Chapter 3- Configuration

First run

Now that you have installed DNTV Live!, please open it by double clicking on the desktop icon.

You will be presented with an ' Initial Scan ' window. Before you can start using DNTV Live! you need to scan for channels for either DVB-T system , DVB-S system, FM radio or all of these. If you have tuner cards installed that support all these systems you will be presented with tabs as seen below. If your tuner card does not support some of these systems then the relevant tab will be missing.

 

 


Click on the down arrow under ‘Select Country’ to select AUSTRALIA. Then select your region, if your region is not listed please select ‘Scan All’. NOTE: Do not interrupt the scanning process or try and use your computer while scanning. It is somewhat cpu intensive at times during the scanning process. Now click on the larger button ‘Scan Region’. DNTV Live! will now scan for channels, this process normally takes approximately 3 minutes. Once completed, 100% Scan Completed will be displayed.

 

 

You can repeat the steps above with the DVB-S tuner making sure you set your Sat Dish LNB frequencies correctly for High and Low band if required. Then choose the satellite and provider you wish to scan.

 

 

Similarly you can scan any FM signal in your area.

 

 

You may be required to enter a User Name and Serial Number supplied by DigitalNow to enable detection of your device.

 

After the scan has completed, you can close that window.

You will now be presented with the window mode homepage of DNTV Live!

Right click on the window in window mode to bring up the menu on the homepage.

Enter fullscreen mode via the Remote or by double clicking on the DNTV Live! window to view the keyboard interface of the fullscreen mode homepage.

On the window mode menu or in fullscreen mode, click on Configuration. A window will appear, and here you can set all the options for DNTV Live!

General Configuration        

 

 

Hardware Information

Scanning for channels

In the options window , click on Tuner Scan.

Click on the down arrow under ‘Select Country’ to select AUSTRALIA. Then select your region, if your region is not listed please select ‘Scan All’.

Now click on the larger button ‘Scan Region’. DNTV Live! will now scan for channels, this process normally takes approximately 3 minutes. Once completed, 100% Scan Completed will be displayed.

 

To see a list of all the channels scanned, please move down to HDTV Channel Editor.

For FM Radio, click on the FM Radio tab next to TV Scan.

 

Click on the Scan FM button to scan for FM Radio stations in your area. Once completed, please move down to FM Radio Settings for a list of stations found during the scan.

HTPC Settings

DVD Settings

 

TV Settings

 

 

FM Radio Settings

Here you can edit the station names and preset numbers for each station found in the FM Radio scan.

Click on a station name, then change the desired settings. Click on the Save button when you are done. The station name that you nominate here will reflect what is shown in the FM Radio menu.

FM stations can also be added, deleted or saved/loaded for backup purposes by selecting the appropriate menu item from the popup menu.

 

Video Decoder Settings

Click on ‘Video Decoder Settings’. Your package includes the DNTV Live! Video and Audio Decoders which are chosen by default. You can also choose other supported decoders, but you must have these installed in your PC for DNTV Live! to be able to use them.

Audio Decoder Settings

The Audio Decoder can be chosen from many different vendors, the supplied DNTV Live! Decoder is a good one. When using the DNTV Live! Audio Decoder you will be able to select a number of options, including SPDIF output if supported by your sound card. Other vendors audio decoder properties are accessible when TV, DVD or recordings are playing by pressing F3.

Directories , Recording and File Association

 

 

    

Analogue Input Setup

DNTV Live! supports the analogue inputs available on your DNTV Live! card or your DVICO Fusion Gold or Plus versions. The two available analogue connectors (S-Video and Composite) on these cards can be accessed from within HDTV Mode (Main window or PiP window) or within DVD Mode (PiP window only).

To setup the analogue capabilities of your DNTV Live! or DVICO card you first need to setup the analogue inputs within the configuration dialog. Luckily DNTV Live! is smart enough to set this up for you automatically but if you need to change from the default then below shows you the various settings available to you.

 

Digital Now wishes to thank Jeremy Barr, Kenneth Webb and David Ngo for their assistance in putting together and keeping up-to-date this Manual