Tekram Technology M205 manuel d'utilisation

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    Rev. 1.0 11/98 USER’S GUIDE[...]

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    M205 PRO User's Manual Page 2 M205 PRO User’s Manual n n n n n n FCC NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations. This equipment gen[...]

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    M205 PRO User’s Manual Page 3 M205 PRO User’s Manual n n n n n n CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 5 n K EY F EATURES ......................................................................................... 5 Television on your PC! ...................................[...]

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    M205 PRO User's Manual Page 4 M205 PRO User’s Manual Selecting the Video Source and Adjusting the Picture Properties ....................... 18 Selecting Overlay / Preview Mode ..................................................................... 19 Setting the Video Display Size and Format ...................................................[...]

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    Page 5 M205 PRO User’s Manual INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of the CaptureTV M205 PRO, the video capture and TV tuner card! The M205 PRO is actually two cards in one: • A built-in TV tuner brings television to your computer screen, allowing you to work and watch TV at the same time. • The Video and Still Image Capture function[...]

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    INTRODUCTION Page 6 M205 PRO User’s Manual The VideoCapture Utility Lets you watch up to 125 cable television channels and 70 antenna channels in smooth, full-motion video in a window or full screen. You can capture still frames and movie clips, channel surf, or create your own TV transcripts. Composite Video and S- Video inputs support VCRs, vid[...]

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    Page 7 M205 PRO User’s Manual HARDWARE INS TALLATION n n Components in the Package The following components should be included in your CaptureTV M205 PRO box: 1. CaptureTV M205 PRO board 6. (Optional) NICAM Daughter Board 2. “Tekram Multimedia Drivers & Utilities” CD-ROM 7. (Optional) S-video Adaptive Cable 3. IR Sensor 4. Remote Control [...]

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    HARDWARE INSTALLATION Page 8 M205 PRO User’s Manual n n Hardware Installation Installing the Capture Card Important : Handle circuit boards by the edges or bracket. Touch the bare metal of your computer case before handling any circuit boards to prevent static discharge damage. 1. Turn OFF all power to your system, including any peripherals (prin[...]

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    HARDWARE INSTALLATION Page 9 M205 PRO User’s Manual Connecting to FM antenna (Optional) Connecting to Cable TV or Antenna Connecting the IR Sensor[...]

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    HARDWARE INSTALLATION Page 10 M205 PRO User’s Manual Connecting to External Video Sources (RCA jack) Connecting to External Video Sources (S-video)[...]

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    HARDWARE INSTALLATION Page 11 M205 PRO User’s Manual Connecting to Speakers or Headphones NOTE : The CaptureTV M205 PRO audio output jack is a low-gain output suitable for headphones and powered speakers, as well as an input into stereo systems or other types of amplifiers. It is not suitable for driving unpowered external speakers alone. If your[...]

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    Page 12 M205 PRO User’s Manual SOFTWARE INS TALLATION n n Installing the Windows 95 Device Drivers After the capture card is properly installed in the system, power on your system. Windows 95 will automatically detect the card as a Multimedia Device upon boot-up, and display a “New Hardware Found” screen like the one shown below. Click on “[...]

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    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Page 13 M205 PRO User’s Manual n n Installing the Windows 98 Device Drivers 1. After the capture card is properly installed in the system, power on your system. Windows 98 will automatically detect the card as a PCI Multimedia Video Device upon boot-up, and display a “New Hardware Found” screen, then “Add New Hardware [...]

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    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Page 14 M205 PRO User’s Manual n n The Autorun Screen After rebooting, insert the “Tekram Multimedia Utilities & Drivers” CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. The Autorun screen will show up. If it does not appear, run D:AUTORUN (where D: is your CD-ROM drive). Double-clicking the appropriate product model name M205 PRO br[...]

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    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Page 15 M205 PRO User’s Manual n n Installing the VideoCapture utility 1. Select Install Application on the Autorun Screen. The following dialog box appears: 2. In the Installation Directory, type the drive and directory where you want the software installed. The default path is C:CapTV . 3. Click Continue to start copying [...]

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    Page 16 M205 PRO User’s Manual VideoCapture UTILITY The VideoCapture Utility lets you watch television and playing video in a window or full screen. This application is also used for capturing still images and full-motion video from TV or a video device. The VideoCapture utility saves the captured still image as DIB file format. The video is save[...]

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    VideoCapture UTILITY Page 17 M205 PRO User’s Manual n n Control Panel To show/hide the control panel, check Show Panel from the TV menu. 1. POWER : Quits the M205 PRO VideoCapture application. 2. PC/TV : Switches between viewing in a window and full screen. (*) 3. ICONIC : minimize the program to an icon. 4. CAPTURE MOTION : Captures motion video[...]

