WinTV v7 is here!

WinTV v7 features:

• A new, clear and intuitive interface
• Digital parental control (North America)
• Digital 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

New! WinTV v7.2 with WinTV Extend

WinTV Extend is a built-in Internet video server for the WinTV v7.2 application. WinTV Extend is standard in the WinTV v7.2 application. WinTV Extend will take your live TV signal and send it to your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC computer over either a home WiFi connection or over the Internet.

WinTV v7.2 is available from the Hauppauge webstore at a cost of $9.95 (plus shipping). You can order it from:
http://store.hauppauge.com/SoftwareProducts.asp#cd_wintv7

All you need on your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch is a Safari browser pointed to your PC at home. If you are using a Mac or a PC, all you need is a browser (Safari recommended on the Mac) and a Flash video player.

Here are some screen shots of an iPhone receiving video from WinTV Extend. The iPhone pictures show the TV control overlay with Pause and 30 second replay.

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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.

 

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 Extend - for live TV on your iPhone, iPad, Mac or PC

WinTV Extend software update

WinTV Extend software update
Updated: June 23, 2010

To install: Download and run this update on the PC which is running WinTV v7 with Extend.

Note: this update fixes a problem found when using WinTV Extend to send video to an iPhone running OS4.

WinTV Extend Quick Install Guide

WinTV Extend Quick Install Guide
Updated:May 15, 2010

WinTV Extend Frequently Asked Questions

I have a data plan on my iPhone which is limited. How much data will WinTV Extend use?

Why can't I see all of my TV channels on my iPad?

My PC is running very slow when I'm using analog cable TV with WinTV Extend. What can I do to improve my system performance?

Can I use WinTV Extend with the IR blaster?

Can I use WinTV Extend with the HD PVR?

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I have a data plan on my iPhone which is limited. How much data will WinTV Extend use?

WinTV Extend, when used to send video over a cell phone network, consumes approximately 490 Mbytes per month for 10 hours of remote TV watching. When WinTV Extend is used through a WiFi network, there is no cell phone usage.

Why can't I see all of my TV channels on my iPad?

If you have problems seeing the complete TV channel list on an iPad, use two fingers to scroll the channel list. On the iPad, you need to touch a channel number once to set the channel. To scroll the channel list, use two fingers. Click once on the TV picture to see the video controls: 30 second replay, pause, play, full screen, audio volume adjust.

My PC is running very slow when I'm using analog cable TV with WinTV Extend. What can I do to improve my system performance?

If you are using analog cable TV, you will get better performance if you use a Hauppauge TV tuner with hardware encode. Hauppauge TV tuners with hardware encoders include the WinTV-HVR-1600, WinTV-HVR-1850, WinTV-HVR-1950 and WinTV-HVR-2250. Your system performance can improve by about 30% by using a hardware encoder.

Can I use WinTV Extend with the IR blaster?

Yes. If you have one of the Hauppauge TV tuners with a built-in IR blaster, WinTV Extend can use the IR blaster to change the channels on your cable TV or satellite set top box. Hauppauge TV tuners with a built-in IR blaster include the WinTV-HVR-1600, WinTV-HVR-1850, WinTV-HVR-1950 and WinTV-HVR-2250.

Can I use WinTV Extend with the HD PVR?

We are working on an update to WinTV v7.2 which will include TV tuner support for the HD PVR. If you have purchased a copy of WinTV v7.2, when this software is ready, we will post a free update to this version on the WinTV v7 support page.

Installation downloads

WinTV v7.2 with Extend

WinTV v7.2 is only available from the Hauppauge webstore at a cost of $9.95 (plus shipping).
You can order it from: http://store.hauppauge.com/SoftwareProducts.asp#cd_wintv7

WinTV v7 application and driver download package

WinTV v7 version 2.1A

This download is a complete installation package, including drivers for supported WinTV products plus the WinTV v7 application and utilities.

