Topfield TF 5000 PVRt Masterpiece User manual

TOPFIELD

TF 5000 PVRt

User Guide

Digital Terrestrial Receiver

Personal Video Recorder

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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

2 Setup 7

2.1 Unpacking .............................. 7

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

2.3 Rear panel connections ....................... 9

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

2.4.1 Connecting the antenna .................. 11

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

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

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

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 ........................ 19

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

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

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

3.2.6 Radio frequency output .................. 21

3.3 Local time setting .......................... 21

3.4 Parental control ........................... 23

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

3.6 To turn on the time shift feature .................. 25

4 Service Search 26

4.1 Searching broadcasting services .................. 26

4.2 Resetting to factory settings .................... 27

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 ................... 31

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

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

5.3 Viewing electronic programme guide .............. 32

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

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

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

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

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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 . 47

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

7.2 File archive ............................. 48

7.2.1 To delete a recording .................... 49

7.2.2 To sort recordings ..................... 49

7.2.3 To lock a recording ﬁle ................... 50

7.2.4 To rename a recording ................... 50

7.2.5 To make a new folder ................... 50

7.2.6 To move a recording to another folder .......... 50

7.3 Playing back a recording ...................... 51

7.3.1 To navigate using the progress bar ............ 51

7.3.2 To play in slow motion .................. 52

7.3.3 To play in fast motion ................... 52

7.3.4 To make a bookmark .................... 53

7.3.5 To play back a recording repeatedly ........... 53

7.3.6 To play back recordings in sequence ........... 54

7.4 Editing a recording ......................... 54

7.5 Copying a recording ........................ 55

7.6 MP3 playback ............................ 56

7.7 Transferring recording ﬁles .................... 56

7.8 Formatting the hard disk ...................... 58

8 Firmware Update 59

8.1 From your computer via USB port ................ 60

8.2 From your computer via RS-232 port ............... 61

8.3 From another digital receiver via RS-232 port .......... 62

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Index 63

Chapter 1

Introduction

The TF 5000 PVRt digital receiver is fully compliant with the

international Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard, and

can receive digital broadcasts. For its operation, you need an

antenna, which must be installed appropriately.

NOTE

In general we equate a channel with a frequency. How-

ever, unlike analogue broadcasts, digital broadcasts are not

all assigned to their own frequencies; instead, multiple tele-

vision broadcasts are transmitted through a single frequency.

The frequency in digital broadcasting is usually called trans-

ponder. To reduce confusion in this manual, the word service

is preferably used than channel as a term to indicate one tele-

vision or radio broadcast.

1.1 Features

The TF 5000 PVRt digital receiver has the following features:

• Can store up to 2000 television and radio services.

2 Introduction

• You can make a favourite list with your favourite ser-

vices.

• You can view information about the current television

or radio programme.

• Has an electronic programme guide that provides an

overview of programme schedules for next few hours.

• You can update the ﬁrmware of the digital receiver to

the latest version, which will be provided by the manu-

facturer.

• 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 80 hours of programme —in

case of 160 gigabytes— in excellent picture and sound

quality.

• Time shift is a special technical feature available on the

TF 5000 PVRt. You can pause the programme you are

watching and resume it again at a later time. Then

you can quickly go to whatever part of the current pro-

gramme by fast foward 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.

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