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TRF - 7150

User Guide

High Definition

Digital Terrestrial Receiver

Personal Video Recorder

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Page 1: ...TRF 7150 User Guide High Definition Digital Terrestrial Receiver Personal Video Recorder ...

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Page 3: ...ngerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to a person The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the product ...

Page 4: ...ctions 9 2 4 Connecting up your digital receiver 11 2 4 1 Connecting the antenna 11 2 4 2 Connecting to your television set 12 2 5 Inserting batteries in the remote control 14 2 6 Switching on for the first time 14 2 6 1 Powering on and checking picture 14 3 Preference Settings 16 3 1 Language settings 16 3 2 Video and audio settings 18 3 2 1 Television aspect ratio 18 3 2 2 High definition televi...

Page 5: ...rogramme information 31 5 2 4 Selecting audio tracks 32 5 2 5 Selecting subtitle tracks 32 5 2 6 Viewing teletext 32 5 3 Viewing electronic programme guide 33 5 4 Using time shift 33 6 Listing Services 36 6 1 Editing the favourite list 36 6 2 How to use on screen keyboard 38 6 3 Transferring receiver data 38 7 Recording and Playing 40 7 1 Recording a programme 40 7 1 1 Instant recording 41 7 1 2 T...

Page 6: ...ack recordings in sequence 52 7 4 MP3 playback 52 7 5 Formatting the hard disk 53 8 Accessing to The Digital Receiver via The Internet 54 8 1 Configuring the router 55 8 1 1 To access within the local area network 55 8 1 2 To access over the Internet 56 8 2 Configuring the network settings on the digital receiver 58 8 3 Accessing the web server 59 9 Firmware Update 61 9 1 Checking the firmware inf...

Page 7: ...e equate a channel with a frequency However unlike analogue broadcasts digital broadcasts are not all as signed to their own frequencies instead multiple television broadcasts are transmitted through a single frequency The fre quency in digital broadcasting is usually called transponder To reduce confusion in this manual the word service is preferably used than channel as a term to indicate one te...

Page 8: ... feature available on the TRF 7150 You can pause a programme you are watching and resume it again at a later time Then you can quickly go to any part of the current programme by fast forward or rewind search 1 2 Controlling the digital receiver You can operate the digital receiver with the remote control or the buttons on the front panel NOTE When the digital receiver is off but plugged into a wal...

Page 9: ...F Front display shows the current time in standby mode and displays 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 details It is also used to select a menu item CHANNEL c a buttons switch to previous or next service They are also used to navigate in menus ...

Page 10: ...again to switch it back on 5 P P buttons switch to previ ous or next service They are also used to navigate in menus and in teractive screens 6 switches between the current service and the previously viewed one 7 Numeric buttons are used to en ter a service number for service change or to specify values for menu options 8 OK displays the services list See 5 2 1 for more details It is also used to ...

Page 11: ...lso used to return to the previous menu from a submenu 21 EXIT is used to exit a menu or to hide on screen info 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 display the list of recorded programmes that are stored on the internal hard disk drive See 7 2 for more details 25 resumes normal pla...

Page 12: ...used to jump to end of recording during a playback 32 has different functions per menu 33 has different functions per menu 34 has different functions per menu 35 has different functions per menu 36 has different functions per menu The and buttons have additional different functions per menu besides their own function They will be guided by on screen help NOTE When using the remote control point it...

Page 13: ...digital receiver Remote control unit Two batteries for the remote control AAA 1 5 V One power cord One component cable RCA cable One composite cable RCA 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 ...

Page 14: ...e 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 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 the cord is damaged do not use the digi...

Page 15: ...ion set has in comparison with the digital receiver 1 ANT 1 IN Terrestrial broadcasting signal input socket for the first tuner 2 ANT 1 OUT Terrestrial broadcasting signal output socket through the first tuner 3 ANT 2 IN Terrestrial broadcasting signal input socket for the second tuner 4 ANT 2 OUT Terrestrial broadcasting signal output socket through the second tuner 5 HDMI Audio and video output ...

Page 16: ...al port for firmware update and data transfer 13 AC INPUT Power socket Table 2 3 Connectors specifications HDMI High definition video output Left right audio output Dolby digital audio output VIDEO Composite video CVBS output AUDIO Left right audio output S VIDEO Super video S Video output YPbPr Component video YUV output TV CVBS S Video RGB YUV video output Left right audio output VCR CVBS video ...

Page 17: ...a cable to the ANT 1 IN connector on the back panel of the digital receiver Also you must ensure that there is a con nection to both the ANT 1 IN and ANT 2 IN connectors on your digital receiver so that both tuners work properly Normally you do that by using a loop cable to link from the ANT 1 OUT connector to the ANT 2 IN connector NOTE However if you are in a weak signal area or are using a sign...

