WinTV-PVR-250 WinTV-PVR-350

Personal Video Recorder

Installing the WinTV-PVR-250/350
The WinTV-PVR-250 and WinTV-PVR-350 are Plug-and-Play devices designed for Windows98SE, WindowsMe, Windows2000 and WindowsXP. This guide refers to the WinTV-PVR-250/350 in sections which are common to both models. Installation overview To install WinTV-PVR-250/350, you will follow these steps:
from a VCR, camcorder, camera, DVD player or satellite TV receiver. If your video device uses a yellow composite connector instead of SVideo, use the supplied Composite to S-Video adapter. On the WinTV-PVR-350, the A/V Output connector is used to display live or recorded video on a TV set, VCR or camcorder. The Remote control receiver is plugged into the Remote control receiver socket. Use the Velcro dot (on the back of the Remote control receiver) to position the Remote control receiver where it will be able to receive infra-red commands from the Remote control transmitter. Add the supplied batteries to the Remote control transmitter. Step 2: Installing the WinTV-PVR-250 under Windows XP After installing the WinTV-PVR in your PC and booting into Windows, the Found New Hardware Wizard will appear. Insert the WinTVPVR-250 Installation CD-ROM in your PCs CD-ROM drive and make sure Install the software automatically (Recommended) is checked. Then click Next.
Click Next. Select Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended). Click Next. When you see the dialog box, insert the WinTV InstallationCD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. Select CD-ROM drive and click Next. Once the Hauppauge WinTV video driver has been detected, Click NEXT. You will see a number of files being copied to your hard disk drive. Click Finish. Step 3: WinTV-PVR250/350 Software installation After the WinTV-PVR driver has been installed, you need to run WinTV Setup to complete the installation. Run SETUP from the WinTV-PVR Installation CD-ROM. Click Install to start the application installation. The installation requires two reboots. The installation may require a file from your Windows CD-ROM, so keep it handy. After the Setup program is complete, you will see the WinTV2000 icon on your Windows desktop.

Quick Installation Guide

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Install the WinTV-PVR-250/350 board in your PC and connect

the TV cables.

After booting Windows, install WinTV-PVR Windows device driver from the WinTV-PVR-250/350 Installation CD-ROM.
After the Windows driver is installed,install the WinTV application software from the WinTV-PVR-250/350 Install CD-ROM. Step 1: Install the WinTV-PVR-250/350 and connect the cables Turn the power off on your PC. Install the WinTV-PVR into a PCI slot. On some PCs, the WinTV-PVR needs to be plugged into the first or second PCI slot. Plug your TV antenna or cable TV cable into the TV Connector. TV audio from the WinTV-PVR is routed to your PCs sound card (Wave) for amplification and mixing. The S-Video/composite video input can be used to bring video
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When the Hardware Installation dialog box opens, click Continue Anyway.

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WinTV-PVR-250 / WinTV-PVR-350 board connectors
FM Radio Connector input (WinTV-PVR-350 only) TV Connector for antenna or Cable TV input S-Video/Composite video Input A/V Output connector (WinTV-PVR-350 only) Audio Input (Line-In) Remote control (IR) receiver socket Click Finish. This will complete the driver installation for Windows XP Go to step 3. Step 2a: Installing the WinTV-PVR driver for Windows 98SE, Me, and Windows2000 Turn the power on your PC. When re-starting Windows for the first time after the WinTV-PVR board has been installed, the Add New Hardware Wizard will appear.
The WinTV2000 application
To run the WinTV2000 application for watching TV, recording videos and playing them back to your PC screen, double click the WinTV2000 icon.
Full screen TV Always-on-top Channel up Video source select Pref Preferences menu Menu Setup Menu Channel down Minimize Channel surf Previous channel Remove toolbars "no toolbar" mode
Setting up the channels After you have scanned for channels, you can add channel names and fine tune for better reception. To do this, click the Menu button on WinTV2000, then click Suite Manager. You can also click and hold your right mouse button, then click SuiteManager. Click on the desired channel, then Edit. Change the ChannelName to the name of the station, change the
With Always on Top, the WinTV window can always be visible on your Windows desktop. To turn on Always-on-Top, simply click the Always-on-top button. It will turn green. To turn off Always on Top, 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 quick from a small window to a larger one simply by clicking the right mouse button. Menu button Click the Menu button to open the TV Setup menu. Here is the main control for TV channels, and duplicate controls for other functions:
If you do not see a Wave listed in the Volume control menu, click on Options / Properties in this menu and under Show the following volume controls put a check mark next to Wave. This will add Wave to the list of devices. Click OK and then you should see Wave listed. Once again, make sure Wave is not muted and the volume is half way up. If you do not hear audio when playing back a recorded video file (or do not hear audio when in the Pause mode), then open up the Windows Volume Control Mixer and make sure Wave is listed and not muted. Watch, Pause and Record TV

Close WinTV

Suite Manager: configure the TV tuner (scanning, naming, fine tuning, etc.), setting up 'favorite channel lists' and set an external A/V source to a TV channel. Configuration: duplicate configuration menus for color, audio, MPEG settings, etc. View: for setting the TV window size

There are three buttons to control the Watching, Recording and Pausing of TV. Clicking on the Pause button will cause the Pause menu to roll down from the WinTV2000 application, while clicking on the Rec button will cause the Record menu to roll down. The One Touch Pause (OTP) button prepares the WinTV-PVR for pausing live video (see Pause mode below). The One Touch Record (OTR) button will start a record session. If you click OTR more than once, a record timer will be set and the
One Touch Pause TV mode button One Touch Record Record mode button
CFG Configure Snapshot Snapshot viewer window Double click on each "thumbnail" to see image full size. Click and hold your right mouse button to see image options. Snap Snapshot Button

Freeze video

Remove toolbars Click your right mouse button in the TV window to remove toolbars. Click again to restore toolbars.
description or fine tune. Then click OK. New WinTV2000 application features
Pref button Click the Pref button to open the Preferences menu. You will have tabs for: View: these are the settings for the On Screen Display of the TV channel and Audio Volume, where you can enable Close Captions, 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 settings. You can set the movie record directory (DVCR Record File Path), the MPEG Quality settings, and the Audio setings. Snap Shot: here is where you can set the size of your captured images, plus single or two field captures. Audio: your audio settings are configured here. Color: adjust the color of your TV picture here.
Current TV channel or video source Click your right mouse button here to see the channel selector One Touch Pause One Touch Record Record open the record controls
Selecting an External Video source (VCR, camcorder, etc.) Click the green Video source select button to select TV, Composite and S-Video sources. The video sources will use the TV standard chosen when you scanned for your TV channels (NTSC or PAL). Rescanning for channels

