USB SBTVD User’s Guide

PlayTV USB SBTVD

User’s Guide

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Table of contents
1. Software Installation 3
1.1 Driver Installation 3
1.2 Application Installation 3
2. Introducing Presto! PVR 4
2.1 System Requirements 4
2.2 Features 4
3. Using Your Presto! PVR 5
3.1 Installing Presto! PVR 5
3.2 Receiving a Channel 5
3.3 Choosing a Channel 6
3.4 Recording a Program 6
3.5 Scheduling Your Program Recording 6
3.6 Adjusting the Schedule Settings 7
3.7 Time Shifting 8
3.8 Adjusting the Volume 9
3.9 Taking Snapshots 9
4. Menus and Settings 10
4.1 Main Screen 10
4.2 Screen Menu 10
4.3 Device 11
4.4 Channel 12
4.5 Video 13
4.6 Record 13
4.7 Schedule 14
4.8 Skin 14
4.9 Live Update 15
4.10 History 15
4.11 Taskbar Commands 16
4.12 Shortcut Keys 16
5. Appendix 16
5.1 How can I optimize the PVR performance 16
5.2 Troubleshooting 16

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1. Software Installation

1.1 Driver Installation

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This window will pop out twice after plugging the

device into the computer. Please select “Cancel” and
insert the Driver CD to the CD-ROM drive. Please click on “Install Driver” and continue.
Notice: After the driver installation, the application installation window will appear.

1.2 Application Installation

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Please select your language and click on “Next” to Please click on “Next” to continue.
continue.
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Please click on “Yes” to continue. Please key in on “Serial Number” to continue.

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Please click on “Next” to continue. Please click on “Next” to continue.

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Then click on “OK” to restart you computer.

Please click on “Finish” to continue.

2. Introducing Presto! PVR
Presto! PVR HD is a program for turning your computer into a media center.
It allows you to watch and record your favorite TV shows. You have the
convenience of a VCR without having to rewind any tape. Here are the
requirements and features of the program.
2.1 System Requirements
¾ Presto! PVR will run on Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista.
¾ Requirements for different video resolutions:
For HD TV 1920 X 1080, Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2.0 GHz, 1 GB RAM. (2 GB of
RAM is recommended.)
For 1280 X 720, Intel Pentium D processor, 2.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM.(1 GB of RAM is recommended.)
For 720 X 576, Intel Pentium 4 processor, 2,4 GHz, 512 MB RAM. (1 GB of RAM is recommended.)
For 320 X 240, Intel Pentium 4 processor, 2,0 GHz, 512 MB RAM or equivalent.
¾ A least 100 MB of hard disk space is required for installing the program. An additional 500 MB
of space will be needed working with files.
¾ A True Color or HiColor display card with at least 1280 x 1024 pixel resolution and 128 MB of RAM
(256 MB of RAM is recommended.) that supports DirectX 9.0 and 16-bit HiColor mode.
¾ DirectX 9.0c or higher.
¾ An AC'97 compatible sound card.
¾ Digital TV antenna.
2.2 Features
¾ Play and record HD (High Definition) programs.
¾ Record programs to your hard disk and watch them later.
¾ Schedule your recordings for the future.
¾ Time shifting allows you to pause a live program to do things like answering the door or making
a sandwich, and then resume watching without missing any of the show. You can also skip parts
of the program during time shifting either by clicking the forward or backward buttons or dragging
the slider on the main panel.
¾ Use the EPG (Electronic Program Guide) function to get the program guide for current TV listings
and add them to your recording schedule with the click of a button.
¾ Easily play the shows that you have already recorded. You can also go forward or backward to
skip parts of the video that are less interesting. Just look in the History section.
¾ Watch video in a resizable preview window. Choose to freely resize or retain the original ratio.
Adjust the brightness and color. The preview window changes while the adjustments are made.
¾ Utilize multiple soundtracks as long as they are provided by the selected TV program.
¾ Take snapshots of your favorite TV moments.
¾ Use the Boss Key to quickly hide the program. This will cause
¾ Use Channel Surfing to quickly browse TV channels in a tiled window. Play any program by
double-clicking the thumbnail.
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3. Using Your Presto! PVR

This easy-to-use program provides useful functions such as full screen view, channel
selection, recording, programmed recording, settings, and help. Here are explanations of how
to perform the most common tasks.

