What is ATSC digital TV,
and how does the
WinTV-HVR-1600 work?
ATSC digital TV is a 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.
WinTV-HVR-1600 cannot receive digital cable or digital satellite TV.
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 resolu-
tion, ATSC digital TV gives sharper pictures than analog cable TV
and near CD quality sound.
WinTV-HVR-1600 has a built-in analog cable TV and digital ATSC TV
tuner. It uses your PC 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 programs depends upon
how fast your PC 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.
For the best ATSC digital TV reception, a roof top ‘Wideband or
Highgain’ antenna is recommended.
TitanTV.com
has a good ATSC
digital antenna selector which can be found under
Resources
.
Installing the
WinTV-HVR-1600
WinTV-HVR-1600
is a TV tuner board with an analog TV tuner, a seper-
ate ATSC digital TV tuner plus a hardware MPEG-2 encoder. WinTV-
HVR-1600 is designed for
WindowsXP
and
Windows Vista
.
Note:
if you are running Windows Media Center application, you only
need to install the
WinTV-HVR Windows device driver
.
Installation overview
✓
Install the
WinTV-HVR-1600
board in your PC and connect the
TV cables. For the best ATSC digital TV reception, use a high
quality roof top antenna.
✓
After booting Windows, install WinTV-HVR Windows device driv-
er from the
WinTV-HVR-1600 Installation CD-ROM.
✓
After the Windows driver is installed,install the
WinTV applica-
tions
from the
WinTV-HVR-1600 Installation CD-ROM.
Step 1: Install the WinTV-HVR-1600 board and connect
the cables
Turn the power off on your PC.
Install the
WinTV-HVR-1600
into a
PCI slot. On some PC’s, the
WinTV-HVR
needs to be plugged into
the first or second PCI slot. Plug your
cable TV
into
TV Connector
.
Plug your
ATSC digital TV antenna
into the
ATSC Digital TV input
.
The S-Video/composite video input can be used to bring video from
a VCR, camcorder, camera, DVD player or satellite TV receiver. If
your video device uses
composite video
instead of S-Video, use the
supplied
Composite to S-Video adapter
. Plug your composite video
connector (normally yellow) into one end of the
Composite to S-
Video adapter
and the other end into the
S-Video/Composite video
input connector
on WinTV-HVR-1600.
The
Remote control receiver/blaster cable
is plugged into the
Remote
control socket
. Use the Velcro dot (on the back of the Remote control
receiver) to position the
Remote control receiver
where it will be able
to receive infra-red commands from the
Remote control transmitter
.
Add the supplied
batteries
to the
Remote control transmitter
.
Step 2: Installing the WinTV-HVR under Windows XP
After installing the
WinTV-
HVR
in your PC and booting
into Windows, the
Found
New Hardware Wizard
will
appear.
Click
No, not at this time
.
Click
Next
.
Insert the
WinTV-HVR-1600
Installation CD-ROM
in your
PC’s CD-ROM drive and
make sure
Install the software
automatically
(Recommended)
is checked.
Click
Next
.
If the
Hardware Installation
dialog box opens, click
Continue Anyway
.
The WinTV-HVR driver will be
installed. This takes several
seconds.
Click
Finish
.
This will complete the driver
installation for Windows XP. Go
to step 3.
Step 3: WinTV-HVR
Software installation
After the
WinTV-HVR
driver has
been installed, you need to run
WinTV Setup
to com-
plete the installation.
Run
SETUP
from the
WinTV-HVR
Installation CD-ROM.
Click
Install
to start
the application instal-
lation. The installation
may require a file from
your Windows CD-
ROM, so keep it
handy.
After the Setup pro-
gram is complete, you
will see the
WinTV2000
icon on
your Windows desk-
top.
Running WinTV2000 for the first
time
To run the WinTV2000 application for watching TV, recording videos
and playing them back on your PC,
double click on the WinTV
2000 icon
on your desk top.
When you run WinTV2000 for the first time, a message says
Would
you like to scan for channels now?
Click
YES
.
Click the
Scan button
and WinTV2000 will automatically scan for
both
analog
and
ATSC digital TV channels
. The scanning process
takes about 10 minutes. The scanning process for ATSC will scan
from channels 2 to 68.
The ATSC digital channels that are found will appear in the channel
listing box. The
Name
is the name as defined by the broadcaster.
