WinTV-HVR-2250

Dual hybrid PCI Express Video

Recorder for NSTC, ATSC and clear

QAM

Quick Installation

Guide

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On models supplied with the Media Center remote control, plug the

IR remote control receiver/blaster cable into the Remote control connector. Position the IR receiver/learn sensor where infra-red light from the remote control transmitter can hit it.

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Install the A/V panel in another slot in your PC, and connect the supplied cable to the WinTV-HVR-2250 connector.

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After booting Windows, install WinTV-HVR Windows device driver from the WinTV-HVR-2250 Installation CD-ROM.

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Optional: After the Windows driver is installed, install the WinTV applications from the WinTV-HVR-2250 Installation CD-ROM.

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QI-HVR-2250-ENG-V2.5 Sept. 20, 2009

Install the WinTV-HVR-2250 board and connect the cables

Turn the power off on your PC. Install the WinTV-HVR-2250 into a

PCI Express slot.

TV Connector

for ATSC antenna or cable TV

Contents of the WinTV-HVR-2250 package

• WinTV-HVR-2250 PCI Express board with dual hybrid

NTSC/ATSC/QAM TV tuners

• A/V breakout cable for the primary A/V input

• A/V panel and cable to add a second set of audio/video inputs

• Remote control transmitter and IR remote control receiver/blaster cable (on models with remote control)

• IR transmitter cable for the A/V input on the A/V panel (on models with remote control)

• WinTV-HVR Installation CD-ROM including WinTV v7 application with TV scheduler

FM radio connector

A/V input connector

for the A/V breakout cable for S-Video, composite video and left and right audio

Remote control connector

for the IR remote control receiver/blaster cable

Installing the

WinTV-HVR-2250

WinTV-HVR-2250 is a PCI Express TV tuner board with two TV tuners, each which can be used to watch or record an analog or digital clear QAM cable TV or ATSC digital TV program at the same time. Each analog TV tuner also includes a hardware MPEG-2 encoder, so that your computer does not slow down when watching or recording analog TV channels.

WinTV-HVR-2250 is designed for WindowsXP, Windows Vista and

WIndows 7. It can be used with Windows Media Center or Hauppauge’s

WinTV v7 application.

Note: if you are running the Windows Media Center application, you only need to install the WinTV-HVR Windows device driver. You do not need to install the Hauppauge WinTV applications. But if you are using Windows Media Center and want to use the on board Media

Center compatible receiver transmitter, you also need to run the

Hauppauge CIR config tool and select Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-

2250. See below in the section entitled “Configuring the IR Blaster”.

Installation overview

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Install the WinTV-HVR-2250 board in a PCI Express slot in your

PC and connect a TV source.

TV connection

Plug your cable TV or ATSC digital TV antenna into the TV

Connector. Plug an FM antenna into the FM radio connector if desired.

A/V breakout cable

The A/V breakout cable can be used to bring audio/video from a satellite TV or cable set top box. Plug the A/V breakout cable into the A/V input connector.

If you a re using a cable TV or satellite TV set top box

Connect the set top box to the WinTV-HVR-1850 through either S-

Video or Composite video connector on the WinTV board. You can also connect a coax cable from the RF Out on your set top box to the

TV connector on the A/V breakout cable.

Installing the IR remote control receiver/blaster

(on models supplied with remote control)

On models supplied with the Hauppauge Media Center compatible remote control, the IR remote control receiver/blaster cable is plugged into the Remote control connector. Add the supplied batteries to the Remote control transmitter.

Note: the Hauppauge remote control can also be used with the

Hauppauge WinTV v7 application. See instructions below to configure the remote control for Hauppauge’s WinTV application.

Note: The use of the IR Blaster is optional. It is only needed if you have a cable TV or satellite set top box and want Media Center or WinTV v7 to change the channels on your set top box. If you are not using a set top box, you should still connect the IR remote control receiver/blaster cable, but you will only use the IR receiver sensor.

IR remote control receiver/blaster cable*

IR blaster

(only used if you have a cable TV or satellite set top box)

IR receiver/learn sensor

(point your remote control at this sensor)

The IR remote control receiver/blaster cable has two ends: the IR receiver/learn sensor and the IR blaster:

• Position the IR receiver/learn sensor in a spot on your PC where it will be able to receive infra-red commands from the Media Center remote control device. Use the Velcro dot (on the back of the IR receiver) to position the IR receiver and learn sensor.

• Optional: position the IR blaster on your cable TV or satellite set top box. Infrared light from the IR blaster needs to hit the remote control receiver in your set top box.

