Avermedia AVerTV series User manual

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction .................................................................... 1
Video Conferencing on your PC ............................................................. 1
Image and Video Capture....................................................................... 1
Chapter 2 Introducing the AVerTV Application............................ 2
Launching the AVerTV Application......................................................... 2
Introducing the User Interface ................................................................ 5
The Control Panel................................................................................... 6
Resizing the TV Monitor Window............................................................ 7
Changing Skins....................................................................................... 8
Chapter 3 TV ..................................................................................... 9
Selecting Between TV Signals (air/cable) or Channel Groups............... 9
Adding and Deleting Channel Groups .................................................... 9
Memorizing TV Channels ..................................................................... 10
Skipping Unwanted Channels............................................................... 12
Selecting a TV Channel ........................................................................ 12
Specifying a Channel Name or Description.......................................... 13
Changing the TV Channel Order .......................................................... 13
Locking and Unlocking a TV Channel................................................... 14
Adjusting Volume.................................................................................. 16
Using the OverScan Function............................................................... 17
16-Channel Preview.............................................................................. 17
Selecting Between TV and External Video........................................... 18
Setting the Video Format of External Video ......................................... 18
Modifying TV Channel Frequencies...................................................... 19
Fine tuning Color and Display Quality .................................................. 19

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Chapter 4 Image Capture............................................................. 21
Before Capturing................................................................................... 21
Capturing a TV/ Video Image ............................................................... 21
Multiple Image Sequence Capture ....................................................... 24
Chapter 5 Teletext (for PAL System) ............................................. 25
Overview ............................................................................................... 25
Toolbar Buttons..................................................................................... 26
LED Lamp ............................................................................................. 27
Using Teletext ....................................................................................... 28
Chapter 6 Time Shift ....................................................................... 31
Time Shift Controls ............................................................................... 31
Customizing Time Shift Settings........................................................... 32
Using the Time Shift Function............................................................... 33
Chapter 7 DVR ................................................................................ 34
DVR Controls ........................................................................................ 34
Recording Programs or Video .............................................................. 35
Playing the Recorded Programs or Video ............................................ 35
Picture-in-Picture Display ..................................................................... 37
Setup..................................................................................................... 37
Chapter 8 FM Radio ...................................................................... 46
FM Radio Controls................................................................................ 46
How to Auto Scan FM Radio Channels ................................................ 47
Manually Scanning Specific FM Channels ........................................... 48
Channel Versus Frequency Selection .................................................. 48
Selecting a Channel.............................................................................. 49
Selecting a Radio Frequency................................................................ 49
Skipping Unwanted Channels............................................................... 50

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Saving a Radio Frequency to a Channel.............................................. 50
Modifying or Adding FM Radio Channels ............................................. 51
Changing the FM Radio Channel Order ............................................... 51
Setting the Audio Mode ........................................................................ 52
Adding and Deleting Channel Groups .................................................. 52
Tuning the FM Radio Frequencies ....................................................... 53
Specifying the Tuning Increment .......................................................... 54
Recording FM Radio Broadcast............................................................ 54
Playing the Recorded Audio ................................................................. 55
Using the FM Time Shift Function ........................................................ 56
Customizing Audio Recording Settings ................................................ 57
Chapter 9 Scheduler...................................................................... 59
Adding Schedules................................................................................. 60
Chapter 10 Hot Keys ...................................................................... 62
Chapter 11 Setting Up your PC for Video Conferencing............ 64
Overview ............................................................................................... 64
How to Setup AVerTV for Video Conferencing..................................... 64
Chapter 12 Customer Service....................................................... 66

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Chapter 1 Introduction
Convert your computer system into a real multimedia entertainment
center with AVerMedia®AVerTV series! Now you can watch
television, video conference, and capture still images and video on
your PC. If you purchased AVerTV card with FM capability, you
can also listen to FM radio.
Surely, you’ll never miss your favorite ball games, soaps or game
shows anymore. Because AVerMedia®AVerTV comes with a
scheduler wherein you can configure to show or record your preset TV
programs or FM radio broadcasts whenever they are aired.
Video Conferencing on your PC
Along with your own desktop camera, microphone, modem and the
video conferencing software, AVerMedia®AVerTV also lets you do
video conferencing. The quality of seeing and talking to long distance
friends is now sharp, clear and at a fraction of the cost.
Image and Video Capture
You can also capture still images and full motion video. Record
television programs or other clips in a snap.

