VideoMate Vista M3F/M5F PCI Tuner Card Start Up Guide Compro Technology, Inc. www.comprousa.
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Table of Contents About VideoMate Vista M3F / M5F PCI TV Card............ 4 VideoMate Vista M3F/M5F Package Contents ........................ 5 VideoMate Vista M3F / M5F Connectors ........................ 6 MCE Remote for Vista M3F / M5F TV Card.................... 7 Hardware Installation ...................................................... 9 Software Installation...................................................... 12 Remote Power On/Off...................................................
About VideoMate Vista M3F / M5F PCI TV Card Compro VideoMate Vista M3F / M5F is a PCI analog TV/FM capture card, which brings universal analog TV/FM broadcasts to your desktop PC. It turns your computer into a home entertainment center by bringing you analog TV viewing, FM listening, S-Video/Composite video input. It also certified for Windows Vista 32/64 bit system. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Your PC must meet or exceed the following system requirements to watch TV on your PC. z 1.
VideoMate Vista M3F/M5F Package Contents Vista M3F/M5F PCI TV card MCE Remote Batteries I-type to F-type TV Converter Power Up cable FM Antenna 3 in 1 video/audio input cable IR Receiver AUX-Out cable Ulead Software CD Installation CD Start Up Guide 5
VideoMate Vista M3F / M5F Connectors 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 Item Function 1 TV Tuner-In Analog TV cable 2 FM Tuner-In Connect to an FM antenna feed. 3 IR Connect the IR receiver here. 4 Audio-In (Blue) Use an audio patch cable to connect to an audio source, such as a VCR, DVD or VCD.
MCE Remote for Vista M3F / M5F TV Card Compro VideoMate Vista M3F / M5F bundles the easy-to-use Microsoft certified remote control to controls the Media Center and also ComproDTV, ComproFM software. Some keys are special designed for Windows Vista Premium/Ultimate, it may not be used in Windows XP system.
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39 Timeshift Play/Pause Play/Pause Play/Pause 40 Change scale of screen ----- Skip Forward 41 ----- Enter frequency ----- 42 Channel surf ----- ----- 43 Sleep function Sleep function Clear 44 ComproDTV ComproDTV Zoom 45 Playlist Playlist Enter 46 C.
Note On the mainboard, the ATX power switch pins are usually labeled “POWER SW” or similar. It is vital to remember the position of these pins for a later step in the installation process. 4. Unplug the ATX power switch cable from the mainboard and connect it to the white connector named “JS1” on the VideoMate Vista M3F/M5F PCI card, as shown on the right. 5. Connect the black socket of Power Up patch cable to the power switch connector on the mainboard. 6.
7. Note: You may skip 7~9 if you select “Use PCI Audio” which can be found at “System Device” tab under Options of ComproDTV. 8. Plug one end of the internal audio patch cable to the green Audio-Out port on the VideoMate M3F/M5F PCI Tuner card. 9. Plug the other end of the internal audio patch cable to the AUX-In socket on your sound card or on the mainboard. The on-board sound usually has AUX-In and CD-In connector. Make sure you connect to the right one.
Software Installation After installing the PCI card and cables in your computer, you should restart it and follow these steps to install the software. Step 1. After restarting, Windows will detect your VideoMate Vista M3F/M5F PCI card and start the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard, prompting you to install the VideoMate Vista M3F/M5F PCI card drivers. Please press Cancel and go to the next step. Step 2. Insert the installation CD into your CD drive.
Remote Power On/Off (Vista M3F only support Remote power off) Introduction Compro has always focused on developing products of great convenience. VideoMate Vista M3F/M5F PCI card provides the remote controlled power off (shutdown) and Vista M5F features the remote power on from system shutdown mode for greater convenience. This section explains the details. Integration of hardware and software support, you can start your computer from the shut down state by pressing a button on the remote keypad.
Remote Power Off There are two situations for this operation. When not watching TV, i.e. no ComproDTV 4 running: Just press the “CLEAR” button on the lower-left corner on the remote keypad; you will see a dialog as shown below. Program will countdown 20 seconds to shutdown the computer. If you don’t want to shut down the computer, please press the CLEAR button again, in other words, pressing the CLEAR key a second time is the same as pressing the “Cancel” button.
ComproDTV Vista Gadget Tool for Vista The Compro gadget tool is designed to provide the more convenient TV experience in Windows Vista. It will be installed from the Compro installation CD, and you can delete and add it from gadget setup. UI Control DTV Gadget has three modes including Live TV mode, display playlist, and display scheduled list.
Scheduler list mode: This mode will display the top 5 of your current scheduled list, you can click any of the scheduled item and check the detail information of it. The last mode is schedule view which has two different parts. First, there is a table that has five rows; it means that schedule view will allow the first five schedules in the list. Second, if clicking the item, it will change to another part, which show in detail about the schedule you clicked. Clicking again will go back to first part.
Gadget Settings Settings of gadget have four parts included: z Capture device : to select capture devices .(when running gadget first time or having more than one device, this item is needed) z Quality setting : to select recording quality Normal: VCD format. Better: SVCD format. Best: DVD format. z Record folder: a directory to place recorded files. z Snapshot folder: a directory to place picture. ComproDTV MCE Add-in ComproDTV add-in is practical and convenient feature for MCE.
