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    SD Personal Video Recorder User Manual www .gefentv .com GTV -SD-PVR ...

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    T echnical Support : T elephone (818) 772-9100 (800) 545-6900 Fax (818) 772-9120 T echnical Support Hours: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday thru Friday . Write T o: Gefen Inc. c/o Customer Service 20600 Nordhoff St Chatsworth, CA 9131 1 www .gefentv .com support@gefentv .com Notice Gefen Inc. reserves the right to make changes in the hard ware, packaging ...

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    CONTENTS 1 Introduction 2 Operation Notes 3 Features 4 Panel Layout 5 Panel Descriptions 7 Connecting The Gefen TV SD PVR 8 Operating The Gefen TV SD PVR / Remote Control 9 Operating The Gefen TV SD PVR / GUI Navigation 10 Operating The Gefen TV SD PVR / Initial Setup 14 Operating The Gefen TV SD PVR / W atching A Live Source 16 Operating The Gefen ...

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    Congratulations on your purchase of the Gefen TV SD PVR. Y our complete satis- faction is very important to us. Gefen TV Gefen TV is a unique product line catering to the growing needs for innovative home theater solutions. We specialize in total integration for your home theater , while also focusing on going above and beyond customer expectations ...

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    READ THESE NOTES BEFORE INST ALLING OR OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR • USB media is required to be attached for use of the Gefen TV SD PVR. If there is not a valid USB media device attached to the Gefen TV SD PVR, the unit will display a message on screen and will not allow any operation to be performed. • Supported USB media includes portable ...

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    3 Features • Video recording and playback at resolutions of 480i and 576i • Instant video recording via a single button on the remote control • Pause, mute, fast forward & fast backwards playback controls • Media scanning function to locate audio/video fi les automatically • Playback of externally imported videos, music, pictures • ...

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    4 Front Panel Back Panel 7 16 17 19 8 2 1 11 12 345 6 9 10 13 18 15 14 P ANEL LA YOUT ...

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    5 1 POWER LED The Power LED will be active when the unit is on. There is no LED active when the unit is in off. 2 VIDEO LED This Video LED will be active when a valid composite source is connected and selected. 3 S LED This S LED will be active when a valid s-video source is connected and selected. 4 COMPONENT LED This Component LED will be active ...

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    6 15 COMPOSITE AUDIO INPUT L/R RCA stereo analog audio input for composite video. 16 COMPOSITE VIDEO OUTPUT 480i and 576i composite video output. 17 S-VIDEO OUTPUT 480i and 576i s-video output. 18 COMPONENT VIDEO OUTPUT 480i and 576i component video output. P ANEL DESCRIPTIONS ...

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    7 How to Connect the Gefen TV SD PVR 1. Connect the source devices (composite, s-video, or component) to the Gefen TV SD PVR’ s video inputs using user supplied video cables. Any or all video inputs can be connected at the same time. 2. Connect each of the source device’s audio outputs to the appropriate Gefen TV SD PVR audio inputs using user ...

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    8 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR The Gefen TV SD PVR uses a GUI (graphical user interface) that is displayed on-screen for ease of navigation of the features and settings. All of the available commands and operations are conducted by using the included IR remote control. REMOTE CONTROL POWER T urns the unit on/off. DISPLA Y Brings up the on-screen ...

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    9 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR GUI NA VIGA TION REC Begins recording the currently selected source. STOP Stops the current recording. VOLUME + AND - Increases and decreases the audio volume. MUTE Mutes the audio output. Press again to resume audio output. REWIND Rewind during playback of content. PLA Y Begins playing the currently selected item. ...

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    10 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR INITIAL SETUP SECTION 1 TURNING ON THE UNIT FOR THE FIRST TIME T urn on the Gefen TV SD PVR by pressing the Power button on the IR remote control. The Power and USB LED should become active, and your display should show the initial USB scan screen (1-1) 1-1 The Gefen TV SD PVR will warn you if either a USB device i ...

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    11 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR 1-4 The Home Screen (1-4) is formatted with the following sections: MOVIE Page 19 MUSIC Page 26 PHOTO Page 32 SYSTEM Page 39 EXIT Exits USB Mode and starts the Auto-Detect Feature INITIAL FORMA T T o initially prepare the unit for use, it is recommended that the currently connected USB media be formatted by the Gef ...

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    12 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR 1-8 3. Select the Format option (1-9) in the Format window (1-10) and press OK . 1-10 4. The HD Utility window (1-1 1) will appear and ask for con fi rmation to begin formatting. Select the YES option and press OK to start formatting the USB media device. 1-1 1 1-7 1-9 ...

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    13 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR 5. The Format window (1-12) will show the progress of the format. The formatting process will be complete when the status bar reads 100% (1-13). 1-12 1-13 6. Once the formatting process is fi nished (1-14), press any button on the remote to return to the Format window (1-15). Press the Exit button once to return t ...

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    14 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR SELECTING A LIVE VIDEO SOURCE & AUTO-DETECT FEA TURE A source can be watched in real-time. T o access the live source feed, simply press the EXIT button while in USB Mode ( Home Screen 2-1). 2-1 Once you exit USB Mode the Auto-Detect Feature will immediately start scanning the input ports for a valid video sign ...

