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WinTV-NOVA CI-TDigital Video Broadcasting

Installation and Reference Manual

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Overview WinTV NOVA CI–T PCI

Description of the WinTV NOVA CI-T PCI

The WinTV NOVA CI-T product is designed for receiving, decoding and displayingDigital Terrestrial Free to Air broadcasts on a standard Personal Computer. You canalso decode and view the Pay-TV channels using the supplied Common Interfaceconnector and a suitable Conditional Access Module and subscription card from aPay-TV provider.

The WinTV NOVA CI-T product can receive and show digital TV & Stereo radio* andallows you to record onto a hard disk in MPEG format for viewing at a later date.

This means clearer pictures and sharper sounds, which is the major benefit of DigitalTV.

Special characteristics

• Simple installation with Plug & Play• Audio and Video with DirectShow Software Decoder• Automatic station search by area• Stereo Radio*• Common Interface Pay TV connector• Record to disk and playback Digital TV• Pause mode and time shifting

(* not DAB)


WinTV NOVA CI-T Manual Contents

4) Legal Disclaimers

5) Minimum System Requirements

6) Installation of the WinTV NOVA CI-T Hardware

7) Installation of the WinTV NOVA CI-T DRIVER SOFTWAREInstallation of the WinTV NOVA CI-T APPLICATION SOFTWARE

8) WinTV NOVA CI-T TV & RADIO APPLICATION

9) Menu Options

10) Channel Scan Examples

12) Program information, Channel list & Favourites List

13) Common Interface connector

16) View Modes

17) Recording, Time Shift & Tips on Capturing

18) Playback

19) Troubleshooting / Technical Support


Legal Disclaimers

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This manual as well as the software described in it, is furnished under licence andmay be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of this licence. The contentof this manual is furnished for informal use only, is subject to change without notice,and should not be construed as a commitment by. Hauppauge assumes noresponsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this book.

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Minimum System Requirements

To use the WinTV NOVA CI-T, you will need the following:

• For the TV application a PC with Pentium Processor. (Pentium III 500 or higherrecommended) or a suitable equivalent

• PCI Slot and PCI mounting bay (For Common Interface connector)• 64 MB RAM minimum• 64 MB free hard disk space for installation and 1.8 Gbytes for recording 1 hour of

video• PCI or AGP Graphic card, running at a minimum resolution of 800 x 600 Pixel, in

either 'High Colour' (16 Bit) or 'True Colour' (24 or 32 Bit)• Active speaker or soundcard/speaker combination• PCI soundcard or OnBoardSound• CD-ROM Drive (only required for software installation)• Microsoft Windows 98/ME or Windows 2000/XP• DirectX 7 or higher• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher

In addition, you will need a connection to a high gain TV Aerial system. The physicalconnection on the WinTV NOVA CI-T is a single RF- Antenna connector.

The WinTV Nova uses a rooftop aerial in much the same way that most peoplecurrently receive their television programmes. Some viewers will need to replacetheir aerials to receive digital transmissions if the installation is old or in poorcondition. Coverage is good and improving all the time as digital terrestrial televisiontransmitters are continuously being brought on-line, however it may take some timefor coverage to reach particular areas of the country:

Check the following website for current coverage:http://www.dtg.org.uk/retailer/coverage.html


Installation of the WinTV NOVA CI-T hardware

1. Switch off the computer.

2. Remove the cover of the PC. If necessary refer to your computer handbook.

3. Select a free bus-master PCI slot. (In most computers all PCI slots support busMastering) and if necessary, remove the blanking plate behind the PCI slot.

4. Plug the Hauppauge WinTV NOVA CI-T card and Common Interface connector intothe slots and secure with the retaining screws.

5. Connect your RF Aerial to the RF connection on the WinTV NOVA CI-T card andreplace the cover.


Installation of the WinTV NOVA CI-T Software

• Installation of the WinTV NOVA CI-T Driver Software

1. Make sure that the WinTV NOVA CI-T is physically connected (as above).

2. Turn the computer on and Windows will automatically detect the presence of theWinTV NOVA CI-T and request that a driver is installed for it.