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Chapter 2 Introducing the
AVerTV Application
The AVerTV application allows you to watch TV or video, record still
or motion video, and listen to FM radio on your PC while you work on
your computer.
Launching the AVerTV Application
Run the AVerTV application from the Programs menu.
Quick TV Launcher

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To run the application, click Start, select Programs,choose AVerTV,
and then click AVerTV. Another way is to double-click the AVerTV
program icon on the desktop. Or, double-click the Quick TV launcher
located at the lower right corner of the screen.
If you are running the application for the first time, a configuration
dialog box will appear, prompting you to adjust settings for your
AVerMedia®AVerTV card.
The configuration dialog box first displays the Video tab where you
are prompted to choose a video capture device driver.
Your AVerTV card’s video capture driver is already selected by
default. If you have other TV tuner or capture devices installed in your
system, you can switch to another driver by selecting it from the drop-
down list. To adjust TV display settings such as brightness and
contrast, drag the slider bars until you get the best display results. If

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there is closed caption on the TV programs, you can enable saving of
closed caption.
Enable the OverScan feature if you would like to hide the borders of
the TV/video images while watching the TV/video programs. For more
details, refer to Using the OverScan Function in Chapter 3.
When you click Next, the Audio tab is displayed.
You need to choose the appropriate audio option respectively in the
Live and Record section; otherwise, NO SOUND CAN BE HEARD
OR RECORDED when you are watching or recording TV programs.
Choose the appropriate audio output option depending on the cable
connection you have between your tuner card and sound card.
When you click Next, the Channel tab is displayed. If this is your first
time to use the AVerTV application, you need to search for all

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available TV channels in your area. Select the Ant. option to search
only for air channels, or select CATV to scan for cable channels. Then
click the Channel Scan button to start searching and memorizing
channels. (Refer to the section titled Memorizing TV Channels for
more details.)
Introducing the User Interface
The TV monitor allows you to watch live TV or video.
The Control Panel provides button controls for selecting channels,
changing between TV and external video source, capturing images, and
more. It has a panel display that shows the current active video source
(e.g. TV, Composite or S-Video), channel number, and other indicators.
To display the Control Panel, click the button located at the lower left
corner of the TV Monitor.
Channel
Up/Down
Sho w/Hide
Panel
Quit
Volume
(+)/(-)
Resize Window

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The Control Panel
FM
Radio
Mute
Volume
Control
Video
Source
Show/Hide
Numeric Panel
Teletext/
Closed
Caption
Scheduler
Channel
Up/Down
Open File
iEPG
Enable/Disable
Repeat Play
16 Channel
Preview
Time Shift
Setup
Switch
Audio
Mode
Enable/Disable
Playback
PIP Window
Record
Channel
Loop
Play
Snapshot
Display
Signal
Strength
The table below describes what the button controls on the Control
Panel are used for.
BUTTON FUNCTION BUTTON FUNCTION
iEPG Link to an interactive
content guide on a Web
site (such as
TitanTV.com in the
U.S.)
Video Source Change to view TV or video
from a Composite or S-
Video source.
Setup Allows you to:
* Change the look of the
user interface.
* Fine tune TV display
and audio settings.
* Tune into air/cable
TV.
* Autoscan channels.
* Lock/unlock channel.
Open File Create a playlist of video
files to playback.

