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Topfield TF 5000 User Manual

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TF 5000 PVRt Masterpiece
User Guide
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 Digital Broadcasting Australia Dear customer, Digital Broadcasting Australia (DBA) congratulates you on your decision to purchase a digital receiver set-top box. Digital Broadcasting Australia is made up of the free-to-air television stations, consumer electronic suppliers, manufac- turers and retailers. Together, we want to ensure the smoothest possible transition to digital for viewers and consumers.
  • Page 4 digital television developments You can also provide vital feedback on the features of digital television you like and don’t like in occasional on-line surveys— so you can help shape digital television in the future. To register as a member of the DBA Early Adopter Club, please enter your contact details on the registration web page at http: //www.dba.org.au/register.asp.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1 Introduction Introduction ......Controlling the digital receiver ....1.2.1 The front panel .
  • Page 6 vi CONTENTS 3.2.3 Video cassette recorder ....17 3.2.4 Television aspect ratio ....18 3.2.5 Sound mode .
  • Page 7 7.1.2 Making a timer recording ....40 7.1.3 Recording by electronic program guide ..42 7.1.4 Recording when using time shift .

  • Page 9: Introduction

    1.1 Introduction The TF 5000 PVRt Masterpiece digital receiver is fully compli- ant with the international Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard, and can receive digital broadcastings. To operate it, you need an antenna, which must be installed appropriately. Unlike analog broadcastings, digital broadcastings are not all assigned to their own frequencies;...
  • Page 10 You can find the latest transponder information from various broadcasters on tele- text. The TF 5000 PVRt Masterpiece digital receiver has features as follows: • The digtial receiver is able to memorize up to 2000 tele- vision and radio services.

  • Page 11: Controlling The Digital Receiver

    1.2 Controlling the digital receiver You can control the digital receiver with the remote control and the front panel buttons. NOTE When the digital receiver is off but plugged to a wall outlet, we say that it is in standby mode; on the other hand, when it is on, it is in operation mode.

  • Page 12: The Remote Control

    4 Introduction 1.2.2 The remote control £   ⃝ ¢ ¡ button displays an electronic program guide. GUIDE ⃝ button toggles between TV mode and radio mode. £   ⃝ ¢ ¡ button displays the menu, or escapes to a higher MENU level menu out of a submenu.
  • Page 13 1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 5 or a multifeed if available. £   £   ⃝ V − ¢ ¡ ¢ ¡ buttons change the volume, and select an op- tion in a menu. £   £   ⃝ P − ¢...
  • Page 14 6 Introduction ⃝ button plays back from a next bookmark position. ⃝ button is used to edit a recording file. ⃝ button displays recording file list, MP3 file list or application file list. For more descriptions, refer to § 7.4. ⃝...

  • Page 15: Installation

    2.1 Packing contents Before going any further, check that you have received the fol- lowing 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 16 8 Installation necting the digital receiver to the wall outlet. For the power cunsumption of the digital receiver, refer to Ta- ble 2.1. • The wall outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible. • The digital receiver is designed to receive, record and play back video and audio signals.
  • Page 17 tenna cable. Always disconnect the power plug and the antenna cable. • Never open the digital receiver casing under any cir- cumstances. Warranty claims are excluded for the dam- age resulting from improper handling. • Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servic- ing is required when the digital receiver has been dam- aged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilt or objects have fallen into...

  • Page 18: Rear Panel Connections

    10 Installation 2.3 Rear panel connections ANT 1 ANT 2 VIDEO RF LOOP 1 OUT RF LOOP 2 OUT AUDIO S-VIDEO ⃝ ANT 1 IN ⃝ RF LOOP 1 OUT ⃝ ANT 2 IN ⃝ RF LOOP 2 OUT ⃝ VIDEO ⃝...

