User manual PINNACLE MEDIACENTER

[. . . ] Pinnacle MediaCenter Table Of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Pinnacle MediaCenter / TVCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Pinnacle hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Now you have set the satellites from which you would like to receive audio and video signals. DiSEqC Configuration Activate the A or 1 option in the drop-down menu. What is DiSEqC ? DiSEqC (Digital Satellite Equipment Control) is a data transmission method for controlling complex satellite systems with motors or multiple LNCs. DiSEqC is more flexible than 14/18-Volt and 22 KHz technology that can only transmit 2 switch statuses; in this case, the maximum possible would be a switch between 4 signal streams. DiSEqC is not needed until two or more SAT lines are controlled. This is unnecessary for simple SAT systems. Start channel scan To start the scan, now click the Scan button. 53 Pinnacle MediaCenter Advanced Channel Settings - Modifying Channels After you have performed a scan, you have the option in the Edit Channels menu to change already existing channel lists or individual channels according to your desires or to export channel lists from the Pinnacle MediaCenter: Viewing the Channel and Favorites list In the middle part of the dialog, you will find the channel list containing all the available channels sorted according to various criteria (for instance, All radio stations, All TV channels). In order to list the channels in a specific grouping, click the corresponding entry. Modifying a channel If you would like to edit a channel in the channel list, click the corresponding channel. Now under Channel Details, the station logo (if available) and the channel name as well as further information are displayed. If you click the Edit button after selecting a channel, a dialog appears where you can change the settings for the channels selected: 54 Advanced Settings Note that depending on the channels selected (TV channels or radio stations, analog or digital), only a few to the settings listed as follows can be configured. Adding a channel After clicking the New button, a window opens which displays the channel list where you can add a new channel. 55 Pinnacle MediaCenter Depending on your TV hardware, the settings available in this menu option may vary. In the Select device dialog, for example, select the PCTV Analog PCI analog device and click OK. A dialog appears where you can configure the following settings for the new channel. 56 Advanced Settings Advanced Analog-Digital and Internet Radio Reception Settings Available radio channels Source Here you can select the PCTV hardware installed for radio reception. All the available channels are displayed in the list field which appears underneath. Click the New button to add channels, and click Delete to delete them. My favorite radio channels The current Favorites are displayed in the list field. Click the New button to add a channel to your Favorites list; click Delete to delete them. To organize your radio stations in a Favorites list, follow the same procedure as for creating a Favorites list for your TV channels, as described in the chapter Advanced Channel Settings Overview. Visualisation Here a type of preview called a visualisation is displayed. 57 Pinnacle MediaCenter Channel Details Various parameters for the currently selected radio station are displayed. Click the Edit button to modify the currently selected radio station. Load / save channel lists In the this area, you can use the Load button to import previously created channel lists. Click the Load button to import a channel list. You can also save channel lists. Channel Scan To confirm, click the Start button. Now all of the PCTV hardware variants with radio reception installed on the computer are displayed. Select the PCTV hardware with radio reception for performing the channel scan. The search starts. 58 Advanced Settings Advanced Settings - Program Guide EPG epgData. com Service There are two services available in the Program Guide dialog. The descriptions provided in this chapter focus on the Premium program guide. [. . . ] 1 Pinnacle Web site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 PIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 PIP Selector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]