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SIGMA HDTV5 USB V1 

 

User’s Manual 

 

Version 1.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice 

This device has been approved by FCC for a home appliance 

and is suitable for all residential areas. 

Summary of Contents for HDTV5

Page 1: ...1 SIGMA HDTV5 USB V1 User s Manual Version 1 0 Notice This device has been approved by FCC for a home appliance and is suitable for all residential areas ...

Page 2: ... USB cable 2 3 Connecting the antenna cable 2 4 Connecting the other devices VCR Camcorder etc 2 5 Installing the Driver and Program Chapter 3 Using SIGMA HDTV5 USB V1 3 1 Basic function Running the program Setting the input mode Setting the TV channel 3 2 Capture function Saving the still image Saving the video 3 3 Other functiosns Reservation function File play mode Time Shift Menu Appendix Remo...

Page 3: ...1 or higher Periphrals HDD Ultra DMA 66 or higher Desktop PCs or laptops built in USB 2 0 port PCI or PCMCIA USB 2 0 card CD ROM Drive MS compatible mouse SoundBlaster compatible sound card Recommendations CPU Intel Pentium IV 1 5GB or higher MEMORY 256MB or higher Graphics card nVIDIA GeForce4 except for GeForce4 Ti and ATi Radeon 7500 or higher Note Grpahics card should support DxVA ...

Page 4: ...oadcast receiver Installation CD Used for installing drivers and application programs for SIGMA HDTV5 USB V1 User manual Used for the installation and usage guide of SIGMA HDTV5 USB V1 Remote contral Including battery Used for controlling HDTV broadcast programs USB cable Used for connecting SIGMA HDTV5 USB V1 to PC Sound cable Used for inputting L R sounds from external VIDEO devices Composite co...

Page 5: ...ignal is weak the READY will be ON Normal status is OFF Back Antenna In Used for receiving HDTV Analog TV or Cable TV signals S VIDEO In Used for receiving S Video signals from the external devices VCR camcorder AUDIO In Used for receiving audio signals from the external devices VCR camcorder USB port Used for connecting the SIGMA HDTV5 USB V1 to a PC Power LED READY Remote control sensor ...

Page 6: ...motherboard may have several USB ports for 1 1 and 2 0 Normally USB ports can not be distinguished 3 Make sure that your PC has a DXVA supported graphics card Without this acceleration technology HDTV broadcasts are not worked correctly because its decoding process requires a huge processing power Generally NVIDIA Geforce MX440 and ATI Redeon 7200 are the minimum requirement therefore you need to ...

Page 7: ...al broadcasts connect an indoor or outdoor antenna UHF cable as drawn below Note Make sure that your system supports USB2 0 interface before the connection Make sure that you are in a digital TV reception area to receive the over the air digital TV signals It is important that you need to have a good UHF antenna for a better digital TV reception Clear QAM support may be different according to your...

Page 8: ...MA HDTV5 USB V1 with the composite conversion cable Audio connection 1 Connect SIGMA HDTV5 USB V1 to an external Video device with the sound cable as drawn below Note Make sure that you shoud select one connection only from S VIDEO or Composite 2 5 Installing the Driver and Program S Video Cable Composite Conversion Cable Video Input Yellow Composite Cable Yellow Sound Cable Audio Input White Audi...

Page 9: ...B V1 to your system the following dialog box appears Found New Hardware wizard then click Cancel 3 Run SETUP EXE in Driver folder of in your CD ROM drive 4 SIGMA HDTV USB V1 driver setup window appears then click Next 5 While SIGMA HDTV USB V1 driver files being copied SIGMA HDTV5 USB V1 driver has not passed ...

Page 10: ...10 Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Wndows XP appears then click Contiue Anyway 6 After being completed installation click the Finish Program installation ...

