Topfield CBV-7100, User Manual

Page 1: ...TOPFIELD CBV 7100 User Guide High Definition Digital Cable Receiver VIACCESS Embedded ...

Page 2: ...npacking 6 2 2 Safety precautions 6 2 3 Rear panel connections 8 2 4 Connecting up your digital receiver 9 2 4 1 Connecting to the broadcasting cable 9 2 4 2 Connecting to your television set 9 2 5 Switching on for the first time 11 3 Service Search 14 3 1 Searching broadcasting services 14 3 2 Resetting to factory settings 15 4 Preference Settings 16 4 1 Language settings 16 4 1 1 Menu language 16...

Page 3: ... 23 5 Daily Usage 24 5 1 Volume control 24 5 2 Watching television 24 5 2 1 The services list 24 5 2 2 The favourite service lists 26 5 2 3 Viewing programme information 28 5 2 4 Selecting audio tracks 29 5 2 5 Selecting subtitle tracks 29 5 2 6 Viewing teletext 29 5 3 Viewing electronic programme guide 29 5 4 Making timer events 31 6 Listing Services 33 6 1 Editing the services list 33 6 2 Editin...

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Page 5: ...ssigned to their own frequencies instead multiple televi sion broadcasts are transmitted through a single frequency The frequency in digital broadcasting is usually called trans ponder To reduce confusion in this manual the word ser vice is preferably used than channel as a term to indicate one television or radio broadcast 1 1 Features This digital receiver has the following features Can store up...

Page 6: ...the other hand when it is on it is in operation mode Even when you are not using the digital receiver you should keep it plugged into a wall socket to be in standby mode so that it can run timer events at any time 1 2 1 Front panel The front panel of the digital receiver has buttons to control the digital receiver specific lamps and a display to indicate its status The following indicates what they...

Page 7: ... while the digital receiver is in standby mode Front display shows the current time in standby mode and displays the current service in operation mode You have to insert your subscription card into the front slot to watch pay services When you insert a subscrip tion card the side on which the chip is mounted must face upward ...

Page 8: ...P buttons switch to the previous or next service They are also used to navigate in menus and interactive screens 6 switches over between the current service and the previ ously viewed one 7 Numeric buttons are used to en ter a service number for service change or to specify values for menu options 8 OK displays the services list See 5 2 1 for more details It is also used to select a menu item 9 FA...

Page 9: ...rom a submenu 20 EXIT is used to exit a menu or to hide on screen informa tion 21 These buttons have different functions per menu They will be guided by on screen help NOTE When using the remote control point it at the remote sensor on the front panel of the digital receiver 1 3 Subscription card information With this digital receiver you can view pay services scrambled with the VIACCESS conditiona...

Page 10: ...s user guide NOTE Accessories may vary according to your local area 2 2 Safety precautions Please read carefully the following safety precautions The mains voltage must range between 90 and 250 volts Check it before plugging the digital receiver to the wall socket For the power consumption of the digital re ceiver refer to Table 2 1 The wall socket should be near the equipment Do not run an extens...

Page 11: ...ir cooling Do not lay any objects such as magazines on the digi tal receiver When placed in a cabinet make sure there is a minimum space of 10 centimetres around it For the physical specification of the digital receiver refer to Ta ble 2 2 Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched If the cord is damaged do not use the digital receiver and get the cord replaced Never open the digital re...

Page 12: ...al input socket 2 CABLE OUT Cable broadcasting signal output socket through the CABLE IN socket for another digital receiver 3 S PDIF Digital audio output socket for the audio video receiver 4 HDMI Audio and video output socket for the high definition television set 5 Y Pb Pr Component video output socket for the television set green blue red 6 AUDIO L R Stereo audio output socket for the televi si...

Page 13: ...ng to the broadcasting cable Whatever sort of connection you have be tween the digital receiver and the television you need to connect the digital receiver to the broadcasting cable so that it can receive digi tal television broadcasts Connect the broad casting cable to the CABLE IN connector If you have another digital receiver you may link it from the CABLE OUT connector 2 4 2 Connecting to your...

Page 14: ...n your television In this case you do not have to make audio connection because it can output stereo audio or digital audio as well To use the Component video output You need to obtain a Component video cable RCA cable to use the Component video out put Plug one ends of the cable into the Y green Pb blue and Pr red sockets on the digital receiver and plug the other ends into the matching sockets o...

Page 15: ...e audio connectors Plug one ends of the cable into the AUDIO L white and AUDIO R red sockets on the digital re ceiver and plug the other ends into the match ing sockets on your television or audio video receiver To enjoy Dolby Digital audio your television or audio video receiver must be able to de code Dolby Digital audio and you need to obtain an S PDIF cable Plug one end of the cable into the S...

Page 16: ...t If the picture is good you can skip to 3 1 to search for available television and radio services Otherwise you may need to temporarily connect the Composite video connector VIDEO to your tele vision set so that you can see the menu in order to configure the video settings CAUTION If the digital receiver no longer reacts properly to the remote control commands the batteries may be flat Be sure to r...

