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Topfield srp-2300 User Manual

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SRP-2300

User Guide

High Definition
Digital Satellite Receiver
Personal Video Recorder
Red Button (HbbTV) and Web-Portal
Common Interface(CI+)
The "CI Plus" Logo is a trademark of CI Plus LLP.

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    SRP-2300 User Guide High Definition Digital Satellite Receiver Personal Video Recorder Red Button (HbbTV) and Web-Portal Common Interface(CI+) The “CI Plus” Logo is a trademark of CI Plus LLP.
  • Page 2 The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, in an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to a person. The exclamation point, in an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operation and maintenance instructions in the literature accompanying the product.
  • Page 3 Thank you for purchasing our digital receiver. Please read this user guide carefully before you use the digital receiver and keep it handy for future reference. This User Guide covers the model SRP-2300 . • Illustrations pictured in this manual may not be exactly the same as the actual product.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    iv CONTENTS Contents Contents 1 Introduction Features ......Controlling the digital receiver .
  • Page 5 CONTENTS v 4 Preference Settings Language settings ......4.1.1 Menu language ..... . 4.1.2 Subtitle language .
  • Page 6 vi CONTENTS 7 Recording and Playback Recording a programme ..... 7.1.1 Instant recording ..... 7.1.2 Timer recording .
  • Page 7 CONTENTS vii 9.1.2 To access over the Internet ....Configuring the network setting on the digital receiver ..10 Firmware Update 10.1 From a memory stick .

  • Page 9: Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction The SRP-2300 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. For its operation you need an antenna, which must be installed ap- propriately.

  • Page 10: Features

    2 Introduction The following figure shows the working flow of the HbbTV- compliant receiver; Portal Portal Red Button Info Channel 1 Music Channel 2 Quiz Channel 3 Films Portal Channel 4 Catch Up Teletext Channel 5 Channel 6 Weather Widgets TV Services Broadcast-related applications Broadcast-independent...

  • Page 11: Controlling The Digital Receiver

    1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 3 watching and resume it again at a later time. Then you can quickly go to any part of the current programme by fast forward or rewind search. • You can enjoy a wide range of web contents includ- ing broadcast-related contents (e.g.
  • Page 12 4 Introduction button switches the digital receiver between standby mode and active mode. Front display shows the current time in standby mode, and displays the current service in active mode. MENU button displays the main menu. It is also used to return to the previous menu from a submenu.

  • Page 13: Remote Control

    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 op- erate your television.
  • Page 14 6 Introduction • is used to select an audio track and a sound mode, or a video track of multifeed programme. • displays teletext. £ ¢ ¡ • changes video resolution. See §4.2.1 for more details. £ ¢ ¡ • changes aspect ratio.

  • Page 15: Common Interface

    1.3 Common Interface 7 NOTE When using the remote control, point it at the remote sensor on the front panel of the digital receiver. The actual images and the number of buttons may be differ- ent depending on the type of remote control provided by the manufacturer.
  • Page 16 8 Introduction To view the information about the module and subscription card which is inserted into the digital receiver, select the Set- ting > Information > Common In- terface menu.

  • Page 17: 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 unit • Two batteries for the remote control (AAA 1.5 V) • One HDMI cable •...

  • Page 18: Rear Panel Connections

    ◦ Operating temperature 0 to 45 Storage relative humidity 5 to 90 % 2.3 Rear panel connections The SRP-2300 has a wide range of connections on the back. VIDEO ON / OFF LNB 2 LNB 1 HDMI IN HDMI OUT...
  • Page 19 2.3 Rear panel connections 11 Check what connections your television set has in comparison with the digital receiver. LNB 1 IN Satellite broadcasting signal input socket for the first tuner (Current: Max.500mA with overload pro- tection) LNB 1 OUT Satellite broadcasting signal output socket through the first tuner LNB 2 IN Satellite broadcasting signal input socket...

