PCTV Systems TVCenter

READ ME File for Program Version 6.4.9                 2014-10-31

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This file contains important information for using the PCTV Systems TVCenter. For problems with the software, please read the manual as well as this file or the FAQ on the PCTV Systems web site.

Contents:

1.00  Important tips
1.1 DistanTV mobile
1.2 TVCenter long start delay
2.00  Supported hardware
2.1 Broadway 2T
3.00  Supported operating systems
4.00  Operation tips
5.00  Known limitations
6.00  Changes
7.00  PCTV Systems Support
8.00  Additional License Information

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1.00 Important tips

1.1 DistanTV mobile

1.1.1 Supported operating systems on client devices
DistanTV mobile supports TV streaming to both Windows and Macintosh systems. Following the list of supported operating systems:
§	Microsoft Windows XP - with Service Pack 3 or higher (32bit)
§	Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition 2005 - with Service Pack 3 or higher (32bit)
§	Microsoft Windows Vista - with Service Pack 2 or higher 
§	Microsoft Windows 7
§	Microsoft Windows 8
§	MAC OS 10.5 (Leopard) - with installed Adobe Flash Player
§	MAC OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard)

1.1.2 Operation tips for users outside the USA
Please make sure you only select SD (standard definition) TV channels when using DistanTV mobile (live TV streaming). Example: Instead of selecting the channel “Arte HD”, you should select the corresponding channel in SD (“Arte”). Don’t worry, there is no negative impact on the picture and sound quality you get on your streaming client device (e.g. iPad) when selecting an SDTV instead of an HDTV channel.

1.1.3 Known limitations
Distorted DistanTV mobile user interface during local network streaming with Internet Explorer 8
If you are using DistanTV mobile in your local network with Internet Explorer 8 on a Windows XP system, the DistanTV mobile UI may look distorted (showing wrong colors and missing text). The root cause of this issue is a malfunction of Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) in “Local intranet” mode. 
To solve this problem, the automatic detection of the Intranet has to be disabled. To do so follow these steps:
- from the IE8 command bar, select Tools > Internet Options > Security
- select Local intranet 
- click on the Sites-button
- disable all check boxes for automatic intranet detection. 
Alternatively, you can connect to the server PC by typing in the address-field of the browser its IP address instead of the server name. Here you can find the IP-address of the server: TVCenter Settings > DistanTV mobile > Summary > Local Access. 

1.2 TVCenter long start delay 
The long start delay can be caused by certificate verification of .Net framework without a valid internet connection.
Workaround: 
uncheck the option Check for publisher's certificate revocation in the MS Internet Explorer. 
To do so follow these steps:
- open Internet Explorer 
- form the menu bar select Tools > Internet Options > Advanced
- scroll in the list to Security 
- uncheck the option Check for publisher's certificate revocation

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2.00 Supported hardware

Broadway 2T
PCTV 73A
PCTV 73e Solo
PCTV 73e 
PCTV 74e
PCTV 76e
PCTV 77e
PCTV 78e
PCTV 79e
PCTV 80e
PCTV 170e
PCTV 171e
PCTV 282e
PCTV 290e
PCTV 292e
PCTV 310i
PCTV 330e
PCTV 340e
PCTV 340eSE
PCTV 460e
PCTV 461e
PCTV 510e
PCTV 520e
PCTV 521e
PCTV 800i
PCTV 801e
PCTV 801eSE
PCTV 2000i
PCTV 2001e
PCTV 2002e
PCTV 4000i

2.1 Broadway 2T

2.1.1 Windows MediaCenter support
- It is recommended to use a LAN or a fast WLAN connection (801.11n ).
- Use one Tuner only.

2.1.2 SSID
- It is recommended not do disable or hide the SSID of your WLAN.

2.1.3 Password characters limitation
- Only the following characters are supported . 
  Letters: 	(a ... z) and (A ... Z)
  Numbers : 	(0 ... 9)
  Special : 	!#$%&()*+,-./:<=>?@ []^_{|}~ 

2.1.4 WAN streaming: advanced router configuration
- Some routers require to enable port triggering for the streaming port of Broadway 2T. 
In this case please enable this feature in your router settings.  

2.1.5 WAN streaming : upload speed
- In most cases you will not reach the theoretic upload performance as promised by your provider. Please check your real upload speed. If you try to stream with a bandwidth higher than your real upload speed, the appliaction can be jerky and/or instable.

2.1.3 WAN streaming : upload speed
- In most cases you will not reach the theoretic upload performance as promised by your provider. 

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3.00 Supported operating systems

§	Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 3 or higher (32bit)
§	Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition 2005 with Service Pack 3 or higher (32bit)
§	Microsoft Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 or higher 
§	Microsoft Windows 7
§	Microsoft Windows 8

Installation requires administrator rights. 
To use the applications, you must be a "standard user" (group: main users) or have higher rights.

It is recommended that all current Windows Service Packs be installed.
In addition to that, following  Microsoft-software should be installed on your PC: 
§ .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and 
§ .NET Framework 3.5 Family Update for .NET versions 2.0 through 3.5 (KB951847) x86'
You can download  the software under: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AB99342F-5D1A-413D-8319-81DA479AB0D7&displaylang=en

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4.00 Operation tips

Attention: Some features are not available in all products. These are marked with an asterisk (*)

Microsoft Windows Media Center

§ You will find an extra MS WMC driver install on the CD in the folder: <Windows Media Center>. This driver lets you use the hardware inside the WMC without the TVCenter software.
§ The TV functionality in WMC environments (MCE2005) requires an WMC-certified DVD decoder. 

