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Summary of Contents for Topfield TF 6000 PVRt
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TOPFIELD TF 6000 PVRt User Guide Digital Terrestrial Receiver Personal Video Recorder...
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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.
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Contents Contents 1 Introduction Introduction ......Controlling the digital receiver ....1.2.1 The front panel .
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vi CONTENTS 3.2.3 Video cassette recorder ....18 3.2.4 Television aspect ratio ....19 3.2.5 Sound mode .
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7.1.2 Making a timer recording ....41 7.1.3 Recording by electronic program guide ..43 7.1.4 Recording when using time shift .
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viii CONTENTS Accessing to the FTP server ....66 10 Firmware Update and Data Transfer 10.1 Updating the firmware ..... . . 69 10.2 Transferring the receiver data .
Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Introduction The TF 6000 PVRt digital receiver is fully compliant with the international Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard, and can receive digital broadcastings. For its operation, you need an antenna, which must be installed appropriately. Unlike analog broadcastings, digital broadcastings are not all assigned to their own frequencies;...
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You can find the latest transponder information from various broadcasters on tele- text. The TF 6000 PVRt digital receiver has features as follows: • The digtial receiver is able to memorize up to 2000 tele- vision and radio services.
1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 3 1.2 Controlling the digital receiver You can control the digital receiver with the remote control and the buttons on the front panel. NOTE When the digital receiver is off but plugged to a wall outlet, we say that it is in standby mode;...
4 Introduction 1.2.2 The remote control ⃝ button switches the digital receiver in and out of standby mode. ⃝ switches off the sound tem- porarily. Press again to switch it back on. £ ⃝ ¢ ¡ button is unavailable for this model.
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1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 5 ⃝ button is used to select an audio track and a sound mode or a multifeed service if available £ £ ⃝ V − ¢ ¡ ¢ ¡ buttons Increase and decrease the volume. In some screens, they also works as right and left move- ment keys.
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6 Introduction ⃝ button changes the position of picture-in-picture countercolckwise, and jumps to the end of recording in playback. ⃝ button changes the position of picture-in-picture clockwise, and jumps to the beginning of recording in playback. £ ⃝ ¢ ¡...
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1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 7 If the remote control does not work, please check the remote control mode. There are 4 modes with this remote control. You can alter the mode by pressing two buttons simultaneously as follows: £ ...
8 Setup Chapter 2 Setup 2.1 Unpacking 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 power cord •...
2.2 Safety precautions 9 2.2 Safety precautions Please read and keep the following safety precautions care- fully. • The power must be 90 to 250 volt. Check it before con- necting the digital receiver to the wall outlet. For the power cunsumption of the digital receiver, refer to Ta- ble 2.1.
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10 Setup they exit from the digital receiver. • Only use accessories specified by the manufacturer. • Thunderstroms are a danger to all of electrical devices. Even if the digital receiver is switched off, it can be dam- aged by a lightning strike to the power line or the an- tenna cable.
2.3 Rear panel connections 11 2.3 Rear panel connections VIDEO WLAN ANT ANT 1 ANT 2 RF LOOP 1 OUT RF LOOP 2 OUT AUDIO S-VIDEO RS-232 S/PDIF ⃝ ANT 1 IN Broadcasting input socket for the first tuner. ⃝ RF LOOP 1 OUT Broadcasting output socket through the ANT 1 IN socket for another digital re- ceiver.
12 Setup ⃝ S/PDIF Dolby Digital output socket for the au- dio system. ⃝ RS-232 Serial port for firmware update and data transfer. ⃝ USB USB port for firmware update and data transfer. ⃝ WLAN ANT Antenna for wireless local area network. ⃝...
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2.4 Connecting the digital receiver 13 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 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.
14 Setup Connecting to the video recorder by SCART connector Plug one end of the SCART cable into the VCR socket on the digital receiver. Then, plug the other end of the SCART ca- ble into the input SCART socket on your video recorder if you wish to record a broadcasting program with your video recorder;...
