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TF520PVRc User Guide

1. 27 4 5 Adjusting the On Screen Display 28 4 6 losnable time shitting lt ic score cori 6b ee be eae bad 29 Every Day Use 30 Bl Yolume tontrel soaa coca aa da aia B 30 52 Watching televisi n s s ro iede Kadans PS 30 521 Thes rvices list o 2 02 paaa coca ee ees 30 5 2 2 The favourite service lists 0 0 32 5 2 3 Viewing programme information 33 5 24 Selecting audio tracks co o oo ooo 34 529 Selecting subtitle tracks o 34 52 6 Viewing teletext 2 ica 6040645 bbws 34 5 3 Viewing electronic programme guide 35 5 4 Watching multifeed programme o o ooo o 35 39 Using meshit gt ss he sa i Par aes 36 5 6 Viewing in the picture in picture screen mode 37 Organising Services 39 6 1 Editing the favourite lists o o 39 6 2 Howto use on screen keyboard o o ooo 41 6 3 Transferring receiver data o ooo oo o 41 iv CONTENTS 7 Recording and Playback Pall yer re 7 4 7 5 7 6 oa 7 8 Recording a programme lt lt o caco recitare es LLL Instantrecording coord ae ees 7 12 Timerrecoming lt 2 624508 e050 e405 Eas 7 1 3 Scheduling recordings using the programme guide 7 1 4 Recording a time shifted programme 7 1 5 Recording a pay service programme File archive ooo 55 6 AA Ree eee ee ha eG Lal Todslete arecorndme oc Pw 72 2
2. Digital audio output socket for the audio video receiver Serial port for firmware update and data transfer Power switch You have to turn on this switch first to use this digital receiver 2 4 Connecting up your digital receiver 11 Table 2 3 Connectors specifications HDMI High definition video output Left amp right audio output Digital audio output VIDEO Composite video CVBS output AUDIO Left amp right audio output S VIDEO Super video S Video output TV CVBS S Video RGB video output Left amp right audio output VCR CVBS video output Left amp right audio output CVBS S Video RGB video input for bypass Left amp right audio input for bypass S PDIF Digital audio output RS 232 115 2 kbps at maximum USB 2 0 Device 2 4 Connecting up your digital receiver There are several ways to set up the digital receiver Set up the digital receiver suitably to your television and other devices If you have any problem with your setup or need help contact your dealer 12 Setup 2 4 1 Connecting to the broadcasting cable ES Whatever sort of connection you have be tween the digital receiver and the television G CS T you need to connect the digital receiver to the ares Cd broadcasting cable so that it can receive digi Ten tal television broadcasts Connect the broad ARA casting cable to the CABLE 1 IN connector on the back panel of the digital receiver Also you must ensure that t
3. 48 Recording and Playback If you ve made timer events from the electronic programme guide they will be also displayed in the timer list In that case you can edit or delete them in the same manner described above NOTE Do not operate the digital receiver while it is working on a timer event If you press any key on the remote control or on the front panel it will not turn off automatically even after the timer event is complete 7 1 3 Scheduling recordings using the programme guide If the electronic programme m gt Program Guide 5 03 2010 ais A A guide is properly provided Sednica Skupstine Srbije program zavisi od prano10 07 13 09 25 03 201 7 you can make timer events on it The instructions on how to make timer recordings using the 1 RTS1 Istraziteljiiz Majamija Uhvatilritam Sudnica Skupstina Site program avis od pranasa electronic programme guide are as follows 3 RTS Digital jevgenij kisin resitaUstr muzicki progr El nasag sokaka 2 Euronews na B Vesti B92 Hitna po WIFOKUSU inform SUMSKA SONATA dl Emisija iz ku Putevi zi Toggle EPG Type Pravious Day Nort Day EJNoxl Provious Sarvicos O Information TH prosolecUcacord cancol Chrecord tacord by limor cancol 1 Press the GUIDE button to display the electronic pro gramme guide 2 Select a service you want to record with the and buttons 3 Select a programme you want to record with the and buttons 4 To m
4. Press the button to display a sub picture on which another service will be presented Pressing the button once more minifies the sub picture and pressing it once again hides the sub picture To display the services list for the sub picture press the 3 button NOTE When a recording is in progress the available services in the services list may be limited Pressing the button moves the sub picture counter clockwise and pressing the button moves it clock wise Pressing the button swaps the main picture with the sub picture Even when you play back a recording you can watch a live programme in the sub picture How ever you cannot swap the pictures in that case If both pictures are pay services only the main picture will be presented 39 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 Organizing Favorites menu You should see a screen ames like the left figure There are E 2 RTS2 three columns Music 3 RTS Digital Sports 4 RIVI e Group list left 5 B92 Info a FS e Favourites list centre aa e Services list right 13 HRT1 A Favorites Mar 25 2010 11 43 The services list contains all available services whereas the favourites list contains only chosen services that have be
5. 4 Run TFD Down The instructions on how to use TFD Down are as follows 9 4 From another digital receiver via RS 232 port 65 TFD DownLoad Manager 3 File Name D MyTask TopfieldUp Find Download Port Setup Stop i Exit Message TFD File Download Manager 1 Press the Find button to select the new firmware file Press the download button and then turn on the digital receiver to start the file trans fer 3 A countdown will be displayed on screen Restart the digital receiver when the file transfer is complete 9 4 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 an RS 232 cable To update the firmware with this method take the following steps 1 2 Turn off the target digital receiver Plug one end of an RS 232 cable 9 pin D sub cable into the RS 232 port on the digital receiver and the other end into the matching port on the other digital re ceiver Turn on the source digital receiver if not already on Select the Installation gt Transfer Firmware gt Transfer Firmware to Other IRD menu then you get asked for confirmation select Yes 5 Turn on the target digital receiver to start the firmware transfer 6 A progress bar appears showing the progress of the firmware transfer 7 Restart the target digital receiver when the firmwa
6. hold down the button e If there are no bookmarks you can jump forward 30 sec onds at a time by pressing the button Refer to 7 3 4 as to how to bookmark a position e To jump to the beginning press the button To jump to the end press the button e To hide the progress bar press the button again 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 3 steps 1 2 1 4 and 1 8 times To resume normal speed press the button 7 3 3 To play in fast motion To watch in fast motion during a playback press the but ton If you press it repeatedly the playback speed changes in 3 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 To resume normal speed press the button 54 Recording and Playback 7 3 4 To make a bookmark i E te oti You can mark favourite parts of a recording by creating book marks and then jump to them in sequence You can have up to 64 bookmarks Bookmarks are stored with the recording so that you can use them again af terwards To make bookmarks take the following steps during playback 1 Press the button to display the progress bar To
7. 2 Watching television 33 press the 8 button To create a new group press the but ton then the on screen keyboard appears Enter your desired name and save it See 6 2 as to how to use the on screen key board To delete a group or a service press the S button then you get asked for confirmation With the choice of 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 97 128 e Service number and name e Signal level and quality e Programme name e Programme classification sign e Programme summary e Broadcasting time e Current time 434 0MHz 18 05 sserie Dawson s C In addition you might see the following symbols Subtitle symbol if subtitle tracks are provided on the current programme Teletext symbol if teletext pages are provided on the current service Dolby Digital symbol DH D if a Dolby Digital audio track is provided on the current programme Lock symbol Q if the current service is locked Dollar symbol if the current service is a pay service Multifeed symbol if the current programme is pro vided as a multifeed programme To use this feature re fer to 5 4 34 Every Day Use Pressing the button once more displays detailed informa tion about the current programme To hide the information box press the EXIT b