Pause mode button

recording will be done for 15 minutes for each time the OTR button is clicked. For example, if you click the OTR button 3 times, the WinTV-PVR will record for 30 minutes. Quick instructions on recording and pausing your TV shows If you want to record a TV show you are watching: - Click the Record button to lower the record and play menu - In the Record menu, click the red record button to start recording - When you are finished recording, click the stop button - Click the Play button to play the video you just recorded - To play a video you recorded earlier, click the File button and then move your mouse and click once on the video you want to play. Click Open and then the Play button. For more instructions, see the section entitled Record mode. If you want to pause a TV show you are watching:

Scanning for channels When running WinTV for the first time, you will need to scan for your TV channels. If you are using Cable TV, in the Broadcast/Cable box select Cable (or Cable HRC). Otherwise select Antenna. Choose the Video Format for your geographic region, then click on Start: North America uses NTSC M Europe uses PAL B/G the U.K. uses PAL I in South America, either PAL M or PAL N is used
Click the Menu button and click on Suite Manager and then Auto scan. Make sure you select cable or antenna in Broadcast / cable. Chose the correct Video format for your region and then click Scan. Displaying TV full screen When you click the Full screen TV button, TV will appear full screen. When finished watching TV full screen, click your right mouse button in the TV window. If you see video with a black box to the left and right of the TV image, click the Pref button then click TV mode tab. Check the box which says "Allow resolution change". "Always-on-Top" mode:
Troubleshooting audio problems If you cannot hear audio when the WinTV application is running, check the following: Click on the WinTV applications audio configuration button AUD and make sure the Audio Mixer Input is set to Wave. Open the Volume control menu (double click on the small speaker icon in the lower right hand corner of your PC screen). Make sure Wave is not muted and the level is about half way up.
Click the Pause button to lower the pause menu. After about 15 seconds, your screen will stop and the Time counter will start counting. To start the video from where you paused, click the Play button To pause the video again, click the Pause 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 10 seconds, click the rewind 10 seconds button. If your video was paused, click the Play button.
The quality of the video recording and the directory where the files are stored are set in the MPEG Configuration Menu (see the section entitled Configuring the format for MPEG compression). Click the PREF button on the WinTV2000 application, then clicking Capture / MPEG. In Quality Levels, the highest quality is MPEG-2 12.0 MBit/sec, and the lowest quality is VCD. While recording: Live video continues to play in the WinTV window The Counter will display the length of your recording If you had started recording with the OTR button, and had clicked it more than once, the total time for the recording will also be displayed
Clicking the Rewind button will play the video file in reverse at 1x speed. Clicking the Rewind button again will continue the playing. Fast Foward Button: Clicking the Fast Foward button one time will fast foward your video at 2X speed. Clicking the Fast Foward button two times will fast foward your video at 8X speed. Clicking the button again will continue playing back at normal speed. Note: with the WinTV-PVR-350, when VideoOut is turned on the Fast Forward is limited to 2X speed. Slow Motion Button: Clicking the Slow Motion button will play video at 1/2 speed. Click the Slow Motion button again to play your video at normal speed. File Button: Clicking the File button opens the File menu. The last file recorded is listed in the File name box. In the File menu you can: Rename your recorded video file. To rename a video file, find the file you would like to rename (remember, the automatically generated file names start with _dvcr), highlight it with your mouse, and click and hold the right mouse button. Go down to Rename and then you can type in a new name. Remember: you must keep the MPG extension on the file. 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 the Play button. Delete recorded video files which you no longer want (and which consume hard disk space). Click your right mouse button on the video file once, go down the menu and click on Delete.

Video Position bar Replay 10 seconds Skip to the beginning

Delay counter

Skip ahead 10 seconds Skip to the end Skip ahead 10 seconds
Rewind Pause Play forward slow motion Play Fast Foward 2X, 8X

Replay 10 seconds

For more instructions, see the section entitled Pause mode.

Record Mode

Click on the Record button or the OTR button on the WinTV-2000 application to open the Record and Playback control bar. Time counter: The time is specified in a Hour:Minute:Second format. Record timer: A timed record is started by clicking the OTR button. Each time you click OTR, the Record Timer is incremented by 15 minutes. At the end of the time specified by the Record timer, the record will stop. Also, clicking the Stop button will stop a timed record. The time is specified in a Hour:Minute:Second format. Record Button: Clicking the Record button will automatically generate a file name and start recording your audio/video program.
Time counter Record timer after clicking OTR button Skip ahead 10 sec.
The recorded video file is saved in the DVCR Recorded File Path which can be configured from the MPEG Configuration Menu. Everytime you record a file, a new file is automatically created. The first file will be _dvcr001.mpg. The second file will be _dvcr002.mpg and so on. Click the Stop button to stop your recording. The recorded audio/video file is then saved to disk using the automatically assigned file name. The Time counter is reset to 00:00:00 after the recording is saved. VCD Record Button: Clicking the VCD Record button will automatically generate a file name and start recording your program using the VCD record quality. All other characteristics are the same as in the Record mode. This button makes it easy to save VCD quality video, for burning later on to a Video CD. Stop Button:
TV program can be delayed is dependent upon how much storage space you have set for the Pause buffer and which type of MPEG format you have chosen. Both of these can be set in the MPEG settings menu (see the section entitled Configuring the format for MPEG compression). To catch up to the "live" audio/video program, you can either exit the Pause mode by clicking the TV mode button, you can click the Skip button, which skips ahead 10 seconds per click, or you can grab the Video Position indicator and move it to the right until it is at the end of the Video Position bar. The Limit Pause Mode buffer size sets the maximum size of the Pause buffer. Here are some suggested sizes: If you are using MPEG1 VCD format, 650 MBytes per hour are used. So if you want a 1/2 hour buffer, then set the Limit Pause Mode Buffer Size to 325 MBytes. If you are using MPEG-2 4.0MB/sec, about 2 Gigabytes per hour is used for the Pause buffer. So for a 30 minute buffer, then set the Limit Pause Mode Buffer Size to 1000 MBytes.

