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TOPFIELD CRC-1400 User Reference High De nition Digital Cable Receiver Personal Video Recorder CONAX CAS 7 Chipset Pairing...
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• Read, keep and follow these instructions. erence. • Heed all warnings. This User Reference covers the model CRC-1400 . • Clean only with a dry cloth. • Do not block any of the ventilation open- • Illustrations pictured in this manual may ings.
CONTENTS iii Contents Contents 1 Introduction Features ......Controlling the digital receiver .
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iv CONTENTS 4 Preference Settings Language settings ......4.1.1 Menu language ..... . 4.1.2 Subtitle language .
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CONTENTS v How to use on-screen keyboard ....7 Recording and Playback Recording a programme ..... 7.1.1 Instant recording .
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vi CONTENTS Sharing image files by Flickr (optional) ..SHOUTcast Internet radio (optional) ....8.9 Weather forecast (optional) ....9 Firmware Update From a memory stick .
Chapter 1 Introduction The CRC-1400 digital receiver is fully compliant with the inter- national Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard, and thus is able to receive digital broadcasts of that standard. NOTE In general we equate a channel with a frequency. However, unlike analogue broadcasts, digital broadcasts are not all assigned to their own frequencies;...
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2 Introduction • Can view information about the current television or ra- dio programme. • Has an electronic programme guide that provides an overview of scheduled programmes. • You can record up to four services while you are cur- rently watching another. •...
1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 3 a wall socket to be in standby mode so that it can run timer events at any time. 1.2.1 Front panel The front panel of the digital receiver has buttons to control the digital receiver, speci c lights and a display to indicate its status.
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4 Introduction You have to insert your subscription card into the front slot to watch pay services. When you insert the subscrip- tion card, the side on which the chip is mounted must face upward.
1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 5 1.2.2 Remote control button switches the digital receiver between standby mode and active mode. mutes the sound. Press again to switch it back on. £ ¢ ¡ switches the remote control to television mode to operate your television.
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6 Introduction £ £ ¢ ¡ ¢ ¡ buttons decrease or increase the VOLUME VOLUME volume. £ £ ¢ ¡ ¢ ¡ buttons switch to the previous or CHANNEL CHANNEL next service. £ ¢ ¡ displays the services list. See §5.2.1 for more details.
1.3 Subscription card information 7 is used to stop playback, to stop recording, or to jump back to live television from time-shifted television. £ ¢ ¡ switches the output of the TV SCART socket over be- tween the digital receiver and the device connected to the VCR SCART socket.
8 Setup Chapter 2 Setup 2.1 Unpacking Before going any further, check that you have received the fol- lowing items with the digital receiver. • Remote control • Two batteries for the remote control (AAA 1.5 V) • One HDMI cable •...
340× 60× 265 mm 2.6 ~ 3.1 kg (may vary due to HDD kind) Weight 0 to 39 ◦ Operating temperature Storage relative humidity 5 to 90 % 2.3 Rear panel connections The CRC-1400 has a wide range of connections on the back.
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10 Setup Check what connections your television set has in comparison with the digital receiver. CABLE IN Cable broadcasting signal input socket CABLE OUT Cable broadcasting signal output socket through the CABLE IN socket for another digital receiver VIDEO Composite video output socket for the tele- vision set (yellow) AUDIO L/R Stereo audio output socket for the televi- sion set or the audio-video receiver (white/red)
2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 11 Table 2.3: Connectors specifications HDMI High definition video output Left & right audio output Digital audio output CVBS/S-Video video output Left & right audio output CVBS video output Left & right audio output CVBS/S-Video video input for bypass Left &...
12 Setup 2.4.2 Connecting to your television set For all the following connections of the digital receiver, we rec- ommend you to use the first connector to get the best picture quality. If your television does not have a matching connector, then use the next connector in the following order for a better picture quality.
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2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 13 NOTE You cannot view high definition video by means of the SCART output. To use the Composite video output You need to obtain a Composite video cable (RCA cable) to use the Composite video out- put.
14 Setup 2.4.3 Connecting to your video recorder The digital receiver can also output video through an auxiliary SCART connector to another device such as a video recorder. You need to obtain a SCART cable to link the auxiliary SCART connector. Plug one end of the cable into the VCR socket on the digi- tal receiver, and plug the other end into the matching socket on your video recorder or...
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2.5 Switching on for the first time 15 CAUTION If the digital receiver no longer reacts properly to the remote control commands, the batteries may be flat. Be sure to re- place only with 1.5 V AAA size batteries, and observe the following precautions.
