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Topfield TF 5000 PVRt Masterpiece User Manual

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Digital Terrestrial Receiver
Personal Video Recorder

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  • Page 1 TOPFIELD TF 5000 PVRt Masterpiece User Guide Digital Terrestrial Receiver Personal Video Recorder...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents iii Contents 1 Introduction Features ....... Controlling the digital receiver .
  • Page 4 iv Contents 3 Preference Settings Language settings ......16 Video and audio settings ..... . 18 3.2.1 Television standard .
  • Page 5 Contents v 6 Listing Services Editing the favourite list ..... . 38 How to use on-screen keyboard ....40 Transferring receiver data .
  • Page 6 vi Contents 8 Topfield Application Program 9 Firmware Update Checking the firmware information ....62 From your computer via USB port ....64 From your computer via RS-232 port .

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction The TF 5000 PVRt Masterpiece digital receiver is fully compli- ant with the international Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard, and can receive digital broadcasts. For its operation you need an antenna, which must be installed appropriately. NOTE In general we equate a channel with a frequency.

  • Page 8: Controlling The Digital Receiver

    2 Introduction • You can create favourite lists of your favourite services. • You can view information about the current television or radio programme. • Has an electronic programme guide that provides an overview of scheduled programmes. • You can update the firmware of the digital receiver to the latest version, provided by the manufacturer.

  • Page 9: The Front Panel

    1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 3 1.2.1 The front panel The front panel of the digital receiver has buttons to control the digital receiver, and specific lamps and a display to indicate its status. The following indicates what they mean. STANDBY button switches the digital receiver between standby mode and operation mode.

  • Page 10: The Remote Control

    4 Introduction 1.2.2 The remote control button switches the digital re- ceiver between standby mode and operation mode. mutes the sound. Press again to switch it back on. displays the radio frequency setting menu. See § 3.2.6 for more details. switches the output of the TV SCART socket between the digital receiver and the device connected to...
  • Page 11 1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 5 buttons decrease or increase the volume. They are also used to change values for menu options. displays the services list. See § 5.2.1 for more details. It is also used to select a menu item. displays the favourite lists.
  • Page 12 6 Introduction resumes normal playback speed, or displayes the progress bar for navigation on playback or time shift. To play a recorded programme, see button 35. is used to start reverse playback. Subsequent presses increase the rewind speed. is used to start fast motion playback. Subsequent presses increase the playback speed.

  • Page 13: Setup

    Chapter 2 Setup 2.1 Unpacking Before going any further, check that you have received the following items with your digital receiver. • Remote control unit • Two batteries for the remote control (AAA 1.5 V) • One loop cable to link the first tuner with the second tuner •...
  • Page 14 8 Setup • The mains power must be 90 to 250 volts. Check it before connecting the digital receiver to the wall outlet. For the power consumption of the digital receiver, refer to Table 2.1. • The wall outlet should be near the equipment. Do not run an extension lead to the unit.

  • Page 15: Rear Panel Connections

    4.3 kg Operating temperature 0 to 45 °C Storage relative humidity 5 to 95 % 2.3 Rear panel connections The TF 5000 PVRt Masterpiece has a wide range of connections on the back panel. VIDEO RF OUT ANT 1 ANT 2...
  • Page 16 10 Setup AUDIO L/R Stereo audio output socket for the television set or the audio system. (white/red) S-VIDEO Super video output socket for the television set. Audio and video output socket for the televi- sion set. Audio and video input/output socket for the video cassette recorder or suchlike.

  • Page 17: Connecting Up Your Digital Receiver

    2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 11 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 other appliances. If you have any problem with your setup or need help, contact your dealer.

  • Page 18: Connecting To Your Television

    12 Setup 2.4.2 Connecting to your television Between all the following connectors of the digital receiver, we recommend you to use the first connector to get best picture quality. If your television does not have the matching connector, then use the next connector in the following order for better picture quality.
  • Page 19 2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 13 To use the S-Video connector You will need to obtain a S-Video cable to use the S-Video connector. Plug one end of the cable into the S-VIDEO socket on the digital receiver, and the other end into the matching socket on your television.

  • Page 20: Connecting To Your Video Cassette Recorder

    14 Setup To use the RF connector If your television does not have any video and audio input, you will need to use the radio frequency output from the digital receiver. In this case, you will need to connect a ca- ble from the RF OUT socket to the antenna connector on your television.

