User manual COMPRO COMPROPVR 2

[. . . ] No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of Compro Technology, Inc. Compro, VideoMate, Poladyne, Play with Power, and the Compro logo are trademarks of Compro Technology, Inc. Compro makes no warranties with respect to this documentation and disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability, quality, or fitness for any particular purpose. Compro reserves the right to make revisions to this publication without obligation to notify any person or entity of any such changes. [. . . ] You have to install the provided audio patch cable in order to hear the sound. 30 Using ComproPVR 2 4 Using ComproPVR 2 Watching After installation, just press the ComproPVR button on the remote or mouse click ComproPVR icon on the desk you will be able to watch TV. Close ComproPVR and even shutdown the computer with the full function remote control keypad. Channel Browsing When watching TV, you can browse channels with the Channel Down and Channel Up buttons to scroll up and down through the available, enabled channels. The keyboard shortcuts Page Up and Page Dn, and the Compro remote control can also be used. Jump directly to the desired channel by using the number pad on your keyboard or remote control. The Last Channel (recall) button jumps back to the previously selected TV channel. If the On-Screen Display function is enabled on the Display Options page, channel information will appear briefly in the corner of the display window as you switch channels. 31 ComproPVR 2 User's Guide Channel Surfing While watching TV, the channel surfing feature displays a 4x4 grid of channel images to give you an overview of available programming. To start the channel surfing feature, press the Channel Surfing button on the ComproPVR control panel. Thumbnail images will begin to appear in the display window. With your mouse, click on the program you wish to watch and you will exit surf mode. You can also return to normal mode by clicking on the Channel Surfing button again. There are 12 and 16 options available for the number of channel surfing. The setting is available on the User Interface tab in the Options of ComproPVR. 32 Using ComproPVR 2 Right-Click Mouse Menu If using mouse to right-click on the TV screen, you can see the menu below. There are many useful options for your convenience. Zooming image If you would like to see more details on the part of a video image, you can press the mouse right button to drag a zone of the screen. Also you can press the mouse right button and move on the screen to shift the zoomed area of the image. Just click the mouse left button to resume normal mode. 33 ComproPVR 2 User's Guide Recording ComproPVR is a digital video recorder. ComproPVR can record full-motion video and audio from your video source and save it to your hard disk. ComproPVR supports MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 encoding, which saves disk space while providing high video quality. Press the Record button recording the video source currently showing in the display window. When you stop recording, ComproPVR prompts you to name the file containing the recorded video. To playback the recorded file, press the Play button and select the file you wish to view. Disk usage The actual disk space used primarily depends on the quality settings for recording. A higher quality setting, e. g. , DVD-quality, requires significantly more disk space than a lower quality setting, such as VCD-quality. The appropriate quality depends on the quality of the source material, e. g. , DV camera versus broadcast TV, and your intended use of the recorded programming. Playback Press the Play button to open the Play dialog box. 34 Using ComproPVR 2 Scheduled Recording ComproPVR can be scheduled to record a TV program later or remind you of an upcoming program. to open the Scheduled Recording Scheduled Program Lists Create: Create a new scheduled recording event. Modify: Modify an existing recording event. 35 ComproPVR 2 User's Guide Delete: Delete an existing recording event. [. . . ] Usually, VCD quality needs about 900MHz CPU for recording while DVD quality needs about 1. 7G CPU for recording. If it reaches 100%, then the lag is inevitable. 56 Troubleshooting The recorded file from VCR has no sound? Please plug VCR Composite cable (yellow) into TV card yellow connector. You need to buy a converter (see below) to transfer Composite Audio cable (red one and white one) into stereo. Why can't I playback the recorded video? The usual reason for this problem is due to a conflict with some CODEC software, such as Nimo or K-Lite. This kind of software forces applications to use their CODEC for play back. [. . . ]