To test the IR Remote control receiver, click the Start button in the middle of the remote control. Windows Media Center should open.

Install the auxiliary A/V panel

The A/V panel and cable can add a second set of audio/video inputs to the WinTV-HVR-2250. Install the Auxiliary A/V panel in a slot on the back of your PC. Plug the cable into the 12 pin Auxiliary A/V connector on the WinTV-HVR-2250.

Auxiliary A/V connector

12-pin connector

Auxiliary A/V cable

Install WinTV-HVR-2250 software

Turn on your PC, and boot into Windows.

If a 'Found New Hardware' wizard appears, please cancel it and allow windows to load fully before proceeding.

Insert the WinTV Installation CD-ROM in your PC’s CD-ROM drive.

ote: if the CD N does not autorun, navigate to the CD and run the

'Setup.exe' file.

“Hauppauge WinTV

Installation CD-ROM” window will appear on the screen.

Install the WinTV driver

Click the button labeled Step 1: Install Drivers.

A blue screen will open and begin installing the drivers for your WinTV.

Once the drivers have installed, click on the Finish bar to exit.

If you are using Windows Media Center and want to use the Hauppauge remote control with Media Center:

Go to the WinTV V7 installation CD in the MISC folder and run

HCWCIRConfig_Tool.exe

Put a check in the box labeled “Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250”. Click

OK to save the changes.

N ote: your computer must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Install the WinTV applications (optional: not needed if you are using Windows Media Center)

Click the button labeled Step 2: Install WinTV

The setup application will then open and begin automatically installing the WinTV application components. Once complete, click OK then Exit.

ote: the latest driver updates are available at: N www.hauppauge.com

TV Tuner set up in

Windows Media Center

N ote: Media Center requires Windows 7 or TV Pack 2008 to support QAM TV channels. You can also use the

Hauppauge WinTV v7 application, or SageTV or BeyondTV.

Run the Windows Media Center application.

Cursor down to Tasks. Cursor left to Settings. Click Enter.

Cursor down to TV. Click Enter.

Cursor down to Set up TV Signal. Click Enter. Click Next.

In Confirm your Region, make sure your region is selected. Click

Next.

You will see a message which says Download TV Setup options. This takes about 5 minutes to complete.

Click Next when this download is complete.

At TV Signal, click 'I will configure my TV signal manually' and click

Next

You will then see: Cable / Satellite / Antenna. Chose the source of your TV signal (Cable for use with analog cable TV, Satellite for use with a satellite set top box and Antenna for use with ATSC digital over the air

TV) and click Next.

At this point, Media Center will set up the TV tuner. This might take a minute or so.

You will then see a message saying Exami ning cable TV, antenna or set top box connection.

After determining the type of signal, you will see You are Done!

N ote: If you see a message “IR hardware not detected”, and you are only using one TV tuner, then you need to tell Media Center to use only Tuner 1.

Click through the rest of the settings, set up your Guide listings and click Finish.

Then return to the main menu. Go to TV + Movies and then Live TV to watch and record TV.

Running WinTV v7 for the first time

To run the WinTV v7 application for watching TV, recording videos and playing them back on your PC, double click on the WinTV icon on your Windows desk top.

When you run WinTV for the first time, the WinTV Device Setup

Wizard appears. Select the TV source that you are using. On some model WinTVs, you have multiple tuners and therefore you can select multiple sources. For the WinTV-HVR-2250, you can chose either ATSC or Digital QAM and Analog TV. You cannot chose both Digital ATSC and Digital

QAM.

ATSC digital over-the-air TV

Select Digital ATSC and click Next. In the ATSC Setup menu, click

Next. You will see the Digital

ATSC Scan scanning for digital over-the-air channels.

The digital TV scanning process will scan from channels 2 to 51.

As TV channels are found, they will appear in the Channel box.

When complete, click Next / Next and OK.

N ote: if you do not receive any ATSC digital TV channels, an antenna signal booster might be needed. After adding a signal booster, see below for instructions on rescanning and the Troubleshooting section for information on choosing an antenna.

Clear QAM Digital Cable TV

Clear QAM digital cable TV channels are those TV channels broadcast on a digital cable network which are unencrypted (‘free to view’). If you have a cable operator who transmits clear QAM digital TV programs, chose Digital QAM and Next.

Encrypted channels are automatically not selected. The resulting channels in the list might be both standard and high definition channels.

Analog cable TV

Select your Country and your TV Source from the drop down list. To automatically scan for channels, click Next to continue.

ote: If you’d N like to use the A/V inputs, please select

External Inputs.

