Chapter 1 Introduction The CRC-2400 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;...
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 one service while you are currently watching another. • You can record many programmes using a built-in hard drive with large storage capacity.
1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 3 1.2.1 Front panel The front panel of the digital receiver has buttons to control the digital receiver, specific lights and a display to indicate its status. The following indicates what they mean. button switches the digital receiver between standby mode and active mode.
4 Introduction 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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1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 5 next service. £ ¢ ¡ displays the services list. See §5.2.1 for more details. It is also used to select a menu item. Navigation buttons are used to navigate in menus or to change values for menu options. £...
6 Introduction £ ¢ ¡ is not used in this model. is used to start reverse playback. Subsequent presses increase the rewind speed. pauses live television or playback of a recorded pro- gramme. is used to start fast forward playback. Subsequent presses increase the playback speed.
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 Composite cable (RCA cable) •...
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8 Setup • The wall socket should be near the equipment. Do not run an extension lead to the unit. • The mains plug shall remain readily operable so that it can be removed easily to disconnect the power. • The digital receiver shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing water, and no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on it.
Storage relative humidity 5 to 90 % 2.3 Rear panel connections The CRC-2400 has a wide range of connections on the back. Check what connections your television set has in comparison with the digital receiver. CABLE IN Cable broadcasting signal input socket...
10 Setup USB port for firmware update and data trans- S/PDIF Digital audio output socket for the audio- video receiver HDMI Audio and video output socket for the high definition television set ON/OFF Power switch (You have to turn on this switch first to use this digital receiver.) Table 2.3: Connectors specifications HDMI...
2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 11 2.4.1 Connecting to the broadcasting cable Whatever sort of connection you have be- tween the digital receiver and the television, you need to connect the digital receiver to the broadcasting cable so that it can receive digi- tal television broadcasts.
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12 Setup To use the SCART output For best results with a standard television set, you should use a SCART cable. Plug one end of the cable into the TV socket on the digital receiver, and plug the other end into a free SCART socket on your television.
2.5 Switching on for the first time 13 To make the audio connection You need to obtain an audio cable (RCA ca- ble) to link the audio connectors. Plug one ends of the cable into the AUDIO L (white) and AUDIO R (red) sockets on the digi- tal receiver, and plug the other ends into the matching sockets on your television or audio-video receiver.
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14 Setup Before switching on the digital receiver, you should insert bat- teries into the remote control. Open the battery compartment by removing the lid, and then insert the batteries observing the polarity, which is marked on the base of the battery compart- ment.
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2.5 Switching on for the first time 15 • Batteries, including those which contain no heavy metals, may not be disposed with other household wastes. Please dispose of used batteries in an environ- mentally sound manner. Find out the legal regulations which apply in your area.
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 • Timer list • Preference settings 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 device since the digital receiver is just a bypass for the video recorder. 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.
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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...
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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 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. To adjust the transparency level of the OSD, set the OSD Trans- parency option as you desire.
4.8 Options for the front display 31 only to its end. 4.8 Options for the front display To set the options for the front display, select the Settings > Front Display menu. You should see a screen like the left figure. The front display shows the currently viewed service’s number and name.
32 Preference Settings To change the effect of slideshow, select the Settings > Mis- cellaneous menu, and then set the Slideshow Effect option as you desire. There are four types of effects as follows: Overlap overlaps the current picture and a following picture. Cover covers the current picture with a following picture.
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.
34 Every Day Use 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.
5.2 Watching television 35 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 £...
36 Every Day Use • 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.
5.3 Viewing electronic programme guide 37 heard. In addition, you can enjoy audio tracks in four sound modes: Stereo, Mono, Left or Right. 5.2.5 Selecting subtitle tracks Some programmes are provided with subtitle tracks in one or more languages. If the current programme provides subtitle tracks, the subtitle symbol ( ) will be marked on the infor- mation box.
38 Every Day Use £ ¢ ¡ 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 the programme with the button and press the...
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5.4 Using time-shift 39 When you do this, you are no longer watching the live pro- gramme, instead you are watch- ing a delayed presentation. This is called time-shifted television. You can skip commercials until you catch up to the live broad- cast.
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40 Every Day Use • To end time-shift, press the button. The live pro- gramme will be displayed. NOTE You can adjust some options for time-shift. Refer to §4.5.
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 • You can record two different services while watching one of them using the time-shift feature. See §5.4 for the time-shift feature. 7.1 Recording a programme Once a recording gets started, a symbol like the left fig- ure will be displayed at the top right of the screen for a few seconds.
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46 Recording and Playback After a recording has started, pressing the button displays a menu like the left figure, in which you can set the recording duration. To specify an arbitrary recording duration, set the Duration op- tion as you desire with the buttons and press the £...
7.1 Recording a programme 47 service you want to record, and press the button. Once a recording is started, it is put on the recorded programme list even though it is not finished yet. The recording file is named the program name if available or after its service name with a suffix of a number.
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48 Recording and Playback 3. Set the Service option to the service which provides the £ ¢ ¡ programme you want. Pressing the button on this option displays a services list, from which you can select your desired service. 4. Set the Mode option as you desire. There are five timer modes: One Time means literally ‘one time’.
7.1 Recording a programme 49 £ ¢ ¡ press button; then appears a box in which you can change its settings in the same manner as making a new one. To delete a timer event, put the highlight bar on the entry you £...
50 Recording and Playback 1. Press the button to display the progress bar. 2. To move to the beginning of the desired scene, hold down the button until it is reached. 3. Press the button to start recording. The time-shift buffer from that position onwards will now be recorded.
7.2 File archive 51 7.2 File archive When a programme is recorded, it is stored as a file on the hard drive of the digital receiver. You can select a recording to play back from the recorded programme list. Recording Select >...
52 Recording and Playback 7.2.3 To lock a recording To lock a recording so that other persons cannot play or delete it, take the following steps: 1. Put the highlight bar on a desired recording. £ 2. Press the button to display additional options. ¢...
7.3 Playing back a recording 53 7.3 Playing back a recording When a programme is recorded, its additional contents such as audio track or subtitle track are also recorded together. So you can enjoy them while playing back a recording. The instructions on how to play a recording are as follows: 1.
54 Recording and Playback • If there are no bookmarks, you can jump forward by the £ minute set to the Jump time Interval option with the ¢ ¡ button. See §4.6 for that option. Refer to §7.3.4 as to how to bookmark a position.
7.3 Playing back a recording 55 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.
56 Recording and Playback 7.3.6 To play back a scrambled recording If you have recorded a programme of a pay service with the subscription card, you can play it as freely like that of a free service. Otherwise you need the subscription card to play it back because it has been recorded without descrambling even though it may have been partially descrambled.
7.5 Formatting the hard disk 57 2. Move to a scene from which you want to start copying by holding down the button. 3. Press the button, then it will be copied in a new file which is named after the original recording with a suffix of ‘COPY’...
58 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 59 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.
60 Entertainment £ 3. Put the highlight bar on a desired file and press the ¢ ¡ button, then the list of folders gets displayed. 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.
8.4 Viewing image files 61 8.4 Viewing image files You can view image files in jpg format by performing the fol- lowing steps: 1. Select the Entertainment > Photo Album menu, and then press the button to display the list of image files. £...
This digital receiver supports only version 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x of the Divx format. 8.6 Playing back YouTube contents YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video files. With the CRC-2400, you can access YouTube and play back various contents.
8.7 Sharing image files by Yahoo Flickr 63 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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64 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 65 8.8 SHOUTcast Internet radio 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.
66 Entertainment 8.9 Google weather forecast 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.
68 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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70 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 + £...
86 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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