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Topfield TF 5000 CI Plus User Manual

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TF 5000 CI Plus

User Guide

Digital Satellite Receiver
Common Interface

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    TOPFIELD TF 5000 CI Plus User Guide Digital Satellite Receiver Common Interface...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents iii Contents 1 Introduction Features ....... Controlling the digital receiver .
  • Page 4 iv Contents 3 Preference Settings Language settings ......15 Video and audio settings ..... . 16 3.2.1 Television standard .
  • Page 5 Contents v 5.2.5 Selecting audio tracks ....39 5.2.6 Selecting subtitle tracks ....39 5.2.7 Viewing teletext .

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction The TF 5000 CI Plus digital receiver is fully compliant 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. Unlike ana- logue broadcasts, however, digital broadcasts are not all as- signed to their own frequencies;...

  • Page 8: Controlling The Digital Receiver

    2 Introduction • Can store up to 5000 television and radio services. • You can edit the services list. • You can create favourite lists of your favourite services. • You can view information about the current television or radio programme. •...

  • 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. Push the mark on the center of the front panel to open the flap.

  • Page 10: The Remote Control

    4 Introduction 1.2.2 The remote control button switches the digital receiver between standby mode and operation mode. switches the output of the TV SCART socket between the digital re- ceiver and the device connected to the VCR SCART socket. See § 3.2.3 more details.
  • Page 11 1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 5 displays multi-picture screen. See § 5.2.2 for more details. These buttons have different functions per menu. They will be guided by on-screen help. displays the radio frequency setting menu. See § 3.2.6 for more details. mutes the sound.

  • Page 12: What Is Common Interface

    6 Introduction 1.3 What is common interface? Some broadcasts are scrambled so that only paid subscribers can enjoy them. Scrambled services can only be viewed with a Conditional Access Module (CAM) and a subscription card belong- ing with the scrambling system. Common Interface (CI) is the slot on a digitial receiver into which a conditional access module may be insterted.

  • 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) • A copy of this user guide NOTE Accessories may vary according to your local area.
  • Page 14 8 Setup • The wall outlet should be near the equipment. Do not run an extension lead to the unit. • Do not expose the digital receiver to any moisture. The digital receiver is designed for use indoors only. Use dry cloth when cleaning the digital receiver.

  • Page 15: Rear Panel Connections

    2.3 Rear panel connections 9 2.3 Rear panel connections The TF 5000 CI Plus has some connections on the back panel. VIDEO RF OUT LNB 1 IN RF IN LNB OUT AUDIO S-VIDEO S/PDIF RS-232 Check what connections your television set has in comparison with the digital receiver.

  • Page 16: Connecting Up Your Digital Receiver

    10 Setup RF IN Analogue television input socket. RS-232 Serial port for firmware update and data transfer. Table 2.3: Connectors specifications VIDEO Composite video (CVBS) output AUDIO Left & right audio output S-VIDEO Super video (S-Video) output CVBS/S-Video/RGB/YUV video output Left &...

  • Page 17: Connecting To Your Television

    2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 11 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 18 12 Setup To use the composite video connector You will need to obtain a composite video cable (RCA cable) to use the composite video connector. Plug one end of the cable into the VIDEO (yellow) socket on the digital receiver, and the other end into the matching socket on your television.

  • Page 19: Connecting To Your Video Cassette Recorder

    2.5 Switching on for the first time 13 In this case, you will need to connect a ca- ble from the RF OUT socket to the antenna connector on your television. To ensure your television can also pick up existing analogue channels as well, you will need to connect a cable from your television antenna to the RF IN connector.

  • Page 20: Powering On And Checking Picture

    14 Setup If the digital receiver no longer reacts properly to remote con- trol commands, the batteries may be flat. Be sure to remove used batteries. The manufacturer accepts no liability for the damage resulting from leaking batteries. NOTE Batteries, including those which contain no heavy metals, may not be disposed of with household waste.

  • Page 21: 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. Select the System Setting Lan- guage Setting menu.

  • Page 22: Video And Audio Settings

    16 Preference Settings Subtitle language Set the Subtitle Language option to your desired language. When you watch a programme, the subtitle track of the selected language will be displayed if available. Apart from this setting, you can select a subtitle track with the button.

  • Page 23: Colour Model

    3.2 Video and audio settings 17 If you have a PAL television, you have to set the TV Type option to PAL. In that case, if you switch to a service of the NTSC standard, the digital receiver will presents the pictures converting into the PAL standard.