  • Page 21: Inserting Batteries In The Remote Control

    2.5 Switching on for the first time 15 2.5.1 Inserting batteries in the remote control To insert the batteries, open the battery compartment by remov- ing the lid, and then insert the batteries observing the polarity, which is marked on the base of the battery compartment. If the digital receiver no longer reacts properly to remote con- trol commands, the batteries may be flat.

  • Page 22: Preference Settings

    16 Preference Settings Chapter 3 Preference Settings 3.1 Language settings You can select the language in which the menu would be dis- played. In addition to that, you can select which language of au- dio track and of subtitle track should be output.
  • Page 23 3.1 Language settings 17 Subtitle language Set the 1st Subtitle Language option and the 2nd Subtitle Lan- guage option to your desired languages. When you watch a programme, if the programme has a subtitle track of the lan- guage that is designated for the 1st Subtitle Language, it will be displayed.

  • Page 24: Video And Audio Settings

    18 Preference Settings 3.2 Video and audio settings You have to configure the video and audio settings appropriately to your television set and other appliances. Select the System Setting A/V Output Setting menu. You should see a screen like the left figure.

  • Page 25: Colour Model

    3.2 Video and audio settings 19 3.2.2 Colour model Through the TV SCART connector, the digital receiver is able to output video in various colour models. If you have the digital receiver linked to your television via this connector, you should set the Video Output option to your desired colour model.

  • Page 26: Television Aspect Ratio

    20 Preference Settings 3.2.4 Television aspect ratio If you have a wide-screen television, set the TV Aspect Ratio option to 16:9. Otherwise, if you have 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.

  • Page 27: Radio Frequency Output

    3.3 Local time setting 21 3.2.6 Radio frequency output If you have connected your television to the RF OUT socket, you should configure the radio frequency output. The digital receiver can make analogue television from digital television and output it via the RF OUT socket. Set the RF Output option to the television standard that your country supports referring to Table 3.1.
  • Page 28 22 Preference Settings Table 3.2: Time offset table Time offset City 12:00 Eniwetok, Kwajalein 11:00 Midway Island, Samoa 10:00 Hawaii 09:00 Alaska 08:00 Pacific Time US, Canada 07:00 Mountain Time US, Canada 06:00 Central Time US, Canada, Mexico City 05:00 Eastern Time US, Canada, Bogota, Lima 04:00 Atlantic Time Canada, La Paz...

  • Page 29: Parental Control

    3.4 Parental control 23 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. The time format is day/month/year 24-hour:minute. 3.4 Parental control In general, television programmes are classified according to the level of violence, nudity and language of their content.

  • Page 30: Adjusting The On-Screen Display

    24 Preference Settings 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 content of which is strong. R restricts to R rated programmes.

  • Page 31: To Turn On The Time Shift Feature

    3.6 To turn on the time shift feature 25 Time option as you desire. Its available range is from 1 to 30 seconds. If you set this option to No Info Box, the information box will not be displayed when you switch services. However, pressing the button will display the information box.

  • Page 32: Service Search

    26 Service Search Chapter 4 Service Search After connecting up the digital receiver, you will need to per- form a service search. 4.1 Searching broadcasting services To perform service search, select the Installation Service Search menu. You should see a screen like the left figure.

  • Page 33: Resetting To Factory Settings

    4.2 Resetting to factory settings 27 transponder. To do that, set the Search Mode option to Manual, and then at the Channel option select your desired transponder. The number ranges from 6 to 12 in VHF and 28 to 69 in UHF. To search one service of a transponder, set the Search Mode option to Advanced, and at the PID option specify the PIDs of your desired service with the numeric buttons.

  • Page 34: Daily Usage

    28 Daily Usage Chapter 5 Daily Usage 5.1 Volume control Use the buttons to alter the volume to a com- fortable level. You may need to adjust the volume on your television set too. To temporarily switch off the sound, press button.
  • Page 35 5.2 Watching television 29 On the services list, you can see the service information: • Service number and name • Transponder information To select a desired service, put the highlight bar on its entry with the button and press the button;...

  • Page 36: The Favourite Services List

    30 Daily Usage will be displayed. Put the highlight bar on a desired group and press the button. 5.2.2 The favourite services list You can select a service to watch on a favourite list as well as on the services list. To display the favourite lists, press the button.