  • Page 20: Connecting Up Your Digital Receiver

    12 Setup Table 2.3: Connectors specifications HDMI OUT High definition video output Digital audio output HDMI IN High definition video input for bypass Digital audio input for bypass YPbPr Component video output VIDEO Composite video (CVBS) output AUDIO Left & right audio output S/PDIF Digital audio output 10/100 Ethernet...

  • Page 21: Connecting To The Antenna

    2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 13 2.4.1 Connecting to the antenna Whatever sort of connection you have between the digital receiver and the television, you need to connect the digital receiver to the antenna so that it can receive digital televi- sion broadcasts.

  • Page 22: Connecting To Your Television Set

    14 Setup LNB frequency and polarisation specified by the digital re- ceiver. So if you have linked from the LNB 1 OUT connector to the LNB 2 IN connector, you would have some limitations in using some features such as dual recording. Likewise, if you have another digital receiver linked from the LNB 2 OUT connector, you can only use it limitedly.
  • Page 23 2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 15 You must first ensure the connection between your TV and the HDMI OUT socket on the digital receiver. And then, pre- pare another HDMI cable and connect it between the HDMI IN socket on the digital receiver and the matching socket on an- other HD device.

  • Page 24: Switching On For The First Time

    16 Setup 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.
  • Page 25 2.5 Switching on for the first time 17 and radio services. Otherwise, you may need to temporarily connect the Composite video connector (VIDEO) to your tele- vision set so that you can see the menu in order to configure the video settings. CAUTION If the digital receiver no longer reacts properly to the remote control commands, the batteries may be flat.

  • Page 26: Service Search

    18 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 This digital receiver can be operated with both fixed antenna and motorized antenna.
  • Page 27 3.1 Searching for broadcasting services 19 The LNB (Low Noise Block converter) is used to take a wide band of rel- atively high frequencies, amplify and convert them to similar signals that is carried at a much lower frequency, which is called Intermediate Frequency (IF).
  • Page 28 20 Service Search NOTE Both the LNB 1 IN and LNB 2 IN sockets should be connected to your antennas either directly or via the loop-through ca- ble. If you have connected only one socket, some features such as dual recording will not function. The digital receiver has a database of broadcasting satellites and their transponders, containing the following information: satellite position, frequency range, symbol rate, polarization...

  • Page 29: Searching For Services

    3.1 Searching for broadcasting services 21 For example, to select the antenna con- nected to the A5 input in the left figure, set the DiSEqC 1.1 option to 2 of 4 and the DiS- EqC 1.0 option to 1 of 4. If you have a mini DiSEqC 1.0 switch which has only two in- puts, you should set the DiSEqC 1.0 option to Mini A instead of 1 of 4.
  • Page 30 22 Service Search tion while searching services, but it takes a rather longer time. With the Auto mode, the digital receiver tries to search every service, relying on the transponder data which is stored at the time of manufacture. It thus may happen to fail to search all ac- tually available services since services are more often than not launched, discontinued, or removed into another transponder.

  • Page 31: Editing The Transponder List

    3.2 Editing the transponder list 23 NOTE You may get transponder information from a satellite maga- http://www.satbeams.com http: zine or website such as //www.lyngsat.com. To start service search, move down to the Start Search item, £ ¢ ¡ and press the button.

  • Page 32: Resetting To Factory Settings

    24 Service Search standard, you should set this option to DVB-S2 QPSK or DVB-S2 8PSK. Then the FEC option and the Pilot option will become enabled. You also should set these options correctly. 5. To change a satellite entry’s name, select your desired entry at the Satellite Name option and select the SAT Name Edit option.

  • Page 33: Clearing The Services List

    3.4 Clearing the services list 25 3.4 Clearing the services list If you only want to clear the services list, select Installation > System Recovery > Reset Service List , then you get asked for confirmation. With the choice of Yes, the services list will be cleared.

  • Page 34: Preference Settings

    26 Preference Settings Chapter 4 Preference Settings 4.1 Language settings You can select the language in which the menu will be displayed. In ad- dition to that, you can select the lan- guage of audio track and of subtitle track. Select the Setting > Language menu.

