Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1950 User manual

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WinTV-HVR-1950
Quick Installation Guide for Windows XP
and Windows Vista (all versions)
ATSC digital TV is over-the-air digital TV for North America.
ATSC digital TV typically requires an antenna for reception, and is
currently broadcast in 200 cities, with over 1500 TV stations. Note:
ATSC digital TV is NOT digital cable TV or digital satellite TV. The
WinTV-HVR-1950 can receive clear QAM digital cable TV. It cannot
receive digital satellite TV.
ATSC digital TV is transmitted in several resolutions, from “standard
definition” which is similar to cable TV, up to high definition which
has about 16 times the resolution of normal cable TV. In any
resolution, ATSC digital TV gives sharper pictures than analog cable
TV and near CD quality sound.
Clear QAM TV channels are digital cable TV channels which
are broadcast on cable TV “in the clear”. These digital cable TV
channels are broadcast in various resolutions, from standard
definition up to high definition.
WinTV-HVR-1950 has a built-in tuner for analog cable TV, digital
ATSC and digital clear QAM TV. To receive ATSC, you will need an
antenna. To receive digital clear QAM or analog cable TV, you will need
a cable TV connection.
It uses your PC or laptop’s CPU for displaying both analog and digital
TV programs on your PC screen. The decoding of high definition
2. What is ATSC and QAM digital TV, and how
does the WinTV-HVR-1950 work?
1. Included with the WinTV-HVR-1950
4. Installing the WinTV-HVR-1950 driver
Windows XP: Click Start / Run then type your CD-ROM drive
letter (for example: D:\) and then Setup.exe
Vista: Click the Start button,
then click Computer, then
locate your CD-ROM drive. You
should see the contents of the
WinTV Installation CD. Double
click on Setup.
Choose a language, and click
Next. Click Install.
The main applications installed
are the WinTV application for TV
watching and recording, and the
WinTV Scheduler for scheduling
your TV recordings.
5. WinTV Software Installation
3. Installing the WinTV-HVR-1950
To start the WinTV application, double click on the WinTV icon on
your desk top. When you run WinTV for the first time, a message
says Would you like to scan for channels now? Click YES.
To scan for cable TV channels, both analog and clear QAM digital, in
the Broadcast/Cable box chose Cable.
To scan for ATSC digital channels, in the Broadcast/Cable box
chose Antenna.
Click the Scan button and WinTV
will automatically scan for TV
channels. The scanning process
takes about 10 minutes.
The scanning process for ATSC will
scan from channels 2 to 68. The
ATSC digital channels that are
found will appear in the channel
listing box. The Name is the name
as defined by the broadcaster. The
Channel number is created by the
WinTV application. For ATSC digital channels, since each primary
channel might have several subchannels, the channel number is
calculated so that channel 22.2 would be listed as 1222. Channel 7.2
would be listed as 1072. Type 1072 on your keyboard for channel
7.2
Note: if you have attached an antenna and do not receive any ATSC
digital TV channels, either use a stronger antenna (a roof top
antenna is recommended for best reception) or reposition your
portable antenna. Then rescan for ATSC channels (see below for
instructions on rescanning and the Troubleshooting section for
information on choosing an ATSC antenna).
Note: If you experience problems when watching ATSC digital TV
channels, see the Troubleshooting section.
Rescanning TV channels
If you want to rescan for TV channels, click Menu / Suite
Manager.
To scan analog cable TV channels, under Sources, highlight
Analog source and click Auto scan.
To scan for digital ATSC channels, under Input Sources,
highlight ATSC source and click Auto scan.
To scan for digital QAM channels, under Input Sources, highlight
Clear QAM Source and click Auto scan.
During the scan for ATSC and QAM digital TV channels, the Signal
Status will show a quality level and the locked box will be
checked if a channel is detected.
Other changes to channel listings
If you want to add names or fine tune an analog channel, click
Menu / Suite Manager / Sources. Choose Analog
Source. You will see a list of your analog channels. Click on the
Using the WinTV v6 application
Changing channels
You can change channels by clicking the Channel Up or
Channel Down buttons on the WinTV application. You can also
type a channel number (for example: 27 or 1021) and WinTV will
tune to that channel. If the entered channel does not exist, you will
see a black window. You can also right click in the Current TV
channel box, where you will see a list of channels.
Changing the TV window size
You can change the size of the WinTV window by grabbing any
corner and dragging the video window to the desired size.
