Encore ENUTV-3 User manual

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Product specifications, size, and shape are subject to change without notice, and actual product appearance may differ from that depicted herein.
All trademarks and brand names are the properties of their respective holders.
© 2010 Encore Electronics, Inc.

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T ABLE OF C ONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION........................................................................................ 2
1.1 F EATURES ............................................................................................................... 3
1.2 S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS .......................................................................................... 3
1.3 S PECIFICATIONS ...................................................................................................... 4
1.4 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS ............................................................................................... 4
CHAPTER 2: GETTING STARTED.................................................................................. 5
2.1 C ONNECT ENUTV-3................................................................................................ 5
2.2 D EVICE D RIVER I NSTALLATION .................................................................................. 6
2.3 I NSTALL THE D IRECT X
®
............................................................................................ 9
2.4 I NSTALL THE ENUTV-3 U TILITY SOFTWARE ..............................................................11
CHAPTER 3: LAUNCH THE ENUTV-3 PROGRAM....................................................... 13
3.1 R UNNING THE ENUTV-3 FOR THE FIRST TIME .......................................................... 13
3.2 W ATCH TV PROGRAMS OR MOVIES FROM DVD/VCR/C AMCORDER ........................... 15
3.3 R ECORD V IDEO ..................................................................................................... 16
3.4 S NAPSHOT I MAGE .................................................................................................. 17
3.5 P LAYBACK V IDEO ................................................................................................... 18
3.6 B ROWSE I MAGE ..................................................................................................... 20
CHAPTER 4: USING THE REMOTE CONTROL ........................................................... 22
CHAPTER 5: TECHNICAL SUPPORT........................................................................... 23
APPENDIX A: USER’S NOTICE .................................................................................... 23
Product specifications, size, and shape are subject to change without notice,
and actual product appearance may differ from that depicted herein.
All trademarks and brand names
are the properties of their respective holders.
© 2010 Encore Electronics, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
ENUTV-3 is a USB 2.0 compliant TV Tuner Box. Complete with an IR Remote Controller. It
supports current analog TV standard to let users have an instant TV entertainment though
the USB of the desktop or laptop computers. Furthermore, the multiple external input
sources including S-Video, Video or A/V and Audio connectors allows the users to convert
V8, DVD, and VCD video stream to your PC.

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1.1 Features
USB 2.0 input
All channel auto scan
16 Channels preview (TV Wall) allows user to select favorite show
High speed USB 2.0 connector, no extra power required
Noise Reduction & De-interlace technology create sharper and clearer image
Time shifting, you wouldn’t miss any part of program. Pause a live broadcast, the
screen will go back where you pause when played back
Friendly OSD interface and functional remote control
MPEG-1, MPEG-2 Video capture can go over 2GB HDD limit
Small size, pocket design
1.2 System Requirements
Interface: One available USB2.0 ports
CPU: Pentium4 2.0GHz or equivalent AMD Athlon ™ CPU
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows
®
7 / XP / Windows Vista™
DirectX: Microsoft
®
DirectX
®
9.0C
Graphics Card : 1024x768, DirectX R 9.0c or above compatible graphics card
Sound Card: AC97 compatible PCI sound card
Hard Disc Drive: 100MB free hard disk space for installation, additional space
required for video capture and Time-Shifting
System Memory: 256MB of RAM or more is recommended
CD or DVD ROM: For installing driver and application
Antenna for analog TV

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1.3 Specifications
TV format NTSC, PAL, SECAM
Resolution Up to 720*480 (NTSC) or 720*576 (PAL)
Video Compression MPEG-1, MPEG-2
RF Input (75 ohm impedance, F or PH type) (By Mode)
TV input (75 ohm impedance, F or PH type)
Video input RCA video input / S-Video input
USB USB connector Type B
Audio input Phone jack
Dimension 107 x 77 x 25 mm
Certification FCC, CE, RoHS
1.4 Package Contents
ENUTV-3
Driver CD
Remote Control
USB Cable
Quick Guide

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Chapter 2: Getting Started
2.1 Connect ENUTV-3
To install the ENUTV-3 into your computer, follow the steps below:
1. Connect the antenna cable to the
“TV” connector
2. Connect the Device to PC USB Hub

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2.2 Device Driver Installation
Once you connect ENUTV-3 to the USB port, you can just follow the system’s prompted
messages to finish the driver installation.
1. When you insert ENUTV-3, system will
show the “Found New Hardware”
dialogue box.
2. Insert the provided CD into the CD-ROM
drive. The setup screen will
automatically
appear.
3. Click the” Software Driver”
icon.
4. Click “Next” button.

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5. Click “Install” button.
6. Click “Next” button.
7. Wait Installation Wizard copying
necessary driver files onto your system.

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8. Click “Finish” button.
9. Click “Finish” button again to complete
installation.