HID (Human Interface Device) for Compro Remote After you install the software, you can see the remote logo show in your system bar. You can choose the “Option” to enter the setup window. Setup: Step 1: Choose the type of your remote control. (There are many type of remote from Compro, please select the remote picture as you have). Step 2: Choose one IR function you want to change. Step3: Set the IR dialog you want and press OK button.
Step4: Repeat setp1 to 3 to run all the changes. You can also set a whole new program of your remote control in some particular software or window. Press “Add” button and enter the name you want. Repeat the step 1 to 4. Note If you have any MCE system in your PC, such as Windows MCE, Vista Premium, Vista Ultimate, this function can replace the windows remote control. HID can also combine the Compro software control in the MCE interface to make you more convenient.
ComproDTV 4 Control Panel The ComproDTV 4 control panel resembles the controls on a VCR. Please note that not all options are available at all times, and may be grayed out or inaccessible depending on your hardware setup and TV services available. The following figure gives you the function of the button with (Hot Key).
HotKey Source Language Selection (V) For Audio (Q) Description Enable/Disable Always-on-Top function A for TV window.(Oregon circle on the upper-right corner of the TV window) Screen Ratio Switch (tab) L Sleep function F7 Video Desktop F8 Open snapshot dialog box Note: Language select is only available while the program supports it.
Channel Naming You can customize the channel names by double-click on the Description field of the channel you wish to rename. You can do more changes on the channel’s property by right-click the mouse on the Description field of the channel you wish to edit. Custom Settings for each channel You can customize each channel properties by click the icon in “Custom Settings” filed and edit it. Using my favorite channel list You can click to select using my favorite channel list from option window.
PIP/POP mode ComproDTV 4 in M3F/M5F TV card supports watch 1 live analog TV show and playback recorded video file at once. Just click the playback button and it will popup the recorded video files list, and you can click the file you want to instant play it. Main window has all features while slave window has limited functions only. Double-click on the slave window can switch the TV program to the main window.
another channel of the second tuner. Furthermore, you can also have another window to playback recorded file which now allows you to watch total of 6 windows at the same time. You can press the Add/Reduce Window window for that. Please see the following picture. button to open a slave Note Running additional windows consumes more CPU usage. If CPU usage reaches 100%, then video lag will occur. Please reduce the number of windows.
Zooming image If you would like to see more details on a certain part of a video image, you can press the mouse right button to drag a zone of the screen. You will see the zoomed image. Also you can press the mouse right button and move on the screen to shift the zoomed area of the image. Just click the mouse left button to resume normal mode. Still Image Capture Click on the capture icon on the control panel or hit the "Space Bar" of the keyboard shortcut to capture an image of the display window.
period of time so that you can pause, replay, or skip commercials during live TV, without interrupting an ongoing recording session. Press the Timeshifting button and the Time Monitoring bar will appear. You may also press the Advance (for commercial skip) and Replay (for instant replay) buttons on the control panel or remote control to navigate through the program. When you return to your seat, you can resume viewing the program from the point when you left.
ComproFM 2 Introduction ComproFM lets you enjoy FM radio programs on your PC. Listen to music or other programs while you work or browse the Internet. Note The hardware needs to have FM tuner in order to use ComproFM. This section provides basic information for ComproFM. For more details, please check the help file of ComproFM or the manual in the installation CD. Control Panel The following describe the ComproFM control panel functions, and tips for using ComproFM.
Troubleshooting OS requirement VideoMate Vista M3F/M5F PCI card has to work on Windows XP SP2 or Vista. You are welcome to www.WindowsUpdate.com website for the Service Pack update of Microsoft. VideoMate Vista M3F/M5F PCI card can also works on Microsoft XP Media Center 2005. Make sure you have install driver correctly (see below) and DVD decoder like ComproDVD, NVDVD or WinDVD 6.0. For more information on MCE 2005, please check Microsoft website.
Why won’t my PC start? Don’t panic. The most common reason for this is because you connected the ATX power switch cable to the wrong pins on the mainboard. Verify the position of the power patch cable on the mainboard. Check the mainboard documentation to verify the position of the connector for ATX power switch cable. If that doesn’t help, remove the TV card and restart your PC. If you still cannot turn the computer on, the problem is not caused by VideoMate TV.
Other possible causes of this problem include: 1. If you have a multi-Boot system and ComproDTV 4 is not installed and running on the default OS. Solutions: Set the default OS properly or install ComproDTV 4 on the default OS. 2. There may be other, independent problems preventing Windows from starting normally. Solution: Remove the VideoMate Vista M3F/M5F PCI card and troubleshoot PC start up. Remember to correctly reconnect the power switch cables. 3.
Can I playback recorded video in main window? Yes, you may deselect “Playback in PIP mode” in “Video/Audio” tab which can be found under “Options” of ComproDTV 4. You may also playback in sub window, then double click the screen to switch the content of the main and sub window. Why does the remote control fail? The remote control sensor, which is plugged into the TV card, may be loose. Please unplug it and plug it in again. You should also check the batteries of the remote control.
Contacting Compro Technical Support Before you submit an email for support, please check support FAQs on our web site. http://www.comprousa.com/New/tw/supports.html You can download the latest update from our website. Many issues should be solved on the newer version. When contacting Compro for technical support, please use the Compro support request form and provide as much of the requested information as possible. Please write the details in order to determine the problem.
