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Topfield TF 4000 Fi User Manual

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  • Page 1 TOPFIELD TF 4000 Fi User Manual Digital Satellite Receiver Free To Air...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Contents Contents 1 Introduction Introduction ......Controlling the digital receiver ....1.2.1 The front panel .
  • Page 3 3.2.3 Sound mode ......14 3.2.4 RF output ......14 Local time setting .
  • Page 4 CONTENTS 7 Firmware Update and Data Transfer Updating the firmware ..... . . 44 Transferring the receiver data ....46 Index...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Introduction The TF 4000 Fi digital receiver is fully compliant with the in- ternational Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard, and can receive digital broadcastings. To operate it, you need an antenna, which must be installed appropriately.

  • Page 6: Controlling The Digital Receiver

    You can find the latest transponder information from various broadcasters on tele- text. The TF 4000 Fi digital receiver has features as follows: • The digital receiver supports DiSEqC 1.0, DiSEqC 1.1, DiSEqC 1.2 and USALS.

  • Page 7: The Front Panel

    1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 1.2.1 The front panel STANDBY button toggles the digital receiver between oper- ation mode and standby mode. CHANNEL buttons switch to another service, and move the highlight bar vertically in a menu. STANBY lamp lights up while the digital receiver is in standby mode.

  • Page 8: The Remote Control

    Introduction 1.2.2 The remote control ⃝ button toggles the digital re- ceiver between operation mode and standby mode. ⃝ button mutes the television or audio appliance. ⃝ Numeral buttons are used to spec- ify a service to watch or a parame- ter such as timer.
  • Page 9 1.2 Controlling the digital receiver £   ⃝ ¢ ¡ button displays a satellite list. £   £   ⃝ V − ¢ ¡ ¢ ¡ buttons change the volume, and select an op- tion in a menu. £   £...

  • Page 10: Installation

    Installation Chapter 2 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) • A copy of this user guide 2.2 Safety precautions Please read and keep the following safety precautions care- fully for your safety.
  • Page 11 2.2 Safety precautions • The digital receiver is designed to receive, record and play back video and audio signals. Any other use is ex- pressly prohibited. • When setting up the digital receiver, make sure it is in a horizontal position. •...

  • Page 12: Rear Panel Connections

    Installation • 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 the digital receiver, the digital receiver has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.

  • Page 13: Connecting The Digital Receiver

    2.4 Connecting the digital receiver ⃝ VIDEO Composite video output socket for television or AV receiver. ⃝ AUDIO L/R Stereo audio output socket for television or audio appliance. ⃝ RF IN Terrestrial broadcast input socket from con- ventional aerial antenna. ⃝...

  • Page 14: Inserting Batteries In The Remote Control

    Installation Connecting to the television by RCA connector Plug a RCA cable into the VIDEO (yellow), AUDIO L (white) and AUDIO R (red) sockets on the digital receiver and the cor- responding input sockets on your television or audio appli- ance.

  • Page 15: Preference Settings

    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.

  • Page 16: Video And Audio Settings

    Preference Settings language. Once you select a language, the menu will be dis- played in the selected language immediately. Subtitle language Set the Subtitle Language option to your desired language. When you watch a program, a subtitle track of the selected language will be output if the program has that.

  • Page 17: Televsion Standard

    3.2 Video and audio 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 18: Sound Mode

    Preference Settings displayed in the wide screen. If you have a normal-screen television, set the TV Aspect Ratio option to 4:3. 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.

  • Page 19: Local Time Setting

    3.3 Local time setting it through the RF OUT socket. Set the RF Output option to the television standard that your country supports refering to Table 3.1. 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...

  • Page 20: Parental Control

    Preference Settings To set the local time, select the System Setting > Local 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.
  • Page 21 3.4 Parental control 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 − 07:00 Mountain Time US, Canada GMT −...
  • Page 22 Preference Settings To specify a basis classification, select the System Setting > Parental Control menu. At this time, you have to enter Personal Identifica- tion Number (PIN). The default personal identification number is ‘0000’. If you wish to restrict 15 or above rated programs, set the Cen- sorship option to 15 (age).

