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Topfield TF4000PVR CoCI User Manual

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TOPFI E LD
The User's Manual
Personal Video Recorder
TF4000PVR
- Personal Video Recorder
TF4000PVR CoCI
- Personal Video Recorder
- Embedded Conax
Please read this User s Manual carefully.
The menu structure and specification can be changed without noti
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  • Page 1 TOPFI E LD Please read this User s Manual carefully. The menu structure and specification can be changed without noti The User’s Manual Personal Video Recorder TF4000PVR - Personal Video Recorder TF4000PVR CoCI - Personal Video Recorder - Embedded Conax...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CONTENTS FEATURES FRONT/ REAR PANELS 1) FRONT PANEL 2) REAR PANEL REMOTE CONTROL UNIT(RCU) GETTING STARTED FUNCTION GUIDE MENU OPERATIONS 1) SYSTEM SETTING 2) ORGANIZING CHANNEL 3) ORGANIZING FAVORITES 4) RECORDING 5) HDD SERVICE 6) INSTALLATION 7) INFORMATION 8) COMMON INTERFACE 9) GAME...
  • Page 3 WARNING Warning WARNING Warning WARNING Please read the following recommended safety precautions carefully for your safety. MAINS SUPPLY : 90-250V AC 50/60 Hz. OVERLOADING : Do not overload wall outlets, extension cords or adapters as these can result in fire or electrical shock. LIQUIDS : Keep liquids away from the PVR.

  • Page 4: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the Personal Video Recorder (PVR). This PVR is fully compliant with the international DVB standard and thus transmits digital images, sounds, information guides and teletext directly to your TV through the satellite. Now you can comfortably see and receive digitally transmitted music, news, movie and sports satellite broadcasts in your office or at your home.
  • Page 5 Antenna/LNB control - 22KHz mode On/Off - 0/12V mode selection - Automatic FEC Detection - DiSEqC 1.0 & 1.2 compatible Satellite/Channel support - 3500 TV channels, 1500 Radio channels storable Video/Audio - Automatic PAL/NTSC selection - Multi-lingual Audio support - Automatic channel search OSD (On Screen Display) support - 256 color support.

  • Page 6: Front/ Rear Panels

    FRONT / REAR PANELS 1) Front Panel VOLUME POWER /STANDBY 2)Rear Panel LNB 2 IN Connects the satellite antenna cable. LNB 1 IN Connects the satellite antenna cable. 0/12V OUTPUT Chooses the LNB on the antenna. AUDIO-RIGHT OUTPUT Audio output.(RED) AUDIO-LEFT OUTPUT Audio output.(WHITE) LNB 1 OUT...

  • Page 7: Remote Control Unit(Rcu)

    REMOTE CONTROL UNIT (RCU) MUTE Button ( Enables/ Disables the Audio. POWER Button ( Switches the PVR between Operation and Standby mode. MENU Button (MENU) Displays the Menu on screen or returns to previous menu from submenu. EXIT Button (EXIT) Returns to the previous menu and the screen.
  • Page 8 TV/SAT Button ( Changes the terrestrial TV and Satellite mode. FAV Button (FAV) Displays the favorite channel list. SOUND Button ( Selects LEFT/RIGHT/MONO/STEREO sound function. SUBTITLE Button ( Selects the subtitle language list for the current service. TELETEXT Button ( Enables the teletext with software emulation Button...
  • Page 9 INSTALLATION (Connection) First, connect both the satellite antenna and the TV line to the PVR and switch the power on. In this manual there are some of the most common ways to connect the equipment: TV, VCR and PVR. There are several ways of connecting the PVR to the existing Audio/TV system. We recommend one of the following setups.

  • Page 10: Connection To The Antenna

    1-3) Connection to the TV with the CINCH Cable. Connect one end (3 connectors) of the CINCH cable to the AUDIO-RIGHT (red), AUDIO-LEFT (white) and the VIDEO output (yellow) socket on the PVR. Connect the other end (3 connectors) to the AUDIO-RIGHT (red), AUDIO-LEFT (white) and the VIDEO input (yellow) socket on the TV or Hi-Fi.
  • Page 11 2-1) Installing the PVR with two separated Antennas. Installing the PVR with two separated Antennas. The Connection Type in LNB setting menu should be set to Separated. 2-2) Installing the PVR with one Antenna. The Connection Type in LNB setting menu should be set to Loop Through.
  • Page 12 2-4) Installing the PVR with two separated dual LNB Antennas and DiSEqC switches. The Connection Type in LNB setting menu should be set to Separated. 3.Connection to the other Satellite Receiver. Connect the satellite cable to the LNB IN socket on the PVR.

