User manual HAUPPAUGE WIN TV-HVR REFERENCE MANUAL

[. . . ] WinTV-HVR-Series WinTV-PVR-Series Reference Manual English M-HVRNOVAPVR-V1. 0-USA - 2007/10/11 WinTV-HVR-Series WinTV-PVR-Series Reference Manual Copyright ©Hauppauge Computer Works, 2007 Hauppauge Computer Works, Ltd. 10 Borough High Street Bank Chambers London, UK, SE1 9QQ www. hauppauge. co. uk Tech Support: (+44) 0207 378 0202 Telephone: (+44) 0207 378 1997 Fax: (+44) 0207 357 9171 support@hauppauge. co. uk Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. 91 Cabot Court Hauppauge, NY 11788 www. hauppauge. com Tech Support: (+1) 631 434 3197 Telephone: (+1) 631 434 1600 Fax: (+1) 631 434 3198 Tech Support: (+65) 276 4412 Telephone: (+65) 276 9163 Fax: (+65) 276 9167 Hauppauge Digital Asia, Pte. Ltd. Blk 1093, Lower Delta Road #04-05 Tiong Bahru Industrial Estate Singapore 169204 www. hauppauge. com. sg I Content FCC Statement / CE Statement Introduction The WinTV Application Fundamental operation Setting up your TV channels Configuration of Video Input Changing the Channel List Menu Options WinTV settings Menu Pause, Record and TV Mode Keyboard shortcuts in WinTV WinTV Remote control WinTV-Scheduler The WinTV Radio Application Troubleshooting: HcwDriverInstall gives "INF File Open Failed" error No digital channels found How-to connect a satellite/cable set top box, VCR or games console Media Center Notes My external input connected by S-Video is black and white Games console slow response Vista switches to Basic UI when starting WinTVv6 Primary options TV becomes jumpy while recording Problems with the IR remote control "No Tuner Available" message when starting Live TV in MCE / Vista 1 2 3 3 6 9 10 11 14 19 23 24 26 31 35 35 35 37 39 40 40 40 41 43 44 44 Warranty Information 45 II WinTV Reference Manual FCC Statement Radio Interference Statement: The WinTV boards have been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, cause harmful interference to radio communications. [. . . ] You must make sure Windows Task Scheduler is running properly: For both Windows 2000 and XP you must have the Windows task scheduler started and run, ning correctly, or WinTV-Scheduler will not work. For XP you must also have a password , assigned to log into Windows, which is a requirement for Windows task scheduler. To be sure Windows task scheduler is running, go to Start/Run and enter services. msc, click ok. when the Services window appears, find Task Scheduler in the right column and be sure it is set to started and automatic. If it is started, and scheduler is still not working correctly, you can try stopping the service, and restarting it. You must have a password set to log into Windows XP: WindowsXP will not run any scheduled events without a username and password the first thing you should do is create them. You may want refer to the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article regarding this issue: http://support. microsoft. com/default. aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316434&Product=winxp If you Schedule something and it doesn't run at specific time check the following: Make sure that your time and time zone are correct. If you are in the East coast you could have the correct time but wrong time zone. If you are running Windows XP Home or Pro, and Windows 2000, please make sure that you have given your User account a password to log in. According to Microsoft, Services require that a user must have a logging password to start. If you already have a password and it still won't work, please double check the Task Scheduler service and restart it. Then, right click on the Task Scheduler and click on start to restart the service, and then restart your computer to take effect. You should also make sure that you have all Microsoft WindowsXP updates applied to your system as this can also correct issues with the task scheduler in WindowsXP . Also, make sure your system is not set to go into hibernate or sleep mode as the scheduler cannot wake up Windows to start the recording. The scheduler writes a command line to Windows Scheduled Task so if the WinTV is failing to launch at the specified time you may want, go into Windows Scheduled Tasks (Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Scheduled Tasks) and see if you can schedule any event to occur at a specific time. If you cannot get any other program to begin at a specific time then the problem is with Windows Scheduled Tasks. You can also check to see if the command line is being written correctly to Scheduled Tasks. Then go into Windows Scheduled Tasks and find the job file for the recording you created. In the Run field you will see the command line for the recording, it will look something like this: C:\PROGRA~1\WinTV\WinTV. EXE -c7 -ntod -startr: WinTV_(0). mpg -qdef -limit:3600 -mute "C:\PROGRA~1\WinTV\WinTV. EXE": Obviously the path to the WinTV application. "-ntod": No tip of the day dialog window. 26 WinTV Reference Manual "-startr:": The name you want for the recorded file. Currently there are only two choice here, current default level (-qdef) and VCD quality (-qvcd). "-limit:": Length of time in seconds you want the recording to be. [. . . ] This can be CPU intensive and also cause delays to the reading/writing. Hard drive controllers The only solution to this is to record to a hard drive that is located on a controller connected directly to the motherboard's south-bridge. Please see below for a list of common motherboards with PCI-based SATA controllers. Antivirus software Set the recording directory/folder (by default, C:\MyVideos) to the on-access/real-time scanner's exclusion list. [. . . ]