TerraTec Cinergy HT PCMCIA User Manual
Hardware and driver installation
English manual
Version: 12.06.2006
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TerraTec Electronic GmbH, Herrenpfad 38, D-41334 Nettetal, Germany
hereby declare that the product:
TerraTec Cinergy HT PCMCIA
to which this declaration refers is in compliance with the following standards or standardizing
documents:
1. EN 55022 Class B
2. EN 55024.
The following are the stipulated operating and environmental conditions for said compliance:
residential, business and commercial environments and small-company environments.
This declaration is based on:
Test report(s) of the EMC testing laboratory
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Contents
Welcome!................................................................................................................................ 6
Welcome!................................................................................................................................ 6
Key features. ........................................................................................................................7
System requirements............................................................................................................8
Scope of delivery..................................................................................................................8
The hardware at a glance. .......................................................................................................9
Setting up the hardware and installing drivers....................................................................10
The PCMCIA interface.......................................................................................................... 10
Installing the drivers in Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or higher) ........................................... 10
Connecting the antenna......................................................................................................... 11
Installing the ArcSoft TotalMedia2 application ....................................................................... 11
Capturing analog video sources ............................................................................................. 11
Appendix A – Frequently asked questions (FAQ). ...................................................................12
Appendix B – Technical data.................................................................................................. 12
Appendix C – Service at TerraTec. ....................................................................................... 13
Cinergy HT PCMCIA Hardware (English) 5
Welcome!
We're pleased that you have chosen a TerraTec ReceiverSystem and would like to congratulate you
on this decision. With the TerraTec Cinergy HT PCMCIA, you've purchased a sophisticated product
representing the state of the art of PC/TV technology. We're convinced that our product will prove
extremely useful to you and provide you with a great deal of entertainment, both at home and on
the road. Before we go into detail, here's a foretaste of what you can expect:
Digital TV to go.
Television and radio – more mobile and versatile than ever before. The Cinergy HT PCMCIA brings
entertainment and information to the notebook, wherever you are and whatever you are doing! The
TV card with integrated radio function (DVB-T only) receives both the digital terrestrial television of
the future (DVB-T) and conventional analog television (cable, house antenna or satellite receiver)
in highest stereo quality. This keeps you “in the picture” at all times. Thanks to the DVB-T radio
receiver, the Cinergy HT PCMCIA is equally well prepared for future developments.
No hardware knowledge is necessary for commissioning. Just plug the Cinergy HT PCMCIA express
into an available ExpressCard slot of your notebook, connect either the provided DVB-T antenna,
the regular TV cable or satellite receiver to the analog inputs and install the provided software.
Once the automatic channel scan is finished, you receive all available channels. Thus the Cinergy
HT PCMCIA is ideal for watching analog or digital or TV in your home office or workplace, and simultaneously serves as a mobile DVB-T receiver, for example while on vacation or sitting out on your
friends' patio. Everything is possible!
Wherever you use the versatile PCMCIA tuner, you never have to go without the accustomed TV
viewing comfort. The electronic program guide helps you accurately navigate through the large
number of stations and activate your recording timer. As usual, teletext provides in-depth information on current programs. If you need to interrupt a show, you can do so without any problems. The
solution is called time shifting, which saves the part you miss on the hard disk. That means you
can simply resume viewing later at the desired point.
The perfect solution for all series fans or movie collectors is the built-in digital video recorder.
Program a recording or simply press the record button while the program is underway—the program is saved to your hard drive in DVD quality (MPEG 2). Now you can quickly edit out the commercials from your recording and burn the final product to CD or DVD—all in one convenient working interface. It's just as easy to connect a video recorder or DVD player to the analog video inputs
(composite, S-video) of the Cinergy PCMCIA express. This allows you to, for example, digitize your
old family videos or create a legal backup copy of your newly purchased DVD movie.
But the ArcSoft TotalMedia 2 software included in the package has even more capabilities: as you
would expect of a full-fledged media center, you can listen to music, play videos and DVDs, or
browse through your picture collection and create a slide show.
Thanks for your attention—enjoy!
...your TerraTec Team
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