User manual COMPRO H900 START UP GUIDE

[. . . ] VideoMate H900 PCI TV Tuner Card Start Up Guide Compro Technology, Inc. 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. [. . . ] When you return to your seat, you can resume viewing the program from the point when you left. 17 Record Recording Format VideoMate H900 can record video by software compression or hardware compression. You are welcome to choose the method you like in the Record tab in Settings of ComproPVR. . Scheduled Recording ComproPVR can be scheduled to record a TV program later or remind you of an upcoming program. Press the icon to open the Scheduled Recording dialog box. 18 Straight-to-Disc Click on the icon on the control panel. You can see the straight-to-disc dialog as below. Format: Choose the recording format you like. Erase Disk: If the disc is re-writable and not empty, you need to erase it first. Stop: Press the button on the control panel to stop burning. Cancel: Press this button to exit the dialog. Note You need to install the bundled Ulead DVD MovieFactory software in order to use this feature. 19 CD-R or DVD-R is necessary to use this feature and the recorded file will not be saved in the disk. Straight-to-Disc uses software encoding so that this process consumes CPU usage a lot. Choosing better performance in the recording option will result in a better video quality. Options You can press the Options button to open the Options dialog box. You can change detail settings of ComproPVR here. Custom channels ComproPVR can also set video properties (brightness, contrast, etc) for each channel. Just press the button on the custom column in Channel tab in Settings of ComproPVR. The dialog box will pop up as follow ComproPVR can let you re-order channel number if necessary. After Autoscan channels, channel number is as same as default channel number. What if your local TV station uses different channel number, you can click mouse on the column of the channel to drag up or down to the channel order you like. 20 Note This manual only provides basic information for the ComproPVR 2. For more information on using applications, please see the User's Guides in the programs, on the CDs, or at our website for the latest manuals. 21 ComproDVD 2 Introduction Stability, simplicity, and superiority. ComproDVD epitomizes these traits to the maximum and gives users all they wish for in a DVD player. Note This section provides basic information for ComproDVD. For more details, please check the help file of ComproDVD or the manual in the installation CD. Control Panel The following describe the ComproDVD control panel functions, and tips for using ComproDVD. The following figure gives you the function of the button with (Hot Key. ) Help (H) Minimize (CTRL+N) Full Screen (W) Close (CTRL+X) Progress bar Mute (M) Volume (+, -) Add Bookmark (F6) Go to Bookmark (F5) Repeat (R) Eject (CTRL+E) Snapshot (G) Menu (M) Options (E) Media Source Step backward (/) Last chapter (P) Shuttle search Controls Stop (S) Play (Enter) Pause (Space) Step forward (. ) Next chapter (N) 22 Troubleshooting OS requirement VideoMate H900 has to work on Windows XP / Windows 2000 with DirectX 9. 0c or above OS. You are welcome to www. WindowsUpdate. com website for the Service Pack update of Microsoft. Make sure your system is MCE ready (MCE needs specific graphics card etc. ) and have installed driver correctly (see below. ) Also, MCE has no decoder at default and you need to install decoder like NVDVD or WinDVD 6. 0 by yourself. For more information on MCE 2005, please check Microsoft website. Driver Installation The most common cause of problems with the TV Tuner Card is incorrect installation of the TV capture and TV tuner drivers. If you have problems watching, recording, or timeshifting live TV, please check the status of the drivers with Device Manager. You should see the "VideoMate H900 Video Capture " driver in the "Sound, video and game controllers" section of Windows Device Manager. : If the driver is not there, uninstalling and reinstalling the VideoMate TV drivers can help. Use the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel applet to uninstall the drivers. [. . . ] Furthermore, the CODEC must be installed before using 28 ComproPVR 2. In general, you can download MPEG-4 CODEC from the following web sites. http://www. divx. com/ After you install the CODEC software, you will see the MPEG-4 format appear in the field of recording quality. However, Compro does not guarantee compatibility or performance with third-party CODECs. Why does the remote control fail? The remote control sensor, which is plugged into the TV card, may be loose. [. . . ]