Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto 2 del fabbricante AVerMedia Technologies
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AVerTV for Mac User Manual Ve r s i o n 2 . 0 2008-12-09.
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A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual i T able of Contents T able of Contents .............................................................................................................. .................... i Introduction .............................
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual ii W indow Size Setting .................................................................................................................. 27 Personal V ideo Recorder .................................................
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 1 Introduction Thanks for purchasing A V erTV for Mac !! Thi s powerful application allows you to watch TV , listen to the radio, create slide shows, record favorite programs and enjoy various features on your Mac. With our easy- to-use remote control, you will discover more fun from your Mac.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 2 System Requirement s System requirements are described in det ail bel ow . Before using A V er TV for Mac, make sure your Mac meets all t he requirements addressed below .
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 3 Running A V erTV for Mac for the First T ime Go to the folder where the A V erTV for Mac was installed and double-click on the A V erTV icon, the A V erTV for Mac will be launched. When you run the A V erTV for Mac for the fi rst time, the “Media Bo x” will automatically appear .
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 4 5 5 . . After scanning, new active channels/program s will be memorized and listed in the right pane of the dialog box.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 5 Introducing the User Interface There are 3 types of control panel: Horiz ont al, V ertical and Combined. Y ou can click on Select Control Panel from the Window menu to select. Combined 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12 8 9 10 11 1 1 .
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 6 Horizont al and V ertical 1 2 3 7 8 9 5 6 4 10 1 1 1 2 13 14 1 5 16 1 2 3 7 8 9 5 6 4 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 1 1 . . Power 2 2 . . Open Playlist 3 3 . . Mute 4 4 . . Play Previous File 5 5 . . Channel Info 6 6 . . Play Next File 7 7 .
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 7 On Screen Menu A V erTV of fers you an alter native operating method, press MENU button on the Apple Remote to display the on screen menu. Use + and - buttons to move the selection and button to enter the submenu, button to exit the submenu.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 8 sources. Window Enter the Window submenu to adjust the image size to full screen, adju st the image with keep aspect ratio, or enable the overscan function.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 9 TV Scanning Channels If you haven’t done channel scanning when you first run the application, or want to rescan the channels, follow the steps to complete this procedure. 1 1 . . Go to Program Manager . 2 2 . . From the Country drop-down menu, select your country or region.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 10 5 5 . . If you want to terminate the s earching process, just click Sto p . 6 6 . . Af ter scanning, new active channels/program s will be memorized and listed in the left pane of the dialog box. 7 7 . . Close the “Media Box” window and the TV window will appear .
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 11 The application comes with a default frequency table; therefore, the application will use this table to search for active channels/programs. button cont ains more function: Rename: T o change the selected channel name.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 12 Scanning Channels (for Advanced Users) All Frequencies Scan We recommend using the All Channel Scan function first. If t here are channels missing after you perform All Channels Scan , use All Frequencies Scan function and repeat the searching process.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 13 5 5 . . If you want to terminate the s earching process, just click Sto p . 6 6 . . Af ter scanning, new active channels/program s will be memorized and listed in the left pane of the dialog box. 7 7 . . Close the “Media Box” window and the TV window will appear .
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 14 If an alert about removing action shown on the screen, it means to execute the scanning process will replace the existing program list.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 15 4 4 . . Click Add to save the scanned channel. 5 5 . . Click OK to exit the window ..
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 16 W atch TV Use control panel or menu to control TV watching. Operate by Control p anel 1 1 . . Use Channel Dow n and Channel Up buttons to go to the next upper or lower active channel. Operate by Control menu P P r r e e v v i i o o u u s s C C h h a a n n n n e e l l Go to the next lower active channel.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 17 Setting the Channel Preview 1 1 . . Click Genral icon in the Preference pane. 2 2 . . Select desired number of channels to preview .
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 18 Operate by Control menu T T i i m m e e S S h h i i f f t t S tart T imeShif t function. P P a a u u s s e e T o temporarily freeze the playback. S S t t o o p p T o terminate the recording and return to the live program.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 19 2 2 . . By default, T imeShift performs recording of the TV program by creating a temporary video file and deletes this file once you click the Sto p button. 3 3 . . In the T imeShif t Disk V olume section, you can determine desired disk volume to save the T imeShif t file.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 20 Using the EPG Function Electronic Program Guide (EPG) is a service that allows you to check the succeeding program schedule and even the pr ogram schedules of the whole week.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 21 The program time data will be automati cally set. Input the schedule name in Title , select the action in Function and Af ter Scheduled option and click OK . If you want to download the late st program schedule, click the button and select Up date EPG button.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 22 Fine T uning Color of the Display If the color or picture qualit y of the TV displays needs to be adjusted, please do the followings.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 23 Using the OverScan function On some broadcast channels, you might see dist orted lines or black spaces on the top, sides, or bottom of the screen. These video arti fact s device from the source signal, and can be masked using the OverScan feature.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 24 Adjusting V olume On the Control Panel, click and drag your mouse over the Vo l u m e meter in the control panel to increase or decrease the volume level. Point to menu Audio>V olume Up to increase the volume leve l.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 25 speed of marquee. T o set the T eletext and Closed Caption background color to T ransparent, Semitransparent or Op aque, click the drop-down menu in T eletext Background and Closed Caption Background section. Changing Display Aspect Ratio Aspect ratio indicates the ratio of the width of an image to its height.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 26 K K e e e e p p A A s s p p e e c c t t R R a a t t i i o o TV Window Controlling Y ou can minimize the A V erAP window to the dock/unhide the A V erTV for Mac window , hide all other application windows expect A V erTV for Mac or close A V erTV for Mac application from the A V erTV menu.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 27 F F u u l l l l M M o o d d e e B B r r i i n n g g A A l l l l t t o o F F r r o o n n t t Bring all A V erTV windows to the front.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 28 H H a a l l f f S S i i z z e e N N o o r r m m a a l l S S i i z z e e M M a a x x S S i i z z e e F F u u l l l l S S c c r r e .
