimedia setup, you can use the “OK” key
to open the OSD menu and select the items by arrow keys. If you need more
information for controls the menu for setup. Please press the “i” (information)
key for more information.
Channel Manager
You can setup the channel for
Channel Organizer
Channel Sorting
Channel Grouping
Edit Channels You can add or edit the channels
Delete All
favorite, change order, lock, or
delete
Re-arrange the channel order by
different area
Grouping the channels in different
type for more easy to watch and
selection
Delete all channels.
Please input the password for
confirm this operation.
(Default password: 0000)
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Area Search
Scan all the available channels by
area
Input the specific channel
Installation
Configation
Manual Search
Auto Search
OSD
TV
System Steup
Parental Lock
frequency and bandwidth to add
channels
Input the channel frequency range
and bandwidth to add channels
Setup the OSD (On Screen
Display) themes, timeout length,
transparency, or language
Setup display mode in system,
aspect ratio, and adjust the color
settings on Brightness, Contrast,
HUE, Saturation
Setup your system about surround
mode and region
Setup parental lock to prevent not
proper channel contents for
children. The default password is
“0000”.
You can download the latest
firmware from Compro’s website
Software Update Download from USB
Reset all the settings to factory
Factory Default
Version Display product version information
and save it in USB pen driver. The
plug it to the USB port of W800F to
update it
default
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Movie/Video Playback
Please plug the USB pen drive (with MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 part II format video
files) into the USB port of VideoMate W800F, then click the “Movie” on the
main manu. You can choose the folder and select the file for playback.
While playing the video, you can press the “Fav Up” key on remote to 2X, 4X,
8X speed forward, or press “Fav Down” key to 2X, 4X, 8X speed backward. If
you want to stop playing or exit the video playback function, please press the
“Exit” key.
Music Playback
Please plug the USB pen drive (with MP3, WAV,WMA format audio files) into
the USB port of VideoMate W800F, then click the “Music” on the main manu.
You can choose the folder and select the file for playback.
While playing the video, you can press the “Fav Up” key on remote to forward,
or press “Fav Down” key to backward. If you want to stop playing or exit the
video playback function, please press the “Exit” key.
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Photo Playback
Please plug the USB pen drive (with jpg format files) into the USB port of
VideoMate W800F, then click the “Photo” on the main manu. You can choose
the folder and select the file for playback.
You can press the SAP (Green color) button to preview photo with thumbnail.
And while you watching the photo, you can press the “right” (Volumn Up) and
“left” (volumn down) to rotate the photo for watching.
Play Games
VideoMate W800F built-in 3 games, the “Box Man”, “ Tetris”, and “Hit Rat”, you
can follow the direction and play it anytime with remote control.
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Channel Swap
To swap the channel numbers, please select Channel Swap from the menu
then select YES, and it will show as a sub menu. Once you have entered this
menu, you will see a list of channels. You may browse with the direction keys;
Up and Down are going through the list while Left and Right are changing
pages of the list. Select the channel number that you wish to swap and press
OK, and then enter the number of the channel that you wish to switch.
To reset to the original channel numbers, please rescan the channel table
again by selecting Auto Scan in the menu.
My Favorite Channel List
My favorite channel list can store up to 10 channels that you watch the most
and browse with “Fav. Up” and “Fav. Down” keys on the remote control.
To add channels to the favorite list, please turn to the channel you wish to add
and press “Set Fav” on the remote control. Press “OK” on the selected
position.
PIP (Picture In Picture)
You can start PIP function by clicking “PIP”
button on the remote control. It allows you
to watch TV on the Windows desktop.
When PIP is working, press “PIP” button
again will change the size of the TV screen;
you may zoom twice and the third time you
press “PIP”, it will close the PIP function.
The PIP feature can supports up to 1680 x 1050 windows’ resolution.
Note:
If you need to move the TV screen position on Windows desktop, please press
the “OK” to switch the keys of channel and volume up/down into direction key,
and you can move the PIP TV windows to the place you want.
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Channel Surfing
Channel Surfing allows you to preview and find the channel you want by
presenting in 9 squares.
To access this function, please press “Ch.Surf” button on the remote controller.
The pictures will refresh from left to right. When you have found the channel
you prefer, please press the correspondent number keys (1~9) to switch to that
channel.
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OptiRatio
OptiRatio Aspect Selection provides 4:3, 16:9, Panorama, Full Screen, and
SmartZoom aspect ratio selections to provide the best TV and video watching
on different type monitors.
4:3 Mode: When the 4:3 formats TV/video display on 16:9/16:10 wide-screen
monitors, it can keep the 4:3 aspect ratio video and add letter box on both left
and right sides.
