the supplied USB cable into the Media Center remote control receiver/blaster box and the other end into any USB port on your Vista Home Premium, Ultimate or Windows XP Media Center PC. Media Center will automatically load the drivers for the MCE remote control. This will take one or two minutes. To test the receiver, click the Start button in the middle of the remote control. Media Center should open. If you have a satellite set top box and would like the Media Center remote control receiver/blaster to change channels on the set top box, plug one end of the IR transmitter cable into the back of the Media Center remote control receiver/blaster and position the other end (the transmitter end) over the IR receiver on your set top box. Then run the TV Tuner Set up under Media Center (see below). Step 4. TV Tuner set up under Media Center To set up the TV tuner in Windows XP Media Center: in the main Media Center menu go to Settings / TV / Set up TV Signal. To set up the TV tuner in the Vista Media Center application: go to Tasks / Settings / TV / Set up TV signal. You will see a message: Set Up Your TV Signal. Click Next. In Confirm your Region, make sure your region is selected. Click Next. You will see Automatic TV Signal Setup. We recommend selecting Configure my TV signal automatically. Click Next.
WinTV Media Center Kit Quick Installation Guide
WinTV-HVR-1600 MCE-Kit WinTV-HVR-1800 MCE-Kit
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Included with the WinTV Media Center Kits:
WinTV-HVR-1600 PCI board or WinTV-HVR-1800 PCI Express board with NTSC and ATSC tuners, MPEG-2 hardware audio/video compressor for NTSC TV and one FM radio receiver. Media Center Remote control transmitter and two AA batteries Media Center Remote control receiver/blaster box IR transmitter cable (blaster cable) USB cable WinTV Installation CD-ROM for use with Windows XP and Windows Vista (all versions) WinTV for Media Center QI Guide (this guide) for use with Vista Home Premium and Ultimate, and Windows XP Media Center Edition WinTV-HVR Quick Installation Guide for use with Windows XP and Vista Home Basic
ote: at this point, Media Center will set up the TV tuner. This might take a

minute or so.

You will then see a message saying Examining your TV signal. Media Center is determining the type of TV connection you have. When it is finished, it will tell you whether you have a cable TV, antenna or set top box connection. After determining the type of signal, you will see You are Done! Now you need to set up the Electronic Program Guide. You will see a message: Set Up Your Program Guide. Click Next. The Program Guide Set Up Wizard will move you through the completion of the Program Guide set up. When you are finished with the Program Guide Setup, click the MyTV button on your Media Center remote control to start watching TV.
Installing the WinTV-HVR-1600 / 1800 MCE Kit for use with Media Center
The WinTV-HVR for Media Center boards differ from the non-MCE version in that it uses the Microsoft Media Center USB Remote control and IR transmitter instead of the WinTV-HVRs built-in IR receiver transmitter. The WinTV-HVR MCE-Kit will work with Microsofts Media Center application in Vista Home Premium or Ultimate. If you have Windows Vista Home Basic, you can still use the WinTV-HVR to watch and record TV, but you will use Hauppauges WinTV application instead of Microsofts Media Center application. See the WinTV-HVR-1600 Quick Installation Guide for instructions on installing and using the WinTV application. Note: The Media Center remote control has limited functionality with Hauppauges WinTV application.

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Troubleshooting

Removing the WinTV driver If you ever need to remove the WinTV-PVR driver, run HCWClear.EXE from the WinTV-PVR Installation CD-ROM.

Installation overview

Step 1. Install the WinTV-HVR in your PC and connect the TV and A/V cables. Step 2. After starting Windows, install the WinTV-HVR device driver from the WinTV Installation CD-ROM. Step 3. Install the Media Center remote control. Step 4. Set up the TV tuner in the Media Center application.
checked. Click Next. Click Finish. In Vista, click Locate and install driver software (recommended). Then click Dont search on-line. Click Next. When the driver is installed, click Close.
Detailed installation instructions
Step 1: Install the WinTV-HVR board in your Media Center PC and connect the cables Turn the power off on your PC. Install the WinTV-HVR-1600 into a PCI slot. Install the WinTV-HVR1800 into a PCI Express x1 slot. On some PCs, the WinTV needs to be plugged into the first or second PCI slot. Plug your TV antenna or cable TV cable into the TV Connector. Skip to step 2. If you are using a cable TV or satellite TV set top box, connect it to the WinTV-HVR through either SVideo or Composite connector on the WinTV board, or connect a coax cable from the RF Out on your set top box to the TV input on the WinTV board. Media Center will automatically detect which method you are using to connect the WinTV to the set top box.
WinTV-HVR-1600 WinTV-HVR-1800 Board connectors
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Found New Hardware in Vista
FM Radio Connector input TV Connector for Cable TV input Digital TV Connector for ATSC/QAM digital TV S-Video input
Step 3. Install the Media Center Remote control receiver/blaster The Media Center remote control receiver/blaster box is a small USB device which both receives remote control commands and transmits commands via its IR Blaster to change channels on a cable TV or satellite set top box. To install the Media Center remote control receiver/blaster, simply plug one end of
Media Center remote The WinTV-HVR-1600 board
Left audio input Right audio input
Audio and video from an external A/V device (satellite TV receiver, cable TV box, VCR, camcorder, camera, DVD player) can be brought into the WinTV-PVR via the back panel connectors. If your A/V device uses S-Video, connect to the S-Video input on the WinTV board. If your video device uses composite video instead of SVideo, use the yellow RCA jack. Audio input from an external A/V device can be brought into the WinTV board via the white and red audio input jacks. Step 2: Installing the WinTV-HVR Windows Vista driver After installing the WinTV-HVR in your PC, boot Windows. The Found New Hardware Wizard will appear. Insert the WinTV-PVR Installation CD-ROM in your PCs CD-ROM drive. In Windows XP, select No, not at this time and click Next. Make sure Install the software automatically (Recommended) is

