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Specification

General Specifications

Protocol

WiFi IEEE 802.11n

Supported
Resolution

1920x1080(up to 1080p), 1280x720

、

1024x768

、

1025x576

、

800x600

、

720x480

A/V Output

HDMI

Data Control
(USB Port)

USB HID: Mouse / Keyboard
USB Flash disk for firmware upgrade

Power Supply 100~240V ±10% input voltage/ 5V @ 1.5A

System
Requirements

Desktop/Workstation PC

Notebook/Laptop PC

CPU Grade

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0G or better

Chipset

Intel 965 series chipset or better

Memory

DDR2-800, 2GB or better

Graphic

NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS /
ATI Radeon X300 or better

Chipset integrated (Intel X3100
Graphic) or better or NVIDIA
GeForce Go 8200M / ATI Radeon
Mobility X300 standalong graphic
chip or better

Operating
System

Windows 7, x86 and x64 version (Recommendation)
Windows Vista (Service Pack 1 or later), x86 and x64 version
Windows XP (Service Pack 3 or later)

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Page 2: ...ertain of the type of power supplied to your home consult your local power company or appliance dealer Only use the power cord and adapter provided by the manufacturer Internal component may be damaged if you use a different adapter to power this product To avoid electric shock and fire hazard match the plug and outlet connections carefully then fully insert If the plug fails to fit the outlet ple...

Page 3: ...wer cord is already unplugged from the electrical outlet Only use damp cloth to clean this product and never use a liquid cleaner or an aerosol cleaner During a thunderstorm or when this product is unused for long periods of time unplug power cord from the wall outlet This will prevent damage to the product due to lightning and power line surges Service Warning Refer all servicing to qualified ser...

Page 4: ... can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced ra...

Page 5: ...ess Device should be used in such a manner such that the potential for human contact during normal operation is minimized This device has also been evaluated and shown compliant with the IC RF Exposure limits under mobile exposure conditions antennas are greater than 20cm from a person s body This device has been certified for use in Canada Status of the listing in the Industry Canada s REL Radio ...

Page 6: ...conforme aux limites d exposition aux RF d IC dans des conditions d exposition à des appareils mobiles les antennes se situent à moins de 20 cm du corps d une personne Ce périphérique est homologué pour l utilisation au Canada Pour consulter l entrée correspondant à l appareil dans la liste d équipement radio REL Radio Equipment List d Industry Canada rendez vous sur http www ic gc ca app sitt rel...

Page 7: ...or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help CAUTION Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for comp...

Page 8: ... Absorption Rate SAR limits when installed in specific host products operated in portable exposure conditions Canada s REL Radio Equipment List can be found at the following web address http www ic gc ca app sitt reltel srch nwRdSrch do lang eng Additional Canadian information on RF exposure also can be found at the following web address http www ic gc ca eic site smt gst nsf eng sf08792 html Cana...

Page 9: ...ui fonctionnent dans des conditions d exposition à des appareils portables Ce périphérique est homologué pour l utilisation au Canada Pour consulter l entrée correspondant à l appareil dans la liste d équipement radio REL Radio Equipment List d Industry Canada rendez vous sur http www ic gc ca app sitt reltel srch nwRdSrch do lang eng Pour des informations supplémentaires concernant l exposition a...

Page 10: ... 10 3 2 Extend Screen Playing 12 3 3 Advanced Play Management of PC to TV Utility 14 3 3 1 Advanced Selections 14 3 3 2 Optimum Mode Settings 17 4 Un installation of PC to TV Utility 19 5 Device Configuration 20 5 1 Go to Device Configuration 20 5 2 Device Setting 21 5 2 1 Device Name Change 21 5 2 2 Firmware Upgrade 21 5 3 Overscan Setting 23 5 4 Network Settings 24 5 4 1 Access Point Mode Settin...