Installation note:

A valid WinTV application CDROM will be needed to install this WinTV v7 version. Any WinTV v6 or WinTV 7 application CD can be used during the install. If you do not have your original WinTV CD-ROM but would like to update to WinTV v7, you can purchase a new CD on the Hauppauge webstore for $9.95

Supported WinTV products:

This version of WinTV v7 is for digital TV, both QAM and ATSC, plus analog cable TV. It can be used with the following WinTV products:

• USB-Live2
• WinTV-HVR-850
• WinTV-HVR-950
• WinTV-HVR-950Q
• WinTV-HVR-1150
• WinTV-HVR-1250
• WinTV-HVR-1500
• WinTV-HVR-1600
• WinTV-HVR-1800/1850
• WinTV-HVR-1950
• WinTV-HVR-2250

In addition, WinTV v7 can be used with the European equivalents of the above models (for example, the WinTV-HVR-2200).

Release notes for WinTV v7:

This version now supports FM radio (on those products with built-in FM radio). Listen, pause and record FM radio.

• Game mode is now supported. Game mode allows "live" video to be displayed without any video encoding delay. Game mode can be found in Configuration in the Advanced tab. Note: Game mode is not available on the WinTV-HVR-2250.
• You can also use the WinTV v7 Scheduler to schedule a recording of your favorite FM radio program on a once only, daily or weekly basis.
• Analog recording options have been added, allowing Good/Better/Best/Fair video qualities.
• Scheduling options have been added to allow shutdown/standby/hibernate at recording completion.
• This version fixes some QAM channel detection problems found in earlier versions of WinTV v7.
• This version supports the TitanTV Electronic Program Guide in the U.S.
  
• Any existing version of WinTV v6 will be deleted after installing WinTV v7.

File name: wintv7_cd_2.1a.exe
File size: 73MB
Date: 7/26/2010

Installation guide

Installation overview Step 1: Download the WinTV v7 installation package Step 2: Unpack the installer on your PC Step 3: Install the latest Windows driver for your Hauppauge WinTV product (make sure the WinTV is plugged into your PC or notebook) (requires a reboot of your PC during this step) Step 4: Install WinTV v7 and its utilities Step 5: Run WinTV v7
Step 1 - Download the WinTV v7 installer including utilities
Please click on the download link from your products support page, you will be given an option to run or save the file, click run to start the installation procedure:
Step 2 - Unpack the WinTV v7 installer on your PC
Once the file has finished downloading, the self extracting wizard will begin:
Click next then select a path where you wish to extract the files (we recommend leaving this at its default setting), the Hauppauge software and drivers will be extracted automatically to your computer.
If you have a previous version of the software installed you will be prompted to uninstall it, click OK to automatically do this.
The 'HCWClear.exe' application will start up and begin uninstalling the previous software, any error messages or notes will be shown in the black box.
Once complete you may need to restart your computer, press 'OK' to automatically restart your computer.
Step 3 - Installation of the drivers
After Windows reboots, you will see the Windows Found New Hardware Wizard. Cancel this Wizard by selecting 'Ask me again later' in Vista or select Cancel in WindowsXP. (it may appear several times, repeat this each time the wizard is shown):
Once you are at your Windows desktop, double click on the Install WinTV 7 link to the install application:
This will open up the Hauppauge install application, click 'Step 1: Install Drivers':
This will then open up our driver installation program and automatically start installing the drivers for your product:
Once complete, click on the bar to continue.
Step 4 - Installation of the WinTV v7 application and utilities
In the Hauppauge installer you will now need to click 'Step 2: Install WinTV':
Select the language you wish to install from the list. Note: If you wish to customise the install list click on 'Custom Installation'.
The applications relevant to your product will now be shown and will begin to install: Note: Installing may take some time as it is updating other system components, please be patient. Once complete click 'OK' then click 'EXIT'.
Step 5 - Run WinTV v7
Click on the WinTV v7 icon on your Windows desktop to start the application. The first time you run WinTV v7, you will see the Device Setup Wizard to scan for TV channels. Follow the steps.

WinTV v7 user guides

WinTV v7 users manual
Updated:March. 13, 2010

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

Here are instructions on setting up TitanTV.