  • Page 37: Viewing Programme Information

    5.2 Watching television 31 the on-screen keyboard appears. Enter your desired name and save it. See § for how to use the on-screen keyboard. To delete a group or a service, press the button; then you get asked for confirmation. If you select Yes, it will be deleted. 5.2.3 Viewing programme information Pressing the button displays the information box, on which...

  • Page 38: Selecting Audio Tracks

    32 Daily Usage Pressing the button once more displays detailed information about the current programme. To hide the information box, press the button. EXIT 5.2.4 Selecting audio tracks Some programmes are provided with audio tacks in one or more languages. Pressing the button displays available au- dio tracks.

  • Page 39: Viewing Electronic Programme Guide

    5.3 Viewing electronic programme guide 33 5.3 Viewing electronic programme guide The Electronic Programme Guide shows the current and sched- uled programmes that are or will be available on each service with a short summary for each programme. Pressing the button dis- GUIDE plays the electronic programme...

  • Page 40: Watching Multifeed Programme

    34 Daily Usage For instructions on setting up IceTV, please visit http://www. icetv.com.au/topfield. You can make a timer recording on the electronic programme guide. See § 7.1.3 for detailed description. 5.4 Watching multifeed programme Some broadcasts such as sports channels can provide a variety of perspectives on a programme at a same time.
  • Page 41 5.5 Using time shift 35 When you do this, you are no longer watching the live pro- gramme, instead you are watch- ing a delayed presentation of it. This is called time shifted tele- vision. Then, you can skip com- mercials until you catch up to the live broadcast.

  • Page 42: Using Picture In Picture

    36 Daily Usage • To make a recording of what is in time shift, see § 7.1.4. • To end time shift, press the button. The live pro- gramme will be presented. When time shift option is disabled and pause is kept for more than 10 seconds, the time shift feature will be switched on to stop you loosing part of the programme.
  • Page 43 5.6 Using picture in picture 37 4. Pressing the button moves the sub-screen counter- clockwise, and pressing the button moves it clock- wise. 5. Pressing the button swaps the main picture with the sub-picture. Even when you play back a recording, you can watch a live programme in the sub-screen.

  • Page 44: Listing Services

    38 Listing Services Chapter 6 Listing Services 6.1 Editing the favourite list You can make your own favourite services list. In fact, you can define multiple favourite services lists, each being a ‘group’ of chosen services. Select the Organizing Favorites menu.
  • Page 45 6.1 Editing the favourite list 39 You can add up to 30 groups. To add a group, select the NEW option in the group list; then the on-screen keyboard appears. See § for how to use the on-screen keyboard. To rename a group, put the highlight bar on the group entry you want and press the button;...

  • Page 46: How To Use On-Screen Keyboard

    40 Listing Services 6.2 How to use on-screen keyboard You can move the highlight key horizontally with the buttons and vertically with buttons. Press- ing the button on a key en- ters its letter in the input line. To type a space, select the Space key.
  • Page 47 6.3 Transferring receiver data 41 1. 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 the other digital receiver. 2.

  • Page 48: Recording And Playing

    You can record two different services while watching another if two of the services are provided through the same transponder The TF 5000 PVRt Masterpiece digital receiver has two tuners so that you can enjoy the following: • While playing a recording back, you can watch a service in the sub-screen using the picture-in-picture feature.

  • Page 49: Recording A Programme

    7.1 Recording a programme 43 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. When you are watching a service dif- ferent from the service being recorded, you can view a number on the center of the symbol, which indicates the order that the recording is started.
  • Page 50 44 Recording and Playing Pressing the button will pause the live show and begin time shifting within the current recording even with the Time Shifting option disabled. How- ever, it is still possible to pause a recording. After a recording is started, pressing the but- ton displays a menu like the left...

  • Page 51: Timer Recording

    7.1 Recording a programme 45 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.
  • Page 52 46 Recording and Playing To input a timer recording, select the Timer Setting menu; then the timer list will be displayed. To add a new timer event, press button, and a box like the left figure appears. Take the fol- lowing steps: 1.
  • Page 53 7.1 Recording a programme 47 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 desired time, at which the recording will be started.

  • Page 54: Scheduling A Recording Using The Programme Guide

    48 Recording and Playing 7.1.3 Scheduling a recording using the programme guide If the electronic programme guide is properly provided, you can make timer events on it. The instructions on how to make timer recordings using the elec- tronic programme guide are as follows: 1.

