User manual HAUPPAUGE WINTV-USB2

[. . . ] Hauppauge! ® WinTV-USB2 Quick Installation Guide for Windows XP Note: DO NOT Install the WINTV-USB2 until Windows has booted. Note: WinTV-USB2 will not work on a USB 1. 1 port. Step 3: Install the WinTV-USB2 driver for WindowsXP 3-1 After the WinTV-USB2 is plugged into a USB2 port, the Found New Hardware Wizard will appear. Insert the WinTVUSB2 Windows Installation CDROM into your CD-ROM drive. If your PC has Automatic Updates turned on, you will be asked Can Windows connect to Windows update? [. . . ] With SoftPVR, you can only Play and Pause your videos. File Button: Clicking the File button opens the File menu. The last file recorded is listed in the File name box. In the File menu you can: Rename your recorded video file, Play a video file previously recorded, Delete recorded video files. WinTV-Scheduler WinTV-Scheduler allows you to schedule the recording of TV shows. WinTV-Scheduler, once it is set, can be closed, and the WinTV application will "wake up" at the desired time and tuned to the desired channel. It will also start recording using SoftPVR. After installation, WinTV-Scheduler can be found on your desktop. WinTV-Scheduler can also be run by clicking Start/Programs/Hauppauge WinTV/Scheduler. WinTV-Scheduler works by using the Windows Task Scheduler to launch WinTV at the chosen time. WinTV-Scheduler sets up a command line in Task Scheduler to run WinTV2000, specifying a TV channel and a length of time to record. At the scheduled time, WinTV2000 will open, and the record menu will roll down and start recording. To set up a scheduled recording, run WinTV-Scheduler and click on the Add Program. The items that need to be set for each event are: Time to Begin Program Time to End Program Program Period: one time, daily, weekly Date to Begin Program: todays date is the default. Change this if you want to schedule on another date. Source selection: leave set at WinTV2000 to bring up the WinTV at the requested time and on the requested channel. Channel selection: chose one of your scanned channels. Recording options: click on Record to File to record your show. You can also name your file to record, in the dialog box below. Quick Troubleshooting Guide Problem: Error message when running WinTV2000 If you receive any of the following error messages, your VGA card does not support Overlay Mode. Run Primary. EXE from the WinTV directory, selecting Primary surface mode: Black screen (no video image) Excessively slow and/or pixelated TV image Error message: "Connecting Preview Pin Direct to Overlay Mixer" Note that if Overlay mode is selected, no live video is displayed during video capture or video streaming (video streaming is used by some Videoconferencing and Video Mail applications). If you receive any of the following error messages, your WinTV-USB2 driver was not loaded correctly: "Error: Cannot Locate Capture Filter (Hauppauge WinTV capture)" "Cannot build filter graph" "Error: connecting VCap and HCWcapt filters" "Error: preview pin direct to overlay mixer" To fix this problem, run HCWCLEAR. EXE which can be found on your WinTV-USB2 Installation CD-ROM. Then unplug the WinTV-USB2 device and reboot your PC. After reboot, plug in the WinTV-USB2 device. [. . . ] You can also click Page 5 Remote control when playing video recordings Skip ahead button: skips ahead in the video 30 seconds per click. Holding the skip ahead button will autorepeat, and advances the video about 5 minutes per 10 seconds the button is depressed. Skip back button: skips back 30 seconds per click. pressing and holding the Skip back button makes the video go back about 5 minutes for 10 seconds the button is depressed. [. . . ]