LogiLink VG0009 User guide

1.0 Safety Instructions
Put the Device always on a stable and straight Surface. In case of falling it can be damaged. Don’t place the Device into direct Sunlight or in Places with high Temperature. This can damage the Device or shorten his average useful Life. Don’t place it in the near of Heat Sources, like Radiators or other heat producing Devices. Don’t expose the Device to Rain, Water, Wetness or high Humidity. Don’t place it in the Bathroom or the Kitchen in the near of a Sink. Avoid the direct Contact with Water. Don’t try to open the Device. Prior to the first use of our product make a backup of your data. We are not liable for any loss of data, unless you can accuse us intention or gross negligence. In any case, liability for loss of data is limited to the effort that is necessary to restore from existing backup copies.
Congratulations to the Purchase of VG0009!
Please read the Manual and Safety Instructions before using the product for the first time. Otherwise damage can be the result.
2.0 Introduction
Logilink VG0009 DVBT Express card for you to watch, record, pause, replay live Digital TV, Teletext and FM radio on PC.
2.1 Features
Compliant Digital DVB-T standard.
Compliant with Express Card/34 mm module standard
Watch, record, pause, replay digital live TV, Teletext and FM
radio
Intelligent EPG guides you through what and when to watch
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TimeShift to pause live TV shows for a break or skip commercial
Smart search to quickly locate favorite TV shows
Search filter helps to display program by time, by type: TV or
Radio, Free to Air or Scrambled
Real-time record while watching live TV show
Schedule record
Remind to watch at scheduled time
Auto & manually scan all available channels
Display subtitle, support multiple language & audio channels
Capture TV show/DVD video as still image
Freely manage favorites channels
Multi-channel preview to quickly access favorite programs
Smart Stretch lets video smart fit on all monitor, avoid video
loss or distortion
Advanced power saving scheme for Notebook PC
Auto wakeup to perform schedule task at PC hibernation
status
2.3 System Requirements
CPU: Intel Celeron 600MHz or above
128MB RAM or above
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Win 7
Direct 9.0 or later
At east 512 MB temporary space for Timeshifting
Display card have 24bit resolution and support DirectX, 8MB
Video-ROM
Sound Card compatible with windows and stereo
2.4 Package Content
1 x DVB-T Express Card
1 x Antenna
1 x Remote Control
1 x User Manual
1 x CD (Driver and Software)
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3.0 Installation
3.1 Driver installation
1. Insert the VG0009 Express Card into a free Express Card slot of your notebook.
2. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer.
3. Then the wizard will display on the screen as below and please click “Driver Installation” to install the driver.
4. Please select the setup language and click “Next” to continue.
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5. Please click “Install” and then “Finish” to finish the driver installation.
3.2 BlazeDTV application software installation
1. After driver is installed, please click “BlazeDTV“ on main menu of the wizard to install the application software for HDTV Player.
2. Please select Setup Language and then follow the steps to finish the installation
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3. For the Initial implementation of the program installed, please retrieve the package to get the CD serial number to complete the registration.
4. Please click "Yes" to channel scan and then “OK”.
5. Press "OK" to complete channel scan.
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4.0 Blazevideo HDTV Player Introduction
Button/Icon Name Description
EPG Open HDTV EPG window
Play Play HDTV or Media
TimeShift/ Pause
Stop Stop playback
Record Record HDTV or DVD
Previous Skip to play previous HDTV
Browse Browse channel
Next
TimeShift (for HDTV) or pause playback
channel / DVD chapter
Skip to play next HDTV channel / DVD chapter
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Open Select playback type
Subtitles Select Subtitles Audio Select Audio Capture Capture video as .bmp still image
Volume Control
Drag slider bar to adjust volume
Mute Turn on/off audio
Media Type
Playback
Display playback type
Display playback status
status Signal
Quality Signal
Display HDTV signal quality
Display HDTV signal strength
Strength Channel/
chapter Time Display current time of HDTV /
Fast backward
Slider bar
Fast Forward
Open
Display current HDTV channel / DVD chapter
DVD Fast backward, switch between
1X, 2X, 4X, 8X, 16X at each press Drag the slider to new position for
playback. Fast forward, switch between 1X,
2X, 4X, 8X, 16X at each press
Show Floating Panel Floating Panel
Show Advanced
Show/Hide Advanced Panel
Panel
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5.0 Operation Guide
BlazeVideo HDTV Player features very easy usage and below we just guide you through the HDTV operation for DVD and medial files playback. For detail, please refer to the Help file attached with the software.
5.1 Scan Channels
1. Auto Scan Channels
If a HDTV device installed or connected to your PC, and its driver has been properly installed, after launch BlazeVideo HDTV Player, a box will pop up to enquire you whether to scan channels.
Click “Yes”, the "Scan" box ejects for you to set scan options.
Advanced Setting: Check in "Advanced Scan" and click "Advanced..." to popup "Advanced Setting" box. Here you can set advanced scan properties.
2. Manually Scan Channels
- Click on TV Advanced Panel
;
- Click on EPG Channels window
- Go to Options-> DTV
;
window, click "Scan" button under "DTV Source".
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3. Abort Scanning:
Just press "Abort" button to stop scanning. (It is recommended you finish scanning one time at least).
5.2 Watch Live TV Show
1. Select Channel: In EPG Channels window, double click a
desired channel; or click
to open channel list to select.
2. Switch Channel: click
3. Browse channel: click
or to switch channel.
to open channel list, all of the
channels will be displayed.
4. Return to Last Channel: click
to resume play the last
viewed channel.
