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Topfield TF 5000 CIP User Manual

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TF 5000 CIP

User Guide

Digital Satellite Receiver
with Actuator Controller

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    TOPFIELD TF 5000 CIP User Guide Digital Satellite Receiver with Actuator Controller...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents iii Contents 1 Introduction Features ....... Controlling the digital receiver .
  • Page 4 iv Contents 3 Preference Settings Language settings ......17 Video and audio settings ..... . 18 3.2.1 Television standard .
  • Page 5 Contents v 5.2.4 Selecting audio tracks ....43 5.2.5 Selecting subtitle tracks ....43 5.2.6 Viewing teletext .

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction The TF 5000 CIP digital receiver is fully compliant with the international 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 radio programme. •...

  • Page 9: The Front Panel

    1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 3 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. TV/STB REMOTE STANDBY...

  • Page 10: The Remote Control

    4 Introduction 1.2.2 The remote control button switches the digital receiver between standby mode and operation mode. switches the output of the TV SCART socket between the digital re- ceiver and the device connected to the VCR SCART socket. See § 3.2.3 more details.

  • Page 11: What Is Common Interface

    1.3 What is common interface? 5 These buttons have different functions per menu. They will be guided by on-screen help. displays the radio frequency setting menu. See § 3.2.6 for more details. mutes the sound. Press again to switch it back on. pauses live television.
  • Page 12 6 Introduction To watch a pay service, you should take the following steps: 1. Purchase a conditional access module and a subscription card for the pay service you want to watch. 2. Insert the subscription card into the conditional access module.

  • Page 13: Setup

    Chapter 2 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 14 8 Setup • 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 15: Rear Panel Connections

    2.3 Rear panel connections 9 2.3 Rear panel connections The TF 5000 CIP has some connections on the back panel. SKEW PULSE VIDEO RF OUT LNB IN RF IN LNB OUT AUDIO S-VIDEO RS-232 S/PDIF Check what connections your television set has in comparison with the digital receiver.

  • Page 16: Connecting Up Your Digital Receiver

    10 Setup RF IN Analogue television input socket. RS-232 Serial port for firmware update and data transfer. PULSE Terminal block to control the antenna actua- tor and LNB actuator. Table 2.3: Connectors specifications VIDEO Composite video (CVBS) output AUDIO Left & right audio output S-VIDEO Super video (S-Video) output CVBS/RGB/YUV video output...

  • Page 17: Connecting The Antenna

    2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 11 2.4.1 Connecting the antenna Whatever sort of connection you have be- tween the digital receiver and the television, you need to connect the digital receiver to your television antenna so that it can receive digital television services.

  • Page 18: Connecting To Your Television

    12 Setup In addition, if you also have a feedhorn equipped with polarizer, you should link the polarizer with your digital receiver. There are three wires from the polarizer. Connect them to the GND, +5V and SKEW terminals on the digital receiver. CAUTION Wrong connections may break down the polarizer.
  • Page 19 2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 13 To use the SCART connector For best results with a standard television set, you should use a SCART cable, plugging one end into the TV socket on the digital receiver and the other end into a free SCART socket on your television.
  • Page 20 14 Setup To connect the audio connectors You will need to obtain an audio cable (RCA cable) to connect the audio connectors. Plug one end of the cable into the AUDIO L (white) and AUDIO R (red) sockets on the digital re- ceiver, and the other end into the matching sockets on your television or audio system.

  • Page 21: Connecting To Your Video Cassette Recorder

    2.5 Switching on for the first time 15 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. You will need to obtain a SCART cable to use the auxiliary SCART connector.

  • Page 22: Powering On And Checking Picture

    16 Setup 2.5.2 Powering on and checking picture Now, press the button in top left corner on the remote con- trol. If the picture is good, you can skip to § 4.1.5 to search for the available television and radio services. Otherwise, you may need to temporarily connect the composite video connector (VIDEO) to your television set so that you can see the on-screen menus in order to configure the video settings.

  • Page 23: Preference Settings

    Chapter 3 Preference Settings 3.1 Language settings You can select the language in which the menu would be dis- played. In addition to that, you can select which language of au- dio track and of subtitle track should be output. Select the System Setting Lan- guage Setting menu.

  • Page 24: Video And Audio Settings

    18 Preference Settings Subtitle language Set the Subtitle Language option to your desired language. When you watch a programme, the subtitle track of the selected language will be displayed if available. Apart from this setting, you can select a subtitle track with the button.

  • Page 25: Colour Model

    3.2 Video and audio settings 19 If you have a PAL television, you have to set the TV Type option to PAL. In that case, if you switch to a service of the NTSC standard, the digital receiver will presents the pictures converting into the PAL standard.

