Hauppauge WINTV-HVR-1800 Quick Installation Guide © Hauppauge Computer Works, I
What is ATSC digital TV,
and how does the
WinTV-HVR-1800 work?
ATSC digital TV is a over-the-air digital TV for North America. ATSC
digital TV typically requires an antenna for reception, and is currently
broadcast in 200 cities, with over 1500 TV stations.
Note: ATSC digital TV is NOT digital cable TV or digital satellite TV.
The WinTV-HVR-1800 cannot receive digital satellite or encrypted
digital cable TV.
Note: Some cable broadcasters send ATSC digital TV on their digital
networks as “clear QAM”. See the section entitled “QAM reception”
for instructions on tuning for QAM channels.
ATSC digital TV is transmitted in several resolutions, from “standard
definition” which is similar to cable TV, up to high definition which
has about 16 times the resolution of normal cable TV. In any resolution, ATSC digital TV gives sharper pictures than analog cable TV
and near CD quality sound.
WinTV-HVR-1800 has a built-in analog cable TV and digital ATSC TV
tuner. It uses your PC CPU for displaying both analog and digital TV
programs on your PC screen.
The decoding of high definition ATSC is very processor intensive,
and the smoothness of high definition TV programs depends upon
how fast your PC is. Other PC activities that consume CPU resources
might affect the display of ATSC digital TV. Slow video, jerky video
and momentary pausing of video are all results of a CPU which is
temporarily being used by other activities.
For the best ATSC digital TV reception, a roof top ‘Wideband or
Highgain’ antenna is recommended. TitanTV.com has a good ATSC
digital antenna selector which can be found under Resources.
Installing the
WinTV-HVR-1800
WinTV-HVR-1800 is a PCI Express TV tuner board with an analog TV
tuner, an ATSC/QAM digital TV tuner plus a hardware MPEG-2 encoder.
WinTV-HVR-1800 is designed for WindowsXP and Windows Vista.
Note: if you are running Windows Media Center application, you only
need to install the WinTV-HVR Windows device driver.
Installation overview
✓ Install the WinTV-HVR-1800 board in a PCI Express slot in your
PC and connect the TV cables. For the best ATSC digital TV
reception, use a high quality roof top antenna.
✓ After booting Windows, install WinTV-HVR Windows device driv-
er from the WinTV-HVR-1800 Installation CD-ROM.
✓ After the Windows driver is installed,install the WinTV applica-
tions from the WinTV-HVR-1800 Installation CD-ROM.
Step 1: Install the WinTV-HVR-1800 board and connect
the cables
Turn the power off on your PC. Install the WinTV-HVR-1800 into a
PCI Express slot. Note: You cannot install WinTV-HVR-1800 into a
PCI slot. Plug your cable TV into TV Connector. Plug your ATSC
digital TV antenna into the ATSC Digital TV input.
The S-Video/composite video input can be used to bring video from
a VCR, camcorder, camera, DVD player or satellite TV receiver. If
your video device uses composite video instead of S-Video, use the
supplied Composite to S-Video adapter. Plug your composite video
connector (normally yellow) into one end of the Composite to S-
Video adapter and the other end into the S-Video/Composite video
input connector on WinTV-HVR-1800.
The Remote control receiver/blaster cable is plugged into the Remote
control socket. Use the Velcro
dot (on the back of the Remote
control receiver) to position the
Remote control receiver where
it will be able to receive infra-red
commands from the Remote
control transmitter. Add the
supplied batteries to the
Remote control transmitter.
Step 2: Installing the WinTV-HVR under Vista
Boot into Windows Vista. Insert the WinTV-HVR-1800 Installation
CD-ROM in your PC’s CD-ROM drive.
When the Found New Hardware box opens, click Locate and install
driver software.
Click Continue. If you see a message which asks about searching online, click Don’t search
on-line.
Click Next.
Click Close.
Step 3: WinTVHVR Software
installation
After the WinTV-HVR
driver has been
installed, you need to
run WinTV Setup to
complete the installation. Run SETUP from
the WinTV-HVR
Installation CD-ROM.
