TYPHOON TV/FM PCI Capture Card
Article number: 50575
3. Installation of Hardware and Drivers
The following sections provide step-by-step instructions on installing and configuring
the card, accessories and software
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3.1. DirectX
Before installing your new TV Tuner, it is necessary to install DirectX 8.1 or higher for
your Operating system. You can find DirectX 9.0c on the Installation CD-ROM.
3.2. Installing the TV Tuner
1. Switch off your PC and all connected peripheral devices such as your printer and
monitor. Leave the AC power cable connected for the time being, so that your
computer is still grounded.
2. Touch the metal chassis at the rear of the PC to ground and to discharge static.
Now unplug the cord from the AC power socket.
3. Remove the cover from the case of your PC.
4. Look for a free PCI expansion slot. When selecting the PCI slot, note that TV cards
should not be plugged into PCI slot 1 in conjunction with an AGP graphics card
because PCI slot 1 is very frequently assigned to the same interrupts as the AGP
slot. This would give both cards the same interrupt, which can lead to crashes
during operation!
The numbers assigned to the PCI slots are listed in your motherboard manual.
5. Carefully remove the card from its packaging and pick it up by the edges with one
hand while your other hand is touching a metal part of the PC. This will ensure that
your body is completely discharged via your computer without damaging the TV
card.
6. Align the holder at the rear of the TV card in the expansion slot in such a way that
the card’s connectors are directly in line with the slot’s socket.
7. Push the TV card firmly into the slot, ensuring good contact.
8. Fasten the TV card with an appropriate screw.
9. If a sound card is installed, connect the
Typhoon
TV card to it using the supplied
audio connector cable. Plug one end into the audio output of the TV card
(light-green socket) and the other end into the Line-In terminal of the sound card
(usually a light-blue socket). See additional comments in settings in Chapter 6.6
10. Reinstall the cover of your PC case.
11. Connect the antenna cable (which you would normally connect to the antenna
input terminal on your television) to the TV antenna terminal on the TV/Radio card.
Connect the radio antenna cable to the radio antenna terminal. Reconnect the AC
power cable as well as all other cables. Make sure that your speakers are set to low
volume.
12. Switch your computer on again to begin installing the software.
Version 1.5
All specifications are subject to changes without further notice
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