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VideoMate Vista E850F

Hybrid D/A HW2 PCIe Tuner Card

Start Up Guide

Compro Technology, Inc.

www.comprousa.com

Summary of Contents for E850F - STARTUP

Page 1: ...VideoMate Vista E850F Hybrid D A HW2 PCIe Tuner Card Start Up Guide Compro Technology Inc www comprousa com...

Page 2: ...ed in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of Compro Technology Inc Compro VideoMate Poladyne Play with Power and the Compro logo are trademarks of Compro Technology Inc Other na...

Page 3: ...or exceed the following system requirements to watch TV on your PC z PIII 1 7 GHz or equivalent CPU for DVD Quality recording or timeshifting z 512 MB System Memory z Sound card z Open PCI Express x1...

Page 4: ...d of noisy or blurred picture when the signal is too weak Make sure you have a good antenna and strong digital TV signal in your location Or you will have no TV picture at all VideoMate Vista E850F Pa...

Page 5: ...included in the package Component Video Input Green Connect to the video device with component video output Component video cable not included in the package Component Video Input Red Connect to the...

Page 6: ...ch pins on your computer case and trace the wires to the power switch connector on your mainboard The ATX power switch cable is normally a twisted pair cable with a two pin connector as shown above No...

Page 7: ...patch cable to the TV tuner card and the black end to the mainboard Power Up Scheduling is not required for using VideoMate Vista E850F PCIe card If you don t want to use Power Up Scheduling from the...

Page 8: ...computer before 3 54 in order to let Power Up start the computer Power Up from Windows Shutdown mode i e ACPI S5 state requires z An ATX power supply in your PC z Motherboard support for PCI Express x...

Page 9: ...DTV 4 and ComproFM 2 or choose Custom to install selected item by item We also provide the DirectX 9 and Acrobat Reader 6 0 software on the installation CD you can explorer the CD folder and install t...

Page 10: ...eoMate Vista E850F bundles the easy to use Microsoft certified remote control to controls the Windows Media Center and also ComproDTV ComproFM software Some keys are special designed for Windows Vista...

Page 11: ...or select Mono Stereo SAP Up arrow Up arrow 21 Replay Scan channel Down Left arrow 22 Down arrow or snapshot Down arrow Down arrow 23 Advance in Timeshifting Scan channel Up Right arrow 24 OK Playlis...

Page 12: ...appliance Using Remote Power On Off Make sure you follow the instructions of the installation guide You will be able to use Remote Power On Off immediately Remote Power On Please put batteries in the...

Page 13: ...untdown 20 seconds to shutdown the computer If you don t want to shut down the computer please press the CLEAR button again in other words pressing the CLEAR key a second time is the same as pressing...

Page 14: ...on please right click the mouse button and select the video source you want UI Control DTV Gadget has three modes including Live TV mode display playlist and display scheduled list The buttons from le...

Page 15: ...has three modes the undocked gadget only support live TV playback video mode and its size is bigger than docked one You can direct drag the gadget window to the other place out the sidebar and shows t...

Page 16: ...bit operation system only 2 ComproDTV Add In needs the channel table from ComproDTV 4 Please autoscan all the available digital and analog channels in ComproDTV 4 Then you can use the Vista Ggadget T...

Page 17: ...in your system bar You can choose the Option to enter the setup window Setup Step 1 Choose the type of your remote control There are many type of remote from Compro please select the remote picture as...

Page 18: ...ve any Windows Media Center system in your PC such as Windows MCE Vista Premium Vista Ultimate this function can replace the windows remote control HID can also combine the Compro software control in...

Page 19: ...op S Record R and Record Option Channel Up Page Up with Quick Channel list I Play P Pause U Volume Mute M Num Pad W Close CTRL X Docking D Full Screen Help H Minimize G Timeshift bar Rewind Left Arrow...

Page 20: ...ly set the method of scanning TV programs Select your choice here or use default channel table to do the scanning Autoscan The first time you start ComproDTV 4 Autoscan will automatically scan for ava...

Page 21: ...can do more changes on the channel s property by right click the mouse on the Description field of the channel you wish to edit Custom Settings for each channel You can customize each channel properti...

Page 22: ...roDTV 4 in Vista E850F TV card supports up to 1 main DVB T channel windows 3 sub channel windows and playback recorded video file at the same time if available Or watch 1 live analog TV show and playb...

Page 23: ...any channel you prefer However you are only allowed to have one channel from the second tuner Therefore you can view total of five channels with main window s channel and three sub channels of the mai...

Page 24: ...video screen for different type monitors the Aspect Ratio setting provides 4 3 16 9 1 85 1 2 35 1 and customize for different resolutions Also you can Zoom In Out the video display screen to standard...

Page 25: ...the record button to setup 30 60 90 and 120 minutes recording immediately Thus you can go out without worry about the record still ongoing Press the Stop button to stop recording ComproDTV 4 will save...

Page 26: ...sk If the disc is re writable and not empty you need to erase it first Start Burning Press this button to start burning disc Stop Press the button on the control panel to stop burning Cancel Press thi...

Page 27: ...e check the help file of ComproFM or the manual in the installation CD Control Panel The following describe the ComproFM control panel functions and tips for using ComproFM The following figure gives...

Page 28: ...te Driver Installation The most common cause of problems with the TV Tuner Card is incorrect installation of the TV capture and TV tuner drivers If you have problems watching recording or timeshifting...

Page 29: ...TV set can receive a good TV signal If the picture is not clear the digital terrestrial TV broadcast signal is about the same The difference is when the program data is not sufficient you may see a b...

Page 30: ...eventing Windows from starting normally Solution Remove the VideoMate Vista E850F PCIe card and troubleshoot PC start up Remember to correctly reconnect the power switch cables 3 Some external softwar...

Page 31: ...ck the PCI Audio item Why does the remote control fail The remote control sensor which is plugged into the TV card may be loose Please unplug it and plug it in again You should also check the batterie...

Page 32: ...are will help Also reinstalling DirectX usually solves the problem See our website for how to reinstall DirectX Contacting Compro Technical Support Before you submit an email for support please check...

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