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Life TV

Controls

Remote Controller

Accelerator Keys

Accelerator Keys provide a short cut in the

Windows environment in replace of the mouse,

and allow you to perform audio and video controls

when switch to the TV screen.

How to Control LifeTV by Accelerator Keys

Accelerator Keys Summary

Procedures

Select a AV Source

Select a Tuner Channel

Set Audio and Video Attributes


Main Panel Description
Main Panel

This is the LifeTV Main Panel which shows frequent used controls.


Extra Panel Description
Extra Panel

This is the LifeTV Extra Panel which shows infrequent used controls.


Channel Display Panel Description
Channel Display

This panel displays current Tuner Channel.


Tuner Source Indicator Description
Tuner Source Indicator

These two indicators indicate which source has been selected

as current Tuner Input.


Power Button Function
Power Off LifeTV

This button will terminate LifeTV.


Minimize Button Function
Minimize LifeTV to an Icon

This button will minimize LifeTV to an Icon.

To activate the LifeTV, double-click the LifeTV icon.


Help Button Function
LifeTV Help

Display this help menu.


About Button Function
About LifeTV

Display copyright information.


Extra Panel Button Function
Show Extra Panel

This button will show extra panel which contain infrequent used controls.

To close the extra panel, click on this button again.


Volume Slide Control Function
Volume Control

This volume control slider allows you to adjust the audio volume.

To increase the volume, click the right corner of the slider.

To decrease the volume, click the left corner of the slider.

Related Topic:

Mute Button


Mute Button Function
Mute

This button turns off the audio.

To turn on the audio, click on this button again.


TV Button Function
Toggle TV / AV Source

This button will select Tuner or AV input.


Numeric Keypad Function
Numeric Keypad

These button allow you to select desired TV channel.

To select a channel, click on the desired channel number and the ENTER button.

This keypad can be used to select channel not detected by the Scan function.

This keypad is disabled if Tuner is not the current AV source.

Related Topic:

Channel Selection

Fine Tune Control

Recall Last Channel

Scan All Tuner Channel


Channel Button Function
Channel Selection

These two buttons allow you to select next or previous available tuner channel.

These buttons are disabled if Tuner is not the current AV source.

Related Topic:

Numeric Keypad

Fine Tune Control

Recall Last Channel

Scan All Tuner Channel


Fine Tune Button Function
Fine Tune Control

These two buttons allow you to fine tune the current tuner channel.

These buttons are disabled if Tuner is not the current AV source.

Related Topic:

Channel Selection

Numeric Keypad


Recall Button Function
Recall Last Channel

This button will recall last tuner channel.

This button is disabled if Tuner is not the current AV source.

Related Topic:

Channel Selection

Numeric Keypad


PCTV Button Function
Switch between PC and TV screen

This button allow you to toggle between PC and live TV screen.


Brightness Slide Control Function
Brightness Control

This brightness control slider allows you to adjust the video brightness level.

To increase the brightness, click the right coner of the slider.

To decrease the brightness, click the left coner of the slider.


Contrast Slide Control Description
Contrast Control

This contrast control slide allows you to adjust the video contrast level.

To increase the contrast, click the right coner of the slider.

To decrease the contrast, click the left coner of the slider.


Saturation Slide Control Function
Saturation Control

This saturation control slider allows you to adjust the video saturation level.

To increase the saturation, click the right coner of the slider.

To decrease the saturation, click the left coner of the slider.


Hue Slide Control Function
Hue Control

This hue control slider allows you to adjust the video hue spectrum.

To move to the green hue, click the right coner of the slider.

To move to the red hue, click the left coner of the slider.


Balance Slide Control Function
Balance Control

This balance control slider allows you to adjust the audio balance.

To move to the right channel, click the right coner of the slider.

To move to the left channel, click the left coner of the slider.


Bass Slide Control Function
Bass Control

This bass control slider allows you to adjust the audio bass level

To increase the bass, click the right coner of the slider.

To decrease the bass, click the left coner of the slider.


Treble Slide Control Function
Treble Control

This treble control slider allows you to adjust the audio treble level.

To increase the treble, click the right coner of the slider.

To decrease the treble, click the left coner of the slider.