8. Calcutta Madras New Delhi GMT 6 00 Almaty Dhaka Colombo GMT 7 00 Bangkok Hanoi Jakarta GMT 8 00 Beijing Perth Singapore Hong Kong GMT 9 00 Tokyo Seoul Osaka Sapporo Yakutsk GMT 9 30 Adelaide Darwin GMT 10 00 Eastern Australia Guam Vladivostok GMT 11 00 Magadan Solomon Islands New Caledonia GMT 12 00 Fiji Auckland Wellington Kamchatka 4 4 Parental control In general television programmes are classified according to the level of violence nudity and language of their content When you are watching a programme you can check its pro gramme classification on the information box For the infor mation box see 85 2 3 You can prevent your children from watching specific programmes by specifying a maximum per missible level 28 Preference Settings Parental Control Mar 25 2010 11 08 gt Change PIN Cada gt Access Cor Select the System Setting gt Parental Control menu You should see a screen like the BINGede enulted left figure and you will be eer asked your Personal Identifica tion Number PIN The number is initially set to 2010 as default E Moves Item Selects Item 77 Previous Menu If you wish to block programmes for viewers aged 15 or above 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 has no rating information your cens
9. Settings 4 2 Video and audio settings gt Video Output gt VCR Scart Type gt TV Aspect Ratio gt Display Format gt Sound Mode gt Dolby Digital gt HDMI Output You have to configure the video SEES A and audio settings appropriately for your television set and other devices Select the System Set Ful ting gt A V Output Setting menu a You should see a screen like the 10801 left figure gt Video Output Scaling 0 E Moves Item DSelects Item 777 Previous Menu 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 Set the Video Format option as you desire If you set this op tion to 576P the digital receiver will present even high defini tion programmes in resolution of 576 On the contrary if you set it to 10801 the digital receiver will present even standard definition programmes in resolution of 1080 It is recommended to set it to Auto if you have a high definition television With that setting the digital receiver will present a programme as it is without any resolution conversion While watching television you can change the resolution with the button Whenever you press it the video reso
10. To go back in time hold down the button to go for ward hold down the button The progress bar is dis 5 6 Viewing in the picture in picture screen mode 37 played momentarily with a preview window e You can navigate using the progress bar refer to 7 3 1 e You can jump forward about 30 seconds at a time by pressing the button e You can jump backward about 30 seconds at a time by pressing the button e You can change playback speed For slow motion see 7 3 2 For fast motion see 7 3 3 e To check your current position in time shift press the button The time difference compared to live pro gramme is displayed momentarily in top right corner of the screen A value of 02 00 means two minutes be hind the live programme e To make a recording of the time shifted programme see 7 1 4 e To end time shift press the button The live pro gramme will be presented When the time shift feature is disabled and a pause is kept for more than 10 seconds the time shift feature will be enabled for saving the missing part of the programme In such case it will remain enabled until you change services 5 6 Viewing in the picture in picture screen mode 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 PTE p ojtaL 38 Every Day Use
11. Turbo mode is a way of speeding up the transfer of files to and from the digital receiver You can click the circle to the left of the message to turn turbo mode on or off Turbo mode makes transferring files faster but the digital re ceiver stops responding to commands from the remote control If you want to use the digital receiver while transferring or if any scheduled recordings are due to start you should not use turbo mode NOTE You cannot play back the recordings with a regular MPEG player on your computer because they are formatted dif ferently from the standard MPEG format Visit http www videolan org or http www elecard com where you 7 8 Formatting the hard disk 59 can find an MPEG player able to play them back If you wish to author DVDs with them visit http www haenlein software com where you can find a DVD author ing program able to process them 7 8 Formatting the hard disk If a new hard drive is installed it must be formatted because you can neither record nor use time shift with an unformatted hard disk You can delete permanently all contents stored in the hard drive by formatting it If you wish to do that select the In stallation gt Format Hard Disk menu then you get asked for confirmation If you select Yes formatting will start 60 Topfield Application Program Chapter 8 Topfield Application Program If you are good at programming with C language you can make an executa
12. Watching multifeed programme Some broadcasts such as sports channels can provide a variety of perspectives on a programme at the same time We call it a 36 Every Day Use multifeed programme You can select and watch a perspective you prefer If a multifeed programme is provided on the current service the multifeed symbol will be marked on the information box Press the button then available video tracks will be listed Once you select one it will be presented At this time you have to press the 4 button once more to select audio tracks 5 5 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 Or when your attention is needed elsewhere you can pause a live TV and resume a short time later without losing any of the programme ii 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 In order to use the time shift fea ture the Time Shifting option must be set to Enable See 84 6 When enabled the digital receiver will archive the programme as much as one hour recording buffer of current service by uti lizing the hard drive storage The buffer will be reset each time you change to another service With the time shift the follow ing operations are possible e
13. add a bookmark press the button at a desired scene then you will see a small dot appear above the progress bar like in the picture above To jump forward to next bookmark press the button To jump to the first bookmark press the button then the button To delete a bookmark jump to it and then press the button 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 gt is displayed on the information box To cancel it press the button again To play back in part take the following steps 1 2 Press the button to display the progress bar Move to the beginning scene of the part you want to play repeatedly by holding down the or gt button Press the 3 button then the pointer starts to blink 7 3 Playing back arecording 55 4 Move to the end scene the part is marked in purple 5 Press the 3 button again to start repeated playback 6 To cancel it press the 69 button when the progress bar is displayed 7 3 6 To play back recordings in sequence You can play several recordings continuously in sequence by performing the following steps 1 Press the button to display the list of recorded pro grammes 2 Select each desired recording with the button Once a recording is selected it gets nu
14. fer to 7 2 If you want a program to run automatically when the digital receiver starts up move the program to the Auto Start folder Press the 0 button at start up if you want the program not to run 62 Firmware Update Chapter 9 Firmware Update The digital receiver has a stable and convenient firmware to use However once in a while a new firmware may be re leased to improve the digital receiver You can get the lat est firmware and the firmware update tool which runs on most versions of Windows from the Topfield website http www i topfield com 9 1 Checking the firmware information i IRD Status You have to check the firmware information of your digital receiver before downloading a new firmware Select the Information gt IRD Status menu You should see a screen like the left figure Remember the number of the System ID item and download the latest firmware with the same system identification 9 2 From your computer via USB port 63 NOTE It is only allowed to update with the firmware of which sys tem identification is identical to that of yours Otherwise you will fail in firmware update 9 2 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 avail able from the website http www i topfield com To update the firmware by
