Topfield TF 500 PVRc User manual

TOPFIELD

TF 500 PVRc

User Guide

Digital Cable Receiver

Personal Video Recorder

CONAX

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Contents

Contents iv

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? .................... 7

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 set ............ 12

2.4.3 Connecting to your video cassette recorder ....... 15

2.5 Inserting batteries in the remote control ............. 15

2.6 Switching on for the ﬁrst time ................... 16

2.6.1 Powering on and checking picture ............ 16

3 Preference Settings 17

3.1 Language settings .......................... 17

3.2 Video and audio settings ...................... 19

3.2.1 Television standard .................... 19

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3.2.2 Colour model ........................ 19

3.2.3 Video cassette recorder .................. 20

3.2.4 Television aspect ratio ................... 20

3.2.5 High deﬁnition television ................. 22

3.2.6 Video scaling ........................ 22

3.2.7 Audio mode ........................ 22

3.3 Local time setting .......................... 23

3.4 Parental control ........................... 24

3.5 Adjusting the On-Screen Display ................. 26

3.6 To turn on the time shift feature .................. 26

4 Service Search 27

4.1 Searching broadcasting services .................. 27

4.2 Resetting to factory settings .................... 29

4.3 Clearing the services list ...................... 29

5 Daily Usage 30

5.1 Volume control ........................... 30

5.2 Watching television ......................... 30

5.2.1 The services list ....................... 30

5.2.2 The favourite services list ................. 32

5.2.3 Viewing programme information ............ 33

5.2.4 Selecting audio tracks ................... 34

5.2.5 Selecting subtitle tracks .................. 34

5.2.6 Viewing teletext ...................... 34

5.3 Viewing electronic programme guide .............. 35

5.4 Watching multifeed programme ................. 36

5.5 Using time shift ........................... 36

5.6 Using picture in picture ...................... 38

6 Listing Services 39

6.1 Editing the favourite list ...................... 39

6.2 How to use on-screen keyboard .................. 41

6.3 Transferring receiver data ..................... 41

7 Recording and Playing 43

7.1 Recording a programme ...................... 44

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7.1.1 Instant recording ...................... 44

7.1.2 Timer recording ...................... 46

7.1.3 Scheduling recordings using the programme guide . . 49

7.1.4 Recording a time-shifted programme .......... 49

7.1.5 Recording a pay service programme ........... 50

7.2 File archive ............................. 51

7.2.1 To delete a recording .................... 51

7.2.2 To sort recordings ..................... 51

7.2.3 To lock a recording ..................... 52

7.2.4 To rename a recording ................... 52

7.2.5 To make a new folder ................... 52

7.2.6 To move a recording to another folder .......... 52

7.3 Playing back a recording ...................... 53

7.3.1 To navigate using the progress bar ............ 53

7.3.2 To play in slow motion .................. 54

7.3.3 To play in fast motion ................... 54

7.3.4 To make a bookmark .................... 55

7.3.5 To play back a recording repeatedly ........... 55

7.3.6 To play back recordings in sequence ........... 56

7.3.7 To play back a scrambled recording ........... 56

7.4 Editing a recording ......................... 57

7.5 Copying a recording ........................ 57

7.6 MP3 playback ............................ 58

7.7 Transferring recording ﬁles .................... 58

7.8 Formatting the hard disk ...................... 60

8 Topﬁeld Application Program 61

9 Firmware Update 63

9.1 Checking the ﬁrmware information ............... 63

9.2 From your computer via USB port ................ 65

9.3 From your computer via RS-232 port ............... 66

9.4 From another digital receiver via RS-232 port .......... 67

Index 68

Chapter 1

Introduction

The TF 500 PVRc digital receiver is fully compliant with the

international Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard, and

thus is able to receive digital broadcasts of that standard.

NOTE

In general we equate a channel with a frequency. 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 500 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 record one service while you are currently watch-

ing another.

•

The large storage capacity of the 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

500 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 forward or backward search.

1.2 Controlling the digital receiver

You can operate the digital receiver 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.

TV/STB

lamp lights up while your video recorder operates

instead of the digital receiver. See

3.2.3 for more

details.

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.

CHANNEL

buttons switch to previous or next service.

They are also used to navigate in menus and interactive

screens.

button displays the main menu. It is also used to

return to the previous menu from a submenu.

button displays the services list. See

5.2.1 for more

details. It is also used to select a menu item.

VOLUME

buttons decrease or increase the volume.

They are also used to change values for menu options.

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 in

10 minute increments.









V−









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−









P+

buttons switch to pre-

vious or next service. They are

also used to navigate in menus

and interactive screens.



switches between the cur-

rent service and the previously

viewed one.



Numeric buttons are used to en-

ter a service number for service

change or to specify values for

menu options.









displays the services list. See

5.2.1 for more details. It is also

used to select a menu item.









FAV displays the favourite lists.



displays the service information box. It is also used to

display more information about a programme.



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

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