[. . . ] The recording format used by Colossus is H. 264 video with digital audio. Colossus recordings can be played back to the PC screen or can be converted "on the fly" to a Blu-ray format AVCHD file for burning onto a DVD disk. In WinTV v7, all recordings are made in a . TS file for format using H. 264. In Arcsoft ShowBiz, there are three types of record formats which can be selected: . TS: the native H. 264 format with 2 or 5. 1 channel audio. [. . . ] You will configure the IR Blaster for your set top box in the section entitled Configuring the IR Blaster. Step 3: Install the Colossus Windows driver and applications Turn on your PC, and boot into Windows. Allow windows to load before proceeding. Insert the WinTV Installation CD-ROM in your PC's CD-ROM drive. Using the WinTV v7 application Click the Watch TV button to see video. N ote: if the CD does not autorun, navigate to the CD and run the 'Setup. exe' file. Running WinTV v7 for the first time To run the WinTV v7 application for watching and recording videos and playing them back on your PC, double click on the WinTV icon on your Windows desk top. When you run WinTV for the first time, the WinTV Device Setup Wizard appears. Options menu The Options menu is the main menu where you can select channels, open the TV Scheduler and many other of the most important TV control functions. To display the Options Menu, click your right mouse button once in the video window. You will see the list of channels which have been "Hauppauge WinTV Installation CD-ROM" window will appear on the screen. Install the Colossus driver Click the button labeled Step 1: Install Drivers. A blue screen will open and begin installing the drivers for your WinTV. Once the drivers have installed, click on the Finish bar to exit. Audio/video source setup Video and audio is brought into the WinTV v7 application from an external audio/video source such as a game console or cable TV or satellite set top box. In the Device Setup Wizard, select "Analog TV via a Set top box" and click Next. Install the Colossus applications scanned. To show the Channel menu as part of the video window, click the Channel list always on icon at the top of the channel list. To manually schedule a TV recording, or to see which programs have been scheduled, click on Scheduler. To turn on the Always on Top mode, click on Stay on Top. Settings button Close WinTV Channel list display always on Channel name/number Fast channel select numbers TV Channel list The recorded video file is saved in the directory set in Recordings directory. To change this directory, click the Settings button and then the Folders tab. The file will be formatted as (ChannelNumber)_(ChannelName)YearMonthDay_TIme. If you want to record a video you are watching: Click the Record button. The recorded file name will popup for a few seconds as the recording starts. Click the Playback file button and select the last file recorded to play the video you just recorded To play a video you recorded earlier, click the Playback File button and then move your mouse and click once on the video you want to play. Click Open and the file will start playing. Program Info Playback file menu Watch TV Record/Pause/Play controls Volume adjust and mute Channel up/down - IR blaster in WinTV v7 If you would like to use the Hauppauge IR blaster to change the channels on your cable TV or satellite set top box, see the section entitled "Configuring the IR blaster". If you want to pause a TV show you are watching: Click the Pause button. To start the video from where you paused, click the Play button To rewind the video to the beginning, click the Skip to the beginning button. Note: If you set for Record Weekly, you must also specify the Day of the Week for the recording. Date to Begin Program: today's date is the default. Watch, Pause and Record videos in WinTV v7 WinTV v7 is always recording video to your PC's hard drive while video is being displayed. In this way, you can immediately skip back and replay the TV program you are watching. Clicking on the Pause button will cause the video to pause, while clicking the Record button will cause the current TV program to be recorded to hard disk. Options menu click your right mouse button to view To rewind the video 10 seconds, click the rewind 10 seconds button. [. . . ] in the Blaster Configuration program, click the button you would like to learn (for example: 1) then depress and hold the corresponding key on your set top box remote control. You will be instructed in the message box when to release the key on your remote control. Do this for the keys 0 to 9 plus On and Enter You should receive a LearnKey(key#) Succeeded message. If you receive a LearnKey(key#) Failed error, this means that the key was either held down too long, or not long enough, or that the remote was not held close enough to the IR sensor. [. . . ]