LifeView FlyTV Platinum Gold30 User manual

LifeView FlyTV Platinum Gold Series
Installation Guide
with PowerCinema® 3
P/N: *************
Ver: 3.20.000.0
Date: 2004-05-20

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Class B computing device in accordance with the specifications set forth in
Subpart J of Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

Contents
1. Getting Started ...................................................................1
1.1. Introduction.................................................................................................. 1
1.2. Features...................................................................................................... 1
1.3. Model Definitions......................................................................................... 1
1.4. Package Contents....................................................................................... 2
1.5. System Requirements................................................................................. 2
2. Input & Output Connections ...............................................3
2.1. FlyTV Platinum Gold Series Model Connections......................................... 3
3. Installation of Hardware and Drivers ..................................4
3.1. DirectX ........................................................................................................ 4
3.2. Installing the FlyTV Platinum Gold .............................................................. 4
3.3. Driver Installation for Windows 98SE.......................................................... 5
3.4. Driver Installation for Windows ME.............................................................. 7
3.5. Driver Installation for Windows 2000 / Windows XP.................................... 9
3.6. Settings for Sound Card Owners............................................................... 10
4. PowerCinema® 3 .............................................................11
4.1. Installation of PowerCinema® 3................................................................ 11
4.2. Launching the PowerCinema® Software................................................... 11
5. Technical Support.............................................................11
5.1. Contact Us ................................................................................................ 11