  • Page 13: Getting Started

    GETTING STARTED Press the P o w e r button to operate the PVR from the STANDBY mode. Now, the Info Box will appear for a given time and disappear. By pressing the Box will remain on the screen. The display time of the Info Box is adjustable under the I n s t a l l a t i o n menu of the M a i n menu.

  • Page 14: Function Guide

    Function Guide Information Box By using buttons, you can see the EPG of next event. To change volume level in this mode, press buttons without no interval. Press button once more, you can see the extended infomation of the current program. To remove info box, press button once more.
  • Page 15 Subtitle Teletext If a broadcaster supports teletext, you can see There are VBI insertion mode and software emulation mode in teletext. In the VBI insertion mode, which is always on, you can watch the teletext with your TV using the RCU of your TV. To watch teletext with VBI insertion, your TV must support teletext.

  • Page 16: Menu Operations

    MENU OPERATIONS Now this chapter assumes that the PVR system has been installed correctly, meaning: * The satellite dish for the PVR has been installed, connected to the PVR and correctly adjusted to the proper satellite. * The PVR is connected to the TV. * The RCU has batteries and ready to control the PVR.

  • Page 17: System Setting

    I. SYSTEM SETTING I-1 TIME SETTING Various time modes can be set, such as the current local time, the Power On/Off time and the Sleep Time. The exact local present time can be adjusted by using the G M T, the T i m e O f f s e t and the M o d e sub menus. PLEASE NOTE: Configure the L o c a l T i m e before adjusting the W a k e u p T i m e,P o w e r O f f T i m e or the S l e e p T i m e.
  • Page 18 A. Local Time Setting button at L o c a l T i m e S e t t i n g item in the T i m e S e t t i n g menu to open the Press L o c a l T i m e S e t t i n g menu.
  • Page 19 B. Timer buttons to select the On/Off mode. If the T i m e r item Use the is set to O n, the W a k e u p T i m e item, the W a k e u p C h a n n e l item and the P o w e r O f f T i m e item becomes adjustable.
  • Page 20 E. Power Off Time The P o w e r O f f T i m e menu sets the time of the PVR automatically turns off. F. Sleep Time The S l e e p T i m e item is similar to the P o w e r O f f menu. The S l e e p T i m e function turns off after the adjusted sleep time.
  • Page 21 I-2. PARENTAL CONTROL The age rating control, the PIN(Personal Identification Number) Code and the passwords to various menus can be configured. The PIN Code box will automatically appear when this menu is selected. The default PIN Code is 0 0 0 0. A.
  • Page 22 C. Access Control The A c c e s s C o n t r o l menu controls access to 6 items: T i m e S e t t i n g, L a n g u a g e S e t t i n g, A / V O u t p u t S e t t i n g, O r g a n i z i n g C h a n n e l s, O r g a n i z i n g F a v o r i t e s and I n s t a l l a t i o n.
  • Page 23 I-3. LANGUAGE SETTING There are many languages available for the menu. The default language is English. A. Menu Language It is an item for changing the language of the M a i n menu. Select the language which the menus will be shown in. [English / French / German / Italian / Spanish / Arabic / Greek / Turkish / Danish / Swedish / Norwegian] B.
  • Page 24 C. Audio Language It is an item for changing the language of the Audio. The first audio language is set to English. If more than one audio language is transmitted, you may select one language among several languages transmitted by pressing button.
  • Page 25 C. Display Format Enables the setting of the screen format of the TV. Select the L e t t e r B o x or C e n t e r e x t r a c t mode of 16:9 pictures by using D.
  • Page 26 I-6. Info Box Display Time Adjusts the time-out of the Info Box. Sets the period of time the Info Box is displayed on screen. The adjustable time is from 0 to 30 seconds. I-7. Info Box Position Adjusts the position of the Info Box. Allows you to change the position by using the buttons.

