Hauppage WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Quick Installation Guide for Windows XP & Windows XP Media Center Edition

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WinTV-NOVA-T-500

Quick Installation Guide for Windows XP &

Windows XP Media Center Edition

© 2007 Hauppauge Computer Works · QI-NOVAT500-RETAIL-V1.0-D-ENG · 2007/08/02

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● WinTV-NOVA-T-500 pci card

● IR remote control and 2 x AAA

Batteries

● WinTV for Windows

Installations CD-ROM with:

· WinTV2000 Application

· Remote control-Software

· WinTV Utilities

● WingSE CD-ROM

● WingSE Quick Install Guide

Included with the WinTV-NOVA-T-500

To install, switch off the computer and remove the computer cover.
The manufacturer of your PC supplies the instructions on removing
the PC cover.

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ote: Your PC could be damaged by electrostatic discharge.
Avoid this by contacting the earthed chassis of your PC,
before you open it or touch the pci card.

On some PC’s the WinTV-NOVA-T-500 wil need to be plugged into the
first or second PCI slot.

Locate a free PCI slot (a short white slot). Unscrew and remove the
metalcover plate which covers the back of the empty slot.

Plug theWinTV-NOVA-T-500 board into the PCI slot, and screw the
WinTV-NOVA-T-500 metal cover plate to the PC.

Replace the computer cover.
Connect the IR cable onto the back of the board.
Plug your TV antenna in to the TV connector socket on the back of the

WinTV-NOVA-T-500.

Installing the WinTV-NOVA-T-500 pci card

You will need to ensure that you are located in a area that has Digital
Terrestrial coverage.

Please visit www.dtg.org.uk/retailer/coverage.html

Insert your WinTV Installation
CD-ROM and browse to the files
on the disc. Double click on the
file called HcwDriverInstall.

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ote: If you have any anti-virus software enabled, please dis-

able it during the installation of the software.

When you attach the WinTV­NOVA, the Found New Hardware
Wizard will appear.

Click on Cancel.

You will then be presented with a
blue screen which will begin
installing and updating the drivers
for your product.

3. Install the WinTV Drivers and Applications

Select your language for the instal­lation English is default and
Click Next.

It is recommended to leave the
default components ticked and
select Install and follow the on
screen instructions.

During the installation you will be
prompted to setup the EPG service.
A list of the options is described
below; to install with the default
options click OK.

Configure the EPG Service:

● Start with system boot - Starts

the EPG Service automatically
each time you start your com­puter.

● Start minimize - Starts the EPG

Service minimized in the system
tray.

● Record program ahead/longer -

Specifies the recording overlap
before and after a scheduled
recording.

● Server Port No: Specifies which

port the EPG Service should run
on (Default is port 80 however if
you are hosting your own web­page you will need to alter this).

● Account for remote login - Enter

a username/password to access
the EPG service from any other
internet enabled computer.

To start the WinTV software installation, click Start / Run then type your
CD-ROM drive letter (for example: D:\) and then Setup.exe.

When complete, click on the bar
to exit the driver installation.

● System Account for recording - Enter the username/password for the

user account you are currently using (the EPG service will use this
account to be able to start up the WinTV application).

Click on OK to complete the installation and refer to section 6 for more
information using the EPG.

Snapshot Still

capture

Freeze picture

CFG

Configure Snapshot

Mute

Setup Menu

Full screen

Remove toolbars

no title mode

Minimise

Close

Channel surf

Channel down

Channel up

Last channel

Current TV channel

Click your right mouse
button here to see the

channel selector

Click your right mouse button

in the TV window to remove

toolbars. Click again to

restore toolbars.

Record

Playback

Volume

Always on Top

Snapshot viewer

window:

Double click on each

thumbnail to see

image full size.Click

and hold your right

mouse button to see

image options.

Pause

TV-Mode

Watch TV

Changing channels

You can change channels by using the Channel Up or Channel
Down buttons on the WinTV. You can type a channel number (for

example: 27) and WinTV will tune to that channel. If the entered chan­nel does not exist, you will see a black window.

You can also right click in the Current TV channel box, where you
will see a list of channels. Or type letters (for example: BBC) to access
to the list of the channels including these letters.

TV Mode

When you click the Full screen TV button, TV will appear full
screen on your PC monitor. When finished watching TV full screen,
click your right mouse button in the TV window. If you see video
with a black box around it, click the Pref button then click TV mode
tab. Check the box which says “Allow resolution change”.

"Always on top" Mode

The WinTV application will remain in view over any other applica­tions even if it is not selected. To turn on, click the Always on top
button. It will turn green. To turn off, click this button again.