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BUTTON FUNCTION BUTTON FUNCTION
* Create channel groups.
* Configure snapshot
settings.
* Customize recording
settings for the
TimeShift function.
Teletext/Closed
Caption
Launch Teletext
Application or display
closed caption.
Scheduler Launch the Scheduler
application.
Enable/Disable
Playback PIP
Window
Playback recorded video
while watching TV in a
picture-in-picture
window. (Create a
playlist first by clicking
the Open File button.)
Show/Hide
Numeric Panel
Toggle between displaying
or hiding the Numeric
Panel.
Enable/Disable
Repeat Play
Continuously play back
the files in the playlist.
Switch Audio Mode Choose between the
available types of audio.
Mute Turn off the sound. FM Radio Switch to listening to FM
radio.
Volume Control Drag your mouse
up/down to
increase/decrease the
volume level.
16 Channel
Preview
Display 16 consecutive TV
channels on the TV Monitor
window.
Record Record the current TV
show.
Channel Loop Return to previously
accessed channel.
Time Shift Performs background
recording of the live TV
program. This function
lets you view the
recorded parts, while at
the same time, recording
is in progress.
Channel Up/Down Go to the next upper or
lower active channel.
Snapshot Capture a single image
or a sequence of images.
Play Play back recorded video
files.
Resizing the TV Monitor Window
To enlarge or reduce the size of the TV Monitor window, click and
drag the lower right edge of the window.
Double-click the TV Monitor window to display it in full screen.

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When in full screen mode, click or double-click anywhere on the
screen to revert to the normal TV window size.
To make the TV Monitor window float over
the top of other program windows, right-
click on the TV Monitor, choose Video
Screen and make sure Always on Top is
checked.
Changing Skins
If you want to change the look and appearance of the TV Monitor and
Control Panel, do the following:
1. Click the Setup button .
2. In the Setup dialog box, click the Skin tab.
3. From the Skin drop-down list, select the design you prefer, then
click OK.

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Chapter 3 TV
Selecting Between TV Signals (air/cable) or
Channel Groups
Click the Setup button then click the Channel tab to choose
whether to watch air TV (Ant.) or cable (CATV). If you have
added one or more channel groups, you can also select a group.
(Refer to the section titled Adding and Deleting Channel Groups
for more details.)
Adding and Deleting Channel Groups
Selecting a Channel Group allows you to switch between the channels
of the selected group only when pressing the Channel Up/Down button.
If you want to add or delete a channel group, do the following:
To add a new channel group:
1. Click the Setup button . In the Setup dialog box, click the
Group tab.
2. Select the Enable Group
option. The New Group Name
dialog box will then appear.
3. Type in a group name and
click OK.
4. Choose between Ant. (for air)
or CATV (for cable).
5. Available channels will then
be listed in the Channel
column under the Original
Program section. Shift+click
or Ctrl+click channels from
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channel line up.
Then, click to add your selection to the Channel column under
the Selected Program section.
6. To add more groups, click Add and repeat steps 3 to 6.
To delete a channel group:
1. Click the Setup button . In the Setup dialog box, click the
Group tab.
2. From the Group Name drop-down
list, select the name of the group
you want to remove.
3. Click Delete to remove the
selected group.
Memorizing TV Channels
Auto-scan will search and memorize all available channels in your area.
In the Channel tab of the Setup dialog box, all scanned and memorized
channels are check marked. If you haven’t done channel scanning when
you first started using the application, simply follow the auto-scan
procedure below. (Refer to the section titled Skipping Unwanted
Channels for more detailed information to exclude selected channels.)
To auto-scan TV channels:
1. Click the Setup button and click the Channel tab.
2. In the Video Source drop-down list, make sure the TV option is
selected. Then select Ant. to search for air channels or select
CATV to scan for cable channels.
3. From the Country drop-down list, choose your region.
4. Click Channel Scan to start the searching process.
The application has a default frequency table. When you click
Channel Scan, the application will use the frequencies in this
table and search for active channels. Active channels will then be
memorized by the application.

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5. You can terminate the searching process anytime. Just click Stop.
6. Check and verify that you can access all the TV channels. (Refer to
the section titled Selecting a TV Channel for more detailed
information regarding channels access.)
7. If there are channels missing from the channel memory, click All
Frequency Scan and then repeat the auto-scan. The following
message will appear:
8. Click Yes to start all frequency auto-scan. The application will
then scan frequencies starting from 54 MHz to over 800 MHz,
increasing by 1 MHz at a time. The application will check these
frequencies for active channels, memorizing those that are.
Wait for the application to finish the all channel scan process or in
the All Frequency Scan dialog box, click Stop to terminate the
searching process.
9. If you change your mind and want to revert to the default
frequency table, click All Frequency Scan again and choose
Restore.