Clicking the Stop button will stop the video you are recording or playing back. Once the video is stopped, live TV will be displayed. Play Button: 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. Pause Button: Clicking the Pause button while Playing will pause your audio/video file. Clicking the Pause button again will continue the playing. Rewind Button:
Delay counter: 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. Pause button: Clicking the Pause button or OTP button causes WinTV to start recording into WinTV's Replay Buffer. It takes about 10 seconds for the Replay Buffer to be initialized and for Pause to become effective. Unclicking the Pause button will cause the audio/video program to start playing from the point where the button was originally pushed. Most WinTV functions are active while in the Pause or Pause Live mode. For example, you can change volume, resize the TV window, go into "no-title mode", etc.
video position Skip back 10 sec. Skip to beginning

Pause mode

Clicking the Pause button or OTP button on the WinTV-2000 application starts the Pause mode. The Pause Menu will drop down.
Skip to End Video CD record Record Stop Slow Motion Play File menu (Save/Open/Burn)
ote: It takes about 10 seconds to create a pause buffer. While the buffer is initializing, do not click any buttons on the WinTV application.
Pause buffer: The Pause buffer is space on your hard disk where video is stored during the Pause mode. The maximum amount of time which your

Rewind Pause

Fast Foward 2X 8X
While in Pause mode, the Video Position bar shows the amount of the Replay Buffer which is filled with video. For example, if the Video Position indicator shows halfway, it means that half of the Replay Buffer is filled. If you find you cannot Pause as many minutes as you would like, increase the size of the Replay Buffer. While in Pause mode, the A/V stream is always saved in the Replay Buffer. To stop saving the A/V stream in the Replay Buffer, you must exit the Pause mode by clicking the TV mode button.
Slow Motion Button: Clicking the Slow Motion button while playing video will play in Slow Motion. Clicking the Slow Motion button again, will continue playing normally.
Which record format should you use? If you would like to burn a DVD, then chose either DVD Standard Play, DVD Long Play or DVD Extra Long Play. DVD formats record at 720x480 (720x576 with PAL video sources) using 48.0 kHz stereo audio. If you want to watch the recorded video on your PC, for the best video quality chose MPEG2 12.0MB/sec or DVD Standard Play. If you do not have much disk apace, try the MPEG-2 2.0MB/sec. SVCD is a nice compromise between video quality and hard disk space. Video is recorded at 480x480 (480x576 for PAL video) at a datarate up to 2.5Mbits/sec. For creating Video CDs for playback on your home DVD player, chose the MPEG1 VCD format. Once chosen, the Quality Level format is set for both the Pause and Record modes. The format cannot be changed while Recording or while in the Pause mode. 2.

A/V output connector on the WinTV-PVR-350. This connector is keyed so you cannot plug it in backwards. The A/V cable has an S-Video output connector (black) and a Composite output connector (yellow). Some TV sets have SVideo inputs, and others use Composite connectors. Chose the correct one for your TV set, and connect a video cable (not supplied) between your TV set and the A/V output cable. The A/V cable has Audio out left (white) and a Audio out right (red) jack. Connect these to the audio input jacks on your TV set (not supplied). Turn on the video output feature in the WinTV2000 application by clicking and holding your RIGHT mouse button on the WinTV window, clicking on Video Output and then clicking On.
MPEG compression formats & record directories
To set the directory where your video recordings will be stored, click the PREF button (Preferences menu) on WinTV2000, then Capture and then on the MPEG tab. Set the DVCR File Path to directory where you would like to store your video recordings. The WinTV-PVR supports several formats for MPEG video compression, called Quality Levels. The differences in these formats are: The higher the datarate, the better the video quality you see from live TV and your recordings. The higher the datarate, the more disk space which will be required. CPU horsepower required during playback and pause mode. The compatibility when creating Video CDs or S-VCDs.
Replay button: While in the Pause mode, hitting the Replay button acts like the Instant Replay you see on TV broadcast sporting events: the audio/video goes back in time and you repeat what you have previously seen. Each click of the Replay button causes audio/video to go back 10 seconds. For example, if you want to repeat the audio/video you saw 10 seconds ago, you would click the Replay button once. If you want to see the video you saw one minute ago, you would need to click the Replay button six times. For extended replay times, you might find it more convenient to grab the Video Position indicator control bar and move it to the left. Once you let the control bar go, audio/video starts to play (it might take a few seconds for the WinTV2000 application to start playing). You might have to move the Video Position indicator to the left and right to find the desired spot to start replaying audio/video. While Replaying, your audio/video program continues to be recorded in the Replay Buffer. Therefore, if you have clicked the Replay button 3 times (so that you are replaying the audio/video seen 30 seconds ago), the video you see in the WinTV window will be 30 seconds behind the "live" audio/video program.

Video output (WinTV-PVR-350)
The WinTV-PVR-350 can output your live and recorded video to an external video monitor or video recorder. With the Video Output feature of the WinTV-PVR-350, you can: Watch your TV shows on an external TV set, pausing or recording just as you could when watching TV on your VGA monitor You can record a TV show, and then play it back to your TV set. Record your home videos, edit them with WinTV Editor, and then watch them on your home TV set.
Note: some TV sets do not have S-Video or Composite jacks. To connect to a TV set, it MUST have S-Video or Composite video inputs, plus audio input jacks. Note: with the WinTV-PVR350, when VideoOut is turned on the Fast Forward is limited to 2X speed.

WinTV-Scheduler

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. After installation, WinTV-Scheduler can be found on your desktop. 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 WinTV2000, specifying a TV channel and a length of time to record. To set up an event for timed watching or recording, run WinTVScheduler and click on the Add Program.
Connecting the A/V cable to a TV set: 1. Plug the 9-pin DIN connector on the A/V output cable into the
Skip Ahead Button Clicking the Skip button will skip the video ahead 10 seconds. Rewind Button: Clicking the Rewind button while playing video will rewind the recorded video. Clicking the Rewind button again will continue the playing. Fast Foward Button: Clicking the Fast Foward button one time will fast foward your video at 2X speed. Clicking the Fast Foward button two times will fast foward your video at 8X speed.
To configure the MPEG Quality Level, on WinTV2000 click the PREF button (Preferences menu), then Capture and then the MPEG tab. Here are the video formats and the amount of disk space per hour used: MPEG1 VCD.65 Gigabytes/hour MPEG2 2.0MBits/sec (Full D1).9 Gigabytes/hour MPEG2 2.0MBits/sec (Half D1).9 Gigabytes/hour MPEG2 12.0 MBits/sec (Full D1) 5.4 Gigabytes/hour MPEG2 12.0 MBits/sec (CBR) 5.4 Gigabytes/hour DVD Standard Play 8.0Mbits/sec 3.1 Gigabytes/hour DVD Long Play 6.2Mbits/sec 2.4 Gigabytes/hour DVD Extra Long Play 2.5 Mbits/sec 1.2 Gigabytes/hour SVCD Standard Play 2.5Mbits/sec.8 Gigabytes/hour Note: CBR is constant bit rate, VBR is variable bit rate.
9-pin DIN connector Audio out left (white) Audio out right (red)

A/V output cable

S-Video output
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 minute and the second (if you feel this is necessary) to set the minute to start the program. Note: It takes about 10 seconds to launch the WinTV