Click Install to start
the application installation. The installation
may require a file from your Windows CD-ROM, so keep it handy.
After the Setup program is complete, you will see the WinTV icon on
your Windows desktop.
Running WinTV for the first time
To run the WinTV application for watching TV, recording videos and
playing them back on your PC, double click on the WinTV icon on
your desk top.
When you run WinTV for the first time, a message says Would you
like to scan for channels now? Click YES.
Click the Scan button and WinTV will automatically scan for both
analog and ATSC digital TV channels. The scanning process takes
about 10 minutes. The scanning process for ATSC will scan from
channels 2 to 68.
The ATSC digital channels that are found will appear in the channel
listing box. The Name is the name as defined by the broadcaster.
The Channel number is created by the WinTV application. For ATSC
digital channels, since each primary channel might have several subchannels, the channel number is calculated so that channel 22.2
would be listed as 1222. Channel 7.2 would be listed as 1072.
N
ote: if you do not receive any ATSC digital TV channels, an
antenna signal booster might be needed. After adding a signal
booster, see below for instructions on rescanning and the
Troubleshooting section for information on
choosing an ATSC antenna.
N
ote: When initially installed, WinTVHVR-1800 uses a setting which does
not take advantage of graphics
acceleration. If you experience problems
when watching ATSC digital TV channels,
see the Troubleshooting section.
Rescanning TV channels
If you want to rescan for TV channels,
click Menu / Suite Manager. To scan analog cable TV channels, under Sources,
highlight Analog source and click Auto
scan.
To scan for digital ATSC channels,
under Input Sources, highlight ATSC source
and click Auto scan.
During the scan for ATSC digital TV channels, the Signal Status will show a quality level and the locked box will be
checked if a channel is detected.
Setting up the channels
After you have scanned for channels, you
can add channel names and fine tune
analog channels for better reception. To
do this, click the Menu button on WinTV,
then click Suite Manager. You can also click and hold your right mouse
button, then click SuiteManager.
Click on the desired channel, then Edit. Change the ChannelName to
the name of the station, change the description or fine tune. Then
click OK.
Selecting channels
Click your right mouse button on the Current TV channel box and
you’ll see a pop list of all channels. Use your mouse to select the
channel you want to tune to.
Selecting an External Video source (VCR or set top box)
Click on Menu / Suite Manager and then click the Sources tab. To add
a composite video source, click the Composite button, give it a Name
and then click Save. To add a S-Video source, click the S-Video but-
ton, give it a Name and then click Save.
To switch to this source, click your right mouse button in the Current
TV channel or video source window. You will see a list of all channels. At the end of the list you will see the name of the source you
just added. Chose the source.
Displaying TV full screen
When you click the Full screen TV button, TV will appear full screen.
When finished watching TV full screen, click your right mouse button
in the TV window.
If you see video with a black box to the left and right of the TV
image, click the Pref button then click TV mode tab. Check the box
which says "Allow resolution change".
"Always-on-Top" mode:
With Always on Top, the WinTV window can always be visible on
your Windows desktop. To turn on Always-on-Top, simply click the
Always-on-top button. It will turn green. To turn off Always on Top,
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 very quick from a small window to a
larger one simply by clicking the right mouse button.
Menu button
Click the Menu button to open the TV Setup menu. Here is the main
control for TV channels, and duplicate controls for other functions:
Suite Manager: configure the TV tuner (scanning, naming, fine tun-
ing, etc.), setting up 'favorite channel lists' and set an external
A/V source to a TV channel.
Configuration: duplicate configuration menus for color, audio,
MPEG settings, etc.
View: for setting the TV window size
Pref button
Click the Pref button to open the Preferences menu. You will have
tabs for:
View: these are the settings for the On Screen Display of the TV
channel and Audio Volume, plus controls for the Toolbar mode
(Title mode), NoToolbar mode (No Title) and Full Screen (TV
mode).
Movies: here is where you configure the video and audio settings.
You can set the movie record directory (DVCR Record File
Path), the MPEG Quality settings, and the Audio settings.
