USER′S MANUAL

SABRENT TV-USB20 USB 2.0 TV TUNER

The Sabrent USB 2.0 TV Tuner upgrades your notebook or PC, so you can watch and

record TV; as well perform many other Video Capture functions. Now you can

watch and record all your favorite programs right from your computer. The built-in

receiver offers NTSC signal reception by air or cable.

Key Features:
¾ High Speed USB 2.0 data transfer rate up to 480M bps

¾ Full channel (supplementary channel contained) scanning, up to 125 TV channels

¾ Supports TV, Video, DVD/VCD displaying, music, picture browsing

¾ Supports multi-national languages

¾ Supports audio/video USB mingling transfer

¾ Remote control

Hardware Specifications:
¾ Chipset: Trident TV Master 6000

¾ TV standard: NTSC_M

¾ Video Input: TV, S-Video, Composite

¾ Audio Stereo input: Left, Right

¾ Video Resolution: 720*480 (NTSC)

¾ Video Capture rate: 30frames/second (NTSC)

System Requirements:
¾ CPU: Pentium III 800 or above

¾ Operation System: Windows 2000 SP4/ XP SP2/Vista/7

¾ Interface: USB2.0

¾ Memory: 64 MB
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¾ DirectX 9.0C

¾ CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive

¾ 500 MB of available hard disk space or above

Cable Connection Chart

Package Contents
USB 2.0 TV BOX 1 ea.

User’s Manual 1 ea.

Remote Control 1ea.

Drivers & Application CD 1ea.

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Drivers Installation for Windows XP/Vista/7
1. Connect the TV Tuner to an available USB 2.0 port on your computer.

Windows automatically begins the New Hardware Wizard.

At the prompt, click “Cancel”.

2. Insert the CD into CD-ROM; click Drivers for Windows 32-bit.

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3. The InstallShield Wizard will begin; Click Next.

4. Click “Finish” to complete the driver install.

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5. At this point you will want to confirm that the Drivers are fully installed

correctly. Right-Click on MY COMPUTER > Properties > Hardware >

Device Manager. “Trident Analog Video” should be listed.

Installing the Software Application

1. Select “Install Soft ware”.

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2. When the following dialog box appears, select the Preferred Language:

3. When the following dialog box appears, select YES.

4. When the following dialog box appears, select YES.

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5. When the following dialog box appears, select OK.

6. When the following dialog box appears, select NEXT.

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7. When the following dialog box appears, select I accept the terms of the

agreement, and click Next.

8. Please choose the installation directory, and click Next.

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9. Click Next.

10. Click Next.

11. When the following window appears, click Yes.

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12. When the following window appears, click Next.

13. When the following window appears, select Reinstall all components and click

Next.

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14. When the following window appears, click Next.

15. When the following window appears, click Next.

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16. When the following window appears, click Finish.

17. Click Finish button and complete the Software installation.

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Start Software
1. Go to your Desktop and double-click the Honestech TVR Shortcut.

2. For first time use, you will be asked to enter the Serial Number. This Key

can be found on the CD sleeve or on a .TXT file that can be found on the

Driver CD (Right-click on the CD Icon and Select EXPLORE, you will find

a file with the extension .TXT):

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3. TVR User interface:

How to use TVR

1. Choose input source for TV/Composite/S-VHS/ FM (optional)

Click here to switch: TV =Antenna; Cable =

Cable TV

Input Source

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2. Click the arrow up or down to select channel; channel number

will appear between the arrows.

Channel Adjust

3. To modify settings for scheduled recording, click on the icon:

Schedule Recording

Description:

Add > Set a new schedule for recording.

Edit > Rename a recorded video file.

Delete > Delete the selected video file.

Delete All > Delete all video files from the list.

OK > Confirm all setting and exit.

Cancel > Cancel all setting and exit.

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4. Click this icon for detailed settings:

Properties Settings

a) TV Settings

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Setting TV signal from Antenna or
Category Cable(TV=antenna; CATV=Cable)

Use Scroll to select:

Scan Mode Channel Scan -> Scan by channel Table
Frequency Scan -> Scan by each Frequency
Set your country from the menu or simply set on
Country “Auto Detect”
Click “Add->” to add a channel.
Click “<-Del” to delete a channel.
Click “Auto Scan” for channel scan.
It will shows dialog box as below:
Add/Delete
Channels

Please click “Yes to All” to save all channels

choose any channel and click to rename

Change
Name

Adjust single Channel

Fine Tune
Sort by Channel No. or by Channel Name.
Sort by

b) Video Settings

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Fine Setting Brightness, Contrast, Hue and Saturation;
Adjustment “Default” back to original setting.
Use the Scroll to select different Video Capturing Device.
Click “Video Source” for detail setting:

Source Setting

Preview: Disable for overlay mode.

Video Capture
Device Video Setting

Set Brightness, contrast, hue, saturation and sharpness.

Press ”Default” for original setting.

Video Decoder

Set TV Format
Select AC97 Audio for USB 2.0 TV/Capture
Mixer Device
* if you select other device, might cause sound crash.

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c) Record Settings

Select different Recording Format

--- Select MPEG1 and MPEG2 you can set bit-rate
Profile
for different Video Quality.
--- Select other format for fix bit-rate

Working Directory Set saving path for recorded Video

d) Etc Dialog

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Set Surfing Time from 1~10 sec. in
Multi-Channel-Preview.
Channel
Number of surfing Windows: set
surfing
Multi-Channel-Preview at 4 windows (2x2) ~ 25
windows (5x5)

Time Shifting Select to save Video in HDD while activating

Recording Time-Shifting.

Select to disable De-interlace Mode

De-interlace
(Disable De-interlace will reduce Video Quality but will
Filter
also reduce CPU Loading)

Show your HDD total Size and available Size.

Disk Device
This info is only for your reference for you to
Info
set the length of recording Video.

5. Click to start scanning channel.

Channel Scan

6. Change different color of your control panel.

UI Settings

7. Make screen capture while playing back video.

Snapshot

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8. Click to open a window for channel preview.

Multi-Channel Preview

9. Click to select: Mono; Stereo; Main; Sap; Main+Sap.

Audio Setting

10. Click for internet Electronic Program Guide

iEPG

11. Video playback control

REC > Click to record, click again to stop recording.

Time > Shift Activate Time-Shifting, click again to continue.

Play > Playback recorded video.

Pause > Pause while playing back.

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Stop > Stop playing back.

Forward > Fast forward.

Rewind > Rewind

12. Volume control

13. Video Folder, Click to open record list as below. There are 3

functions.

Click to Open!

Edit Choose to edit what you have captured.

Choose to share your favorite picture or video

Mail
with your friends.

View List Show the list as small icon/big icon/details.

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14. Help: Click to open online help file. There are further detailed

instructions to use the TV Plus software.

Click on me for

On-Line Help!

15. Mouse right-click button

Use your Mouse right button on the TV screen to access an instant

Function menu: Screen Full screen

Normal

Minimize

320x240

640x480

720x480

Aspect Ratio 4:3

16:9

Always on top

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Remote Controller

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1 Power Power On/Off

2 No. Pad Pad Input Channel No.

3 Full screen Full screen / Cancel full screen

4 Vol - Decrease Volume

5 Ent Confirm input channel No

6 CH - Channel -

7 Capture Still picture capture

8 Source Select Video input source

9 Mute Mute

10 CH+ Channel +

11 Vol+ Increase Volume

12 Record Record Video

13 Recall Back to previous Channel

14 Stop Stop video playing back

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