Hauppauge ImpactVCB-e User manual

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For all versions of Windows:
Turn ON your PC and allows Windows to load fully. Insert the WinTV Installation CD-ROM in
your PC’s CD-ROM drive.
The 'Hauppauge WinTV Installation CD' window
will appear on the s reen. Sele t your preferred
language.
Cli k the button labeled 'Step 1: Install drivers'.
A blue s reen will open and begin installing the
drivers for your WinTV. On e the drivers have in-
stalled, li k on the Finish bar to exit.
Windows XP only:
After you install your WinTV devi e and boot
Windows, a 'Found New Hardware' wizard will
appear, please an el it and allow Windows to
load fully before pro eeding. After Windows
loaded fully insert the installation CD-ROM and
pro eed with driver installation as mentioned
above.
Note: If the CD does not autorun navi-
gate to the CD and run the 'Setup' file.
ImpactVCB-e
Qu ck Installat on Gu de for W ndows 7, V sta and W ndows XP
(Engl sh)
●Impa tVCB-e video apture PCI-E board
●Half Height bra ket for low profile sys-
tems
●WinTV v7 installation CD-ROM*
* Make sure to keep the installation CD-
ROM in a safe pla e, it will be required
for later software updates.
Contents of the package
1.Install the Impa tVCB-e board in your PC and onne t AV ables.
2.Install Impa tVCB-e Windows devi e driver.
3.Install the WinTV7 appli ation.
4.Begin setting up WinTV 7.
5.Using the WinTV7 Appli ation.
1. Install the ImpactVCB-e board n your PC and connect AV cables
To install:
●Swit h off the omputer and remove the om-
puter over. The manufa turer of your PC
supplies instru tions on removing the PC
over.
●Lo ate a free PCIe slot (a short white slot).
Uns rew and remove the metal over plate
whi h overs the ba k of the empty slot.
●Plug the WinTV board into the PCIe slot, and
s rew the WinTV metal over plate to the
PC’s hassis.
●Conne t your A/V sour e (Composite or S-
Video) to the Impa tVCB-e board.
Note: Your PC could be da aged by electrostatic discharge. Avoid this by contac-
ting the earthed chassis of your PC, before you open it or touch the PCIe card.
Note: If you are using a low profile co puter or chassis, you can replace the full
height bracket on the I pactVCB-e with the supplied half height bracket to fit into
your low profile syste s chassis.
2. Install ng ImpactVCB-e W ndows dev ce dr ver
Installation Overview
Impa tVCB-e is a Windows video apture PCI Express ard. It an be used for digitizing and
ompressing video from video ameras, video tape re orders, Set-top boxes and other de-
vi es whi h reate analog video signals.
The in luded WinTV v7 appli ation is used for displaying live video on your PC s reen and to
reate video re ordings and still images.
When re ording live video with the WinTV v7 appli ation, Impa tVCB-e reates a .TS (trans-
port stream) file. Using options in the WinTV v7 appli ation, you an also reate .MPEG files.
Impa tVCB-e uses WDM apture drivers, whi h will be ompatible with most video appli a-
tions that support this type of drivers.
How the ImpactVCB-e works
Hauppauge Computer Works, In .
Corporate Headquarters
91 Cabot Court
Hauppauge, NY 11788
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fax: [phone]
sales: sales@hauppauge. om
te h support tel: [phone]
www.hauppauge. om
Hauppauge Digital Asia Pte. Ltd.
1093 Lower Delta Road #04-05
Tiong Bahru Industrial Estate
Singapore 169204
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fax: [phone]
email: sales@hauppauge. om.sg
te h support: support@hauppauge. om.sg
www.hauppauge. om.sg
Hauppauge Computer Works UK Ltd.
Crown House, Home Gardens
Dartford, Kent DA1 1DZ
United Kingdom
Tel: [phone]
Te h Support: [phone]
sales: sales@hauppauge. o.uk
www.hauppauge. o.uk
Hauppauge Computer Works GmbH
Krefelder Str. 669
41066 Mön hengladba h
Deuts hland
Tel.- Support: ([phone]
Telefon: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
email: [email protected]
www.hauppauge.de
3. Install ng the W nTV7 Appl cat on
Cli k the button labeled 'Step 2: Install WinTV'.
