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Summary of Contents for TF 6000PVR

Page 1: ...TOPFIELD TF 6000 PVR ES User Guide Digital Satellite Receiver Personal Video Recorder...

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Page 3: ...erous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to consititute a risk of electric shock to a person The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to...

Page 4: ...Rear panel connections 10 2 4 Connecting up your digital receiver 11 2 4 1 Connecting the antenna 12 2 4 2 Connecting to your television set 13 2 4 3 Connecting to your video cassette recorder 16 2 5...

Page 5: ...1 Configuring LNB settings 29 4 1 2 Configuring DiSEqC 1 2 settings 32 4 1 3 Configuring USALS settings 33 4 1 4 Searching services 35 4 2 Copying services 37 4 3 Resetting to factory settings 38 5 Da...

Page 6: ...ted programme 68 7 1 5 Recording a pay service programme 68 7 2 File archive 69 7 2 1 To delete a recording 69 7 2 2 To sort recordings 69 7 2 3 To lock a recording 70 7 2 4 To rename a recording 70 7...

Page 7: ...1 8 2 Configuring the network settings on the digital receiver 83 8 3 Accessing the web server 84 8 4 Accessing the FTP server 86 9 Topfield Application Program 88 10 Firmware Update 90 10 1 Checking...

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Page 9: ...quency Unlike ana logue broadcasts however digital broadcasts are not all as signed to their own frequencies instead multiple television broadcasts are transmitted through a single frequency The fre q...

Page 10: ...re and sound quality Time shift is a special technical feature available on the TF 6000 PVR ES You can pause the programme you are watching and resume it again at a later time Then you can quickly go...

Page 11: ...lays the current service in operation mode MENU button displays the main menu It is also used to return to the previous menu from a submenu OK button displays the services list See 5 2 1 for more deta...

Page 12: ...k on 5 c a buttons switch to previous or next service They are also used to navigate in menus and interactive screens 6 switches between the current ser vice and the previously viewed one 7 Numeric bu...

Page 13: ...h their services list It is also used to swap the sub picture with the main picture See 5 6 for more details 20 MENU displays the main menu It is also used to return to the previous menu from a submen...

Page 14: ...mp to end of recording during a playback 32 F1 is used to display minify or hide the sub picture See 5 6 for information about picture in picture 33 F2 is used to make a bookmark during playback or ti...

Page 15: ...he front of the digital receiver has two common interfaces To watch a pay service you should take the following steps 1 Purchase a conditional access module and a subscription card for the pay service...

Page 16: ...s for the remote control AAA 1 5 V 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 ma...

Page 17: ...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 Table 2 2 Protect the power cord from being walked o...

Page 18: ...nal input socket for the first tuner 2 LNB 1 OUT Satellite broadcasting signal output socket through the first tuner 3 LNB 2 IN Satellite broadcasting signal input socket for the second tuner 4 LNB 2...

Page 19: ...fications VIDEO Composite video CVBS output AUDIO Left right audio output S VIDEO Super video S Video output RGB Component video RGB output TV CVBS S Video RGB YUV video output Left right audio output...

Page 20: ...le to link from the LNB 1 OUT connector to the LNB 2 IN connector If you have two antennas without DiSEqC switch then you have to connect a cable from the other antenna directly to the LNB 2 IN connec...

Page 21: ...ve some limitations in using some features such as dual recording Likewise if you have another digital receiver linked from the LNB 2 OUT connector you can only use it limitedly See 4 1 for more detai...

Page 22: ...CART cable Plug one end of the cable into the TV socket on the digital receiver and plug the other end into a free SCART socket on your television Some televisions have inputs via S Video or Component...

Page 23: ...annot view high definition video with the composite video connector You need to obtain a composite video cable RCA cable to use the composite video con nector Plug one end of the cable into the VIDEO...

Page 24: ...one end of the cable into the VCR socket on the digital re ceiver and plug the other end into the match ing socket on your video cassette recorder or suchlike 2 5 Switching on for the first time Now...

Page 25: ...bout the legal regulations which apply in your area 2 5 2 Powering on and checking picture Now press the button in top left corner on the remote con trol If you do not see a picture check that the tel...

Page 26: ...and of subtitle track should be output Select the System Setting Lan guage Setting menu You should see a screen like the left figure Menu language The digital receiver supports many menu languages Dut...

