User manual MIGLIA TVMINI

[. . . ] TVMini+ allows you to watch and record digital (DVB-T, Freeview) and analogue TV and as well as capture video on your Mac. TVMini+ has been designed from the ground up for your Mac. System requirements: · Mac with built-in USB 2. 0 connectivity · G5 or Intel processor · 512 MB of RAM · Mac OS X 10. 4. x or 10. 5. x · QuickTime 7 Package contents · TVMini+ · Infrared Remote Control · CD-ROM with MigliaTV software and installation guide · Portable digital antenna · Video capture cable · USB 2. 0 extension cable · Warranty card · QuickStart Guide User Guide Overview This User Guide will guide you through the TVMini+ installation as well as explain as certain hardware specific functions. The full MigliaTV user guide for the software functions is available on the CD-ROM that ships with TVMini+ or via download from the Miglia website. Technical Support Should you ever have any questions regarding your product, please do not hesitate to contact Miglia. [. . . ] If you wish to capture video footage from a Camcorder, VCR or DVD-Player, a connection with Composite or SVideo is recommended over the coaxial input tuned to a certain channel. The diagram below shows a connection via Composite. Audio Composite 3. S-Video Connection For digital TV subscribers and users wishing to capture video from an analogue source, an S-Video connection is strongly recommended as it will usually give you a higher picture quality compared to Composite. Note that S-Video do not carry audio signals, but only video signals. Using the left/right audio connectors and cables is necessary. The diagram below shows a connection via S-Video Audio S-Video TVMini+TM User Guide Page 6 I. Insert the CD-ROM that ships with your product into the CD/DVD drive of your Mac Double-click on the `'Install MigliaTV" icon to launch the installer. Select the startup drive of your choice and click on `Install'. Note that you will be asked for your administrator password when performing the installation. Note: The administrator password is your Mac OS X password that you selected when you first ran Mac OS X. Once the installation process is finished, quit the installer The MigliaTV folder will be located in the `Applications' folder of the volume containing your system software. 4. 5. TVMini+ Hardware Guide Page 7 Compression Settings for TVMini+ TVMini+TM User Guide Page 8 Compression Settings TVMini+ saves digital TV straight to your hard drive, without changing the quality in any way. What is broadcast is what you get on your hard drive. For analogue TV, TVMini+ uses a high quality MPEG-2 software compressor to deliver files that can be easily burnt to DVD (without conversion) or exported to an iPod, iPhone, AppleTV (with conversion) The Quality slider lets you adjust the bitrate of the MPEG-2 file you are going to record to your hard drive. The higher the bitrate, the better the picture quality and the larger the file size. If hard drive space is not an issue for you, move the slider to 100%. The Quality slider does not affect digital recordings. TVMini+TM User Guide Page 9 TVMini+ Remote Control TVMini+ Hardware Guide Page 10 Remote Control Key assignation 1: Open/Close TV window 2: Record 3 - 11, 13: Numeral keys. Enters a channel number directly 12: Switch to last channel watched 14: Reserved 15: Reserved 16: Channel UP 17: Toggles the video input (Tuner, Composite, S-Video) 18: Volume down 19: Reserved 20: Volume UP 21: Reserved 22: Channel down 23: Reserved 24: Rewind live TV 25: Pause/Resume live TV 26: Skip forward live TV 27: Go back to beginning of TV buffer 28: Go to live feed 29: Toggles audio channel (if program is bilingual) 30: Reserved 31: Reserved 32: Reserved 33: Toggle full screen/window mode 34: Mute A reserved key will not have any effect when pressed. This type of key will be enabled in future releases of the software as the featureset grows. TVMini+ Hardware Guide Page 11 Warranty Agreement Hardware Products: HDMI Ltd warrants your hardware product against any defect in material and workmanship, under normal use, for the designated warranty period. The warranty becomes effective from the date of purchase by the end user. [. . . ] To obtain warranty service, after 30 days of the date of purchase contact Miglia's Technical Support Service. A proof of purchase will be required to confirm that the product is still under warranty. Should Miglia's Technical Support diagnose a fault on your product, a Return to Manufacturer Authorisation (RMA) number will be issued to you. All products returned to HDMI Ltd must be securely packaged in their original box and shipped at the customer's cost inclusive of any requested documentation. [. . . ]