User manual HAUPPAUGE WINTV-HVR-1250 MC FOR VISTA MEDIA CENTER

[. . . ] To install, switch off the computer and remove the computer cover. N ote: Your PC could be damaged by electrostatic discharge. Avoid this by contacting the chassis of your PC before you install the WinTV board. 1. Contents of the WinTV-HVR-1250 · Locate a free PCI Express slot. Unscrew and remove the meta- cover plate which covers the back of the empty slot. · Plug the WinTV-HVR-1250 board into a PCIe slot, · WinTV-HVR-1250 Hybrid NTSC/ATSC/QAM PCI Express · WinTV-HVR Installation CD-ROM and screw the WinTV-HVR-1250 metal cover plate to the PC. · Replace the computer cover TV connector: cable TV or ATSC antenna Composite video For Vista Media Center kits, you will also find: · Media Center Remote Control transmitter and two AA batteries · Media Center Remote con- TV connector: either cable TV for analog and clear QAM digital or a TV antenna for ATSC TV. Composite video input: Composite video Input (RCA) S-Video Stereo audio trol receiver/blaster box · IR transmitter cable (blaster cable) · USB cable for the Media Center remote control receiver/blaster box S-Video: S-Video input connector. Left/right audio input: Stereo audio input using 1/8" mini stereo jack, from the audio output of your source 2. [. . . ] For the best ATSC digital TV reception, a roof top `Wideband' or `High gain' antenna is recommended. In the U. S. , a good ATSC digital antenna selector can be found at TitanTV. com under Resources. 4. Installing the WinTV-HVR-1250 driver ote: the latest WinTV-HVR-1250 software can be found at www. hauppauge. com/pages/support/support_hvr1250. html N Installing the WinTV-HVR-1250 Windows Vista driver After plugging the WinTV-HVR-1250 in a PCI Express slot in your PC, turn on your computer. The Found New Hardware window will appear. Insert the WinTV-HVR Installation CD-ROM in your PC's CDROM drive. When the driver is installed, click Close. 5. Installing SoftMCE for Media Center After installing the driver, browse the WinTV-HVR Installation CDROM and run Setup. exe. SoftMCE is Hauppauge's analog cable TV recorder for Windows Media Center. It is required if you want Media Center to be able to receive analog cable TV channels. 6. Install the Media Center Remote control receiver/blaster (only for WinTV MC-Kits) 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 the supplied USB cable into the Media Center remote control receiver/blaster box and the other end into any USB port on your Vista Home Premium or Ultimate PC. Media Troubleshooting . Some notes on system compatibility Decoding high definition HD TV is very CPU intensive. A graphics card with at least 64MBytes of memory and the latest graphics driver from the manufacturer makes the decoding task easier. Typically a 2. 2 GHz Pentium 4 processor or equivalent with a graphics card having 64MBytes of memory is required to properly decode ATSC digital TV on your PC. A 1. 6GHz AMD Sempro computer tested in the Hauppauge lab used 50% of the CPU for playing ATSC 640i format, and 90% of the CPU when playing ATSC 1080i, the highest definition ATSC format. In some cases, either a faster processor or more graphics memory might be required. Slow or jerky video and a noisy TV picture indicate system performance problems. Jerky video with live ATSC digital TV Jerky or distorted video can be caused by two things in your PC or laptop: a slow CPU which cannot decode the ATSC TV signal fast enough, and a graphics system which cannot keep up with the high datarates of ATSC TV. Center will automatically load the drivers for the MCE remote control. To test the receiver, click the Start button in the middle of the remote control. 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 box 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). Many times, improving the performance of the graphics display will fix the jerky video display of ATSC digital TV. Here are some tips on improving graphics performance: - Use the latest graphics driver: graphics drivers are often `tweaked' to improve performance, especially the built-in graphics on laptops. Check the Microsoft Windows update site to download the latest graphics driver for your computer. [. . . ] To fix this problem, repeat step 5 and reboot. You will then see a message saying Examining your TV signal. When it is finished, it will tell you whether you have a cable TV, antenna or set top box connection. 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. FCC Statement FCC ID: H90WINTV CE Statement: This equipment has been tested and complies with EN 55013, EN 55020 and IEC 801-3 part 3 standards. [. . . ]