Click the Scan button and WinTV will automatically scan for analog channels. The scanning process takes about 10 minutes.

External audio/video sources

You can bring video into the WinTV from an external audio/video source such as a cable TV or satellite set top box.

In the Device Setup

Wizard, select

External Inputs and click Next.

You will be presented with the option to add a Composite and an

S-Video Input. Please select your country (if not correct) and click

Next.

If you wish to connect a source not normally designed for operation in your country, you can configure the Video Format manually from the drop down list. Change the value from “AUTO”.

Note: Pal BGHIDK is the commonly used format in Europe. NTSC is the broadcast format used in North America.

Rescanning TV channels

If you want to rescan for TV channels, click the Setup menu (Gear button in the lower left corner of WinTV v7).

Then click on the Devices tab. Chose your WinTV device by clicking on it, then click Tuner setup. Chose the TV format you want to scan, then click Next. Click Next and a new scan will be started. When the scan is complete, click Next / Next and OK.

Using the WinTV v7 application

To watch TV, click the Watch TV button.

To see the TV Channel list, click your right mouse button in the TV window and select Find Channel.

Options menu

The Options menu is the main menu where you can select channels, turn on closed captions, open the TV Scheduler, show the TV Guide and many other of the most important TV control functions.

To bring up the Options Menu, click your right mouse button once in the TV window .

To see the channel list, click on Find channel. You will see the list of

Channel name/number

Settings button

Program

Info

Playback file menu

Watch

TV

Close WinTV

Channel list display always on

Fast channel select numbers

TV Channel list

Record/Pause/Play controls

Channel up/down channels which have been scanned.

To show the Channel menu as part of the TV window, click the

Channel list always on icon at the top of the channel list.

Options menu click your right mouse button to view

Playback menu

Channel list

TV Scheduler

Close captions

Always on top

Volume adjust and mute

To turn on Closed captions, click on Show Captions.

To manually schedule a TV recording, or to see which programs have been scheduled, click on Scheduler.

To turn on the Always on Top mode, click on Stay on Top.

IR blaster in WinTV v7

If you would like to use the Hauppauge IR blaster to change the channels on your cable TV or satellite set top box, see the section entitled

“Configuring the IR blaster so WinTV v7 can control your set top box”.

Watch, Pause and Record TV in WinTV v7

WinTV v7 is always recording video to your PC’s hard drive while TV is being displayed. In this way, you can immediately skip back and replay the TV program you are watching.

Clicking on the Pause button will cause the video to pause, while clicking the Record button will cause the current TV program to be recorded to hard disk.

Recording your TV shows

If you want to record a TV show you are watching:

Program info button

Playback file button

Record button

Stop button

Time bar

Skip back

1 minute button

Pause/Play button

Skip ahead

1 minute button

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Click the Record button. The recorded file name will popup on the video for a few seconds as the recording starts.

When you are finished recording, click the Stop button.

Click the Playback file button and select the last file recorded to play the video you just recorded

To play a video you recorded earlier, click the Playback File button and then move your mouse and click once on the video you want to play. Click Open and the file will start playing.

The recorded video file is saved in the directory set in Recordings directory. The default directory is MyVideos. To change this directory, click the

Settings button and then the Folders tab. Every time you record a file, a new file is automatically created. The file will be formatted as

(ChannelNumber)_(ChannelName)YearMonthDay_TIme.

For digital TV programs, the quality level recorded is the same as it is transmitted by the TV station. For example, if the TV station is transmitting a highdefinition program, WinTV will record the program in high-definition.

Closed captions, parental control information and SAP audio is recorded with digital TV programs.

For analog cable TV using the built-in hardware MPEG-2 encoder, the quality of the video recording is set to 6Mbits/sec. This will be a configurable setting in a future version of WinTV v7.

If you want to pause a TV show you are watching:

- Click Pause button. Your TV video will stop and the Time counter will start counting.

- To start the video from where you paused, click the Play button

- To rewind the video to the beginning, click the Skip to the begin-

ning button. If your video was paused, click the Play button.

- To rewind the video 10 seconds, click the rewind 10 seconds but-

ton. If your video was paused, click the Play button.

The Delay counter displays how much time you are behind the live video. For example, if the delay counter says 00:01:23, then the video window is showing video 1 minute and 23 seconds behind live video.

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records “in background” so that you can continue to watch your live TV program, even as the recording progresses.

The TV Scheduler can be found in the WinTV v7 Options menu. Right click your mouse button in the TV window to see the Options menu.

