Marmitek Octopus User Manual
OCTOPUS
USB TV + Multimedia to PC
Watching TV on your laptop or PC.
Easily connect all your Audio/Video equipment and transfer the images to DVD.
Transfer your favourite video tapes to DVD.
Watching TV on your laptop or PC.
Easily connect all your Audio/Video equipment and transfer the images to DVD.
Transfer your favourite video tapes to DVD.
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OCTOPUS
USB TV + Multimedia to PC
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OCTOPUSMARMITEK
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OCTOPUS
• Watch TV on your laptop or PC with a USB
connection, without even having to open up
the PC.
• Transfer your favourite video tapes to DVD
• Octopus as PVR (Personal Video Recorder):
record your favourite TV programmes. Time
Shift allows you to pause TV programmes at
any moment and watch them later.
• Connect an Audio/Video equipment (video
recorder, camcorder, surveillance camera) to
the front of the Octopus and easily copy images
and sound to DVD.
HOW DOES OCTOPUS WORK?
Connect Octopus to your PC, using the combined USB 2.0/Audio cable (included). Connect the coax/antenna cable to the back of
Octopus. With the software included you can watch, record and copy TV images. You can also connect any A/V device (video recorder,
camcorder, security camera) to the front of Octopus and easily transfer images and sound to your PC for editing, recording and
archiving. A remote control for the Octopus TV function is included.
TECHNICAL DATA
• USB 2.0 (TV + record), USB 1.1 (TV only)
• Input can be copied to AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2 or
MPEG4 format
• Full-screen, high resolution:
PAL BG/DK (720 x 576, 25 fps)
• 'Stereo audio in', 'Video in' and 'S video in'
• Coax/antenna connection, 75 Ω
• Supports VCD and DVD formats
• Suitable for Windows 2000/XP
• Powered via USB
• Dimensions Octopus 180x140x27 mm
• Including software: Octopus, DirectX,
WINDVR3 (TimeShift and burning DVD’s),
Showshifter, (create your own Media centre)
• Including IR remote control
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
•
Pentium IV, 1.5 GHz
•
128 MB RAM
•
Harddisk: 5400 RPM.
Minimum of
100 MB free disk space
•
VGA video card (DirectDraw driver, 16 bit colour)
•
USB 2.0 port
•
Windows®2000/XP
•
CD ROM drive, DVD Rewriter
ORDERING INFORMATION
• Octopus set (version PAL BG/DK) Art. no. 09678
• Octopus set (version PAL I) Art. no. 09683
• Octopus set (version SECAM) Art. no. 09684
AVAILABLE SEPARATELY
• Gigacam4 Wireless Colour Camera Art. no. 09619
• Megacam1 Wired Colour Camera Art. no. 09635
• PC Control Art. no. 09623
• PC to TV sender Art. no. 09516
22327/080805
PVR
REMOTE
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FOR WINDOWS 2000
WINDOWS XP
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OCTOPUS DRIVERS
OCTOPUS TV SOFTWARE
DIRECTX
Intervideo WINDVR3
SHOWSHIFTER
USB TV+
Multimedia to PC
Octopus
Software
Remote
COAX/ANTENNA
VCR
HOMEVIDEO
SURVEILLANCE CAMERA
IR Receiver Audio in Video in S-Video in
USB Audio out Antenna input
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