  • Page 27: Organizing Channel

    II. ORGANIZING CHANNELS This mode can be used to rename, reorder, lock, hide and delete TV Services. A. Browse button. Now, browsing through the O r g a n i z i n g C h a n n e l s is possible. Press Press assigned buttons on the help message.
  • Page 28 E. Skip You can hide and skip the services. In order to unlock the skip function, on the skipped channel. The skipped channels will not be visible on channel list. F. Delete Press button to delete channels. The delete function differs from the skip function as it deletes the channel completely.

  • Page 29: Organizing Favorites

    III. ORGANIZING FAVORITES This mode is helpful in adding and deleting services to and from the favorite group. Under the menu O r g a n i z i n g F a v o r i t e s, there are three different modes: F a v L i s t , F a v C H s and C h L i s t.

  • Page 30: Recording

    IV. Recording This menu shows some options for recording. IV-1. Satellite Press button to display the satellite list. Select a satellite that includes the channel to be recorded. IV-2. Channel Press button to display the channel list. Select a channel to be recorded. IV-3 Mode There are two recording modes.
  • Page 31 IV-5. File Name To change the file name of the service to be recorded, press IV-6. Start To start recording, press button at this item. IV-7. Stop To stop recording, press button at this item. IV-8. Delayed Recording In this menu you can reserve delayed recording. A.
  • Page 32 D. Date To change the recording start date, press E. Start Time To change the recording start time, press numeric buttons F. Duration To change the recording duration, press G. OK To confirm the setting for the delayed recording, press Be sure to confirm it if you want to register the current setting for delayed recording.

  • Page 33: Hdd Service

    D. Mode There are 3 or 4 different modes. Select O n e T i m e to record the channel only once. Select E v e r y D a y to record the same channel at the same time of every day. Select W e e k l y to record the same channel at the same time on the same weekday.

  • Page 34: Installation

    V-1. Delayed Recording Refer to IV-8. Delayed Recording. V-2. Edit Reservation Refer to IV-9. Edit Reservation. V-3. Format Hard Disk To format the HDD in PVR, press F o r m a t H a r d D i s k will delete all the data and the files in HDD permanently. If a new HDD is installed, it should be formatted by this PVR.
  • Page 35 VI-1. LNB Setting The Low Noise Blockdown Converter (LNB) amplifies the signal received by the satellite dish and lowers the frequency of the signal. The signal is then fed from the LNB at the dish via cable to the PVR. For the LNB Settings, move the cursor to I n s t a l l a t i o n item and press Then, move the cursor to the L N B S e t t i n g item and press A.
  • Page 36 NOTE: If the Universal LNB is selected, both 9750 and 10600 MHz are supported at the same time, and therefore the 22 KHz tone setting is not required. E. LNB Power Select LNB power ‘ On’ for internal and ‘ Off ’ for external. F.
  • Page 37 A. Satellite Name Press the button to display the Satellite List Box. The Satellite name list is put in alphabetical order. Select one of the preprogrammed satellites that correspond to the value of the antenna. If the desired satellite name is not in the list, then select O t h e r s. B.
  • Page 38 3) PCR PID Insert the PCR PID by using the numeric buttons on your RCU. 4) SAVE To ensure the above Video,Audio and PCR PID change, press H. FTA/ Scrambled Choose your favorable channels among F T A o n l y, CAS only and FTA+CAS. I.
  • Page 39 VI-3 . Service Copy This item enables you to copy the service list of one tuner to that of the other. A. Tuner 1 to Tuner 2 Copy the service list of Tuner 1 to that of Tuner 2. B. Tuner 2 to Tuner 1 Copy the service list of Tuner 2 to that of Tuner 1.
  • Page 40 . Motor Control - G o t o : Moves the motor to the stored position of the selected satellite. - S t o r e : Stores the current position of the motor for the selected satellite. - R e s e t : Resets all stored position of the motor relative to the “0” position (I n s t a l l e r mode only).

  • Page 41: Information

    D. Polarization You can select the polarization from H o r i z o n t a l and V e r t i c a l. E. SAT Name Edit You can change the name of the satellite by this menu. Press button to display a keyboard.
  • Page 42 VI-6. Factory Setting All the stored data can be reset just like it was manufactured. VI-7.Transfer Program to Other PVR It is used to transfer PVR program to other PVR for upgrading the PVR. Notes: Please proceed this menu with connecting the PVR of same model and same specification.
  • Page 43 VII. INFORAMTION You can check the PVR version and refer the calendar. VII-1. PVR STATUS Check the PVR’s system information. It shows the PVR’s: System ID Loader Version Device Version Application Version Last Update...

