COMPRO T500F - STARTUP User manual

VideoMate Vista T500F
PCI Tuner Card
Start Up Guide
Compro Technology, Inc.
www.comprousa.com

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Table of Contents
VideoMate Vista T500F PCI Card Contents ................................ 4
VideoMate Vista T500F Connectors ............................................ 5
Hardware Installation ................................................................... 6
Software Installation..................................................................... 9
MCE Remote for Vista T500F TV Card...................................... 10
Remote Power On/Off................................................................ 12
ComproDTV Vista Gadget Tool for Vista ................................... 14
ComproDTV Windows Media Center Add-In .............................16
HID (Human Interface Device) for Compro Remote .............................. 17
Open and close the ComproDTV 4 display panel ...................... 18
ComproDTV 4.2 ......................................................................... 19
ComproFM 2 .............................................................................. 26
Troubleshooting ......................................................................... 27
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VideoMate Vista T500F Hybrid PCI Tuner Card
VideoMate Vista T500F lets you watch and record digital TV broadcast /
analog TV signal on your PC. VideoMate T500F features a TV tuner for either
digital TV or analog TV signals reception, Remote Power On/Off, Power Up
Scheduling, Digital Video Recording (DVR) functions, scheduled recording at
anytime, crystal video quality, intelligent TV viewing, video/audio capture, and
multi-functional MCE Remote Control.
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Your PC must meet or exceed the following system requirements to watch TV
on your PC.
z1.7 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent CPU for DVD-Quality recording or
timeshifting
z512 MB System Memory
zAvailable PCI slot.
zSound card or on-board sound chip
zGraphics card or on-board graphics chip support DirectX 9.0
zCD-ROM driver for software installation.
zWindows XP SP2
z50 MB free disk space for basic software installation
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
To use all the features of VideoMate Vista T500F PCI card, your PC should
meet the following requirements.
z2.6 GHz with SSE 2 support for HDTV, 3.0 GHz support for PIP/POP
z1.0 GB System Memory
zAvailable PCI slot
zSound card or on-board sound chip
zGraphics card or on-board graphics chip support DirectX 9.0
zCD-ROM for software installation
zWindows Vista x86/x64
zUpdate the latest drivers of VGA, motherboard, and soundcard from
vendors.
z50 MB free space for software installation
z600 MB (VCD-quality) to 3 GB (DVD-quality) per hour of recorded video
zATX power supply and a computer case with a separate power switch
cable from power on button for power up feature

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VideoMate Vista T500F PCI Card Contents
Note
In order to receive digital terrestrial TV broadcast, you needs to have your own
antenna which is crucial. Digital terrestrial TV broadcast uses about the same
wave (UHF) as analog TV. It’s recommended to have a fishbone-like antenna
on the roof for receiving. More details can be found in the troubleshooting
chapter of this manual.
Digital TV broadcast is different than normal analog TV. You will see no picture
instead of noisy or blurred picture when the signal is too weak. Make sure you
have a good antenna and strong digital TV signal in your location. Or you will
have no TV picture at all.
Vista T500F
PCI TV card
IR Receiver
Installation CD Start Up Guide
MCE Remote I-type to F-type
TV Converter
FM Antenna 3 in 1 video/audio
input cable
Power Up cable
Ulead Software CD
AUX-Out cable
Batteries

