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Installation 

Start the computer. Make sure 

VideoMate U3

 is connected to your computer 

and insert the installation CD into your CD drive. 

Step 1.  Windows will detect a new device and start the Add/Remove 

Hardware Wizard. Please press 

Cancel

 and go to the next step. 

Step 2.  Insert the installation CD 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 U3 drivers, 

ComproDTV, ComproDVD, Ulead PhotoExplore 8.5 SE) or choose 

Custom

 to select item by item. Compro recommends you choose 

Complete

Step 3.  If you see the Windows Logo testing message, below, please press 

“Continue Anyway” to proceed. 

 

Step 4.  Press 

Next

 to install ComproDTV, ComproDVD, Ulead PhotoExplore 

8.5 SE. 

Step 5.  After each program is successfully installed, press 

Finish

 to proceed. 

Step 6.  When installation completes, press 

Finish

 to restart computer. 

Step 7.  Connect TV signal. 

Step 8.  Open ComproDTV to enjoy the show. 

Continue Anyway

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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