Elgato Systems Hardware Reference Guide EyeTV 500 2.5 © 2005 Elgato Systems LLC 900 Kearny Street • Suite 750 San Francisco, CA 94133 United States of America Elgato Systems GmbH Nymphenburgerstr. 86 80636 München support@elgato.
Hardware Reference Guide EyeTV 500 EyeTV 500 HDTV digital TV recorder for free over-to-air (ATSC) and digital cable (Clear QAM) television This hardware reference guide describes the particulars of your EyeTV hardware. EyeTV 500 System Requirements EyeTV 500 requires the following minimum system configuration: • Macintosh computer with minimum PowerPC® G4 500Mhz or G5 processor.
Hardware Reference Guide EyeTV 500 Open and Unpack Box Your EyeTV 500 box should contain the following items: • EyeTV 500 digital TV recorder • EyeTV software and PDF documentation on CD-ROM • FireWire cable • Remote control • 2 AAA batteries • Quick Start Guide Step One: Attach EyeTV 500 to Antenna or Cable Antenna The EyeTV 500 package does not include an antenna.
Hardware Reference Guide EyeTV 500 Cable • Using at least UHF-grade coaxial cable (not included, RG-59 or RG-6 recommended), connect EyeTV 500’s other port (may be labeled as ANT.OUT and capped with a rubber cap) to your digital cable. Do not attach it to your cable box’s out port if at all possible to avoid signal degradation. Step Two: Attach EyeTV 500 to your Computer To attach the EyeTV 500 to your Macintosh: • Connect one end of the FireWire cable to port 1 or 2 of your EyeTV 500.
Hardware Reference Guide EyeTV 500 on the remote control. Once setup is complete, you can view your programs via the Live TV window. Use the on-screen remote control to pause or skip through video, or to start a manual recording. Refer to the EyeTV Manual for more details on the Internet programming via the Electronic Program Guide (EPG) from TitanTV (Chapter 7) and scheduling automated recordings (Chapter 5).
Hardware Reference Guide EyeTV 500 the Active box, or by Option-clicking on the channel in the channel list. Only active channels appear in the channel popup in the EyeTV Controller. You can also change the channel order by dragging and dropping channels to a different position in the list. If you have unencrypted digital cable, select Clear QAM from the Service popup menu, and click Auto Tune. EyeTV will find all unencrypted HDTV and SDTV digital cable channels.
Hardware Reference Guide EyeTV 500 Now locate KPIX in TitanTV’s grid. Because most cable systems carry both analog and digital signals, KPIX will likely appear twice in the list — once in the low channel numbers for the analog transmission, and again in the high numbers for the digital cable transmission. We find the digital broadcast of KPIX here: Double click EyeTV channel 100 in the Setup > Preferences channel list.
Hardware Reference Guide EyeTV 500 Then click OK — and repeat this procedure for all the Clear QAM channels that you are able to receive. EyeTV saves these custom channel names. They are retained even if you autotune another time — so this channel name customization step should not be necessary after the initial setup effort. Device Settings To access EyeTV 500’s device specific settings, select Device Settings from the EyeTV Menu. Here you can adjust all aspects of the encoding process.
Hardware Reference Guide EyeTV 500 • Quit the EyeTV application. • Unplug the FireWire cable. • If your EyeTV model has an external power adapter, disconnect it from the EyeTV hardware. • Wait 10 seconds. • Reconnect the power adapter, if your EyeTV model has one. • Restart by plugging in the FireWire cable and launching the EyeTV software application if it does not start automatically.
Hardware Reference Guide EyeTV 500 Limited Warranty for EyeTV Elgato warrants that EyeTV, if properly used and installed, will be free from defects in material and workmanship and will substantially conform to Elgato’s publicly available specifications for a period of one (1) year after the date EyeTV was purchased from an elgato authorized distributor.