Page 11: ...ck Issue in Windows XP 39 7 6 Poor Display Fluency of PC to TV Application 41 7 6 1 Switch Desktop Themes of Windows 7 Vista 41 7 6 2 Check the Optimum Mode setting 41 7 6 3 Check PC s Desktop Resolution 42 7 6 4 Check CPU Usage 43 7 6 5 Check Wi Fi Link Speed 44 7 6 6 Change the Wi Fi Channel 45 7 7 Common Solutions to Many Issues 46 7 8 Known Issues and Limitations 47 7 8 1 PC to TV Limitations ...

Page 12: ...ia WiFi technology It also features up to 1080p resolution with specific environment 1 1 Package Content Please make sure the following items are included within your new product package The product might not be compatible with some accessories made by other manufacturers We highly recommend that you use only the specific accessories we suggest ...

Page 13: ...uirements Desktop Workstation PC Notebook Laptop PC CPU Grade Intel Core 2 Duo 2 0G or better Chipset Intel 965 series chipset or better Memory DDR2 800 2GB or better Graphic NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ATI Radeon X300 or better Chipset integrated Intel X3100 Graphic or better or NVIDIA GeForce Go 8200M ATI Radeon Mobility X300 standalong graphic chip or better Operating System Windows 7 x86 and x64 ver...

Page 14: ...ew Power Switch Switch power On Off DC IN Connects to the DC output of the power adapter HDMI OUT Connects to the HDMI jack on the display a single cable transmits both audio and video data USB Port Connects to the USB Mouse USB Keyboard Connects to USB disk for firmware upgrade ...

Page 15: ...dapter plug into DC IN port Switch power key to turn it on Connect a HDMI cable between the receiver s HDMI output and HDMI input of your display Connect USB Mouse or USB Keyboard to control remote PC Plug the USB fresh disk into USB ports for firmware upgrade Connect Transmitter into PC Laptop ...

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Page 17: ...ase close all of other programs before installation Double click the icon of PC to TV utility Please choose a folder to unpack files for installation Then click Continue to unpack them Click Install for the following several notifications to install drivers or tick Always trust software from VIA Technologies Inc ...

Page 18: ... After drivers and utility installed the PC to TV benchmark tool would be prompted to evaluate your PC Please refer to Section 2 1 1 to get more information After the benchmarking is done please choose Yes and then click Finish to restart your PC ...

Page 19: ... run the PC to TV application 2 2 2 1 PC to TV Benchmark Tool You can see the PC to TV benchmark tool when installation or manually start up it from PC to TV folder under All Programs After starting up it your can see the left dialog window Please click Analysis The evaluating process will run around 10 seconds ...

Page 20: ...e poor to support PC to TV application 2 stars Low Acceptable for picture music playback and web surf but suggested to downgrade the desktop resolution to support video playback 3 stars Fair Fair for picture music playback and web surf sometimes lag for video playback 4 stars Good Smooth to support web surf and video playback 5 stars Excellent Great capability to support PC to TV application The s...

Page 21: ...ore starting up it 3 1 Basic Usage of PC to TV Utility The following steps are for basic usage Double click the PC to TV icon from your desktop If the left dialog window is prompted please tick both of Private networks and Public networks Then click Allow access to agree that PC to TV application could be unblocked from Windows Firewall ...

Page 22: ...ght spend a long time to finish the connection even experience a sudden disconnection and reconnection again in a short time Therefore it would extend the waiting time before Play PC TO TV application 2 After clicking Play the PC s desktop resolution might be changed 3 After clicking Stop the PC s desktop resolution might be changed back to the original one if it has changed ever 3 After exiting t...

Page 23: ...cation or not you can Play the PC to TV application to the extend screen in Windows 7 Click right key of your mouse on the desktop and then select Screen resolution Select Connect to a projector or just press the key and tap P to open Windows Presentation mode If you are not able to see the 2nd display after Connect to a projector your PC might not able to support extend ...