  • Page 19: Connecting The Digital Receiver

    ⃝ RF OUT ⃝ S/PDIF ⃝ USB ⃝ RS-232 Table 2.3: Connectors specification TV SCART VCR SCART S-Video RCA AV S/PDIF RS-232 2.4 Connecting the digital receiver There are several ways to install the digital receiver as de- scribed below. Install the digital receiver suitably to your tele- vision and other appliances.
  • Page 20 12 Installation Connecting to the terrestrial antenna Connect the antenna cable to the ANT 1 IN socket on the digital receiver, and then connect the RF LOOP 1 OUT socket and the ANT 2 IN socket with a loop-through cable. If you have another digital receiver, plug another cable into the RF LOOP 2 OUT socket on the digital receiver and the corresponding socket on the other digital receiver.

  • Page 21: Inserting Batteries In The Remote Control

    Connecting to the television by RF connector Connect the RF LOOP 2 OUT socket and the RF IN socket on the digital receiver with a RF cable, and then plug a RF cable into the RF OUT socket on the digital receiver and the corresponding input socket on your television.

  • Page 22: Preference Settings

    14 Preference Settings 3.1 Language settings You can designate languages for menu, audio track and subti- tle track. Menu language The digital receiver supports a lot of menu languages: Ara- bic, Dutch, English, German, French, Italian, Russian, Turkish and so forth. Set the Menu Language option to your desired Chapter 3 Preference Settings To designate the language for...

  • Page 23: Video And Audio Settings

    language. Once you select a language, the menu will be dis- played in the selected language immediately. Subtitle language Set the 1st Subtitle Language and 2nd Subtitle Language op- tions to your desired language. If a program does not have the subtitle track of the language set to the 1st Subtitle Language, that set to the 2nd Subtitle Language option will be output.

  • Page 24: Televsion Standard

    16 Preference Settings 3.2.1 Televsion standard The digital receiver supports two types of television standard. One is PAL (Phase Alternating Line) standard, and the other is NTSC (National Television Standards Commitee) standard. PAL was adopted in European countries while NTSC is adopted in USA, Canada, Mexico and so forth.

  • Page 25: Video Cassette Recorder

    3.2 Video and audio settings 17 connector. Through this socket, the digital receiver is able to output video signals of various color models: CVBS (Com- posite Video Baseband Signal), S-Video (Super-Video), YUV and RGB. Audio signals are also output together through this socket.

  • Page 26: Television Aspect Ratio

    18 Preference Settings depending on the setting of the VCR Scart Type option. If the option is set to Standard, the digital receiver will pass the video from the video recorder to your television when the video recorder starts a playback. But if the option is set to External A/V, the digital receiver will not pass the video even though the video recorder starts a playback.

  • Page 27: Sound Mode

    You cannot enjoy well wide-screen programs 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 programs in the shape like the center fig- ure, set the 16:9 Display Format option to Letter Box; then, wide-screen pictures will be reduced to fit to the width of the normal screen.

  • Page 28: Local Time Setting

    20 Preference Settings Table 3.1: Television standards by country Signal type Country PAL G Australia, Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Ger- many, Greece, Iceland, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Libya, Lithua- nia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Yugoslavia PAL I Hong Kong, Macau, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom...
  • Page 29 recommended to use the Greenwich mean time. Table 3.2: Time offset table Time offset City GMT − 12:00 Eniwetok, Kwajalein GMT − 11:00 Midway Island, Samoa GMT − 10:00 Hawaii GMT − 09:00 Alaska GMT − 08:00 Pacific Time US, Canada GMT −...

  • Page 30: Parental Control

    22 Preference Settings time. Make sure that your local time is displayed right on the Local Time parameter. To set the local time yourself, set the Mode option to Manual and enter your local time to the Local Time parameter with the numeral buttons.
  • Page 31 restricting PG or above rated programs. PG stands for Parental Guidance, content of which is mild. restricting M or above rated programs. M stands for Mature, content of which is moderate in impact. restricting MA or above rated programs. MA stands for Mature Accompanied, content of which is strong.

  • Page 32: Adjusting On-Screen Display

    24 Preference Settings 3.5 Adjusting on-screen display You can adjust the transparency level of on-screen display. To adjust the transparency level of on-screen display, 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.

