COMPRO VideoMate S700 User manual

VideoMate S700/S900
USB 2.0 Satellite TV Tuner Box
Start Up Guide
Compro Technology, Inc.
www.comprousa.com

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Table of Contents
Product Introduction...................................................................3
Key Features............................................................................3
System requirements ...............................................................4
Package Contents .......................................................................5
Hardware Installation ..................................................................6
Software Installation ...................................................................7
MyTheatre and driver installation .............................................7
DVBIPData installation.............................................................11
Software Setting..........................................................................14
MyTheatre.................................................................................14
DVBIPData ...............................................................................24
Remote control.........................................................................28
Troubleshooting..........................................................................31

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Product Introduction
The VideoMate S700 and S900 satellite TV tuner box are designed to watch satellite
TV or listen to radio programs on your PC or laptop. Please read the instructions
carefully before installation.
Key Features
VideoMate S700 USB 2.0 DVB-S TV Tuner Box
Palm size USB 2.0 DVB-S TV tuner box with digital satellite TV tuner
Watch DVB-S digital satellite TV shows on your desktop or laptop PC
Bundled MyTheatre digital TV software
Supports IP over DVB-S (where available)
Supports DiSEqC 1.2 and USALS
Supports SDTV and 1080i HDTV (where available)
Digital TV supports MPEG-2 and Transport Stream recording
Timeshifting, channel surfing, and still frame capture
Supports audio and language selection in available channels
Supports EPG, Closed Caption, Subtitle and Teletext
Fully functional IR remote control with WMC controls support
Supports popular ProgDVB and DreamDVB 3rd party digital TV applications
VideoMate S900 USB 2.0 DVB-S/S2 TV Tuner Box
Palm size USB 2.0 DVB-S/S2 TV tuner box with digital satellite TV tuner
Watch DVB-S, DVB-S2 digital satellite TV shows on your desktop or laptop PC
Bundled MyTheatre digital TV software
Supports IP over DVB-S (where available)
Supports DiSEqC 1.2 and USALS
Supports SDTV and HDTV (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 up to 1080i)
Digital TV supports MPEG-2 and Transport Stream recording
Timeshifting, channel surfing, and still frame capture
Supports audio and language selection in available channels
Supports EPG, Closed Caption, Subtitle and Teletext
Fully functional IR remote control with WMC controls support

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Supports popular ProgDVB and DreamDVB 3rd party digital TV applications
System Requirements (Recommended Platform)
CPU
- PIII 1.7 GHz for SDTV viewing
- P4 3.0 GHz for HDTV viewing and recording
Memory: 512 MB (1.0GB recommend)
Available USB 2.0 port
CD drive for software installation
Sound card or on-board sound chip
Graphics card or on-board graphics supports DirectX 9.0
OS: Windows XP SP3 / Vista SP2 / Win 7 x86/x64
Digital Satellite Dish and LNB

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Package Contents
VideoMate
S700 or S900
TV tuner box
Remote Control
AAA Batteries
Quick Installation
Guide
Software CD
Power adapter
(I/P 100-240V,
O/P DC 12V/1A)
USB 2.0 cable

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Hardware Installation
Step 1:
Connect the signal cable (from LNB), DC power and USB cable to your S700 or S900
TV box
Step 2:
Connect USB Cable to the USB port on your PC or laptop
Signal Input
(LNB IN)
USB
DC Power

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Software installation
MyTheater and driver installation
Step 1:
When you connect the S700 or S900 USB digital TV box to your PC.
“Found New Hardware Wizard”dialog will pop out; choose ”No, not this time”and
click ”Cancel”
Step 2:
Insert the software CD into your CD-ROM, Installshield will automatically start & follow
window will appear. If the window doesn’t appear, start Installshield from Drive CD
manually. Click on “Install Driver & MyTheatre”.

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Step 3:
To start software installation; press “Next”button on each installation step.
Step 4:
Mark ”I accept the terms in the LicenseAgreement”and click “Next”

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Step 5:
Choose install location and click “next”
Step 6:
Choose start menu folder and click ”Install”

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Step 7:
After installation complete, please click “Next”
Step 8:
Completing MyTheatre and driver setup, Please click “Finish”

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DVBIPData installation
Step 1:
Insert the Drive CD into your CD-ROM, .The Installshield will automatically start &
follow window will appear. If the window doesn’t appear, start Installshield from Drive
CD manually. Click on “Install DVBIPData”.
Step 2:
DVBIPData Setup, Please click “Next”

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Step 3:
Please choose path to install and click “Next”
Step 4:
Choose start menu folder and click “Install”

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Step 5:
Installation completed, Please click “Next”
Step 6:
Installation completed, Please click “Finish”

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Software setting
MyTheatre
Step 1:
After installation finished, you will see the icon on your Desktop. Run it by double
clicking the icon. And you will see the splash-screen of MyTheatre starting.
Step 2:
After splash-screen, you will see main window of application. Click on video area
(at the first run it will look like large black area) by right mouse button. Pop-up menu
appears. Follow menu: Settings General Settings and choose the “Hardware”tab.
Please select the “Compro DVB-S Receiver”for signal reception.
MyTheatre icon on your desktop

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Step 3:
After select the device, please click on video area by right mouse button. Pop-up menu
appears. Follow menu: Settings Tuner settings & Scan…

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Step 4:
For LNB/Transponders settings, you will see settings for satellites and transponders.
(1). Find and click on required satellite on list. Fill appropriate LOF1, LOF2, SW values.
Please read instruction of LNB convertor you use. Don’t forget to click on “Apply”
button when you finish setup satellite LNB parameters.
(2.) Click on button “Sel All”(right side of window) to select all transponders or while
holding “Ctrl”key click sequentially on every transponder you want to scan. Click on
button “-=SCAN=-“to start scanning process.
Note:
If you see universal (dual-band) Ku LNBF then usual parameters are:
LOF1=10600000, LOF2=9750000, SW=11700000. If you use DiSEqC switch
or motor then click on DiSEqC button and choose appropriate LNB input port.

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Step 5:
DiSEqC Switch Settings. Mark “First DiSEqC Switch”and choose Committed,
LNB1..LNB4 (depend on required port of switch)
Step 6:
Scan Dialog: You can watch scanning process in this window. You may interrupt
scanning by clicking “stop”button. After scanning completed, close scanning window
and then LNB dialog.

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Step 7:
Open pop-up menu by clicking right mouse button on main window, then follow steps
below: Display Video On/Off. Make sure there is a mark sign on this option. If there
is no such mark then click on it.
Step 8:
Click on any channel name with green “V”sign. You may organize channel view by
clicking on any of following buttons “Sat”, “Prov”, NetID”, “Transp”, “Fav”, “All”
Three small buttons “All”, “V”, “R”can filter channels to show TV only, Radio only or all
channels.

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Other Setting:
Click on video area by right mouse button. Pop-up menu appears. Follow menu:
Settings ->General settings…
Miscellaneous:
You can setting more detail functions, such as Full screen, LNB power turn off,
Database backup, sleep timer…etc