Genius TVGo DVB-T02PRO Quick Installation Manual

Brand: Genius

Model: TVGo DVB-T02PRO

Category: Computer TV tuners

Type: Quick Installation Manual

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TVGO DVB-T02 PRO

Genius TVGo DVB-T02PRO is a device that allows you to watch digital TV on your computer. It connects to your computer via USB and includes a portable digital terrestrial TV antenna. The software included with the device allows you to scan for channels, record programs, and use time-shift to pause and rewind live TV. You can also use the device to capture images from TV programs and save them to your computer. The Genius TVGo DVB-T02PRO is a great way to watch your favorite TV shows and movies on your computer.

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Chapter 1 Introduction of TVGo DVB-T02PRO

1.1 Introduction

The TVGo DVB-T02PRO can turn your notebook or desktop PC into a personal digital TV and let you

watch high definition free-to-air DVB-T TV on your notebook or desktop PC.

The compact size design makes it easy for you to take it anywhere and real-time record the TV programs to

DVD disc in DVD format. With the remote controller, you can easily to watch TV and record, also playback

high quality digital video programs on your NB or PC and channel preview. These functions supported by

TVGo DVB-T02PRO make this a product you don’t want to miss.

1.2 Package contents:

 TVGo DVB-T02PRO

 Remote Controller (includes battery)

 Portable Digital Terrestrial TV Antenna

 Antenna connector

 Software Disc

 Quick Installation Guide

Notice: We highly recommend you use the outdoor antenna for better signal reception.

1.3 Features of TVGo DVB-T02PRO

 Watch worldwide free-to-air digital HDTV and SDTV TV programs and free-to air digital radio

 Powered by USB2.0 cable

 Supports time-shifting functions to avoid missing any TV programs

 Supports real-time recording and schedule recording to hard disk

 Supports continuous snapshot function that lets you capture your favorite images from programs and

turn it into wallpaper for your PC or NB

 Supports EPG (Electronic Guide program) and Teletext function

 PIP function: watch recorded and life TV at the same time

1.4. Minimum system requirements:

 P4 2.4 GHz or above for watching HDTV TV program

 P4 3.0 GHz or above for watching HDTV TV program and recording

 256MB system memory size

 Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP1/SP2 operating system, or Windows XP Media

Center Edition 2005, Vista

 Microsoft DirectX version should be 9.0c or later

 100MB available hard disk space (used by the driver and software),

 3GB disk space per hour needed for TV program recording

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Chapter 2 Installation

You can install the TVGo DVB-T02PRO easily after reading this chapter. The following sections will provide

you detailed information how to install the TVGo DVB-T02PRO to your PC or NB.

2.1 Brief introduction on hardware installation

1: USB Interface for USB port used to connect TV pen driver and PC / NB.

2: Antenna RF-In to connect to terrestrial antenna.

Step 1. USB connection

Connect the USB port and the TVGo DVB-T02PRO as shown below.

Step 2. Connect the antenna signal line

First connect the TV antenna signal line to the IEC-MMXC switch head. Second, connect the IEC-MMXC

switch head to TVGo DVB-T02PRO RF-IN as shown below.

Notice:

1. When the hardware is connected, you can start the software installation.

2. We highly recommend you use an outdoor antenna for better reception.

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2.2 Software installation

The TVGo DVB-T02PRO installation includes the application and driver; just follow the sections below to install the software.

After the computer and TVGo DVB-T02PRO are

connected, the following window appears. Click on

“Cancel" to install the driver later.

Put into the software disc into your CD-ROM drive.

Select Driver Setup to install driver and application.

Then the following window will pop up.

If you do not see this window, manually run

setup.exe“ from the software disc

After entering Install Shield menu, choose the

languages installed, and then continue installing

according to the instructions.

Select “Next” to continue installing and choose the

desired file folder to install and go to next step.

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Choose “Next” to continue installing.

Click “Continue Anyway” to install the hardware.

After the installation is done, click on “Yes, I want to

restart my computer now.”

Then click and select “Finish” to complete the

installation procedure.

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Chapter 3 Launch the software

3.1 Click Start on Windows Taskbar, and then select Programs\TVGo DVB-T02PRO or double click the

TVGo software icon on the desktop.

3.2 Scan channels

1. Select the small icon

on the control panel to

enter the setting menu.

2. Select the country and press “Auto Scan” to scan

the channels.

You can select and click "Load" to use the channel

table stored before, or select some specific

channels and select "Delete" to delete these

specific channels, or select and click "Delete All" to

delete all channels. Then, you can select "OK" to

store all changes. Or you can select "Cancel" to

give up all changes and exit.

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In case the area where you are does not have

regular frequency; you can enable the smart scan

and put in the bias value. When the system does

the channel scan, the bias value will be added or

subtracted in order to locate the correct channels.

