Topfield TF 5200 PVRc User Manual
TOPFIELD
TF5200PVRc
User Guide
Digital Cable Receiver
Personal Video Recorder
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Contents
Contents iii
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Controlling the digital receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.1 The front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.2 The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3 What is common interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Installation 8
2.1 Packing contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2 Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3 Rear panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.4 Connecting the digital receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.5 Inserting batteries in the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3 Preference Settings 15
3.1 Language settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.2 Video and audio settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.2.1 Televsion standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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3.2.2 Color model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.2.3 Video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.2.4 Television aspect ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.2.5 Sound mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.2.6 RF output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.3 Local time setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.4 Parental control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.5 Adjusting on-screen display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.6 Enabling the time shift function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4 Service Search 25
4.1 Searching broadcasting services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.2 Resetting to factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5 Daily Usage 28
5.1 Browsing services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.2 Viewing program information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.3 Viewing an electronic program guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
5.4 Selecting an audio track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.5 Selecting a subtitle track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.6 Viewing a teletext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.7 Selecting a multifeed service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.8 Watching by time shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.9 Watching by picture in picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
6 Listing Services 36
7 Recording and Playing Back 39
7.1 Recording a program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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7.1.1 Immediate recording by the remote control . . . . . . 40
7.1.2 Recording by the recording menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
7.1.3 Making a timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
7.1.4 Recording by electronic program guide . . . . . . . . . 45
7.1.5 Recording when using time shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
7.1.6 To record a pay service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
7.2 File list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
7.3 Playing back a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
7.3.1 To play back in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
7.3.2 To play back in fast motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
7.3.3 To play back recordings in sequence . . . . . . . . . . . 51
7.3.4 To make a bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
7.3.5 To play back a recording repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . 52
7.3.6 To play back a scrambled recording . . . . . . . . . . . 52
7.4 Editing a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
7.4.1 To erase a block from a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
7.4.2 To store a block from a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
7.5 Playing a MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
7.6 Formatting hard disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
8 Topfield Application Program 57
9 Firmware Update and Data Transfer 59
9.1 Updating the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
9.2 Transferring the receiver data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
9.3 Transferring recording files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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1
Chapter 1
Introduction
1.1 Introduction
The TF 5200 PVRc digital receiver is fully compliant with the
international Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard, and
can receive digital broadcastings.
Unlike analog broadcastings, digital broadcastings are not all
assigned to their own frequencies; 1instead, several television
and radio broadcastings are transmitted through a single transponder on a single wideband carrier.
NOTE A transponder is in fact a wireless device, which re-
ceives and transmits radio signals at a prescribed frequency range. You may regard a transponder as a
channel. One channel has one broadcasting in analog broadcast; on the other hand, one transponder has
several broadcastings in digital broadcast. So the word
service is used instead of channel to indicate a broadcasting in this document.
To help you with the choice and setting for broadcasting services, a selection of television and radio services have already
2 Introduction
been programmed for you. So all broadcasting services that
have gone on air are available to you. You can find the latest
transponder information from various broadcasters on teletext.
The TF 5200 PVRc digital receiver has features as follows:
• The digtial receiver is able to memorize up to 2000 tele-
vision and radio services.
• Electronic Program Guide (EPG) provides an overview
of program schedules for next few hours.
• You can edit the service list and make your own favorite
service list.
• You can view the information of a current television or
radio program.
• You can update the firmware of the digital receiver to
the latest, which will be provided by Topfield.
• Thedigital receiver features a digital video recorder with
two tuners, with which you can record your choice of
broadcasting services independently of ones you are currently watching.
• The large storage capacity of the built-in hard disk al-
lows you to record up to 40 hours of material—in case
of 80 gigabytes—in excellent picture and sound quality.
• Time shift function is a special technical feature. You
can pause the program you are watching and resume it
again at a later time. You can quickly find whatever part
of the current program by reverse or forward search.
