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Topfield TF4000PVR User Manual

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  • Page 1 The User’s Manual Personal Video Recorder TF4000PVR -Personal Video Recorder TF4000PVR CoCI -Personal Video Recorder -Embedded Conax Please read this User s Manual carefully. The menu structure and specification can be changed without noti...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CONTENTS FEATURES FRONT/ REAR PANELS 1) FRONT PANEL 2) REAR PANEL REMOTE CONTROL UNIT(RCU) GETTING STARTED FUNCTION GUIDE MENU OPERATIONS 1) SYSTEM SETTING 2) ORGANIZING CHANNEL 3) ORGANIZING FAVORITES 4) RECORDING 5) HDD SERVICE 6) INSTALLATION 7) INFORMATION 8) COMMON INTERFACE 9) GAME...
  • Page 3 WARNING Warning WARNING Warning WARNING Please read the following recommended safety precautions carefully for your safety. MAINS SUPPLY : 90-250V AC 50/60 Hz. OVERLOADING : Do not overload wall outlets, extension cords or adapters as these can result in fire or electrical shock. LIQUIDS : Keep liquids away from the PVR.

  • Page 4: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the Personal Video Recorder (PVR). This PVR is fully compliant with the international DVB standard and thus transmits digital images, sounds, information guides and teletext directly to your TV through the satellite. Now you can comfortably see and receive digitally transmitted music, news, movie and sports satellite broadcasts in your office or at your home.
  • Page 5 Antenna/LNB control - 22KHz mode On/Off - 0/12V mode selection - Automatic FEC Detection - DiSEqC 1.0 & 1.2 compatible Satellite/Channel support - 3500 TV channels, 1500 Radio channels storable Video/Audio - Automatic PAL/NTSC selection - Multi-lingual Audio support - Automatic channel search OSD (On Screen Display) support - 256 color support.

  • Page 6: Front/ Rear Panels

    FRONT / REAR PANELS 1) Front Panel - POWER The power button of STB (ON / Stand by) - LED TV / SAT REMOTE STAND BY - DISPLAY During the STANDBY mode, the current time is displayed. When the power is ON, the current status is displayed (TV/ Radio/ Menu). - CHANNEL The channel buttons are to change channels.

  • Page 7: Remote Control Unit(Rcu)

    REMOTE CONTROL UNIT (RCU) POWER Button ( Switches the PVR between Operation and Standby mode. MUTE Button ( Enables/ Disables the Audio. UHF Button ( Displays and alters the UHF setting in menu. TV/SAT Button ( Changes the terrestrial TV and Satellite mode. SLEEP Button ( Displays sleep time.
  • Page 8 V+/V- Buttons ( Button Pause. Adjusts the volume (Increase/Decrease). Button Button Button P+/P- Buttons ( The each function for above buttons is not Tunes to the next or previous service. defined yet. According to the future upgrade Services up or down through the available for the software, the buttons will be used services.
  • Page 9 INSTALLATION (Connection) First, connect both the satellite antenna and the TV line to the PVR and switch the power on. In this manual there are some of the most common ways to connect the equipment: TV, VCR and PVR. There are several ways of connecting the PVR to the existing Audio/TV system. We recommend one of the following setups.
  • Page 10 1-3) Connection to the TV with the CINCH Cable. Connect one end (3 connectors) of the CINCH cable to the AUDIO-RIGHT (red), AUDIO-LEFT (white) and the VIDEO output (yellow) socket on the PVR. Connect the other end (3 connectors) to the AUDIO-RIGHT (red), AUDIO-LEFT (white) and the VIDEO input (yellow) socket on the TV or Hi-Fi.
  • Page 11 2-1) Installing the PVR with two separated Antennas. Installing the PVR with two separated Antennas. The Connection Type in LNB setting menu should be set to Separated. 2-2) Installing the PVR with one Antenna. The Connection Type in LNB setting menu should be set to Loop Through.
  • Page 12 2-4) Installing the PVR with two separated dual LNB Antennas and DiSEqC switches. The Connection Type in LNB setting menu should be set to Separated. 3.Connection to the other Satellite Receiver. Connect the satellite cable to the LNB IN socket on the PVR.

  • Page 13: Getting Started

    GETTING STARTED Press the Power button to operate the PVR from the STANDBY mode. Now, the Info Box will appear for a given time and disappear. By pressing the button, the Info Box will remain on the screen. The display time of the Info Box is adjustable under the Installation menu of the Main menu.