  • Page 23: Adjusting On-Screen Display

    3.5 Adjusting on-screen display 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 24: Service Search

    Service Search Chapter 4 Service Search You have to perform service search after installing the digital receiver. 4.1 Searching broadcasting services This digital receiver can be operated with both fixed and mo- torized antenna system. You have to configure antenna set- tings according to your antenna system in the following order: Configure LNB settings.
  • Page 25 4.1 Searching broadcasting services The other is K band which ranges approximately from 12 to 18 GHz. When radio signals are sent through cables, the higher the frequency is, the more losses occur in the cable per unit of length. The LNB (Low Noise Block converter), which is introduced to settle this matter, is used to take a wide band of relatively high frequencies, amplify...

  • Page 26: Configuring Diseqc 1.2 Settings

    Service Search frequency. The diffrence between a broadcasting frequency and its LNB frequency must be within 950 to 2,150 MHz. For example, if the frequency band of your desired satellite ranges from 3,660 to 4,118 MHz, you have to set the LNB Frequency parameter to 5150 MHz.
  • Page 27 4.1 Searching broadcasting services When you have switched to other service, if the service is provided by a satellite other than cur- rent one, it will take longer time than usual be- cause the antenna has to move to the position of the satellite.

  • Page 28: Configuring Usals Setting

    Service Search Finally select the Store command at the Motor Control menu to save the tuned position when the receiving qual- ity has turned good. There are more motor control commands for installers, but this manual does not describe them. If you are an installer, refer them to the manual for the STAB rotor.

  • Page 29: Searching Services

    4.1 Searching broadcasting services Input the position of your selected satellite to the Satel- lite Angle if it is not correct. Select the Goto the position command. Then the antenna will turn toward your selected satellite calculating its position. If the receiving quality, which is displayed on the right bottom on the screen, is not good, tune the antenna finely with the commands of the Move menu.
  • Page 30 Service Search Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name pa- rameter. Set the Search Mode option to Auto. To search every service of a transponder, perform the follow- ing steps: Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name pa- rameter.

  • Page 31: Editing The Transponder List

    4.2 Editing the transponder list steps: Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name pa- rameter. Set the Search Mode option to SMATV. Choose your desired transponder at the Frequency pa- rameter or input it with the numeral buttons. Input the symbol rate of your desired transponder to the Symbol Rate parameter with the numeral buttons.
  • Page 32 Service Search To edit the transponder list, se- lect the Installation > SAT/TP Edit menu. To add a satellite entry, select the Add Satellite command. Then an on-screen keyboard appears. Enter your desired name and save it. For how to use the keyboard, refer to § 6.2. To change a satellite entry’s name, select your desired entry at the Satellite Name parameter and select the SAT Name Edit command.

  • Page 33: Resetting To Factory Settings

    4.3 Resetting to factory settings 4.3 Resetting to factory settings The digital receiver maintains the following data: • Service list • Favorite list • Timer events • Preference settings You can reset all data of the digital receiver. To reset all the data, select the Installation >...

  • Page 34: Daily Usage

    Daily Usage Chapter 5 Daily Usage 5.1 Browsing services To switch over to another service, press the button. Pressing button recalls the service you have watched 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.
  • Page 35 5.1 Browsing services 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 button and press the button. Pressing > button skips over 10 entries up or down.

  • Page 36: Viewing Program Information

    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. Otherwise to se- >...

  • Page 37: Viewing An Electronic Program Guide

    5.3 Viewing an electronic program guide In addition, you might see the following symbols: • Subtitle symbol if subtitles are provided on a current program. • Teletext symbol if teletext is provided on a current program. • Lock symbol if a current service is locked. •...

  • Page 38: Selecting An Audio Track

    Daily Usage press button. > To switch over to another service, press the button. To see an electronic program guide for radio broadcast, press button. To turn it back, press button again. £   ¢ ¡ Pressing the button displays the electronic program guide £...

