WinTV-dualHD
Quick Installation Guide for Windows
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WinTV-dualHD Dual Tuner ATSC/clearQAM receiver
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USB extension cable
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Portable TV antenna
(on some models)
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Credit card size remote
control (on some models)
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WinTV Installation CD-ROM
including the WinTV v8
application
Note: Please keep the
WinTV v8 serial number in a
safe place. It will be required
for future installations.
1.
Contents of the WinTV-dualHD package
Locate a free USB 2.0 port (normally located at the side or back
on the laptop or desktop). Plug the WinTV-dualHD into the USB
2.0 port. The
USB extension cable
can be used to position the
WinTV-dualHD away from your USB slot.
Note:
we do not recommend connecting via a USB Hub.
Plug an antenna for ATSC digital TV reception, or cable TV for
clearQAM digital TV reception, into the TV connector on WinTV-
dualHD.
If you are using ATSC HD TV,
it is recommended using a
roof top antenna during the first time installation.
This will
provide better signal quality then a portable antenna.
Signal Strength Indicator LEDs
The
Signal Strength LEDs
are green when you are tuned to a
strong digital TV signal, yellow when tuned to a moderate TV
signal and off when there is no (or a weak) TV signal. Each
tuner inside the WinTV-dualHD has an LED showing the signal
strength of the TV channels its tuned to.
3.
Installing the WinTV-dualHD device
ATSC digital TV is over-the-air digital TV for North
America.
ATSC digital TV typically requires an antenna for
reception, and is currently broadcast in 200 cities, with over
1500 TV stations.
ATSC digital TV
is transmitted in several resolutions, from
“standard definition” which is similar to cable TV, up to high
definition which has about 16 times the resolution of normal
cable TV. In any resolution, ATSC digital TV gives sharper
pictures than analog cable TV and near CD quality sound.
Clear QAM TV channels are digital cable TV channels
which are broadcast on cable TV “in the clear”. These digital
cable TV channels are broadcast in various resolutions, from
standard definition up to high definition. Please check with your
local cable TV operator on the availability of clear QAM TV
channels.
WinTV-dualHD has two built-in tuners for digital ATSC and digital
clear QAM TV. To receive ATSC, you will need an antenna. To
receive digital clear QAM or analog cable TV, you will need a cable
TV connection.
It uses your PC or laptop’s CPU for displaying both analog and
2.
What is ATSC and QAM digital TV, and
how does the WinTV-dualHD work?
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digital TV programs on your PC screen. The decoding of high
definition ATSC is very processor intensive, and the smoothness
of high definition TV progra ms depends upon how fast your PC
or laptop system is. Other PC activities that consume CPU
resources might affect the display of ATSC digital TV. Slow
video, jerky video and momentary pausing of video are all
results of a CPU which is temporarily being used by other
activities.
The supplied portable antenna is designed for ATSC digital TV
reception, and will work within 10 miles of an ATSC transmitter
(reception might be limited by obstructions such as steel
buildings).
For the best ATSC TV reception, a roof top ‘High gain’ antenna
is recommended. In the U.S., a good ATSC digital antenna
selector can be found at
www.antennaweb.org
N
ote: the latest WinTV-dualHD software can be found at
www.hauppauge.com/site/support/support_dualhd.html
N
ote: You may need to disable your antivirus programs during
the installation only.
Install your WinTV products (step 3). Turn on your PC, and boot
into Windows.
For Windows 10, 8 or 7:
You will see an
AutoPlay
message.
Click
Run Setup.exe
For Windows XP installa-
tions:
After you install your WinTV
device and boot Windows, a
'
Found New Hardware
' wizard
will appear.
Please cancel it and allow
Windows to load fully
before proceeding.
With
some WinTV products, you might see this message two or three
times. Please click ‘
Cancel
’
each time you see the
New
Hardware Wizard
.
For all versions of
Windows:
The
“
Hauppauge WinTV
Installation CD-ROM
” win-
dow will appear on the
screen.
N
ote: if the CD does
not autorun, navigate to the CD and run the 'Setup.exe'
file.