15. fol Options lows 1 DRI 2 DR2 e 3 Pren e Service number and name gt i e Multiplex information A dollar sign may be marked on some entries indicating pay service To watch pay services you need a subscription card To select a desired service put the highlight bar on its entry with the or button and press the button then the selected service will be presented Pressing the or button skips over 10 entries up or down Entering a service number with the numeric buttons puts the highlight bar on its entry You can switch between the television services list and the ra dio services list by pressing the Cs button Pressing the S button displays additional options with which you can do the following e By setting the Show Provider option to On you can view service entries by groups of broadcasters e To change the name of the highlighted service select the Rename option then the on screen keyboard appears with which you can enter a new name See 6 2 as to how to use the on screen keyboard e You can prevent other family members from watching the highlighted service by setting the Lock option to Locked You have to enter your personal identification number to watch or unlock it 32 Every Day Use e To add the highlighted service into a favourite group se lect the Add to Fav option then the favourite groups will be displayed Put the highlight bar on a desired group and press the OK button 5
16. screen 4 2 3 Colour format Through the TV SCART output the digital receiver is able to output video in various colour formats If you have the digital receiver linked to your television via this output you should set the Video Output option to your desired colour format If you have connected via the RCA socket labeled VIDEO on the back panel you do not have to set this option because the digital receiver outputs CVBS video through that RCA output independently of the SCART output In general it is known that the RGB colour format provides the best video quality but the CVBS colour format does the least So RGB would be the most desirable option for this 4 2 4 Another video device You can have the digital receiver linked to another video de vice like a video recorder or a DVD player via the VCR SCART output In this case the digital receiver will operate differ ently depending on the setting of the VCR SCART Type op tion If the option is set to Standard the digital receiver will pass along the video from the video device 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 You have to press the button to pass it along It is impossi ble for the digital receiver to record the video from the video 4 3 Local time setting 25 device since the digital receiver is just a bypass for the video recorder NOTE When the digital receiv
17. 2 2 The favourite service lists DIR 1 Fav List All services News Music Sports Help 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 You should see a screen like the left figure As you move the high light bar up or down on the favourite group list at the left box favourite services belong Aid Ne Foote Group y ing to the highlighted group are Add this service Delete listed on the right box As to how to edit the favourite lists refer to 6 1 To select a favourite service put the hightlight bar on a desired group and press the button a highlight bar appears on its favourite services list Once you select a desired service with the button it will be presented Otherwise to select other group press the V button After you have selected a favourite service if you then switch to another service using the or button it will be also another favourite service of the selected group The digital re ceiver will remind you what group you have selected by dis playing its name at the top right of the screen whenever you switch services If you wish to get out of the current group select the All services group on the favourite group list Besides that you can add or delete a favourite group or ser vice To add the service you are currently watching into a favourite group put the highlight bar on a desired group and 5
18. 21 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 If the first language is not available but the second language is available the subtitle of the second language will be displayed If there is no available language no subtitle will be displayed 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 Even when a subtitle track or more is avail able that subtitle track will be displayed prior to those you have specified for the 1st Subtitle Language and the 2nd Sub title Language options if the Hard of Hearing option is set to On 4 1 4 Audio language Set the 1st Audio Language option and the 2nd Audio Lan guage option to your desired languages When you watch a programme if the programme has an audio track of the lan guage that is specified for the 1st Audio Language it will be output If the first language is not available but the second lan guage is the audio of the second language will be output Apart from this setting you can select an audio track with the button See 5 2 4 for a detailed description 22 Preference
19. TOPFIELD TF 520 PVRe User Guide High Definition Digital Cable Receiver Personal Video Recorder CONAX CAS 5 Embedded Digital Video Broadcasting ii CONTENTS Contents 1 Introduction 1 1 Features 1 2 Controlling the digital receiver 1 2 1 Front panel 1 2 2 Remote control 1 3 Subscription card information 2 Setup 2 1 Unpacking 22 Safety precautions ss io neda wana 2 3 Rear panel connections 2 4 Connecting up your digital receiver 2 4 1 Connecting to the broadcasting cable 2 4 2 Connecting to your television set 2 443 Connecting to your video recorder 2 5 Switching on for the first time 3 Service Search 3 1 Searching for broadcasting services 3 2 Resetting to factory settings 3 3 Clearing the services list 4 Preference Settings Contents CONTENTS iii 41 Language seles oe ocea a c a ee ee Oe ae ee E 20 411 Menu language o eben ta eae es 20 412 Subtitle language 2s saai dele ea ea eee 21 413 Hardof Hearing 2 644 e 00a052 de 21 414 Audio language oo eee es 21 42 Video and audio settings dae eae ee hee 22 421 Highdehnition television 2 606 6 ea ee es 22 422 Television aspect ratio 6 0 ec eae ee 23 423 Colourformat 62 55 06 ssl 8s ee 24 4 2 4 Another video device 24 425 Videos ooo So bee ee how o 25 426 Audiomode 4 606655 645505 Hee ws 25 aS Localtime semitip loa e a a E a a FE a 25 44 Parental control
20. Tosorttecordings icce 20 b4 i 6 ni ees 4 72o Tolockapecoming 65 2500 46 oe des 724 Totemamea recording 6 ee sra os 7 2 5 To make a new folder 7 2 6 To move a recording to another folder Playing back a tecording seos ou 66266 wae eee ees 7 3 1 To navigate using the progress bar 732 loplayin slow motion secre ms sore sa ws foo Toplayinfastmotion oscars 7 3 4 Tomakeabookmark 7 3 5 To play back a recording repeatedly 7 3 6 To play back recordings in sequence 7 3 7 To play back a scrambled recording Editing arecording lt lt s sers cansa a Fa ba aa Copying a recording occ s ssas 64404 RRR i aa MPS playback oc succeser ran arenas See a Transferring recording files 0 0 000 Formatting the hard disk o ooo 8 Topfield Application Program 9 Firmware Update 9 1 9 2 93 9 4 9 5 Checking the firmware information From your computer via USBport From your computer via RS 232 port From another digital receiver via RS 232 port Crece nio aa aa ad 43 44 44 46 48 49 49 50 50 50 51 51 51 52 52 53 53 53 54 54 55 55 56 56 56 57 59 60 Chapter 1 Introduction The TF520 PVRc digital receiver is fully compliant with the international Digital Video Broadcasting DVB standard and thus is able to receive digital br
21. ake a timer event without recording press the button the letter P is displayed To make a timer event with recording press it once more or alternatively press the button then the letter R is displayed 7 1 Recording a programme 49 5 This timer event is placed on the timer list To change its settings press the button to show a box in which you can edit Refer to 7 1 2 for detailed description 6 Pressing the button once more will cancel the timer 7 14 Recording a time shifted programme See 5 5 for detailed description about the time shift feature While watching a programme with time shift you can record it by performing the following steps 1 Press the button to display the progress bar 2 To move to the beginning of the desired scene hold down the 9 or gt button until it is reached 3 Press the O button to start recording The time shift buffer from that position onwards will now be recorded 4 Press the button to stop time shift 5 Press the button once more to stop recording 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 the subscrip tion card so that they can be recorded in descrambled form In that case you can enjoy them without the subscription card like free serv
