User manual HAUPPAUGE WINTV HVR-950Q QUICK START GUIDE

[. . . ] Other PC activities that consume CPU resources might affect the display of ATSC digital TV. Slow video, jerky video and momentary pausing of video are all results of a CPU which is temporarily being used by other activities. 4. Installing the WinTV-HVR-950Q software ote: the latest WinTV-HVR-950Q software can be found at www. hauppauge. com/site/support/support_hvr950q. html ote: You may need to disable your antivirus programs during the installation only. WinTV-HVR-950Q Quick Installation Guide for Windows 7 and Windows Vista (all versions) Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. 91 Cabot Court Hauppauge, NY 11788 Telephone: 631-434-1600 Fax: 631-434-3198 Tech Support: 631-434-3197 techsupport@hauppauge. com The supplied portable antenna is designed primarily for ATSC digital TV reception, and will work within 10 miles of an ATSC transmitter (reception might be limited by obstructions such as steel buildings). For the best ATSC TV reception, a roof top `High gain' antenna is recommended. [. . . ] You will see the list of channels which have been scanned. To show the Channel menu as part of the TV window, click the Channel list always on icon at the top of the channel list. Options menu click your right mouse button to view Playback menu Channel list N TV Scheduler If your TV source is Clear QAM Digital Cable TV Clear QAM digital cable TV channels are those TV channels broadcast on a digital cable network which are unencrypted (`free to view'). If you are using cable TV with clear QAM programs, chose Digital QAM and Next. Note: Pal BGHIDK is the commonly used format in Europe. NTSC is the broadcast format used in North America. Rescanning TV channels If you want to rescan for TV channels, click the Configuration menu (Gear button in the lower left corner of WinTV v7). Close captions Always on top To turn on Close captions, click on Show Captions. 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. - 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. To rewind the video 1 minute, click the Skip back 1 minute button. If your video was paused, click the Play button. Note: It takes about 15 seconds to launch the WinTV and start recording. Duration: number of minutes in the recorded program. Note: If you set for Record Weekly, you must also specify the Day of the Week for the recording. Date to Begin Program: today's date is the default. Change this if you want to schedule on another date. Source selection: leave set at WinTV to bring up the WinTV at the requested time and on the requested channel. Watch, Pause and Record TV WinTV v7 is always recording video to your PC's hard drive while TV is being displayed. In this way, you can immediately skip back and replay the TV program you are watching. Clicking on the Pause button will cause the video to pause, while clicking the Record button will cause the current TV program to Time bar Program info button Playback file button Record button Stop button Skip back 1 minute button Pause/Play button Skip ahead 1 minute button - - The Delay counter displays how much time you are behind the live video. For example, if the delay counter says 00:01:23, then the video window is showing video 1 minute and 23 seconds behind live video. Once these are set, click OK. You can add more recordings, clicking OK after each event is set. The WinTV program does not have to be running for the Schedular to work. If WinTV is not running, it takes about 15 seconds to start WinTV and to start the recording of TV. TV Scheduler WinTV v7's built-in TV Scheduler allows you to schedule the recording of TV shows. Once a record event is set, WinTV v7 can be closed and will "wake up" at the desired time and tuned to the desired channel. When a scheduled record event takes place, the WinTV v7 application records "in background" so that you can continue to watch your live TV program, even as the recording progresses. [. . . ] Note: graphics hardware acceleration does not work on all systems. If this setting does not help, or if you experience WinTV not responding after a channel change, then your graphics system cannot use hardware graphics acceleration. Click `Force Primary' then rerun WinTV. "Error code 10" during installation This is caused by a failure to load the WinTV-HVR-950Q drivers. Uninstall the software (as above) and then follow the instructions from page 3. [. . . ]