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Chapter I Setting up your FlyVideo Card

Chapter I

Setting up your FlyVideo Card

1.1 Package Contents

Unpack your

FlyVideo

series

package and be sure that all items

are intact. The following items should be included in your
FlyVideo series package:

•

FlyVideo TV/video capture card (FlyVideo’98 or
FlyVideo’98 FM)

•

Audio Cable

•

Remote control (optional)

•

Remote control receiver cable (optional)

•

FM Antenna (for FlyVideo’98 FM model only)

•

Quick Installation Guide or User’s Manual

•

Installation CD-ROM

1.2 System Requirements

•

IBM PC or compatible

•

133 MHz CPU or better processor

•

Minimum 16 MB on-board memory

•

Minimum 10 MB hard disk space available

•

Free PCI slot

•

VGA and with DirectDraw driver supporting 15 bit color or
higher

•

MS Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0

•

TV antenna or cable from

CATV

•

Speakers for audio output

•

Sound card, PC camera, V8 or Camcorder for Video
Conferencing

•

CD-ROM drive

Summary of Contents for FlyVideo series

Page 1: ...FlyVideo TV Video Capture Card User s Manual Jan 2000 ...

Page 2: ... not be held responsible for any loss of information stemming from the use of FlyVideo series product LifeView is a registered trademark of Animation Technologies Inc IBM and IBM PC are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation MS DOS MS Windows and MS Windows 95 98 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other brand names are registered trademarks of thei...

Page 3: ...4 Software Installation 6 1 4 1 Windows 98 Driver Installation 6 1 4 2 Windows 95 Driver Installation 10 1 4 3 Lifeview Utility Installation 12 Chapter II Running FlyVideo Program 2 1 User Interface 17 2 2 Video Capture 25 2 3 Using the FlyRadio Application 29 2 4 Accelerator Keys Summary 31 Appendix A Remote Controller A 1 Appendix B Q A B 1 Licensing and Warranties C 1 ...

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Page 5: ...d TCP IP based network Capture and display live video from VCR LD or camcorder on your computer directly Supports NTSC PAL PAL M PAL N and SECAM video standards Scales captures edits and stores video images Color control for brightness contrast hue and saturation Watch broad cast TV or cable TV programs Automatic scan preview and memorize available TV channels Supports ITU T H 324 and H 263 compre...

Page 6: ...ptional Remote control receiver cable optional FM Antenna for FlyVideo 98 FM model only Quick Installation Guide or User s Manual Installation CD ROM 1 2 System Requirements IBM PC or compatible 133 MHz CPU or better processor Minimum 16 MB on board memory Minimum 10 MB hard disk space available Free PCI slot VGA and with DirectDraw driver supporting 15 bit color or higher MS Windows 95 98 or Wind...

Page 7: ...ct any available PCI slot and remove the slot cover screw etc 3 Press the FlyVideo card firmly into the slot until it snaps in place And secure the card by replacing the screw you remove from step 2 4 Plug the TV cable onto FlyVideo series capture card s antenna adapter input 5 Connecting video devices For FlyVideo 98 users 1 SVHS Input mini DIN 4 pin 2 To TV antenna 3 AV Input RCA 4 Audio Input 3...

Page 8: ...eo series capture card to the Line in of your sound card Step3 Connect the Speak out or Line out connector of your sound card to the speaker Step4 Connect the microphone to the Mic input of your sound card Microphone not included Step5 Connect your VCR camcorder or PC camera to the AV Input of FlyVideo 98 capture card For FlyVideo 98 FM User ...

Page 9: ...tenna input Step2 Plug the supplied Radio aerial cable into the FM connector Step3 Connect the Audio output of FlyVideo series capture card to the Line in of your sound card Step4 Connect the Speak out or Line out connector of your sound card to the speaker Step5 Connect the microphone to the Mic input of your sound card Microphone not included Step6 Connect your VCR camcorder or PC camera to the ...

Page 10: ...ystem monitoring applications 1 4 1 Windows 98 Driver Installation The installation procedures and screens of Windows 95 and Windows 98 are slightly different This section will discuss driver installation under Windows 98 The next section will discuss driver installation under Windows 95 As soon as your system is done booting the following screen will appear Windows 98 has detected new hardware an...

Page 11: ...ppears will ask how you would like the drivers to be installed Select the first option Search for the best driver for your device Recommended and click the Next button The next dialog window will ask you where the drivers are located and present locations available ...

Page 12: ...rect CD ROM drive if necessary Click on Next when you are ready to proceed The next dialog box shows that Window 98 is ready to install driver for FlyVideo 98 Video click on Next button to start Windows 98 will start copying files Then the next dialog box shows that the Window 98 is finished installing the software click on Finish button to continue ...

