STB TV Tuner Card
User's Guide

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Features

  • Accepts RF-modulated (broadcast) video signals from cable TV or from a standard TV antenna.
  • Accepts RF-modulated (broadcast) radio signals from a standard FM antenna.
  • Accepts standard video line input signals from a VCR or a video camera.
  • Accepts S-Video input signals from S-Video camera or VCR for improved image quality.
  • Cable-ready TV tuner supports up to 122 channels.
  • TV picture is fully scalable up to full-screen at 800 × 600.
  • Stereo/Audio input connection.
  • Supports freeze-frame and frame-capture functions.

Many Gateway 2000 products are custom engineered by our suppliers to Gateway 2000 specifications, and may vary with similarly marketed products.

 

Card Layout

  1. FM radio output
  2. TV signal input
  3. Audio input
  4. 12V power output
  5. S-Video signal input
  6. Composite video signal input
  7. PCI slot connector
  8. Internal audio connector

 

Device connectors

 
 
 

  1. FM radio output — Connect the FM radio antenna’s coaxial adapter to this connector.
  2. TV signal input — Connect coaxial line from TV antenna or Cable TV source to this connector.
  3. Audio input — Connect audio line from external audio source to this connector. (Audio may come from S-Video or Composite device.)
  4. 12V power output — For future expansion.
  5. S-Video signal input — Connect S-Video cable from video device to this connector.
  6. Composite video signal input — Connect RCA-type video cable from composite video device to this connector.

 

Installing the Card

If your system came with the TV tuner card installed, you can skip this section.

Before opening your system case, read and follow these preventions and precautions to prevent damage from static electricity.

Caution!
Preventing Static Electricity Damage
The components inside your system are extremely sensitive to static electricity, also known as electrostatic discharge (ESD). Static electricity can cause irreparable damage to your system; however, if you follow these preventions and precautions, you should prevent such damage.

Static Electricity Preventions

  1. WEAR A GROUNDING WRIST STRAP (available at most electronic stores).
  2. Turn off the system power.
  3. Touch the back of the power supply fan, located on the back of the case.
  4. UNPLUG ALL CORDS FROM WALL OUTLET.
  5. Remove the system case cover.

Static Electricity Precautions

  • Avoid static-causing surfaces such as plastic and styrofoam in your work area.
  • Remove parts from their antistatic bags only when you are ready to use it. Do not lay parts on the outside of antistatic bags since only the inside provides antistatic protection.
  • Always hold cards by their edges and their metal mounting bracket. Avoid touching components on the cards and the edge connectors that connect to expansion slots.
  • Never slide cards or other parts over any surface.

 
To install the card:

  1. Power down your system and remove the case.
  2. Locate an unused PCI bus slot; remove its slot cover and save the screw.
  3. Press the card straight into the slot. Make sure that you push evenly on both edges until the card is firmly seated. It’s OK to slightly seesaw a card end-to-end as you work it into the slot, but do not bend the card sideways.
  4. Using the screw you removed in Step 2, fasten the card to the system case.
  5. Connect the provided internal audio cable from the internal audio connector on the TV tuner card to the internal audio connector on your sound card.
  6. Replace the system’s case cover.
  7. Attach the provided FM antenna cable to the provided 75 Ohm F-connector.


     

  8. With a Philips-head screwdriver, loosen the screws on the connector enough to slide the antenna’s prongs beneath them. Secure the prongs by tightening the screws.
  9. Plug the FM antenna cable into the FM radio input coaxial connector.
  10. Plug your cable TV cable to the TV signal input coaxial connector.
  11. Continue with the next section, "Installing the Software."

 

Installing the Software

The following sections provide steps for installing both the drivers necessary for the card to work in your system and the applications necessary to use the card with your system. The card needs to be installed in the system before installing the software. If you have not installed the card yet, see the previous section, "Installing the Card" for information.

 

Installing the drivers

 
To install the drivers:

  1. Power up the system. The Update Device Driver Wizard window appears.
  2. Click on Next.
  3. In the next window, click on Finish.
  4. An Insert Disk window appears. Place the STB TV Pro Driver Diskette in the diskette drive and click on OK to continue.
  5. Now a notice appears informing you that a file cannot be found. In the Copy files from: field, type: a:\ and press <Enter>.
  6. After the driver files copy, a prompt to restart the system appears. Remove the floppy diskette from the drive and click on Yes.
  7. Continue with the next section, "Installing the applications."

