Product Specs – DualTV MCE

Package Contents

• NVIDIA® DualTV PCI analog tuner card
• NVIDIA® DualTV Installation CD with MCE-certified NVIDIA® PureVideo™ Decoder, NVIDIA®
• DualTV WDM Driver, and User’s Guide (PDF)
• Composite Video (RCA to 4-pin DIN) Adapter – Connects to composite video cable
• Minijack to Dual RCA Cable – Connects to stereo input RCA cable
• FM antenna cable
• NVIDIA DualTV Quick Start Guide

Functions

• Dual-channel TV reception and A/V capture
  Source type: analog terrestrial broadcast, analog cable broadcast, and analog A/V signal from set-top boxes or other A/V equipment
  Signal type: radio frequency (RF from antenna, cable TV, output of set-top boxes) or baseband (S-Video or composite video)
• Dual-stream MPEG2 A/V encode with MediaSqueeze technology
  Video: MPEG2 MP@ML, 720x480 (standard definition)
  Audio: MPEG1L2
• Uncompressed A/V capture
  Video: 720x480 (standard definition)
  Audio: PCM (16-24 bit per sample, up to 48 KHz)
• FM radio tuner
• Internal splitter for RF with in-line signal amplifier - only a single RF input is needed for the two internal tuners
• 3D comb filter and 3D noise reduction with PureVideo technology

Minimum System Requirements

• Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (including Update Roll-up 2)
• 1.6 GHz Intel® Pentium®4, Celeron®, or equivalent AMD® Athlon™ or Sempron™ CPU (2.4 GHz recommended for all CPU)
• 256 MB system memory (512MB highly recommended)
• Available PCI slot
• Graphics with 64MB DDR, DXVA (motion-compensation), and Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 support (128MB DDR recommended)
• 20 GB free space on Ultra DMA (ATA/66) hard disk (40GB or more recommended)
• DirectSound-compatible sound card or integrated audio
• CD-ROM drive (DVD-ROM or DVD recorder drive recommended)
• Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or later

TV Standards Support

• NTSC board – NTSC M/N

Connectors on Bracket **

• TV antenna or cable TV – F-Connector (NTSC) or IEC-connector (PAL)
• FM radio antenna – F-Connector (NTSC) or IEC-connector (PAL)
• Direct A/V inputs (2 sets)
  S-Video input – 4-Pin DIN (composite video via included adapter)
  Line-level stereo audio – stereo minijack

Compliance and Certifications

• Designed for Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 (including Update Roll-up 2)
• Imaging Science Research Labs / Imaging Science Foundation
• FCC, CE, UL/CUL, CTICK, MIC, VCCI, BSMI

** 2-sets of on-board A/V inputs (1x5 for video and 1x4 for audio) are also available for front-panel (drive bay) or back-panel connection; requires wafer connector cables (not included)