AVerTV for Mac User Manual Version 2.
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AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Table of Contents Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................................i Introduction..........................................................................................................................................1 System Requirements...................................................................................................................
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Window Size Setting..................................................................................................................27 Personal Video Recorder....................................................................................................................29 Record Storage Setting...............................................................................................................29 Recording Format settings ..........................................
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Introduction Thanks for purchasing AVerTV for Mac!! This powerful application allows you to watch TV, listen to the radio, create slide shows, record favorite programs and enjoy various features on your Mac. With our easy-to-use remote control, you will discover more fun from your Mac. Turning your computer system into a media center is just that simple! This Chapter will introduce the essential information of AVerTV for Mac to you.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual System Requirements System requirements are described in detail below. Before using AVerTV for Mac, make sure your Mac meets all the requirements addressed below. ® z Processor: Macintosh computer with a Intel Core processor z z z z For watching MPEG-2 HDTV: Macintosh® computer with a Intel Duo Core processor Operating System: Mac OS X v10.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Running AVerTV for Mac for the First Time Go to the folder where the AVerTV for Mac was installed and double-click on the AVerTV icon, the AVerTV for Mac will be launched. When you run the AVerTV for Mac for the first time, the “Media Box” will automatically appear. 1. From the Country drop-down menu, select your country or region. 2. Select an available Service Type. 3. Click All Channels Scan to start searching channels. 4.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual 5. After scanning, new active channels/programs will be memorized and listed in the right pane of the dialog box. 6. Close the “Media Box” window and the TV window will appear.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Introducing the User Interface There are 3 types of control panel: Horizontal, Vertical and Combined. You can click on Select Control Panel from the Window menu to select. Combined 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1. Mute 2. Volume 7. Pause 8. Play 3. Time Info 4. Snapshot 9. Stop 10. Channel Down 5. TimeShift 6. Record 11. Channel Up 12.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Horizontal and Vertical 4 5 6 1 4 5 6 7 8 2 7 3 8 9 1 2 3 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1. Power 2. Open Playlist 9. Volume 10. TimeShift 3. Mute 4. Play Previous File 11. Record 12. Pause 5. Channel Info 6. Play Next File 13. Play 14. Stop 7. Current time 8. Snapshot 15. Channel Down 16.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual On Screen Menu AVerTV offers you an alternative operating method, press MENU button on the Apple Remote to display the on screen menu. Use + and - buttons to move the selection and button to enter the submenu, button to exit the submenu. Press button to execute the selection or enter the submenu (if available). Menu Description Channel Enter the channel list to switch channels. Audio Enter the Audio submenu to switch between available audio modes.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual sources. Window Enter the Window submenu to adjust the image size to full screen, adjust the image with keep aspect ratio, or enable the overscan function. Quick AVerTV for Mac Close the AVerTV application.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual TV Scanning Channels If you haven’t done channel scanning when you first run the application, or want to rescan the channels, follow the steps to complete this procedure. 1. Go to Program Manager. 2. From the Country drop-down menu, select your country or region. 3. Select an available Service Type. 4. Click All Channels Scan to start the searching process.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual 5. If you want to terminate the searching process, just click Stop. 6. After scanning, new active channels/programs will be memorized and listed in the left pane of the dialog box. 7. Close the “Media Box” window and the TV window will appear.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual The application comes with a default frequency table; therefore, the application will use this table to search for active channels/programs. button contains more function: Rename: To change the selected channel name. Reset Channel Number: To change the selected channel number Manual Add Channel: To add a channel by entering the channel frequency and shorten the channel scan. Enable Selected Channels: To activate the channels when switching channels.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Scanning Channels (for Advanced Users) All Frequencies Scan We recommend using the All Channel Scan function first. If there are channels missing after you perform All Channels Scan, use All Frequencies Scan function and repeat the searching process. 1. Go to Program Manager. 2. From the Country drop-down menu, select your country or region. 3. Select an available Service Type. 4. Click All Frequencies Scan to start the searching process.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual 5. If you want to terminate the searching process, just click Stop. 6. After scanning, new active channels/programs will be memorized and listed in the left pane of the dialog box. 7. Close the “Media Box” window and the TV window will appear.