Page 18: ...3 2 for a detailed description To use the HDMI connector If you have a high definition television set you should use a HDMI cable for best re sults Plug one end of the cable into the HDMI socket on the digital receiver and plug the other end into the matching socket on your television In this case you do not have to make audio connection because the HDMI connector can output stereo audio or Dolby ...

Page 19: ...cannot view high definition video with a 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 yellow socket on the digital receiver and plug the other end into the matching socket on your television To make the audio connection You need to obtain an audio cable RCA ca ble to connect the audio c...

Page 20: ... may be flat Be sure to remove used batteries The manufacturer accepts no liability for the damage resulting from leaking batteries NOTE Batteries including those which contain no heavy metals may not be disposed with other household wastes Please dispose of used batteries in an environmentally sound manner Find out the legal regulations which apply in your area 2 6 Switching on for the first time...

Page 21: ...ll get no picture check that the television is set to the correct input If the picture is good you can skip to 4 1 to search for the available television and radio services Otherwise you may need to temporarily connect the composite video connector VIDEO to your television set so that you can see the on screen menus in order to configure the video settings ...

Page 22: ...ed In addition to that you can select the language of audio track and of subtitle track Select the System Setting Lan guage Setting menu You should see a screen like the left figure Menu language Set the Menu Language option to your desired language Once you select a language the menu will be immediately displayed in the selected language ...

Page 23: ...o 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 a detailed description 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 the programme has an audio track of the lan guage that is designated for the 1st Audio Language it w...

Page 24: ... the TV Aspect Ratio option to 16 9 You can enjoy both wide screen programmes and normal screen programmes with your wide screen television as the above figures show To watch normal screen programmes in full screen like the left figure set the Display Format option to Full Normal screen pictures then will be inflated to fit to the width of the wide screen Otherwise to watch them in the original ra...

Page 25: ...deo resolutions from 576 to 1080 In general a resolution of 720 or more is considered high definition The higher the resolution the better the quality However if your television set does not support high definition you cannot enjoy high definition quality picture Set the Video Format option as you desire If you set this option to 576P the digital receiver will present even high definition programm...

Page 26: ...iption The digital receiver can output two types of digital audio sig nals via the S PDIF connector One is an encoded signal and the other is a decoded signal If your digital audio system does not have a Dolby Digital decoder you have to set the Dolby Output option to PCM Otherwise set it to Bitstream NOTE If the service you are currently watching does not provide Dolby digital you cannot watch th...

Page 27: ...tween your time zone and GMT referring to Table 3 1 3 Make sure that your local time is correctly displayed on the Local Time option To set the local time manually set the Mode option to Man ual and enter your local time to the Local Time option with the numeric buttons The time format is day month year 24 hour minute If daylight saving time is observed in your state at the moment set the Daylight...

Page 28: ...hran 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 Adelaide Darwin GMT 10 00 Eastern Australia Guam Vladivostok GMT 11 00 Magadan Solomon Islands...

Page 29: ...no programme classification G restricts to G or above G rated programmes are suitable for all audiences PG restricts to PG or above rated programmes PG stands for Parental Guidance the content of which is mild M restricts to M or above rated programmes M stands for Mature the content of which is moderate in impact MA restricts to MA or above rated programmes MA stands for Mature Audiance the conte...

Page 30: ...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 Dis play OSD Select the System Setting menu and set the OSD Transparency option as you desire Its available range is 0 to 50 percent You can adjust the display time of the information box For the information box see 5 2 3 To adjust its ...

Page 31: ...e is enabled you can reverse and pause live television as if playing back a recording To enable this feature select the System Setting menu and then set the Time Shifting option to Enable See 5 4 for how to use this feature 3 7 Front display Settings You can display the current time on the front display in standby mode To display the time select the System Setting menu and set the Standby Mode opt...

Page 32: ...arch select the Installation Service Search menu You should see a screen like the left figure You should set the Search Mode option to Auto for the first time after connecting up the digital receiver then the digital receiver will search for all available services You may choose to only search for services of a specific trans ponder because more than one service are provided via each ...

Page 33: ...h item then a list box appears in which found services will 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 maintains the following data Services list Favourite list Timer list Preference settings You can reset all data of the digital receiver To do ...

Page 34: ...he 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 ser...

Page 35: ...rvices list by pressing the button 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 service entries by groups of broadcasters To change the name of the highlighted service select the Rename option then the on screen keyboard appears with which you can enter a new name See 6 2 for how to use the on screen ...

Page 36: ...hlight bar appears on its 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 receiver will remind you what group you hav...

Page 37: ...amme classification symbol Programme summary Broadcasting time Current time In addition you might see the following symbols Subtitle symbol if subtitle tracks are provided on the current programme Teletext symbol if teletext pages are provided on the current service Dolby symbol if a Dolby audio track is provided on the current programme When you are not using time shift if the electronic programm...

