AVerMedia Technologies 1500 MCE manual

UltraTV 1500 MCE User’s Manual -English-[...]

Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2 Introducing the UltraTV Application .............................................................................. 2 Launching the UltraT V Application ..........................[...]

Toolbar Buttons ......................................................................................................................................................... 23 LED Lamp ................................................................................................................................................................... 24 U[...]

Adding Schedules ................................................................................................................................................... 49 Chapter 10 Hot Keys ....................................................................................................................... 52 Chapter 11 Customer Service ...........[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction -1- Chapter 1 Introduction Convert your computer system into a re al multimedia entertainment center with AVerMedia ® UltraTV series ! Now you can watch television, video conference , and capture still images and video on your PC. If you purchased UltraTV card with FM capability, you can also liste n to FM radio. Surely, you[...]

Chapter 2 Introducing the UltraTV Application -2- Chapter 2 Introducing the UltraTV Application The UltraTV application allows you to watch TV or video, record still or motion video, and listen to FM radio on your PC while you work on your computer. Launching the UltraTV Application Run the UltraTV application from the Progra ms menu. To run the ap[...]

Chapter 2 Introducing the UltraTV Application -3- The video capture driver of U ltraTV tuner card is already selected by default. If you have other TV tuner or capture devices in stalled in your syste m, you can switch to another driver by selecting it from the drop -down list. To adjust TV display settings such as brightness and contra st, drag th[...]

Chapter 2 Introducing the UltraTV Application -4- If you purchase the produc t with DirectSound support, then you don’ t have to make an y setting on the Audio ta b When you click Next , the Channel tab is displayed. If this is your first time to use the UltraTV application, you need to se arch for all available TV channels in your area. Select t[...]

Chapter 2 Introducing the UltraTV Application -5- Introducing the User Interface The TV monitor allows you to watch live TV or video. The Control Panel provides button controls for selecting channels, changing between TV and external video source, ca pturing i mages, and more. It has a panel display that shows the current active video source (e.g. [...]

Chapter 2 Introducing the UltraTV Application -6- The Control Panel FM Radio Mute Volume Co ntr ol Video Sour c e Show/Hide Nume ric P anel Teletext/ Cl os ed Ca pt ion Sche dul er Ch annel Up/D own Op en Fil e iEPG Enab le/D isabl e Repe at Pla y 16 Channel Preview Time Shift Setup Swi tch Aud io Mod e Enab le/D isabl e Playba ck PIP Wi ndow Rec o[...]

Chapter 2 Introducing the UltraTV Application -7- BUTTON FUNCTION BUTTON FUNCTION Teletext/Closed Caption Launch Teletext Application or display closed caption. Scheduler Launch the Scheduler application. Enable/Disable Playback PIP Window Playback recorded video while watching TV in a picture-in-picture window. (Create a playlist first by clicking[...]

Chapter 2 Introducing the UltraTV Application -8- To complete the setting: ! Right-click on t he TV monitor, point to Sleep , and choose the po wer option and an optimal execution time. To abort the setting: ! Right-click on t he TV monitor, point to Sleep , and c hoose Cancel Setting . Description Cancel Setting Disab le the Sleep function. Stand [...]

Chapter 2 Introducing the UltraTV Application -9- Changing Skins If you want to change the look and appear ance of t he TV Monito r and Control Panel, do the following: 1. Click the Setup button . 2. In the Setup dialog box, click the Skin tab. 3. From the Skin drop-down list, select the de sign you prefer, then click OK .[...]

Chapter 3 TV -10- Chapter 3 TV Selecting Between TV Signals (air/cable) or Channel Groups Click the Setup button then click the Channel tab to choose whether to watch air TV ( Ant. ) or cable ( CATV ). If you have added one or more channel groups, you can also select a group. (Refer to t he section titled Adding and Deleting Channel Groups for more[...]

Chapter 3 TV -11- To delete a channel group: 1. Click the Setup button . In the S etup dialog box, click the Group tab. 2. From the Group Name drop- down list, select the name of th e group you want to remove. 3. Click Delete to remove the se lected group. Memorizing TV Channels Auto-scan will search and me morize all available channe ls in your ar[...]

Chapter 3 TV -12- 8. Click Yes to start all frequency auto-scan. The application will then scan frequencies starting from 54 MHz to ov er 800 MHz, increa sing by 1 M Hz at a time. The application w ill check these f requencie s for active channels, memorizing those that are. Wait for the application to finish the all channel scan process or in the [...]