The setup appli ation will then open. Cli k
'Next' and follow the instru tions of the installer
to install the WinTV7 appli ation.
During installation you will be asked to on-
firm/sele t the video standard you are going to
use (NTSC / PAL / SECAM).
On e omplete, li k OK, then Exit.
Note: The latest software updates are
available at www.hauppauge.co .
4. Beg n sett ng up W nTV7
After the installation is omplete, you will need to onfigure your AV input in WinTV7
as part of the initial setup. Then you an start wat hing Live video, re ord videos or
make snapshots.
To run the WinTV appli ation double li k on the WinTV v7 i on on your Windows desktop.
When you run WinTV for the first time, the WinTV Devi e Setup Wizard appears. Sele t 'Exter-
nal Inputs' and li k Next to ontinue.
You will be presented with the option to add a
Composite and S-Video Input. Please sele t your
ountry and li k Next.
5. Us ng the W nTV7 appl cat on
WinTV v7 has many features, in luding live TV/Video, re ording and pausing of TV/Video,
playba k of re ordings in a window or full s reen, and still image apture.
Minimize
Help
OSD b tton
Folder b tton
Snapshot
Teletext
Stop
Pa se Channel p and
Channel down
Record Vol me
Skip back
Fast back Fast forward
F ll Screen Close
WinTV
Config ration men
Skip Forward
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Watch ng V deo
To wat h your External video inputs like S-video or Composite video, li k on the TV
button. You an also sele t Live TV from the Context Menu (a right li k in the TV
window brings up the Context menu), or press Alt T on the keyboard.
Playback Recorded V deo
To open a file for playba k, li k on the 'Open File' button or sele t 'Open File' from
the Context Menu. The file will then be played ba k in the WinTV window.
Chang ng channels
You an hoose the video hannel from the list of available hannels by
opening the Context menu (right li k into the TV window) and sele t Find
Channel, or press Ctrl + L to open the hannel list.
Pause TV / V deo
WinTV automati ally generates a Pause file after hanging hannels. You an Skip
Ba k at anytime or li k the Pause button to pause the TV program.
While wat hing Video, the following ontrols an be used:
-Press the Skip Ba k button to skip ba k 1 minute.
-Press the Rewind button to skip ba k 10 se onds.
-Press the Fast Forward button to skip forward 30 se onds.
-Press the Skip Forward button to skip forward 1 minute.
Note: Changing the video channel will reinitialize the pause buffer.
Record TV
Cli k the Re ord button to start re ording the urrent video hannel. WinTV will auto-
mati ally generate a file name and start re ording your video. The format of the file
name is [Channel Name]_[Date]_[Time].ts. While re ording video, you an Pause / Skip For-
ward / Skip Ba k.
Note: If you would like to record in .MPG for at or both .TS and .MPG for at you
can do this by selecting the option 'Auto Convert MPEG-2 Recordings to . pg'
under the Advanced Options of WinTV Settings.
Stop
Cli king the Stop button will stop live video, or terminate a manual re ording. Cli k
the TV button to start playing live video again.
Snapshots
Cli king the Snapshot button will reate a still image of the urrently displayed video
and automati ally save it in the snapshot dire tory, whi h an be onfigured in the
WinTV Settings under Capture. Note that the quality of the still image depends on the size of
the video image, the larger the video image, the better the quality.
Game Mode
If a video amera or a gaming onsole is onne ted to the Impa tVCB-e, you will noti e that
there is some delay in the video displayed. This is be ause live video is first ompressed into
the MPEG-2 format, and buffered onto the hard disk drive, before it is displayed. If you need
near real time video display, you an enable the so alled Game Mode. To do this, open the
WinTV settings and in 'Advan ed Options' sele t 'Use Game Mode for analog (slip disabled,
requires reboot)'. Then lose the WinTV appli ation and restart Windows.
The Context Menu
Right li k inside the TV window to display the Context Menu. The Context menu has several
options.
