User guide

Matrox Marvel – User Guide 33
TV tuner input
(Matrox TV tuner required)
If your Matrox product includes a TV tuner, you can view, record and edit TV programs on your
computer, like you would with a VCR. However, instead of using the controls on your VCR, you can
use the PC-VCR Remote software controls.
TV tuner software setup
To make sure PC-VCR Remote is set up to use your Matrox TV tuner:
1
Click the TV input button on the PC-VCR Remote.
2
Click Properties () Æ TV Setup .
3
Click a TV input button to indicate what your Matrox TV tuner is connected
to:
ƒ Air – for an antenna.
ƒ Cable – for cable TV.
4
Click Advanced , select the country you’re in, then click OK .
5
Click the Video tab, then make sure the Automatic check box (in the
Input standard group box) is enabled.
6
Click the TV Setup tab Æ Auto Scan button for PC-VCR Remote to
automatically search all channels and keep in memory only the ones that can be tuned.
7
Adjust any other settings you want, then click OK to save settings and close the dialog
box.
TV channel preview
To see the TV channel preview window, right-click the PC-VCR Remote, then click the
TV Preview menu item. By resizing this window, you can preview up to 30 channels at a time.
Use the scroll bar to preview different channels. If PC-VCR Remote
FAVORITES feature is
enabled, only the channels defined as your “favorites” are visible in the preview window.
The video window and the TV channel preview window can’t be viewed at the same time.
To view a particular channel in the video window and close the preview window, double-
click a channel in the preview window.