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TF 5010 PVRt H

User Guide

Digital Terrestrial Receiver
Personal Video Recorder

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    TOPFIELD TF 5010 PVRt H User Guide Digital Terrestrial Receiver Personal Video Recorder...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents iii Contents 1 Introduction Features ....... Controlling the digital receiver .
  • Page 4 iv Contents 3 Preference Settings Language settings ......16 Video and audio settings ..... . 18 3.2.1 Television standard .
  • Page 5 Contents v 6 Listing Services Editing the favourite list ..... . 38 How to use on-screen keyboard ....40 Transferring receiver data .
  • Page 6 vi Contents 8 Topfield Application Program 9 Firmware Update Checking the firmware information ....62 From your computer via USB port ....63 From your computer via RS-232 port .

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction The TF 5010 PVRt H digital receiver is fully compliant with the international 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 appropriately.

  • Page 8: Controlling The Digital Receiver

    • Time shift is a special technical feature available on the TF 5010 PVRt H. You can pause the programme you are watching and resume it again at a later time. Then you can quickly go to whatever part of the current pro- gramme by fast foward or backward search.

  • 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 STANDBY 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. is used to set a sleep timer. buttons decrease or in- crease the volume. They are also used to change values for menu options.
  • Page 11 1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 5 a video track of multifeed programme. is used to select a subtitle track. displays teletext. changes video resolution. See § 3.2.5 for more V.Format details. changes aspect ratio. See § 3.2.4 for more details. switches between television services and radio ser- vices.
  • Page 12 6 Introduction is used to start reverse playback. Subsequent presses increase the rewind speed. is used to start fast motion playback. Subsequent presses increase the playback speed. is used to start slow motion playback. Subsequent presses change the playback speed. changes the position of sub-picture counterclock- wise.

  • 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 5010 PVRt H has a wide range of connections on the back. VIDEO ANT 1 ANT 2 HDMI RF LOOP RF LOOP S-VIDEO S/PDIF RS-232 1 OUT 2 OUT...

  • Page 16: Connecting Up Your Digital Receiver

    10 Setup Audio and video output socket for the televi- sion set. Audio and video input/output socket for the video cassette recorder or suchlike. USB port for firmware update and data trans- fer. Dolby digital output socket for the audio sys- S/PDIF tem.

  • 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 12 Setup 2. SCART connector (TV) 3. S-Video connector (S-VIDEO) 4. Composite connector (VIDEO) You should configure audio and video settings after connecting up the digital receiver. See § for detailed description. To use the HDMI connector If you have a high definition television set, you should use a HDMI cable for best re- sults.
  • Page 19 2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 13 NOTE You cannot view high definition video with the SCART connec- tor. To use the S-Video connector NOTE You cannot view high definition video with the S-Video connector. You will need to obtain a S-Video cable to use the S-Video connector.

  • Page 20: Connecting To Your Video Cassette Recorder

    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: Inserting Batteries In The Remote Control

    2.5 Switching on for the first time 15 2.5.1 Inserting batteries in the remote control To insert the batteries, open the battery compartment by remov- ing the lid, and then insert the batteries observing the polarity, which is marked on the base of the battery compartment. If the digital receiver no longer reacts properly to remote con- trol commands, the batteries may be flat.

  • Page 22: Preference Settings

    16 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.
  • Page 23 3.1 Language settings 17 Subtitle language Set the 1st Subtitle Language option and the 2nd Subtitle Lan- guage option to your desired languages. When you watch a programme, if the programme has a subtitle track of the lan- guage that is designated for the 1st Subtitle Language, it will be displayed.

  • Page 24: Video And Audio Settings

    18 Preference Settings 3.2 Video and audio settings You have to configure the video and audio settings appropriately to your television set and other appliances. Select the System Setting A/V Output Setting menu. You should see a screen like the left figure.

  • Page 25: Video Cassette Recorder

    3.2 Video and audio settings 19 digital receiver linked to your television via this connector, you should set the SCART Output option to your desired colour model. If you have connected via the RCA connector labeled VIDEO on the back panel, you do not have to set this option because the digital receiver outputs CVBS video through the RCA connector independent of the SCART connector.
  • Page 26 20 Preference Settings You can enjoy well 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 4:3 Display Format option to Full.

  • Page 27: High Definition Television

    3.2 Video and audio settings 21 3.2.5 High definition television The digital receiver supports various video resolutions from 576 to 1080. In general a resolution of 720 or more is considered high definition. The higher the resolution is, the better quality you can enjoy.

  • Page 28: Local Time Setting

    22 Preference Settings 3.3 Local time setting You should set your local time for timer events. 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: Parental Control

    3.4 Parental control 23 Table 3.1: 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...
  • Page 30 24 Preference Settings Select the System Setting Parental Control menu. should see a screen like the left figure, and you will be asked your Personal Identifica- tion Number (PIN). The number is initially set to ‘0000’. To block programmes with undesired content for family view- ing, set the Censorship option to your desired level among the following: No block restricts no prorgramme.

