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Table of Content Chapter 1: Introduction.............................................................................. 3 1.1 — Package Contents ................................................................. 3 1.2 — System Requirements ........................................................... 3 Chapter 2: Hardware and Software Installation......................................... 4 2.1 — Installing Hardware ................................................................ 4 A. — Listening to TV Audio ...
Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 — Package Contents The following items are included in the package. z PCI TV Tuner Adapter with FM Radio* x1 z FM Antenna**, 265cmx1 (**only in ENLTV-FM3) z PCI TV Tuner Adapter*** (*** only in ENLTV-3) z Installation CD z User's Guide x1 z Remote Control x1 z Remote Control Receiver, 105cm x1 z Video Cable, 150cm x1 z Audio-out to Audio-in cable****, 30cm x1 (* only in ENLTV-FM3) (yellow RCA plug) (3.5mm phone jack / ****only required in Linux® system) 1.
Chapter 2: Hardware and Software Installation 2.1 — Installing Hardware Install the PCI TV Tuner card to the computer’s available PCI slot according to your computer’s user manual and new hardware installation instructions. Note: Make sure the computer’s power cord is unplugged before inserting the TV Tuner card to the PCI slot. A. — Listening to TV Audio In Windows®: * Connecting the TV antenna or cable TV to the TV tuner is enough.
Connection Diagram * Only in Linux®: connect the Audio Line-Out on TV tuner to Audio Line-In on sound card. ** Only ENLTV-FM3 has FM antenna port. *** Do not insert or remove the Remote Control Sensor Cable while the computer is powered-on. Otherwise, it may cause the TV tuner to malfunction.
2.2 — Installing Driver After the hardware is properly installed in your desktop PC, you can start installing the TV Tuner driver and utility software. Please use the Installation CD that comes in the package. Follow the on-screen instructions and the guidance below. A. — Windows® XP 1. After properly installed the hardware, please turn on your PC. The “Found New Hardware Wizard” window will appear since no driver is installed yet. Click “Cancel” to close the “Found New Hardware Wizard” window. 2.
5. Click “Continue Anyway” when you see this notification — “The software you are installing has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP.” 6. Click “Continue Anyway” again, when you see this notification — “The software you are installing for this hardware has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP.” 7. Click “Finish” when you see this notification — “Completing the Device Driver Installation Wizard.” 8.
B. — Windows Vista® 1. After properly installed the hardware, please turn on your PC. The “Found New Hardware Wizard” window will appear since no driver is installed yet. Click “Cancel” to close the “Found New Hardware Wizard” window. 2. Insert the Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. The setup screen will automatically appear. 3. Click the “ Setup Driver” icon. 4. Follow the on-screen instructions. 5.
C. — Is the driver properly installed in Windows®? To examine if the driver is properly installed, you can go to “Device Manager” in Windows®. To locate “Device Manager” in Windows® XP: Start→Settings→Control Panel→System→Hardware tab→Device Manager Vista: Start→Settings→Control Panel→ Device Manager Then, open “Sound, video and game controllers” and you should see “Encore PCI TV Tuner Adapter with FM Radio” now.
2.3 — Installing DirectX® Microsoft DirectX® allows 3D hardware acceleration support in Windows® XP / 2000 / 98. You do not need to install DirectX in Windows® 7 and Windows Vista™. 1. Insert the Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. The setup screen will automatically appear. DirectX” icon. 2. Click the “ 3. Follow the on-screen instructions. Caution: 4. Before you click “Finish” on the last window, please save your work and then close all applications.
4. In the “Setup Type” window, we recommend you always selecting “Typical.” 5. In the “Choose Destination Location” window, click “Next” to accept the default location or click “Browse” to choose a different folder. We recommend you always choosing the default location. Note: The default path for video and audio files is C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Videos The default path for snapshots is C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Pictures 6.
2.5 — Uninstalling ENLTV-FM3 / ENLTV-3 Utility Programs There are two ways to uninstall the Utility programs. The procedures are the same in both ENLTV-FM3 and ENLTV-3. 1. The preferred method. Go to “Start → All Programs → ENLTV-FM3 → Uninstall ENLTV-FM3” Sample Start Menu in Windows Vista® 2. Go to “Start → Control Panel → Add or Remove Programs.” Select ENLTV-FM3 and click the “Remove” button.
Chapter 3: Getting Started Running ENLTV-FM3 / ENLTV-3 Program for the First Time and Searching for TV Channels 1. To start the ENLTV-FM3 utility program, go to “Start” → “ENLTV-FM3” folder “ENLTV-FM3” utility program. Sample “Start Menu” in Windows Vista® Note: 2. When the ENLTV-FM3 / ENLTV-3 utility program is started for the first time, it will prompt you to go over the “Device Initial Setting.” 3. First is to setup the Device: A.
Second is to search for TV Channel: A. B. Choose the “Country” you are in. Choose “TV Scan Type:” Cable, Antenna or Extend. (This is based on whether you are connecting to a TV antenna or cable TV. If you do not know the connection type, you can choose Extend. However, Extend will take the longest time to search for channels.) 5. C. Click “Search.” D. Click “Next” after search is done.
Snapshot Setting: z You can select BMP or JPG format. Motion Capture Setting: z Record Scheme is the video quality of Time-Shift Recording. For more details, please refer to Page-21. z Time Displacement is the duration limit of Time-Shift Recording. The default is 10 minutes. We strongly recommend you to change it to 60 minutes. Also, check the Save Record box if you want to view the Time-Shift Recording videos in ENLTV-FM3 / ENLTV-3 MoviePlayer.