16 Service Search Chapter 3 Service Search After connecting up the digital receiver, you will need to per- form 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, se- lect the Installation >...
3.2 Resetting to factory settings 17 You should set the Search Mode option to Auto at the first service search after installing the digital receiver. The digital receiver will search all available services with the automatic search mode within the frequency range from the frequency of the Start Frequency option to the frequency of the End Fre- quency option.
18 Service Search You can reset all data of the digital receiver. Select the Instal- lation > System Recovery > Factory Setting menu, and then you get asked for confirmation. With the choice of Yes, the services list, favourite list and timer list will all be cleared, and preference options will be reset to the manufacturer’s factory settings.
Chapter 4 Preference Settings 4.1 Language settings You can select the language in which the menu will be dis- played. In addition to that, you can select the language of audio track and of subtitle track. Select the Settings > Language menu. You should see a screen like the left figure.
20 Preference Settings 4.1.2 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 specified for the 1st Subtitle Language, it will be displayed.
4.2 Video and audio settings 21 4.2 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. 4.2.1 High definition television The digital receiver supports various video resolutions from 576 to 1080.
22 Preference Settings NOTE You can enjoy only standard definition video with the fol- lowing video outputs: • Composite video output (VIDEO) • SCART output (TV) 4.2.2 Television aspect ratio If you have a wide-screen television, set the TV Aspect Ratio option to 16:9.
4.2 Video and audio settings 23 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 cen- tre figure, set the Display Format option to Letter Box. Wide- screen pictures then will be reduced to fit to the width of the normal screen.
24 Preference Settings 4.2.5 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.
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4.3 Local time setting 25 Settings > Time Select the menu. You should see a screen like the left figure. You can set the clock manually or use the time signal, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), carried as part of the digital television broadcast. To use Greenwich Mean Time, take the following steps: 1.
26 Preference Settings Table 4.1: 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 Atlantic Time Canada, La Paz, Dominican Republic...
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4.4 Parental control 27 Select the Settings > Parental Control menu. You should see a screen like the left figure, and you will be asked your Personal Identification Number (PIN). The number is initially set to ‘0000’ as default. If you wish to block programmes for viewers aged 15 or above, set the Censorship option to 15 (age).
28 Preference Settings 4.5 Options for recording To set the options for recording, select the Settings > Recording menu. You should see a screen like the left figure. To enable the time-shift function, you should set the Time Shift- ing option to anything other than Disable. The available range for this option is 30 minutes to 5 hours.
4.6 Options for playback 29 4.6 Options for playback To set the options for playback, select the Settings > Playback menu. You should see a screen like the left figure. If you want to play back a recorded file from beginning, set Starting Position option to Beginning.
30 Preference Settings size of subtitle by setting the Font Color and Font Size options to one you prefer. 4.7 Options for on-screen display To set the options for the on- screen display (OSD), select the Settings > OSD menu. should see a screen like the left figure.
4.8 Options for the front display 31 by setting the Text Scroll option to anything other than Disable. With the choice of Full Scroll, it will be fully scrolled until its end disappears; with the choice of Part Scroll, it will be scrolled only to its end.
32 Preference Settings To change the time interval of slideshow, select the Settings > Miscellaneous menu, and then set the Slideshow Time Interval option as you desire. Its available range is 3 to 10 seconds. To change the effect of slideshow, select the Settings > Mis- cellaneous menu, and then set the Slideshow Effect option as you desire.
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4.11 Options for EPG style 33 The matrox style as shown in the left figure shows a matrix of sev- eral services at one time. Meanwhile the single display style shows a column of a single service but with details on pro- gramme classification and in- formation in a full view as you browse through each pro-...
34 Every Day Use Chapter 5 Every Day Use 5.1 Volume control £ £ ¢ ¡ ¢ ¡ Use the buttons to alter the volume VOLUME VOLUME to a comfortable level. You may need to adjust the volume on your television set too. To temporarily switch off the sound, press the button.
5.2 Watching television 35 On the services list, you can see the service information as fol- lows: • Service number and name • Multiplex information A dollar sign ($) may be marked on some entries, indicating pay service. To watch pay services, you need a subscription card.
36 Every Day Use To display the favourite lists, £ ¢ ¡ press the button at the ser- vices list screen. For the services list, see §5.2.1. To select a favourite list, put the highlight bar on a desired favourite group list and press £...