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2.3 Install the DirectX
®
Microsoft DirectX
®
allows 3D hardware acceleration support in Windows
®
98, 2000,
Windows
®
XP. For software MPEG support in Windows 98, you must first install Microsoft
DirectX
®
, and then an MPEG compliant video player. Follow the installation steps below to
install Microsoft DirectX
®
.
1. Insert the provided CD into the CD-ROM
drive. The setup screen will
automatically
appear.
2. Click the “DirectX” button.
3. Click “Accept the agreement” radio
button then click “Next”.
4. Click “Next” button to confirm the
installation of DirectX

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5. Click “Finish” button to exit.
Note:
The computer will automatically restart. Please close all programs if any and save files if
needed before hitting the “Finish” button.

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2.4 Install the ENUTV-3 Utility software
1. Click the” Application
Program” icon.
2. Click “Next” button to start installing.
3. Please read the License Agreement
and click “Yes” button
to begin copying
files.

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4. Click “Next” or choose setup folder for
installation.
5. Click “Next” button.
6. Click “Finish” button to complete the
installation of ENUTV-3.

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Chapter 3: Launch the ENUTV-3 Program
3.1 Running the ENUTV-3 for the first time
1. Click “Start”, move your mouse to
“Programs\ENUTV-3\ENUTV-3” and
then click “ENUTV-3”.
NOTE:
When the ENUTV-3 Program is first started, it will prompt you to select your country and
language.

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1. This step will give you an option to
scan for TV channels. Select which
signal source you are connected to in
the “TV Scan Type” line then click
“Search”. There are two types of
scans.
I. One is scan by TV channel table
“Cable”, “Antenna” and “Extend”
II.One is scan by frequency that scans
low frequency to high frequency. The
“Auto” scan mode is not for the TV
table order.
2. Select the video signal format in your
area (NTSC or PAL) from the “TV
Tuner Standard” drop-down menu.
3. Click “Finish”.

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3.2 Watch TV programs or movies from DVD/VCR/Camcorder
This section lets you view and edit the settings for TV recording. You may pause and
rewind TV (while you’re watching) using both the remote control and the toolbar. Options
include:
1. TV wall display: Show 4x4 TV wall on screen
2. Channel List: This is listing all available TV channel.
3. Channel control: Set channel up or down
4. Volume control: Adjust the Volume or mute.
5. Search TV channel: Click to search available TV channel.
6. Double click to full screen display.
4. Volume control
1. TV wall display
2. Channel List
3. Channel control
5. Search TV
Double click to full screen

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When you do a full screen display, you can use the panel bar to set up your TV box.
1. Fix Panel: To fix the display panel. Show / Hide as mouse drags.
2. Hide Panel: To hide the sub-panel.
3. Snapshot: Same as "Snapshot" button of main panel.
4. TV Wall: To launch TV Wall function, same as "TV Wall" button,
5. Start / Stop Record: Record the current playing audio/video, same as "Start/Stop
Record" of main panel.
6. Switch Next Channel: Switch to next channel, same as "Switch Next Channel" button
of main panel.
7. Switch Previous Channel: Switch to previous channel, same as "Switch Previous
Channel" button of main panel.
8. Volume Adjustment: To adjust the output volume, same as "Volume Adjust" scroll bar
of the main panel.
9. Mute: Audio Mute
3.3 Record Video
Click “Record” button to start
recording video.
You can use the control panel or
setting table to set the video format.
It can be set to the following format
MPEG-1, 2, DVD, VCD, HiDVD.

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3.4 Snapshot Image
Click the “Snapshot” button to
capture still image.
Click the “Setting” button to setup
the image format.
ENUTV-3 supports BMP and JPEG
image format.
Please choose your desired format.

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3.5 Playback Video
Exit：To exit the video playback window, press [Esc] or [ALT]+[F4] on keyboard
Minimize：To minimize the video playback window, click "MoviePlayer" in desktop
taskbar to restore display
Hide Control Panel：To hide video control panel, right click video window and select
"Control Panel" to restore display
Setting：Click to pop-up setting dialog, you can test the video playback; refer to
"Playback Setting" page.
Click the “Playback” button to Play
the recording Video.
Click “Play List” button to select
video file.
Choose the video then click “open”
button.

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Browse Image：To launch image browse window and browse the snapshot or saved
image in your computer, refer to "Image Browse" page
Step Backward：To reverse play video
Step Forward：To step forward play video
Slow Backward：To slow reverse play video
Slow Forward：To slow forward play video file
Play：Click to play the current video file
Pause：click again to pause, click once more to continue play
Fast Forward：To fast forward play video file
Fast Backward：To fast reverse play video file
Volume Adjust：Drag the slider to adjust volume, or use Left and Right arrow on
keyboard
Mute：To close sound. Click again to restore
Stop Play：Stop playing current video file
Snapshot：Save current video as BMP or JPG image File is default named as
snapshot time and saved into C:\My Pictures folder. You also can open "Snap Setting"
option in "Options" dialog, set snapshot save directory, image format, and select rename
after snapshot or not, refer to "Playback Setting" page
Play List：Click to pop-up sub panel below main panel, the default list for the record
file is under the record directory, from which you can select the needed item to play.