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Skipping Unwanted Channels
If you want to exclude undesirable channels from your channel list, do
the following:
1. Click the Setup button and click the Channel tab.
2. In the Setup dialog box, Channel
column, click the unwanted
channel. The check mark will be
removed, indicating that the
channel will be excluded from
your channel list and that you
won’t be able to access and watch
them through the Channel Up/Down button.
Selecting a TV Channel
There are three ways of switching between TV channels:
• Click the Channel Up/Down buttons
repeatedly until you reach your desired channel.
• Click to open the Numeric Panel (as
shown to the right). Then click on the Numeric
buttons to get your desired channel number.
OR,
• Click the Setup button and click the Channel tab.
Under the Channel list, simply click on the desired channel.
You will need to perform fine-tuning only if the reception of the
selected channels is not clear. You can either click the Auto Tune
button or manually adjust the Fine Tune slider to get a clear TV
picture.

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Specifying a Channel Name or Description
To assign a channel name or specify a description:
1. Click the Setup button and click the Channel tab.
2. Under the
Name column, double-click the text box of the channel
you want to assign a name or description.
3. Type in the channel name or description, then press Enter.
Changing the TV Channel Order
You may change the sequence of TV channels in the channel list as
you prefer.
1. Click the Setup button and click the Channel tab.
2. Click on the channel which you want to move upward or downward.
3. Click the UP or DOWN button at the right side until the selected
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4. Click OK to exit the dialog box.
Locking and Unlocking a TV Channel
You may lock out certain TV channels (e.g. adult channels) if you want
to prevent others from watching them.
To lock a TV channel:
1. Click the Setup button and click the Channel tab.
2. Under the Lock column, double-click the “UnLock” item of a TV
channel that you want to be locked.
3. The Channel Lockout dialog box will then appear.
4. Choose the lock Type, that is, how often you would like to lock
out the TV channel. There are four types to choose from:
• Choose Always if you want to lock out the TV channel
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• Choose Monthly to lock out the channel once a month,
at a preset day.
• Choose Weekly to lock out the channel once a week, at
a preset day and time.
• Choose Daily to lock out the channel everyday at a
preset time.
5. If you selected Monthly, Weekly or Daily, you will need to set
the Time Table:
• Set the Day of the month or week for when to lock out
the channel (only if you selected Monthly or Weekly).
• Choose the time to lock out the channel by adjusting the
Hour and Minute settings appropriately.
• Set the Length of time (in units of minutes), that is,
how long the TV channel will be locked out.
6. Type a Password to use for unlocking the TV channel in the
future.
7. Type the same password again to confirm.
8. Click OK to accept the new settings, or click Cancel to revert
back to the original settings.
To unlock a TV channel:
1. Click the Setup button and click the Channel tab.
2. From the channel list, click the locked channel.
The Password Confirmed dialog box will then
appear. (See figure at the right.) In the Confirm
text box, type in the password for accessing the
channel and click OK.
3. To unlock that channel, under the Lock column, double-click the
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4. The Channel Lockout dialog box will appear:
5. Select Unlock, then click OK.
Notes:
• You can use alphabetical and/or numeric digits as your password.
• It is important to remember your password. You won’t be able to
unlock a channel or change the password without your current
password. If you forget your password, you must reinstall the
application.
Adjusting Volume
On the TV Control Panel, click and drag your mouse over
the Volume meter to increase or decrease the volume
level. You can also press the +and –keys to adjust the
volume.

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Using the OverScan Function
Sometimes the TV/video pictures may be distorted at the
edges. You can enable the OverScan feature to hide the
four borders of the TV/video frames.
To hide the edges of the picture:
 Right-click on the TV Monitor and choose
OverScan to have it checked.
OR,
 Click the Setup button and click the Video tab. Then
enable the Enable OverScan check box and select the width
(in pixels) you’d like to hide from the Size (Pixels) drop-down
list.
16-Channel Preview
The 16-channel preview function can display 16 TV channels on-
screen at the same time. You can see clearly which TV programs are
currently showing on these channels.