VideoMate Vista T220/T100 PCI DVB-T Tuner Card Start Up Guide Compro Technology, Inc. www.comprousa.
Table of Contents VideoMate Vista T220/T100 PCI Tuner Card .............................. 3 VideoMate Vista T220 Package Contents ................................... 5 VideoMate Vista T100 Package Contents ................................... 5 VideoMate Vista T220 Connectors .............................................. 6 VideoMate Vista T100 Connectors .............................................. 7 Hardware Installation ...................................................................
VideoMate Vista T220/T100 PCI Tuner Card VideoMate Vista T220/T100 lets you watch and record free-to-air digital TV broadcast on your PC. VideoMate T220/T100 provides 1080i HDTV and SDTV digital TV reception, timeshifting, still frame capture, channel sirfing, customize channel order and channel properties, advanced Picture In Picture/Picture Out Picture, Video Desktop features to enrich your TV experience.
z z 150 MB free space for software installation ATX power supply and a computer case with a separate power switch cable from power on button. Note In order to receive digital terrestrial TV broadcast, you needs to have your own antenna which is crucial. Digital terrestrial TV broadcast uses about the same wave (UHF) as analog TV. It’s recommended to have a fishbone-like antenna on the roof for receiving. More details can be found in the troubleshooting chapter of this manual.
VideoMate Vista T220 Package Contents Vista T220 TV card Start Up Guide Windows Media Center remote 4 in 1 Audio/video patch cable Batteries IR cable Installation CD Power switch patch cable VideoMate Vista T100 Package Contents Vista T100 TV card Windows Media Center remote Start Up Guide Installation CD IR cable 5
VideoMate Vista T220 Connectors 4 5 1 2 3 Item Function 1 TV Tuner-In 2 IR 3 Audio-In (Blue) (1 to 4 converter External cable) Audio-Out (Green) S-Video-In (Black) Composite-In (Yellow) 4 To Case Power Switch 5 To Mainboard Power Switch Connector 6 Description Connect to a TV antenna or TV cable feed. Connect the IR receiver here. Use an audio patch cable to connect to an audio source, such as a VCR, DVD or VCD. Use the supplied audio patch cable to connect to the Line-In port of your sound card.
VideoMate Vista T100 Connectors 1 2 3 Item 1 2 3 Function Description TV Tuner-In IR S-Video-In (Black) Connect to a TV antenna or TV cable feed. Connect the IR receiver here. Use an S-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 T220/T100 PCI card. Failure to do so may cause damage to your VideoMate Vista T220/T100 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 (Step 3-6 only suitable for Vista T220 for power up setup) 3.
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 “JS2” on the VideoMate Vista T220 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.
Note For best performance, the VideoMate Vista T220 PCI card should not share its IRQ. For more information, please see the Troubleshooting section. If the computer cannot be turned on, verify the position of the power patch cable on the mainboard. Consult the mainboard documentation to determine the position of the ATX power switch connector.
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 T220/T100 PCI card and start the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard, prompting you to install the VideoMate Vista T220/T100 PCI card drivers. Please press Cancel and go to the next step. Step 2. Insert the installation CD into your CD drive.
Windows Media Center Remote for Vista T220 Compro VideoMate Vista T220 bundles the easy-to-use Microsoft certified remote control to controls the Windows Media Center and also ComproDTV 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 40 Change scale of screen Skip Forward 41 ----- ----- 42 Channel surf ----- 43 Sleep function Clear 44 ----- Zoom 45 Playlist Enter 46 C.C Language Red 47 ComproDVD Green 48 ComproDTV Yellow 49 ComproFM Blue 50 Setup Teletext on/off Windows Media Center Remote for Vista T100 Compro VideoMate Vista T100 bundles the easy-to-use Microsoft certified remote control to controls the Windows Media Center and also ComproDTV software.
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Remote Power On/Off (Only for Vista T220) Introduction Compro has always focused on developing products of great convenience. VideoMate Vista T220 PCI card features the Remote Power On/Off function 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. You don’t need to reach over to your computer anymore.
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. You may also use your mouse to press the cancel button. Press OK to immediately shutdown the computer. When 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 1. Vista Gadget is meant for Vista 32 bit operation system only. 2. Vista Gadget Tool needs the channel table from ComproDTV 4. Please autoscan all the available digital channels in ComproDTV 4. Then you can use the Vista Ggadget Tool. 3.
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.
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, Better, 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. (Image below shows the remote for Vista T220) 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.
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-2/H.264/TS digital TV recording. To instantly start recording: 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. Press the Stop button to stop recording.
Troubleshooting OS requirement VideoMate Vista T220/T100 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. Driver Installation The most common cause of problems with the TV Tuner Card is incorrect installation of the TV capture and TV tuner drivers. If you have problems watching, recording, or timeshifting live TV, please check the status of the drivers with Device Manager.
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 PC cannot shut down? In rare circumstances, the VideoMate Vista T220 PCI card must be reset. Unplugging the AC power cord from the PC case for 10 seconds will reset the card. When you set up for scheduled recording, VideoMate Vista T220 PCI card will issue the Power Up signal to the computer until ComproDTV 4 starts. If your computer cannot start ComproDTV 4 for some reason, the TV tuner card will try to wake up PC even while you shut it down. Unplug the main power cord to reset VideoMate TV card.
IR icon (ComproRemote) is in the system tray on the Verify that the lower-right corner of the screen. If you don't have ComproRemote on the system tray, start the following program: C:\Program Files\ Common Files\VideoMate\ComproRemoteDTV.exe Then you should see the icon on the system tray. The IR icon should turn bright when you press buttons on the remote. If you see no response, please move your mouse cursor on the IR icon. If you see it shows “No Device,” your drivers may not be not properly installed.
