TwinHan DTV

V2.62 Users Manual

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 TwinhanDTV Product Introduction......................................................... 3 1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................... 4 1.2 System Recommended............................................................................. 4 1.3 Features.................................................................................................... 4 Chapter 2 Installation ............................................................................................. 5 2.1 Hardware Installation ................................................................................ 6 2.1.1 TwinhanDTV PCI cards................................................................... 6 2.1.2 TwinhanDTV USB device................................................................ 9 2.2 Software Installation................................................................................ 10 Chapter 3 Channel Scanning ............................................................................... 11 3.1 Satellite ................................................................................................... 12 3.2 Terrestrial................................................................................................ 17 3.3 Cable ...................................................................................................... 21 3.4 Analog ................................................................................................................. 23 3.5 ATSC.24 3.6 FM.25 Chapter 4 TwinhanDTV Application Programs ..................................................... 26 4.1 Control Panel .......................................................................................... 27 4.2 Functions ................................................................................................ 29 4.3 Configuration Page ................................................................................. 33 4.4 Right Click Menu..................................................................................... 38 4.5 Keyboard Shortcuts ................................................................................ 39 Appendix 1 Remote Controller Key Definition ...................................................... 40 Appendix 2 Trouble Shooting ............................................................................... 42

TwinhanDTV Product Introduction

This chapter provides a brief introduction of hardware/software of TwinhanDTV products and includes information to help you set up the system. Outline:
Introduction System Requirements Features

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Chapter 1 TwinhanDTV Product Introduction

1.1 Introduction
TwinhanDTV series allows you to watch digital TV & Radio programs via PCI or USB interface. With TwinhanDTV products, users are able to watch, record, and play back high quality digital TV program on their PC. Please read the instructions carefully before you begin the installation.

1.2 System Recommended

IBM or IBM compatible computer CPU: 2 GHz or above Memory: 512MB or above VGA card with at least 32 MB Memory with DxVA support OS: Windows XP Sound card Microsoft DirectX 9.0C or above Digital Satellite Dish & LNB for TwinHan DVB-S products VHF/UHF antenna for TwinHan DVB-T/ATSC products One free USB 2.0 port for TwinHan USB products

1.3 Features
Digital TV and Radio Program Receiving Real time Digital Video Recording Schedule Recording and Time-shifting Wake up Recording EPG and Teletext Multi-Channel Preview (FTA Channels Only) MPEG-II Software Decoding Still Frames Capture Favorite List Subtitle over Display Parent control Software Upgradeable Remote control supported PCMCIA Commotion Interface for CI product.

(Note: Some features are only provided by content provider, be sure to check if your content provider supports them or not.)

Installation
This chapter shows you how to easily install the hardware and software of TwinhanDTV products. Sections include
Hardware installation Software installation

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Chapter 2 Installation
2.1 Hardware Installation
2.1.1 PCI cards 2.1.2 USB device 2.1.1 TwinhanDTV PCI cards Before You Begin Make sure your computer system is qualified for the system requirements Make sure the power of the computer and peripheral equipments are off Please note that the TwinhanDTV PCI card will not work when there is another TV tuner card with Conexant BT878 IC onboard. Step1: Install TwinhanDTV tuner card into your PC.

Step2: Connect the antenna cable.

Step3: Insert remote control receiver Receiver with USB connector: Please connect the remote control receiver to a USB port of your PC, and place the other end at a proper location where remote control signal can be well received. Receiver with din connector: Please connect the remote control receiver to the connector on the tuner card, and place it at a proper location where remote control signal can be well received.

Step4: Insert CAM and Smart card (For TwinhanDTV Sat-CI/Cab-CI/Ter-CI) Insert Conditional Access Module fully into TwinhanDTV Tuner Card PCMCIA slot. Insert smart card into Conditional Access Module (CAM).

Note: You can purchase Conditional Access Module and smart card from your service provider or CAM retailer. Note: Some CI models have different CAM compatibility; please check color box or website www.twinhan.com for more information. Step5: Connect Audio Line (For Hybrid ATSC or DVB-T) You may have two ways to connect audio line, please choose one you prefer) Connect Internal Audio Line Please connect Internal Audio Line form AUX_OUT of PCI card to AUX_IN on your mother board.

