User manual DIGITUS VIDEO GRABBER DA-70820

[. . . ] This equipment generates, uses and can radiated radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction, may cause harmful interference to radio communication. However, there is no grantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by tuning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: -Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. -Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. [. . . ] Motion capture : MPEG format up to 720x480@NTSC, and 720x576@PAL resolution; MPEG 4 format @320x240 resolution. Performance : Up to 25 fps at 720x576 for PAL, 30fps at 720x480 for NTSC. Power Source : 5VDC, 350mA(max) through USB port. 1. 4 Minimum System Requirements USB 2. 0 equipped computer Pentium-4, 1G or above 128MB of RAM Win2000 SP3 or WinXP SP1 or above Sound card 1. 5 Package Contents DA-70820 USB 2. 0 Audio/Video Grabber Video Grabber software CD VideoWorks editing software Digital Converter direct burning software User's manual _____________________________________________________________ 2 Chapter 2. Installation Please make sure your computer has USB2. 0 port correctly installed and functioning !!( Please update your WinXP to SP1 or Win2000 to SP3 or above and updating USB2. 0 host driver before installation to make sure computer's USB2. 0 is functioning correctly) Steps : (1) Install Driver (see 2. 2. 1) (2) Plug in Video Grabber hardware (see 2. 2. 3) (3) Install Video Grabber AP software (see 2. 3) 2. 1 Hardware device description USB 2. 0 connector Audio L/R input Composite Video input S-Video input USB 2. 0 connector : Connect to USB 2. 0 port of your computer S-Video input : S-Video input from external A/V device(e. g. VCR) Composite video input : Composite video input from external A/V device(e. g. VCR) Audio L/R input : Audio input from external A/V device (In WinXP); (In Win2000 ­ recommend connect external A/V device audio to line-in of Sound card) _______________________________________________________________ 3 Chapter 2. Installation 2. 2 Driver Installation Do not connect Video Grabber to computer USB port before driver installation 2. 2. 1. Please insert "Multimedia Installation Kit" CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive; Run " E:\Video Grabber\Driver\Setup. exe "; (assuming CD-ROM drive in E drive) Click "Next" 2. 2. 2. Complete Setup Wizard, please restart computer _______________________________________________________________ 4 Chapter 2. After restart computer, plug the Video Grabber device into computer's USB2. 0 port; System will detect new device and install completely. Please check whether the Video Grabber driver was install successful in your computer; (Go to My Computer->Control Panel->System ->Hardware->Device Manager") _______________________________________________________________ 5 Chapter 2. Installation 2. 3 Application Software (Video Grabber) Installation 2. 3. 1. Please insert "Multimedia Installation Kit" CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive; Run " E:\Video Grabber\AP software\Setup. exe "; (assuming CD-ROM drive in E drive) 2. 3. 2. Install Windows Media Format 9 Series Runtime Setup; Click "Yes" 2. 3. 5. Finished Windows Media Format 9 Series Runtime installation; Click "Ok" 2. 3. 7. InstallShield Wizard Complete; Click "Finish" After AP software install, You can find three icons show on screen Video Grabber : Video Grabber software main program Record Files : Click to see your record files Snapshot : Click to see your capture still image files _______________________________________________________________ 6 Chapter 3. Starting : Please click the "Video Grabber" icon After starting application, you can see video window as below 3. 2. Preview : Please move mouse cursor into Preview window and right click, function menu will appear as below Resolution : There are 4 resolution video preview you can select NTSC mode : 352x240, 640x480, 720x480, Full screen PAL mode : 352x288, 640x480, 720x576, Full screen _______________________________________________________________ 7 Chapter 3. General (a) Hardisk space information (b) Snapshot default storage path : The location to save captured image files (c) Clip default storage path : The location to save recorded video files (d) Video Format : Choose correct video input (e) Set Recording Time : Recording length setting 3. 3. 2. Encoder Property _______________________________________________________________ 8 Chapter 3. Basic Function Operating (a) Video Setting : Recording file format MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VCD, SVCD, DVD, WMV selection(if you want make DVD burning, please choose DVD mode) (b) Profile : Video Size, Frame Rate, Video Quality, Video Bit Rate setting; Information column will show your setting 3. 4. [. . . ] Some motherboard bundled driver is not latest version, we suggest that you use XP system bundled driver. A6: In WinXP, Audio go throughVideo Grabber (please see 3. 11. 2. ) In Win2000, the audio go through sound card Line-in, please check your sound card setting. 11 Chapter 4. Trouble Shooting Q7 : How can I get minimum number of dropped frames during video capture ?Devices with external or built-in power supply also fulfil the requirements of EN 61000-3-2 and EN 61000-3-3. [. . . ]