Topfield TF 5800 PVR User manual

TOPFIELD

TF 5800 PVR

User Manual

Digital Terrestrial Receiver

Personal Video Recorder

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Contents

Contents ii

1 Introduction and getting started 1

1.1 Unpacking.............................. 2

1.2 Remote control buttons and their functions . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.3 Rear panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.4 Connecting up your PVR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

1.4.1 Connecting the aerial to your PVR . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.4.2 Connecting the PVR to your TV using a SCART . . . . 9

1.4.3 Connecting the PVR to your TV using the RF output . 10

1.4.4 Connecting to your HiFi system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.5 Switching on for the ﬁrst time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.5.1 Searching for TV and radio channels . . . . . . . . . . 11

1.5.2 Basic system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.5.3 Time and date options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.5.4 AV output settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.6 PayTV................................ 15

2 Watching TV 17

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2.1 Starting to watch television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.1.1 Volume control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2.1.2 Changing channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2.1.3 Radio channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.2 Electronic Programme Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

2.3 Time Shift television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

2.3.1 RewindingTV ....................... 23

2.3.2 PausingTV ......................... 25

3 Recording and playing TV programmes 26

3.1 How your PVR records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

3.2 Instantrecording .......................... 28

3.3 Current event recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

3.4 Scheduled recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3.4.1 Scheduling a recording using the EPG . . . . . . . . . . 31

3.4.2 Altering the details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

3.4.3 Viewing your recording schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

3.5 Things you should know about recording on your PVR . . . . 37

3.5.1 Dual recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

3.5.2 Watching television while dual recording . . . . . . . . 38

3.5.3 When recordings start or stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

3.5.4 Leaving the PVR in standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

3.5.5 Switching off while recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

3.5.6 How recordings are named . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

3.6 Playing back recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

3.6.1 Playback features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

3.6.2 Bookmarks and resume play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

3.6.3 After you’ve watched a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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4 Extra features 45

4.1 Make the most of digital TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

4.1.1 Subtitles........................... 46

4.1.2 Soundtracks ........................ 46

4.1.3 Picture in Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

4.1.4 Digital teletext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

4.1.5 Sleeptimer ......................... 49

4.2 Organising channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

4.2.1 Favourite channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

4.2.2 Setting up favourite channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

4.2.3 Managing lists of favourites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

4.2.4 Watching TV using favourites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

4.3 Organising recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

4.3.1 Renaming recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

4.3.2 Organising recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

4.3.3 Copying recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

4.3.4 Editing recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

4.4 Additional playback and viewing features . . . . . . . . . . . 58

4.4.1 Playing back multiple recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

4.4.2 Slow motion playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

4.4.3 Repeat playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

4.4.4 Parentallock ........................ 60

4.4.5 Restricting access to recorded programmes . . . . . . . 61

4.4.6 Restricting access to TV channels . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

4.4.7 Organising the channel list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

5 The PC Connection 63

5.1 Installing the software and drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

5.2 Connecting the PVR to your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

5.2.1 UsingAltair......................... 65

5.2.2 How ﬁles are organised on your PVR . . . . . . . . . . 66

5.2.3 Transferring ﬁles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

6 Advanced features 69

6.1 MP3playback............................ 69

6.2 Firmwareupdates ......................... 70

6.2.1 Installing a ﬁrmware update via USB . . . . . . . . . . 71

6.2.2 Installing a ﬁrmware update via a serial connection . . 72

6.2.3 Installing a ﬁrmware update over the air . . . . . . . . 73

6.3 TAPs - Additional software for your PVR . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

6.3.1 Installing TAPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

6.3.2 StartingTAPs........................ 75

6.3.3 Starting TAPs automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

6.3.4 Troubleshooting TAPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

7 Troubleshooting and How to 78

7.1 Troubleshooting........................... 78

7.1.1 Unexpected channel changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

7.1.2 Failed recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

7.1.3 PVRcrashes......................... 79

7.1.4 Incorrect channel numbers and duplicate channels . . 80

7.1.5 Unable to view Pay TV channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

7.2 Howto................................ 82

7.2.1 Adding a new channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

7.2.2 Movinghome........................ 83

7.3 Contacting support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

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A Technical Information 84

Chapter 1

Introduction and getting

started

Congratulations on buying a Topﬁeld TF 5800 Personal Video

Recorder (PVR). The TF 5800 allows you to view and record

digital TV channels easily, via an ordinary television aerial.

