Emtec S810 User manual

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Presto! PVR
Analog
Digital TV – DVB-T
Digital TV – ATSC
User’s Guide
507100-02-01-W-E-052507-09

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Contents
Chapter 1 Introducing Presto! PVR 1
System Requirements..........................................................1
Features....................................................................................2
Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR 3
Installing Presto! PVR...........................................................3
Receiving a Channel.............................................................5
Receiving S-Video and Composite Signals...................7
Receiving FM Radio ..............................................................7
Choosing a Channel to Watch...........................................8
Channel List..........................................................................9
Channel Surfing Window..................................................10
Teletext (available for DVB-T or PAL Analog TV).......10
Recording a Program..........................................................11
Scheduling Your Program Recording...........................12
Adjusting the Schedule Settings.....................................13
Task................................................................................14
Time................................................................................14
Quality ............................................................................15
Using EPG (Electronic Program Guide)........................15
Time Shifting .........................................................................16
Adjusting the Volume.........................................................17
Taking Snapshots................................................................17
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings 19
Main Screen...........................................................................19
Program Viewer....................................................................21
Screen Menu..........................................................................22

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Settings...................................................................................27
Device...................................................................................28
Device.............................................................................29
Audio...............................................................................30
Channel................................................................................30
Video.....................................................................................33
Record..................................................................................34
Recording.......................................................................36
Time Shifting.................................................................37
Schedule..............................................................................38
Advanced.............................................................................40
Skin.......................................................................................41
Live Update.........................................................................42
Channel Surfing....................................................................43
History.....................................................................................44
Taskbar Commands............................................................45
Shortcut Keys........................................................................46
Chapter 4 Appendix 47
Frequently Asked Questions............................................47
Troubleshooting...................................................................48
Glossary..................................................................................51

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Chapter 1 Introducing Presto! PVR
Presto! PVR is a video recorder for your computer. It takes television
signals and records them onto your hard drive. You have all the
convenience of a VCR (recording, playback, fast forwarding, rewinding,
pausing) without having to rewind any tape. Here are the requirements
and features of the program.
•System Requirements
•Features
System Requirements
•Presto! PVR will run on Microsoft Windows 2000, -
Windows XP, or Windows Vista. A Pentium 4 or AMD
Athlon 2.0 GHz processor is required. (Pentium 4, 2.4
GHz is recommended.)
•At least 256 MB RAM is needed (512 MB is
recommended).
•A least 100 MB of hard disk space is required for
installing the program. An additional 500 MB of space will
be needed working with files.
•A True Color or HiColor display card supporting DirectX
9.0, 16-bit high color mode and with at least 1024 x 768
pixel resolution.
•DirectX 9.0 or higher is installed.
•An AC'97 compatible sound card.
•Digital or analog TV antenna.

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Features
•Record programs to a hard disk or DVD. (This feature
is available only when your program supports Direct
Disc Recording (DDR).)
•Schedule your recordings for the future.
•Use the EPG (Electronic Program Guide) function to
get the program guide for current TV listings and add
them to your recording schedule with the click of a
button. This function also has support for multiple
languages.
•Easily play the shows that you have recorded on the
hard disk. Just look in the History section.
•Pause the program while watching (to do things like
answer the door or make a sandwich) and then resume
watching without missing any of the show.
•Watch video in a resizable preview window. Choose to
freely resize or retain the original ratio. Adjust the
brightness and color. The preview window changes
while the adjustments are made.
•Receive analog or digital TV programs.
•Digital tuner supports AC3 audio, DVB radio, and
HDTV.
•View Subtitles and Closed Captions in multiple
languages.
•Take snapshots of your favorite TV moments.
•Browse many channels in one window with Tile mode.

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Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR
This program has everything a personal video recorder needs—preview,
full screen view, snapshot, channel selection, channel surfing, recording,
programmed recording, time shifting, settings, help, and a link to our
website. Here are explanations of how to perform the most common
tasks.
•Installing Presto! PVR
•Receiving a Channel
•Receiving S-Video and Composite Signals
•Receiving FM Radio
•Choosing a Channel to Watch
•Recording a Program
•Scheduling Your Program Recording
•Time Shifting
•Adjusting the Volume
•Taking Snapshots
Installing Presto! PVR

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Before you begin, make sure that the antenna or Cable is connected to
the Presto! PVR device. Insert the Presto! PVR disc into your computer
disc drive and follow the installation instructions. After the installation, the
Wizard will open to let you choose what type of signal you will be using.
The image above is for reference only. This dialog box
may vary depending on the version of your Presto! PVR
program.
After selecting the signal type, the Settings Wizard for the selected option
will open.
Analog TV Digital TV

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Click the desktop icon to start using your Presto! PVR program.
Receiving a Channel
To receive a channel through your network, please connect the antenna
to the Presto! PVR device and make the proper settings.
1. Click to open the Settings dialog box, and then click the Device
tab.
2. Choose a device from the Device list. The options will be different
depending on the type of TV signal selected.
Analog TV Digital TV
For Analog TV signals, you can choose an audio device and source.
3. Click the Channel tab on the Settings dialog box, and then click
Scan or Auto Scan to search for channels. If a channel is found, it
will be included in the channel list. When finished, you can choose a
channel and change its name. You can also scan for changes by
selecting Add or Update Channels, or use the Minimum Frequency
and Maximum Frequency boxes to limit the frequency range to be
scanned. Other options include importing and exporting channel lists.

