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Table Of Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1 Welcome ............................................................................................................ 1 Pinnacle TVCenter Pro / TVCenter ............................................................... 1 Pinnacle hardware .......................................................................................... 2 PCTV TVCenter Pro remote control.............................................................. 2 Configuration Wizard for the Basic Settings..................................................... 3 Pinnacle TVCenter Pro.......................................................................................... 5 Pinnacle TVCenter Pro User Interface .............................................................. 5 PC View (optimized for use with a mouse)....................................................... 6 Pinnacle TVCenter Pro PC View Overview .................................................. 6 Control Bars ................................................................................................ 6 Size of the Pinnacle TVCenter Pro window in the PC View ..................... 6 Positioning the Pinnacle TVCenter Pro window in the PC View .............. 6 General Operating Controls............................................................................ 7 Top Control Bar .......................................................................................... 7 Bottom Control Bar..................................................................................... 9 Shortcut menu ........................................................................................... 11 TV Operating Controls................................................................................. 13 Closed Bottom Control Bar ...................................................................... 13 Opened Bottom Control Bar ..................................................................... 16 File Playback Operating Controls ................................................................ 19 Closed Bottom Control Bar ...................................................................... 19 Opened Bottom Control Bar ..................................................................... 20 Teletext ......................................................................................................... 22 Teletext - Overview ................................................................................. 22 Navigating Teletext .................................................................................. 24 Electronic Program Guide (EPG) and Recording ........................................ 29 Electronic Program Guide (EPG) ............................................................. 29 Manual Recording..................................................................................... 32 Recording .................................................................................................. 36 Picture-in-Picture Function (PIP)................................................................. 37 Picture-in-Picture Overview (PIP)............................................................ 37 Picture-in-Picture Function in the PC View ............................................. 38 iii Pinnacle TVCenter Pro Pinnacle TVCenter Pro Window Formats.................................................... 40 Changing the window-size using the mouse............................................. 40 Pinnacle TVCenter Pro Operating Shortcuts ............................................... 41 Advanced Settings............................................................................................... 43 Advanced Settings Dialog Overview............................................................... 43 "Apply" button.............................................................................................. 43 Advanced General Settings.............................................................................. 44 Appearance ................................................................................................... 44 Language ................................................................................................... 44 Check for updates ......................................................................................... 44 Control bar.................................................................................................... 44 Skip buttons .................................................................................................. 44 Advance TV Channel Settings......................................................................... 45 Advanced Channel Settings Overview......................................................... 45 Available TV channels.............................................................................. 45 My favorite TV channels .......................................................................... 45 Preview...................................................................................................... 46 Channel Details ......................................................................................... 46 Load / save channel lists ........................................................................... 46 Channel Scan............................................................................................. 47 Advanced Analog TV Reception Settings ................................................... 48 Settings...................................................................................................... 48 Advanced DVB-T Reception Settings ......................................................... 49 Settings...................................................................................................... 49 Advanced DVB-S Reception Settings.......................................................... 50 Settings...................................................................................................... 50 Advanced Channel Settings - Modifying Channels ..................................... 51 Viewing the Channel and Favorites list.................................................... 51 Modifying a channel ................................................................................. 51 Advanced Analog-Digital and Internet Radio Reception Settings.................. 53 Available radio channels .............................................................................. 53 Source........................................................................................................ 53 My favorite radio channels........................................................................... 53 Preview ......................................................................................................... 53 Channel Details ............................................................................................ 54 Load / save channel lists............................................................................... 54 iv Table Of Contents Channel Scan ................................................................................................ 54 Advanced Settings - Program Guide EPG - epgData.com Service ................. 55 epgData.com, the Electronic Program Guide............................................... 55 Advanced Capture Settings.............................................................................. 57 Capture folder ............................................................................................... 57 Hard disk capture settings ............................................................................ 57 Source........................................................................................................ 57 Video format ............................................................................................. 57 Video quality............................................................................................. 58 Audio format ............................................................................................. 58 Audio quality............................................................................................. 58 Direct to DVD recording .............................................................................. 58 Would you like to create chapters?........................................................... 59 Video quality............................................................................................. 59 Advanced Timeshift Settings........................................................................... 60 Default TimeShifting.................................................................................... 60 Automatically enable Timeshifting at TV startup .................................... 60 TimeShifting file path .................................................................................. 60 Maximum duration / TimeShifting file size................................................. 60 Advanced Display Settings.............................................................................. 61 On Screen Display (OSD) ............................................................................ 61 Enable OSD............................................................................................... 61 Hi Resolution OSD ................................................................................... 61 Duration..................................................................................................... 61 Transparency ............................................................................................. 61 Preferred output device ................................................................................ 62 Screen saver.................................................................................................. 62 Preferred video aspect ratio .......................................................................... 62 Hardware acceleration .................................................................................. 62 Video display................................................................................................ 62 Advanced Remote Control Settings................................................................. 63 Remote control selection .............................................................................. 63 Remote control receiver ............................................................................... 63 Advanced Hardware Settings........................................................................... 64 Hardware to configure.................................................................................. 64 Antenna inputs.............................................................................................. 64 v Pinnacle TVCenter Pro Preview ......................................................................................................... 64 Analog video inputs...................................................................................... 64 Advanced System Information Settings .......................................................... 65 TVCenter Pro install information................................................................. 65 TVCenter Pro features.................................................................................. 65 System information ...................................................................................... 66 More information.......................................................................................... 66 Technical Support............................................................................................. ...