Page 27: ...any available language no subtitle will be displayed Apart from this setting you can select a subtitle track with the button See 5 2 5 for detailed description Audio language Set the 1st Audio Languag...

Page 28: ...that case if you switch to a service of the NTSC standard though it is unlikely to happen the digital receiver will present the pictures converting into the PAL standard However it is inevitable to lo...

Page 29: ...model does the least So RGB would be most desirable for this option 3 2 3 Video cassette recorder You can have the digital receiver linked to your video cassette recorder or such an appliance via the...

Page 30: ...ut out on the left and right sides equally to fit to the width of the normal screen 3 2 5 High definition television The digital receiver supports various video resolutions from 576 to 1080 In general...

Page 31: ...k space 3 2 7 Audio mode Basically there are two audio sources as you can find two audio sockets on the back panel of the digital receiver You can enjoy only one source or both of them in either stere...

Page 32: ...r local time is correctly displayed on the Local Time option To set the local time yourself set the Mode option to Manual and enter your local time to the Local Time option with the numeric buttons Th...

Page 33: ...a 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 Calcut...

Page 34: ...n your censorship setting will not take effect If anyone is trying to watch a programme that is of or above the censorship setting the person has to enter the personal identification number to overrid...

Page 35: ...tion 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 10 to 3 lines The higher you s...

Page 36: ...ant to use this feature select the System Setting Me diaHighway EPG menu You should see a screen like the left figure Set the MediaHighway EPG option to On to activate this feature then the other opti...

Page 37: ...ngs 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 an...

Page 38: ...t the Installation LNB Set ting menu to configure the LNB settings You should see a screen like the left figure Pressing the OK button on the Satellite Name option displays the satellite list in alpha...

Page 39: ...ave to fill in the correct LNB frequency The absolute difference between a broadcasting frequency and its LNB fre quency must be within 950 to 2150 MHz For example if the frequency band of your desire...

Page 40: ...otorized antenna will turn toward your desired satellites horizontally by DiSEqC 1 2 When you switch to an service if the service is provided by a satellite other than current one it will take longer...

Page 41: ...quality of every trans ponder and choose the best one at the Transponder or Frequency option It will be helpful to your fine tuning 6 Finally set the Motor Control option to Store to save the tuned po...

Page 42: ...gitude option and the My Latitude option with the b dand numeric buttons 4 Enter the position of your selected satellite to the Satellite Angle option if it is not correct 5 Select the Goto the positi...

Page 43: ...ry service of a SMATV Satellite Master Antenna Television system Searching every service of a satellite To search every service of a satellite perform the following steps 1 Choose your desired satelli...

Page 44: ...may get transponder information from a satellite magazine or web site such as http www satcodx com or http www lyngsat com Searching one service of a transponder To search one service of a transponde...

Page 45: ...A only To search only pay services set it to CAS only To search both free services and pay services set it to FTA CAS To start service search select the Start Search item then a list box appears in wh...

Page 46: ...intains the following data Satellite list Services list Favourite list Timer list Preference settings You can reset all data of the digital receiver To do that select the Installation Factory Setting...

Page 47: ...on Press it again to restore the sound to previous level 5 2 Watching television To change services press the aor cbutton Pressing the button switches to the previously viewed service In addition you...

Page 48: ...ng a service number with the numeric buttons puts the highlight bar on its entry You can switch between the television services list and the radio services list by pressing the button Pressing the F3...

Page 49: ...ion number to watch or unlock it To delete the highlighted service select the Delete option then you get asked for confirmation If you select Yes it will be deleted If you want to restore it as before...

Page 50: ...tlight bar on a desired group and press the dbutton a highlight bar appears on its favourite services list Once you select a desired service with the OK button it will be presented Otherwise to select...

Page 51: ...tion Signal level and quality Programme name Programme classification symbol Programme summary Broadcasting time Current time In addition you might see the following symbols Subtitle symbol if subtitl...

Page 52: ...amme is provided at the moment video tracks will be dis played In this case you have to press the button once more to select an audio track 5 2 5 Selecting subtitle tracks Some programmes are provided...

Page 53: ...mmes programme summary Broadcasting date Broadcasting time To see detailed information of a desired programme put the highlight bar on your choice with the aor cbutton and press the button To switch t...

Page 54: ...e television programme and even rewind and replay it When you 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 it...