 

Installing the applications

 
To install the application software:

  1. After the system has restarted, place the STB TV Tuner Applications Diskette #1 in the disk drive.
  2. Click on the Start button and select Run.
  3. The Run dialog box appears. Type: a:\setup and press <Enter>. The InstallShield Wizard is prepared.
  4. In the Welcome window, click on Next.
  5. The destination directory is displayed. Click on Next.
  6. The Program Folder name is displayed. Click on Next.
  7. Files begin installing. When requested, insert the appropriate diskette and click on OK. Continue this process until the Restart Window prompt appears.
  8. Remove the diskette from the drive.
  9. Select your restart option and click on OK.

 

Using STB TV Pro

 
To start STB TV Pro:

Click on the Start button, Programs, STB TV Pro, and STB TV Pro. The Video Window and Remote Control appear on your screen.

Note:
Best performance is achieved with 16-bit color, 800 × 600 display settings. It is not recommended that resolutions higher than 800 × 600 be used. When changing resolution, close the STB TV Tuner application.
Applications that use the TV tuner card to operate can only be run one at a time. This includes applications such as Intel Intercast or multiple sessions of STB TV Pro.

 

Video Window

The Video Window displays video images from the selected TV channel or video device.

Channel Panel — Appears in this upper right area of the video screen and displays the channel. A few seconds after a channel is selected, the Channel Panel disappears.

Volume Panel — Appears in the bottom left area of the video screen to display the volume level as you change it with the remote. After a volume level is selected the Volume Panel disappears. The Volume Panel continuously displays "MUTED" when the volume is muted.

Click anywhere on the title bar to drag to relocate the Video Window.

Click the _ button in the upper right corner of the screen to minimize the Video Window to its Taskbar button. Click on its Taskbar button to restore. Audio continues when the Video Window is minimized, allowing you to monitor TV programming.

Click the X button in the upper right corner of the screen to maximize the Video Window to entire screen area. Click anywhere in the Video Window to return to original size.

 

Remote Control

The Remote Control appears on screen when TV Pro is started. If the Remote Control is not visible, click with the right mouse button inside the viewing area of the Video Window to make it appear.
 

  • Power button — Exits TV Pro.
  • TV Tuner — Selects TV input.
  • S-Video — Selects S-Video input.
  • Composite — Selects Composite input.
  • Capture button — Calls up a dialog box from which you can choose to capture sound or video files. See the section "Using VidCap" for more information on capturing video files.
  • FM — Selects FM radio input.
  • Surf button — Allows you to view channels you have selected at once.
  • Volume buttons — Click up or down to raise or lower volume.
  • Channel buttons — Click to view the next higher or lower active channel number.
  • Mute button — Turns mute on and off.
  • Display button — Displays the Channel and Volume Panels.
  • Recall button — Switches to the last selected channel.
  • Number buttons — Click on the number or combination of numbers for the channel you want to view.
  • Hide button — Minimizes the Remote Control.
  • Menu button — Displays the TV Pro Settings window.
  • Help button — Click to view the Help file.

 

Menu button

When the Menu button is selected on the Remote Control, the TV Pro Settings window opens with several tabs. Click on a tab to view its page and set options. The following illustrations describe each page and its options. The Help file contains additional information.

Click Change Password to set or change the Channel Blocker password.

Click Change Settings to block channels. Only channels you actively receive (active channels) can be blocked.

Auto Channel Search — If broadcast service is selected, this button is active. Click to have the computer find the broadcast channels in your area.

Edit Active Channels — Allows you to change the channels available when using the Channel Up/Down buttons on the Remote Control.

Edit Channel Names — Allows you to change channel names.

Edit Surfing Channels — Allows you to create a list of channels that appear when the Surf button is selected from the Remote Control.

Always on Top — When Always on Top is active, the STB TV Pro application stays on top of other open applications.

 

FM Tuner

The FM Tuner appears on screen when "FM" is selected on the Remote Control.

  1. Display area
  2. Programming buttons
  3. TV button
  4. Local button
  5. Help button
  6. Scan button
  7. Number buttons
  8. Seek buttons
  9. Slider controls
  10. Power button
  11. Record button
  12. Mute button

Display Area — Displays the time, date, selected frequency, and other information.

Programming buttons — Select a radio frequency, click the Set button, and then click one of the nine Program buttons. The Program button then displays that frequency. Click this button to automatically tune to that frequency.

TV button — Switches back to TV.

Local — Click to turn on and off. When Local is on, the Scan and Seek functions only stop on strong station signals.

Help button — Click here to view the Help file.

Scan buttons — Click either button to begin scanning through available frequencies. Scan continues playing samples of each frequency until you press one of the scan buttons again.

