User manual COMPRO PVR2

[. . . ] 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. Other names and marks are trademarks of their respective owners. Compro makes no warranties with respect to this documentation and disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability, quality, or fitness for any particular purpose. COMPRO reserves the right to make revisions to this publication without obligation to notify any person or entity of any such changes. Compro Technology, Inc. [. . . ] There are 12 and 16 options available. Aspect Ratio Select the display screen aspect ratio, the ratio of screen width to screen height. If you select a standard ratio, i. e. , 4:3 or 16:9, the screen will retain this ratio when you resize it. If you select a Custom, ratio, you can modify the ratio by clicking and dragging the lower-right corner of the ComproPVR display window. Monitor Ratio Select your monitor's ratio of screen width to screen height. If your monitor's ratio is not 4:3, you still can have a full screen of 4:3 ratio by choosing the correct ratio of monitor here. This is very convenience for your viewing. Video Trim When you see the static strip on the top or bottom of screen, you can crop those lines by adjusting the bar. The static strip is called the "green line. " You won't see this line on normal televisions because they do not show you the entire picture. Standard TV sets trim the edges of 26 ComproPVR User Interface the TV picture. ComproPVR, on the other hand, can show you the entire picture, including the "green line. " OSD (On-Screen Display) When you select the checkbox next to enable OSD, channel information such as channel numbers, channel names, and audio quality will be displayed as you switch channels. Also you can customize your own text color, position, and size. Default If you press the default button, all User Interface tab parameters will be set to the application program default value. Language You are welcome to select the language you like for the user interface of ComproDTV here. 27 ComproPVR User's Guide System Devices Options Video Device Please refer the product manual for more information about it. If you don't see the device name here, then you didn't install the device driver properly. Please refer the trouble shooting section in the product manual. 28 ComproPVR User Interface Audio Device ComproPVR automatically detects the audio input devices available in your system. Here, you must select the appropriate audio input devices for your system. Note: You must select the proper Video and Audio devices for correct operation. If you do not see the appropriate Video and Audio devices, the drivers are not properly installed. Please reinstall these drivers and see product manual for more information. TV LIVE Mixer You can choose the audio source for watching live TV programs. The default is set to main volume. Recording Mixer Please refer the product manual for more information about it. Support Before contacting Compro for technical support, please check our FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) on our website. If you click on the E-mail Info button, ComproPVR will attempt to e-mail this information to the Compro Technical Support team. (support@comprousa. com). 29 ComproPVR User's Guide When you contact the Compro Support team about a problem, please write enough details to help us determine the problem. Please also provide the product serial number (19 digits numbers) on the PCI TV tuner card. You can submit your problem in the support form provide by our website. http://comprousa. com/ support/form. htm Notes Check the troubleshooting chapter of in this manual for more information before you submit an email for support. When contacting us, providing the product serial number is important to helping us evaluate the problem. In order to solve the problem quickly, submitting the details about your problem is crucial to understanding the problem. 30 Using ComproPVR 4 Using ComproPVR Watching After installation, just press the ComproPVR button on the remote or mouse click ComproPVR icon on the desk you will be able to watch TV. [. . . ] Availability the of specific Teletext features depends on your local TV broadcasters. 45 ComproPVR User's Guide 46 Troubleshooting 5 Troubleshooting OS requirement ComproPVR 2 has to work on Windows XP / Windows 2000 or above OS. It's recommended to www. WindowsUpdate. com website for the Service Pack update of Microsoft. Driver Installation The most common cause of problems with ComproPVR is incorrect installation of TV Tuner product drivers. If you have problems watching, recording, or timeshifting live TV, please refer the product installation FAQ to check the status of TV Tuner product drivers with Device Manager. Video OK / No Audio If you can view the TV picture but get no audio, you should check the following: Check the Windows Volume Control dialog for muted sound or volume levels that are too low. (Double-click on the speaker icon in the system tray to see the Volume Control dialog. ) If you are using an external audio patch cable, verify that it is connected between the Audio-Out of TV tuner card and Line-In of your sound card and that you selected the audio source to be "Line-In. " If using the internal audio patch cable, check that it is connected between the internal Audio-Out of the TV tuner card and AUX-IN of your sound card and that you selected the audio source to "AUX. " 47 ComproPVR User's Guide Please refer to your hardware installation guides for more information. No audio on the recorded file This may be a result of choosing the wrong record audio source in the System Device in ComproPVR Settings. [. . . ]