About This Guide This guide provides you the information on how to install and use your VideoMate W800F standalone TV box. VideoMate W800F standalone TV box lets you watch DVB-T digital TV or analog TV with your computer monitor without driver or applications install, also the W800F can provide FM radio listening.
VideoMate W800F TV Box Contents W800F TV Box AAA batteries Remote Control TV Box stand 9-pin Mini-DIN to Start Up Guide Power Adaptor Audio Cable 15-pin D-sub Cable 9-pin Mini-DIN to Digital TV FM Antenna S-video and component Antenna video cable Please extend the antenna horizontally to its fullest.
Install W800F TV Box with Box Stand Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4...
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VideoMate W800F TV Box Connection Power Adaptor Line-Out to Speaker Line-In from the Line-Out connector of sound card Connect to monitor by VGA cable Connect from TV box to VGA card by 9-pin Mini-DIN to 15-pin D-Sub cable in the package FM Antenna Input DVB-T or Analog TV Cable/Antenna Input...
Buttons on VideoMate W800F TV Box Power On/Off Source Switch Analog TV DVB-T FM Composite video S-video Component video Open OSD Menu Volume Up Volume Down Channel Up Channel Down...
Remote Control Key Definition and Use Power Power On/Off Mute Mute Sleep mode Sleep (OFF 5 10 15 30 60 90 120) Picture In Picture On/Off and screen size select 9 Channels preview Ch. Surf Set to favorite channel list Set Fav.
VideoMate W800F TV Box Using Guide Using at the first time Please refer to the above for correct setup to use W800F TV box. After you have connected the power adaptor, you can press the power switch to turn on the TV box and you will see the green LED light beside the power button.
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OSD Menu Guide (Analog TV and FM Radio) Menu button will open up OSD Menu, please use the direction key to navigate. Picture Brightness Adjust the brightness (0~100) Contrast Adjust the Contrast (0~100) Saturation Adjust the Saturation (0~100) Adjust the Hue ( 0~100) Sharpness Adjust the Sharpness (0~15) OptiMode...
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OSD Settings Country/Region Select your country or region Language Adjust level of noise reduction. (0~8) Default is 4 OSD Position Select your language (Default is your local country) OSD Transparency 0-100 Information VideoMate W800F Version information Reset all settings YES/NO (Default: NO) Audio Settings Volume Adjust volume (0-100)
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Audio Settings Volume Adjust volume (0-100) Treble Adjust Treble volume (0-15) Bass Adjust Bass volume (0-15) Dynamic Bass YES/NO (Default: NO) Boost Stereo Effect Adjust Stereo Effect (0~8) Default : 0 Reset YES/NO (Default: NO) OSD Menu Guide (Digital TV and USB Playback) While switch to digtial TV mode, you can setup the digital TV channel in the menu and also choose to playback the video/photo from USB.
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Digital TV Setup Manu Below is the table of digital TV and multimedia setup, you can use the “OK” key to open the OSD menu and select the items by arrow keys. If you need more information for controls the menu for setup. Please press the “i” (information) key for more information.
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Parental Lock children. The default password is “0000”. You can download the latest firmware from Compro’s website Software Update Download from USB and save it in USB pen driver. The plug it to the USB port of W800F to...
Movie/Video Playback Please plug the USB pen drive (with MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 part II format video files) into the USB port of VideoMate W800F, then click the “Movie” on the main manu. You can choose the folder and select the file for playback. While playing the video, you can press the “Fav Up”...
Photo Playback Please plug the USB pen drive (with jpg format files) into the USB port of VideoMate W800F, then click the “Photo” on the main manu. You can choose the folder and select the file for playback. You can press the SAP (Green color) button to preview photo with thumbnail. And while you watching the photo, you can press the “right”...
Channel Swap To swap the channel numbers, please select Channel Swap from the menu then select YES, and it will show as a sub menu. Once you have entered this menu, you will see a list of channels. You may browse with the direction keys; Up and Down are going through the list while Left and Right are changing pages of the list.
Channel Surfing Channel Surfing allows you to preview and find the channel you want by presenting in 9 squares. To access this function, please press “Ch.Surf” button on the remote controller. The pictures will refresh from left to right. When you have found the channel you prefer, please press the correspondent number keys (1~9) to switch to that channel.
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OptiRatio OptiRatio Aspect Selection provides 4:3, 16:9, Panorama, Full Screen, and SmartZoom aspect ratio selections to provide the best TV and video watching on different type monitors. 4:3 Mode: When the 4:3 formats TV/video display on 16:9/16:10 wide-screen monitors, it can keep the 4:3 aspect ratio video and add letter box on both left and right sides.
Panorama Mode: Extend all the input TV and video to full screen display. But the distortion on the center of screen will be less than full screen mode and looks better. Original video format 4:3 Less distortion from center SmartZoom Mode: When the 16:9 movie broadcast from TV channel, it will add the letter box for 4:3 video format transmit and it looks small on the 16:9/16:10 wide-screen monitors.
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Stereo Effect Stereo Effect is a function that will simulate stereo sound when your audio input is Mono. When your audio input is stereo, it will enhance the effect and give you a greater feeling of the surrounding effect. To activate this function, please press the MENU button and select Sound section, then adjust the volume of Stereo Effect higher for greater effect.
Troubleshooting Installation The most common cause of the problem is the incorrect connection of the cables. Please refer to “VideoMate W800F TV Box Connection” on proper connection. And also please check the power adaptor already plugged. Warning It is normal for VideoMate W800F TV box become warm when it is being used. Please place the TV Box at a place where the air flows.
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Please also check if your desktop resolution is one of our supported resolutions. Please refer to the detail list of resolutions. Contacting Compro Technical Support Before you submit an email for support, please check the troubleshooting list above. You may fill out the form (http://comprousa.com/en/form.htm) or directly email to support@comprousa.com...
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