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VideoMate Vista E500F   

PCIe Tuner Card 

Start Up Guide 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Compro Technology, Inc. 

www.comprousa.com 

Содержание VideoMate Vista E500F

Страница 1: ...VideoMate Vista E500F PCIe Tuner Card Start Up Guide Compro Technology Inc www comprousa com ...

Страница 2: ... respective owners Compro makes no warranties with respect to this documentation and disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability quality or fitness for any particular purpose The information in this document is subject to change without notice COMPRO reserves the right to make revisions to this publication without obligation to notify any person or entity of any such changes Compro Technol...

Страница 3: ...ardware Installation 7 Software Installation 10 Windows Media Center Remote for Vista E500F 11 Remote Power On Off 13 ComproDTV Vista Gadget Tool for Vista 15 ComproDTV Windows Media Center Add In 17 HID HumanInterfaceDevice forComproRemote 18 Open and close the ComproDTV 4 control panel 19 ComproDTV 4 20 ComproFM 2 27 Troubleshooting 28 ...

Страница 4: ...or DVD Quality recording or timeshifting z 512 MB System Memory z Sound card z Open PCI Express x1 slot z CD ROM drive for software installation z Windows XP SP2 or Vista x86 x64 z 50 MB free disk space for basic software installation RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS To use all the features of VideoMate Vista E500F PCIe card your PC should meet the following requirements z P4 2 4 GHz for PIP mode z...

Страница 5: ... Contents Vista E500F TV card IR cable Installation CD Start Up Guide Windows Media Center remote Power switch patch cable FM antenna Low Profile Bracket Ulead Software CD Batteries I type to F type converter 6 in 1 Audio video cable ...

Страница 6: ...eo source such as a VCR DVD or VCD Option for composite video patch cable not 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 video device with component video output Component video cable not included in the package 4 9 pin connector for 6 in 1 con...

Страница 7: ...tch 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 Note On the mainboard the ATX power switch pins are usually labeled POWER SW or similar It is vital to remember the position of these pins for a later step in the installation process 4 Unplug the ATX ...

Страница 8: ... patch cable to the TV tuner card and the black end to the mainboard Power Up Scheduling is not required for using VideoMate E500F E500F PCI E card If you don t want to use Power Up Scheduling from the Windows Shut down state you can skip the power switch circuit connections in other words you can skip Power Up Connections in steps 3 through 6 You can still use scheduled recording from Standby mod...

Страница 9: ... 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 x1 in order to have 3 3V standby power z ATX powers switch cable which is a pair of twisted wires with a two wire connector as shown to the right If you don t have the above items you can still use Po...

Страница 10: ...mproDTV 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 them by your need Step 3 If you see the Windows Logo testing message below please press Continue Anyway to proceed Press Next to install ComproDTV 4 Windows Media Format 9 Series Runtime Step 4 Aft...

Страница 11: ...deoMate Vista E500F 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 Premium Ultimate it may not be used in Windows XP system ...

Страница 12: ...Mono Stereo SAP Up arrow Up arrow 21 Replay or switch TV format 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 Playlist OK 25 EPG US only Open on line help Back 26 Media Center Media Center Media Center 27 Zoom In Out Max Min More 28 Volume up Volume up Volume up 29 Volume down Volume down Volume down 30 Mut...

Страница 13: ...o 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 remote control Pressing the power button which is on the top of remote control it will start your computer If the computer does not start up you may have to install the TV card s driver correctly an...

Страница 14: ... countdown 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 the Cancel button You may also use your mouse to press the cancel button Press OK to immediately shutdown the computer When watching TV i e ComproDTV 4 is running Just press the CLEAR button on the...

Страница 15: ... and display scheduled list The buttons from left to right sides are Channel down in live TV mode Start Stop Live TV Play pause from playlist Channel Up in live TV mode Start stop record live TV Mute Playlist mode It just displays first eight files in the list you recorded if there are more than eight files in folder the ninth file or rest of files will not be display The figure in below shows the...

Страница 16: ... 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 the bigger undock window to watch TV or playback recorded video files Because undocked gadget lacks playlist if you wants to play a file in undocked mode you can drop a file into the window of gadget ...