Number buttons — Click on the combination of numbers for the frequency you want to set.

Seek buttons — Click to go to the next higher or lower available frequency.

Slider controls — Raises or lowers volume, treble, and bass levels.

Power button — Exits the FM Tuner.

Record button — Calls up an audio capture program.

Mute button — Turns mute on and off.

 

Using VidCap

VidCap is a video capture utility accessible through the STB TV Pro Remote Control. We have provided some basic information about using the VidCap capture utility here. For more extensive information about VidCap, select Contents from VidCap’s Help menu or press F1 on your keyboard while running VidCap.

 
To start VidCap:

  1. From the STB TV Pro Remote Control, click on the Capture button.
  2. The Capture Selection dialog box appears. Click on Capture Video to start VidCap.


     

  3. Click on Capture. In the Capture menu, three options appear.
  4. Select Single Frame to capture one frame of video.
  5. Select Frames to manually click on frames of video.
  6. Select Video to capture frames of video automatically.


     

  7. Select Video. The following dialog box appears.


     

  8. Click Compress to select a method of compression.


     

  9. Select one of these compression methods and click on OK. Make sure you have a hardware Codec installed if you select the Cinepak Codec by Radious option. The options available in the list displayed here and the list displayed on your screen may differ.
    Note:
    Compression can also be selected from the Options menu. The same dialog box as the one pictured here appears.
  10. When all options are set, click on OK in the Capture Video Sequence dialog box.
  11. The first time you use VidCap, the Set Capture File dialog box appears. In this dialog box, you can set the path you want the file to be saved to and name the file.


     
    Unless you change the name of the .AVI file every time you take a new video capture, the capture program will overwrite the default file capture.avi. Select Set Capture File from the File menu to view this dialog box if you are taking a new capture file and want to change the file name.
     

  12. The first time you use VidCap, the Set File Size dialog box appears. In this dialog box, you can set the amount of hard disk drive space you want the capture file to use. Click on OK.


     
    Free Disk Space displays the amount of available hard disk drive space you have.Capture File Size allows you to set the size of your capture file. It is possible to set the file size equal to your free disk space. However, we do not recommend you set a file this large as the capture program will utilize your free disk space, and you will have to delete the capture file to free disk drive space.
     

  13. A window appears asking if you want to begin capturing. Click on OK to begin capturing frames.


     

  14. Click once anywhere in the VidCap window to stop capturing frames.


     

  15. To play the file, double-click on the file in My Computer or Windows Explorer.
Note:
Video editing functions are not available unless an editing program is installed.

 

Notices

 

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The information in this manual has been carefully checked and is believed to be accurate. However, Gateway 2000 assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this manual. In no event will Gateway 2000 be liable for direct, indirect, special, exemplary, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from any defect or omission in this manual, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

In the interest of continued product development, Gateway 2000 reserves the right to make improvements in this manual and the products it describes at any time, without notice or obligation.

 

Trademark acknowledgments

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Regulatory Compliance Statements

American users:

This device has been tested and found to comply with the 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 a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio or television reception. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio and television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

  • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
  • Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver
  • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected
  • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Warning!
Change of modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
Canadian users:

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the radio interference regulations of Industry Canada.

Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites applicables aux appareils numériques de Classe B prescrites dans le règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicté par Industrie Canada.

European users:

This Information Technology Equipment has been tested and found to comply with following European directives:

[i] EMC Directive 89/336/EEC amending directive 92/31/EEC & 93/68 EEC as per
- EN 50081-1:1992 according to
EN 55022:1995 Class B
EN 61000-3-2:1995 or EN 60555-2:1986
EN 61000-3-3: 1995

- EN50082-1:1992 according to
EN 61000-4-2:1995 or IEC 801-2:1984
ENV 50140:1994 or IEC 801-3:1984
EN 61000-4-4:1988 or IEC 801-4:1998

[ii] Low Voltage Directive (Safety) 73/23/EEC as per EN 60950: 1992

Japanese users:

This equipment is in the Class 2 category (Information Technology Equipment to be used in a residential area or an adjacent area thereto) and conforms to the standards set by the Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Information Technology Equipment aimed at preventing radio interference in such residential area.

When used near a radio or TV receiver, it may become the cause of radio interference. Read instructions for correct handling.

Australian and New Zealand users:

This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to the Australian/New Zealand standard AS/NZS 3548 set out by the Spectrum Management Agency.

Caution!
Disconnect power before servicing.
Attention!
Couper le courant avant l’entretien.