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Preference Settings

time. Make sure that your local time is displayed right on the

Local Time

parameter.

To set the local time yourself, set the

Mode

option to

Manual

and enter your local time to the

Local Time

parameter with

the numeral buttons.

The time format is

day/month/year 24-hour:minute

.

3.4

Parental control

In general a television program is labeled a classification ac-
cording to the level of violence, nudity and language of its
content. When you are watching a program, you can check
its program classification on the information box. Refer the
information box to § 5.2.

You can prevent your children from watching certain programs
by specifying a basis classification.

To specify a basis classifica-
tion, select the

System Set-

ting

>

Parental Control

menu.

At this time, you have to en-
ter Personal Identification Num-
ber (PIN). The default personal
identification number is ‘0000’.

Set the

Censorship

option to your desired classification among

the followings:

No block

restricting no program.

Total block

restricting every program.

G

restricting no program. G stands for

General

, content

of which is very mild.

Summary of Contents for TF 5000 PVRt Masterpiece

Page 1: ...TOPFIELD TF 5000 PVRt Masterpiece User Guide Digital Terrestrial Receiver Personal Video Recorder...

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Page 3: ...ensure the smoothest possible transition to digital for viewers and consumers You can nd out more about DBA by visiting our web site http www dba org au As you are one of the rst to experience the un...

Page 4: ...shape digital television in the future To register as a member of the DBA Early Adopter Club please enter your contact details on the registration web page at http www dba org au register asp You will...

Page 5: ...remote control 4 2 Installation 7 2 1 Packing contents 7 2 2 Safety precautions 7 2 3 Rear panel connections 10 2 4 Connecting the digital receiver 11 2 5 Inserting batteries in the remote control 13...

Page 6: ...ices 25 4 2 Resetting to factory settings 26 5 Daily Usage 27 5 1 Browsing services 27 5 2 Viewing program information 29 5 3 Viewing an electronic program guide 30 5 4 Selecting an audio track 31 5 5...

Page 7: ...To play back recordings in sequence 48 7 3 4 To make a bookmark 48 7 3 5 To play back a recording repeatedly 49 7 4 Editing a recording 50 7 4 1 To erase a block from a recording 50 7 4 2 To store a...

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Page 9: ...nstead several television and radio broadcastings are transmitted through a single trans ponder on a single wideband carrier NOTE A transponder is in fact a wireless device which re ceives and transmi...

Page 10: ...n of a current television or radio program You can update the rmware of the digital receiver to the latest which will be provided by Top eld The digital receiver features a digital video recorder with...

Page 11: ...in operation mode You should keep the digital receiver plugged to a wall outlet so as it can run timer events 1 2 1 The front panel STANDBY button toggles the digital receiver between oper ation mode...

Page 12: ...3 2 3 5 button sets a sleep timer The digital receiver is turned off to standby mode when a speci ed duration is elapsed 6 Numeral buttons are used to specify a service to watch or a pa rameter such a...

Page 13: ...pes from any menu 19 button displays teletext if available 20 button starts backward playback or backward scan 21 button starts a playback 22 button starts forward scan 23 button starts slow playback...

Page 14: ...ion but normal screen television pressing the 0 button changes depending on broad casting conditions the display format as follows 4 3 Center Extract 4 3 Letter Box 16 9 Full screen and buttons have a...

Page 15: ...l AAA 1 5 V One loop cable to link the rst tuner with the second tuner One SCART to component cable to link the digital re ceiver to your television set One RCA cable to link the digital receiver to y...

Page 16: ...er These may be knocked over and spill uid on the electrical compo nents thus bring about a risk Use only dry cloth when cleaning the digital receiver Do not place the digital receiver close to heatin...

Page 17: ...the digital receiver has been dam aged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilt or objects have fallen into the digital receiver the digital receiver has been exp...

Page 18: ...3 ANT 2 IN Broadcasting input socket for the 2nd tuner 4 RF LOOP 2 OUT Broadcasting output socket through sec ondtunerin for another digital receiver 5 VIDEO Composite video output socket for the tele...

Page 19: ...Left right audio input for bypass S Video S Video output RCA AV Composite video output Left right audio output S PDIF Dolby Digital audio output RS 232 9 pin D sub type Transfer rate 115 2 kbps at ma...

Page 20: ...digital receiver and the cor responding input sockets on your television or audio appli ance Connecting to the television by S Video connector Plug a standard S Video cable into the S VIDEO socket on...

Page 21: ...moving the lid and then insert the batteries observing the po larity which is marked on the base of the battery compart ment Close the battery compartment after that If the digital receiver no longer...

