Hauppauge HD-PVR Quick Installation Manual

Hauppauge HD-PVR Quick Installation Manual

Insert the WinTV Installation CD-ROM in your PC's CD-ROM drive.

ote: if the CD does not autorun, navigate to the CD and

run the 'Setup.exe' file.

"Hauppauge WinTV Installation CD-ROM" window will appear on the

Install the HD PVR driver

Click the button labeled Step 1: Install Drivers.

A blue screen will open and begin installing the drivers for your WinTV.

Once the drivers have installed, click on the Finish bar to exit.

Install the HD PVR application

Click the button labeled Step 2: Install software

Choose a language, and click next, click

The Arcsoft Total Media Extreme software application, HD PVR

Scheduler application, and IR Blaster application will be installed.

Once comp lete, click OK then Exit.

ote: the latest driver updates are available at:

www.hauppauge.com in the Support section.

Step 6: Install the IR Blaster cable (optional for

use with a cable TV or satellite receiver box)

Plug in the IR blaster cable: plug the jack at the end of the IR

RemoteBlaster cable into the IR receiver jack on the HD PVR.

Install the IR transmitter (blaster) at your set top box: Attach the

end of the IR transmitter over the remote sensor on the set top box to be

controlled. Placement of the IR transmitter is important! The IR

transmitter only works over a 1 inch distance, so you need to make

sure it is placed over the remote sensor in your set top box. Some set

top boxes have the position of the remote receiver indicated on the

plastic front of the set top box. With others, you might need to look

carefully at the set top box for what looks like a round or square area

underneath the plastic front panel. There is double sided tape on the

back of the IR transmitter to hold it in place over the remote sensor in

your set top box.

You will configure the IR Blaster for your set top box in the section

The Hauppauge HD PVR records video from a video game console or

cable TV or satellite set top box. The recordings are made onto a

computer's hard disk in a compressed H.264 format. HD PVR uses

Component video (also called YPrPb), S-Video or composite video,

and will record at resolutions from standard definition (480i) up to high

definition (1080i), at datarates from 1Mbit/sec up to 13Mbits/sec.

ote: if you are connecting HD PVR to a video game

console such as an XBox360 or PS3, make sure the

Component video output of the game console is set to 1080i.

Please see the Hauppauge HD PVR support page for

instructions on connecting the Xbox360 or PS3 to HD PVR:

http://www.hauppauge.com/site/support/support_hdpvr.html

Audio can be supplied to the HD PVR from a set of stereo audio cables

or via an optical SPDIF. The optical audio input to the HD PVR can be in

either a 2 channel stereo audio format or a 2 or 5.1 channel AC-3 format.

The recording format used by HD PVR is H.264 video with AC-3 audio.

HD PVR recordings can be played back to the PC screen or can be

converted "on the fly" to a Blu-ray format AVCHD file for burning onto a

There are three types of record formats which can be selected:

.TS: the native H.264 format with 2 or 5.1 channel audio. You create

this format when you click AVCHD in Arcsoft Capture.

.M2TS: this is an H.264 format which can be played on a Sony

Playstation3. You create this format when you click on Playstation3

in Arcsoft Capture.

entitled Configuring the IR Blaster.

Running Arcsoft TotalMedia Extreme

To start the ArcSoft Total Media Extreme application, double click on the

TotalMedia Extreme icon on your desktop.

The program will open to this initial screen which has four icons along

Recording Videos

Click on the video cassette icon to open the Arcsoft Capture Module

recording function. Make sure the Source is set to Hauppauge HD

PVR Capture.

Select your A/V input source

Choose the Video and Audio inputs you are using to setup up the

If you are using Component video from your set top box, choose

If you are using S-Video or Composite video from your set top box,

choose S-Video or Composite.

ote: if you are connecting HD PVR to a game console,

make sure the Component video output of the game

console is set to 1080i.

Adjust the bitrate by clicking on Format Settings. You can set the

bitrate from 1Mbit/sec to 13 Mbits/sec. The higher the bitrate, the more

disk space is used but the higher the video quality of the recording.

When recording high definition videos, we recommend a bitrate of

5Mbits/sec or higher.

The format created by the HD PVR is a H.264 using AC-3 audio in an

AVCHD (.TS), PlayStation3 (.M2TS) or XBox360 (.MP4) file format.

Start the recording by clicking on the Capture button.

During recording, the Capture button will turn green and the button will

change to a Stop button. The recording will be saved in the default

directory of My Documents\ My Videos. The default name of the video

will be the date and time (i.e. 2008_3_20 _09_08_32.TS).

You can make a recording of a specified time duration by entering a

value in the Capture duration box. The recording will start and

continue until the time duration.

ote: to preview your video while recording, check the

'Enable preview on recording" button.

.MP4: this is an H.264 format which can be played on an

XBox360. You create this format when you click on XBox 360 in

Arcsoft Capture.

HD PVR comes bundled with Arcsoft's Total Media Extreme

(TME). Arcsoft's TME is used to record videos, play back the

recorded videos to your PC screen (using the TME Theater function),

plus can burn your video recordings into a AVCHD format using

conventional DVD disks for playback on a Blu-ray DVD player.

Installing the HD PVR

Step 1: Connect the HD PVR cables.

Video connection

From your cable TV or satellite TV set top box, there are three ways to

connect video to the HD PVR. You only need one audio/video

connection from your set top box to the HD PVR:

a.) you can connect the Component video (YCrCb) output cables

to the component video inputs located on the rear of the HD PVR.

Note: Component video is limited to the 1080i HD format.

b.) you can connect the S-Video output of your set top box to the

S-Video input on the front of the HD PVR

c.) you can connect the Composite video output of your set top

box (normally the yellow RCA connector on a set top box) to the

yellow composite video input on the front of HD PVR

d) Video Output (optional) - You can connect the component

video output from the HD PVR to the Component video input on

your TV set. In this way, you can preview your recordings on a TV

Note: To enable the component video pass through, your HD

PVR needs to be powered on. If the HD PVR is powered on, the

component video output will operate even if your PC is turned off.

Audio connection

Audio from the set top box is connected where you have connected

the video input: either to the optical audio in (rear), RCA audio in

(rear) or RCA audio in (front). Optical audio is connected on the rear

USB connection

Plug one end (the square end) of the supplied USB cable into the

HD PVR's USB cable connector. HD PVR is compatible with USB

2.0 (high speed) USB only.

Step 2: Boot your PC

Step 3: Plug the power supply into HD PVR

After your PC has booted to Windows, plug the supplied Power

Supply into the Power input on HD PVR. The power supply is

5VDC@ 2amps.

Step 4: Install the HD PVR Windows driver and

applications

ote: the HD PVR needs to be powered up in this step

and plugged into your PC while the Windows drivers

are installed.

Turn on your PC, and boot into Windows.

Playing back your video recordings

To play back a file, close the Arcsoft Capture Module recording

window and click on the Play Video icon.

This will open Arcsoft TotalMedia Theater. In Arcsoft TotalMedia

Theater, click on the folder icon and choose Open media file. It will

open the My Videos folder. Click on the file you wish to play and then

click on the Open button. Video playback will begin automatically.

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