The
Channel number
is created by the WinTV application. For ATSC
digital channels, since each primary channel might have several sub-
channels, the channel number is calculated so that channel 22.2
would be listed as 1222. Channel 7.2 would be listed as 1072.
N
ote: if you do not receive any ATSC digital TV channels, an
antenna signal booster might be needed. After adding a signal
booster, see below for instructions on rescanning and the
Troubleshooting section for information on chosing an ATSC antenna.
N
ote: When initially installed, WinTV-HVR-1600 uses a setting
which does not take advantage of graphics acceleration. If
you experience problems when watching ATSC digital TV
channels, see the Troubleshooting section.
Rescanning TV channels
If you want to rescan for TV channels, click
Menu / Suite
Manager
. To scan analog cable TV channels, under
Sources
, highlight
Analog source
and click
Auto scan
.
To scan for
digital ATSC channels
, under
Input Sources
,
highlight
ATSC source
and click
Auto scan
.
During the scan for ATSC digital TV channels, the
Signal
Status
will show a quality level and the
locked box
will
be checked if a channel is detected.
Setting up the channels
After you have scanned for channels, you can add channel names
and fine tune for better reception. To do this, click the
Menu
button
on WinTV2000, then click
Suite Manager
. You can also
click and hold
your right mouse button
, then click
SuiteManager
.
Click on the
desired channel
, then
Edit
. Change the
ChannelName
to
the name of the station, change the description or fine tune. Then
click
OK
.
Selecting an External Video source (VCR, camcorder,
etc.)
Click the
green Video source select
button
to select
TV
,
Composite
and
S-Video
sources. The video sources will use the TV standard
chosen when you scanned for your TV channels (NTSC or PAL).
Displaying TV full screen
When you click the
Full screen TV
button, TV will appear full screen.
When finished watching TV full screen, click your right mouse button
in the TV window.
If you see video with a black box to the left and right of the TV
image, click the
Pref button
then click
TV mode
tab. Check the box
which says "
Allow resolution change
".
"Always-on-Top" mode:
With
Always on Top
, the WinTV window can always be visible on
your Windows desktop. To turn on Always-on-Top, simply click the
Always-on-top
button
. It will turn green. To turn off Always on Top,
click this button again.
A convenient way to use Always-on-Top is to make the TV window in
the no-title mode small, and to make the TV window in the title mode
larger. Then you can switch very quick from a small window to a
larger one simply by clicking the right mouse button.
Menu button
Click the
Menu
button to open the
TV Setup menu
. Here is the main
control for TV channels, and duplicate controls for other functions:
Suite Manager:
configure the TV tuner (scanning, naming, fine tun-
ing, etc.), setting up 'favorite channel lists' and set an external
A/V source to a TV channel.
Configuration:
duplicate configuration menus for color, audio,
MPEG settings, etc.
View:
for setting the TV window size
Pref button
Click the
Pref
button to open the
Preferences menu
. You will have
tabs for:
View:
these are the settings for the
On Screen Display
of the
TV
channel
and
Audio Volume
, where you can enable
Close
Captions
, plus controls for the
Toolbar mode (Title mode)
,
NoToolbar mode (No Title)
and
Full Screen (TV mode)
.
Movies:
here is where you configure the
video
and
audio
settings.
You can set the
movie record directory
(DVCR Record File
Path), the
MPEG Quality settings
, and the
Audio setings
.
Snap Shot:
here is where you can set the size of your captured
images, plus single or two field captures.
Audio:
your audio settings are configured here.
Color:
adjust the color of your TV picture here.
If you cannot hear audio
If you cannot hear audio when the
WinTV
application is running,
check the following:
-
Click on the
WinTV applications’
audio configuration button
AUD
and make sure the Audio Mixer Input is set to Wave.
-
Open the
Volume control menu
(double click on the small
speaker icon in the lower right hand corner of your PC screen).
Make sure Wave is not muted and the level is about half way up.
-
If you do not see a
Wave
listed in the
Volume control menu
,
click on
Options / Properties
in this menu and under
Show the
following volume controls
put a check mark next to Wave. This
will add Wave to the list of devices. Click
OK
and then you
should see Wave listed. Once again, make sure Wave is not
muted and the volume is half way up.
-
If you do not hear audio when playing back a recorded video file
(or do not hear audio when in the Pause mode), then open up
the
Windows Volume Control Mixer
and make sure
Wave
is
listed
and
not muted
.
