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Instant T V: English Watch and Record TV Shows on CD or DVD User ’s Guide: First Edition Instant T V ADS T ech North America Suppor t Hours: M-F : 8 am - 5 pm, PST Email : support@adstech.
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Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Installation Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Installing Instant TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Video@Home Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Video@Home Index. .
4 Introduction Package Contents: • Instant TV USB 2.0 TV T uner device • Instant TV Remote Control • Battery for Remote Control • 6 ft. USB cable • 6 ft.
5 INST ALL A TION GUIDE NOTE: INSERT the CD and install the Drivers before plugging the Instant TV Device in your computer!.
6 Instant TV lets you capture video in VCD, SVCD or DVD video formats you can easily and quickly archive your TV shows to disk. Instant TV captures video in the correct format so you don’t have to waste time converting the video before you burn to disk.
7 RCA V ideo In - Use the supplied A/V cable to connect other video sources to this video input jack. S-Video In - If you have video sources with an S-Video output, you can connect an S-V ideo cable (not supplied) to Instant TV to capture from S-Video sources.
8 Please follow the steps as outlined below: Install Drivers 1. ) I nser t the Ins tant TV CD int o your Wind ows XP CD-R OM driv e. 2. ) D oubl e Clic k t he Driv ers bu tton on t he Laun ch scre en. 3. ) D urin g the Dri ver ins tal l p roce ss an upda te from Mi cro soft fo r your Wi ndow s XP sy stem wi ll als o b e i nsta lle d ( Fig.
Installing the Video@Home2 software 1.) Insert the USB Instant TV CD into your CD-Rom Drive 2.) Click the V ideo@Home 2 button on the launch screen. 3.) Follow the steps for Video@Home Installation. 4.) A V ideo@Home 2 icon will be placed on your computer desktop.
10 • V ol + Pressing the V ol+ button will increase the audio monitoring level • V ol - Pressing the V ol – button will decrease the audio monitoring level • Record - Press the Record button to begin video recording.
11 Schedule Recordings with TitanTV .com (Internet Connection Required) Y ou can us e T ita nTV .co m to sche dul e au toma tic re cord ing of TV show s on your co mput er . T itan TV is an Int erne t base d TV sc hedu ling w ebsi te. Th ey prov ide lo cal T V a nd Cab le list ing s f or Nort h Am eric a.
12 English edition for Ulead V ideo@Home 2, June 2003. © 2002-2003 Ulead Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, e.
13 W elcome to Ulead Video@Home Ulead Video@Home empowers your Instant TV with easy-to-use interface and functions. This enables you to instantly view or record TV programs and other video sources (such as VCR, camcorder , and even TV game console) through S-V ideo and Composite jacks.
14 Introducing the W orkspace Preview Window 1. Source 16. Mute On/Off 2. Media Library 17. Channel Down 3. Start 18. Channel Up 4. Play 19. Last Viewed Channel 5. Pause 20. Numeric Pad 6. T ime-Shift status bar and cursor 21. Playback speed notch (green: playable) (red: recording in progress) 7.
15 1. Source toggles between different video and audio sources. 2. Media Library lets you easily manage captured video and image les. 3. Start moves to the very beginning of a video. 4. Play selects a playlist, and then starts playback. 5. Pause temporarily stops playback or (time-shift) recording.
16 1. Backward Jumper 9. Current output/T ime-Shift/playlist and video format 2. T ime-Shift playable area 10. Current T ime 3. Current Channel 1 1. Remaining hard drive space (for recording reference only; in hh:mm:ss) 4. Elapsed T ime 12. Remote Control Status 5.
17 12. Remaining hard drive space shows the current HDD space for video recording in the hh:mm:ss format. 13. Mute Status switches between volume on and volume off. 14. MTS Status shows the current MTS mode. 15. Program mode shows the current program status between.
18 Customize Settings Settings for Ulead Video@Home are provided here in several categories for you to choose from. Preferences General When rst time using Ulead Video@Home, it is recommended to select Display conrmation message after capturing.
18 19 Record Y ou can specify a video le format for recording by choosing an existing preset, or create your own or by adding a new preset. Selecting Use Disc-Direct* lets you record video directly onto a disc instead of writing to the hard drive. Select Use Preview mode if you want to use the video format available from your Instant TV .
20 Skin Y ou can select your preferred Control Panel. Scheduled recording Scheduled recording lets you create a list of all the TV programs you want to record before they start broadcasting. This mechanism provides hassle-free convenience just as you would work with a conventional VCR.
21 TV program list shows all the scheduled recording programs. Click Add , Edit , or Delete for adjustment as needed. By default, Record is selected. This means that recording is enabled. Selecting Time-Shift means that time-shift recording is enabled.
