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WinTV-HVR-900

Quick Installation Guide

©Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. 2008 · QI-WINTV-HVR900-V2.0-ENG · 2008/01/25

● WinTV-HVR-900 Hybrid stick

● USB extension cable

● WinTV-Installation CD-ROM

including the following:

· WinTV application v6 with SoftPVR™

· WinTV-Scheduler

· 7 Day EPG

· VTPlus

● This installation guide

Options available on certain models:

● Audio/Video input cable

● Portable TV antenna

● IR remote control transmitter and batteries

Contents of this WinTV-HVR-900 package

1.Locate a free USB 2.0 port (normally located at the side or back on

the computer).

ote: Due to power and bandwidth requirements, we do not

recommend connecting the unit into a USB Hub.

2.Turn on your PC and wait until Windows has completely started.

3.Plug the WinTV-HVR-900 stick into the USB 2.0 port. You can use

the USB extension cable (available on some models) to locate the

WinTV-HVR-900 a short distance from the USB slot.

ote: If you plug the device into a different USB socket, you

may need to reinstall the WinTV-HVR-900 driver, but you will

not need to reload any WinTV applications.

2. Installing the WinTV-HVR-900

Connecting an antenna or set top box

Plug your TV antenna or RF output from your cable/satellite box into

the WinTV-HVR-900’s TV Connector. For digital TV reception, it is rec-

ommended to connect to a roof top aerial as this may provide a bet-

ter signal quality then the portable antenna provided on some models

of WinTV-HVR-900.

You will need to ensure that you are located in a area that has Digital

Terrestrial coverage.

Please visit in the U.K.: www.dtg.org.uk/retailer/coverage.html

In Sweden: www.teracom.se In Finland: www.digitv.fi

In Denmark: www.digi-tv.dk In Poland: www.emitel.pl

1. Connecting the Aerial and A/V input cable

When you run WinTV for the first

time, a message will appear ask-

ing you to scan for tuner chan-

nels now; please ensure that the

TV antenna is connected, click

YES.

To start the WinTV application, double click on the WinTV icon.

4. WinTV

application v6

Select your country location, for instance, select United Kingdom and

then, select Scan.

The scanning process will start by scanning the analogue frequencies

for channels, if any are found they will be added to the channel list.

The scanning process for DVB-T will then scan for channels. When a

DVB-T channel is found, the Signal Status will show a quality level

and the locked box will be checked. The DVB-T digital channels that

are found will appear in the channel listing box.

ote: If you have attached an antenna and do not receive any

digital TV channels, either use a stronger antenna (a roof top

antenna is recommended for best reception) or try to add a TV

channel manually (see trouble shooting section).

Click Close when finished.

If you are using a external source like a Hi-8 Camcorder, Video

recorder etc, then you will need to connect via the S-

Video/Composite for the Video picture and Line-Input for the sound.

ote: Unless stated, most VCR's and STB's only output in com-

posite video via SCART'. A SCART to S-Video lead, in most

cases, will not work correctly and will only yield a black and white

picture.

If you are using a Scart to composite (RCA Yellow phono) lead, please

ensure that the signal is being sent in the correct direction from the

Scart lead to the phono connection.

Configuring a external source in WinTV

In the WinTV application click on Menu then Suite Manager, then click

on the Sources tab. To add the S-Video or Composite channel select

the option on the left and then select the Video Format from the drop

down list.

ote: PAL BGHIDK is the commonly used format in Europe.

Type in a channel “Name” e.g. Video and a Description and then click

on “Save” the channel will now be added and if you click on Close

you will be returned back to the main TV viewing window.

Keyboard shortcuts

Sound up - Page Up

Sound down- Page Down

Plus (+) - Chanel Up

Minus (-) - Channel Down

Ctrl T - Frame TV

Ctrl P - Frame print

Ctrl+M - Mute on/off

ALT+M - Re-size TV menu

0-9 - Channel number

Space bar - Take a snapshot

Ctrl F - Still image

Using a external A/V source

Snapshot Still

capture

Freeze picture

CFG

Configure Snapshot

Mute

Setup Menu

Full screen

Remove toolbars

no title mode

Minimise

Channel surf

Channel down

Channel up

Last channel

Current TV channel

Click your right mouse

button here to see the

channel selector

Click your right mouse button

in the TV window to remove

toolbars. Click again to

restore toolbars.

Record

Playback

Volume

Always on Top

Snapshot viewer

window:

Double click on each

thumbnail to see

image full size.Click

and hold your right

mouse button to see

image options.

Pause

TV-Mode

Watch TV

Changing channels

You can change channels by using the Channel Up or Channel

Down buttons on the WinTV. You can type a channel number (for

example: 27) and WinTV will tune to that channel. If the entered chan-

nel does not exist, you will see a black window.

You can also right click in the Current TV channel box, where you

will see a list of channels. Or type letters (for example: BBC) to access

to the list of the channels including these letters.

TV Mode

When you click the Full screen TV button, TV will appear full

screen on your PC monitor. When finished watching TV full screen,

click your right mouse button in the TV window. If you see

video with a black box around it, click the Pref button then click TV

mode tab. Check the box which says “Allow resolution change”.

"Always on top" Mode

The WinTV application will remain in view over any other appli-

cations even if it is not selected. To turn on, click the Always on top

button. It will turn green. To turn off, 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 from a small window to a larger one by

clicking the right mouse button.