  • Page 44: Common Interface

    VII-2. CALENDAR Press the button to select the year. Press the button to select the month. VIII. COMMON INTERFACE The menu differs according to each inserted CAM. If the module has not been installed yet, the phrase ‘Not Installed’ will be accordingly indicated.

  • Page 45: Game

    I X. GAME I X-1. ExBlock I X-2. Poker...
  • Page 46 I X-3. Bricks Lay I X-4. Bomb Hexa...

  • Page 47: How To Record And Playback The Pvr

    HOW TO RECORD AND PLAYBACK THE PVR Time Shifting 1. To enable Time Shifting, the T i m e S h i f t i n g option should be enabled. To find the T i m e S h i f t i n g option menu, follow the steps below. M a i n M e n u H D D S e r v i c e button to display T i m e S h i f t i n g progress bar.

  • Page 48: Recording, Checking And Canceling

    6. Press STOP ( ) button again to stop recording. Caution : If the recording time is less than about 1 minute, recording will not be done successfully. Recording, Checking and Editing reserving To record services, refer to the following steps. There are four kinds of recording references. Caution : If the recording time is less than about 1 minute, recording will not be done successfully.
  • Page 49 2.Immediate Recording by Menu Selection a. Recording To go to R e c o r d i n g menu, press pressing Select the options that you want to record with. Select S t a r t item and press For detailed information, refer to the explanation of R e c o r d i n g menu in M e n u o p e r a t i o n s.

  • Page 50: Playback A Recorded Service

    4. Recording by EPG a. Recording Press GUIDE( ) button to display EPG. Select a service that you want to record, and press RECORDING ( two times pressing of button is valid for delayed recording. The Recording mark ( ) will be displayed. b.

  • Page 51: Pausing

    Pausing To pause the picture or playback, press PAUSE( Press PAUSE( ) button or P L A Y( 1. Pausing from live video If the PAUSING is kept more than 5 seconds with enabled T i m e S h i f t i n g mode, the play mode is changed to time-shifted playback.

  • Page 52: Fast Motion Playback

    Fast Motion Playback 1. If there is a T i m e S h i f t i n g or P l a y b a c k progress bar, remove the progress bar by pressing P L A Y( ) button.

  • Page 53: Bookmark

    Bookmark You can jump to a position directly by bookmark function in playback and time-shifted playback. To search positions very quickly and easily, use bookmarks. 1. Adding a bookmark To add a bookmark, press B O O K M A R K ( add it.

  • Page 54: Descrambling Service

    Descrambling Services 1. Select and play back a service you want to descramble. Descramble the service with a proper CAM and smart card. The live service should play well with the proper CAM and smart card. button to display P l a y b a c k progress bar. 2.

  • Page 55: Cut Out Selected Region

    4. Start playback the recorded video you want to copy. The fast/slow motion copying is possible by fast/slow motion playback. 5. Start copying by RECORDING ( 6. The video displayed on TV will be copied. 7. Press STOP ( ) button to stop copying. 8.

  • Page 56: Repeat Mode

    Zapping while Recording 1. With S e p a r a t e d mode in L N B s e t t i n g menu. For the tuner being recorded with, all the channels in the same TP can be selected. For the other tuner, all the scanned channels can be selected.

  • Page 57: Troubleshooting (Q & A)

    TROUBLESHOOTING (Q & A) Problem Nothing appears on the The main power cable Front Panel. is not connected. No sound or picture, but the front panel shows the PVR is in standby mode. time or -- : -- The satellite dish is not pointing at the satellite.

  • Page 58: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS I. PVR SPECIFICATIONS Item Power Input Frequency DATA Service SCART A/V OUT Digital Audio Out LNB Power Modulation / FEC Type DiSEqC Tone Switching RF Modulator Specification Video Compression Aspect Ratio On-Screen Display Common Interface II. CHANNEL PROCESSING Item Input Frequency Range Number of Channels Tuning System...
  • Page 59 III. MPEG AUDIO Item Operation Mode Sampling Rates Resolution . VIDEO SPECIFICATIONS Item Specification TV System Video Decoding Video Resolution . RF MODULATOR Item Features Connector Channel Range Pre-Set Channel . POWER SUPPLY Item Input Voltage Type Power Consumption Standby Power Protection Specification Mono , Left , Right and Stereo...

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