Topfield TF 4100 PVRc User manual

TOPFIELD

TF 4100 PVRc

User Guide

Digital Cable Receiver

Personal Video Recorder

Conax

Contents iii

Contents

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Features ............................... 1

1.2 Controlling the digital receiver .................. 2

1.2.1 The front panel ....................... 3

1.2.2 The remote control ..................... 4

1.3 What is common interface? .................... 6

2 Setup 8

2.1 Unpacking .............................. 8

2.2 Safety precautions ......................... 8

2.3 Rear panel connections ....................... 10

2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver ............... 11

2.4.1 Connecting to the broadcasting cable .......... 12

2.4.2 Connecting to your television .............. 12

2.4.3 Connecting to your video cassette recorder ....... 14

2.5 Switching on for the ﬁrst time ................... 14

2.5.1 Inserting batteries in the remote control ......... 14

2.5.2 Powering on and checking picture ............ 15

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3 Preference Settings 16

3.1 Language settings .......................... 16

3.2 Video and audio settings ...................... 18

3.2.1 Television standard .................... 18

3.2.2 Colour model ........................ 18

3.2.3 Video cassette recorder .................. 19

3.2.4 Television aspect ratio ................... 19

3.2.5 Sound mode ........................ 20

3.3 Local time setting .......................... 20

3.4 Parental control ........................... 21

3.5 Adjusting the on-screen display .................. 24

3.6 To turn on the time shift feature .................. 24

4 Service Search 25

4.1 Searching broadcasting services .................. 25

4.2 Resetting to factory settings .................... 26

5 Daily Usage 28

5.1 Volume control ........................... 28

5.2 Watching television ......................... 28

5.2.1 The services list ....................... 28

5.2.2 The favourite services list ................. 30

5.2.3 Viewing programme information ............ 31

5.2.4 Selecting audio tracks ................... 32

5.2.5 Selecting subtitle tracks .................. 32

5.2.6 Viewing teletext ...................... 32

5.3 Viewing electronic programme guide .............. 33

5.4 Watching multifeed programme ................. 33

5.5 Using time shift ........................... 34

5.6 Using picture in picture ...................... 35

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6 Listing Services 37

6.1 Editing the favourite list ...................... 37

6.2 How to use on-screen keyboard .................. 39

6.3 Transferring receiver data ..................... 39

7 Recording and Playing 41

7.1 Recording a programme ...................... 42

7.1.1 Instant recording ...................... 42

7.1.2 Current programme recording .............. 44

7.1.3 Timer recording ...................... 45

7.1.4 Scheduling a recording using the programme guide . 48

7.1.5 Recording a time-shifted programme .......... 48

7.1.6 Recording a pay service programme ........... 49

7.2 File archive ............................. 50

7.2.1 To delete a recording .................... 50

7.2.2 To sort recordings ..................... 50

7.2.3 To lock a recording ..................... 51

7.2.4 To rename a recording ................... 51

7.2.5 To make a new folder ................... 51

7.2.6 To move a recording to another folder .......... 51

7.3 Playing back a recording ...................... 52

7.3.1 To navigate using the progress bar ............ 52

7.3.2 To play in slow motion .................. 53

7.3.3 To play in fast motion ................... 53

7.3.4 To make a bookmark .................... 54

7.3.5 To play back a recording repeatedly ........... 54

7.3.6 To play back recordings in sequence ........... 55

7.3.7 To play back a scrambled recording ........... 55

7.4 Editing a recording ......................... 56

7.5 Copying a recording ........................ 56

7.6 Formatting the hard disk ...................... 57

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8 Firmware Update 58

8.1 Checking the ﬁrmware information ............... 58

8.2 From your computer via RS-232 port ............... 60

8.3 From another digital receiver via RS-232 port .......... 61

8.4 Over the air ............................. 62

Index 63

Chapter 1

Introduction

The TF 4100 PVRc digital receiver is fully compliant with the

international Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard, and

can receive digital broadcasts.

NOTE

In general we equate a channel with a frequency. Unlike ana-

logue broadcasts, however, digital broadcasts are not all as-

signed to their own frequencies; instead, multiple television

broadcasts are transmitted through a single frequency. The fre-

quency in digital broadcasting is usually called transponder. 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

The TF 4100 PVRc digital receiver has the following features:

• Can store up to 2000 television and radio services.

• You can create favourite lists of your favourite services.

2 Introduction

•

You can view information about the current television or

radio programme.

•

Has an electronic programme guide that provides an

overview of scheduled programmes.

•

You can update the ﬁrmware of the digital receiver to the

latest version, provided by the manufacturer.

•

You can record one broadcasting service while you are

currently watching another.

•

The large storage capacity of the built-in hard disk drive

allows you to record up to about 60 hours of television

—in case of 250 gigabytes— in excellent picture and sound

quality.

•

Time shift is a special technical feature available on the TF

4100 PVRc. You can pause the programme you are watch-

ing and resume it again at a later time. Then you can

quickly go to whatever part of the current programme by

fast foward and rewind search.

1.2 Controlling the digital receiver

The digital receiver can be operated with the remote control

and the buttons on the front panel.

NOTE

When the digital receiver is off but plugged into a wall outlet,

we say that it is in standby mode; on the other hand, when it is

on, it is in operation mode. Even when you are not using the

digital receiver, you should keep it plugged into a wall outlet

to be in standby mode so that it can run timer events at any

time.

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.

STANDBY

button switches the digital receiver between

standby mode and operation mode.

buttons switch to previous or next service. They

are also used to navigate in menus and interactive

screens.

VOL

buttons decrease or increase the volume. They

are also used to change values for menu options.

TV/STB

lamp lights up while your video recorder operates

instead of the digital receiver. See

3.2.3 for more

details.

REMOTE

lamp lights up whenever you press a button on

the remote control.

STANDBY

lamp lights up while the digital receiver is in

standby mode.

Front display

displays the current time in standby mode,

and displays the current service in operation mode.

Pull the right edge of the front panel to open the ﬂap. You have

to insert your subscription card into the front slot to watch pay

services.

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1.2.2 The remote control



button switches the digital re-

ceiver between standby mode and

operation mode.



mutes the sound. Press again to

switch it back on.









UHF is not used in this model.



switches the output of the TV

SCART socket between the digital

receiver and the device connected to

the VCR SCART socket. See

3.2.3

for more details.

is used to set a sleep timer.



Numeric buttons are used to enter a

service number for service change or

to specify values for menu options.



switches between the current

service and the previously viewed

one.



displays the service information

box. It is also used to display more

information about a programme.









GUIDE displays the electronic programme guide.



switches between television services and radio ser-

vices.









displays the main menu. It is also used to return

to the previous menu from a submenu.



is used to select an audio track and a sound mode, or

a video track of multifeed programme.

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