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4.2 Scanning for TV Channels (Digital) 

 
Before you can watch digital TV, you have to scan for available channels in your area. 
On the Menu Bar, click on 

Tool

, then click on 

Scan

.    You can also click on the 

Scan

 

button on the left side of the screen. 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Channel Scan: 

There are two ways to scan for available channels, Auto Scan and Transponder 
Scan. 

 
1.  Auto Scan: 

Select 

Auto Scan

, then select your country from the drop-down box and click 

Scan

.                        

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

During an Auto Scan, you will see a box showing you the progress of the scan.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2. Transponder Scan:  
 

You can also enter a frequency manually. Type in the Frequency in kHz, select the 
modulation, for DVBT,16QAM or 64QAM is usually correct, and then click “Scan”. 

 

 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for VIDEOWONDER CARDBUS DUAL

Page 1: ...deo composite video inputs for playing VCD DVD or V8 Bundle fantastic software DVD Moviefactory and Ulead ToolBox2 Support PIP Picture in Picture function Support real time recording from Digital TV Analog TV and Analog inputs like VCD DVD or V8 Watch TV in a resizable window or full screen Support Time Shifting function Capture still images from TV and be a wallpaper on desktop Listen to Free to ...

Page 2: ...analog digital P4 2GHz higher 256 MB RAM minimum 512 MB RAM recommended CD ROM or DVD drive 100 MB available hard disk space for installation TV antenna or TV cable for analog TV TV antenna or portable Digital terrestrial antenna included in package for digital TV Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or Windows XP Service Pack 1 2 Input Output Connections 2 1 VideoWonder CardBus Dual Connections The VideoW...

Page 3: ... source for your analog TV input If you use a home TV antenna for both digital and analog TV reception you may need to use a signal splitter to connect to the VideoWonder CardBus Dual 3 Installation The following sections provide step by step instructions on installing and configuring the card accessories and software 3 1 Software installation y First make sure that Windows XP Service Pack 1 or Wi...

Page 4: ...your Installation CD start it manually by running the InstallCD exe file located on the Installation CD or by clicking the Start button choosing Run and type D InstallCD exe if D is your CD ROM drive Click on DirectX and follow the prompts to install DirectX After the installation is completed shut down the computer 3 2 Installing the VideoWonder CardBus Dual 1 Simply slide the card into your note...

Page 5: ...place the Installation CD into your CD ROM drive Select Install from a list or specific location Advanced and click Next and Click Continue Anyway Now select Search for the best driver in these locations make sure Search removable media is checked and click Next Windows will now find the drivers on the Installation CD and install them automatically After installing the driver Windows will inform y...

Page 6: ...D MovieFactory If you want to edit the TV program you recorded please install the DVD MovieFactory This software is included so you can edit and burn your own DVDs If you do not want to install it please skip this step To install it click on DVD MovieFactory and follow the prompts When asked for the CD key you can find it on the envelope of your installation CD ...

Page 7: ...Switch to DVB TV 17 Skip to beginning 6 Start Stop PIP mode 18 Skip to end 7 Start Stop Twin mode 19 Mute on off 8 Open Scan settings 20 Volume bar 9 Switch to Play mode 21 Snapshot button 10 Swap main and second window In PIP mode 22 Fast Forward 11 Show hide channel list 23 Channel list 12 Toggle full screen windowed viewing mode 24 Teletex 11 12 13 18 19 20 21 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 22 23 24 14 1...

Page 8: ...he screen Channel Scan There are two ways to scan for available channels Auto Scan and Transponder Scan 1 Auto Scan Select Auto Scan then select your country from the drop down box and click Scan During an Auto Scan you will see a box showing you the progress of the scan 2 Transponder Scan You can also enter a frequency manually Type in the Frequency in kHz select the modulation for DVBT 16QAM or ...

Page 9: ...n all channels for availability and remove any bad channels You can also change your Country to set your TV Standard or you can change your TV Standard directly by using the dropdown boxes You can also change the Input Type to designate whether you use an home antenna Air or cable TV Cable You can also edit your channel list by using the checkboxes next to the channel name unchecked channels will ...