To test the receiver, click the Start button in the middle of the remote control. Media Center should open. If you have a satellite or cable TV set top box. and would like the Media Center remote control receiver/blaster to change channels on the set top box, plug one end of the IR transmitter cable into the back of the Media Center remote control receiver/blaster and position the other end (the transmitter end) over the IR receiver on your set top box. Then run the TV Tuner Set up under Media Center (see below). Step 4. TV Tuner set up under Vista Media Center Run the Windows Media Center application by clicking on the icon which is on your Windows background. 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. At TV Signal, click 'I will configure my TV signal manually' and click Next You will then see: Cable / Satellite / Antenna. Chose the source of your TV signal (Cable for use with analog cable TV) and click Next.
WinTV Media Center Kit Quick Installation Guide

WinTV-HVR-1800 MC-Kit

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Included with the WinTV Media Center Kits:
WinTV-HVR-1800 PCI Express X1 board with dual NTSC and ATSC/QAM tuners, MPEG-2 hardware audio/video compressor for NTSC TV and FM radio receiver. WinTV Installation CD-ROM for use with Windows Vista (all versions) WinTV-HVR-1800 MC-Kit Quick Installation Guide (this guide) for use with Vista Home Premium and Ultimate WinTV-HVR-1800 Quick Installation Guide for use with Windows XP and Vista Home Basic Media Center Remote control transmitter and two AA batteries Media Center remote control receiver/blaster box USB cable IR transmitter cable
ote: at this point, Media Center will set up the TV tuner. This might take a minute or so. ote: Vista Media Center does not currently support QAM TV channels. For QAM TV reception, you need to use either the Hauppauge WinTV v6 application, or SageTV or BeyondTV.
You will then see a message saying Examining your TV signal. Media Center is determining the type of TV connection you have. When it is finished, it will tell you whether you have a 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. Removing the WinTV driver If you ever need to remove the WinTV-PVR driver, run HCWClear.EXE from the WinTV-HVR MCE Driver Installation CD-ROM. Youll need to run as Admin.
Installing the WinTV-HVR-1800 MC-Kit for use with Media Center
The WinTV-HVR-1800 MCE-Kit will work with Microsofts Media Center application in Vista Home Premium or Ultimate. If you have Windows Vista Home Basic or Windows XP, you can still use the WinTV-HVR-1800 to watch and record TV, but you will use Hauppauges WinTV v6 application instead of Microsofts Media Center application. See the WinTV-HVR-1800 Quick Installation Guide for instructions on installing and using the WinTV application. Note: The Media Center remote control has limited functionality with Hauppauges WinTV application.
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Installation overview for use with Windows Media Center in Vista Home Premium and Ultimate
Step 1. Install the WinTV-HVR in your PC and connect the TV and A/V cables. Step 2. After starting Windows, install the WinTV-HVR device driver from the WinTV Installation CD-ROM. Step 3. Install the Media Center remote control. Step 4. Set up the TV tuner in Microsofts Media Center application.
Detailed installation instructions
Step 3. Install the Media Center Remote control receiver/blaster Step 1: Install the WinTV-HVR-1800 board in your Media Center PC and connect the cables Turn the power off on your PC. Install the WinTV-HVR-1800 into a PCI Express slot. Plug your TV antenna or cable TV cable into the TV Connector. Skip to step 2. If you are using a cable TV or satellite TV set top box, connect it to the WinTV-HVR-1800 through either S-Video or Composite connector on the WinTV board, or connect a coax cable from the RF Out on your set top box to the TV input on the WinTV board. Media Center will automatically detect which method you are using to connect the WinTV to the set top box. The Media Center remote control receiver/blaster box is a small USB device which both receives remote control commands and transmits commands via its IR Blaster to change channels on a cable TV or satellite set top box. To install the Media Center remote control receiver/blaster, simply plug one end of the supplied USB cable into the Media Center remote control receiver/blaster box and the other end it into any USB port on your Vista Home Premium or Ultimate Media Center PC. Media Center will automatically load the drivers for the MCE remote control. This will take one or two minutes.

WinTV-HVR-1800 Board connectors
FM Radio Connector input TV Connector for Cable TV input TV Connector for ATSC digital TV antenna S-Video input
Left audio input Right audio input Start button
Audio and video from an external A/V device (satellite TV receiver or cable TV box) can be brought into the WinTV-HVR-1800 via the back panel connectors. If your A/V device uses S-Video, connect to the S-Video input on the WinTV board. If your video device uses composite video instead of S-Video, use the yellow RCA jack. Audio input from an external A/V device can be brought into the WinTV board via the white and red audio input jacks. Step 2: Installing the WinTV-HVR-1800 Windows Vista driver After installing the WinTV-HVR-1800 in your PC, boot Windows. The Found New Hardware Wizard will appear. Insert the WinTV Installation CD-ROM in your PCs CD-ROM drive. Click Locate and install driver software (recommended). Then click Dont search online. Click Next. When the driver is installed, click Close.

IR transmitter cable

Media Center remote Media Center remote control receiver/blaster box 3 USB cable