Page 38: ... Selecting subtitle tracks Some programmes are provided with subtitle tracks in one or more languages If the current programme provides subtitle tracks the subtitle symbol will 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 information as weather reports news...

Page 39: ...d press the button To switch to another service press the V or V button You can travel over previous days with the button and can travel over next days with the button To see the programme guide for radio broadcasts press the button To switch it back press the button again Pressing the button displays the programme guide in the form of spreadsheet To switch it back press the button again You can m...

Page 40: ...ard disk drive storage The buffer will reset each time you change to another service With time shift is enabled the following operations are possi ble To go back in time hold down the button to go for ward hold down the button The progress bar is displayed momentarily with a preview window You can navigate using the progress bar refer to 7 3 1 You can change playback speed For slow motion see 7 3 ...

Page 41: ...en the time shift feature is disabled and a pause is kept for more than 10 seconds the time shift feature will be enabled for saving the missing part of the programme In such case it will remain enabled until you change services ...

Page 42: ... Favorites menu You should see a screen like the left figure There are three columns Group list left Favourites 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 group As you move the highlight bar up or down on the group list favourite services belonging to the highligh...

Page 43: ...y in the group list and press the OK button 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 service entry gets added to the favourite list Repeat this step to add more entries 3 Press the button and the highlight bar gets moved to the favourite list You can...

Page 44: ...r put the 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 3 Transferring receiver data The digital receiver retains the following data Services list Favourite lists Preference settings It is possible to transfer the receiver data from the digital re ...

Page 45: ...urn on the source digital receiver 3 Select the Installation Transfer Firmware Transfer Data to Other IRD menu then you get asked for confirmation select Yes 4 To start the data transfer turn on the target digital receiver 5 A progress bar appears showing the progress of the data transfer 6 Restart the target digital receiver when the data transfer is complete NOTE RS 232 cable must be a NULL mode...

Page 46: ...cord two different services while watching one of them using the time shift feature See 5 4 for the time shift feature 7 1 Recording a programme Once recording has started a symbol like the left figure will be displayed at the top right of the screen for a few seconds When you are watching a different service from the service being recorded you will see a number on the centre of the symbol this in...

Page 47: ... not save the recording and it will not show up on the hard disk drive 7 1 1 Instant recording To instantly record a programme you are watching at present press the button Pressing the button will not pause the current recording like it does with a video cassette recorder Instead pressing the button will pause the live show and begin time shifting within the current recording even with the Time Sh...

Page 48: ...Record pause option pauses recording When you press the button again you will see this option is changed to Record continue To resume recording select it To stop recording press the button then a box like the left figure appears which shows programmes currently be ing recorded If you select one its recording will stop While a recording is going on you can watch or record another service To additio...

Page 49: ...Timer Setting menu then the timer list will be displayed To add a new timer event press the button and a box like the left figure appears Take the fol lowing steps 1 Set the Record option to On to make a recording If this option is set to Off the digital receiver will turn on at the specified time but not record instead you may record with your video cassette recorder or suchlike in this case 2 If...

Page 50: ... in which the recording will be finished 7 Pressing the OK button on the File Name option displays the on screen keyboard with which 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 8 To set a timer recording with the above settings select the OK item otherwise it will not be sav...

Page 51: ...cordings using the elec tronic programme guide are as follows 1 Press the GUIDE button to display the electronic pro gramme guide 2 Select a service you want to record with the V and V buttons 3 Select a programme you want to record with the P and P buttons 4 To make a timer event without recording press the OK button the letter P is displayed To make a timer event with recording press it once mor...

Page 52: ...ing elements file number file name recording time playing duration file size and so on You can play move delete rename and lock a recording file You can also sort the recording files by file name playing dura tion or file size In addition you can make a new folder 7 2 1 To delete a recording To delete a recording put the highlight bar on it and press the button then you get asked for confirmation ...

Page 53: ...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 name of a recording perform the following steps 1 Put the highlight bar on a desired recording 2 Press the button to display the additional options 3 Select the Rename option and the on screen keyboard appears Change the name and save it See 6 2 for how to u...

Page 54: ... Press the button and then the or button to select the file list To copy a file to the built in hard disk drive select the Recorded programme list To copy a file to the USB storage select the USB storage list 3 Put the highlight bar on a desired file and press the button then the list of folders gets displayed 4 To copy a file to the USB storage select the USB Storage External folder To copy a fil...

Page 55: ...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 playback you can enjoy the following tricks To see the detailed information about the currently played recording press the button then the information box appears and shows its file name playing duration pr...

