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Topfield TF6400IR User Manual

Topfield TF6400IR User Manual

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TF 6400 IR
User Guide
Digital Satellite Receiver
IRDETO

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  • Page 1 TOPFIELD TF 6400 IR User Guide Digital Satellite Receiver IRDETO...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    1 Introduction Features ....... Controlling the digital receiver 1.2.1 The front panel 1.2.2 The remote control 2 Setup...
  • Page 4 iv Contents 3 Preference Settings Language settings Video and audio settings 3.2.1 Television standard 3.2.2 Colour model 3.2.3 Video cassette recorder 3.2.4 Television aspect ratio 3.2.5 Sound mode 3.2.6 Radio frequency output Local time setting Parental control Adjusting the on-screen display 4 Service Search Searching broadcasting services 4.1.1...
  • Page 5 Viewing electronic programme guide Watching multifeed programme Making timer events 6 Listing Services Editing the services list Editing the favourite list How to use on-screen keyboard Transferring receiver data 7 Firmware Update Checking the firmware information From your computer via RS-232 port From another digital receiver via RS-232 port Index .

  • Page 7: Introduction

    The TF 6400 IR digital receiver is fully compliant with the in- ternational 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 • Has an electronic programme guide that provides an •...

  • Page 9: The Front Panel

    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. Front display displays the current time in standby mode, PWR lamp lights up while the digital receiver is in standby CHANNEL You have to insert your subscription card into the front slot to...

  • Page 10: The Remote Control

    4 Introduction 1.2.2 The remote control ceiver between standby mode and operation mode. mutes the sound. Press again to switch it back on. Numeric buttons are used to enter a service number for service change or to specify values for menu options. switches between the current ser- vice and the previously viewed one.
  • Page 11 displays the services list. See § It is also used to select a menu item. switches between television services and radio services. displays the satellite list. buttons decrease or increase the volume. They are also used to change values for menu options. buttons switch to previous or next service.

  • Page 12: Setup

    6 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 13 • 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 14: Rear Panel Connections

    8 Setup 2.3 Rear panel connections The TF 6400 IR has some connections on the back panel. LNB IN R - AUDIO - L RF OUT RF IN LNB OUT VIDEO Check what connections your television set has in comparison with the digital receiver.

  • Page 15: Connecting Up Your Digital Receiver

    Table 2.3: Connectors specifications VIDEO AUDIO S/PDIF RS-232 2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver There are several ways to set up the digital receiver. Set up the digital receiver suitably to your television and other appliances. If you have any problem with your setup or need help, contact your dealer.

  • Page 16: Connecting To Your Television

    10 Setup 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 17 To use the composite video connector To connect the audio connectors To use the RF connector If your television does not have any video and audio input, you will need to use the radio frequency output from the digital receiver. 2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 11 You will need to obtain a composite video cable (RCA cable) to use the composite video...

  • Page 18: Connecting To Your Video Cassette Recorder

    12 Setup 2.4.3 Connecting to your video cassette recorder The digital receiver can also output video to another appliance such as a video cassette recorder or video receiver through an auxiliary SCART connector. 2.5 Switching on for the first time Now that you have your digital receiver connected, you should plug it in to a mains socket.

  • Page 19: Powering On And Checking Picture

    2.5 Switching on for the first time 13 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 20: Preference Settings

    14 Preference Settings 3.1 Language settings Menu language The digital receiver supports many menu languages: Dutch, English, German, French, Italian, Russian, Turkish and so forth. Set the Menu Language option to your desired language. Once you select a language, the menu will be immediately displayed in the selected language.
  • Page 21 Subtitle language Set the 1st Subtitle Language option and the 2nd Subtitle Lan- guage option to your desired languages. When you watch a programme, if the programme has a subtitle track of the lan- guage that is designated for the 1st Subtitle Language, it will be displayed.

  • Page 22: Video And Audio Settings

    16 Preference Settings 3.2 Video and audio settings 3.2.1 Television standard The digital receiver supports two television standards. 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.

  • Page 23: Colour Model

    3.2.2 Colour model Through the TV SCART connector, the digital receiver is able to output video in various colour models. If you have the digital receiver linked to your television via this connector, you should set the Video Output option to your desired colour model.

  • Page 24: Sound Mode

    18 Preference Settings You cannot fully enjoy wide-screen programmes 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 programmes in the shape like the centre figure, set the 16:9 Display Format option to Letter Box.