3.1 Installing Presto! PVR

Before you begin, make sure that the antenna is connected to the Presto! PVR device. Insert
the Presto! PVR disc into your computer disc drive and follow the installation instructions.
After the installation, the Wizard will open to let you choose what device you will be using.
After selecting the device, the Channel dialog box will open so that you can scan for
available channel or load a pre-scanned channel list.

3.2 Receiving a Channel

To receive a channel through your network, please connect the antenna to the Presto! PVR
device and make the proper settings.
1. Click on to open the Settings dialog box, and then click the Device tab.
2. Choose a device from the Device list.
3. Click on the Channel tab on the Settings dialog box and then do one of the followings:
¾ Click on Scan to search for channels. If a channelis found, it will be included in the
channel list. When finished, you can choose a channel and change its name.
¾ Import and export channel lists. Using this feature, you won’t need to scan for channels
when using Presto! PVR on different computers.
4. Click on OK to close the Settings dialog box and watch TV.

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3.3 Choosing a Channel

After you have installed Presto! PVR and scanned for channels, you can click and select
a channel from the list. Click or to switch between channels, and to go to the
last channel viewed.

Another way to choose a channelis to right-click the program viewer and select Channel
Surfing from the screen menu. You will see available channels in thumbnail form. You can
play any channel by double-clicking the thumbnail. Click Esc to go back to live
programming.

3.4 Recording a Program

When you find a good show, click to start recording and the recorded program will be
saved in the working folder specified in the settings. You can click to stop recording,
and the preview screen will return to the live program.
※ When recording, you can go to full screen, minimize, and restore, but you cannot change
programs, or close the program.

3.5 Scheduling Your Program Recording

You can add, modify, or delete items for recording shows in the future. For this, you will
have to open the Settings dialog box by clicking and selecting the Schedule tab.
※ If there is a password to unlock the Hibernate or Standby mode, you must enter it to
start the scheduled recording.

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Click on Add… to schedule additional recording.

Click on Modify to change the schedule for selected recordings.
Click on Delete to cancel a selected recording.
Click on Delete All to cancel all scheduled recordings.
Click on EPG to get an online listing of current TV programs.
If you want to use Silent mode while recording, click on When a scheduled recording
starts, it will be in silent mode.
You can choose the action to be taken when a scheduled recording is finished from the After
scheduled recordings from Hibernate or Standby mode are completed box. (The selected
option will not be applied unless the computer was awoken from Hibernate or Standby mode
to make the scheduled recording.).

3.6 Adjusting the Schedule Settings

If you click Add… or Modify from the Schedule tab, the Schedule Settings dialog box will
open. There are two sections to pay attention to—Task and Time.

Task:
Task Name: Give a name to the recording session or use the default.
Channel: Choose from the available channels for the one you want.

Time
Type: You can choose to record the selected program One Time, Daily, Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday to Friday, Monday to
Saturday, or Saturday to Sunday.
Start Date: This option is available only when you have selected One Time in the Type
field. Pick the day to start recording on.
Start Time: Choose what time to start recording on the selected date.
Duration: Choose how long to record. The recording will stop after the specified time
period.
After selecting the appropriate dialog box options, click OK to return to the Schedule list.
※ (1) If a scheduled task comes up when recording is in progress, the current task will
be terminated and the scheduled task will be performed.
※ (2) If you have scheduled tasks that overlap, you will be reminded after you click
OK. Presto! PVR cannot record more than one show at a time.

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Using the Electronic Program Guide (optional)

Use the Channel box to choose an available channel.

Select the program that you want to record, and then click Add to Schedule. The program
will be added to the schedule. Click Refresh to make sure that the schedule is up-to-date.

3.7 Time Shifting

Time shifting means that, while watching the big game, you can click the pause button, and
then go get another bag of chips without missing any of the action. When you come back and
click the play button, you will resume watching from the point at which you paused. The
illustrations below show how the buttons will change during time shifting.

Click to prepare the recording of programming for time shifting. Please refer to
Illustration 1.