  • Page 35: Hard Of Hearing

    4.2 Video and audio settings 27 lected language will be displayed if available. Apart from this setting, you can select a subtitle track with the button. See §5.2.5 for a detailed description. 4.1.3 Hard of Hearing Some broadcasters may send a subtitle track dedicated to the hard-of-hearing.

  • Page 36: High Definition Television

    28 Preference Settings 4.2.1 High definition television The digital receiver supports various video resolutions from 576 to 1080. In general, a resolution of 720 or more is consid- ered high definition. The higher the resolution is, the better the quality is. However, if your television set does not sup- port high definition, you cannot enjoy high definition quality picture.
  • Page 37 4.2 Video and audio settings 29 You can enjoy both wide-screen programmes and normal- screen programmes with your wide-screen television as the above figures show. To watch normal-screen programmes in full screen like the left figure, set the Display Format option to Full.

  • Page 38: Audio Mode

    30 Preference Settings 4.2.3 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.
  • Page 39 4.3 Local time setting 31 Select the Setting > Time menu. You should see a screen like the left fig- ure. You can set the clock manu- ally or use the time signal, Green- wich Mean Time (GMT), carried as part of the digital television broad- cast.

  • Page 40: Parental Control

    32 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...
  • Page 41 4.4 Parental control 33 Setting > Parental Select the 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 ‘2010’ as default. If you wish to block programmes for viewers aged 15 or above, set the Censorship option to 15 (age).

  • Page 42: Options For Recording

    34 Preference Settings 4.5 Options for recording To set the options for recording, se- lect the Setting > 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.

  • Page 43: Options For Playback

    4.6 Options for playback 35 4.6 Options for playback To set the options for playback, select the Setting > 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.

  • Page 44: Options For On-Screen Display

    36 Preference Settings 4.7 Options for on-screen display To set the options for the on- screen display (OSD), select the Setting > 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.

  • Page 45: 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.
  • Page 46 38 Every Day Use On the services list, you can see the service information as fol- lows: • Service number and name • Transmitting satellite • Receiving tuner: T1 stands for the first tuner; T2 stands for the second tuner. •...

  • Page 47: The Favourite Service Lists

    5.2 Watching television 39 Locked. You have to enter your personal identification number to watch or unlock it. • To add the highlighted service into a favourite group, se- lect the Add to Fav option, then the favourite groups will be displayed.

  • Page 48: Viewing Programme Information

    40 Every Day Use £ press the button to display additional options, and then ¢ ¡ Option select Add this service item. To remove the currently highlighted favourite grop or service, select Delete item in the additional option box, then you get asked for confirmation;...

  • Page 49: Selecting Audio Tracks

    5.2 Watching television 41 Pressing the button once more displays detailed informa- tion about the current programme. To hide the information £ ¢ ¡ box, press the button. EXIT 5.2.4 Selecting audio tracks Some programmes are provided with audio tracks in one or more languages.

  • Page 50: Red Button Service (Hbbtv)

    42 Every Day Use 5.3 Red Button Service (HbbTV) When you select a service which includes the broadcast-related applications, the red button im- age will appear on the screen. The red button image and avail- able applications may vary by the service you tune in.

  • Page 51: Viewing Electronic Programme Guide

    5.4 Viewing electronic programme guide 43 5.4 Viewing electronic programme guide The Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) shows the current and scheduled programmes that are or will be available on each service with a short summary for each programme. £ ¢ ¡...

  • Page 52: Using Time-Shift

    44 Every Day Use you have to press the button once more to select audio tracks. 5.6 Using time-shift You can pause and resume a live television programme, and even rewind and replay it. When you are watching a pro- gramme and you miss something, you can rewind and replay it.
  • Page 53 5.6 Using time-shift 45 • You can jump backward and forward by pressing the buttons. You can change the jump time at the Jump Time Interval option. See §4.6. • You can change playback speed. See §7.3.2 for slow mo- tion.

