User manual COMPRO U2600F START UP GUIDE

[. . . ] +886 2 2918 0169, Fax +886 2 2915 2389 www. comprousa. com 2 VideoMate U2600F Hybrid D/A Stick VideoMate U2600F lets you watch/record digital TV broadcast or analog TV on your PC. VideoMate U2600F features a TV tuner for either digital TV broadcast or analog TV signals reception, Digital Video Recording (DVR) functions, scheduled recording at anytime, crystal video quality, intelligent TV viewing, and video/audio capture. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Your PC must meet or exceed the following system requirements to watch TV on your PC. PIII 1. 7 GHz CPU for TV viewing 512 MB RAM Available USB 2. 0 ports (USB 2. 0 only) Sound card or on-board sound chip Graphics Card or on-board graphics supports DirectX 9. 0 CD-ROM for software installation. 150 MB free disk space for basic software installation. RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS To use all the features of VideoMate U2600F, your PC should meet the following requirements. [. . . ] The following figure gives you the function of the button with (Hot key) Volume (- , +) Channel Up (Page Up) with Quick Channel list (I) Stop (S) Record (R) and Record Option Num Pad (W) Play (P) / Pause (U) Channel Down (Page down) Mute (M) Help (H) Docking (D) Minimize (G) Full Screen Close (CTRL+X) Volume Rewind (Left Arrow) Timeshift bar Fast Forward (Right Arrow) (- , +) Mute (M) Digital TV Signal Strength Number Pad (W) Option (O) Left/Right Audio Switch (J) Schedule (B) Video Source (V) Repeat Playback Recorded Files Last Channel (N) Channel Surf (F) Snapshot (Space) Timeshift (T) Add Window (F3) Reduce Window (F2) Windows Alignment (F5) Close All Windows (F6) Closed Caption (C) Teletext (X) EPG (E) No function 8 Video Source Switch (V) Audio mode HotKey A L TV / Timeshifting mode Description Enable/Disable Always-on-Top function for TV window. (Oregon circle on the upper-right corner of the TV window) Sleep function Video Desktop Open snapshot dialog box F7 F8 Note: Language select is only available while the program supports it. Open and close the ComproDTV 4 display panel You can open and close the ComproDTV 4 display window by click the down arrow on the right of ComproDTV panel. Open and close display panel Start ComproDTV 4 and watch TV After installation, just press the yellow button of the last line on the remote or double click the ComproDTV 4 icon on the desktop, you will be able to watch TV. Close ComproDTV 4 and even shutdown the computer with the full function remote control keypad. Options Press the Options button to open the Options dialog box. You can change detail settings of ComproDTV 4 here. TV Settings This option gives you the way to manually set the method of scanning TV programs. Select your choice here or use default channel table to do the scanning. 9 Autoscan The first time you start ComproDTV 4, Autoscan will automatically scan for available TV channels for TV signals. Please select your TV source from analog cable/antenna or from digital antenna. You can rescan the channels at any time by pressing the Autoscan button. Also, you can enable the advanced autoscan for more precision scan result. When Autoscan is finished, detected channels are automatically enabled and marked with the green check mark . Channels, where a valid signal could not be detected, are disabled and marked with a blank. However, you can interrupt the scanning process by pressing the Stop button. After you are finished scanning for available channels, you may select OK to return to the display window, or customize the channel orders according to your preferences. Channel Naming You can customize the channel names by double-click on the CH Name field of the channel you wish to rename. You can do more changes on the channel's property by right-click the mouse on the Description field of the channel you wish to edit. Custom Settings for each channel You can customize each channel properties by click the icon in "Custom Settings" filed and edit it. In the channel property settings, you can setup video color and noise reduction level, de-interlacing level for each channel (noise reduction level, de-interlacing level, and sharpness setting are not suitable for digital TV). The SmartZoom property setting only works when you choose the custom SmartZoom display mode. Import and Export current channel list If you have edited the channel name, fine tune channel, or customize channel settings. You can export the current channel list to text file and save it to other place. When you reinstall the ComproDTV 4 or your system, you can import the previous channel list and save your time for resetting it. 10 Using my favorite channel list You can click to select using my favorite channel list from option window. 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. Still Image Capture Click on the capture icon on the control panel or hit the "Space Bar" of the keyboard shortcut to capture an image of the display window. You can setup to save it as jpg or bmp format in the ComproDTV option interface. [. . . ] Try to move the computer to a TV set and connect the cable which is being used for the TV set. Once you connect the cable to our TV card, the static interferes with the system. It's possible to correct this problem by 15 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. connecting a wire from the grounding of the cable to ground. You are welcome to visit our website at http://www. comprousa. com/support Why does the remote control fail? Verify that the IR icon (ComproRemote) is in the system tray on the lower-right corner of the screen. [. . . ]