  • Page 31: Adjusting The On-Screen Display

    3.5 Adjusting the on-screen display 25 information, your censorship setting will not take effect. If anyone is trying to watch a programme that is of or above the censorship setting, the person has to enter the personal identification number to override. To change the number, select the Change PIN Code menu;...

  • Page 32: To Turn On The Time Shift Feature

    26 Preference Settings 3.6 To turn on the time shift feature Time shift means that the most recent hour of the television ser- vice you are watching gets saved temporarily on the hard disk of the digital receiver. When this feature is enabled, you can reverse and pause live television as if playing back a recording.

  • Page 33: 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 To perform service search, select the Installation Service Search menu. You should see a screen like the left figure. If you have an antenna booster, you should set the Antenna Sup- ply 5V option to On to supply...

  • Page 34: Resetting To Factory Settings

    28 Service Search transponder. To do that, set the Search Mode option to Manual, and then at the Channel option select your desired transponder. The number ranges from 6 to 12 in VHF and 28 to 69 in UHF. To start service search, select the Start Search item; then a list box appears, in which found services will be listed.

  • Page 35: 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 36 30 Daily Usage On the services list, you can see the service information: • Service number and name • Transponder information To select a desired service, put the highlight bar on its entry with the button and press the button; then it will be presented.

  • Page 37: The Favourite Services List

    5.2 Watching television 31 will be displayed. Put the highlight bar on a desired group and press the button. 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.

  • Page 38: Viewing Programme Information

    32 Daily Usage the on-screen keyboard appears. Enter your desired name and save it. See § for how to use the on-screen keyboard. To 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...

  • Page 39: Selecting Audio Tracks

    5.3 Viewing electronic programme guide 33 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 40 //www.icetv.com.au. This lets you schedule recordings by simply clicking on the name of the programme. For instructions on setting up IceTV, please visit http://www. icetv.com.au/topfield. You can make a timer recording on the electronic programme guide. See § 7.1.4 for detailed description.

  • Page 41: Watching Multifeed Programme

    5.4 Watching multifeed programme 35 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 42 36 Daily Usage With time shift enabled, the following operations are possible: • To go back in time, hold down the button; to go forward, hold down the button. The progress bar is displayed momentarily with a preview window. • You can navigate using the progress bar, refer to § 7.3.1. •...

  • Page 43: Using Picture In Picture

    5.6 Using picture in picture 37 5.6 Using picture in picture You can watch two services at the same time with one of them presented in a sub-picture. We call this feature picture-in- picture. The instructions on how to use the picture-in-picture feature are as follows: 1.

  • Page 44: Listing Services

    38 Listing Services Chapter 6 Listing Services 6.1 Editing the favourite list You can make your own favourite services list. In fact, you can define multiple favourite services lists, each being a ‘group’ of chosen services. Select the Organizing Favorites menu.
  • Page 45 6.1 Editing the favourite list 39 You can add up to 30 groups. To add a group, select the NEW option in the group list; then the on-screen keyboard appears. See § for how to use the on-screen keyboard. To rename a group, put the highlight bar on the group entry you want and press the button;...

  • Page 46: How To Use On-Screen Keyboard

    40 Listing Services services list after adding radio services, press the button again. With your favourite services list, you can select your favourite services more easily. Refer to § 5.2.2 for detailed description. 6.2 How to use on-screen keyboard You can move the highlight key horizontally with the buttons and vertically with buttons.
  • Page 47 6.3 Transferring receiver data 41 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.

  • Page 48: Recording And Playing

    You can record two different services while watching another if two of the services are provided through the same transponder The TF 5010 PVRt H digital receiver has two tuners so that you can enjoy the following: • While playing a recording back, you can watch a service in the sub-picture using the picture-in-picture feature.

  • Page 49: Recording A Programme

    7.1 Recording a programme 43 7.1 Recording a programme Once recording has started, a symbol like the left fig- ure will be displayed at the top right of the screen for a few seconds. When you are watching a service dif- ferent from the service being recorded, you can view a number on the centre of the symbol, which indicates the order that the recording is started.
  • Page 50 44 Recording and Playing Pressing the button will pause the live show and begin time shifting within the current recording even with the Time Shifting option disabled. How- ever, it is still possible to pause a recording. After a recording is started, pressing the but- ton displays a menu like the left...

  • Page 51: Current Programme Recording

    7.1 Recording a programme 45 To stop recording, press the button; then a box like the left figure appears, which shows programmes currently be- ing recorded. If you select one, its recording will stop. While a recording is going on, you can watch or record another service.

  • Page 52: Timer Recording

    46 Recording and Playing displays a services list, from which you can select your desired service. To start recording immediately from now on, set the Start Time option to Quick. If you are watching a programme by time shift and wish to record it from the beginning, set this option to Current Event.
  • Page 53 7.1 Recording a programme 47 To input a timer recording, select the System Setting Timer Set- ting menu; then the timer list will be displayed. To add a new timer event, press button, and a box like the left figure appears. Take the following steps: 1.
  • Page 54 48 Recording and Playing 5. Set the Date option to a desired date, on which the digital 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.

