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Chapter 5

Every Day Use

5.1

Volume control

Use the

 

V

and

 

V

+

buttons to alter the volume to a comfort-

able level. You may need to adjust the volume on your televi-

sion set too. To temporarily switch off the sound, press 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. 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 services list, press the

 

OK

button.

Summary of Contents for TBC-2010

Page 1: ...TOPFIELD TBC 2010 User Guide High De nition Digital Terrestrial Receiver USB PVR Ready Common Interface CONAX CAS 7 Embedded...

Page 2: ...result in a risk of re or electrical shock Never open this unit s casing under any cir cumstances or the warranty will be void Unplug this unit during lightning storms or when unused for long periods...

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

Page 4: ...display 30 4 8 Options for standby mode 31 5 Every Day Use 32 5 1 Volume control 32 5 2 Watching television 32 5 2 1 The services list 32 5 2 2 The favourite service lists 33 5 2 3 Viewing programme...

Page 5: ...older 52 7 2 6 To move a recording to another folder 52 7 3 Playing back a recording 52 7 3 1 To navigate using the progress bar 53 7 3 2 To play in slow motion 53 7 3 3 To play in fast motion 53 7 3...

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Page 7: ...quency However unlike analogue broadcasts digital broadcasts are not all assigned to their own frequencies instead multiple televi sion broadcasts are transmitted through a single frequency The freque...

Page 8: ...via the USB port you can record television programmes into it You can play back video les of various formats includ ing DivX 1 2 Controlling the digital receiver You can operate the digital receiver w...

Page 9: ...a buttons switch to the previous or next ser vice They are also used to navigate in menus and inter active screens There is a USB port on the front panel for rmware update and data transfer If you ha...

Page 10: ...e sound Press again to switch it back on 5 P 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 servic...

Page 11: ...menu or to hide on screen informa tion 22 is used to start recording 23 is used to stop playback to stop recording or to jump back to live television from time shifted television 24 is used to displa...

Page 12: ...l receiver 1 3 Subscription card information With this digital receiver you can view pay services scrambled with the CONAX conditional access system Probably you have a subscription card If you would...

Page 13: ...want to watch 2 Insert the subscription card into the CAM 3 Insert the CAM into a common interface on the front of the digital receiver To view the information about the module and subscription card w...

Page 14: ...control AAA 1 5 V One HDMI cable A copy of this user guide NOTE Accessories may vary according to your local area 2 2 Safety precautions Please read carefully the following safety precautions The mai...

Page 15: ...om being walked on or pinched If the cord is damaged do not use the digital receiver and get the cord replaced Refer all servicing to a quali ed service technician To maintain proper ventilation alway...

Page 16: ...output socket for the audio video receiver 4 VCR Audio and video input output socket for another device such as a video recorder 5 TV Audio and video output socket for the tele vision set 6 Y Pb Pr Co...

Page 17: ...output USB 2 0 Host 5 V DC 500 mA on the front 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...

Page 18: ...ngs after connect ing up the digital receiver See 4 2 for a detailed description To use the HDMI output If you have a high de nition television set you should use an HDMI cable for best re sults Plug...

Page 19: ...out put Plug one end of the cable into the VIDEO yellow socket on the digital receiver and plug the other end into the matching socket on your television NOTE You cannot view high de nition video by...

Page 20: ...ontrol Open the battery compartment by removing the lid and then insert the batteries observing the polarity which is marked on the base of the battery compart ment Press the button on the top left co...

Page 21: ...ities indicated inside the battery compartment Do not subject to excessive heat such as the sun and re If you are not using the remote control for a long pe riod of time remove the batteries The manuf...

Page 22: ...e is no service stored you will be not able to access all menus A is another name for a 3 1 Searching for broadcasting services To perform service search se lect the Installation Searching menu You sh...

Page 23: ...lay a list of television and radio services as they are found It is common for no channels to be found until quite late in the process When the scan is com plete you will see a message telling you how...

Page 24: ...es your data will be stored Whenever you store your data they are all overwritten To restore your data select the Installation System Recovery Recover System Data menu then you get asked for con rmati...

Page 25: ...language of audio track and of subtitle track Select the Settings Language menu You should see a screen like the left gure 4 1 1 Menu language The digital receiver provides menus in several di erent...

Page 26: ...with the button See 5 2 5 for a detailed description 4 1 3 Audio language Set the 1st Audio Language option and the 2nd Audio Lan guage option to your desired languages When you watch a programme if...

Page 27: ...or a certain resolution you cannot enjoy your high de ni tion quality picture as desired Therefore it is recommended to set it to Auto if you have a high de nition television With that setting the dig...

Page 28: ...e a normal screen television set the TV Aspect Ratio option to 4 3 You cannot fully enjoy wide screen programmes with your normal screen television as the above gures show The left gure shows a normal...

Page 29: ...put One 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 Dolby Digital option to O...

Page 30: ...time zone and GMT referring 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 lo...

Page 31: ...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 Ban...

Page 32: ...ting information your censorship setting will not take e ect If anyone is trying to watch a programme that is of or above the censorship setting the person has to enter the personal identi cation numb...