Connect External Audio line Please connect External Audio Line from Audio out (blue port) of PCI card to Audio in (red port) of your sound card (or mother board)

2.1.2 TwinhanDTV USB device Step1: Connect the antenna cable to the USB box Step2: Connect to a USB port of your PC or desktop Step3: Connect the power adaptor. (Star Box only)

USB Cable

LNB-In

Power Adapter

2.2 Software Installation

Step1: Activate TwinhanDTV CD-ROM Insert the TwinhanDTV driver CD into your CD-ROM drive, and click on Install Software and Driver.

Step2: Follow the InstallShield Wizard Click on next and the Wizard will lead you to the finish the process. STEP3: Installation Give a destination and it starts to install TwinhanDTV You will see TwinhanDTV icon on your desktop.

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Channel Scanning
This chapter describes how to configure all the parameters of the system in detail, and lists the guidelines when setting up the Digital TV system. Sections include
DVB-S setting DVB-T setting DVB-C setting Analog setting ATSC setting

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Chapter 3 Channel Scanning

3.1 Satellite
Step3.1.1 Double click on Twinhan DTV icon, you will see Scanning Wizard. If you only have one LNB without DiSEqC/USALS, please click on scan to find channels; if you have other equipments, please click on Advanced setup. Easy Setup Choose the satellite that you like to target and click on the Scan button. You may go to http://www.satcodx.com/eng/ for more satellite information.

Advanced Setup (satellite setup) In Satellite Setup page, there are five options for you to set up your satellite: a. none b. 22 KHz, c. Simple DiSEqC, d. DiSEqC 1.0, and e. DiSEqC 1.2/USALS. Please choose on your situation. Note 1: Remember to click on Apply every time after you change the satellite setting. Note2: You must choose your LNB Type in any situations. There are three types of LNB: a. Normal b. Universal c. Custom. If you choose Custom, you need to fill in the parameters for LNB 1 and LNB 2.
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Configuration 1: None If you only have one dish and LNB without motor, you may choose this option. Please choose the satellite that you like to target and click on Scan.

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Configuration 2: 22 KHz Please choose a satellite you like to scan and the kind of LNB you want to use. Please click on Scan to start scanning satellite. Please repeat the step above for 0 KHz if necessary.

Configuration 3: Simple DiSEqC Please choose a satellite you like to scan and your LNB type. Click on Scan button for start scanning satellite. Please repeat the step above for 0 KHz if you need.

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DiSEqC 1.0 Please choose a satellite you like to scan and your LNB type. Please click on Scan button for start scanning satellite. Repeat the step above for DiSEqC B, DiSEqC C, and DiSEqC D if needed. Please click on Scan for scanning satellite.

Configuration 4: DiSEqC 1.2/USALS Please choose the satellites and select power "ON" for LNB power option. If you have USALS motor, please input the longitude and latitude of your location. You may use Drive East or Drive West function to move your dish to the satellite you want.

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Notes for USALS motor You could get more information about the longitude and latitude of your location from this website http://www.bcca.org/misc/qiblih/latlong.html

Motor The Functions of Motor Table Drive East Drive West Set East limit Set West limit Cancel limit Go to Sat. Go to Zero Turn motor to east Turn motor to west Set the limit for East angle turning Set the limit for West angle turning Cancel the default limit Start turning motor to the satellite you have selected (for USALS Motor Only) return motor to original (zero) point

Note: If you like to set up Sat2, Sat3, Sat4, and Sat5, please repeat the above steps. Step3.1.2 When scanning is completed, you will see the summary window as shown below. It contains the TV and Radio channels that had been scanned. Click on OK to finish this configuration.

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3.2 Terrestrial
Step3.2.1 Double click on TwinHan DTV icon, you will see Scan Wizard. If you do not have any information, you may click on scan to find channels. If you have more information and would like to shorten the scanning time, you may choose Terrestrial setup.

Note1:enable off-the-main-frequency (+/-167 kHz) scanlet user to scan related frequency. It will enlarge the frequency range and avoid losing channels. Note2: enable LCN (logic channel number)enable user to rank channel as local channel sequence.

Easy Setup After you click on Scan button, you can see this configuration page shown below. This function will help you complete channel scanning. Note that this will take a little longer than Terrestrial setup setting.

