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• Device
  • A/V capture base-band inputs (Composite, S-Video, Component)
  • Built-in hardware MPEG encoder (ViXS Xcode 2105)
    • Market leading MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile formats.
    • Can encode incoming video stream simultaneously into 2 different output formats. This allows local viewing at home, and remote viewing over the internet, simultaneously.
    • Dynamic bit rate and frame rate adjustment. This ensures best quality video and audio without hiccup, at all times.
  • Base-Band Audio/Video Inputs
    • Composite Video
    • Left and Right Audio
    • S-Video
    • Component Y-Pb-Pr
    • Auxiliary Audio (currently not supported in software yet)
  • Pass-through Outputs for every A/V input for connection to TV set or other A/V equipment.
    • Allows for convenient end-user installation in existing home theater setup.
    • Note: no pass-through Output for the Auxiliary Audio.
  • Macrovision detection (not currently supported yet in the HAVA software).
  • Networking: Wired Ethernet (802.3) 10/100 Interface.
  • Two USB 2.0 ports — for use of peripherals such as hybrid TV tuner, 802.11g wireless adapter or external storage.
    Note: the USB ports are powered but not sufficiently for external storage peripherals. These will require their own power source when used with HAVA Titanium HD with USB.
  • Front panel LEDs
  • IR Emitter for set-top box control.
    Note: Learning Remote function through one of the LEDs not currently available in the HAVA software.
  • Connectors (all located on the back panel)
    • A/V Input/output mini-phone jacks - 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohm video, 10 dBV, 47 kOhm audio
    • S-Video Input/output jacks - 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohm
    • Y/Pr/Pb (HD) input/output mini phone jacks - 1 Vp-p, 75 Ohm component
    • Auxiliary Audio mini-phone jack 10 dBV, 47 kOhm
    • USB 2.0 (2 ports)
    • 802.3 Ethernet RJ-45
    • IR Blaster output
    • Power — 9V DC 1 Amp
• PC Client
  • Driver on the PC represents the HAVA Titanium HD device as “Virtual” WDM TV Tuner device, fully compatible with Windows Media Center under Windows XP and Windows Vista. This allows to fully enable the TV Feature of an MCE PC via the home network, without requiring a TV tuner and TV source connection on the PC.
  • Setup for configuring HAVA Titanium HD
    • The Setup Wizard locates the HAVA Titanium HD device and automatically connects to it for configuration
    • Configuration includes selection of the set top box (STB) to ensure successful IR control, and configuration of the unit for remote viewing over the internet
      • IR learning could be provided for cases where IR codes are not readily available for the STB. (Note: IR learning not currently implemented in HAVA software build)
      • Remote viewing setup is fully automated and requires one push of a button on the Setup UI. (no manual port forwarding or firewall configuration on the router is required in almost all cases)
  • PVR Application
    • HAVA Titanium HD is compatible and can be used out of the box with Microsoft Media Center Edition (XP or Vista)
    • Monsoon HAVA PC Client is provided for non-MCE configurations.

Features

• Home Viewing Over The Home Network
  • Wirelessly watch your television programming in DVD quality anywhere in or around your home
  • Record TV to the PC hard disk or External USB hard disk
  • Timeshift (pause, fast forward and rewind) live TV
  • Burn TV content to DVD
  • Use HAVA with Microsoft Media Center
  • Connect HD video sources
  • Supports multiple users who can each watch simultaneously over the home network through Monsoon’s patent-pending VBooster Multicast technology
  • Eliminates the installation of TV connections and the expense of set-top boxes in every room.
  • Quality of Service algorithm ensures smooth delivery of video and audio to all clients, or any priority client the user may select.
• Remote Viewing Over The Internet
  • Watch & control your home television programming from anywhere in the world with a broadband internet connected PC or a mobile data connection.
  • Other members of the household can watch the same programming at DVD quality on the wired home network simultaneously.
  • Out-of-Sight Remote Control: HAVA provides full control from the PC for virtually any type of A/V device, including PVRs, digital cable boxes, and satellite TV receivers.
• Full Windows Vista and Windows XP Media Center Edition compatibility
  • HAVA creates a virtual networked TV Tuner for Vista and Windows XP MCE PC’s that provides wireless TV and PVR functionality in any room in the house without requiring a TV connection in rooms where you wish to enjoy your Media Center experience.
  • Use HAVA to stream TV or video content from a Media Center PC wirelessly to an XBox connected TV.
  • Play Xbox games in HD while recording the game on your MCE PC simultaneously.
• Superior Viewing Experience
  HAVA leverages proprietary wireless vBooster technology to deliver an optimal viewing experience.
  • Users can watch high quality video (up to 20Mbps full D1 MPEG-2) over their existing 802.11g wireless network on any number of WiFi computers on the network.
  • Users can continue to use their wireless network for all the services they are used to (web browsing, e-mail, chats, printing, file transfer, etc), while watching high quality video wirelessly. vBooster, while introducing powerful new functionality, leaves your existing 802.11g network intact. It is fully compatible with the 802.11 standard.
  • Automatic adjustment of encoder parameters based on dynamic calculation of the available wireless bandwidth, to ensure smooth delivery of the video stream to all the clients on the network.
• Ease of Use and Setup
  The automatic device discovery and setup wizard ensures a very positive user experience. The entire setup process (both for wireless home viewing and remote viewing over the internet) is completed over the wireless network, from any client PC by running the setup wizard.

Minimum System Requirements

• Desktop or laptop computer with minimum Intel® Pentium® 1.2 GHz or equivalent (1.5 GHz or higher recommended)
• Operating System: Windows XP (Home, Pro or MCE) SP2, or Windows Vista (all versions)
• System RAM: 512MB for WinXP, 1GB for Vista
• Disk space: 75 MB to install the HAVA software; at least 500 MB for time-shifting; 10 GB recommended for recording
• Available RJ-45 Ethernet port on PC
• Wired or wireless home router with available Ethernet port
• At-Home Requirements
  • DHCP-enabled router recommended
  • TV source: any analog video source, including but not limited to digital cable box receiver, satellite receiver, IPTV set top box, or PVR such as Tivo, ReplayTV, etc.
  • Broadband internet connectivity for remote viewing (recommended 300Kbps upstream)