Watch, Pause and Record TV
There are three buttons to control the
Watching, Recording
and
Pausing
of TV. Clicking on the
Pause
button will cause the
Pause
menu
to roll down from the WinTV2000 application, while clicking on
the
Rec
button will cause the
Record menu
to roll down.
The
One Touch Pause
(
OTP
) button prepares the
WinTV-HVR
for
pausing live video (see
Pause mode
below).
The
One Touch Record
(
OTR
) button will start a record session. If
you click
OTR
more than once, a record timer will be set and the
recording will be done for 15 minutes for each time the
OTR button
is clicked. For example, if you click the
OTR button 3 times
, the
WinTV-HVR
will record for
30 minutes
.
Quick instructions on recording and pausing your TV
shows
If you want to record a TV show you are watching:
- Click the
Record
button to lower the record and play menu
- In the Record menu, click the
red record button
to start recording
- When you are finished recording, click the
stop button
- Click the
Play button
to play the video you just recorded
- To play a video you recorded earlier, click the
File
button and then
move your mouse and click once on the video you want to play.
Click
Open
and then the
Play button
. For more instructions, see the
section entitled
Record mode
.
If you want to pause a TV show you are watching:
- Click
the
Pause
button to lower the pause menu. After about 15
seconds, your screen will stop and the Time counter will start
counting.
-
To start the video from where you paused, click the
Play button
-
To pause the video again, click the
Pause button
-
To rewind the video to the beginning, click the
Skip to the begin-
ning button
. If your video was paused, click the
Play
button.
-
To rewind the video 10 seconds, click the
rewind 10 seconds but-
ton
. If your video was paused, click the
Play
button.
For more instructions, see the section entitled
Pause mode
.
Record Mode
Click on the
Record button
or the
OTR button
on the
WinTV-2000
application to open the Record and Playback control bar.
Time counter:
The time is specified in a
Hour:Minute:Second
format.
Record timer:
A timed record is started by clicking the
OTR
button. Each time you
click
OTR
, the
Record Timer
is incremented by 15 minutes. At the
end of the time specified by the Record timer, the record will stop.
Also, clicking the
Stop button
will stop a timed record. The time is
specified in a
Hour:Minute:Second
format.
Record Button:
Clicking the
Record button
will automatically generate a file name and
start recording your audio/video program.
The quality of the video recording and the directory where the files
are stored are set in the
MPEG Configuration Menu
(see the sec-
tion entitled
“Configuring the format for MPEG compression”
).
Click the
PREF button
on the
WinTV2000
application, then clicking
Capture / MPEG
. In
Quality Levels
, the highest quality is MPEG-2
12.0
MBit/sec, and the lowest quality is
VCD
.
While recording:
-
Live video
continues to play in the
WinTV
window
- The
Counter
will display the length of your recording
-
If you had started recording with the
OTR button
, and had
clicked it more than once, the
total time for the recording
will
also be displayed
The recorded video file is saved in the
DVCR Recorded File Path
which
can be configured from the
MPEG Configuration Menu
. Everytime you
record a file, a new file is automatically created. The first file will be
_dvcr001.mpg
. The second file will be
_dvcr002.mpg
and so on.
Click the
Stop button
to stop your recording. The recorded audio/video
file is then saved to disk using the automatically assigned file name. The
Time counter is reset to 00:00:00 after the recording is saved.
VCD Record Button:
Clicking the
VCD Record button
will automatically generate a file name
and start recording your program using the VCD record quality. All other
characteristics are the same as in the Record mode. This button makes
it easy to save VCD quality video, for burning later on to a Video CD.
Stop Button:
Clicking the
Stop
button will stop the video you are recording or play-
ing back. Once the video is stopped, live TV will be displayed.
Play Button:
Clicking the
Play button
will playback from disk the last video file
created. When playing a video, you can rewind, fast forward, replay
10 sec or skip forward 10 sec using the buttons on the control bar.
When playing video files, you can quickly skip to sections of your
video by hitting the 0 to 9 buttons on the remote (or your keyboard).
When you hit ‘1’ you will skip to 10% of the length of the video.
When you hit ‘2’ you will skip to 20% of your video.
Pause Button:
Clicking the
Pause button
while Playing will pause your audio/video
file. Clicking the
Pause button
again will continue the playing.
