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Troubleshooting: The Setup Wizard will not allow the Time Shift Buffer size to be edited after the initial
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The Setup Wizard will not allow the Time Shift Buffer size to be edited after the initial
installation.
Also see “The Setup Wizard will not allow the recording space size to be
edited after the initial installation” for additional information.
The Time Shift Buffer size can be adjusted from within Digital VCR. From the
Main Menu, select Options, then Storage.
The PC was placed in Standby mode. A scheduled recording was not completed.
Not all PCs respond to scheduled wake-up commands. Consult the documen-
tation that came with your PC, or contact the manufacturer.
The Digital VCR application must be running in Standby mode in order for a
scheduled recording to take place while the PC is in Standby mode.
Keyboard commands are not working.
Keyboard shortcuts invoked from your PC keyboard will only work when the
Digital VCR window is the front window on the desktop. The front window on
the desktop can be recognized when multiple windows are open by its title
bar. The active window has a unique title bar color; all other windows are set
to the inactive color, usually gray. To make the Digital VCR window the front
window on the desktop, click anywhere in the Digital VCR window.
Use the Alt+Tab key combination to cycle through the open applications.
Select Digital VCR to make it the front application on the desktop.
Poor picture quality
Check that the settings for DMA are turned on for your hard drive. This is
done from the Device Manager. To access the Device Manager, right-click on
My Computer. Select Properties from the menu to open the System Proper-
ties. Select the Device Manager tab. See the Users Guide for additional infor-
mation on the Device Manager settings.
No picture - video card not working
The PC Video card must have hardware overlay support for UYVY or YUY2
surfaces. Consult the documentation that came with your video card for addi-
tional information.
Video cards with less than 2MB of memory will not work.
These video cards are known not to work with Digital VCR:
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Matrox G200
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3DLabs Permedia 2
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3DLabs Permedia 3
When trying to put the PC into Standby mode, there is an error message.
If you want to put your PC into Standby mode, the Digital VCR application
must also be placed into Standby. (In fact, no other applications can be run-
ning when the PC goes into Standby mode.) Scheduled recordings will still
take place under these conditions. To put Digital VCR into Standby, select
Standby from the Main Menu.