Click Scheduler. To set up an event for timed watching or recording, click the Add button.

The items that need to be set for each event are:

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Name: you can add a name to the recording. If you do not enter a name, the name will be in the channel/date format.

Channel: chose one of your scanned channels.

Start time: set to the desired start time. Click on the hour to set the hour, the minute to set the minute. Note: It takes about 15 seconds to launch the

WinTV and start recording.

Duration: number of minutes in the recorded program.

Recurrence: one time, daily, weekly.

Note: If you set for Record

Weekly, you must also specify the

Day of the Week for the recording.

Date to Begin

Program: today's date is the default. Change this if you want to schedule on another date.

Source selection: leave set at WinTV to bring up the WinTV at the requested time and on the requested channel.

Once these are set, click OK. You can add more recordings, clicking OK after each event is set.

When you are finished click Close. The WinTV program does not have to be running for the Scheduler to work. If WinTV is not running, it takes about 15 seconds to start WinTV and to start the recording of TV.

TV Scheduler in WinTV v7

The built-in TV

Scheduler allows you to schedule the recording of

TV shows. Once a record event is set, WinTV v7 can be closed and the

WinTV application will

“wake up” at the desired time and tuned to the desired channel.

When a scheduled record event takes place, the

WinTV v7 application

Configuring the IR blaster

The IR Configuration Utility is used to configure the WinTV-HVR’s built-in remote control IR blaster for use with either WinTV v7 or

Windows Media Center.

N

ote: the WinTV-HVR-2250 board is initially configured for it’s on-board remote control to be used with

WinTV v7. If you want to use the built-in remote control with Windows Media Center, you must run the IR

Configuration Utility.

To run the IR Configuration Utility, go to the WinTV program group and click on HCWCIRConfig_Tool.exe (this file can also be found on the

WinTV V7 installation CD in the MISC folder).

You will see the dialog box Configure Hauppauge Remote Control

Receivers. If the WinTV-HVR-2250 contains the only IR receiver in your

PC, you will see a message One Media Center remote control has been detected.

To configure as a Windows Media Center remote control, put a check in the box labeled “Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250”.

To configure the IR blaster for use with WinTV v7 remote control, remove the check from the box labeled “Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250”.

Click OK to save the changes.

N ote: your computer must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Learning the remote control codes in

WinTV v7 for your set top box

In WinTV v7, the IR RemoteBlaster lets the WinTV-HVR board change the channel on a satellite or cable TV set top box by transmitting ‘channel change’ commands to the box via an Infra Red (IR) transmitter.

N ote: You will need the remote control from your set top box to complete the configuration in this section.

N ote: this proceedure is only necessary if you are using

WinTV v7. If you are using Windows Media Center, it will configure the IR blaster as part of the Media Center setup.

The Hauppauge IR RemoteBlaster consists of two components:

1.

IR Blaster cable. This cable has an IR cable jack and an IR transmitter. The IR cable jack plugs into the back of the WinTV board, and the IR transmitter needs to be positioned over the IR receiver on your set top box using the self stick tape supplied on the front of the transmitter.

2.

IR Blaster Configuration program (BlastCfg.EXE) for configuring the codes for the IR transmitter.

During the installation of the WinTV applications from the Installation CD-

ROM, the Hauppauge IR Blaster applications will be automatically installed.

Every time you boot

Windows, the IR32 application should automatically run. You will notice a small

IR icon in your system device tray.

Send button

Configuring the IR

Blaster

The IR Blaster Configuration program, can be found in the Program Groups /

Hauppauge WinTV. Run

BlastCfg.EXE

First make sure the IR transmitter is positioned over the remote sensor on your set top box. Remember, the IR transmitter has a very short transmission distance and needs to be positioned over the remote sensor on your Message box

Key numbers set top box.

To access the learn function, click on Learn.

You will need to ‘learn’ the 0 through 9 keys, plus Power on and

Enter. To learn the new keys:

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hold the remote control from your set top box as close to the IR receiver and learn sensor as possible (about 1 inch).

in the Blaster config program, click the button you would like to learn (for example: 1)

A message will apear saying Press and hold the button. Depress and hold the corresponding key on your set top box remote control.

You will see a message Release button when you need to release the key on your remote control. You will do this three times.

You should receive a LearnKey(key#) Succeeded message.

If you receive a LearnKey(key#) Failed error, this means that the key was either held down too long, or not long enough, or that the remote was not held close enough to the IR sensor on the HD

PVR. Try again.

