Elgato EyeTV Hardware reference guide

Elgato Systems

Hardware Reference Guide

EyeTV Infrared Remote Control

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Hardware Reference Guide

EyeTV Infrared Remote Control

This document describes the functions of the EyeTV infrared remote control, which is included with all EyeTV models except EyeTV USB and

EyeTV Wonder USB 2.0.

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NOTE: Button legends in ITALICS are Teletext functions.

Power

If EyeTV isn’t displaying a window, a Live TV window is opened. If there are

Infrared Remote Control

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EyeTV Infrared Remote Control windows playing EyeTV content, the front playing window is closed, and the next window is brought to the front. If the frontmost window is an alert dialog, pressing the Power key is like pressing Cancel or hitting Escape.

Mute

Click this button to mute the sound, click it again to turn it back on.

Number keys

Used to enter channel number.

Last

Switches the live TV window to go to the last channel used.

If you’re watching a recording, pressing this button jumps playback to the start of the recording. If the front-most window is an alert dialog, pressing the LAST key is like pressing Cancel or hitting Escape.

Enter / OK

Enters a sequence of numbers. If the front-most window is an alert dialog, pressing the Enter key is like pressing OK or hitting Enter.

Red

Cycles through open windows backwards.

Green

Cycles through open windows forwards.

Yellow

Opens/closes the EyeTV Programs window, which displays all of the shows that have been or will be recorded.

Blue

Shows/hides the on-screen remote controller.

Channel Up/Down

Switches to the next higher or lower channel.

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EyeTV Infrared Remote Control

Volume Up/Down

Increases or decreases the sound volume.

Instant Replay

Playback jumps backwards for the duration specified in the Preferences’

Controls pane. The default is 7 seconds.

Play/Pause

Toggles between playing back or pausing video

Jump

Fast-forwards the current program 30 seconds and then continues playing. This is useful for jumping over less desirable content.

Fast Backward

Plays the current program in reverse at high speed.

Red ‘ L ’

Jumps playback to live.

Fast Forward

Plays the current program at high speed.

Stop/REVEAL

Stops playback of the current program. REVEAL is a Teletext function.

Menu/TXT

TXT is a Teletext function.

Record/SIZE

Starts or stops recording the current program. The default recording duration is three hours. To extend or shorten the recording time, open the currently recording program by selecting it in the EyeTV software’s Programs window, clicking the Show Info button in the toolbar, and changing the recording’s

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EyeTV Infrared Remote Control ending time. Because EyeTV has only one tuner, and can only handle one video source at a time, channels and inputs cannot be changed while recording. Once a recording has started, the cache is flushed so you cannot skip backwards beyond the start time of the recording.

SIZE is a Teletext function.

HOLD

HOLD is a Teletext function. Also toggles full-screen mode.

SELECT

SELECT is a Teletext function. Also cycles through EyeTV’s video inputs.

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