Composite video output (yellow)
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 Schedular to work. If WinTV is not running, it takes about 10 seconds to start WinTV-PVR and to start the recording of TV.
Split large MPEG videos into pieces, so that these can be burned onto CD-ROM or DVD media Has a "play" option so you can play the file you have just edited without having to close the editor
1.1Mbits/sec, etc.). Next, enter the name of the "burnable" VCD file to be written. The file will be remultiplexed into a "burnable" VCD format. Note: If you enter the name of a file which is not VCD compliant, an error message will pop up. Remultiplex File for SVCD If you have a SVCD file on your PC and would like to make it burnable onto a SVCD, use this option. You will be prompted for a File name. Enter the name of a file which has SVCD characteristics (MPEG-2 with 2.2Mbits/sec datarate, 44.1KHz audio and 480x480 image sizes for NTSC video sources). Next, enter the name of the "burnable" SVCD file to be written. The file will be remultiplexed into a "burnable" SVCD format. Note: If you enter the name of a file which is not SVCD compliant, an error message will pop up.
How to use the WinTV Editor:
Click on the Add source button or click on File / Add source to bring the file you want to edit into the MPEG editor. The WinTV-PVR uses the c:\My Documents\My Videos directory as the default directory to save video files created by the WinTV-PVR. When the selected file is opened, it will start playing back in the video window. Click the Stop button to stop playback. Grab the video position slider, and move it to the beginning of the video segment you want to keep. The video frame will be shown in the video window. You can also use the controls under the video window (play, pause, stop and the frame control buttons). When you have correctly positioned to the video frame you want, click the In button. This will define the starting point of the video interval. Grab the video position slider and move it to the end position of the clip you want to keep, then click the Out button. Click Add Interval to add the defined clip to the cut list. Repeat until you have put all the desired video clips in the "cut list". When you have finished with your cut list, click the Generate output button. All intervals in the cut list will appear in the final video. The Generate Output step normally takes awhile. Your MPEG video is named nanoEDIT.mpg. Be sure to rename this before cutting another video, otherwise the file will be overwritten! Before you click Generate Output, click File / SelectOutputFile to change the file name of your recorded file. To cut away an advertisement, click the In button at the beginning of the video sequence, then click the Out button just before the advertisement starts. Click Add Interval. Then click the In button at the end of the advertisement, and click the Out button at the end of the video sequence you want to keep. Then click Add interval. To cut away advertisements from a movie, you must define all pieces you want to keep (everything which belongs to the movie) and add them to the cut list. Remultiplex File for VCD

WinTV MPEG Editor

The Hauppauge MPEG Editor is an MPEG1/MPEG-2 cut and join editor. You can cut segments from videos, or combine videos (of the same MPEG format) together. The MPEG editor makes its cuts on what are called "MPEG I-frames". These types of cuts do not require a re-encode, and therefore preserves the quality of the original video. This version of the MPEG has these features: Program Period: one time, daily, weekly Date to Begin Program: todays date is the default. Change this if you want to schedule on another date. Source selection: leave set at WinTV2000 to bring up the WinTV at the requested time and on the requested channel. Channel selection: chose one of your 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, in the dialog box below. Remultiplex Video CD compatible files so they can be "burnt" into VCD's Remultiplex S Video CD compatible files so they can be "burnt" into SVCD's Edit (cut) MPEG1 and MPEG2 files. Join MPEG files of the same resolution and bit rate
and set up for recording, so set the Time to Begin Progam to 10 seconds before the time your TV show actually starts. Time to End Program: set to the time to end this event. Note: you need to leave at least 30 seconds between scheduled programs to give the recorder time to set up its disk buffers.
Ulead DVD MovieFactory 2SE
Start project: Used to author and burn DVDs, SVCDs and VCDs. Create chapter menus, mix videos, JPEGs and music. Edit disk: Edit videos or menus from DVD+RWs. Direct to disk: not used. Copy disk: Burn copies of existing disc images to CD/DVD.
Tips on System Optimization:
These are tips that will help you improve capture and playback performance of video files on you PC. 1.) Do not use DoubleSpace or any other disk compression scheme! This severely slows down your hard disk. 2.) Make sure DMA is checked for your Hard disk drives in Device Manager. Right click your mouse on the My Computer icon on your desktop, and click on Properties. Click on the Device Manager tab and double click on Disk Drives. Highlight GENERIC IDE DISK

File Name

Note: If you have an VCD file open, when you click on Generate Movie, the file will be saved as a "burnable" VCD file. But if you have a VCD file on your PC and would like to simply make it burnable, use this option. You will be prompted for a File name. Enter the name of a file which has VCD characteristics (MPEG-1, datarate not exceeding
TYPE and click on Properties. Click on Settings. Make sure DMA is selected. 3.) Defragment your Hard Disk. To Defragment your hard disk, in Windows click on Start / Programs / Accessories / System Tools and click on Disk Defragmenter. 4.) You can use 7200 RPM disk drives. Also, there are several hard disks on the market which are designed for higher performance video captures. These drives use 1:1 interleaving and track caching to eliminate gaps caused by a hard disk drive seeking to the next track. They are available with both IDE and SCSI interfaces.

Problem: WinTV-2000 has display problems on the screen, e.g. blurred image. In the WinTV program group (Start / Programs / Hauppauge WinTV) there is a utility called "Primary". Set it to "Allow Overlay". If it is on "Allow Overlay", try it on "Force Primary". Some VGA cards need to upgrade from the latest drivers in order for it to support Overlay mode. Try to upgrade your VGA drivers from the manufacturer web site. How do I configure the Audio for the WinTV-PVR? Your PCs sound card is used to amplify the audio during live TV, record and playback. The WinTV2000 applications Volume Adjust slidebar adjusts the volume by raising and lowering the WaveOut volume control in the sound card.

WinTV-PVR remote control

The IR remote control software is installed automatically during the inital installation of the WinTV applications. You will see the WinTV Remote icon in the Device Tray. If not, look in the IR32 directory of the WinTV Installation CD-ROM. Run IR32.EXE from this directory. The install procedure will add a shortcut to IR.EXE to the Startup group, so that IR.EXE is loaded Go button every time after Windows has boot- Power button ed. To install the IR Remote receiver: Turn off your computer. Plug the sub-mini jack at the end of the IR Receiver cable into the Remote control (IR) receiver socket of the WinTV card. Place the IR Receiver on your desktop so that the infrared light from the IR Remote transmitter can reach the IR Receiver. Turn on your computer. If you have previously installed Play the WinTV applications, the IR Fast software should automatically rewind run. You will see the WinTV Record Remote icon in the Device Skip back Tray. If not, look in the IR32 directory of the WinTV Installation CD-ROM. Run IR32.EXE from this directory. The install procedure will add a shortcut to IR.EXE to the Startup group, so that IR.EXE is
Fast forward Stop Pause Skip ahead 0-9 buttons

Menu button

Making DVDs from your WinTV-PVR recordings
DVD players which are compatible with CDs and MP3s can also read DVDs burned using MPEG video files created with the WinTVPVR. If you plan to burn a DVD with MovieFactory or any other DVD authoring software package, you should use either the DVD Standard Play, the DVD Long Play or DVD Extra Long Play. These formats will allow you to make DVDs with the following recording lengths: DVD Standard Play: 1 hour 30 minutes on DVD+R/RW disks DVD Long Play: 1hour 50 minutes on DVD+R/RW disks DVD Extra Long Play: 4 hours on DVD+R/RW disks
FCC Statement Radio Interference Statement:

The WinTV-PVR has 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 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. CAUTION: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance to the FCC Rules could void the users authority to operate the equipment. CE Statement: This equipment has been tested and complies with EN 55013, EN 55020 and IEC 801-3 part 3 standards.