Illustration 1

When the button changes to , click it to start time shifting. You can also continue
watching the program from the point at which it was paused by clicking this button. Please
refer to Illustration 2.

Illustration 2

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During time shifting, you can go forward or backward over parts of the program by clicking
the or buttons. You can also move the slider to the right or left to skip
parts of the show that are less interesting. Please refer to Illustration 3.
Click to pause. The preview screen will freeze, but the recording will continue. Please
refer to Illustration 3.
Click to stop time shifting and return to the live program. Please refer to Illustration 3.

Illustration 3

※ When paused, you can change the screen size and adjust the volume, but you cannot
change programs, take snapshots, change the configuration, or close the program.
※ When closed captioning is supported, you can turn it on and off during time shifting.

3.8 Adjusting the Volume

Use the plus and minus buttons to increase and decrease the volume. The indicator will
reflect the changes. Clicking the speaker button will turn the sound on and off.

3.9 Taking Snapshots

Use CTRL+Alt+S to capture the screen at that moment. The snapshots will be saved in the
working folder. You can change the file format to save the snapshots on the Record tab of the
Settings dialog box.

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4. 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. Here they are in their entirety.

4.1 Main Screen

At the top of the presentation area, the program status (recording or playing), as well as the
video quality, will be listed.

※ The program status will appear only when playing or recording a program.

List the time along with the channel number and name.

These are the buttons for controlling the viewer. There are full screen, minimize and close.

These are special feature buttons: EPG and captions. Also available are the help file and the
settings buttons.

Check the programs that have already been recorded.

These buttons are for choosing a channel to watch on TV. Either by going up or down a
channel, going back to the previously viewed channel, or choosing from the channel list.

The volume controls let you turn it up and down as well as off, and the indicator shows the
current volume level.

The program control buttons are used for going forward, going backward, or to stop time
shifting and recording. They are available after the recording or time shifting button is clicked
or after you have chosen a program or video to play from the History dialog box.

These buttons are used for recording programs or time shifting.

4.2 Screen Menu

If you right-click the Presto! PVR screen when a video is playing, you will see the menu
below. This will give you quick control over how you watch the program.

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Aspect Ratio: This selects the ratio of width and height for your Presto! PVR screen. You
can choose Original Ratio, Free Ratio, 4:3 or 16:9. Choosing Free Ratio will allow you to
distort your TV picture by dragging the lower-right corner of the screen. If you have chosen
Original Ratio, the ratio will not change as you resize the picture.
Size: Click to change the size of the display window or restore it to the original size.
Full Screen: Click to see the program in the entire video screen. Press the ESC key to restore
the screen to the most recently selected size.
Sound: If the program has multiple sound tracks, you can switch them here.
Mute: Click to turn the audio off and on.
EPG: Click to get a current TV schedule online.
Closed Caption: Click to get captions for Digital TV.
Channel Surfing: Click to browse TV channels in a tiled window. The screen will be
organized into non-overlapping frames. You can play a channels by double-clicking its
thumbnail.
Exit: Click to close the program.
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.

4.3 Device
On the Device tab, you can select how you control the Presto! PVR device. Available Presto!
PVR devices are listed.

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4.4 Channel
You can scan for available television channels.

Scan: Click to look for all available channels and list them. Channels will have a mark
in front of their listings. Clear the heart to remove it from the list. Then it will not be
listed in the selection panel and won't be available when changing channels.
Export/Import: You can use these two functions to export or import the channel list file so
that you don’t need to rescan when using other computers.
Channel information: You can edit the name for each channel. Type a name that may help
you be clearer about what kind of show it is.

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4.5 Video
On the Video tab, you can adjust the brightness and the color in the picture. Enable
Deinterlace to prevent lines from appearing in the video.

4.6 Record
This tab will let you select a location to store recorded video files. You can also change the
file format (JPG, PNG, and BMP) to save screenshots in the Snapshot section.

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4.7 Schedule
The schedule will display the programs that have been selected for recording at a later date.
For more information, see “3.4 Scheduling Your Program Recording.”

4.8 Skin
In this tab, you can change the skin. Choose a different skin from the Select list and see how
it looks in the Preview window. Click OK to accept..

※ Depending on the program version, this feature may not be available.

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4.9 Live Update

In this tab, you can check for product updates and news under Live Update.