• During a recording in progress, you can select a different
program from the archive and watch it.
1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 3
1.2 Controlling the digital receiver
You can control the digital receiver with the remote control
and the front panel buttons.
NOTE When the digital receiver is off but plugged to a wall
outlet, we say that it is in standby mode; on the other
hand, when it is on, it is in operation mode. You should
keep the digital receiver plugged to a wall outlet so as
it can run timer events.
1.2.1 The front panel
TV/STB
OK
REMOTE
STANDBY
TV/STB lamp lights up while your video recorder operates
instead of the digital receiver. For more descriptions,
refer to § 3.2.3.
REMOTE lamp lights up whenever you press a button of
the remote control.
STANDBY lamp lightsup while the digital receiver is in standby
mode.
Status display displays a current time in standby mode, and
displays a current status of the digital receiver in operation mode.
STANDBY button toggles the digital receiver between oper-
ation mode and standby mode.
MENU button displays the menu, or escapes to a higher level
menu out of a submenu.
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CHANNELa,cbuttons switch to another service, and move
the highlight bar vertically in a menu.
VOLUMEb,dbuttons change the volume, and select an
option in a menu.
OK button displays the service list, and selects an entry in a
menu or list.
1.2.2 The remote control
1
button toggles the digital receiver between operation mode
and standby mode.
2
button mutes the television
or audio appliance.
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UHF button displays the RF set-
ting menu. For more descriptions, refer to § 3.2.6.
4
button toggles operation between the digital receiver and
your video recorder. For more
descriptions, refer to § 3.2.3.
5
button sets a sleep timer. The
digital receiver is turned off to
standby mode when a specified
duration is elapsed.
6
Numeral buttons are used to
specify a service to watch or a parameter such as timer.
7
button makes a return to the
previous service.
8
button displays the informa-
tion about the program on the air.
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GUIDE button displays an electronic program guide.
10
button toggles between TV mode and radio mode.
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MENU button displays the menu, or escapes to a higher
level menu out of a submenu.
12
button is used to select an audio track, a sound mode
or a multifeed if available.
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V− buttons change the volume, and select an op-
tion in a menu.
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P− buttons switch to another service, and move
the highlight bar vertically in a menu.
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OK button displays the service list, and selects an entry
in a menu or list.
16
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FAV button displays the favorite service list.
17
button is used to select a subtitle track if available.
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EXIT button escapes from any menu.
19
button displays teletext if available.
20
button starts backward playback or backward scan.
21
button starts a playback.
22
button starts forward scan.
23
button starts slow playback.
24
button stops a playback.
25
button starts a recording.
26
button captures a picture from a live show. This but-
ton also pauses a playback.
27
button moves the position of subpicture countercol-
ckwise.
28
button moves the position of subpicture clockwise.
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SAT button interchanges a main-picture with a subpic-
ture.
30
button displays, resizes and hides a subpicture.
31
button makes a a bookmark during a playback or a
time shift.
32
button plays back from a next bookmark position.
33
button is used to edit a recording file.
34
button displays recording file list, MP3 file list or
application file list. For more descriptions, refer to § 7.4.
35
button displays a service list for subpicture, or spec-
ifies a block for a repeated playback.
, , , and buttons have additional different functions per menu besides their own function. Their functions
will be guided in the help window on a menu screen.
1.3 What is common interface
Some broadcasting services are scrambled so that only paid
subscribers can enjoy them. Scrambled services can only be
viewed with a Conditonal Access Module (CAM) and a subscription card suitable for the scrambling system.
Common Interface (CI) is an interface for conditional access modules. The front of the digital receiver has a common interface slot. You
can use conditional access modules from various providers in the slot.
To watch a scrambled broadcastings, you should take the following steps:
1.3 What is common interface 7
1. Purchase a conditional access module and a subscrip-
tion card for the pay service you want to watch.
2. insert the conditional access module to the common in-
terface slot on the front of the digital receiver.