A convenient way to use Always-on-top is to make the TV window in
the no-title mode small, and to make the TV window in the title mode
larger. Then you can switch from a small window to a larger one by
clicking the right mouse button.

Pref button

Click the Pref button to open the preferences menu:
View: These are the settings for the On Screen Display of the TV

channel and Audio Volume, where you can enable Close Captions (if
supported in your system configuration), plus controls for the Toolbar
mode (Title mode), NoToolbar mode (No Title) and Full Screen (TV
mode).

Movies: Here is where you configure some video and audio settings.
You can set the movie record directory (DVCR Record File Path).

Snapshot: Set the size of your captured images, plus single or two
field captures for capturing motion or still image video.

Audio: Your audio settings are configured here.

Menu Button

Click the Menu button to open the TV setup menu. Here is the main
control bar for TV channels, and duplicate controls for other functions:

Suite Manager: Configure the TV tuner (scanning, naming, channel
pre set, etc..) and setting up favourite channel lists.

Configuration: Duplicate configuration menus for colour, audio, etc.
View: For settings an exact TV window size: 320x240, 640x480 etc.

There are three buttons to control the watching, recording and pausing
of TV. Clicking on the Pause button will cause the Pause menu to roll
down from the WinTV application, while clicking on the Record but-

ton will cause the Record menu to roll down.

Pause and Record

TV Mode One Touch Pause One Touch Record

The Pause button prepares the WinTV pausing live video.
The Record button will start a record session. If you click Record
button more than once, a record timer will be set and the recording
will be done for 15 minutes for each time the Record button is
clicked. For example, if you click the button 3 times, the WinTV will
record for 30 minutes.

Pause mode

The pause mode allow you to pause the Live TV picture and allows
you to use the TimeShift function to rewind and fast forward the TV.

Clicking the Pause button on the WinTV application starts the Pause
mode. The Pause Menu will drop down.

Record and Playback

Record

PlayPaus e

Time counter

Paus e

Video-position

Fast forward

Fast forward

Slow motion

Fast rewind

Skip forward 10 sec

TV-Mode

Pause Buffer

The Pause buffer is space on your hard disk where video is stored dur­ing the Pause mode. The maximum amount of time which your TV
program can be delayed is dependent upon how much storage space
you have set for the Pause buffer.

Clicking the Pause button will start recording into WinTV's Replay Buffer.
It takes about 10 seconds for the Replay Buffer to be initialized and for
Pause to become effective.

Unclicking the Pause button will cause the audio/video program to start
playing from the point where the button was originally pushed.

Most WinTV functions are active while in the Pause or Pause Live
mode. For example, you can change volume, resize the TV window, go
into "no-title mode", etc.

While in Pause mode, the Video Position bar shows the amount of the
Replay Buffer which is filled with video. For example, if the Video
Position indicator shows halfway, it means that half of the Replay
Buffer is filled. If you find you cannot Pause as many minutes as you
would like, increase the size of the Replay Buffer.

When you run WinTV for the first
time, a message will appear ask­ing you to scan for tuner chan­nels now; please ensure that the
TV antenna is connected, click
YES.

To start the WinTV application, double click on the WinTV icon.

4. WinTV®application v6

Select your country location, for instance, select United Kingdom and
then, select Scan.

The scanning process for DVB-T will then scan for channels. When
DVB-T channels are found they then will appear in the channel listing
box.

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ote: If you have attached an antenna and do not receive any

digital TV channels, either use a stronger antenna (a roof top
antenna is recommended for best reception) or try to add a TV
channel manually (see trouble shooting section).

Click Close when finished.

WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Antenna Signal

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You should see an icon close to the Windows clock. You will reach the
menus of the 7 day EPG by a right click on this icon. For more informa­tion on its operation, visit www.hauppauge.co.uk/epg.

WinTV-Scheduler allows you to schedule the recording of TV shows.
WinTV-Scheduler, once it is set, can be closed, and the WinTV applica­tion will “wake up” at the desired time and tuned to the desired channel.

After installation, WinTV-Scheduler can be found by going to Start /
Program files / Hauppauge WinTV.

WinTV-Scheduler & Dual records

WinTV-Scheduler works by using the Windows Task Scheduler to
launch WinTV at the chosen time. WinTV-Scheduler sets up a com­mand line in Task Scheduler to run WinTV2000, specifying a TV chan­nel and a length of time to record.

The background recorder (BG recorder) allows you to record your pro­gram with out the WinTV2000 application present on your desktop.

To set up an event for timed watching or recording, run WinTV2000
Scheduler and click on the Add Program.

