Topfield TF 5000 CI, User Manual

Page 1: ...TOPFIELD TF 5000 CI TF 5100 CI User Guide Digital Satellite Receiver Common Interface ...

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Page 3: ...npacking 7 2 2 Safety precautions 7 2 3 Rear panel connections 9 2 4 Connecting up your digital receiver 10 2 4 1 Connecting the antenna 10 2 4 2 Connecting to your television 11 2 4 3 Connecting to your video cassette recorder 13 2 4 4 Inserting batteries in the remote control 13 3 Preference Settings 14 3 1 Language settings 14 3 2 Video and audio settings 15 3 2 1 Television standard 15 ...

Page 4: ... 1 2 settings 25 4 1 3 Configuring USALS settings 27 4 1 4 Searching services 28 4 2 Editing the transponder list 31 4 3 Resetting to factory settings 32 4 4 Resetting to installer settings 32 5 Daily Usage 34 5 1 Volume control 34 5 2 Watching television 34 5 2 1 The services list 34 5 2 2 The favourite services list 36 5 2 3 Viewing programme information 36 5 2 4 Selecting audio tracks 37 5 2 5 ...

Page 5: ...e services list 42 6 2 Editing the favourite list 44 6 3 How to use on screen keyboard 46 6 4 Transferring receiver data 46 7 Firmware Update 48 7 1 From your computer via RS 232 port 49 7 2 From another digital receiver via RS 232 port 50 Index 51 ...

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Page 7: ...er unlike analogue broadcasts digital broadcasts are not all assigned to their own frequencies instead multiple tele vision 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 service is preferably used than channel as a term to indicate one tele vision or radio broadcast 1 1 Features...

Page 8: ... 2 Controlling the digital receiver The digital receiver can be operated with the remote control and the buttons on the front panel NOTE When the digital receiver is off but plugged into a wall outlet we say that it is in standby mode on 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 outlet to be in stand...

Page 9: ...ey are also used to change options for a menu item TV STB lamp lights up while your video recorder operates instead of the digital receiver See 3 2 3 for more de tails REMOTE lamp lights up whenever you press a button on the remote control STANDBY lamp lights up while the digital receiver is in standby mode Front display displays the current time in standby mode and displays the current service in...

Page 10: ...ur rent service and the previously viewed one 5 MENU button displays the main menu It is also used to return to the previous menu from a submenu 6 OK button displays the services list It is also used to select menu items See 5 2 1 for more details 7 V V buttons increase and decrease the volume They are also used to change options for a menu item 8 P P buttons move to the next or previous service T...

Page 11: ...programme highlighted in the elec tronic programme guide 20 button is used to select a subtitle track 21 button displays teletext 22 SAT button displays the satellite list 23 N P button switches television standard between PAL and NTSC However this button may be not used in some models See 3 2 1 for more details 24 button sets a sleep timer 1 3 What is common interface Some broadcasts are scramble...

Page 12: ...r the pay service you want to watch 2 Insert the subscription card into the conditional access module 3 Insert the conditional access module into the common interface slot on the front of the digital receiver To view the information about the module and subscription card inserted into the digital re ceiver select the Common Inter face menu ...

Page 13: ...atteries for the remote control AAA 1 5 V User manual NOTE Accessories may vary according to your local area 2 2 Safety precautions Please read the following safety precautions carefully The mains power must be 90 to 250 volt Check it before connecting the digital receiver to the wall outlet For the power consumption of the digital receiver refer to Table 2 1 ...

Page 14: ... a cabinet make sure there is a minimum space of 10 centimetres around it For the physical specification of the digital receiver refer to Table 2 2 Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched If wires are exposed or cord is damaged do not use the digital receiver and get cord replaced Never open the digital receiver casing under any cir cumstances Warranty will be void Refer all servici...

Page 15: ...al input socket 2 LNB OUT Satellite broadcasting signal output socket through the LNB IN socket for another digi tal receiver 3 VIDEO Composite video output socket for the tele vision set yellow 4 AUDIO L R Stereo audio output socket for the television set or audio system white red 5 S VIDEO Super video output socket for the television set 6 TV Audio and video output socket for the tele vision set...

Page 16: ... RGB YUV video input for bypass Left right audio input for bypass S PDIF Dolby digital audio output RS 232 115 2 kbps at maximum 2 4 Connecting up your digital receiver There are several ways to set up the digital receiver Set up the digital receiver suitably to your television and other appli ances If you have any problem with your setup or need help contact your dealer 2 4 1 Connecting the anten...