3. Insert the subscription card into the conditional access
module.
To view what conditional access
module is inserted, select the
Common Interface menu.
If any module has not been inserted yet, a phrase Not Installed
will be displayed.
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Chapter 2
Installation
2.1 Packing contents
Before going any further, check that you have received the following items with your digital receiver.
• Remote control unit
• Two batteries for the remote control (AAA 1.5 V)
• One loop cable, to link the first tuner with the second
tuner
• One SCART-to-component cable, to link the digital re-
ceiver to your television set
• One S-Video cable, to link the digital receiver to your
television set
• A copy of this user guide
2.2 Safety precautions
Please read and keep the following safety precautions carefully for your safety.
• The power must be 90 to 250 volt. Check it before con-
2.2 Safety precautions 9
necting the digital receiver to the wall outlet. For the
power cunsumption of the digital receiver, refer to Table 2.1.
• The wall outlet shall be installed near the equipment and
shall be easily accessible.
• The digital receiver is designed to receive, record and
play back video and audio signals. Any other use is expressly prohibited.
• When setting up the digital receiver, make sure it is in a
horizontal position.
• Do not expose the digital receiver to any moisture. The
digital receiver is designed for use in dry rooms. If you
do use it outdoors, ensure that it is protected from moisture, such as rain or splashing water. Do not place any
vessels such as vases on the digital receiver. These may
be knocked over and spill fluid on the electrical components, thus bring about a risk.
• Use only dry cloth when cleaning the digital receiver.
• Do not place the digital receiver close to heating units or
in direct sunlight, as this will impair cooling. Place the
digital receiver on a hard, level surface. Do not lay any
objects such as magazines on the digital receiver. When
placed in a cabinet, make sure there is a minimum space
of 10 cm around it. For the physical specification of the
digital receiver, refer to Table 2.2.
• Protectthe power cord from being walked on or pinched
particularly at plugs, receptacles, and the point where
they exit from the digital receiver.
• Only use accessories specified by the manufacturer.
• Thunderstroms are a danger to all of electrical devices.
Even if the digital receiver is switched off, it can be damaged by a lightning strike to the power line or the an-
10 Installation
tenna cable. Always disconnect the power plug and the
antenna cable.
• Never open the digital receiver casing under any cir-
cumstances. Warranty claims are excluded for the damage resulting from improper handling.
• Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servic-
ing is required when the digital receiver has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is
damaged, liquid has been spilt or objects have fallen into
the digital receiver, the digital receiver has been exposed
to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has
been dropped.
Table 2.1: Power specification
Input voltage 90 to 250 V AC, 50/60 Hz
Power consumption Running: Max. 25 W
Standby: 8 W
Table 2.2: Physical specification
Size 340 × 60 × 265 mm
Weight 3.4 kg
Operating temperature 0 to 45 °C
Storage humidity 5 to 95 % RH
2.3 Rear panel connections
1 3
2 4
567 8
9 10
11
12 13
14
2.3 Rear panel connections 11
1
CABLE 1 IN Broadcasting input socket for the 1st
tuner.
2
RF LOOP 1 OUT Broadcasting output socket through CA-
BLE 1 IN for another digital receiver.
3
CABLE 2 IN Broadcasting input socket for the 2nd
tuner.
4
RF LOOP 2 OUT Broadcasting output socket through sec-
ondtunerinfor another digital receiver.
5
VIDEO Composite video output socket for the
television or the video receiver.
6
AUDIO L/R Stereo audio output socekt for the tele-
vision or the audio system.
7
S-VIDEO Super video output socket for the tele-
vision.
8
TV Audio and video output socket for the
television.
9
VCR Audio and video input / output socket
for the video recorder.
10
USB USB port for firmware update and data
transfer.
11
RF OUT Analog television output socket.
12
RF IN Analog television input socket.
13
S/PDIF Dolby Digital output socket for the au-
dio system.
14
RS-232 Serial port for firmware update and data
transfer.