Select your language, then click the button labeled:
Step 1:
Install Drivers
. A blue screen will open and begin installing the
drivers for your WinTV.
Once the drivers have installed, click on the
Finish
bar to exit.
Install the WinTV applications
To run the WinTV v8 application
, double
click on the
WinTV icon
on your Windows
desk top.
When you run WinTV for the first time, the
WinTV
Device Setup Wizard
appears. Select
the TV source that you are using.
If your TV source is ATSC digital over-the-air TV
Select
Digital ATSC
and click
Next
. In the
ATSC Setup menu
,
click
Next
.
You will see
the Digital
ATSC Scan
scanning
for digital
over-the-air
channels.
The digital
TV
scanning
process will
scan from channels 2 to 51. As TV channels are found, they will
appear in the Channel box.
When complete, click
Next
/
Next
and
OK
.
N
ote: if you do not receive any ATSC digital TV channels, an
antenna signal booster might be needed. After adding a signal
booster, see below for instructions on rescanning and the
Troubleshooting section for information on choosing an antenna.
If your TV source is Clear QAM Digital Cable TV
Clear QAM
digital cable
TV channels
are those
TV channels
broadcast
on a digital
cable
network
which are
unencrypted
(‘free to
view’). If you
are using cable TV with clear QAM programs, chose
Digital
QAM
and
Next
.
Encrypted channels are automatically not selected. The
resulting channels in the list might be both standard and high
definition channels.
Rescanning TV channels
If you want to rescan for TV channels, click the
Configuration
menu
(
Gear button
in the lower left corner of WinTV v8).
Then click on the
Devices tab
. Chose your WinTV device by
clicking on it, then click
Tuner setup
. Chose the TV format you
want to scan, then click
Next
. Click
Next
and a new scan will be
started. When the scan is complete, click
Next
/
Next
and
OK
.
Once the WinTV v8 application is open, click the
Watch TV
button
to watch TV
.
To see the
TV Channel list
, click your
right mouse button
in
the TV window to display the
Options menu
. Select
Find
Channel
. You will see the channel list.
To display the channel list all the time, while the channel list is
displayed, click the
Channel list display always on button
.
Options menu
The Options menu
is the main menu where you can select
channels, turn on close captions, open the TV Scheduler, show
the TV Guide and many other of the most important TV control
functions.
To bring up the Options Menu
,
click your right mouse
button once in the TV window
.
6. Using the WinTV v8 application
To see the channel list
, click on
Find channel
. You will see
the list of channels which have been scanned. To show the
Channel menu as part of the TV window, click the
Channel list
always on
icon at the top of the channel list.
To turn on Close captions
, click on
Show Captions
.
To manually schedule a TV recording
, or to see which
programs have been scheduled, click on
Scheduler
.
To turn on the Always on Top mode
, click on
Stay on Top
.
Watch, Pause and Record TV
WinTV v8 is always recording video to your PC’s hard drive
while TV is being displayed. In this way, you can immediately
skip back and replay the TV program you are watching.
Clicking on the
Pause button
will cause the video to pause,
5. Running WinTV v8 for the first time
4.
Installing the WinTV-dualHD software
Click the button labeled
Step 2: Install WinTV
Click
Next.
The setup application
will then open and
begin automattically
installing the WinTV
application components.
The main applications
installed are the WinTV
v8 application for TV
watching and recording. Once complete, click
OK
then
Exit
.
Playback file menu
Options menu
Program Info
Settings menu
(Configuration)
Snapshot
Record/Pause/Play
controls
Current channel
name and number
Close WinTV
WinTV source selector
Channel list display
always on
Channel
up/down
Volume adjust
and mute
TV Channel
list
Fast channel
select
numbers
Click your right
mouse button on the
live TV window to see
the Options menu
Tuner 1
Green - good signal
Yellow - marginal signal
No LED - no signal
Tuner 2
Green - good signal
Yellow - marginal signal
No LED - no signal
Options menu
click your
right mouse button
to view
Playback menu
Channel list
TV Scheduler
Close captions
Always on top