3. Put in the WinTV NOVA CI-T CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive and select yourCD ROM Drive. Follow the on-screen instructions until you arrive at the Windowsdesktop. It may be necessary to have the Windows CD-ROM at hand, in caseWindows requests this.

• Installation of the WinTV NOVA CI-T Application Software

1. Make sure that the WinTV NOVA CI-T and driver are installed (as above).

2. Put in the WinTV NOVA CI-T CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive.

3. Make sure that DirectX 7 or higher is installed on your computer.

4. Make sure that Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or higher is installed.

5. Go to Start, then Run, then enter x:\setup.exe and click on OK (where x is thedrive letter of the CD-ROM drive).

6. Follow the on-screen instructions produced by the installation program. Oncompletion of this procedure, a Digital TV icon will appear on the desktop.


WinTV NOVA CI-T TV & Radio application

With the DVB TV & Radio application you can experience a variety of digitaltelevision and radio programmes. The programme list is alphabetically sorted by thebroadcaster and displays the channels that can be changed by clicking on them.

The application window consists of several groups of controls. These are the mainmenus, the program list and 'program info'.

After the program scans, a list of programs is created and saved to the hard disk.

The control groups (including pop-up dialogue windows) have ToolTips, whichprovide additional information. ToolTips are small boxes containing text, whichappear automatically when you hold the mouse over a control. For these to work, theapplication must be the top-level application. Clicking on the Title bar or controlgroups will ensure that this is the case.


Menu Options

This group of controls called Menu includes five symbols. Clicking on a symbol maycreate a dialogue window, in which you will be asked to follow certain procedures.For a list of the symbols and their related functions in this group, see below.

Opens dialogue for Channel Scan which allows you to re-scan for channels.

Shows TV image in full screen mode.

Centre’s TV image in application window.

Common Interface Information

Language selection for control bars

Displays Online Help


Channel Scan Examples

Open dialogue for Channel Scan. This dialogue allows you to search for newDVB programs and to update the program list

Select Auto Scan to start the scanning process (Because new Digital Terrestrialchannels are being made available all the time, we recommend scanning for new andupdated channels every 2 months).


Select your geographic REGION and local transmitter STATION (N.B IF YOU ARENOT SURE YOU CAN SELECT ALLSTATIONS) or you can use the Left & RightArrows in conjunction with the READ PSI button.

Program List Tools

You then select START SCAN. When a Strong signal is detected the FRONT END Status(signal strength indicator) will become highlighted (Dark Blue) and a Scanning PSI/SItables... box will appear.

SEE Troubleshooting notes if the FRONT END Status does not become highlighted or ifno channels appear in the channel list. When the scanning is completed click on Store Listand OK to save the channel list.

If you then select STORE LIST and O.K, you will be returned to the main applicationwindow.


Program Information

In this group the start-time, title and a brief description of the current and nextbroadcast’s are displayed. This will only be displayed, when the station provides theinformation.

Program list

This lists the channels that have been scanned in during the Auto Scan channelsearch.

Favourites List

This allows you to select your favourite programs so they are displayed by default.You can select your favourites by checking the box to the left hand side of theprogram list.


Common Interface Connector

With the WinTV NOVA CI-T and the appropiate Condiational Access Module (CAM) andSmart card from a Pay-TV provider, you can watch Pay-TV channels on your P.C.

Please refer to:http://www.Hauppauge.co.uk for more information on channels available and forinformation on CAMS and Smart card please contact your local Digital TV installer (e.g http://www.tv-installers.com/index2.html)

5v/3v JumperA jumper on the Common Interface is used to set the correct voltage for 5v or 3vCondictional Access Modules.

