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Once complete, click
OK
then
Exit.
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ate: the latest driver updates are available at:
www.hauppauge.com
in
the Support section.
5.
Running
WinTV
v7
for
the
first
time
To
run the WinTV v? application for watching
TV,
recording videos and playing them back on
your PC, double click on the WinTV icon on
your Windows desk top.
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appears. Select the
TV
source
that you are using. On some model WinTVs, you have multiple
tuners and therefore you can select multiple sources. For the
WinTV-
HVR-2250,
you can
chose
either ATSC
or
Digital
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TV.
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Digital
QAM.
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your
TV
source
is
ATSC
digital
over-the-air
TV
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Digital
ATSC
and click
Next.
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the
ATSC
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menu,
click
Next.
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digital over-
the-air
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and
the
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your
TV
source
is
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broadcast
on a digital
cable
network
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Encrypted channels are automatically not selected. The
resulting channels
in
the list might be both standard and high
definition channels.
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your
TV
source
is
Analog
cable
TV
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Country
and your
TV
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from the
drop
down
list.
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click
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to
connect a source not normally designed for
operation in your country, you can configure the Video Format
manually from the
drop
down
list. Change the value from
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in
Europe.
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the broadcast format used
in
North America.
Rescanning
TV
channels
If you want
to
rescan for TV channels, click the
Configuration
menu (Gear
button
in the lower left corner of WinTV v?).
Then click on the
Devices tab.
Chose your WinTV device by
clicking on
it,
then click
Tuner setup.
Chose the TV format you
want
to
scan, then click
Next.
Click
Next
and a new scan will be
started. When the scan is complete, click
Next
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Next
and
OK.
Using
the
WinTV v7
application
To
watch
TV,
click the
Watch
TV
button.
To
see the
TV
Channel
list
,
click your
right mouse
button
in
the
TV
window to display the
Options
menu.
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Channel.
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will see the channel list.
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mouse
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Hauppauger
WinTV-HVR-950Q
Quick Installation Guide for Windows 7
and Windows Vista (all versions)
Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc.
91
Cabot Court
Hauppauge,
NY
11788
Telephone: [phone]
Fax
: 631-434-3198
Tech
Support: 631-434-3197
[e-mail]
1.
Contents of the WinTV-HVR-950Q package
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WinTV-HVR-9500 NTSC/ATSC/OAM receiver
• USB extension cable
•AV
cable (on some
models)
• Portable
TV
antenna
(on some models)
• Credit card size remote
control (on some models)
• WinTV-HVR-9500 Installation CD-ROM including the WinTV
application and WinTV-Scheduler
2. What is ATSC and QAM digital
TV,
and
how
does the WinTV-HVR-950Q work?
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 satellite
TV
. The WinTV-HVR-9500 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. Please check with your
local cable
TV
operator on the availability of clear OAM
TV
channels.
WinTV-HVR-9500 has a built-in tuner for analog cable
TV,
digital
ATSC
and digital clear
OAM
TV.
To
receive
ATSC,
you will need
an
antenna.
To
receive digital clear
OAM
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 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 supplied portable antenna
is
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
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.
3. Installing the WinTV-HVR-950Q device
Turn
on your Windows
XP
PC
or laptop, and boot into Windows.
Locate a free USB 2.0 port (normally located at the side or back
on the laptop or desktop). Plug the WinTV-HVR-9500 into the
USB 2.0 port. The
USB extension cable
can be used to
position the WinTV-HVR-9500 away from your USB slot.
Note:
we
do
not recommend
connecting via a
USB Hub.
Plug an antenna
for ATSC digital
TV
reception, or
either cable
TV
or a
TV
antenna
for analog/OAM
TV
reception,
into the
TV
connector on
WinTV-HVR-
9500
.
It is
recommended
Active LED
A/V input
cable
to connect to _
Remote control
t
Antenna/cable
TV
connector
a roof top aerial during the first time installation.
This
will
provide better signal quality then a portable antenna.
Indicator LEDs
The
Active LED
will be lit when the WinTV-HVR-9500 has been
activated by Windows (device driver
is
loaded). The
Digital
signal quality LED
is
green when you are tuned to a strong
digital
TV
signal, yellow when tuned to a moderate
TV
signal
and off when there
is
no (or a weak)
TV
signal.