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Terrestrial setup There are three kinds of advanced scan: Scan by Frequency, Scan by Country /Area, and Scan All Channels

Scan by Frequency If you already know the DTV frequency range of your location, please select Scan by Frequency. After you choose Scan by Frequency, this configuration window will show up. Please fill in the correct frequency and bandwidth and click on Start Scan button.

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.Scan by Country /Area You can choose the area you are located and the bandwidth your country adopts to scan channel.

Scan all Channels If you know the specific frequency in your country, please mark those channels that you like to scan. After you mark all channels that you like to scan, click on Start Scan to scan.

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Step3.2.3 When channel scanning is finished, this summary window will show up telling you how many TV and Radio programs had been scanned. Please click on OK on summary dialog box and click on OK to close this window.

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3.3 Cable
Double click on TwinhanDTV icon, you will see Scanning Wizard. You can choose Scan by Area and Scan by Frequency. Step3.3.1 Scan by Country/Area Channel List Please choose the country and the area for channel scanning. There are six different symbol rates, please choose your symbol rate or fill in the number of the symbol rate (we suggest you to select all). After you finish all settings please click on "Start Scan".

Scan by Frequency Click on Scan by Frequency and you can see this setting page for configuration. Please fill in all information for channel scanning. After you finish filling the information, click on "Start Scan".

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Step3.3.2 You can see the summary massage window when the scanning completed. Please click on "OK" on this message window to close Channel Scan configuration.

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3.4 Analog Please select Area/TV standard and TV input, and then click on Auto Scan.

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3.5 ATSC Please click Start Scan button for channel scanning

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3.6 FM FM setting Audio Input: Please select audio input for your device. Tuning step: You may change Tuning scale as 0.1 or 0.05 to find FM channels Reception sensitivity: You may change sensitivity as High, Medium to find good quality FM channels only, or Low to receive all FM channels disregarding the quality.

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TwinhanDTV Application Programs

Powerful TwinhanDTV Application Program can let you watch DTV on your PC. Please read this chapter to learn more about TwinhanDTV application programs. Sections include:
Control Panel Features Right-Click Menu Keyboard Shortcuts

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Chapter 4 TwinhanDTV Application Programs

4.1 Control Panel Main control bar and control panel icons:

Icon

Function Exit TwinhanDTV application. Full Screen/Restore Minimize Open Favorite List Capture still image. Channel up Channel down On Line Help Volume Signal strength

Icon

Function Open Extended Panel

Language switch Subtitle Stop / Play Rewind / Pause / Fast Forward Time Shifting / Record Control Speaker on, off, LL, RR Mute Signal quality

Other Information: Clock (Set by host computers time clock) Channel and program time Stop/Play/Time Shifting

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Extended control panel

Icon

Function Configuration Channel Scan FM Capture Pool Teletext EPG

Icon

Function Video Adjustment Multi Channel Preview Hyper Links and Sat/Ter list live update Record List Input Switch Hibernate

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4.2 Functions

Video Recording
You can record video by clicking on . You may also setup Once/Daily/Weekly pre-schedule recording under Record Mode. Specify day when pre-scheduling weekly recording.

Wake up recording
Enter the record information in Recording Setup under Record Schedule page first, and put your PC into sleep mode by pressing button (hibernate). The system will wake up 5 minutes before your schedule time. Note: Please make sure your system supports sleep mode and always set schedule recording timer at least 5 minutes ahead of the program starting time.

4.3 Configuration Program list

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Electronic Program Guide (EPG)

You may find program guide information by clicking on ; you may adjust day saving time as your local setting. (EPG is not available in all areas; Internet EPG is not available here)

Multi-Language
Please click on to change language. (SAP in not able in all channels)
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Teletext
You may click on to see Teletext information.

Note: Teletext is not supported under UK DVB-T standard

Time-shifting
You may click on to pause real-time TV program, and resume it by double-clicking on . Then, the show will go on from where you stop it without losing any seconds. (You may change time shifting space in configuration page).If you like to go back to the live program, click on and it will stop time-shifting function.

Playback recorded file

You may click on to open recording list to playback your recording file.

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Multi-Channel Preview
You may click on to preview multiple channels at the same time. To watch the

program you want, select it and click on Play. (You can only preview FTA channels from the same transponder.)

