Hauppauge WinTV-HVR, WinTV-PVR Reference Manual

WinTV-HVR-Series
WinTV-PVR-Series

Reference Manual

English

M-HVRNOVAPVR-V1.0-USA - 2007/10/11

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WinTV-HVR-Series
WinTV-PVR-Series

Reference Manual

Copyright ©Hauppauge Computer Works, 2007

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Content

FCC Statement / CE Statement 1

Introduction 2

The WinTV Application 3

Fundamental operation 3

Setting up your TV channels 6

Configuration of Video Input 9

Changing the Channel List 10

Menu Options 11

WinTV settings Menu 14

Pause, Record and TV Mode 19

Keyboard shortcuts in WinTV 23

WinTV Remote control 24

WinTV-Scheduler 26

The WinTV Radio Application 31

Troubleshooting: 35

HcwDriverInstall gives "INF File Open Failed" error 35
No digital channels found 35
How-to connect a satellite/cable set top box, VCR or games console 37
Media Center Notes 39
My external input connected by S-Video is black and white 40
Games console slow response 40
Vista switches to Basic UI when starting WinTVv6 40
Primary options 41
TV becomes jumpy while recording 43
Problems with the IR remote control 44
"No Tuner Available" message when starting Live TV in MCE / Vista 44

Warranty Information 45

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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 Assembled in Malaysia

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.

LEGAL DISCLAIMERS

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software programs and hardware are free from errors. However, we cannot guarantee that
errors or omissions do not exist. As a result, we cannot accept liability for any loss, damage
or misunderstanding made directly or indirectly as a result of using our Manual, Software
and/or Hardware.

This manual, as well as the software described in it, is furnished under license and may be
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is furnished for informal use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be con­strued as a commitment by Hauppauge Computer Works Incorporated. Hauppauge Computer
Works Inc. assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appe­ar in this book. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or
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All manufacturers' names, product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks
mentioned in this manual are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive
property of their respective owners.

Trademarks:

Hauppauge logo and WinTV product name: Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. Windows,
Video for Windows, NetMeeting and Internet Explorer: Microsoft Corporation. Pentium is a
registered trademark of Intel Corporation. All other trade names are the service mark, trade­mark or registered trademark of their respective holders.

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Introduction

This manual covers all of the WinTV-PVR and WinTV-HVR models for displaying TV on your
PC’s screen. It covers, but is not limited to, the following models:

Personal Video Recorder (Analog)

WinTV-PVR-USB2

WinTV-PVR-150

WinTV-PVR-250

WinTV-PVR-350

Hybrid Video Recorder (Analog and Digital)

HVR-950

HVR-1250

HVR-1500

HVR-1600

HVR-1800

HVR-1950

For models which have particular features, we will note which models these features are avai­lable on.

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The WinTV-Application

After the installation of the software from the CD-ROM you will see the shortcut "Hauppauge
WinTV" in the Windows Start menu and on your desktop. To start the WinTV application
double left click on your mouse button.

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Some control options can be selected by right clicking on the mouse button:

● When watching a "current TV program" a simple right click on the "current TV channel" will

display the current TV list for fast channel changing. You can also change channels by using
the numbers on the keyboard or by pressing the letter on the keyboard for the channel that
you want to view.

● With a right click of the mouse button on the "audio type/language selection" you can chan-

ge the available audio language settings of the current TV program that you are watching.

● With a right click of the mouse button (hold for 2 seconds) in the TV window the control

options are displayed.

In order to re-size the window, move the mouse pointer to the edge of the TV window. This
changes the mouse pointer into a double arrow. Press and hold the left hand mouse button
and drag the window into the desired size, releasing the left mouse button when finished.

Fundamental operation

Channel changing

You can change channels by using the Channel Up or Channel Down buttons on the WinTV.
You can also type a channel number (for example:27) and WinTV will tune to that channel.