  • Page 14: Function Guide

    Function Guide Information Box Press button on the RCU to see the program information. The Information box displays as follows: Channel Number Channel Name Detailed Program Information Signal Level & Quality Satellite Information Information of subtitle and / or teletext By using buttons, you can see the EPG of next event.
  • Page 15 Subtitle You can choose a language of subtitle using button on the RCU. If a broadcaster provides subtitles, you can see symbol in the Information Box. Teletext If a broadcaster supports teletext, you can see symbol in the Information Box. There are VBI insertion mode and software emulation mode in teletext.

  • Page 16: Menu Operations

    MENU OPERATIONS Now this chapter assumes that the PVR system has been installed correctly, meaning: * The satellite dish for the PVR has been installed, connected to the PVR and correctly adjusted to the proper satellite. * The PVR is connected to the TV. * The RCU has batteries and ready to control the PVR.

  • Page 17: System Setting

    I. SYSTEM SETTING I-1 TIME SETTING Various time modes can be set, such as the current local time, the Power On/Off time and the Sleep Time. The exact local present time can be adjusted by using the GMT, the Time Offset and the Mode sub menus. PLEASE NOTE: Configure the Local Time before adjusting the Wakeup Time,Power Off Time or the Sleep Time.
  • Page 18 A. Local Time Setting Local Time Setting Mode Auto Local Time 08:19 08:19 Time Offset 00:00 Changes the time setting mode. In order to change the local time, set it to manual mode. Moves Item, Selects Item, Previous Menu MENU button at Local Time Setting item in the Time Setting menu to open the Press Local Time Setting menu.
  • Page 19 B. Timer buttons to select the On/Off mode. If the Timer item Use the is set to On, the Wakeup Time item, the Wakeup Channel item and the Power Off Time item becomes adjustable. C. Wakeup Time The Wakeup Time item sets up the time the PVR automatically turns on.
  • Page 20 E. Power Off Time The Power Off Time menu sets the time of the PVR automatically turns off. F. Sleep Time The Sleep Time item is similar to the Power Off menu. The Sleep Time function turns off after the adjusted sleep time. G.
  • Page 21 I-2. PARENTAL CONTROL The age rating control, the PIN(Personal Identification Number) Code and the passwords to various menus can be configured. The PIN Code box will 0000. automatically appear when this menu is selected. The default PIN Code is A. Censorship The Censorship item blocks programs according to each specific setting.
  • Page 22 C. Access Control The Access Control menu controls access to 7 items: Time Setting, Language Setting, A/V Output Setting, Organizing Channels, Organizing Favorites, Installation and IRD Lock . Press the buttons to Lock/Unlock the access. Locking means controlling the access to specific menus with the PIN Code system.
  • Page 23 I-3. LANGUAGE SETTING There are many languages available for the menu. The default language is English. A. Menu Language It is an item for changing the language of the Main menu. Select the language which the menus will be shown in. [English / French / German / Italian / Spanish / Arabic / Greek / Turkish / Danish / Swedish / Norwegian / Dutch / Russian] B.
  • Page 24 C. Audio Language It is an item for changing the language of the Audio. The first audio language is set to English. If more than one audio language is transmitted, you may select one language among several languages transmitted by pressing button.
  • Page 25 D. TV Aspect Ratio Enables the setting of the screen format of the TV. Select 4:3 or 16:9 mode by using buttons. E. Display Format Enables the setting of the screen format of the TV. Select the Letter Box or Center extract mode of 4:3 pictures by using buttons.
  • Page 26 I-6. Info Box Display Time Adjusts the time-out of the Info Box. Sets the period of time the Info Box is displayed on screen. The adjustable time is from 0 to 30 seconds. I-7. Info Box Position Adjusts the position of the Info Box. Allows you to change the position by using the buttons.

  • Page 27: Organizing Channel

    II. ORGANIZING CHANNELS This mode can be used to rename, reorder, lock, hide and delete TV Services. A. Browse button. Now, browsing through the Organizing Channels is possible. Press Press assigned buttons on the help message. B. Rename buttons to select Rename item and press the button to move the cursor to the Channel List.
  • Page 28 E. Skip You can hide and skip the services. In order to unlock the skip function, press button on the skipped channel. The skipped channels will not be visible on channel list. F. Delete Press button to delete channels. The delete function differs from the skip function as it deletes the channel completely.

  • Page 29: Organizing Favorites

    III. ORGANIZING FAVORITES This mode is helpful in adding and deleting services to and from the favorite group. Under the menu Organizing Favorites, there are three different modes: Fav List , Fav CHs and Ch List. On the Fav List mode, four standard lists are selected as the default menus: News, Sports, Movie and Music.