After channel scanning is done, you can change the

channel name to whatever you like. You can move

the mouse to the channel you want and click the

right button. There will pop up editor window to

allow you to change the name.

Notice:

1. Good reception is required for watching digital TV. In case of weak signals, digital TV will not be able to

produce any pictures at all, unlike analog TV where the picture is merely unclear. If the signal is weak in

your room, you may need a digital TV antenna (similar to a UHF antenna mounted on the roof) that can

receive digital terrestrial signals, or the portable antenna supplied with the product to watch digital TV.

2. If you cannot find the area or sector in the country where you live, select "Other bandwidth (6M), Other

bandwidth (7M), Other bandwidth (8M)" or “Unknown (Scan All)” option.

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3.2 Introduction of control panel key

TVGo Main Screen

Control Panel

Icon Descriptions

Display TVGo Player information

TV Off

Full screen/Normal screen

Minimize TVGo Player

Set TV/Video screen always on top

Select video files for playback

Pause/resume video playback

Stop video playback/Deactivate Time-shift

Fast backward video playback on pre-recorded file or Time-shift

Fast forward video playback on pre-recorded file or Time-shift

Live TV recording: To record the current program you are watching, select this

icon.

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Activate Time-shift

Toggle to previous TV channel

Toggle to next TV channel

Volume Up

Volume Down

Volume level status and adjustment

Sound On/Off: To turn On/Off sound, select the icon

on the control panel.

This icon

indicates "Mute" status.

Mute Status

Bilingual Toggle: If the program supports bilingual, select this icon. It depends on

the availability of the channel transmitter and program.

To scan channels, change image capture properties, or change the path of

recording and Time-shift.

Frame capture

Enable video sub-screen

To program scheduled recording or change the recording path, select this icon on

the control panel.

TV channel preview

My Favorite Programs

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Open TeleText window of TV program

Activate EPG (Electronic Program Guide)

Select TV channels

Online Help

Back to previous TV channel

TV channel signal strength status

Stereo Status

3.3 Image Capture

Enter setting and select Image capture page to set the frames per capture and interval between each

frame.

Total Frames: You can use the left mouse button to

change the frames you want to capture each time.

Interval: You can use left mouse button to change the

capture interval (seconds) of each frame.

Default: You can click this button to restore the default

value stored on the system.

Frame Capture Path: You need to specify your

location to store the captured frames in this field.

If the settings of image capture are correct, you can

click "OK" to save your setting and exit. Or click

"Cancel" button to give up all the changes you made

and exit.

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Select

to take an image capture of the

program you are watching.

You can click “Capture” again to capture another

frame.

You can delete the selected frames by clicking

“Delete”. Or, you can use “Delete All” to delete all

the frames you capture.

Once you finish the selection, you can click “Save”

to save the capture frames or “Close” without

saving. You can also change the image saving path

by using the “Path” entry field section.

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3.4 Electronic Program Guide

If the program supports EPG (Electronic Program Guide), select the small icon

on the control panel.

Notice: It depends on the availability of the channel transmitter and program.

You can choose a different program by pulling

down the sub-menu and make the selection.

You can also check the programs you want to

add into schedule recording.

After you click "Schedule Record", the system

will pop up a message to let you know if you did

it successfully.

3.5 Time-shift

When you are watching a real time program and need to be out for a while, select the Time-shift button

on the control panel to start recording the program from this point of time.

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When you are back, you can use the left mouse button to click on the scroll bar to select the point you want

to watch.

Or you can also use Back-ward button

or Forward button to review the TV program from x2

speed and up to x32 speed.

Use Stop button

to bring the player speed to normal. If you want to deactivate the Time-shift, you can

click Stop button

again to do it.

Note! For VISTA users, when you activate this

feature you will see the following pop-up menu to

ask the permission to access the files. Select

"Allow" to continue.

3.6 TeleText

If the TV program supports TeleText, select the small icon

on the numerical panel.

Note: It depends on the availability of the channel transmitter and program.

You can click Page-Up or Page-Down to go up or

down one page. Just click Pause to stay on the

current page. You can also click Home to jump to

page 100 or fill the page number into the GoTo field

to select a page.

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3.7 My Favorite

To use my favorite feature, you need to set up your

favorite channel list first. After the setting is done, you

can select the small icon

on the control panel to

watch your favorite programs.

Select the setting icon

on the control panel to

enter the setting menu first. After you enter the setting

menu, select "My Favorite" sub-menu to enter my

favorite setting.

You can select your favorite channels and use the

RIGHT arrow key (

) to add into my favorite list as

shown.

You can remove your favorite channels by using the

LEFT arrow key (

) as shown.

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You can change your favorite channel sequence by

using the UP arrow key (

) or DOWN arrow key

(

) as shown.

You can select the small icon

on the control panel

to watch your favorite programs.

Note! Once you activate this feature, the channel

up/down sequence will follow your setting on the My

Favorite window.