Page 13: ...cessfully installed the FlyVideo 98 Video driver into your system The following window will confirm that Click Finish to complete driver installation The next dialog will show to install driver for FlyVideo 98 Audio Repeat the step as installing driver for FlyVideo 98 Video ...

Page 14: ...ng that it found a new device previously not installed Windows 95 will then launch the Add New Hardware Wizard and display the following screen At this point make sure you have the Lifeview Utility CD ROM inserted into the CD ROM drive Click Next to proceeds Windows will scan the floppy drive and the CD ROM drive in search of the drivers If you have the Lifeview CD ROM inserted into the CD ROM dri...

Page 15: ... get a screen displayed below if the default path for driver installation isn t correct or doesn t exist If you do not get the screen below then your default path is pointed at the CD ROM drive and you may skip over the next two steps If this is the case click OK and set the default path to the CD ROM drive as shown below ...

Page 16: ...und your CD ROM drive correctly Click OK to finish 1 4 3 Lifeview Utility Installation The drivers are now successfully installed The next step is to install the Lifeview Utility application Click on Start Run to bring up the Run dialog box In the Open space type the following D INSTALL EXE to access this file from the CD ROM You may substitute any other drive letter for D if your CD ROM drive is ...

Page 17: ...FlyVideo Card 13 Click on Lifeview Utility Driver to start the application installation process The following screen will ask you to select which drivers to install Select the Windows 95 98 to begin Click on English to continue ...

Page 18: ...directory you want to install the application Accept the default directory or type in a different directory you want and click on OK button to continue The next dialog box will ask you for TV Standard that is using in your area Please check with your vendor for correct TV Standard ...

Page 19: ...15 The next dialog box is confirming the application installation is completed Click on Ok button to continue You will be prompted by Windows 98 95 to reboot the system so all changes may take effect Click on Yes button to restart the system ...

Page 20: ...e now successfully installed the FlyVideo 98 drivers and application Note that there are other applications available to install off of the CD ROM installation program The one you may need to use is the DirectX 5 0 if the FlyVideo 98 application doesn t run correctly ...

Page 21: ...up window shown as below Or go to Start programs LifeView FlyVideo 98 FlyVideo FlyVideo Series Program Group Window 2 1 User Interface This section describes details on how to operate FlyVideo efficiently Please check the indicated button numbers below for further description For FlyVideo 98 users Button Description 1 Power Off Press this button to terminate FlyVideo program ...

Page 22: ...switch to TV source 6 AV Press this button to switch to AV source 7 SVHS Press this button to switch to external S Video source 8 FM Radio optional Click on this button to start FM radio If you are using the FM Radio for the first time please click on button and click on button The first 10 scanned FM stations will be stored in the memory automatically 1 Mute 2 Volume down 3 Volume up 4 FM frequen...

Page 23: ...y option respectively Frequency Up Down method Step Mode Use and to tune to previous next frequency every 0 2 MHz Seek Mode Use and to tune to previous next available station Stations will need to be scanned through first Add this frequency to up down list Use this check box to add or delete a FM station from the memory To delete a station tune to a station click on deselect the check mark in the ...

Page 24: ...st the video attribute either positive or negative depending on which way the slide pointer is dragged Also note the column down the right side Those are broadcast standards for the entire world It is defaulted for NTSC the standard in North America If you reside outside of North America choose the broadcast standard most appropriate for your country Figure 2 1 1 Video Setting Dialog Box To exit o...

Page 25: ...to increase the volume 13 Channel Display This area will display the current channel number if the current video display is set to TV If the current display is set to AV or SVHS then a Volume Display will show in place of the Channel Display When you double click on this area between Volume button and Scan Show button you will see a dialog box similar as shown see Figure 2 1 2 Figure 2 1 2 ...

Page 26: ...on it again to turn off 3 To remove the channel from favorite channel list double click on it 4 Click on Ok button to go back to TV program 14 Scan Show This button will activate the Scan Show function This function will allow you to scan view multiple TV channels The following instructions below will allow you to get the most out of this function To view a particular station in the frame move the...

Page 27: ...he live video window to terminate the Scan Show Put the rest of the side notes below this ie Viewing in 800x600 etc Also incomplete scans 15 Channel Down Click on this button to go down to next valid channel 16 Channel Up Click on this button to go up to previous valid channel 17 TV Setting Click on this button for TV setting A dialog box shown as Figure 2 1 3 will be display Figure 2 1 3 ...

Page 28: ... your desired channel by press number buttons 2 Type in the name CNN ESPN Discovery in the white blank and click on Set button 3 Repeat step 1 and 2 to make another channel naming 4 Click on OK button to finish setting Note If you have not completed a Standard scan the channel up down buttons will simply increment by one through each channel instead of skipping to the next valid channel It is not ...