Page 55: ...back speed For slow motion see 7 3 2 For fast motion see 7 3 3 To check your current position in time shift press the button The time difference compared to live pro gramme is displayed momentarily in...

Page 56: ...nd pressing it once again hides the sub picture 3 To display the services list for the sub picture press the button NOTE When a recording is in progress the available services in the services list may...

Page 57: ...Select the Organizing Svc Fav 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 th...

Page 58: ...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 the selected service ge...

Page 59: ...list left Favourite list centre Services list right The services list contains all available services whereas the favourite list contains only chosen services that have been added to the highlighted g...

Page 60: ...ired service entry and press the OK button The selected service entry gets added to the favourite list Repeat this step to add more entries 3 Press the F1 button and the highlight bar gets moved to th...

Page 61: ...he cursor to the right of the desired letter on 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...

Page 62: ...al receiver when the data transfer is complete 6 5 Editing channel data on your computer You can edit the channel data on your computer by using a channel editor programme Vega With Vega you can do th...

Page 63: ...ital receier perform the following steps 1 If you have connected with a USB cable select the Mode USB menu otherwise if you have connected with a RS 232 cable select the Mode Serial menu 2 Select the...

Page 64: ...ct the View Satellite Informa tion menu item Alternatively you can click the Satellite icon on the toolbar or press the F1 key on your keyboard Then the satellite information is displayed and related...

Page 65: ...ist box and then select the Function Satellite TP Edit Satellite menu item How to modify is the same as in adding a new satellite entry To add a transponder entry select the Function Satellite TP Add...

Page 66: ...ice list and press the Delete key on your keyboard When a confirmation dialog box appears the selected service entry will be deleted by pressing the Yes button on it Checking the CAS check box designa...

Page 67: ...rite group list is displayed and related menus become enabled To delete a favourite group choose your desired favourite group at the Favorite Group Name drop down list box and then select the Function...

Page 68: ...to the new group choose your desired services at the All Service list box on the left of the screen and then press the right arrow button on the centre of the screen Then the selected services will b...

Page 69: ...n 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 5 5 for the time sh...

Page 70: ...rded CAUTION Do not move the digital receiver nor pull out the plug while it is running It may cause damage to recorded programmes Note that Topfield is not responsible for damages inflicted on files...

Page 71: ...next programme is provided by the electronic programme guide the After this program and After next program options will be available Once the After this program option is selected the current recordi...

Page 72: ...is named after its service name with a suffix of a number To view the recorded programme list press the button or alter natively select the File List menu See 7 2 for detailed description about the re...

Page 73: ...amme set the Type option to Radio otherwise set it to TV 3 Set the Satellite option to the satellite which transmits the service you want Pressing the OK button on this option displays a satellite lis...

Page 74: ...ich 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 3 for how to use the on screen keyboard 9 To set a timer recording...

Page 75: ...n to display the electronic pro gramme guide 2 Select a service you want to record with the b and d buttons 3 Select a programme you want to record with the aand cbuttons 4 To make a timer event witho...

Page 76: ...ng 7 1 5 Recording a pay service programme You can record a pay service programme without the subscrip tion card However you need the subscription card to play it back because it has not been descramb...

Page 77: ...list Select the File List menu or alter natively press the button to display the recorded programme list The file information is com prised of the following elements file number file name recording t...

Page 78: ...XIT button 5 The lock symbol is displayed on it If you select a locked recording to play it back you will be asked for your personal identification number 7 2 4 To rename a recording To change the nam...

Page 79: ...y press the button to display the list of recorded programmes 2 Put the highlight bar on a desired recording 3 Press the OK button to start playback 4 To stop playback press the button During a playba...

Page 80: ...he button again 7 3 2 To play in slow motion To watch in slow motion during a playback press the button If you press it repeatedly the playback speed changes in 3 steps 1 2 1 4 and 1 8 times To resume...

Page 81: ...ou will see a small dot appear above the progress bar like in the picture above 3 To jump forward to next bookmark press the F3 button 4 To jump to first bookmark press the button then the F3 button 5...

Page 82: ...alternatively select the File List menu to display the list of recorded programmes 2 Select each desired recording with the F1 button once a recording is selected it gets numbered 3 Press the OK butto...

Page 83: ...he beginning scene of the part you want to edit by holding down the or button 3 Press the button then the pointer starts to blink 4 Move to the end scene the part is marked in purple 5 Press the F4 bu...

