WinTV v7 is here!

 

TV mode buttons	Playback mode buttons

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How do we make the world’s best and most reliable TV tuner hardware for PC’s even better? By giving it brilliant new software.

Announcing our new WinTV v7 application, featuring:

• 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

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.

Support for additional products will be added in the near future.

If you currently own one of the supported products you can download the new application from our support section here.

WinTV v7 user manual

 

Basic control 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 application download

Application and driver installation package

WinTV v7 version 1.3A

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 this WinTV v7 version, 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-950Q
• WinTV-HVR-850
• WinTV-HVR-1150
• WinTV-HVR-1250
• WinTV-HVR-1500
• WinTV-HVR-1800/1850
• WinTV-HVR-1600
• 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. 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_1.3a.exe
Date: 2/25/2010
File size: 57MB

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 version 7 users manual
Updated: August 15, 2009

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.