Displaying TV full screen
When you click the Full screen TV button, TV will appear full
screen on your PC monitor. When finished watching TV full screen,
right click your mouse button.
If you see video with a black box around it, click the Pref button then
click TV mode tab. Check the box which says “Allow resolution
change”.
“Always-on-Top” mode
With Always on Top, WinTV will always be visible on your Windows
desktop on top of any applications. To turn on, click the Always
on top button. It will turn green. To turn off, click this button
again. A convenient way to use Always-on-Top is to make the TV
window in the no-title mode small, and to make the TV window in the
title mode larger. Then you can switch very quickly from a small
window to a larger one by clicking the right mouse button.
To hide the WinTV toolbar (No-title mode)
Click your right mouse button in the WinTV’s video window to hide
the WinTV toolbar (no-title mode). To restore the toolbars (the title
mode), once again click your right mouse button in the video
window. You can set the size and posiiton of the window differently
in each mode.
Pref button
Click the Pref button to open the Preferences menu:
View: These are the settings for the On Screen Display of the TV
channel and Audio Volume plus controls for the Toolbar mode
(Title mode), NoToolbar mode (No Title) and Full Screen (TV
mode).
Movies: Here is where you configure the video and audio setting
for SoftPVRTM. You can set the movie record directory (DVCR
Record File Path), the MPEG Quality settings, and the Audio
settings.
Snapshot: Set the size of your captured image, and settings for
capturing motion or still images. Note: VMR must be the graphics
setting to enable snapshot.
Audio: Your audio settings are configured here.
Color: Adjust the color of your TV picture here.
Menu button
Click the Menu button to open the TV setup menu. Here is the
6. Running WinTV®for the first time
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ATSC is very processor intensive, and the smoothness of high
definition TV programs depends upon how fast your PC or laptop
system is. Other PC activities that consume CPU resources might
affect the display of ATSC digital TV. Slow video, jerky video and
momentary pausing of video are all results of a CPU which is
temporarily being used by other activities.
The portable antennas are designed primarily for ATSC digital TV
reception, and will work within 10 miles of an ATSC transmitter
(reception might be limited by obstructions such as steel buildings).
For the best ATSC digital TV reception, a roof top ‘High gain’
antenna is recommended. In the U.S., a good ATSC digital antenna
selector can be found at TitanTV.com under Resources.
desired channel. Click the Tune button to change channel.
You can change the Name to the name of the station. To fine tune an
analog channel, unclick AFT and then use the Finetune slide
bar. When finished, click Close.
Clear QAM
source
Analog
Source
Tune
button
Note: the latest WinTV-HVR-1950 software can be found at
www.hauppauge.com/site/support/support_hvr1950.html
Note: You may need to disable your antivirus programs during the
installation only.
Note: DO NOT PLUG THE POWER INTO WINTV-HVR-1950 UNTIL YOUR
PC HAS COMPLETELY BOOTED
Installing the WinTV-HVR-1950 Windows Vista driver
After plugging in the WinTV-HVR-1950 to your PC, the Found New
Hardware window will appear.
Insert the WinTV-HVR
Installation CD-ROM
in your PC’s CD-ROM
drive.
Click Locate and
install driver soft-
ware (recom-
mended). Then click
Don’t search on-
line. Click Next.
When the driver is
installed, click Close.
Installing the WinTV-HVR-1950 Windows XP driver
When your PC is booted, the Found New Hardware Wizard will
appear. Insert the Hauppauge Installation CD into your CD-ROM
drive. Select No, not at this time. Click Next. Select Install soft-
ware automatically. Click Next.
Once the driver component is installed, click Finish.
Snapshot Still
capture
Freeze picture
CFG
Configure Snapshot
Mute
Setup Menu
Full screen
Remove toolbars
no title mode
Minimise
Close
Channel surf
Channel down
Channel up
Last channel
Current TV channel
Click your right mouse
button here to see the
channel selector
Click your right mouse button
in the TV window to remove
toolbars. Click again to restore
toolbars.
Record Playback
Volume
Always on Top
Snapshot viewer
window:
Double click on each
thumbnail to see
image full size.Click
and hold your right
mouse button to see
image options.
