Hauppauge WINTV-NOVA-T STICK QI Quick Installation Manual

WinTV-NOVA-TD
WinTV-NOVA-T-Stick
WinTV-NOVA-T-Stick SE
Quick Installation Guide
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Contents of this WinTV package
●
WinTV-NOVA-T-Stick or
WinTV-NOVA-TD unit
● USB extension cable
(except WinTV-NOVA-T-Stick SE)
● Portable TV antenna with
IEC connector (on some models)
● Portable TV antenna with MCX
connector (WinTV-NOVA-TD only)
● IEC to MCX connector
(WinTV-NOVA-TD only) WinTV-NOVA-T-Stick
● Antenna Y splitter (On some models of WinTV-NOVA-TD only)
● IR remote control transmitter and 2 batteries (on some models)
● WinTV Installation CD-ROM including
the following software components:
· New WinTV v6 application
· WinTV-Scheduler
· 7 Day EPG
· VTPlus
●
This installation guide
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4. New WinTV ® v6 Application
To start the WinTV application, double click on the WinTV icon.
When you run WinTV for the first
time, a message will appear ask-
ing you to scan for tuner channels
now. Please ensure that the TV
antenna is connected, click YES.
Select your country location, for instance, select United Kingdom and
then, select Scan.
The scanning process for DVB-T will then scan for channels. When
DVB-T channels are found they then will appear in the channel listing
box.
N ote: If you have attached an antenna and do not receive any
digital TV channels, either use a stronger antenna (a roof top
antenna is recommended for best reception) or try to add a TV
channel manually (see trouble shooting section).
Click Close when finished.
Increase reception on WinTV-NOVA-TD (Diversity mode)
For the best TV reception in poor conditions, you need to use the
WinTV-NOVA-TD and place the antenna in a suitable location. When
you receive at least one channel, go to the WinTV channel manager,
click on Sources and DVB-T source, to see Signal Status.
Unplug one of the antennas and move the other one to have the best
quality level in Signal Status. Unplug this antenna and plug in the
other one to now optimize this antenna. Antennas must be a slight
distant apart for best result.
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Pause, Record and Playback TV
There are four buttons to control the watching, recording, pausing and
playback of TV. Clicking on the Pause button will cause the Pause
menu to roll down from the WinTV application, while clicking on
either the Record or Playback button will cause the Record menu to
roll down. Click the TV button will close the roll down menus to close
and for live TV to be displayed in the WinTV video window.
Playback
Live TV Pause Record
Pause mode
The pause mode allow you to pause the Live TV picture and allows
you to use the TimeShift function to rewind and fast forward the TV.
Clicking the Pause button on the WinTV application starts the Pause
mode. The Pause Menu will drop down.
TV-Mode Pause Record
Time counter
Video-position Fast rewind Pause Play Fast forward
Slow motion
Pause Buffer
The Pause buffer is space on your hard disk where video is stored
during the Pause mode. The maximum amount of time which your TV
program can be delayed is dependent upon how much storage space
you have set for the Pause buffer.
Clicking the Pause button will start recording into WinTV's Replay
Buffer. It takes about 10 seconds for the Replay Buffer to be initialized
and for Pause to become effective.
Unclicking the Pause button will cause the audio/video program to
start playing from the point where the button was originally pushed.
Most WinTV functions are active while in the Pause or Pause Live
mode. For example, you can change volume, resize the TV window,
go into "no-title mode", etc.
While in Pause mode, the Video Position bar shows the amount of the
Replay Buffer which is filled with video. For example, if the Video
Position indicator shows halfway, it means that half of the Replay
Buffer is filled. If you find you cannot Pause as many minutes as you
would like, increase the size of the Replay Buffer.
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1. Connecting the Aerial
WinTV-NOVA-T-Stick
Plug your roof top aerial or porta-
ble TV antenna into the WinTV's
TV Connector.
WinTV-NOVA-TD
The WinTV-NOVA-TD adopts the
revolutionary Diversity technology
which enormously improves mobi-
le reception sensitivity when used
with indoor antenna reception or
while on the move. Diversity tech-
nology use two tuners and two
antennas to create the clearest TV
signal. Plug two antennas to the
WinTV-NOVA-TD as describe here.
It is recommended that you connect to a roof top aerial as this may pro-
vide a better signal quality then the provided portable antenna. You will
need to ensure that you are located in a area that has Digital Terrestrial
coverage. Please visit www.dtg.org.uk/retailer/coverage.html
Sweden: www.teracom.se
Denmark: www.digi-tv.dk
Finland: www.digitv.fi
WinTV-NOVA-TD
Poland: www.emitel.pl
N ote: If you do not receive channels using the portable anten-
na, try connecting to a rooftop aerial and scan again. If you
then receive channels it means that the signal strength/quality in
your area is too low to use with the small antenna.
2. Installing the WinTV-NOVA
1. Locate a free USB 2.0 port (normally located at the side or back on
the computer). Due to power and bandwidth requirements, we do
not recommend connecting the unit into a USB Hub.