Page 33: ...set the duration of the timer recording Set the Timer Recording Duration option as you desire Its available range is 10 minutes to 3 hours Time padding is the feature of adding extra recording time to...

Page 34: ...can adjust the jump interval that is for playback Set the Jump Time Interval option as you desire Its available range is 10 seconds to 3 minutes If you want to enjoy more levels of playback speed set...

Page 35: ...t To adjust the display time of the information box set the Info Box Display Time option as you desire Its available range is 1 to 30 seconds If you set this option to No Info Box the in formation box...

Page 36: ...e the current time displayed on the front display in standby mode Select the Settings Others menu and set the Standby Mode option to Active otherwise set it to Passive When you set the Standby Mode op...

Page 37: ...on 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 y...

Page 38: ...s entry with the P or P button and press the OK button then the selected service will be presented Pressing the V or V button skips over 10 entries up or down Entering a service number with the numeri...

Page 39: ...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...

Page 40: ...l if the current service is locked Dollar symbol if the current service is a pay service Pressing the button once more displays detailed informa tion about the current programme To hide the informatio...

Page 41: ...with the nu meric buttons You can zoom into a teletext page with the button and adjust its transparency level with the button To clear the teletext screen press the EXIT button 5 3 Viewing electronic...

Page 42: ...are watching a pro gramme and you miss something you can rewind and replay it Or when your attention is needed elsewhere you can pause a live TV and resume a short time later without losing any of the...

Page 43: ...the jump time at the Jump Time Interval option See 4 6 You can change playback speed See 7 3 2 for slow mo tion For fast motion see 7 3 3 To check your current position in time shift press the button...

Page 44: ...it Services Edit Service List menu You should see a screen like the left gure There are editing options on the left column and service entries on the right column Once you put the highlight bar on a d...

Page 45: ...ome services 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...

Page 46: ...roup list favourite services belonging to the highlighted group get shown in the favourites list You can add up to 30 groups To add a new group select the NEW item in the group list then the on screen...

Page 47: ...earrange 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 but ton Press the V and V buttons or P and P b...

Page 48: ...he Shift key or alternatively press the button To delete a let ter put the cursor to the right of the desired letter on the input line and then select the Del key or alternatively press but ton You mu...

Page 49: ...the NTFS le system It is also recommended to use an external power socket to have the external hard drive supplied by its own power 7 1 Recording a programme Once a recording gets started a symbol lik...

Page 50: ...igital receiver After a recording has started pressing the button displays a menu like the left gure in which you can set the recording duration To specify an arbitrary recording duration set the Dura...

Page 51: ...alternatively select the Recorded Program menu See 7 2 for detailed description about the recorded programme list 7 1 2 Timer recording You can set a programme to be recorded at a speci c time Even i...

Page 52: ...the Type option to your desired source 3 Set the Service option to the service which provides the programme you want Pressing the OK button on this option displays a services list from which you can...

Page 53: ...service name See 6 3 as to how to use the on screen keyboard 8 To set a recording reservation with the above settings select the OK item otherwise it will not be saved and will not occur You can also...

Page 54: ...t with recording press it once more or alternatively press the button then the letter R is displayed 4 Pressing the OK button once more will cancel the timer 7 1 4 Recording a pay service programme Yo...

Page 55: ...you need the subscription card to play it back 7 2 File archive When a programme is recorded it is stored as a le on the hard drive of the digital receiver You can select a recording to play back fro...

Page 56: ...recording so that other persons cannot play or delete it take the following steps 1 Put the highlight bar on a desired recording 2 Press the button to display additional options 3 Set the Lock option...

Page 57: ...contents such as audio track or subtitle track are also recorded together So you can enjoy them while playing back a recording The instructions on how to play a recording are as follows 1 Select the...

Page 58: ...erval option with the button See 4 6 for that option Refer to 7 3 4 as to how to bookmark a position To jump to the beginning press the button To jump to the end press the button To hide the progress...

Page 59: ...fol lowing steps during playback 1 Press the button to display the progress bar 2 To add a bookmark press the button at a desired scene then you will see a small pointer appear above the progress bar...

Page 60: ...pro grammes 2 Select each desired recording with the button Once a recording is selected it gets numbered 3 Press the button to start playback 4 The selected recordings are played in the sequence that...

Page 61: ...h is named after the original recording with a su x of COPY and a number 4 To stop copying press the button 7 5 Playing back a video le If you have media les such as photos videos and music you can al...

Page 62: ...record nor use time shift with an unformatted hard disk You can delete permanently all contents stored in a hard drive by formatting it Select the Installation System Recovery Format Hard Disk menu a...

Page 63: ...your memory stick 3 Insert the USB memory stick into the USB port on the digital receiver 4 Select the Installation Firmware Upgrade USB Firmware Upgrade menu and the les in the USB mem ory will be l...

Page 64: ...o the latest version over the air If a new version is available at any time then a message box pops up asking you whether to start rmware update With the choice of Yes you will be moved to the SSU Sof...

Page 65: ...material resources Household users should contact either the retailer where they purchased this product or their local government o ce for details of where and how they can dis pose this product for...

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