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Table 2.3: Connectors specification
TV SCART CVBS/S-Video/RGB/YUV video output
Left & right audio output
VCR SCART CVBS video output
Left & right audio output
CVBS/S-Video/RGB/YUV video input for bypass
Left & right audio input for bypass
S-Video S-Video output
RCA AV Composite video output
Left & right audio output
S/PDIF Dolby Digital audio output
RS-232 9 pin D-sub type
Transfer rate: 115.2 kbps at maximum
USB 2.0 Device
2.4 Connecting the digital receiver
There are several ways to install the digital receiver as described below. Install the digital receiver suitably to your television and other appliances. If you have any problem with
your installation or need a help, contact your dealer or service
provider.
You should configure audio and video settings after installation. For detailed descriptions about audio and video settings,
refer to § 3.2.
Connecting to the broadcasting cable
Connect the antenna cable to the CABLE 1 IN socket on the
digital receiver, and then connect the RF LOOP 1 OUT socket
and the CABLE 2 IN socket with a loop-through cable.
If you have another digital receiver, plug another cable into
the RF LOOP 2 OUT socket on the digital receiver and the
corresponding socket on the other digital receiver.
2.4 Connecting the digital receiver 13
Connecting to the television by SCART connector
Plug a SCART cable into the TV socket on the digital receiver
and the corresponding SCART socket on your television.
Connecting to the television by RCA connector
Plug a RCA cable into the VIDEO (yellow), AUDIO L (white)
and AUDIO R (red) sockets on the digital receiver and the corresponding input sockets on your television or audio appliance.
Connecting to the television by S-Video connector
Plug a standard S-Video cable into the S-VIDEO socket on the
digital receiver and the corresponding input socket on your
television. You must connect audio sockets on the digital receiver with ones on your television by a RCA cable because
the S-video socket outputs only video signals.
Connecting to the video recorder by SCART connector
Plug one end of the SCART cable into the VCR socket on the
digital receiver. Then, plug the other end of the SCART cable into the input SCART socket on your video recorder if
you wish to record a broadcasting program with your video
recorder; otherwise if you wish to watch the video that the
video recorder plays back just through the digital receiver,
plug the other end into the output SCART socket.
Connecting to the television by RF connector
Connect the analog broadcasting antenna cable to the RF IN
socket on the digital receiver, and then plug a RF cable into the
RF OUT socket on the digital receiver and the corresponding
input socket on your television.
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2.5 Inserting batteries in the remote control
To insert the batteries, 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 compartment. Close the battery compartment after that.
If the digital receiver no longer reacts properly to remote control commands, the batteries may be flat. Be sure to remove
used batteries. The manufacturer accepts no liability for damage resulting from leaking batteries.
NOTE Batteries, including those which contain no heavy met-
als, may not be disposed of with household waste.
Please dispose of used batteries in an environmentally
sound manner. Find out about the legal regulations
which apply in your area.
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Chapter 3
Preference Settings
3.1 Language settings
You can designate languages for menu, audio track and subtitle track.
To designate the language for
menu, audio track or subtitle
track, select the System Setting
> Language Setting menu.
Menu language
The digital receiver supports a lot of menu languages: Arabic, Dutch, English, German, French, Italian, Russian, Turkish
and so forth. Set the Menu Language option to your desired
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language. Once you select a language, the menu will be displayed in the selected language immediately.
Subtitle language
Set the Subtitle Language option to your desired language.
When you watch a program, a subtitle track of the selected
language will be output if the program has that.
Apart from this setting, you can select a subtitle track with
button when you watch a program. For detailed descriptions
about how to select a subtitle track, refer to § 5.5.
Audio language
Set the Audio Language option to your desired language. When
you watch a program, an audio track of the selected language
will be output if the program has that.
Apart from this setting, you can select an audio track with
button when you watch a program. For detailed descriptions
about how to select an audio track, refer to § 5.4.
