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The TF 6000 PVRt digital receiver is fully compliant with the
international Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard, and
can receive digital broadcastings. For its operation, you need
an antenna, which must be installed appropriately.
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.
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Chapter 1
Introduction
NOTE A transponder is in fact a wireless device, which re-
ceives and transmits radio signals at a prescribed frequency range. However, 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 ser-
2 Introduction
vices, a selection of television and radio services have already
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 6000 PVRt digital receiver has features as follows:
• The digtial receiver is able to memorize up to 2000 tele-
vision and radio services.
• Electronic program guide provides an overview of pro-
gram schedules for next few hours.
• You can edit the service list and make your own favorite
service 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 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 backward or forward search.
• During a recording in progress, you can select a different
program from the archive and watch it.
1.2Controlling 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.
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:
STANDBY button switches the digital receiver in and out of
standby mode.
1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 3
CHANNELa,cbuttons move to the next or previous ser-
vice. In some screens, they also work as up and down
movement keys.
VOLUMEb,dbuttons Increase and decrease the volume.
In some screens, they also works as right and left movement keys.
Status display displays the current time in standby mode,
and displays the current status of the digital receiver
in operation mode.
4 Introduction
1.2.2 The remote control
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GUIDE button displays the electronic program guide.
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MENU button displays the main menu, or makes a re-
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turn to the previous menu from a submenu.
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button switches the digital
receiver in and out of standby
mode.
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switches off the sound temporarily. Press again to switch it
back on.
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UHF button is unavailable for
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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.
5
button sets a sleep timer.
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numeric buttons are used to enter
service numbers and menu options
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button switches between the
current service and the previously viewed one.
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button displays displays more
information about the current
program or a program highlighted in the program guide.
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1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 5
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button is used to select an audio track and a sound
mode or a multifeed service if available
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V− buttons Increase and decrease the volume. In
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some screens, they also works as right and left movement keys.
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P− buttons move to the next or previous service.
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In some screens, they also work as up and down movement keys.
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OK button select items in menus. When viewing live
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television, it displays the service list
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FAV button displays the favorite list.
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button is used to select a subtitle track if available.
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EXIT button is used to leave the current screen.
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button displays teletext if available.
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button does backward playback or scan. Subse-
quent presses change the speed of playback.
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button plays a recorded program, or displays the
progress bar for navigation when playback has already
started.
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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.
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button starts a recording.
button pauses live television and playback of a recorded
program.
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button changes the position of picture-in-picture
countercolckwise, and jumps to the end of recording in
playback.
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button changes the position of picture-in-picture
clockwise, and jumps to the beginning of recording in
playback.
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SAT button swaps the picture-in-picture with the main
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picture. See § 5.5.
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button displays, resizes or hides the picture-in-picture.
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button makes a bookmark during playback or time
shift.
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button plays from the next bookmark position.
button is used to edit a recording.
button displays the list of recorded programs that
have been saved on the digital receiver ’s hard disk. See
§ 7.4.
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button displays the service list for picture-in-picture,
or specifies a block for repeated playback.
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N/P button is unavailable for this model.
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If you do not have wide-screen television but normal screen
television, pressing the
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0 button changes, depending on broad-
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casting conditions, the display format as follows:
When you are viewing a wide-screen television, pressing the
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0 button cycles through the display format options as follows:
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4:3 Center Extract → 4:3 Letter Box → 16:9
,,,andbuttons have additional different
functions per menu besides their own function. Their functions will be guided in the on-screen help.
1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 7
If the remote control does not work, please check the remote
control mode. There are 4 modes with this remote control. You
can alter the mode by pressing two buttons simultaneously as
follows:
• Mode 1:+
• Mode 2:+
• Mode 3:+
• Mode 4:+
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8 Setup
2.1Unpacking
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 power cord
• One WLAN antenna
• One component video cable, to link the digital receiver
to your television set
• One S-Video cable, to link the digital receiver to your
television set
• One RCA AV cable, to link the digital receiver to your
television set
• One loop cable, to link the first tuner with the second
tuner
• A copy of this user guide
2.2Safety precautions
Please read and keep the following safety precautions carefully.
• The power must be 90 to 250 volt. Check it before con-
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.
2.2 Safety precautions 9
• 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 and 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.
• Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched
particularly at plugs, receptacles and the point where
10 Setup
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 antenna 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, objects have fallen into
the digital receiver, or the digital receiver has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally or
has been dropped.
