computer. Again, if you own a mediaBOX, be sure to order the External version. The mediaTV capture device allows you to input an external device’s analog or digital input directly into your digital signage presentation and assign it to a specific screen division of your choice. The source can be any Audio / Video device such as DVD, Cable box, Set top box, Satellite dish, game console, camcorder, security camera, tablet and others. 

mediaTV capture performance

The mediaTV capture device is designed to pass all of the video information directly onto the PC video card thus bypassing the central processing unit. This special design offloads an processing from the CPU and provides a super smooth HD image right onto your digital signage presentation. The mediaTV does not have a built in tuner / decoder. This means that you will need to use an analog or digital A/V source such as an external DVD or cable box. If you wish to use Live TV from Cable or Satellite provider (i.e.: Direct TV / Dish Network) you will use the Cable / Satellite Set top box provided by them and connect the mediaTV using one of the available dongle ports (see diagram below). Selecting channels and controlling the volume is still done through the standard remote control that was supplied by Cable / Satellite provider.

mediaTV - Internal vs external

The mediaTV capture device is available in both internal and external versions. The internal capture device  uses a standard PCI Express interface and can be used with any standard PC running the SignagePlayer Desktop version. If you own a computer with a standard motherboard you must likely have multiple free PCI-E slots available and the mediaTV internal card is all you need for Live Capture / TV.
The mediaTV external version is designed specifically to work with our mediaBOX 100 / 200 / 300 Windows XP version. The mediaBOX XP version is already pre-configured to work this HD mediaTV so installation is a quick plug and play.

Physical connection. How do I connect the mediaTV capture device?

The following diagram demonstrates the physical connection between the mediaBOX, LCD / LED screen (standard television) and the mediaTV Capture device. Be sure to connect the Audio to the TV using the supplied  mini-jack to composite cable. You will connect the back panel / pink audio output connector from the motherboard to the TV using the supplied component (RCA) (Red/White) cable. If you are use HDMI (which also carries sound with it) you should set the TV to disable the HDMI sound input and receive its sound through the composite analog input instead. You can also use VGA or DVI which eliminates the need to disable the HDMI digital audio on the TV set.

What about using other Capture devices instead of the mediaTV?

The SignagePlayer Desktop version uses the application by AverMedia called Aver MediaCenter to achieve superb GPU accelerated HD picture quality of capture of Live TV. Please note that as of current release we only support the Windows platform (XP / Vista / 7) for Live Capture / Tuner card. This means that you can choose any Aver MediaCenter compatible device for your SignagePlayer. You don’t necessarily have to use the mediaTV device. In fact, you can order directly from Amazon, NewEgg or other online retailers; any Aver MediaCenter compatible device and it will work perfectly fine as a capture device for real time Live TV, embedded inside your Digital Signage presentation.

Some of the compatible devices include the AVerTV HD DVR which does full 1920x1080 High definition. You can get the External or internal version of AVerTV HD which we call mediaTV.
Only the External version if compatible with the mediaBOX XPe version.

Configuring the SignagePlayer Desktop version through the SignageStudio is as easy as selecting Aver MediaCenter from the drop down box of the ExtApp component. After you select it, remember to install the latest AverMedia device drivers and the Aver MediaCenter application in your Signage Player computer.

Our mediaBOX already ships pre-installed and configured with the Aver MediaCenter.