AstroMeta AstroMeta Digital TV Dongle User manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................................. 2
MEDIA FORMAT ............................................................................................................................ 2
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 3
BUTTONS .......................................................................................................................................... 4
SETTING ............................................................................................................................................ 6
TV...................................................................................................................................................... 7
TELETEXT ....................................................................................................................................... 8
GUIDE/CHANNEL LIST ................................................................................................................... 9
SCHEDULED RECORDING ............................................................................................................ 10
RADIO (FM/DAB) ............................................................................................................................ 11
FILES................................................................................................................................................ 13
SHORTCUT SUPPORT ...................................................................................................................... 14
FOR MORE INFORMATION ............................................................................................................. 14

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
•Windows XP SP2/Vista/Win7/Win 8
•Pentium 4 1.8GHZ or above
•512 MB free hard drive space for program installation
•512 MB RAM (1GMB DDR RAM recommended)
•16-bit color display at 800x600 (32 MB video memory with DirectX 3D support
recommended)
•DirectX 9 or above
•Hardware video acceleration to support MPEG 4 H264 HDTV (High definition TV), the
minimum requirement is one of the following video cards with DXVA2 (hardware video
acceleration) enabled:
。AMD (ATI) Radeon HD2000 or above
。NVIDIA GeForce 500 or above
。Intel HD 2000 or above
MEDIA FORMAT
․Video: MPEG-1/2, MPEG-4 H.264 (ISO/IEC 14496-10)
․Audio: MPEG-1/2, Dolby AC3/E-AC3 (external decoder), MPEG-4 HE-AAC @L2 (ADTS/LATM)
․Recording format: mpeg 2 transport stream with .mpg extension.

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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to using TVR, a multi-source digital TV application that allows you to access and work
with recorded TV programs, radio and DAB and teletext on your computer or laptops.
Features:
•DVB-T, DVB-T2 and DVB-C
•DAB/DAB+, FM
•Freeiew HD and EPG
•Support MPEG4 H264 HD/SD with hardware video acceleration (DXVA2)
•Support Windows gesture control on touch panel
•Clear 10-foot user interface with big buttons for easier operation
•Multiple language support
•Remote controller
•Channel Scan
•Support hibernate/sleep and resume for scheduled recording
•Snapshot
•Real-time or scheduled program recording
•Playback files with random seek and fast forward/rewind
•Recorded file menu
•Multi-language Subtitle
•Multi-language audio language
•Teletext
•Electronic Program Guide
•Time shifting
Before using your TV dongle, please follow the steps:
1. Connect dongle and Computer / laptop
2. Install AMDVB-T2 driver
3. Install TVR application

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BUTTONS
The toolbar at the bottom of the screen features standard audio/video playback controls
(Play/Pause, Stop, and Record) plus Volume and Channel controls. Special controls for TV
playback only appear when necessary.
1. Guide -The slide-in channel list window lets you view available TV/Radio channels and select
a specific channel. Click a channel to get Electronic Program Guide (EPG) of that channel,
Click an EPG item to get detail information about a program.
2. Files-Click this button to open the captured images and Recorded TV.
3. Grab Image -When watching TV shows: Click this button to take a snapshot of the current
screen. The captured image will be saved in the "My Documents/ TVR/Capture" folder by de-
fault.
4. Click this button to record the TV Show: click to start / stop the recording. The captured video
will be saved in the "My Documents/ TVR/Capture" folder by default.
5. When watching TV or Playing Radio: Use these buttons to switch to the previous channel.
6. When watching TV or Playing Radio: Use these buttons to switch to the next channel.
7. Recall -Click to go back to the previously selected channel.

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8. Mute button: Press to turn off /on the sound output.
9. Volume- Increase / decrease the sound level.
10. Main menu: Click to access the main menu.
11. Setting: Click this button to get a pop menu for scan channel, source select, video quality
and TV Schedule Recording settings.
12. Live: Press to directly access live TV or return to live from any slide-in windows.

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SETTING
This window let you access to TV/DAB/FM options
Scan TV / Radio channels
Let you view and edit the settings for TV/ Radio channels. Follow the steps below to find
TV/Radio channels.
1. Input Source: Select video / audio source device
2. Scan window: Select your region in scan window
3. Scan window: Click "Scan" to scan for available channels

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TV
To watch TV, please follow the steps below:
1. Scan the TV channels in SETTINGS.
2. When it completes scanning, you can use remote controller to switch channels, or click
channel controls (CH+/ CH- button) in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen.
3. Close the TV channel list by clicking button “<<” (1) or “LIVE” (2)
Guide - View the TV channel list. Click a channel for EPG
Reorder Channel List - You can use ctrl+up arrow, ctrl+down arrow to move highlighted item on
Guide/Channel list.
Schedule - Functions to record TV shows.

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TELETEXT
Click menu/Teletext to get teletext window.
This window let you watch the teletext that offers a range of text-based information, typically
including news, weather and TV schedules provided by broadcasters.
Red, Green, Yellow, Blue button: Jump to page number indicated on each teletext page
P-, P+: Decrease, Increase page number.
Home: Return to the home page 100, which is usually a link to the main Index page.

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GUIDE/CHANNEL LIST
The Guide button is a multi-function button, and it firstly brings up a channel list window.
This window let you view the channel list and select a specific channel, and then you can close or
click a channel for 7-day electronic program guide (EPG).
Click any EPG item for detail information.
Click '+' button on detail information window to add recording schedule for a selected TV
program.

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SCHEDULED RECORDING
Click Setting/Schedule for scheduled recording window.
This window lets you manage the schedule of TV recordings. TVR will monitor the schedule and
activate recording automatically right at the correct day/time.
Add a new schedule for recording by clicking the (+ button) of the screen.