  • Page 24: Television Aspect Ratio

    18 Preference Settings playback. But if the option is set to External A/V, the digital receiver will not pass the video automatically. To pass it, you have to press the button. 3.2.4 Television aspect ratio If you have a wide-screen television, set the TV Aspect Ratio option to 16:9.

  • Page 25: Radio Frequency Output

    3.3 Local time setting 19 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 26: Parental Control

    20 Preference Settings Select the System Setting Time Setting menu. You should see a screen like the left figure. You can set the clock manually or use the time signal, Green- wich Mean Time (GMT), carried as part of the digital television broadcast.
  • Page 27 3.4 Parental control 21 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...

  • Page 28: Adjusting The On-Screen Display

    22 Preference Settings If you wish to block 15 or above rated programmes, set the Censorship option to 15 (age). Setting it to No block blocks no programme; on the other hand, setting it to Total block blocks every programme. NOTE If a programme does not have any programme classification information, your censorship setting will not take effect.
  • Page 29 3.5 Adjusting the on-screen display 23 In addition, you can raise or lower the position of the informa- tion box. Select the System Setting menu and set the Info Box Position option as you desire. Its available range is from 3 lines.

  • Page 30: Service Search

    24 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 This digital receiver can be operated with both fixed antenna and motorized antenna. You have to configure antenna settings according to your antenna system in the following order: 1.
  • Page 31 4.1 Searching broadcasting services 25 The other is K band which ranges approximately from 12 to 18 GHz. The LNB (Low Noise Block converter) is used to take a wide band of relatively high frequencies, amplify and convert them to similar signals that is carried at a much lower frequency, which is called Intermediate Frequency (IF).
  • Page 32 26 Service Search ever, if you have selected the Other entry at the Satellite Name option to specify a satellite that is not in the satellite list, you might have to fill in the correct LNB frequency. The absolute difference between a broadcasting frequency and its LNB fre- quency must be within 950 to 2150 MHz.

  • Page 33: Configuring Diseqc 1.2 Settings

    4.1 Searching broadcasting services 27 4.1.2 Configuring DiSEqC 1.2 settings Your motorized antenna will turn toward your desired satellites horizontally by DiSEqC 1.2. When you switch to an service, if the service is provided by a satellite other than current one, it will take longer time than usual because the antenna has to turn to its position.

  • Page 34: Configuring Usals Settings

    28 Service Search you had better check the receiving quality of every trans- ponder and choose the best one at the Transponder (or Frequency) option. It will be helpful to your fine tuning. 5. Finally set the Motor Control option to Store to save the tuned position when the receiving quality is best.

  • Page 35: Searching Services

    4.1 Searching broadcasting services 29 2. Enter your location to the My Longitude option and the My Latitude option with the and numeric but- tons. 3. Enter the position of your selected satellite to the Satellite Angle option if it is not correct. 4.
  • Page 36 30 Service Search • Searching every service of a SMATV (Satellite Master Antenna Television) system. Searching every service of a satellite To search every service of a satellite, perform the following steps: 1. Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name op- tion.
  • Page 37 4.1 Searching broadcasting services 31 NOTE You may get transponder information from a satellite magazine or website such as Searching one service of a transponder To search one service of a transponder, perform the following steps: 1. Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name op- tion.

  • Page 38: Editing The Transponder List

    32 Service Search 5. Set the Polarization option to the polarization of your desired transponder. You can search pay services as well as free services as follows: • To search only free services, set the FTA/Scrambled option to FTA only. •...

  • Page 39: Resetting To Factory Settings

    4.3 Resetting to factory settings 33 Then the on-screen keyboard appears. Change the name as you desire and save it. To delete a satellite entry, select your desired entry at the Satel- lite Name option and select the Delete Satellite option; then you get asked for confirmation.
  • Page 40 34 Service Search • Services list • Favourite list • Preference settings Also you can restore them at any time. To store your data, select the Installation System Recovery menu and select the Store option; then you get asked for the presonal identification number.

  • Page 41: 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. Press it again to restore the sound to previous level.
  • Page 42 36 Daily Usage On the services list, you can see the service information: • Service number and name • Transmitting satellite • Transponder information A dollar sign ($) may be marked on some entries, indicating pay service. To watch pay services, you need the subscription card.

  • Page 43: Watching On Multi-Picture Screens

    5.2 Watching television 37 5.2.2 Watching on multi-picture screens Pressing the button displays the multi-picture options; you can choose one among four layouts: 4, 9, 13, or 16 screens. If you choose the 13 screens, the current service will be presented with still images of six services prior and posterior to it.