  • Page 33: Service Search

    You have to perform service search after installing the digital receiver. 4.1 Searching broadcasting services If you have an active antenna, you should set the Antenna Supply 5V option to on to supply power to the amplifier of the antenna. The digital receiver will supply the antenna with 100 milliampere at maximum.

  • Page 34: Resetting To Factory Settings

    26 Service Search You should set the Search Mode option to Auto at the first ser- vice search after installing the digital receiver. The digital re- ceiver will search all available services with automatic search mode. Transponder numbers range from 6 to 12 at VHF and 28 to 69 at UHF.

  • Page 35: Daily Usage

    5.1 Browsing services To switch over to another service, press the ton. Pressing just before. You can switch to your desried servce by entering its service number with the numeral buttons. You can also se- lect a service to watch in the browsable service list. To see the browsable service list, press the A dollar mark ($) may be marked on some entries, which Chapter 5...
  • Page 36 28 Daily Usage means pay service. You cannot watch pay services with this receiver. To select your desired service, put the highlight bar on its en- £ try with the ¢ your selected service will be shown. Pressing the button skips over 10 entries up or down. Selecting a service number with the numeral buttons puts the highlight bar on its entry.

  • Page 37: Viewing Program Information

    If you switch to another service after you have selected a fa- vorite service, it will be also another favorite service of the se- lected group. The digital receiver will remind you what group you have selected displaying its name on the right top of the sreen whenever you switch to another service.

  • Page 38: Viewing An Electronic Program Guide

    30 Daily Usage In addition, you might see the following symbols: • Subtitle symbol program. • Teletext symbol program. • Lock symbol • Dollar symbol $ if a current service is a pay service. • Multifeed symbol in multifeed service. Pressing button once more displays detailed information about the current program.

  • Page 39: Selecting An Audio Track

    To see detailed information of a desired program entry, put the highlight bar on your choice with the and press button. To switch over to another service, press the To see an electronic program guide for radio broadcast, press button. To turn it back, press Pressing the for each service.

  • Page 40: Selecting A Subtitle Track

    32 Daily Usage 5.5 Selecting a subtitle track Some programs are provided with subtitle tracks of one or more languages. When you view an information box, a sub- title symbol ( tracks are provided. If it is, press subtitle tracks will be listed. Select your desired subtitle lan- guage in the list, and it will be displayed.

  • Page 41: Watching By Time Shift

    When you view an information box, a multifeed symbol ( will be marked on it if it is available. To select a multifeed service, press be listed. Select your desired multifeed service in the list, and it will be shown. At this time, you have to press once more to select an audio track.

  • Page 42: Watching By Picture In Picture

    34 Daily Usage onds back. To end time shift, display the progress bar with button and press 5.9 Watching by picture in picture How to use the picture-in-picture function is as follows: Press the another service will be shown. Pressing the ture, and pressing it once again hides the subpicture.

  • Page 43: Listing Services

    Editing favorite list You can make your own favorite service list. favorite list, select the Organizing Favorties menu; then an ed- itable favorite list appears. You can add a favorite entry performing the follwoing steps: Put the hightlight bar on a desired group entry in the group list and press the Chapter 6 Listing Services...
  • Page 44 36 Listing Services Then the highlight bar of the service list becomes mov- able. Put the hightlight bar on a desired service entry and press the Then the selected service entry is added in the favorite list. You can select more entries to add. Press the pressing the becomes movable in turn.
  • Page 45 tries will be listed in the service list. To recall the television service list after adding radio services, press button again. With your favorite service list, you can select your favorite ser- vices more handily. Refer to § 5.1 for more descriptions.

  • Page 46: Recording And Playing Back

    With one tuner of the digital receiver, you can record a service and at the same time watch another service if the two services are provided thorugh a same transponder. The TF 5000 PVRt Masterpiece digital receiver has two tuners so that you can enjoy the following things: •...

  • Page 47: Recording A Program

    7.1 Recording a program Once a recording is started, a recording symbol like Circle the next figure will be displayed on the right top of the screen for a few seconds. When you are watch- ing a service different from the service being recorded, you can view a number on the center of the symbol, which indi- cates the order that the recording is started.