  • Page 54: Organising Services

    46 Organising Services Chapter 6 Organising 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 Setting > Installation > Edit Services menu and select Edit Service List menu.
  • Page 55 6.1 Editing the services list 47 To change the name of a service, select the Rename and select a desired service; then the on-screen keyboard appears. See §6.3 as to how to use the on-screen keyboard. Unlike analogue broadcasts, each service does not have a proper service number in digital broadcasts.

  • Page 56: Editing The Favourite Lists

    48 Organising Services 6.2 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 Ser- vices > Edit Favorite List menu. You should see a screen like the left fig- ure.

  • Page 57: How To Use On-Screen Keyboard

    6.3 How to use on-screen keyboard 49 2. To add a service to the selected group, put the highlight £ ¢ ¡ bar on a desired service entry and press the button. The selected service entry gets added to the favourite list. Repeat this step to add more entries.

  • Page 58: Recording And Playback

    50 Recording and Playback Chapter 7 Recording and Playback This recorder can record four channels simultaneously, how- ever, this is controlled by the channel frequency. Each channel has other programmes under the one frequency. This recorder can record four programmes locked on two channel frequen- cies simutaneously.

  • Page 59: Instant Recording

    7.1 Recording a programme 51 have locked in all the channels from B which includes: B-1, B-2 and B-3. With this in mind, while the above two channels (eg. A-1 and B-1) are being recorded, you can watch a third channel which can be only one of the following: A-2, A-3, A-4, B-2 or B-3.

  • Page 60: Timer Recording

    52 Recording and Playback To specify an arbitrary recording duration, set the Duration op- £ ¢ ¡ tion as you desire with the buttons and press the button; the recording will end at the specified time. If the information about the next programme is provided by the electronic programme guide, the After this program and After next program options will be enabled.
  • Page 61 7.1 Recording a programme 53 into active mode and start recording at a specified time. When the recording comes to the end, the digital receiver will switch back into standby mode again in one minute. However, if you press any button on the remote control or on the front panel even just one time, the digital receiver will not switch into standby mode.
  • Page 62 54 Recording and Playback One Time means literally ‘one time’. Every Day means literally ‘every day’. Every Weekend means ‘Saturday and Sunday every week’. Weekly means ‘one day every week’. Every Weekday means ‘from Monday to Friday every week’. If your favourite programme is broadcast at weekends and you wish to record every episode of the programme, set the Mode option to Every Weekend.

  • Page 63: Scheduling Recordings Using The Programme Guide

    7.1 Recording a programme 55 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: £...

  • Page 64: Recording A Pay Service Programme

    56 Recording and Playback 7.1.5 Recording a pay service programme You can record a pay service programme without the subscrip- tion card. However, you need the subscription card to play it back because it has not been descrambled. So it is recom- mended to record pay service programmes with a proper sub- scription card so that they can be descrambled and recorded.

  • Page 65: To Delete A Recording

    7.2 File archive 57 Recording Select > Recorded Program menu to dis- play the recorded programme list. The file information is comprised of the following el- ements: file number, file name, recording time, running time, file size and so on. You can play, move, delete, rename and lock a recording file.

  • Page 66: To Rename A Recording

    58 Recording and Playback 3. Set the Lock option to Locked. £ ¢ ¡ 4. Press the button. EXIT 5. The lock symbol ( ) is displayed on it. If you select a locked recording to play it back, you will be asked for your personal identification number.

  • Page 67: To Navigate Using The Progress Bar

    7.3 Playing back a recording 59 2. Put the highlight bar on a desired recording and press £ ¢ ¡ button, then an option box pops up. 3. To play from beginning, set the Starting Position op- tion to Beginning; to play from the point that you have stopped at the last time, set it to Continuing.

  • Page 68: To Play In Slow Motion

    60 Recording and Playback 7.3.2 To play in slow motion To watch in slow motion during a playback, press the but- ton. If you press it repeatedly, the playback speed changes in 4 steps: 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16 times. To resume normal speed, press the button.