Page 11: ...xt 3 Installation directory appears then click Next If you want to change the Installation directory click Searching to set your directory 4 SMPlayer Setup window appears then select a type of broadcast reception 5 After being copied you are requested to select functions then click Next ...

Page 12: ...12 6 After being completed program installation click Finish ...

Page 13: ...program Double click in the Windows a TV window appears as drawn below Status bar Change input mode Setup Multi Screen EPG Change Audio Still Capture Skin Keypad Close Caption Channel window Quit program TimeShift Stop File open Next file Previous file Save Movie Play Pause Minimize Help Pop up menu TV Windows upper TV Windows minimize TV Windows maximize Quit Volume up Volume down Previous Channe...

Page 14: ...TV Digital cable TV mode QAM mode needs to be set seperately TV Analog TV mode CATV Analog cable TV mode VIDEO Composite input mode SVHS S VHS input mode FILE File play mode TRP MPG AVI WMV DV Digital Video input mode digital camcorder D VHS D VHS input mode D VHS player NOTE To use VIDEO SVHS or DVHS mode appropriate external device should be connected to the SIGMA HDTV5 USB V1 Setting the TV cha...

Page 15: ... channels effectively transmitted from a broadcast service provider and are supported only in Digital TV mode HDTV CADTV QAM 64QAM 256QAM mode Virtual channel display available verual channels only Select an antenna input source Air cable Switch to the preferred channel mode Delete all scanned channels Delete the watching channel the channel on the screen Add the watching channel the channel on th...

Page 16: ... image How to save the still image Click in the panel the screen is saved as a file When the file is saved the file name is shown on the screen Saving the video This function is to save a video into a motion video file How to save the video Click to save and to stop The recording status is displayed ...

Page 17: ...erve or record a TV program as pre scheduled Click on the tray bar then select the Reserve as drawn below Schedule window appears Select Add Modify Delete or Delete All in the reservation list NOTE To record a TV program while watching Recording should be marked in Add ...

Page 18: ...e and click Open 3 The video file will be loaded in the TV window automatically While playing the video file you can easily control it by using buttons play pause file open and slide bar Functions of the control buttons Play the previously captured file Play the next captured file Play Stop Open the file list You can drag the play position of the video file ...

Page 19: ...oy your favorite TV show like your VCR tape 1 Click in the SMPlayer and then the timeshift process is marked in white color 2 Click to stop the timeshift function Moving the play position You can move the play position by mouse click NOTE Time Shift function is only supported in Digital TV mode HDTV CADTV If the Time shift function does not work check if DxVA mode has been enabled in Option Æ Conf...

Page 20: ...ti screen and shows in serial Option Set the configuration such as volume screen resolution and sub channel Always Top Window Set the TV screen always on top Show Window frame Show or hides the TV window frame Window ratio Select a display mode full wide standard Aspect ratio mode Set the aspect ratio of TV screen 16 9 4 3 1 1 Desktop Watch the background window as the TV screen Arrange Window pos...

Page 21: ...position is moved as set in the menu This function can be used in File mode only Subtitle Set a subtile supported by a video file Deinterlace mode Remove image ghost or noise in a fast action scene SNR Show the DTV singal strength Closed caption Show closed caption on the screen Previous channel Move to the previous channel Favorite channel Show your favorite channels Bookmark Play a saved video f...

Page 22: ...cally the battery is provided when you purchase SIGMA HDTV5 USB V1 1 Pull down the battery tray of the remote control 2 Insert a 3V lithium battery into the tray as drawn below 3 Push the battery tray back into the remote control then fix it sounded clicking NOTE You can check whether it is worked or not by pressing the buttons of the remote control The red lamp on the remote control will be on if...

Page 23: ... Mute Favorite channel selection Channel Up Down Numeric buttons Volumn Up Down Previous channel EPG funtion Paly Pause Previous file Stop Next file Aspect ratio Zoom funtion Record still image Record movie Forward slowly Rewind slowly Input selection mode Sleep Timer ...

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