Avermedia DarkCrystal HD Capture SDK II C729 User manual

C729
Quick Guide
AVerMediaDarkCrystalHDCaptureSDKII
English

FCC NOTICE (Class B)
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference
received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Federal Communications Commission Statement
NOTE- This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part
15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a
residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and
used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to
radio or television reception, which can be determined by tuning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to
correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
‧Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
‧Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
‧Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
‧Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help.
CAUTION ON MODIFICATIONS
To comply with the limits for the Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules, this device must be installed
in computer equipment certified to comply with the Class B limits. All cables used to connect the computer and peripherals
must be shielded and grounded. Operation with non-certified computers or non-shielded cables may result in interference
to radio or television reception.
Changes and modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate this
equipment.
ICES-003
This B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
Cet appareil numerique de la B est conforme a la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

European Community Compliance Statement
Class B
This product is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directives on
the Approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive
2004/108/EC.
Disclaimer
All the screen shots in this documentation are only example images. The images may vary depending on the product and
software version. Information presented in this documentation has been carefully checked for reliability; however, no
responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies. The information contained in this documentation is subject to change without
notice.
Copyright
©2011 by AVerMedia Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, or by any means without the prior written
permission of AVerMedia Technologies Inc. AVerMedia Technologies Inc. reserves the right to modify its models,
including their characteristics, specifications, accessories and any other information stated herein without notice. The
official printout of any information shall prevail should there be any discrepancy between the information contained herein
and the information contained in that printout.
"AVerMedia" is a trademark (or registered trademark) of AVerMedia Technologies, Inc. Other trademarks used herein for
description purpose only belong to each of their companies.
The mark of crossed-out wheeled bin indicates that this product must not be disposed of with your other
household waste. Instead, you need to dispose of the waste equipment by handing it over to a designated
collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment. For more information about
where to drop off your waste equipment for recycling, please contact your household waste disposal service or the
shop where you purchased the product.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Read Instructions - Read all the safety and operating instructions before connecting and operating your TV tuner to help
ensure your own personal safety and to protect your product from potential damage.
Retain Instructions - Retain all the safety and operating instructions for future reference.
Heed Warnings - Adhere to all warnings on the product and the operating instructions.
Grounding - For continued protection against risk of electric shock and fire, this accessory should be installed/connected
only to the products, such as a computer, equipped with a three-wire grounding plug, a plug having a third (grounding) pin.
This plug will only fit into a grounding-type power outlet. This is a safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug into the
outlet, contact your electrician to replace the obsolete outlet. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the grounding-type plug.
Lightning - For added protection and to prevent damage due to lightning and power-line surges, unplug the host system,
such as a computer, from the wall power outlet and disconnect the antenna or cable system. Unplug the host system from
the wall power outlet when left unattended or unused for long periods of time.
Never insert anything metallic into the TV tuner openings. Doing so may create the danger of electric shock.
Power Lines - An outside antenna system should not be located in the vicinity of overhead power lines or other light or
power circuits, or where it can fall into such power lines or circuits.
Antenna Installation - When installing an outside antenna system, extreme care should be taken to prevent it from
touching such power lines or circuits, as contact with them may be fatal.
Outdoor Antenna Grounding - If an outside antenna is connected to the product, ensure that the antenna system is
grounded so as to provide some protection against voltage surges and built up static charges. Article 810.21 of the
National Electric Code, ANSI/NFPA No.70, provides information with regard to proper grounding of the mast and
supporting structure, grounding of the lead-in wire to the antenna discharge unit, size of grounding conductors, location of
antenna-discharge unit, connection of grounding electrodes, and requirements for the grounding electrode.
(for CATV system installer) This reminder is provided to call the CATV systems installer's attention to Section
820.93 of the National Electric Code, ANSI/NFPA 70:2005 (for US/Canada) and/or EN60728-11:2005 standard
(for Europe), which provide guidelines for proper grounding and, in particular, specify that the coaxial cable
shield shall be connected to the grounding system of the building, as close to the point of cable entry as
practical.