WinTV-PVR-150 WinTV-PVR-250 WinTV-PVR-350 WinTV-PVR-usb2
Installation and Reference Manual
WinTV-PVR Installation and Reference Manual

FCC Statement

Radio Interference Statement: The WinTV boards 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 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 ID: H90WINCAST Assembled in Malaysia
CAUTION: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance to the FCC Rules could void the users authority to operate the equipment. CE Statement: This equipment has been tested and complies with EN 55013, EN 55020 and IEC 801-3 part 3 standards.
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Table of Contents

WinTV-PVR Installation and Reference Manual Revision 2.0 FCC Statement... CE Statement... Installing the WinTV-PVR 1 Installation overview...1-1 WinTV-PVR 150/250/350 board diagram...1-2 Installing the WinTV-PVR board in your PC..1-3 Connecting the WinTV-PVR-USB2 cables..1-3 Installing the WinTV-PVR driver under Windows XP.1-4 Installing the WinTV-PVR-USB2 driver on Windows XP.1-5 nstalling the WinTV-PVR-350 under Windows 98SE..1-6 Installing the WinTV-PVR-250/350 under Windows Me.1-8 Installing the WinTV-PVR-250/350 under Windows 2000.1-9 Finding the WinTV-PVR-150/250/350 driver in Device Manager.1-12 Installing the Application Software 2 How to install the application software for Windows 98SE & Me.2-1 How to install the application software for Windows XP..2-4 How to install the application software for Windows 2000.2-7 Using the WinTV2000 Application 3 The WinTV2000 window..3-1 Running the WinTV application..3-1 Setting up your TV channels..3-2 WinTV-PVR remote control...3-3 Watch, Pause and Record TV buttons..3-4 Setting up an external source...3-4 The Channel Suite Manager..3-6 Adjusting the video image color..3-6 Still Frame Image Capture..3-7 Adjusting your captured images..3-7 Using the mouse in WinTV...3-7 Single click TitleMode/NoTitleMode makes WinTV easy to use!.3-8 Setting preferences in Title mode...3-9 Setting full screen TV mode...3-10 Image Save, Print, Copy to Clipboard..3-10 Keyboard control of the WinTV application..3-11
Pause Mode 4 Pause Mode...4-1 Pause buffer...4-1 Pause button...4-2 Replay button...4-3 Skip ahead button...4-3 Rewind button....4-3 Fast forward button...4-4 Slow motion button...4-4 Record Mode 5 Timer counter...5-1 Record timer...5-1 Record button....5-1 VCD record button...5-2 Play button....5-2 Pause button...5-3 Rewind button....5-3 Fast Forward button...5-3 Slow Motion button...5-3 File button....5-3 Configuring MPEG compression formats directories 6 Setting the Video quality...6-1 MPEG-1....6-2 MPEG-2....6-2 DVD...6-2 Creating Video CDs...6-3 WinTV MPEG Editor 7 How to use the editor:...7-1 Using WinTV-Scheduler 8 Time to Begin Program...8-1 Time to End Program...8-1 Program Period...8-2 Date to Begin Program...8-2 Source selection...8-2 Channel selection....8-2 Recording options...8-2 Problem: Snapshots dont display correctly..8-4

WinTV-PVR-150/250/350 board connectors
FM radio connector TV Connector for antenna or Cable TVinput S-Video/Composite video input S-Video/Composite video and Audio output (350 only) Audio Input (Line-In) Remote control (IR) receiver socket

150 250

Installing the WinTV-PVR in your PC
Switch off the computer. The manufacturer of your PC supplies instructions on removing the PC cover. Remove the cover. Locate a free PCI slot (a short white slot). Unscrew and remove the metal cover plate which covers the back of the empty slot.
Plug the WinTV board into the PCI slot, and screw the WinTVs metal cover plate to the PC. Replace the computer cover. Now your ready to connect your cables.
Connect the WinTV-PVR-usb2 cables
Remote control receiver Left &Right Audio Inputs Composite video input S-Video input
FM radio antenna connector
TV Connector for antenna or Cable TV

USB Cable Connector

Power Supply input
Plug the supplied Power Supply into the Power Supply input. Plug your TV antenna or cable TV cable into the WinTV-PVR-usb2s TV Connector. Plug the supplied Radio aerial into the FM radio connector. 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-PVR-usb2s USB Cable connector. The WinTV-PVR-usb2 is
WinTV-PVR Installation and Reference Manual compatible with both USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 (high speed USB). If you are using USB 2.0, the WinTV-PVR-usb2 can create videos at higher quality. DO NOT PLUG THE OTHER END INTO YOUR PC UNTIL IT HAS COMPLETELY BOOTED! The S-Video and Composite video inputs and the L&R audio inputs can be used to bring audio/video from a VCR, camcorder, DVD player or satellite TV receiver.
Installing the WinTV-PVR-150/250/350 driver under WindowsXP
After installing the WinTV-PVR in your PC and booting into Windows, the Found New Hardware Wizard will appear.
Insert the WinTV Installation CD-ROM in your PCs CD-ROM drive and make sure Install the software automatically (Recommended) is checked. Click Next.
WinTV-PVR Installation and Reference Manual Note: If the Hardware Installation dialog box opens, click Continue Anyway:
When the window (Windows has finished installing the software that your new hardware device requires) opens. Click Finish.
This completes the PVR driver installation for Windows XP. Continue to Chapter 2 to install the application software. On those WinTV models equipped with remote control, after rebooting your PC the Remote Control will be enabled.