Page 29: ... variety of different sources such as VCRs television laser disk or camcorders To do this press your right mouse button anywhere inside the video window shown as Figure 2 2 1 below Figure 2 2 1 Video Window Then it brings up a pop up menu Figure 2 2 2 below Please consult each indicated number below for further explanation Figure 2 2 2 Pop up Video Capture Menu ...

Page 30: ...ox appears 2 Type in the file name and click on Ok button to save Snapshot to Clipboard Steps 1 Click on Snapshot to Clipboard button 2 Paste the image into a running software e g MS Word MS Excel Adobe Photoshop Full Motion Capture Steps 1 Click on Full Motion Capture button a Full Motion Capture dialog box appears ...

Page 31: ...on Capture menu select Capture Settings option a dialog box appears Change the Frame Rate and Enable Capture Time Limit as you wish Click on Ok button to go back to previous menu 4 Select Capture Capture Video to start recording 5 It will automatically end recording in which time you set in step 3 Note Click on left button of the mouse to end recording if you have disabled Capture Time Limit ...

Page 32: ...AVI File Use this button to play AVI file that you have previously recorded Hide Video Window Use this button to close the Video Display Window Aspect Ratio 4 3 Use this button to re size your Video Display Window with a ratio of 4 length to 3 height ...

Page 33: ...on A Power off Press this button to terminate FlyRadio program B Configuration Press this button to select Odd Even frequency detect C Minimize Press this button to minimize the FlyRadio front panel D Auto preset Press this button to auto search ten valid frequency until ten valid frequency arrived or user press stop button E Search previous valid frequency Press this button to search a valid freq...

Page 34: ...by step Press this button to decrease the frequency that step is 0 1 MHz I About the FlyRadio Press this button to display FlyRadio copyright information J Help Press this button to activate FlyRadio on line help menu K Volume control This sliding button will control the volume of sound L Mute control Press this button to turn the sound to off or on ...

Page 35: ...which FlyVideo provides F1 Help M Toggle Mute on off C Toggle Air Cable TV BackSpace Recall Last Channel P Add Clear channel B Snapshot to Clipboard PageUP Previous AV Source PageDown Next AV Source Right Arrow Next Channel Left Arrow Previous Channel Up Arrow Volume Up Down Arrow Volume Down Alt V Video Setting Alt A Audio Setting Alt T TV Setting Alt F4 Power off ...

Page 36: ...program 2 Mouse Mode Press this button to toggle between control and mouse mode 3 Full Size Click this button to toggle the Video Window between full size and the previous size 4 Numeric Keypad Select the desired channel directly 5 Channel Up Click this button to go to next channel 6 Channel Down Click this button to go to previous channel 1 3 9 11 5 6 7 8 10 12 13 2 4 19 20 22 21 15 14 17 16 18 ...

Page 37: ...function 15 Tab Previous No function 16 Cancel Button Click this button to cancel channel selection 17 Enter Button Click this button to execute the current channel selection 18 Video Setting Press this button to adjust video settings such as Brightness Contrast Saturation and Hue 19 Audio Setting Click this button to adjust audio settings such as Volume Balance Bass and Treble 20 TV Setting MTS O...

Page 38: ...mother board manual to run the BIOS Advanced chipset setup or something similar there probably have one or several items regarding the PCI Burst mode settings try play with that and it might solve the problems The reasons is that other then the Intel chipset the other mother board chipset designer might implemented the PCI features in a non standard way Q I have installed the FlyVideo series appli...

Page 39: ...lso use the control Panel to install the hardware driver To do so please refer to Software Installation for instruction Q I have a FlyVideo capture series card whenever I start the application it give me Current VGA mode not suitable for video overlay even though I have installed the Direct Draw Driver for my VGA card What wrong with that A FlyVideo 4 3 or latter requires Direct Draw 5 0 or latter...

Page 40: ... for backup purposes in support of your use of the software on a single computer You are granted no other rights to copy duplicate sell or otherwise distribute this software product supplied to you by Lifeview Software Limited Warranty As the only warranty under this agreement and in the absence of accident abuse or misapplication Lifeview warrants to the original licensee only that the diskettes ...

Page 41: ...L DAMAGE SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY Hardware Limited Warranty Lifeview FlyVideo 98 card is warranted to be free from failures due to defects in material and workmanship for one year from the date of original purchase as evidenced by a copy of the purchase receipt During the warranty period Lifeview at Lifeview s sole discretion will repair or replace at no charge the product which in it...

Page 42: ... FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE LIFEVIEW SPECIFICALLY DOES NOT WARRANT THE OPERATION OF THE HARDWARE AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH PRODUCT EVEN IF LIFEVIEW HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTA...

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