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5. 

Power Issue:

 VideoMate U3 takes power from the USB 2.0 port. 

Note:

 

PCMCIA and USB hub won’t provide enough power so that you have to use 
PCMCIA and USB hub with adapter plug-in in order to take power from it.   

Sometimes plugging in another USB 2.0 port may help. Some 
motherboards and notebook’s USB 2.0 ports do not meet the USB 
standard providing the standard 5V 500mA power. In these cases, 
VideoMate U3 will not have enough power to work. Please contact 
computer vendor for the issue. 

6. 

No Signal: 

In order to receive digital terrestrial TV broadcasts, an antenna 

is crucial. Digital terrestrial TV broadcast uses about the same wave 
frequencies as analog TV (VHF and UHF). It’s recommended to have a 
fishbone-like antenna (see figure) on the roof for reception.   

Make sure you position the antenna in the 
direction of the TV broadcast base. Adjust 
the position for the best reception.   

Digital terrestrial TV determined by 
government policy. The broadcast bases will 
be increased in order to cover the entire 
country. Please check the related 
government website for more information 

about the strength of digital terrestrial TV broadcast in your area.   

You can check how good the signal is in your location by a simple test. 
Please plug in the antenna into an analog TV set. Then check if this 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 blank screen or the video will be 
scrambled.  

7. 

No Video:

 In order to decode DVB-T MPEG-2 file format, you have to 

install the Ulead PhotoExplore 8.5 SE on the installation CD for decoding. 

8. 

No Audio:

 Check the Mute and Volume settings in the 

Windows 

Volume 

Control dialog. (Double-click on the speaker icon in the system tray.) Check 
the Mute and Volume settings in the 

ComproDTV 

Volume Control dialog. 

9. 

Can’t record:

 Make sure that your hard drive has plenty space for 

recording. ComproDTV needs to use components of Ulead PhotoExplore 
8.5 SE on the installation CD. If your computer doesn’t have PhotoExplore, 
ComproDTV will fail to record. Please install Ulead PhotoExplore 8.5 SE. 

10. 

Video lags:

 It’s possible that signal is not strong enough. Please verify it as 

above step. While receiving HDTV programs, VideoMate U3 needs full 
speed USB 2.0 bandwidth to transfer data and a lot of CPU usage to 
decode. Please also check the CPU usage if reaches 100% while watch 
HDTV programs. 2.4 GHz is recommended for HDTV watching and 

Summary of Contents for U3 - START UP GUIDE

Page 1: ...VideoMate U3 Digital Terrestrial USB 2 0 TV 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: ...Table of Contents About This Guide 2 VideoMate U3 Contents 3 Installation 4 ComproDTV 2 5 5 Troubleshooting 12...

Page 4: ...REQUIREMENTS 600 MHz Pentium III or equivalent CPU for watching digital TV 128 MB RAM Sound card Open USB 2 0 port CD ROM drive for software installation Windows XP SP1 Windows 2000 SP4 or above 50 MB...

Page 5: ...3 VideoMate U3 Contents We suggest to connect VideoMate U3 with your laptop as the picture below VideoMate U3 USB extension cable Software CD Manual TV connector Antenna...

Page 6: ...exe on the installation CD You can choose Complete to install all necessary software VideoMate U3 drivers ComproDTV ComproDVD Ulead PhotoExplore 8 5 SE or choose Custom to select item by item Compro r...

Page 7: ...tions are 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...

Page 8: ...he 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 n...

Page 9: ...channel images to give you an overview of available programming EPG Electronic Program Guide You can press the EPG button to open the EPG dialog box EPG can provides lots of information about the TV...

Page 10: ...ress the Record button ComproDTV starts recording the video source currently showing in the display window It will save it to a file on your disk Press the Stop button to stop recording ComproDTV will...

Page 11: ...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...

Page 12: ...ay select OK to return to the display window or customize the channel list according to your preferences as described below Channel Properties You can customize the channel names by double click on th...

Page 13: ...green icon However you can shorten the list of enabled channels to reduce channel browsing time Customize your list by enabling or disabling channels from the channel list by clicking on the green ico...

Page 14: ...ur computer has USB 2 0 or not Usually you will see USB 2 0 Root Hub device in the Sound video and game controllers section of Windows Device Manager 3 Driver issue You should see VideoMate U3 drivers...

Page 15: ...an check how good the signal is in your location by a simple test Please plug in the antenna into an analog TV set Then check if this TV set can receive a good TV signal If the picture is not clear th...

Page 16: ...If above doesn t help please check support FAQs Frequently Asked Questions on our web site http www comprousa com support You are welcome to download the latest software from our website as well Most...

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