VideoMate Vista T750F PCI Tuner Card Start Up Guide Compro Technology, Inc. www.comprousa.
Table of Contents VideoMate Vista T750F Package Contents ................................. 5 VideoMate Vista T750F Connectors ............................................ 6 Hardware Installation ................................................................... 7 Software Installation................................................................... 10 Windows Media Center Remote for Vista T750F ....................... 11 Remote Power On/Off................................................................
VideoMate Vista T750F PCI Tuner Card VideoMate Vista T750F lets you watch and record digital TV broadcast / analog TV signal on your PC. VideoMate Vista T750F features a TV tuner for both digital TV broadcast and analog TV signals, Remote Power On/Off, Power Up Scheduling, Digital Video Recording (DVR) functions, scheduled recording at anytime, crystal video quality, intelligent TV viewing, and Microsoft certified Windows Media Center remote control.
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS To use all the features of VideoMate Vista T750F PCI card, your PC should meet the following requirements. z z z z z z z z z z z 4 2.6 GHz CPU (with SSE 2) for HDTV watching and recording 3.0 GHz (with SSE 2) for PIP mode with five windows. 1 GB RAM Sound card Open PCI version 2.2 slot CD-ROM for software installation Windows XP SP2 / Vista x86/x64 Update the latest drivers of VGA, motherboard, and soundcard from vendors.
VideoMate Vista T750F Package Contents Vista T750F TV card FM antenna Start Up Guide Windows Media Center remote IR cable Ulead Software CD Batteries Internal Audio patch cable I-type to F-type converter Power switch patch cable Installation CD 5
VideoMate Vista T750F Connectors 8 1 9 2 10 3 4 5 6 7 Item Function Description 1 DVB-T In Connect to a digital TV antenna 2 TV In Connect to a analog TV cable feed 3 FM In Connect to a FM antenna 4 Audio In Use audio cable connect to VCR,DVD, or VCD 5 S-Video-In Use an S-Video patch cable to connect to a video source, such as a VCR, DVD or VCD. 6 Composite-In Use a Composite video patch cable to connect to a video source, such as a VCR, DVD or VCD.
Hardware Installation Warning Unplug your PC’s main power cord before installing VideoMate Vista T750F PCI card. Failure to do so may cause damage to your VideoMate Vista T750F PCI card and void your warranty. 1. Shut down your computer and unplug main power cord. 2. Remove the computer case cover. Power Up Connections 3. Locate the ATX power switch pins on your computer case and trace the wires to the power switch connector on your mainboard.
5. Connect the black socket of Power Up patch cable to the power switch connector on the mainboard. 6. Connect the white socket of Power Up patch cable to the connector named “Mainboard” on the VideoMate Vista T750F PCI Tuner card. Note Double check your work. If you plug the cables into the incorrect pins, your PC may not start or otherwise function improperly. Connect the white end of the Power Up patch cable to the TV tuner card and the black end to the mainboard.
10. Insert VideoMate Vista T750F PCI card in an open PCI slot. Compro recommends installing the card in the third or fourth PCI slot away from the AGP slot This completes the hardware installation. Please read the following notes and proceed to install the software. Note For best performance, the VideoMate Vista T750F PCI card should not share its IRQ. For more information, please see the Troubleshooting section.
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 T750F PCI card and start the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard, prompting you to install the VideoMate Vista T750F PCI card drivers. Please press Cancel and go to the next step. Step 2. Insert the installation CD into your CD drive. If you have Autorun enabled, the installer will start automatically.
Windows Media Center Remote for Vista T750F Compro VideoMate Vista T750F bundles the easy-to-use Microsoft certified remote control to controls the Windows 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 You must correctly install the Power Up connectors to use Remote Power On/Off function. See Hardware Installation section above for more information. There will be a two second delay before the PC powers on. You have to install the TV card’s driver correctly before using this feature. This feature cannot logon your system. You may need to enter your user name and password. Remote Shut Down There are two situations for the operation. When not watching TV, i.e.
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. Note The Vista Gadget Tool only supports 32 bit Windows Vista system. UI Control DTV Gadget has three modes including Live TV mode, display playlist, and display scheduled list.