Rewind Button:
Clicking the
Rewind
button will play the video file in reverse at
1x
speed
. Clicking the
Rewind
button again will continue the playing.
Fast Foward Button:
Clicking the
Fast Foward
button one time will fast foward your video at
2X speed
. Clicking the
Fast Foward
button two times will fast foward
your video at
8X speed
. Clicking the button again will continue play-
ing back at normal speed.
Slow Motion Button:
Clicking the
Slow Motion
button will play video at 1/2 speed. Click the
Slow Motion button
again to play your video at normal speed.
File Button:
Clicking the
File button
opens the File menu. The last file recorded
is listed in the
File name
box. In the File menu you can:
-
Rename your recorded video file
. To rename a video file, find
the file you would like to rename (remember, the automatically
generated file names start with
_dvcr
),
highlight it
with your
mouse, and
click and hold the right mouse button
. Go down
to
Rename
and then you can type in a new name. Remember:
you must keep the MPG extension on the file.
-
Play a video file previously recorded:
find the file you would
like to play,
highlight it
with your mouse (one click of the mouse
button) and click
Open
. Then click the
Play button
.
-
Delete recorded video files
which you no longer want (and
which consume hard disk space). Click your
right mouse button
on the video file
once, go down the menu and click on
Delete
.
Pause mode
Clicking the
Pause button
or
OTP button
on the
WinTV-2000
appli-
cation starts the
Pause mode
. The
Pause Menu
will drop down.
N
ote: It takes about 10 seconds to create a pause buffer..
Pause buffer:
The
Pause buffer
is space on your hard disk where video is stored
during the Pause mode. The maximum amount of time which your
TV program can be delayed is dependent upon how much storage
space you have set for the Pause buffer and which type of MPEG
format you have chosen. Both of these can be set in the MPEG set-
tings menu (see the section entitled
“Configuring the format for
MPEG compression”
).
To catch up to the
"live"
audio/video program, you can either exit the
Pause mode by clicking the
TV mode button
, you can click the
Skip
button
, which skips ahead 10 seconds per click, or you can grab the
Video Position indicator and move it to the right until it is at the end
of the Video Position bar.
The
Limit Pause Mode buffer size
sets the maximum size of the
Pause buffer. Here are some suggested sizes:
-
If you are using
MPEG1 VCD format
, 650 MBytes per hour are
used. So if you want a 1/2 hour buffer, then
set the Limit Pause
Mode Buffer Size to 325 MBytes
.
-
If you are using
MPEG-2 4.0MB/sec
, about 2 Gigabytes per
ATSC Digital TV
connector
Audio input (Line-In)
Remote control (IR)
receiver/blaster socket
TV Connector
for Cable TV
WinTV-HVR-1600
Board connectors
Record
Play
Pause
Stop
File menu
(Save/Open/Burn)
Time
counter
Skip to End
Skip back
10 sec.
Video CD
record
video position
WinTV-HVR-1600
Personal Video Recorder
Quick Installation
Guide
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Pause mode button
TV mode
button
One Touch
Pause
One Touch
Record
Record mode
button
Fast Foward
2X 8X
Slow
Motion
Rewind
Skip ahead
10 sec.
Skip to
beginning
Record timer
after clicking OTR button
Pause
Skip ahead
10 seconds
Replay 10
seconds
Skip to
the end
Skip to the
beginning
Skip ahead
10 seconds
Replay 10
seconds
Delay
counter
Video
Position bar
Play
Play forward
slow motion
Fast Foward
2X, 8X
Rewind
S-Video/Composite video
input connector
Snap
Snapshot
Button
Freeze
video
CFG
Configure
Snapshot
Pref
Preferences
menu
Menu
Setup Menu
Always-on-top
Full screen TV
Remove toolbars
"no toolbar" mode
Minimize
Record
open the record
controls
Channel surf
Video source select
Channel down
Channel up
Previous channel
Close
WinTV
Snapshot viewer
window
Double click
on
each "thumbnail" to
see image full size.
Click and hold your
right mouse button
to see image
options.
Current TV channel
or video source
Click your
right mouse
button
here to see the
channel selector
Remove toolbars
Click your right mouse button in the TV
window to remove toolbars.
Click again to restore toolbars.
One Touch
Record
One Touch
Pause
Analog
Source
ATSC
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