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    A V er Medi aCenter 3D User Manual[...]

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    Disclaimer All the screen shots in this documenta tion are only example ima ges. The images may vary depending on the product and software v ersion. Information presented in this documentation has been carefully checked for reliability; how ever , no responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies. T he information cont ained in t his document ation is [...]

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    MCS - 1.7.9 201 10 6 T able of Content s Chapter 1 Intr oduction ......................................................................... 5 1.1Device Introduction ........................................................................................... 6 1.2 System Requirement s ...................................................................[...]

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    3.1 General Settings .............................................................................................. 28  Con figure R ecording ............................................................................................................... 28  Con figure Snap shot .................................................................[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introduction Thanks for purchasing Dar kCryst al HD Ca pture P ro/A V er TV HD DVR(USA) . This high q uality captur e card i s especiall y desi gned f or pro fessional pla yers with hi gh stan dards towar ds image/ v ideo quality . DarkCry st al HD Capture Pro / A V erTV HD DVR(USA) also comes with a pow erf ul applicati on A V er MediaC [...]

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    Introduction 6 1.1 D e vi c e Introd uction What is video c apture card and what can it d o? Video capture c ards are a class of video ca pture de vices desig ned to plu g directl y into expans ion slots in person al com puters and ser vers. A video capture c ard produ ct typical ly includ es a driver to get the d evice g oing an d a bundle d softw[...]

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    Introduction 7 1.2 System Requirem ent s System requirem ents are descr ibed in details b elow . Bef ore using A V er M ediaCen ter 3D , please verify that your PC meets the req uirem ents below . SD Video Capturing HD Video Capturing (MPEG - 2) HD Video Captu ring (H.264) 3 D Content Captu ring CPU Intel® Pe ntium® 4 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon™ 64 320[...]

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    Introduction 8 1.4 Over view of A V er M ediaCen ter 3D The f unctions of A V er M ediaCenter 3D are categori zed into five bu ttons on the m ain menu, incl uding “ Capture ”, “ Vi de o ”, “ Music ” , “ Images ” a nd “ Settings ”. This section briefl y introdu ces main m enu, sub m enus and init ial setups . For m ore inform ati[...]

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    Introduction 9  Control But tons On T itle Bar Click To … Go back to the m ain menu Go back to a previ ous level Bring out the user ’s manual Minim ize A V er Media Co ns ole to s ys t e m t r a y Restore A V erMedi a Consol e to previous s ize Exit A V erM edia C onsole  Control But tons On Pla y bac k Window Control P anel Click To … [...]

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    Introduction 10  Navigation T ree This is an over view of the operations und er each main functi on. For spec ific operati on of each func tion, pl ease re f er t o the tabl e of conten ts and go to it s accordi ng p age.[...]

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    Introduction 11 1.5 Runnin g A V er Medi aCe nter 3D for the Fir st T ime W hen you run the A V e r Med iaCenter 3D for the f irst ti me, the Setup Wizar d will automatic ally pop up and take you throug h all the nec essar y steps for a c omplete setu p. 1 1 . . W hen Setup W izard dialog box appears , click Y es. 2 2 . . Select A V e rMed ia C 027[...]

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    Introduction 12 3 3 . . Select f rom the dropdo wn menu of Country / S- Vid e o / Composite V ideo / HD Input according t o the place you use this device, t he signals provided i n your re gion, and the si gnals of the equipm ent connect ed to your PC. T hen click Next . 4 4 . . The wizar d will gu ide you throu gh to com plete the setups f or the [...]

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    Getting Started 13 Chapter 2 Getting Started This Chapt er includ es descri ptions of the five main func tions on A V er MediaCent er 3D main menu. Each b asic operati on is f ollow ed by more d etailed i nf ormation on sub menu und er each functi on. Bef ore u sing t he A V er MediaC enter 3D , it is hi ghly recommended t o read thr ough the cont [...]

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    Getting Started 14 2.1 Capture Y ou c an capture a high qu alit y still image, a s equenc e of c ontinuous im ages, or re cord a vid eo clip when watc hing vide os eithe r from live or previo usly recor ded sourc es or pla ying gam es in AV e r Med iaCenter 3D . Basic Op erations 1 1 . . Select a video sour ce from the left m enu and then the desir[...]

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    Getting Started 15  Capture i n Live Live video r efer s to any ava ilable curr ent vide o source ready for pla yback . This can refer to an y supporte d signal c oming f rom the c onnected d evice, su ch as a DVD pla yer or a video gam ing dev ice. Note : Video source s etup is s upposed to b e com pleted when r unning A V er M ediaCenter 3D fo[...]

