WinTV v7 features:

• A new, clear and intuitive interface
• Digital parental control (North America)
• Closed captions (North America)
• Single configuration and scanning pop up menu
• High Definition TV and video support (selected models)
• Integrated TV recording scheduler
• Instant time shift and recording
• Multiple tuner support
• Built-in video player, which supports a wide variety of video formats
• Logical channel numbers
• Signal strength monitor for digital TV channels

New! WinTV v7.2 with WinTV Extend

WinTV Extend is a built-in Internet video server for the WinTV v7.2 application. WinTV Extend is standard in the WinTV v7.2 application. WinTV Extend will take your live TV signal and send it to your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC computer over either a home WiFi connection or over the Internet.

WinTV v7.2 is available from the Hauppauge webstore at a cost of $9.95 (plus shipping). You can order it from here.

All you need on your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch is a Safari browser pointed to your PC at home. If you are using a Mac or a PC, all you need is a browser (Safari recommended on the Mac) and a Flash video player.

WinTV v7 currently supports the following products:

• WinTV-PVR-150
• WinTV-PVR-250
• WinTV-PVR-350
• WinTV-PVR-500
• WinTV-PVR-USB

Basic controls of WinTV v7:

• To remove the TV toolbar, double click your LEFT mouse button in the live TV Window. This is called 'No Title' mode.
• To watch TV full screen, double your LEFT mouse button again.
• To exit full screen, double your LEFT mouse button again or hit the ESC key. You will then be in the Normal TV viewing mode.
• You can also change the viewing modes from a drop down menu by a RIGHT click in the live TV window to bring up the Options menu. Click Viewing mode and select Normal, No tile or Full screen.
• Changing TV channels: Click Channel Up or Channel down. You can also RIGHT click in the live TV window to bring up the Options menu and go to Channels. You will see the current TV channel list. You can also change channels by using the numbers on the keyboard or by pressing the letter on the keyboard for the channel name that you want to view.
• To record TV: click the red Record button to start recording. When you are finished recording, click the stop button then click the TV button to return to live TV.
• You can automatically schedule a recording by using the built in TV scheduler. RIGHT click in the live TV window to bring up the Options menu, and then click on Scheduler.
• Playback a TV recording: Click the folder button to open your video folder to select the file for playback.
• Audio settings (SAP audio): RIGHT click in the live TV window to bring up the Options menu and go to Audio stream. You can audio program (if available) of the current TV program that you are watching.
• WinTV settings: RIGHT click the mouse button in the TV window to bring up the Options menu. Click Configuration and the WinTV settings will be displayed.
• To change the size of the TV window , move the mouse pointer to any corner of the TV window. This changes the mouse pointer into a double arrow. Press and hold the LEFT mouse button and drag the window into the desired size, releasing the left mouse button when finished. You can set the size and position of the TV window separately in the normal WinTV viewing mode and the No Title mode.

WinTV v7 application and TV tuner driver download package

Note: A valid WinTV application CD-ROM (WinTV v6 or WinTV v7) will be needed to install this WinTV v7 version

Any WinTV 7 application CD can be used during the install. If you do not have your original WinTV CD-ROM but would like to update to WinTV v7 or WinTV v8, you can purchase a new CD on the Hauppauge webstore for $9.95

To install the WinTV v7 application update

• Download the WinTV v7 installation package to your PC. After downloading this file, the file is normally saved in the Download directory on your PC
• Insert your original valid WinTV CD in your CD-ROM drive
• Run wintv7_cd from the Download directory on your PC

Download:

This download is a complete installation package, including drivers for supported WinTV products plus the WinTV v7 application and utilities.

To install WinTV v7 on a PC or laptop without a CD-ROM drive

If your PC or laptop does not have a CD-ROM drive, do the following:

• at the conclusion of the installation a dialog box will pop up saying "Activation required"
• Click Enter Product Code
• You will find the Product code on your WinTV v7 Installation CD
• Enter the Product code including dashes and dots

Release notes for WinTV v7 version 3.9G:

• Update to the WinTV-HVR-955Q driver to fix problems seen when switching channels quickly
• Fixed an error "You do not have access to make the required system configuration modifications..."
• Increased Pause Buffer bar size
• Fixed TitanTV tvpi file association bug
• New WinTV-NOVA-HD-USB 2 driver to fix issues in Turkey and other countries with low symbol rates
• New WinTV-HVR-1975 driver to fix issues with 6875 Symbol rate
• Fixed no Extend tab showing on upgrade installation

WinTV v7.2 with Extend Download

WinTV v7.2 with Extend is only available from the Hauppauge webstore at a cost of $9.95 (plus shipping). You can order it from: https://hauppauge.com/site/webstore2/webstore_cd-wintvv7.asp7

If you have purchased WinTV v7.2 with Extend and would like to have the latest version, simply download and install the WinTV v7 application and driver download package below. Put your WinTV v7.2 CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive during the installation and the latest version of Extend will automatically be installed.

