User manual COMPRO X800 START UP GUIDE

[. . . ] VideoMate X800 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. [. . . ] Also, the line between the black and white bars shows the vertical or horizontal dot lines color as known as the Cross-Luminance phenomenon. You no longer need to suffer from blurry pictures. After Y/C separation 18 ComproPVR 2 Introduction ComproPVR is a complete digital entertainment solution for your PC. Watch and record TV programs on your PC, in full-screen mode or in a window. Timeshifting lets you watch TV, pause live TV, or review your favorite scenes without missing a minute of the program. Integrated deinterlacing technology assures the highest picture quality. All this, with the universal remote control. Control Panel The ComproPVR control panel resembles the controls on a VCR. Keep in mind that not all options are available at all times, and may be grayed out or inaccessible depending on your hardware setup and TV services available. The following describe the ComproPVR control panel functions, and tips for using ComproPVR. The following figure gives you the function of the button with (Hot Key. ) Docking (D) Help (H) Minimize (G) Full Screen (Z) Close (CTRL+X) Timeshift bar Mute (M) Channel Surf(F) Snapshot (Space) Timeshift (T) Source (V) Lists (I) Options (O) Not used EPG (E) Schedule (B) Record (R) Stop (S) Play (P) Pause (U) Advance (Right Arrow) Volume (+, -) Channel Up (Page Up) with lists( I ) Channel Down (Page down) Last Channel (N) Language Select (Q) Replay (Left Arrow) 19 Icon HotKey A Description Enable/Disable Always-on-Top function for TV window. (Oregon circle on the upper-right corner of the TV window) Sleep function n/a L Note: Language select is only available while the program supports it. Watching After installation, just press the PVR/TV button on the remote or double click the ComproPVR icon on the desktop you will be able to watch TV. The first time you start ComproPVR, Autoscan will automatically scan for available TV channels. 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. Channel Surfing While watching TV, the channel surfing feature displays a 4x4 grid of channel images to give you an overview of available programming. 20 Right-Click Mouse Menu If using mouse to right-click on the TV screen, you can see a menu pop up. There are many useful options for your convenience. Zooming image If you would like to see more details on a certain 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. Still Frame 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 see the screen capture dialog as below. 21 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. ComproPVR starts recording the video source currently showing in the display window. Press the Stop button to stop recording. When you stop recording, ComproPVR prompts you to name the file containing the recorded video. Enter the name and press OK. To playback the recorded file, press the Play button and select the file you wish to view. 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. Straight-to-Disc Click on the icon on the control panel. You can see the straight-to-disc dialog as below. [. . . ] If you see no response, your IR drivers may not be not properly installed. Please remove ComproPVR using "Add/Remove programs" in the Control Panel and reinstall it. If you have switched the blue jumper to another pins set, you have to switch the red jumper to 2-3 (right) in order to use remote function. Why does ComproPVR start by itself? Some device emits the IR signal around. And make sure there is no button getting stocked. 32 No response to the Settings button? The main reason for this problem usually is the result of installing other CODEC software like Nimo or K-Lite. [. . . ]