22. audio connection because it can output stereo audio or digital audio as well S To use the SCART output oe For best results with a standard television set you should use a SCART cable Plug one end A of the cable into the TV socket on the digital receiver and plug the other end into a free SCART socket on your television it y thy ip os Wey If you connect with a standard SCART cable you do not have to make audio connection because it can output stereo audio as well But if you use a conversion cable such as SCART to Component then you have to make audio connection NOTE You cannot view high definition video by means of the SCART output 14 Setup To use the S Video output a a Ses J T NOTE You cannot view high definition video by means of the S Video output You need to obtain a S Video cable to use the S Video output Plug one end of the cable into the S VIDEO socket on the digital re ceiver and plug the other end into the match ing socket on your television To use the Composite video output NN A ar Ly NOTE You need to obtain a Composite video cable RCA cable to use the Composite video out put Plug one end of the cable into the VIDEO yellow socket on the digital receiver and plug the other end into the matching socket on your television You cannot view high definition video by means of the Com posite video output To make the au
23. ble program to run on the digital receiver We call this a Topfield Application program TAP In mak ing a TAP it is recommended to use Diab compiler of Wind River whose website address is http www windriver com Some variants of gcc compiler also might be available as a com piler for TAPs You can get the Application program Inter face API libraries for TAPs from the Topfield website http www i topfield com Your TAPs will be run under the following conditions e Their extension name is tap If they have any other ex tension name they will be ignored e They are in the Program Files folder If they are in other folders they will be ignored As to how to transfer your program to the digital receiver refer to 7 7 61 To runa TAP in the digital receiver take the following steps 1 Press the button and then the 9 or button to dis play the program file list 2 Place the highlight bar on a file entry you want to run 3 Press the OK button to start the program 4 To exit the program press the button The figure on the left is a run ning screen of a TAP Image Viewer which displays image files of BMP GIF and JPG for mat 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 re
24. c programme guide m Program Guide 11 13 25 03 2010 Thu Sodnica Skupstine Srbije program zavisi od preno10 07 13 09 25 03 201 1 RTS1 3 RTS Digital 4 RIVI 5 09 Info 11 RIRS 12 RTCG Toggle FPG Type Information 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 Pressing the button dis plays the electronic programme guide on which you can see the following Istraziteljiiz Majamija Uhvatiritam E Scheduled programmes Siae e programme summary e Broadcasting date Euronews noib Vesti WFOKUSU inform SUMS I e Broadcasting time Emisi Provious Day Next Day Noxl Provious Servicos O preselect ecord cancet jrecord ecordiby limer cancol To see detailed information of a desired programme put the highlight bar on the programme with the or button and press the 7 button To switch to another service press the V or V button You can travel over previous days with the O button and can travel over next days with the button To see the programme guide for radio broadcasts press the button To switch it back press the Cs button again Pressing the button will rearrange the form swapping the columns and rows To switch it back press the O button again You can make a timer recording on the electronic programme guide See 87 1 3 for detailed description 5 4
25. ce 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 NOTE A factory reset will not delete any recorded programmes However you have to search services again after a factory reset 3 3 Clearing the services list If you only want to clear the services list select Installation gt System Recovery gt Reset Service List then you get asked for confirmation With the choice of Yes the services list will be cleared After this you have to do service search again 20 Preference Settings 4 1 Language settings Language Setting gt 1st Subtitle Language gt 2nd Subtitle Language gt 1st Audio Language gt 2nd Audio Language gt Hard of Hearing Chapter 4 Preference Settings Mar 25 2010 13 08 English English English English off E Moves Item Dselects Item Previous Menu 4 1 1 Menu language 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 System Setting gt Language Setting menu You should see a screen like the left figure The digital receiver provides menus in several different lan guages Set the Menu Language option to your desired lan guage Once you select a language the menu will be immedi ately displayed in the selected language 4 1 Language settings
26. ctly displayed on the Local Time item To set the local time manually set the Mode option to Man ual and enter your local time to the Local Time option with the numeric buttons The time format is day month year 24 hour minute If daylight saving time is observed in your state at the moment set the Daylight Saving Time option to On NOTE Daylight saving time adds one hour to the time when the op tion is set to On When setting the time offset from Green wich Mean Time make sure that time offset does not include daylight saving time 4 4 Parental control 27 Table 4 1 Time offset table Time offset City GMT 12 00 Eniwetok Kwajalein GMT 11 00 Midway Island Samoa GMT 10 00 Hawaii GMT 09 00 Alaska GMT 08 00 Pacific Time US Canada GMT 07 00 Mountain Time US Canada GMT 06 00 Central Time US Canada Mexico City GMT 05 00 Eastern Time US Canada Bogota Lima GMT 04 00 Atlantic Time Canada La Paz Dominican Republic GMT 03 30 Newfoundland GMT 03 00 Brazil Georgetown Buenos Aries GMT 02 00 Mid Atlantic GMT 01 00 Azores Cape Verde Islands GMT London Lisbon Casablanca GMT 1 00 Paris Brussels Copenhagen Madrid GMT 2 00 South Africa Kaliningrad GMT 3 00 Baghdad Riyadh Moscow St Petersburg GMT 3 30 Tehran GMT 4 00 Abu Dhabi Muscat Baku Tbilisi GMT 4 30 Kabul GMT 5 00 Ekaterinburg Islamabad Karachi Tashkent GMT 5 30 Bombay
27. dio connection A o Ca X 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 2 5 Switching on for the first time 15 7 To enjoy Dolby Digital audio your television HA or audio video receiver must be able to de code Dolby Digital audio and you need to M obtain an S PDIF cable FO Plug one end of the cable into the S PDIF i N socket on the digital receiver and plug the N Pats other end into the matching socket on your audio video receiver 2 4 3 Connecting to your video recorder The digital receiver can also output video through an auxiliary SCART connector to another device such as a video recorder You need to obtain a SCART cable to link the auxiliary SCART connector Plug one end of the cable into the VCR socket on the digi tal receiver and plug the other end into the matching socket on your video recorder or suchlike 2 5 Switching on for the first time Now that you have your digital receiver connected you should plug it into a wall socket Ensure that your television set is turned on and on the correct video channel so that you will be able to see the display from the digital receiver Before switching on the digital receiver you should insert bat teries into th
28. e into the RS 232 port on the digital receiver and the other end into the matching port on the other digital re ceiver 2 Turn on the source digital receiver 3 Select the Installation gt Transfer Firmware gt Transfer Data to Other IRD menu then you get asked for confirma tion select Yes 4 To start the data transfer turn on the target digital re ceiver 5 A progress bar appears showing the progress of the data transfer 6 Restart the target digital receiver when the data transfer is complete 43 Chapter 7 Recording and Playback CAUTION Do not move the digital receiver nor pull out the power plug while it is running It may cause damage to recorded pro grammes Topfield is not responsible for damages inflicted on files that are stored on the hard drive You can record two different services while watching another if two among the services are provided through the same trans ponder The TF520PVRc digital receiver has two tuners so that you can enjoy the followings e While playing a recording back you can watch a service in the sub picture using the picture in picture feature e You can record two different services while playing back a previously recorded programme e You can record two different services while watching one of them using the time shift feature See 5 5 for the time shift feature e You can even record two different services while watch ing two other different servic
29. e main picture in picture in picture mode See 5 6 for more details This button has other fucntions as well depending on the con text displays the main menu It is also used to return to the previous menu from a submenu EXIT is used to exit a menu or to hide on screen informa tion O is used to start recording is used to stop playback to stop recording or to jump back to live television from time shifted television is used to display the list of recorded programmes that are stored in the internal hard drive See 7 2 for more details resumes normal playback speed or displays the progress bar for navigation on playback or time shift To play a recorded programme see button EXI Mm pauses live television or playback of a recorded pro gramme 6 Introduction is used to start reverse playback Subsequent presses increase the rewind speed is used to start fast forward playback Subsequent play q presses increase the playback speed is used to start slow motion playback Subsequent presses change the playback speed changes the position of sub picture counterclockwise It is also used to jump back to the beginning of the record ing on playback changes the position of sub picture clockwise Itis also used to jump to the end of the recording on playback is used to show minify or hide the sub picture See 5 6 for more details about picture in picture is