2. Turn on your PC and wait until Windows has completely started.
3. Plug the WinTV-NOVA stick into the USB 2.0 port. You can use the
USB extension cable to locate the WinTV-NOVA a short distance
from the USB slot.
N ote: If you plug the device into a different USB socket, you
may need to reinstall the WinTV-NOVA driver, but you will not
need to reload any WinTV applications.
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The minimum signal level to engage the Diversity mode is just 3
blocks on each antenna. When plugging the two antennas, the quality
level should then jump to the maximum.
Switching to Dual Tuner Mode
You can also use WinTV-NOVA-TD
in Dual Tuner mode, instead, to
record one channel while recor-
ding an other.
For this, you must plug a good
roof top aerial to both inputs of
the WinTV-NOVA-TD (some
IEC to MCX connector
cables might be required, not
included).
Then, click on Start / All pro-
grams / Hauppauge WinTV and
Diversity Tool and select 'Use
Dual Tuner Mode'. This disables
the Diversity function. Click OK
and restart your computer for
your changes to take effect.
Once in Dual Tuner mode, WinTV-NOVA-TD can record two shows at
the same time using WinTV-Scheduler and the Record in Background
option.
The Record in Background option allows you to record your pro-
grams without the WinTV application present on your desktop. You
must select this option at least for one of the two recordings; indeed
the WinTV application itself cannot manage two recordings at the
same time.
When background record start; a red bullet icon close to the Windows
clock starts. You can end this record by a right click on this icon.
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While in Pause mode, the A/V stream is always saved in the Replay
Buffer. To stop saving the A/V stream in the Replay Buffer, you must
exit the Pause mode by clicking TV mode.
Replay
While in the Pause mode, hitting the Replay button acts like the
Instant Replay you see on TV broadcast sporting events: the
audio/video goes back in time and you repeat what you have previ-
ously seen. Each click of the Replay button causes audio/video to go
back 10 seconds. For example, if you want to repeat the audio/video
you saw 10 seconds ago, you would click the Replay button once. If
you want to see the video you saw one minute ago, you would need
to click the Replay button six times.
For extended replay times, you might find it more convenient to grab
the Video Position indicator control bar and move it to the left. Once
you let the control bar go, audio/video starts to play (it might take a
few seconds for the WinTV application to start playing).
You might have to move the Video Position indicator to the left and
right to find the desired spot to start replaying audio/video.
While Replaying, your audio/video program continues to be recorded
in the Replay Buffer. Therefore, if you have clicked the Replay button 3
times (so that you are replaying the audio/video seen 30 seconds
ago), the video you see in the WinTV window will be 30 seconds
behind the live program.
Skip forward 10 sec
Fast forward Skip Ahead
Clicking the Skip button will skip the video ahead 10 seconds.
Rewind
Clicking the Rewind button while playing video will rewind the
recorded video. Clicking the Rewind button again will continue the
playing.
Slow Motion
Clicking the Slow Motion button while playing video will play in
Slow Motion. Clicking the Slow Motion button again, will continue
playing normally.
Fast Forward
Clicking the Fast Forward button one time will fast forward your
video at 2X speed. Clicking the Fast Forward button two times will fast
forward your video at 8X speed.
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3. Install the WinTV Drivers and Applications
N ote: If you have any anti-virus software enabled, please dis-
able it during the installation of the software.
Plug your roof top aerial or
portable TV antenna into
When you attach the WinTV-
the WinTV's TV IEC
NOVA, the Found New Hardware
Connector.
Wizard will appear.
Click on Cancel.
Plug the portable TV antenna or
your roof top aerial, using the IEC
to MCX connector, into the
WinTV's TV MCX Connector
(WinTV-NOVA-TD only).
Insert your WinTV Installation
CD-ROM, the installation window
will automatically appear.
N
ote: If the autorun does
not start, browse to the
files on the disc and double
click on the file called 'Setup'.
In the installation window click on
Step 1: Install WinTV Drivers.
A blue screen will open which will
begin installing and updating the
drivers for your product.
Once complete, a message
appears in the bar. If this message
is Drivers have been updated
Successfully, click on the bar to
exit. If the message reports an
error, check the connection of
your WinTV, or contact our tech-
nical support.
Watch TV
TV Mode
(WinTV-NOVA-TD only)
Volume
Always on Top
Setup Menu
Mute
CFG
Configure Snapshot
Snapshot viewer
window:
Double click on each
thumbnail to see
(included)
image full size.Click
Snapshot Still
and hold your right
capture
mouse button to see
image options.
Plug your roof
top aerial to
both IEC con-
nectors
Changing channels
You can change channels by using the Channel Up or Channel Down
buttons on the WinTV. You can type a channel number (for example:
27) and WinTV will tune to that channel. If the entered channel does
not exist, you will see a black window.
You can also right click in the Current TV channel box, where you will
see a list of channels. Or type letters (for example: BBC) to access to
the list of the channels including these letters.
