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TOPFIELD

TF 520 PVRt

User Guide

High Deﬁnition

Digital Terrestrial Receiver

Personal Video Recorder
CONAX CAS 5 Embedded

Summary of Contents for TF 520 PVRt

Page 1: ...TOPFIELD TF 520 PVRt User Guide High Deﬁnition Digital Terrestrial Receiver Personal Video Recorder CONAX CAS 5 Embedded ...

Page 2: ... 7 2 2 Safety precautions 7 2 3 Rear panel connections 9 2 4 Connecting up your digital receiver 11 2 4 1 Connecting to the antenna 11 2 4 2 Connecting to your television set 11 2 4 3 Connecting to your video recorder 13 2 5 Switching on for the ﬁrst time 14 3 Service Search 16 3 1 Searching for broadcasting services 16 3 2 Resetting to factory settings 17 4 Preference Settings 19 4 1 Language set...

Page 3: ... Every Day Use 29 5 1 Volume control 29 5 2 Watching television 29 5 2 1 The services list 29 5 2 2 The favourite service lists 31 5 2 3 Viewing programme information 32 5 2 4 Selecting audio tracks 33 5 2 5 Selecting subtitle tracks 33 5 2 6 Viewing teletext 33 5 3 Viewing electronic programme guide 34 5 4 Watching multifeed programme 35 5 5 Using time shift 35 5 6 Viewing in the picture in pictu...

Page 4: ...g back a recording 50 7 3 1 To navigate using the progress bar 51 7 3 2 To play in slow motion 51 7 3 3 To play in fast motion 51 7 3 4 To make a bookmark 52 7 3 5 To play back a recording repeatedly 52 7 3 6 To play back a scrambled recording 53 7 4 Editing a recording 53 7 5 Copying a recording 54 7 6 MP3 playback 54 7 7 Transferring recording ﬁles 54 7 8 Formatting the hard disk 56 8 Topﬁeld Ap...

Page 5: ...frequency 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 frequency in digital broadcasting is usually called trans ponder or multiplex To reduce confusion in this manual the word service is preferably used than channel as a term to indicate one television or r...

Page 6: ... 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 wall socket we say that it is in standby mode on the other hand when it is on it is in active mode Even when you are not using the digital receiver you shou...

Page 7: ...he current time in standby mode and displays the current service in active mode CHANNEL c a buttons switch to the previous or next ser vice They are also used to navigate in menus and inter active screens VOLUME b d buttons decrease or increase the volume They are also used to change values for menu options MENU button displays the main menu It is also used to return to the previous menu from a su...

Page 8: ...he 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 service and the previ ously 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 deta...

Page 9: ...AT swaps the sub picture with the main picture in picture in picture mode See 5 6 for more details This button has other fucntions as well depending on the con text 20 MENU displays the main menu It is also used to return to the previous menu from a submenu 21 EXIT is used to exit a menu or to hide on screen informa tion 22 is used to start recording 23 is used to stop playback to stop recording o...

Page 10: ...icture See 5 6 for more details about picture in picture 33 is used to make a bookmark on playback or time shift 34 is used to jump to next bookmark position 35 is used to edit a recording 36 has diﬀerent functions per menu Functions of the colour buttons will be guided by on screen instructions NOTE When using the remote control point it at the remote sensor on the front panel of the digital rece...

Page 11: ...e control AAA 1 5 V 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 mains voltage must range between 90 and 250 volts Check it before plugging the digital receiver to the wall socket For the power consumption of the digital re ceiver refer to Table 2 1 ...

Page 12: ...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 Ta ble 2 2 Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched If the cord is damaged do not use the digital receiver and get the cord replaced Never open the digita...

Page 13: ...lative humidity 5 to 90 2 3 Rear panel connections The TF 520 PVRt has a wide range of connections on the back TV VCR Check what connections your television set has in comparison with the digital receiver 1 ANT IN Terrestrial broadcasting signal input socket 5V Max 100mA 2 ANT OUT Terrestrial broadcasting signal output socket through the ANT IN socket for another dig ital receiver 3 VIDEO Composit...

Page 14: ...are update and data transfer 10 S PDIF Digital audio output socket for the audio video receiver 11 ON OFF Power switch You have to turn on this switch ﬁrst to use this digital receiver Table 2 3 Connectors speciﬁcations HDMI High deﬁnition video output Left right audio output Digital audio output VIDEO Composite video CVBS output AUDIO Left right audio output TV CVBS S Video RGB video output Left ...