Snap Shot: here is where you can set the size of your captured
images, plus single or two field captures.
Audio: your audio settings are configured here.
Color: adjust the color of your TV picture here.
If you cannot hear audio
If you cannot hear audio when the WinTV application is running,
check the following:
- Click on the Pref button and the audio tab and make sure the
Audio Mixer Input is set to Wave.
- Open Windows Volume control menu (double click on the
small speaker icon in the lower right hand corner of your PC
screen). Make sure Wave is not muted and the level is about half
way up.
- If you do not see Wave listed in the Volume control menu, click
on Options / Properties in this menu and under Show the fol-
lowing volume controls put a check mark next to Wave. This
will add Wave to the list of devices. Click OK and then you
should see Wave listed. Once again, make sure Wave is not
muted and the volume is half way up.
- If you do not hear audio when playing back a recorded video file
(or do not hear audio when in the Pause mode), then open up
the Windows Volume Control Mixer and make sure Wave is
listed and not muted.
Watch, Pause and Record TV
There are four buttons to control Live TV, Recording, Pausing and
Playback of TV. Clicking on the Pause button will cause the Pause
menu to roll down from the WinTV application, while clicking on the
Record button will cause the Record menu to roll down.
Quick instructions on recording and pausing your TV
shows
If you want to record a TV show you are watching:
- Click the Record button to lower the record and play menu
- In the Record menu, click the red record button to start recording
- When you are finished recording, click the stop button
- Click the Play button to play the video you just recorded
- To play a video you recorded earlier, click the File button and then
move your mouse and click once on the video you want to play.
Click Open and then the Play button. For more instructions, see the
section entitled Record mode.
If you want to pause a TV show you are watching:
- Click the Pause button to lower the pause menu. After about 15
seconds, your screen will stop and the Time counter will start
counting.
- To start the video from where you paused, click the Play button
- To pause the video again, click the Pause button
- To rewind the video to the beginning, click the Skip to the begin-
ning button. If your video was paused, click the Play button.
- To rewind the video 10 seconds, click the rewind 10 seconds but-
ton. If your video was paused, click the Play button.
For more instructions, see the section entitled Pause mode.
Record Mode
Click on the Record button on the WinTV application to open the
Record and Playback control bar.
Time counter:
The time is specified in a Hour:Minute:Second format.
Record timer:
A timed record is started by clicking the Record button. Each time
you click Record, the Record Timer is incremented by 15 minutes.
At the end of the time specified by the Record timer, the record will
stop. Also, clicking the Stop button will stop a timed record. The
time is specified in a Hour:Minute:Second format.
Record Button:
Clicking the Record button will automatically generate a file name and
start recording your audio/video program.
The recorded video file is saved in the directory set in DVCR Recorded
File Path. To set the directory, click Pref and then the Movies tab. Every
time you record a file, a new file is automatically created. The file will be
formatted as (source)_(Channel)_YearMonthDay_TIme.
For ATSC digital TV programs, the quality level recorded is the same as
it is transmitted by the TV station. For example, if the TV station is transmitting a high-definition program, WinTV will record the program in highdefinition.
For analog cable TV, the quality of the video recording is set in the
MPEG Configuration Menu (see the section entitled “Configuring
the format for MPEG compression”). Click Pref and then the Movies
tab. In Quality Levels, the highest quality is MPEG-2 12.0 MBit/sec, and
the lowest quality is DVD Extra Long Play.
While recording:
- Live video continues to play in the WinTV window. You can
Pause video while it’s being recorded.
- The Counter will display the length of your recording
- If you had started a timed recording, the total time for the
recording will also be displayed
Click the Stop button to stop your recording. The recorded audio/video
file is then saved to disk using the automatically assigned file name. The
Time counter is reset to 00:00:00 after the recording is saved.
Pause Button:
Clicking the Pause button while Recording will pause your
audio/video on screen but will continue to record the video to
disk. Clicking the Pause button again will continue to play the video.
Stop Button:
Clicking the Stop button will stop the video you are recording or playing back. Once the video is stopped, live TV will be displayed.