  • Page 26: Television Aspect Ratio

    20 Preference Settings on the setting of the VCR Scart Type option. If the option is set to Standard, the digital receiver will pass the video from the video cassette recorder to your television when it starts playback. But if the option is set to External A/V, the digital receiver will not pass the video automatically.

  • Page 27: Radio Frequency Output

    3.3 Local time setting 21 Apart from this setting, you can change the sound mode with button. See § 5.2.4 for detailed description. 3.2.6 Radio frequency output If you have connected your television to the RF OUT socket, you should configure the radio frequency output. The digital receiver can make analogue television from digital television and output it via the RF OUT socket.

  • Page 28: Parental Control

    22 Preference Settings Select the System Setting Time Setting menu. You should see a screen like the left figure. You can set the clock manually or use the time signal, Green- wich Mean Time (GMT), carried as part of the digital television broadcast.
  • Page 29 3.4 Parental control 23 Table 3.2: 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...

  • Page 30: Adjusting The On-Screen Display

    24 Preference Settings If you wish to block 15 or above rated programmes, set the Censorship option to 15 (age). Setting it to No block blocks no 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.
  • Page 31 3.5 Adjusting the on-screen display 25 In addition, you can raise or lower the position of the informa- tion box. Select the System Setting menu and set the Info Box Position option as you desire. Its available range is from 3 lines.

  • Page 32: Service Search

    26 Service Search Chapter 4 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 33 4.1 Searching broadcasting services 27 The other is K band which ranges approximately from 12 to 18 GHz. The LNB (Low Noise Block converter) is used to take a wide band of relatively high frequencies, amplify and convert them to similar signals that is carried at a much lower frequency, which is called Intermediate Frequency (IF).
  • Page 34 28 Service Search ever, if you have selected the Other entry at the Satellite Name option to specify a satellite that is not in the satellite list, you 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.

  • Page 35: Configuring Diseqc 1.2 Settings

    4.1 Searching broadcasting services 29 4.1.2 Configuring DiSEqC 1.2 settings Your motorized antenna will turn toward your desired satellites horizontally by DiSEqC 1.2. 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.

  • Page 36: Configuring Usals Settings

    30 Service Search you had better check the receiving quality of every trans- ponder and choose the best one at the Transponder (or Frequency) option. It will be helpful to your fine tuning. 5. Finally set the Motor Control option to Store to save the tuned position when the receiving quality is best.

  • Page 37: Configuring Actuator Settings

    4.1 Searching broadcasting services 31 2. Enter your location to the My Longitude option and the My Latitude option with the and numeric but- tons. 3. Enter the position of your selected satellite to the Satellite Angle option if it is not correct. 4.
  • Page 38 32 Service Search 1. Press the button at the East Limit option; the actuator then will start to rotate the antenna to the east as long as it can. Here the button stands for the east. 2. Save the value by pressing the button when it stopped.
  • Page 39 4.1 Searching broadcasting services 33 1. Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name option. You should select the easternmost satellite if you are in the first step. 2. Select the best quality frequency among frequencies used by the selected satellite at the Frequency option. 3.

  • Page 40: Searching Services

    34 Service Search 4.1.5 Searching services To perform service search, select the Installation Service Search menu. You should see a screen like the left figure. There are four service search methods: • Searching every service of a satellite. • Searching every service of a transponder. •...
  • Page 41 4.1 Searching broadcasting services 35 1. Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name op- tion. 2. Set the Search Mode option to Manual. 3. Choose your desired transponder at the Frequency op- tion or enter it with the numeric buttons. 4.
  • Page 42 36 Service Search 6. Specify the packet identifiers of your desired service at the PID option with the numeric buttons. A packet iden- tifier is used to verify audio and video streams. Searching every service of SMATV system To search every service of a SMATV system, if the digital re- ceiver is connected to it, perform the following steps: 1.

  • Page 43: Editing The Transponder List

    4.2 Editing the transponder list 37 4.2 Editing the transponder list You can add, delete or modify satellite or transponder informa- tion. Select the Installation SAT/TP Edit menu. You should see a screen like the left figure. To add a satellite entry, select the Add Satellite option; then the on-screen keyboard appears.

  • Page 44: Resetting To Factory Settings

    38 Service Search 4.3 Resetting to factory settings The digital receiver maintains the following data: • Satellite list • Services list • Favourite list • Timer list • Preference settings You can reset all data of the digital receiver. To do that, select the Installation Factory Setting menu, and then you are asked for confirmation.