Page 22: ...ck and subti tle track To designate the language for menu audio track or subtitle track select the System Setting Language Setting menu Menu language The digital receiver supports a lot of menu langua...

Page 23: ...n when you watch a program For detailed descriptions about how to select a subtitle track refer to 5 5 Audio language Set the 1st Audio Language and 2nd Audio Language options to your desired language...

Page 24: ...NTSC standard the digital receiver converts it into PAL standard for your PAL television However its quality would somewhat fall The opposite case brings about the same result The best thing is to wat...

Page 25: ...or comes from the SCART interface It is known in general that YUV color model provides the best video quality with little difference from RGB color model while CVBS color model does the worst However...

Page 26: ...case it is impossible that the digital receiver records the video which the video recorder plays back because the digital receiver is just a bypass for the video recorder 3 2 4 Television aspect rati...

Page 27: ...to the width of the normal screen 3 2 5 Sound mode Basically there are two audio sources as you can nd two au dio sockets on the back panel of the digital receiver You can enjoy only one source or bo...

Page 28: ...M Bahamas Belgium Bolivia Chile Ecuador Fiji Guam Jamaica Mexico Panama Peru United States Venezuela Set the RF Channel option to a channel number as you de sire You have to tune your television to th...

Page 29: ...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...

Page 30: ...hen you are watching a program you can check its program classi cation on the information box Refer the information box to 5 2 You can prevent your children from watching certain programs by specifyin...

Page 31: ...on it If anyone try to watch a program that is out of the basis clas si cation the person has to enter the personal identi cation number To change the number select the Change PIN Code menu then an in...

Page 32: ...is option to No Info Box the information box will not displayed when you switch services however pressing displays the information box If you set this option to Never Hide the information box will alw...

Page 33: ...earching broadcasting services To perform service search se lect the Installation Service Search menu If you have an active antenna you should set the Antenna Supply 5V option to on to supply power to...

Page 34: ...a set of numbers that identi es transport stream packets To start service search select the Service Search command Then appears a list box in which found services will be listed Press the OK button t...

Page 35: ...You can switch to your desried servce by entering its service number with the numeral buttons You can also se lect a service to watch in the browsable service list To see the browsable service list p...

Page 36: ...ame a current service entry select the Rename command then a keyboard appears with which you can enter a name To prevent other family from watching a current service entry set the Lock option to Locke...

Page 37: ...ervice it will be also another favorite service of the se lected group The digital receiver will remind you what group you have selected displaying its name on the right top of the sreen whenever you...

Page 38: ...n about the current program If an electronic program guide is provided on a current service you can see the information about next programs with the V or V button To adjust the sound volume in this ca...

Page 39: ...again Pressing the button displays the electronic program guide for each service To turn it back press the button again You can make a timer recording by the electronic program guide for which refer...

Page 40: ...pable of that Even if your televsion cannot process teletext you can enjoy it with the digital receiver When you view an information box a teletext symbol will be marked on it if it is provided Press...

Page 41: ...you are watching a program using the time shift func tion it is in fact being recorded temporarily To use the time shift function the Time Shifting option have to be set to Enable Refer the Time Shif...

Page 42: ...nother service will be shown 2 Pressing the button once more mini es the subpic ture and pressing it once again hides the subpicture 3 Pressing the SAT button interchanges the main picture with the su...

Page 43: ...rganizing Favorties menu then an ed itable favorite list appears There are a group list on the left column a favorite list on the center column and a service list on the right column You can add a fav...

Page 44: ...Press ing the OK button on a key enters the cor responding letter in the input line To type lower case letters or numerals select the Other key To delete a letter put the cursor on a desired letter i...

Page 45: ...in the service list To recall the television service list after adding radio services press button again With your favorite service list you can select your favorite ser vices more handily Refer to 5...

Page 46: ...atch ing two other different services only if two or more ser vices are provided through a same transponder and the other services are provided through another same trans ponder You can watch two serv...

Page 47: ...be saved if its recording duration is less than 1 minute 7 1 1 Immediate recording by the remote control To record a program you are watching at present press button To pause recording press button To...

Page 48: ...ed at the moment Select a program you want to stop After a recording is started you can switch over to and watch any other service during the recording To record another ser vice additionally switch o...

Page 49: ...a radio program set the Type option to Radio Otherwise set to TV Set the Service parameter to the service which provides the program you want Pressing the OK button on this parameter displays a servi...