30. e 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 10 to 3 lines The higher you set the option the lower the information box will be positioned 4 6 To enable time shifting Time shift means that the most recent hour of the television service you are watching gets saved temporarily on the hard disk When this feature is enabled you can reverse and pause live television as if playing back a recording To enable this feature select the System Setting menu and then set the Time Shifting option to Enable See 5 5 as to how to use this feature 30 Every Day Use Chapter 5 Every Day Use 5 1 Volume control Use the and buttons to alter the volume to a comfort able level You may need to adjust the volume on your televi sion set too To temporarily switch off the sound press the button Press it again to restore the sound to previous level 5 2 Watching television To change services press the or button Pressing the button switches to the previously viewed service In ad dition you can switch to your desired service by entering its service number with the numeric buttons You can also select a service to watch in the services list 5 2 1 The services list To view the services list press the button 5 2 Watching television 31 A On the services list you can see pestes sl the service information as
31. e 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 Press the button on the top left corner on the remote con trol In a little time you may see a picture displaying a menu If you do not see a picture try pressing the button on the remote control If after several tries you still get no picture 16 Setup check that the television is set to the correct input If the picture is good you can skip to 3 1 to search for available television 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 Be sure to re place only with 1 5V AAA size batteries and observe the following precautions Do not mix different types of batteries or new and old batteries Do not use rechargeable batteries Do not recharge the old batteries In order to avoid any risk of explosion observe the po larities indicated inside the battery compartment Do not subject to excessive heat such as the sun and fire If you are not using the remote control for a long pe riod of time remove the batteries The manufacturer accepts no liability for the damage resu
32. en added to the highlighted group As you move the highlight bar up or down on the group list favourite services belonging to the highlighted group get shown in the favourites list 40 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 you want and press the button then the on screen keyboard likewise appears To delete a group put the highlight bar on the group entry you want and press the 8 button then a message box appears asking you for confirmation With the choice of Yes it will be deleted You can add a favourite service to a group by taking the fol lowing steps 1 Put the highlight bar on a desired group entry in the group list and press the OK button to selectit The high light bar then moves to the services list 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 3 Press the button and the highlight bar gets moved to the favourite list You can delete a favourite entry with the button 4 To select another group press the button again then the highlight bar gets moved to each column To add radio services press the s button
33. er is in standby mode the digital re ceiver cannot pass the video from the video device to the television when it starts playback 4 2 5 Video scaling By adjusting the Video Output Scaling option you can inflate or shrink pictures from 20 to 20 percent so that they could fit tight to the frame of your television without black space 4 2 6 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 Apart from this setting you can change the sound mode with the 4 button See 5 2 4 for a detailed description 4 3 Local time setting You should set your local time for timer events Select the System Setting gt za Time Setting menu You should gt Local Time 15 02 07 17 51 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 To use Greenwich Mean Time take the following steps 4 Time Setting Feb 13 2007 17 51 E Moves Item 1173 Selects Item 7 Previous Menu 26 Preference Settings 1 Set the Mode option to Auto then the Time Offset option becomes enabled 2 Set the Time Offset option to the time difference between your time zone and GMT referring to Table 4 1 3 Make sure that your local time is corre
34. es only if two or more ser vices are provided in a same transponder and the other 44 Recording and Playback services are provided in another same transponder In this case you can watch two services at the same time using the picture in picture feature See 5 6 for the picture in picture feature 7 1 Recording a programme Once recording has started a symbol like the left fig e ure will be displayed at the top right of the screen for a few seconds When you are watching a different service from the service be ing recorded you will see a number on the centre of the sym bol this indicates the order that the recording has started To record two programs simultaneously two tuners are allo cated for the recording Therefore you can only change to a limited number of services while the two programs are being recorded NOTE If a recording lasts less than one minute the digital reciever will not save the recording 7 1 1 Instant recording To instantly record a programme you are watching at present press the button Pressing the button will not pause the current recording like it does with a video recorder Instead pressing the Mm but ton will pause the live show and begin time shifting within the current recording even with the Time Shifting option disabled However it is still possible to pause a recording 7 1 Recording a programme 45 After a recording is started pressing the button dis
35. ghlight bar on a desired recording and press the button then all folders get listed Once you choose a folder the recording get moved into it 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 Press the button to display the list of recorded pro grammes 2 Put the highlight bar on a desired recording 3 Press the OK button to start playback 4 To stop playback press the button During a playback you can enjoy the following tricks e To see the detailed information about the currently played recording press the button then the infor mation box appears and shows its file name running time programme information and so on e To pause playback press the button To resume it press the button e To go forward hold down the button to go backward hold down the button e To display the progress bar press the button to hide it press the button again e When the progress bar is hidden you can move to a de sired scene by entering the percentage with the numeric buttons 7 3 Playing back arecording 53 7 3 1 To navigate using the progress bar First press the button to display the progress bar e To go forward hold down the gt button to go backward
36. here is a connection to both the CABLE 1 IN and CABLE 2 IN con nectors on your digital receiver so that both tuners work properly Normally you do that by using a loop cable to link from the RF LOOP 1 OUT connector to the CABLE 2 IN connector If you do not link the RF LOOP 1 OUT and the CABLE 2 IN some features like viewing in the picture in picture screen may not work properly If you have another digital receiver you may link it from the RF LOOP 2 OUT connector 2 4 2 Connecting to your television set For all the following connections of the digital receiver we rec ommend you to use the first connector to get the best picture quality If your television does not have a matching connector then use the next connector in the following order for a better picture quality 1 HDMI connector HDMI 2 SCART connector TV 3 S Video connector S VIDEO 4 Composite connector VIDEO You should configure audio and video settings after connect ing up the digital receiver See 4 2 for a detailed description 2 4 Connecting up your digital receiver 13 NOTE Illustrations in this manual may differ from the actual prod uct To use the HDMI output If you have a high definition television set you should use an HDMI cable for best re sults Plug one end of the cable into the HDMI socket on the digital receiver and plug the other end into the matching socket on your television In this case you do not have to make
