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5.  Connect the black socket of Power 

Up patch cable to the power switch 
connector on the mainboard. 

 

 

 

6. Connect the white socket of Power Up 

patch cable to the connector named “JS2” 
on the VideoMate Vista E650F PCIe 
Tuner card. 

 

 

Note 

Double check your work. If you plug the cables into the incorrect pins, your 
PC may not start or otherwise function improperly. 

Connect the white end of the Power Up patch cable to the TV tuner card and 
the black end to the mainboard.   

Power Up Scheduling is not required for using VideoMate Vista E650F PCIe 
card. If you don’t want to use Power Up Scheduling from the Windows Shut 
down state, you can skip the power switch circuit connections, in other words, 
you can skip Power Up Connections in steps 3 through 6. You can still use 
scheduled recording from Standby mode or powered on state. 

7.  Insert VideoMate Vista E650F PCIe card in an open PCIe slot.   

This completes the hardware installation. Please read the following notes and 
proceed to install the software. 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for E650F - START UP GUIDE

Page 1: ...VideoMate Vista E650F Hybrid D A PCIe Tuner Card Start Up Guide Compro Technology Inc www comprousa com...

Page 2: ...d 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 Other nam...

Page 3: ...o watch TV on your PC z 1 7 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent CPU for DVD Quality recording or timeshifting z 512 MB System Memory z Sound card z Open PCI Express x1 slot z CD ROM drive for software instal...

Page 4: ...about the same wave UHF as analog TV It s recommended to have a fishbone like antenna on the roof for receiving More details can be found in the troubleshooting chapter of this manual Digital TV broad...

Page 5: ...Contents Vista E650F TV card IR cable Installation CD Start Up Guide Windows Media Center remote Power switch patch cable FM antenna Low Profile Bracket Ulead Software CD Batteries I type to F type co...

Page 6: ...o source such as a VCR DVD or VCD Option for composite video patch cable not included in the package Component Video Input Green Connect to the video device with component video output Component video...

Page 7: ...ch pins on your computer case and trace the wires to the power switch connector on your mainboard The ATX power switch cable is normally a twisted pair cable with a two pin connector as shown above No...

Page 8: ...patch cable to the TV tuner card and the black end to the mainboard Power Up Scheduling is not required for using VideoMate Vista E650F PCIe card If you don t want to use Power Up Scheduling from the...

Page 9: ...computer before 3 54 in order to let Power Up start the computer Power Up from Windows Shutdown mode i e ACPI S5 state requires z An ATX power supply in your PC z Motherboard support for PCI Express x...

Page 10: ...proDTV 4 and ComproFM 2 or choose Custom to install selected item by item We also provide the DirectX 9 and Acrobat Reader 6 0 software on the installation CD you can explorer the CD folder and instal...

Page 11: ...eoMate Vista E650F bundles the easy to use Microsoft certified remote control to controls the Windows Media Center and also ComproDTV ComproFM software Some keys are special designed for Windows Vista...

Page 12: ...ereo SAP Up arrow Up arrow 21 Replay or switch TV format Scan channel Down Left arrow 22 Down arrow or snapshot Down arrow Down arrow 23 Advance in Timeshifting Scan channel Up Right arrow 24 OK Playl...

Page 13: ...ment video appliance Using Remote Power On Off Make sure you follow the instructions of the installation guide You will be able to use Remote Power On Off immediately Remote Power On Please put batter...

Page 14: ...countdown 20 seconds to shutdown the computer If you don t want to shut down the computer please press the CLEAR button again in other words pressing the CLEAR key a second time is the same as pressin...

Page 15: ...V mode Start Stop Live TV Play pause from playlist Channel Up in live TV mode Start stop record live TV Mute Playlist mode It just displays first eight files in the list you recorded if there are more...

Page 16: ...V playback video mode and its size is bigger than docked one You can direct drag the gadget window to the other place out the sidebar and shows the bigger undock window to watch TV or playback recorde...

Page 17: ...just click the Windows Media Center icon program library DTV Add In and you can enjoy Live TV at Windows Media Center While this environment provide you some useful function shown as below when the fu...

Page 18: ...in your system bar You can choose the Option to enter the setup window Setup Step 1 Choose the type of your remote control There are many type of remote from Compro please select the remote picture as...

Page 19: ...stem in your PC such as Windows MCE Vista Premium Vista Ultimate this function can replace the windows remote control HID can also combine the Compro software control in the MCE interface to make you...

Page 20: ...ge down Stop S Record R and Record Option Channel Up Page Up with Quick Channel list I Play P Pause U Volume Mute M Num Pad W Channel Surf F Timeshift T Snapshot Space Last Channel N Repeat Playback S...

Page 21: ...the method of scanning TV programs Select your choice here or use default channel table to do the scanning Autoscan The first time you start ComproDTV 4 Autoscan will automatically scan for available...

Page 22: ...ribed below Channel Naming You can customize the channel names by double click on the Description field of the channel you wish to rename You can do more changes on the channel s property by right cli...

Page 23: ...window can switch the TV program to the main window Alignment Window button will put slave window s into main window which is convenient for you to watch multiple programs on full screen mode The but...

Page 24: ...window s will move to available programs of another frequency The slave window will show black if there is no additional program on this frequency Slave window has no full screen mode Please double cl...

Page 25: ...ormats recording in digital and MPEG 1 2 4 formats recording in analog TV To instantly start recording Press the Record button ComproDTV 4 starts recording the video source currently showing in the di...

Page 26: ...u can see the straight to disc dialog as above Format Display the recording format Device Choose the DVD R device here Erase Disk If the disc is re writable and not empty you need to erase it first St...

Page 27: ...e check the help file of ComproFM or the manual in the installation CD Control Panel The following describe the ComproFM control panel functions and tips for using ComproFM The following figure gives...

Page 28: ...site Driver Installation The most common cause of problems with the TV Tuner Card is incorrect installation of the TV capture and TV tuner drivers If you have problems watching recording or timeshifti...

Page 29: ...TV set can receive a good TV signal If the picture is not clear the digital terrestrial TV broadcast signal is about the same The difference is when the program data is not sufficient you may see a b...

Page 30: ...4 on the default OS 2 There may be other independent problems preventing Windows from starting normally Solution Remove the VideoMate Vista E650F PCIe card and troubleshoot PC start up Remember to cor...

Page 31: ...the remote If you see no response please move your mouse cursor on the IR icon If you see it shows No Device your drivers may not be not properly installed Please remove ComproDTV 4 using Add Remove p...

Page 32: ...r web site http www comprousa com New tw supports html You can download the latest update from our website Many issues should be solved on the newer version When contacting Compro for technical suppor...

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