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VideoMate Vista T500F Connectors
Item Function Description
1 TV Tuner-In Analog/digital TV cable
2 FM Tuner-In Connect to an FM antenna feed.
3 IR Connect the IR receiver here.
Audio-In
(Blue)
Use an audio patch cable to connect to an audio source,
such as a VCR, DVD or VCD. (Option for audio patch
cable, not included in the package )
S-Video-In
(Black)
Use an S-Video patch cable to connect to a video source,
such as a VCR, DVD or VCD. (Option for S-video patch
cable, not included in the package )
4
9-pin
connector
for (3 in 1
converter
cable)
Composite-In
(Yellow)
Use a Composite video patch cable to connect to a video
source, such as a VCR, DVD or VCD. (Option for
composite video patch cable, not included in the package )
5 To Sound Card
AUX-IN
Use an internal audio patch cable to connect to the
AUX-IN port of your sound card.
6 To Ca s e Po w e r
Switch
Connect the ATX Power Switch cable of your computer
case here.
7 To Mainboard Power
Switch Connector
Use the supplied power switch patch cable to connect to
the ATX Power Switch pins on the mainboard.
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3
2
4
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Hardware Installation
Warning
Unplug your PC’s main power cord before installing VideoMate Vista
T500F PCI card. Failure to do so may cause damage to your VideoMate
T500F PCI card and void your warranty.
1. Shut down your computer and unplug main power cord.
2. Remove the computer case cover.
Power Up Connections
3. Locate the ATX power switch pins on
your computer case and trace the
wires to the power switch connector
on your mainboard. The ATX power
switch cable is normally a twisted
pair cable with a two-pin connector
as shown above.
Note
On the mainboard, the ATX power switch pins are usually labeled “POWER
SW” or similar. It is vital to remember the position of these pins for a later step
in the installation process.
4. Unplug the ATX power switch cable from the
mainboard and connect it to the white
connector named “JS1” on the VideoMate
Vista T500F PCI card, as shown on the right.

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5. Connect the black socket of Power Up patch cable to the power switch
connector on the mainboard.
6. Connect the white socket of Power Up
patch cable to the connector named
“JS2” on the VideoMate Vista T500F PCI
Tuner card.
Note
Double check your work. If you plug the cables into the incorrect pins, your
PC may not start or otherwise function improperly.
Connect the white end of the Power Up patch cable to the TV tuner card and
the black end to the mainboard.
Power Up Scheduling is not required for using VideoMate T500F PCI card. If
you don’t want to use Power Up Scheduling from the Windows Shut down
state, you can skip the power switch circuit connections, in other words, you
can skip Power Up Connections in steps 3 through 6. You can still use
scheduled recording from Standby mode or powered on state.
7. Note: You may skip 7~9 if you select “Use PCI Audio” which can be found
at “System Device” tab under Options of ComproDTV.
8. Plug one end of the internal audio patch cable to the green Audio-Out port
on the VideoMate T500F PCI Tuner card.
9. Plug the other end of the internal audio patch cable to the AUX-In socket
on your sound card or on the mainboard. The on-board sound usually has
AUX-In and CD-In connector. Make sure you connect to the right one.
Then you have to choose the audio source to be AUX or CD-In in the
System Device in Settings of ComproDTV 4.
10.Verify that the power cord to your PC case is unplugged.
11.Insert VideoMate T500F PCI card in an open PCI slot. Compro
recommends installing the card in the third or fourth PCI slot away from the
AGP slot

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This completes the hardware installation. Please read the following notes and
proceed to install the software.
Note
For best performance, the VideoMate T500F PCI card should not share its IRQ.
For more information, please see the Troubleshooting section.
If the computer cannot be turned on, verify the position of the power patch
cable on the mainboard. Consult the mainboard documentation to determine
the position of the ATX power switch connector.
Power Up will start your computer 5 minutes in advance of the scheduled
recording time, for example, if you have set ComproDTV 4 to record a program
at 4 o’clock, it will start your computer at 3:55. Therefore, you need to shut
down the computer before 3:54 in order to let Power Up start the computer.
Power Up from Windows Shutdown mode, i.e., ACPI S5
state, requires:
zAn ATX power supply in your PC.
zMotherboard support for PCI version 2.2 in order to
have 3.3V standby power.
zATX powers switch cable, which is a pair of twisted
wires with a two-wire connector, as shown to the
right.
If you don't have the above items, you can still use Power-Up Scheduling with
Windows Stand by mode, i.e., ACPI S3 state, if your system supports it.
You can use VideoMate T500F PCI card without using Power Up Scheduling.
If you don’t want to use Power Up Scheduling from the Windows Shut down
state, you can skip the power switch circuit connections.
The ATX power switch cable is not polarized. You can plug it in either direction.

