AVerMedia A815M manual

AVerTV for Mac User Manual Ve r s i o n 2 . 1 2009-05-15[...]

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A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual i T able of Contents T able of Contents .............................................................................................................. .................... i 0 Introduction ................................................................................................................... ..........[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual ii TV W i ndow Controlling .......................................................................................................... .. 26 2 Other Layout Controlling in W indow Menu ...................................................................... 26 W indow Size Setting .....................................[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 1 Introduction Thanks for purchasing A V erTV for Mac !! This powerful application allows you to watch TV , listen to the radio, create slide shows, record favorite programs and enjoy various features on your Mac. With our easy- to-use remote control, you will discover more fun from your Mac. T urning your compute[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 2 System Requirement s System requirements are described in det ail bel ow . Before using A V er TV for Mac, make sure your Mac meets all t he requirements addressed below . z Processor: Macintosh ® computer with a Intel Core ® processor For watching MPEG-2 HDTV : Macintosh ® computer with a Intel Core Duo proc[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 3 Running A V erTV for Mac for the First T ime Go to the folder where the A V erTV for Mac was installed and double-click on the A V erTV icon, the A V erTV for Mac will be launched. When you run the A V erTV for Mac for the fi rst time, the “Media Bo x” will automatically appear . 1. From the Country drop-dow[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 4 4. If you want to terminate the s earching process, just click St o p . 5. After scanning, new active channels/program s will be memorized and listed in the right pane of the dialog box. 6. Close the “Media Box” windo w and the TV window will appear .[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 5 Introducing the User Interface There are 3 types of control panel: Horiz ont al, V ertical and Combined. Y ou can click on Select Control Panel from the Window menu to select. Combined 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 11 1. Mute S t atus 2. Vo l u m e 3. Ti me Info 4. Snapshot 5. Ti m e S h i f t 6. Record 7. Pause 8. Pl[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 6 Horizont al and V e rtical 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 4 5 6 1 2 3 7 8 9 1 2 3 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 4 5 6 7 8 9 1. Power 2. Open Playlist 3. Mute S t atus 4. Play Previous File 5. Channel Info 6. Play Ne xt File 7. Current time 8. Snapshot 9. Vo l u m e 10. Ti m e S h i f t 11. Record 12. Pause 13. Play 14. S top 15. C[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 7 On Screen Menu A V erTV offers you an alter native operating method, press MENU button on the Apple Remote to display the on screen menu. Use + and - buttons to move the selection and button to enter the submenu, button to exit the submenu. Press button to execute the selection or enter the submenu (if available[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 8 Signal Source Enter the Signal Source submenu to switch between available signal sources. Window Enter the Window submenu to adjust the image size to full screen, adju st the image with keep aspect ratio, or enable the overscan function. Quick A V erTV for Mac Close the A V erTV application. TV Scanning Channels[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 9 5. If you want to terminate the s earching process, just click St o p . 6. After scanning, new active channels/programs will be memorized and list ed in the left pane of the dialog box. 7. Close the “Media Box” windo w and the TV window will appear .[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 10 The application comes with a default frequency table; therefore, the application will use this table to search for active channels/programs. button contains more function: Rename: T o change the selected channel name. Reset Channel Number: T o change the selected channel number Manual Add Channel: T o add a cha[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 11 Scanning Channels (for Advanced Users) All Frequencies Scan We recommend using the All Channel Scan function first. If t here are channels missing after you perform All Channels Scan , use All Frequencies Scan function and repeat the searching process. 1. Go to Program Manager . 2. From the Country drop-down me[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 12 5. If you want to terminate the s earching process, just click St o p . 6. After scanning, new active channels/programs will be memorized and list ed in the left pane of the dialog box. 7. Close the “Media Box” windo w and the TV window will appear .[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 13 If an alert about removing action shown on the screen, it means to execute the scanning process will replace the existing program list. Click OK to continue or click Cancel to stop the rescanning. Manual Add Channel If you already know a particular ch annel number for your local transmitter , use Manual Add Cha[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 14 4. Click Ad d to save the scanned channel. 5. Click OK to exit the window .[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 15 W atch TV Use control panel or menu to control TV watching. Operate by Control p anel 1. Use Channel Down and Channel Up buttons to go to the next lower or upper active channel. Operate by Control menu   P P r r e e v v i i o o u u s s C C h h a a n n n n e e l l Go to the next lower active channel.  ?[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 16 Channel Preview The Channel Preview function can display 4, 9 or 16 consecutive TV channels on-screen at the same time. Y ou can see clearly which TV programs are currently showing on these channels. T o display a channel on the TV Monitor window , select any one of the channels on-screen and double-click on th[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 17 Ti m e S h i ft The T imeShift function performs background recording of a TV/Radio program, and lets you return and watch any part of the recorded program. At the same time, the live TV/Radio program continues to be recorded and played back so you won’t miss any part of the show . Y ou can also advance forwa[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 18 4. In the TimeShif t Buffer Size section, you can determine the buffer size. The default value is 2000MB, and the minimum size is 200MB.