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual If an alert about removing action shown on the screen, it means to execute the scanning process will replace the existing program list. Click OK to continue or click Cancel to stop the rescanning. Manual Add Channel If you already know a particular channel number for your local transmitter, use Manual Add Channel function to add it by entering the channel numbers and shorten the channel scan. 1. Click in the Media Box. 2. Select Manual Add Channel. 3.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual 4. Click Add to save the scanned channel. 5. Click OK to exit the window.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Watch TV Use control panel or menu to control TV watching. Operate by Control panel 1. Use Channel Down and Channel Up buttons to go to the next upper or lower active channel. Operate by Control menu Channel Preview Previous Channel Go to the next lower active channel. Next Channel Go to the next upper active channel. The Channel Preview function can display 4, 9 or 16 consecutive TV channels on-screen at the same time.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Setting the Channel Preview 1. Click Genral 16 channel preview icon in the Preference pane. 2. Select desired number of channels to preview. TimeShift 4 channels preview The TimeShift function performs background recording of a TV/Radio program, and lets you return and watch any part of the recorded program. At the same time, the live TV/Radio program continues to be recorded and played back so you won’t miss any part of the show.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Operate by Control menu Pause To temporarily freeze the playback. Stop To terminate the recording and return to the live program. TimeShift Start TimeShift function. TimeShift Setting Before you start using the TimeShift function, first check its recording settings to see if they fit your needs. 1. Click Record icon in the Preference pane.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual 2. By default, TimeShift performs recording of the TV program by creating a temporary video file and deletes this file once you click the Stop button. 3. In the TimeShift Disk Volume section, you can determine desired disk volume to save the TimeShift file. 4. In the TimeShift Buffer Size section, you can determine the buffer size. The default value is 2000MB, and the minimum size is 200MB.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Using the EPG Function Electronic Program Guide (EPG) is a service that allows you to check the succeeding program schedule and even the program schedules of the whole week. If the EPG service is provided in your region/country, simply click the EPG button in the Preference pane, or point to menu File>Open EPG to open the EPG window. First, select the desired date and time from the drop-down menu and the EPG window will display the schedule for the day.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual The program time data will be automatically set. Input the schedule name in Title, select the action in Function and After Scheduled option and click OK. If you want to download the latest program schedule, click the Update EPG button.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Fine Tuning Color of the Display If the color or picture quality of the TV displays needs to be adjusted, please do the followings. 1. Click Color icon in the Preference pane. 2. Then you can adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation and Sharpness with sliders until you get an accurate color. 3. If you want to revert to default settings, just click Set Defaults button.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Using the OverScan function On some broadcast channels, you might see distorted lines or black spaces on the top, sides, or bottom of the screen. These video artifacts device from the source signal, and can be masked using the OverScan feature. To hide the edges of the picture: 1. Click the Display icon in the Preference pane. 2. Specify an appropriate number (1~20%). 3. Select Turn On to enable the Overscan function or Turn Off to disable it.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Adjusting Volume On the Control Panel, click and drag your mouse over the Volume meter in the control panel to increase or decrease the volume level. 2. Click Next Signal Source to switch between available signal sources. Or select the desired source directly. Point to menu Audio>Volume Up to increase the volume level. Or point to menu Audio >Volume Down to decrease the volume level. Point to menu Audio>Mute to turn off/on the sound. .
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual speed of marquee. To set the Teletext and Closed Caption background color to Transparent, Semitransparent or Opaque, click the drop-down menu in Teletext Background and Closed Caption Background section. Changing Display Aspect Ratio Aspect ratio indicates the ratio of the width of an image to its height. To switch the aspect ratio of the display, do the following: 2. Select the aspect ratio of home video you want.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Keep Aspect Ratio Other Layout Controlling in Window Menu Minimize TV Window Controlling You can minimize the AVerAP window to the dock/unhide the AVerTV for Mac window, hide all other application windows expect AVerTV for Mac or close AVerTV for Mac application from the AVerTV menu. Minimize the AVerTV windows to the Mac dock. Zoom Click to change the AVerTV window size. Show Media Box Open/Close the Media Box.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Full Mode Select Control Panel Style Select a control panel type you like, Horizontal, Vertical or Combined. Bring All to Front Bring all AVerTV windows to the front. Window Size Setting There are 4 window size options: Half Size, Normal Size, Max Size and Full Screen. Point to the menu View>Window Size then select a size you want.