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    15 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR The Information Display Panel is activated by pressing the Display button on the included IR remote. Pressing the button once will bring up the Information Display Panel . The Information Display Panel will remain on-screen until the Display button is pressed once more to hide it. A layout of the Information Displa ...

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    16 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR 5 DA TE Displays the current date. The date can be adjusted from the System Menu on page 43. 6 TIME Displays the current time. The time can be adjusted from the System Menu on page 43. RECORDING A SOURCE SECTION 3 SELECTING A LIVE VIDEO SOURCE TO RECORD Refer to Section 2 starting on page 14 for instructions on how ...

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    17 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR The Recording Indicator will remain on-screen while the unit is recording the live video source. RECORDING INFORMA TION DISPLA Y P ANEL Pressing the Display button on the IR remote while recording will bring up the Recording Information Display Panel as shown below (3-3). 3-3 1 RECORDING ICON This will indicate tha ...

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    18 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR STOP RECORDING A LIVE VIDEO FEED When you want to stop recording the live video feed, press the Stop button on the remote control (3-4). The unit will pause for a moment to perform some maintenance procedures on the newly created fi le (3-5) and will continue to display the live video source. 3-4 3-5 The recording ...

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    19 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR The following sections will outline the options that are available for watching and managing all of the media fi les on the Gefen TV SD PVR. Readable fi le formats that are placed on a connected USB media device are: A VI / MPG / DIVX / MP3 / WMA / JPG / GIF / BMP T o access any of the media stored on the connect ...

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    20 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR The Movie Menu (4A-3) is where all recorded and stored movies will be available for viewing and managing. 4A-3 1 SELECTED MOVIE TRACK NUMBER This shows the track number of the selected movie fi le. The format is as follows: 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 2 TRACK DURA TION This indicates the time length of the selected track. The f ...

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    21 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR 4A-4 The naming structure for directories are limited to eight alpha-numeric characters. Spaces and special characters are not allowed. All directories that exceed these limitations will automatically be truncated. Multiple levels of directories are allowed and each one will be listed as a separate directory in the ...

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    22 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR PLA YING A MOVIE From the Movie Menu (4A-5), select your desired movie and press the OK or button on the IR remote control to begin movie playback. 4A-5 PLA YBACK CONTROLS Basic playback controls are executed from the included IR remote control. A small icon will brie fl y appear in the left-hand corner of the scr ...

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    23 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR P AUSE Pause the currently playing movie. T o resume playback press the Play . STEP FWD Fast forward playback by a single frame when the movie is paused. RIGHT DIRECTIONAL BUTT ON Progress to the next track in the current directory . LEFT DIRECTIONAL BUTT ON Progress to the previous track in the current directory . ...

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    24 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR MOVIE INFORMA TION DISPLA Y P ANEL Pressing the Display button on the IR remote while playing a movie will bring up the Movie Information Display Panel as shown below (4A-7). 4A-7 1 RECORDING MEDIUM This indicates what type of recording device is connected. This will always be listed as USB. 2 TRACK This indicates ...

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    25 5 TRACK TIME This displays the current track’s playback position in time and the track’ s total playback time. The time format is as follows: 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 / 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 ZOOM FUNCTION The Zoom button can be used to focus in or out of a movie during playback. T o zoom into the movie, press the Zoom button on the IR remote control during ...

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    26 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR This mode can be accessed at anytime while in the USB Mode by pressing the Music button on the IR remote control. The only exception is when the user is in the System Menu . MUSIC MENU From the Home Screen (4B-1) in USB Mode , navigate to the Music Menu (4B-2) listing and press the OK button. 4B-1 MUSIC SECTION 4B ...

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    27 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR The Music Menu (4B-3) is where all stored music will be available for listening and managing. 4B-3 1 SELECTED MOVIE TRACK NUMBER This shows the track number of the selected music fi le. The format is as follows: 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 2 TRACK TIME This displays the current track’s playback position in time and the track? ...

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    28 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR 6 DIRECTOR Y All directories on the connected USB media device that contain valid music fi les will be listed here. Pressing the OK button on the IR remote control when this item is selected will display a list of these directories (4B-4). Using the IR remote control, you can navigate up and down this menu to sele ...

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    29 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR If there are more than 1 1 total music fi les in the selected directory , you can either manually scroll down to access the remaining directories, or you can press the Step Fwd or Step Rew buttons on the IR remote control to navigate forwards and backwards through full pages of directories. Long fi le names in wi ...

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    30 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR F AST FWD Fast forward during playback of music content. The music track fast forwards in the following order: P AUSE Pause the currently playing music track. T o resume playback press the Play . 2x 4x 8x 20x Play REPEA T FUNCTION The repeat function can be used to repeat a single music track or an entire directory ...

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    31 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR RENAMING MUSIC TRACKS Music tracks can be renamed using the on-screen keyboard. From the Music Menu , select the fi le that you wish to rename and press the Rename button on the IR remote control. The on-screen keyboard (4B-8) will appear . 4A-7 1 NAME FIELD The current name should be indicated here. When characte ...