Page 15: ... the antenna cable to the ANT IN connector If you have an other digital receiver you may link it from the ANT OUT connector NOTE ANT OUT may also be linked to your television VCR or DVD recorder to loop an analogue signal 2 4 2 Connecting to your television set For all the following connections of the digital receiver we rec ommend you to use the ﬁrst connector to get the best picture quality If y...

Page 16: ...use it can output stereo audio or digital audio as well To use the SCART output For best results with a standard television set you should use a SCART 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 If you connect with a standard SCART cable you do not have to make audio connection because it can output s...

Page 17: ... the audio connectors Plug one ends of the cable into the AUDIO L white and AUDIO R red sockets on the digi tal receiver and plug the other ends into the matching sockets on your television or audio video receiver To enjoy Dolby Digital audio your television or audio video receiver must be able to de code Dolby Digital audio and you need to obtain an S PDIF cable Plug one end of the cable into the...

Page 18: ...atteries observing the polarity which is marked on the base of the battery compart ment Press the button on the top left corner on the remote con trol In a little time you may see a picture displaying a menu If you do not see a picture try pressing the V Format button on the remote control If after several tries you still get no picture check that the television is set to the correct input If the ...

Page 19: ...partment Do not subject to excessive heat such as the sun and ﬁre If you are not using the remote control for a long pe riod of time remove the batteries The manufacturer accepts no liability for the damage resulting from leak ing batteries Batteries including those which contain no heavy metals may not be disposed with other household wastes Please dispose of used batteries in an environ mentally...

Page 20: ...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 Service Search menu You should see a screen like the left ﬁgure If you have an antenna booster you should set the Antenna Supply 5V option to On to supply power to it ...

Page 21: ...led Specify the PIDs of your desired service with the numeric buttons To start service search move down to the Start Search item and press the OK button The digital receiver will start to search for services and display 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...

Page 22: ...18 Service Search NOTE A factory reset will not delete any recorded programmes However you have to search services again after a factory reset ...

Page 23: ...uage of audio track and of subtitle track Select the System Setting Language Setting menu You should see a screen like the left ﬁgure 4 1 1 Menu language The digital receiver provides menus in several diﬀerent lan guages Set the Menu Language option to your desired lan guage Once you select a language the menu will be immedi ately displayed in the selected language ...

Page 24: ...he 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 the programme has an audio track of the lan guage that is speciﬁed for the 1st Audio Language it will be output If the ﬁrst language is not available but the second lan guage is the audio of the second langu...

Page 25: ...es in resolution of 576 On the contrary if you set it to 1080I the digital receiver will present even standard deﬁnition programmes in resolution of 1080 It is recommended to set it to Auto if you have a high deﬁnition television With that setting the digital receiver will present a programme as it is without any resolution conversion While watching television you can change the resolution with th...

Page 26: ...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 ﬁgures show The left ﬁgure shows a normal picture displayed in the normal screen To watch wide screen programmes in the shape like the cen tre ﬁgure set the Display Format option to Letter Box Wide screen pictures then will be reduced to ﬁ...

Page 27: ...r this 4 2 4 Another video device You can have the digital receiver linked to another video de vice like a video recorder or a DVD player via the VCR SCART output In this case the digital receiver will operate diﬀer ently depending on the setting of the VCR SCART Type op tion If the option is set to Standard the digital receiver will pass along the video from the video device to your television wh...

Page 28: ...ting you can change the sound mode with the button See 5 2 4 for a detailed description 4 3 Local time setting You should set your local time for timer events Select the System Setting Time Setting menu You should see a screen like the left ﬁgure You can set the clock manually or use the time signal Green wich Mean Time GMT carried as part of the digital television broadcast To use Greenwich Mean ...

Page 29: ...uttons 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 Saving Time option to On NOTE Daylight saving time adds one hour to the time when the op tion is set to On When setting the time oﬀset from Green wich Mean Time make sure that time oﬀset does not include daylight saving time ...

Page 30: ...T 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 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 Solomo...

Page 31: ... is trying to watch a programme that is of or above the censorship setting the person has to enter the personal identi ﬁcation number to override To change the number select the Change PIN Code menu then a box pops up asking a new PIN Enter a desired number twice for conﬁrmation You can also restrict uses of some menus Selecting the Access Control menu displays a list of menus that you can lock If...