Chapter 3 TV -13- ! Click the Setup button and clic k the Channel tab. Under the Channel list, simply cl ick on the desired channel. You will need to perform fi ne-tuning only if the rece ption of the selected channels is not clear. You can either click the Auto Tune button or ma nually adjust the Fine Tune slider to get a clear TV picture. Specify[...]

Chapter 3 TV -14- Locking and Unlocking a TV Channel You may lock out certain TV channels (e. g. adult channels) if you want to prevent others from watching them. To lock a TV channel: 5. Click the Setup button and click the Channel tab. 6. Under the Lock column, double-click the “ UnLoc k” item of a TV channel that you want to be l ocked. 7. T[...]

Chapter 3 TV -15- Choose the time to lock out the channel by adjusting the Hour and Minute settings appropriately. Set the Length of time (in units of minutes ), that is, how long the TV channel will be locked out. 10. Type a Password to use for unlocking the TV channel in the future. 11. Type the same password again to confir m. 12. Click OK to ac[...]

Chapter 3 TV -16- Adjusting Volume On the TV Control Panel, clic k and drag your mouse over the Volu me meter to increase or decrease the vol ume level. You can also press the + and – keys to adjust the volume. Using the OverScan Function Sometimes the TV/video pictures ma y be distorted at the e dges. You can enable the OverScan feature to hide [...]

Chapter 3 TV -17- The 16-channel preview function can display 16 TV channels on-screen at the same time. You can see clearly which TV programs are curr ently showing on these channels. To preview the channels: 18. Click the 16 Channel Preview button . 19. The screen will be gradually filled up with 16 TV ch annels, starting from the currently selec[...]

Chapter 3 TV -18- Modifying TV Channel Frequencies It is not recommended to ed it the frequencies of TV ch annels unless you are very familiar with local TV frequencies. To edit the TV frequencies: 25. Click the Setup button and clic k the Channel tab. 26. In the Channel List section, drag the horizontal slider rightward to the e nd. 27. Double cli[...]

Chapter 4 Image Capture -19- Chapter 4 Image Capture While you watch live TV or video from your PC monitor, you can use the UltraTV application to capture images for your document, presentation or web page. Before Capturing Before you start capturing images, first set th e destination folder for saving captured imag es. Click the Setup button then [...]

Chapter 4 Image Capture -20- 32. From the File Format drop-down menu, select the for mat for saving the captured image. 33. Choose the Col or format. Choose 24-bit to capture image in 16M colors. Choose 8-bit to capture image in 256 colors. 34. Click Browse to scan for folders and select a destination location for sa ving the image. Then specify a [...]

Chapter 4 Image Capture -21- 36. Click OK to save the image. Click Cancel if you do not want to save the imag e. Multiple Image Sequence Capture To capture a continuous sequence of images , do the following: 37. Click the Setu p button then click the Snapshot tab. 38. In the Total Number of Pictures box, specify the number of images you want to cap[...]

Chapter 5 Teletext (for PAL System) -22- Chapter 5 Teletext (for PAL System) T eletext makes TV viewing a unique experien ce. It views teletext broadcast from your television programs and get the most updat ed information on TV Schedules, News, S tock Market Prices, Concert & Theatre info rmation and so on. T e letext information may not be ava[...]

Chapter 5 Teletext (for PAL System) -23- ! Teletext Browser Teletext information is displayed in this area. The information would be the TV schedules, news, stock market re ports, c oncert & theater infor mation and so on. ! Status Bar Status bar is located at the lower left corn er of the window. It contains a short text message or explanation[...]

Chapter 5 Teletext (for PAL System) -24- LED Lamp Different LED color indi cates different state. ! Left LED Lamp: Green -- The cache in Teletext applica tion is runni ng less than 90% usage. Yellow -- The cache in Te letext application is running over 90% usage. Red -- The cache in Teletext application is running out. ! Right LED L amp: Gray -- Th[...]

Chapter 5 Teletext (for PAL System) -25- 3. You can then paste the contents of the te letext page i n TXT or BMP format to a document you are working with. ! Saving a Tele text P age Some teletext pages i nclude a number of subpa ges. If the file has subpages, teletext will also save the existing subpages. 1. A teletext page can be saved usi ng one[...]

Chapter 5 Teletext (for PAL System) -26- ! Opening Anothe r Teletext Windo w To open another teletext wi ndow, choose New Window from the Fil e menu or press Ctrl+W . ! Closing the Active Tele text Window Choose Close Wi ndow from the File menu or press Ctrl+L t o close the active teletext page window.[...]

