Quick Start Guide Connection, mounting, driver and software

Quick Start Guide
Connection, mounting, driver and software Installation of
TT-budget®, TT-connect® and TT-TVStick® products
This Quick Start Guide describes how to utilize the device, install driver and use the software
for TT-budget®, TT-connect® and TT-TVStick® products on your PC.
We are working continuously on optimizing drivers and software for our
products. Please use the latest version of BDA drivers and software from our
homepage. Please note in each case the applicable release notes of the used
drivers and software versions.
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Connection of devices
TT-connect® and TT-TVStick® products
Connection diagram (for example: TT-connect® S2-3650 CI)
1. USB 2.0 connector to the computer or notebook.
2. Connector for satellite antenna, cable connection or outdoor/indoor antenna.*
3. Power plug.*
* depends on acquired product
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Connecting the hardware
Do not connect the power supply into the USB device until all the other cables
have been connected!
1. Connect the USB box to the computer using the USB 2.0 cable, which has been
included.
2. Connect the aerial jack of the USB box with your antenna. A fitting cable is required
to connect the antenna. Please note that the cable´s quality is essential for reception
performance.
3. Plug the USB box power supply into the socket.
TT-budget® products
Connection diagram (for example: TT-budget® S2-3200)
1. Connector for satellite antenna, cable connection or outdoor/indoor antenna. *
2. Connection for IR receiver*
* depends on acquired product
Connecting the hardware
Make sure that all devices are turned off and the main cable is disconnected from
the socket before you open the computer housing!
1. Turn off the computer, unplug the power plug and/or power supply and carefully open
the computer housing.
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2. Connect the TV card into an empty PCI/PCIe slot and screw it down firmly.
3. If you want to use a CI module, connect the CI module to the PCI/PCIe card with the
supplied cable. Stick the CI module next to the PCI/PCIe card and screw it down
firmly.
4. Connect the aerial jack of the PCI/PCIe card with your antenna connection. A fitting
cable is required to connect the antenna. Please note that the cable´s quality is
essential for reception performance.
5. Close the computer housing, plug the power supply into the socket and turn on the
computer.
Preparing the operating system for installation
1) Installation of service packs and latest driver versions
Please check that your operating system has the most current service packs and update
before proceeding. Also, please make sure that your operating system has the most current
graphics and sound card drivers installed. (especially for x64 operating systems)
2) Uninstall software
If an older version of TT-Media Center and/or TT-Viewer is installed please make sure to
uninstall it before proceeding to install the newer version.
Windows XP/ Win MCE 2005
 Open “control panel“ via “start menu“ and select “software“. Choose the entry
“TT-Media Center“ and/or. “TT-Viewer“ and select “change and remove“. The
uninstalling of the software begins.
 Choose the according installation routine. It is recommended to choose “Complete.
For all users“.
Important Information:
For the following steps it is recommended that you change the folder view to
„Show all files and folders”. To do so, you will need to click on the Start icon 
control panel  Folder options  View.
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Open „My Computer“ or „Computer“ and select the following “Documents and
Properties”  “All Users”  “Application data”  “CMUV”
Right click to the folder “Technotrend Player” and select “Delete”.
All old files and user settings will be deleted from your system now.
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Windows Vista/ Windows 7/ Windows 8/ Windows 10
The TT-Media Center is unsuitable for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.
Please use only the software application “TT-Viewer“ for Windows 7, Windows 8
and Windows 10.
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Open “system panel“ via “start menu“ and select the module “programs and
functions“. Choose the entry “TT-Media Center” and/or “TT-Viewer“ and select
“change and remove“. The uninstalling of the software will now begin.
Choose the according installation routine. It is recommended to choose “Complete.
For all users“.
Open the explorer window by pressing the Windows button and the button “E“ of
your keyboard at the same time. Alternatively you could right click on the “Start Icon”
and select “explorer”.
Please enter the following path into the address line of the explorer window:
%programdata%\CMUV
Right click to the folder “Technotrend Player” and select “Delete”.
All old files and user settings will be deleted from your system now.
3) Uninstall drivers
If older versions of the TechnoTrend drivers are installed please make sure to uninstall them
before proceeding to install the newer driver versions.
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Open the device manager: Click with the “right mouse button“ to “My Computer“
or “Computer“, and select “properties“ (If you are using Windows XP, select
“Hardware“ first) and “Device Manager“.
