StarTech.com SVID2USB2NS User manual

USB 2.0 Video Capture
Cable
USB 2.0 to Composite / S-Video
Video Capture Cable
SVID2USB2NS
Instruction Manual

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Table of Contents
Introduction..................................................................... 1
Packaging Contents.....................................................................1
System Requirements .................................................................1
Installation....................................................................... 1
Driver Installation.........................................................................2
Application Installation.................................................................3
Hardware Installation...................................................................4
Operation......................................................................... 5
Option..........................................................................................6
General....................................................................................6
Encoder Property ....................................................................6
Troubleshooting .............................................................. 8
Specifications.................................................................. 11
Technical Support........................................................... 12
Warranty Information...................................................... 12

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Introduction
Packaging Contents
1 x SVID2USB2NS video capture cable•
1 x User Manual•
1 x Driver CD•
System Requirements
USB 2.0 equipped computer•
Pentium 4 - 1GHz or above or equivalent AMD processor•
128MB of RAM•
Microsoft Windows• ®2000 SP4, XP SP2 or above, or Vista
Installation
USB 2.0 connector: Connect to USB 2.0 port of your computer
S-Video input: S-Video input from external A/V device (e.g. VCR)
Composite video input: Composite video input from external A/V
Device (e.g. VCR)
If you want capture audio, please connect audio directly to*
Line-in of your Sound card.

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Driver Installation
Do not connect SVID2USB2NS adapter to computer USB port*
before driver installation!
Please make sure your computer has USB2.0 port correctly*
installed and functioning !! ( Please update your Windows®XP
to at least SP2, or Windows®2000 to SP4, and updating the USB
2.0 host controller drivers before installation to make sure the
computer’s USB 2.0 is functioning correctly)
Please insert “Multimedia Installation Kit” CD-ROM into your CD-1.
ROM drive; AutoRun will play; (if AutoRun does not run, please go to
“My Computer” and double click the CD-ROM drive).
From the menu, please select the “GrabBeeX-light” product.2.
Please select “Device Driver” on the next screen.3.
Note: In Vista, windows will get a pop up dialogue box. Choose*
“Allow” to continue the installation.
Click “Next”.4.
Complete Setup Wizard.5.
Click “Finish”, then please restart the computer.6.

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Application Installation
Please insert “Multimedia Installation Kit” CD-ROM into your CD-1.
ROM drive; AutoRun will play; (if AutoRun does not run, please go to
“My Computer” and double click the CD-ROM drive).
From the menu, please select the “GrabBeeX-light” product.2.
Please select “Application Software” on the next screen.3.
Please select “GrabBee”.4.
Welcome to the InstallShield wizard; Click “Next”.5.
Select the language you will use for GrabBee; then click “Set”.6.
Choose the destination location; Click “Next”.7.
Note: Under Windows Vista, steps 8 to 17 will automatically be•
skipped. Please do not worry as this is normal.
Install Windows Media Format 9 Series Runtime Setup;8.
Click “Yes”.9.
License agreement; Click “Yes”.10.
Finished Windows Media Format 9 Series Runtime installation;11.
Click “OK”12.
License for Windows Media Tools Setup; Click “Yes”.13.
Windows Media Tools Setup; Click “Next”.14.
Create folder; Click “Yes”.15.
Installation Options; Click “Next”.16.
Installation Directory; Click “Finish”.17.
Setup Complete; Click “OK”.18.
InstallShield Wizard Complete; Click “Finish” then please restart the19.
computer.

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After the AP software is installed, three icons will now be shown on
screen:
GrabBee : GrabBee software main program
Record Files : Click to see your record files
Snapshot : Click to see your capture still image files
Hardware Installation
After the computer restarts, please plug the SVID2USB2NS device into
the computer’s USB 2.0 port; System will now detect the new device
and install it automatically.
Please check whether the SVID2USB2NS driver was installed
successfully in your computer.

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Operation
Starting : Please click the “GrabBee” icon. After starting the applica-
tion, you can see video window as below.
Video Window : Please move mouse cursor into Video window and
right click, function menu will appear as below.
Resolution : There are 4 resolution video preview you can select,
NTSC mode : 352x240, 640x480, 720x480, Full screen
PAL mode : 352x288, 640x480, 720x576, Full screen

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Option
General
Lists your hard disk space information.a.
Snapshot default storage path : The location to saved captured im-b.
age files.
Clip default storage path : Location to saved recorded video files.c.
Video Format : Choose your correct video format input.d.
Set Recording Time : Sets Recording Time length.e.
Encoder Property
Video Setting : Recording file type format AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2,a.
VCD, SVCD, DVD, WMV, *MP4 selection (if you want DVD burning,
please choose DVD mode)

