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Topfield TF 5400 PVR User Manual

TOPFIELD
TF 5400 PVR Combo
User Guide
Digital Satellite & Terrestrial Receiver
Personal Video Recorder
Contents
1 Introduction 1
1.2.1 The front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.2 The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 Setup 9
2.4.1 Connecting to the antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.4.2 Connecting to your television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.4.3 Connecting to your video cassette recorder . . . . . . . 16
iii
3 Preference Settings 18
iv CONTENTS
3.2.1 Television standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.2.2 Color model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.2.3 Video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.2.4 Television aspect ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.2.5 Sound mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.2.6 RF output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4 Service Search 29
4.1.1 Configuring LNB settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.1.2 Configuring DiSEqC 1.2 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.1.3 Configuring USALS settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.1.4 Searching services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5 Daily Usage 39
5.1.1 Watching favorite services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5.1.2 Viewing program information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
5.1.3 Selecting audio track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5.1.4 Selecting subtitle track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5.1.5 Viewing teletext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
6 Listing Services 49
7 Recording and Playing 55
7.1.1 Immediate recording by the remote control . . . . . . 56
7.1.2 Recording by the recording menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
7.1.3 Making a timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
7.1.4 Recording by electronic program guide . . . . . . . . . 61
7.1.5 Recording when using time shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
7.1.6 To record a pay service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
7.3.1 To play back in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
7.3.2 To play back in fast motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
7.3.3 To play back recordings in sequence . . . . . . . . . . . 67
7.3.4 To make a bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
7.3.5 To play back a recording repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . 68
7.3.6 To play back a scrambled recording . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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7.4.1 To erase a block from a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
7.4.2 To store a block from a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
8 Topfield Application Program 74
9 Firmware Update 76
Index 81

1.1 Introduction

The TF5400 PVR Combo 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.
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Chapter 1

Introduction

NOTE
In general we equate a channel with a frequency. However, unlike analog broadcasts, digital broadcasts are not all as­signed to their own frequencies; instead, multiple television and radio broadcasts are transmitted through a single fre­quency. The frequency in digital broadcasting is usually called transponder. To reduce confusion, the word service is prefer­ably used than channel as the term indicating one television or radio broadcast in this document.
The TF 5400 PVR Combo digital receiver has features as fol­lows:
• It supports DiSEqC 1.0, DiSEqC 1.1, DiSEqC 1.2 and US­ALS.
2 Introduction
• It is able to memorize up to 5000 television and radio services.
• Electronic program guide provides an overview of pro­gram schedules for next few hours.
• You can edit the service list.
• You can make your favorite list.
• You can view the information of the current television or radio program.
• You can update the firmware of the digital receiver to the latest, which will be provided by the manufacturer.
• The digital 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 al­lows you to record up to 40 hours of material—in case of 80 gigabytes—in excellent picture and sound quality.
• Time shift 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 backward or forward search.

1.2 Controlling the digital receiver

You can control the digital receiver with the remote control and the buttons on the front panel.
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
TV/STB
OK
REMOTE
STANDBY
at any time.

1.2.1 The front panel

The front panel of the digital receiver has buttons to operate the digital receiver, and lamps and a display to indicate its status. Their usage is as follows:
TV/STB lamp lights up while your video recorder operates
REMOTE lamp lights up whenever you press a button of
1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 3
instead of the digital receiver. For more descriptions, refer to § 3.2.3.
the remote control.
STANDBY lamp lights up while the digital receiver is in standby
mode.
Status display displays the current time in standby mode,
and displays the current status of the digital receiver in operation mode.
STANDBY button switches the digital receiver between standby
mode and operation mode.
MENU button displays the main menu. It is also used to
return to the previous menu from a submenu.
CHANNELa,cbuttons move to the next or previous ser-
vice. They are also used to navigate in menus and in­teractive screens.
4 Introduction
VOLUMEb,dbuttons increase and decrease the volume.
They are also used to change the options for a menu item.
OK button displays the service list, It is also used to select
menu items.

1.2.2 The remote control

1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 5
1
button switches the digital receiver between standby mode and operation mode.
2
switches off the sound tem­porarily. Press again to switch it back on.