  • Page 48: Making A Timer Recording

    40 Recording and Playing Back current recording will be stopped the moment the current pro- gram ends; likewise, once the After next program option is se- lected, the current recording will be stopped the moment the next program ends. Selecting the Record pause command pauses recording. When you press box, the Record continue command is displayed instead.
  • Page 49 To make a timer recording, se- lect the Timer Setting menu; then a timer list appears. To add a new timer entry, press the timer edit box appears. You have to set the Record option to On to record a program. If this option is set to Off, the digital receiver will be turned on at a speified time but not record;...

  • Page 50: Recording By Electronic Program Guide

    42 Recording and Playing Back Set the Date parameter to a date, on which your porgram will be recorded. The date format is day/month/year–day of the week. Set the Start Time parameter to a time, at which your program will be recorded. You can enter it with the numeral buttons. The time format is hours:minute.

  • Page 51: Recording When Using Time Shift

    For instructions on setting up IceTV please visit http://www. icetv.com.au/topfield. How to set a timer recording by the program guide is as follows. Select the service you want to record. Press the guide. Select a program you want to record. Pressed the button one time, P is marked up on the program entry;...

  • Page 52: File List

    44 Recording and Playing Back 7.2 File list In recording a program, it is stored as a file in the built-in hard disk of the digital receiver. You can choose and play back a recording file you want in the recording file list. In addition to the recording file list, there are MP3 file list and Topfield Application Program (TAP) file list.
  • Page 53 To move a file to another folder To move a file to another folder, put the highlight bar on a file entry you want and press pears. Once you choose a folder in the list, the file gets moved to that folder. To delete a file To delete a file, put the highlight bar on a file entry you want and press...

  • Page 54: Playing Back A Recording

    46 Recording and Playing Back To lock a recording file To lock a file, perform the following steps: Put the highlight bar on a file entry you want. Press To lock the file, set the Lock option to Locked. To unlock the file, set the Lock option to Unlocked. Press the A lock symbol When you press the...

  • Page 55: To Play Back In Slow Motion

    Once a playback is started, a playback symbol like Circle the next figure will be displayed on the right top of the screen for a few seconds. The outer circle of the playback symbol indicates progress rate. During a playback, you can enjoy the following tricks: •...

  • Page 56: To Play Back Recordings In Sequence

    48 Recording and Playing Back The digital receiver can play back not only forward but also backward in fast motion. To play back backward in fast mo- tion, press back speed changes in 3 steps: 1, 2 and 3 times speed. To turn to forward playback, press 7.3.3 To play back recordings in sequence The digital receiver can play back several recording files in...

  • Page 57: To Play Back A Recording Repeatedly

    To add a bookmark, press want. To jump to a following bookmark, press To delete a bookmark, jump to the bookmark you want and press When there is no preset bookmark, pressing a jump forward 30 seconds. 7.3.5 To play back a recording repeatedly The digital receiver can play back a recording file repeatedly both in whole and in part.

  • Page 58: Editing A Recording

    50 Recording and Playing Back 7.4 Editing a recording 7.4.1 To erase a block from a recording You can cut out a block such as commercial film from a record- ing file by performing the following steps: Start playback of a recording file you want. Press Find one end position of a block you want to specify with...

  • Page 59: Playing A Mp3

    Select the Save command, then the block is stored. The stored file will named after its source file with a suffix of ‘CUT’ and a number In addition, you can copy a recording file in whole or in part when playing back it. Start playback of a recording file you want.

  • Page 60: Formatting Hard Disk

    52 Recording and Playing Back Put the highlight bar on a file entry you want to play. If you want to play several files, select them with button. £ ¢ Press To see the detailed information about a MP3 file being played, press formation box shows its file name, album, artist, dura- tion and so on.

  • Page 61: Topfield Application Program

    GCC compiler also might perhaps be available as a compiler for TAPs. You can get the Application Program In- terface (API) libraries for TAPs from the Topfield web site, http://www.i-topfield.com. Your TAPs will be run under the following conditions: •...
  • Page 62 ¢ ¡ button. EXIT The figure on the left 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 Topfieldweb site, http:// www.i-topfield.com.

