User manual GENIUS DVBD01

[. . . ] Getting Started 1. 1 Introduction Experience the most convenient and simplest way to watch TV without a subscription fee or cable line!TVGo DVB-D01 also supports HDTV (High Definition TV), which provides you very high TV image quality. With a terrestrial antenna, you can receive free-to-air digital terrestrial TV / Analog TV and listen to free-to-air digital terrestrial radio anywhere at anytime. With the TVGO DVB-D01, you can record and save TV programs directly to your PC's hard disk in original MPEG-2 format and you can even hook it up to your home video entertainment system with the additional AV and s-video input. [. . . ] Click on the speaker icon to mute the audio. 4. 7 Signal Strength Meter The signal strength meter indicates how strong the signal is for the current channel. Green lights indicate good reception, yellow lights indicate fair reception, and red lights indicate poor reception. 13 English 4. 8 Teletext Simply clicking the Tx button opens the Teletext window. Not all TV stations provide Teletext service. Everyday, however, competent editorial offices provide a selection of quickly and easily accessible information, which you can access for free, since it is constantly transferred along with the TV picture via the so-called vertical blanking interval of the picture signal. Surfing through the pages is conveniently easy thanks to the preloaded text tables. Use the arrow buttons (on the software interface, the PC keyboard or the remote control) to navigate from one page to another or enter a page number directly. You can also click a page reference directly to call up its content, practically with no delay. For further information about using Teletext, click on Help at the top right of your screen to read the Help file. 14 English 4. 9 EPG Digital TV stations often broadcast Electronic Program Guide, or EPG information. This information includes information about upcoming programs and their playing times, and can be used to see what shows will be playing later in the day and record them. Click the EPG button to open the EPG window: Click on Update to update the EPG information. Date, start time, duration and program name will appear in the table. Selecting an entry will show extended information about the program (if available). When you choose Customized, you can make a custom setting to record with. You can choose between the following formats: · · · · · NTSC or PAL MPEG-1 NTSC or PAL VCD NTSC or PAL MPEG-2 NTSC or PAL SVCD NTSC or PAL DVD The Profiles. . . button is also available when Customized is selected, and it opens the following screen: Here you can Create a new profile, Modify an existing one, Duplicate a profile, and Remove one or all of the existing profiles. 18 English Create Profile General: Here, enter a name for the profile, and a comment to help identify it. Select MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 to use with the profile. System: Depending on the Mode selected in "General", select what Bitstream mode you want to use with the profile. 19 English Video: Here, choose the VideoFormat, the output size, and the Bit Rate you wish to use. When you click on Advanced, another window will open where you can select the Frame Rate, the Encoder level and whether the recording should be Inverted, Deinterlaced and/or Off Line. Audio: Here you can choose the Bit Rate, Sample Rate, and how many Channels to use for recorded audio. (1=mono, 2=stereo) Record ­ SYSTEM By selecting SYSTEM in the Record Setting window, you can access the codecs already installed in your system. Depending on the codec, you can access the properties of the codec, and modify their settings by clicking on the Property button (not available with all codecs). You can download free codecs from the Internet, such as DivX from www. divx. com. For codecs support, please contact the codec manufacturer or search the Internet. 20 English 5. 2. 3 Directory Settings Follow the directions in section 5. 1. 1 Directory Settings. 5. 2. 4 Schedule Recording Here you find programs scheduled to be recorded. Please refer to Chapter 6. 3 for a description how to use the Scheduled Recording. 5. 2. 5 TV Setting Here you can adjust some analog TV settings. Select your country and TV standard to get proper reception in your area. [. . . ] 9. Source: Switch between the different sources. (DVB -> TV -> AV-In -> S-Video) Full Screen: Switch between full screen and windowed viewing modes Record/Stop: Starts and stops the recording of the current program. Rewind: Rewinds current TimeShift or recorded video. TimeShift: Starts and pauses the TimeShifting of the current program. [. . . ]