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ote: You cannot access the Wing settings until you have pur­chased the optional transcoder software, for more informa­tions see http://www.hauppauge.com/wing. Please refer to

the WingSE guide for information on using the Wing settings.

The items that need to be set for each event are:

● Time to Begin Program: set to the desired start time. The default

time is about 3 minutes from the current time. Click on the hour to
set the hour, the minute to set the minute and the second (if you feel
this is necessary) to set the minute to start the program.

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ote: It takes about 10 seconds to launch the WinTV and set
up for recording, so set the Time to Begin Progam to 1 minute
before the time your TV show actually starts.

● Time to End Program: set to the time to end this event. Note: you

need to leave at least 30 seconds between scheduled programs to
give the recorder time to set up its disk buffers.

● Program Period: one time, daily, weekly

The WinTV2000’s remote control software is installed automatically
during the installation of the WinTV applications.

You will see the WinTV Remote icon in the Device Tray.
The installation will add a shortcut to IR.EXE to the Startup group, so

that IR.EXE is loaded every time after Windows has restarted.
If you need to re-start the IR application you can do so by clicking on

Start / All programs / Hauppauge WinTV / Restart IR.

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ote: If you have Windows XP Media Center Edition, you
should use the MCE remote control that was shipped with

your MCE PC. If you don’t have an MCE remote control, you
can use the Hauppauge remote control but this is not Media
Center certified, so some functions will not be available like the
green start button. It will however allow you to navigate in the
Media Center application.

Checking the function of the IR Remote

To check the remote control opera­tion, point the Remote transmitter
at the Remote control receiver.
When you click the Go button on
the Remote transmitter, after 3-4
seconds the Remote icon should
flash, indicating that the Remote
application is running. After the
remote icon flashes, the WinTV
appplication selector will appear in
a window on your screen.

Remote control when
watching live TV

0-9 buttons: channel numbers
Record button: opens the SoftPVR

tray.

Remote control when play­ing video recordings

Skip ahead button: skips ahead in
the video 30 seconds per click.
Holding the skip ahead button will
autorepeat, and advances the video
about 5 minutes per 10 seconds the button is depressed.

Skip back button: skips back 30 seconds per click. Pressing and hold­ing the skip back button makes the video go back about 5 minutes for
10 seconds the button is depressed.

Go button: brings up the WinTV task list. Allows you to start
WinTV2000, WinTV32.

Menu button: brings up the Windows task list. Use the left and right
arrows to change to other Windows tasks.

Green power button: will turn off the WinTV application
0 - 9 buttons: When playing back a recording, the “1” button will skip

to 10%, the “2” button 20% etc of the length of the recording.

Installation of the Remote Control software

To remove the driver and application
Insert the installation CD, click Start / My Computer, double click your

CD-ROM drive, double-click on a file called 'hcwclear.exe' put a tick in

'Search for'.
If you now re-start the computer and wait until windows has fully

booted. The add new hardware wizard will appear and you can contin­ue to install the software as per the start of this guide.

Problem: No TV station are found. Please ensure that you are locat­ed in a area that has Digital Terrestrial TV coverage.

Please visit www.dtg.org.uk/retailer/coverage.html
If your area does have digital Terrestrial TV coverage, please check

yout TV antenna as most antenna’s that are over 10 years old may not
support the Digital TV broadcasts and you need to update yours to a
Wideband or Highgain.

Troubleshooting

● Date to Begin Program: todays date is the default. Change this if you

want to schedule on another date.

● Source selection: leave set at WinTV2000 to bring up the WinTV at

the requested time and on the requested channel.

● Channel selection: choose one of your scanned channels.

● Recording options: click on Record to File to record your show.

Leave this button unchecked to watch TV at the requested time. You
can also name your file to record.

Once these are set, click “It’s Program”. You can add more Events, up
to two recordings at once. it's currently the only way to record two
channels at the same time.

When you are finished click “Close”. The WinTV program does not have
to be running for the scheduler to work. If WinTV is not running, it takes
about 10 seconds to start WinTV2000 and to start the recording of TV.

Optional command lines when starting WinTV32/WinTV2000
Application

It is possible to start the WinTV application with different parameters
for example, to start the WinTV on channel 21 click Start / run and
type in :

C:\Program Files\WinTV\WinTV2k.EXE -c21

Always ensure that the command is listed after the hyphen:
NoSplashScreen = -nss
WinTV32Mode = -nc
WinTV2000Mode = -cg
NoTipOfDay = -ntod
Suite = -sSuiteName
Channel = -cChannelNumber
WindowMode = -mMode (for Mode set "tv", "NoTitle", "Title",

or "Off" ("Off" closes the current WinTV application)

For example:
C:\Program Files\WinTV\WinTV2k.EXE -mtv -nss = Start WinTV2000

windows mode, with no splash screen

WinTV Command Line Commands

Radio Interference Statement:

The WinTV boards have been tested and found to comply with the
limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment gener­ates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and cause harmful
interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee
that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equip­ment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception,
which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the
user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of
the following measures:

● reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

● increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

● connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that

to which the receiver is connected.

● consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

FCC ID: H90WINTV
CAUTION: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the

party responsible for compliance to the FCC Rules could void the
user's authority to operate the equipment.

CE Statement: This equipment has been tested and complies with EN
55013, EN 55020 and IEC 801-3 part 3 standards.

FCC Statement

The device may not be disposed of with household rubbish. This
appliance is labeled in accordance with European Directive
2002/96/EG concerning used electrical and electronic appliances
(Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment - WEEE). The guideline
determines the framework for the return and recycling of used appli­ances as applicable throughout the EU. To return your used device,
please use the return and collection systems available to you.

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(WEEE)

7 day EPG

While in Pause mode, the A/V stream is always saved in the Replay
Buffer. To stop saving the A/V stream in the Replay Buffer, you must
exit the Pause mode by clicking TV mode.

Replay

While in the Pause mode, hitting the Replay button acts like the

Instant Replay you see on TV broadcast sporting events: the
audio/video goes back in time and you repeat what you have previous­ly seen. Each click of the Replay button causes audio/video to go back
10 seconds. For example, if you want to repeat the audio/video you
saw 10 seconds ago, you would click the Replay button once. If you
want to see the video you saw one minute ago, you would need to
click the Replay button six times.

For extended replay times, you might find it more convenient to grab
the Video Position indicator control bar and move it to the left. Once
you let the control bar go, audio/video starts to play (it might take a
few seconds for the WinTV application to start playing).

You might have to move the Video Position indicator to the left and
right to find the desired spot to start replaying audio/video.

While Replaying, your audio/video program continues to be recorded
in the Replay Buffer. Therefore, if you have clicked the Replay button 3
times (so that you are replaying the audio/video seen 30 seconds ago),
the video you see in the WinTV window will be 30 seconds behind the
live program.

Skip Ahead

Clicking the Skip button will skip the video ahead 10 seconds.

Rewind

Clicking the Rewind button while playing video will rewind the
recorded video. Clicking the Rewind button again will continue the
playing.

Slow Motion

Clicking the Slow Motion button while playing video will play in
Slow Motion. Clicking the Slow Motion button again, will continue
playing normally.

Fast Forward

Clicking the Fast Forward button one time will fast forward your
video at 2X speed. Clicking the Fast Forward button two times will fast
forward your video at 8X speed.

Clicking the Record button will automatically generate a file name and
start recording your audio/video program.

Functions:

● When recording TV, the record button will depressed

● A time counter will be shown indicating the lenght of time of the

recording

If you click Stop the time counter will revert back to 00:00:00
The time is specified in a Hour:Minute:Second format.

Stop

Clicking the Stop button will stop the video you are recording

or playing back.

Play

Clicking the Play button will playback from disk the last video file

created. When playing a video, you can rewind, fast forward, replay 10
sec or skip forward 10 sec using the buttons on the control bar.

Pause

Clicking the Pause button while Playing will pause your audio/video.

Rewind

Clicking the Rewind button will play the video file in reverse.

Clicking the Rewind button again will continue the playing of the video.

Fast Forward

Clicking the Fast Foward button one time will fast foward your

video at 2X speed. Clicking the Fast Foward button two times will fast
foward your video at 8X speed. Clicking the button again will continue
playing back at normal speed.

Rewind

Record

Paus e Play

Stop

Display Counter

Forward

File

Video-Position

Play forward slow

Record mode

Slow Motion

Clicking the Slow Motion button during playback will cause the

video to play in slow motion (at 1/2 speed). Clicking the Slow Motion
button again will return the video to normal playback speed.

File button

Clicking the File button opens the File menu. The last file recorded

is listed in the File name box. In the File menu you can:

● Rename your recorded video file: To rename a video file, find the file

you would like to rename, highlight it with your mouse, and click and
hold the right mouse button. Go down to Rename and then you can
type in a new name. Remember: you must keep the MPG extension
on the file.

● Play a video file previously recorded: Find the file you would like to

play, highlight it with your mouse (one click of the mouse button)
and click Open. Then click the Play button.

● Delete recorded video files which you no longer want: Click your

right mouse button on the video file once, go down the menu and
click Delete.