  • Page 30: Recording

    IV. Recording This menu shows some options for recording. Recording Satellite Other Channel 5 3sat Mode Quick Duration 2 Hour 0 Min File Name 3sat-1 Start Stop No recording 18706 MB Free Delayed Recording Select the record mode. Moves Item, Selects Item, Exit MENU...
  • Page 31 Recording IV-5. File Name Satellite Other Channel 5 3sat To change the file name of the service to be recorded, press button at this item. Mode Quick Duration 2 Hour 0 Min IV-6. Start File Name 3sat-1 Start To start recording, press button at this item.

  • Page 32: Hdd Service

    1/01/2001-Mon Date 09:51 Start Time 30 min Duration File NAME D. Date Next/Prev entry. Edit entry. To change the recording start date, press button. Insert new entry. Delete the selected entry. E. Start Time To change the recording start time, press button or enter the time using the numeric buttons Edit Reservation...

  • Page 33: Installation

    V-1. Delayed Recording Refer to IV-8. Delayed Recording. V-2. Format Hard Disk To format the HDD in PVR, press button at this item. Format Hard Disk will delete all the data and the files in HDD permanently. If a new HDD is installed, it should be formatted by this PVR. The file structure of the PVR is different from that of PC.
  • Page 34 VI-1. LNB Setting 00% Level 00% Quality The Low Noise Blockdown Converter (LNB) amplifies the signal received by the satellite dish and lowers the frequency of the signal. The signal is then fed from the LNB at the dish via cable to the PVR. For the LNB Settings, move the cursor to Installation item and press button.
  • Page 35 NOTE: If the Universal LNB is selected, both 9750 and 10600 MHz are supported at the same time, and therefore the 22 KHz tone setting is not required. E. LNB Power Select LNB power ‘ On’ for internal and ‘ Off ’ for external. F.
  • Page 36 A. Satellite Name Press the button to display the Satellite List Box. The Satellite name list is put in alphabetical order. Select one of the preprogrammed satellites that correspond to the value of the antenna. If the desired satellite name is not in the list, then select Others. B.
  • Page 37 3) PCR PID Insert the PCR PID by using the numeric buttons on your RCU. 4) SAVE To ensure the above Video,Audio and PCR PID change, press button at this item. H. FTA/ Scrambled Choose your favorable channels among FTA only, CAS only and FTA+CAS. I.
  • Page 38 VI-3 . Service Copy In this menu, you can copy the existed channel. Between Tuner 1 and Tuner 2. A. Tuner 1 to Tuner 2 Copy the service list of Tuner 1 to that of Tuner 2. B. Tuner 2 to Tuner 1 Copy the service list of Tuner 2 to that of Tuner 1.
  • Page 39 VI-4 . Motorized DiSEqC 1.2 00% Level 00% Quality If you have DiSEqC 1.2 motorized system, then you can use the DiSEqC 1.2 functions. . Satellite Name A selection of satellite names that will be used to identify a motor position. .
  • Page 40 VI-5. USALS Setting USALS is very convenient motorized DiSEqC System that support DiSEqC 1.3 command and also can get the satellite position automatically if you know geographical location. Basically,the listed satellites have the Longitude saved and therefore the angle of the satellite can be calculated without problem.
  • Page 41 VI-6. SAT/Tp Edit 00% Level 00% Quality A. Satellite Name By pressing button, you can see the listed satellite names. Then, using buttons, you can select satellite. B. Frequency By pressing button, you can see the all frequencies of transponders of a satellite, and also you can select a frequency.

  • Page 42: Information

    E. SAT Name Edit You can change the name of the satellite by this menu. button to display a keyboard. There are several items such as Other, Save Press and Space in the keyboard. By selecting Other item, you can see a new alphabet character sets. The Space item means a space between two characters.
  • Page 43 00% Quality VI-7. Factory Setting 00% Level 00% Level 00% Quality 00% Quality Moves Item, Reset all data, Previous Menu All the stored data can be reset just like it was manufactured. VI-8.Transfer Program to Other PVR oves Item, Reset all data, Previous Menu It is used to transfer PVR program to other PVR for upgrading the PVR.
  • Page 44 VI-10. Firmware Upgrade 00% Level 00% Quality At this menu, you can download the latest PVR software from the Astra Satellite. The TP details are as bellows. . FREQ : 12603 MHz . S / R : 22000 KS/s . Polarity : Horizontal .
  • Page 45 VII. INFORAMTION You can check the PVR version and refer the calendar. VII-1. PVR STATUS Moves Item, Reset all data, Previous Menu Check the PVR’s system information. It shows the PVR’s: System ID Loader Version Device Version Application Version Last Update...

