------------------------------------------------------------------------ README for AVerMedia TV Series Product AVer MediaCenter 2006.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thank you for purchasing AVerMedia TV Series! This README file contains additional notes on using the AVerMedia TV Series in specific situations. For more information on this product or its usage, you can also refer to the AVerMedia TV Series User's Manual or visit our Web site (http://www.avermedia.com). For software running properly, make sure set your display properties to at least 16bit Hi-Color mode. In fact, 16bit Hi-Color mode is the most suitable setting for our application. By the way, please do not change the display mode while the application is running. It is strongly recommended that users should not play DirectX games while viewing TV program, some games cause TV Series application to fail. Please close up TV Series application now. You can re-open TV Series application after you finish playing DirectX games. ======================================================================= 1. Scan Issue ======================================================================= You will need to perform All Frequency Scan only if the default autoscan is unable to completely memorize all channels (i.e., if the frequencies of certain channels are not listed in the default frequency table). Perform this function will take you about 30 to 60 minutes, please be patient. ======================================================================= 2. Time Shift Issue ======================================================================= To run Time Shift functions, you need a sound card which can support full-duplex operation to capture and playback sound simultaneously. The playback quality of Time Shift function is based on the CPU power of PC. If the CPU speed is fast enough and with MMX support, you will get the better performance at Time Shift function. The list below is known sound card device driver which do not support full-duplex operation: . Creative PCI 64/128 under Win98SE system . Creative Audigy sound card . MDMate CMI8738 VXD Driver (AudioExcel) ====================================================================== 3. NetMeeting Issue ====================================================================== It is a known issue about the Microsoft's NetMeeting 3.0. NetMeeting 3.0 no longer supports TV Tuner cards as input sources. Tuner does not appear as a source in any dialog. It may be fixed in the NetMeeting 3.1. For more details, please contact Microsoft. ====================================================================== 4. Known issue ====================================================================== 4.1. With Intel 810E chipset, at "VCR Record". Video may not record and playback properly, try to reduce the VGA resolution and refresh rate. 4.2 It is strongly recommended that users should not resize the video window to full screen size while running Teletext. If video window size is near to full screen, Teletext data maybe scrambled. 4.3 It is strongly recommended that users should set Power option "Turn off monitor" selection to "Never". ====================================================================== 5. Operation Notes ====================================================================== 5.1 In overlay mode, the screen can be resized using the click and dragging the tip of the screen. 5.2 Some graphics cards (such as NVIDIA NX200/NX400) may affect the quality of the control panel display. If this happens, simply update your VGA driver to fix this problem. 5.3 In Control Panel, the "DMA" option of disk drivers must be opened. Otherwise, the Record/TimeShift operation may be abnormal. 5.4 To resume from Power Saving mode to do schedule task, it must set the Control Panel "Power Management" item "Prompt for password when computer goes of standby" to UnCheck state. Otherwise, the schedule task may time out and the video display can not come back to VGA overlay mode. ===================================================================== 6. Visit Our Web Site ===================================================================== Please visit our web site at http://www.avermedia.com to find more product information and download the latest updated software.
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