37. ices To record a programme of a pay service in descrambled form take the following steps 1 Select a programme of a pay service you want to record 2 Make sure that the subscription card is inserted in the slot on the front of the digital receiver 3 Start recording 4 Do not switch to other service nor use time shift until it is finished 50 Recording and Playback NOTE If you switch to other service or use time shift in the middle of recording a pay programme it will be recorded without descrambling from that moment Even if the recording is only partially descrambled you need the subscription card to play it back 7 2 File archive When a programme is recorded it is stored as a file on the built in hard drive of the digital receiver You can select a recording to play back from the recorded programme list Select the File List menu or press eerie the button to display the recorded programme list The file information is comprised of the following elements file number file name recording time running time file size and so on New Folder Move to Folder Options Delete File Information You can play move delete rename and lock a recording file You can also sort the recording files by file name running time or file size In addition you can make a new folder 7 2 1 To delete a recording To delete a recording put the highlight bar on it and press the 3 button then
38. lting from leak ing batteries 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 17 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 SERVICE is another name for a CHANNEL 3 1 Searching for broadcasting services To perform service search se lect the Installation gt Service Search menu You should see a a ae ie screen like the left figure gt Start Frequency 50000 KHz gt End Frequency 870000 KHz amp Service Search gt FTA Scrambled FTA CAS gt Start Search E Moves Item D Selects Item 777 Previous Menu 18 Service Search 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 Symbol Rate stands for data transfer rate and QAM is a form of modulation used in digital broadcasting Broadcasting operators send their services in a symbol rate by a modulation method Perhaps you do not have to specify
39. lution is changed in turn 4 2 Video and audio settings 23 NOTE You can enjoy only standard definition video with the fol lowing video outputs e Composite video output VIDEO e S Video output S VIDEO e 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 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 Normal screen pictures then will be inflated to fit to the width of the wide screen Otherwise to watch them in the original ratio like the right figure set it to Center If you have a normal screen television set the TV Aspect Ratio option to 4 3 24 Preference Settings You cannot fully enjoy wide screen programmes with your 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 Otherwise to watch them in the shape like the right figure set it to Center extract Then wide screen pictures will be cut out on the left and right sides equally to fit to the width of the normal
40. mbered 3 Press the button to start playback 4 The selected recordings are played in the sequence that they are numbered 5 To jump to the beginning of the next recording in the queue press the button to display the progress bar then press the button 7 3 7 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 one of a free ser vice Otherwise you need the subscription card to play it be cause it has been recorded without descrambling even though it may have been partially descrambled On the recorded programme list a purely green indicates the recording has been wholly descrambled on the other hand a yellowish green indicates it has been partially descrambled and a purely yellow indicates it has not been descrambled at all Refer to 7 1 5 as to how to record a pay service programme 56 Recording and Playback 7 4 Editing a recording You can cut out or save a part such as commercial from a recording by performing the following steps 1 Dn oO FP W Press the button to display the progress bar during a playback Move to the beginning scene of the part you want to edit by holding down the or button Press the S button then the pointer starts to blink Move to the end scene the part is marked in purple Press the button then the edit options are displayed If you ch
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42. nsion 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 Do not expose the digital receiver to any moisture The digital receiver is designed for indoor use only Use dry cloth to clean the digital receiver Place the digital receiver on a firm and level surface Do not place the digital receiver close to heat emitting units or in direct sunlight as this will impair cooling Do not lay any objects such as magazines on the digi tal receiver When placed in a cabinet make sure there is a minimum space of 10 centimetres around it For the physical specification of the digital receiver refer to Ta ble 2 2 Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched If the cord is damaged do not use the digital receiver and get the cord replaced Never open the digital receiver casing under any circum stances or the warranty will be void Refer all servicing to a qualified service technician To maintain proper ventilation always leave sufficient space around the digital receiver Batteries including those which contain no heavy met als may not be disposed with other household wastes Please dispose of used batteries in an environmentally sound manner Find out the legal regulations which ap ply in your area 2 3 Rea
43. oadcasts 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 instead multiple televi sion broadcasts are transmitted through a single frequency The frequency in digital broadcasting is usually called trans ponder or multiplex To reduce confusion in this manual the word service is preferably used than channel as a term to indicate one television or radio broadcast 1 1 Features This digital receiver has the following features e Can store up to 2 000 television and radio services e Can create lists of your favourite services 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 Time shift is a special technical feature available on this digital receiver You can pause a programme you are 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 1 2 Controlling the digital receiver 1 2 1 You can operate the digital receiver with the remote control or the buttons on the front panel NOTE When the digital receiver is off but plugged in
44. oose the Cut option it will be removed from the original recording and discarded If you choose the Save option the cut will be saved ina new file which is named after the original recording with a suffix of CUT and a number 7 5 Copying a recording You can copy a recording file in whole or in part during a play back by performing the following steps 1 2 7 6 MP3 playback Start playback of a recording you want Move to a scene from which you want to start copying by holding down the or button Press the button then it will be copied in a new file which is named after the original recording with a suffix of COPY and a number To stop copy press the button You can enjoy music or audio books in MP3 format with the digital receiver To play an MP3 file take the following steps 7 7 Transferring recording files 57 1 Press the button and then the or gt button to dis play the MP3 list 2 Put the highlight bar on a desired file if you want to play several files select them with the button 3 Press the button to start playback 4 To stop playback press the button To play all MP3 files in a subfolder put the highlight bar on a desired folder and press the button 7 7 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 Yo
45. orship 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 identi fication number to override To change the number select the Change PIN Code menu then a box pops up asking a new PIN Enter a desired number twice for confirmation You can also restrict uses of some menus Selecting the Access Control menu displays a list of menus that you can lock If the Time Setting item is set to Locked you have to enter the PIN when accessing the Time Setting menu If you enter a wrong number you cannot use the menu To release a locked item set it to Unlocked 4 5 Adjusting the On Screen Display You can adjust the transparency level of the On Screen Dis play OSD Select the System Setting menu and set the OSD 4 6 To enable time shifting 29 Transparency option as you desire Its available range is 0 to 50 percent You can adjust the display time of the information box For the information box see 5 2 3 To adjust its display time select the System Setting menu and set the Info Box Display Time option as you desire Its available range is 1 to 30 seconds If you set this option to No Info Box the information box will not be dis played when you switch services However pressing the button will display the information box If you set this option to Never Hide the information box will always be displayed In addition you can rais