Video adjustment
You may click on to adjust brightness, color, contrast, and saturation of video

display. (Digital TV only)

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4.3 Configuration Page

Recording setup

Recording Path Select a file where you want to save recorded files. Analog/Capture recording quality You may select Analog/Capture recording quality as high or low (higher recording quality takes more space)

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Playback setting

MPEG2 accelerator setting If your VGA card supports DxVA function, you may enable this function to share CPU loading VBI setting If your TV program has pixel mixing in video edge, you may select here to cut it out Force Decoding noisy video frames setting You may select here to force software to play TV program with bad reception AC3 Audio Pass_Through (SPDIF output) If you have Dolby sound card, you may enable this function to get 5.1 channel sound effects. (Not all TV program carry Dolby sound) Subtitle setting You may select here to show subtitle automatically or not. OSD Enable Auto play on star up and then the OSD will show on the screen when you start the player. Auto play setting You may select to play TV program directly after launching software Mute setting You may mute it when software is in minimum mode Aspect ratio setting/ Full screen setting You may select TV program to show in different aspect ratio Stop playback while signal quality below You may stop playing TV program when signal strength is below a specific degree
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System setting

Capture setting You may select to capture signal or multiple frames in native resolution or aspect ration (small size picture) format. You can set time and interval for multi-capture. Power management If you choose Reject, TwinhanDTV will stop your system from getting into hibernate mode. Predefined Program Classes You may change Predefined program classes to classify program in Program List page. Remote Controller LCN channel selection support You may set remote controller as Logic Channel Number mode (Recommend for UK, France) or Normal mode (Recommend for other areas). Remote Controller channel switch waiting delay 2 seconds Channel changes 2 seconds after you press on the up or down button. Start in full screen mode You may select to start program as full screen mode or normal size mode Time-Shifting buffer size You may select maximum Time-Shifting time; the longer time you set, the bigger disk space will be required. Parental control password You may set password to specific channels to avoid children from watching adult programs. Password will be required when anyone want to watch these specific
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channels. Control panel setting You may the size of the screen as Windows mode or Full screen mode TV Application Priority You may select TV program as first priority program of your PC. If other application programs are used when playing TV, they will take CPU resource and slow down the player.

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Recording schedule

You may create/modify/delete schedule recording here

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4.4 Right Click Menu

Right-click on your mouse over the TwinhanDTV interface to open a pop-up menu:
Play: Play video Pause: Pause the video you are currently watching Stop: Stop the video you are currently watching Record: Record the video program you are currently watching Rewind: Rewind when you are watching recorded video Fast Forward: Fast forward when you are watching recorded video Time Shifting: Start or pause the Time Shifting function Channel Up: Change to previous channel Channel Down: Change to next channel Last Channel: Change to the last channel EPG: Show EPG window Preview: Multi-channel preview (only for FTA channels) Capture: Capture a still frame of the video Teletext: Show teletext window. Language: Change speaking language Apid (SAP): Switch audio from different sources Mute: Turn the sound off Configuration: Show configuration page Channel Scan: Show Channel Scan setting page. Record List: Open record list Favorite List: Open favorites list Control Panel: Show control panel Top Most: Place TwinhanDTV always on the top About: Display version information of TwinhanDTV. Exit: Turn off TwinhanDTV.

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4.5 Keyboard Shortcuts

Function Play Stop Pause Full Screen Properties windows Record Stop Record Program list Time Shifting Channel up Channel down Volume up Volume down Help Key cancel Key enter TwinhanDTV Exit Mute Right Speaker Left Speaker Favorites List EPG Preview Fast Forward Rewind Keyboard Shortcut Enter End Space bar Z O Home End L T Page up Page down Shift + Arrow up Shift + Arrow down F1 Esc Enter X M Ctrl + R Ctrl + L V E K F R

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Appendix 1 Remote Controller Key Definition

Different models have different remote control; please select the one you have. If Function not supported shows on screen when you press the button, it means the function is not available for the present version of TwinhanDTV. Please log on our website http://www.twinhan.com to download the latest application program. Type 1 Full Screen Display Turn the power on or off

