Hauppauge WINTV Installation and Reference Manual

WinTV

Installation and Reference

Manual

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FCC Statement

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: H90WINCAST M A D E I N U S A

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.

CE

WinTV Installation and Reference Manual

Table of Contents

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FCC Statement .........................................................................................

CE Statement .............................................................................................

Installing the WinTV boards 1

Installation overview..............................................................................1-1

Board connections................................................................................1-1

WinTV board diagram.........................................................................1-2

Installing the WinTV board in your PC................................................1-2

Installing the WinTV board under WindowsXP...................................1-3

Primary Surface ....................................................................................1-4

Connecting WinTV to a VCR, Video Camera or Camcorder................1-5

Connecting the WinTV board to a Sound Card ...................................1-6

Adjusting the Audio Volume ...............................................................1-7

Checking the WinTV Plug-and-Play Setup 2

The WinTV2000 application 3

The WinTV2000 window .......................................................................3-1

Running the WinTV application ...........................................................3-2

Still Frame Image Capture mode..........................................................3-4

Motion Video Capture mode ...............................................................3-5

Using the mouse in WinTV .................................................................3-5

Single click TitleMode/NoTitleMode makes WinTV easy to use! .......3-5

Setting up your TV channels ................................................................3-7

Setting preferences in Title mode ........................................................3-8

Setting full screen TV mode .................................................................3-9

Image Save, Print, Copy to Clipboard................................................3-10

Adjusting the video image color.........................................................3-11

Options menu ....................................................................................3-11

Keyboard control of the WinTV application........................................3-12

Setting up a shortcut to the WinTV application].................................3-12

Teletext Data Reception using VTPlus 4

Installation of the VTPlus software........................................................4-2

Running VTPlus ....................................................................................4-2

Quikselect .............................................................................................4-5

Dynamic Data Link to Teletext ..............................................................4-5

Using the WinTV-radio Application 5

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Running the WinTV-radio application ..................................................5-1

The WinTV-radio window ......................................................................5-1

Using the WinTV-radio buttons.............................................................5-2

Programming the Presets.....................................................................5-2

How WinTV Works 6

How WinTV displays Video-in-a-Window............................................6-1

Video Overlay mode of operation.........................................................6-1

Primary Surface mode of operation .....................................................6-2

Troubleshooting 7

Troubleshooting the WinTV driver ........................................................7-1

Error message: “WinTV card not installed or drivers not loaded” .......7-2

Updating the WinTV driver 8

Removing the WinTV driver with HCWCLEAR .....................................8-2

Restarting the WinTV driver with HCWRESET ....................................8-4

Checking the Plug-and-Play Setup 9

Technical Support A

Technical support telephone ...............................................................A-1

Service ....................................................................................A-1

Using DirectX to install an updated DirectDraw driver ........................C-1

Trademarks: WinTV and the Hauppauge logo are registered trademarks
of Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. Intercast and the Intercast logo
are trademarks of Intel Corp. Microsoft is a registered trademark and
Windows and the Microsoft logo are trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation. IBM and PC are trademarks of International Business
Machines Corporation.

Some WinTV models are manufactured under license from Dolby
Laboratories. "Dolby," "Pro Logic" and the double-D symbol are trade­marks of Dolby Laboratories.

dbx-TV is a trademark of THAT Corp.

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Introduction

This manual is covers all of the WinTV models based on the “PCI
Push” technology for displaying TV on your PC’s VGA screen. It covers,
but is not limited to, the following models:

WinTV-Go

WinTV-Express

WinTV-dbx

WinTV-radio

WinTV-pci

WinTV-primio

WinTV-Theater

References to the WinTV apply to all models. The Windows driver for
all of the WinTV boards will be referred to as the WinTV driver, and
the installation CD-ROM will be referred to as the WinTV Installation

CD-ROM.

For models which have particular features (such as the chapter on the
Radio application), we will note which models these features are avail­able on.