You can receive all the Freeview channels broadcast in your

area, which includes a range of digital radio stations too. In

addition, with a small subscription module, you can access

some additional channels from pay TV broadcasters.

Your new PVR allows you to record two different programmes

simultaneously, and even to play back existing recordings while

you’re making new ones. With it’s large hard drive, there’s

plenty of space for all the shows you want to watch, and the

built in electronic programme guide (EPG) makes it easy to

ﬁnd programmes and schedule automatic recordings.

As well as recording and playback of TV programmes, it has

plenty of other features. You can pause TV when the phone

rings, for example, or rewind a sports match to watch some-

one score a second time. Channels can be arranged into groups

of ‘favourites,’ and there are other useful features like picture

2Introduction and getting started

in picture, interactive services and even a link to your home

computer.

We’ll cover all of those issues in this manual, starting from

basic installation and setup, then looking at everyday use, and

ﬁnally giving you an idea of some of the advanced features

that you can make use of when you’re comfortable with how

your PVR works.

1.1 Unpacking

Before going any further, check that you have received the fol-

lowing items with your PVR. If any are missing, please contact

your supplier.

•Remote control unit

•Two AA batteries for the remote control

•One aerial cable, to link the PVR to your TV aerial

•One loop cable (a short aerial cable)

•One SCART cable, to link the PVR to your television set

•A copy of this user guide

Unpack the cables, and insert the batteries in the remote con-

trol; make sure you insert them the correct way round, follow-

ing the symbols on the inside of the battery compartment.

Before going any further, you should familiarise yourself with

the remote control and with the connectors on the rear of the

PVR. Let’s look at the remote control ﬁrst. Dont worry if some

of the things we mention here seem a little unusual —all the

functions and features will be explained later on.

1.2 Remote control buttons and their functions 3

1.2 Remote control buttons and their functions

Power Use this button to switch

the PVR in and out of standby

mode.

Mute Press mute to temporarily

switch off the sound; press

again to switch it back on.

TV/Radio Switch the PVR be-

tween television and radio

channels.

Satellite This button switches the

output of the main SCART

socket between the PVR’s

picture and the device con-

nected to the secondary

SCART socket.

Opt The Opt button gives ac-

cess to additional features,

such as subtitles, favourites,

soundtracks and the sleep

timer.

Numeric keys These are used to

enter channel numbers and

menu options. The 0 key

also cycles through picture

size options.

Recall The Recall button switches between the current

channel and the previously viewed one.

Info Press iIto display more information about the cur-

rent programme or a programme highlighted in the

4Introduction and getting started

EPG.

Guide The Guide button displays the Electronic Programme

Guide (EPG).

Menu Use this button to access the PVR’s menus, or to

return to the previous menu from a sub-menu.

List Press List once to display a list of all the channels

stored for TV or Radio. Press it again when the list

is displayed to select a group of Favourite channels.

Exit Press Exit to leave the current screen.

V+/ V−These buttons increase and decrease the volume.

In some screens, they also work as right and left

movement keys.

P+/ P−The P+and P−buttons move to the next or

previous channel in the channel list or the current

Favourites list. In some screens, they also work as

up and down movement keys.

OK/List The OK button is used to select items in menus,

and in interactive services. When viewing live TV,

it displays the channel list, and when viewing a

recordings, it will display the list or recordings in

the archive.

Up and down keys In system menus, the up and down

keys allows you to choose an item from the menu.

They are also used to navigate through the elec-

tronic programme guide, and in interactive services.

Left and right keys In system menus, left and right keys

allow you to change the options for a menu item.

They are also used to navigate through the elec-

tronic programme guide, and in interactive services.

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