Pause
TV mode
Click here
to scan
Click here
to scan
•WinTV-HVR-1950 device
with ATSC/NTSC/clear QAM
receiver, 125 channel cable
ready TV tuner, FM radio
receiver and MPEG-2 hardware
audio/video compressor for
recording analog cable TV to
disk
•Remote control
transmitter and batteries
•Wall mounted power supply (6 volt)
•1 meter USB cable
•FM radio antenna
•WinTV-HVR-1950 Installation CD-ROM
•WinTV-HVR-1950 Quick Installation Guide (this guide)
The WinTV-HVR-1950 is a USB device designed for Microsoft®
WindowsXP and Windows Vista (all versions). It can be used with
the Hauppauge WinTV v6 application, with Media Center and other
TV tuner applications.
Connect the WinTV-HVR-1950 cables
Plug your TV antenna or cable TV cable into the WinTV-HVR-
1950’s TV Connector. Plug the supplied Radio aerial into the FM
radio connector. Note: this may not be necessary if your TV aerial or
cable network supplies FM.
Plug one end (the square end) of the supplied USB cable into
the WinTV-HVR-1950’s USB Cable connector. The WinTV-HVR-
1950 is compatible with USB 2.0 (high speed USB) only.
Plug the other end of the USB cable into a USB port on your
computer.
The S-Video and Composite video inputs and the L&R audio
inputs can be used to bring audio/video from a VCR, DVD player or
satellite TV receiver.
Information on the installation of the IR Blaster Cable can be
found in the IR Remote Blaster Quick Installation Guide.
Boot your PC.
Plug the power supply into WinTV-HVR-1950
Plug the supplied Power Supply into the Power Supply input on
WinTV-HVR-1950. The WinTV-HVR-1950 can accept 6V to 12V
inputs.
S-Video
input
Remote control
receiver
Composite
video input Left &Right
Audio Inputs
FM radio
antenna
connector
TV Connector
for antenna or
Cable TV
USB Cable
Connector
IR Blaster
output
Power Supply
input: 6V to 12V
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WinTV Scheduler allows you to schedule the recording of TV
shows. WinTV Scheduler, once it is set, can be closed, and the
WinTV application will “wake up” at the desired time and tuned to
the desired channel.
When using an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) such as TitanTV, the
WinTV Scheduler makes a conversion so that correct ATSC digital
channels will tuned. For example, if the EPG wants to record digital
channel 22.2, you will see the recording listed in WinTV Schedule as
recording channel 1222.
After installation,
WinTV Scheduler
can be found on
your Windows
desktop. You can
also find it in
Start / Program
files /
Hauppauge
WinTV.
WinTV Scheduler
works by using
the Windows
Task Scheduler to
launch WinTV at
the chosen time.
WinTV Scheduler
sets up a command line in Task Scheduler to run WinTV, specifying
a TV channel and a length of time to record.
To set up an event for timed watching or recording, run Scheduler
and click on the Add Program. The items that need to be set for
each event are:
- Time to Begin Program: set to the desired start time. The
default time is about 3 minutes from the current time.
Click on the hour to set the hour, the minute to set the
Schedule TV recordings with WinTV-Scheduler
Note: the latest WinTV-HVR-1950 software can be found at
www.hauppauge.com/site/support/support_hvr1950.html
Some notes on system compatibility
Decoding high definition ATSC TV is very CPU intensive. A graphics
card with at least 64MBytes of memory and the latest graphics driver
from the manufacturer makes the decoding task easier. Typically a
2.2 GHz Pentium 4 processor or equivalent with a graphics card
having 64MBytes of memory is required to properly decode ATSC
digital TV on your PC. A 1.6GHz AMD Sempro laptop computer
tested in the Hauppauge lab used 50% of the CPU for playing ATSC
640i format, and 90% of the CPU when playing ATSC 1080i, the
highest definition ATSC format.
In some cases, either a faster processor or more graphics memory
might be required. Slow or jerky video and a noisy TV picture
indicate system performance problems.
Jerky video with live ATSC digital TV
Jerky or distorted video can be caused by two things in your PC or
laptop: a slow CPU which cannot decode the ATSC TV signal fast
enough, and a graphics system which cannot keep up with the high
datarates of ATSC TV.
Many times, improving the performance of the graphics display will
fix the jerky video display of ATSC digital TV. Here are some tips on
improving graphics performance:
- Use the latest graphics driver: graphics drivers are often
‘tweaked’ to improve performance, especially the built-in graphics on
laptops. Check the Microsoft Windows update site to download the
latest graphics driver for your computer. For Dell computers, check
the Dell website for the latest graphics driver.
- Use Hauppauge’s Primary program to optimize graphics
performance: Primary.exe is used to change the display mode of
a graphics card for TV watching. This does not affect any other
Windows program. Primary.exe is found in the Hauppauge WinTV
program group. The default mode
used by WinTV is Force Primary.
