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Topfield TRF-7260 User Reference

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  • Page 1 TRF-7260 User Reference High Definition Digital Terrestrial Receiver Personal Video Recorder Default PIN: 0000...
  • Page 3 The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, in an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to a person. The exclamation point, in an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operation and maintenance instructions in the literature accompanying the product.
  • Page 4 * iPhone and App Store are registered trademarks of Apple, Inc. Compatible RCU support The TRF-7260 supports compatible RCU usage for the PVR set. Menu > Settings > Miscellaneous > Type of RCU * The RCU code is required for this feature.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS v Contents Contents Introduction Features ........Controlling the digital receiver .
  • Page 6 vi CONTENTS Options for playback ......Options for on-screen display ..... . Options for the front display .
  • Page 7 CONTENTS vii Network setup ......8.2.1 For a wired connection ..... 8.2.2 For a wireless connection .

  • Page 9: Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction The TRF-7260 digital receiver is fully compliant with the international Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard, and thus is able to receive digital broadcasts of that standard. For its operation you need an an- tenna, which must be installed appropriately.

  • Page 10: Controlling The Digital Receiver

    2 Introduction 1.2 Controlling the digital receiver You can operate the digital receiver with the remote control or the but- tons on the front panel. NOTE Even when you are not using the digital receiver, you should keep it plugged into a wall socket to be in standby mode so that it can run timer events at any time.

  • Page 11: Remote Control

    1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 3 1.2.2 Remote control switches the digital receiver between standby mode and active mode. mutes the sound. Press again to switch it back on. changes video resolution. V.Format changes aspect ratio. not used in this model. switches over between television services and radio services.
  • Page 12 4 Introduction allow you to change the options for a menu item. Also, avigate through the electronic programme guide or interactive services. displays the services list. Also, selects menu items. LIST exits a menu or hides on-screen information. EXIT displays the list of recorded programmes that are stored in the internal LIST hard drive.

  • Page 13: Setup

    Chapter 2 Setup 2.1 Unpacking Before going any further, check that you have received the following items with the digital receiver. • Remote control • Two batteries for the remote control (AAA 1.5 V) • One HDMI cable • A copy of the User Manual NOTE Accessories may vary according to your local area.

  • Page 14: Rear Panel Connections

    6 Setup • Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched. If the cord is damaged, do not use the digital receiver and get the cord replaced. • Refer all servicing to a qualified service technician. • To maintain proper ventilation, always leave sufficient space around the digital receiver.

  • Page 15: Connecting Up Your Digital Receiver

    2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 7 Y/Pb/Pr Component video output socket for the television set (green/blue/red) S/PDIF Digital audio output socket for the audio-video receiver HDMI Audio and video output socket for high definition tele- vision set Local area network port USB port for firmware update and data transfer Table 2.3: Connectors specifications HDMI...

  • Page 16: Connecting To The Antenna

    8 Setup 2.4.1 Connecting to the antenna Whatever sort of connection you have between the digital receiver and the television, you need to connect the digital receiver to the antenna so that it can receive digital televi- sion broadcasts. Connect the antenna cable to the ANT IN connector.
  • Page 17 2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 9 NOTE Remember to plug in the additional white and red audio cables from the digital receiver to the back of your television. To use the Composite video output You need to obtain a Composite video cable (RCA cable) to use the Composite video output.

  • Page 18: Switching On For The First Time

    10 Setup 2.5 Switching ON for the first time Now that you have your digital receiver connected, you should plug it into a wall socket. Ensure that your television set is turned on and on the correct video channel so that you will be able to see the display from the digital receiver.

  • Page 19: Service Search

    Chapter 3 Service Search After connecting up the digital receiver, you will need to perform a service search. NOTE If there is no service stored, you will be not able to access all menus. A  is another name for a . 3.1 Searching for broadcasting services To perform service search, select the Instal- lation >...

  • Page 20: Reset To Factory Settings

    12 Service Search It is possible to search single service in a certain transponder only if you know the desired service’s audio and video packet identification (PID). Set the Search Mode option to Advanced, then the PID option becomes enabled. Specify the PIDs of your desired service with the numeric buttons.