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Software Installation
After installing the PCI card and cables in your computer, you should restart it
and follow these steps to install the software.
Step 1. After restarting, Windows will detect your VideoMate T500F PCI card
and start the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard, prompting you to install
the VideoMate T500F PCI card drivers. Please press Cancel and go
to the next step.
Step 2. Insert the installation CD into your CD drive. If you have Autorun
enabled, the installer will start automatically. (If Autorun is diabled,
double-click on “setup.exe” on the installation CD.) You can choose
Complete to install all necessary software (VideoMate T500F drivers,
ComproDTV 4, ComproFM 2) or choose Custom to install selected
item by item. (We also provide the DiecrtX 9 and Acrobat Reader 6.0
software on the installation CD; you can browse the CD folder and
install them by your need.
Step 3. Press Next to install ComproDTV 4, Windows Media Format 9 Series
Runtime
Step 4. After each program is successfully installed, press Finish to proceed.
Step 5. When installation completes, press Finish to restart computer.
Step 6. When computer is restarted, please start up ComproDTV 4. Select
“VideoMate TV Capture” for Video Device. Also choose your country
for the country selection and then press OK.
Step 7. It will ask you if you want to scan channels. Please select OK then
select either one to start scanning. After channel scan is finished,
please press “Apply” first if you want to continue scan for other type of
signal. Press OK and you are ready to enjoy.

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MCE Remote for Vista T500F TV Card
Compro VideoMate Vista T500F bundles the easy-to-use Microsoft certified
remote control to controls the Media Center and also ComproDTV, ComproFM
software. Some keys are special designed for Windows Vista
Premium/Ultimate, it may not be used in Windows XP system.

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No. ComproDTV 4 ComproFM 2 Windows Media
Center (MCE)
0-9 Number Key Preset stations Number Key
10 Power On/Sleep mode Power On/Sleep mode Into Sleep mode
11 Videos (MCE) Videos (MCE) Videos (MCE)
12 Radio (MCE) Radio (MCE) Radio (MCE)
13 Music (MCE) Music (MCE) Music (MCE)
14 Pictures (MCE) Pictures (MCE) Pictures (MCE)
15 Recorded TV (MCE) Recorded TV (MCE) Recorded TV (MCE)
16 MCE Guide MCE Guide MCE Guide
17 Live TV (MCE) Live TV (MCE) Live TV (MCE)
18 DVD Menu (MCE) DVD Menu (MCE) DVD Menu (MCE)
19 DVD Sub (MCE) DVD Sub (MCE) DVD Sub (MCE)
20 Up arrow or select
Mono/Stereo/SAP Up arrow Up arrow
21 Replay Scan channel(Down) Left arrow
22 Down arrow
or snapshot Down arrow Down arrow
23 Advance in
Timeshifting Scan channel(Up) Right arrow
24 OK Playlist OK
25 EPG (US only) Open on-line help Back
26 Media Center Media Center Media Center
27 Zoom In/Out Max/Min More
28 Volume up Volume up Volume up
29 Volume down Volume down Volume down
30 Mute Mute Mute
31 Channel up Channel up Channel up
32 Channel down Channel down Channel down
33 Record Record Record
34 Stop/Live Stop/Live Stop/Live
35 Replay/Rewind Rewind Rewind
36 Timeshift Play/Pause Play/Pause Play/Pause
37 Advance/Fast forward Fast forward Fast forward
38 The last channel The last channel Skip rewind

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Remote Power On/Off
Using Remote Power On/Off
Make sure you follow the instructions of the installation guide. You will be able
to use Remote Power On/Off immediately.
Remote Power On
Please put batteries in the remote control. Pressing the power button which
is on the top of remote control, it will start your computer. If the computer
does not start up, you may have to install the TV card’s driver correctly and set
a schedule first in order to use this feature.
Note
You must correctly install the Power Up connectors to use Remote Power On
function. See Hardware Installation section above for more information.
There will be a two seconds delay before the PC powers on.
You have to install the TV card’s driver correctly before using this feature.
This feature cannot logon your system. You may need to enter your user name
and password.
39 Timeshift Play/Pause Play/Pause Play/Pause
40 Change scale of screen ----- Skip Forward
41 ----- Enter frequency -----
42 Channel surf ----- -----
43 Sleep function Sleep function Clear
44 ComproDTV ComproDTV Zoom
45 Playlist Playlist Enter
46 C.C Language ----- Red
47 ComproDVD ComproDVD Green
48 ComproDTV ComproDTV Yellow
49 ComproFM ComproFM Blue
50 Setup Setup Teletext on/off