Page 17: ...ty 1 SCART connector TV 2 Composite connector VIDEO 3 RF connector RF OUT You should configure audio and video settings after connect ing up the digital receiver See 3 2 for detailed description To use the SCART connector For best results with a standard television set you should use a SCART cable plugging one end into the TV socket on the digital re ceiver and the other end into a free SCART sock...

Page 18: ...connect the audio connectors You will need to obtain an audio cable RCA cable to connect the audio connectors Plug one end of the cable into the AUDIO L white and AUDIO R red sockets on the digital receiver and the other end into the matching sockets on your television or au dio system To use the RF connector If your television does not have any video and audio input you will need to use the radio...

Page 19: ...cket on your video cassette recorder or suchlike 2 4 4 Inserting batteries in the remote control To insert the batteries open the battery compartment by re moving the lid and then insert the batteries observing the po larity which is marked on the base of the battery compart ment If the digital receiver no longer reacts properly to remote con trol commands the batteries may be flat Be sure to remo...

Page 20: ...s well as of subtitle track to be output Select the System Setting Language Setting menu You should see a screen like the left figure Menu language The digital receiver supports many menu languages Dutch English German French Italian Russian Turkish and so forth 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...

Page 21: ... be output if available Apart from this setting you can select an audio track with the button See 5 2 4 for further information 3 2 Video and audio settings You have to configure the video and audio settings appropri ately to your television set and appliances Select the System Setting A V Output Setting menu You should see a screen like the left figure 3 2 1 Television standard The digital receiv...

Page 22: ...le to output video in various colour models If you have the digital receiver linked to your television via this connector you should set the Video Output option to your desired colour model If you have connected via the RCA connector labeled VIDEO on the back panel you do not have to set this option because the digital receiver outputs CVBS video through the RCA connector independent of SCART conn...

Page 23: ...creen To watch wide screen programmes in the shape like the center figure set the 16 9 Display Format option to Letter Box Wide screen pictures then will be reduced to fit to the width of the normal screen Otherwise to watch them in the shape like the right figure set it to Center extract Wide screen pictures then will be cut out on the left and right sides equally to fit to the width of the norma...

Page 24: ...nd Iran Israel Italy Kuwait Latvia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Portugal Slovakia Slove nia Spain Sweden Switzerland Syria Yugoslavia PAL I Hong Kong Macao Republic of Ireland South Africa United Kingdom PAL K Czech Republic Hungary Poland NTSC M Bahamas Belgium Bolivia Chile Ecuador Fiji Guam Jamaica Mexico Panama Peru United States Venezuela Set the RF Channel option...

Page 25: ...ure that your local time is correctly displayed on the Local Time option To set the local time yourself set the Mode option to Man ual and enter your local time into the Local Time option with the numeric buttons The time format is day month year 24 hour minute 3 4 Parental control In general television programmes are classified according to the level of violence nudity and language of its content...

Page 26: ...drid 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...

Page 27: ... Control menu displays a list of menus that you can lock If the Time Setting item is set to Locked you have to enter the per sonal identification number to access the Time Setting menu If you enter a wrong number you cannot use the menu To release a shut item set it to Unlocked 3 5 Adjusting the on screen display You can adjust the transparency level of the on screen display Select the System Sett...

Page 28: ... displayed In addition you can raise or lower the position of the informa tion box Select the System Setting menu and set the Info Box Position option as you desire Its available range is from 10 to 3 line The more high the value is set the more low the information box will be positioned ...

Page 29: ...ings according to your antenna system in the following order 1 Configure LNB settings Refer to 4 1 1 2 Set the position of your desired satellites if you have a motorized antenna You can control the antenna in DiS EqC 1 2 mode or USALS mode Refer DiSEqC 1 2 to 4 1 2 and refer USALS to 4 1 3 3 Perform service search 4 1 1 Configuring LNB settings There are in large two frequency bands for satellite...

Page 30: ... like the left figure Pressing the OK button on the Satellite Name option displays the satellite list in alphabetic order Select the satellite toward which your antenna is set to face Even if you cannot find your desired satellite you can add your desired satellite to the satellite list See 4 2 for detailed description The digital receiver has a database about broadcasting satel lites and their tr...

