User manual TERRATEC CINERGY600TV HARDWARE

[. . . ] Installing hardware and drivers English Manual Version:28. 04. 04 CE Declaration We: TerraTec Electronic GmbH, Herrenpfad 38, D-41334 Nettetal, Germany hereby declare that the products: · · · ReceiverSystem TerraTec Cinergy 200 TV ReceiverSystem TerraTec Cinergy 400 TV ReceiverSystem TerraTec Cinergy 600 TV Radio to which this declaration refers are in compliance with the following standards or standardizing documents: 1. EN 55024 The following are the stipulated operating and environmental conditions for said compliance: residential, business and commercial environments and small-company environments. This declaration is based on: Test report(s) of the EMC testing laboratory The information in this document is subject to change without notice and shall not be deemed as a warranty by the seller. No warranties, express or implied, are made with regard to the quality, suitability or accuracy of this document. [. . . ] This will ensure that your body is completely discharged via your computer without damaging the TV card. Align the holder at the rear of the TV card in the expansion slot in such a way that the card's connectors are directly in line with the slot's socket. If a sound card is installed, connect the TV card to it using the supplied cinch/cinch cable. Plug one end into the audio output of the TV card (light green socket) and the other end into the Line-In terminal on the sound card (usually a light blue socket). If you connect the TV card to the sound card, be sure to read the section on "Important settings for sound card owners. " on page 19"!Connect the TV antenna output of your household antenna or cable connection to the TV input of the TV card. If you own a TerraTec Cinergy 600 TV Radio, connect a second antenna cable to the radio output of your household antenna or cable connection and the radio input of your TV card. Click "Finish". If you do not trust Windows, you can check for yourself whether the driver has been correctly installed. To do so, click START. . . SETTINGS. . . CONTROL PANEL. . . SYSTEM, select the tab labeled "Hardware" and then click the "Device Manager. . . " button, which will open a window that should look something like this. Cinergy TV Hardware (English) 17 Replace the "400" with a "200" or "600" and you'll know how it should look for your model. After having completed the installation of the drivers, you can now continue installing the TV software. For more information, see the appropriate manual (autostarter à documentation à TV software). Driver installation under Windows XP After rebooting, Windows XP automatically detects the presence of a new hardware component in the system and tells you so in a message bubble. If you are currently connected to the Internet, Windows XP will automatically determine the driver you need, download and install them. (The driver has been certified by Microsoft for use with Windows XP and is available on a Microsoft server for automatic download and installation. ) Otherwise, place the TerraTec Cinergy Installations & Software CD in your CD-ROM drive and follow the instructions that appear on the screen. After having completed the installation of the drivers, you can now continue installing the TV software. For more information, see the appropriate manual (autostarter à documentation à TV software). 18 Cinergy TV Hardware (English) Important settings for sound card owners. If you have connected the Audio output of the TV card to the Line-In input of your sound card using the provided cinch-cinch cable, you will have to make certain settings in the mixer for the sound card so that you can hear and record the TV/Video tone. Double-click the volume control icon illustrated as a speaker on the taskbar. Be sure that the "Mute" option under the "Line-In" slider is not checked and that the "Line-In" slider is not at the bottom of its range. This makes sure you will be able to hear the tone of the TV signal through your system and control the volume. Other settings are required for recording (see instructions below): 3. Set the "Adjust volume for" option to "Recording". Now enable the check box below the Line-In slider and move the slider itself to its middle position. By checking the check box, you define the Line-In input of your sound card as a recording input source. [. . . ] When purchasing an adapter, check the signal direction that it is designed for. There are adapters designed for sending signals into the video device (video-in), and those that are designed for signals being sent by the video device (video-out). To be certain of your purchase, you may want to buy 22 Cinergy TV Hardware (English) an adapter that lets you switch between both directions. When connecting external devices using the video-in or S-video-in jack, you have to be careful that only video signals are transferred to these jacks--not sound signals. [. . . ]