User manual HAUPPAUGE IR REMOTE BLASTER

[. . . ] The IR transmitter has a thin wire and is at the end of the longer "leg" of the cable. IR32 application, a program which runs in the Windows device tray and interprets signals received by the IR receiver. IR Blaster Config program, for configuring the codes for the IR transmitter. 3. 4. N N ote: if you are NOT using a set top box, you do not need to use the IR transmitter. [. . . ] If it is not well seated, the WinTV application will not respond to commands from the Hauppauge remote control. Also, make sure you have installed batteries in the Hauppauge remote. Step 4: Install the IR transmitter (blaster) at your set top box ote: The next steps (4 through 7) are optional and only required if you want WinTV to control the TV channels on a satellite or cable TV set top box through WinTV's IR transmitter (blaster). Attach the end of the IR transmitter over the remote sensor on the set top box to be controlled. The IR transmitter only works over a 2 inch distance, so you need to make sure it is placed over the remote sensor in your set top box. Some set top boxes have the position of the remote receiver indicated on the plastic front of the set top box. With others, you might need to look carefully at the set top box for what looks like a round or square area underneath the plastic front panel. There is double sided tape on the back of the IR transmitter to hold it in place over the Page 2 remote sensor in your set top box Connect the set top box's audio/video outputs to the WinTV. This is the same as connecting a set top box to a TV set: chose either composite video, S-Video or TV tuner as the way to connect from the set top box to WinTV. Some set top boxes send video via channel 3 or 4, others have composite or S-Video outputs. Chose one method and make the necessary audio/video connections from your set top box to WinTV. Step 5: Set your set top box output in the WinTV application After you make the video connection from your set top box to WinTV in step 4, you need to tell WinTV where the audio/video from your set top box is coming from. Many set top boxes use a channel 3 or 4 out via a RF output connector. In either case, you need to tell WinTV where the video will be coming from. If your set top box has an RF output (a coax cable going from the set top box to the TV input on the WinTV board), click Menu / Suite Manager / Sources. In Channel, select the channel (channel 3 or 4) where the video comes from. If you connect to your set top box via composite or S-Video, click Menu / Suite Manager / Sources. Under Input Sources, click the A/V connector which is connected to your set top box (Composite or S-Video) and click Save. A channel will be created and given a Preset number. Step 6: Configure the IR transmitter to control your set top box Like universal remote controls, the Hauppauge IR RemoteBlaster has a list of common set top boxes which it can control. And like universal remote controls, you must test various codes from the list to see which one applies to your specific set top box. Run IR Blaster from Windows Start / Programs / Hauppauge WinTV menu. N ote: if some of the controls are greyed out, it means the IRRemote Blaster hardware is not found on your WinTV. 6b. There is a special region for Hauppauge if you want to control Hauppauge DEC boxes. Select the Device (cable or satellite), then Vendor/Model of your set top box. Page 3 The CodeSet will contain a list of codes which IRRemoteBlaster knows about the selected Vendor. [. . . ] Select the channel from the pull down list which corresponds to the way your set top box is connected to WinTV. For example, if your set top box is connected via the TV tuner connector and uses channel 3, select Ch. Click Next and Finish to save the configuration for your set top box. Step 7: Add your set top box TV channels to the WinTV application So that the WinTV and WinTV Scheduler applications can automatically change channels via the IR Blaster, you need to add set top box TV channels to WinTV Channel Manager. Click IR Blaster Source Add the channels on your cable network by choosing the channel number and clicking Add. [. . . ]