Chapter 6 Time Shift -27- Chapter 6 Time Shift The Time Shift function per forms background recording of a TV program, and lets you return and watch any part of the recorded program. At the same time, the live TV program continues to be reco rded and played back so yo u won’t miss any part of the show. You can also advance fo rward to skip commer[...]

Chapter 6 Time Shift -28- 2. By default, Ti me Shift performs reco rding of the TV program by creating a temporary video file and delete s this file once you click the Stop button to switch off this function. If you want to save the vide o file, select the Save recorded file to disk option. 3. Select the video Quality that you want for the r ecorde[...]

Chapter 6 Time Shift -29- 3. You can also click t he Backward button to move backward in fixed intervals until you reach the part where you left off. 4. To advanc e forward and skip some part s of the recording ( for example TV commercials), drag the slider tab to the right. You can also click the Forward button to move forward in fixed intervals. [...]

Chapter 7 DVR -30- Chapter 7 DVR You can use your computer as a digital video re corder, and record your favorite TV programs or capture video from an external source into your hard drive. Record programs or video in high-qua lity AVI, MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 file fo rm at. You can also save the recordings in VCD, SVCD or DVD format for burning on discs. [...]

Chapter 7 DVR -31- 2. Next, determine the video file for mat to use for saving the recorded video files. Click the Record tab, then choose MPEG-1, MP EG-2, AVI, VC D, SVCD, or DVD format. (Refer to the section titled Setup for more details.) 3. Click the Record button to start recording the current TV program or video. 4. If you want to hide both o[...]

Chapter 7 DVR -32- (3) To add more video files to the playlist, first navigate the Look in field on the top pane to find the folder that c ontains the desired video files. When you have located the folder, the media files w ill then be displayed on the top pane. Select the files that you want, then click Add , or click Add All to add all media file[...]

Chapter 7 DVR -33- Setup The Record Storage and Record tabs in th e Setup dialog box provide settings for customizing capture duration, file size, video format, and more. ! Record Storage Tab " Recording Duration and File Size Specify the desired le ngth of recording. Select Duration and enter the time length in number of hours and minutes. Ot[...]

Chapter 7 DVR -34- " Video Format and Video Standard Under Format , select a video f ile format th at you want to use for saving recorded programs or video. These are the a vailable video formats: ! MPEG-1 Choose MPEG-1 format for video files th at are intended for CD-ROM playback on a computer or for Internet transmission. MPEG-1 allows file [...]

Chapter 7 DVR -35- ! SVCD When you choose this format, the recorded video file will be saved in MP EG-2 format that is com pliant with SVCD st andards. Standard SVCD frame size and frame rate are 480 x 480 pixels at 29.97 fps for NTSC and 480 x 576 at 25 fps for PAL. ! DVD When you choose this format, the recorded video file will be saved in MP EG-[...]

Chapter 7 DVR -36- " Image Size, Frame Rate and Quality Settings The Image Size , Fra me Rate , and Quality settings are enabled for selection depending on what video file format you have chosen for your video files. ! Image Size Choose preset dimensions for your captured video from the drop-down list. ! Frame Rate This sets the number of fram[...]

Chapter 7 DVR -37- ! Video and Audio Bit Rate Set the desired video and audio capture bit rate. Higher rate produces better quality, but this will take up more space on your hard drive. If you plan to use the clip for the Web, the recommende d settings are 300Kbps for video and 64Kbps for audio. For Video CD aut horing, use the standard 1150Kbps fo[...]

Chapter 8 FM Radio -38- Chapter 8 FM Radio FM Radio Controls Click the FM Radio button to listen to your favorite radio station programs . Use the following button controls for select ing FM radio channels, adjusting volume, scanning FM channels, recording radio progr ams and more. Mut e Volume Stop Pause Setup Me mory Ch ann e l L oop Switch betw [...]

Chapter 8 FM Radio -39- 2. Click the Auto Scan button. All active channels will be automatically scanned and memorized. Up to 99 pr eset channels can be memorized. 3. Click Fini sh . Manually Scanning Specific FM Channels Instead of scanning all channels, you can choose to manually scan one or a few channels only. To do this, follow these procedure[...]

Chapter 8 FM Radio -40- 4. Click to scan upward or to scan downward from the selected channel frequency. The sca nning will stop when the app lication finds the closest ACTIVE FM frequenc y. 5. Click the Save button if you’d like to keep the newly scanned frequenc y. 6. If the Save and Next Channel Scan check box is enabled in Step 2, the applica[...]