Page 31: ...s designed to be compatible with DiSEqC Digital Satellite Equipment Control switches It is possible to connect several antennas to one digital receiver by DiSEqC switches A DiSEqC 1 0 switch allows switching between up to 4 satellite sources and a DiSEqc 1 1 switch allows switching between up to 16 satellite sources Set the DiSEqC 1 0 and DiSEqC 1 1 options according to your antenna configuration ...

Page 32: ... your desired satellite at the Satellite Name op tion 2 Set the DiSEqC Command Mode to User 3 Select the Goto option at the Motor Control menu Then the antenna will turn toward your selected satellite with the position data that the digital receiver has 4 If the receiving quality which is displayed at the bottom right of the screen is not good tune the antenna finely with the options of the Moveme...

Page 33: ...lites from your location Compared to DiSEqC 1 2 it is no longer required to manually search and store every satellite position Just pointing to a known satellite position is enough This position will act as the central point The USALS will then calculate positions of visible satellites To use the USALS select the Installation USALS Setting menu You should see a screen like the left figure At first...

Page 34: ...changed position is automatically saved At this time you had better check the receiving quality of every transponder and choose the best one at the Transponder or Fre quency option It will be helpful to your fine tuning 4 1 4 Searching services To perform service search se lect the Installation Service Search menu You should see a screen like the left figure There are four service search methods S...

Page 35: ...put the symbol rate of your desired transponder to the Symbol Rate option with the numeric buttons 5 Set the Polarization option to the polarization of your de sired transponder NOTE You can get transponder information from a satellite magazine or web site such as http www satcodx com or http www lyngsat com To search one service of a transponder perform the following steps 1 Choose your desired s...

Page 36: ... or input it with the numeric buttons 4 Input the symbol rate of your desired transponder to the Symbol Rate option with the numeric buttons 5 Set the Polarization option to the polarization of your de sired transponder You can search pay services as well as free services To search only free services set the FTA Scrambled option to FTA only FTA means free service To search only pay services set it...

Page 37: ...t op tion Then the on screen keyboard appears Change the name as you desire and save it To delete a satellite entry select your desired entry at the Satel lite Name option and select the Delete Satellite option then you are asked for confirmation If you select Yes it will be deleted To add a transponder entry select your desired entry at the Satellite Name option and select the Add new TP option T...

Page 38: ...You can store your own data including the following Satellite list Services list Favourite list Preference settings Also you can restore them at any time To store your data select the Installation System Recovery menu and select the Store option then the digital receiver will ask your personal identification number The number may be different from yours because this function is usually permitted o...

Page 39: ...4 4 Resetting to installer settings 33 for confirmation If you replay with yes your data will be restored ...

Page 40: ...ress the 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 You can switch to your desired service by entering its service num ber 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 services ...

Page 41: ...ice number with the numeric buttons puts the highlight bar on its entry 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 but ton Pressing this button once more makes it sorted by se...

Page 42: ... appears on the favourite services list Once you select a desired service with the OK button it will be presented Otherwise to select other group press the V button After you have selected a favourite service 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 selecte...

Page 43: ...bol if the current service is a pay service Multifeed symbol if the current programme is pro vided in a multifeed service To use this feature refer to 5 4 Pressing the button once more displays detailed informa tion about the current programme To hide the information box press the EXIT button 5 2 4 Selecting audio tracks Some programmes are provided with audio tacks in one or more languages Pressi...

Page 44: ...uch information as weather reports news or stock quotations is provided by means of teletext If the current service provides teletext the teletext symbol will be displayed on the information box Press the button to view teletext pages Select a desired page to view by entering the page number with the numeric buttons You can zoom into a teletext page with the F3 button and adjust its transparency w...

Page 45: ...ver next days with the F3 button 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 a 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 ...

Page 46: ...more to select audio tracks 5 5 Making timer events You can make the digital receiver to present your desired ser vice at a specific time Even if the digital receiver is off it will turn on at the specified time To input a timer recording se lect the System Setting 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 a...

Page 47: ...ds and you wish to watch every episode of the pro gramme set the Mode option to Every Weekend 5 Set the Date option to a desired date on which the digital receiver will turn on The date format is day month year day of the week Set the Wakeup Time option to a desired time at which the digital receiver will turn on The time format is hour minute 6 Set the Duration option to a desired time in which t...

Page 48: ...he ser vices list Select the 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 col umn press the F1 button ...

Page 49: ...ding to the position Press the OK button to fix it You can lock some services to prevent your children from watching them To lock a service select the Lock option and select a desired service then a lock symbol will be marked on the selected service If anyone tries to watch a locked ser vice the person has to enter the personal identification num ber that is set to the Change PIN Code option See 3...