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    VideoCapture UTILITY Page 18 M205 PRO User’s Manual n n Video Display Selecting the Video Source and Adjusting the Picture Properties From the Options menu, choose Video Source . The Video Source dialog box appears: • Video Connector : Select video input source (TV, Composite or S-video). • Video System : Select video system type for the curr[...]

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    VideoCapture UTILITY Page 19 M205 PRO User’s Manual Selecting Overlay / Preview Mode Select Overlay or Preview mode from the Options menu. In Overlay mode, video is transferred directly from the capture card to the memory of the display card without using any CPU resources. This results in better on-screen viewing. However, the capturing operatio[...]

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    VideoCapture UTILITY Page 20 M205 PRO User’s Manual Selecting View/Capture Mode To display video only, select the View Mode from the O ptions menu. In this mode, you can display video full screen or in a scalable window, but capture is not allowed. In the Capture Mode , you can only display the video in the size you specify in the Video Format di[...]

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    VideoCapture UTILITY Page 21 M205 PRO User’s Manual Displaying Close Captioned Text If you are watching TV in NTSC standard or playing an NTSC videotape containing closed captioned material, you can enable the close captioned text to be displayed with the video. Choose Video Display from the Options menu. The following dialog box appears: • Ena[...]

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    VideoCapture UTILITY Page 22 M205 PRO User’s Manual n n Video Capture Note: Make sure that you have selected the Capture Mode under the Options menu. Please refer to page 20 . Changing the Settings for Video Capture Choose Capture Settings from the Capture menu to change the preferences for video capturing. The dialog box appears: * All the value[...]

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    VideoCapture UTILITY Page 23 M205 PRO User’s Manual • Mouse to Abort Capture : Select the mouse button to be used for ending video capture. • Hit OK to Capture : By default the capturing begin as soon as you choose the capture command from the Capture menu. Click this check box to have a dialog box appear before the capturing start for re- co[...]

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    VideoCapture UTILITY Page 24 M205 PRO User’s Manual Selecting the Video Compressor From the Options menu, choose Compression to select the video compression algorithm. The dialog box appears: • Compressor : Selects the compressor to be used. • Compression Quality : Sets the compression rate. The higher number will result in less distortion bu[...]

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    VideoCapture UTILITY Page 25 M205 PRO User’s Manual Specifying the File Name for Motion Video Capture Before capturing a motion video, you should first decide the name of the captured file and the location on the hard drive that the image will be stored in, or the file will be saved to the default name and path c:capture.avi Choose Set Capture F[...]

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    VideoCapture UTILITY Page 26 M205 PRO User’s Manual Capturing Motion Video Click Capture Video under the Capture menu to initiate video capture. After the movie is saved to disk, you will be shown the amount and percentage of dropped frames. After the capturing is complete, the video display will remain still. Click Preview or Overlay from the Op[...]

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    VideoCapture UTILITY Page 27 M205 PRO User’s Manual n n The TV Tuner Show / Hide Control Panel From the TV menu, check Show Panel to display/hide the control panel (See page 17 ). The functions described below may also be operated from the control panel. Selecting Antenna / Cable Input From the TV menu, click on Air or Cable to select antenna (ai[...]

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    VideoCapture UTILITY Page 28 M205 PRO User’s Manual Selecting a Channel You can directly select a channel by clicking on Set Channel , the following dialog box appears: Key in the desired channel number and click OK. For channel up/down, click on Channel Forward / Channel Backward . Fine Tuning a Channel To fine tune the signal of a selected chan[...]

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    VideoCapture UTILITY Page 29 M205 PRO User’s Manual Channel Browsing To view all channels simultaneously, click Channel Browsing . The option is then toggled to Exit Browsing . To stop browsing, click Exit Browsing or press the Esc key on you keyboard. You may select the channel while browsing by clicking on the desired channel.[...]

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    Page 30 M205 PRO User’s Manual THE REMOTE CONTROL n n Using the Remote Control Included with your CaptureTV package is an infrared remote control. To use the remote, you must first hook up the IR Sensor, as shown on Chapter 2. You must aim the remote at the IR Sensor during use, so it’s recommended that you place the sensor near your monitor. F[...]

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    Page 31 M205 PRO User’s Manual TROUBLESHOOTING The following troubleshooting tips may help you if you experience problems. Contact your dealer for more advanced troubleshooting information. Basic Troubleshooting Tips • Check that the card is seated properly in its expansion slot. If the problem still exists, try a different PCI expansion slot. [...]

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    Page 32 M205 PRO User’s Manual n n n APPENDIX n n DirectX 6.0 Installation for Microsoft Windows 95 1. Ensure that Windows 95 is up and running properly. 2. Insert the Tekram Multimedia Drivers & Utilities CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 3. Under Start… Run of the task bar, TYPE in X:DIRECTX6DXSETUP (X is the letter of your CD-ROM drive). [...]