High-Def Personal Video Recorder GTV-HD-PVR User Manual www.gefentv.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction / Operation Notes 2 Features / Package Includes 3 Panel Layout 4 IR Remote Layout 5 Quick Start Guide 6 Home Menu And Navigation 8 Setting Up The HD-PVR 14 One-Touch Recording 18 Playing A Movie 22 Scheduling A Recording 27 Viewing Photos 30 Copying/Deleting Movies And Photos 31 Viewing Photos On The SD-Card 35 Learning and Resetting The Remote 36 Installing The Decoder Software 41 Updating The HD-PVR Firmware 42 RS-232 Serial Communication 46 Specifications 47
INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of the Gefen TV High-Definition Personal Video Recorder (HD-PVR). Your complete satisfaction is very important to us. Gefen TV Gefen TV is a unique product line catering to the growing needs for innovative home theater solutions. We specialize in total integration for your home theater, while also focusing on going above and beyond customer expectations to ensure you get the most from your hardware.
FEATURES FEATURES • Video recording and playback at resolutions of 480i to 1080i • Instant Recording to SD Flash Media or Internal Hard Disk Drive • Uses widely supported MPEG4 compression and H.264 encoding technology, supported on most computers with an add-on driver.
PANEL LAYOUT COMPOSITE INPUT COMPONENT INPUT S/PDIF OUT HDMI OUT S-Video INPUT ANALOG INPUT S/PDIF IN 1 HDMI IN 1 S/PDIF IN 2 HDMI IN 2 INPUT LED INDICATOR IR RECEIVER SD (Secure Digital) Card Slot 3 ANALOG INPUT IR BLASTER IR EXTENDER RS232 INPUT DC 5V INPUT RECORD LED INDICATOR PLAY LED INDICATOR
IR REMOTE LAYOUT TV Power HDMI 1 HDMI 2 Component Repeat Info S-Video Zoom Snapshot Composite Record Play Pause Stop Home ◄►▲▼ OK Fast FWD Rewind Mute HDD/SD Volume +/Channel +/0-9 Step FWD User programmable key Selects HDMI input 1 Selects HDMI input 2 Selects the Component input Cycles the repeat function Displays info on selected movie or photo Selects the S-Video input Cycles the zoom function Takes a snapshot of a movie during playback Selects the composite input Begins recording the selected source B
QUICK SETUP GUIDE How to connect the HD-PVR: 1. Connect the HDMI OUT of the HD-PVR to the HDMI IN of your HDMI display. 2. Connect the HDMI, Component, Composite or S-Video input, on the Gefen HD-PVR to the output of the source device you wish to record from. 3. Plug the 5V power supply into the HD-PVR. 4. Turn on the display (TV). 5. Turn on the HD-PVR by pressing the POWER button on the supplied remote control.
HD-PVR HOME MENU AND NAVIGATION HOME MENU This is the HOME menu. From here, you can view recorded content, view photos, set up preferences or view the input source by selecting EXIT or pressing HOME on the remote control. Navigation To navigate through the menu system, use the and remote. The key accepts the current selection.
HD-PVR HOME MENU AND NAVIGATION HOME MENU - Panel Description Mute Status Current Menu Currently Selected Input Output Date Current Media Drive (HDD or SD) Time Exit Exits the HOME menu, allowing you to view the input source. Setup Utilities All configurable options are located in this menu. Please see the next section for individual descriptions and setup of each option.
SETTING UP THE HD-PVR SETUP UTILITIES The SETUP UTILITIES menu allows you to configure the HD-PVR for use. There are three pages of settings. Use to highlight the selection and press to accept the current selection. Set Date & Time Set the current date and time. Set Language Choose the language option that will be used for all menus. At this time, the available languages are English or Chinese. Format Provides you the option of formatting the internal hard disk drive (HDD) or SD Card.
SETTING UP THE HD-PVR SETUP UTILITIES - Set Date Use to move between each digit in the date and to change the numbers. Pressing will set the date and proceed to the SET TIME screen SETUP UTILITIES - Set Time Use to move between each digit in the time and Pressing will set the time. 9 to change the numbers.
SETTING UP THE HD-PVR SETUP UTILITIES - Set Language To set the language, use to select the language and press to accept the selection. You will be asked if you are sure you want to change the language. Press Yes to accept or press No to keep the current language setting. You can choose between English or Chinese. The default language is English. SETUP UTILITIES - Format This provides you the option of formatting the internal hard disk drive (HDD) or SD Card.