Open the category “Audio-, Video-, Gamepad“
If a BDA-budget driver version 4 is installed, you will find two separate entries as:
“TechnoTrend BDA/DVB-S Capture“ and “TechnoTrend BDA/DVB-S Tuner“.
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In this case to uninstall the older BDA entries please right click on the entry and
select “uninstall”. A Reboot may be necessary after uninstalling the drivers.
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With BDA-budget driver version 5.x and BDA-connect drivers 3.x, you will not have to
uninstall the drivers. You can easily update the drivers by selecting “update
driver…“ at the context and install the drivers as listed below.
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Installation TT-budget / TT-connect BDA drivers
Please ensure that you use the latest version of BDA drivers and software which
can be found on our homepage.
The TT-budget and TT-connect will allow you to use the supplied TechnoTrend software as
well as 3rd party software such as, DVBViewer, MediaPortal or ProgDVB as long as the BDA
drivers have been installed. Before using 3rd party software please find more information
about product compatibility by the according software provider. If you would like to use
TechnoTrend PC products with Microsoft Media Center you will first need to install a tool
called “TT-MCE-Tools”, which can be found on our website. The TT-MCE-Tools are only
compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista.
If you have purchased a DVB-S or DVB-S2 product (with CI) and are interested in using the
Windows 7 and Windows 8 Media Center you will need to download a special BDA driver
which will allow Windows 7 Media Center to be compatible. The BDA driver can be found on
our website. Please note, that these driver are exclusively supported by WIN 7 and WIN 8
Media Center.
Windows XP/ WinMCE 2005
If there was not a driver installed for your TechnoTrend product, Windows will recognize it as
an “unknown device”. The device can be found in device manager under “other devices”.
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Select the according entry and choose „update driver…“ at the context menu. The
hardware update assistant will open. Select “No, not this time“ and click on
“continue“.
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Select “Install software from a list or a defined source“.
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Select “Search at this source for drivers“ and mark “Also search at the following
source”
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Click „search“ and enter the path to the folder where the drivers are stored. If you
will be installing the drivers from CD you will find the drivers in the main directory of
the CD.
Press „continue“, to search for the latest drivers.
A Reboot may be necessary after installing the driver.
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Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10
If there is no driver installed for your TechnoTrend product, Windows will recognize it as an
“unknown device”. The device can be found in the device manager under “other
devices”.
If you are using Windows Vista a quick install window will open for the unknown device.
Please make sure to click cancel to close this window.
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Open the device manager, select the according entry and choose „update driver…“
at the context menu. The hardware update assistant will now open.
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Choose the option “Browse my computer for driver software“.
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Click “browse“ and enter the path to the folder where the drivers are stored. If you
will be installing the drivers from the CD, you will find the drivers in the main directory
of the CD.
Press “next“, to search for the latest drivers.
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To install the necessary driver please click “install“ to continue.
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A Reboot may be necessary after installing the driver.
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The auto start menu
Please insert the supplied CD in your CD/DVD drive and start the “CDStart.exe”. The
TechnoTrend start menu will now open. Please select your preferred language.
In the TechnoTrend start menu, you will find all important information and functions in one
click.
You will find:
 Quick Start Guide
 TV software application “TT-Viewer”
 Manual for TT-Viewer
 Video Editing Software
 Adobe Reader
You will need to select the desired action in order for the operation to start. In order to use
your TechnoTrend product you will have to have had installed the necessary drivers and TV
software application “TT-Viewer”.
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Install the TV software application “TT-Viewer”
We recommend using the latest version of TT-Viewer which is included on the
supplied CD.
To install TT-Viewer please click on “TV software”.
The setup will start automatically. Please read the license agreement carefully and click to
“accept”, if you agree to the license agreement.
Following enquiries you can confirm with “continue”.
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Starting the TT-Viewer
Open the “start menu“ and select TT-Viewer, or click the TT-Viewer icon on your desktop.
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Click with the right mouse button on the window of the TT-Viewer and choose options
→ hardware. Now please search for the installed product.
Information
A more detailed description on how to use the TT-Viewer can be found in the manual on the
supplied CD.
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Technical support
For technical support please contact:
[email protected]
Telephone:
0180 / 572 83 52* (Mo. – TH. 09.30am – 05.00pm; Fr. 09.30am – 04.00pm)
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*14 Euro-Cent/Min. with German Telekom, price with mobile phone at most 42 Euro-Cent/Min.
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