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Playback  

Press the 

Play

 button 

  to open the 

Play

 dialog box.   

Timeshifting 

Timeshifting temporarily saves the video to your hard disk for a specified 
period of time so that you can pause, replay, or skip commercials during live TV, 
without interrupting an ongoing recording session.   

Press the

 Timeshifting

 

  button and the Time Monitoring bar will appear.   

You may also press the 

Advance 

(for commercial skip) and 

Replay 

(for instant 

replay) buttons on the control panel or remote control to navigate through the 
program. When you return to your seat, you can resume viewing the program 
from the point when you left. 

PIP/POP (Picture In/Out Picture) mode   

Usually, digital TV station broadcasts multiple programs on one frequency. 
Therefore, ComproDTV supports up to four windows watching additional TV 
program of same frequency on another window if available. You can press the 

Add Window

 

  button to open a sub window for that. Please see the following 

illustration.  
Main window has all features while sub window has limited functions only. 
Double-click on the sub window can switch the TV program to the main window.   
 

Double-click on the sub window can switch the 

TV program to the main window. 

Summary of Contents for S500 - STARTUP

Page 1: ...VideoMate S500 DVB S USB 2 0 TV Tuner Box Start Up Guide Compro Technology Inc www comprousa com...

Page 2: ...respective owners Compro makes no warranties with respect to this documentation and disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability quality or fitness for any particular purpose The information in...

Page 3: ...Guide 2 About VideoMate S500 DVB S Tuner Box 2 VideoMate S500 USB 2 0 Box Contents 4 VideoMate S500 TV Box Connectors 5 Software Installation 6 Remote Shut Down 7 Remote Control Key Definition and Us...

Page 4: ...ing and a multi function remote Control Additionally VideoMate S500 also provides a Video capture function so that you can transfer videos from video devices such as video cameras to your PC MINIMUM S...

Page 5: ...aphics Box or on board graphics chip supports DirectX 9 0 z Available USB 2 0 port z CD ROM for software installation z Windows XP SP2 Vista 32 bit Not support 64 bit version of XP and Vista system z...

Page 6: ...4 VideoMate S500 USB 2 0 Box Contents IR Remote Control batteries included VideoMate S500 USB 2 0 Box Power Adapter Software CD Start Up Guide USB 2 0 cable...

Page 7: ...PC with USB 2 0 cable Name Function Description POWER Power Connector To use DC 12V 1A adapter to provide enough power COMP IN Composite video in Composite video in connector can connect to DVD V8 Vid...

Page 8: ...omproDVD 2 or choose by your own We suggest you to use full Installation Step 3 Please follow the instruction to install the software Step 4 Please press next to install software such as ComproDTV Ste...

Page 9: ...SLEEP key a second time is the same 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...

Page 10: ...used VOL Volume Volume REC Record Snapshot TV VIDEO TV S Video Add to bookmark Backward Replay Rewind Play Pause Timeshifting Playback Stop Stop Stop Forward Advance Forward CC Closed caption Select...

Page 11: ...e available at all times and may be grayed out or inaccessible depending on your hardware setup and TV services available The following pages describe the ComproDTV control panel functions and tips fo...

Page 12: ...m supports it Options You can press the Options button to open the Options dialog box You can change detail settings of ComproDTV here Channel Scan DiSEqC Switch Mode 1 Easy Mode Easy Mode is for user...

Page 13: ...n first Scan the specific frequency ONLY This scanning mode will specifically scan a frequency usually used when the signal is weak and has been lost during other type of scanning mode LNB Settings Th...

Page 14: ...nce settings Each of these mode will have 2 4 tabs to switch between different satellites i e under 4 ports DiSEqC1 2 switch will have Port S1 Port S2 Port S3 and Port S4 tab Note Compro S500 supports...

Page 15: ...rename For digital TV channels you can do more changes on the channel s property by right click the mouse on the Description field of the channel for edit Set Mem During the Autoscan process ComproDT...

Page 16: ...ites as My Channel Lists checkbox You can see the window below Select the channel you wish to add to my favorite and press the proper arrow button You may double click on the channel to move it as wel...

Page 17: ...ideo recorder and save the digital TV program to MPEG 2 and TS Transport Stream format to your hard disk To instantly start recording Press the Record button ComproDTV starts recording the video sourc...

Page 18: ...gate through the program When you return to your seat you can resume viewing the program from the point when you left PIP POP Picture In Out Picture mode Usually digital TV station broadcasts multiple...

Page 19: ...ub window will show black if there is no additional program on this frequency Sub window has no full screen mode Please double click on sub window to switch program with main window in order to do so...

Page 20: ...icture in Picture feature and you still can do Stop Pause Forward Backward Mute Snapshot Windows Alignment and Channel Up Down on the sub window Click the right button of mouse on TV display window to...

Page 21: ...anual in the installation CD Control Panel The following describe the ComproDVD control panel functions and tips for using ComproDVD The following figure gives you the function of the button with Hot...

Page 22: ...installation of the TV capture and TV tuner drivers If you have problems watching recording or timeshifting live TV please check the status of the drivers with Device Manager You should see VideoMate...

Page 23: ...remote control sensor which is plugged into the TV Box may be loose Please unplug it and plug it in again You should also check the batteries of the remote control Do not use rechargeable batteries Ve...

Page 24: ...of the requested information as possible Please write the details in order to determine the problem And also provide the product serial number 15 digits numbers on the USB 2 0 Box Please use the form...

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