WinTV-HVR-1600 MCE-Kit
WinTV-HVR-1800 MCE-Kit
© Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. 2005-2007
Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc.
Hauppauge Computer Works, Ltd
www.hauppauge.com
Included with the WinTV Media Center Kits:
•
WinTV-HVR-1600 PCI board or WinTV-HVR-1800 PCI Express
board
with NTSC and ATSC tuners, MPEG-2 hardware audio/video compres-
sor for NTSC TV and one FM radio receiver.
•
Media Center Remote control transmitter
and two AA batteries
•
Media Center Remote control receiver/blaster box
•
IR transmitter cable (blaster cable)
•
USB cable
•
WinTV Installation CD-ROM
for use with Windows XP and Windows Vista
(all versions)
•
WinTV for Media Center QI Guide
(this guide) for use with Vista Home
Premium and Ultimate, and Windows XP Media Center Edition
•
WinTV-HVR Quick Installation Guide
for use with Windows XP and Vista
Home Basic
4
1
the supplied
USB cable
into the
Media Center remote control receiv-
er/blaster box
and the other end into any USB port on your Vista Home
Premium, Ultimate or Windows XP Media Center PC. Media Center will automatical-
ly load the drivers for the MCE remote control. This will take one or two minutes.
To test the receiver, click the
Start button
in the middle of the remote control. Media
Center should open.
If you have a satellite set top box
and would like the Media Center remote
control receiver/blaster to change channels on the set top box, plug one end of the
IR transmitter cable
into the back of the
Media Center remote control
receiver/blaster
and position the other end (the transmitter end) over the
IR
receiver
on your set top box. Then run the
TV Tuner Set up under Media
Center
(see below).
Step 4. TV Tuner set up under Media Center
To set up the TV tuner in Windows XP Media Center:
in the main Media Center menu go to
Settings / TV / Set up TV Signal
.
To set up the TV tuner in the Vista Media Center application:
go to
Tasks / Settings / TV / Set up TV signal
.
You will see a message:
Set Up Your TV Signal
. Click
Next
.
In
Confirm your Region
, make sure your region is selected. Click
Next
.
You will see
Automatic TV Signal Setup
. We recommend selecting
Configure my TV signal automatically
. Click
Next.
N
ote:
at this point, Media Center will set up the TV tuner. This might take a
minute or so.
You will then see a message saying
Examining your TV signal
. Media Center
is determining the type of TV connection you have. When it is finished, it will tell you
whether you have a cable TV, antenna or set top box connection.
After determining the type of signal, you will see
You are Done!
Now you need to set up the Electronic Program Guide. You will see a message:
Set Up Your Program Guide
. Click
Next
. The Program Guide Set Up Wizard
will move you through the completion of the Program Guide set up.
When you are finished with the Program Guide Setup, click the
MyTV
button on
your Media Center remote control to start watching TV.
Troubleshooting
Removing the WinTV driver
If you ever need to remove the WinTV-PVR driver, run
HCWClear.EXE
from the
WinTV-PVR Installation CD-ROM
.
WinTV Media Center Kit
Quick Installation Guide
QI-WinTV-HVR-MCEKIT-V4.1a-ENG
October 13, 2007
Installing the WinTV-HVR-1600 / 1800
MCE Kit for use with Media Center
The
WinTV-HVR for Media Center
boards differ from the non-MCE version in that it
uses the
Microsoft Media Center USB Remote control and IR transmitter
instead of the WinTV-HVR’s built-in IR receiver transmitter.
The
WinTV-HVR MCE-Kit
will work with Microsoft’s Media Center application in
Vista
Home Premium
or
Ultimate
.
If you have Windows
Vista Home Basic
, you can still use the WinTV-HVR to watch
and record TV, but you will use Hauppauge’s WinTV application instead of Microsoft’s
Media Center application. See the
WinTV-HVR-1600 Quick Installation Guide
for
instructions on installing and using the WinTV application.
Note:
The Media Center
remote control has limited functionality with Hauppauge’s WinTV application.