Configurable video renderer

You can configure and adjust the preview by choosing different video modes from the Video renderer dropdown-menu.
To set the video mode please open the TVCenter-Settings application and from the navigation bar select  TV watching > Advanced settings - Video output > Video renderer.

Signal Booster (integrated amplifier)*

§ The Signal Booster improves the reception of weaker signals, for example when you use a portable antenna.
§ With strong signals from e.g. an amplified rooftop antenna, the Signal Booster should be turned off to avoid potential overdriving of the tuner.

Default video parameter - regarding following hardware: 100i, 110i, 300i, 310i

The default value for contrast and saturation is "75" (and not "50", like for the other parameters)

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5.00 Known limitations

§	If you unplug a USB device, we recommend waiting at least 10 seconds before reconnecting; otherwise, the hardware might not be recognized correctly.

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6.00 Changes

§	6.4.8 à 6.4.9
	§	add EPG language selector
	§	H.264 decoder improvements
	§	AAC audio decoder improved

§	6.4.7 à 6.4.8
	§	add PCTV 79e
	§	add PCTV 292e
	§	Win8.1 improvements

§	6.4.6 à 6.4.7
	§	add PCTV 291e
	§	add PCTV 521e
	§	Win8 improvements

§	6.4.5 à 6.4.6
	§	add PCTV 461e
	§	add PCTV 2002e
	§	Win8 improvements

§	6.4.4 à 6.4.5
	§	add PCTV 78e
	§	Win8 support improvements

§	6.4.3 à 6.4.4
	§	add PCTV 77e

§	6.4.2 à 6.4.3
	§	add PCTV 76e

§	6.4.1 à 6.4.2
	§	add PCTV 76e
	§	improve H.264 decoder stability

§	6.4.0 à 6.4.1
	§	add Broadway 2T
	§	improve H.264 decoder stability
	§	add DVB-C support for: Sweden, Denmark and Spain

§	6.3.2 à 6.4.0
	§	add DistanTV mobile 2
	§	add Internal EPG Viewer
	§	add TitanTV support (US only)
	§	add Parental Control (US only)
	§	add Closed caption (US only)
	§	Converter: reworked	
	§	optimized H.264 decoder with DXVA support
	§	expand hardware support

§	6.3.1 à 6.3.2
	§	expand hardware support

§	6.3.0 à 6.3.1
	§	expand hardware support

§	6.2.0 à 6.3.0.
	§	expand hardware support
	§	add DistanTV mobile: iPhone® / iPod touch®  TV streaming  
	§	add DVB-S / DVB-S2 support
§	expand scheduler: add recurrence
§	optimized H.264 decoder  
§	add separat driver installation

§	6.1.0 à 6.2.0.
	§	expand hardware support	
	§	add fm radio
§	add analog TV support
§	add configurable video renderer
§	add multi tuner support
§	add Dolby Digital+ (E-AC3) support
§	add remote control support

§	6.0.0 à 6.1.0.
	§	expand hardware support	
	§	add radio
	§	add DistanTV
	§	add Channel edit function
	§	improve channel scan duration
	§	expand language support

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7.00 PCTV Systems Support

New versions of PCTV SystemsTVCenter software are available on the PCTV Systems Web site:

http://www.pctvsystems.com/

Please be ready to provide the following information when you contact PCTV Systems Support:

  1.  Product:
  2.  Serial number:
  3.  Software version:
  4.  Operating system version:
  5.  Main board:
  6.  CPU: 	
  7.  RAM: 
  8.  Type of defect:
  9.  Brief description of the defect:
10.  Information on how the defect can be reproduced:	PCTV Systems TVCenter
Located on the cover of your CD or in the settings of the TV app.
6.4.9
e.g. Windows 7 including the Service Pack version
Name, chip set, BIOS version
Type and speed (e.g., Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz)
Size of main memory (e.g., 512 MB).
Crash, problems with video quality, installation problems, etc.

Contact PCTV Systems Support as described in the support information sheet included with your product.

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8.00 Additional License Information

PCTV Systems TVCenter Copyright © 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 by PCTV Systems S.à r.l. 
All Rights Reserved.

Parts of the TVCenter software use: 

§ ffmpeg - under the terms of the GNU General Public License V2
For further details regarding ffmpeg visit: http://ffmpeg.org/index.html

§ md5.js - Copyright (c) 1996 Henri Torgemane 

Parts of Broadway 2T use: 

§ libdvbpsi - under the terms of the GNU General Public License V2
For further details regarding libdvbpsi visit: http://www.videolan.org

§ libiconv - under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License V2
For further details regarding libiconv visit: http:// "http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/" www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/  

§ libhdhomerun - under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License V3
For further details regarding libhdhomerun visit: http:// "http://www.silicondust.com" www.silicondust.com

§ goahead - Copyright GoAhead Software Inc., 1995-2000
For further details regarding goahead visit: http:// "http://www.goahead.com" www.goahead.com

For further details please refer to the Legal Information-section of the help or manual file.