Playback video
Click on the Play button on the WinTV application to open the
Record and Playback control bar.
Play Button:
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.
When playing video files, you can quickly skip to sections of your
video by hitting the 0 to 9 buttons on the remote (or your keyboard).
When you hit ‘1’ you will skip to 10% of the length of the video.
When you hit ‘2’ you will skip to 20% of your video.
Pause Button:
Clicking the Pause button while Playing will pause your audio/video
file. Clicking the Pause button again will continue the playing.
Rewind Button:
Clicking the Rewind button will play the video file in reverse at 1x
speed. Clicking the Rewind button again will continue the playing.
Fast Forward Button:
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 button again will continue
playing back at normal speed. Note: Fast forward is not enabled
when playing a high definition video file.
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 (and
which consume hard disk space). Click your right mouse button
on the video file once, go down the menu and click on Delete.
Pause mode
Clicking the Pause button or OTP button on the WinTV-2000 appli-
cation starts the Pause mode. The Pause Menu will drop down.
N
ote: It takes about 15 seconds to start Pause.
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 and which type of MPEG
format you have chosen. The Pause Buffer Size can be set by clicking the Pref button and then the Movies tab (see the section entitled
“Configuring the format for MPEG compression”).
ATSC Digital TV
connector
Left Audio input
Right Audio input
TV Connector
for Cable TV
WinTV-HVR-1800
Board connectors
Connector
for FM radio
Record
Play
Pause
Stop
File menu
(Save /
Open)
Time
counter
Skip to
End
Skip back
10 sec.
video
position
WinTV-HVR-1800
PCI Express Video Recorder
with dual tuners for NTSC and
ATSC/QAM
Quick Installation
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Pause mode
button
TV mode
button
Record mode
button
Play
video
button
Fast
Forward
File
name
Rewind
Skip
ahead
10 sec.
Pause
Skip ahead
10 seconds
Replay 10
seconds
Skip to
the end
Skip to the
beginning
Skip ahead
10 seconds
Replay 10
seconds
Delay
counter
Video
Position bar
Play
Play forward
slow motion
Fast Forward
2X, 8X
Rewind
S-Video/Composite video
input connector
ATSC
source
Auto
scan
Analog
Source
Auto
scan
Snapshot
Button
Freeze
video
CFG
Configure
Snapshot
Preferences
menu
Menu
Setup Menu
Always-on-top
Audio
volume
Full screen TV
Minimize
Full screen
Channel surf
Channel down
Channel up
Previous channel
Radio
(on some
models)
Close
WinTV
Current TV channel
and channel selector
window
Click your right mouse
button here to see the
channel selector
Remove toolbars
Click your right mouse button in the TV
window to remove toolbars.
Click again to restore toolbars.
Record
Pause
Snapshot viewer window
Double click on each
"thumbnail" to see image
full size. Click and hold
your right mouse button
to see image options.
Play
Record and Playback toolbar
Contents of the WinTV-HVR-1800 package
● WinTV-HVR-1800 PCI Express board
● Hauppauge remote control receiver and IR transmitter/receiver
cable (on models with Hauppauge remote control)
● WinTV-HVR-950 Installation CD-ROM including Vista drivers and
WinTV v6 application with the WinTV-Scheduler
To catch up to the "live" audio/video program, you can either exit the
Pause mode by clicking the TV mode button, you can click the Skip
button, which skips ahead 10 seconds per click, or you can grab the
Video Position indicator and move it to the right until it is at the end
of the Video Position bar.
The Pause Buffer Size sets the maximum size of the Pause buffer.
For example, if you are using DVD Long Play, about 2.4 Gigabytes
per hour is used for the Pause buffer. So for a 30 minute buffer, set
the Limit Pause Mode Buffer Size to 1200 MBytes.
Delay counter:
The Delay counter displays how much time you are behind the live
video. For example, if the delay counter says 00:01:23, then the video
window is showing video 1 minute and 23 seconds behind live video.
Pause button:
Clicking the Pause button or OTP button causes WinTV to 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.
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 the TV mode button.
Replay button:
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" audio/video program.
