User manual POWERCOLOR REAL ANGEL 330 TV TUNER CARD PCI

[. . . ] Length of recording can go up to a week, and even a month of recording on a daily basis. Minimum System Requirements · 450 MHz Pentium II or equivalent CPU and 128 MB RAM · Sound Blaster or equivalent sound card · One PCI slot · CD-ROM drive for software installation · Windows XP, 2000 or 98SE · 30 MB free disk space for basic software installation Recommended System Requirements · 2. 4 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent CPU and 256 MB RAM · Sound Blaster or equivalent sound card · One PCI slot · CD-ROM for software installation · Windows XP SP2 with DirectX 9. 0 installed · 30 MB free space for software installation · 600 MB to 3 GB per hour of recorded video ·ATX power source and Host computer can support PCI2. 2 1. Packing Contents TV Tuner Card Installation Guide Remote Control Software CD External Audio Cable Multiple Function Cable IR Remote Receiver FM Antenna Batteries Low Profile Bracket Adapter 2. Audio-In Use an audio cable (not included) to connect to an audio source, such as CD, VHS, DVD, or VCD. [. . . ] The default is TV tuner. 5. 3. 7 Video standard Change the video format to PAL/NTSC/SECAM, Default as PAL-BGGHI 5. 3. 8 Color adjust Adjust the color and brightness 5. 3. 9 Capture: Take a single frame snapshot. The format of default is saved as . bmp file 5. 3. 10 Channel editing: You can edit your favorite channels, for more information please prefer 5. 2. 1 5. 3. 11 Directory setting Select which directory to save the recordings and images. For more info please prefer 4. 1. 4 5. 3. 12 about Show version and copyright. RA330 TVPro software usage 6. 1 Recoding: RA330 TVPro supports MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 format · Recording: Press when watching TV program to recording. · Status panel will show the real-time recording information and shield some information about recording. · Recording file space requirements Desk space required depend on the format when you recording. Format NTSC DVD NTSC SVCD NTSC VCD PAL DVD PAL SVCD PAL VCD AVI MPEG-4 WMV MP3 WMA Note Please choose right format when recording TV program. Resolution 720*480 480*480 320*240 720*576 480*576 352*288 352*288 352*288 352*288 1. 2 Video bit rate (Mbps) 6 2. 42 1. 15 6 2. 42 1. 15 Audio bit rate (Kbps) 224 224 224 224 224 224 224 224 224 224 224 About 650MB/hr Desk space 2. 6GB/hr 1GB/hr 600MB/hr 2. 6GB/hr 1GB/hr 600MB/hr 6. 2 Schedule Recording You can record your favorite program as you specify, such as from Monday to Friday you record specified channel at specified time period. Click to start Schedule Recording New: Add a new Schedule Recording Task Modify: Modify the task you have chosen Delete: Delete the task you have chosen OK: Press the button, all schedule recording tasks on active. 13 6. 2. 2 Add task. Name: The name of new task Mode: There are two options: Recording or watching S-VIDEO Video input: TV tuner/Composite/S-Video Channel: Under TV condition, you can choose channel you need to schedule watching or recording Duration: The recording duration time of task. Default as 30mins. 6. 2. 3 Click "Next" to choose recording format. 6. 2. 4 Click "Next" to date and time setting. Choose the right channel directly to watch by click mouse on the small window. 17 6. 6 Time-shifting function Time-shift lets you pause, replay, or skip commercials during watching live TV, without interrupting an ongoing recording session. Time-shift gives you absolute new feeling over how you watch television, which you never have before. For example, you watch your favorite sporting game, pause the live action and help yourself to an ice-cold beverage from the fridge. Time-shift temporary saves the video to your hard disk for a specified period of time. When you return to your seat, you can resume viewing the program from the point where you left. Caution Time-shift can use significant disk space and cannot automatically skip commercials. 6. 6. 1 Additional Discussion In Time-shift, you are recording to and playing back from the same video file or buffer. A major difference, however, is that RA330 software is simultaneously recording live television while playing back from the buffer. That means you will see greater CPU utilization during Time-shift because you are simultaneously recording and playing recorded videos. At full DVD quality, time-shift can require up to a 1. 7 GHz CPU and above. 6. 6. 2 Time-Shift usage 18 Press button to active it, then Time Monitoring bar will appear. The Time Monitoring bar informs you of how much of the time-shift buffer are in use. You can also use your mouse to drag the Time Control Shuttle to jump to a specific time. [. . . ] · Please check if the "Country and Zone" is correct. 9) Why is the TV quality very poor?If so, please add a signal amplifier. 10) There are lost frame drop and A/V synchronization when playing recorded TV program. If no, please check sound drive or install WDM driver program of sound card. · You can use Ulead, Arcsoft, Intervideo and Cyberlink editing software. 12) There are more noise when replay the record file. [. . . ]