Volume change

With the slide bar on the top left hand side of the WinTV application window you can change
the Volume level. Alternatively you can use the keypad on the keyboard <PgUp> for volume
up or <PgDn> for volume down.

Sound on / off

To mute the sound on or off click on the green button below the slider bar. Alternatively you
can use the keys on the keyboard <CTRL> + <M>.

Windowed mode

Minimize

Close WinTV

Snapshot view

window:

Double click on

each “thumbnail” to

see image full size.
Click and hold your

right mouse button

to see image opti-

ons.

Click your right mouse button in the

TV window to remove toolbars.

Click again to restore toolbars.

Sound on / off

Channel down

Volume

Always on top

TV mode

Snapshot still

capture

Record-Mode

Configuration

Setup Menu

Channel surf

Last channel

CFG

Configure Snapshot

Freeze picture

Channel up

Playback-Mode

Pause-Mode

(Time-Shift)

TV-Mode

Audio-Type

Current TV

channel

Subtitles on / off

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Last channel

Clicking the “last channel” button will allow you to quickly change to the last viewed channel.

Surf preview

Clicking on the button "Surf" will show up to 16 still image preview of TV channels that you
have scanned. The screen will gradually fill and double clicking on one of the preview images
will show the selected channel in full screen.

Always on top

With Always on Top, WinTV will always be visible on your Windows desktop on top any
applications. To turn on, click the Always on top button. It will turn blue. To turn off, click this
button again. A convenient way to use Always-on-Top is to make the TV window in the no­title mode small, and to make the TV window in the title mode larger. Then you can switch
very quickly from a small window to a larger one by clicking the right mouse button.

TV mode

Click on the button "TV mode", in order to watch television in the full screen TV mode. With
one click to the right mouse button or press the <ESC> key to leave TV mode.

To hide the WinTV toolbar (No-title mode)

Click your right mouse button in the WinTV’s video window for the no-title mode. To restore
the toolbars (the title mode), once again click your right mouse button in the video window.
You can set the size of the window differently in each mode.

Freeze picture

Click on the button Freeze, around the picture "to freeze". Clicking on Freeze will un Freeze the
picture.

Snapshot

Clicking on the “Camera” symbol will take a snapshot still picture of the Video window that
you are viewing. A "Thumbnail" (preview made smaller) of the still image of the video window
will appear in the snapshot preview border. Double click on the "Thumbnail", to see it in full
size. Now you can save the picture using option in the menu "file"/"save under..." on your hard
disk. Clicking the Button CFG allows you to configure the snapshot function.

Saving several snapshots at the same time

Highlight the first image and then hold down the <SHIFT> key on the keyboard and then hig­hlight the subsequent images that you want to save. Once you have selected the images that
you want to save release the <SHIFT> key and then right click on a image to select the SAVE
to file option.

Channel-Menu

To display the channel configuration menu <right> click with the mouse button on the TV
window:

The channel configuration allows you to configure using the following options:

•Position the mouse pointer on the channel that you want to select and click the <Left>
hand mouse button to select.

•Use the <Up> and <Down> and <Left> and <Right> arrow keys on the keyboard to sel­ect the different sub-menu that you want to select and press Enter / Return

•To select a channel list of either TV or Radio you can filter for either TV or Radio channels to
be show in the channel list.

The channel can also be selected by pressing the 1st letter of the channel name on the key­board.

Channel search

Click on the Button MENU and “Suite Manager” to open the channel manager.

The channel manager is divided into the options "Scan", "Sources", "Devices" and "Channels".

You can select the option by left clicking on the option name, click on the “Sources” to scan
for channels.

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Search for Analog channels

This section refers to products with RF antenna and Cable tuner.

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Click on the Button MENU and “Suite-Manager” to open the channel manager. Select the
<sources> and highlight the <analog> source.