  • Page 69: To Play Back A Recording Repeatedly

    7.3 Playing back a recording 61 3. To jump forward to the next bookmark, press the but- ton. 7.3.5 To play back a recording repeatedly You can play back a recording repeatedly both in whole and in part. To play back in whole, press the button when the progress bar is hidden, then the repetition symbol ( ) is displayed on...

  • Page 70: Copying A Recording

    62 Recording and Playback 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.

  • Page 71: Entertainment Portal

    Chapter 8 Entertainment portal This digital receiver provides several special features for enter- tainment. NOTE To fully enjoy all of the features described in this chapter, you had better configure the network settings properly. As to how to configure the network settings, refer to §9.2. 8.1 Topfield TV Portal With your digital receiver connected to the home broadband network, you can access to various web services including...

  • Page 72: Copying Files

    64 Entertainment portal £ ¢ ¡ To enter Portal, press the Portal button on the remote control. Alternatively you can press the £ ¢ ¡ button and select Portal MENU icon, then the Portal screen ap- pears as shown in the left figure. Use the buttons to select a desired service category among All, Videos, Photos, Music, Weather and Social and...

  • Page 73: Playing Back A Media File On The External Hard Drive

    8.3 Playing back a media file on the external hard drive 65 8.3 Playing back a media file on the external hard drive To play back a media file on the ex- ternal hard drive, take the following steps; 1. Connect an external hard drive to the digital receiver.

  • Page 74: Viewing Image Files

    66 Entertainment portal 8.5 Viewing image files 8.5.1 How to move a file to the photo album You must move the jpg files into the Photo Album folder first. Please ensure your external hard drive is connected to your unit. £...
  • Page 75 8.6 Playing back a video file 67 back with the digital receiver are as follows: • video: DivX, XviD, VOB, MKV, MP4, and AVI • photo: JPG • music: MP3 Refer to §8.2 as to how to copy a file from an external hard drive into the built-in hard drive of the digital receiver.

  • Page 76: Accessing Via Network

    68 Accessing via Network Chapter 9 Accessing via Network NOTE The following section describes complex functions that should only be used by owners with advanced computer knowledge. Here you need a router, which will connect the digital receiver to your computer or to the Internet. To use the network features of the digital receiver, you should take the following steps: 1.

  • Page 77: To Access Within The Local Area Network

    9.1 Configuring the router 69 NOTE For detailed description about how to set up the router, refer to the manual of your router. 9.1.1 To access within the local area network Once your router is powered up, a local area network gets cre- ated whether or not it is connected to the Internet.
  • Page 78 70 Accessing via Network Your router may be assigned to a dynamic IP address by an Internet service provider. So if the router has rebooted, you cannot access it unless someone in your home can inform you of the changed IP address. However, many routers support Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) service, which can settle this problem.

  • Page 79: Configuring The Network Setting On The Digital Receiver

    9.2 Configuring the network setting on the digital receiver 71 Whenever a new dynamic IP address is assigned to the router, it will inform the DDNS service provider of the new IP ad- dress. This makes it possible that you access the router with a domain name at any time.

  • Page 80: Firmware Update

    firmware and the firmware update tool, which runs on http: most versions of Windows, from the Topfield website, //www.i-topfield.com. 10.1 From a memory stick If you have a USB memory stick, you can update the firmware from it by taking the following steps: 1.

  • Page 81: Over The Air(Optional)

    Frequency 12603 MHz appointed by the manufac- Symbol Rate 22000 KS/s turer, Topfield, for firmware Polarisation Horizontal update. This transponder information can be changed. You can get the information from the website, http://www.i-topfield.com. Selecting the Start command starts firmware update.
  • Page 82 At any time during the life of a product Topfield Co., Ltd. may change or modify the hard- ware or software on any product to introduce new features or improve the functionality of the product. Copyright © 2012, Topfield Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. English version http://www.i-topfield.com...

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