Topfield TF 5700 PVRt, User Manual

Page 1: ...TOPFIELD TF 5700 PVRt User Guide Digital Terrestrial Receiver Personal Video Recorder...

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Page 3: ...acking 8 2 2 Safety precautions 9 2 3 Rear panel connections 10 2 4 Connecting up your digital receiver 12 2 4 1 Connecting the antenna 12 2 4 2 Connecting to your television 12 2 4 3 Connecting to yo...

Page 4: ...1 Searching broadcasting services 27 4 2 Resetting to factory settings 28 4 3 Clearing the services list 29 5 Daily Usage 30 5 1 Volume control 30 5 2 Watching television 30 5 2 1 The services list 30...

Page 5: ...pay service programme 50 7 2 File archive 51 7 2 1 To delete a recording 52 7 2 2 To sort recordings 52 7 2 3 To lock a recording file 52 7 2 4 To rename a recording 53 7 2 5 To make a new folder 53...

Page 6: ...files 59 7 8 Formatting the hard disk 61 8 Topfield Application Program 62 9 Firmware Update 64 9 1 From your computer via USB port 65 9 2 From your computer via RS 232 port 66 9 3 From another digita...

Page 7: ...r 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 digita...

Page 8: ...e of 160 gigabytes in excellent picture and sound quality Time shift is a special technical feature available on the TF 5700 PVRt You can pause the programme you are watching and resume it again at a...

Page 9: ...NDBY 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 operation mode STANDBY button switches the...

Page 10: ...s 4 button switches the output of the TV SCART socket between the digital receiver and the device con nected to the VCR SCART socket See 3 2 3 for more details 5 button sets a sleep timer 6 Numeric bu...

Page 11: ...ect menu items See 5 2 1 for more details 16 FAV button displays the favourite list 17 button is used to select a subtitle track 18 EXIT button is used to leave the current screen 19 button displays t...

Page 12: ...tton displays the list of recorded programmes that are stored on the internal hard disk drive See 7 2 for detailed description 35 button displays the services list for sub screen It is also used to sp...

Page 13: ...ules The front of the digital receiver has two common interface slots To watch a pay service you should take the following steps 1 Purchase a conditional access module and a subscrip tion card for the...

Page 14: ...ol unit Two batteries for the remote control AAA 1 5 V One loop cable to connect the first tuner with the second tuner One SCART to component cable to link the digital re ceiver to your television set...

Page 15: ...urface Do not place the digital receiver close to heat emitting units or in direct sunlight as this will impair cooling Do not lay any objects such as magazines on the digi tal receiver When placed in...

Page 16: ...V RF OUT ANT 2 1 3 5 8 11 2 4 6 12 10 13 14 9 7 Check what connections your television set has in comparison with the digital receiver 1 ANT 1 Terrestrial broadcasting signal input socket for the firs...

Page 17: ...ogue television output socket 12 RF IN Analogue television input socket 13 S PDIF Dolby digital output socket for the audio sys tem 14 RS 232 Serial port for firmware update and data trans fer Table 2...

Page 18: ...sure that there is a connec tion to both the ANT 1 and ANT 2 connectors on your digital receiver so that both tuners work properly Normally you do that by using a loop cable to link from the RF LOOP 1...

Page 19: ...h 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 socket on your television Some televisions hav...

Page 20: ...ceiver and the other end into the matching socket on your television To connect the audio connectors You will need to obtain an audio cable RCA cable to connect the audio connectors Plug one end of t...

Page 21: ...igital receiver 2 4 3 Connecting to your video cassette recorder The digital receiver can also output video to another appliance such as a video cassette recorder or video receiver through an auxiliar...

Page 22: ...ge resulting from leaking batteries NOTE Batteries including those which contain no heavy metals may not be disposed of with household waste Please dispose of used batteries in an environmentally soun...

Page 23: ...f 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...

Page 24: ...roadcaster may send a subtitle track dedicated to per sons who have difficulty in hearing Even when one or more subtitle tracks are available that subtitle track will be dis played prior to those you...

Page 25: ...ard of your local area If you have a PAL television you have to set the TV Type op tion to PAL In this case if a service is broadcasted in NTSC standard the digital receiver converts it into the PAL s...