Page 24: ...to run it in primary screen 6 Due to different PC s specifications there are a few PCs that are only able to support the extend screen playing with a physical monitor connected to it 5 After selecting Extend the PC s desktop resolution might be changed 6 After selecting back to primary screen the PC s desktop resolution might be changed ...

Page 25: ...wing selections are for advanced usage Click to open the advanced menu You can see all of the connected PC to TV devices in the device list Double click the device name to select change the target device if possible In the left picture the sample of selected device name is PC to TV Device You can also double click to go to Device Configuration page Please refer to Section 5 ...

Page 26: ... get more information After drawing it please click Play or Apply to apply it The PC audio is disabled in default after Play PC to TV application If your want to listen to the audio music from both of PC and TV sides please tick Keep PC Audio After ticking it please click Play or Apply to apply it Click to close the advanced menu ...

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Page 28: ... the bar of Optimum Mode to Middle mode 8 If the performance of video movie is still not acceptable in Middle Mode you can set it to Movie mode 9 At Movie mode it would spend more PC resources Please refer to the following table 7 Normal PC applications include audio music playback office working web surfing storage access printing and playing tiny games except video movie playbock 8 At Middle mod...

Page 29: ...2 11n Wi Fi or 10 100M Ethernet At least 90 Mbps Windows 7 with Aero Themes or Windows XP Mpeg4 H 264 720P 1 280 x 800 1 280 x 720 Intel Core 2 Duo 2 0G with chipset integrated graphic 1GB 802 11b g Wi Fi or 10 100M Ethernet At least 36 Mbps Windows 7 with Basic and High Contrast Themes or Windows XP DVD Mpeg2 480P 1 024 x 768 The performance of video movies might get worse then PC and or Middle m...

Page 30: ...stall the previous version first Click the PC to TV Uninstall icon from All Programs Click Yes to remove all of PC to TV components If the PC to TV application is still playing it will be ended automatically Click OK to finish the un installation Restart your Windows after the un installation is done ...

Page 31: ... clock the device name form Other Devices The sample of device name in the left picture is PC to TV Device If you could not see any device name in Network please refer to Section 7 2 1 If the warning page prompted please click Yes The Device Setting page would be showed as default page in Device Configuration ...

Page 32: ...his page After changing the Device Name please click Set 5 2 2 Firmware Upgrade Please browse your PC to get an upgrade file tgz for firmware upgrade of PC to TV device After confirmed the file please click Start to send the file to PC to TV device and then the upgrading procedure will start automatically Before finished the sending process you can click Abort to break it off ...

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Page 34: ...lso refer to Section 7 1 Click Overscan button to go to Overscan Setting page You can click or of Width or Height to modify the hidden borders If you want to back to default setting please click Default After the adjustment please Click Save to save it If the adjustment is not saved it will keep the previous setting after rebooting your PC to TV device ...

Page 35: ...nt in default Click AP Mode button to go to Access Point Mode Setting page Please click Enable AccessPoint Mode to set it as an Access Point You can change the IP obtaining method DHCP status and Wi Fi configurations here It is recommended to not make any changes if you are not familiar with network settings Otherwise the PC to TV device might be not able to be connected again ...

Page 36: ... you don t want to make changes please click Cancel Once you Save the new settings please click OK to reload this page If the warning page prompted please click Yes to close the setting window meanwhile the PC to TV device would go into reloading stage ...

Page 37: ... B By USB 6 2 1 Upgrade Firmware by Network Before upgrade the firmware please prepare the suitable firmware package and one USB flash disk Prepare the firmware upgrade file in your PC and then connect you PC to the PC to TV device The sample of firmware upgrade file in the left picture is WM8440_0170_Firm wareInstall tgz Go to the Device Configuration page Please refer to Section 5 1 Select the u...

Page 38: ...s will show on the screen of TV Monitor The upgrade procedures will run step by step automatically During the upgrading please avoid to power off the device or else you may damage the device After firmware upgraded the device will reboot automatically ...