[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 19 Using the EPG Function Electronic Program Guide (EPG) is a service that allows you to check the succeeding program schedule and even the pr ogram schedules of the whole week. If the EPG service is provided in your region/country , simply click the EPG button in the Preference pan e, or point to menu File>Ope[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 20 The program time data will be automati cally set. Input the schedule name in Ti t le , select the action in Function and Af ter Scheduled option and click OK . If you want to download the late st program schedule, click the button and select Up date EPG button.[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 21 Fine T uning Color of the Display If the color or picture qualit y of the TV displays needs to be adjusted, please do the followings. 1. Click Quality icon in the Preference pane.[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 22 2. Then you can adjust the Brightness , Contrast, Hue and Saturation with sliders until you get an accurate color . 3. If you want to revert to default settings, just click Set Default s button. V ideo Optimizer Y ou can use Video Optimizer function to make your video clearer and sharper , and at the same time [...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 23 The SDTV setting will be applied when you turn to SDTV channels, and the HDTV setting will be applied when you switch to HDTV channels. Using the OverScan function On some broadcast channels, you might see dist orted lines or black spaces on the top, sides, or bottom of the screen. These video artifa ct s devic[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 24 Adjusting V olume On the Control Panel, click and drag your mouse over the Vo l u m e meter in the control panel to increase or decrease the volume level. Point to menu Audio>V olume Up to increase the volume leve l. Or point to menu Audio >V olume Down to decrease the volume level. Point to menu Audio>[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 25 background color to T ransparent, Semitransparent or Op aque, click the drop-down menu in T eletext Background and Closed Caption Background section. Changing Display Aspect Ratio Aspect ratio indicates the ratio of the width of an image to its height. T o switch the aspect ratio of the display , do the followi[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 26 TV Window Controlling Y ou can minimize the A V erAP window to the dock/unhide the A V erTV for Mac window , hide all other application windows expect A V erTV for Mac or close A V erTV for Mac application from the A V erTV menu.   H H i i d d e e A A V V e e r r T T V V f f o o r r M M a a c c Minimize t[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 27   S S e e l l e e c c t t C C o o n n t t r r o o l l P P a a n n e e l l S S t t y y l l e e Select a control panel type you like, Horizontal, V ertical or Combined.[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 28 Window Size Setting There are 4 window size options: Half Size, Source Size, Max Size and Full Screen. Point to the menu Vie w then select a size you want.   H H a a l l f f S S i i z z e e   S S o o u u r r c c e e S S i i z z e e   M M a a x x S S i i z z e e   F F u u l l l l S S c c [...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 29 Personal V ideo Recorder Y ou can use your Mac as a personal video reco rder , and record your favorite TV programs or capture video from an external source into your hard drive. Besides, you can also divide the recording files in proper sizes to facilitat e burning onto removable optical media, such as CD-R an[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 30 3. Determine the File Location destination folder . Click Change to choose a folder y ou want. 4. The Duration option allows you to specify a reco rding duration; ot herwise the system will record the largest clip that your hard drive can accommodate. 5. This applic ation allows you to divide the recording file[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 31 Recording Format settings 1. T o setting the recording format settings, click the Record icon in the Preference pane. 2. From the Record Format drop-down menu, determine the video file format you wish to use for saving the recorded video file. Format Information: File Format Description Auto Record the current [...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 32 Schedule Recording The Schedule allows you to create a list of preset schedules for watching and recording your favorite TV/Radio programs. Y ou can se t the day and time to record the TV/Radio program and specify the length of recording. T o open the recording schedule to add a new recording or activate the sc[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 33 2. The following dialog box will then appear: 3. T ype the desired name in the Tit l e text box. 4. From the Function drop-down menu. z Select W atch TV to watch a TV program or listen to a radio broadcast. z Otherwise, select Record to save a TV/Radio program fo r future viewing/listening. 5. In the After Reco[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 34 z Choose Weekly to perform schedule every week , at a preset day and time. z Choose Weekend to perform schedule every weekend, at a preset day and time. z Choose Custom to select the days you want, at a preset day and time. 8. If you choose W atch TV in step 4, click OK to complete the settings. If you choose R[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 35 Playing the Recorded Programs Each TV/Radio program that you recorded will be saved in the assigned destination folder . Y ou can find the file list in PlayList . T o play back the recorded files: 1. Click the Play button in the control panel to playback. 2. Use and buttons to playback the previous and next fil[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 36   P P l l a a y y b b a a c c k k Play back recorded video files.   C C o o n n t t i i n n u u e e / / P P a a u u s s e e Play/Pause (for playback, recording, and T imeShif t).   