  • Page 25: Local Time Setting

    Table 3.1: Television standards by country Signal type Country PAL G Australia, Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxem- bourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Yugoslavia PAL I Hong Kong, Macao, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom PAL K...
  • Page 26 20 Preference Settings Table 3.2: Time offset table Time offset 2. Set the Time Offset option to the time difference between 3. To get Greenwich mean time, set the GMT Collection City 12:00 Eniwetok, Kwajalein 11:00 Midway Island, Samoa 10:00 Hawaii 09:00 Alaska...

  • Page 27: Parental Control

    4. Make sure that your local time is correctly displayed on To set the local time yourself, set the Mode option to Manual and enter your local time to the Local Time option with the numeric buttons. The time format is day/month/year 24-hour:minute. 3.4 Parental control In general, television programmes are classified according to the level of violence, nudity and language of their content.

  • Page 28: Adjusting The On-Screen Display

    22 Preference Settings 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. If anyone is trying to watch a programme that is of or above the censorship setting, the person has to enter the personal identification number to override.
  • Page 29 3.5 Adjusting the on-screen display 23 Position option as you desire. Its available range is from 3 lines. The more high you set the option, the more low the information box will be positioned.

  • Page 30: Service Search

    24 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 The other is K band which ranges approximately from 12 to 18 GHz. Pressing the button on the Satellite Name option displays the satellite list in alphabetic order. Select the satellite toward which your antenna is set to face. The digital receiver has a database about broadcasting satellites and their transponders, containing the following information: satellite position, frequency range, symbol rate, polarization and LNB frequency corresponding to the frequency range.

  • Page 32: Configuring Diseqc 1.2 Settings

    26 Service Search 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. For example, if the frequency band of your desired satellite ranges from 3660 to 4118 MHz, you have to set the LNB Frequency option to 5150 MHz.
  • Page 33 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. To get the correct position of your desired satellite, perform the following steps: 1.

  • Page 34: Configuring Usals Settings

    28 Service Search 5. Finally set the Motor Control option to Store to save the There are more motor control options for installers, but this guide does not describe them. If you are an installer, refer them to the manual about the STAB rotor. 4.1.3 Configuring USALS settings USALS (Universal Satellite Automatic Location System), also known as DiSEqC 1.3, calculates the positions of all available...

  • Page 35: Searching Services

    4. Select the Goto the position option; then the antenna 5. If the receiving quality, which is displayed at the bottom 4.1.4 Searching services There are four service search methods: • Searching every service of a satellite. • Searching every service of a transponder. •...
  • Page 36 30 Service Search 1. Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name op- 2. Set the Search Mode option to Auto. 3. If you set the Network Search option to On, the digital Searching every service of a transponder To search every service of a transponder, perform the following steps: 1.
  • Page 37 1. Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name op- 2. Set the Search Mode option to Advanced. 3. Choose your desired transponder at the Frequency op- 4. Enter the symbol rate of your desired transponder to the 5. Set the Polarization option to the polarization of your 6.

  • Page 38: Resetting To Factory Settings

    32 Service Search • To search both free services and pay services, set it to FTA To start service search, select the Start Search item; then a list box appears, in which found services will be listed. When it has completed, press the To stop at any time or to exit without saving, press the button.

  • Page 39: Daily Usage

    5.1 Volume control Use the level. You may need to adjust the volume on your television set too. To temporarily switch off the sound, press the Press it again to restore the sound to previous level. 5.2 Watching television To change services, press the button switches to the previously viewed service.
  • Page 40 34 Daily Usage A dollar sign ($) may be marked on some entries, indicating pay service. To watch pay services, you need the subscription card. To select a desired service, put the highlight bar on its entry with the be presented. Pressing the Entering a service number with the numeric buttons puts the highlight bar on its entry.
  • Page 41 • By setting the Show Provider option to On, you can view service entries by groups of broadcasters. • To change the name of the highlighted service, select the Rename option; then the on-screen keyboard appears, with which you can enter a new name. See § to use the on-screen keyboard.

  • Page 42: The Favourite Services List

    36 Daily Usage 5.2.2 The favourite services list You can select a service to watch on a favourite list as well as on the services list. For how to edit the favourite lists, refer to § 6.2. To select a favourite service, put the hightlight bar on a desired group and press the favourite services list.