Page 50: ...will be named after its service name For how to use the keyboard refer to Chapter 6 To make an entry with the above settings do press the OK command otherwise it will not be made You can edit or delet...

Page 51: ...on 4 This timer recording is put on the timer list To edit this timer recording press button then a timer edit box appears in which you can change its timer settings 5 To remove the marking press the...

Page 52: ...e For detailed description about Top eld application program refer to Chapter 8 To see the recording le list press button To turn to another list press button or button In a le list a le entry is comp...

Page 53: ...tries perform the following steps 1 Put the highlight bar on a le entry you want 2 Press button to display an option list 3 Set the Sorting option to Alphabetic Time or Size as you want 4 Press the EX...

Page 54: ...ter the personal identi cation number spec i ed in the Parental Control menu For the Parental Control menu refer to 3 4 NOTE This function is available only in the recording le list 7 3 Playing back a...

Page 55: ...press button To nd a desired playback position press button or button unceasingly until you nd it To see a current playback position press button to display a progress bar To hide the progress bar pr...

Page 56: ...Press button to display the recording le list 2 Select le entries you want to play back by pressing button 3 When a le entry is selected it is numbered 4 Press the OK button to start playback after se...

Page 57: ...the progress bar is hidden Then an information box with a repeat symbol is displayed To quit the repeated playback press button again To play back a recording le repeatedly in part perform the followi...

Page 58: ...starts to blink 5 Find the other end postion 6 Press button at the position again then a con rma tion box appears 7 Select the Cut command then the block is erased 7 4 2 To store a block from a recor...

Page 59: ...a copy is started a copying symbol like the next gure will be displayed on the right top of the screen for a few seconds To see copying status press button The outer circle of the copying symbol indic...

Page 60: ...hich is displayed on the information box symbol represents that a current MP3 le will be played repeatedly symbol represents that all seleted MP3 les will be played repeatedly in turn To play all MP3...

Page 61: ...also might perhaps be available as a compiler for TAPs You can get the Application Program In terface API libraries for TAPs from the Top eld web site http www i topfield com Your TAPs will be run un...

Page 62: ...ch displays image les of BMP GIF and JPG for mat This TAP is available from the Top eldweb site http www i topfield com In the program le list you can use a variety of le control functions including r...

Page 63: ...et a latest rmware and update utilites from the Top eld web site http www i topfield com You should check the rmware information of your digital re ceiver before downloading a new rmware To check the...

Page 64: ...pdate rmware with this method perform the following steps 1 Download a new rmware applicable to the digital re ceiver from the Top eld web site 2 Download TFDN USB from the Top eld web site 3 Plug a U...

Page 65: ...er from the Top eld web site 2 Download TFD Down from the Top eld web site 3 Plug a RS232 cable into the RS 232 port on the digital receiver and the corresponding port on your computer 4 Turn on the d...

Page 66: ...ransfer receiver data to the digital receiver from another same digital receiver connecting them with a RS232 cable To transfer receiver data perform the following steps 1 Plug a RS232 cable into the...

Page 67: ...Altair from the Top eld web site 2 Plug a USB cable into the USB port on the digital re ceiver and the corresponding port on your computer 3 Turn on the digital receiver 4 Run Altair How to use Altai...

Page 68: ...ram 39 Alphabetic 45 Altair 59 ANT 1 IN 10 12 ANT 2 IN 10 12 Antenna Supply 5V 25 API 53 Application Program Interface 53 AUDIO L R 10 Auto 26 Auto Start 54 AV 23 B browsable service list 27 Button 4...

Page 69: ...cal Time 22 Lock 28 46 Locked 46 M M 23 MA 23 Manual 26 Menu Language 14 Mode 21 22 41 mono 19 multifeed 32 N NEW 36 No block 22 normal screen television 18 NTSC 16 O on screen keyboard 36 One Time 41...

Page 70: ...itle 32 Super Video 17 System ID 55 System Setting 24 T TAP 44 53 teletext 32 television service list 37 TFD Down 57 TFDN USB 56 Time 45 time format 22 Time Offset 21 Time Setting 20 23 time shift 33...

Page 71: ...nt shock or hazard risk Do Not place Liquid or Fluids near the appliance Do Not place appliance in a dusty or wet location Full warranty conditions are listed on the rear of this card Prior to making...

Page 72: ...ned in its original carton and protective packaging or alternatively in a packing suitable to prevent damage Top eld Australia will not accept any responsibility for goods damaged whilst the goods are...

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Page 74: ...t either the retailer where they purchased this product or their local government of ce for details of where and how they can dispose this product for environmentally safe recycling Business users sho...

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