3.8 Video Sub-screen

You can launch another video sub-screen while you are watching live TV or video file on the main screen.

You can press the button

on control panel to

launch the video sub-screen. Or you can use the

main menu from the main screen as shown.

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Live TV and Video

Video and Video

3.9 The multi-function remote control

ICON Explanation

POWER

TV On/Off

REC

Records the currently viewed TV program

0-9 …

Channel selections

VOL /

Adjust volume levels

CH /

Switch up/down the TV channel

RET/STOP

Back to previous TV channel/Stop

Recording/Deactivate Time-shift

MUTE

Sound On/Off

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3.10 Functions supported by mouse

Click the right mouse button anywhere on the TV main screen. You can see the menu pop up (pg. 17). The

functions are as follows:

Functions Descriptions

Always On Top

Device

PoP

Set TV screen always on top

Select TV tuner device to use for this screen

Open/Close sub-window to play previously recorded TV program

Channel Up

Channel Down

Channel Return

Set TV channel up

Set TV channel down

Back to previous TV channel

Stop

Pause

Forward

Backward

Stop playing a recorded program file or deactivate Time-shift function

Pause and stop playing a recorded program file

Fast forward a recorded program in playback

Fast backward a recorded program in playback

Play File

Time-shift

My Favorite

TV Recording

Tele-Text

Mute (Cancel Mute)

Zoom In/Zoom Out

Play a previously recorded program file

Temporarily records the currently viewed TV program

Open my favorite programs list

Records the currently viewed TV program

Open Tele-Text information window

Toggle Sound Off/On

Full screen / normal screen switch

About

Exit

Display TVGo player information

Close TVGo player

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3.11 Configuration for Record / Time shift

Recording Path

Select a path to save your recording file.

Time-shift Duration

The desired maximum period for Time-shift can be selected

from 30 to 60 minutes, depending on the storage space

available on your hard disk. (Time-shift: When you are watching

a real time program and are away for a while, use this function

to start recording the program from this point of time.)

To configure the schedule recording, select and click the icon on

the

control panel to open the dialog box of “Scheduled

Recording”.

Basic Setting

Job Title:

You can type in a name for the video recording.

Action After / Recording:

There are three actions you can select

after the schedule recording. These are:

Exit:

Click this and the application will exit after schedule

recording.

Enter Hibernate State:

Select this and the system will go into

hibernation after the schedule recording.

No Action:

Click this and the application will stay alive after the

schedule recording.

Recording Setting

Channel:

You can type in the TV channel name for the schedule

recording you want.

Note: You cannot record TV programs from different channels

at the same time.

Mute Duration Recording: Select this and the system will be

mute during schedule recording.

Minimize while Recording: Select this and the system will be

minimized during schedule recording.

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Date / Time Setting

Starting Date: You can choose to make an appointment to

make video recording by filling in the starting date here.

Recording Period: You can type in the recording length here.

Notice: You cannot type in a date and time in the past.

Once: Select this if you want to establish a video recording

reservation just this time.

Weekly: Click on this to establish the video recording

reservation the same time every week.

Working Day: Click this button to make a video recording reservation from Monday to Friday.

Daily: Click this button to make a video recording reservation each day.

New: Select this button to add a new video recording reservation.

Delete: Select this button to delete a pre-arranged schedule-recording job.

Del Obsolete Data: Click this button to delete all obsolete pre-arranged schedule recording jobs.

Modify: Select this button to modify a pre-arranged schedule-recording job.

Save: Click this button to save the newly added or modified job.

After you click "Add" button, you can set a new schedule-recording job. Once all the data is filled in correctly, you can click the

“Save” button. The following window will pop up to show you the status of these jobs.

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Job title: Displays the name of the

schedule-recording job.

Channel: Displays the TV channel to be recorded in

this schedule-recording job.

Starting date/time: Shows the starting date and

time of this schedule-recording job.

Duration: The recording period of this

schedule-recording job.

Status: The state (wait / finished) of this

schedule-recording job.

Times: It displays how many times this

schedule-recording job will take (Single/Multiple)

If the settings of all schedule-recording jobs are correct, you can click "OK" to save all the changes and exit. Or click "Cancel”

to give up all the changes you made and exit.

Note: TVGo Player supports auto Power On for scheduled recording. It allows your computer to resume and start recording

from standby at a preset time. If you want to activate the auto Power On function for scheduled recording, make sure to:

1. Uncheck the box next to "Prompt for password when

computer resumes from standby" under the

Advanced tab in “Power Options Properties”.

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2. Check the “Enable hibernation” box under the hibernate

section from “Power Options Properties”.

3. Make sure that the application “TVGo DVB-T02PRO Monitor”

is running now.

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Model: TVGo DVB-T02PRO

Category: Computer TV tuners

Type: Quick Installation Manual

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