Page 84: ...transfer MP3 files to the digital receiver from your computer refer to 7 7 or Chapter 8 To play an MP3 file perform the following steps 1 Press the button and then the or button to display the MP3 li...

Page 85: ...om puter 4 Turn on the digital receiver 5 Run Altair then its screen will appear like the figure below The instructions on how to use Altair are as follows 1 Select files to transfer The left panel sh...

Page 86: ...iffer ently from the standard MPEG format Visit http www videolan org or http www elecard com where you can find an MPEG player able to play them back If you wish to author DVDs with them visit http w...

Page 87: ...rvices Here you need a router which will connect the digital receiver to your computer or to the Internet To use the network features of the digital receiver you should take the following steps 1 Conf...

Page 88: ...To access within the local area network Once your router is powered up a local area network gets created whether or not it is connected to the Internet You can let the router automatically as sign a d...

Page 89: ...digital receiver when you access your router with its IP address Your router may be assigned to a dynamic IP address by an Internet service provider So if the router has rebooted you cannot access it...

Page 90: ...d be supported by your router 2 Configure your router with the account so that it can communicate with the web site Whenever a new dynamic IP address is assigned to the router it will inform the DDNS...

Page 91: ...ceiver is restarted the dynamic IP address will be changed and you will have to check it at the LAN Status menu to access the digital receiver To avoid this cumbersome thing you had better assign a st...

Page 92: ...y being recorded View the system information of the digital receiver NOTE It is recommended to use the Internet Explorer web browser in order to fully enjoy the above facilities If you use a different...

Page 93: ...le Management page However if you wish to download or upload a file of which size is 2 gigabyte or more it is recommended to use the FTP server rather than the web server NOTE The maximum number of us...

Page 94: ...4 Accessing the FTP server You need an FTP client program to access the FTP server of the digital receiver You can log into the FTP server with the user name and pass word specified in the LAN Setting...

Page 95: ...8 4 Accessing the FTP server 87 NOTE The maximum number of user connections is only one This means that you cannot access the FTP server while someone else is occupying it...

Page 96: ...tp 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 http...

Page 97: ...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 98: ...e update tool which runs on most versions of Windows from the Topfield web site http www i topfield com 10 1 Checking the firmware information You have to check up the firmware information of your dig...

Page 99: ...10 1 Checking the firmware information 91 NOTE It is only allowed to update with the firmware of which system identification is identical to that of yours Otherwise you will fail in firmware update...

Page 100: ...able to your 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 th...

Page 101: ...rmware applicable to your 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 dig ital receiver a...

Page 102: ...cable 9 pin D sub cable into the RS 232 port on the dig ital receiver and the other end into the matching port on the other digital receiver 3 Turn on the source digital receiver if not already on 4...

Page 103: ...ing the Start command starts firmware update Satellite Astra 19 2 E Frequency 12603 MHz Symbol Rate 22000 KS s Polarisation Horizontal PID 347 On the left table is presented the transponder informatio...

Page 104: ...betic 41 50 70 Altair 76 77 Astra 95 AUDIO L 15 AUDIO L R 10 AUDIO R 15 Auto 35 Auto Start 89 Button 4 C band 29 CAM 7 CAS 58 CAS only 37 CAS FTA 41 51 Censorship 26 Center extract 22 Change PIN Code...

Page 105: ...Position 27 information box 43 IP Address 83 IP Configuration 83 IRD Status 90 Ku band 30 keyboard 53 LAN 79 LAN 11 LAN Setting 86 LAN Status 83 Language Setting 18 Letter Box 22 LNB 30 LNB 1 IN 10 1...

Page 106: ...Serial 55 Service 65 Service Search 35 Services Copy 37 services list 39 Show Provider 41 Size 70 SMATV 35 SMATV 37 Sort 50 Sorting 41 70 Sound Mode 23 specifications 9 11 Start 95 Start Search 37 St...

Page 107: ...22 Type 65 Upload 55 Upload from STB 55 USALS 33 USALS Setting 34 USB 11 55 77 92 User 33 User ID 83 VCR 11 16 VCR Scart Type 21 Vega 54 VIDEO 10 13 15 23 Video Output Scaling 23 Weekly 65 wide screen...

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Page 110: ...ct 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 s...

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