Skip Ahead Button
Clicking the Skip button will skip the video ahead 10 seconds.
Rewind Button:
Clicking the Rewind button while playing video will rewind the recorded
video. Clicking the Rewind button again will continue the playing.
Fast Forward Button:
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.
Slow Motion Button:
Clicking the Slow Motion button while playing video will play in Slow Motion.
Clicking the Slow Motion button again, will continue playing normally.
MPEG compression formats for
analog TV & record directories
To set the directory where your video recordings will be stored, click
the PREF button (Preferences menu) on WinTV, then Movies. Set the
DVCR File Path to directory where you would like to store your video
recordings.
When recording analog cable TV (or video from an external A/V
source, the WinTV-HVR supports several formats for MPEG video
compression, or Quality Levels. The higher the datarate, the better
the video quality you see from live TV and your recordings. But the
higher the datarate, the more disk space which will be required.
To configure the MPEG Quality Level, on WinTV click the PREF but-
ton (Preferences menu), then Movies tab. Here are the video formats
and the amount of disk space per hour used:
MPEG2 2.0MBits/sec (Full D1) .9 Gigabytes/hour
MPEG2 2.0MBits/sec (Half D1) .9 Gigabytes/hour
MPEG2 12.0 MBits/sec (Full D1) 5.2 Gigabytes/hour
MPEG2 12.0 MBits/sec (CBR) 5.6 Gigabytes/hour
DVD Standard
Play: 6.4 -
8.0Mbits/sec
3.25
Gigabytes/hour
DVD Long
Play: 4.8 -
6.2Mbits/sec
2.5
Gigabytes/hour
DVD Extra Long
Play: 3 -
4.4Mbits/sec
1.8
Gigabytes/hour
Note: CBR is constant bit rate, VBR is variable bit rate.
Which record format should you use?
If you would like to burn a DVD, then chose either DVD Standard Play,
DVD Long Play or DVD Extra Long Play. DVD formats record at
720x480 (720x576 with PAL video sources) using 48.0 kHz stereo audio.
If you want to watch the recorded video on your PC, for the best
video quality chose MPEG2 12.0MB/sec or DVD Standard Play. To
save disk space, use DVD Extra Long Play.
Once chosen, the Quality Level format is set for both the Pause and
Record modes. The format cannot be changed while Recording or
while in the Pause mode.
WinTV-Scheduler
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 on your desktop.
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 WinTV, specifying a TV channel
and a length of time to record.
To set up an event for timed watching or recording, run WinTV-
Scheduler and click on the Add Program.
The items that need to be set for each event are:
- Time to Begin Program: set to the desired start time. Click on
the hour to set the hour, the minute to set the minute. Note: It
takes about 15 seconds to launch the WinTV and start recording.
- Time to End Program: set to the time to end this event.
- Program Period: one time, daily, weekly
- Date to Begin Program: today's date is the default. Change this
if you want to schedule on another date.
- Source selection: leave set at WinTV to bring up the WinTV at
the requested time and on the requested channel.
- Channel selection: chose 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, in the dialog box below.
Once these are set, click Set Program. You can add more Events,
clicking Set Program after each event is set.
When you are finished click Close. The WinTV program does not
have to be running for the Schedular to work. If WinTV is not running, it takes about 15 seconds to start WinTV and to start the
recording of TV.
WinTV-HVR remote control
(on some models)
The WinTV-HVR’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 booted.
The WinTV-HVR-1800 includes an IR Blaster to control the channels
on a cable TV or satellite
set top box. Please see
IR RemoteBlaster Quick
Install Guide for instruc-
tions on the IR Blaster.
Note: If you need to
restart the remote control,
run IR32.EXE from the
C:\Program Files\WinTV
directory.
To install the IR
Remote receiver:
- Turn off your comput-
er. Plug the sub-mini
jack at the end of the
IR Receiver cable
into the Remote control (IR) receiver
socket of the WinTVHVR.
- Place the IR Receiver
on your desktop so
that the infrared light
from the IR Remote
transmitter can reach
the IR Receiver.
- Turn on your computer.
