User manual COMPRO COMPROPVR

[. . . ] ComproPVR User's Guide VideoMate For You Compro Technology, Inc. No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of Compro Technology, Inc. Compro, VideoMate, Poladyne, Play with Power, and the Compro logo are trademarks of Compro Technology, Inc. COMPRO makes no warranties with respect to this documentation and disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability, quality, or fitness for any particular purpose. [. . . ] Start ComproPVR and click on the Options button and select the Channels tab. Click on the Password button and enter the new password in the fields labeled Password and Confirm. If you previously set a password, you must also enter the old password in the appropriate field. Click on the OK button. 14 ComproPVR User Interface Change Password Click on the Password button. Hue: Adjusts whether the image looks red, green, blue, yellow, orange, etc. Contrast: Adjusts the gradation of tone between the 17 ComproPVR User's Guide image highlights, mid-tones, and shadows. Press the Default button to reset the sliders to their original positions. Note Pressing the Default button for Video Properties sometimes fixes the situation where you have audio but a blank (black) or off-color video. Audio Mode You can select Stereo, Mono or SAP in this dialog box. Note Stereo and SAP sound may not be available in your area or for all programs in your area. Turn on OSD When you select the checkbox next to Turn on OSD (On-Screen Display), channel information such as channel numbers, channel names, and audio quality will be displayed as you switch channels. When this box is unchecked no information will be displayed. Sleep Mode You can enable sleep mode and set the time delay before ComproPVR automatically shuts itself off. Recording Options 18 ComproPVR User Interface You can choose the recording format here in the Settings of ComproPVR. Recorded Programs Folder (Path) Click on the button to set the folder where recorded programs are stored. Check that you have ample disk space to store recorded programs. Recording Quality Here you can select the video and audio quality settings of recorded programs. ComproPVR includes useful quality presets, from VCD to DVD-quality. 19 ComproPVR User's Guide Note * If you like to record video in MPEG-4 format, you have to have your own MPEG-4 CODEC in order to do that. Please see more information in the troubleshooting page. You can also use custom settings by following these steps. For example, select MPEG-1 if you want VCD format or select MPEG-2 if you want DVD format. The higher the bit rate, the more processing power and disk space are required to record and playback video programs. The higher the bit rate, the more processing power and disk space are required to record and playback video programs. VBR: Check this box if you like to use VBR (Variable Bit Rate) mode to record. Set: Should the third-party CODEC have settings, you can click this button to change them. Note USB 2. 0 connection is needed for the DVD format. Using the default settings is recommended for the compatibility issue. 20 ComproPVR User Interface Skip Set the amount of programming skipped, in seconds, when you press the Replay and Advance buttons during video playback. Video Smoothing Enable the video smoothing function during recording. Video smoothing makes the video recording quality smoother but it increases CPU utilization. Noise Removal Remove video "noise" during MPEG encoding. This function increases CPU utilization. Hardware Scaling Enable the hardware scaling function during recording. It is recommended to turn this on. Adjust Volume You can adjust recording audio volume here. The audio source needs to be WAVE in the System Device in Settings. System Devices Options The System Devices tab displays Windows system and drivers information related to ComproPVR. 21 ComproPVR User's Guide Video Device The video device should be "VideoMate For You. " Note: You must select the proper Video and Audio devices for correct operation. If you do not see the appropriate Video and Audio devices, the drivers are not properly installed. [. . . ] no ComproPVR running: Just press the SLEEP button on the lower-right corner on the remote keypad, you will see a dialog as shown below. If you don't want to shut down the computer, please press the SLEEP button again, in other words, pressing the SLEEP key a second time is the same as pressing the "Cancel" button. Press OK to immediately shutdown the computer. When watching TV, i. e. ComproPVR is running: Just press the SLEEP button on the lower-right corner on the remote keypad repeatedly, you will see the text on the screen turns to SLEEP OFF, SLEEP ON - 30 MINUTES, SLEEP ON - 1 HOUR, SLEEP ON - 2 HOURS, and SHUTDOWN. [. . . ]