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    Getting Started 16  Operati ons of T i meShift The TimeShift function perfor ms back ground recor ding of a video playback , and allows you return to any part of th e recorde d program . At the s ame tim e, the live pr ogram continues t o be recor ded and played back so you won’t m iss any part of the show . Y o u can also advance forward to s[...]

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    Getting Started 17  Operati ons of Recorded Fi les All the rec orded f iles are lis ted with r ecordin g tim e and date. Re organi ze the files with the m enu on the left. 1 1 . . Go to Capture - > Recorde d Files . 2 2 . . Reorgani ze the rec orded fi les by chec king the options pr ovided o n the left m enu. 3 3 . . Select th e desired f il[...]

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    Getting Started 18  Using Sche dule Recordi ng The T imeShift func tion perfor ms back ground record ing of a pr ogram , and lets you r eturn to an y part of the rec orded pro gram . 1 1 . . Go to Capture - > Schedule Recordi ng . 2 2 . . Cli ck New Schedule to go to detail settin g windo w . 3 3 . . Edit a nam e for the schedul e, and select[...]

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    Getting Started 19 4 4 . . Select th e desired s ignal Source under Source . 5 5 . . Check the desired r ecurren t frequenc y and enter the date of the program f or the schedul e. Click Save on the left m enu to save your settin gs and bring u p the next ed it windo w . 6 6 . . Enter the airing tim e of th e program to be record ed. 7 7 . . Select [...]

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    Getting Started 20 2.2 Captu re in 3D  Recordi ng a 3DTV P rogram T o rec ord a 3DTV pr ogram 1 1 . . If the sc reen hasn’t gone in to 3D watching f ull scr een mod e, click / on the c ontrol bar at the lower right of the screen and sele ct Record to start. 2 2 . . T o end 3D rec ordin g, doubl e click on the screen, press Es c k ey on your ke[...]

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    Getting Started 21  Pla y i ng a Recor ded 3 DTV Progra m OR, 1 1 . . Select Vid e o . 2 2 . . Y ou m ay see som e rec orded video files are l isted on the right h and section of the scr een. Or you can select M ore Videos t o choose oth er folders. 3 3 . . Select th e file you want. 1 1 . . Select TV  Record ed F iles . 2 2 . . All the rec o[...]

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    Getting Started 22 4 4 . . Click on the contr ol bar at the lower right of the sc reen an d the 3D Setting dialogue box appear s. 5 5 . . Select 3D Red /Cyan , M icro - polariz ed 3D , or NV IDIA ® 3D Vision™ f rom the Display Mode drop - down m enu acc ording to your 3D watc hing equ ipments and c lick OK to confirm and go b ack to AVe r Med ia[...]

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    Getting Started 23 2.3 Vi d e o Y ou c an watch video f iles besides t he record ed files in Vi d e o .  Pla y i ng Video Files 1 1 . . Go to “ Vid e o ”. 2 2 . . The video f iles rec orded b y A V er M ediaCenter 3D are listed on the right. D ouble click to start playing t he selected file. Use th e m ain playback window co ntrol panel to c[...]

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    Getting Started 24 2.4 Music Y ou c an add, de lete, and r eorgani ze your m usic files and create your ow n librar y for enjoyme nt in Music .  Adding Musi c to your Playlist 1 1 . . Go to “ M usic ”  “ A dd M usic ” and then t he desir ed folder of m usic file s. 2 2 . . Select th e track s you wish t o add to the pla ylist. 3 3 . .[...]

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    Getting Started 25  Pla y i ng Music T o play m usic: 1 1 . . Go to “ M usic ”. 2 2 . . Check Sequenti al to p lay trac ks in order or R andom for shuffle playback . 3 3 . . Check Loop for repeat pla yback . 4 4 . . Click to start playing m usic. 5 5 . . Click on t he follow ing butto ns to control your pla yback. Advance the pla yback . Rew[...]

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    Getting Started 26 2.5 Images Images allo ws you not onl y to view capt ured im ages/ pictures but create and pla yback a slide sho w .  Vie w ing the Captured Images 1 1 . . Go to “ Imag es ”. 2 2 . . The capt ured images are displa yed in matr ix on the r ight of the windo w . 3 3 . . Click on t he thum bnails to v iew the images in full s[...]

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    Chapter 3 Adv anced Operations Beyond b asic usage, what else y ou can do w ith A V er MediaCent er 3D in this chapter ; we t ake you t o the next l evel and explai n the advanc ed fe atures of this applicati on. General Settings ................................................................................................... 28 Capture Settings [...]

