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P P r r e e s s t t o o ! ! P P V V R R Analog and Digital TV DVB-T, DMB-T, and ATSC User’s Guide 507100-02-01-W-E-09 23 08-11.
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Contents Cha p ter 1 Introd u cing Prest o ! PVR 1 System Requi rements .................................................................. 1 Featu r e s ......................................................................................... 2 Cha p ter 2 Using Your Prest o ! PVR 3 Installi n g P r est o ! PVR .
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Chapter 1 Introducing Presto! PVR Presto! PVR is a video recorder for your computer. It take s television signals and records them onto your hard drive. You have all the convenience of a VCR (recordi ng, play back, fast forwarding, rewinding, pausing) without having to rewind a ny tape.
Chapter 1 Introducing Presto! PVR Features Support HD(High Definition) video quali ty. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Support for Analog and Digital TV (DVB -T, DMB-T, and ATSC systems). Record programs to a hard disk or DVD. (This feature is available only when your program supports Direct Disc Recording (DDR).
Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR This program has everything a personal video recorder needs—p review, full screen view, snapshot, channel sele ction, channel su rfing, recording, programmed recording, tim e shifting, settings, help, and a link to our website.
Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR The image a bove is for reference only. This dialo g box may vary depending on the v ersion of your Presto! PVR program. After selecting the signal type, the Settings Wi zard for the selected option will open. Analog TV Digital TV Click the desktop icon to start us ing your Presto! PVR program.
Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR Receiving a Channel To receive a channel through your network, please connect the antenna to the Presto! PVR device and make the proper setting s. 1. Click to open the Settings dialog box, and then click the Devi ce tab.
Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR Digital TV - DVB-T and DMB-T Digital TV - ATSC 6.
Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR These two features may not be available on all d evices. Please refer to the user guide for your device. Receiving FM Radi o To get the latest cool and hip music and news throu gh your computer, you can set it up to receive FM Radio.
Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR When scanning is finished, you can choose a station and chan ge its name. You can also select a frequency an d click the Add Channel button to add the corresponding statio n directly to the list of stations, or remove selected channels by clicki ng the Delete button.
Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR Channel List • Channel Surfing Window • Teletext (available for DVB-T and DMB-T Digital TV or PAL Analog TV) • Channel List This is a quick way to select a channel. There are three buttons at the top of the window.
Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR TV Radio : Click thi s button to listen to the TV radio. Please note that this button is not available when the input source is Analo g TV. Favorite Channels : Click this button to show your favorite channels. Favorite channels are chos en on the Channel tab of the Settings dialog box.
Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR This service varies for different area s. It may not be available in all the countries. Recording a Progr am When you find a good show, click to start recordin g. The button will change to . The recorded program will be saved in the working folder.
Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR Scheduling Your Progra m Recording You can add, modify, or delete items for re cording shows in the future. For this, you will have to open the Settings dialog box by clicking and selecting the Schedule tab. The message about encrypted progr ams will not appear when the input source is analog TV.
Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR You can choose the action to be taken when a scheduled re cording is finished from the After scheduled recor dings from Hibernate or Standby mode are completed box.
Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR Quality is only available when selecting the a nalog device. Task Task Name: Give a name to the recording session or use the default.
Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR Using EPG (Electronic Program Guide) Use the Channel box to choose an ava ilable channel. Select the program that you w ant to record, and then click Add to Schedule . The program will be added to the schedule. Click Re fresh to make sure that the schedule is up -to-date.
Chapter 2 Using Your Presto! PVR Click to stop time shifting and return to the live program. • When paused, you can change the sc reen size and adjust the volume, but you cannot change programs, take snapshots, change the configuration, or close the program.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings For all that it does, Presto! PVR is very easy to use. There are only a few menus and settings that you need to worry about.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Digital TV – ATSC Across the top of the presenta tion area will be listed the program status (Time shifting, Reco rding, Playing, Forward, Backward, and the program name) as wel l as the signal quality. (1) The prog ram status will only appear when pl aying, recording, or time s hifting.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings These are special feature buttons. EPG (for Digital TV), Teletext (for DVB-T, DMB-T and PAL Analog TV), an d Closed Captions (for ATSC and NTSC Analog TV) / Subtitles (for DVB-T and DMB-T ). EPG is available for Digital TV only.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings There are four buttons in the upper-righ t corne r of the program viewer. Here is a quick tour of how to use them. Exit : Clicking this button clo ses the program. Minimize : Clicking this button sends the program viewer to the task bar.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Aspect Ratio - ATSC Size - DVB-T and DMB-T 2 1.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Size - ATSC Sound - DVB-T and DMB-T 2 2.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Sound - ATSC AC3 - ATSC Aspect Ratio: Click to select the width to height ratio for your Presto! PVR screen. You can choose Original Ratio ( 4:3), Free Ratio or 16:9 . Choosing Fre e Ratio will allow you to distort your TV picture by dragging the lower-right corn er of the screen.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Original Ratio varies depending on the program or channel you have switched to. Sometimes the submenu options may appear like Original Ratio (16:9) , Free Ratio or 4:3 . The image above is for reference only. Size: Click to change the size of the display window or restore it to the original size.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings About Presto! PVR…: Click to display the program version information. Settings Click to see the Settings dialog box to help you personalize you Presto! PVR program.