Page 39: ...to get the FirmwareInstall folder The sample of firmware upgrade file in the left picture is WM8440_0170_Firm wareInstall tgz Copy the entire FirmwareInstall folder to the root folder of the USB flash disk Plug in the USB flash disk into one of USB ports of PC to TV device and then power on the device The upgrade procedures will run step by step automatically ...

Page 40: ...the upgrading please avoid to power off the device or remove the USB flash disk or else you may damage the device After firmware upgraded please remove your USB flash disk and the device will reboot automatically ...

Page 41: ... connected well but the PC to TV utility cannot find any PC to TV devices in Windows 7 Vista please restart up it as administrator Click to exit the PC to TV utility Click the right key of mouse on the PC to TV icon Select Run as administrator to start up the PC to TV utility again ...

Page 42: ...ny PC to TV devices please try to check the each following status and get solutions 7 2 1 Turn on Network Discovery and File Sharing Select Network from Windows Explorer If you see the warning bar shows Network discovery is turned off as the left picture please click it Select Turn on network discovery and file sharing ...

Page 43: ...rn on network discovery and file sharing 7 2 2 Unblock PC to TV Application from Windows Firewall Open the Windows Firewall from Control Panel Click Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall from the left panel ...

Page 44: ... of Private and Public to unblock PC to TV application from Windows Firewall If not add or tick it 7 2 3 Enable SSDP and UPnP from Windows Firewall Open the Windows Firewall from Control Panel Click Advanced Settings from the left panel ...

Page 45: ...ble them Then check Network Discovery SSDP In and UPnP In are all enabled in Private Public and Domain Profile If not enable all of them Select Outbound Rules from the left window Check Network Discovery SSDP out UPnPHost out UPnP Out are all enabled in Private Public and Domain Profile If not enable all of them ...

Page 46: ...35 After enabled checked all of above items you may need to Restart your Windows and then run PC to TV utility again ...

Page 47: ...ot worked well after Play PC to TV application please check the audio devices on your media player For example Windows Media Player 12 Select the audio device setting from Windows Media Player The Speakers should be set as Default Audio Device or WonderMedia SmartStream Audio If not select it and then click OK or Apply to save the setting Then close your media player and restart up it again ...

Page 48: ... PC Open the Sound from Control Panel The Default Device in the Playback tab should be set at your PC s hardware audio speakers In the left picture the PC s hardware audio speakers is High Definition Audio Device If not select it and then click OK or Apply to save the setting Then close your media player and restart up it again ...

Page 49: ... as the left picture Go to the Device Configuration page Please refer to Section 5 1 You can click or of Width or Height to modify the hidden borders Please refer to Section 5 1 10 10 In order to provide the stable performance for movie video playback the overscan adjustment function is disabled when the display resolution is at 1080P Please refer to Section 8 1 ...

Page 50: ... through PC to TV application but only hear its audio without video displaying in your media player in Windows XP please see the following steps to solve it Click right key of your mouse on the desktop and then select Properties Select Settings tab and then click Advanced ...

Page 51: ...40 Select Troubleshoot tab and then move the Hardware acceleration to Full Click OK or Apply to save the setting Then close your media player and restart up it again ...

Page 52: ...op Themes of Windows 7 Vista Click right key of your mouse on the desktop and then select Personalize Switch the theme between Basic and High Contrast Themes and Aero Themes Close the window The Aero themes should be for better PC capability and the Basic and High Contrast Themes should be for poorer PC capability Please refer to Section 3 1 1 and Section 7 8 1 7 6 2 Check the Optimum Mode setting...

Page 53: ...riate mode please modify it 7 6 3 Check PC s Desktop Resolution Click right key of your mouse on the desktop and then select Screen resolution Please refer to Section 3 1 1 If the Resolution setting is higher then the maximum supported one of your PC capability please change the resolution to an appropriate one ...