Pref button

Click the Pref button to open the preferences menu:

View: These are the settings for the On Screen Display of the TV

channel and Audio Volume, where you can enable Close Captions (if

supported in your system configuration), plus controls for the Toolbar

mode (Title mode), NoToolbar mode (No Title) and Full Screen (TV

mode).

Movies: Here is where you configure some video and audio settings.

You can set the movie record directory (DVCR Record File Path).

Snapshot: Set the size of your captured images, plus single or two

field captures for capturing motion or still image video.

Audio: Your audio settings are configured here.

Menu Button

Click the Menu button to open the TV setup menu. Here is the main

control bar for TV channels, and duplicate controls for other functions:

Suite Manager: Configure the TV tuner (scanning, naming, channel

pre set, etc..) and setting up favourite channel lists.

Configuration: Duplicate configuration menus for colour, audio, etc.

View: For settings an exact TV window size: 320x240, 640x480 etc.

There are three buttons to control the watching, recording and paus-

ing 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.

Pause and Record

TV Mode One Touch Pause One Touch Record

The Pause button prepares the WinTV pausing live video.

The Record button will start a record session. If you click Record

button more than once, a record timer will be set and the recording

will be done for 15 minutes for each time the Record button is

clicked. For example, if you click the button 3 times, the WinTV will

record for 30 minutes.

Pause mode

The pause mode allow you to pause the Live TV picture and allows

you to use the TimeShift function to rewind and fast forward the TV.

Clicking the Pause button on the WinTV application starts the Pause

mode. The Pause Menu will drop down.

Record and Playback

Clicking the Record button will automatically generate a file name and

start recording your audio/video program.

Functions:

● When recording TV, the record button will depressed

● A time counter will be shown indicating the lenght of time of the

recording

If you click Stop the time counter will revert back to 00:00:00

The time is specified in a Hour:Minute:Second format.

Rewind

Record

Pause Play

Stop

Display Counter

Forward

File

Video-Position

Play forward slow

Record mode

Stop

Clicking the Stop button will stop the video you are recording

or playing back.

Play

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.

Pause

Clicking the Pause button while Playing will pause your

audio/video.

Rewind

Clicking the Rewind button will play the video file in reverse.

Clicking the Rewind button again will continue the playing of the video.

Fast Forward

Clicking the Fast Foward button one time will fast foward your

video at 2X speed. Clicking the Fast Foward button two times will fast

foward your video at 8X speed. Clicking the button again will continue

playing back at normal speed.

Slow Motion

Clicking the Slow Motion button during playback will cause the

video to play in slow motion (at 1/2 speed). Clicking the Slow Motion

button again will return the video to normal playback speed.

File button

Clicking the File button opens the File menu. The last file record-

ed 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: Click your

right mouse button on the video file once, go down the menu and

click Delete.

Record

PlayPause

Time counter

Pause

Video-position

Fast forward

Slow motion

Fast rewind

Skip forward 10 sec

TV-Mode

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.

Clicking the Pause button will 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 TV mode.

Replay

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 previ-

ously 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 program.

Skip Ahead

Clicking the Skip button will skip the video ahead 10 seconds.

Rewind

Clicking the Rewind button while playing video will rewind the

recorded video. Clicking the Rewind button again will continue the

playing.

Slow Motion

Clicking the Slow Motion button while playing video will play in

Slow Motion. Clicking the Slow Motion button again, will continue

playing normally.

Fast Forward

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.

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10 Borough High Street

Bank Chambers

London, UK, SE1 9QQ

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Tech Support: (+44) 0207 378 0202

Telephone: (+44) 0207 378 1997

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ote: If you do not receive channels using the portable anten-

na, try connecting a rooftop aerial to the device and scan

again, if channels are now received there may be an issue with sig-

nal strength/quality in your area you may not be able to use the

small antenna.

Connecting an external A/V source

You can also connect sources via the

A/V input cable (available on some mod-

els of WinTV-HVR-900).

Plug the A/V input cable into the small

connector on the side of the WinTV-

HVR-900

Connect your source using either the

Composite or S-Video connection and

the audio mini-jack connector.

ote: Unless stated, most video-

recorders and Set Top Boxes use

only a Composite output via the

SCART output.

Insert your WinTV Installation

CD-ROM, the installation window

will automatically appear.

ote: If the autorun does

not start, browse to the

files on the disc and double

click on the file called 'Setup'.

In the installation window click on

Step 1: Install WinTV Drivers.

A blue screen will open which will

begin installing and updating the

drivers for your product.

Once complete, a message

appears in the bar. If this message

is Drivers have been updated

Successfully, click on the bar to

exit. If the message reports an

error, check the connection of

your WinTV, or contact our tech-

nical support.

ote: If you have any anti-virus software enabled, please dis-

able it during the installation of the software.

When you attach the WinTV-HVR-

900, the Found New Hardware

Wizard will appear.

Click on Cancel.

3. Install the WinTV Drivers and Applications

Next, click on Step 2: Install

WinTV and select your language

from the list. The setup window

should appear and begin to auto-

matically install the WinTV appli-

cations.

ote: During the installati-

on, other installation

wizards may open, we recom-

mend following the instructions

in each of these and installing

with the default options availa-

ble.

ote: For advanced users

you can select the 'Custom

Installation' which will allow

you to modify the list of appli-

cations that are installed by

default.

Once the WinTV installation is complete, click OK then Exit in the win-

dow "Hauppauge WinTV Installation CD". You should now be back at

your Windows desktop.

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