46. plays a menu like the left figure in End of recording Pita SET DE which you can set the recording After next program Cribs 4 Record pause 1 DR1 4 1V 2 Syd duration To specify an arbitrary recording duration set the Duration op tion as you desire with the V and V 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 available Once the Af ter this program option is selected the current recording will stop when the current programme is scheduled to end Like wise once the After next program option is selected the current recording will stop when the next programme is scheduled to end Selecting the Record pause option pauses recording When you press the button again you will see this option is changed to Record continue To resume recording select it To stop recording press the button then a box like the left k figure appears showing the Stop Recording programmes currently being s recorded If you select one its Dawsons Creek 97 ER A recording will stop 46 Recording and Playback While a recording is going on you can watch or record another service To additionally record another service switch to the service you want to record and press the O button Once a recording is started it i
47. r between standby mode and active mode is used to set a sleep timer in 10 minute increments v buttons decrease or in crease the volume They are also used to change values for menu options mutes the sound Press again to switch it back on P buttons switch to the previous or next service They are also used to navigate in menus and interactive screens 16 switches over between the current service and the previ ously viewed one Numeric buttons are used to en ter a service number for service change or to specify values for menu options E displays the services list See 5 2 1 for more details It is also used to select a menu item EN displays the favourite lists CD displays the service informa tion box It is also used to dis play more information about a programme 1 2 Controlling the digital receiver 5 A lt is used to select an audio track and a sound mode or a video track of multifeed programme is used to select a subtitle track displays teletext changes video resolution See 4 2 1 for more de tails changes aspect ratio See 4 2 2 for more details switches over between television services and radio services GUIDE displays the electronic programme guide switches the output of the TV SCART socket over be tween the digital receiver and the device connected to the VCR SCART socket See 4 2 4 for more details swaps the sub picture with th
48. r panel connections 9 Table 2 1 Power specification Input voltage 90 to 250 V AC 50 60 Hz Power consumption 25W at maximum in active Table 2 2 Physical specifications Size 340x 60x 265mm Weight 3 2kg Operating temperature 0 to 45 C Storage relative humidity 5 to 90 2 3 Rear panel connections The TF 520 PVRc has a wide range of connections on the back TA 00100 ooooonoo00 o d 000000000 guootoo0on T Check what connections your television set has in comparison with the digital receiver CABLE 1 IN Cable broadcasting signal input socket for the first tuner RF LOOP 1 OUT Cable broadcasting signal output socket through the first tuner CABLE 2 IN Cable broadcasting signal input socket for the second tuner EN RF LOOP 2 OUT Cable broadcasting signal output socket through the second tuner 10 Setup VIDEO KJ AUDIO L R HDMI EJ S VIDEO EJ TV VCR USB S PDIF RS 232 ON OFF Composite video output socket for the tele vision set yellow Stereo audio output socket for the televi sion set or the audio video receiver white red Audio and video output socket for the high definition television set Super video output socket for the televi sion set Audio and video output socket for the tele vision set Audio and video input output socket for another device such as a video recorder USB port for firmware update and data trans fer
49. re transfer is complete 66 Firmware Update 9 5 Over the air It is possible to update the firmware to the latest version over the air If a new version is available at any time then a mes sage box pops up asking you whether to start firmware up date With the choice of Yes you will be moved to the Sys tem Software Upgrade menu and the firmware update will be started 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 Household users should contact either the retailer where they purchased this product or their local government office for details of where and how they can dis pose this product for environmentally safe recycling Business users should contact their supplier and check the terms and conditions of the purchase contract This product should not be mixed with other commercial wastes for disposal 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 2010 Topfield Co Ltd All rights reserved English versio
50. s put on the recorded pro gramme list even though it is not finished yet The recording file is named after its service name with a suffix of a number To view the recorded programme list press the button See 87 2 for detailed description about the recorded programme list 7 1 2 Timer recording You can make your desired service to be recorded at a specific time Even if the digital receiver is in standby mode it will switch 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 after one minute Select the Timer Setting menu then the timer list will be dis played To add a new timer event press the button then an option box pops up Take the following steps Timer Setting 1 Set the Record option to On to make a recording If this option is set to Off the digital receiver will turn on at the specified time but not record instead you may record with your video recorder or suchlike in this case 2 If you want a radio programme set the Type option to Radio otherwise set it to TV 3 Set the Wakeup Service option to the service that pro vides the programme you want Pressing the OK button 7 1 Recording a programme 47 on this option makes a services list pop up in which you can select your desired service 4 There are five timer modes One Time means literally one time Ever
51. the Symbol Rate and QAM Mode options since they are seldom changed However you should set the QAM Mode option to Auto for more certainty You can specify the Start Frequency End Frequency and Symbol Rate options with the numeric buttons if you want to change them To search only one frequency set the Search Mode option to Manual and specify your desired frequency at the Frequency option with the numeric buttons You can search pay services as well as free services as follows e To search only free services set the FTA Scrambled op tion to FTA only e To search only pay services set it to CAS only e To search both free services and pay services set it to FTA CAS To start service search move down to the Start Search item and press the button The digital receiver will start to search for services and display a list of television and radio services as they are found It is common for no channels to be found until quite late in the process When the scan is com plete you will see a message telling you how many services have been found Press the button to save the list 3 2 Resetting to factory settings The digital receiver maintains the following data 3 3 Clearing the services list 19 e Services list e Favourite list e Timer list e Preference settings You can reset all data of the digital receiver Select the Installa tion gt Factory Setting menu and then you get asked for confir mation With the choi
52. then radio service entries get listed in the services list To recall the television services list after adding radio services press the button again As to how to use the favourite service lists you organised refer to 85 2 2 6 2 How to use on screen keyboard 41 6 2 How to use on screen keyboard You can move the highlight key horizontally with the and buttons and vertically with the and buttons Press ing the button on a key en ters its letter in the input line 1 Organizing Favorites Feb 13 2007 18 22 KeyBoard To type a space select the Space key or alternatively press the button To type lower case letters or numerals select the Other key or alternatively press the button To delete a let ter put the cursor to the right of the desired letter on the input line and then select the Del key or alternatively press EY but ton You must select the Save key or alternatively press the button to complete your typing otherwise if you press the button it will not be saved 6 3 Transferring receiver data The digital receiver retains the following data e Services list e Favourite lists e Preference settings It is possible to transfer the receiver data from the digital re ceiver to another TF520PVRc digital receiver by connecting them with an RS 232 cable To have the receiver data trans ferred take the following steps 42 Organising Services 1 Plug one end of an RS 232 cable 9 pin D sub cabl