- If you have previously
installed the WinTV
applications, the IR
software should automatically run, and you will see the WinTV
Remote icon in the Device Tray.
Some remote control buttons
TV button: when WinTV is closed, this button starts the WinTV application. Once WinTV is running, this button makes TV go full screen,
or back to “TV-in-a-window”.
Red record button: starts recording using the parameters set in the
Pref menu.
Pause button: if watching live TV, will open the record/play menu
box and pause the video. When recording, this button will pause the
video but WinTV will continue to record. If playing back video, this
button will pause the video playback. Click the Pause button to start
playing again.
Stop button (square icon): stops the recording or playback. If in
Pause mode, will exit pause.
Play button: plays the last video recorded.
Back/Exit button: will close the record, play or pause menus.
0 - 9 buttons: When in “live” TV mode, is used to directly enter
channel numbers. When playing back a recording, the “1” button will
skip to 10%, the “2” button 20%, etc. of the length of the recording.
Skip ahead button: holding the skip ahead button advances the
video about 5 minutes per 10 seconds the button is depressed.
Skip back button: pressing and holding the Skip back button
makes the video go back about 5 minutes for every 10 seconds the
button is depressed.
Go button: brings up the WinTV task list. Allows you to start WinTV,
WinTV32 or WinTV-radio.
Menu button: brings up the Windows Task list. Use the left and right
arrows to change to other Windows tasks.
Power button (green): if WinTV is running in “Record” mode, this
button will put WinTV into the “TV” mode” and close the record/playback menu. If WinTV is in “TV mode”, this button will close the
WinTV application.
Red button at bottom: closes WinTV Radio and opens WinTV.
Green button at bottom: closes WinTV and opens WinTV Radio (on
models with radio).
Yellow button at bottom: no current function.
Blue button at bottom: creates snapshot in live TV, pause, record or
playback modes.
Checking the function of WinTV’s IR Remote
WinTV’s Remote application, IR.EXE, is loaded every time Windows
is booted. You will see a Remote icon in the device tray. To check
the remote control operation, point the Remote transmitter at the
Remote control receiver. When you click the TV 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 application will be run.
WinTV MPEG Editor
Note: the WinTV MPEG editor cannot be used for editing digital TV
recordings
The MPEG Editor is an MPEG1/MPEG-2 cut and join editor. You can
cut out segments from videos, or combine videos (of the same
MPEG format) together. The MPEG editor makes its cuts on what are
called "MPEG I-frames". These types of cuts do not require a reencode, and therefore preserves the quality of the original video.
You will find the WinTV MPEG editor by clicking Start / All Programs /
MPEG Tools for Hauppauge / nanoPEG Editior.
This version of the MPEG editor has these features:
- Edit (cut) MPEG1 or MPEG2 files.
- Join MPEG files of the same resolution and bit rate
- Remultiplex Video CD compatible files so they can be "burnt"
into VCD's
- Remultiplex S Video CD compatible files so they can be "burnt"
into SVCD's
- Split large MPEG videos into pieces, so that these can be
burned onto CD-ROM or DVD media
- Has a "play" option so you can play the file you have just edited
without having to close the editor
How to use the WinTV Editor:
Click on the Add source button or click on File / Add source to bring
the file you want to edit into the MPEG editor. The WinTV-HVR uses
the c:\My Documents\My Videos directory as the default directory
to save video files created by the WinTV-HVR. When the selected file
is opened, it will start playing back in the video window. Click the
Stop button to stop playback.
Grab the video position slider, and move it to the beginning of the
video segment you want to keep. The video frame will be shown in
the video window. You can also use the controls under the video
window (play, pause, stop and the frame control buttons).
When you have correctly positioned to the video frame you want, click
the In button. This will define the starting point of the video interval.
Grab the video position slider and move it to the end position of
the clip you want to keep, then click the Out button.
Click Add Interval to add the defined clip to the cut list. Repeat until
you have put all the desired video clips in the "cut list".
When you have finished with your cut list, click the Generate output
button. All intervals in the cut list will appear in the final video. The
Generate Output step normally takes awhile.
