Configuring an external A/V source in WinTV2000 using the optional A/V breakout cable
To bring video from an external audio/video source, you will need an optional A/V cable set which is available from the Hauppauge web store.
When using an external audio/video such as a satellite TV receiver, VCR, cable TV set top box, camcorder, game con- sole etc, you will need to connect the
To configure the external A/V source, in the WinTV2000 application click Menu / Suite Manager and Sources. To add the
Select Add to finish. Then click Close. To select an external audio/video source, click the Up and Down channel but- tons to cycle through TV, Composite and
Watch and record TV
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TV Modus 
Pause 
Record
There are two buttons to control the Watching and Recording of TV. Clicking on the Record button will cause the Record menu to roll down. Clicking OTR will cause the Record menu to roll down, and start recording.
Note: Pause is not supported on
Recording TV with the WinTV-HVR-950
When recording ATSC digital TV, the recording format is the same as the digital TV resolution of the TV program. These recordings will consume a large amount of hard disk space. For example, if the TV program is being transmitted at the highest ATSC resolution, called “1080i’, the recording will consume 5.6 Gigabytes of disk space per hour of recording.
When recording analog cable TV using SoftPVR, the ‘DVD’
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WinTV Scheduler works by using the Windows Task Scheduler to launch WinTV at the chosen time. WinTV Scheduler sets up a command line in Task Scheduler to run WinTV2000, specifying a TV channel and a length of time to record.
To set up an event for timed watching or recording, run Scheduler and click on the Add Program. The items that need to be set for each event are:
-Time to Begin Program: set to the desired start time. The default time is about 3 minutes from the current time. Click on the hour to set the hour, the minute to set the minute and the second (if you feel this is necessary) to
set the second to start the program.
Note: It takes about 10 seconds to launch the WinTV and set up for recording.
- Time to End Program: set to the time to end this event.
Note: you need to leave at least 30 seconds between scheduled pro- grams to give the recorder time to set up its disk buffers.
-Program Period: one time, daily, weekly
-Date to Begin Program: today’s date is the default. Change this if you want to schedule on another date.
-Source selection: leave at WinTV2000 to open WinTV at the requested time and the requested channel.
-Channel selection: choose one of the scanned channels.
-Recording options: click on Record to File to record your show. Leave this button unchecked to watch TV at the requested time. You can also name your file to record.
Once these are set, click Set Program. You can add more Events, clicking Set Program after each event is set. When you are finished click Close. The WinTV program does not have to be running for the Schedular to work. If WinTV is not running, it takes about 10 seconds to start Scheduler and to start the recording of TV.
Keyboard shortcuts
Sound up | - Page Up | Ctrl+M | - Mute on/off |
Sound down - Page Down | ALT+M | - | |
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Minus | - Channel Down | F1 | - Launch Help |
Ctrl T | - Frame TV | SHIFT+F1 | - Online Help |
Ctrl P | - Frame Print | Space bar | - Take a Snapshot |
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Configuring the record formats
When recording analog TV, WinTV2000 uses your PC or laptops processor and Hauppauge’s SoftPVR to make the recording. The default recording quality is DVD. To con- figure the directory to store video recordings and to check the analog recording format, click the Pref button and then Movies.
Note: since ATSC digital recording uses the format the orig- inal TV program is broadcast in, there are no other record- ing format options.
To record TV
Click on the Record button or the OTR button on the
Time counter - the time is specified in a
Hour:Minute:Second format.
Record Clicking the Record button will auto- matically generate a file name and start recording your audio/video program.
Stop Clicking the Stop button will stop the video you are recording or playing back.
Play Clicking the Play button will playback from disk the last video file created. When playing a video, you can rewind, fast forward, replay 10 sec or skip forward 10 sec using the buttons on the control bar.
Pause Clicking the Pause button while Playing will pause your audio/video.
Rewind button Clicking the Rewind button will play the video file in reverse. Clicking the Rewind button again will continue the playing of the video.
Fast forward button Clicking the Fast Forward but- ton one time will fast forward your video at 2X speed. Clicking the Fast Forward button two times will fast forward your video at 8X speed. Clicking the button again will con- tinue playing back at normal speed.