For a description of how the WinTV boards display video on your VGA
screen, see the chapter entitled How WinTV Works.

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Installing the WinTV boards

The WinTV boards are Plug-and-Play devices designed for
WindowsXP. Plug-and-Play simplifies the installation and hardware
setup of WinTV by having hardware settings assigned by Windows,
instead of needing to set jumpers. This chapter describes how to install
these boards and how the automated Plug-and-Play installation proce­dure works .

Installation overview

To install WinTV under WindowsXP, you will follow these steps:

✓ Install the WinTV board in your PC

✓ After booting Windows, you will install WinTV’s Windows device

driver from the WinTV Installation CD-ROM

✓ After the Windows driver is installed, you will then install the WinTV

application software from the WinTV Installation CD-ROM

✓ Finally, if necessary, an updated Windows Direct Draw Driver can be

installed from the WinTV Installation CD-ROM

WinTV board diagram

The following diagram shows the main functions and connectors of the
WinTV board. Since there are several different models with different
features and functions, your board may not have all of the components
installed.

Board connections

FM: FM radio antenna connection (some models)

TV: TV antenna or cable TV connection

Audio LineOut: Audio output 1/8” minijack (connects to sound

card LineIn jack)

Video In: VideoInput jack (S-Video on some models)

Audio Line In: Audio input 1/8' minijack J2, left/right channel

Remote Control: Minijack J3 (optional on some models)

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Installing the WinTV board in your PC

Before installing the WinTV board, turn off the power to your PC and
remove the cover. Since the WinTV board is sensitive to static electrici­ty, we recommend that before you remove it from its protective anti-stat­ic bag, you touch the chassis with your hand to discharge any static
electricity.

Once the cover is removed, plug the WinTV board into any free PCI
slot.

Now connect the Audio Cable between the WinTV board and your
PC’s sound card. Plug one end of the audio cable into the Audio

LineOut jack of the WinTV. The other end (a 1/8” audio jack) then

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*Note: not available on all models.
Note: this outline may not reflect the current revision of your WinTV board. For the most up to
date information, see the WinTV QuickInstall Guide provided with your WinTV board.

*

Audio LineOut

* Video In

Audio LineIn

Remote

plugs into the LineIn jack of your sound card.

Most sound cards have three round jacks on the out­side of the PC. They are: Microphone Input, Audio
Output and Line Input. The Audio Output would go to
your speakers, while the Microphone input might go to

a microphone (if you are using one). The LineIn jack is normally a
blue connector, and is indicated on the sound card by the words IN
or LineIn stamped into the metal bracket on the outside of your PC.
This is where you would plug your WinTV Audio cable.

Installing the WinTV driver under WindowsXP

When the Found New

Hardware Wizard

appears,

insert the WinTV

Installation CD-ROM

in
your PC’s CD-ROM drive
and make sure

Install the
software automatically
(Recommended)

is

checked.

Then click NEXT.

If the Hardware Installation dialog
box opens, click

Continue Anyway.

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Click Finish.

After the video driver is
installed, the Found New
Hardware Wizard will detect
the WinTV audio driver.

Click

Next, then Continue anyway

and then Finish to complete the audio
driver installation.

Primary Surface

It is sometimes useful to force WinTV to use a mode of operation of your
VGA card known as Primary Surface mode. This can be helpful in
eliminating VGA compatibility problems.

To force WinTV to use

Primary Surface mode, run the program "PRI-

MARY"

, which is installed with the WinTV application. Click Start/

Programs and then WinTV. Double click on Primary.EXE. Click on Force

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Primary then close the program by clicking on the X.

The Primary program simply makes a setting in the Windows Registry
that tells the WinTV application to always use the Primary mode of oper­ation. This can be changed at any time to "Allow Overlay" by re-running
Primary and clicking

Allow Overlay

.

When using Primary Surface mode, you will not be
able to view live Closed Caption data overlaid on your
TV Window.