Installing the WinTV-PVR-250/350 driver under Windows 2000
After installing the WinTV-PVR in your PC and booting into Windows, the Found New Hardware window will open.
Next the Found New Hardware Wizard will open. Click Next.
Next, the (Install the Device drivers) window will open. Insert the WinTV Installation CD-ROM in your PCs CD-ROM drive and make sure Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended) is checked. Click Next
Next, the (Locate Driver Files) window will open. Make sure the CD-ROM Drives is checked. Click, Next The (Driver Files Search Results) window will open. Click Next The (Digital Signature Not Found) window opens, it will ask you if you want to continue the driver installation:
Click Yes. The Copying Files window will open and you will see a number of files being copied to your hard disk drive Next, when the (Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard) window opens, click Finish.
This completes the PVR driver installation for Windows 2000. Continue to Chapter 2 to install the application software. On those WinTV models equipped with remote control, after rebooting your PC the Remote Control will be enabled.
Finding the WinTV-PVR-150/250/350 driver in Device Manager

Windows XP

Windows Me

Windows 98SE

Windows 2000
Installing the WinTV-PVR Application Software
Installing the application software for WindowsXP After the WinTV driver has been installed, you need to run WinTV Setup to complete the installation.
Click on the My Computer icon on your desktop and then click on your CD-ROM drive letter. Double click, Setup.exe to begin installing the application software. Next, Select your language and click, Next.
The WinTV Setup menu will appear. The default listing of programs shows the main TV applications which will be installed.
WinTV-PVR Installation and Reference Manual Click Install Next, the Welcome window will open. Click, Next You are now Ready to Install the application software. Click, Next The Copying Files window will open and you will see a number of files being copied to your hard disk drive. Click, Finish to complete the WinTV 2000 application software installation.
The WinTV2000 application
Always-on-top Full screen TV Channel up Volume volume slidebar Pref Preferences menu Menu Setup Menu CFG Configure Snapshot Video source select Channel down Channel surf Previous channel Freeze video Remove toolbars Click your right mouse button in the TV window to remove toolbars. Click again to restore toolbars. Close WinTV Remove toolbars "no toolbar" mode Minimize

One Touch Pause

One Touch Record
Snapshot viewer window Double click on each "thumbnail" to see image full size. Click and hold your right mouse button to see image options. Snap Snapshot Button Current TV channel or video source Click your right mouse button here to see the channel selector Pause TV open the returns to pause live TV controls Record open the record controls
Running the WinTV application
After installing the WinTV application from the WinTV Installation CDROM, you will see WinTV icons on your Windows background. Start WinTV2000 by double clicking on its icon.
WinTV-PVR Installation and Reference Manual You can also click on Start/Programs/Hauppauge WinTV and then the WinTV2000 icon to start WinTV.
Setting up your TV channels
The first time you run WinTV, you will be asked to scan for TV channels. Click OK.
Choose the Video Format for your Geographic region: North America uses NTSC(M) Most of Europe uses PAL B/G U.K. uses PAL I South America uses either, PAL M or PAL N If you are using Cable TV, in the Broadcast/Cable select Cable. Otherwise select Antenna. Then, click on Start.
You can modify the channel names by single clicking on the channel. Then click Edit.
In the Edit channel window, click your mouse in the Channel name box, then type in your desired name. You can also add a description. When finished, click OK.

WinTV-PVR remote control

The WinTV-PVRs 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 installation 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 C:\Program Files\WinTV directory.

Go button

Application on/off
Audio mute Volume up/dn Record Play Fast rewind Skip back
Menu Channel up/dn Stop Fast forward Skip ahead Pause 0-9 Quick Skip buttons
To install the IR Remote receiver: - Turn off your computer. Plug the sub-mini jack at the end of the IR Receiver cable into the Remote control (IR) receiver socket of the WinTVPVR.
WinTV-PVR Installation and Reference Manual Place the IR Receiver on your desktop so that the infrared light from the IR Remote transmitter can reach the IR Receiver. Turn on your computer. If you have previously installed the WinTV applications, the IR software should automatically run, and you will see the WinTV Remote icon in the Device Tray.

WinTV-PVR Installation and Reference Manual To select which bars and indicators are shown when in the TitleBar and NoTitleBar modes, click on Preferences. You can eliminate the status bar and the toolbar in the TitleMode or add the status bar in the NoTitleMode.
Setting preferences in Title mode
Click PREF and then click on the Title Mode tab. Enforce Aspect Ratio : forces the viewed aspect ratio to 4:3. When turned off it will allow arbitrary aspect ratios. Annunciators On : display the TV channel on screen when you change
WinTV-PVR Installation and Reference Manual channels, and display the volume when you adjust the volume. Allow Screen Saver : On, will allow your system to use your default screen saver when WinTV is open or to use the live TV as a screen saver.
Setting full screen TV mode
Click Preferences and then click on the TV Mode tab. Set Allow Resolution Change. If you then click on the TV icon on the WinTV2000 Toolbar, the WinTV application will switch the VGA mode to the chosen size (using the Windows Quick Res feature), allowing the WinTV image to be viewed full screen.
Image Save, Print and Copy to Clipboard
The process to save, print or copy an image starts with the digitizing of a single video frame. When one of these functions are clicked on, the WinTV moves the next video frame into your PCs main system memory instead of the VGA display. Your PCs processor then converts the digitized video image into a 24-bit DIB image (a format which is used internally in Windows), and then copied back into the VGA memory so that you can see the image which will be printed or saved. This becomes a Thumbnail image in the WinTV tray window. The video images which are digitized can be saved to disk, printed to a color or black/white printer or copied to the clipboard. These functions can be viewed from the PREF menu: There are a few things which need to be noted. First, because a video frame is composed of two fields, an odd field with the odd lines in the image and an even field composed of the even lines, there might be a distortion in the frozen image if there was rapid motion while the image was being moved into main system memory. This distortion is called interlaced artifact. Another item to note is that the video image, when converted into a 24bit DIB image, will look lighter then it did when it was in motion. You can adjust the images brightness, contrast and color saturation and hue by clicking on CLR Button. These adjustments are made during the digitizing process on the WinTV board and will affect both the live image and the frozen image.

Keyboard shortcuts

Convenient keyboard control functions: Volume Up Volume Down Mute Channel Up Channel Down Print a Frame Copy to Clipboard Copy from Clipboard Freeze Frame Full screen TV mode = = = = = = = = = = Page Up Page Down Ctrl+M Plus (+) Minus (-) Ctrl+P Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Ctrl+F Ctrl+T

Pause Mode

Clicking the Pause button or OTP button on the WinTV2000 application starts the Pause mode. The Pause Menu will drop down. (shown above) Note: It takes about 10 seconds to create a pause buffer. While the buffer is initializing, do not click any buttons on the WinTV application.
Video Position bar Replay 10 seconds Skip to the end Delay counter Skip ahead 10 seconds

Skip to the beginning

Rewind Pause Play forward slow motion

Play Fast Forward 2X, 8X

Replay 10 seconds

Skip ahead 10 seconds

Pause buffer: The Pause buffer is space on your hard disk where video is stored during the Pause mode. The maximum amount of time which your TV program can be delayed is dependent upon how much storage space you have set for the Pause buffer and which type of MPEG format you have chosen. Both of these can be set in the MPEG settings menu (see the section entitled Configuring the format for MPEG compression).
To catch up to the "live" audio/video program, you can either exit the Pause mode by clicking the TV mode button, you can click the Skip button, which skips ahead 10 seconds per click, or you can grab the Video Position indicator and move it to the right until it is at the end of
WinTV-PVR Installation and Reference Manual the Video Position bar. The Limit Pause Mode buffer size sets the maximum size of the Pause buffer. Here are some suggested sizes: if you are using MPEG-1 VCD format, 650 MBytes per hour are used. So if you want a 1/2 hour buffer, then set the Limit Pause Mode Buffer Size to 325 MBytes. if you are using MPEG-2 4.0MB/sec, about 2 Gigabytes per hour is used for the Pause buffer. So for a 30 minute buffer, then set the Limit Pause Mode Buffer Size to 1000 MBytes.
Delay counter: 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.