Connecting
an
external
AN
source
You
can also connect sources via the
AN
input cable (available
on some models of WinTV-HVR-9500).
Plug the
AN
input cable
into the small connector on the side
of the WinTV-HVR-9500. Connect your
AN
source using either
the
Composite
or
S-Video connection
and the
audio jacks.
To
enable the external
AN
source
in
the WinTV application, see
the section entitled
"External audio/video sources"
below.
4. Installing
the
WinTV-HVR-950Q software
N
ote: the latest WinTV-HVR-9500 software can be found
at
www.hauppauge.com/site/support/support_hvr950q.html
Note:
You
may need
to
disable your antivirus programs during
the installation
only.
Installing the WinTV-HVR-950Q Windows driver
After installing the WinTV-HVR-9500
in
your
PC,
boot Windows
Vista. The
Found
New
Hardware
window will appear.
N
ote:
If
'Found New Hardware' wizard appears, please cancel
and allow Windows
to
load fully before proceeding.
Insert the WinTV Installation CD-ROM
in
your PC's CD-ROM
drive.
N
ote:
if
the
CD
does not autorun, navigate
to
the
CD
and
run
'Setup.exe'
"Hauppauge WinTV Installation
CD"
window will appear on
the screen.
Click the button labeled:
Step
1:
Install drivers.
A blue screen
will open and
begin installing
the drivers for
your
WinTV.
Once the
drivers have
installed, click
on the
Finish
bar to exit.
Install the
WinTV applications
Click the button labeled
Step
2:
Install WinTV
Choose a language, and
click
Next.
The setup application will
then open and begin
automattically installing the
WinTV application
components.
The main applications
installed are the WinTV
application for
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To display the channel list all the time, while the channel list is
displayed, click the Channel list display always on button.
Options menu
The Options menu is the main menu where you can select
channels, turn on close captions, open the
TV Scheduler, show
the TV Guide and many other
of the most important TV control
functions.
To bring up the Options Menu, click your right mouse
button once in the TV window.
To see the channel list, click on Find channel. You will see
the list of channels which have been scanned.
To show the
Channel menu as part of the
TV window, click the Channel list
always on icon at the top of the channel list.
To turn on Close captions, click on Show Captions.
To
manually schedule a TV recording, or to see which
programs have been scheduled, click on Scheduler.
To
turn on the Always on Top mode, click on Stay on Top.
Watch, Pause and Record TV
WinTV v7 is always recording video to your PC's hard drive
while
TV is being displayed. In this way, you can immediately
skip back and replay the
TV program you are watching.
Clicking on the Pause button will cause the video to pause,
while clicking the Record
button will cause the current TV
program to be recorded to hard disk.
Recording your TV shows
If you want to record a TV show you are watching:
Click the Record button. The recorded file name will
popup on the video for a few seconds as the recording
starts.
When you are finished recording, click the Stop button.
Click the Playback file button and select the last file
recorded to play the video you just recorded
To play a video you recorded earlier, click the Playback
File button and then move your mouse and click once on
the video you want to play. Click Open and the file will start
playing.
The recorded video file
is saved in the directory set in
Recordings directory. The default directory is MyVideos. To
change this directory, click the Settings button and then the
I Folders tab. Every time you record a file, a new file is
automatically created. The file will be formatted as:
(ChannelNumber)_(ChannelName)YearMonthDay_Time.
For digital TV programs, the quality level recorded is the same
as it is transmitted by the TV station. For example, if the TV
station is transmitting a high-definition program, WinTV will
record the program
in high-definition.
Close captions, parental control information and SAP audio is
recorded with digital
TV programs.
For analog cable
TV using the built-in hardware MPEG-2
encoder, the quality of the video recording is set to 6Mbits/sec.
This will be a configurable setting
in a future version of WinTV
v7.
If you want to pause a TV show you are watching:
Click the Pause button. Your TV video will stop and the
Time counter will start counting.
To start the video from where you paused, click the Play
button
To rewind the video to the beginning, click the Skip to the
beginning button. If your video was paused, click the Play
button.