Chapter 4: Using ENLTV-FM3 / ENLTV-3 4.1 — Overview Note: * You can double-click the Display Window and view in full-screen. ** The Right-Click Menu is enlarged for illustration purpose. The real menu will be relatively smaller on your screen.
A. — Control Panel Overview A. Regular Control Panel B. Control Panel in Full-Screen* Note: The number of each function in illustration B. Control Panel in Full-Screen is the same as the corresponding function in illustration A. Regular Control Panel.
B. — Remote Control Overview Note: * You have to point the Remote Control directly at the Remote Control Receiver. It is a good idea to place the Remote Control Receiver on top of your monitor. ** Do not insert or remove the Remote Control Sensor Cable while the computer is powered-on. Otherwise, it may cause the TV tuner to malfunction.
4.2 — Watching TV Shows z There are 4 ways to change TV channels: 1. Click (8) Channel Up or (9) Channel Down to move one channel at a time. Or, press [H] CH ▲ and [I] CH ▼ on the Remote Control. 2. Click (6) Channel List and select a specific channel. 3. With the Remote Control: First, press [D] -/-- to determine the channel number you will input has single, double or triple digits. Second, key in the channel with [C] Number Keys: 0-9. 4.
4.3 — Recording TV Shows z To start or stop recording, click (11) Record / Stop Record or press [M] REC on the Remote Control. z To pause recording, click (12) Pause Record or press [N] Pause on the Remote Control. z To view recorded TV, click (13) Playback Video in MoviePlayer (not Windows Media Player®). (Note: To use ENLTV-FM3 / ENLTV-3 MoviePlayer, please refer to Page-24.) z To change record quality, click (5) Record Format. You will be able to select: Mpeg1, Mpeg2, VCD, SVCD, DVD or HIDVD.
4.4 — Using Time-Shift Recording on Live TV (Pause / Forward / Rewind live TV broadcast) Note: The default duration for Time-Shift recording is 10 minutes. We recommend you to change the duration to 60 minutes. To do so, 1st click (16) Setup, 2nd select the Record tab on the top, 3rd change Time Displacement to 60 minutes, under the Motion Capture Setting section. In addition, we recommend you always enabling the Save Video feature, under the Motion Capture Setting section (the default is disabled).
Note: The TV window will freeze once the Time-Shift recording reaches its duration limit. Simply click on the TV window again to continue watching live TV. If you want to continue using Time-Shift recording, click (11) Record / Stop Record again. A. — Using Time-Shift Recording to Skip TV Commercials Start Time-Shift recording and wait for 3 to 5 minutes. Then, slide the gray bar of (10) View Time-Shift Video to the end on the left. This will allow you to start the TV shows from the beginning.
4.6 — Watching and Recording from External Video Devices, such as Camcorders and VHS/DVD Players z The Video Source Status on control panel will indicate which video source is in the window now. Please refer to the illustration above. z There are 3 ways to change display from TV to AV (regular video from the yellow video input port) or to SV (high-quality S-Video from the black video input port) 1. Click (15) Video Source repetitively until you find the desirable video source z 2.
Chapter 5: Playback Recorded Videos with MoviePlayer Open MoviePlayer ENLTV-FM3 / ENLTV-3 MoviePlayer Overview 24
Sample Play List Window z To view Play List, click (18) Open / Hide Play List on the control panel. z To manage Play List, click ADD or DEL on the Play List window z To play video, use the mouse to select the video you want to view in the Play List. Then, click (10) Play /Pause. Or, simply double-click on the video you want to watch. z By right click on the Play List window, you will find more Play List commands.
Chapter 6: Viewing Snapshots with ImageViewer Open ImageViewer Sample ImageViewer Window z To view images, double-click on a thumbnail. Double-click on the image to go back to thumbnail mode again.
ImageViewer Toolbar Refresh: refreshes the snapshot thumbnails in the current folder. DirBar: opens or hides the File Directory Panel window on the left. ImageBar: opens or hides the Preview window in the middle. Wallpaper: sets the current image as wallpaper. clicking on the triangle on the right, you can select wallpaper display options. Skin: changes the skin of ImageViewer. Zoom out: shrinks the image you are viewing currently. Zoom in: enlarges the image you are viewing currently.
Chapter 7: Listening to and Recording FM Radio (*This function is only available in ENLTV-FM3) Overview z To open FM Radio, click (15) Video Source until FM appeared in the Video Status Window. z To listen to and record audio from FM Radio, the procedures are the same as in TV mode. Please refer to Page-16. However, the following functions are disabled. They are: (2) Open ImageViewer, (3) TV Wall, (4) Snapshot, (10) View Time-Shift Video z ENLTV-FM3 does not support AM Radio.
Chapter 8: Frequently Asked Questions Q: I can’t use ENLTV-FM3 / ENLTV-3 when I run the software and an error message popped up. A: Below are two common scenarios: 1. • Incorrect Sound Card Device Driver Check “Device Manager” in Windows®. Please refer to Page-9. • Check the sound card settings in “ENLTV-FM3 / ENLTV-3 utility program.” Go to Setup→Device→Audio Input→Audio Device menu to make sure the correct sound card is selected.
2. Recording function requires the proper video CODEC to encode a movie. To make sure video CODEC resource is not being occupied, we suggest reinstalling the ENLTV-FM3 or ENLTV-3 utility software. The CODEC link will also be reset after reinstallation 3. Make sure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements. Chapter 9: Technical Support Please visit our website for the latest updates and support information at www.encore-usa.com.
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