  • Page 21: Reset Service List

    3.4 Reset service list 13 3.4 Reset service list If you only want to clear the service list, select Installation > System Recovery > Reset Service List , then you get asked for confirmation. With the choice of Yes, the services list will be cleared. After this, you have to do service search again.

  • Page 22: Preference Settings

    14 Preference Settings Chapter 4 Preference Settings 4.1 Video and audio settings You have to configure the video and audio settings appropriately for your television set and other devices. Select the Settings > A/V Output menu. You should see a screen like the left figure. 4.1.1 High definition television The digital receiver supports various video resolutions from 576 to 1080.

  • Page 23: Television Aspect Ratio

    4.1 Video and audio settings 15 4.1.2 Television aspect ratio If you have a wide-screen television, set the TV Aspect Ratio option to 16:9. You can enjoy both wide-screen programmes and normal-screen pro- grammes with your wide-screen television as the above figures show. To watch normal-screen programmes in full screen like the left figure, set the Display Format option to Full.

  • Page 24: Audio Mode

    16 Preference Settings 4.1.3 Audio mode Basically, there are two audio sources as you can find two audio sockets on the back panel of the digital receiver. You can enjoy only one source or both of them in either stereo or mono. Set the Sound Mode option as you desire.
  • Page 25 4.2 Local time setting 17 NOTE Daylight saving time adds one hour to the time when the option is set to On. When setting the time offset from Greenwich Mean Time, make sure that time offset does not include daylight saving time. Table 4.1: Time offset table Time offset City...

  • Page 26: Parental Control

    18 Preference Settings 4.3 Parental control In general, television programmes are classified according to the level of violence, nudity and language of their content. When you are watching a programme, you can check its programme classification on the information box. For the information box, see §5.2.3. You can prevent your children from watching specific programmes by specify- ing a maximum permissible level.

  • Page 27: Options For Recording

    4.4 Options for recording 19 4.4 Options for recording To set the options for recording, select the Settings > Recording menu. To enable the time-shift function, you should set the Time Shifting op- tion to anything other than Disable. The available range for this option is 30 minutes to 5 hours.

  • Page 28: Options For On-Screen Display

    20 Preference Settings 4.6 Options for on-screen display To set the options for the on-screen display (OSD), select the Settings > OSD menu. To adjust the transparency level of the OSD, set the OSD Transparency option as you desire. Its available range is 0 to 50 percent. To adjust the display time of the information box, set the Info Box Dis- play Time option as you desire.

  • Page 29: Options For Photo Album

    4.8 Options for Photo Album 21 4.8 Options for Photo Album You can change a time interval and effect of slideshow in the photo album. To change the time interval of slideshow, select the Settings > Miscel- laneous menu, and then set the Slideshow Time Interval option as you desire.

  • Page 30: Every Day Use

    22 Every Day Use Chapter 5 Every Day Use 5.1 Volume control £ £ ¢ ¡ ¢ ¡ Use the buttons to alter the volume to a comfortable VOL- VOL+ level. 5.2 Watching television To change services, press the button. In addition, you can switch to your desired service by entering its service number with the numeric buttons.

  • Page 31: The Favourite Service List

    5.2 Watching television 23 £ ¢ ¡ button and press the button, then the selected service will be presented. Pressing the button skips over 10 entries up or down. Entering a service number with the numeric buttons puts the highlight bar on its entry.

  • Page 32: Viewing Programme Information

    24 Every Day Use 5.2.3 Viewing programme information Pressing the button displays the information box, on which you can see all of the following: • Service number and name • Signal level and quality • Programme name • Programme classification sign •...

  • Page 33: Viewing Electronic Programme Guide

    5.3 Viewing electronic programme guide 25 5.3 Viewing electronic programme guide The Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) shows the current and sched- uled programmes that are or will be available on each service with a short summary for each programme. £ ¢...

  • Page 34: Using Time-Shift

    26 Every Day Use 5.4 Using time-shift You can pause and resume a live television programme, and even rewind and replay it. When you are watching a programme and you miss something, you can rewind and replay it. Or when your attention is needed elsewhere, you can pause a live TV and resume a short time later without losing any of the programme.
  • Page 35 5.4 Using time-shift 27 NOTE You can adjust some options for time-shift. Refer to §4.4.