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 29 Personal V ideo Recorder Y ou can use your Mac as a personal video reco rder , and record your favorite TV programs or capture video from an external source into your hard drive.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 30 5 5 . . This application allows you to divide the re cording files in part s for burning onto removable optical media, such as VCD (650 MB) and DVD (4096 MB ) discs.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 31 Recording Format settings 1 1 . . T o setting the recording format settings, click the Record icon in the Preference pane. 2 2 . . From the Record Format drop-down menu, determine the video file format you wish to use for saving the recorded video file.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 32 Schedule Recording The Schedule allows you to create a list of preset schedules for watching and recording your favorite TV/Radio programs. Y ou can se t the day and time to record the TV/Radio program and specify the length of recording.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 33 1 1 . . T ype the desired name in the Ti t le text box. 2 2 . . From the Function drop-down menu. z Select W atch TV to watch a TV program or listen to a radio broadcast. z Otherwise, select Record to save a TV/Radio program fo r future viewing/listening.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 34 z Choose Everyday to perform schedule every day at a preset time. z Choose Weekly to perform schedule every week , at a preset day and time. z Choose Weekend to perform schedule every weekend, at a preset day and time.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 35 Playing the Recorded Programs Each TV/Radio program that you recorded will be saved in the assigned destination folder . Y ou can find the file list in PlayList . T o play back the recorded files: 1 1 . . Click the Play button in the control panel to playback.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 36 P P l l a a y y b b a a c c k k Play back recorded video files. C C o o n n t t i i n n u u e e / / P P a a u u s s e e Play/Pause (for playback, recording, and T imeShif t). S S t t o o p p S top the playback, recording, T imeShift, or C hannel Preview .
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 37 2 2 . . Click button to play back the selected files. Click button to add a supported media file into the playlist. 3 3 . . Click button to delete the selected files from the list. Click button to delete all files from the list.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 38 Picture-in-Picture Display With the picture-in-picture windo w feature, you will be able to play back recorded video files, and at the same time, watch live TV . 1 1 . . T o enable the PIP function, point to menu V iew>Picture in Picture.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 39 By default, you will be able to play back recor ded video files on the main window , and at the same time, watch live TV in the PIP window . If you want to switch th e video playback to the PIP window and the live TV to th e main window , press the button .
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 40 Image Capture While you watch TV or a recorded video on your Mac monitor , you can use the AV e r T V f o r Mac application to capture images for your docum ents, present ations or web pages. Before you start capturing images, first set the desti nation folder for saving captured images.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 41 3 3 . . From the File Format drop-down menu, select the format for saving the captured image. There are 4 options in the Format list: z PNG z BMP z JPEG z TIFF 4 4 . . In the Number of Pictures box, specify the number of i m ages you want to capture.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 42 Other Settings Setting Power Options This option allows you to exit the applicati on and put your Mac into log of f, sleep mode or shut down your Mac while you are away from it. 1 1 . . Click the General icon in the Preference pane.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 43 3 3 . . After selected the desired sleep mode, then choose an execution time. 4 4 . . Point to the menu Control>Sy stem Sleep T urn On. 5 5 . . The time setting will be displayed on the TV monitor . For details, please see the description below .
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 44 Application Information Display version and other informati on of A V erTV for Mac software. 1 1 . . Point to menu A V erTV>About A V erTV for Mac .
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 45 Closed Caption & Subtitle Closed Caption & Subt itle are systems to display text on a television. A V erT V for Mac supports both of them. T o enable Closed Capt ion function: 1 1 . . Point to the menu V iew>Closed Caption.
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 46 Hot keys The following is the default definition: Hot Key Description A V erTV Preference Hide A V erAP Hide Others Quit A V erTV File Add schedule Open Playlist .
A V erTV for Mac User ’ s Manual 47 Next Audio Channel Control Snapshot Record Pause Sp ace S top Forward Backward Playback Play Next File Play Previous file Next Channel Previous Channel Channel Lo.
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