Pause button:

Clicking the Pause button or OTP button causes WinTV to start saving a audio and video stream (referred to as an A/V stream) into the WinTV's Replay Buffer. It takes about 10 seconds for the Replay Buffer to be initialized and for Pause to become effective. Unclicking the Pause button will cause the audio/video program to start playing from the point where the button was originally pushed. Most WinTV functions are active while in the Pause or Pause Live mode. For example, you can change volume, resize the TV window, go into "no-title mode", etc. While in Pause mode, the Video Position bar shows the amount of the Replay Buffer which is filled with video. For example, if the Video Position indicator shows halfway, it means that half of the Replay Buffer is filled. If you find you cannot Replay or Pause as many minutes as you would like, increase the size of the Replay Buffer. While in Pause mode, the A/V stream is always saved in the Replay Buffer. To stop saving the A/V stream in the Replay Buffer, you must exit the Pause mode by clicking the TV mode button.

Replay button:

While in the Pause mode, hitting the Replay button acts like the Instant Replay you see on TV broadcast sporting events: the audio/video goes back in time and you repeat what you have previously seen. Each click of the Replay button causes audio/video to go back 10 seconds. For example, if you want to repeat the audio/video you saw 10 seconds ago, you would click the Replay button once. If you want to see the video you saw one minute ago, you would need to click the Replay button six times. For extended replay times, you might find it more convenient to grab the Video Position indicator control bar and move it to the left. Once you let the control bar go, audio/video starts to play (it might take a few seconds for the WinTV2000 application to start playing). You might have to move the Video Position indicator to the left and right to find the desired spot to start replaying audio/video. While Replaying, your audio/video program continues to be recorded in the Replay Buffer. Therefore, if you have clicked the Replay button 3 times (so that you are replaying the audio/video seen 30 seconds ago), the video you see in the WinTV window will be 30 seconds behind the "live" audio/video program.

Skip Ahead Button:

Clicking the Skip button will skip the video ahead 10 seconds.

Rewind Button:

Clicking the Rewind button while playing video will rewind the recorded video. Clicking the Rewind button again will continue the playing.

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.

Slow Motion Button:

Clicking the Slow Motion button, will play the video in Slow Motion. Clicking the Slow Motion button again, will continue playing normally.

Record Mode

Click on the Record button or the OTR button on the WinTV2000 application to open the Record and Playback control bar.
Time counter Record timer after clicking OTR button
Skip back 10 sec. Skip to beginning Video CD record Record Stop Rewind Pause Slow Motion Play video position

Skip ahead 10 sec.

Skip to End
File menu (Save/Open/Burn) Fast Forward 2X 8X
Time counter: The time is specified in a Hour:Minute:Second format.

Creating Video CDs

Most PCs based on Windows can play MPEG-1 files created with WinTV-PVR through the Windows MediaPlayer. PC-based DVD players, such as WinDVD, can play the MPEG-2 formats as well. So, if you simply want to play your video files on a PC, you do not have to create a Video CD. Just use Windows MediaPlayer to play your MPEG-1 encoded videos from your hard disk. The format used on Video CDs (VCD) is MPEG-1. Most DVD players can play Video CDs in addition to DVD movies. The WinTV-PVR includes a VCD authoring package, Uleads DVD MovieFactory, which can burn Video CDs on your PCs CD-RW burner. Note: We have found that most home DVD players can play Video CDs created with CD-RW media. Some DVD players, though, can only read CD-R media. If you are not able to have your DVD player read a CD-RW made using these steps, we suggest trying a CD-R media. A complete list of tested compatible DVD players can be found on our web site at: http://www.hauppauge.com/dvdplayers
Step 1: Creating a Video CD compatible video file While in the record mode, click on the Video CD Record button. You can also have set the MPEG Quality Level to MPEG-1 VCD, and then click the Record button. In both cases, a Video CD compatible file will be created on your hard disk, with the name of the file automatically generated by the WinTV application. After you have recorded your show, click on File button in the Record menu, the last file recorded will be highlighted. Step 2: Creating a burnable VCD Movie After you have recorded using the MPEG-1 VCD setting, it is still not in format which can be burnt onto a CD-RW and played in a DVD player. The difference between a VCD compatible video file and a burnable VCD file is in the way the audio and video are interleaved within the file.
To create a burnable VCD file, you can either use the WinTV-Editor or the included DVD MovieFactory. If you start with a VCD compatible video file, after editing you will have a burnable VCD file. Run the WinTV-Editor, then click File / Open. Add you Video CD compatible video file.

WinTV-PVR Installation and Reference Manual After editing, click Make Movie. At the end of this process your video file will be in a burnable format.
Step 3: Burning your converted file to a CD-R or CD-RW After the converting process is complete, your file will be VCD compliant. Now you are ready to burn your VCD file on a CDRW.
Open DVD MovieFactory, click on Author Menus, and click on the VCD button. Then click Next. Click Add MPEG file, then select your VCD compliant video file. Note: if you select a non-burnable VCD file, MovieFactory will give you an error and not allow you to open this file. Then click Next and you will be brought to the Burn menu. Note: Hauppauge recommends using CD-RW media to create Video CDs for DVD playback. Most DVD players can use CD-RW media, while some can use either CD-RW or CD-R media. If you insert one of the created Video CDs and it does not play on your TV screen, then try creating a Video CD using a CD-R media.
Step 4: Playing the Video CD back on your DVD player or PC Once a Video CD has been created, you can play this on most home DVD players, or you can play it back using Windows MediaPlayer.
A list of tested compatible DVD players which can play Video CDs created with the WinTV-PVR can be found on our web site: www.hauppauge.com/dvdplayers Sometimes a version of MediaPlayer cannot see the Video CD movie file. If this is the case, you can manually select a video to be played by opening the Video CD using Windows Explorer, and looking in the MPEGAV directory on the Video CD. There will be a file (or several files if your Video CD contains more than one video file) with names like Avseq01.dat You can open this file with WindowsMedia Player and the video will play back in a window on your PC screen.