  • Page 36: Organising Services

    28 Organising Services Chapter 6 Organising Services 6.1 Editing the favourite lists You can make your own favourite service lists. In fact, you can define multiple favourite service lists, each being a ‘group’ of chosen services. Installation > Edit Favorite List Select menu.
  • Page 37 6.1 Editing the favourite lists 29 You can add up to 30 groups. To add a new group, select the NEW item in the group list, then the on-screen keyboard appears. To rename a group, put the highlight bar on the group entry you want £...

  • Page 38: Recording And Playback

    30 Recording and Playback Chapter 7 Recording and Playback You can record TV programmes into an external hard drive as well as the built-in hard drive. NOTE To use an external hard drive, you must connect the external hard drive to the USB port of the digital receiver. You cannot play back the recordings with a regular MPEG player on your computer because they are formatted differently from the standard MPEG for-...

  • Page 39: Recording A Programme

    7.1 Recording a programme 31 7.1 Recording a programme Once a recording gets started, a symbol like the left figure will be displayed at the top right of the screen for a few seconds. When you are watching a different service from the service being recorded, you will see a number on the centre of the symbol, this indi- cates the order that the recording has started.
  • Page 40 32 Recording and Playback After a recording has started, pressing the button displays a menu like the left fig- ure, in which you can set the recording du- ration. To specify an arbitrary recording duration, set the Duration option as you desire with £...

  • Page 41: Timer Recording

    7.1 Recording a programme 33 7.1.2 Timer recording You can set a programme to be recorded at a specific time. Even if the digital receiver is in standby mode, it will switch into active mode and start recording at a specified time. When the recording comes to the end, the digital receiver will switch back into standby mode again in one minute.

  • Page 42: Scheduling Recordings Using The Programme Guide

    34 Recording and Playback Set the Start Time option to a desired time, at which the record- ing will be started. The time format is hour:minute. 6. Set the Duration option to a desired time, in which the recording will be nished. button on the File Name option displays the 7.
  • Page 43 7.1 Recording a programme 35 Intelligent Recording(IR) Once you choose a show in the program guide and select Intelligent Record, it not only records the selected show, but also makes timer recordings for all other episodes of the show that can be found on the EPG.

  • Page 44: Recording A Time-Shifted Programme

    36 Recording and Playback 7.1.4 Recording a time-shifted programme While watching a programme with time-shift, you can record it by per- forming the following steps: NOTE The whole timeshift buffer is recorded as one single file on the hard drive. 1.

  • Page 45: To Sort Recordings

    7.2 File archive 37 7.2.2 To sort recordings To sort the recordings, take the following steps: £ ¢ ¡ 1. Press the button to display additional options. 2. Set the Sorting option to Alphabetic, Time or Size as you want. £...

  • Page 46: Playing Back A Recording

    38 Recording and Playback 7.3 Playing back a recording When a programme is recorded, its additional contents such as audio track or subtitle track are also recorded together. So you can enjoy them while playing back a recording. The instructions on how to play a recording are as follows: 1.

  • Page 47: To Play In Slow Motion

    7.3 Playing back a recording 39 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 4 steps: 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16 times. To resume normal speed, press the button.

  • Page 48: Copying A Recorded File

    40 Recording and Playback 7.4 Copying a recorded file You can copy a recorded file by performing the following steps: 1. Start playback of a recorded file you want. 2. Move to the scene from where you want to start the copy using button.

  • Page 49: Accessing Via Network

    Chapter 8 Accessing via Network NOTE The following section describes complex functions that should only be used by owners with advanced computer knowledge. This digital receiver provides features of web service and FTP service, by which through the network you can make scheduled recordings, or transfer recording files to your computer.

  • Page 50: Configuring The Router

    42 Accessing via Network 8.1 Configuring the router In this section, the setup program of WRT54G, which is a router man- ufactured by Linksys, will be referred to as an example of how to con- figure the router for network access. NOTE For detailed description about how to set up the router, refer to the manual of your router.
  • Page 51 8.1 Configuring the router 43 Your router may be assigned to a dynamic IP address by an Internet service provider. So if the router has rebooted, you cannot access it unless someone in your home can inform you of the changed IP ad- dress.