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    32 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR This mode can be accessed at anytime while in the USB Mode by pressing the PIC button on the IR remote control. The only exception is when the user is in the System Menu . PHOTO MENU From the Home Screen (4C-1) in USB Mode , navigate to the Photo Menu (4C-2) listing and press the OK button. 4C-1 PHOTOS SECTION 4C 4 ...

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    33 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR 1 SELECTED PHOTO NUMBER This shows the track number of the selected photo fi le. The format is as follows: 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 2 PHOTO WIDTH This displays the current photo’s pixel width. 3 PHOTO HEIGHT This displays the current photo’s pixel height. 4 THUMBNAIL Displays a small preview image of the photo. 5 DIRECTO ...

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    34 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR 6 FILE All fi les in the currently selected directory are listed here. Using the IR remote control, you can navigate up and down this menu to select your desired directory . The fi les are listed in the following format: 0 0 0 XXXXXXXX . XXX 0 0 / 0 0 12:00 If there are more than 1 1 total photo fi les in the se ...

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    35 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR PLA YBACK CONTROLS Basic playback controls are executed from the included IR remote control. A small icon will brie fl y appear in the left-hand corner of the screen to indicate which command was used. STOP Stops the current photo playback. PLA Y Resume playing the slide-show if it is currently paused. Pressing th ...

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    36 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR SEQ PLA Y Sequential playback of all photos in the selected directory once. FILE REP Repeat the current photo inde fi nitely . DIR REPEA T Same as SEQ PLA Y but will repeat playback of the entire directory inde fi nitely . Select the desired Repeat Mode and press the OK button on the IR remote control. This setti ...

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    37 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR 4 PHOTO WIDTH This displays the current photo’s pixel width. 5 PHOTO HEIGHT This displays the current photo’s pixel height. ZOOM FUNCTION The Zoom button can be used to focus in or out of a photo during playback. T o zoom into the movie, press the Zoom button on the IR remote control during playback or when the ...

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    38 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR 4 SP ACE KEY This key will add a space in the Name Field . 5 CAPS LOCK KEY This key will toggle between lowercase and uppercase letters. By default, all keys will appear in the uppercase form. Using the Directional buttons on the IR remote control, select the key you wish to use and press the OK button to use it. O ...

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    39 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR SYSTEM CONFIGURA TION SECTION 5 The Gefen TV SD PVR has a number of setup options that can all be accessed via the System Menu . SYSTEM MENU From the Home Screen (5-1) in USB Mode , navigate to the System Menu (5-2) listing and press the OK button. 5-1 The System Menu (5-3) is where all setup and format options are ...

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    40 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR SETUP MENU SECTION 5A The Setup Menu is separated into two main categories. The System and A/V Set sections. The sections have the following con fi guration options: SYSTEM A/V SETUP TV System Screen Saver System Language Time Format Set Date Set Time Reset Settings Video Output TV T ype Brightness ...

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    41 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR T o navigate this menu system, use the Directional keys on the IR remote control to move in and out of menu options. Highlight a menu option and press the OK button to con fi rm a menu item change. Currently set menu options are marked with a yellow asterisk. TV SYSTEM This will change the TV output standard. OPTI ...

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    42 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR SYSTEM LANGUAGE This changes the language for all menu options and labels. OPTIONS: ENGLISH (Default), CHINESE, DUTCH, SP ANISH, FRENCH, AND PORTUGESE. TIME FORMA T This will change the way that the date and time appear in all menu systems. OPTIONS: M_D_Y_12 (Default), M_D_Y_24, D_M_Y_12, D_M_Y_12, D_M_Y_24, Y_M_D_ ...

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    43 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR SET DA TE This will set the date that is shown on all system menus. OPTIONS: Use the ◄ and ► Directional buttons to move between fi elds, and the ▲ and ▼ buttons to change the values. SET TIME This will set the time that is shown on all system menus. OPTIONS: Use the ◄ and ► Directional buttons to move ...

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    44 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR RESET SETTINGS This will reset all system options to their default factory settings. OPTIONS: Use the OK button on the IR remote control to initiate a factory reset. VIDEO OUTPUT This will set the output to either YCbCr or Pan and Scan. OPTIONS: YCBCR (Default), P-SCAN. A/V SETUP ...

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    45 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR TV TYPE This will set the output video format OPTIONS: PS 4:3, LB 4:3, 16:9 NOTE: PS = Pan And Scan LB = Letterbox BRIGHTNESS This will adjust the brightness of the video output. OPTIONS: Press the OK button to bring up the brightness menu screen. ...

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    46 OPERA TING THE GEFEN TV SD PVR Use the ▲ and ▼ buttons on the IR remote control to change the brightness level. Default brightness level is set to 6. ...

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    47 SPECIFICA TIONS Video Ampli fi er Bandwidth ....................................................................... 74.5 Mhz Input Video Signal .............................................................................. 1.2 V olts p-p Input DDC Signal ......................................................................... 5 V olts p-p (TTL ...

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