3
UHF button displays the RF set-
ting menu. See § 3.2.6.
4
button 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 detailed de­scription.
5
button sets a sleep timer.
6
Numeric buttons are used to en­ter service numbers and option values
7
button switches between the current service and the previ­ously viewed one.
8
button displays more infor­mation about the current pro­gram or a program highlighted in the electornic program guide.
9
10
GUIDE button displays the electronic program guide.
button switches between television services and ra-
dio services.
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11
MENU button displays the main menu. It is also used to
return to the previous menu from a submenu.
12
button is used to select an audio track and sound
mode, or a multifeed service, if available

13

V+ ,
V− buttons increase and decrease the volume. They
are also used to change the options for a menu item.

14

P+ ,
P− buttons move to the next or previous service.
They are also used to navigate in menus and interactive screens.

15
OK button displays the service list, It is also used to se-
lect menu items.

16
FAV button displays the favorite list.
17
button is used to select a subtitle track if available.

18
EXIT button is used to leave the current screen.
19
button displays teletext if available.
20
button does backward playback or scan. Subse-
quent presses change the speed of playback.
21
button plays a recorded program, or displays the progress bar for navigation when playback has already started.
22
button does fast playback or forward scan. Subse-
quent presses change the speed of playback.
23
button starts slow motion playback. Subsequent presses
change the speed of playback.
24
button is used to stop a playback, to stop a record­ing, or to jump back to live television from time-shifted television.
25
button starts a recording.
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26
button pauses live television and playback of a recorded
program.
27
button changes the position of picture-in-picture coun­terclockwise, and jumps to the end of recording in play­back.
28
button changes the position of picture-in-picture clock­wise, and jumps to the beginning of recording in play­back.

29
SAT button displays the satellite list with their service
list, and swaps the picture-in-picture with the main pic­ture. See § 5.5.
30
button displays, resizes or hides the picture-in-picture.
31
button makes a bookmark during playback or time
shift.
32
button plays from the next bookmark position.
33
button is used to edit a recording.
34
button displays the list of recorded programs that
have been saved on the digital receiver’s hard disk. See
§ 7.4.
35
button displays the service list for picture-in-picture,
or specifies a block for repeated playback.
If you do not have wide-screen television but normal screen television, pressing the

0 button changes, depending on broad-
casting conditions, the display format as follows:
When you are viewing a wide-screen television, pressing the

0 button cycles through the display format options as follows:
4:3 Center Extract → 4:3 Letter Box → 16:9
, , , and buttons have additional different func­tions per menu besides their own function. Their functions will be guided in the on-screen help.
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1.3 What is common interface?

Some broadcasts are scrambled so that only paid subscribers can enjoy them. Scrambled services can only be viewed with a Conditional Access Module (CAM) and a subscription card belonging with the scrambling system.
Common Interface (CI) is an interface for condi­tional access modules. The front of the digital receiver has two common interface slots.
To watch a pay service, you should take the following steps:
1. Purchase a conditional access module and a subscrip­tion card for the pay service you want to watch.
2. Insert the subscription card into the conditional access module.
3. insert the conditional access module to a common inter­face slot on the front of the digital receiver.
To view the information about the module and subscription card inserted to the digital re­ceiver, select the Common Inter- face menu.

2.1 Unpacking

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Chapter 2

Setup

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 Component AV cable, to link the digital receiver 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.
• The power must be 90 to 250 volt. Check it before con­necting the digital receiver to the wall outlet. For the
10 Setup
power consumption of the digital receiver, refer to Ta­ble 2.1.
• The wall outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible.
• 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. Use only dry cloth when cleaning the digital receiver.
• Place the digital receiver on a hard and level surface.
• Do not place the digital receiver close to heating units or in direct sunlight, as this will impair cooling. 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 centimeter around it. For the physical speci­fication of the digital receiver, refer to Table 2.2.
• Protect the power cord frombeing walked on or pinched.
• Never open the digital receiver casing under any cir­cumstances. Warranty claims are excluded for the dam­age resulting from improper handling.
• Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel.
Table 2.1: Power specification
Input voltage 90 to 250 V AC, 50/60 Hz
Power consumption 40 W at maximum in operation
8 W in standby
Table 2.2: Physical specification
2
1
3
4 13
7
9 10
11
14
5
6
8
12
LNB IN
IF OUT RF LOOP OUT AUDIO
L
R
S-VIDEO
VCR
USB
RF IN
S/PDIF RS-232
VIDEO
TV
RF OUT
ANT
Size 340× 60× 265 mm
Weight 3.4 kg
Operating temperature 0 to 45 °C
Storage temperature −40 to 80 °C
Storage relative humidity 5 to 95 %