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Remote Power Off
There are two situations for this operation.
When not watching TV, i.e. no ComproDTV 4 running:
Just press the “CLEAR” button on the lower-left corner on the remote keypad;
you will see a dialog as shown below. Program will countdown 20 seconds to
shutdown the computer. If you don’t want to shut down the computer, please
press the CLEAR button again, in other words, pressing the CLEAR key a
second time is the same as pressing the “Cancel” button. You may also use
your mouse to press the cancel button. Press OK to immediately shutdown the
computer.
When watching TV, i.e. ComproDTV 4 is running:
Just press the CLEAR button on the lower-left corner on the remote keypad
repeatedly, you will see the text on the screen turns to SLEEP OFF, SLEEP
ON - 30 MINUTES, SLEEP ON - 1 HOUR, SLEEP ON - 2 HOURS, and
SHUTDOWN. When the text shows SHUTDOWN, it will countdown 20
seconds to shutdown your computer. If you don’t want to shutdown the
computer, please press the SLEEP button again.
Note
Make sure you save all open files before using remote shutdown function.

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ComproDTV Vista Gadget Tool for Vista
The Compro gadget tool is designed to provide the more convenient TV
experience in Windows Vista. It will be installed from the Compro installation
CD, and you can delete and add it from gadget setup.
Note
1. Vista Gadget is meant for Vista 32 bit operation system only.
2. Vista Gadget Tool needs the channel table from ComproDTV 4. Please
autoscan all the available digital and analog channels in ComproDTV 4.
Then you can use the Vista Ggadget Tool.
3. If there is no picture when you click the live TV button, please right-click the
mouse button and select the video source you want.
UI Control
DTV Gadget has three modes including Live TV mode, display playlist, and
display scheduled list.
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The buttons from left to right sides are:
Channel down in live TV mode
Start/Stop Live TV, Play/pause from playlist
Channel Up in live TV mode
Start/stop record live TV
Mute
Playlist mode: It just displays first eight files in the list you recorded, if there
are more than eight files in folder, the ninth file or rest of files will not be display.
The figure in below shows the playlist style:
5 files and 3 empty items in list
Press the button to load device
and start to play live TV
This button can change modes between
Live TV, display playlist and schedule list

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If clicking any files, the gadget will change to play mode from playlist mode,
then playing the file you clicked.
Scheduler list mode: This mode will display the top 5 of your current
scheduled list, you can click any of the scheduled item and check the detail
information of it.
The last mode is schedule view which has two different parts. First, there is a
table that has five rows; it means that schedule view will allow the first five
schedules in the list. Second, if clicking the item, it will change to another part,
which show in detail about the schedule you clicked. Clicking again will go
back to first part. The process showed as below:
Dock and Undock Gadget Window:
Only docked gadget has three modes, the undocked gadget only support live
TV/playback video mode, and its size is bigger than docked one. You can
direct drag the gadget window to the other place out the sidebar and shows the
bigger undock window to watch TV or playback recorded video files.
Because undocked gadget lacks playlist, if you wants to play a file in undocked
mode, you can drop a file into the window of gadget to play a file .(in docked
mode, you can also play a file by dropping a file into gadget) The control of
button in undocked mode is the same as docked mode.
Pop Menu
Click the right mouse button on the gadget window; it
will open the pop menu for selection. You can return
to last channel, autoscan available channels, select
channel to watch from channel list, select video
source, adjust audio volume, or snapshot TV screen.
Directly drag gadget windows out the sidebar and shows the bigger window