S S t t o o p p S top the playback, recording, T imeShift, or C hannel Preview . Exit full screen back to normal [...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 37 If you want to open or customize the playlist, do the following: 1. Point to menu File>Open Playlist to open the playlist. OR 1 1 . . Click Playlist icon in the Media Box . 2 2 . . Click button to play back the selected files. 3 3 . . Click button to add a supported media file into the playlist. 4 4 . . Clic[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 38 Y ou can change the size of the file ic on by dragging the slider bar under the window . button contains more function: Rename: T o change the selected file name. Show in Finder: Use Finder to open th e folder where the file located. Setting Playback Repeat Mode T o set the repeat mode for playback recorded fil[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 39 Adjusting the seeking interval time Y ou can set the jump interval seconds to ba ckward or forward. The minimum value is 10 seconds and the maximum value is 60 seconds. Picture-in-Picture Display With the picture-in-picture wi ndow feature, y ou will be able to play back recorded video files, and at the same ti[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 40 T op-right Corner Display the PIP window on the top- right corner Bottom-right Corner Display the PIP window on the bottom-right corner Free Resize the PIP window and sepa rate it from the main window By default, you will be able to play back recor ded video files on the main window , and at the same time, watc[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 41 Multiple Image Sequence Capture T o capture a continuous sequenc e of images, do the following: 1. Click the Snapshot icon in the Preference pane. 2. Select the Export to iPhoto checkbox to save the captured image file to the assigned location and export to the iPhoto. 3. From the File Format drop-down menu, se[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 42 Click Custom button in the File Name Format section to custom the capture file name, you can preview the file name format from the Preview section.[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 43 Other Settings Setting the W ay to Launch A V erTV for Mac Y ou can set to launch A V erTV for Mac by pl ugging device or holding the Menu button of Apple Remote. 1. Click the General icon in the Preference pane. 2. If you want to launch A V erTV for Mac ever y time when you plug the device, check the When a de[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 44 2. Select the Sleep mode you want to use in the System Sleep Setting section. 3. After selected the desired sleep mode, then choose an execution time.[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 45 4. Point to the menu Control>System Sleep T urn On. For details, please see the description below . T ime setting mode Description Now Y our computer will go into the selected mode in about 10 seconds. 30/60/90/120 Minutes Y our computer will go into the selected mode in 30/60/90/120 minutes. If you want to [...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 46 Customer Support If you need to find more supporting informati on, you can link to the local A V erMedia webpage. 3. Point to menu A V erTV>Link T o . 4. Select Product Information to link to the web p age about product information or select T echnical Support to open the support webpage. Please make sure th[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 47   T T u u r r n n O O n n / / T T u u r r n n O O f f f f If T eletext is not selected, click T urn On to view the T eletext information.   R R e e v v e e a a l l Select the Reveal to reveal a hidden answer .   L L o o c c k k Lock the current subpage. The upcoming trans mitted sub p ages wil[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 48   P P r r e e v v i i o o u u s s P P a a g g e e Switch to the previous subpage.   N N e e x x t t P P a a g g e e Switch to the next subpage.   P P r r e e v v i i o o u u s s S S u u b b p p a a g g e e Switch to the previous sub page.   N N e e x x t t S S u u b b p p a a g g e e Swi[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 49   F F l l o o a a t t i i n n g g W W i i n n d d o o w w m m o o d d e e : : T o open a new T eletext window , point to V iew>T eletext>T urn On. Retrieve the previous page in the history list. The command is usable after one or more back step s in the history list. Move a page forward in the histo[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 50 Switch to the previous page. Switch to the next page. Switch to the previous sub page. Switch to the next sub page. S top refreshing data. Search the keyword in the T eletext content.   O O v v e e r r l l a a y y m m o o d d e e : : In Overlay mode, T eletext windo w will overlay on the TV monitor . T o [...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 51   T T r r a a n n s s p p a a r r e e n n t t   S S e e m m i i t t r r a a n n s s p p a a r r e e n n t t   o o p p a a q q u u e e[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 52 Closed Caption & Subtitle Closed Caption & Subt itle are systems to display text on a television. A V erT V for Mac supports both of them. T o enable Closed Capt ion function: 1. Point to the menu View>Closed Caption. 2. Select Tu r n O n to display the Closed Caption information. 3. Select desired C[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 53 Use Apple Remote to control A V erTV If the A V erTV for Mac is not launc hed, you can hold the Apple remote MENU button to launch the A V erTV for MAC. MENU 1 2 3 4 5 6 Preview On Screen Menu T imeshif t T eletext Overlay Mode Playback 1 V olume up Move the selection up X X X 2 Play or pause Enter or execute t[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 54 Hot keys The following is the default definition: Hot Key Description A V erTV Preference Hide A V erAP Hide Others Quit A V erTV File Add schedule Open Playlist Open Program management Open Schedule Close Window Open On Screen Menu Vie w Half Size Source Size Max Size Full Screen Source>Next Source Closed C[...]

A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 55 Sub Volume Mute Next Audio Channel Control Snapshot Record Pause Sp ace S top Forward Backward Playback Play Next File Play Previous file Next Channel Previous Channel Channel Loop Channels Preview>Open/Close Window Hide Control Panel Select Control Panel>Horizontal Panel Select Control Panel>V ertical[...]