Air Button Function
Toggle Air / Cable as Tuner Input

This button will set Air / Cable as the Tuner input.

This button is disabled if Tuner is not the current AV source.


Scan Button Function
Scan All Tuner Channels

This button will scan all Tuner channel for available channels.

This button is disabled if Tuner is not the current AV source.

Related Topic:

Channel Selection

Numeric Keypad


Use Accerelator Keys to Control LifeTV
How to Control LifeTV by Accelerator Keys

To display Help Menu, press F1.

To select a AV Source, use PageUp and PageDown keys to

select Previous and Next AV Source.

To select Air or Cable as the Tuner Source, use C to toggle

between these two input.

To Scan for Available Channels, use S to perform this function.

During the scanning process, if you decide to abort this operation,

use Escape to stop.

To toggle between PC or TV Screen, use SpaceBar

To set current Tuner Channel as a Favorite Channel not detected

by the Scan function, use P to Set and De-set this status.

To Fine Tune a current Tuner Channel, use F and Plus/Minus

combination to Increase and Decrease the frequency.

To select Next or Previous Available Tuner Channel, use

Right Cursor and Left Cursor to perform this function.

To select a Desired Tuner Channel, use Number Keys of your

computer keyboard to select from a total 124 channels

To Recall last channel, use BackSpace to perform this function.

To adjust the Volume, use UpCursor and DownCursor to

Increase and Decrease the volume level. An alternate way to

adjust the volume level is to use A to select the Volume

attribute and use Plus and Minus keys of your computer keyboard

to Increase and Decrease the volume level.

To Mute the audio, use M to toggle between On and Off.

To adjust Audio Attributes, such as Volume, Balance, Bass and

Treble, use A to select a desired attribute and use Plus and

Minus keys of your computer keyboard to Increase and Decrease

the selected audio attribute levels.

To adjust Video Attributes, such as Brightness, Contrast, Saturation

and Hue, use V to select a desired attribute and use Plus and

Minus keys of your computer keyboard to Increase and Decrease

the selected video attributes.

To reset all controls to Default Settings, use D.

Related Topic:

Accelerator Keys Summary


Accerelator Keys Map
Accelerator Keys Summary

F1 Display Help Menu

PageUP/PageDown Select Previous and Next AV Source.

Right/Left Cursor Select Next and Previous Available Tuner Channel.

Up/Down Increase and Decrease Volume level.

BackSpace Last Tuner Channel Recall.

C Toggle between Air and Cable Tuner Input.

D Reset all controls to Default Settings.

F and Plus/Minus combination to adjust Fine Tune of current Tuner Channel.

M Toggle Mute On / Off.

T Toggle Stereo / Mono.

Alt-T Toggle MAIN / SUB / BOTH.

P Set current Tuner Channel as Favorite Channel.

S Activate Scan function.

SpaceBar Toggle between PC/TV screen.

Number Keys and ENTER Select desired Tuner Channel.

A Select Audio Attributes between Volume, Balance, Bass and Treble.

V Select Video Attributes between Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Hue

Plus/Minus Increase and Decrease selected Audio or Video Attribute.

Related Topic:

How to Control LifeTV by Accelerator Keys


How to Select a AV Source
Select a AV Source

The LifeTV board have three AV input, namely TV, AV .

TV is for radio frequency signals; AV is for direct audio and video input.

TV allows either Air signals from the antenna or Cable signals from your cable TV carriers.

In the main panel, click or use PageUP/PageDown to select the appropriate AV Source.

If TV is selected, click the Extra Panel to show extra controls, and click or use C to select 	the appropriate Tuner Input.


How tp Select a Channel
Select a Tuner Channel

If TV is the current AV Source, you can select a station from a total of 124 different channels.

To select a desired channel, click on the numbers and ENTER or use Number Keys/Enter of your computer keyboard to enter desired channel.

The Scan function activated by mouse or S is used to scan all Tuner Channels for available stations. Once this function has been performed, you can use Channel Selector or Right/Left cursor to quickly locate next or previous available channel.

If the Scan function dose not detect the Favorite Channels, you can use Accelerator Key P to

add to the scanned channel list.

Once a channel has been selected, Fine Tune function activated by mouse or F and Plus/Minus

combination is used to perfect the selected channel.