To rewind the video 1 minute, click the Skip back 1 minute
button. If your video was paused, click the Play button.
The Delay counter displays
how much time you are behind the
live video. For example, if the delay counter says 00:01 :23, then
the video window
is showing video 1 minute and 23 seconds
behind live video.
TV Scheduler
WinTV v?'s built-in TV Scheduler allows you to schedule the
recording of TV shows. Once a record event
is set, WinTV v7
can be closed and will "wake up" at the desired time and tuned
to the desired channel.
When a scheduled record event takes place, the WinTV v7
application records "in background" so that you can continue to
watch your live TV program, even as the recording progresses.
The
TV
Scheduler can
be found
in the
WinTVv7
Options
menu. Right
click your
mouse button
in the TV
window to see
the Options
menu. Click
Scheduler. To
set up an event
for timed
watching or
recording, click the
Add button.
The items that
need to be set for
each event are:
Name: you
can add a
name to the
recording. If
you
do not
enter a name,
the name will
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Start time: set to the desired start time. Click on the hour
to set the hour, the minute to set the minute. Note: It takes
about 15 seconds to launch the WinTV and start recording.
Duration: number of minutes in the recorded program.
Recurrance: one time, daily, weekly. Note: If you set for
Record Weekly, you must also specify the Day
of the Week
for the recording.
Date to Begin Program: today's date is the default.
Change this if you want to schedule on another date.
Source selection: leave set at WinTV to bring
up the WinTV
at the requested time and on the requested channel.
Once these are set, click
OK. You can add more recordings,
clicking OK after each event is set.
When you are finished click Close. The WinTV program does
not have to be running for the Schedular to work. If WinTV is
not
running, it takes about 15 seconds to start WinTV and to start
the recording
of TV.
Install the Media Center Remote control
(available in WinTV Media Center Kits)
TV Tuner set up in Windows Media Center
Run the Windows Media Center application.
Cursor down to Tasks. Cursor left to
Settings. Click Enter.
Cursor down to TV. Click Enter.
Cursor down to Set up TV Signal. Click Enter. Click Next.
In Confirm your Region, make sure your region is selected.
Click Next.
You will see a message which says Download TV Setup
options. This takes about 5 minutes to complete. Click Next
when this download is complete.
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and click
Next.
You
will then see:
Cable I Satellite I Antenna.
Chose the
source of your
TV
signal
(Cable
for use with analog cable
TV,
Satellite
for use with a satellite set top box and
Antenna
for
use with ATSC digital over the air
TV)
and click Next.
At this point, Media Center will set up the
TV
tuner. This might
take a minute or
so.
N
ote: Media Center requires
TV
Pack 2008 to support QAM
TV
channels.
You
can also use the Hauppauge
Win
TV
v7 appli-
cation,
or
Sage
TV
or
BeyondTV for QAM
TV
reception,
You
will then see a message saying
Examining cable
TV,
antenna or set top box connection.
After determining the type of signal, you will see
You
are Done!
Click through the rest of the settings, set up your
Guide
listings
and click Finish.
Then return to the main menu. Go to
TV
+
Movies
and then
Live TV
to watch and record
TV.
Troubleshooting
Note: the latest WinTV-HVR-9500 software can
be
found at
http://www.hauppauge.com/site/support/support hvr950Q.ht
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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
AMO
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 WinTV v7 Video Renderer settings to optimize
graphics performance:
The Video Renderer
is
found
in
the
General tab of WinTV
v7,
and
is
used to change the display
languages
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affect any other Windows program.
The default mode
is
EVR.
The other modes are
VMR9, VMR7
and
Overlay.
Each mode uses a different process to render
video.
Try
each mode and use the one which gives you the best
results.
To
use hardware graphics acceleration,
put a check
in
the
tick box Use hardware acceleration when possible. This 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 go
back to settings and uncheck "use hardware acceleration" and
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
I
address.aspx
Black window when selecting an ATSC channel
A black window when selecting
an
ATSC
channel means that
the WinTV-HVR-850 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
FCC Statement
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 antenna.increase the separa-
tion 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
ID:
H90WINTV
CE
Statement: This equipment has been tested and complies with EN
Ql-WINTV-HVR950Q-v4-1A November 19, 2009