COMPRO S300 - STARTUP User manual

VideoMate S300
DVB-S PCI TV Tuner Card
Start Up Guide
Compro Technology, Inc.
www.comprousa.com

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About This Guide
This manual tells you how to install and use your VideoMate S300 DVB-S PCI
Tuner Card. More information is available on the User’s Guides in the
programs or on the installation CD.
About VideoMate S300 DVB-S Tuner Card
VideoMate S300 lets you watch and record Satellite TV broadcast on your PC.
It features a TV tuner for Satellite TV broadcast, Digital Video Recording (DVR)
functions, scheduled recording at anytime, crystal video quality, intelligent TV
viewing, and a Multi-function Remote Control.
Additionally, VideoMate S300 also provides a Video capture function so that
you can transfer videos from video devices to your PC.
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Your PC must meet or exceed the following system requirements to watch TV
on your PC.
z1.2 GHz CPU for SDTV viewing
z128 MB RAM
zSound card or on-board sound chip
zGraphics card or on-board graphics chip supports DirectX 9.0
zOpen PCI slot
zCD-ROM drive for software installation.
zWindows XP SP2, Vista
z50 MB free disk space for basic software installation.
zDigital Satellite TV Dish and LNB
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
To use all the features of VideoMate S300 PCI card, your PC should meet the
following requirements.
z2.6 GHz CPU with SSE 2 support for HDTV and PIP/POP feature
z256 MB RAM
zSound card or on-board sound chip
zGraphics card or on-board graphics chip supports DirectX 9.0
zOpen PCI version 2.2 slot

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zCD-ROM for software installation
zWindows XP SP2 / Vista
zUpdate the latest drivers on the system hardware
z50 MB free space for software installation
z600 MB (VCD-quality) to 3 GB (DVD-quality) per hour of recorded video
zDigital Satellite TV Dish, LNB, and DiSEqC Version 1.2
VideoMate S300 PCI Card Contents
VideoMate S300 Connectors
Item Function Description
1 Loop Through Connect to Satellite input device for TV
output
2 Satellite TV -In Connect to a Satellite TV cable feed.
3 IR Connect the IR receiver here.
4 External Audio-In Use an audio patch cable to connect to an
audio source, such as a VCR.
5 External
Audio-Out
Use the supplied audio cable to the Line-In
port of your sound card.
6 S-Video-In Use an S-Video patch cable to connect to
a video source.
7 Composite-In Use a Composite video patch cable to
connect to a video source.
VideoMate S300
PCI Tuner Card
IR ReceiverSoftware CD
Start Up Guide Wireless Remote Control
(Battery included)
External audio
patch cable
1
3
2
5
4
6
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Hardware Installation
Warning !!
Unplug your PC’s main power cord before installing VideoMate S300.
Failure to do so may cause damage to your VideoMate S300 TV tuner card
and void your warranty.
1. Warning!! : Please shut down your computer and unplug the PC
power cord before installation the TV card, and then remove the PC
case cover.
2. Insert VideoMate S300 in an available PCI slot. Compro recommends
installing the card in the third or fourth PCI slot away from the AGP slot.
3. Assemble the computer cover back and plug the PC power cord.
4. Connect your satellite dish signal to the TV Tuner-In connector.
5. After restarting, insert the installation CD into your CD drive. If you have
Autorun enabled, the installer will start automatically. (If Autorun is not
enabled, double-click on “setup.exe” on the installation CD.) You can
choose Complete to install all necessary software (VideoMate TV drivers,
ComproDTV) or Custom to select the specific items you wish to install.
Compro recommends choosing Complete.
6. If you see the Windows Logo testing message, you should ignore it and
press Continue Anyway to proceed.
7. When installation completes, press Finish to restart the computer.
Remote Shut Down
There are two situations for the operation.
When not watching TV, i.e. no ComproDTV running:
Just press the SLEEP button on the lower-right 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 SLEEP button again, in other words, pressing the SLEEP 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.

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When watching TV, i.e. ComproDTV is running:
Just press the SLEEP button on the lower-right 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, the program will countdown
20 seconds to shutdown the computer. If you don’t want to shutdown the
computer, please press the SLEEP button again.
Remote Control Key Definition and Use
Icon ComproDTV 2
ZOOM Zoom In/Out
DVD On/Off ComproDVD 2
TV On/Off ComproDTV
0-9 Number keys
CHAN Switch channels
VOL Volume
REC Record
TV/VIDEO TV/ S-Video
Backward Replay
Play/Pause Pause or timeshifting
Stop Stop
Forward Advance
CC Not used
RECALL Previous channel
SURF Channel surf
MTS Mono/Stereo/SAP
Snapshot Snapshot
SLEEP Sleep function
A, B Not used

