User manual COMPRO U80 START UP GUIDE

[. . . ] 6 Open and close the ComproDTV 4 display panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ComproDTV 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3 About This Guide VideoMate U80 lets you watch and record digital terrestrial TV broadcast on your computer or laptop. [. . . ] Open and close display panel 8 ComproDTV 4 Control Panel The ComproDTV 4 control panel resembles the controls on a VCR. Please note that not all options are available at all times, and may be grayed out or inaccessible depending on your hardware setup and TV services available. The following figure gives you the function of the button with (Hot key) Volume (- , +) Channel Up (Page Up) with Quick Channel list (I) Stop (S) Record (R) and Record Option Num Pad (W) Play (P) / Pause (U) Channel Down (Page down) Mute (M) Help (H) Docking (D) Minimize (G) Full Screen Close (CTRL+X) Volume Rewind (Left Arrow) Timeshift bar Fast Forward (Right Arrow) (- , +) Mute (M) Digital TV Signal Strength Number Pad (W) Option (O) Left/Right Audio Switch (J) Schedule (B) Video Source (V) Repeat Playback Recorded Files Last Channel (N) Channel Surf (F) Snapshot (Space) Timeshift (T) Add Window (F3) Reduce Window (F2) Windows Alignment (F5) Close All Windows (F6) Closed Caption (C) Teletext (X) EPG (E) No function 9 Video Source Switch (V) Audio mode HotKey A L TV / Timeshifting mode Description Enable/Disable Always-on-Top function for TV window. (Oregon circle on the upper-right corner of the TV window) Sleep function Video Desktop Open snapshot dialog box F7 F8 Note: Language select is only available while the program supports it. Start ComproDTV 4 and watch TV After installation, just press the yellow button of the last line on the remote or double click the ComproDTV 4 icon on the desktop, you will be able to watch TV. Close ComproDTV 4 and even shutdown the computer with the full function remote control keypad. Options Press the Options button to open the Options dialog box. You can change detail settings of ComproDTV 4 here. TV Settings This option gives you the way to manually set the method of scanning TV programs. Select your choice here or use default channel table to do the scanning. Autoscan The first time you start ComproDTV 4, Autoscan will automatically scan for available TV channels for TV signals. Please select your TV source from analog cable/antenna or from digital antenna. You can rescan the channels at any time by pressing the Autoscan button. When Autoscan is finished, detected channels are automatically enabled and marked with the green check mark . Channels, where a valid signal could not be detected, are disabled and marked with a blank. However, you 10 can interrupt the scanning process by pressing the Stop button. After you are finished scanning for available channels, you may select OK to return to the display window, or customize the channel list according to your preferences, as described below. Channel Naming You can customize the channel names by double-click on the Description field of the channel you wish to rename. You can do more changes on the channel's property by right-click the mouse on the Description field of the channel you wish to edit. Custom Settings for each channel You can customize each channel properties by click the icon in "Custom Settings" filed and edit it. Using my favorite channel list You can click to select using my favorite channel list from option window. And exit the list by yourselves to makes channel switch more convenient. 11 Channel Surfing While watching TV, the channel surfing feature displays a 4x4 grid of channel images to give you an overview of available programming. Double click the channel screen can direct jump to the channel you want. PIP/POP mode Usually, digital TV station broadcasts multiple programs on one frequency. Therefore, ComproDTV 4 in U80 TV stick supports up to 1 main DVB-T channel windows, 3 sub channel windows, and playback recorded video file at the same time if available. You can press the Add/Reduce Window button to open a slave window for that. Main window has all features while slave window has limited functions only. Double-click on the slave window can switch the TV program to the main window. Alignment Window button will put slave window(s) into main window which is convenient for you to watch multiple programs on full screen mode. The buttons on the upper-left corner slave window are Channel Up, Channel Down, Mute, Windows Alignment, and Close respectively. Slave window can be resized by mouse dragging lower-left corner to any ratio. Video Desktop While watching TV, you may right-click on the TV screen and select video on desktop or press the hotkey (F7) to activate Video Desktop mode. [. . . ] Please check the related government website for more information about the strength of digital terrestrial TV broadcast in your area. You can check how good the signal is in your location by performing a simple test. If the picture is not clear, the digital terrestrial TV broadcast signal is about the same. The difference is when the program data is not sufficient, you may see a blank screen or the video will be scrambled. Note Digital TV broadcast is different than normal analog TV. [. . . ]