Chapter 3 Preference Settings 3.1 Language settings You can designate languages for menu, audio track and subti- tle track. To designate the language for menu, audio track or subtitle track, select the System Setting > Language Setting menu. Menu language The digital receiver supports a lot of menu languages: Ara- bic, Dutch, English, German, French, Italian, Russian, Turkish and so forth.
16 Preference Settings language. Once you select a language, the menu will be im- mediately displayed in the selected language. Subtitle language Set the 1st Subtitle Language and 2nd Subtitle Language op- tions to your desired languages. If a program does not have the subtitle track of the language set to the 1st Subtitle Lan- guage, that set to the 2nd Subtitle Language option will be output.
3.2 Video and audio settings 17 To configure the video and au- dio settings, select the System Setting > A/V Output Setting menu. 3.2.1 Televsion standard The digital receiver supports two types of television standard. One is PAL standard, and the other is NTSC standard. PAL was adopted in European countries while NTSC is adopted in USA, Canada, Mexico and so forth.
18 Preference Settings connector. Through this socket, the digital receiver is able to output video signals of various color models: CVBS, S-Video, YUV and RGB. Audio signals are also output together through this socket. If you have connected the digital receiver and your televsion by this connector, you should set the Video Output option to your desired color model.
3.2 Video and audio settings 19 put SCART socket, the digital receiver will operate differently 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 playback.
20 Preference Settings You cannot fully enjoy 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.
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3.3 Local time setting 21 To set the local time, select the System Setting > Time Setting menu. You can set the local time either yourself manually or using Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) automatically; however, it is recommended to use the Greenwich mean time. To set the local time using GMT, perform the following steps: Set the Mode option to Auto.
22 Preference Settings Table 3.1: 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 − 07:00 Mountain Time US, Canada GMT −...
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3.4 Parental control 23 grams by specifying a basis classification. To specify a basis classifica- tion, select the System Set- ting > Parental Control menu. At this time, you have to en- ter Personal Identification Num- ber (PIN). The default personal identification number is ‘0000’.
24 Preference Settings If anyone try to watch a program that is out of the basis clas- sification, the person has to enter the personal identification number. To change the number, select the Change PIN Code menu; then an input box appears. You have to enter your de- sired number twice for confirmation.
3.6 To use the time shift feature 25 3.6 To use the time shift feature You can use the time shift feature with this digital receiver. Time shift just means that the most recent hour of the tele- vision service you are watching is saved on the hard disk of the digital receiver.
26 Service Search Chapter 4 Service Search You have to perform service search after connecting the digital receiver. 4.1 Searching broadcasting services To perform service search, se- lect the Installation > Service Search menu. If you have an active antenna, you should set the Antenna Supply 5V option to on to supply power to the amplifier of your antenna.
4.2 Resetting to factory settings 27 You should set the Search Mode option to Auto at the first ser- vice search after connecting 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.
28 Daily Usage Chapter 5 Daily Usage 5.1 Watching television £ £ To switch over to another service, press the ¢ ¡ ¢ P − ¡ but- ton. Pressing button recalls the service you have watched just before. You can switch to your desried servce by entering its service number with the numeric buttons.
5.1 Watching television 29 means pay service. You cannot watch pay services with this receiver. To select your desired service, put the highlight bar on its en- £ £ £ P − ¢ ¡ try with the ¢...
30 Daily Usage To select a favorite service of £ a group, press the ¢ ¡ button; then the highlight bar of the favorite list becomes movable. Once you select a desired entry £ ¢ ¡ with the button, the selected service will be shown.
5.1 Watching television 31 In addition, you might see the following symbols: • Subtitle symbol if subtitles are provided on the cur- rent program. • Teletext symbol if teletext is provided on the current program. • Lock symbol if the current service is locked. •...
32 Daily Usage tracks are provided. If it is, press button, then available subtitle tracks will be listed. Select your desired subtitle lan- guage in the list, and it will be displayed. 5.1.5 Viewing teletext Some programs are provided together with such profitable information as weather reports, news or stock quotations by means of teletext.
