VideoMate Vista H900F
PCI TV Tuner Card
Start Up Guide
Compro Technology, Inc.
www.comprousa.com
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Page 3: ...INIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS z PIII 1 7 GHz or above CPU for DVD Quality recording or timeshifting z 512 MB System Memory z Sound card or on board sound chip z Graphics card or on board graphics chip support DirectX9 0 z Open PCI slot z CD ROM drive for software installation z Windows XP SP2 or Vista x86 x64 z 50 MB free disk space for basic software installation RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS z P4...
Page 4: ... H900F PCI TV card FM antenna External Audio patch cable Installation CD Start Up Guide 1 to 4 converter cable IR cable Windows Media Center remote Batteries F type to I type converter Power switch patch cable Low Profile Bracket Ulead Software CD ...
Page 5: ...audio patch cable to connect to the Line In port of your sound card S Video In Black Use an S Video patch cable to connect to a video source such as a VCR DVD or VCD 4 1 to 4 converter cable Composite In Yellow Use a Composite video patch cable to connect to a video source such as a VCR DVD or VCD 5 To Case Power Switch Connect the ATX Power Switch cable of your computer case here 6 To Mainboard P...
Page 6: ... 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 Note On the mainboard the ATX power switch pins are usually labeled POWER SW or similar It is vital to remember the position of these pins for a later step in the installation process 4 Unplug the ATX pow...
Page 7: ... 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 Verify that the power cord to your PC case is unplugged 8 Insert VideoMate TV in an open PCI slot Compro recommends install...
Page 8: ...ATX power supply in your PC z Mainboard support for PCI version 2 2 in order to have 3 3V standby power z An ATX power switch cable which is a pair of twisted wires with a two wire connector as shown to the right If the don t have the above items you can still use Power Up Scheduling with Windows Stand by mode i e ACPI S1 S3 state if your system supports it If your ATX power switch cable in your P...
Page 9: ... into your CD drive If you have Autorun enabled the installer will start automatically If Autorun is disabled double click on setup exe on the installation CD You can choose Complete to install all necessary software VideoMate H900 H900F Driver ComproDTV 4 ComproFM 2 or choose Custom to select item by item Compro recommends you choose Complete Step 3 If you see the Windows Logo testing message bel...
Page 10: ...ut down the computer by remote control as well No more mouse clicks on the screen This feature converts your PC into a convenient home entertainment video appliance Using Remote Wake Up After install the TV card driver put batteries in the remote control Pressing the power button on the top of remote control it will start your computer Note You must correctly install the driver and Power Up connec...
Page 11: ...me as pressing the Cancel button You may also use your mouse to press the cancel button Press OK to immediately shutdown the computer When watching TV i e ComproDTV is running Just press the CLEAR button on the lower left corner on the remote keypad repeatedly you will see the text on the screen turns to SLEEP OFF SLEEP ON 30 MINUTES SLEEP ON 1 HOUR SLEEP ON 2 HOURS and SHUTDOWN When the text show...
Page 12: ...deoMate Vista H900F 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 Premium Ultimate it may not be used in Windows XP system ...
Page 13: ... 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 Playlist OK 25 EPG US only Open on line help Back 26 Start Media Center Start Media Center Start Media Center 27 Zoom In Out Max Min More 28 Volume up Volume up Volume up 29 Volume down Volume down Volume down 30 ...
Page 14: ...of screen Skip Forward 41 Enter frequency 42 Channel surf 43 Sleep function Sleep function Clear 44 Zoom 45 Playlist Playlist Enter 46 C C Language Red 47 ComproDVD ComproDVD Green 48 ComproDTV ComproDTV Yellow 49 ComproFM ComproFM Blue 50 Setup Setup Teletext on off ...
Page 15: ...TV 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 than eight files in folder the ninth file or rest of files will not be display The figure in below shows the playlist style If clicking any files the gadget will change to play mode from playlist mo...