Page 32: ...n to Never Hide the information box will always be displayed In addition 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 set the option the lower the information box will be positioned 4 6 To enable time shifting Time shift means that the most recent hou...

Page 33: ...utton 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 service...

Page 34: ... buttons puts the highlight bar on its entry You can switch between the television services list and the ra dio services list by pressing the button Pressing the button displays 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...

Page 35: ...screen like the left ﬁgure As you move the high light bar up or down on the favourite group list at the left box favourite services belong ing to the highlighted group are listed on the right box As to 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 highlight bar appears on its favourite services list Onc...

Page 36: ...group or a service press the button then you get asked for conﬁrmation With the choice of Yes it will be deleted 5 2 3 Viewing programme information Pressing the button displays the information box on which you can see all of the following Service number and name Signal level and quality Programme name Programme classiﬁcation sign Programme summary Broadcasting time Current time In addition you mi...

Page 37: ...ramme is provided at the moment video tracks will be displayed 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 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 subti...

Page 38: ...ogramme summary Broadcasting date Broadcasting time To see detailed information of a desired programme put the highlight bar on the programme with the P or P button and 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 ...

Page 39: ...s 5 5 Using time shift You can pause and resume a live 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 a live TV and resume a short time later without losing any of the programme When you do this you are no longer watching the live pro gramme instead yo...

Page 40: ... playback 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 top right corner of the screen A value of 02 00 means two minutes be hind the live programme To make a recording of the time shifted programme see 7 1 4 To end time shift press the button The liv...

Page 41: ...re miniﬁes the sub picture and 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 be limited 4 Pressing the button moves the sub picture counter clockwise and pressing the button moves it clock wise 5 Pressing the SAT button swaps the main picture with ...

Page 42: ...ng 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 favourites 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 highli...

Page 43: ...n a desired group entry 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 ...

Page 44: ...r 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 must select the Save key or alternatively press the button to complete your typing otherwise if you press the EXIT button it will not be saved 6 3 Transferring receiver data The digital receiver retains the following data Services list Favourite lists Preference sett...

Page 45: ...r digital re ceiver 2 Turn on the source digital receiver 3 Select the Installation Transfer Firmware Transfer Data to Other IRD menu then you get asked for conﬁrma tion select Yes 4 To start the data transfer turn on the target digital re ceiver 5 A progress bar appears showing the progress of the data transfer 6 Restart the target digital receiver when the data transfer is complete ...

Page 46: ...mage to recorded pro grammes Topﬁeld is not responsible for damages inﬂicted on ﬁles that are stored on the hard drive 7 1 Recording a programme Once recording has started a symbol like the left ﬁg ure will be displayed at the top right of the screen for a few seconds NOTE If a recording lasts less than one minute the digital reciever will not save the recording ...

Page 47: ...pecify an arbitrary recording duration set the Duration op tion as you desire with the V and V buttons and 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 program and After next program options will be available Once the Af ter this program option is selected the current recordi...

Page 48: ...ed programme list press the button See 7 2 for detailed description about the recorded programme list 7 1 2 Timer recording You can make your desired service to be recorded at a speciﬁc time Even if the digital receiver is in standby mode it will switch into active mode and start recording at a speciﬁed time When the recording comes to the end the digital receiver will switch back into standby mod...

Page 49: ... Weekly means one day every week Every Weekday means from Monday to Friday every week If your favourite programme is on the air at weekends and you wish to record every episode of the programme set the Mode option to Every Weekend 5 Set the Date option to a desired date on which the digital receiver will turn on The date format is day month year day of the week Set the Start Time option to a desir...

Page 50: ...rom the electronic programme guide they will be also displayed in the timer list In that case you can edit or delete them in the same manner described above NOTE Do not operate the digital receiver while it is working on a timer event If you press any key on the remote control or on the front panel it will not turn oﬀ automatically even after the timer event is complete 7 1 3 Scheduling recordings...

Page 51: ...out the time shift feature While watching a programme with 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 reached 3 Press the button to start recording The time shift buﬀer from that position onwards will now be recorded 4 Press the button to stop time ...

Page 52: ...hift in the middle of recording a pay programme it will be recorded without descrambling from that moment Even if the recording is only partially descrambled you need the subscription card to play it back 7 2 File archive When a programme is recorded it is stored as a ﬁle on the built in hard drive of the digital receiver You can select a recording to play back from the recorded programme list Sel...