SETTING UP THE HD-PVR SETUP UTILITIES - OSD Time-out This controls the time that the information panel is displayed when viewing movies or photos. You can choose between 1, 3 or 5 seconds. Use to choose your desired setting and press to accept it. The default setting is 3 seconds. SETUP UTILITIES - Default Record Quality The default recording quality is set here. The table on the next page shows each recording option and its corresponding bit rate.
SETTING UP THE HD-PVR SETUP UTILITIES - Default Record Quality Quality HD Bit Rate HD Record SD Bit Rate Time SD Record Time Extra Fine (EX) 10Mb 17 Hours 4Mb 44 Hours Normal (NOR) 7.5Mb 23 Hours 3Mb 59 Hours Economic (ECO) 5Mb 35 Hours 2Mb 88 Hours SuperEco (S.E.) 3.5Mb 50 Hours 1.5Mb 118 Hours Select your desired recording rate with and press to accept your selection.
SETTING UP THE HD-PVR SETUP UTILITIES - Free Space / Total Space The information menu will give you statistics on the remaining and total space available on both the internal hard disk drive (HDD) and SD card.
ONE-TOUCH RECORDING The HD-PVR allows you to instantly record programs while your watching them, using the one-touch record feature. To use the one-touch record feature, using the RECORD button, do the following: 1. From the HOME menu, press the HOME button on the remote to view the currently selected source. The current source will now be displayed on the screen: 2. Press the RECORD button on the remote control.
ONE-TOUCH RECORDING During the recording process, you can get information about the current recording by pressing the INFO button while you are recording.
ONE-TOUCH RECORDING You can press the INFO button again to hide the recording information. NOTE: The recording information screen will not show up when you playback your recorded movies. To stop the recording process, press the STOP button on the remote control.
ONE-TOUCH RECORDING Use on the remote to select either Yes or No and press . Selecting No will continue the recording process. Selecting Yes will stop the recording process and save the movie to the currently selected media. Note that even though this dialog is displayed, the recording process is still taking place. The recording will not stop until you select Yes. NOTE: You cannot pause a recording by pressing the PAUSE button. You can only STOP a recording.
PLAYING A MOVIE PLAYING A MOVIE - Playback Controls The HD-PVR remote has several buttons which allow you to control the playback of your recorded movies. INFO During a movie you can press the INFO button to get information on the current Movie. The information is displayed for the amount of time as set in the OSD menu in the setup utilities. Pressing the INFO button once more will bring up additional file details. Press the INFO button again to view the movie, normally.
PLAYING A MOVIE FAST FWD (Fast Forward) Pressing the FAST FWD button during playback will advance the movie forward. Pressing the button each time will provide you with a different speed: ½ ¼ 2x 4x 8x 16x To resume normal playback speed at any time, press PLAY or OK. Press STOP to stop the movie and return to the thumbnail view. REWIND Pressing the REWIND button during playback will reverse the movie backward.
PLAYING A MOVIE From the Home Menu, choose Play Movie with and press . PLAY MOVIE - Thumbnail View Resolution Runtime HD or SD Recording Icon File Name Page Recording Quality To navigate the PLAY MOVIE menu, use and to make your choice and press the PLAY button to start playback. You can also press to bring up the Movie Menu.
PLAYING A MOVIE MOVIE MENU The Movie Menu allows you to begin playback, copy, or delete the selected movie. Use to select your choice and press to select it.
SCHEDULING A RECORDING From the home menu use to select Record Setup and press . RECORD SETUP - Schedule List The Schedule List menu displays all scheduled recordings. Once a recording is complete, the entry is removed from the list. Scheduled recordings labeled with a are active recordings.
SCHEDULING A RECORDING RECORD SETUP - Panel Description Active Recording Schedule Number Date Time Record Length Source Recording To Media RECORD SETUP - Set Date Set the date for the recording using to change each digit. Use another digit. Press when you are done.
SCHEDULING A RECORDING RECORD SETUP - Set Start Time Set the time for when you want the recording to begin. Use to change the numbers and use to move between the digits. Press when you are done. RECORD SETUP - Set Length Set the time for when you want the recording to begin. Use to change the numbers and use to move between the digits. Press when you are done. NOTE: Time cannot be set to 00:00.