Chapter 8 FM Radio -41- ! Click the Numeric buttons on the Numeric Panel. ! Click the Tuning (-)/(+) button to increase/decrea se the radio frequency. OR, ! Use the numeric keys on your keyboard to enter a radio frequency. You can save the selected ra dio frequency to a channel. Refer to the section titled Saving a Radio Frequency to a Channel for [...]

Chapter 8 FM Radio -42- Modifying or Adding FM Radio Channels You can manually add a ne w FM radio channe l if the desired channel cannot be found through scanning operati on, or modify a ny existing FM radio channel. 1. Click the Setup button , and then click the FM Radio tab. 2. Double click on the Frequency and/ or Name column of the existing or[...]

Chapter 8 FM Radio -43- Setting the Audio Mode The application will automatically set each FM radio channel to Mono or Stereo based on the audio mode of the FM radio signals received. You can cha nge t he audio mode of a stereo FM radio signal to Mono or vice versa. To change the audio mode: 1. Click the Setup button , and then click the FM Radio t[...]

Chapter 8 FM Radio -44- 2. From the Group Name drop- down list, select the name of th e group you want to remove. 3. Click Delete to remove the selected group. Tuning the FM Radio Frequencies You can tune the FM radio for better signal reception if the recept ion is not clear. First, select or go to the channel which you want to tune. Then do one o[...]

Chapter 8 FM Radio -45- To record an FM radio broadcast: 1. Specify audio recording settings . Refer to the section titled Customizing Audio Recording Settings for details. 2. Click the Record but ton . 3. Click the Stop button to end the recording. Playing the Recorded Audio To play back the recorded audio files: Click the Play button to play ba c[...]

Chapter 8 FM Radio -46- (4) To start playback, simply click OK . The application will start playing eac h file in the playlist. (T o move to the prev ious or ne xt file in the playlist, click the or button.) Using the FM Time Shift Function You can use the Time Shi ft function to perf or m background recording of an FM radi o program and even repl [...]

Chapter 8 FM Radio -47- 3. Click to choose a destination fol der in which to save the recorde d audio. 4. Next, click the Record tab. 5. Click the Setting button at the bottom of the Setup dialog box. 6. In the Audio Setup dialog box, choose an Audio Encoder from the Encoder drop- down list.[...]

Chapter 9 Scheduler -48- Chapter 9 Scheduler The Scheduler application allows you to create a list of preset schedules for watching, recording your favorite TV progra ms or performing Time Shift function. You can set the day and time t o t ur n o n th e T V o r F M r a dio program and the length of recording. To run this application, click Schedule[...]

Chapter 9 Scheduler -49- Adding Schedules To create a new schedule: 1. Click the Add button in the Scheduler dialog box. 2. The following dialog box will then appear: 3. From the Action drop-down list, s elect Active to watch TV/listen to radio or select Record to save a program for future viewing. Otherwise, select Time Shift to st art the Time Sh[...]

Chapter 9 Scheduler -50- 9. When you click Next , the Record Format dialog box then appears. Choose the file format and customized settings for recording and click Next . 10. In the Record Storage dialog box, specify the length of recording. If you intend to burn the recorded files to VCD or DVD, choose whether to slice the file size to fit the tar[...]

Chapter 9 Scheduler -51- 12. Click Finish .[...]

Chapter 10 Hot Keys -52- Chapter 10 Hot Keys Hot Key Description Function UP/DOWN ARROW Channel or Frequency Up/Down Press to go to the next u pper/lower TV channel, FM channel, or radio frequency. L Channel Loop Press to go to the previously accessed TV channel or FM channel. NUMERIC KEYS Channel or Frequency Selection Use NUMERIC KEYS to directly[...]

Chapter 10 Hot Keys -53- Hot Key Description Function P Play / Pause Play/pause (for pla yback, recording and Time Shift). S Snapshot Capture an image (or a continuous sequence of images). Ctrl + T Time Shift Enable the Time Shift function. V Change Video Source Change between TV and the external video source.[...]

Chapter 11 Customer Service -54- Chapter 11 Customer Service The UltraTV utility provides a convenient tool, which a llows users to contact AVerMedia’s customer service depart ment easily via the e-mail for any troubleshooting requests. To contact the customer service for troubleshooting: 1. Click the Setup button and click the System Information[...]