Page 53: ...options 2 Set the Sorting option to Alphabetic Time or Size as you want 3 Press the EXIT button 4 They are sorted by the speciﬁed option 7 2 3 To lock a recording To lock a recording so that other people 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 to Locked 4 Press the EXIT b...

Page 54: ...ders get listed Once you choose a folder the recording get moved into it 7 3 Playing back a recording When a programme is recorded its additional 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 Press the button to display the list of recorded pro grammes 2 Put...

Page 55: ...old down the button If there are no bookmarks you can jump forward 30 sec onds at a time by pressing the button 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 bar press the button again 7 3 2 To play in slow motion To watch in slow motion during a playback press the but ton If you press it repeatedl...

Page 56: ...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 dot appear above the progress bar like in the picture above 3 To jump forward to next bookmark press the button 4 To jump to the ﬁrst bookmark press the button then the button 5 To delete a bookmark jump to it and then press the button 7 3 5 ...

Page 57: ... it has been recorded without descrambling even though it may have been partially descrambled On the recorded programme list a purely green indicates the recording has been wholly descrambled on the other hand a yellowish green indicates it has been partially descrambled and a purely yellow indicates it has not been descrambled at all Refer to 7 1 5 as to how to record a pay service programme 7 4 ...

Page 58: ...d in a new ﬁle which is named after the original recording with a suﬃx of COPY and a number 4 To stop copy press the button 7 6 MP3 playback You can enjoy music or audio books in MP3 format with the digital receiver To play an MP3 ﬁle take the following steps 1 Press the button and then the or button to dis play the MP3 list 2 Put the highlight bar on a desired ﬁle if you want to play several ﬁles...

Page 59: ...d the other end into the matching port on your com 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 shows ﬁles and fold ers that are on the digital receiver while the right panel shows ﬁles and folders that are on your computer 2 To transfer ﬁles from the ...

Page 60: ...dings with a regular MPEG player on your computer because they are formatted dif ferently 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 www haenlein software com where you can ﬁnd a DVD author ing program able to process them 7 8 Formatting the hard disk If a ...

Page 61: ...indriver com Some variants of gcc compiler also might be available as a com piler for TAPs You can get the Application program Inter face API libraries for TAPs from the Topﬁeld website http www i topfield com Your TAPs will be run under the following conditions Their extension name is tap If they have any other ex tension name they will be ignored They are in the Program Files folder If they are ...

Page 62: ... is a run ning screen of a TAP Image Viewer which displays image ﬁles of BMP GIF and JPG for mat This TAP is available from the website http www i topfield com In the program ﬁle list you can use a variety of ﬁle control functions including renaming sorting deleting and so on For detailed descriptions about the ﬁle control functions re fer to 7 2 If you want a program to run automatically when the...

Page 63: ...e update tool which runs on most versions of Windows from the Topﬁeld website http www i topfield com 9 1 Checking the ﬁrmware information You have to check the ﬁrmware information of your digital receiver before downloading a new ﬁrmware Select the Information 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 with...

Page 64: ... a USB cable You need TFDN_USB a ﬁrmware transfer utility for this which is avail able from the website http www i topfield com To update the ﬁrmware by this method take the following steps 1 Download a new ﬁrmware applicable to your digital receiver from the Topﬁeld website 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...

Page 65: ...e digital receiver from your computer by connecting them with an RS 232 cable You need TFD Down a ﬁrmware transfer utility for this which is available from the website http www i topfield com To update the ﬁrmware by this method take the following steps 1 Download a new ﬁrmware applicable to your digital receiver from the Topﬁeld website 2 Turn oﬀ the digital receiver 3 Plug one end of an RS 232 c...

Page 66: ... update the ﬁrmware with this method take the following steps 1 Turn oﬀ the target digital receiver 2 Plug one end of an RS 232 cable 9 pin D sub cable into the RS 232 port on the digital receiver and the other end into the matching port on the other digital re ceiver 3 Turn on the source digital receiver if not already on 4 Select the Installation Transfer Firmware Transfer Firmware to Other IRD ...

Page 67: ...mware to the latest version over the air If a new version is available at any time then a mes sage box pops up asking you whether to start ﬁrmware up date With the choice of Yes you will be moved to the Sys tem Software Upgrade menu and the ﬁrmware update will be started ...

Page 68: ...the retailer where they purchased this product or their local government oﬃce for details of where and how they can dis pose 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 At any time during the life of a product Topﬁel...

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