Connecting the WinTV board to a VCR, Video
Camera or Camcorder

Most VCR’s or camcorders have a female RCA jack labeled “Video
Out”. Most also have a jack labeled “Audio Out”. Most video cameras
simply have one output connection labeled "Video Out".

To connect the video to the WinTV board, use shielded video cables
(not supplied) with male RCA connectors on both ends:

- connect from the “Video Out” jack on your video camera, VCR
or camcorder to the Composite Video input jack on the

WinTV board.

Note: Some WinTV models have a yellow RCA jack on the back

panel bracket. Others have a high-quality S-Video input jack, which
requires a supplied S-Video to Composite video adapter to connect
to your camcorder.

To connect the audio from your VCR or camcorder to the WinTV, use a
1/8” stereo minijack extension cable (1/8” male minijacks on each end)
and:

- connect the “Audio Output” 1/8” minijack on the VCR or camcorder
to the Audio LineIn jack on the WinTV board.

Note: Some camcorders use RCA connectors instead of 1/8” mini-

jacks to connect the audio. If so, you will need an female RCA to
1/8” minijack adapter. These adapters can be found at most Radio
Shack stores.

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Connecting the WinTV board to a Sound Card

The WinTV board's audio output should be connected to a sound card
using the supplied Audio Cable

:

- plug one end of the Audio Cable into the jack marked LineOut
(Audio Line Out jack) on the back panel bracket of the WinTV
board

- plug the other end of the Audio Cable into your soundcard’s
LineIn jack.

Most sound cards have three round jacks on the out­side of the PC. They are: Microphone Input, Audio
Output and Line Input. The Audio Output would go to

your speakers, while the Microphone input might go to a micro­phone (if you are using one). The LineIn jack is normally a blue
connector, and is indicated on the sound card by the words IN or
LineIn stamped into the metal bracket on the outside of your PC.
This is where you would plug your WinTV Audio Cable.

Adjusting the Audio Volume

Once the audio cable is connected to your Sound Card, the WinTV
application can change the audio volume coming from the WinTV
board by adjusting the LineInput sound volume of the
VolumeControl program in Windows.

The VolumeControl program is normally installed with Windows or
by the sound card installation program, and allows the control of vol­ume from the various sound sources. If you cannot hear sound when
running the WinTV application, you might need to check the volume
level of LineInput in VolumeControl

.

The VolumeControl application is started by clicking either:

Programs/Accessories/Multimedia/VolumeControl

or

Start/Programs/Accessories/Entertainment/VolumeControl

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If LineIn is muted, unmute it to hear audio from the WinTV.

You should see Line-In balance as one of the selections. If not, then
click on Options/Properties and under Show the following vol-
ume controls check Line-In. Then click OK.

You should now see a selection for Line-In. Make sure the Select
box is checked, then raise the volume to about 1/2 of the way to the
top. This should be a good starting point for the volume control.

In the WinTV application under the Configure/Audio menu, the Mixer
ID should be set at Line-In.

As you adjust the audio volume in the WinTV application, you should
see the slide bar in the VolumeControl window rise and fall.

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Checking the WinTV Plug-and-Play

Setup

After the WinTV board has been installed, you can find out what memo­ry range and interrupt have been assigned by Windows Plug-and-Play
by looking at the configuration in the Control Panel. Plug-and-Play will
not let you change the Interrupt it has assigned, but you can, if neces­sary, change the Memory Address chosen by Windows.

Open up

Control Panel by clicking on Start/Settings/ControlPanel.

Now open up the

System properties setup by double clicking on its

icon, then click on the Device Manager folder:

Then select Sound, video and game controllers, then click on

Hauppauge WinTV and then Properties:

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Click on Resources to see which resources Windows has assigned to
the WinTV. Remember: the Interrupt setting cannot be changed (since
it is assigned by Windows Plug-and-Play) but the Memory Address can.

To see which versions of drivers are being used, click on Drivers:

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