1. Getting Started
1.1. Introduction
Thank you for choosing the FlyTV Platinum Gold TV tuner and video capture card.
This product turns your PC quick and easy into a powerful desktop multimedia
System.
Capture video and still images; experience real-time MPEG-1 and MPEG-2
recording.
Moreover, the FlyTV Platinum Gold also provides high quality TV viewing with true
stereo TV experience directly on your computer monitor!
1.2. Features
•Philips 713X Chipset
•Plug & Play compliant PCI card
•125 channel cable/antenna ready TV tuner
•Composite video and S-Video input
•Multiple Channel Preview
•Teletext*
•Real-time recording
•Time Shift Function
•LifeView Scheduler Technology
•Capture still images
•TV screen scalable up to full size
•Listen to FM radio**
•Record FM radio**
•Front panel input for Audio, Video and S-Video ***
•Compatible with current Windows Versions (Windows® 98SE, ME, 2000, XP)
* depends on the TV Broadcasting system in your country
** Only FM Models
***Optional feature with LR305 connector board set
1.3. Model Definitions
Model Name TV Audio FM Radio
FlyTV Platinum Gold30 Mono Not supported
FlyTV Platinum Gold33 Stereo (NTSC) Not supported
FlyTV Platinum Gold33 FM Stereo (NTSC) Supported
FlyTV Platinum Gold34 Stereo (PAL) Not supported
FlyTV Platinum Gold35 Stereo (Worldwide) Not supported
FlyTV Platinum Gold35 FM Stereo (Worldwide) Supported
Getting Started
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1.4. Package Contents
When removing the contents of the package, please inspect all items to ensure no
damage was sustained during shipping. The following items should be included in
the package:
•LifeView FlyTV Platinum Gold PCI card
•Audio cable for sound card
•Remote Control
•Infrared Receiver
•Installation Manual
•Installation CD-ROM
•FM Radio Antenna (only for FM Models)
•Front panel input set (Optional)
1.5. System Requirements
To successfully use the FlyTV Platinum Gold solution, please ensure that your
desktop system meets the following requirements:
•Mainboard with available busmaster* capable PCI slot (v.2.1)
•Pentium®III 500 MHz or faster PC
•MPEG-1 real-time encoding: PIII® 800MHz or AMD Athlon® 800 or higher
•MPEG-2 real-time encoding: P4® 1.6GHz or AMD Athlon® 1.6 or higher
•DVD real-time encoding: P4® 2GHz or AMD Athlon® 2GHz or higher
•128 MB RAM (minimum), 256 MB RAM recommended
•VGA-Card with DirectX 8.1 Support
•Windows® 98 SE, Windows® ME, Windows® 2000, Windows®XP
•CD-ROM or DVD drive
•20 MB available hard disk space for installation
•Additional free space on your Hard disk for recording and editing files
•VGA monitor with DirectShow installed supporting 16-bit color
•Sound card
•Speakers for audio output
•Available IRQ
•TV antenna or TV cable
* Please refer to the manual of your mainboard
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2. Input & Output Connections
2.1. FlyTV Platinum Gold Series Model Connections
The FlyTV Platinum Gold PCI card supports both S-Video and Composite input.
See the diagram below for connection details.
1. Remote Control: To connect the sensor of your FlyTV Platinum Gold remote
control
2. Audio-Out: Use the packaged audio cable to connect to your sound card.
This is not necessary when you capture the sound internal by
the PCI Bus.
3. S-Video In: To connect external devices like VCR or Camera
4. Audio In: To connect external audio devices
5. Composite Video-In: To connect external devices like VCR or Camera
6. Antenna In TV: Use these connections to connect your cable or home antenna.
For PAL, connect here the NTSC -> PAL adapter
7. Antenna In FM: Use these connections to connect your cable or home antenna
(only FM Model)
Input and Output Connections
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Installation of your FlyTV Platinum Gold
3. Installation of Hardware and Drivers
The following sections provide step-by-step instructions on installing and
configuring the card, accessories and software.
3.1. DirectX
Before installing your new FlyTV Platinum Gold, it is necessary to install DirectX 9.0
or higher for your Operating system.
You find on the FlyTV Platinum Gold CD-Rom the DirectX9.0 in the Subdirectory of
Powercinema 3
3.2. Installing the FlyTV Platinum Gold
1. Switch off your PC and all connected peripheral devices such as your printer and
monitor. Leave the AC power cable connected for the time being, so that your
computer is still grounded.
2. Touch the metal chassis at the rear of the PC to ground and to discharge static.
Now unplug the cord from the AC power socket.
3. Remove the cover from the case of your PC.
4. Look for a free PCI expansion slot. When selecting the PCI slot, note that TV
cards should not be plugged into PCI slot 1 in conjunction with an AGP graphics
card because PCI slot 1 is very frequently assigned to the same interrupts as the
AGP slot. This would give both cards the same interrupt, which can lead to
crashes during operation!
The numbers assigned to the PCI slots are listed in your motherboard manual.
5. Carefully remove the card from its packaging and pick it up by the edges with
one hand while your other hand is touching a metal part of the PC. This will
ensure that your body is completely discharged via your computer without
damaging the TV card.
6. Align the holder at the rear of the TV card in the expansion slot in such a way that
the card’s connectors are directly in line with the slot’s socket.
7. Push the TV card firmly into the slot, ensuring good contact.
8. Fasten the TV card with an appropriate screw.
9. If a sound card is installed, connect the TV card to it using the supplied audio
connector cable. Plug one end into the audio output of the TV card (light-green
socket) and the other end into the Line-In terminal of the sound card (usually a
light-blue socket).
10.Reinstall the cover of your PC case.
11.Connect the antenna cable (which you would normally connect to the antenna
input terminal on your television) to the TV antenna terminal on the TV/Radio
card. Connect the radio antenna cable to the radio antenna terminal. Reconnect
the AC power cable as well as all other cables. Make sure that your speakers are
set to low volume.
12.Switch your computer on again to begin installing the software.
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3.3. Driver Installation for Windows 98SE
After rebooting, Windows 98 SE automatically detects the presence of a new
hardware component in the system and tells you so in an “Add new Hardware
Wizard” window.
If you have not already done so, place the LifeView FlyTV Platinum Gold Installation
CD into your CD-ROM drive and click “Next” in the window.
Select now the “Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended)” item
and click “Next”.
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Installation of your FlyTV Platinum Gold
Windows searches now for the drivers. These are located on your Installation CD so
choose the option CD-ROM Drive and then click “Next”.
Once Windows finds the driver, you will see a message. Simply click “Next” to
continue. After installing the driver, Windows informs you that it has done so
successfully. Click “Finish”.
This completes the installation of the drivers and you can now start installing the
application program.
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3.4. Driver Installation for Windows ME
After rebooting, Windows ME automatically detects the presence of a new hardware
component in the system and tells you so in an “Add new Hardware Wizard”
window.
If you have not already done so, place the LifeView FlyTV Platinum Gold Installation
CD into your CD-ROM drive.
Select now the “Automatic search for a better driver (Recommended)” item and click
“Next”.
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Windows will now find the drivers on the LifeView FlyTV Platinum Gold Installation
CD and install them automatically.
After installing the driver, Windows informs you that it has done so successfully.
Click “Finish”.
This completes the installation of the drivers and you can now start installing the
application program.
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3.5. Driver Installation for Windows 2000 / Windows XP
After rebooting, Windows 2000 / XP automatically detect the presence of a new
hardware component in the system and tells you so in a “Found new Hardware
Wizard” window.
If you have not already done so, place the LifeView FlyTV Platinum Gold 3X
Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. The CD will automatically start
and show you the Installation
Screen. Here please select
“Lifeview Driver”.
If the Autostart program does
not appear automatically when
you insert your LifeView
Installation CD, go to “Start” ->
“Run” and type “D:\Setup.exe”
(if D:\ is your CD-Rom drive)
In the next window please select
“Install LifeViewFlyTV Platinum
Gold 3x Drivers”.
After that the installation of the
Driver is finished.
Note:
The Setup Program currently supports
only Windows 2000 / Windows XP for
the following languages: English,
German, Italian, French, Spanish,
Dutch, Chinese traditional, Chinese
simplified, Japanese
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Installation of your FlyTV Platinum Gold
3.6. Settings for Sound Card Owners
To do so, proceed as follows:
1. Double-click the volume control icon illustrated as a speaker on the taskbar.
2. Be sure that the “Mute” option under the “Line-In” slider is not checked and that
the “Line-In” slider is not at the bottom of its range. This makes sure you will be
able to hear the tone of the TV signal through your system and control the
volume. Other settings are required for recording (see instructions below):
3. Select the “Options\Properties” menu item.
4. Set the “Adjust volume for” option to “Recording”. Confirm your choice by clicking
“OK”.
5. Now enable the check box below the Line-In slider and move the slider itself to
its middle position. By checking the check box, you define the Line-In input of
your sound card as a recording input source. These is essential if you want to
record a video sequence with sound and want to use the sound card input to do
so.
This completes the configuration of the sound card settings and you can now close
the soundcard mixer!
With PowerCinema 3, the above settings are only necessary, when you have the
FlyTV Platinum Gold 30.
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PowerCinema
4. PowerCinema® 3
4.1. Installation of PowerCinema® 3
The installation of the ShowShifter® software can be carried out by executing the
“Setup.exe” in the PCM_3 directory of your Installation CD-ROM or, when “Autorun”
is enabled, choose on the Start Screen “PowerCinema 3®
4.2. Launching the PowerCinema® Software
When starting your PowerCinema® Software program for the first time, a dialog box
will lead you comfortable through the settings and all the necessary information.
More information can be found at http://www.gocyberlink.com
5. Technical Support
5.1. Contact Us
If you have attempted to resolve any FlyTV Platinum Gold problems and still
require assistance, contact us by e-mail at: [email protected]. Alternately,
you may access our technical support page on our website
http://www.lifeview.com.tw where driver updates will be posted and available for
download.
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