  • Page 63: Firmware Update And Data Transfer

    The digital receiver has a stable and convenient firmware to use. However, a new firmware may be released to improve the digital receiver. You can get a latest firmware and update utilites from the Topfield web site, http://www.i-topfield. com. You should check the firmware...

  • Page 64: Updating The Firmware

    You can transfer a new firmware to the digital receiver from your computer connecting them with a USB cable. You need TFDN USB, the firmware transfer utility for this, which is avail- able at the Topfield web site, http://www.i-topfield.com. To update firmware with this method, perform the following steps: Download a new firmware applicable to the digital re-...
  • Page 65 It is possible to transfer a new firmware to the digital receiver from your computer connecting them with a RS232 cable. You need TFD-Down, the firmware transfer utility for this, which is available at the Topfield web site, http://www.i-topfield. com. To update firmware with this method, perform the following steps: Download a new firmware applicable to the digital re-...

  • Page 66: Transferring The Receiver Data

    58 Firmware Update and Data Transfer To update firmware with this method, perform the following steps: Plug a RS232 cable into the RS-232 port on the digital receiver and the other’s. Turn both of them on. Select the Installation > Transfer Firmware > Transfer Firmware to Other IRD menu.

  • Page 67: Transferring Recording Files

    It is possible to transfer recording files from the digital receiver to your computer connecting them by a USB cable. The file transfer program, Altair is needed here, which is available at the Topfield web site, http://www.i-topfield.com. The method is as follows: Download Altair from the Topfield web site.

  • Page 68: Index

    60 INDEX Symbol 16:9,18 16:9 Display Format,19 1st Audio Language,15 1st Subtitle Language,15 2nd Audio Language,15 2nd Subtitle Language,15 4:3,18 A/V Output Setting,16 Access Control,23 Add to Fav,28 Advanced,26 After next program,39, 40 After this program,39 Alphabetic,45 Altair,59 ANT 1 IN,10, 12 ANT 2 IN,10, 12 Antenna Supply 5V,25 API,53...
  • Page 69 Every Day,41 Every Weekday,41 Every Weekend,41 Factory Setting,26 File Name,42 Find,56, 57 folder list,44 Format Hard Disk,52 G,22 GCC,53 GMT,20 Greenwich Mean Time,20 Info Box Display Time,24 Info Box Position,24 information box,29 Integrated Receiver Decoder,23 IRD,23 IRD Status,55 Language Setting,14 Letter Box,19 Local Time,22 Lock,28, 46...
  • Page 70 62 INDEX Record pause,40 recording file list,44 Rename,28, 45 RF Channel,20 RF IN,10, 13 RF LOOP 1 OUT,10, 12 RF LOOP 2 OUT,10, 12 RF OUT,11, 13, 19 RF Output,19 RGB,17 RS-232,11, 57, 58 S-VIDEO,10, 12 S-Video,17 S/PDIF,11 Save,50 SCART,16 Search Mode,26 Service,41 Service Search,25, 26...

  • Page 71: Warranty Information

    • Prior to making a claim you should read through the troubleshooting section in the manual and consult the Topfield Australia web site, http://www.topfield.com.au. For further Warranty information or to make a claim please contact Topfield Australia on 1300 889 803.

  • Page 72: Warranty Conditions

    Warranty Conditions Where required by Topfield Australia only the original invoice/receipt issued by the dealer will be accepted as proof of purchase. Topfield Australia may reject warranty claims on equipment which it believes to be illegally ac- quired or when the ‘owner’ is unable to provide proof of purchase or where security labels or serial numbers have been tampered with or removed.
  • Page 74 Topfield continues to improve the digital receiver which this guide explains. So some ex- planations and illustrations in this guide could be different from the real digital receiver. Copyright © 2006, Topfield Co., Ltd. http://www.i-topfield.com Australian version 110T-F8926-20A-1 Rev. 2...

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