4.10 History
Click to see the programs you have recorded, with the most recent listed first.

Click on Browse to open a dialog box to find and select a video to play.
Click on Play to watch the selected program.
Click on Delete to erase a selected program from the hard disk.
Click on Close to close the History dialog box.
※ In the History dialog box, Presto! PVR will show thumbnails of images, but not videos.
※ You can go forward or backward by clicking the or buttons, or by dragging
the slider .

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4.11 Taskbar Commands

After Presto! PVR has been successfully installed on your system, the program icon will
appear on the system tray that can be used to start and monitor Presto! PVR. There are four
commands that you can choose from. Here is a quick tour.
Start Presto! PVR: This command quickly launches Presto! PVR. It is unavailable if the
program is running.
Set Schedule: This command takes you directly to the Schedule tab of the Settings dialog
box. For details, please go to “3.4 Scheduling Your Program Recording.”.
Quit: Clicking this command stops all Presto! PVR tasks and removes the icon from the
system tray.

4.12 Shortcut Keys

Shortcut keys are a quick way to manipulate the program. See the Readme.txt file for details.
Click the Start button, point to All Programs, NewSoft, and then Presto! PVR. Locate the
folder that contains the Readme file and open it.

5. Appendix
Sometimes we get questions about our product. Here are the questions that we get asked the
most. Hopefully this information will be useful to you.

5.1 How can I optimize the PVR performance

PVR performance depends on the computer system. The following steps can help to make
things better.
1. Try to retain as much free hard disk space as possible.
2. Use a faster hard disk drive. (7,200 rpm or higher.)
3. Disable Power Management in the BIOS.
4. Close unnecessary programs, and do not run other programs while recording.
5. Use the defrayment tool to optimize the hard disk.
6. Make sure your system meets the PVR minimum requirements.
A. Use a USB 2.0 port since some TV tuner devices won't work with the older USB 1.1 ports. You may
need to purchase a USB 2.0 PCI card or card bus. If the USB port is version 1.0 or 1.1, a message will
ask you to connect to a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port when you plug the USB device into the system.
B. PVR requires at least a Pentium III, 800 MHz CPU or better for the preview function, and requires at
least a Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz CPU or better for the recording function.
C. PVR requires either Windows 2000 SP4 or Windows XP SP2.
D. PVR requires DirectX 9.0c or later.

5.2 Troubleshooting
If you are having trouble with the product, please check here first. You may find the answer
quickly.

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1. My system does not recognize the ISDB tuner in the USB port
It could be that a related driver already exists on the system, or it may be a hardware issue.
1. Make sure the device is properly connected.
2. Make sure the device driver is installed.
3. If the above steps do not fix the problem, try unplugging the device from the computer and uninstalling
the driver. Then plug the device into a different port and install the driver again.
4. If you are connecting the device through a USB hub, try connecting it directly to the computer.
If the problem persists, contact the hardware manufacturer for further assistance.

2. Presto! PVR does not respond after being started, or it displays stuttering or
corrupted video.
If you encounter one of these problems and are using Windows XP Service Pack 2, please
visit the Microsoft website at this link,
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=14caaf6d-198
c-4197-82ad-28251f9c50a5, and download the latest patch.

3. I can watch and record TV programs, but cannot play them back or preview the
channels.
Make sure that DirectX 9.0 or later has been installed on the computer. Microsoft DirectX 9.0
improves graphics, video, 3-D animation, audio, security, and performance in the operating
system. Go to the Start menu, click Run, and type dxdiag. You will find a list that shows the
DirectX version. If the installed DirectX version is older than 9.0, download and install the
latest DirectX version from the Microsoft website at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx. It's free.
To find out which version of DirectX you are using, click Run from the Windows Start
menu, type "dxdiag", and then OK. The DirectX diagnostic tool will open, and the version
number will be listed under System Information.

4. Is the TV tuner device properly installed?

1. From the Start menu, open the Control Panel.
2. Open System, click the Hardware 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 manual and reinstall the hardware.
If the digital TV signal is not strong enough, adjust the antenna to get the best reception. (You
might consider buying an active antenna.) Try moving the equipment to a different area in the
house, and then scan for channels again.

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