3.2 Video and audio settings
You have to configure the video and audio settings appropriately to your television and appliances.
To configure the video and audio settings, select the System
Setting > A/V Output Setting
menu.
3.2 Video and audio settings 17
3.2.1 Televsion standard
The digital receiver supports two types of television standard.
One is PAL (Phase Alternating Line) standard, and the other
is NTSC (National Television Standards Commitee) standard.
PAL was adopted in European countries while NTSC is adopted
in USA, Canada, Mexico and so forth.
If you have a PAL televsion, you have to set the TV Type op-
tion to PAL. In this case, if a service you wish to watch is NTSC
standard, the digital receiver converts it into PAL standard for
your PAL television. However, its quality would somewhat
fall. The opposite case brings about the same result.
The best thing is to watch PAL services with a PAL television
and to watch NTSC services with a NTSC television. However, the auto television is able to process both of them. So if
you have an auto television, set the TV Type option to Multi.
With this option, the digital receiver will output them without
standard conversion. This setting is most recommended especially if you are not sure what stadard television you have.
3.2.2 Color model
The type of the socket that reads TV on the back panel of
the digital receiver is SCART. This is also known as Euroconnector. Through this socket, the digital receiver is able to
output video signals of various color models: CVBS (Composite Video Baseband Signal), S-Video (Super-Video), YUV
and RGB. Audio signals are also output together through this
socket.
If you have connected the digital receiver and your televsion
by this connector, you should set the Video Output option to
your desired color model. If you have connected them by RCA
connector at which VIDEO reads on the back panel of the digital receiver, you do not have to set this option because the
digital receiver outputs CVBS video through RCA connector
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independent of SCART connector.
However, If you have connected them by S-VIDEO connector,
you have to this option to S-Video because the output through
S-Video connector comes from the SCART interface.
It is known in general that YUV color model provides the
best video quality with little difference from RGB color model
while CVBS color model does the worst. However, not all televisions with a SCART socket support YUV color model. Make
sure your television supports YUV color model before setting
the Video Output option to YUV. But there would rarely be
televisions that have a SCART socket but do not support RGB
color model. So RGB would be the most desirable value for
this option.
3.2.3 Video cassette recorder
The SCART socket that reads VCR on the back panel of the
digital receiver is for a video recorder. You would have connected the digital receiver to your video recorder or such an
appliance by this connector.
If you have connected the VCR socket to the input SCART
socket of your video recorder, you have to set the VCR Scart
Type option to Standard. If you have connected it to the output SCART socket, the digital receiver will operate differently
depending on the setting of the VCR Scart Type option. If
the option is set to Standard, the digital receiver will pass the
video from the video recorder to your television when the
video recorder starts a playback. But if the option is set to
External A/V, the digital receiver will not pass the video even
though the video recorder starts a playback. To pass it, you
have to press button.
NOTE In this case, it is impossible that the digital receiver
records the video which the video recorder plays back
3.2 Video and audio settings 19
because the digital receiver is just a bypass for the video
recorder.
3.2.4 Television aspect ratio
If you have a wide-screen television, set the TV Aspect Ratio
option to 16:9.
You can enjoy well both wide-screen programs and normalscreen programs with your wide-screen television as the above
figures show. The left figure shows a wide picture displayed
in the wide screen, and the right figure shows a normal picture
displayed in the wide screen.
If you have a normal-screen television, set the TV Aspect Ratio
option to 4:3.
You cannot enjoy well wide-screen programs with your normalscreen television as the above figures show. The left figure
shows a normal picture displayed in the normal screen. To
watch wide-screen programs in the shape like the center figure, set the 16:9 Display Format option to Letter Box; then,
wide-screen pictures will be reduced to fit to the width of the
normal screen. Otherwise to watch them in the shape like the
right figure, set the option to Center extract; then, wide-screen
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pictures will be cut out on the left and right sides equally to fit
to the width of the normal screen.
3.2.5 Sound 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
button when you watch a program. For detailed descrip-
tions about how to change the sound mode, refer to § 5.4.