53. this method take the following steps 1 Download a new firmware applicable to your digital receiver from the Topfield website 2 Plug one end of a USB cable into the USB port on the digital receiver and the other end into the matching port on your com puter 3 Turn on the digital receiver 4 Run TFDN_USB The instructions on how to use TFDN_USB are as follows ES 64 Firmware Update la TED USB DOWNLOAD SEH 1 Press the Find button to select the FileName D MyTaskWTopfieldUpdatet T new firmware file Download 2 Press the download button and then restart the digital receiver to start the file transfer Stop and Exit Message 3 A countdown will be displayed on screen 4 Restart the digital receiver once more when the file transfer is com plete 9 3 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 an 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 by this method take the following steps 1 Download a new firmware applicable to your digital receiver from the Topfield website 2 Turn off the digital receiver 3 Plug one end of an RS 232 cable 9 pin A Ca D sub cable into the RS 232 port on the o DN digital receiver and the other end into the matching port on your computer
54. to a wall socket we say that it is in standby mode on the other hand when it is on it is in active mode Even when you are not using the digital receiver you should keep it plugged into a wall socket to be in standby mode so that it can run timer events at any time 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 1 2 Controlling the digital receiver 3 tore o A Fl p button switches the digital receiver between standby mode and active mode This button has a lamp which lights up in red in standby mode and in blue in active mode It also blinks every time you press a button on the remote control in active mode Front display shows the current time in standby mode and displays the current service in active mode CHANNEL VW A buttons switch to the previous or next ser vice They are also used to navigate in menus and inter active screens VOLUME lt 4 gt buttons decrease or increase the volume They are also used to change values for menu options MENU button displays the main menu Itis also used to return to the previous menu from a submenu OK button displays the services list See 5 2 1 for more de tails It is also used to select a menu item 4 Introduction 1 2 2 Remote control button switches the digital receive
55. u can download it from the Topfield website http www i topfield com To transfer files take the following steps SA 1 Download the Altair programme and the USB driver from the Topfield website 2 Install them on your computer 3 Plug one end of a USB cable into the USB re port on the digital receiver and the other gt end into the matching port on your com puter 4 Turn on the digital receiver 5 Run Altair then its screen will appear like the figure below 58 Recording and Playback Altair 1250 aa m 9 E PVR HDD 5 62 GB Froe 74 53 GB Total TAppli a Es Name Size Type Name Folder El Folder 05 Happiness mp3 acce Queen Want To Brea j a Killer Quean A SS Queen Love of my lite Queen Somebody To WMP3MLovely mp3 3 fOueen Love of My Lif 2 Queen Too much love 1 073 KB 8 314 KB 1 073 KB 6 314 KB 367KB BS The instructions on how to use Altair are as follows 1 Select files to transfer The left panel shows files and fold ers 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 To transfer files from your computer to the digital re ceiver press the left arrow button At the top of the panel you will see a message that says Turbo Off
56. used to make a bookmark on playback or time shift is used to jump to next bookmark position is used to edit a recording has different functions per menu Functions of the colour buttons will be guided by on screen instructions NOTE When using the remote control point it at the remote sensor on the front panel of the digital receiver 1 3 Subscription card information With this digital receiver you can view pay services scrambled with the CONAX conditional access system Probably you have a subscription card If you would like to view information in detail about your subscription card select the Conditional Access menu There you can also check the messages from the broadcasting operator 2 1 Unpacking Chapter 2 Setup 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 HDMI cable One loop cable to link the first tuner with the second tuner A copy of this user guide NOTE Accessories may vary according to your local area 2 2 Safety precautions Please read carefully the following safety precautions The mains voltage must range between 90 and 250 volts Check it before plugging the digital receiver to the wall 8 Setup socket For the power consumption of the digital re ceiver refer to Table 2 1 The wall socket should be near the equipment Do not run an exte
57. utton 5 2 4 Selecting audio tracks Some programmes are provided with audio tracks in one or more languages Pressing the button displays available au dio tracks Once you select an audio track that track will be heard In addition you can enjoy audio tracks in four sound modes Stereo Mono Left or Right However if a multifeed programme is provided at the moment video tracks will be displayed In this case you have to press the button once more to select an audio track 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 J will be marked on the infor mation box Pressing the button displays available subtitle tracks Once you select a subtitle track it will be displayed 5 2 6 Viewing teletext On some services such information as weather reports news or stock quotations is provided by means of teletext If the cur rent service provides teletext the teletext symbol will be displayed on the information box Press the button to view teletext pages Select a page to view by entering its page number with the nu meric buttons You can zoom into a teletext page with the button and adjust its transparency level with the button To clear the teletext screen press the button 5 3 Viewing electronic programme guide 35 5 3 Viewing electroni
58. y 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 on the air at weekends and you wish to record every episode of the programme set the Mode option to Every Weekend 5 Set the Wakeup Day 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 Wakeup Time option to a desired time at which the recording will be started The time format is hour minute 6 Set the Duration option to a desired time in which the recording will be finished 7 Pressing the OK button on the File Name option displays the on screen keyboard with which you can specify a file name for the timer recording If you do not specify anything it will be named after the service name See 6 2 as to how to use the on screen keyboard 8 To save with the above settings select the OK item You can also edit or delete timer events in the timer list To edit a timer entry put the highlight bar on the entry you want and press button then pops up the option 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 want to remove and press the O button then you get asked for confirmation With the choice of Yes it will be deleted
59. you get asked for confirmation If you select Yes it will be deleted 7 2 2 To sort recordings To sort the recordings take the following steps 7 2 File archive 51 1 Press the button to display additional options 2 Set the Sorting option to Alphabetic Time or Size as you want 3 Press the button 4 They are sorted by the specified option 7 2 3 To lock a recording To lock a recording so that other people 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 3 Set the Lock option to Locked 4 Press the button 5 The lock symbol Q is displayed on it If you select a locked recording to play it back you will be asked for your personal identification number 7 2 4 To rename a recording To change a recording s name take the following steps 1 Put the highlight bar on a desired recording 2 Press the button to display additional options 3 Select the Rename option and the on screen keyboard appears Change the name and save it See 86 2 as to how to use the on screen keyboard 7 2 5 To make a new folder To make a new folder press the O button then a new folder named GROUP is created You can change its name in the same manner as renaming a recording See above 52 Recording and Playback 7 2 6 To move a recording to another folder To move a recording to another folder put the hi

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