User manual COMPRO X800 START UP GUIDE

[. . . ] VideoMate X800 PCI TV Tuner Card Start Up Guide Compro Technology, Inc. www. comprousa. com Copyright © 2001-2005. 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. [. . . ] The first time you start ComproPVR, Autoscan will automatically scan for available TV channels. When Autoscan is finished, detected channels are automatically enabled and marked with the green check mark . Channels, where a valid signal could not be detected, are disabled and marked with a blank. Channel Surfing While watching TV, the channel surfing feature displays a 4x4 grid of channel images to give you an overview of available programming. 20 Right-Click Mouse Menu If using mouse to right-click on the TV screen, you can see a menu pop up. There are many useful options for your convenience. Zooming image If you would like to see more details on a certain part of a video image, you can press the mouse right button to drag a zone of the screen. Also you can press the mouse right button and move on the screen to shift the zoomed area of the image. Just click the mouse left button to resume normal mode. Still Frame Capture Click on the capture icon on the control panel or hit the "Space Bar" of the keyboard shortcut to capture an image of the display window. You can see the screen capture dialog as below. 21 Recording ComproPVR is a digital video recorder. ComproPVR can record full-motion video and audio from your video source and save it to your hard disk. ComproPVR supports MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 encoding, which saves disk space while providing high video quality. ComproPVR starts recording the video source currently showing in the display window. Press the Pause button to pause the recording if you like. This is 2. useful to skip recording the commercials. Press the Stop button to stop recording. When you stop recording, ComproPVR prompts you to name the file containing the recorded video. Enter the name and press OK. To playback the recorded file, press the Play button and select the file you wish to view. Scheduled Recording ComproPVR can be scheduled to record a TV program later or remind you of an upcoming program. The schedule can be set for a one-time or a recurring session. You can repeatedly record any regularly scheduled programming. Press the icon to open the Scheduled Recording dialog box. Straight-to-Disc Click on the icon on the control panel. You can see the straight-to-disc dialog as below. 22 Format: Choose the recording format you like. Device: Choose the CD-R or DVD-R device here. Erase Disk: If the disc is re-writable and not empty, you need to erase it first. Start Burning: Press this button to start burning disc. Stop: Press the button on the control panel to stop burning. Cancel: Press this button to exit the dialog. Note If you can't see the icon, please check the following: This feature is only available on Windows XP and 2000. [. . . ] Please update the video and sound card drivers from vendors' web sites. Make sure the driver for motherboard chipset is also up to date. The default drivers supplied with the Windows operating system are usually too old to operate correctly. If you still have problems, please install the latest ComproPVR and driver from our website. [. . . ]