1. Download the drivers for the PVR-250BTV here.
   
2. Save the file to your hard disk in a location you will remember.
   
3. Close all open applications (including Beyond TV).
   
4. Double-click on the downloaded file to start the driver installation program. Click Next two times, then Finish, on the final screen. When you are asked to restart the computer, press OK.

IMPORTANT: These drivers perform a hardware clear of Hauppauge drivers before installation, if you have any other Hauppauge products installed, you may be required to reinstall the drivers and associated applications to continue using them. This may also affect users of other tuner cards also. After driver installation of your PVR-250BTV, continue on and reinstall your drivers for other cards if necessary by following the manufacturer's instructions.

Multituner install: If you are installing this after another Hauppauge Tuner, you will have to reinstall the other tuner drivers after this card is installed. If your other tuner is another PVR-250BTV, you will go through the Hardware detection and installation prodecure for each card and only have to run the driver installer program from this page once. This procedure will update both PVR-250BTV cards' drivers.

PLEASE NOTE:

•  These screens are taken from Windows XP SP2. Windows XP pre-SP2 and Windows 2000 users, skip (Figure 1), and proceed to (Figure 2).
  
•  If you receive a pop-up window stating that the drivers are not "Digitally Signed", select the "Continue Installing" button. Failure to do so will result in an incorrect installation. Under no circumstances should you "Stop Installation", or the card will not work properly!

Hardware Detection and Installation:

When Windows starts for the first time after you have run the driver installer, it will begin detecting the card. You will see the following (Figure 1).

(Figure 1)

Select "No, not this time" (Figure 1) and click Next. You will see the next screen (Figure 2).

(Figure 2)

Click "Install the software automatically (Recommended)" (Figure 2) and click Next to continue to (Figure 3).

(Figure 3)

Windows will search for the drivers and install them automatically (Figure 3). Continue on to (Figure 4).

(Figure 4)

When Windows has finished installing the drivers, (Figure 4) click Finish. You will then see (Figure 5).

(Figure 5)

Again, click "No, not this time" (Figure 5) and click Next to continue to (Figure 6).

(Figure 6)

Click "Install the software automatically (Recommended)" (Figure 6) and click Next to continue to (Figure 7).

(Figure 7)

Windows will search for and install the drivers automatically (Figure 7). Continue on to (Figure 8).

(Figure 8)

Once Windows has completed installing the drivers (Figure 8), click Finish. You will then see (Figure 9).

(Figure 9)

Select "No, not this time" (Figure 9) and click Next. You will see the next screen (Figure 10).

(Figure 10)

Click "Install the software automatically (Recommended)" (Figure 10) and click Next to continue to (Figure 11).

(Figure 11)

Windows will search for and install the drivers automatically (Figure 11). Continue on to (Figure 12).

(Figure 12)

Once Windows has completed installing the drivers (Figure 12), click Finish. You will then see (Figure 13).

(Figure 13)

Select "No, not this time" (Figure 13) and click Next. You will see the next screen (Figure 14).

(Figure 14)

Click "Install the software automatically (Recommended)" (Figure 14) and click Next to continue to (Figure 15).

(Figure 15)

Windows will search for and install the drivers automatically (Figure 15). Continue on to (Figure 16).

(Figure 16)

Once Windows has completed installing the drivers (Figure 16), click Finish. You will then see (Figure 17).

(Figure 17)

Select "No, not this time" (Figure 17) and click Next. You will see the next screen (Figure 18).

(Figure 18)

Click "Install the software automatically (Recommended)" (Figure 18) and click Next to continue to (Figure 19).

(Figure 19)

Windows will search for and install the drivers automatically (Figure 19). Continue on to (Figure 20).

(Figure 20)

Once Windows has completed installing the drivers (Figure 20), click Finish. Driver installation is complete!

Verifying Your Installation

To verify that all devices are installed, right click on your My Computer icon, and left-click on "Manage" to bring up the Computer Management window. Left-click on "Device Manager" in the left pane, and you will see a list of device categories on the right side. Scroll down if necessary on the right, and left-click the plus (+) sign next to "Sound, video, and game controllers". You will see something like this (Figure 21).

(Figure 21)

Your list of drivers under here may be different, but there will be five "Hauppauge WinTV 88x" entries like those shown in (Figure 21). If you see all five (Audio, Crossbar, MPEG Encoder, Tuner, and Video (MPEG+Front)), with no (!) exclamation points or red X marks, everything has installed properly, you may close this window.

Driver installation is complete!

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