Force Primary uses your
processor to move the digital TV
image into the graphics memory. It
is more CPU intensive but often
fixes display problems on some
laptops. Note: Snapshot does not
work in ‘Force Primary’ mode.
To use hardware graphics
acceleration, close WinTV, then run
Primary. Click Allow VMR. Close
Primary and rerun WinTV. The
Troubleshooting
Radio Interference Statement:
The WinTV products have been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses,
and can radiate radio frequency energy and cause harmful interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this
equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures: reorient or relocate the receiving anten-
na,increase the separation between the equipment and receiver, connect the equipment into an
outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected, consult the dealer or an
experienced radio/TV technician for help.
FCC Statement
for 30 minutes and so on.
Configuring the record formats
When recording analog
TV, WinTV uses your PC
or laptops processor and
Hauppauge’s SoftPVR
to make the recording.
The default recording
quality is DVD. To
configure the directory to
store video recordings
and to check the analog
recording format, click
the Pref button and
then Movies.
Note: since ATSC and QAM digital recording uses the format the
original TV program is broadcast in, there are no other recording
format options.
Time counter - the time is specified in a Hour:Minute:Second
format.
Stop Clicking the Stop button will stop the video you are
recording or playing back.
Playback TV recordings
Click the Playback button on the WinTV application to open the
Playback control bar.
File button In the File menu you can:
●Play a video file previously recorded: Find the file you
would like to play, highlight it with your mouse (one click
of the mouse button) and click Open. Then click Play.
●Rename your recorded video file: To rename a video file,
on the video filename click once with your right mouse
button, click Rename and then type in a new name.
Remember: you must keep the MPG extension on the file.
●Delete recorded video files which you no longer want: Click
your right mouse button on the video file once, go down
the menu and click Delete.
Play Clicking the Play button will playback from disk the last
video file created.
When playing a video, you can rewind, fast forward, replay 10 sec
or skip forward 10 sec using the buttons on the control bar.
Hit the 0 to 9 keyboard keys to quickly move to 10%, 20% etc. of
your video.
minute and the second (if you feel this is necessary) to
set the second to start the program.
- Time to End Program: set to the time to end this event.
Note: you need to leave at least 30 seconds between scheduled pro-
grams to give the recorder time to set up its disk buffers.
- Program Period: one time, daily, weekly
- Date to Begin Program: today’s date is the default.
Change this if you want to schedule on another date.
- Source selection: leave at WinTV to open WinTV at the
requested time and the requested channel.
- Channel selection: choose one of the scanned channels.
- Recording options: click on Record to File to record your
show. Leave this button unchecked to watch TV at the
requested time. You can also name your file to record.
Once these are set, click Set Program. You can add more Events,
clicking Set Program after each event is set. When you are
finished click Close. The WinTV program does not have to be
running for the to work. If WinTV is not running, it takes about 10
seconds to start Scheduler and to start the recording of TV.
Clicking on the Record button will cause the Record menu to roll
down and start recording. Click the Playback button to open the
Playback menu. Note: Pause is not supported on WinTV-HVR-
1950.
Recording TV with the WinTV-HVR-1950
When recording ATSC or QAM digital TV, the recording format is
the same as the digital TV resolution of the TV program. These
recordings will consume a large amount of hard disk space. For
example, if the TV program is being transmitted at the highest digital
TV resolution, called “1080i’, the recording will consume 5.6
Gigabytes of disk space per hour of recording.
When recording analog cable TV using SoftPVR, the ‘DVD’
MPEG-2 format will typically consume 2.8 Gbytes per hour.
Record and Playback
Recording TV
Click the Record button on the WinTV application to open the
Record control bar, automatically generate a file name and start
recording your TV program.
Clicking the Record button again while recording will start an
automatic timer. Click the Record button once for 15 minutes, twice
main control bar for TV channels, and duplicate controls for other
functions:
Suite Manager: Configure the TV tuner (scanning, naming,
channel preset,etc) setting up ‘favorite channel lists’)
Configuration: Duplicate configuration menus for colour, audio,
MPEG settings, etc.
View: For setting an exact TV window size: 320x240, etc.
Configuring an external A/V source in WinTV v6
When using an external audio/video such as a satellite TV receiver,
VCR, cable TV set top box, camcorder, game console etc, connect
the S-Video input connector or Composite video input
connector for video and the Audio input (Line-In) for the sound.