Страница 17: ...n Æ program library Æ DTV Add In and you can enjoy Live TV at Windows Media Center Note The ComproDTV Add In only supports 32 bit Windows Vista system While this environment provide you some useful function shown as below when the function is working on the text will turn blue to red while your mouse cross over it Full Screen button To enable the full screen mode of live the TV window Channel Scan...

Страница 18: ... 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 you have Step 2 Choose one IR function you want to change Step3 Set the IR dialog you want and press OK button ...

Страница 19: ...ystem 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 the MCE interface to make you more convenient Open and close the ComproDTV 4 control panel To open more options please move your cursor to the top bottom of the Control Panel until you see your cursor become You may click the Loc...

Страница 20: ...age down Stop 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 Channel Surf F Timeshift T Snapshot Space Last Channel N Repeat Playback Source V Options O Schedule B Left Right Audio Switch Reduce Window F2 All Windows F6 Add Window F3 Windows Alignment EPG E Closed Caption C Teletext X No function Volume Mute M Timeshift bar Rewind L...

Страница 21: ... the scanning Autoscan The first time you start ComproDTV 4 Autoscan will automatically scan for available TV channels for TV signals Please select your TV source from analog cable antenna You can rescan the channels at any time by pressing the Autoscan button When Autoscan is finished detected channels are automatically enabled and marked with the green check mark Channels where a valid signal co...

Страница 22: ...anges 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 properties by click the icon in Custom Settings filed and edit it Using my favorite channel list You can click to select using my favorite channel list from option window And exit the list by yourselves to makes channel sw...

Страница 23: ... left corner to any ratio Advanced Multiple Video Display Mode ComproDTV 4 also supports 2 or above Compro products connect and watch it at the same time If you have more than one Compro analog or digital TV cards and USB TV box you can use it to watch the live TV from different devices When Starting PIP mode there will be two option for you to choose 1 Digital Sub Window Æ If any one of connected...

Страница 24: ...tiple programs at the same time You can mute or un mute the sound of slave window s at any time However main window audio can t be muted separately from slave window s Video Desktop While watching TV you may right click on the TV screen and select video on desktop or press the hotkey F7 to activate Video Desktop mode This mode makes the video source as your desktop screen It is similar with full s...

Страница 25: ...indow It will save it to a file on your disk If you already start recording you still can click 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 it automatically and show the file name on the screen You can also use the schedule recording by press ...

Страница 26: ... 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 this button to exit the dialog Note You need to install the bundled Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5 SE software in order to have this feature If you don t have Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5 SE in the package then this mo...

Страница 27: ... 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 you the function of the button with Hot Key Options S Close CTRL W Last Channel N Backward Å Schedule Record B Frequency K Channel Down Page down Volume Minimize Z Mute M Record R Channel Up Page Up Al...

Страница 28: ...bsite 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 live TV please check the status of the drivers with Device Manager You should see VideoMate CX2388x AVS Video Capture devices in the Sound video and game controllers section of Windows Device Mana...

Страница 29: ... issue the Power Up signal to the computer until ComproDTV 4 starts If your computer cannot start ComproDTV 4 for some reason the TV tuner card will try to wake up PC even while you shut it down Unplug the main power cord to reset VideoMate TV card You can shut down the computer normally after that Other possible causes of this problem include 1 If you have a multi Boot system and ComproDTV 4 is n...

Страница 30: ...ote 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 batteries of the remote control Do not use rechargeable batteries Verify that the IR icon ComproRemote is in the system tray on the lower right corner of the screen If you don t have ComproRemote on the system tray start the following program C P...

Страница 31: ...different video format Digital program is a fixed MPEG II format file already ComproDTV 4 can t change it and will save it into hard disk directly Only Analog TV Composite S Video or component input video can be software encode to your choice of MPEG 1 MPEG 1 or MPEG 4 video format You can do that in the Record tab in Settings of ComproDTV 4 Contacting Compro Technical Support Before you submit an...

Страница 32: ...rmation of hitting the button of E mail Info in the Device Settings in Settings of ComproDTV 4 in order to determine the problem In order to solve the problem quickly it is very important to provide as much detail as possible P N 3GA0310289 ...

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