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    English W at c h a nd R e co r d TV sh o ws o n C D o r D VD Hardware User's Guide Instant T V Deluxe USB Instant T V Deluxe USB ADS T ech website: www.adstech.com Support: www.adstech.com/suppor t/support .asp[...]

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    page 3 T able of Contents © 2004 ADS T echnologies. All Rights Reserved Revision 4 March 2004 Apple and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, & Windows 98 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. IBM is a registered trademark of the International Business Machines, Inc. ADS is a registered t[...]

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    page 4 page 5 Quick Installation Guide: This Quick Installation Guide should be used as a reference guide only . It is highly recommended that you read the complete Instant TV Deluxe Manual before using this product to help ensure you get the most of your Instant TV Deluxe. Follow these instructions when using the Instant TV Deluxe for the rst t[...]

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    page 4 page 5 Step by Step Driver Installation: Step 1: Insert the Instant TV Deluxe CD into your CD ROM drive, then plug the USB cable from the Instant TV Deluxe to an open USB port on the back. Step 2: After plugging in the USB Instant TV Deluxe into an open USB port on the back of your computer , the “Found New Hardware Wizard” will come up,[...]

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    page 6 page 7 IR Blaster The IR Blaster is an infra-red transmitter and receiver . As an IR Receiver the IR Blaster acts as a receiver for the Instant TV Deluxe remote control. As an IR Blaster the device gives you the power to control external TV receiver devices. The IR Blaster is a very powerful addition to a TV Capture card. T oday many people [...]

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    page 6 page 7 IR Blaster and the Instant T V Deluxe Remote Once you have programmed the IR Blaster to send TV channel changing codes to your set top box, you can use the Instant TV Remote in conjunction with the IR Blaster to control your set top box. 1) Point the Instant TV Deluxe remote at the IR Blaster – press 4 and Enter – the IR Blaster w[...]

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    page 8 page 9 Step 3: Y ou are now nished with the hardware driver install of the ADS IR Blaster , click “Finish” to nalize the installation. This USB device creates a wireless, infrared connection between your cable box or satellite receiver and the PC running Beyond TV . The USB IR Blaster ,” allows any USB-equipped PC to exchange inf[...]

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    page 8 page 9 Step One: Open Capture Wizard (Cap Wiz .) Click the Cap Wiz icon on your Desktop Or Click “Start” -> “Programs” -> “ADS T ech Instant TV Deluxe” and click on “Capwiz” Choose worldwide video standard based on country – For Users in North America, you will select NTSC. For Users in Europe and many other countries[...]

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    page 10 page 1 1 Menu Options File Name Auto-Naming/ Unique Name Playback List Box Status Indicator Application Links Record/Play Controls Application Links Record/Play Controls Status Indicator Ready Now you are ready to start viewing and capturing video. Y ou will need to start your camcorder or VCR playing. Press Play on your video source (VCR, [...]

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    page 10 page 1 1 Ways to begin Recording 1. Y ou can start recording from the Stop or idle status in CapWiz or while you are previewing video. 2. Click the red record( ● ) button to begin recording at any time. 3. T o Stop recording, Click the “Stop” ( ■ ) button or the “esc” key on your keyboard. 4. The video will be displayed in the r[...]

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    page 12 page 13 Channel Number pad – Y ou can click the number pad to change channels. Click the TV channel you want to watch, and then click Enter . Mute – Click the Mute button to mute audio Jump – The Jump button lets you toggle between TV channels. Click Jump and you will tune to the previously tuned station. Close Remote – Click the X [...]

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    page 12 page 13 Playback List Box The Playback list box shows the le names of your video captures. This list will match the directory location you selected in the Capture Wizard screens. If you are unsure of the location you selected, run the Wizard again. Browse : The Browse button will allow you to browse to other le directories or hard dri[...]

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    page 14 page 15 CapWiz Direct to Disc Direct to Disc Wizard Overview Capture Direct to Optical Disc: CapWiz now includes the ability to capture directly to VCD, SVCD or DVD disc . Burn an MPEG le to Optical Disc: Y ou can also load a previously captured MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video le and burn to disc. Y ou can select and burn a single video le [...]

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    page 14 page 15 What is Single Session? Single Session means that once you have recorded to the disc, the disc cannot be appended or added to. Y ou can record only one time to a disc, one home movie one video capture session. Y ou can only record video to a blank disc. If there is existing video content or some other type of le on the disc, you [...]

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    page 16 page 17 Clicking the Direct to Disc button launches the Direct to Disc (DTD) Wizard. The DTD Wizard can be launched while CapWiz is idle (no video preview) or wheil video is being previewed. Y ou cannot start the DTD Wizard while you are recording to the hard drive or if you are playing back a previously recorded video le. Splash Screen:[...]

