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The CaptiveWorks CW-100R is a digital video recorder for satellite television systems. It is designed to be used with any satellite system, and has enhanced capabilities when used with a Captive Works FTA (Free to Air) receiver such as the CaptiveWorks CW-600S PREMIUM. It is commonly used as a DVR companion device for Free to Air Satellite Receivers.

SD Card recording capacity

Capacity: 1.90 GB
2,004,821,504 bytes

Eight Minutes: 145 MB
152,207,360 bytes

19,025,920 bytes per minute recording XviD

2,004,821,504 / 19,025,920 = 105.37

105 minutes or 1 hr and 45 minutes fits on a 2GB SD card.

Problems and Design Flaws

The CW-100R always defaults to the USB device when activated. The format menu has to be used to switch it to card mode every time.

It suffers from the 2GB file limitation, causing a recorded movie to be split into multiple files, and losing frames in the process.

Unexpectedly stops recording if the satellite signal is lost even if only momentarily or as the result of a reception related glitch.

User must hold down the power button on the remote for 3 seconds or more just to make the device turn on.

Video inputs limited to composite signal.

Excessively priced considering the unit does not come with internal storage, DVR must have external storage attached to record.

Product Specifications

Special Features For CaptiveWorks Receiver:

- Load BIN files through USB

- Schedule Recording through EPG menu

A/V Output:

Video: Components Video, S-Video, YUV, Y, Pb, Pr Output (PAL/NT SC)

Audio: Stereo Output

System:

Memory: 2.5/3.5 ATA HDD, USB external device supported (including USB HDD)

Edit: Brouse Video, Audio, Photo, Delete, Rename, Copy between USB Device and internal HDD

File: FAT 16/ FAT 32

Decoder:

Video:

MPEG 4 (*.avi) MPEG4 Single Profile 720*480@30fps

DIVX 4. *5.* (*.Avi) Up to 720*480@30fps, ADPCM or MPEG-1&2 Layer 2 and Layer 3

MPEG 1/2* (*.mpg; *.vob) Up to 720*480@30fps, 720*576@25fps MPEG-1&2

Audio:

Mp3 (*.mp3) MPEG-1&2 Layer1/Layer2/Layer3, sample rate up to 48KHz

Bitrate: 24-320Kbps, CBR, Stereo

Wma (*.wma) WMA sample rate up to 48KHz, Bitrate: 16-384Kbps, CBR, stereo

Encoder:

Video:

ISO MPEG-4 720*180@30fps (NTSC), 720*576@25fps (PAL)

MP3 Stereo, Quality Ajustable in 6 Levels (HQ/SP/LP/EP/SLP/SEP)

Audio:

MP3 2 Channel: 16KHz, 32Kbps; 24KHz, 64Kbps; 32KHz, 96Kbps

*AVI 	NTSC                            PAL                             G/Hour
----   ---------------------------     ------------------------        ------
HQ 	4.945Mbps, 720*480,29.97fps 	4.945Mbps, 720*576,25fps 	2G
SP 	3.428Mbps, 720*480,29.97fps 	3.428Mbps, 720*576,25fps 	1.5G
LP 	2.528Mbps, 720*480,29.97fps 	2.528Mbps, 720*576,25fps 	1G
EP 	1.691Mbps, 352*240,29.97fps 	1.691Mbps, 352*576,25fps 	0.7G
SLP 	1.268Mbps, 352*240,29.97fps 	1.268Mbps, 352*576,25fps 	0.5G
SEP 	0.828Mbps, 352*240,29.97fps 	0.828Mbps, 352*576,25fps 	0.35G

Product Illustrations

Resources

• The Captive Works Web site - http://www.captiveworks.com/
• CW-100R Product Page - http://www.captiveworks.com/cw100r.php
• Retailer for the CW-100R - http://www.gosatellite.com/CaptiveWorks-CW-100R-PVR-p/captiveworks-100r-pvr.htm

Mail:

CaptiveWorks Inc.
1413 West Kenneth Rd. #80
Glendale, CA 91201

Email:

sales@captiveworks.com

Telephone:

818-303-1353

Video Formats

Here is the formats you can bring to and from the DVB to play on your computer and vice versa.

Video:

• MPEG 4 (avi) 720x480
• DIVX 4. 5. (avi) 720x480
• MPEG 1/2 (mpg vob) 720x480

Audio files:

• MP3
• WMA

Video quality Versus storage

• HQ = 2 GIG
• SP = 1.5 GIG
• LP = 1 GIG
• EP = .7 GIG
• SLP = .5 GIG
• SEP = .35 GIG

Troubleshooting

Source Protected message when attempting to record

It detects macrovision or that the dvd or video source is copyright protected. This means that this piece of crap won't allow you to back up your DVD media. lame.