5.3 Watching multifeed services 33 To see detailed information of a desired program entry, put £ £ P − the highlight bar on your choice with the ¢ ¡ ¢ ¡ button and press button. £ £ ...
34 Daily Usage 5.4 Watching by time shift When you are watching a program, you can reverse and watch it again as if it is a recording. This function is called time shift. When you are watching a program using the time shift func- tion, it is in fact being recorded temporarily.
5.5 Watching by picture in picture 35 5.5 Watching by picture in picture You can watch two services at the same time, one of which is shown in a subpicture. This function is called Picture-in- Picture (PiP). How to use the picture-in-picture function is as follows: Press the button to display a subpicture, in which another service will be shown.
36 Listing Services Chapter 6 Listing Services Editing favorite list You can make your own favorite service list. To edit your favorite list, select the Organizing Favorties menu; then an ed- itable favorite list appears. There are a group list on the left column, a favorite list on the center column and a service list on the right column.
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Then the highlight bar of the service list becomes mov- able. Put the hightlight bar on a desired service entry £ ¢ ¡ and press the button. Then the selected service entry is added in the favorite list. You can select more entries to add. Press the button to select another group.
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38 Listing Services 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.
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 6000 PVRt digital receiver has two tuners so that you can enjoy the fol- lowing things: •...
40 Recording and Playing 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.
7.1 Recording a program 41 rent 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 button again to display the recording control box, the Record continue command is displayed instead.
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42 Recording and Playing To make a timer recording, se- lect the Timer Setting menu; then a timer list appears. To add a new timer entry, press the button, and then a 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;...
7.1 Recording a program 43 Set the Date option 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 option to a time, at which your program will be recorded. You can enter it with the numeric buttons. The time format is hours:minute.
44 Recording and Playing 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...
7.2 File list 45 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.
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46 Recording and Playing 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 button. Then a folder list ap- pears. Once you choose a folder in the list, the file gets moved to that folder.
7.3 Playing back a recording 47 To lock a recording file To lock a file, perform the following steps: Put the highlight bar on a file entry you want. Press button to display an option list. To lock the file, set the Lock option to Locked. To unlock the file, set the Lock option to Unlocked.
48 Recording and Playing 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: •...
7.3 Playing back a recording 49 The digital receiver can play back not only forward but also backward in fast motion. To play back backward in fast mo- tion, press button. Whenever pressing button, play- back speed changes in 3 steps: 1, 2 and 3 times speed. To turn to forward playback, press button.
50 Recording and Playing To add a bookmark, press button at a position you want. To jump to a following bookmark, press button. To delete a bookmark, jump to the bookmark you want and press button. When there is no preset bookmark, pressing button makes a jump forward 30 seconds.
7.4 Editing a recording 51 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 button to display a progress bar.
52 Recording and Playing 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.
7.6 Formatting hard disk 53 Put the highlight bar on a file entry you want to play. If you want to play several files, select them with button. £ ¢ ¡ Press button to start play. To see the detailed information about a MP3 file being played, press to display an information box.
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: •...
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files of BMP, GIF and JPG for- mat. This TAP is available from the Topfieldweb site, 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 file control functions, refer to §...
Electronic Program Guide. For instructions on configuring for IceTV please visit http://www.icetv.com.au/topfield. The TF 6000 PVRt digital receiver has a web server and a FTP server which you can access through Wireless Local Area Net- work (WLAN). You can set a timer recording or download a record file by the web service of the digital receiver.
9.1 Configuring the access point 57 Accessing the home page of the digital receiver. Refer to § 9.3 for detailed descriptions about things you can use on the web service of the digital receiver. NOTE The web server and FTP server of the digital receiver don’t work in standby mode.
58 Accessing to The Digital Receiver the digital receiver to avoid this inconvenience. To assign a static IP address, you have to disable the DHCP server of the access point and register an available IP address to the digital receiver. For thow to assign a static IP address, refer to § 9.2.2. 9.1.2 To access the digital receiver outdoors When you are outdoors, you can access the digital receiver in your home if your access point is configured to route your...