  • Page 39: Selecting A Multifeed Service

    5.7 Selecting a multifeed service that. Even if your televsion cannot process teletext, you can enjoy it with the digital receiver. When you view an information box, a teletext symbol ( ) will be marked on it if it is provided. Press button to view a £...
  • Page 40 Daily Usage To make a timer event, select the System Setting > VCR Timer Setting menu; then a timer list appears. £   ¢ ¡ To add a new timer entry, press the button, and then a timer edit box appears. If you want to listen to a radio program, set the Type option to Radio.
  • Page 41 5.8 Making a timer event week . Set the Wakeup Time parameter to a time, at which your pro- gram will be shown. You can enter it with the numeral but- tons. The time format is hours:minute . Set the Duration parameter to a time, after which the show will be ended.

  • Page 42: Listing Services

    Listing Services Chapter 6 Listing Services 6.1 Editing service list You would have got a service list through a service search. You can rename, move, lock or delete service entries in your service list. To edit your service list, select the Organizing Services menu;...
  • Page 43 6.1 Editing service list a service entry to edit with the selected command. To select £   ¢ ¡ another command after the command execution, press the button; then the highlight bar of the command list becomes £   ¢ ¡...

  • Page 44: Editing Favorite List

    Listing Services list. To hide a service entry, select the Skip command in the editing command list and select a desired service entry to hide in the service list. Then a check symbol will be marked on the £   selected entry.
  • Page 45 6.2 Editing favorite list There are a group list on the left column, a favorite list on the center column and a service list on the right column. You can add a favorite entry performing the follwoing steps: Put the hightlight bar on a desired group entry in the £...
  • Page 46 Listing Services To type lower case letters or numerals, select the Other key. To delete a letter, put the cursor on a desired letter in the input line and select the Del key. You must select the Save key to £...
  • Page 47 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 48: Updating The Firmware

    Frequency 12603 MHz der appointed by Topfield for Symbol Rate 22000 KS/s OTA update. Polarity Horizontal The information about the transponder for OTA update can be changed. You can get the information at the Topfield web site, http://www.i-topfield.com.
  • Page 49 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 50: Transferring The Receiver Data

    Firmware Update and Data Transfer 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 to Other IRD menu. 7.2 Transferring the receiver data The digital receiver retains such data as follows: •...

  • Page 51: Index

    Every Day Index Symbol Censorship, 18 16:9, 13 Center extract, 14 16:9 Display Format, 14 Change PIN Code, 18 22 kHz, 22 4:3, 14 Date, 36 Default, 40 A/V Output Setting, 12 Delete, 40 Access Control, 18 Delete Satellite, 28 Add new TP, 28 Delete TP, 28 Add Satellite, 28...
  • Page 52 Every Weekday OSD Transparency Every Weekday, 36 LNB, 21 Every Weekend, 36 LNB Frequency, 21, 22 LNB IN, 8, 9 LNB OUT, 8, 9 Factory Setting, 29 LNB Power, 22 Fav–NoFav, 40 LNB Setting, 21 Find, 45 Local Time, 16 Firmware Upgrade, 44 Local Time Setting, 16 Frequency, 23, 25–28...
  • Page 53 Type OTA, 44 Search Mode, 26, 27 Other, 21 Service, 36 Over The Air, 44 Service Search, 25, 27 Skip, 40 SMATV, 25 Packet Identifier, 26 SMATV, 27 PAL, 13 Sort, 40 Parental Control, 18 Sound Mode, 14 Personal Identification Num- Start, 44 ber, 18 stereo, 14...
  • Page 54 Universal Satellite Automatic Location System wide-screen television Universal Satellite Automatic Location System, 24 USALS, 24 USALS Setting, 24 User, 23 VCR Timer Setting, 36 VIDEO, 9 Wakeup Time, 37 Weekly, 36 wide-screen television, 13...
  • Page 56 Topfield continues to improve the digital receiver which this manual explains. So some ex- planations and illustrations in this manual could be different from the real digital receiver. Copyright © 2006, Topfield Co., Ltd. English version 110T-57101-201-1 Rev. 1 http://www.i-topfield.com...

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