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Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Device Available Presto! PVR devices are listed here. Other settings on this tab will be disabled unless you select a device. Audio For Analog TV only, you can choo se an audio device and source. Channel On the Channel tab, you can set up the scan parameters to more efficiently scan for available television cha nnels.
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Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Country: Select the country you are in to have the television reception properly formatted. Minimum Frequency/Minimum Channel, Maximum Frequency/Maximum Channel: For Digital TV only, these settings can be changed to restri ct the range that Scan will use to search for available channels.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Video On the Video tab, you can adjust the brig htness and the color in the pictu r e. Enable Deinterlace to prevent lines from appe aring in the video. Check Display HD in origina l resolution to see the HD video in original resolution.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Record This tab will let you adjust y our recording preferences. Record to the Hard Disk You are allowed to choose Saved type and Q uality only when your input source is Analog. If your PVR doesn ’t support DDR, the Destination option will not be available.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings The Quality option for Time Shifting is available only when the input source is analog TV. It is not available for DVB-T, DMB-T, or ATSC. Record to DVD RW The Quality option is available when your PVR supports DDR and your input source type is Analog.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Recording You can choose a di sc drive under Desti nation and a Folder for saving your recorded files and snapshots. T hen use the slider to adjust the Auto cut file size . The video will be automatically cut into separate files when the limit is reached.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings For computers with limited speed a nd power, lower the quality for time-shifting live TV programs to avoid CPU overload. Please note that while the Quality op tion is available when the input source is analog T V. It is not available when the source is digital TV.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Analog TV For Digital TV – AT SC, *If you have chosen an encrypted program, it will not be recorded will appear at the bottom. This message won’t appear when the input sou rce is analog TV. Advanced Under Snapshot , select a file format for saving the images.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Other options include: Always on Top During Recording/Time Shifting, if there is already a scheduled setting, the scheduled recording w ill take priority: When this option.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Live Update In this tab, you can check for product up dates and news unde r Live Update . If your Presto! PVR doesn’t support the AC3 audio fo rmat, an update message for AC3 support will appear und er the Live Update box.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Channel Surfing Right-click the progra m viewer and select Channel Surfing from the screen menu to tile the channels in thumbnail s . You can play a channel by double-clickin g the thumbnail. To quit this function, press ESC and return to the live program.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings History Click to see the programs you have re corded, with the most recent listed first. The first frame of the selected recordi ng will be shown in the preview area.
Chapter 3 Menus and Settings Click Browse… to look through the recorded programs. • • • • Click Play to watch the selected program. Click Delete to erase a selected progra m from the hard disk.
Chapter 4 Appendix Frequently Asked Questions • Troubleshooting • Glossary • Frequently Asked Questions Sometimes we get questions about ou r product. Here are the questions that we get asked the most. Hopefully th is information will be useful to you.
Chapter 4 Appendix c. PVR requires either Win dows 2000 SP4 or Windows XP SP2. d. PVR requires DirectX 9.0c or later. Can I record subtitles from DTV channels? Dynamic subtitles are sub titles that can be disable d and enabled. The current version of Pre sto! PVR doesn't support recording dynamic subtitles.
Chapter 4 Appendix Presto! PVR does not respond after being started, or it displays stuttering or corrupted video. If you encounter one of these problems and a r e using Windows XP Service Pack 2, please visit the Microsoft website at this link, http://www.
Chapter 4 Appendix 1. From the Start menu, open the Control Panel . 2. Open System , click the Hard w are tab, and then open the Device Manager . 3. Under Video and Game Controllers , make sure there are no problems listed for the TV tuner device. 4. If there is a problem indicated, check the device ma nual and reinstall the hardware.
Chapter 4 Appendix i. Details of the problem (step by step): Glossary Here are terms used in the manual for Presto! PVR. AC'97 – (Short for Audio Code c '97) This is an audio encodin g system for computer files. Analog TV – This is the traditional old- style television signal.
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