MPEG Editor

The Hauppauge MPEG Editor is an MPEG-1/MPEG-2 cut and join editor. You can cut out segments from videos, or combine videos (of the same MPEG format) together. The MPEG editor makes its cuts on what are called "MPEG I-frames". These types of cuts do not require a reencode, and therefore preserves the quality of the original video.
How to use the editor: Click on the Add source button or click on File / Add source to bring the file you want to edit into the MPEG editor. The WinTV-PVR uses the c:\My Documents\My Videos directory as the default directory to save video files created by the WinTV-PVR. When the selected file is opened, it will start playing back in the video window. Click the Stop button to stop playback.
Grab the video position slider, and move it to the beginning of the video segment you want to keep. The video frame will be shown in the video window. You can also use the controls under the video window (play, pause, stop and the frame control buttons). When you have correctly positioned to the video frame you want, click the In button. This will define the starting point of the video interval. Grab the video position slider and move it to the end position of the clip you want to keep, then click the Out button. Click Add Interval to add the defined clip to the cut list. Repeat until you have put all the desired video clips in the "cut list". When you have finished with your cut list, click the Generate output button. All intervals in the cut list will appear in the final video. The Generate Output step normally takes a while. Your MPEG video is named nanoEDIT.mpg. Be sure to rename this before cutting another video, otherwise the file will be overwritten! Before you click Generate Output, click File / SelectOutputFile to change the file name of your recorded file. To cut away an advertisement, click the In button at the beginning of the video sequence, then click the Out button just before the advertisement starts. Click Add Interval. Then click the In button at the end of the advertisement, and click the Out button at the end of the video sequence you want to keep. Then click Add interval.

WinTV-PVR Installation and Reference Manual To cut away advertisements from a movie, you must define all pieces BETWEEN the advertisement (everything which belongs to the movie) and add them to the cut list.

Using WinTV-Scheduler

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.
After installation, WinTV-Scheduler can be found on your desktop. 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 WinTV2000, specifying a TV channel and a length of time to record. To set up an event for timed watching or recording, run WinTVScheduler 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 minute and the second (if you feel this is necessary) to set the minute to start the program. Note: It takes about 10 seconds to launch the WinTV and set up for recording, so set the Time to Begin Program to at least 10 seconds before the time your TV show actually starts.
Time to End Program: set to the time to end this event. Note: you need to leave at least 30 seconds between scheduled programs to give the recorder time to set up its disk buffers.
WinTV-PVR Installation and Reference Manual 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 set at WinTV2000 to bring up the WinTV at the requested time and on the requested channel. Channel selection: chose one of your 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, in the dialog box below.
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 WinTVScheduler to work. If WinTV is not running, it takes about 10 seconds to start WinTV-PVR and to start the recording of TV.

Troubleshooting

Installation tips and software updates can be found at: www.hauppauge.com/html/sw_pvr_pci.htm (WinTV-PVR pci only) Note: Our FAQ on the Hauppauge web site provides up to date Troubleshooting tips, which can be found at: www.hauppauge.com/html/faq.htm

Problem: Poor image when running in 256-color mode Many VGAs cannot run WinTV in 256-color mode. Instead, run in 16-bit or 24-bit color mode. Problem: Poor TV Reception or Not detecting all channels: Poor TV reception is generally the result of an Weak TV signal. When using a 'roof-top' antenna, an aerial booster may be required if there is poor TV reception. If you find that some or all of the channels have not been detected, you can insert channels manually. Also, in some areas using cable TV, a format called Cable HRC is used. If so, try rescanning (see page 3-2) but use CABLE (HRC) instead of cable in the Broadcast/Cable box. Problem: Live TV program and video playback has a "Jerky" effect and/or lip synchronization during playback. Make sure that DMA is enabled for IDE hard disks. See the section entitled Tips on System Optimization (Section 10). Problem: WinTV2000 has display problems on the screen, e.g. blurred image. In the WinTV program group (Start / Programs / Hauppauge WinTV) there is a utility called "Primary". Set it to "Allow Overlay". If it is on "Allow Overlay", try it on "Force Primary". Some VGA cards need to upgrade from the latest drivers in order for it to support Overlay mode. Try to upgrade your VGA drivers from the manufacturer web site.
How do I configure the Audio for the WinTV-PVR? While watching live TV and while recording video, the WinTV-PVR board amplifies the audio signal. When you adjust the audio volume slide bar in the WinTV2000 application, the WinTV-PVR adjusts the audio volume accordingly.
While playing back a video, the PCs MediaPlayer is used, though the video appears in the WinTV window. The Wave Out device in your PCs Volume Control mixer is used to adjust audio volume.
Tips on System Optimization
These are tips that will help you improve capture and playback performance of video files on you PC. 1.) Do not use DoubleSpace or any other disk compression scheme! This severely slows down your hard disk. 2.) Make sure DMA is checked for your Hard disk drives in Device Manager. Right click your mouse on the My Computer icon on your desktop, and click on Properties. Click on the Device Manager tab and double click on Disk Drives. Highlight GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE and click on Properties. Click on Settings. Make sure DMA is selected. Note: in Windows XP (enable write caching)
3.) Defragment your Hard Disk. To Defragment your hard disk, in Windows click on Start / Programs / Accessories / System Tools and click on Disk Defragmenter. 4.) You can use 7200 RPM disk drives. Also, there are several hard disks on the market which are designed for higher performance video captures. These drives use 1:1 interleaving and track caching to eliminate gaps caused by a hard disk drive seeking to the next track. They are available with both IDE and SCSI interfaces.

Technical Support

Technical support telephone
If you have questions regarding installation or compatibility, please contact our technical support staff at: Phone: (631) 434-3197 Fax: (631) 434-3198

Service

If you should need assistance with the installation, operation, or application of your Hauppauge WinTV board, there are several options available to you. Your primary source for information and problem assistance is always your dealer. Should the need arise, contact your dealer for on-site or repair service. Hauppauges Technical Support and Customer Service staff can aid in solving many problems. Our service department is available to repair any Hauppauge product. For completion of repair, the product must be returned to our factory. If this WinTV board is not in working order, your only recourse is repair or replacement, as described above. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES will Hauppauge be liable for consequential damages, including any lost savings, lost profits, or any other damages, caused by the use of the WinTV board or inability to use it, even if the dealer or Hauppauge has been advised of such liability or other claims.
The Hauppauge Limited Warranty
Warranty Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. warrants the WinTV board to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of 2 years from date of initial retail purchase. We will, at our option, repair or replace a defective product. The limited warranty does not cover any losses or damage that occur as a result of:
Improper installation Misuse or neglect or operation with faulty equipment Repair or modification by anyone other than Hauppauge Computer Works or an authorized repair agent Please complete and return the Warranty Registration Form inserted in this manual. To obtain service under this warranty, contact Hauppauge Computer works at (631) 434-3197, or fax RMA Department at 631434-3198. Please see the return procedure in the Technical Support chapter.