The position of the jumper is labeled on the printed circuit board. Factory default is 5v,because most Conditional Access Modules need a power supply of 5v. Please check thetechnical specification of the Conditional Access Module that you are using for the correctdata.

To install the CAM and Smartcard into the Common Interface connector, please followthese simple steps:

1) Shut down the computer and turn off2) Insert the Smartcard into the CAM3) Insert the CAM into the Common Interface connector4) Ensure that the jumper (5v/3v) is set correctly for your CAM (As above)5) Turn the computer on and launch the TV application

The following symbol CI in the TV application is seen when you start the TV application.


When you select the Common Interface Icon in the application title bar the following stateswill appear:

No CAM inserted:There is no Conditional Access Module (CAM) inserted into the Common Interfaceconnector.

CAM inserted into Slot 1 (down)There is a Conditional Access Module (CAM) inserted into the Slot 1 (down) of theCommon Interface connector.


CAM detected:The CAM has been detected by the software.

Access Control:Upon clicking the Access Control button you will be presented with a menu system fromthe respective Pay-TV provider. This contains information on your services available foryour subscription card


View modes

In the normal operating mode you can change to full screen mode by clicking theICON for Full Screen in the main application window:

Full Screen Mode

In the normal operating mode you can change to No Title Mode by clicking the ICONfor No Title Mode in the main application window:

No Title Mode

You can also change to No Title mode by double clicking the left mouse button onthe TV picture and by clicking on the picture again you will be returned to the normaloperating mode.


Recording & Time Shift

NOTE: Please refer to the Reg-Fixes folder on CD to enable Timeshift & Playback

These controls allow you to record radio and TV programs onto your hard disk. Byclicking the Folder symbol you can choose a directory to save the file(s). The coloredcrossbar shows the hard drive space already recorded (red) and the free space left(green).

Start recording by clicking the Record button and stop it by clicking again. A redflashing button indicates recording in progress. You must not change the channelwhile recording, stop the process first.

The TIME_SHIFT button starts the time shift mode, allowing you to record a runningtelecast and begin playback while the same recording is still going on.

Click the Playback button to play video files previously recorded.To playback audio-only files, please run a third-party MPEG-decoding software (e. g.InterVideo WinDVD).

Note: Audio and video streams are written in the MPEG2 format onto your hard disk.The recording process performing a transfer rate of up to several Mbit/s requires fast,capacious disk drives. For example, recording a one minute video stream at itstypical data rate (4 Mbit/s) requires 30 MBytes of free space, or for one hour of videoeven 1.8 GBytes.

Tips on Capturing

Note that the video and audio streams are stored in MPEG-2 format on your harddrive. The recording process will require a transfer rate of up to several MBit/s. Forexample; you may need 30 Mbytes free for the recording of a video stream of 4MBit/s, for approximately one-minute. Extrapolating this figure means that you willneed 1.8GB for 1 hour of video.A recently defragmented hard drive is recommended for capturing longer sequencesof video.

The capturing performance may be improved by changing a Windows setting called'Read-ahead optimisation' to 'None'. This setting can be found under Control Panel /System / Performance / File System.It is also recommended to close down any other applications before you startcapturing.


In order to ensure maximal record file quality, please consider the recommendationsgiven below:

• Capture audio/video data onto a hard drive of its own (or its own partition at least).• Increase the access time of your hard drive(s) by defragmenting it (them) prior tocapturing long sequences.• Close down any other applications before you start recording.• Terminate services operating in the background, as screen saver, virus scanner,etc.• Disable the Auto insert notification of your CD-ROM drive.• If necessary, reduce screen's pixel solution, e. g. from 1024 x 768 down to 800 x600.• Turn off the printer.• Disable the network card (if installed).

Playback

With this program you can playback the recorded MPEG-files (Please refer to applicationhelp files).


Troubleshooting:

Many errors are caused by the incorrect installation of the WinTV NOVA CI-T driver. Wemust first check the device manager to see if the driver has been installed correctly(Win98/ME):

Open the device manager (start / settings / control panel / system / device manager).