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Gadget Settings
Settings of gadget have four parts included:
zCapture device : to select capture devices.
(when running gadget first time or having more
than one device, this item is needed)
zQuality setting : to select recording quality
Normal, Better, Best Quality
zRecord folder: a directory to place recorded files.
zSnapshot folder: a directory to place picture.
ComproDTV Windows Media Center Add-In
ComproDTV Add-In is practical feature for Windows Media Center. It provides
you the most user-friendly environment. After install Compro software at Vista,
just click the Windows Media Center icon Æprogram library ÆDTV Add-In,
and you can enjoy Live TV at Windows Media Center.
Note
1. ComproDTV Add-In is meant for Vista 32 bit operation system only.
2. ComproDTV Add-In needs the channel table from ComproDTV 4. Please
autoscan all the available digital and analog channels in ComproDTV 4.
Then you can use the Vista Ggadget Tool.
3. Please do the DTV Add-In Setup first in the Program Library of Media
Center
While this environment provide you some useful function shown as below,
when the function is working on, the text will turn blue to red while your mouse
cross over it:
Full Screen button:
To enable the full screen mode of live the TV
window.
Channel Scanning button:
To channel scan all the available channels.
Record button:
To record the TV show to your hardware drive.
Timeshifting button:
At Compro software will not forced to execute but let you control this function
by yourself.
Snapshot button:
It provides you the more instinct interface. As soon as you snap one shot, and
it will be shown directly on the left of DTV Add-In for preview.

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HID (Human Interface Device) for Compro Remote
After you install the software,
you can see the remote logo
show in your system bar.
You can choose the “Option” to
enter the setup window.
Setup:
Step 1: Choose the type of your remote control. (There are many type of
remote from Compro, please select the remote picture as you have).
Step 2: Choose one IR function you want to change.
Step3: Set the IR dialog you want and press OK button.

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Step4: Repeat setp1 to 3 to run all the changes.
You can also set a whole new program of your remote control in some
particular software or window.
Press “Add” button and enter the name you want. Repeat the step 1 to 4.
Note
If you have any Windows Media Center system in your PC, such as Windows
MCE, Vista Premium, Vista Ultimate, this function can replace the windows
remote control. HID can also combine the Compro software control in the MCE
interface to make you more convenient.
Open and close the ComproDTV 4 display panel
You can open and close the ComproDTV 4 display window by click the down
arrow on the right of ComproDTV panel.
Open and close display panel

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ComproDTV 4.2
Control Panel
The ComproDTV 4.2 control panel resembles the controls on a VCR. Please
note that not all options are available at all times, and may be grayed out or
inaccessible depending on your hardware setup and TV services available.
The following figure gives you the function of the button with (Hot key)
Channel Down
(Page down)
Stop
(S)
Record (R) and
Record Option
Channel Up (Page Up)
with Quick Channel list (I)
Play (P) /
Pause (U)
Volume
(- , +)
Mute (M)
Num
Pad (W)
Close
(CTRL+X)
Docking
(D)
Full
Screen
Help
(H)
Minimize
(G)
Timeshift bar
Rewind
(Left Arrow)
Fast Forward
(Right Arrow)
Digital TV
Signal
Strength
Volume
(- , +)
Mute
(M)
Option (O)
Channel Surf
(F)
Timeshift
(T)
Snapshot
(Space)
Schedule
(B)
Video
Source (V)
Left/Right
Audio Switch (J)
Reduce Window
(F2)
Close All
Windows (F6)
Add Window
(F3)
Windows
Alignment (F5)
EPG
(E)
Closed Caption
(C)
Te l e t e x t
(X)
No function
Last Channel
(N)
Repeat Playback
Recorded Files
Number
Pad (W)

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Start ComproDTV 4 and watch TV
After installation, just press the yellow button of the last line on the remote or
double click the ComproDTV 4 icon on the desktop, you will be able to watch
TV. Same as operating a normal TV set. Watch TV programs on your PC, in
full-screen mode or in a window. Channel up and down. Close ComproDTV 4
and even shutdown the computer with the full function remote control keypad.
Options
Press the Options button to open the Options dialog box. You can change
detail settings of ComproDTV 4 here.
TV Settings
This option gives you the way to manually set the method of scanning TV
programs. Select your choice here or use default channel table to do the
scanning.
Autoscan
The first time you start ComproDTV 4, Autoscan will automatically scan for
available TV channels for TV signals. Please select your TV source from
analog cable/antenna or from digital antenna. You can rescan the channels at
any time by pressing the Autoscan button. Also, you can enable the advanced
autoscan for more precision scan result.
HotKey Description
A
Enable/Disable Always-on-Top function for
TV window.(Oregon circle on the upper-right
corner of the TV window)
L Sleep function
F7 Video Desktop
F8 Open snapshot dialog box
Note: Language select is only available while the program
supports it.
Video Source
Switch (V) Audio mode
TV / Timeshifting
mode