ADS Technologies PTV-351 manual

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    Instant T V PCI/+FM: Instant T V PCI English • French Watch and Record TV Shows User ’s Guide: First Edition[...]

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    © 2004 ADS T echnologies. All Rights Reserved First Edition: July 2004 Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, Windows 95, Windows 98SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. IBM is a registered trademark of the International Business Machines, Inc. ADS is a registered trademark of ADS T echnologies Inc. A[...]

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    2 The Instant T V PCI Hardware: • Remove the Instant TV PCI Hardware from the packing Material • Open your computer and locate an available PCI Slot,Make sure your computer is OFF! • Seat the Instant TV PCI card and screw it in tightly into the PCI Slot • Close your Computer Case • Connect the Supplied Audio Patch Cable to the Audio Input[...]

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    3 Installing your Instant T V PCI Drivers and Application I ns t al l a t io n d e s p i l o t e s e t a p p li c a t io n d e l ’ I n s t a nt TV P C I The Instant T V PCI Drivers: • Make sure the Instant TV PCI/Instant TV PCI+FM CD is in your CD ROM Drive when you turn your Computer On. • Windows XP or earlier versions of the Windows OS wil[...]

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    4 last channel current input status time shift snap shot scheduled recording status display channel control volume control channel preview capture VCR controls SAP On-Screen Remote: Remote Control[...]

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    5 Ser vice and Warranty: Ser vice and Warranty: Ser vic e: If you requ ire assi sta nc e with the ins tal la tio n, op era tio n, or appl ica tio n of you r ADS T ec hno l- ogi es, Inc. prod uct ther e are sev er al opt io ns ava il abl e to you as desc rib ed in th e tech ni cal sup por t sec tio n of thi s man ual . Y our pri mar y sou rce for in[...]

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    6 W arran ty : W arran ty : Thi s ADS T ec hno lo gie s, Inc. pro du ct com es with a One (1) year hard war e war ran ty . ADS T echn ol ogi es, Inc. (ADS ) warr an ts thi s pro duc t aga ins t def ect s in mat eri al an d work ma nsh ip for a perio d of One (1) year from the dat e of ori gin al pur ch ase from AD S or an aut ho riz ed ADS deal er [...]

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    8 Instant T V PCI ADS T ech T echnical Suppor t - 5 6 2 . 9 2 6 . 4 3 3 8 Nor th America Suppor t Hour s: Mon-Fri: 8am - 5pm, PST Suppor t: www .adstech.com/support/support.asp ww w .a dst e c h. com E u r o p ea n T e c h n i c al S up p o rt : +3 5 3 .6 1 . 70 2 0 4 2 If you have any problems or questions on this product, please call : P h o n e [...]