To set up a capture device for digital and analog video, a recording card that meets the requirements of the manufacturer must be installed or must be already integrated in the PC at the factory.  
 

 

 
 
Nero Vision provides simultaneous support for multiple TV cards, TV cards with dual tuner, and/or hybrid tuner cards. You will find a list of supported TV cards on our web page under  .
 
 
If you have connected a TV card to your PC and open the Capture Video screen for the first time, all connected devices are displayed in the Capture device drop-down menu. 
 
The following requirement has to be fulfilled:
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A TV card is connected to your PC and switched on.
To configure a TV card using the TV wizard, proceed as follows:  
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Select the Capture Video to Hard Drive option from the Start screen.
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The Capture Video screen is displayed.
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If you have several devices connected to your PC, select the required device in the Capture device drop-down menu.
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Click the  Nero Vision icon%20video 9007199323899147 Setting a TV Card button.
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The Video Device Properties window opens. 
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Click the Channels tab. 
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Click the Channel Setting button. 
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The first screen of the TV wizard, Analog TV Channel Search, is displayed. This wizard prompts you to make all the necessary entries step by step.
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Select your country in the Select country drop-down menu.

 

 
 
When configuring DVB-S TV cards, you must select the satellite instead of the country in the Select your satellite configuration field. 
When configuring DVB-C TV cards, you must select the appropriate frequency range instead of the country.
 
 
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Choose between Antenna and Cable as the signal source in the Select source type drop-down menu.

 

 
 
The Select source type drop-down menu is not available when configuring digital TV cards (DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C).
 
 
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Click the Start Search button to start the search.
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The search starts. You are kept informed about the search progress and the number of channels found in the Search Status area.
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Click the Next button.
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The second screen of the TV wizard, TV Channel Edit, is displayed. You can order, rename or remove the channels as required.
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Click the Up and/or Down buttons.
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The order of the available channels is changed.
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Highlight the channels you do not want and click the Remove button.
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The channels are deleted.
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If you want to coordinate the channels of a number of TV cards with each other:
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Highlight a desired channel and click the Rename button.
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The Rename Channel window is opened.
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Enter the name you want in the Rename Channel text field and click the OK button.
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The channel is renamed.

 

 
 
Nero Vision regards TV channels with the same name – so-called “physical” channels – on different tuner cards as the same “logical” channel. This means that a logical channel can contain one or more physical channels.
The channels are automatically coordinated with each other during the channel search. Only the logical channels will be displayed in Nero Vision following configuration in the TV wizard.
 
 
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Click the Next button.
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The third screen of the TV wizard, Manage TV Channel Groups, is displayed. You can sort the channels in existing topic groups or in groups according to your requirements.
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Click the Add button on the TV Channel Groups tab.
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The Add Group window is opened.
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Enter the desired name of the group in the Add Group text field and click the OK button.
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The group is created.
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Click the TV Channels to Groups tab.
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Select the group you want to edit in the Modify your groups drop-down menu.
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Highlight the channels you want to assign to this group in the Available Channels area and click the >> button.
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The highlighted channels are shown in the Modify your groups area.
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Click the Down and/or Up buttons.
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The order of the channels within the group is adjusted.
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Click the Finish button.
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The TV wizard is closed and the Capture Video screen is displayed.
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You have configured the TV card.
See also
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Video Device Properties Window


Setting a TV Card