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Troubleshooting
Note: the latest
Some notes on system compatibility
Decoding high definition ATSC TV is very CPU intensive. A graphics card with at least 64MBytes of memory and the latest graphics driver from the manufacturer makes the decoding task easier. Typically a 2.2 GHz Pentium 4 proces- sor or equivalent with a graphics card having 64MBytes of memory is required to properly decode ATSC digital TV on your PC. A 1.6GHz AMD Sempro laptop computer tested in the Hauppauge lab used 50% of the CPU for playing ATSC 640i format, and 90% of the CPU when playing ATSC 1080i, the highest definition ATSC format.
In some cases, either a faster processor or more graphics memory might be required. Slow or jerky video and a noisy TV picture indicate system performance problems.
Jerky video with live ATSC digital TV
Jerky or distorted video can be caused by two things in your PC or laptop: a slow CPU which cannot decode the ATSC TV signal fast enough, and a graphics system which cannot keep up with the high datarates of ATSC TV.
Many times, improving the performance of the graphics dis- play will fix the jerky video display of ATSC digital TV. Here are some tips on improving graphics performance:
-Use the latest graphics driver: graphics drivers are often ‘tweaked’ to improve performance, especially the
-Use Hauppauge’s Primary program to optimize graphics performance: Primary.exe is used to change the display mode of a graphics card for TV watching. This does not affect any other Windows program. Primary.exe is found in the Hauppauge WinTV program group. The default mode used by WinTV2000 is
Force Primary. Force Primary uses your processor to move the digital TV image into the graphics memory. It is more CPU intensive but often fixes display problems on some laptops. Note: Snapshot does not work in ‘Force Primary’ mode.
To use hardware graphics
Slow motion button Clicking the Slow Motion button during playback will cause the video to play in slow motion. Clicking the Slow Motion button again will return the video to normal playback speed.
File button Clicking the File button opens the File menu. The last file recorded is listed in the File name box. In the File menu you can:
●Rename your recorded video file: To rename a video file, find the file you would like to rename, highlight it with your mouse, and click and hold the right mouse button.
Go down to Rename and then you can type in a new name. Remember:you must keep the MPG extension on the file.
●Play a video file previously recorded: Find the file you would like to play, highlight it with your mouse (one click of the mouse button) and click Open. Then click the Play button.
●Delete recorded video files which you no longer want: Click your right mouse button on the video file once, go down the menu and click Delete.
Schedule TV recordings with WinTV- Scheduler
WinTV Scheduler allows you to schedule the recording of TV shows. WinTV Scheduler, once it is set, can be closed, and the WinTV application will “wake up” at the desired time and tuned to the desired channel.
When using an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) such as TitanTV, the
WinTV Scheduler makes a con- version so that correct ATSC digital chan- nels will tuned. For example, if the EPG wants to record digi- tal channel 22.2, you will see the record- ing listed in WinTV
Schedule as recording channel 1222.
After installation, WinTV Scheduler can be found on your Windows desktop. You can also find it in Start / Program files / Hauppauge WinTV.
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acceleration, close WinTV2000, then run Primary. Click Allow VMR. Close Primary and rerun WinTV. The Allow VMR setting will allow your graphics system to use hard- ware acceleration for video decode. Note: graphics hard- ware acceleration does not work on all systems.
If this setting does not help, or if you experience WinTV not responding after a channel change, then your graphics sys- tem cannot use hardware graphics acceleration.
In this case, run Primary. Click ‘Force Primary’ then rerun WinTV.
Only some channels are found during ATSC channel scan
If you are only receiving some known TV channels when scanning, it means your TV antenna is not adequate to pick up the channel. You will need either an antenna signal booster (a Radio Shack antenna amplifier will work) or a high gain antenna. Here’s a link to an ATSC antenna selector:
http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/address.aspx
Black window when selecting an ATSC channel
A black window when selecting an ATSC channel means that the
Uninstalling the WinTV driver and applications
Run the hcwclear.exe from the installation CD. Select OK A black screen will briefly appear and once it has disappeared the software will be removed. If you now
FCC Statement
Radio Interference Statement:
The WinTV products 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 resi- dential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio fre- quency energy and cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or televi- sion reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the follow- ing measures: reorient or relocate the receiving antenna,increase the separation between the equipment and receiver, connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected, consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
FCC ID: H90WINTV
CE Statement: This equipment has been tested and complies with EN 55013, EN 55020 and IEC
CAUTION: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party respon- sible for compliance to the FCC Rules could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
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