The RECALL button or BackSpace is used to jump to previously selected channel.


How to Adjust Audio and Video Attributes
Adjust Audio and Video Attributes

Open the Extra Panel to adjust desired Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Balance, Bass, and Balance level in the current AV source. Repeat this step for different AV source.

To adjust the attributes, simply click on the appropriate button and drag it to the right or to the left to set the desired settings.

The Accelerator Keys A is used to select different video attributes and Plus/Minus on the Numeric Keypad of your computer keyboard are used to Increase and Decrease the value.

The Accelerator Keys V is used to select different audio attributes and Plus/Minus on the Numeric Keypad of your computer keyboard are used to Increase and Decrease the value. In the TV screen, use Hot Key to adjust desired audio and video attributes.


Change Remote IRQ

The default Remote IRQ is 9, which is 5 and 6 jumped in JP2.

The Remote IRQ 7 is 3 and 4 jumped in JP2.

The Remote IRQ 5 is 1 and 2 jumped in JP2.

If you change the Remote Control Receiver IRQ level later on, re-run the LIFETV program.


Mouse Mode ( Remote Control )
Mouse Mode Button

Click this button to toggle between Control and Mouse Mode.


Switch between PC and TV screen ( Remote control )
TV Button

For CONTROL MODE, click this button toggle between VGA and Video screen.

For MOUSE MODE, click this button to switch to different windows applications.


Numeric Keypad

For CONTROL MODE, select the desired channel directly.

For MOUSE MODE,  use these key for mouse direction operation.


Stereo

This button toggles between STEREO and MONO sound.


Video Attributes
Video Button

Click this button to adjust Video attributes such as Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Hue.


Audio Attributes
Audio Button

For CONTROL MODE, click this button to adjust Audio attributes such as Volume, Balance, Bass and Treble.


Cursor Arrow
Cursor Arrow Button

For MOUSE MODE, this button executes the same function as the Up Arrow key on the keyboard.


System Menu
System Menu Button

For MOUSE MODE, this button pull down the command list from Menu Bar of the active window.


Scan All Channel
Scan Button

For CONTROL MODE, click this button to scan for available channels.

For MOUSE MODE, this button executes the same function as the Left Arrow key on the keyboard.


Increase Attributes
Increase Button

Click this button to increase the selected Audio or Video attributes.


Channel Up
Channel Up Button

For CONTROL MODE, click this button to go to next channel.

For MOUSE MODE, this button executes the same function as the Right Arrow key on the keyboard.


Decrease Attributes
Decrease Button

For CONTROL MODE, click this button to decrease the selected Audio and Video attributes.

For MOUSE MODE, this button executes the same function as the Down key on the keyboard.


Tab Next
Tab Next Button

For MOUSE MODE, this button executes the same function as the Tab Next key on the keyboard.


Tab Previous
Tab Previous Button

For MOUSE MODE, this button executes the same function as the Tab Previous key on the keyboard.


Spacebar
Spacebar Button

For MOUSE MODE, this button executes the same function as the Spacebar on the keyboard.


Toggle between TV and AV sources
AV Button

For CONTROL MODE, click this button to toggle between TV and AV sources.

For MOUSE MODE, this button executes the same function as the Enter key on the keyboard.


Mts Button

For CONTROL MODE, click this button to toggle among MAIN, SAP and BOTH.


Enter Button

For CONTROL MODE, click this button to execute the current channel selection.

For MOUSE MODE, this button indicates the Right Mouse Click.


Recall Button

For CONTROL MODE, click this button to go to the preveious selected channel.

For MOUSE MODE, this button indicates the Left Mouse Click.


Channel Down
Channel Down Button

For CONTROL MODE, click this button to go to previous available channel.

For MOUSE MODE, this buttton executes the same function as the ESC key on the keyboard.


Default Attribute

Restore all default attributes such as Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation, Balance, Bass, Treble and Volume.


Add Favorate Channel

Add your favorate channel.


Clear Favorate Channel

Clear your favorate channel.


MAIN Button

Display the Mts main languange.


SAP Button

Display the Mts secondry languange.


BOTH Button

Display the Mts both ( main and secondry) languange.