5.2 Watching television 37 • Service number and name • Signal level and quality • Programme name • Programme classification sign • Programme summary • Broadcasting time • Current time In addition, you might see the following symbols: • Subtitle symbol ( ) if subtitle tracks are provided on the current programme.
38 Every Day Use tracks, the subtitle symbol ( ) will be marked on the infor- mation box. Pressing the button displays available subtitle tracks. Once you select a subtitle track, it will be displayed. 5.2.6 Viewing teletext On some services, such information as weather reports, news or stock quotations is provided by means of teletext.
5.4 Using time-shift 39 £ ¢ ¡ You can travel over previous days with the button, and can £ travel over next days with the ¢ ¡ button. To see the programme guide for radio broadcasts, press the button. To switch it back, press the button again.
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40 Every Day Use The time-shift will be reset each time you change to another service. With the time-shift, the following operations are pos- sible: • To go back in time, hold down the button; to go for- ward, hold down the button.
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. Select the Installation > Edit Fa- vorite List menu. You should see a screen like the left figure.
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42 Organising Services 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 ap- pears. See §6.2 as to how to use the on-screen keyboard. To rename a group, put the highlight bar on the group entry £...
6.2 How to use on-screen keyboard 43 6.2 How to use on-screen keyboard You can move the highlight key horizontally with the buttons and vertically with the buttons. Pressing the £ ¢ ¡ button on a key enters its let- ter in the input line.
44 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. CAUTION Do not disconnect the external hard drive while recording or playing back.
7.1 Recording a programme 45 alert message appears to remind you to cancel one of the ser- vices currently being recorded. You can also enjoy the follow- ing features: • You can record four different services while playing back a previously recorded programme. •...
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46 Recording and Playback current recording even with the Time Shifting option disabled. In short, it is still possible to pause a recording, but literally recording continues in the digital receiver. After a recording has started, pressing the button displays a menu like the left figure, in which you can set the recording duration.
7.1 Recording a programme 47 To stop recording, press the button; then a box like the left figure appears, which shows the programmes currently be- ing recorded. Select record- ing by using navigation buttons £ ¢ ¡ then press button to stop the recording.
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48 Recording and Playback To add a timer recording, se- lect the Recording > Reserva- tion menu, then the timer list will be displayed. To add a new timer £ event, press the ¢ ¡ button, and a box like the left figure appears. Take the following steps: 1.
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7.1 Recording a programme 49 receiver will turn on. The date format is day/month/year- day of the week. Set the Start Time option to a desired time, at which the recording will be started. The time format is hour:minute. 6. Set the Duration option to a desired time, in which the recording will be finished.
50 Recording and Playback 7.1.3 Scheduling recordings using the programme guide If the electronic programme guide is properly provided, you can make timer events on it. The instructions on how to make timer recordings using the electronic programme guide are as follows: £...
7.1 Recording a programme 51 7.1.4 How to make a series recording You can also make a timer recording for a whole series of your desired programme. This recording function is called ‘series recording.‘ With series recording you can not only set a timer recording for the show but also for all of the other episodes of the show found on the EPG.
52 Recording and Playback NOTE Series recording can be scheduled on the EPG only. Not all programmes are available for series recording according to your broadcasting operator’s service plan. You can check the reservation list by pressing the button. 7.1.5 Recording a time-shifted programme While watching a programme with time-shift, you can record it by performing the following steps: 1.
7.2 File archive 53 3. Start recording. 4. Do not switch to other service nor use time-shift until recording is finished. NOTE If you switch to other service or use time-shift in the middle of recording a pay programme, it will be recorded without descrambling from that moment.
54 Recording and Playback 7.2.2 To sort recordings To sort the recordings, take the following steps: £ 1. Press the button to display additional options. ¢ ¡ Option 2. Set the Sorting option to Alphabetic, Time or Size as you want.
7.3 Playing back a recording 55 7.2.6 To move a recording to another folder To move a recording to another folder, put the highlight bar on £ a desired recording and press the ¢ ¡ button. If an external hard drive is connected to the digital receiver, you get asked to select between the built-in and external hard drive.
56 Recording and Playback • When the progress bar is hidden, you can move to a de- sired scene by entering a progress percentage with the numeric buttons. 7.3.1 To navigate using the progress bar First press the button to display the progress bar. •...
7.3 Playing back a recording 57 7.3.4 To make a bookmark You can mark favourite parts of a recording by creating book- marks and then jump to them in sequence. Bookmarks are stored with the recording so that you can use them again afterwards. To make bookmarks, take the fol- lowing steps during playback: 1.
