3
checked. Click
Next
. Click
Finish
.
In Vista,
click
Locate and install driver software (recommended)
. Then click
Don’t
search on-line
. Click
Next
. When the driver is installed, click
Close
.
Step 3. Install the Media Center Remote control receiver/blaster
The
Media Center remote control receiver/blaster box
is a small USB
device which both receives remote control commands and transmits commands
via its
IR Blaster
to change channels on a cable TV or satellite set top box.
To install the Media Center remote control receiver/blaster, simply plug one end of
2
Installation overview
Step 1.
Install the
WinTV-HVR
in your PC and connect the TV and A/V cables.
Step 2.
After starting Windows, install the
WinTV-HVR device driver
from the
WinTV Installation CD-ROM
.
Step 3.
Install the
Media Center remote control
.
Step 4. Set up the TV tuner
in the Media Center application.
Detailed installation instructions
Step 1: Install the WinTV-HVR board in your Media Center PC and
connect the cables
Turn the power off on your PC.
Install the
WinTV-HVR-1600
into a
PCI slot. Install the
WinTV-HVR-
1800
into a PCI Express x1 slot. On
some PC’s, the
WinTV
needs to be
plugged into the first or second PCI
slot.
Plug your TV antenna or cable TV
cable into the
TV Connector
. Skip
to step 2.
If you are using a cable TV or
satellite TV set top box,
connect
it to the WinTV-HVR through either S-
Video or Composite connector on the
WinTV board, or connect a coax
cable from the
RF Out
on your set
top box to the
TV input
on the
WinTV board. Media Center will auto-
matically detect which method you
are using to connect the WinTV to the
set top box.
Audio and video from an external A/V device (satellite TV receiver, cable TV box,
VCR, camcorder, camera, DVD player) can be brought into the WinTV-PVR via the
back panel connectors. If your A/V device uses S-Video, connect to the
S-Video
input
on the WinTV board. If your video device uses composite video instead of S-
Video, use the
yellow RCA jack
.
Audio input from an external A/V device can be brought into the WinTV board via
the
white and red audio input jacks
.
Step 2: Installing the WinTV-HVR Windows Vista driver
After installing the
WinTV-HVR
in your PC, boot Windows. The
Found New
Hardware Wizard
will appear. Insert the
WinTV-PVR Installation CD-ROM
in your PC’s CD-ROM drive.
In Windows XP,
select
No, not at this time
and click
Next
.
Make sure
Install the software automatically (Recommended)
is
Digital TV Connector
for ATSC/QAM digital TV
Left audio input
Right audio input
TV Connector
for Cable TV input
WinTV-HVR-1600
WinTV-HVR-1800
Board connectors
FM Radio Connector
input
S-Video input
Media Center
remote control
receiver/blaster box
IR transmitter
cable
USB cable
Start button
Media Center
remote
The WinTV-HVR-1600 board
Found New Hardware in Windows XP
Found New Hardware in Vista
