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1. Getting Started 

1.1 Introduction 

Get ready to be amazed with the Video Wonder DVB-T. This remarkable box is more 

powerful than your TV. It allows you to access free to air digital terrestrial TV and 

listen to free to air digital radio directly.   

Never again do you need to worry about missing any favorite shows, you can record 

the TV programs in MPEG-2 format by using the schedule recording function. You 

can also capture images to make your own desktop wallpaper. The Video Wonder 

DVB-T can replay the programs you recorded at any time; you can even watch video 

from a DVD/VCD player, a VCR, or anything with composite /S-Video output and 

Digital TV at the same time.     

 

1.2 Features: 

y

 

Watch Digital Terrestrial TV and listen to Digital Radio on your PC 

y

 

Supports schedule recording   

y

 

Watch digital terrestrial TV and play video programs from 

DVD/VCD/VHS/camcorder at the same time 

y

 

Portable antenna included (the receiving quality is subject to local DVB-T signal) 

1.3 Package Contents 

You should have the following items in the package. 

y

 

Video Wonder DVB-T 

y

 AV 

Cable 

y

 Driver 

y

 Remote 

control 

y

 Portable 

antenna 

 

y

 User’s 

Manual 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Video Wonder DVB-T

Page 1: ...lpaper The Video Wonder DVB T can replay the programs you recorded at any time you can even watch video from a DVD VCD player a VCR or anything with composite S Video output and Digital TV at the same time 1 2 Features y Watch Digital Terrestrial TV and listen to Digital Radio on your PC y Supports schedule recording y Watch digital terrestrial TV and play video programs from DVD VCD VHS camcorder...

Page 2: ...z or higher 256 MB RAM minimum 512 MB RAM recommended VGA Card with DirectX 8 1 Support Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Windows XP Service Pack 1 DirectX 9 or higher CD ROM or DVD drive 20 MB available hard disk space for installation Additional free space in your hard disk for recording and editing files VGA monitor with DirectShow installed supporting 16 bit color Sound card Speakers for audio outpu...

Page 3: ...audio channel of an external audio device Audio R Connects the right audio channel of an external audio device S Video Connects external devices like a VCR or camcorder ANT Use this connection to connect your home or room antenna The Remote Control 1 Full Screen 2 POWER 3 Numeric Keypad 5 Mute 4 RECALL 6 TV Radio 7 SAP 8 CH CH 9 Enter 10 VOL VOL 11 Source 12 PIP 13 Reserved 14 Record Pause 15 Time...

Page 4: ...urces DVB AV In S Video 13 Record Pause To start and pause the recording of the current program 14 Reserved 15 TimeShift Pause To start and pause the current program 16 Rewind To go back through the Playback 17 Play Pause To play and pause a recorded file 18 Forward To go forward through the Playback or Time Shifted Recording 19 Back To go to the beginning of a recorded video during Playback 20 St...

Page 5: ...move the cover from the case of your PC 4 Look for a free PCI expansion slot When selecting the PCI slot note that DVB T 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 assigne...

Page 6: ...ocket 7 Push the DVB T card firmly into the slot ensuring good contact 8 Fasten the DVB T card with an appropriate screw 9 Reinstall the cover of your PC case 10 Connect the portable antenna cable or the UHF VHF antenna cable which you would normally connect to the antenna input terminal on your television to the TV antenna terminal on the DVB T card Reconnect the AC power cable as well as all oth...

Page 7: ...ell you so in a Found new Hardware Wizard window If you are not sure what version of Windows you have just click the right mouse button on my computer folder and select Properties to see the version If your PC is not ether Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or Windows XP Service Pack 1 please go to Microsoft s website http www microsoft com to upgrade your Windows version of Service Pack 4 for Windows 20...

Page 8: ...sfully Click Finish This completes the installation of the drivers and you can now start installing the application program 4 Installation 4 1 Installation of Genius DTV Digital TV The installation of the Genius DTV software can be carried out by using either the Auto start program of the provided Driver and Application CD Software Installation or by executing a single file if you have downloaded ...

Page 9: ...ls Scan Receiving Setup Click on terrestrial scanning so you can enter the minimum and maximum frequency area that can be scanned for channels Channel Scan You have two possibilities to scan for available channels 1 Auto Scan From the Drop Down field you can select your country Button During the Auto Scan you will see the above picture showing you the actual status 2 Transponder Scan ...

Page 10: ...ID Video PID and Audio PID Here you also have the possibility to save your frequency list and to import it again After the scan click on Ok you should have a similar screen as follows 4 3 Receiving DVB T Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial On the right side you will find all scanned and saved channels which you choose by double clicking on it Here you will find a drop down menu where you can se...

Page 11: ... By clicking this button a sidebar will open to access different video sources You can choose between AV in S Video DVB PIP Scan Play Swap To switch to an external device connected to the AV In Input yellow To switch to an external device connected to the S Video Input To watch Digital Terrestrial TV selected by default To watch a second analog source while watching digital terrestrial TV To acces...

Page 12: ... have DVB T as the main source you will see the Dialog box as shown on the left side and here you can specify the folder which is used as the working directory 5 1 2 Schedule Recording Here you can enter a list of programs that you would like to record in the future Please check section 8 for a description on how to use the Schedule Recording 5 1 3 DVB Setting Here you control the bandwidth settin...

Page 13: ... of the analog source y Data Format The different output formats are specified y Color Customize the Color of the display characteristics like Brightness Contrast Hue Saturation and Sharpness A click on Default will disregard all settings and restore to the Default Settings 5 2 2 Record Settings The Record Settings offer the possibility to use the standard settings provided by the DTV Software ...

Page 14: ... or PAL MPEG 1 NTSC or PAL VCD NTSC or PAL MPEG 2 NTSC or PAL SVCD NTSC or PAL DVD The Profiles Button is also available in Customized Mode and opens the following Menu Choose here whether you want to Create a new Profile Modify or Duplicate the existing profiles or Remove one or Remove all existing profiles Create Profiles General Enter a name for the Profile and add a Comment Also decide whether...

Page 15: ... Select the Video Standard the resolution and the Bitrate When you click on Advanced another Window will open where you can select the Frame Rate the Encoder level and whether the recording should be done Inverted Deinterlaced and or Off Line System 5 2 3 Directory Settings Select the Folder for your working directory ...

Page 16: ...ng You can set the bandwidth settings for different countries 6 PIP Picture In Picture The PIP function can be accessed using the left menu When you click on the PIP Button shown in the right image you will see in the right hand corner a second live stream from an external source while watching the digital TV The second live source can be a VCR DVD video camera DV or anything with composite S vide...

Page 17: ...Function Buttons Click on this button to expand viewing screen and hide the channel list Click on this button to change the screen back and make the channel list available again Click on this screen to switch to Full Screen and the DVB T TV Signal will be shown on the complete monitor The title and bottom bar will become visible again when you move the mouse and by clicking on this button you will...

Page 18: ...Add Button and can add a new scheduled recording The Delete Button cancels the highlighted scheduled recording and the Edit Button gives you the option of change the settings of a scheduled recording The Add and Edit Buttons open a second menu Choose whether you want to add a recording one time only or do the same recording on different days for the same channel From the Drop Down Menu select the ...

Page 19: ...eft it Move the slider around to fast forward or rewind video Click on the Skip to Beginning button to go to the beginning of the TimeShifted file and click on Skip to End to move back to what is currently showing When you want to stop TimeShift click on the Stop button You cannot change channels while TimeShift 8 4 Snapshots button You can take still image snapshots of video and save them to your...

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