Turn your PC into a TV and Personal Video Recorder (PVR)
Pinnacle TVCenter combines a high-quality TV viewing experience with advanced personal video recording features. Use our timeshifting technology to control live TV… fast-forward past commercials or instantly replay a scene. Pause the show you’re watching and resume viewing later, exactly where you left off.

High-quality TV/FM radio tuner stereo sound
Pinnacle PCTV 40i offers top reception quality for TV and FM radio at a cost effective price. Listen to and record your favourite radio programmes on your PC. It’s also easy to record radio to your hard. Thanks to timeshifting support, you can pause what you are listening to and pick up where you left off or fast forward past commercials or songs you don’t like. PCTV 40i is ideal for watching and recording TV on your PC and supports stereo/multi channel TV sound.

Enhanced Teletext features
With Pinnacle TVCenter, get access to channel information with our advanced Teletext support. Unlike competing products, with Pinnacle TVCenter there’s no need to research and refresh content each time you change the channel. Pinnacle PCTV keeps all content in its memory giving you immediate access to pages and sub-pages, saving you time. In addition, TVCenter also supports TOP/FLOF technology, a general subject-based index for accessing programme information by category, as well as weather, sports lotto, etc.

Expandable feature set
The Pinnacle PCTV 40i comes with easy-to-use TV viewing and PVR software including recording, timeshifting, and integrated Internet radio. For customers wanting to add even more possibilities to their Pinnacle PCTV product, two unlockable upgrade packages are available: PVR Pro and Digital Home. These two packages offer advanced PVR and digital media management features, such as Direct-to-DVD recording and extensive photo, video and music playback and management options, which add a new dimension to the TV on your PC experience.

• Internal solution for watching and recording analogue antenna and cable TV or FM radio on your PC
  
  
• Use timeshifting to pause, rewind, fast-forward TV and FM radio while recording.
  
  
• FM radio and Internet radio stations* integrated together in one interface
  
  
• One button or scheduled recording
  
  
• Unique! Teletext is database driven providing instant access to all pages and sub-pages.
  
  
• Access programme information from included web-based Electronic Programme Guide (EPG)**
  
  
• Programme your computer to shut itself off after recording
  
  

* existing internet connection required
** 30 days trial of tvtv included

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Hardware
Pinnacle PCTV 40i is equipped with a premium quality PAL/SECAM/NTSC tuner with full hyperband Cable TV support. The 40i also includes worldwide stereo audio and FM radio support.

Pinnacle PCTV 40i has the following approvals

• FCC and CE
• Microsoft WHQL certification for Windows XP
  
  

Inputs and Outputs

• Video Inputs: S-video (Hosiden-socket), Composite video (RCA socket, via included adapter)
  
• Audio Outputs: 2.5 mm header (internal)
  
• Stereo audio support: Audio cable for connection to a soundboard or via PCI audio streaming
  
• TV signal: IEC connector (PAL/SECAM)
  
• FM radio signal: IEC connector

System Requirements

Operating system:

• Windows XP (Home, Professional or Media Center Edition 2005) with latest service pack
  
  Minimum System Requirements:
  
  
• Intel® Pentium®4, 1.8 GHz or equivalent AMD® Athlon® XP 8
  
• 256 MB RAM
  
• UDMA IDE hard drive with min. 5 GB free space
  
• Graphics controller with support for DirectX® 8 or higher
  
• Sound controller with support for DirectX 9 or higher
  
• One available PCI slot
  
• CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
  
  

  Recommended system:
  
  

• Intel Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz or equivalent AMD Athlon 64
  
• 512 MB RAM
  
• UDMA hard drive with 20 GB or more free space
  
• DirectX 9 or higher compatible graphics controller and sound card
  
• One available PCI slot
  
• DVD recorder