Page 26: ...B colour model provides the best video quality with little difference from the YUV colour model but the CVBS colour model does the least So RGB would be most desirable for this option 3 2 3 Video cass...

Page 27: ...een 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...

Page 28: ...ya 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...

Page 29: ...ehran 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 Ha...

Page 30: ...ing to the level of violence nudity and language of its content When you are watching a programme you can check its programme classification on the information box For the information box see 5 2 3 Yo...

Page 31: ...nu 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 Setting menu and set the OSD Transpare...

Page 32: ...ift means that the most recent hour of the television service you are watching gets saved temporarily on the hard disk of the digital receiver When enabled you can reverse and pause live television as...

Page 33: ...d see a screen like the left figure If you have an antenna booster you should set the Antenna Supply 5V option to On to sup ply power to it You should set the Search Mode option to Auto for the first...

Page 34: ...l be listed When it has completed press the OK button to save found services To stop at any time or to exit without saving press the EXIT button 4 2 Resetting to factory settings The digital receiver...

Page 35: ...the hard disk drive 4 3 Clearing the services list If you want to delete all services select Installation Reset Service List then you are asked for confirmation If you select Yes the services list wi...

Page 36: ...ess 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 Yo...

Page 37: ...meric buttons puts the highlight bar on its entry Pressing the button displays the additional options with which you can do the following By setting the Show Provider option to On you can view the pro...

Page 38: ...es belonging to the high lighted group are listed For how to edit the favourite lists refer to 6 1 To select a favourite service put the hightlight bar on a desired group and press the V button a high...

Page 39: ...owing Service number and name Signal level and quality Programme name Programme classification symbol Programme summary Broadcasting time Current time In addition you might see the following symbols S...

Page 40: ...ill be marked on the infor mation box Pressing the button displays available subtitle tracks Once you select a subtitle track it will be displayed 5 2 6 Viewing teletext On some services such informat...

Page 41: ...ts press the button To switch it back press the button again Pressing the button displays the programme guide in the form of a spreadsheet To switch it back press the button again You can make a timer...

Page 42: ...me shifted televi sion Then you can skip com mercials until you catch up to the live broadcast In order to use the time shift feature the Time Shifting option must be set to Enable See 3 6 When enable...

Page 43: ...ime shift see 7 1 5 To end time shift press the button The live pro gramme will be presented When time shift option is disabled and pause is kept for more than 10 seconds the time shift feature will b...

Page 44: ...r you cannot swap the pictures in that case 4 Pressing the button moves the sub screen counter clockwise and pressing the button moves it clock wise 5 To display the services list for the sub screen p...

Page 45: ...tes menu You should see a screen like the left figure There are 3 columns Group list left Favourite list centre Services list right The services list contains all available services whereas the favour...

Page 46: ...on to select it The high light bar then moves to the services list 2 To add a service to the selected group put the highlight bar on a desired service entry and press the OK button The selected servic...

Page 47: ...ne To type a space select the Space key To type lower case letters or numerals select the Other key To delete a letter put the cursor on a desired letter at the input line and then select the Del key...

Page 48: ...matching port on the other digital re ceiver 2 turn on the source digital receiver 3 Select the Installation Transfer Firmware Transfer Data to Other IRD menu 4 To start the data transfer turn on the...

Page 49: ...cture feature You can record two different services while playing back a previously recorded programme You can record two different services while watching one of them using the time shift feature See...

Page 50: ...ing Therefore you can only change to a limited number of services while the two programs are being recorded NOTE Do not move the digital receiver nor pull off the plug while it is running It may damag...

Page 51: ...press the OK button the recording will end at the specified time If the information about the next programme is provided by the electronic programme guide the After this programme and After next prog...

Page 52: ...ted it is put on the recorded pro gramme list even though it is not finished yet The recording file is named after its service name with a suffix of a num ber To view the recorded programme list press...

Page 53: ...ch you can specify a file name for the timer recording If you do not specify anything it will be named after the service name See 6 2 for how to use the on screen keyboard Once the Record Start option...