Page 16: ...TV 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 recorded video files Because undocked gadget lacks playlist if you wants to play a file in undocked mode you can drop a file into the window of gadget to play a file in docked mode you can also play a file ...
Page 17: ...ick the 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 function is working on the text will turn blue to red while your mouse cross over it Full Screen button To enable the full screen mode of live the TV window Channel Scanning button To channel scan all the available ch...
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 you have Step 2 Choose one IR function you want to change Step3 Set the IR dialog you want and press OK button ...
Page 19: ... 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 Windows Media Center interface to make you more convenient Open and close the ComproDTV 4 control panel To open more options please move your cursor to the top bottom of the Control Panel until you see your cursor become You may clic...
Page 20: ...age 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 Source V Options O Schedule B Left Right Audio Switch Reduce Window F2 All Windows F6 Add Window F3 Windows Alignment EPG E Closed Caption C Teletext X No function Volume Mute M Timeshift bar Rewind L...
Page 21: ...or use default channel table to do the scanning Autoscan The first time you start ComproDTV 4 Autoscan will automatically scan for available TV channels for TV signals You can rescan the channels at any time by pressing the Autoscan button When Autoscan is finished detected channels are automatically enabled and marked with the green check mark Channels where a valid signal could not be detected a...
Page 22: ...do more changes on the channel s property by right click the mouse on the Description field of the channel you wish to edit Custom Settings for each channel You can customize each channel properties by click the icon in Custom Settings filed and edit it Using my favorite channel list You can click to select using my favorite channel list from option window And exit the list by yourselves to makes ...
Page 23: ... Channel Up Channel Down Mute Windows Alignment and Close respectively Slave window can be resized by mouse dragging lower left corner to any ratio Advanced Multiple Video Display Mode ComproDTV 4 also supports 2 or above Compro products connect and watch it at the same time If you have more than one Compro analog or digital TV cards and USB TV box you can use it to watch the live TV from differen...
Page 24: ...nother frequency slave 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 click on slave window to switch program with main window in order to do so It is available to hear audio on multiple programs at the same time You can mute or un mute the sound of...
Page 25: ...ow You can setup to save it as jpg or bmp format in the ComproDTV option Æ interface And also setup the picture compress quality in jpg file Recording ComproDTV 4 is a digital video recorder and save full motion TV program which provide hardware MPEG 1 2 and software MPEG 2 4 format recording to your hard disk To instantly start recording Press the Record button ComproDTV 4 starts recording the vi...
Page 26: ... you return to your seat you can resume viewing the program from the point when you left Straight to Disc Click on the top left corner of the icon on the control panel and select Straight to Disc You 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 Star...
Page 27: ... 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 you the function of the button with Hot Key Options S Close CTRL W Last Channel N Backward Å Schedule Record B Frequency K Channel Down Page down Volume Minimize Z Mute M Record R Channel Up Page Up Al...
Page 28: ...on of Windows Device Manager If these drivers are not there uninstalling and reinstalling the VideoMate H900 driver can help Use the Add Remove Programs Control Panel applet to uninstall the drivers Reinstalling the drivers should fix this problem Why won t my PC start Don t panic The most common reason for this is because you connected the ATX power switch cable to the wrong pins on the mainboard...
Page 29: ...card When you set up for scheduled recording VideoMate Vista H900F PCI card will issue the Power Up signal to the computer until ComproDTV 4 starts If your computer cannot start ComproDTV 4 for some reason the TV tuner card will try to wake up PC even while you shut it down Unplug the main power cord to reset VideoMate TV card You can shut down the computer normally after that Other possible cause...
Page 30: ... for playback Uninstalling the CODEC software will help Also reinstalling DirectX usually solves the problem See our website for how to reinstall DirectX Can I playback recorded video in main window Yes you may deselect Playback in PIP mode in Video Audio tab which can be found under Options of ComproDTV 4 You may also playback in sub window then double click the screen to switch the content of th...
Page 31: ... Contacting Compro Technical Support Before you submit an email for support please check support FAQs on our 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 support please use the Compro support request form and provide as much of the requested information...
