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WinTV-HVR-1950
Quick Installation Guide for Windows
ATSC digital TV is over-the-air digital TV for North America.
ATSC digital TV typically requires an antenna for reception, and is
currently broadcast in 200 cities, with over 1500 TV stations.
Note:
ATSC digital TV is NOT digital cable TV or digital satellite TV. To watch
and record satellite TV, you need a satellite receiver box plus the WinTV-
HVR-1950.
ATSC digital TV is transmitted in several resolutions, from “standard
definition” which is similar to cable TV, up to high definition which has
about 16 times the resolution of normal cable TV. In any resolution,
ATSC digital TV gives sharper pictures than analog cable TV and near
CD quality sound.
Clear QAM TV channels are digital cable TV channels
which
are broadcast on cable TV “in the clear”. These digital cable TV
channels are broadcast in various resolutions, from standard definition
up to high definition.
WinTV-HVR-1950 has a built-in tuner for analog cable TV, digital ATSC
and clear QAM digital cable TV. To receive ATSC, you will need an
antenna. To receive digital clear QAM or analog cable TV, you will need a
cable TV connection.
It uses your PC or laptop’s CPU for displaying both analog and digital TV
programs on your PC screen. The decoding of high definition ATSC is
very processor intensive, and the smoothness of high definition TV
2. What is ATSC and QAM digital TV, and how
does the WinTV-HVR-1950 work?
1. Included with the WinTV-HVR-1950
Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc.
Telephone:
631-434-1600
91 Cabot Court
Fax:
631-434-3198
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Tech Support:
631-434-3197
programs depends upon how fast your PC or laptop system is. Other
PC activities that consume CPU resources might affect the display of
ATSC digital TV. Slow video, jerky video and momentary pausing of
video are all results of a CPU which is temporarily being used by other
activities.
The portable antennas are designed primarily for ATSC digital TV
reception, and will work within 10 miles of an ATSC transmitter
(reception might be limited by obstructions such as steel buildings).
For the best ATSC digital TV reception, a roof top ‘High gain’ antenna is
recommended. In the U.S., a good ATSC digital antenna selector can be
found at
TitanTV.com
under
Resources
.
•
WinTV-HVR-1950 device
with ATSC/NTSC/clear QAM receiver,
125 channel cable ready TV tuner, FM radio receiver and MPEG-
2 hardware audio/video compressor for recording analog cable
TV to disk
•
Remote control
transmitter
and batteries
•
IR Blaster cable
•
Wall mounted power
supply
(6 volt)
•
1 meter USB cable
•
FM radio
antenna
•
WinTV Installation CD-
ROM
•
WinTV-HVR-1950 Quick Installation Guide
(this guide)
•
IR Remote Blaster Quick Installation Guide
The WinTV-HVR-1950 is a USB device designed for Microsoft®
Windows 7, Windows Vista (all versions) and Windows XP SP2. It can
be used with the Hauppauge WinTV application, with Windows Media
Center and other TV tuner applications.
Connect the WinTV-HVR-1950 cables
Plug your
TV antenna
or
cable TV cable
into the WinTV-HVR-1950’s
TV Connector
. Plug the supplied Radio aerial into the FM radio
connector. Note: this may not be necessary if your TV aerial or cable
network supplies FM.
Plug one end (the square end)
of the supplied
USB cable
into the
WinTV-HVR-1950’s
USB Cable connector
. The WinTV-HVR-1950 is
compatible with USB 2.0 (high speed USB) only.
Plug the other end
of the USB cable into a USB port on your
computer.
The
S-Video
and
Composite video inputs
and the L&R audio inputs
can be used to bring audio/video from a VCR, DVD player or satellite TV
receiver.
Information on the installation of the IR Blaster Cable
can be
found in the
IR Remote Blaster Quick Installation Guide
.
Boot your PC.
Plug the power supply into WinTV-HVR-1950.
Plug the supplied Power Supply into the
Power Supply input
on
WinTV-HVR-1950. The WinTV-HVR-1950 can accept 6V to 12V inputs.
S-Video
input
Remote control
receiver
Composite
video input
Left &Right
Audio Inputs
TV Connector
for antenna or
Cable TV
FM radio
antenna
connector
USB Cable
Connector
IR Blaster
output
Power Supply
input: 6V to 12V
@1.7A
Install your WinTV products. Turn on your Windows XP, Vista or
Windows 7 based PC, and boot into Windows.
For Windows XP installations:
After you install your WinTV
device and boot Windows, a
'Found New Hardware' wizard will
appear.
Please cancel it
and allow
windows to load fully before
proceeding. You might see this
message two or three times.
Please click ‘Cancel’ each time
you see the New Hardware
Wizard.
For Windows 7:
Insert the WinTV Installation CD-ROM
in your PC’s CD-ROM drive. You will
see an AutoPlay message.
Click
Run Setup.exe
For all versions of Windows:
Insert the
WinTV Installation CD-
ROM
in your PC’s CD-ROM drive.
“
Hauppauge WinTV Installation CD-ROM
” window will appear on
the screen.