  • Page 46: Common Interface

    VII-2. CALENDAR Press the button to select the year. Press the button to select the month. VIII. COMMON INTERFACE The menu differs according to each inserted CAM. If the module has not been installed yet, the phrase ‘Not Installed’ will be accordingly indicated.

  • Page 47: Game

    IX. GAME IX-1. ExBlock IX-2. Bricks Lay...
  • Page 48 IX-3. Bomb Hexa...

  • Page 49: How To Record And Playback The Pvr

    HOW TO RECORD AND PLAYBACK THE PVR Time Shifting 1. To enable Time Shifting, the Time Shifting option should be enabled. To find the Time Shifting option menu, follow the steps below. Main Menu HDD Service Time Shifting Enable button to display Time Shifting progress bar. 2.

  • Page 50: Recording, Checking And Canceling

    6. Press STOP button again to stop recording. Caution : If the recording time is less than about 1 minute, recording will not be done successfully. Recording, Checking and Editing reserving To record services, refer to the following steps. There are four kinds of recording references. Caution : If the recording time is less than about 1 minute, recording will not be done successfully.
  • Page 51 2.Immediate Recording by Menu Selection a. Recording To go to Recording menu, press button and select Recording item by pressing button. Select the options that you want to record with. Select Start item and press button. For detailed information, refer to the explanation of Recording menu in Menu operations.

  • Page 52: Playback A Recorded Service

    4. Recording by EPG a. Recording Press GUIDE button to display EPG. Select a service that you want to record, and press RECORDING button. Instead of RECORDING button, two times pressing of button is valid for delayed recording. The Recording mark will be displayed.

  • Page 53: Pausing

    Pausing To pause the picture or playback, press PAUSE button. Press PAUSE button or PLAY button to quit pausing. 1. Pausing from live video If the PAUSING is kept more than 5 seconds with enabled Time Shifting mode, the play mode is changed to time-shifted playback. The video continues from the paused image when resumed from PAUSING.

  • Page 54: Fast Motion Playback

    Fast Motion Playback 1. If there is a Time Shifting or Playback progress bar, remove the progress bar by pressing PLAY( ) button. 2. Press button for fast motion playback. To change the playback speed, press button repeatedly. 3. There are 4 steps in fast motion playback. 4.

  • Page 55: Bookmark

    Bookmark You can jump to a position directly by bookmark function in playback and time-shifted playback. To search positions very quickly and easily, use bookmarks. 1. Adding a bookmark To add a bookmark, press BOOKMARK button at the position you want to add it.

  • Page 56: Descrambling Service

    Descrambling Services 1. Select and play back a service you want to descramble. Descramble the service with a proper CAM and smart card. The live service should play well with the proper CAM and smart card. button to display Playback progress bar. 2.

  • Page 57: Cut Out Selected Region

    4. Start playback the recorded video you want to copy. The fast/slow motion copying is possible by fast/slow motion playback. 5. Start copying by RECORDING Button. 6. The video displayed on TV will be copied. 7. Press STOP button to stop copying. 8.

  • Page 58: Zapping While Recording

    Zapping while Recording 1. With Separated mode in LNB setting menu. For the tuner being recorded with, all the channels in the same TP can be selected. For the other tuner, all the scanned channels can be selected. 2. With Loop Through mode in LNB setting menu. For the tuner being recorded with, all the channels in the same TP can be selected.

  • Page 59: Troubleshooting (Q & A)

    TROUBLESHOOTING (Q & A) Problem Possible Causes What to do Check that the main power Nothing appears on the The main power cable cable is plugged into the power Front Panel. is not connected. socket. No sound or picture, but the front panel shows the PVR is in standby mode.

  • Page 60: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS I. PVR SPECIFICATIONS Item Specification Power 90 - 250VAC, 50 / 60Hz Input Frequency 950 - 2150 MHz DATA Service 1 RS - 232C, 115kbps SCART 2 SCARTs : 1 VCR, 1 TV A/V OUT 1Video / 2 Audio (left and right) Digital Audio Out SPDIF LNB Power...
  • Page 61 III. MPEG AUDIO Item Specification Operation Mode Mono , Left , Right and Stereo Sampling Rates 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz Resolution 18 bit digital to analogue Converters . VIDEO SPECIFICATIONS Item Specification Specification Meets ETR 154 amended in ALM-95-021 TV System PAL I ,G,K Video Decoding...

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