2.3 Rear panel connections

The TF 5400 PVR Combo has a wide range of connections on the back panel.
2.3 Rear panel connections 11
Check up what connections your television set has in compar­ison with the digital receiver.
1
LNB IN Broadcasting signal input socket for the
first tuner.
2
IF OUT Broadcasting signal output socket from
the first tuner
3
ANT Broadcasting signal input socket for the
second tuner.
4
RF LOOP OUT Broadcasting signal output socket from
the second tuner.
5
VIDEO Composite video output socket for the
television set
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6
AUDIO L/R Stereo audio output socket for the tele-
vision set or audio system.
7
S-VIDEO Super video output socket for the televi-
sion set.
8
TV Audio and video output socket for the
television set.
9
VCR Audio and video input / output socket
for the video cassette recorder or such­like.
10
RF IN Analog television input socket.
11
RF OUT Analog television output socket.
12
S/PDIF Dolby digital output socket for the au-
dio system.
13
USB USB port for firmware update and data
transfer.
14
RS-232 Serial port for firmware update and data
transfer.
Table 2.3: Connectors specification
VIDEO Composite video (CVBS) output
AUDIO Left & right audio output
S-VIDEO Super video (S-Video) output
TV CVBS/S-Video/RGB/YUV video output
Left & right audio output
VCR CVBS video output
Left & right audio output
CVBS/S-Video/RGB/YUV video input for bypass
Left & right audio input for bypass
S/PDIF Dolby digital audio output
RS-232 115.2 kbps at maximum
USB 2.0
2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 13

2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver

There are several ways to set up the digital receiver. Set up the digital receiver suitably to your television and other ap­pliances. If you have any problem with your setup or need a help, contact your dealer.

2.4.1 Connecting to the antenna

Whatever sort of connection you have between the digital re­ceiver and the television, you need to connect the digital re­ceiver to your television antenna so that it can receive digital television services.
Connect a cable from your satellite antenna to the LNB IN connector on the back panel of the digital receiver, and connect a cable from your terrestrial antenna to the ANT connec­tor.

2.4.2 Connecting to your television

Among the following connectors on your digital receiver, you should use the first connector to get best video quality. If your television does not have the matching connector then use the next connector.
1. SCART connector (TV)
2. S-Video connector (S-VIDEO)
3. Composite connector (VIDEO)
4. RF connector (RF OUT)
You should configure audio and video settings after connect­ing. See § 3.2 for detailed description.
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To use the SCART connector
Some televisions have inputs via Component or S-Video con­nectors rather than SCART. If you have such a television, use an appropriate conversion cable to link the TV socket on the digital receiver to the matching socket on your television.
If you connect with a standard SCART cable, you do not have to make audio connections because the SCART connector can output stereo audio. But if you do with a conversion cable, such as SCART-to-Component, you have to make audio con­nections.
To use the S-Video connector
For best results with a standard television set, you should use a SCART cable, plugging one end into the TV socket on the digital re­ceiver and the other end into a free SCART socket on your television.
You should prepare a S-Video cable to use the S-Video connector. Plug one ends of the cable into the S-VIDEO socket on the digital receiver, and the other end into the matching socket on your television.
To use the composite video connector
To connect the audio connectors
2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 15
You should prepare a composite video ca­ble (RCA cable) to use the composite video connector. Plug one end of the cable into the VIDEO (yellow) socket on the digital re­ceiver, and the other end into the matching socket on your television.
You should prepare an audio cable (RCA ca­ble) to connect the audio connectors. Plug one ends of the cable into the AUDIO L (white) and AUDIO R (red) sockets on the digital receiver, and the other ends into the matching sockets on your television or au­dio system.
To enjoy Dolby digital audio, your televi­sion or audio system must be able to decode Dolby digital audio, and you should prepare a S/PDIF cable. Plug one end of the ca­ble into the S/PIDF socket on the digital re­ceiver, and the other end into the matching socket on your audio system.
To use the RF connector
If your television does not have any video and audio input, you will need to use the radio frequency output from the dig­ital receiver.
16 Setup
In this case, you will need to connect a ca­ble from the RF OUT socket to the antenna connector on your television. To ensure your television can also pick up existing analogue channels as well, you will need to connect a cable from your television antenna or from the RF LOOP OUT connector on the back of the digital receiver to RF IN connector.