TV Mode
When you click the Full screen TV button, TV will appear full
screen on your PC monitor. When finished watching TV full screen,
click your right mouse button in the TV window. If you see video with
a black box around it, click the Pref button then click TV mode tab.
Check the box which says "Allow resolution change".
"Always on top" Mode
The WinTV application will remain in view over any other applica-
tions even if it is not selected. To turn on, click the Always on top
button. It will turn green. To turn off, click this button again.
A convenient way to use Always-on-top is to make the TV window in
the no-title mode small, and to make the TV window in the title mode
larger. Then you can switch from a small window to a larger one by
clicking the right mouse button.
Record and Playback modes
Display Counter
Video-Position
Click the Playback button on the WinTV application to open the
Record and Playback control bar. Clicking the Record will automatical-
ly generate a file name and start recording your audio/video program.
If you click Record button more than once, a record timer will be set
and the recording will be done for 15 minutes for each time the
Record button is clicked. For example, if you click the button 3 times,
the WinTV will record for 30 minutes.
Functions:
● When recording TV, the record button will depressed
● A time counter will be shown indicating the lenght of time of the
recording
If you click Stop the time counter will revert back to 00:00:00
The time is specified in a Hour:Minute:Second format.
Stop
Clicking the Stop button will stop the video you are recording or
playing back.
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.
Rewind
Clicking the Rewind button will play the video file in reverse.
Clicking the Rewind button again will continue the playing of the video.
Fast Forward
Clicking the Fast Foward button one time will fast foward your
video at 2X speed. Clicking the Fast Foward button two times will fast
foward your video at 8X speed. Clicking the button again will contin-
ue playing back at normal speed.
Next, click on Step 2: Install
WinTV and select your language
from the list. The setup window
should appear and begin to auto-
matically install the WinTV appli-
cations.
N ote: During the installati-
on, other installation
wizards may open, we recom-
mend following the instructions
in each of these and installing
with the default options availa-
ble.
N ote: For advanced users
you can select the 'Custom
Installation' which will allow
you to modify the list of appli-
cations that are installed by
default.
Once the WinTV installation is complete, click OK then Exit in the win-
dow "Hauppauge WinTV Installation CD". You should now be back at
your Windows desktop.
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Pref button
Click the Pref button to open the preferences menu:
View: These are the settings for the On Screen Display of the TV
channel and Audio Volume, where you can enable Close Captions (if
Minimise
Channel up supported in your system configuration), plus controls for the Toolbar
Remove toolbars mode (Title mode), NoToolbar mode (No Title) and Full Screen (TV
Channel down
Close
no title mode
mode).
Channel surf
Movies: Here is where you configure some video and audio settings.
Click your right mouse button
Last channel
You can set the movie record directory (DVCR Record File Path).
in the TV window to remove
toolbars. Click again to
Freeze picture
Snapshot: Set the size of your captured images, plus single or two
restore toolbars.
field captures for capturing motion or still image video.
Audio: Your audio settings are configured here.
Current TV channel
Click your right mouse
Menu button
button here to see the
channel selector Click the Menu button to open the TV setup menu. Here is the main
control bar for TV channels, and duplicate controls for other functions:
Suite-Manager: Configure the TV tuner (scanning, channel pre set,
etc.) and setting up favourite channel lists.
Configuration: Duplicate configuration menus for colour, audio, etc.
TV-Mode Pause Record Playback
View: For settings an exact TV window size: 320x240, 640x480 etc.
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Slow Motion
Clicking the Slow Motion button during playback will cause the
Record
video to play in slow motion (at 1/2 speed). Clicking the Slow Motion
button again will return the video to normal playback speed.
File button
Clicking the File button opens the File menu. The last file record-
File
ed is listed in the File name box. In the File menu you can:
● Rename your recorded video file: To rename a video file, find the
Rewind Pause Stop Play Forward
file you would like to rename, highlight it with your mouse, and click
Play forward slow
and hold the right mouse button. Go down to Rename and then you
can type in a new name. Remember: you must keep the MPG
extension on the file.
● Play a video file previously recorded: Find the file you would like to
play, highlight it with your mouse (one click of the mouse button)
and click Open. Then click the Play button.
● 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.
Keyboard shortcuts
Sound up
Sound down- Page Down
Plus (+)
Minus (-)
Ctrl T
Ctrl P
5. WinTV-Scheduler
WinTV-Scheduler allows you to schedule the recording of TV shows.
WinTV-Scheduler, once it is set, can be closed, and the WinTV applica-
tion will "wake up" at the desired time and tuned to the desired channel.
After installation, WinTV-Scheduler can be found by going to
Start / Program files / Hauppauge WinTV.
To set up an event for timed watching or recording, click on the Add
Program.
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- Page Up - Mute on/off
Ctrl+M
ALT+M - Re-size TV menu
- Chanel Up 0-9 - Channel number
- Channel Down - Take a snapshot
Space bar
- Frame TV - Still image
Ctrl F
- Frame print
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