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TV Tuner Card users manual

1. Getting Started with TV Tuner Card

FRONTECH TV Tuner Card users manual

Real-time recording
Time Shift Function

1.1 Introduction
Thank you for choosing the FRONTECH TV tuner and video
capture card. This product turns your PC quickly and easily into
a powerful desktop multimedia system. You can capture video
and still images; experience Real-time MPEG-1 and MPEG-2
recording.
Moreover, the product also provides high quality TV viewing
with true stereo TV experience directly on your computer

Capture still images

TV screen scalable up to full size
Convert AVI file format to MPEG
Edit videos on a frame-by-frame basis
Overlay video with standard or animated titles
Apply special color, filter, and transition effects to your videos
Compatible with current Windows Versions (XPVISTA)
Depends on the TV Broadcasting system in your country

monitor!

1.2 Features
Philips 713X Chipset
Plug & play compliant PCI card
Full channel cable/antenna ready TV tuner
Composite video and S-Video input
Multiple Channel Preview

1.3 System Requirements for FRONTECH TV Tuner

card
To successfully use this solution, please ensure youre your
desktop system meets the following requirements
Mainboard with available busmaster* capable PCI slot(v.2.1)
PentiumIII500 MHz or faster PC, Vista system need P4
2.66GHz and 1GB memory.

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128MB RAM (minimum), 256MB or higher RAM

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2. Input & Output Connections

recommended. 1GB RAM (minimum), 2GB RAM

recommended.
VGA-Card with DirectX 8.1 Support
Windows98 SE, Windows ME, Windows2000,
Windows XP, Vista

Remote : To connect the sensor of your remote control

Line Out: Use the packaged audio cable to connect to your
sound card
S-Video: To connect external devices like VCR or Camera

CD-ROM or DVD drive

Audio In: To connect external audio devices

20MB available hard disk space for installation

Video-In: To connect external devices like VCR or Camera

Additional free space on your Hard disk for recording and

CATV: To connect your cable or home antenna.

editing files
VGA monitor with Directshow installed supporting 16-bit
color
Sound card
Speakers for audio output
Available IRQ
TV antenna or TV Cable
*Please refer to the manual of your mainboard

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3. Setup of Hardware and Driver for TV Tuner

4. Look for a free PCI expansion slot. When selecting the PCI slot,

card

note that TV Tuner card should not be plugged into PCI slot 1 in

The following sections provide step-by-step instructions on

installing and configuring the card accessories and software.

conjunction with an AGP graphics card because PCI 1 is very

frequently assigned to the same interrupts as the AGP slot. This
would give both cards the same interrupt, which can lead to

3.1 DirectX
Before installing this TV card, it is necessary to install
Directx8.1 or higher for your Operating System.

crashes during operation. The numbers assigned to the PCI slots

are listed in your motherboard manual.
5. Carefully remove the TV Tuner card from its packaging and
pick it up by the edges with one hand while your other hand is

3.2 Installing the TV Tuner card

touching a metal part of the PC. This will ensure that your body is

1. Switch off your PC and connected peripheral devices

completely discharged via your computer without damaging the

such as your printer and monitor, Leave the AC power

TV Tuner card.

cable connected for the time being, so that your computer is

6. Align the holder at the rear of the TV card in the expansion slot

still grounded.

in such a way that the cards connectors are directly in line with

2. Touch the metal chassis at the rear of PC to ground and

the slot is socket.

to discharge static. Now unplug the cord from the AC

7. Push the TV Tuner card firmly into the slot, ensuing good

power socket.

contact.

3. Remove the cover from the case of your PC.

8. Fasten the TV card with an appropriate screw.

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9. If a sound card is installed, connect the TV card to

it using the supplied audio Connector cable. Plug one end into
the audio output of the TV card (light-green Socket) and the
other end into the Line-In terminal of the sound card.
10. Reinstall the cover of your PC case
11. Connect the antenna cable (which you would normally
connect to the antenna input terminal on your television) to
the TV antenna terminal on the TV card. Reconnect the AC
power cable as well as all other cables. Make sure that your
speakers are set to Low volume.
12. Switch your computer on again to begin installing the
software.

If you have not already done so, place the TV card

installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. When you insert your

3.3 Driver installation for Windows 2000/WinXP

After

rebooting,

Windows2000/XP automatically

detects the presence of a new hardware component in the

system and prompts Found new Hardware Wizard
window.

Inststallation CD, then type G:\XP&Vista\dirver (if G:\is your

CDRom drive).
After you finish installation of the Driver, please select the
Finish.

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4. The Application software installation

Open G:\XP&Vista\APP folder and double click
SuperTVPro.exe, click Continue, start to install
software, click Next.

According to instruction, click Next, Next until the

installation is finished.

Click Yes.

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5. The Driver and Application software for

VISTA installation
5.1 install driver
After rebooting, system automatically detects the presence
of a new hardware component in the system and prompts
Found new Hardware window. Dont care about it, after the
software installation, it will be closed itself.

Open G:\XP&Vista\Driver folder run driver.exe

file

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Click Install to begin installation

Click Next
Click Install this driver software anyway.

A few minutes later the system prompts the driver

installation completed, click Finish.

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5.2. Application Installation for Vista

Open G:\XP&Vista\APP folder and double click
SuperTVPro.exe, click Continue, start to install
software, click Next.

Click This program installed correctly.

Click Yes.

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According to instruction, click Next, Next until the

installation is finished.

FRONTECH TV Tuner Card users manual