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Profile : Video Size, Frame Rate, Video Quality, Video Bitrate setting;b.
Information column will display your setting
Note:* File format ‘MP4’ will not appear as a selectable option under
Windows Vista.
Schedule Record : Set One-time schedule here. Input your Start and
Stop time, Date, Video Source, and File Name. Click ‘Add’ after input
then ‘OK.’
Video Input : Switch between Composite or S-Video input.
Slide Bar : Move to any video position during playback.
Color Setting : Brightness/Contrast/Hue/Saturation adjustment.
Mute : Volume On/Off
Pause : Pauses the playback file
Record : Click this button to start recording a video. After you click
“Stop“ button, a table will be shown, which asks you to rename or save
the file; default file name format is “Mddhhmmss”.
M : Month (Jan->1, Feb->2….Oct->O, Nov->N, Dec->D)
dd : Date, hh : Hour, mm : Minute, ss : Second
Stop : Stop Recording and Playback;
Playback : Play the recorded file
SnapShot : Image capture resolution is the same as Preview mode’s
Resolution; click SnapShot and a table shows as below.
You can “Save”, “Save All”, “Delete”, “Delete All” image files, file name’s
format is “Mddhhmmssn”.
M : Month (Jan->1, Feb->2….Oct->O, Nov->N, Dec->D)
dd : Date; hh : Hour; mm : Minute; ss : Second
n : Number

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Album: The Album will show all capture files including image and
video. Please click “Clips” or “Images” to find all listed; you can find
each file’s information, or preview the recording video in this window.
Full Screen mode : Double click inside your video window to switch
back and forth between full screen and previous screen size.
Troubleshooting
Q1 : Why can’t my system detect the SVID2USB2NS?
A1 : (a) Check that you’ve enabled USB 2.0 in the motherboard BIOS
setup.
(b) Please make sure that your system has the latest USB 2.0 host
driver.
For Windows®XP, please upgrade to Service Pack 2 or above.
For Windows®2000, please upgrade to Service Pack 3 or above.
Q2 : Why can’t I see video display?
A2 : (a) Perhaps the video system setup is incorrect; please check your
hardware connection and choose the correct Video Format from the
Options menu
(b) Please make sure that your system has the latest USB 2.0 host
driver.
For Win XP, please upgrade to Service Pack 2 or above.
For Win 2000, please upgrade to Service Pack 3 or above.

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Q3 : Why is the resolution always in 320x240 under preview mode?
A3 : It’s because you plugged the SVID2USB2NS in a USB 1.1 port, or
perhaps even though your USB port is 2.0, it may not have upgraded
to USB 2.0 drivers. Please make sure your USB port is USB 2.0,
and have already upgraded the USB 2.0 host driver available from
Microsoft’s Website.
Q4 : Why does the system show “High Speed device plug into Full
speed USB port…”
A4 : (a) Please make sure your system supports USB 2.0 hardware.
(b) Please make sure that you’ve installed USB 2.0 Host drivers.
Q5 : Why do I get unstable video during preview and recording?
A5 : If you are using Ultra DMA hard disk, please updated the latest
driver of IDE ATA/ATAPI controller. Certain motherboards’ bundled
driver are not of the latest version, we suggest that you use Windows’
own system bundled driver.
Q6 : Why can’t I hear anything under preview mode?
A6: The audio needs to go through sound card’s Line-in, please check
your sound card setting.
Q7 : How can I get a minimum number of dropped frames during video
capture?
A7 : The best recording performance depends on your computer sys-
tem performance, but you can also take some steps described below to
improve your performance.
Try lowering the resolution format you record in.a.
Enable hard disk drive DMA ; Go to My Computer->Control Panelb.
->System->Hardware->Device Manager->Disk drives to setup.
Try and make more available free space on the hard disk drive.c.

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Use a hard disk drive with speed of more than 7200 rotation perd.
minute
Disable Power Management in BIOS.e.
Disable Power Saving mode of monitor.f.
Close unnecessary/unused programs in your system.g.
Defrag your hard disk.h.
Try not to run any other program(s) during recording.i.
Q8 : I can preview video but when recording, the system crashed/
hanged.
A8 : (a) Please make sure you’ve install DirectX 9.0 or above.
(b) Your VGA card driver may be incompatible with DirectDraw, please
update your VGA driver.
(c) Too many programs might have occupied available memory.
Close unnecessary/unused programs.
(d) Please lower your hardware acceleration; you can go to My
Computer->Control Panel->Display->Settings->Advanced to adjust it.
Q9 : When I start the GrabBee software, program automatically closed.
A9 : Please check to see that your sound card driver was installed
successfully.

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Specifications
Video Input 1x RCA composite, 1x S-Video
Audio Input None
Video System NTSC, PAL, SECAM
Video Format
MPEG (720x480@NTSC,
720x576@PAL), MPEG4
(320x240), AVI (352x288,
352x240, 320x240)
Still Image Format JPG, BMP, TIFF
Performance 25 FPS @ 720x576 (PAL), 30
FPS @ 720x480 (NTSC)
Power 5VDC, 350mA (max) through
USB
Operating System Support Windows®2000/XP/Vista

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