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You can remove selected channels by clicking the Delete button.
Digital TV - DVB-T
Digital TV - ATSC

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Analog TV
4. Click OK to close the Settings dialog box and watch some TV.
Receiving S-Video and Composite Signals
1. Click and choose S-Video or Composite from the source type.
2. PVR will pick up video and audio signals.
These two features may not be available on all devices.
Please refer to the user guide for your device.
Receiving FM Radio
To get the latest cool and hip music and news through your computer, you
can set it up to receive FM Radio.
1. Click and choose FM Radio from the source type.
2. Click Auto Scan to find all the available radio stations.

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When scanning is finished, you can choose a station and change its
name. You can also select a frequency and click the Add Channel button
to add the corresponding station directly to the list of stations, or remove
selected channels by clicking the Delete button. Other options include
importing and exporting lists of stations.
Select the red heart to identify a station as your favorite. Clear it to
remove the station from the favorites list.
Search results vary from device to device. If your device
doesn’t support radio, you won’t be able to receive FM
Radio. Please refer to the user guide for your device.
Choosing a Channel to Watch

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After you have installed Presto! PVR and scanned for channels, you can
click and select a channel from the channel list to watch. Click or
to switch between channels, and to go to the last channel viewed.
•Channel List
•Channel Surfing Window
•Teletext (available for DVB-T or PAL Analog TV)
Channel List

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This is a quick way to select a channel. There are three buttons at the top
of the window. Each shows different channels based on the settings you
made on the Channel tab of the Settings dialog box. Here are some
details for the channel list.
TV Radio : Click this button to listen to the TV radio. Please note that
this button is not available when the input source is Analog TV.
Favorite Channels : Click this button to show your favorite channels.
Favorite channels are chosen on the Channel tab of the Settings dialog
box.
All Channels : Click this button to list all available channels.
Channel Surfing Window
You can browse all the TV channels from the Channel Surfing window.
Right-click the program viewer and select Channel Surfing from the
screen menu. Presto! PVR provides different options for tiling the
channels in thumbnails. You can play a channel by clicking the thumbnail.
To change the Channel Surfing window settings, click
and choose the Advanced tab.
Teletext (available for DVB-T or PAL Analog TV)

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Teletext is a quick and easily accessible service that gives you useful
information for free. As long as a signal is present at the tuner and the
channels are already scanned and stored, you will see the Teletext
information offered by the corresponding TV station.
This service varies for different areas. It may not be
available in all the countries.
Recording a Program
When you find a good show, click to start recording. The button will
change to . The recorded program will be saved in the working folder.
You can click to pause recording. If you click while you are
watching, recording will stop and the preview screen will return to the live
program.
When recording, you can go to full screen, minimize, and

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restore, but you cannot change programs, or close the
program.
Scheduling Your Program Recording
You can add, modify, or delete items for recording shows in the future. For
this, you will have to open the Settings dialog box by clicking and
selecting the Schedule tab.
The message about encrypted programs will not appear
when the input source is analog TV.
•Click Add… to schedule additional recording, or click
Modify to change the schedule for selected recordings.

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•Click Delete to cancel a selected recording, or Delete All
to cancel all scheduled recordings.
•Click EPG to get an online listing to current TV programs.
•If you want to use Silent mode while recording, click
When a scheduled recording starts, it will be in silent mode.
•You can choose the action to be taken when a scheduled
recording is finished from the After scheduled recordings from
Hibernate or Standby mode are completed box.
For more information see:
•Adjusting the Schedule Settings
•Using EPG (Electronic Program Guide)
Adjusting the Schedule Settings

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If you click Add… or Modify from the Schedule tab, the Schedule
Settings dialog box will open. There are three sections to pay attention
to—Task, Time, and Quality.
•Task
•Time
•Quality
Quality is only available when selecting the analog device.
Task
Task Name: Give a name to the recording session or use the default.
Channel: Choose from the available channels for the one you want.
Time

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Type: You can choose to record the selected channel One Time, Daily,
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
Monday to Friday, Monday to Saturday, or Saturday to Sunday.
Choose Assign the Date to pick a more specific date.
Start Date: This option is available only when you have selected One
Time in the Type field. Pick the day to start recording on.
Start Time: Choose what time to start recording on the selected date.
Duration: Choose how long to record. The recording will stop after the
specified time period.
Quality
Saved Type: Choose what kind of recording you are scheduling.
Quality: Choose the level of quality for the selected recording.
After selecting the appropriate dialog box options, click OK to return to the
Schedule list.
(1) If a scheduled task comes up when running time
shifting or recording, the running task will be terminated
and the scheduled task will be performed.
(2) If you have scheduled tasks that overlap, you will be
reminded after you click OK. Presto! PVR cannot record
more than one show at a time.
Using EPG (Electronic Program Guide)