Automatic channel search

Click on "Autoscan...", in order to start the automatic RF antenna channel scan. The channel
frequencies will scan from 1 to 69. When channels are found they will be listed and the scan­ning will continue. After the completion of the channel scan a new window of an overview of
the scanned frequencies and the number of found programs are will be displayed.

Manual channel search

You can shorten the channel scan if you know the channel numbers for your local transmitter
by entering the numbers into the channel number and click on Tune.

Search for Digital ATSC Channels

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ote: This section refers to products with Digital tuner (WinTV-HVR series). Select

the ATSC option on the left hand side.

Automatic channel search

Click the <Autoscan> button to start the search for Digital channels, ensure that you have
selected your country location. The channel search will count from 1 to 69 and when a signal
is found the box locked will have a tick.

Search for QAM channels

Automatic channel search

Click the <Autoscan> button to start the search for QAM channels, ensure you have cable
signal connected to the digital tuner. The channel search will count from 2 thru 125.

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Manual channel search

You can shorten the channel scan if you know the Channel Numbers for your local digital
transmitter by entering the numbers into the Channel Number and click on Tune.

Configuration a Video Input

When connecting a external source to the WinTV product please ensure that the cables are
connected in the correct order.

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ote: This section refers to WinTV products with Video Input.

Connecting a Video Recorder or Set top box

We recommend using a Composite cable for connecting most VCR's and set top boxes to our
devices, this is because unless stated most of these devices will not be able to output in
Svideo.

If your VCR or Set top box has a S-video output and your WinTV product has S-video input
then you can use a S-video to S-video lead.

You may also need to connect the Red & White RCA phono plugs into the Stereo Line in for
the sound to be transferred. Simply use a Red & White female RCA to Stereo Jack connec­tion.

Configuring the Composite channel

Click on the Button MENU and “Suite-Manager” to open the channel manager. Select the
<sources> and highlight the <Composite> or <S-video> source .

The video format used in North America is NTSC-M, type a name for the channel and a
description and click on <Save> and <Close>.

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Selecting the composite channel in the channel list

To select the Video Channel that you created <right> click with the mouse button on the TV
window and select the channel list. You should see you the channel name you just created at
the bottom of the channel list.

Changing the Channel List

Click on the Button MENU and “Suite-Manager” to open the channel manager. Select the
<Channels> tab.

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The channel list allows you to see all of the available channels that have been scanned.

Channel-Menu

If you right click on one of the channels on the right hand side you will have some of the fol­lowing options:

Program Delete

To delete a channel you can either highlight and channel and the right click and select delete
or highlight the name of the channel and press the “DELETE” key on your keyboard. In order
to delete the full channel list you can <Select All> and then delete.

Program Rename

To rename a channel you have to highlight it and then click on the column “Preferred Name”.
You can then edit the name of the channel.

Program Number Location

1. Highlight the channel that you want to change in the column “Preferred Number”. You can
now enter a new number that is not already assigned to another channel.

2. To move a channel up or down the list, highlight the channel and then click on the “Move

Channel (UP/DOWN) entry.

Favorite channel list

You have the option of creating a favorites channel list in the order that you want. Simply
click on the channel name on the right hand side and drag the channel name to the left on
top of the Favorite group on the left hand side window.

Creating a new favorites group

You can also create a new channel suite if you prefer to create a new favorites group. Click
on the Add Suite and type in a name for the new suite. If you then highlight “All Channels”
you can then drag the channel on the right hand window into the new suite that you have
created. This is useful if you only want some channels to be shown in your TV channels list.

Menu Options

Clicking on the “MENU” button will
give you the following options:

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“4 x 3”

Select the TV picture aspect ratio 4 x 3.

“16 x 9”

Select the TV picture aspect ratio 16 x 9.

“Select Channel”

Select the channel that you want to view.

“Suite Manager”

Opens the channel suite manager where you can scan for channels and configure video
input.

”Configuration” Menu

Allows you to configure the “Channels...”, “Audio”, “Snapshots...”, “Preferences...” and
“MPEG Settings”.