9.2 Configuring the digital receiver’s WLAN settings 59 If you use a DDNS service, you can access the access point with the domain name that you specified for it not a IP ad- dress. How to use the DDNS service is as follows: Join a web site of which DDNS service is supported by your access point.
60 Accessing to The Digital Receiver 9.2.1 WLAN status A service set identifier (SSID) is a sequence of characters that uniquely names a wireless local area network. SSID shows the network accessed by the digital receiver at the present. There are two modes for Network type. One is infrastructure mode and the other is ad-hoc mode.
9.2 Configuring the digital receiver’s WLAN settings 61 9.2.2 IP configuration You can configure the network information for the digital re- ceiver in this menu. User ID and Password are used to access the digital receiver’s web server or FTP server. 9.2.3 Advance configuration You can configure in details the network environment for the...
62 Accessing to The Digital Receiver Auto 24 Mbps 1 Mbps 36 Mbps 2 Mbps 48 Mbps 5.5 Mbps 54 Mbps 11 Mbps 6 Mbps Short Slot Time 9 Mbps 12 Mbps Disable 18 Mbps Enable 9.2.4 Profile In this menu, you can do things as follows: •...
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9.2 Configuring the digital receiver’s WLAN settings 63 Table 9.1: Country Region Value Channel Range Country 1–11 1–11 Canada ETSI 1–13 Europe, Korea SPAIN 10–11 Spain FRANCE 10–13 France Japan MKK1 1–14 Japan ISRAEL 3–9 Israel The profile information consists of options as follows: Profile Name You can name a profile.
64 Accessing to The Digital Receiver to set. Otherwise if it is set to WPAPSK, then TKIP or AES is available to set. Default Key ID Only if the Authentication Type option is set to Not Use or WEP, then it is allowed to specify this option.
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9.3 Accessing to the web server 65 NOTE It is recommended to use Internet Explorer web browser in oder to fully enjoy the above facilities. If you use a different web browser such as Netscape Navigator, some problems may occur. To access the digital receiver’s home page, enter the digital receiver’s IP address, or domain name if you use a DDNS ser- vice, in your web browser.
66 Accessing to The Digital Receiver NOTE The maximum number of the user connection is only one. This means that you cannot access the web server while someone else is occupying it. 9.4 Accessing to the FTP server You need a FTP client program to access the digital receiver’s FTP server.
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9.4 Accessing to the FTP server 67 You can log in the FTP server with the user name and pass- word specified in the WLAN Setting menu. For how to config- ure WLAN settings, refer to § 9.2. The maximum number of the user connection is only NOTE one.
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...
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-...
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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-...
10.2 Transferring the receiver data 71 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.
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.
Index Symbol AP, 56 16:9, 19 API, 54 16:9 Display Format, 20 Application Program Interface, 1st Audio Language, 16 1st Subtitle Language, 16 AUDIO L/R, 11 2nd Audio Language, 16 Authentication Type, 63, 64 2nd Subtitle Language, 16 Auto, 27 4:3, 19 Auto Start, 55 802.11 B/G Protection, 61...
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74 INDEX Dayling Saving Time, 21 Greenwich Mean Time, 21 DDNS, 58 Default Key ID, 64 Info Box Display Time, 24 Diab, 54 Info Box Position, 24 Digital Video Broadcasting, 1 information box, 30 Download, 69, 70 infrastructure, 60 Duration, 40, 43 Internet Service Provider, 58 DVB, 1 IP Address, 60...
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76 INDEX Time, 46 Wind River, 54 time format, 21 Wireless Local Area Network, Time Offset, 21 Time Setting, 21, 24 Wirelss Mode, 61 time shift, 34 WLAN, 56 Time Shifting, 25, 34 WLAN ANT, 12 timer list, 42 WLAN Setting, 59, 67 Timer Setting, 42 WPA Pre-Shared Key, 64 TKIP, 63...
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• 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.
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.