22 Scheduled recording with EPG Ulead Video@Home can automatically create a scheduled recording task when you have access to an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) le.
23 V ideo Color Manager This determines the video color for both viewing and recording. • Brightness sets your perceived video quality of light level. • Contrast sets the difference level between the lightest and the darkest colors. • Hue sets the difference level of the predominant color compared with other ones.
24 W atching TV After you setup the TV channels in TV Channel Manager , you can now watch TV . Click Source to make sure that the currently selected input source is TV T uner and the playback audio input is correctly selected. T o watch TV : • Use the remote control that comes with your Instant TV .
25 2. The DV source is ready . An example is shown below . 3. On the Control Panel, the Numeric Pad changed to the DV playback control. Use these or the ones on your DV camcorder for navigation. W atching video from the playlist Y ou can watch video les saved on the hard drive using the Ulead Video@Home playlist.
27 26 T o create a playlist: 1. Click Playlist. 2. Click Create Playlist to add video les by using the left pane to locate the folder(s) containing the le(s) you want to play . 3. Select the le(s) from the upper pane and click Add or Add All to insert selected les to the playlist.
27 27 5. The playlist starts playing. Click Play to resume; Playlist to select another playlist; and Stop to return to the previously selected input source. Recording video to the hard drive Ulead Video@Home provides three modes for you to record TV programs or videos.
28 29 28 3. When recording is in progress, click Pause to stop recording temporarily or click Stop to cease recording. 4. Enter the video le name and click OK to save the video. (Clicking Discard does not create any video le.) A video le and a playlist le (*.
28 29 29 1. Backward Jumper 2. Green T ime-Shift status bar 3. The cursor changes to a hand shape when you move the mouse over the T ime-Shift status bar . This indicates that you can click any point on the status bar to view the recorded content. 4. The red T ime-Shift status bar indicates the current recording buffer .
30 31 30 Burn video les to disc With Ulead Video@Home, you can directly burn video les to a disc. Note: Burning still image les is not available in the program. T o burn video les to disc: 1. Select the video les you want to burn in the Media Library , and then click Burn .
30 31 31 3. Click Write . 4. After the burning progress is complete, you can continue to burn other les or click Cancel to exit. Disc-Direct In addition to recording to the hard drive, Ulead Video@Home lets you directly record the TV program or video you’re currently watching to a disc.
32 33 32 Shortcuts Source Ctrl+C Media Library Ctrl+G Backward Jumper Ctrl+Alt+B Start Ctrl+S Play Ctrl+Enter Pause Space Stop Esc End Ctrl+E Record Ctrl+R T ime-Shift Ctrl+T Snapshot Ctrl+I Playlist .
32 33 Index A N Audio language 13 NTFS 27 B O Burn 30 On Screen Display 14 C P CA TV 13 Playlist 25 Control Panel 14 Preferences 18 D R Disc-Direct 31 Recording time 20 Disc-Direct with a DV Recording.
34 T rouble Shooting Common things to check: 1.) Be sure you are connecting directly to a USB 2.0 port on your PC. 2.) Be sure you are using Windows XP (Home or Professional) – Service Pack 1 is required and Service Pack 2 is highly recommended. 3.) Y ou Must install the Microsoft Update during the Driver installa- tion.
HELP RESOURCES: Video@Home Help – Press “F1” on your keyboard at any time. Video@Home User Manual – on CD Video@Home Guide – T urn this on by clicking on “G” (global properties) and selecting preferences.
36 Ser vice and Warranty: Ser vice : If you re quir e a ssis tance wi th the ins talla tion , o pera tion, or ap plic ation of y our ADS T ech nol- ogi es, Inc . p roduc t there ar e sever al opti ons avai labl e t o y ou as desc ribed in t he techn ical sup port se ction of th is manu al.
37 W arr anty : Thi s ADS T echno logi es, Inc. pr oduc t c omes wi th a O ne (1) yea r h ardwa re warr anty . ADS T echn ologi es, Inc . ( ADS) wa rrant s this pro duct ag ainst de fect s i n m ater ial and wor kman ship for a per iod of One (1 ) year fro m the date of or igin al purc hase fro m ADS or an au thori zed ADS de aler .
ADS T ech T echnical Suppor t 562.926.4338 North America Suppor t Hours: M-F : 8 am - 5 pm, PST Email : support@adstech.com website : www.adstech.com European T echnical Suppor t: +353.61.702042 T ech If you have any problems or questions on this product, please call : European Office Shannon Industrial Estate Shannon Co.
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