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. It’s easy to
change channels with the included remote control.

High-quality TV/FM radio tuner with stereo sound
Pinnacle PCTV 50i offers top reception quality for TV and FM radio at a cost effective price. Listen to your favorite radio programs on your PC. It’s
also easy to record radio to your hard disk. 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 50i is ideal for watching and recording TV on your PC and supports stereo/multi channel TV sound.

• External solution for watching and recording digital terrestrial TV or radio on your PC
  
  
• Tiny, ultra-portable and powered by the USB port
  
  
• Includes remote control
  
  
• Use Timeshifting to pause, rewind, fast-forward TV and radio while recording.
  
  
• Access to Internet radio stations1 integrated together in one interface
  
  
• One button or scheduled recording
  
  
• Teletext2 is database driven providing instant access to all pages and sub-pages
  
  
• Access programme information from included webbased EPG3
  
  
• Programme your computer to shut itself off after recording
  
  
• BONUS: includes passive telescopic antenna for use when no roof antenna is available
  
  

1 Requires an existing Internet connection.
2 Teletext information is not available for all channels
3 tvtv EPG included (30-day trial)

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Hardware
PCTV 60e is equipped with a premium quality digital terrestrial TV tuner with digital terrestrial radio support.

• IR remote transmitter incl. batteries
• IR receiver integrated into hardware
  
• USB cable
  

PCTV 60e has the following approvals

• FCC and CE
• Microsoft WHQL certification for Windows XP
• Conçu pour Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
• Designed for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
  

PCTV 60e is compliant with

• USB.org “Hi-Speed” (USB 2.0), “Full Speed” (USB 1.1) backward compatible

Capture Format

• Captures to hard drive without any quality loss as MPEG-2 program stream

Supported Teletext Standards

• TOP, FLOF, “Hi-Text” (TT level 2.5), export option, and page memory for all pages of all channels

Important notes on DVB-T reception

• Please ask your dealer whether DVB-T is available in your region.
• DVB-T reception is depending on location and might be impaired by thick or steel-enforced walls and high neighbouring buildings. In such environments, an outdoor/roof-top DVB-T antenna is required.
• Mobile reception of DVB-T, i.e. in a car or train, is in general not possible.

System Requirements

Operating System:

• Windows® XP (Home, Professional or Media Center Edition 2005) with latest service pack
  
  Minimum System Requirements:
  
  
• Intel® Pentium® 3, 1.0 GHz or equivalent AMD® Athlon® XP (SD only)**
  
• 256 MB of RAM
  
• UDMA IDE hard disk (min. 5 GB free capacity)
  
• Graphics controller with support for DirectX® 8 or higher
  
• Sound controller with support for DirectX 9 or higher
  
• CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
  
• One USB 1.1 (Full-Speed) port or one USB 2.0 (Hi- Speed) port**
• Mouse
  
  

  Recommended System Requirements:
  
  

• Intel Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz, Intel Pentium M, 1.3 GHz or equivalent AMD Athlon 64*
  
• 512 MB of RAM
  
• UDMA hard drive with 20 GB or more disk space
  
• DirectX 9 or higher compatible graphics card and sound card
  
• DVD recorder
  
• One USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed) port
• Mouse
• *Note: High Definition support requires Intel Pentium 4, 2.2 GHz or higher, and a USB 2.0 port.
  
  ** High Definition (HD) television support requires an Intel Pentium 4, 2.2 GHz or higher with a USB 2.0 port.