  • Page 43: Viewing Programme Information

    delete a group or a service, press the asked for confirmation. If you select Yes, it will be deleted. 5.2.3 Viewing programme information Pressing the you can see all of the following: In addition, you might see the following symbols: •...

  • Page 44: Selecting Audio Tracks

    38 Daily Usage Pressing the about the current programme. To hide the information box, press the 5.2.4 Selecting audio tracks Some programmes are provided with audio tacks in one or more languages. Pressing the dio tracks. Once you select an audio track, it will be sounded. In addition, you can enjoy audio tracks in four sound modes: Stereo, Mono, Left or Right.

  • Page 45: Viewing Electronic Programme Guide

    5.3 Viewing electronic programme guide The Electronic Programme Guide shows the current and sched- uled programmes that are or will be available on each service with a short summary for each programme. To see detailed information of a desired programme, put the highlight bar on your choice with the button.

  • Page 46: Watching Multifeed Programme

    40 Daily Usage 4. To remove the marking, press the 5.4 Watching multifeed programme Some broadcasts such as sports channels can provide a variety of perspectives on a programme at a same time. We call it a multifeed programme. You can select and watch a perspective you prefer.
  • Page 47 1. If you want a radio programme, set the Type option to Radio; otherwise, set it to TV. 2. Set the Satellite option to the satellite which transmits the service you want. Pressing the displays a satellite list, from which you can select your desired satellite.
  • Page 48 42 Daily Usage To delete a timer event, put the highlight bar on the entry you want to remove and press the button; then you are asked for confirmation. If you select Yes, it will be deleted.

  • Page 49: 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. Once you put the highlight bar on a desired option on the left column and press the service to edit on the right column.
  • Page 50 44 Listing Services To edit the radio services list, press the 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 51: Editing The Favourite List

    Default by service number Alphabetic by service name Satellite by satellite FTA–CAS from free services to pay services CAS–FTA from pay services to free services Fav–NoFav from favourite services to unfavourite services. Transponder by transponder 6.2 Editing the favourite list You can make your own favourite services list.
  • Page 52 46 Listing Services To rename a group, put the highlight bar on the group entry you want and press the appears. See § To delete a group, put the highlight bar on the group entry you want and press the asking you for confirmation.

  • Page 53: How To Use On-Screen Keyboard

    6.3 How to use on-screen keyboard To delete a letter, put the cursor to the right of the desired letter on the input line and then select the Del key. You must select the Save key to complete naming; otherwise, if you press the EXIT 6.4 Transferring receiver data The digital receiver retains the following data:...
  • Page 54 48 Listing Services 1. Plug one end of a RS-232 cable (9 pin D- sub cable) into the RS-232 port on the digital receiver, and the other end into the matching port on the other digital re- ceiver. 2. Turn on the source digital receiver. 3.

  • Page 55: 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 Remember the System ID, and download a firmware with the...
  • Page 56 50 Firmware Update 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 57: From Your Computer Via Rs-232 Port

    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 SDL Downloader, a firmware transfer utility for this, which is available from the website, To update the firmware with this method, perform the follow- ing steps: The instructions on how to use SDL Downloader are as follows:...

  • Page 58: From Another Digital Receiver Via Rs-232 Port

    52 Firmware Update 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 59: Index

    16:9, 16:9 Display Format, 1st Audio Language, 1st Subtitle Language, 22 kHz, 2nd Audio Language, 2nd Subtitle Language, 4:3, A/V Output Setting, Access Control, Add to Fav, Advanced, Alphabetic, 35, AUDIO L, AUDIO L/R, AUDIO R, Auto, Button, C band, CAS only, CAS TP, CAS–FTA, 35,...
  • Page 60 54 INDEX keyboard, Language Setting, Letter Box, LNB, LNB Frequency, 25, LNB IN, LNB IN, LNB OUT, LNB OUT, LNB Power, LNB Setting, Local Time, Lock, 35, Manual, Menu Language, Mini A, Mode, 19, 21, mono, Motor Control, 27, Motorized DiSEqC 1.2, Motorized DiSEqC 1.3, Move, 29, Movement,...
  • Page 61 System Setting, teletext, television services list, time format, Time Offset, 19, Time Setting, 19, timer list, Timer Setting, Total block, Transfer Data to Other IRD, Transfer Firmware to Other IRD, Transponder, Transponder, 21, 27, transponder, TV, 10, 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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