3.2.6 RF output
If you have connected your television to the RF OUT socket,
you should configure the RF output. The digital receiver can
make an analog television from a digital television and output
it through the RF OUT socket.
Set the RF Output option to the television standard that your
country supports refering to Table 3.1.
Table 3.1: Television standards by country
Signal type Country
PAL G Australia, Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Ger-
many, Greece, Iceland, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Yugoslavia
PAL I Hong Kong, Macau, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom
PAL K Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland
NTSC M Bahamas, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Fiji, Guam, Jamaica, Mexico,
Panama, Peru, United States, Venezuela
Set the RF Channel option to a channel number as you desire. You have to tune your television to the channel set to this
option to watch television.
3.3 Local time setting 21
If you have connected your analog television antenna to the
RF IN, you can watch analog broadcasts via the digital receiver.
3.3 Local time setting
You should set your local time with the digital receiver for
timer events.
To set the local time, select the
System Setting > Time Setting
menu.
You can set the local time either yourself manually or using
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) automatically; however, it is
recommended to use the Greenwich mean time.
To set the local time using GMT, perform the following steps:
1. Set the Mode option to Auto.
2. Set the Time Offset parameter to the time difference cor-
responding to your time zone refering to Table 3.2.
Withthe above settings, the digital receiver will scan all transponders spceified one by one until to get the Greenwich mean
time. Make sure that your local time is displayed right on the
Local Time parameter.
To set the local time yourself, set the Mode option to Manual
and enter your local time to the Local Time parameter with
the numeral buttons.
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Table 3.2: 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
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, Libson, 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, 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
The time format is day/month/year 24-hour:minute.
If daylight saving time is observed in your country at the moment, set the Dayling Saving Time option to on.
3.4 Parental control
In general a television program is labeled a classification according to the level of violence, nudity and language of its
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content. When you are watching a program, you can check
its program classification on the information box. Refer the
information box to § 5.2.
You can prevent your children from watching certain programs
by specifying a basis classification.
To specify a basis classification, select the System Set-
ting > Parental Control menu.
At this time, you have to enter Personal Identification Number (PIN). The default personal
identification number is ‘0000’.
If you wish to restrict 15 or above rated programs, set the Cen-
sorship option to 15 (age). Setting it to No block restricts no
program; on the other hand, setting it to Total block restricts
every program.
NOTE If a certain program does not have any classification
information, your restriction setting will not take effect on it.
If anyone try to watch a program that is out of the basis classification, the person has to enter the personal identification
number. To change the number, select the Change PIN Code
menu; then an input box appears. You have to enter your desired number twice for confirmation.
You can also restrict uses of some menus. Selecting the Ac-
cess 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 personal identification number to use when you have selected the Time Setting menu. If you enter a wrong number,
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you cannot use the menu. Similarly, you have to enter the personal identification number when you have switched on the
digital receiver if the IRD Lock item is set to Locked. IRD (Integrated Receiver Decoder) is another name of digital receiver.
To release a shut item, set it to Unlocked.
3.5 Adjusting on-screen display
You can adjust the transparency level of on-screen display. To
adjust the transparency level of on-screen display, select the
System Setting menu and set the OSD Transparency option
as you desire. Its available range is 0 to 50 percent.
You can adjust the display time of the information box. For
detailed descriptions about the information box, refer to § 5.2.
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 displayed when you switch
services; however, pressing displays the information box.
If you set this option to Never Hide, the information box will
always be displayed.
You can raise or lower the position of the information box. To
adjust its position, select the System Setting menu and set the
Info Box Position option as you desire. Its available range is
−10 to +3 line. The more high the value is set, the more low
the information box will be positioned.
3.6 Enabling the time shift function
You can use time shift function with this digital receiver. To
enable the time shift function, select the System Setting menu
and set the Time Shifting option to Enable. For detailed descriptions about the time shift function, refer to § 5.8.
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