SCHEDULING A RECORDING RECORD SETUP - Set Source Set the input source for the recording using to select between HDMI1, HDMI2, COMPONENT or VIDEO. Press when you are done. RECORD SETUP - Set Media Set the media for the recording using and press when you are done. You can select between the internal hard drive (HDD) or the SD card.
SCHEDULING A RECORDING RECORD SETUP - Set Channel If the IR blaster is connected and set up, you can select a specific channel (up to 4 digits). Otherwsie, you should set to OFF mode when not using an IR blaster. Use to change each digit and to move between them. Once you have set the channel, press to complete the Recording Setup. RECORD SETUP Once you have input all of the information for the recording it should already be set as active.
VIEWING PHOTOS From the home menu use to select View Photo and press Folder Menu - Description Folder Path Page .
VIEWING PHOTOS Folder Menu - Main The Folder Menu displays the current folders located on the selected media. To change media type, press the HDD/SD button on the remote at any time. Use and to navigate the menu and press to open the selected folder. Photo Selection Menu Navigate the photos with and . You can start a slide show at any time by pressing the PLAY button on the remote. To view a single photo, press to bring up the Photo Menu, select View Photo with and press .
VIEWING PHOTOS Photo Selection Menu - Photo Menu The Photo Menu will allow you to view a single photo, delete the selected photo, or delete all the photos on the selected media. Use to choose your option and press to select it. While viewing a single photo, you may move to the next photo in the folder by pressing on the remote. You can also view the previous photo by pressing on the remote. To exit either the slideshow or single photo view, simply press the STOP button on the remote.
COPYING/DELETING MOVIES AND PHOTOS Copying Navigate to the desired movie or photo using the instructions in the Play Movie or View Photo section. Pressing will bring up the additional menu where the COPY command is located. Choose COPY and press . Choose your desired location, either HDD for the internal hard drive or SD for the SD flash card using and finally press . Deleting Navigate to the desired movie or photo using the instructions in the Play Movie or View Photo section.
VIEWING PHOTOS ON THE SD-CARD 1. Remove the SD-Card from your digital camera and insert it in the HD-PVR SDCard slot. 2. Press the HDD/SD button on the remote to make the SD-Card the active storage media. The icon in the upper right-hand corner of the screen should change to a black square disk icon (this let’s you know you are working with the SD-Card and not the hard drive). 3. Use to choose View Photos and press to select it.
VIEWING PHOTOS ON THE SD-CARD If this happens, you will need to tell the HD-PVR where the photos are stored. Most digital cameras use the \DCIM folder for storing digital photos. By default, the HDPVR will always look in the \PICT folder for images. To tell the HD-PVR to view another folder, do the following: 1. Press the STOP button on the remote. Pressing STOP will tell the HD-PVR that you want to move up in the folder heirarchy.
VIEWING PHOTOS ON THE SD-CARD In our example, our photos are stored in a folder called “101_PANA”. As you can see, the HD-PVR always tells us where we are: The text in the upper-left corner tells us what folder we are viewing (in this case, the \DCIM folder) and the text in the lower-right corner tells us what folder we have highlighted. Once you are viewing a folder which contains photos, the HD-PVR will display a series of thumbnails, representing each photo. Navigate the photos with and .
VIEWING PHOTOS ON THE SD-CARD Once you are in thumbnail view, you can press the HOME button on the remote control to return to the HOME menu. You can also press the STOP button to move up one level in the folder hierarchy. In our example, pressing STOP will return you to the \DCIM folder. Pressing the STOP button again would return you to the “root” folder, indicated by a “\”. The same operations for STOP, OK, and HOME apply to viewing photos on the hard disk drive (HDD).
LEARN REMOTE & RESET REMOTE The Gefen HD-PVR remote has a number of user configurable keys that can be programmed with IR codes from other devices. The IR codes are transmitted through the IR blaster on the back of the unit. This feature allows you to control your other devices using the HD-PVR remote. There are a number of user-defined keys on the HD-PVR remote that can be programmed to control power, volume, channel, etc.
INSTALLING THE DECODER SOFTWARE The Gefen HD-PVR includes decoder software which allows you to play your recorded movies on your computer. NOTE: The installer only installs decoder software. You will still need a program such as Windows® Media Player to play video files from the HD-PVR. To install the software, please follow these steps: Start your computer and insert the included CD in your CD or DVD drive. Click Start, click Run, then type the following command and click OK: [CD drive letter]:\setup.