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AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Personal Video Recorder You can use your Mac as a personal video recorder, and record your favorite TV programs or capture video from an external source into your hard drive. Besides, you can also divide the recording files in proper sizes to facilitate burning onto removable optical media, such as CD-R and DVD disks. Before recording, check if the settings of Storage Setting and Recording Format settings meet your needs. Record Storage Setting 1.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual 5. This application allows you to divide the recording files in parts for burning onto removable optical media, such as VCD (650 MB) and DVD (4096 MB) discs. Enable the Split Recordings into: option and select the appropriate video file size from the drop-down menu so that each video file will not exceed the limit you set. Or you can choose Custom to assign the file size you want.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Recording Format settings 1. To setting the recording format settings, click the Record icon in the Preference pane. 2. From the Record Format drop-down menu, determine the video file format you wish to use for saving the recorded video file. Format Information: File Format Description Auto Record the current program into your hard drive. Audio Only Record the audio part only of the current program into your hard drive.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Schedule Recording The Schedule allows you to create a list of preset schedules for watching and recording your favorite TV/Radio programs. You can set the day and time to record the TV/Radio program and specify the length of recording. To open the recording schedule to add a new recording or activate the schedule, do the following: 1. Click the button. OR 2. Point to the menu File>New Schedule. 3.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual 1. Type the desired name in the Title text box. 2. From the Function drop-down menu. z Select Watch TV to watch a TV program or listen to a radio broadcast. z Otherwise, select Record to save a TV/Radio program for future viewing/listening. z You can also select Silent Record which means the system will perform background recording instead of activating the TV/Radio program. z If you want to schedule a task to enable Timeshift function, select Timeshift. 3.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual z Choose Everyday to perform schedule everyday at a preset time. z Choose Weekly to perform schedule every week, at a preset day and time. z Choose Weekend to perform schedule every weekend, at a preset day and time. z Choose Custom to select the days you want, at a preset day and time. 6. If you choose Watch TV in step 4, click OK to complete the settings. If you choose Record or Silent Record, please do the following. 7.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Playing the Recorded Programs Each TV/Radio program that you recorded will be saved in the assigned destination folder. You can find the file list in PlayList. To play back the recorded files: 1. Click the Play button in the control panel to playback. 2. Use and buttons to playback the previous and next file in the playlist. 3. Use and buttons to pause and stop the playing file. 4. When you want to rewind or forward, use the Playback Seek slider bar to move back or forward.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Playback Play back recorded video files. Continue/Pause Play/Pause (for playback, recording, and TimeShift). Stop Stop the playback, recording, TimeShift, or Channel Preview. Exit full screen back to normal view. Forward Press to fast forward. Backward Press to rewind. Play Next File Play the next file in the playlist. Play Previous file Play the previous file in the playlist. If you want to open or customize the playlist, do the following: 1.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual 2. Click button to play back the selected files. Click button to add a supported media file into the playlist. 3. Click button to delete the selected files from the list. Click button to delete all files from the list. You can change the size of the file icon by dragging the slider bar under the window . button contains more function: Rename: To change the selected file name. Show in Finder: Use Finder to open the folder where the file located.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Picture-in-Picture Display With the picture-in-picture window feature, you will be able to play back recorded video files, and at the same time, watch live TV. 1. To enable the PIP function, point to menu View>Picture in Picture. 2. Choose desired position of the PIP window. 3. Select Turn on to enable the PIP function, and select Close PIP to disable the PIP function.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual By default, you will be able to play back recorded video files on the main window, and at the same time, watch live TV in the PIP window. If you want to switch the video playback to the PIP window and the live TV to the main window, press the button press button . To exit the PIP window, .
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Image Capture While you watch TV or a recorded video on your Mac monitor, you can use the AVerTV for Mac application to capture images for your documents, presentations or web pages. Before you start capturing images, first set the destination folder for saving captured images. Capture a TV/Video Image 1. Point to the menu Control>Snapshot to start the capturing. OR 1. Click the Sanpshot icon in the control panel.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual 3. From the File Format drop-down menu, select the format for saving the captured image. There are 4 options in the Format list: z PNG z BMP z JPEG z TIFF 4. In the Number of Pictures box, specify the number of images you want to capture. 5. In the Interval Time box, specify the interval between captures. For instance, if you specify 10 seconds, an image will be captured every 10 seconds. 6.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Other Settings Setting Power Options This option allows you to exit the application and put your Mac into log off, sleep mode or shut down your Mac while you are away from it. 1. Click the General icon in the Preference pane. 2. Select the Sleep mode you want to use in the System Sleep Setting section.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual 3. After selected the desired sleep mode, then choose an execution time. 4. Point to the menu Control>System Sleep Turn On. 5. The time setting will be displayed on the TV monitor. For details, please see the description below. Time setting mode Description Now Your computer will go into the selected mode in about 10 seconds. 30/60/90/120 Minutes Your computer will go into the selected mode in 30/60/90/120 minutes.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Application Information Display version and other information of AVerTV for Mac software. 1. Point to menu AVerTV>About AVerTV for Mac. 2. You can check the AVerTV for Mac version here. Customer Support If you need to find more supporting information, you can link to the local AVerMedia webpage. 1. Point to menu AVerTV>Link To. 2. Select Product Information to link to the web page about product information or select Technical Support to open the support webpage.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Closed Caption & Subtitle Closed Caption & Subtitle are systems to display text on a television. AVerTV for Mac supports both of them. 1. Point to the menu View>Subtitle. 2. Select Turn On to display the subtitle. Use Apple Remote to control AVerTV To enable Closed Caption function: 1 2 6 3 4 MENU 5 1. Point to the menu View>Closed Caption. 2. Select Turn On to display the Closed Caption information. 3. Select desired Closed Caption system.
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Hot keys The following is the default definition: Hot Key Description AVerTV Preference Hide AVerAP Hide Others Quit AVerTV File Add schedule Open Playlist Open Program management Open Schedule Close Window View Half Size System Default Max Size Full Screen Source>Next Source Subtitle>Open Teletext>Open EPG Audio Add Volume Sub Volume Mute 46
AVerTV for Mac User’s Manual Next Audio Channel Control Snapshot Record Pause Space Stop Forward Backward Playback Play Next File Play Previous file Next Channel Previous Channel Channel Loop Channels Preview>Open/Close Window Hide Control Panel Select Control Panel>Horizontal Panel Select Control Panel>Vertical Panel Select Control Panel>Combined Panel Help Mac Help 47