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1 Package Contents
AVerMedia
DarkCrystal HD
Capture SDK II
Quick Installation
Guide
Installation CD Low profile bracket
Dongle Cable DVI to HDMI Converter
Warning: Never take off the copyright shield of the AVerMedia DarkCrystal HD Capture SDK II by yourself.
The copyright shield, designed and proprieted by AVerMedia Technologies, protects the fragile IC on the
inside. Any damage or malfunction caused by any temptation on tempering or dismantling the AVerMedia
DarkCrystal HD Capture SDK II without a written permition authorized by AVerMedia Technologies will
invalidate your warranty.

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2 Hardware Installation
Installating the device
1. Turn off and unplug the PC power cord from
wall outlet.
2. Remove the PC case.
3. Insert the device into an empty PCI-E
expansion slot on the motherboard.
4. Replace the case back.
Slot

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Making the Connections
1 HDMI Cable (not supplied) 8 (Red)
2 Camcorder 9 (White)
3
Video Game
10
(Yellow)
4 VCR/VCD/DVD Player 11 Composite Cable
(not supplied)
5 Dongle Cable 12 (Blue)
6
(Black)
13
(Green)
7 S-Video Cable
(not supplied)
14 Component Cable
(not supplied)
1. The AVerMedia DarkCrystal HD Capture SDK II is compatible with all range of
Audio-Video Receivers. Via HDMI* or Component** Inputs, you can enjoy High-Definition
Multimedia right on your desktop computer. For example without any delays in real time,
you can Play Video Games Consoles such as PlayStation 3; enjoy watching Blue-ray
movies through Blue-ray players. Even more, with the AVerMedia DarkCrystal HD
Capture SDK II, you can record your home videos from Personal Camera connected via
HDMI or Component connector. The AVerMedia DarkCrystal HD Capture SDK II
equipped with standard definition S-Video and Composite inputs so you can transfer your
favorite VCR Video Tapes in Digital Format or record your success in winning Video
Games from PlayStation 3.
* To preview HDMI source with HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) encryption, a
copy-protection scheme of HDMI specification, your HDMI display devices must be HDCP
compliant. Please note that HDMI contents with HDCP encryption cannot be recorded.
** Copyrighted content cannot be recorded.
2. With AVer MediaCenter PIP (Picture-In-Picture) / PBP
(Picture-By-Picture) display mode you can
simultaneously enjoy HDMI or Component video in
one window and in the other window watch video from

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composite video or S-video sources. For more information, please refer to the user’s
manual.
3 Driver and the Application Installation
After the device is installed properly, turn on the computer. The system will automatically detect
the new device. Simply skip the wizard, and insert the supplied installation CD to install the
driver and software utility.

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Installing Drivers and the Application in Windows XP / Windows XP
Media Center Edition
1. If the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box pops up, click Cancel to skip the Wizard
installation procedures.
2. Place the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.
3. When the installation main screen pops up, click Install Driver to activate AVerMedia
HD Capture SDK and then Install AVer MediaCenter/AVer MediaCenter 3D.
4. Click Next to continue the installation process.
5. Read the license agreement and if you agree to the terms, check “I accept the terms of
the license agreement” and then click Next.
6. Check Complete to install the complete set of software, including AVer
MediaCenter/AVer MediaCenter 3D and Drivers. Then click Next to continue.
Advanced users can check Custom to select only the desired software. To select a
different destination folder, click Browse.
7. If the “InstallShield Wizard” dialog box promps you to restart your computer to complete
the installation process, click Yes. If not, click Finish to complete the installation.
Installing Drivers and the Application in Windows Vista™/ Windows
Vista™ Media Center Edition/Windows 7
1. If the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box pops up, click Cancel to skip the Wizard
installation instructions.
2. Place the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.
3. When the “AutoPlay” dialog box pops up, select Run Autorun.exe.
4. When the installation main screen pops up, click Install Driver to activate AVerMedia
HD Capture SDK Capture card, and then Install AVer MediaCenter/AVer MediaCenter