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    page 16 page 17 These settings over-ride any capture setting you have previously selected in CapWiz. However , If you choose “Custom” - the DTD Wizard will use the custom capture settings you have selected in CapWiz. Select Disc Drive: If you have more than one Optical drive you can select the drive you want to use for disc burning. The DTD Wiz[...]

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    page 18 page 19 Error Proof : if you select a drive with a CD-R inside the video format will automatically change to the best video format for this media, which would be SVCD. Y ou cannot capture DVD to a CD-R disc. Y ou cannot capture VCD to a DVD disc. These are formats that are incompatible with the media type and we don’t want you to make a m[...]

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    page 18 page 19 Y ou can also click the Stop button on CapWiz or press the Escape key (ESC) on your keyboard to stop recording at any time. Please BE A W ARE that if or when you stop recording, the disc will be nalized and you will have a CD or DVD with a background menu and a video le recorded on the disc even if you stop capture after a few[...]

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    page 20 page 21 Click the Record to Disc button to begin the recording process. Before actual direct to disc recording can take place, the CD-R or DVD disc must be initialized. The initialization process can take from a couple of seconds or up to a minute depending upon your disc drive and media type. When you click the Record to Disc button you wi[...]

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    page 20 page 21 Menu Options This section will describe all settings and choices for all of the menu options along the top of the CapWiz Interface. • Video Inputs/Outputs: This dialog box allows you to quickly change your video input choices. Here you can choose be twe en RCA , S -v ide o The se se tti ngs ca n als o b e c han ge d b y r unn ing [...]

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    page 22 page 23 Home Theatre Prole – 640 x 480 resolution - T o capture DivX les in the Home Theatre prole your PC needs to have a CPU speed of 2.4 GHz or faster . If your CPU does not meet this requirement, you will not be able to capture DivX at the higher resolution. If your system meets the minimum requirement you should be able to c[...]

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    page 22 page 23 Video Bit Rate: Y ou will notice that you have the ability to select a video capture rate of up to 15 Mb/sec. Y ou will also notice that any bit rate over 9 Mb/sec. is red in color . This is because any bit rate above 9 Mb/sec. is not supported by DVD players and DVD burners. We allow you to capture at higher rates because some user[...]

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    page 24 page 25 Format Video Bit Rates Audio Bit Rates VCD 1.15 Mb/sec. 224 kbits/sec. SVCD 1.5 Mb/sec. - 2.5 Mb/sec. 128-384 kbits/sec. DVD 2 Mb/sec. – 5 Mb/sec. 192 – 448 kbits/sec. Audio Bit Rates The audio format is always compressed in MPEG-1 Layer 2 audio. CapWiz also automatically sets the audio sampling rate to 44.1 Khz for VCD and SVCD[...]

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    page 24 page 25 determine if you want to preview with de-interlacing enabled or disabled. Setting Custom Capture Settings 1) Click Custom Settings button 2) When the custom settings dialog box opens, make your selections. 3) Click OK to save 4) Click “Use Custom Format” to capture with the settings selected. • Brightness/Color Here you can ma[...]

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    page 26 page 27 Playback… This will allow you to playback captured video at any standard playback resolution regardless of the capture resolution: 1) Click Options at the top of the screen. 2) Click Advanced 3) Click Playback Options 4) Select the desired playback resolution. 5) if you select Full Screen, then you can manually drag the playback w[...]

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    page 26 page 27 Record Duration Y ou can set a time limit for your recording. If you know you want to record for exactly 1 hour , you can set the record duration, hours, minutes and seconds exactly . Start recording and walk away knowing that the recording will stop at the time limit you determine. Y ou can use Record delay and Record duration in c[...]

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    page 28 Serv ice and W arra nty: If yo u req uire a ssist ance w ith th e ins tallat ion, operat ion, o r app licati on of your ADS T echnolo gies, Inc. p roduc t ther e are sever al opt ions avail able to you as d escrib ed in the t echnic al su pport sectio n of this m anual . Y our p rimar y sour ce fo r info rmatio n and assis tance is alway s [...]

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    page 28 ADS T ech T echnical Suppor t - 5 6 2 . 9 2 6 . 4 3 3 8 Nor th America Suppor t Hour s: Mon-Fri: 8am - 5pm, PST Suppor t: www .adstech.com/support/support.asp ww w .a ds te ch .c om E u r op ea n T e c h ni ca l S u p p or t: + 3 5 3 . 61 .7 0 2 0 4 2 If you have any problems or questions on this product, please call: Ph o ne : 5 62 -9 2 6-[...]