Page 10: ...V and an analog source at the same time Turns on and off Twin Mode which lets you watch digital TV and an analog source side by side Brings up the Scan Settings dialog Enters Play Mode and lets you view snapshots you have taken and watch video you have captured Swaps video between the main window and second window in PIP mode Teletex 4 5 Channel list On the right side of the interface is the chann...

Page 11: ... J arrow keys on keyboard to decrease or increase the volume Click on the speaker icon to mute the audio 5 Setting To access the Setting window on the menu bar click on Tools Setting Depending on your current source there will be different settings available to you 5 1 DVB Settings When you have DVB as your source you will see the following options ...

Page 12: ...path or click Browse go to the folder you want and click OK You can also choose to always have the DTV window on top of other applications by checking Always on top 5 1 2 Schedule Recording Here you find programs scheduled to be recorded Please refer to Chapter 7 3 for a description how to use Scheduled Recording ...

Page 13: ... your country In case you are in a country that uses 6 MHz Bandwidth like Taiwan for example select the entry with 6M After this you will need to restart your computer 5 1 4 TV Setting Here you can adjust some analog TV settings Select your country and TV standard to get proper reception in your area You can also select whether to receive Mono or Stereo for the currently selected channel and what ...

Page 14: ...Contrast Hue Saturation and Sharpness Clicking on Default will put the settings back to the factory default After finishing setting please press OK 5 2 2 Record Settings Record Settings let you adjust how you record files from the AV in and S Video sources Record MPEG Here you can define whether you want to record at Good Better or Best quality according to predefined settings When you choose Cust...

Page 15: ...pens the following screen Here you can Create a new profile Modify an existing one Duplicate a profile and Remove one or all of the existing profiles Create Profile General Here enter a name for the profile and a comment to help identify it Select MPEG 1 or MPEG 2 to use with the profile ...

Page 16: ...o use with the profile Video Here choose the Video Format the output size and the Bit Rate you wish to use When you click on Advanced from the above window another window will open where you can select the Frame Rate the Encoder level and whether the recording should be Inverted Deinterlace and or Off Line ...

Page 17: ...ded audio 1 mono 2 stereo Record SYSTEM By selecting SYSTEM in the Record Setting window you can access the codecs already installed in your system Depending on the codec you can access the properties of the codec and modify their settings by clicking on the Property button not available with all codecs ...

Page 18: ...utton you will see a second live stream at the bottom right When you are in PIP Mode you can switch between analogue TV S Video and AV in sources depending on which connection you want to view in the second window You can move the small window on the main window anywhere on the desktop and resize it by dragging it on its edges ...

Page 19: ...ecord button you can record video displayed in the main window When recording video then you will see REC above the play controls In DVB T mode you can record the pure MPEG 2 Audio and Video signal In analogue mode S Video or AV In you can record the signal in the format that you have specified in Record Settings Chapter 5 2 2 In both modes recorded files will be saved to the working directory whi...

Page 20: ...am right where you left it You also can fast forward past commercials or rewind to see a particular scene again To begin Time Shifting simply click the Time Shifting button The Time Shifting button will turn into a Pause Play button letting you to pause the video Clicking it again to begin playback right where you left it You will see a green bar at the bottom of the screen with a slider that show...

Page 21: ...e Shifting click on the Stop button You cannot change channels or video sources while Time Shifting 7 3 Schedule Recording You can access Schedule Recording from the Settings Menu as described in Chapter 5 1 2 and Chapter 5 2 4 Here you can see a list of items scheduled to record By clicking on the Add Button you are able to add a new scheduled recording the Delete button cancels the highlighted s...

Page 22: ...ant to record Finally enter a File Name for the recorded file if this is a weekly recording a number will be added to this name for each recording Example FileName01 mpg FileName02 mpg etc Click on the Add button to finish scheduling the recording 7 4 Snapshot You can take still image snapshots of video and save them to your hard drive To take a snapshot click on the Snapshot button and the curren...

Page 23: ... the left side of the interface Here you can select the file you wish to view on the right and it will display in the main window If the file is an image it will be displayed If the file is a movie clip it will begin to play You can pause play or stop the movie using the Pause Play and Stop buttons at the bottom of the interface ...

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