Your MPEG video is named nanoEDIT.mpg. Be sure to rename this
before cutting another video, otherwise the file will be overwritten!
Before you click Generate Output, click File / SelectOutputFile to
change the file name of your recorded file.
To cut away an advertisement, click the In button at the beginning of
the video sequence, then click the Out button just before the advertisement starts. Click Add Interval. Then click the In button at the end
of the advertisement, and click the Out button at the end of the video
sequence you want to keep. Then click Add interval.
To cut away advertisements from a movie, you must define all pieces
you want to keep (everything which belongs to the movie) and add
them to the cut list.
Making DVDs from your
WinTV-HVR recordings
N
ote: The WinTV-HVR’s ATSC digital TV recordings cannot currently be burnt onto a DVD. This is due to limitations of DVD
media which limit recording formats to standard definition.
DVD players which are compatible with CD’s and MP3’s
can also read DVD’s burned
using standard definition
MPEG-2 video files created
with the WinTV-HVR.
If you plan to burn a DVD
with MovieFactory or any
other DVD authoring software
package, you should use
either the “DVD Standard
Play”, the “DVD Long Play” or
“DVD Extra Long Play”.
These standard definition formats will allow you to make DVD’s with the following recording
lengths:
DVD Standard Play: 1 hour 30 minutes on DVD+R/RW disks
DVD Long Play: 1hour 50 minutes on DVD+R/RW disks
DVD Extra Long Play: 4 hours on DVD+R/RW disks
Ulead DVD MovieFactory
Start project: Used to author and burn DVD’s, SVCD’s and VCD’s.
Create chapter menus, mix videos, JPEGs and music.
Edit disk: Edit videos or menus from DVD+RW’s.
Direct to disk: not currently used.
Copy disk: Burn copies of existing disc images to CD/DVD.
Troubleshooting
Installation tips and software updates can be found at :
http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/support_hvr1600.html
Our FAQ can be found at:
http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/support_faq_hvr1600.html
Some notes on system compatibility
Decoding high definition ATSC TV is very CPU intensive. A graphics
card with at least 64MBytes of memory and the latest graphics driver
from the manufacturer makes the decoding task easier. Typically a
2.2 GHz Pentium 4 processor or equivalent with a graphics card having 64MBytes of memory is required to properly decode ATSC digital
TV on your PC. A 1.6GHz AMD Sempron laptop computer tested in
the Hauppauge lab used 50% of the CPU for playing ATSC 640i format, and 90% of the CPU when playing ATSC 1080i, the highest definition ATSC format.
In some cases, either a faster processor or more graphics memory
might be required. Slow or jerky video and a noisy TV picture indicate system performance problems.
Jerky video with live ATSC digital TV
Jerky or distorted video can be caused by two things in your PC or
laptop: a slow CPU which cannot decode the ATSC TV signal fast
enough, and a graphics system which cannot keep up with the high
datarates of ATSC TV.
Many times, improving the performance of the graphics display will
fix the jerky video display of ATSC digital TV. Here are some tips on
improving graphics performance:
- Use the latest graphics driver: graphics drivers are often
‘tweeked’ to improve performance, especially the built-in graphics on laptops. Check the Microsoft Windows update site to
download the latest graphics driver for your computer. For Dell
computers, check the Dell website for the latest graphics driver.
- Use Hauppauge’s Primary program to optimize graphics performance: Primary.exe is used to change the display mode of a
graphics card for TV watching. This does not affect any other
Windows program. Primary.exe is found in the Hauppauge
WinTV program group. The default mode used by WinTV is
Force Primary. Force Primary uses your processor to move the
digital TV image into the
graphics memory. It is more
CPU intensive but often fixes
display problems on some
laptops. Note: Snapshot
does not work in ‘Force
Primary’ mode.
To use hardware graphics acceleration, close WinTV, then run
Primary. Click Allow VMR. Close
Primary and rerun WinTV. The
Allow VMR setting will allow your
graphics system to use hardware
acceleration for video decode.
Note: hardware acceleration
does not work on all systems.