INSTALLING THE DECODER SOFTWARE You must agree to the terms of the software license agreement before installation can continue. If you do, click “I accept the terms of the license agreement” and click Next. On the Customer Information screen, enter your name, company name and serial number. Each of these fields must be filled in order to continue with the installation. The serial number can be found on the front of the plastic casing in which the CD was shipped.
INSTALLING THE DECODER SOFTWARE If you make a mistake entering the serial number, the installation program will notify you. If this happens, click OK and you will be returned to the Customer Information screen. Make sure there are no spaces in the serial number and that you type the serial number exactly as it appears on the CD jacket. Click Next to continue. After you have entered your information and serial number, the installer will be ready to install the necessary files.
INSTALLING THE DECODER SOFTWARE This screen will show you the progress of the installer as it installs the necessary files. After all files have been installed, you have the option of using Microsoft® Windows Media Player to view all .mov files. If you want to do this, click the Yes button. Otherwise, click No to play .mov files with your default .mov file player.
INSTALLING THE DECODER SOFTWARE After the installation completes, you will need to restart your computer before you can playback any movies that were recorded with your HD-PVR. Click Yes then click Finish to restart your computer now. Click No then click Finish to restart your computer at a later time. It is highly recommended that you restart your computer before viewing movie files, from the HD-PVR, on your computer.
UPDATING THE HD-PVR FIRMWARE Updating the firmware on your Gefen HD-PVR is a simple process. If a new version of firmware is released, simply download the file and follow the procedure outlined below. You will need an SD-Card to update your HD-PVR. 1. Go to the Gefen web site and download the updated firmware. Firmware updates can be found at: http://www.gefen.com/kvm/support/download.jsp 2. Extract gefen_hdpvr.bin from the .zip file and copy the .bin file to the root directory of the SD-Card. 3.
RS-232 SERIAL COMMUNICATION NOTE: A null modem cable is needed for proper operation of the RS-232 serial control. A null modem cable will internally cross the Tx and Rx lines. Please see the above diagram for a typical null model pinout. RS232 Settings Bits per second ................................................................................................ 115200 Data bits .................................................................................................................... 8 Parity ..
RS-232 SERIAL COMMUNICATION Starting RS-232 Operation • If there is no valid source connected to HD-PVR, the unit will keep searching for signal and make the HyperTerminal screen scrolling continuously (sending the messages.) To start the RS-232 control, use the “HOME” button on the remote unit to make it stop sending message.
RS-232 SERIAL COMMUNICATION • Type in any UART command and press the “Enter” button on the keyboard of the PC, after the “a:\>” prompt to execute it. • For example, type in “t app 0x61773002” and press “Enter” to change the input selection to HDMI 2, as shown below. (Note that there is one space between t and a, and one space between p and 0. • After the command has been executed, HD-PVR will return the status and give “a:\>” prompt again, to accept next command.
RS-232 SERIAL COMMUNICATION STEP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CH_UP CH_DOWN VOL_UP_ VOL_DOWN_ TV_POWER *POWER ON t app 0x61773007 t app 0x61772000 t app 0x61772001 t app 0x61772002 t app 0x61772003 t app 0x61772004 t app 0x61772005 t app 0x61772006 t app 0x61772007 t app 0x61772008 t app 0x61772009 t app 0x6177200a t app 0x6177200b t app 0x6177200c t app 0x6177200d t app 0x61772010 *Send file
SPECIFICATIONS Digital Video Amplifier Bandwidth .............................................................165 MHz Component Video Bandwidth ....................................................................350 Mhz Input DDC Signal ..........................................................................5 Volts p-p (TTL) Input Video Signal ...............................................................................1.2 Volts p-p Single Link Range .....................................................
TERMINOLOGY DDC Short form for Display Data Channel. It is a VESA standard for communication between a monitor and a video adapter. Using DDC, a monitor can inform the video card about its properties, such as maximum resolution and color depth. The video card can then use this information to ensure that the user is presented with valid options for configuring the display. DDWG Digital Display Working Group DDWG are the creators of the DVI specification. DVI Digital Visual Interface.
WARRANTY Gefen warrants the equipment it manufactures to be free from defects in material and workmanship. If equipment fails because of such defects and Gefen is notified within two (2) years from the date of shipment, Gefen will, at its option, repair or replace the equipment, provided that the equipment has not been subjected to mechanical, electrical, or other abuse or modifications.
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