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1. InTroduCTIon

 

 

Thank you for purchasing the MANHATTAN

®

 PCI Analog TV Tuner Card, 

Model 176132. 

The PCI Analog Tuner Card brings analog television and FM radio to your 

desktop computer, allowing you to schedule and record television and radio 

programs directly onto hard drives for replay or transfer to Cds and portable 

media devices.
Among the many quality features and convenient benefits you’ll enjoy with this 

PCI Analog TV Tuner Card:
•  Receive analog TV and FM broadcasts on desktop computers — enjoy up  

  to 200 TV channels 

•  Easily schedule and directly save programs, snapshots and clip recordings  

  to a hard drive for replay or transfer to Cd 

•  Time-shifting replays favorite scenes, skips advertising and enables pause/ 

  rewind/fast forward control 

•  Multi-Channel Preview displays up to 16 channels simultaneously 

•  Intelligent Channel Search, customizable favorites and closed-captioning  

  and TeleText service support 

•  Plug and Play; Windows compatible — fits low-profile or standard form  

  factors 

•  Lifetime Warranty

PACkAge ConTenTs

 
•  PCI Analog Tuner Card 

•  PAL-NTSC adapter 

•  Audio cable and FM antenna 

•  Remote control receiver and multifunction cables 

•  Low-profile bracket 

•  Remote control (AAA batteries included) 

•  User manual and software/driver CD

sysTeM requIreMenTs

 
• Pentium III 400 MHz for TV viewing 

• Pentium III 866 MHz or above for recording or time-shifting 

• 128 MB RAM and 50 MB free HDD space minimum 

• Available PCI slot and ATX power 

• Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 

• Direct Draw-compatible PCI/AGP graphics card, minimum 8 MB RAM

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INTRodUCTIoN

Summary of Contents for 176132

Page 1: ...PCI Analog TV Tuner Card User Manual Model 176132 MAN 176132 UM 1206 03...

Page 2: ...rdware Connections 4 3 Installation 5 Driver Installation 5 Software Installation 6 4 Operation 7 User Functions 7 TV Setup 8 TV Recording Playback 11 FM Setup 14 FM Recording Playback 15 Remote Contr...

Page 3: ...s favorite scenes skips advertising and enables pause rewind fast forward control Multi Channel Preview displays up to 16 channels simultaneously Intelligent Channel Search customizable favorites and...

Page 4: ...the cable from the sound card line input port 1 connects to the audio line 2 of the multi function cable 3 which is shown connected to the auxiliary port of the tuner card Connecting to a Video Card I...

Page 5: ...welcome screen to the DirectX setup screen 2 Read the license agreement select I accept the agreement and click Next 3 When the Restart Computer screen displays click Finish 4 If the Hardware Installa...

Page 6: ...Tools screen 2 Click Yes then OK to initiate the installation and complete the setup of Windows Media Tools 3 Click Yes then OK to initiate the installation and complete the setup of Windows Media For...

Page 7: ...The user interface functions are defined below 7 OPERATION 1 Record 2 Play 3 Pause 4 Stop 5 Reverse 6 Fast forward 7 Hue 8 Status window 9 Minimize 10 Full screen window video desktop switch 1 1 Exit...

Page 8: ...omatically scan all the channels available in your area NOTE The volume is muted during a channel scan To rename a channel 1 Click on a channel to highlight it 2 Right click to enable the name change...

Page 9: ...ereo Color Image Control Click on the Video ProcAmp tab to adjust the settings for Brightness Contrast Hue Saturation and Sharpness Simply click on the slider control and move it left or right to suit...

Page 10: ...hers that are active Display panel Displays or hides the software control panel Full screen mode Enlarges the window to full screen size Double clicking on the screen returns the image to window mode...

Page 11: ...ording duration period Click Schedule Recording see Page 7 to display the Schedule screen which features the following options buttons New Lets you add a new Schedule Recording task Modify Lets you ma...

Page 12: ...vs 12 hour format When finished click Next to activate the Schedule Recording settings and display the After Task Completed screen This presents three courses of action once the recording task is comp...

Page 13: ...ngoing recording by temporarily saving the live video to your hard disk for a specified period of time In Time shift you are recording to and playing back from the same video file or buffer You can pl...

Page 14: ...the Insert button to display the Insert Channel window Enter a channel name and frequency then click OK to add the channel to the menu To fine tune a channel Click highlight the channel move the slid...

Page 15: ...tton again to stop recording To play an audio file Click on the Open recorded files button see Page 14 and double click on the file you want to play or highlight it and click Open To fast forward reve...

Page 16: ...ce driver Problem There is no sound at all Solution Check the audio cable connections Solution Check to see if the Line in on the sound card is set to Mute Problem The quality of the TV image is poor...

Page 17: ...driver didn t install properly Re install the driver Problem The remote control doesn t work Solution Check that the batteries were installed correctly and don t need replacing Solution Confirm that t...

Page 18: ...DVD VCD SVCD AVI WMV MP3 WMA recording formats Supports S video composite video and stereo audio capture Tuner Input terminal 75 Ohm IEC DIN PAL SECAM NTSC tuners Audio tuning NICAM stereo and mono pr...

Page 19: ...m Available PCI slot and ATX power Windows XP 2000 Vista 7 Direct Draw compatible PCI AGP graphics card minimum 8 MB RAM Package Contents PCI Analog Tuner Card PAL NTSC adapter Audio cable and FM ante...

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