Note: if you have an nVidea graphics card, you can use VMR7.
If this setting does not help, or if you experience WinTV not responding after a channel change, then your graphics system cannot use
hardware graphics acceleration.
In this case, run Primary. Click ‘Force Primary’ then rerun WinTV.
Only some channels are found during ATSC channel
scan
If you are only receiving some known TV channels when scanning, it
means your TV antenna is not adequate to pick up the channel. You
will need either an antenna signal booster (a Radio Shack antenna
amplifier will work) or a high gain antenna. Here’s a link to an ATSC
antenna selector: http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/address.aspx
Black window when selecting an ATSC channel
A black window when selecting an ATSC channel means that the
WinTV-HVR-1800 is not getting a signal. This is most often due to
poor reception. See “Only some channels are found during ATSC
channel scan” above.
Uninstalling the WinTV driver and applications
Run the hcwclear.exe from the installation CD. Select OK A black
screen will briefly appear and once it has disappeared the software
will be removed. If you now re-start the computer you will be at Step
4 of the installation.
“Error code 10” during installation
This is caused by a failure to load the WinTV-HVR-1800 drivers.
Uninstall the software (as above) and then follow the instructions
from page 3. If this still give you an error message, move the WinTVHVR-1800 to a different slot and re-install the drivers again.
Error: “No common media type between these pins"
The WinTV-HVR uses your PC’s processor to display the TV image. If
the processor is too slow, or if there is something in the system
which is taking system resources, you might get this message.
Check the VGA acceleration in Device manager. make sure it is set
to “Full”. Also check your VGA resolution. You might need to bring
the number of Colors down one notch.
Conflicts with Intervideo WinDVD
Sometimes we have found that a previously installed version of
WinDVD will conflict with the WinTV-HVR-1800. Symptoms include:
black screen but you can hear audio, failure to scan for channels,
FCC Statement
Supplementary Television Broadcasting Receiving Apparatus - Appareils supplémentaires
de réception de télévision, Canada.
Important note: The screen of the coaxial cable must be connected to earth (grounded) at
the entrance to the building. This should be done in accordance with applicable national
electrical installation codes. In the U.S., this is required by Section 820.93 of the National
Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70.
Radio Interference Statement:
The WinTV products 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
CE Statement: This equipment has been tested and complies with EN 55013, EN 55020
and IEC 801-3 part 3 standards.
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.
UL 60950-1: In accordance with sub-clause 1.7.2, the installation instructions
should note that the cable distribution system should be grounded (earthed) in accordance with ANSI/NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code (NEC), in particular Section
820.93, Grounding of Outer Conductive Shield of a Coaxial Cable. This aligns the instructions with the third dashed paragraph of the new exception.
CSA 60950-1: Make sure that the cable system is grounded to provide protection against
voltage surges and built up static charges.
you can’t change MPEG formats without errors, bad audio/video
sync, and others.
Uninstalling WinDVD will fix this problem. You uninstall WinDVD
through the “Add/Remove Programs” in Control Panel. You will still
be able to play DVD movies in MediaPlayer, since the WinTV-HVR
installation provides a MediaPlayer compatible DVD player.
Problem: Poor Reception or Not detecting all channels:
Poor TV reception is generally the result of an weak TV signal. When
using a 'roof-top' antenna, an aerial booster may be required if there
is poor TV reception. Also, in some areas using cable TV, a format
called Cable HRC is used. If so, try rescanning but use CABLE
(HRC) instead of cable in the Broadcast/Cable box.
How do I configure the Audio for the WinTV-HVR?
Your PC’s sound card is used to amplify the audio during “live” TV,
File
Name
Application
on/off
0 - 9
“Quick
Skip”
buttons
Audio
mute
Back/Exit
button
Menu
Channel
up/down
Volume
up/down
Fast
forward
Fast
rewind
Stop
button
Pause
button
Play
button
Skip
ahead
Skip
back
Go button
TV
button
Record
button
CAUTION: RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED
BY AN INCORRECT TYPE. DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES
ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE BATTERIES.
DVCR File Path
Quality level
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