Page 17: ...damage resulting from leak ing batteries Batteries including those which contain no heavy metals may not be disposed with other household wastes Please dispose of used batteries in an environ mentally sound manner Find out the legal regulations which apply in your area ...

Page 18: ...will need to per form a service search NOTE If there is no service stored you will be not able to access all menus A is another name for a 3 1 Searching broadcasting services To perform service search se lect the Installation Service Search menu You should see a screen like the left figure ...

Page 19: ...requency End Frequency and Symbol Rate options with the numeric buttons if you want to change them To search only one frequency set the Search Mode option to Manual and specify your desired frequency at the Frequency option with the numeric buttons To start service search select the Start Search item then a box appears displaying a list of found services When it has com pleted press the OK button ...

Page 20: ... the language of audio track and of subtitle track Select the System Setting Language Setting menu You should see a screen like the left figure 4 1 1 Menu language The digital receiver provides menus in several different lan guages Set the Menu Language option to your desired lan guage Once you select a language the menu will be immedi ately displayed in the selected language ...

Page 21: ...if available Apart from this setting you can select an audio track with the button See 5 2 4 for a detailed description 4 2 Video and audio settings You have to configure the video and audio settings appropriately for your television set and other devices Select the System Set ting A V Output Setting menu You should see a screen like the left figure 4 2 1 High definition television The digital receiv...

Page 22: ...ll present a programme as it is without any resolution conversion While watching television you can change the resolution with the V Format button Whenever you press it the video resolution is changed in turn NOTE You can enjoy only standard definition video with the fol lowing video outputs Composite video output VIDEO 4 2 2 Television aspect ratio If you have a wide screen television set the TV A...

Page 23: ...ne is an encoded signal and the other is a decoded signal If you have the digital receiver linked to your audio video receiver via the S PDIF output you have to set the Digital Output option to PCM which means that the digital receiver will output encoded Dolby Digital audio with out decoding so that your audio video receiver can decode it Otherwise set it to Dolby Digital then the digital receive...

Page 24: ... to Table 4 1 3 Make sure that your local time is correctly displayed on the Local Time item To set the local time manually set the Mode option to Man ual and enter your local time to the Local Time option with the numeric buttons The time format is day month year 24 hour minute 4 4 Parental control In general television programmes are classified according to the level of violence nudity and langua...

Page 25: ...GMT 2 00 South Africa Kaliningrad GMT 3 00 Baghdad Riyadh Moscow St Petersburg GMT 3 30 Tehran GMT 4 00 Abu Dhabi Muscat Baku Tbilisi GMT 4 30 Kabul GMT 5 00 Ekaterinburg Islamabad Karachi Tashkent GMT 5 30 Bombay Calcutta Madras New Delhi GMT 6 00 Almaty Dhaka Colombo GMT 7 00 Bangkok Hanoi Jakarta GMT 8 00 Beijing Perth Singapore Hong Kong GMT 9 00 Tokyo Seoul Osaka Sapporo Yakutsk GMT 9 30 Adel...

Page 26: ...ock If the Time Setting item is set to Locked you have to enter the per sonal identification number when accessing the Time Setting menu If you enter a wrong number you cannot use the menu To release a shut item set it to Unlocked 4 5 Adjusting the On Screen Display You can adjust the transparency level of the On Screen Dis play OSD Select the System Setting menu and set the OSD Transparency option...

Page 27: ... can save power consumption in standby mode by setting the LPC Settings option in the System Setting menu Nor mally the front display shows the current time in standby mode However if you set the Enable front display option to No the front display will be turned off to save power In addition when there is no other digital receiver connected to the CABLE OUT socket you should set the Enable the loop...

Page 28: ...he button Press it again to restore the sound to previous level 5 2 Watching television To change services press the P or P button Pressing the button switches to the previously viewed service In ad dition you can switch to your desired service by entering its service number with the numeric buttons You can also select a service to watch in the services list 5 2 1 The services list To view the ser...

Page 29: ... television services list and the ra dio services list by pressing the button Pressing the F3 button performs an alphabetic browse For instance when the highlight bar is on an entry of which initial is B pressing the F3 button puts the highlight bar on the first entry of which initial is C To sort the services list by service name press the F2 button Pressing this button once more makes it sorted b...

Page 30: ...st with the Sort ing option as follows Default by service number Alphabetic by service name FTA CAS from free services to pay services CAS FTA from pay services to free services Provider by service provider Fav NoFav from favourite services to unfavourite ser vices To delete the highlighted service select the Delete op tion then you get asked for confirmation If you select Yes it will be deleted If...

Page 31: ...if you then switch to another service using the P or P button it will be also another favourite service of the selected group The digital re ceiver will remind you what group you have selected by dis playing its name at the top right of the screen whenever you switch services If you wish to get out of the current group select the All services group on the favourite group list Besides that you can ...