Page 54: ...43 7 6 4 Check CPU Usage Click the right key of your mouse on the taskbar and then select Start Task Manager Check the CPU Usage under the Task Manager window it should be under 80 ...

Page 55: ...save your documents and close unused programs from Applications 7 6 5 Check Wi Fi Link Speed This solution is only for Wi Fi connection Click the right key of your mouse on the taskbar and then select Start Task Manager ...

Page 56: ...ll not useful try to disconnect the Wi Fi connection and then connect it again 7 6 6 Change the Wi Fi Channel This solution is only for the connection of Wi Fi AP Mode Go to the Device Configuration page Please refer to Section 5 1 and Section 5 4 1 Fix a specific channel instead of Auto 11 Save it and then connect the Wi Fi again If the fluency is still poor after fixing a channel please try othe...

Page 57: ... TV utility disconnect the network close all of other programs and services on your PC reconnect your network restart up PC to TV utility and then Play PC to TV application again Shut down the PC to TV device reboot the device reconnect your network restart up PC to TV utility and then Play PC to TV application again Shut down your PC reboot the PC reconnect your network restart up PC to TV utilit...

Page 58: ...middle horizontal line on the TV Monitor PC to TV application could not support full screen of Windows Media Center When you press Ctrl Alt Delete while PC to TV application is playing it would freeze the TV Monitor s screen When setting password in Windows screen saver it could not be supported by PC to TV application It is not achievable while you want to play DVD movies by Windows Media Player ...

Page 59: ...itor s EDID Extended Display Identification Data information Please refer to your TV monitor s user manual to check its resolution support table If not please see Auto 720P 2 Auto 720P means the PC s desktop resolution is higher then 1 280 x 720 HDTV 720P but TV monitor s EDID does not support it and only supports 1 280 x 720 then 1 280 x 720 would be implemented as the display resolution on both ...

Page 60: ...Desktop 800 x 600 800 x 600 800 x 600 800 x 600 800 x 600 1 024 x 768 1 024 x 768 1 024 x 768 1 024 x 768 1 024 x 768 1 280 x 720 Auto XGA 1 280 x 720 1 280 x 720 1 280 x 720 1 280 x 768 Auto XGA 1 280 x 768 1 280 x 768 1 280 x 768 1 280 x 800 Auto XGA 1 280 x 800 1 280 x 800 Auto 720P or Auto XGA 1 280 x 1 024 Auto XGA Auto 720P or Auto XGA 1 280 x 1 024 Auto 720P or Auto XGA 1 366 x 768 Auto XGA...

Page 61: ...8 1 280 x 768 1 280 x 768 1 280 x 800 1 280 x 800 1 280 x 800 1 280 x 800 1 280 x 800 1 280 x 1 024 Auto 720P or Auto XGA 1 280 x 1 024 1 280 x 1 024 1 280 x 1 024 1 366 x 768 1 366 x 768 1 366 x 768 1 366 x 768 1 366 x 768 1 440 x 900 1 440 x 900 1 440 x 900 1 440 x 900 1 440 x 900 1 600 x 1 200 Auto 720P or Auto XGA Auto 720P or Auto XGA Auto 720P or Auto XGA Auto 720P or Auto XGA 1 680 x 1 050 ...

Page 62: ...1 3 1959 0 Windows 7 Vista OK OK OK OK OK KMPlayer 2 9 4 1435 Windows 7 Vista OK OK OK OK OK Cyberlink PowerDVD 10 Windows 7 Vista OK OK OK OK OK Windows Media Player 11 Windows XP N A Note 1 OK N A Note 2 N A Note 2 N A Note 2 Media Player Classic Home Cinema 1 3 1959 0 Windows XP OK OK OK OK OK KMPlayer 2 9 4 1435 Windows XP OK OK OK Fail Note 3 OK Cyberlink PowerDVD 10 Windows XP Fail Note 4 OK...

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