VV Family GrabBee III User manual

Brand: VV Family

Model: GrabBee III

Category: Audio cards

Type: User manual

GrabBee III USB A/V Grabber Installation Guide v1.0

1. Contents

You should have the following items included with your GrabBee III

USB A/V Grabber, pictured right:

• GrabBee III USB A/V Grabber

• Installation Kit CD

• User’s Manual

• Box

2. Installing the GrabBee

a. Windows 98SE/ME/2000

i - Please insert the Installation Kit CD into your CD-ROM drive and

close any windows that automatically pop up. Please also plug the

GrabBee into a vacant USB port on the back of your PC; a USB hub is

not recommended during installation, but should be fine to use once

you’re happy that everything is working correctly.

ii - Your system should automatically detect two new hardware devices

as ‘USB Device’ and USB Composite Device’ before bringing up the

‘Add New Hardware Wizard’ window (pictured right). Please select

‘Automatically search for a better driver’ and click ‘Next’.

iii - If a list of drivers comes up you should select ‘GrabBee III USB A/V Grabber’ and click ‘Ok’. During

the file copying process you may be prompted that you’re trying to replace newer files, in each case please

follow Microsoft’s advice to keep the existing file.

iv - You will soon be prompted to click ‘Finish’, please do so and the second device should be detected. If a

list of drivers comes up you should select ‘GrabBee III USB Audio’ and click ‘Ok’. During the file copying

process you may be prompted that you’re trying to replace newer files, in each case please follow

Microsoft’s advice to keep the existing file. As before, click ‘Finish’ when prompted to complete the instal-

lation.

b. Windows XP

i - Please insert the Installation Kit CD into your CD-ROM drive and

close any windows that automatically pop up. Please also plug the

GrabBee into a vacant USB port on the back of your PC; a USB hub is

not recommended during installation, but should be fine to use once

you’re happy that everything is working correctly.

ii - Your system should automatically detect two new hardware devices

as ‘USB Device’ and USB Composite Device’ before bringing up the

‘Found New Hardware Wizard’ window (pictured right). Please select

‘Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)’ and click ‘Next’.

iii - You should be able to direct the following screen to the

D:\GrabBee3\Driver\ folder and click ‘Next’. It will search and find the

driver and prompt you with Windows Logo Testing (pictured right);

you’ll need to click ‘Continue Anyway’ to complete the installation (see

section 4a). If you’re CD-ROM drive is not the D:\ drive then you will

need to adjust the driver location accordingly and you may be prompted

GrabBee III USB A/V Grabber Installation Guide v1.0

to insert the installation CD into the D:\ drive; give this dialogue box the

same location and all should go smoothly.

iv - Once complete you can click ‘Finish’ before the second device gets

detected. This should use the same driver location and not ask you for

any more input before the device is completely installed.

3. Using the GrabBee

a. Available Connections

The GrabBee has an audio left (white) and right (red) connector ganged together

and the choice of either S-Video (black) or composite video (yellow) for your videos

to be captured through (pictured right).

b. Capturing Video

There is a small capturing program supplied with the GrabBee that you can install by running

D:\GrabBee3\AP Software\SETUP.EXE (where D:\ is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive) from the CD.

You can also use most video editing packages to capture video directly including Serif’s MoviePlus by se-

lecting ‘Capture’ from the ‘File’ menu at the top of the main screen.

4. Troubleshooting

If your GrabBee is not performing as dictated in this document or the installation has not completed for any

reason, the following section may help.

a. I get a “Has Not Passed Windows Logo Testing” error message.

When a manufacturer develops a new device designed for a modern PC they can pay Microsoft to test it and

verify it’s compatibility with they’re operating systems; if successful then they will add a digital signature

into it’s installation files. This signature will be detected by Windows XP as logo tested and stop this warn-

ing from coming up. Many companies do not go to Microsoft to verify their product and prefer to perform

the testing themselves and so do not have this digital signature included and subsequently the warning will

appear. We can assure you that the device has been tested on Windows XP by both the manufacturer and

ourselves with no adverse effects to the system.

b. I’m told that there is no capture device connected.

i - Please right-click on your My Computer icon and select Properties in

the drop-down menu. In the new window you should select the Device

Manager tab (Hardware tab and Device Manager button on Windows

2000 and XP). You should find two devices; ‘GrabBee III USB A/V

Grabber’ in the ‘Imaging Devices’ section and ‘GrabBee III Audio’ in

the ‘Sound, Video and game controllers’ section (pictured right) to indi-

cate a good installation.

ii - If either of these are missing then they may be listed as either

‘Unknown Device’ or ‘USB Device’ in either of these sections or under

‘Universal Serial Bus controllers’ or under a new section called ‘Other

Devices’. These devices will probably be marked with a yellow excla-

mation mark indicating that there is a problem with the device or the driver installation.

GrabBee III USB A/V Grabber Installation Guide v1.0

iii - Right-click the effected device and select ‘Properties’ from the drop-down menu. In the resulting win-

dow you should be able to select the ‘Driver’ tab at the top and click the ‘Update Driver’ button. This will

take you straight to the ‘Hardware Update Wizard’. Please select ‘Install from a list or specific location’ and

click ‘Next’. On the next window please select ‘Don’t search, I will choose the driver to install’ and click

‘Next’.

iv - The following window should have a button labeled ‘Have Disk’

which you should click before being given the option to browse to the

D:\GrabBee3\Driver\ folder (where D:\ is the drive letter of your CD-

ROM drive). There are three files that will be available for selection

here; NUVAUDIO.INF, NUVISIO2.INF and NUVISION.INF (pictured

right). If it is the sound device you have a problem with then select

NUVAUDIO.INF; if it is the imaging device you have a problem with

then select NUVISION.INF. You can now click ‘Open’ and then ‘Ok’

to return to the ‘Hardware Update Wizard’. Please click ‘Next’ to begin

copying files across.

v - On later operating systems you may again be prompted with a Windows Logo Testing error, please select

‘Continue Anyway’ to complete the installation. You will soon be prompted to click ‘Finish’, please do so

and your Device Manager should have the device loaded described in part i of this section.

c. I get no video and/or no audio when trying to capture.

If the Device Manager shows the drivers are installed correctly as in section 4b then you probably have a

VV Family GrabBee III User manual

Brand: VV Family

Model: GrabBee III

Category: Audio cards

Type: User manual

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