Page 32: ...ext pages are provided on the current service Dolby Digital symbol if a Dolby Digital audio track is provided on the current programme Lock symbol if the current service is locked Dollar symbol if the current service is a pay service If the electronic programme guide is provided on the current service you can see the information about the current and next programmes with the V or V button To adjus...

Page 33: ...lable subtitle tracks Once you select a subtitle track it will be displayed 5 2 6 Viewing teletext On some services such information as weather reports news or stock quotations is provided by means of teletext If the cur rent service provides teletext the teletext symbol will be displayed on the information box Press the button to view teletext pages Select a page to view by entering its page numb...

Page 34: ...s with the F3 but ton To see the programme guide for radio broadcasts press the button To switch it back press the button again Pressing the F1 button displays the programme guide in the form of spreadsheet To switch it back press the F1 button again You can make a timer event on the electronic programme guide as follows 1 Select a service you want 2 Press the GUIDE button to display its programme...

Page 35: ...ct the Timer Setting menu then the timer list will be displayed To add a new timer event press the F1 button and a box like the left figure appears Take the follow ing steps 1 If you want a radio programme set the Type option to Radio otherwise set it to TV 2 Set the Service option to the service which provides the programme you want Pressing the OK button on this option displays a services list fr...

Page 36: ...h the above settings select the OK item otherwise it will not be saved and will not occur You can also edit or delete timer events in the timer list To edit a timer entry put the highlight bar on the entry you want and press OK button then appears a box in which you can change its settings in the same manner as making a new one To delete a timer event put the highlight bar on the entry you want to...

Page 37: ... Organizing Services menu You should see a screen like the left figure There are editing options on the left column and service entries on the right column Once you put the highlight bar on a desired option on the left column and press the OK button you can select a desired ser vice to edit on the right column To go over to the other column press the F1 button To edit the radio services list press ...

Page 38: ...ervices to prevent your children from watching them To lock a service select the Lock option and select a desired service then the selected service gets marked with a lock symbol on it If anyone tries to watch a locked service the person has to enter the personal identification number that is set to the Change PIN Code option See 4 4 for this option Pressing the OK button on a locked service entry ...

Page 39: ... up or down on the group list favourite services belonging to the highlighted group get shown in the favourites list You can add up to 30 groups To add a group select the NEW item in the group list then the on screen keyboard appears See 6 3 as to how to use the on screen keyboard To rename a group put the highlight bar on the group entry you want and press the F2 button then the on screen key boa...

Page 40: ...y with the OK button 4 To select another group press the F1 button again By pressing the F1 button the highlight bar gets moved to each column Furthermore you can rearrange a group s favourites by mov ing a favourite entry To move a favourite entry put the high light bar on the favourite entry you want and press the F2 button Move it to a desired place and press the OK button To add radio services...

Page 41: ...e a space select the Space key or alternatively press the F3 button To type lower case letters or numerals select the Other key or alternatively press the F2 button To delete a letter put the cursor to the right of the desired letter on the input line and then select the Del key or alternatively press F1 button You must select the Save key or alternatively press the F4 button to complete naming ot...

Page 42: ... firmware to the latest version over the air If a new version is available at any time then a mes sage box pops up asking you whether to start firmware up date With the choice of Yes you will be moved to the Sys tem Software Upgrade menu and the firmware update will be started ...

Page 43: ...on 4 C CABLE IN 8 9 CABLE OUT 8 9 CAS FTA 26 34 Censorship 22 Change PIN Code 22 Conditional Access 5 D Date 32 Default 26 34 Delete 26 34 Digital Output 19 Duration 32 DVB 1 E Electronic Programme Guide 29 End Frequency 15 Every Day 31 Every Weekday 31 Every Weekend 31 F Factory Setting 15 Fav NoFav 26 Frequency 15 FTA CAS 26 34 G GMT 20 H HDMI 8 10 high definition 17 ...

Page 44: ...ntal Control 21 PIN 21 Provider 26 34 Q QAM 15 QAM Mode 15 R Radio 31 radio services list 33 Rename 25 34 S S PDIF 8 11 19 Search Mode 15 Service 31 Service Search 14 services list 24 Show Provider 25 Sort 34 Sorting 26 Sound Mode 19 specifications 9 Start Frequency 15 Start Search 15 stereo 19 subtitle 29 Subtitle Language 17 Symbol Rate 15 System Setting 22 23 System Software Upgrade 38 T teletex...

Page 45: ...INDEX 41 TV Aspect Ratio 18 Type 31 V VIACCESS 5 VIDEO 8 11 Video Format 18 W Wakeup Time 32 Weekly 31 wide screen television 18 Y Y Pb Pr 8 ...

Page 46: ...e reuse of material resources Household users should contact either the retailer where they purchased this product or their local government office for details of where and how they can dis pose this product for environmentally safe recycling Business users should contact their supplier and check the terms and conditions of the purchase contract This product should not be mixed with other commercial...