Page 50: ...only chosen services that have been added to the highlighted group As you move the highlight bar up or down on the group list favourite services belonging to the highlighted group are shown in the favourite list You can add up to 30 groups To add a group select the NEW option in the group list then the on screen keyboard appears See 6 3 for how to use the on screen keyboard To rename a group put t...

Page 51: ...st You can delete a favourite entry with the OK button 4 To select another group press the F1 button again By pressing the F1 button the highlight bar is moved to each column Besides you can rearrange a group s favourites by moving a favourite entry To move a favourite entry put the highlight bar on a desired entry to move and press the F2 button then the selected entry becomes dark Move it to a d...

Page 52: ...o delete a letter put the cursor on a desired letter at the input line and then select the Del key You must select the Save key to complete naming otherwise if you press the EXIT button it will not be named 6 4 Transferring receiver data The digital receiver retains such data as follows Services list Favourite lists Preference settings It is possible to transfer receiver data to your digital recei...

Page 53: ...her end into the matching port on the other digital re ceiver 2 turn on the source digital receiver 3 Select the Installation Transfer Data to Other IRD menu 4 To start the data transfer turn on the tar get digital receiver NOTE You had better memorize some important data such as video settings before starting transfer to avoid loosing them ...

Page 54: ...e latest firmware and an update utility from the web site http www i topfield com You have to check the firmware information of your digital re ceiver before downloading a new firmware Select the Infor mation IRD Status menu You should see a screen like the left figure NOTE You can only update with new firmware of which System ID is identical to yours Otherwise you will fail in firmware up date ...

Page 55: ...le to the digital receiver from the Topfield web site 2 Turn off the digital receiver 3 Plug one end of a RS 232 cable 9 pin D sub cable into the RS 232 port on the digital receiver and the other end into the matching port on your computer 4 Run TFD Down The instructions on how to use TFD Down are as follows 1 Press the Find button to select the new firmware file 2 Press the Download button 3 To s...

Page 56: ...al receiver 2 Plug one end of a RS 232 cable 9 pin D sub cable into the RS 232 port on the digital receiver and the other end into the matching port on the other digital re ceiver 3 If not already on turn on the source digi tal receiver 4 Select the Installation Transfer Firmware to Other IRD menu 5 To start the file transfer turn on the target digital receiver 6 When the file transfer is complete...

Page 57: ...PIN Code 21 CI 5 Common Interface 6 Date 41 Delete 43 Delete Satellite 31 Delete TP 31 DiSEqC 25 DiSEqC 1 0 25 DiSEqC 1 1 25 DiSEqC Command Mode 26 Download 48 Duration 41 DVB 1 Electronic programme Guide 38 Every Day 41 Every Weekday 41 Every Weekend 41 Factory Setting 32 Find 48 Frequency 26 28 31 FTA 30 FTA CAS 30 FTA only 30 FTA Scrambled 30 GMT 19 Goto 26 Goto the position 28 Info Box Display...

Page 58: ... Other 24 PAL 15 Parental Control 20 PID 30 PID 30 PIN 20 Polarization 29 30 Radio 40 radio services list 43 Recover 32 Rename 43 RF Channel 18 RF IN 12 RF IN 10 RF OUT 12 18 RF OUT 10 RF Output 18 RS 232 46 48 49 RS 232 10 S VIDEO 9 S PDIF 9 SAT Name Edit 31 SAT TP Edit 31 Satellite 40 Satellite Angle 28 satellite list 24 35 Satellite Name 24 27 29 31 Search Mode 29 30 Service 41 Service Search 2...

Page 59: ...Setting 40 Total block 21 Transfer Data to Other IRD 46 Transfer Firmware to Other IRD 49 Transponder 26 28 transponder 1 TV 11 40 TV 9 TV Aspect Ratio 17 TV Type 16 Type 40 USALS 27 USALS Setting 27 User 26 VCR 13 VCR 9 VCR Scart Type 16 VIDEO 11 12 VIDEO 9 Video Output 16 Wakeup Time 41 Weekly 41 wide screen television 17 ...

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Page 62: ...t either the retailer where they purchased this product or their local government office for details of where and how they can dispose this product for environmentally safe recycling Business users should contact their supplier and check the terms and condi tions of the purchase contract This product should not be mixed with other commercial wastes for disposal Topfield continues to improve the di...