Click here for the WinTV Extend Support page

WinTV Extend app for iOS (iPad and iPhone)

click here for the WinTV for the iPad application page

WinTV v7 user guides

IR Blaster Configuration Guide
For the WinTV-HVR-1850 and WinTV-HVR-2250 built-in IR receiver/blaster

Used to configure the WinTV-HVR-2250 and WinTV-HVR-1850’s built-in remote control IR blaster for use with either WinTV v7 or Windows Media Center. These instructions also show how the Hauppauge IR blaster can "learn" your set top box remote control.

Setup of WinTV Extend - for live TV on your iPhone or iPad

Setup of the TitanTV program guide (for the U.S. only)

First time installation of WinTV v7 or during a reinstallation: “WinTV board not found” or “No TV tuner available”

Step 1: Check the status of your Hauppauge TV tuner drivers in Windows Device Manager

• Click Windows Start, click on Control Panel and click on Device Manager
• In Device Manager, click on Sound, video game Controllers
• You should see your Hauppauge product

Step 2: If the Hauppauge device has a yellow exclamation mark

Click on the Hauppauge device to open it. If you see the following: "Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers required for this device. A recent hardware or software change might have installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged, or that might be malicious software from an unknown source. (Code 52)"
This appears to be a bug in Windows 64 bit OS since the Hauppauge Windows drivers are signed.

The following is the easiest fix to Error Code 52 on Windows 7 or Windows 8 64bit.

• In Device Manager, right click the Hauppauge product under Sound Video and Game Controllers with the exclamation mark and select Uninstall. If you have a USB product you might see multiple listings, please right click the first one on the list. (For this example we will use the WinTV-HVR-950Q. )
• On the Confirm window please check the box for “Delete the driver software for this device” and click OK
• Repeat the uninstall for the other two WinTV-HVR-950Q entries (Note: you won’t be asked to ‘confirm device uninstall’ again)
• Once the drivers are removed, right click on Sound, Video, Game controllers and click Scan for Hardware Changes
• Windows should now look online automatically for the 950Q drivers
• Take a look after a few minutes if the drivers are installed automatically properly under Sound Video and Game Controllers.
• If they still come back as “unsigned” try the procedure again

Errors when running WinTV 7: “TVserver cannot Start” or “.NET framework" errors

This can be caused by a corrupt WinTV v7 Channel Database. You will need to uninstall and reinstall the WinTV v7 application and the Channel database to fix this.

To uninstall WinTV v7, click Windows Start, click on All Programs, click on Hauppauge WinTV run Uninstall Wintv7. You can also or remove Wintv7 using control panel "add/remove programs".

Then you need to remove the backup Channel database:

• Windows Vista, 7 and 8: Go to C:\program data ( this folder is a hidden folder so if you do not see it you need to “show hidden folders “ in your search Options) once you can get to this folder you will see a folder label “Hauppauge”. Delete this folder.
• Windows XP: Go to C:\documents and settings\all users\shared documents\application data ( this folder is a hidden folder so if you do not see it you need to “show hidden folders “ in your search Options) once you can get to this folder you will see a folder label “Hauppauge” delete this folder. Then download the latest version of Wintv7 located in the support section of the website and reinstall (note: you must have your original CD to validate the download.)

Settings.xml file is corrupt or missing

Solution: Uninstall WinTV v7 and then reinstall WinTV 7

• Click Windows Start -> Control Panel and then click Programs and Features
• Find Hauppauge WinTV 7 and double click on this. This will start the uninstall process
• When you are finished uninstalling WinTV v7, reinstall it from your WinTV v7 CD

Prodinfo: get information on your Hauppauge TV tuner

Prodinfo.exe is a program you can run which will extract information about the WinTV product you have installed such as model and serial number, MAC address, revision, and features which can be used to identify the exact model of your product. The driver for the device must be installed in order to run Prodinfo.exe

HCWClear

HCWCLEAR.exe is a program you run to remove all driver and files that were installed with the installation of the WinTV program.