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ComproDTV
Introduction
ComproDTV is a complete digital entertainment solution for your PC. Watch
and record TV programs on your PC, in full-screen mode or in a window.
Timeshifting lets you watch TV, pause live TV, or review your favorite scenes
without missing a minute of the program. Integrated de-interlacing technology
assures the highest picture quality. And most of the features can be controlled
with bundled remote control.
Control Panel
The ComproDTV control panel resembles the controls on a VCR. Keep in mind
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 pages describe the ComproDTV control panel functions, and tips
for using ComproDTV. The following figure gives you the function of the button
with (Hot Key)
Close
(CTRL+X)
Last Channel
(N)
EPG
(E)
Source
(V)
Channel
Surf(F)
Reduce Window (F2) /
Add Window (F3)
Timeshift
(T)
Channel Down
(Page down)
Snapshot
(Space)
Docking
(D)
Volume
(+, -)
Full Screen
(Z)
Language
Select (Q)
Record (R) with
record methods
Channel Up (Page
Up) with lists( I )
Help
(H)
Minimize
(G)
Timeshift bar
Options
(O)
Schedule
(B)
Signal
Strength
Mute
(M)
Windows
Alignment (F5) /
All Windows (F6)
Teletext
(T)
Closed
Caption (C)
Stop
(
S
)
Play
(
P
)
Pause
(U)
Replay
(
Left Arrow
)
Advance
(
Ri
g
ht Arrow
)

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Icon HotKey Description
A
Enable/Disable Always-on-Top function for
TV window.(Orange circle on the upper-right
corner of the TV window)
n/a L Sleep function
Note: Language select is only available while the program supports it.
Watching
After installation, just press the ComproDTV button on the remote or double
click the ComproDTV icon on the desktop you will be able to watch TV. Same
as operating a normal TV set. Watch TV programs on your notebook, in
full-screen mode or in a window. Channel up and down. Close ComproDTV
and even shutdown the computer with the full function remote control keypad.
Channel Surfing
While watching TV, you can press the channel surfing button to
multiple channel watching, the channel surfing feature displays a 4x4 grid of
channel images to give you an overview of available programming.
Right-Click Mouse Menu
If using mouse to right-click on the TV screen, you can see a menu pop up.
There are many useful options for your convenience.
Zooming image
If you would like to see more details on a certain part of a video image, you can
press the mouse right button to drag a zone of the screen. You will see the
zoomed image.
Also you can press the mouse right button and move on the screen to shift the
zoomed area of the image. Just click the mouse left button to resume normal
mode.

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Still Image Capture
Click on the capture icon on the control panel or hit the "Space Bar" of
the keyboard shortcut to capture an image of the display window. You can see
the screen capture dialog as below.
Recording
ComproDTV is a digital video recorder and save the digital TV program which
is MPEG-II format to your hard disk.
To instantly start recording:
Press the Record button . ComproDTV starts recording the video source
currently showing in the display window. It will save it to a file on your disk.
Press the Stop button to stop recording. ComproDTV will save it
automatically and show the file name on the screen.
You can also use the schedule recording by press Schedule button on
control panel of ComproDTV.
Note
The default folder of recorded file is on “My Document”, you can change to
another folder by entering the Options of ComproDTV.
Digital TV program is a fixed MPEG-II file format from TV station. ComproDTV
will directly save them into your hard disk and can’t transfer them to another
format.

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Playback
Press the Play button to open the Play dialog box.
Timeshifting
Timeshifting temporarily saves the video to your hard disk for a specified
period of time so that you can pause, replay, or skip commercials during live TV,
without interrupting an ongoing recording session.
Press the Timeshifting button and the Time Monitoring bar will appear.
You may also press the Advance (for commercial skip) and Replay (for instant
replay) buttons on the control panel or remote control to navigate through the
program. When you return to your seat, you can resume viewing the program
from the point when you left.
Options
You can press the Options button to open the Options dialog box. You
can change detail settings of ComproDTV here.
Digital TV Settings
1. Easy Mode
Easy Mode is for user who
have connect the satellite
signal directly to Satellite
TV card without passing
through DiSEqC switch.
Please select the satellite
that your satellite dish
have been aimed to and
press “Autoscan” to scan
channels.
2. Single
Single mode and rest of the mode are for user who wants to have advance
settings like LNB, DiSEqC1.2 motor control and etc. It also has two other
scanning modes like “Transponder Scan” and “Scan the specific frequency
ONLY”.

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Transponder Scan
This scanning mode is for
you to specifically scan a
transponder that you
know instead of scanning
the whole satellite. When
scanning in this mode, it
will add the channels you
have scanned to your
channel list. You will need
to know some information
on the transponder that
you wish to scan first.
Scan the specific
frequency ONLY
This scanning mode will
specifically scan a
frequency; usually used
when the signal is weak
and has been lost during
other type of scanning
mode.
LNB Settings
This settings need to follow the instruction from the Satellite’s LNB spec. If
you already have other working device that can receive the signal from the
satellite (i.e. Set-Top Box), you may refer the settings for that device. If you
still have problem with LNB settings, please contact your satellite dish
provider for correct information.
DiSEqC1.2 motor control setting
Compro S350/S300 supports DiSEqC 1.2 version. If you have installed motor
that compatible to DiSEqC, it may aim to different satellite to receive different
satellite’s channels.
3. 2 ports 22KHz switch / 2 ports mini DiSEqC switch /
4 ports DiSEqC1.0 switch / 4 ports DiSEqC1.2 switch
These four settings are similar to Single mentioned above. The difference is
these four settings have connected the LNB to the TV card through a switch.
Please refer to the picture in each setting to confirm which switch you are
using, then continue with the advance settings.