User manual HAUPPAUGE WINTV-HVR-1250

[. . . ] Install the WinTV-HVR-1250 driver Installing the WinTV-HVR under Vista Boot into Windows Vista. Insert the WinTV-HVR Installation CD-ROM in your PC's CD-ROM drive. When the Found New Hardware box opens, click Locate and install driver software. WinTV-HVR-1250 Quick Installation Guide for Windows Vista (all versions) QI-WINTV-HVR1250-V1A · 2/1/2008 © Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. 91 Cabot Court Hauppauge, NY 11788 Telephone: 631-434-1600 Fax: 631-434-3198 Tech Support: 631-434-3197 techsupport@hauppauge. com Sales: sales@hauppauge. com Web site: www. hauppauge. com To install, switch off the computer and remove the computer cover. [. . . ] Changing channels You can change channels by clicking the Channel Up or Channel Down buttons on the WinTV application. You can also type a channel number (for example: 27 or 1021) and WinTV will tune to that channel. You can also right click in the Current TV channel box, where you will see a list of channels. Changing the TV window size You can change the size of the WinTV window by grabbing any corner and dragging the video window to the desired size. Displaying TV full screen When you click the Full screen TV button, TV will appear full screen on your PC monitor. If you see video with a black box around it, click the Pref button then click TV mode tab. Rename your recorded video file: To rename a video file, on the video filename click once with your right mouse button, click Rename and then type in a new name. Delete recorded video files which you no longer want: Click your right mouse button on the video file once, go down the menu and click Delete. Play: Clicking the Play button will playback from disk the last video file created. When playing a video, you can rewind, fast forward, replay 10 sec or skip forward 10 sec using the buttons on the control bar. Pause: Clicking the Pause button while Playing will pause your audio/video. The Hauppauge Remote Control (optional on some models) The WinTV remote control software is installed automatically during the installation of the WinTV applications. The installation will add a shortcut to IR. EXE to the Startup group, so that IR. EXE is loaded every time after Windows has booted. If you need to restart the remote control, select Restart IR from the Start \ All Program Files\WinTV Go button Application on/off menu. Pause button: if watching live TV, will open the record/play menu box and stop the video. When recording, this button will pause the video but WinTV will continue to record. 0 - 9 buttons: When in "live" TV mode, is used to directly enter channel numbers. When playing back a recording, the "1" button will skip to 10%, the "2" button 20%, etc. Skip ahead button: holding the skip ahead button advances the video about 5 minues per 10 seconds the button is depressed. Skip back button: pressing and holding the Skip back button makes the video go back about 5 minutes for every 10 seconds the button is depressed. Power button (green): if WinTV is running in "Record" mode, this button will put WinTV into the "TV" mode" and close the record/playback menu. If WinTV is in "TV mode", this button will close the WinTV application. Red button at bottom: closes WinTV Radio and opens WinTV Green button at bottom: closes WinTV and opens WinTV Radio (on models with radio). [. . . ] Error: "No common media type between these pins" The WinTV-HVR uses your PC's processor to display the TV image. If the processor is too slow, or if there is something in the system which is taking system resources, you might get this message. Conflicts with Intervideo WinDVD Sometimes we have found that a previously installed version of WinDVD will conflict with the WinTV-HVR. Symptoms include: black screen but you can hear audio, failure to scan for channels, you can't change MPEG formats without errors, bad audio/video sync, and others. [. . . ]