View Mode: Normal View, No Title and Full S reen are avail-
able. In Normal view, all button and ontrols are visible. In No
title mode only the Video image is displayed. Full s reen
mode will fill your s reen with the video pi ture. You an also
swit h between these modes by double li king inside the
TV window, or by pressing Ctrl W on the keyboard.
Note: The application size in No title ode and Nor-
al view can be stretched and shrunk indepen-
dently and will retain their settings when you change
ode.
"Always On Top" Mode: The WinTV appli ation window will
remain in view over any other appli ations even if it is not se-
le ted. To turn on, sele t Stay On Top (or Alt O). To turn off,
sele t this option again.
Conf gurat on button
Cli k the Configuration button to open the WinTV settings dialog.
General: You an sele t the language of the user interfa e. The preferred Audio and
subtitle languages are appli able for TV only. You an also spe ify the video renderer to be
used and the shape of the TV window.
Capture: Spe ify the folders where videos are re orded, and the pause buffer files and snap
shot pi ture files are stored.
Devices: To onfigure the Impa tVCB-e devi e, first sele t the devi e from the list, then li k
on 'Tuner Setup'. This will display the Devi e Setup Wizard.
All Channels: Shows a list of all your hannels. You an enable or disable hannels with the
sele t box in the first olumn. The right li k ontext menu allows you to sele t all hannels,
to delete the sele ted hannel(s), to wat h the sele ted hannel or to display details about
the hannel.
Favorites: You an add/rename or remove sele ted hannels to the favorite list.
Parental Control: Not appli able for video apture models.
Advanced Options: You an set various options su h as onvert TV re ordings to .MPG file
type and enable game mode, view the WinTV log files dire tory and allow 3rd party de oders
here.
Troubleshooting
Notes on system compat b l ty
For re ording analog hannels you need a P4 2.8 CPU or higher speed. In some ases a
faster pro essor might be required. Slow or jerky video indi ate system performan e prob-
lems.
Not gett ng proper d splay of l ve v deo
Improper display or distorted video at the bottom of the display area an be aused by VGA
overlay or video buffering, in your PC or laptop: a graphi s system whi h annot keep up
with the high data rates or video overlay. Here are some tips on improving graphi s perform-
an e:
- Use the latest graphi s driver: graphi s drivers are often ‘tweaked’ to improve performan e,
espe ially on built-in graphi s on laptops. Che k the Mi rosoft Windows update site to
download the latest graphi s driver for your omputer, or he k your omputers manufa -
turer website for the latest graphi s driver.
- You an try a different video renderer. To do this, open the WinTV Settings dialog ( li k the
“gear” i on), and in the General tab hange the Video Renderer option. The Video Render
is a software interfa e to your graphi s ard. The default mode used is EVR. Espe ially on
Windows XP the display performan e may be better when sele ting VMR7 or VMR9 in-
stead. Changes to this setting require restarting live TV/Video. (Note that the snapshot
fun tion only works with VMR7 or EVR.)
V deo Standard Select on (PAL / NTSC)
The WinTV7 installer sets the video standard a ording to your sele tion during installation.
(When you set up the video hannels in the Devi e Setup Wizard, the video standard sele -
tion is urrently ignored.) PAL BGHIDK is the ommonly used format in Europe, NTSC is the
broad ast format used in North Ameri a.
If you sele ted PAL during installation, and later onne t a NTSC video sour e, you will see a
garbled video image in WinTV. To orre t this, you need to uninstall the Hauppauge WinTV7
appli ation, and sele t the proper video standard when reinstalling it.
A qui ker way to hange the video format without reinstalling WinTV7 is this: Lo ate the file
'GenPCI.ini' in the C:\Program Files\WinTV\TVServer folder. Open this file in notepad and find
the se tion [Impa tVCB-e]. In this se tion hange the line 'SOURCE_1_TUNER_FORMAT=16'
to 'SOURCE_1_TUNER_FORMAT=1' (1 = NTSC, 16 = PAL). Then restart Windows or just
restart the 'HauppaugeTVServer' servi e in the Windows Control Panel under Manage / Serv-
i es.
Un nstall ng the W nTV dr ver and appl cat on
Run the h w lear.exe from the installation CD. Sele t OK. A bla k s reen will briefly appear
and on e it has disappeared the software will have been removed.
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