User manual COMPRO S500 START UP GUIDE

[. . . ] VideoMate S500 DVB-S USB 2. 0 TV Tuner Box Start Up Guide Compro Technology, Inc. www. comprousa. com Copyright © 2001-2008. No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of Compro Technology, Inc. Compro, VideoMate, Poladyne, Play with Power, and the Compro logo are trademarks of Compro Technology, Inc. [. . . ] You will need to know some information on the transponder that you wish to scan first. Scan the specific frequency ONLY This scanning mode will specifically scan a frequency; usually used when the signal is weak and has been lost during other type of scanning mode. LNB Settings This settings need to follow the instruction from the Satellite's LNB spec. If you already have other working device that can receive the signal from the satellite (i. e. Set-Top Box) you may refer the settings for that device. If you still have problem with LNB settings, please contact your satellite dish provider for correct information. DiSEqC1. 2 motor control setting Compro S500 supports DiSEqC 1. 2 version. If you have installed motor that compatible to DiSEqC, it may aim to different satellite to receive different satellite's channels. 11 3. 2 ports 22KHz switch / 2 ports mini DiSEqC switch / 4 ports DiSEqC1. 0 switch / 4 ports DiSEqC1. 2 switch These four settings are similar to Single mentioned above. The difference is these four settings have connected the LNB to the TV Box through a switch. Please refer to the picture in each setting to confirm which switch you are using, and then continue with the advance settings. Each of these mode will have 2~4 tabs to switch between different satellites (i. e. under "4 ports DiSEqC1. 2 switch" will have Port S1, Port S2, Port S3, and Port S4 tab) Note Compro S500 supports up to 4 ports DiSEqC switch. Before using auto scan, you may need to confirm the LNB connection and settings are correctly setup. After channel scanning, ComproDTV will receive the correspondent channels of the satellite. For information on above settings, please refer to your satellite installer. Please always press "Apply" before using "Autoscan" and "DiSEqC motor control". 12 Channel Display Pull-down list Select all satellite TV channels or specific satellite TV only Free to Air Only Free-to-Air channels Radio Only radio channels Scrambled Only scrambled channels Note After one of above selection made, only the selected list will be used by the channel up/down buttons on the control panel. Channel Naming You can customize the channel names by double-click on the Description field of the channel you wish to rename. For digital TV channels, you can do more changes on the channel's property by right-click the mouse on the Description field of the channel for edit. Set Mem+ During the Autoscan process, ComproDTV automatically detects and enables channels with a valid signal. By default, every available channel will be enabled and marked with the green icon. However, you can shorten the list of enabled channels to reduce channel-browsing time. Customize your list by enabling or disabling channels from the channel list by clicking on the green icon. Disabled channels will not be shown when you use the channel Up and Down or channel surfing functions. 13 Set Lock (Parental Control) By default, ComproDTV lets you access all available channels. A Parental Control feature allows you to restrict the viewing of certain channels altogether or during limited times. [. . . ] Reinstalling the drivers should fix this problem. 20 The recorded file from VCR has no sound? Please plug VCR Composite video cable (yellow) into TV Box yellow connector. Composite Audio needs to connect to the Line-In port of your sound Box. You have to buy a converter (see the right) to transfer Composite Audio cable (red one and white one) into stereo. Choose Line-In to be your Recording Mixer in the Device System in Settings of ComrpoDTV. How can I record as a different video format? Digital program is a fixed MPEG-II format file already. [. . . ]