N
ote: if the CD does not autorun, navigate to the CD and run
the 'Setup.exe' file.
Install the WinTV driver
Click the button
labeled
Step 1:
Install Drivers
.
A screen will
open and begin
installing the
drivers for your
WinTV.
Once the
drivers have
installed, click
on the
Finish
bar
to exit.
Install the WinTV applications
Click the button labeled
Step 2: Install WinTV
The setup application will then open and begin automatically installing
the WinTV application components. Once complete, click
OK then Exit
.
Please do not lose your WinTV CD-ROM! You will
need to use it each time you upgrade to a new version of
WinTV.
4. Installing the WinTV driver and application
N
ote: the latest driver updates are available at:
www.hauppauge.com in the Support section.
To run
WinTV v7
for watching TV, recording videos and
playing them back on your PC,
double click on the
WinTV icon
on your Windows desk top.
When you run
WinTV for the first
time, the
WinTV
Device Setup
Wizard
appears.
Select the TV source
that you are using.
N
ote: If
you’d like
to use the
A/V inputs,
please see
instructions below in
External audio/video sources
.
If your TV source is ATSC digital over-the-air TV
Select
Digital ATSC
and click
Next
. In the
ATSC Setup menu
, click
Next
. You will see
the
Digital ATSC
Scan
scanning for
over-the-air
channels. The digital
TV scanning
process will scan
from channels 2 to
51. As TV channels
are found, they will
appear in the
Channel box
.
When complete,
click
Next
/
Next
/
OK
.
N
ote: if you do not receive any ATSC digital TV channels, an
antenna signal booster might be needed. After adding a sig-
nal booster, see below for instructions on rescanning and the
Troubleshooting section for information on choosing an antenna.
If your TV source is Clear QAM Digital Cable TV
Clear QAM digital cable TV channels are those TV channels broadcast
on a digital cable network which are unencrypted (‘free to view’). If you
are using cable TV with clear QAM programs, chose
Digital QAM
and
click
Next
.
Encrypted channels are automatically not selected and will not appear
in your channel list. The resulting channels in the list might be both
standard and high definition channels.
5. Running WinTV for the first time
If your TV
source is
Analog cable TV
Select your
Country
and your
TV Source
from the
drop down list. To
automatically scan
for channels, click
Next
to continue.
Click the
Scan
button
and WinTV
will automatically
scan for analog
channels. The
scanning process
takes about 10
minutes.
External
audio/video
sources
You can bring video
into the WinTV from
an external audio/video source such as a cable TV or satellite set top
box.
In the
Device
Setup Wizard
,
select
External
Inputs
and click
Next
.
You will be
presented with the
option to add a
Composite
and an
S-Video Input
.
Please select your
country (if not
correct) and click
Next
.
If you wish to connect a source not normally designed for operation in
your country, you can configure the Video Format manually from the
drop down list. Change the value from “AUTO”.
N
ote: Pal BGHIDK is the commonly used format in Europe.
NTSC is the broadcast format used in North America.
Rescanning TV channels
If you want to rescan for TV channels, click the
Configuration menu
(
Gear button
in the lower left corner of WinTV v7).
Then click on the
Devices tab
. Chose your WinTV device by clicking on
it, then click
Tuner setup
. Choose the TV format you want to scan, then
click
Next
. Click
Next
and a new scan will be started. When the scan is
complete, click
Next
/
Next
and
OK
.
IR blaster in WinTV v7
If you would like to use the Hauppauge IR blaster to change the
channels on your cable TV or satellite set top box, see the section
entitled “Configuring the remote control for WinTV v7”.
To watch TV
, click the Watch TV button.
To see the TV Channel list
, click your right mouse button in the TV
window to display the
Options menu
. Select
Find Channel
. You will
see the channel list.
To display the channel list all the time
, while the channel list is
displayed, click the
Channel list display always on
button.
Options menu
The
Options menu
is the main menu where you can select channels,
turn on close captions, open the TV Scheduler and many other of the
most important TV control functions.
To bring up
the
Options
Menu
, click
your
right
mouse
button
once
in the TV
window.
To see the
channel list,
click on
Find
channel
. You
will see the list of channels which have been scanned.
To show the Channel menu
as part of the TV window, click the
Channel list always on icon
at the top of the channel list.
To turn on Close captions
, click on
Show Captions
.
To manually schedule a TV recording
, or to see which programs
have been scheduled, click on
Scheduler
.
To turn on the
Always on Top mode
, click on
Stay on Top
.
Watch, Pause and Record TV
WinTV v7 is always recording video to your PC’s hard drive while TV is
being displayed. In this way, you can immediately skip back and replay
Using the WinTV v7 application
Options menu
click your
right mouse button
to view
Playback menu
Channel list
TV Scheduler
Close captions
Always on top
Current channel name
and number
Record/Pause/Play con-
trols
Channel list display always on
TV Channel list
Volume adjust
and mute
Channel
up/down
Fast channel select
numbers
Close WinTV
WinTV source selector
Playback file
menu
Watch TV
Program Info
Configuration
menu
(Settings menu)
3. Installing the WinTV-HVR-1950