  • Page 55: File Archive

    7.2 File archive 49 1. Press the button to display the progress bar. 2. To move to the beginning of the desired scene, hold down button until it is reached. 3. Press the button to start recording. The time shift buffer from that position onwards will now be recorded.

  • Page 56: To Delete A Recording

    50 Recording and Playing 7.2.1 To delete a recording To delete a recording, put the highlight bar on it and press the button; then you are asked for confirmation. If you select Yes, it will be deleted. 7.2.2 To sort recordings To sort the recordings, perform the following steps: 1.

  • Page 57: To Rename A Recording

    7.3 Playing back a recording 51 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.

  • Page 58: To Navigate Using The Progress Bar

    52 Recording and Playing 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, pro- gramme information, and so on.

  • Page 59: To Play In Slow Motion

    7.3 Playing back a recording 53 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 normal speed, press the button.

  • Page 60: To Play Back A Recording Repeatedly

    54 Recording and Playing 3. To jump forward to next bookmark, press the button. 4. To jump to first bookmark, press the button then the button. 5. 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.

  • Page 61: Editing A Recording

    7.4 Editing a recording 55 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 they are numbered. 5.

  • Page 62: Mp3 Playback

    56 Recording and Playing 1. Start playback of a recording you want. 2. Move to a scene from which you want to start copy by holding down the button. 3. Press the button, then it will be copied in a new file which is named after the original recording with a suffix of ‘COPY’...

  • Page 63: Transferring Recording Files

    You can transfer files between the digital receiver and your computer via USB connection with Altair, which is a program used to transfer files. You can download it from the Topfield website, http://www.i-topfield.com. To transfer files, take the following steps: 1. Download the Altair programme and the USB driver from the Topfield website.

  • Page 64: Formatting The Hard Disk

    58 Recording and Playing folders 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 digital receiver to your com- puter, press the right arrow button ( 3.
  • Page 65 7.8 Formatting the hard disk 59 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 computer.

  • Page 66: Topfield Application Program

    TAPs. You can get the Application program Interface (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 exten- sion name, they will be ignored.
  • Page 67 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, refer to §...

  • Page 68: Firmware Update

    However, a new firmware may be released to improve the digital receiver. You can get the latest firmware and an update utility 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...
  • Page 69 9.1 Checking the firmware information 63 NOTE You can only update with firmwares of which system identifi- cation is identical to that of yours. Otherwise you will fail in firmware update.

  • Page 70: From Your Computer Via Usb Port

    You can transfer a new firmware to the digital receiver from your computer by connecting them with a USB cable. You need TFDN USB, a firmware transfer utility for this, which is available from the website, http://www.i-topfield.com. To update the firmware with this method, perform the follow- ing steps: 1.

  • Page 71: From Your Computer Via Rs-232 Port

    It is possible to transfer a new firmware to the digital receiver from your computer by connecting them with a 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 with this method, perform the follow- ing steps: 1.

  • Page 72: From Another Digital Receiver Via Rs-232 Port

    66 Firmware Update 9.4 From another digital receiver via RS-232 port It is possible to transfer the firmware from the digital receiver to another same digital receiver by connecting them with a RS- 232 cable. To update the firmware with this method, perform the following steps: 1.

  • Page 73: Index

    Index 16:9, Change PIN Code, 16:9 Display Format, Channel, 1st Audio Language, Cut, 1st Subtitle Language, 2nd Audio Language, Date, 2nd Subtitle Language, Diab, 4:3, download, 64, Duration, 44, A/V Output Setting, DVB, Access Control, Add to Fav, Electronic Programme Guide, Advanced, Every Day, After next program,...
  • Page 74 68 INDEX Letter Box, RF LOOP 2 OUT, Local Time, 22, RF OUT, Lock, 29, RF OUT, 14, Locked, RF Output, RS-232, RS-232, 41, 65, Manual, S-VIDEO, Menu Language, S-VIDEO, Mode, 22, 23, S/PDIF, mono, S/PIDF, multifeed, Save, Search Mode, 26, NEW, Service, No block,...
  • Page 75 Turbo Off, TV, 12, TV Aspect Ratio, TV Type, Type, USB, USB, 57, VCR, VCR, VCR Scart Type, VIDEO, VIDEO, 12, Video Output, Weekly, wide-screen television, Wind River,...
  • Page 78 Correct disposal of this product This marking shown on the product or its literature indicates that it should not be disposed with other household wastes at the end of its working life. To prevent possible harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal, please separate this from other types of wastes and recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources.

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