The Hauppauge WinTV NOVA CI-T must be entered once in the "Network adapterscategory. If the entry is missing, please read the following paragraph: " the HauppaugeWinTV NOVA CI-T driver is not installed in the device manager ".

Problem: the TV window remains light-grey or Error message: " main windowcould not be set. Video in own window tries to play. "

This error message appears, if the MPEG-2 software decoder is not installed or is notcorrectly installed. You may also get this message if the Direct Draw acceleration of theVGA card is not activated. Under Windows NT 4,0 this message will always appear,since Live TV is not supported here.

Install the software of the WinTV-NOVA CI-T installation CD ROM again (Setup.exe).

The WinTV-NOVA CI-T needs a VGA card with hardware overlay operation. For thefollowing example (the older) graphics cards are not suitable: S3 Trio 64, Matrox MilleniumI, Matrox Productiva G100. The following are compatible: S3 Trio 64V, Matrox MilleniumG200 / G400, Nvidia GeForce 256

The Hardware acceleration of the graphics card should be set to 100% Full. You cancheck by going to start \ control panel \ system \ properties \ performance \ graphics andyou should set the hardware acceleration to Full.

Run the program dxdiag on (start / run / dxdiag). Select the menu option " display " andmake sure that the option Direct Draw acceleration is enabled.

Problem: No channels found or PSI tables do not become highlighted

This is normally caused by weak signal strength or by your aerial not being able to receivea Digital Terrestrial signal. You may want to try a signal booster, a high gain aerial oralternatively contact your local aerial installer. (To locate an installer near you in the UnitedKingdom look up http://www.tv-installers.com/index2.html ).

This may also be cause by any Firewall or Network protection software that you may haveinstalled on your system. Because the card uses a Static IP address this must be added toa secure zone with in networking protection software.


Problem: the Hauppauge WinTV NOVA CI-T driver is not installed in the devicemanager

If you do not answer all of the questions correctly when installing the WinTV NOVA CI-Tcard and restart the computer following the installation of the WinTV NOVA driver, theWinTV NOVA CI-T driver is not merged correctly into the system. In this situation thedevice is possibly entered under other / unknown devices in the device manager. Thatcan also occur if you re-install Windows with the WinTV NOVA CI-T card inserted in a PCIslot. Highlight the entry PCI Multimedia DEVICE and click on remove and acknowledgewith OK. If you then click on the “Refresh“ button Windows then detects a Plug & PlayWinTV-NOVA card. Now if you insert the WinTV NOVA CI-T CD, the WinTV NOVA CI-Tdrivers will be installed. After the installation of the driver the entry in the Networkingsection in Device Manager " Hauppauge Virtual DVB adapter " must be present.

If you do need to re-install the software then please use the program DVBClear.exewhich can be found on the installation CD ROM in the folder UTILS to remove all ofthe software first.

Technical Support

If you have a technical problem, please read the section " Troubleshooting" beforecontacting Technical Support.

You can contact our technical support department on the following numbers Mondays -Fridays 09:00 – 18:00 hours

Tel: 020 7 378 0202 fax: 020 7 357 9171Email [email protected]

Please have the following information ready:

- What operating system do you use? (e.g Windows 98SE)- The model of the WinTV card (e.g WinTV NOVA-t USB)- The version number of the installation CD-ROM (e.g 1.25)- If a error message appears: the exact wording of the message- The model of the motherboard (look in manual or directly on the motherboard).- Which chip set does the Motherboard use ? Intel,SIS, UMC, VIA... (look directly on

the Main board or refer to motherboard documentation).

If you can telephone while sitting at the computer we can find out most of the informationfor you.

Software-Support

For the latest software for the WinTV NOVA card as well as tips and troubleshooting errormessages please visit our website:

http://www.hauppauge.co.uk

In the case of warranty:

The manufacturer warranty amounts to two years starting from purchase date.

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