WinTV v7 is here!

WinTV v7 features:

• A new, clear and intuitive interface
• Digital parental control (North America)
• Closed captions (North America)
• Single configuration and scanning pop up menu
• High Definition TV and video support (selected models)
• Integrated TV recording scheduler
• Instant time shift and recording
• Multiple tuner support
• Built-in video player, which supports a wide variety of video formats
• Logical channel numbers
• Signal strength monitor for digital TV channels

WinTV v7 currently supports the following products:

All WinTV-HVR digital TV tuners for North America, plus the WinTV-NOVA and WinTV-MiniStick products in Europe and Asia.
HD PVR, Colossus are now supported with WinTV v7, plus the WinTV-DCR-2650 nows support WinTV v7 for all cable TV channels marked "copy freely".

WinTV v7 controls

TV mode buttons	Playback mode buttons

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Basic controls of WinTV v7:

• To remove the TV toolbar, double click your LEFT mouse button in the live TV Window. This is called 'No Title' mode.
• To watch TV full screen, double your LEFT mouse button again.
• To exit full screen, double your LEFT mouse button again or hit the ESC key. You will then be in the Normal TV viewing mode.
• You can also change the viewing modes from a drop down menu by a RIGHT click in the live TV window to bring up the Options menu. Click Viewing mode and select Normal, No tile or Full screen.
• Changing TV channels: Click Channel Up or Channel down. You can also RIGHT click in the live TV window to bring up the Options menu and go to Channels. You will see the current TV channel list. You can also change channels by using the numbers on the keyboard or by pressing the letter on the keyboard for the channel name that you want to view.
• To record TV: click the red Record button to start recording. When you are finished recording, click the stop button then click the TV button to return to live TV.
• You can automatically schedule a recording by using the built in TV scheduler. RIGHT click in the live TV window to bring up the Options menu, and then click on Scheduler.
• Playback a TV recording: Click the folder button to open your video folder to select the file for playback.
• Audio settings (SAP audio): RIGHT click in the live TV window to bring up the Options menu and go to Audio stream. You can audio program (if available) of the current TV program that you are watching.
• WinTV settings: RIGHT click the mouse button in the TV window to bring up the Options menu. Click Configuration and the WinTV settings will be displayed.
• To change the size of the TV window , move the mouse pointer to any corner of the TV window. This changes the mouse pointer into a double arrow. Press and hold the LEFT mouse button and drag the window into the desired size, releasing the left mouse button when finished. You can set the size and position of the TV window seperately in the normal WinTV viewing mode and the No Title mode.

 

WinTV v7 features overview

Works with multiple WinTV devices

Subtitles

Parental Control for digital TV

Monitor the signal you are receiving to allow you to improve antenna placement or correct signal problems on the fly!

Support for multiple file playback formats

Keyboard short cuts

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Works with multiple WinTV devices:

WinTV v7 lets you control more than one WinTV device in your system. With the new "multi" feature, if you have dual tuners in your PC, you can have live TV from both on the screen at the same time.

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Subtitles:

WinTV v7 lets you display subtitles from your digital TV program on top of the TV window.

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Digital Parental Control

WinTV v7allows you to enable Parental Control on digital TV programs.
To enable Parental Control, click the Parental Control tab in the settings menu. Once you set a password in 'Unlock Code' and click on 'Enable Parental Control', you can set the ratings allowed for watching and recording TV.
Note: you cannot watch or record a TV program unless you have the correct Parental Control level.

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Monitor the signal you are receiving to allow you to improve aerial placement or correct signal problems on the fly!

Support for multiple file formats.

You can playback many different video files through WinTV v7 in addition to the MPEG-2 TV recordings. This allows WinTV v7 to be a general purpose video media player.

Keyboard short cuts for WinTV v7

 

Ctrl A	Aspect ratio
Ctrl D	Display the video and audio format of the TV program
Ctrl F	Freeze the video
Ctrl Z	Open TV Scheduler
Ctrl O	View program details (digital TV program, where provided in the broadcast)
Ctrl S	Display subtitles
Ctrl W	Full screen toggle
Alt F	Open File menu for playback
Alt M	Open the Task Menu
Alt P	Previous channel
Ctrl Q	Pause
Ctrl P	Play
Alt R	Record
Alt S	Stop
Alt T	Start TV
Ctrl C	Catch up
Ctrl >	Skip ahead
Ctrl <	Skip back

WinTV v7 user guides

WinTV v7 users manual

IR Blaster QuickInstall- English
Updated: November 2009

Configuring the WinTV-HVR-1850 and WinTV-HVR-2250 built-in IR blaster for use with WinTV v7

The IR Configuration Utility is used to configure the WinTV-HVR-2250 and WinTV-HVR-1850’s built-in remote control IR blaster for use with either WinTV v7 or Windows Media Center. These instructions also show how the Hauppauge IR blaster can "learn" your set top box remote control.

Setup of WinTV Extend - for live TV on your iPhone or iPad

Here are instructions on setting up Extend.

Setup of the TitanTV program guide (for the U.S. only)

Here are instructions on setting up TitanTV.

PC System Requirements

• Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP. Shared folders or uPnP.

TV Set Requirements

• MediaMVP supports TV sets with HDMI (up to 1080p), Component video, S-Video or composite video.
• Audio input: HDMI audio, right and left audio in or optical audio.

Network Requirements

• Ethernet network (wired)
• One 10/100 RJ-45 port on a Hub, access point or Switch.