Channel Number

Show favorite list

Record

Forward

Rewind

- Volume

Channel Up

+ Volume

Channel Down

Stop playing

Recall the channel

Cancel

Time Shift / Pause Mute Capture the picture Teletext Show Record List

EPG

Preview

Change to next item

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Type 2

Power Preview

Favorite list

EPG Teletext Recording list

Channel Number

Clear

Cancel

Tab

Back

Channel + or Volume + or Play Time-shifting

Record Capture the picture SAP Subtitle

Stop

Skip

Full screen

Hibernate system A/V switch L/R audio Mute

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Appendix 2 Trouble Shooting

General 1. Windows cannot recognize TwinHan card correctly (for example: recognize DVB-T as DVB-S): You may switch to a different PCI slot and try again. Please make sure that your PCI slot and PCI part of card are clean 2. Error message "Setting error! Fail to play the program!" or "Fail to play your program" shows up: Please check the driver of VGA card and sound card Please make sure the hardware and software settings are correct, and try scanning again Please install Microsoft DirectX9.0c and Media Player 9.0 or higher version Poor signal quality could cause that TwinhanDTV can not receive enough data of program or received wrong data. It is a pay-TV channel and you are not authorized to watch Make sure to use the latest version of TwinhanDTV software for decoder. Register C:\Program Files\PC-TV\Common\Bin\claud.ax and CLVSD-dtv.ax again with regsvr32.exe in C:\Windows\System32. 3. Screen blacked out when playing, or playback freezes on first picture. Find and install the latest VGA driver and DirectX 9.0c, and check if any other DTV players are installed, e.g. ProgDVB. If yes, remove them and uninstall all the filter drivers. 4. What format of video does TwinhanDTV record as? Why do I have problem with converting/burning this file? MPEG2. However, since some broadcasters have problems at Kpbs rate in their TS (which is over DVD format limit), you will need to use MPEG editing software to adjust Kpbs rate. 5. Error message Hardware setting error Please reinstall the driver. 6. Video can be played but Audio failed. Please check the sound card or the volume setting. 7. Can I view and record different channels at the same time? Yes, but the channels must be from the same transponder.
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8. Why my EPG, Teletext and Subtitle cannot be shown? In some areas, the broadcasters do not provide the services above. Please contact you broadcaster for more information. 9. Cannot find driver for R/C receiver. Please re-plug the receiver or change to a different USB port. You do not need to install additional drivers because it will install the built-in HID driver in your OS. 10. Remote control does not work Check whether there are batteries inside. Then, check remote receiver: The red light on receiver will remain ON while it is getting signal from the remote control. Also, your remote control must point at the receiver when in use. 11. Can Remote controller be used on PowerDVD or other software? No, the remote controller is designed only to support TwinHan products.

Satellite 1. Why can not I lock any channels when auto-scanning? Please click on "Apply" button after you change any settings in "Dish Setup", and then scan satellite or transponders. Check whether the dish aims at the right satellite. Check the cable connection between TwinhanDTV device and the dish. Please note that the cable should be connected to "LNB In" F-connector of the card. Set LNB power on to supply power to LNB. Note that most LNB need power supply from tuner. Check whether the voltage for LNB is correct. (18V-21V for Horizontal or 11V-14V for Vertical) Check the settings of satellite; for example, LNB frequency is for C band or Ku band. Check the switch settings in "LNB - Switch" setting in "Configuration". Please re-insert the TwinhanDTV device to another PCI slot or USB port. 2. When the dialog "Unlock!" pops up, you can check the setting of polarization (H or V); check the cable connection between TwinhanDTV device and the dish. Please note that the cable should be connected to "LNB In" F-connector of the card.
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3."22 KHz error" and "LNB Power Open Error" Make sure that your TwinhanDTV Sat/Sat-CI Card Driver was installed. (from device manager) Please note that any other TV tuner card equipped with Conexant BT878 can not be installed in the PC at the same time. Please remove other TV tuner card and its driver. Re-insert the TwinhanDTV Sat/Sat-CI Card to another PCI slot. The previous PCI slot might be damaged. Clean up the golden finger of the TwinhanDTV Sat/Sat-CI Card by pencil eraser. 4. Why can I not receive 18V program? The LNB is 13V vertical LNB. IRD only receives 13V Program, TwinhanDTV only receive 18V Program. LNB is biased 2 cm. Please adjust the LNB or contact the dish installer for service. Terrestrial 1. Why can not I lock any channels when auto-scanning? Check whether the antenna connects to the device correctly. Check whether the signal in your area is strong enough. (http://www.twinhan.com/support_Signal-Coverage-Search.asp)

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