User manual HAUPPAUGE COLOSSUS QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE V1

[. . . ] For these sources, you will need to use Component video. Audio can be supplied to the Colossus from a set of stereo audio cables or via an optical SPDIF digital audio input. The optical audio input to the Colossus can be in either a 2 channel stereo audio format or a 2 or 5. 1 channel AC-3 format. The recording format used by Colossus is H. 264 video with digital audio. [. . . ] When you run WinTV for the first time, the WinTV Device Setup Wizard appears. Options menu The Options menu is the main menu where you can select channels, open the TV Scheduler and many other of the most important TV control functions. To display the Options Menu, click your right mouse button once in the video window. To see the channel list, click on Find channel. You will see the list of channels which have been "Hauppauge WinTV Installation CD-ROM" window will appear on the screen. Install the Colossus driver Click the button labeled Step 1: Install Drivers. A blue screen will open and begin installing the drivers for your WinTV. Once the drivers have installed, click on the Finish bar to exit. Audio/video source setup Video and audio is brought into the WinTV v7 application from an external audio/video source such as a game console or cable TV or satellite set top box. In the Device Setup Wizard, select "Analog TV via a Set top box" and click Next. Install the Colossus applications scanned. To show the Channel menu as part of the video window, click the Channel list always on icon at the top of the channel list. To manually schedule a TV recording, or to see which programs have been scheduled, click on Scheduler. To turn on the Always on Top mode, click on Stay on Top. Settings button Close WinTV Channel list display always on Channel name/number Fast channel select numbers TV Channel list The recorded video file is saved in the directory set in Recordings directory. To change this directory, click the Settings button and then the Folders tab. Every time you record a file, a new file is automatically created. The file will be formatted as (ChannelNumber)_(ChannelName)YearMonthDay_TIme. If you want to record a video you are watching: Click the Record button. The recorded file name will popup for a few seconds as the recording starts. When you are finished recording, click the Stop button. Click the Playback file button and select the last file recorded to play the video you just recorded To play a video you recorded earlier, click the Playback File button and then move your mouse and click once on the video you want to play. Click Open and the file will start playing. Program Info Playback file menu Watch TV Record/Pause/Play controls Volume adjust and mute Channel up/down - IR blaster in WinTV v7 If you would like to use the Hauppauge IR blaster to change the channels on your cable TV or satellite set top box, see the section entitled "Configuring the IR blaster". If you want to pause a TV show you are watching: Click the Pause button. Your TV video will stop and the Time counter will start counting. To start the video from where you paused, click the Play button To rewind the video to the beginning, click the Skip to the beginning button. If your video was paused, click the Play button. Start time: set to the desired start time. [. . . ] Do this for the keys 0 to 9 plus On and Enter You should receive a LearnKey(key#) Succeeded message. If you receive a LearnKey(key#) Failed error, this means that the key was either held down too long, or not long enough, or that the remote was not held close enough to the IR sensor. Once you are finished with the numbers 0 to 9 and On and Enter, you can test the learning by clicking the Send button in the Blaster Configuration program. It will send the numbers 123 to your set top box. [. . . ]