5. Select Subtitle: click
6. Select Audio: click
to select your desired subtitle.
to select your desired audio.
5.3 Display Teletext
Note: The Teletext is activated only if HDTV service provider
1. Display Teletext:
- Click
- Click
2. Go To: Go to specified teletext page, or press
3. Hold: Keep displaying current teletext during other operations.
4. Transparent: Display Teletext over the current video by
has provided such service.
and tick "Teletext" in popup menu.
and tick "Show Teletext" in popup menu.
, to
go to previous or next page.
transparent mode.
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5.4 Receive FM Radio
In EPG Channels window, the channel displayed with Radio
type or marked with radio channel, you will begin to listen to radio, and the Visualization effect will be default activated, video window will display multi-colored shapes and patterns that change in harmony with the audio track being played.
5.5 TimeShift
TimeShift means you can pause watching a live program to have a break, when you come back you will resume watching from the point at which you paused.
- Click to pause, The video screen will freeze, but the recording will continue.
- Click
or to continue watching TV show from the
point at which it was paused.
- Click
two times to stop TimeShift and return to the live
program.
will be Radio channel. Double click a
Note: The record duration depends on your TimeShift Buffer
Size, which can be set in DTV Setting.
5.6 Program Guide
In EPG Guide panel, click a program to access program details: program title, start time, end time and program description.
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Smart Search: Type the start time or keyword of your desired programs in Search box, all the relative program guide will be displayed.
Click
, you will clear the search result and
resume display all the program guide.
5.7 Live Record TV Show
While you are watching a TV show, click to pop up Record floating panel, you will begin to record live HDTV show into MPEG2 file. You can also stop record, play record or delete record file in this record panel.
5.8 Create Schedule Task
- In EPG_Schedule window, click to create a task.
- In EPG_Channel window, select a program with EPG guide and click
- In EPG_Programs window, right click a program and select “Add to Schedule”.
- In EPG_Favorite window, select a program with EPG guide and click
Through one of above steps to create a task and eject below Task box: here you can set task name, task type and task time.
Auto wakeup to perform schedule task at PC hibernation status:
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Your PC can auto wakeup to launch schedule task in hibernation status for power saving, the operation is below:
1. Set schedule task
2. Hibernate your PC
Note: To hibernate your PC, you must activate “Enable
Hibernation” in your PC’s Power Option Properties.
3. Your PC will auto wake up perform task at the schedule
time.
5.9 Schedule Record TV Show
Following 5.8 chapter “Create Schedule Task”, set task type as “Recording File” and set task start time, it will auto record the preset TV show by the task start time, even though you are away from PC or your PC is hibernated.
5.10 Reminded to Watch
You will be reminded to watch TV show at the schedule time, thus you will never miss any of your favorite program. Just set Task Type as Viewing Reminder when you create schedule task. The other operations are as schedule record TV.
5.11 Multi-channel Preview
- Preview while scanning channels: Tick
"Preview found channels" box while scanning channels, each found channel will sequentially display on video window.
- Multi-channel preview in EPG window:
Click refresh channels, each program will display on video window by sequence, after refresh finishes, all programs’ snapshot will be listed in EPG Channels window. Double click a program, you will directly playback it.
in EPG-Channels window to
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5.12 Favorite Management
- Add to favorite: In EPG_Channels
window, select a channel and click or right click to add favorite.
- Watch favorite channel: double click
the favorite channel to directly watch this channel's program.
- Favorite management: in
EPG_Favorite window, you can freely create, rename, change or delete favorite folder.
5.13 Take Snapshot
Click to take snapshot, the captured image will display in Capture floating panel, default saved as .bmp file in "My Pictures" by sequence number 1, 2, 3, etc.
You can freely capture, preview, delete, copy or save the snapshot in Capture floating panel.
6.0 Setting
Right click Video window and click Options, you will open Options box for advanced setting, below we just take DTV and Record setting as examples.
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6.1 DTV Setting
1. Device: If a HDTV device installed or connected to your PC,
the device name will display.
2. Scan: click to launch channel scanning.
3. TimeShift:
- Buffer File: display the directory of buffer file. Please select a directory with large enough space.
- Buffer Size: Hard disk size for buffer and saving paused programs, the bigger size, the longer time of saving program.
Note: After you change the buffer file or buffer size, please
4. Days to keep EPG history: Set the days to keep the EPG
history, maximum 7 days to keep EPG history.
5. Clear History: Delete the EPG history.
6. Scroll browse programs: Selected to scroll browse
programs after click
restart the program to activate the change.
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6.2 Record Setting
1. Record Type:
- MPEG2: record HDTV
show/DVD movie as MPEG2 video file.
- MP3: record DVD audio
as MP3 audio file.
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2. Save Record File to: Specify the patch to save the record
file.
3. Locate on Disk: To quickly open the record file’s folder.
7.0 Trouble Shooting
1. How to clear the saved channel:
Please exit the program firstly, then locate “DVB_T.gsl” file in program installation folder and delete it.
2. Fail to search channel:
a. Expand frequency range b. Adjust off-center frequency c. Change parameter in Advanced Setting box
3. Fail to playback HDTV show:
Current channel has no data stream, please research channel.
Note: Please view the clock in Main Control Panel to check: if
clock change with the time, there is data stream; clock
4. Can not record some channel’s program:
The channel adopts AC-3 audio encoding mode
unchanged, no data stream.
The CE mark confirmed that this product meets the main requirements of the Directive 1995/5/EC and 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of Europe concerning telecommunications and terminals regarding the Safety and health of users and of electro-magnetic interference compliance. The CE has been demonstrated. These statements are deposited by the manufacturer.
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