58 Recording and Playback 5. Press the button again to start repeated playback. 6. To cancel it, press the button when the progress bar is displayed. 7.3.6 To play back recordings in sequence You can play several recordings continuously in sequence by performing the following steps: button or alternatively select the Record- 1.
7.4 Copying a recording 59 7.4 Copying a recording You can record the file in whole or in part during a playback by performing the following steps: 1. Start playback of a recording you want. 2. Move to a scene from which you want to start copying by holding down the button.
60 Entertainment Chapter 8 Entertainment This digital receiver provides several special features for enter- tainment. 8.1 Configuring the network setting You should configure the net- work settings to enjoy a variety Select the In- web services. stallation > Network Setting > IP Setting menu.
8.2 Copying files 61 DNS and Secondary DNS options become enabled. You have to set these options to match with the configuration of your router. 8.2 Copying files NOTE If your external hard drive is formatted in the FAT16/32 or NTFS, it can only be read.
62 Entertainment 4. Select a folder in the built-in hard drive. £ ¢ ¡ 5. Press the button, then the selected file will be copied into the built-in hard drive. 8.3 Playing back MP3 files You can enjoy music or audio books in MP3 format on the dig- ital receiver.
8.5 Playing back a video file 63 £ ¢ ¡ button on your remote then go to Enter- 1. Select MENU tainment > Media Player. £ ¢ ¡ 2. Press the button on your remote to bring up your external hard drive. £...
Due to the variations of video/audio codec types, there could be certain files not playable. 8.6 Playing back YouTube contents (optional) YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video files. With the CRC-1400, you can access YouTube and play back various contents.
8.7 Sharing image files by Flickr (optional) 65 When you select the Entertain- ment > YouTube, you should see a screen like the left figure. To play back a YouTube content, select a content with the £ ¢ ¡ buttons and press the button.
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66 Entertainment To use this function, select the Entertainment > Flickr. You can see image files which be- long to a specific user by adding a user. To add a user, take the following steps: £ 1. Press the ¢ ¡ button, then the on-screen keyboard ap- pears.
8.8 SHOUTcast Internet radio (optional) 67 8.8 SHOUTcast Internet radio (optional) SHOUTcast™ Radio is one of the largest directories of profes- sionally and community programmed online radio stations in the world. Today SHOUTcast Radio features over 25,000 sta- tions from around the globe. If you are into pop or rock music, want to check out local or world programming, you’re sure to find something you like on SHOUTcast Radio.
68 Entertainment 8.9 Weather forecast (optional) You can view the weather of your city or other cities. To view the weather, select the Entertainment > Weather, then you should see a screen like the left figure. To change a city, take the following steps: £...
firmware and the firmware update tool, which runs on http: most versions of Windows, from the Topfield website, //www.i-topfield.com. 9.1 From a memory stick If you have a USB memory stick, you can update the firmware from it by taking the following steps: 1.
70 Firmware Update 5. Place the highlight bar on the right firmware file and £ ¢ ¡ press the button, and a countdown will be displayed on the front display of the digital receiver. 6. When the message of ‘END’ appears, restart the digital receiver.
Appendix A Universal Remote Control The universal remote control allows you to operate the most important functions such as power on/off and volume control on your television, audio-video receiver, or DVD player. For the use of buttons, refer to Table A.1. To be able to control the device, you must adapt the remote control to the device first.
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72 Universal Remote Control 1. Turn on the device you want to operate. 2. Point the remote control at the remote sensor on the de- vice. £ ¢ ¡ 3. Hold down the and device button simultaneously for two seconds until the light flashes on. For example, if you want to operate your television with the remote £...
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Table A.1: Operating buttons Power on/off Power on/off Power on/off £ ¢ ¡ Volume up Volume up Volume up VOLUME + £ ¢ ¡ Volume down Volume down Volume down VOLUME Mute Mute £ ¢ ¡ Channel up CHANNEL + £...
88 Universal Remote Control A.2 Code list for DVD players 3 DLAB KENWOOD 007, 034, 043, 050, 069 AIWA KISS ALBA AMSTRAD A-TREND LAWSON LECSON LENCO BLUE SKY LG (GOLDSTAR) 005, 055, 064, 070 BUSH 078, 079, 082, 085 LIFETEC LOGIX CINE ULTRA CYBER HOME...
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