Page 54: ...eans literally every day Every Weekend means Saturday and Sunday every week Weekly means one day every week Every Weekday means from Monday to Friday ev ery week If your favourite programme is broadca...

Page 55: ...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 remove and press the button then you are asked for confirmation If you...

Page 56: ...th time shift you can record it by performing the following steps 1 Press the button to display the progress bar 2 To move to the beginning of the desired scene hold down the or button until it is rea...

Page 57: ...recording a pay programme it will be recorded without de scrambling from that moment Even if the recording is only partially descrambled you need the subscription card to play it back 7 2 File archive...

Page 58: ...will be deleted 7 2 2 To sort recordings To sort the recordings perform the following steps 1 Press the button to display the additional options 2 Set the Sorting option to Alphabetic Time or Size as...

Page 59: ...e in the same manner as renaming a recording See above 7 2 6 To move a recording to another folder To move a recording to another folder put the highlight bar on a desired recording and press the butt...

Page 60: ...the button to hide it press the button again when the progress bar is hidden you can move to a de sired scene by entering the percentage with the numeric buttons 7 3 1 To navigate using the progress b...

Page 61: ...only forward but also backward in fast mo tion To play backward press the button If you press it repeatedly the playback speed changes in 3 steps 1 2 and 3 times To resume normal speed press the butto...

Page 62: ...the button again To play a recording file repeatedly in part perform the follow ing steps 1 Press the button to display the progress bar 2 Move to the beginning scene of the part you want to play rep...

Page 63: ...on card to play it because it has been recorded without unscrambling even though it may have been partially descrambled On the recorded programme list a purely green indicates the recording has been w...

Page 64: ...ing you want 2 Move to a scene from which you want to start copy by holding down the or button 3 Press the button then it will be copied in a new file which is named after the original recording with...

Page 65: ...rding files You can transfer files between the digital receiver and your computer via USB connection with Altair which is a program used to transfer files You can download it from the Topfield web sit...

Page 66: ...p of the panel you will see a message that says Turbo Off Turbo mode is a way of speeding up the transfer of files to and from the digital receiver You can click the circle to the left of the message...

Page 67: ...ram being able to process them 7 8 Formatting the hard disk To format the hard disk of the digital receiver select the Instal lation Format Hard Disk menu CAUTION Formatting the hard disk will delete...

Page 68: ...is http www windriver com Some variants of GCC compiler also might be available as a compiler for TAPs You can get the Application program In terface API libraries for TAPs from the Topfield web site...

Page 69: ...screen of a TAP Image Viewer which displays image files of BMP GIF and JPG for mat This TAP is available from the web site http www i topfield com In the program file list you can use a variety of fil...

Page 70: ...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...

Page 71: ...to the digital receiver from the Topfield web site 2 Plug one end of a USB cable into the USB port on the digital receiver and the other end into the matching port on your com puter 3 Turn on the digi...

Page 72: ...gital 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 mat...

Page 73: ...urn on the source digi tal receiver 4 Select the Installation Transfer Firmware Transfer Firmware to Other IRD menu 5 To start the file transfer turn on the target digital receiver 6 When the file tra...

Page 74: ...IO L 14 AUDIO R 14 Auto 27 Auto Start 63 Button 4 CAM 7 CAS 28 CAS only 28 Censorship 24 Center extract 21 Change PIN Code 25 Channel 28 CI 7 Common Interface 7 Current Event 47 Cut 58 Date 48 Dayligh...

Page 75: ...es list 51 Recording 46 Rename 31 53 Reset Service List 29 RF Channel 22 RF IN 15 RF LOOP 1 OUT 12 RF LOOP 2 OUT 12 RF OUT 15 22 RF Output 22 RS 232 42 66 67 S VIDEO 14 S PIDF 14 Save 58 Search Mode 2...

Page 76: ...70 INDEX transponder 1 Turbo Off 60 TV 13 48 TV Aspect Ratio 21 TV Type 19 Type 48 USB 59 65 VCR 15 VCR Scart Type 20 VIDEO 13 14 Video Output 20 wide screen television 21 Wind River 62...

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Page 78: ...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 sho...