  • Page 45: Daily Usage

    Chapter 5 Daily Usage 5.1 Volume control Use the buttons to alter the volume to a com- fortable level. You may need to adjust the volume on your television set too. To temporarily switch off the sound, press button. Press it again to restore the sound to previous level.
  • Page 46 40 Daily Usage On the services list, you can see the service information: • Service number and name • Transmitting satellite • Transponder information A dollar sign ($) may be marked on some entries, indicating pay service. To watch pay services, you need the subscription card.

  • Page 47: The Favourite Services List

    5.2 Watching television 41 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. To display the favourite lists, press the button. should see a screen like the left figure.

  • Page 48: Viewing Programme Information

    42 Daily Usage delete a group or a service, press the button; then you get asked for confirmation. If you select Yes, it will be deleted. 5.2.3 Viewing programme information Pressing the button displays the information box, on which you can see all of the following: •...

  • Page 49: Selecting Audio Tracks

    5.3 Viewing electronic programme guide 43 5.2.4 Selecting audio tracks Some programmes are provided with audio tacks in one or more languages. Pressing the button displays available au- 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 50 44 Daily Usage Pressing the button dis- GUIDE plays the electronic programme guide, on which you can see the following: • Scheduled programmes • programme summary • Broadcasting date • Broadcasting time To see detailed information of a desired programme, put the highlight bar on your choice with the button and press the...

  • Page 51: Watching Multifeed Programme

    5.4 Watching multifeed programme 45 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 52 46 Daily Usage 2. Set the Satellite option to the satellite which transmits the service you want. Pressing the button on this option displays a satellite list, from which you can select your desired satellite. 3. Set the Service option to the service which provides the programme you want.

  • Page 53: Listing Services

    Chapter 6 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. Select the Organizing Services menu. You should see a screen like the left figure.
  • Page 54 48 Listing Services To edit the radio services list, press the button; then radio 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 55: Editing The Favourite List

    6.2 Editing the favourite list 49 Sort A–Z by service name Sort CAS–FTA from pay services to free services Sort FTA–CAS from free services to pay services Sort Fav–NoFav from favourite services to unfavourite ser- vices. Sort Sat Name by satellite 6.2 Editing the favourite list You can make your own favourite services list.
  • Page 56 50 Listing Services To delete a group, put the highlight bar on the group entry you want and press the button; then a message box appears asking you for confirmation. If you select Yes, it will be deleted. You can add a favourite service to a group by taking the follow- ing steps: 1.

  • Page 57: How To Use On-Screen Keyboard

    6.3 How to use on-screen keyboard 51 6.3 How to use on-screen keyboard You can move the highlight key horizontally with the buttons and vertically with buttons. Pressing the button on a key enters its letter in the input line. To type a space, select the Space key.
  • Page 58 52 Listing Services 1. Plug one end of a RS-232 cable (9 pin D- sub cable) into the RS-232 port on the dig- ital receiver, and the other end into the matching port on the other digital receiver. 2. Turn on the source digital receiver. 3.

  • Page 59: Firmware Update

    Chapter 7 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 You have to check the firmware...
  • Page 60 54 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 61: From Your Computer Via Rs-232 Port

    7.2 From your computer via RS-232 port 55 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 TFD-Down, a firmware transfer utility for this, which is available from the website, To update the firmware with this method, perform the follow- ing steps:...

  • Page 62: From Another Digital Receiver Via Rs-232 Port

    56 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 63: Index

    Index +5V, Delete, 16:9, Delete Satellite, 16:9 Display Format, Delete TP, 22 kHz, DiSEqC, 4:3, DiSEqC 1.0, DiSEqC 1.1, A/V Output Setting, DiSEqC Command Mode, Access Control, Dish Setting, Add new TP, download, Add Satellite, Duration, Advanced, DVB, Align Dish, AUDIO L, East Limit, AUDIO L/R,...
  • Page 64 58 INDEX IRD Status, Other, band, PAL, keyboard, Parental Control, PID, Language Setting, PIN, Letter Box, Polarization, 35, LNB, Position, LNB Frequency, 27, PULSE, LNB IN, PULSE LNB IN, LNB OUT, Radio, LNB OUT, radio services list, LNB Power, Recover, LNB Setting, 27, Rename, Local Time,...
  • Page 65 Sort CAS–FTA, Video Output, Sort Fav–NoFav, Sort FTA–CAS, Wakeup Time, Sort Sat Name, Weekly, Sound Mode, West Limit, Space, wide-screen television, specifications, 8, Start Search, stereo, Store, 30, subtitle, Subtitle Language, Symbol Rate, 35, System ID, System Recovery, System Setting, 24, teletext, television services list, TFD-Down,...
  • Page 68 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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