Original video format 4:3
Add letter box on both
left and right sides of
wide-screen monitors
16:9 Mode:
When the 16:9 formats TV/video display on 4:3/5:4 standard monitors, it can
keep the 16:9 aspect ratio video and add letter box on both the top and bottom.
Full Screen Aspect Ratio Mode:
Stretch all the input TV and video to full screen display. But if the original video
format is 4:3, it will look a little squash.
Original video format 16:9
Add letter box on both
top and bottom sides
of standard monitors.
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Original video format 4:3
Stretch video to fit monitors
Panorama Mode:
Extend all the input TV and video to full screen display. But the distortion on
the center of screen will be less than full screen mode and looks better.
SmartZoom Mode:
When the 16:9 movie broadcast from TV channel, it will add the letter box for
4:3 video format transmit and it looks small on the 16:9/16:10 wide-screen
monitors. The SmartZoom mode can remove the letter box on top and bottom
to make the movie displays bigger and clearer.
Less distortion from center Original video format 4:3
Original video format
on 4:3 monitor
Letter box on each
sides of video with
16:9 monitor
Removed letter
box to display 16:9
Dynamic Bass Boost
Dynamic Bass Boost is a function that will automatically analyze your audio
signal and adjust the volume of the bass. To activate this function, please
press the MENU button and select Sound section, then select ON with the
option of Dynamic Bass Boost. You may refer to the OSD Menu Guide
above for exact location.
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Stereo Effect
Stereo Effect is a function that will simulate stereo sound when your audio
input is Mono. When your audio input is stereo, it will enhance the effect and
give you a greater feeling of the surrounding effect. To activate this function,
please press the MENU button and select Sound section, then adjust the
volume of Stereo Effect higher for greater effect. You may refer to the OSD
Menu Guide above for exact location.
SAP Mode (Only appears in PAL/SECAM TV system area)
SAP Mode is a function that will allow you to broadcast Main Audio Channel in
the left and Sub Audio Channel in the right. To activate this function, please
press the MENU button and select Sound section, then select ON with the
option of SAP Mode. Switch to the channel that contains both Main and Sub
Audio Channel, and then change the stereo mode to SAP by pressing SAP
button on the remote controller.
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Troubleshooting
Installation
The most common cause of the problem is the incorrect connection of the
cables. Please refer to “VideoMate W800F TV Box Connection” on proper
connection. And also please check the power adaptor already plugged.
Warning
It is normal for VideoMate W800F TV box become warm when it is being used.
Please place the TV Box at a place where the air flows.
Please do not use other adaptor except the one included in the package to
prevent damaging W800F. Damaged W800F by using wrong adaptor will not
be cover from the warranty.
No Picture
Please make sure you have properly connected the TV cable to TV Box in
order to watch live TV. It might also because the input source of W800F TV
Box is not set to TV mode, please switch the video input source to TV.
No Sound
Please try to use the built-in speaker to make sure the TV or FM audio is OK.
Then if the TV display without sound, please make sure you have connect your
speaker to W800F TV Box’s Line Out and check the speaker has turn on and
volume is not at the minimum.
If you switch to PC and PC does not have sound while TV has it, please make
sure you have connected Line-In from W800F TV Box to Line-Out from your
computer.
How to add the missing channel?
If there are some channels missing after Auto Scan, you can add the missing
channel to channel table by yourself from the steps below:
1. Please directly key-in the missing channel number by remote number pad.
2. Press “Menu” key to open the OSD menu.
3. Select the “TV” setting tab (the second from left).
4. Select “CH Add/Erase”, and then pick “Yes” to add channel.
5. Now you can watch the missing channel.
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TV picture is not clear?
TV signal could be reduced by the branching. Please make sure the cable
signal is good. Try to move the computer to a TV set and connect the cable
which is being used for the TV set. Also directly connecting the cable before
the splitter may help. This problem could also come from with static. Once you
connect the cable to our TV card, the static interfere the system. It's possible to
correct this problem by connecting a wire from the grounding of the cable to
ground. Also make sure computer grounding is good.
Why PIP does not work?
Please make sure you have connected your computer VGA to W800F and
connect W800F to the monitor. For more information, please refer to the TV
box connection description.
If your display card of your computer has both DVI and VGA connected, please
make sure the settings in Windows is set to VGA output.
Please also check if your desktop resolution is one of our supported
resolutions. Please refer to the detail list of resolutions.
Contacting Compro Technical Support
Before you submit an email for support, please check the troubleshooting list
above. You may fill out the form (http://comprousa.com/en/form.htm) or directly
email to support@comprousa.com
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