2.4.3 Connecting to your video cassette recorder

The digital receiver also can output video to another appliance such as video cassette recorder or video receiver through an auxiliary SCART connector.
You should prepare a SCART cable to use the auxiliary SCART connector. Plug one end of the cable into the VCR socket on the digital receiver, and the other end into the match­ing socket on your video cassette recorder or suchlike.

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.
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
2.5 Inserting batteries in the remote control 17
Batteries, including those which contain no heavy metals, 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.

18 Preference Settings

3.1 Language settings

You can designate languages for menus, audio tracks and sub­title tracks.
Chapter 3
Preference Settings
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
Subtitle language
Audio language
3.2 Video and audio settings 19
language. Once you select a language, the menu will be im­mediately displayed in the selected language.
Set the 1st Subtitle Language and 2nd Subtitle Language op­tions to your desired languages. When you watch a program, if the program has the subtitle track of the langauge desig­nated at the 1st Subtitle Language, it will be displayed. If the first laguage is not available but the second language is avail­able, the second language’s subtitle will be displayed. If there is not any available language, no subtitle will be displayed.
Apart from this setting, you can select a subtitle track with the
button. See § 5.1.4 for detailed description.
Set the 1st Audio Language and 2nd Audio Language options to your desired languages. When you watch a program, if the program has the audio track of the language designated at the 1st Audio Language, it will be output. If the first language is not available but the second language is available, the second language’s audio will be output. If there is not any available language, an ordinary audio will be output.
Apart from this setting, you can select an audio track with button. See § 5.1.3 for detailed description.

3.2 Video and audio settings

You have to configure the video and audio settings appropri­ately to your television set and appliances.
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3.2.1 Television standard

The digital receiver supports two types of television standard. One is the PAL standard, and the other is the NTSC stan­dard. PAL was adopted in European countries while NTSC is adopted in USA, Canada, Mexico and so forth.
If you have a PAL television, you have to set the TV Type op- tion to PAL. In this case, if a service is broadcasted in NTSC standard, the digital receiver converts it into the 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 multi television set is able to process both of them. So if you have an multi television set, 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 standard tele­vision you have.
To configure the video and au­dio settings, select the System
Setting > A/V Output Setting
menu.

3.2.2 Color model

Through the TV SCART connector, the digital receiver is able to output video in various color models. If you have the digi-
tal receiver linked to your television from 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 independent of SCART connec­tor.
However, If you have connected them by S-VIDEO connec­tor, you have to set this option to S-Video because the output through S-Video connector comes from the SCART interface.
It is known in general that the RGB color model provides the best video quality with little difference from the YUV color model but the CVBS color model does the least. So RGB would be most desirable for this option.

3.2.3 Video cassette recorder

You would have the digital receiver linked to your video cas­sette recorder or such an appliance from the VCR SCART. The digital receiver will operate differently depending on the set­ting of the VCR Scart Type option. If the option is set to Stan- dard, the digital receiver will pass the video from the video recorder to your television when the video recorder starts 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 playback. To pass it, you have to press button.
3.2 Video and audio settings 21
NOTE
In this case, it is impossible that the digital receiver records the video that the video recorder plays back 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.
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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 fully enjoy 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. Wide- screen pictures then 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. Wide-screen pic­tures then 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
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