  • Page 55: Scheduling Recordings Using The Programme Guide

    7.1 Recording a programme 49 7.1.4 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 elec- tronic programme guide are as follows: 1.

  • Page 56: File Archive

    50 Recording and Playing 1. Press the button to display the progress bar. 2. To move to the beginning of the desired scene, hold down button until it is reached. 3. Press the button to start recording. The time shift buffer from that position onwards will now be recorded.

  • Page 57: To Sort Recordings

    7.2 File archive 51 7.2.2 To sort recordings To sort the recordings, perform the following steps: 1. Press the button to display the additional options. 2. Set the Sorting option to Alphabetic, Time or Size as you want. 3. Press the button.

  • Page 58: To Make A New Folder

    52 Recording and Playing 7.2.5 To make a new folder To make a new folder, press the button; then a new folder named GROUP # is created. You can change its name in the same manner as renaming a recording. See above. 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...

  • Page 59: To Navigate Using The Progress Bar

    7.3 Playing back a recording 53 • To go forward, hold down the button; to go back- ward, hold down the button. • To display the progress bar, press the button; to hide it, press the button again. • when the progress bar is hidden, you can move to a de- sired scene by entering the percentage with the numeric buttons 7.3.1 To navigate using the progress bar...

  • Page 60: To Make A Bookmark

    54 Recording and Playing steps: 2, 4 and 6 times. To resume normal speed, press the button. You can play not only forward but also backward in fast mo- tion. To play backward, press the button. If you press it repeatedly, the playback speed changes in 3 steps: 1, 2 and 3 times.

  • Page 61: To Play Back Recordings In Sequence

    7.3 Playing back a recording 55 To play back in whole, press the button when the progress bar is hidden; then the repetition symbol ( ) is displayed on the information box. To cancel it, press the button again. To play back in part, perform the following steps: 1.

  • Page 62: Copying A Recording

    56 Recording and Playing 7.4 Copying a recording You can copy a recording 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 copy by holding down the button.

  • Page 63: Transferring Recording Files

    You can transfer files between the digital receiver and your computer via USB connection with Altair, which is a program used to transfer files. You can download it from the Topfield website, http://www.i-topfield.com. To transfer files, take the following steps: 1. Download the Altair programme and the USB driver from the Topfield website.

  • Page 64: Formatting The Hard Disk

    58 Recording and Playing folders that are on the digital receiver, while the right panel shows files and folders that are on your computer. 2. To transfer files from the digital receiver to your com- puter, press the right arrow button ( 3.
  • Page 65 7.7 Formatting the hard disk 59 CAUTION Formatting the hard disk will delete all files permanently. NOTE If a new hard disk drive is installed, it must be formatted because the file system of the digital receiver is different from any of the personal computer.

  • Page 66: Topfield Application Program

    TAPs. You can get the Application program Interface (API) libraries for TAPs from the Topfield website, http://www.i-topfield.com. Your TAPs will be run under the following conditions: • Their extension name is tap. If they have any other exten- sion name, they will be ignored.
  • Page 67 This TAP is available from the website, http://www. i-topfield.com. In the program file list, you can use a variety of file control functions including: renaming, sorting, deleting and so on. For detailed descriptions about the file control functions, refer to §...

  • Page 68: Firmware Update

    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, http://www.i-topfield.com. 9.1 Checking the firmware information You have to check the firmware...

  • Page 69: From Your Computer Via Usb Port

    You can transfer a new firmware to the digital receiver from your computer by connecting them with a USB cable. You need TFDN USB, a firmware transfer utility for this, which is available from the website, http://www.i-topfield.com. To update the firmware with this method, perform the follow- ing steps: 1.

  • Page 70: 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, http://www.i-topfield.com. To update the firmware with this method, perform the follow- ing steps: 1.
  • Page 71 9.4 From another digital receiver via RS-232 port 65 1. Turn off the target digital receiver. 2. 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.

  • Page 72: Index

    66 INDEX Index 16:9, Center extract, 16:9 Display Format, Change PIN Code, 1st Audio Language, Channel, 1st Subtitle Language, Current Event, 2nd Audio Language, 2nd Subtitle Language, Date, 4:3, Daylight Saving Time, 4:3 Display Format, Diab, download, 63, A/V Output Setting, Duration, 44, Access Control, DVB,...
  • Page 73 Info Box Position, Record pause, information box, Record Start, IRD Status, recorded programme list, Recording, keyboard, Rename, 30, RF LOOP 1 OUT, Language Setting, RF LOOP 1 OUT, Letter Box, RF LOOP 2 OUT, Local Time, RF LOOP 2 OUT, Lock, 30, RS-232, Locked,...
  • Page 74 68 INDEX timer list, Timer Setting, Total block, Transfer Data to Other IRD, Transfer Firmware to Other IRD, transponder, Turbo Off, TV, 12, 21, TV Aspect Ratio, 19, TV Type, 18, Type, USB, USB, 57, VCR, VCR, VCR Scart Type, VIDEO, VIDEO, 12, 13, Video Output Scaling,...
  • Page 76 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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