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3D.
5. If the “User Account Control” dialog box pops up, click Allow / Yes to continue the
process.
6. Click Next to continue the installation process.
7. Read the license agreement and if you agree to the terms, check“I accept the terms of
the license agreement” and then click Next.
8. Check Complete to install the complete set of software, including AVer
MediaCenter/AVer MediaCenter 3D and Driver. Then click Next. Advanced users can
check Custom to select only the desired software. To select a different destination
folder, click Browse.
9. Then click Finish to complete the installation.
4 Activating the Application
To run the application from the Programs menu, go to Start Programs AVerMedia 
AVer MediaCenter AVer MediaCenter/AVer MediaCenter 3D.
5 Uninstalling Application and Drivers
Windows XP / Windows XP Media Center Edition
To remove the installed software utility from the operation system, go to Start Programs 
AVerMedia

AVer MediaCenter/AVer MediaCenter 3D

Uninstaller

Remove All

Next

OK

Finish.
Windows Vista™/ Windows Vista™ Media Center Edition/Windows 7
1. To remove the installed application from the operation system, go to Start All
Programs AVerMedia AVer MediaCenter/AVer MediaCenter 3D Uninstaller.
2. When the “User Account Control” dialog box pops up, click Allow / Yes.

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3. Check Remove All NextOK Finish.
6 Important Information
1. If DirectX 9.0c or above is not installed in your system, the installation CD will
automatically install it during the process of installation. Make sure your system has
DirectX 9.0c or above installed so that the software utility can function properly.
2. If your system doesn’t have Acrobat Reader, the installation wizard will automatically be
called up during the process of installation.
3. You might encounter the following problems when using Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 in
hardware environment installed the AVerMedia DarkCrystal HD Capture SDK II.
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 starts up utilizing the default audio capture device for the
operation system; therefore, if you set the AVerMedia DarkCrystal HD Capture SDK II
to be the default audio capture device, with AVerMedia DarkCrystal HD Capture SDK
Ⅱ’s Audio/ Video filter, Adobe Premiere will take up the AVerMedia DarkCrystal HD
Capture SDK II and cause the plug-ins unable to utilize the AVerMedia DarkCrystal HD
Capture SDK II normally. To solve the problem described above, take either of the
following steps:
3.1 Before using Adobe
Premiere Pro CS5, right click
Volume icon on the lower right of
Windows screen and select
Recording Devices or go to
Start -> Control Panel ->
Sounds and Audio Devices to
disable AVerMedia DarkCrystal
HD Capture SDK II to be the
default audio capture device. In
this case, you need to enable the

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AVerMedia DarkCrystal HD
Capture SDK II to be the default
audio capture device.
3.2 Before using Adobe
Premiere Pro CS5, go to Control
Panel -> Sound -> Recording
and set one of the other devices
as the default audio capture
device.
4. To import Component and HDMI video sources via a 3rd party software under Microsoft
Windows OS, please follow the instructions below.
4.1 When selecting a
secondary route from the video
input dropdown menu, select
Composite for Component.
4.2 When selecting a
secondary route from the video
input dropdown menu, select
SVideo for HDMI.

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5. The AVerMedia DarkCrystal HD Capture SDK II also provides you with open source
codes in the installation CD. Click SDK Installation and follow the instructions to
complete the installation. Go to All Programs -> AVerMedia DarkCrystal HD Capture
SDK II. Use the AVerMedia DarkCrystal HD Capture SDK II SDKDemoAP_Delphi/
VB/ VC testing tools for function development and refer to Filter SDK Document/ SDK
Specisfication function development documents for more information on function
development.

Model No.: C729
P/N 300AC729-DM5
Made in Taiwan