  • Page 44: Viewing Programme Information

    38 Daily Usage favourite services list. Once you select a desired service with button, it will be presented. Otherwise, to select other group, press the button. After you have selected a favourite service, if you then switch to another service using the button, it will be also another favourite service of the selected group.

  • Page 45: Selecting Audio Tracks

    5.2 Watching television 39 • Subtitle symbol ( ) if subtitle tracks are provided on the current programme. • Teletext symbol ( ) if teletext pages are provided on the current service. • Lock symbol ( ) if the current service is locked. •...

  • Page 46: Viewing Electronic Programme Guide

    40 Daily Usage current service provides teletext, the teletext symbol ( ) will be displayed on the information box. Press the button to view teletext pages. Select a desired page to view by entering its page number with the numeric buttons. You can zoom into a teletext page with button, and adjust its transparency level with the button.

  • Page 47: Watching Multifeed Programme

    5.4 Watching multifeed programme 41 You can make a timer event on the electronic programme guide as follows: 1. Select a service you want. 2. Press the button to display its programme guide. GUIDE 3. Select a programme you want with the button, then P is marked up on the entry.
  • Page 48 42 Daily Usage To input a timer recording, select the System Setting Timer Set- ting 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 following steps: 1.
  • Page 49 5.5 Making timer events 43 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 Wakeup Time option to a desired time, at which the digital receiver will turn on.

  • Page 50: Listing Services

    44 Listing Services Chapter 6 Listing Services 6.1 Editing the services list You would have got the services list after service search. You can rename, move, lock or delete service entries on the services list. Select the Organizing Services menu. You should see a screen like the left figure.
  • Page 51 6.1 Editing the services list 45 To edit the radio services list, press the button; then radio service entries will be listed on the right column. To switch back to the television services list, press it again. To change the name of a service, select the Rename and select a desired service;...

  • Page 52: Editing The Favourite List

    46 Listing Services Sort Fav–NoFav from favourite services to unfavourite ser- vices. Sort Sat Name by satellite 6.2 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.
  • Page 53 6.2 Editing the favourite list 47 You can add a favourite service to a group by taking the follow- ing steps: 1. Put the highlight bar on a desired group entry in the group list and press the button to select it. The high- light bar then moves to the services list.

  • Page 54: How To Use On-Screen Keyboard

    48 Listing Services 6.3 How to use on-screen keyboard You can move the highlight key horizontally with the buttons and vertically with buttons. Pressing the button on a key enters its letter in the input line. To type a space, select the Space key. To type lower case letters or numerals, select the Other key.
  • Page 55 6.4 Transferring receiver data 49 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 56: Firmware Update

    50 Firmware Update Chapter 7 Firmware Update 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 the latest firmware and an update utility which runs on most versions of Windows from the Topfield website, 7.1 Checking the firmware information You have to check the firmware...
  • Page 57 7.1 Checking the firmware information 51 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 58: From Your Computer Via Rs-232 Port

    52 Firmware Update 7.2 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, To update the firmware with this method, perform the follow- ing steps:...

  • Page 59: From Another Digital Receiver Via Rs-232 Port

    7.3 From another digital receiver via RS-232 port 53 7.3 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 60: Index

    54 INDEX Index 16:9, DiSEqC, 16:9 Display Format, DiSEqC 1.0, 22 kHz, DiSEqC 1.1, 4:3, DiSEqC Command Mode, download, A/V Output Setting, Duration, Access Control, DVB, Add new TP, Add Satellite, Electronic Programme Guide, Advanced, Every Day, AUDIO L, Every Weekday, AUDIO L/R, Every Weekend, Audio Language,...
  • Page 61 Letter Box, Radio, LNB, radio services list, LNB Frequency, 25, Recover, LNB IN, Rename, LNB IN, RF Channel, LNB OUT, RF IN, LNB OUT, RF IN, LNB Power, RF OUT, LNB Setting, RF OUT, 13, Local Time, RF Output, Lock, RS-232, RS-232, 49, 52, Manual,...
  • Page 62 56 INDEX System Setting, 22, teletext, television services list, TFD-Down, time format, Time Offset, Time Setting, 20, timer list, Timer Setting, Total block, Transfer Data to Other IRD, Transfer Firmware to Other IRD, Transponder, 28, transponder, TV, 11, TV Aspect Ratio, TV Type, Type, USALS,...
  • Page 64 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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