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    More Settings 28 3.1 General Settin gs In Ge ne ral Setti ngs , you c an change t he dest ination f older f or recorde d files , edit rec ording tim e and file size, as sign th e number of image you want to captu re, and rese t the W indows po wer options , etc.  Configure Recording 1 1 . . Go to “ Settings ”  “ Gener al ”  “ Con[...]

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    Advanced Operations 29  Configure Snap s hot 1 1 . . Go to “ Settings ”  “ Gener al ”  “ Configure S napshot ”. 2 2 . . Click to locate a preferable f older f or captur ed images . 3 3 . . Enter the desired n umber of images to be capture d, the interval b etween e ach im age taken, and the f orm at of the captured image to be [...]

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    Advanced Operations 30  More Options 1 1 . . Go to “ Settings ”  “ General ”  “ M ore Options ”. 2 2 . . Select th e languag e for the applicat ion. 3 3 . . Click Save to c onfirm the selection.[...]

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    Advanced Operations 31 3.2 Capture Settings In Capture setting s, you can s elect SD ( S tandard Def inition) or HD (High D efinitio n) sourc es for capture/ rec ording r esults. SD input s ources us ually re fer to signa ls com ing from analog TV system s, VCR (Video Cass ette Recorder) / VHS or older video gam e stations, connect ed b y composite[...]

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    Advanced Operations 32  Configure SD Input Sourc e > SD T imeshi f t & Color Adjustme nt 1 1 . . Go to “ Settings ”  “ Capture ”  “ Configure S D Input Sourc e ” 2 2 . . Click Configure T imeshift . 3 3 . . Check to decide on the video qualit y of SD T im eshift.  Configure SD Input Sourc e > SD Color Adjustment 1 [...]

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    Advanced Operations 33  Configure HD Input Source In Capture settings, you can s elect SD ( S tandard Def inition) or HD (High D efinitio n) sourc es for capture/ rec ord in g resu lts. HD signal s ources usuall y refer to an y video s ystem of higher resol ution tha n standard - def inition ( SD) video, an d mos t comm only indic ates reso luti[...]

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    Advanced Operations 34  Video S tandards In Vid eo S ta ndards , you c an change the setti ngs that were m ade when you first r an the A V erM edia Center . C lick to select fr om the dropd own menu a nd then S ave to co nfirm your changes. 1 1 . . Go to “ Settings ”  “ Capture ”  “ V ideo St andards ”. 2 2 . . Click to select [...]

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    Advanced Operations 35 3.3 V ideo Settings  Picture- in - P i cture (PIP) / Picture- by - Picture (PBP) Displa y W ith the PIP/PBP feature, you are able to p layback recorded video files, a nd at th e sam e time, watch video. 1 1 . . Go to “ Vid e o ”  “ M ore Videos ”. 2 2 . . Select th e desired f ile, or s elect to locate t he desi[...]

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    More Settings 36 3.4 Images S etting s In Images settings , you can s et up the pla yback details f or the captured images , or even add in other images of your pre vious collec tion to ed it your o wn slid e show . 1 1 . . Go to “ Settings ”  “ Image s ”. 2 2 . . From Play S ettings dropdo wn menu, select Sequential to play a sl ide sho[...]

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    More Settings 37 3.5 A b out A V er M ediaCenter 3D prov ides a con venient to ol, allowing users to access to our cus tomer after sale serv ice via AV e r M e d i a ’ s webs ite easi ly . 1 1 . . Go to “ Settings ”  “ About ”. 2 2 . . Connect to t he Intern et and then click Pr oduct Information to access the product inform ation webp[...]

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    More Settings 38[...]

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    Appendix More ti ps and ex planations ar e included in this c hapt er . Hot Keys ................................................ 39 Glossary ................................................ 40[...]

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    Appendix 40  Hot Ke y s Ho t K e ys Desc ription Up/Down/L eft/Right arrow Move up, d own, left or r ight to sel ect the des ired item . Ta b Move to nex t item . Sp a c e Confirm the selected track s or folders when under the m ain menu - Music . F1 Open the us er manua l. F8 Tur n off / on the sound. F9 V o lume Do wn F10 V o lume Up Back Back[...]

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    Appendix 41  Glossary AV I A VI is the mos t comm on video file for mat for playback on the com puter . It can be sav ed in uncom pressed f orm if y o u want high qualit y video, or c ompr essed using any of the available codecs if you want t o minim ize the file s ize. A spect Ratio Aspect rat io indicates t he ratio of the width of an image to[...]

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    Appendix 42 www .a v ermedia.com[...]