  • Page 52: Network Setup

    44 Accessing via Network inform the DDNS service provider of the new IP address. This makes it possible that you access the router with a domain name at any time. 8.2 Network setup 8.2.1 For a wired connection 1. Connect your Ethernet cable from your router to the Topfield recorder.

  • Page 53: Accessing The Web Server

    8.3 Accessing the web server 45 NOTE After selecting activate please allow up to 5 seconds for fields to pop- ulate. Most routers can be accessed via a web browser. Refer to your Router user guide on how to access router setting. 8.3 Accessing the web server To Access to the web server, set the Installation >...
  • Page 54 46 Accessing via Network You cannot only download but also upload recording files or MP3 files in the File Management page. However, if you wish to download or upload a file of which size is 2 gigabyte or more, it is recommended using the FTP server rather than the web server.

  • Page 55: Accessing The Ftp Server

    8.4 Accessing the FTP server 47 8.4 Accessing the FTP server To Access to the FTP server, set the Installation > Network Setting > FTP Server option to Enable. Select the Installation > Network Setting > User Info menu. At this time, you have to enter Personal Identification Number (PIN).
  • Page 56 48 Accessing via Network NOTE The maximum number of user connections is one. This means that you cannot access the FTP server while someone else is occupying...

  • Page 57: Topfield Application Program

    TAP API (Application Program In- terface) libraries that are available http:// from Topfield’s website, www.i-topfield.com. One is Linux version, and the other is Cygwin ver- sion. Cygwin is a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for Microsoft Windows.
  • Page 58 50 Topfield Application Program £ £ ¢ ¡ ¢ ¡ 1. Press the button and then the button to display the program files list. 2. Insert the USB with the TAP file into your unit. £ £ ¢ ¡ ¢ ¡ 3.
  • Page 59 ignored by the digital receiver. So, to view the screenshots, you need to transfer them to your computer via FTP. If you want to have a program automatically run when the digital re- ceiver starts up, then move the program file to the AutoStart folder. If £...

  • Page 60: Firmware Update

    firmware may be released to improve the digital receiver. You can get the latest firmware and the firmware up- date tool, which runs on most versions of Windows, from the Topfield http://www.i-topfield.com website 10.1 From a memory stick If you have a USB memory stick, you can update the firmware from it...

  • Page 61: From The Firmware Server Via The Internet

    10.2 From the firmware server via the Internet 53 10.2 From the firmware server via the Internet You can update the firmware from the firmware server which is being run by Topfield via the Internet. Make sure that the digital receiver is connected to your router before configuring the network settings on the digital receiver.

  • Page 62: A Troubleshooting

    54 Troubleshooting Appendix A Troubleshooting List of Symptoms No power / No front display ....55 I have connected my Topfield unit to the TV but getting no picture When the Service Scan is finished I get zero channels .

  • Page 63: No Power / No Front Display

    No power / No front display • Make sure the main switch on the back of the Topfield unit is switched to ON. • Properly insert the power plug into the power socket. • If the power outlet is controlled by a switch, make sure the wall switch is ON.

  • Page 64: Can Not Receive Or Adjust Sound Through The Topfield Unit

    56 Troubleshooting Can not receive or adjust sound through the Topfield unit £ £ ¢ ¡ ¢ ¡ • Adjust volume using the on the Topfield remote. VOL- VOL+ • Use the TV remote to adjust the sound to approx 50% then use the Topfield remote to adjust volume.

  • Page 65: Can Not Get A Network Connection

    Can not get a network connection • Make sure you are using a Router and not a Modem. • You can only establish a connection by using the Network cable directly to the Topfield unit OR by using a USB wireless dongle. •...
  • Page 66 At any time during the life of a product Topfield Co., Ltd. may change or modify the hard- ware or software on any product to introduce new features or improve the functionality of the product. Copyright © 2012, Topfield Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. English version Dec. 2012 http://www.i-topfield.com...

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