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WinTV USB
Installation and
Reference Manual
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Hauppauge!
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® WinTV-USB Installation and Reference Manual Copyright (c) Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. 2000 Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. Telephone: 631-434-1600 91 Cabot Court Fax: 631-434-3198 Hauppauge, NY 11788 Tech Support: 631-434-3197 Hauppauge Computer Works, GmbH Telephone: 02161-694880 Krefelder Straße 673e Fax: 02161-6948815 41061 Mönchengladbach, Germany BBS: 02161-177353 Technical Support: 02161-6948840 Hauppauge Computer Works, Ltd Phone: 0207-378-1997 6 Bank Chambers Fax: 0207-357-9171 Boro
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FCC Statement Radio Interference Statement: The WinTV USB have been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residen- tial installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a par
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Table of Contents WinTV-USB Installation and Reference Manual Revision 4.8 FCC Statement ........................................................................................ CE Statement............................................................................................. Installing the WinTV-USB 1 Installation overview...............................................................................1-1 Board connections .................................................................
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Setting the number of frames per second captured....................................3-3 Preview Video ......................................................................................3-5 Using Audio with WinTV-Capture ......................................................3-5 Suggestions on capturing video ...............................................................3-5 Tips on improving capture performance ..................................................3-7 Teletext Data Reception using
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Trademarks: WinTV and the Hauppauge logo are registered trademarks of Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. Intercast and the Intercast logo are trademarks of Intel Corp. Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows and the Microsoft logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. IBM and PC are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Some WinTV models are manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby," "Pro Logic" and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Labor
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Introduction This manual covers all of the WinTV USB models: WinTV-USB WinTV-USB FM References to the WinTV USB apply to all models. The Windows98 driver for all of the WinTV USB models will be referred to as the WinTV-USB driver, and the installation CD-ROM will be referred to as the WinTV Installation CD-ROM. The WinTV application, which is referred to in this manual as the WinTV application, will show your TV or video in a window on your PC screen. There are two versions: the WinTV32 and the
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Installing the WinTV USB ote: DO NOT PLUG THE WinTV-USB into your PC until your PC has fully booted.. N To install WinTV USB under Windows 98 or 2000, you will follow these steps: Plug the WinTV USB into your PC or laptop’s USB port(After booting intoWindows) Install the drivers with the WinTV USB Installation CD-ROM After the WinTV USB driver is installed, you will then install the WinTV application software from the WinTV Installation CD-ROM Diagram The following diagram shows the main
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WinTV-USB Installation and Reference Manual Contents of the WinTV-USB package. WinTV-USB or WinTV-USB-FM unit 1 meter audio cable - sound cable for connecting between the WinTV-USB and your sound card S-Video to composite adapter FM radio antenna (on WinTV USB-FM models equipped with FM radio) WinTV-USB Warranty registration card WinTV-USB Installation CD-ROM with: WinTV2000 application WinTV driver for Windows98 and Windows2000 Microsoft NetMeeting for video conferencing Installing the WinTV-US
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WinTV-USB Installation and Reference Manual Then plug the WinTV-USB into one of the USB connectors on the back of your PC, not a USB hub or keyboard. Installing the driver under Windows98 or Windows2000 After the WinTV-USB is installed, the Add New Hardware Wizard will appear. Select Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended). Click NEXT. When you see this dialog box, insert the WinTV USB Installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. Select CD-ROM drive and click NEXT. Once the Ha
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WinTV-USB Installation and Reference Manual ote: Be sure to use the exact version of Windows 98 CD- ROM that is installed on your system. If you are using NWindows98 SE, do not use a Windows98 Gold CD-ROM. Also if Plug-n-Play does not correctly load the driver, you may manually load the driver from the WinTV-USB CD-Rom. Open the USB folder and double click the file “USB98.exe” to manually install the driver. Once the driver is finished, you must manually run the SETUP.EXE on the WinTV-USB root d
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WinTV-USB Installation and Reference Manual To connect the audio from your VCR or camcorder, use an 1/8” stereo minijack exten- sion cable (1/8” male minijacks on one end, and RCA onthe other end) and connect the “Audio Output” RCA” on the VCR or camcorder to the Audio Line In jack on the WinTV USB. ote:. If you need a female RCA to 1/8” minijack adapter, these adapters can be found at most Radio Shack stores. N Connecting the WinTV-USB to a Sound Card The board's audio output should be c
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WinTV-USB Installation and Reference Manual The VolumeControl application is started by clicking either: Start/Programs/Accessories/Multimedia/VolumeControl or Start/Programs/Accessories/Entertainment/VolumeControl or Double click the speaker icon in Systray You should see Line-In balance as one of the selections. If not, then click on Options/Properties and under Show the following volume controls check Line-In. Then click OK. You should now see a selection for Line-In. Make sure the Select box
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The WinTV2000 Application Close Mute Source Full screen TV Color/audio configuration Remove toolbar Channel configuration Minimize Click your right mouse Freeze button here to remove toolbars. Click again to restore toolbar. Configure snapshot Snapshot button Snapshot viewer window - Current TV channel or Software remote double click on each video source control “thumbnail” to see image full size 2-1
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WinTV-USB Installation and Reference Manual Watch TV Still frame image mode Motion video capture mode capture mode * Radio* Toolbar Dolby ProLogic On/Off * Full screen Previous TV mode TV image channel Freeze frame size Channel Volume Channel surf indicator Video source level Mute selector Volume up/down Channel Mono / Stereo Suites Channel name indicator * on some model ’s 2-2
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WinTV-USB Installation and Reference Manual Running the WinTV application After installing the WinTV application from the WinTV USB Installation CD-ROM, you will see icons on your Windows background. Start WinTV32 by double clicking on its icon. Once the Application is initialized, you should see the RED light illuminate on the WinTV USB. You can also click on Start/Programs/HauppaugeWinTV and then click on the WinTV32 icon. The first time you run WinTV, you will be asked to scan for TV channel
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WinTV-USB Installation and Reference Manual You can modify the channel names by single clicking on the channel, then clicking Edit. Change the channel name to the name that you would like to have dis- played in the 32 toolbar. Still Frame Image Capture mode You can switch the 32 application into the high quality image capture mode by clicking on the Still Frame Image Capture Mode button on the toolbar. When you click on this button, you will see the Image Capture Toolbar. Click on the Configure
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WinTV-USB Installation and Reference Manual You can capture images up to 1600x1200 pixels. To reduce the effects of motion in the video image, but with lower image resolution, in the Fields Captured option choose 1 (Motion). Motion Video Capture mode You can switch the 32 application into the motion video capture mode by clicking on the Motion Video Capture Mode button on the toolbar (see page 3-1 for its location). To setup for motion image capture, click the 422/YUV button: 2-5