If clicking any files, the gadget will change to play mode from playlist mode, then playing the file you clicked. 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.
volume, or snapshot TV screen. 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 Quality Better Quality Best Quality z Record folder: a directory to place recorded files. z Snapshot folder: a directory to place picture.
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 Windows Media Center 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.
Video Source Switch (V) HotKey Description A Enable/Disable Always-on-Top function for TV window.(Oregon circle on the upper-right corner of the TV window) L Sleep function F7 Video Desktop F8 Open snapshot dialog box Audio mode TV / Timeshifting mode Start ComproDTV 4 and watch TV After installation, just press the yellow button of the last line on the remote or double click the ComproDTV 4 icon on the desktop, you will be able to watch TV. Same as operating a normal TV set.
When Autoscan is finished, detected channels are automatically enabled and . Channels, where a valid signal could marked with the green check mark not be detected, are disabled and marked with a blank. However, you can interrupt the scanning process by pressing the Stop button. After you are finished scanning for available channels, you may select OK to return to the display window, or customize the channel orders according to your preferences.
place. When you reinstall the ComproDTV 4 or your system, you can import the previous channel list and save your time for resetting it. Using my favorite channel list You can click to select using my favorite channel list from option window. And exit the list by yourselves to makes channel switch more convenient. Channel Surfing While watching TV, the channel surfing feature displays a 4x4 grid of channel images to give you an overview of available programming.
Advanced Multiple Video Display Mode ComproDTV 4 also supports 2 or above Compro products connect and watch it at the same time. If you have more than one Compro analog or digital TV cards and USB TV box, you can use it to watch the live TV from different devices. When Starting PIP mode, there will be two option for you to choose; 1. “Digital Sub Window” Æ If any one of connected products have digital TV feature. 2.
Video Desktop While watching TV, you may right-click on the TV screen and select video on desktop or press the hotkey (F7) to activate Video Desktop mode. This mode makes the video source as your desktop screen. It is similar with full screen but the desktop icons and taskbar will remain on top. The following picture shows the TV on the desktop. For the Video Desktop feature, you need to enable the “Use Overlay Surface” feature in the setup dialog box of OptionÆVideo/Audio.
Recording ComproDTV 4 supports MPEG-1/2/4 MPEG-2/H.264/TS digital TV recording. To instantly start recording: formats analog TV/video and Press the Record button . ComproDTV 4 starts recording the video source currently showing in the display window. It will save it to a file on your disk. If you already start recording, you still can click the record button to setup 30, 60, 90, and 120 minutes recording immediately. Thus, you can go out without worry about the record still ongoing.
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 T750F 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 T750F PCI card can also works on Microsoft XP Media Center 2005. Make sure you have install driver correctly (see below) and DVD decoder like, NVDVD or WinDVD 6.0. For more information on MCE 2005, please check Microsoft website.
No digital broadcast signal In order to receive digital terrestrial TV broadcasts, an antenna is crucial. Digital terrestrial TV broadcast uses about the same wave frequencies as analog TV (UHF). It’s recommended to have a fishbone-like antenna (see figure) on the roof for reception. Make sure you position the antenna in the direction of the TV broadcast base. Adjust the position for the best reception. Digital terrestrial TV’s determined by government policy.
My system cannot Power Up, What should I do? First, make sure you have connected the Power Up circuit correctly. Please refer the hardware installation section for more information. Second, make sure you see a green LED light on the VideoMate Vista T750F PCI tuner card. If you don’t see the green light, your motherboard does not support the standby power. You can only use Power Up with motherboards that provide standby power.
“Startup” folder. Reinstalling ComproDTV 4 can help. Video OK / No Audio If you can view the TV picture but get no audio, you should check the following: Please check that the WAVE sound is not muted or volume too low in the Windows Volume Control dialog. (Double-click on the speaker icon in the system tray.) Also check the sound is not muted or volume too low in the Windows Volume Control dialog. (Double-click on the speaker icon in the system tray.
Why are images scrambled? Please update the video and sound card drivers from vendors’ web sites. Make sure the driver for motherboard chipset is also up to date. The default drivers supplied with the Windows operating system are usually too old to operate correctly. If you still have problems, please install the latest ComproDTV 4 and driver from our website.