Page 56: ...ch 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 normal speed press the button 7 3 3 To play in fast motion To watch in fast motion during a playback press the button If you press it repeatedly the playback speed changes in 3 steps 2 4 and 6 times To resume normal speed press the button You can pla...

Page 57: ...bove the progress bar like in the picture above 3 To jump forward to next bookmark press the button 4 To delete a bookmark jump to it and then press the button 7 3 5 To play back a recording repeatedly You can play back a recording repeatedly both in whole and in part To play back in whole press the button when the progress bar is hidden then the repetition symbol is displayed on the information b...

Page 58: ...ecorded programmes 2 Select each desired recording with the button Once a recording is selected it gets numbered 3 Press the OK button to start playback 4 The selected recordings are played in the sequence that they are numbered 5 To jump to start of next selected recording press the button to display the progress bar then press the button 7 4 MP3 playback You can enjoy music or audio books in MP3...

Page 59: ... the hard disk drive by formatting it If you wish to do that select the Installation Format Hard Disk menu then you get asked for confirmation If you select Yes formatting will start CAUTION Formatting the hard disk will delete all files permanently NOTE If a new hard disk drive is installed it must be formatted because the file system of the digital receiver is different from any of the personal ...

Page 60: ...dings via the web service 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 Configuring your router for the digital receiver 2 Configuring the Local Area Network LAN settings on the digital receiver 3 Accessing the home page of the digital receiver Refer to 8 3...

Page 61: ...twork 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 dynamic IP address to the com puters or devices connected to the net work by enabling the DHCP server of the router In this case you can access the digital receiver with the IP address which is assigned to the digital receiver by the r...

Page 62: ...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 unless someone in your home can inform you of the changed IP address However many routers support Dynamic Domain Name System DDNS service which can settle this problem The following image is an example of one such DDNS service...

Page 63: ...ted 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 service provider of the new IP address This makes it possible that you access the router with a domain name at any time ...

Page 64: ...You can view the dynamic IP address assigned to the digital receiver by your router at the LAN Status menu Sometimes when the digital receiver 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 static IP address rather than dynamic one Set the DHCP option to O...

Page 65: ...orded 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 web browser such as Netscape Navigator some problems may occur To access the digital receiver s home page through your web browser enter its IP address or domain name if you use a DDNS service For the DDNS serv...

Page 66: ...Internet You cannot only download but also upload recording files or MP3 files in the File Management page NOTE The maximum number of user connections is only one This means that you cannot access the web server while someone else is occupying it ...

Page 67: ...e tool which runs on most versions of Windows from the Topfield web site http www itopfield com au 9 1 Checking the firmware information 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 Remember the number of the System ID item and download the latest firmware ...

Page 68: ... 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 Please check for your relevent firmware under your model number on the web site ...

Page 69: ...press the OK button then a countdown will be displayed on the front display of the digital receiver 6 When the END message appears restart the digital receiver NOTE Your USB memory must be formatted in the FAT file system Otherwise the digital receiver cannot recognize your USB memory In addition the digital receiver can only recognize files and directories which are named with only alphabetic nu ...

Page 70: ... the digital receiver to be assigned a dynamic IP ad dress Set the DHCP option to On to do that If you desire to use static IP address set the DHCP option to Off then the IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway options become enabled You have to set these options to match with the configuration of your router To enable the digital receiver to update the firmware automat ically when a new firmware is av...

Page 71: ... new firmware 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 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 th...

Page 72: ...RS 232 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 Select the Installation Transfer Firmware Transfer Firmware to Other IRD menu then you get asked for confirmation select Yes 5 Turn on the target digital receiver to start the firmware transfer ...

Page 73: ... L R 10 AUDIO R 13 Auto 26 AV 23 Button 4 Censorship 23 Center 18 Center extract 19 Change PIN Code 24 Channel 27 Date 44 Daylight Saving Time 21 DHCP 58 64 Display Format 18 19 Dolby Output 20 download 65 DRC Type 20 Duration 42 44 DVB 1 Electronic Programme Guide 33 Every Day 44 Every Weekday 44 Every Weekend 44 Factory Setting 27 File List 42 46 49 52 File Management 60 File Name 44 Find 65 Fir...

Page 74: ...cord pause 42 recorded programme list 46 Rename 29 47 RS 232 10 39 65 66 S VIDEO 10 13 20 S PDIF 20 S PDIF 10 14 Search Mode 26 27 Service 43 Service Search 26 services list 28 Show Provider 29 Size 46 Sorting 46 Sound Mode 20 specifications 8 10 Start Search 27 Start Time 44 stereo 20 Subnet Mask 58 64 subtitle 32 System ID 61 System Setting 24 25 teletext 32 TFD Down 65 Time 46 time format 21 Ti...

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Page 78: ...esources Household users should contact 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 conditions of the purchase contract This product should not be mixed with other commercial wastes for disposal...

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