Then move on to the next key. Do this for the keys 0 to 9 plus

On and Enter

Once you are finished with the numbers 0 to 9 and On and Enter, you can test the learning by clicking the Send button in the Blaster

Configuration program. It will send the numbers 123 to your set top box.

Your set top box should now be on channel 123.

Close the Blaster Configuration program to save the configuration.

WinTV is EVR. EVR uses your graphics card to move the digital TV image into the graphics memory. If you chose Overlay, the processor moves the TV signal into the graphics memory. It is more CPU intensive but often fixes display problems on some laptops.

To use hardware graphics acceleration, click VMR7, VMR9 or EVR.

Note: hardware acceleration does not work on all systems.

Note: if you have an nVidea graphics card, you can use VMR7.

If this setting does not help, or if you experience WinTV not responding after a channel change, then your graphics system cannot use hardware graphics acceleration.

In this case, run click ‘Overlay’ then rerun WinTV.

Only some channels are found during ATSC channel scan

If you are only receiving some known TV channels when scanning, it means your TV antenna is not adequate to pick up the channel. You will need either an antenna signal booster (a Radio Shack antenna amplifier will work) or a high gain antenna. Here’s a link to an ATSC antenna selector: http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/address.aspx

Also, in some areas using cable TV, a format called Cable HRC is used.

If so, try rescanning but use CABLE (HRC) instead of cable in the

Broadcast/Cable box.

Black window when selecting an ATSC digital channel

A black window when selecting a digital channel means that the WinTV-

HVR-2250 is not getting a good TV signal. This is most often due to poor reception. If the signal is very bad (or non existent), you will see a message “No Signal” pop up in your WinTV v7 window. See “Only some channels are found during digital channel scan” above.

Uninstalling the WinTV driver and applications

Run the hcwclear.exe from the installation CD. Select OK A black screen will briefly appear and once it has disappeared the software will be removed. If you now re-start the computer you will be at Step 4 of the installation.

Troubleshooting

Installation tips and software updates can be found at : http://www.hauppauge.com/site/support_hvr2250.html

Some notes on system compatibility

Decoding high definition ATSC TV is very CPU intensive. A graphics card with at least 64MBytes of memory and the latest graphics driver from the manufacturer makes the decoding task easier. Typically a 2.2

GHz Pentium 4 processor or equivalent with a graphics card having

64MBytes of memory is required to properly decode DVB-T digital TV on your PC. A 1.6GHz AMD Sempron laptop computer tested in the

Hauppauge lab used 50% of the CPU for playing DVB-T 640i format.

In some cases, either a faster processor or more graphics memory might be required. Slow or jerky video and a noisy TV picture indicate system performance problems.

Jerky video with live ATSC digital TV

Jerky or distorted video can be caused by two things in your PC or laptop: a slow CPU which cannot decode the ATSC TV signal fast enough, and a graphics system which cannot keep up with the high datarates of high definition ATSC TV.

Many times, improving the performance of the graphics display will fix the jerky video display of digital TV. Here are some tips on improving graphics performance:

- Use the latest graphics driver: graphics drivers are often ‘tweeked’ to improve performance, especially the built-in graphics on laptops.

Check the Microsoft Windows update site to download the latest graphics driver for your computer. For Dell computers, check the

Dell website for the latest graphics driver.

- In the WinTV v7 Settings menu (click the “gear” icon), in the

General tab change the Video Renderer. This is used to change the display mode of a graphics card for TV watching. This does not affect any other Windows program. The default mode used by

FCC Statement

Supplementary Television Broadcasting Receiving Apparatus - Appareils supplémentaires de réception de télévision, Canada. Important note: The screen of the coaxial cable must be connected to earth (grounded) at the entrance to the building. This should be done in accordance with applicable national electrical installation codes. In the U.S., this is required by Section 820.93 of the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70.

Radio Interference Statement: The WinTV products have 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 cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or 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.

FCC ID: H90WINTV

CE Statement: This equipment has been tested and complies with EN 55013, EN 55020 and IEC 801-3 part

3 standards.

CAUTION: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance to the

FCC Rules could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

U L 60950-1: In accordance with sub-clause 1.7.2, the installation instructions should note that the cable distribution system should be grounded (earthed) in accordance with ANSI/NFPA 70, the National

Electrical Code (NEC), in particular Section 820.93, Grounding of Outer Conductive Shield of a Coaxial

Cable. This aligns the instructions with the third dashed paragraph of the new exception.

CSA 60950-1: Make sure that the cable system is grounded to provide protection against voltage surges and built up static charges.