Table 2.1: Power specification
Input voltage90 to 250 V AC, 50/60 Hz
Powerconsumption45 W at maximum in operation
8 W in standby
Table 2.2: Physical specification
Size430 × 60 × 265 mm
Weight4.3 kg
Operating temperature0 to 45 °C
Storage relative humidity5 to 95 %
2.3Rear panel connections
WLAN ANT
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ANT 1
RF LOOP 1 OUT
RF LOOP 2 OUT
ANT 2
VIDEO
AUDIO
L
R
Y
Pb
Pr
S-VIDEO
TV
VCR
RS-232
S/PDIF USB
1
ANT 1 INBroadcasting input socket for the first
2
RF LOOP 1 OUT Broadcasting output socket through the
3
ANT 2 INBroadcasting input socket for the sec-
4
RF LOOP 2 OUT Broadcasting output socket through the
5
VIDEOComposite video output socket for the
6
AUDIO L/RStereo audio output socekt for the tele-
7
Y/Pb/PrComponent video output socket for the
8
S-VIDEOSuper video output socket for the tele-
9
TVAudio and video output socket for the
10
VCRAudio and video input / output socket
2.3 Rear panel connections 11
tuner.
ANT 1 IN socket for another digital re-
ceiver.
ond tuner.
ANT 2 IN socket for another digital re-
ceiver.
television set
vision set or audio system.
television set.
vision set.
television set.
for the video recorder.
12 Setup
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S/PDIFDolby Digital output socket for the au-
dio system.
12
RS-232Serial port for firmware update and data
transfer.
13
USBUSB port for firmware update and data
transfer.
14
WLAN ANTAntenna for wireless local area network.
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AC INPUTConnection socket for the power cord
supplied.
Table 2.3: Connectors specification
TVCVBS/S-Video /RGB/YUV video output
Left & right audio output
VCRCVBS video output
Left & right audio output
CVBS/S-Video /RGB/YUV video input for bypass
Left & right audio input for bypass
YPbPrComponent video (YUV) output
S-VIDEOSuper video (S-Video) output
VIDEOCompositevideo (CVBS) output
AUDIOLeft & right audio output
S/PDIFDolby Digital audio output
RS-232115.2 kbps at maximum
USB2.0 Device
2.4Connecting the digital receiver
There are several ways to set up the digital receiver as described below. 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 or service provider.
You should configure audio and video settings after setup. For
detailed descriptions about audio and video settings, refer to
§ 3.2.
2.4 Connecting the digital receiver 13
Connecting to the terrestrial antenna
Connect the antenna cable to the ANT1 IN socket on the digital
receiver, and then connect the RF LOOP 1 OUT socket and the
ANT 2 IN socket with a loop 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.
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 cor-
responding input sockets on your television or audio appliance.
Connecting to the television by YUV connector
Plug a standard component video cable into the Y (green), Pb
(blue) and Pr (red) sockets on the digital receiver and the cor-
responding input sockets on your television. You must connect audio sockets on the digitral receiver with ones on your
television by a RCA cable because the YUV sockets outputs
only video signals.
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.
14 Setup
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.
2.5Inserting 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.
3.1Language settings
You can designate languages for menu, audio track and subtitle track.
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Chapter 3
Preference Settings
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
16 Preference Settings
language. Once you select a language, the menu will be immediately displayed in the selected language.
Subtitle language
Set the 1st Subtitle Language and 2nd Subtitle Language op-
tions to your desired languages. If a program does not have
the subtitle track of the language set to the 1st Subtitle Lan-guage, that set to the 2nd Subtitle Language option will be
output. If it does not have the second’s subtitle track either,
no subtitle will be output.
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 § 5.1.4.
Audio language
Set the 1st Audio Language and 2nd Audio Language options
to your desired languages. If the program does not have the
subtitle track of the language set to the 1st Audio Language
option, that set to the 2nd Audio Language option will be out-
put. If it does not have the second’s audio track either, an
ordinary audio track will be output.
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 § 5.1.3.
3.2Video and audio settings
You have to configure the video and audio settings appropriately to your television set and appliances.
3.2.1 Televsion standard
The digital receiver supports two types of television standard.
One is PAL standard, and the other is NTSC 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 is broadcasted in 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 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 stadard television you have.
3.2 Video and audio settings 17
To configure the video and au-
dio settings, select the System
Setting > A/V Output Setting
menu.
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 Euro-
18 Preference Settings
connector. Through this socket, the digital receiver is able to
output video signals of various color models: CVBS, S-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 dig-
ital 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.
Similarly, if you have done by YUV connectors (Y, Pb and Pr),
you have to set this option to YUV because of the same reason.
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 least. Anyway, 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
television sets 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 ScartType option to Standard. If you have connected it to the out-
put 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 playback. But if the option is set to Ex-ternal A/V, the digital receiver will not pass the video even
though the video recorder starts playback. To pass it, you have
to pressbutton.
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.
3.2 Video and audio settings 19
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.
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