To configure the external A/V source, in the WinTV application click
Menu / Suite Manager and Sources. To add the S-video or
Composite source, highlight the entry and then select the Video
Format from the drop down list. NTSC is the commonly used
format in North America. Select Add to finish. Then click Close.
In WinTV v6, the external A/V source is at the end of the channel list.
To select an external A/V source, click the Up and Down chan-
nel buttons to cycle through TV until you get to Composite and S-
Video sources.
Watch and record TV
The Hauppauge remote control
Pause Clicking the Pause button while Playing will pause your
audio/video. Click again to start playing.
Rewind button Clicking the Rewind button will play the video
file in reverse. Clicking the Rewind button again will continue the
playing of the video.
Fast forward button Clicking the Fast Forward button one
time will fast forward your video at 2X speed. Clicking the Fast
Forward button two times will fast forward your video at 8X speed.
Clicking the button again will continue playing back at normal
speed.
Slow motion button Clicking the Slow Motion button
during playback will cause the video to play in slow motion. Clicking
the Slow Motion button again will return the video to normal
playback speed.
Allow VMR setting will allow your graphics system to use hardware
acceleration for video decode. Note: graphics hardware
acceleration does not work on all systems.
If this setting does not help, or if you experience WinTV not
responding after a channel change, then your graphics system
cannot use hardware graphics acceleration.
In this case, run Primary. Click ‘Force Primary’ then rerun
WinTV.
Only some channels are found during ATSC
channel scan
If you are only receiving some known TV channels when scanning, it
means your TV antenna is not adequate to pick up the channel. You
will need either an antenna signal booster (a Radio Shack antenna
amplifier will work) or a high gain antenna. Here’s a link to an ATSC
antenna selector:
http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/address.aspx
Black window when selecting an ATSC channel
A black window when selecting an ATSC channel means that the
WinTV-HVR-1950 is not getting a signal. This is most often due to
poor reception. See “Only some channels are found during ATSC
channel scan” above.
Uninstalling the WinTV driver and applications
Run the hcwclear.exe from the installation CD. Select OK A black
screen will briefly appear and once it has disappeared the software
will be removed. If you now re-start the computer you will be at Step
4 of the installation.
Keyboard shortcuts
Sound up - Page Up
Sound down - Page Down
Plus (+) - Channel Up
Minus (-) - Channel Down
Ctrl T - Frame TV
Ctrl P - Frame Print
Ctrl F - Still image
Ctrl+M - Mute on/off
ALT+M - Re-size TV menu
0-9 - Channel number
F1 - Launch Help
SHIFT+F1 - Online Help
Space bar - Take a Snapshot
TV Mode Pause Record Playback
Play Fast forward
Pause
Time counter
Video-position Fast rewind
Skip forward 10 sec
Skip back 10 sec
Record/Playback control bar
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The WinTV remote control software is installed automatically during the
installation of the WinTV applications. You will see the WinTV Remote icon
in the Device Tray. The installa-
tion will add a shortcut to IR.EXE
to the Startup group, so that
IR.EXE is loaded every time after
Windows has booted.
If you need to restart the remote
control, run IR32.EXE from the
WinTV directory.
Some remote control but-
tons
TV button: when WinTV is
closed, this button starts the
WinTV application. Once WinTV
is running, this button makes TV
go full screen, or back to “TV-in-
a-window”.
Red record button: starts
recording using the parameters
set in the Pref menu.
Pause button: if watching live TV,
will open the record/play menu
box and stop the video. When
recording, this button will pause
the video but WinTV will continue
to record. If playing back video,
this button will pause the video
playback. Click the Pause button
to start playing again.
Stop button (square icon):
stops the recording or playback.
If in Pause mode, will exit pause.
Play button: plays the last video recorded.
Back/Exit button: will close the record, play or pause menus.
0 - 9 buttons: When in “live” TV mode, is used to directly enter channel
numbers. When playing back a recording, the “1” button will skip to 10%,
the “2” button 20%, etc. of the length of the recording.
Application
on/off
0 - 9
“Quick
Skip”
buttons
Audio
mute
Back/Exit
button
Menu
Channel
up/down
Volume
up/down
Fast
forward
Fast
rewind
Stop
button
Pause
button
Play
button
Skip
ahead
Skip
back
Go button
TV
button
Record
button
CAUTION: RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED
BY AN INCORRECT TYPE. DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES
ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE BATTERIES.