Topfield Satellite TV System TF 5400 PVR User Manual

TOPFIELD  
TF 5400 PVR Combo  
User Guide  
Digital Satellite & Terrestrial Receiver  
Personal Video Recorder  
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Contents  
1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
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1.2 Controlling the digital receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
1.2.1 The front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
1.2.2 The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
1.3 What is common interface? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
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2.1 Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
2.2 Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
2.3 Rear panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11  
2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13  
2.4.1 Connecting to the antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13  
2.4.2 Connecting to your television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13  
2.5 Inserting batteries in the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16  
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3.1 Language settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18  
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3.2 Video and audio settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19  
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  
3.3 Local time setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23  
3.4 Parental control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25  
3.5 Adjusting on-screen display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27  
3.6 To use the time shift feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27  
3.7 Setting for MediaHighway EPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27  
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4.1 Searching satellite broadcasting services . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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  
4.3 Copying services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38  
4.4 Resetting to factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38  
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5.1 Watching television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39  
5.1.1 Watching favorite services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41  
5.1.2 Viewing program information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42  
5.1.3 Selecting audio track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43  
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5.1.4 Selecting subtitle track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43  
5.1.5 Viewing teletext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44  
5.2 Viewing electronic program guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44  
5.3 Watching multifeed program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45  
5.4 Watching by time shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45  
5.5 Watching by picture in picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47  
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6.1 Editing the service list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49  
6.2 Editing the favorite list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51  
6.3 Transferring receiver data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53  
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7.1 Recording a program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56  
7.1.2 Recording by the recording menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 58  
7.1.3 Making a timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59  
7.1.5 Recording when using time shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61  
7.1.6 To record a pay service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62  
7.2 File list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63  
7.3 Playing back a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65  
7.3.1 To play back in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66  
7.3.2 To play back in fast motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66  
7.3.4 To make a bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67  
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7.4 Editing a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69  
7.4.1 To erase a block from a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . 69  
7.4.2 To store a block from a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70  
7.5 Playing a MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71  
7.6 Formatting hard disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72  
7.7 Transferring recording files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72  
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9.1 From a broadcaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77  
9.2 From your computer via USB port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77  
9.3 From your computer via RS-232 port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78  
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Chapter 1  
Introduction  
1.1 Introduction  
The TF 5400 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.  
NOTE  
In general we equate a channel with a frequency. However,  
unlike analog broadcasts, digital broadcasts are not all as-  
signed to their own frequencies; instead, multiple television  
and radio broadcasts are transmitted through a single fre-  
quency. The frequency in digital broadcasting is usually called  
transponder. To reduce confusion, the word service is prefer-  
ably 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 fol-  
lows:  
• It supports DiSEqC 1.0, DiSEqC 1.1, DiSEqC 1.2 and US-  
ALS.  
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• It is able to memorize up to 5000 television and radio  
services.  
• Electronic program guide provides an overview of pro-  
gram 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 cur-  
rently 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 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  
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1.2 Controlling the digital receiver  
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receiver plugged to a wall outlet so as it can run timer events  
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  
REMOTE  
STANDBY  
OK  
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 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.  
CHANNEL  
,
buttons move to the next or previous ser-  
vice. They are also used to navigate in menus and in-  
teractive screens.  
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VOLUME  
,
buttons 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.  
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1.2 Controlling the digital receiver  
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1.2.2 The remote control  
1
button switches the digital  
receiver between standby mode  
and operation mode.  
2
switches off the sound tem-  
porarily. Press again to switch it  
back on.  
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UHF button displays the RF set-  
ting menu. See § 3.2.6.  
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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 for detailed de-  
scription.  
5
button sets a sleep timer.  
6
Numeric buttons are used to en-  
ter service numbers and option  
values  
7
button switches between the  
current service and the previ-  
ously viewed one.  
8
button displays more infor-  
mation about the current pro-  
gram or a program highlighted in  
the electornic program guide.  
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GUIDE button displays the electronic program guide.  
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10  
button switches between television services and ra-  
dio services.  
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MENU button displays the main menu. It is also used to  
return to the previous menu from a submenu.  
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12  
button is used to select an audio track and sound  
mode, or a multifeed service, if available  
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13  
V+ , Vbuttons increase and decrease the volume. They  
are also used to change the options for a menu item.  
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P+ , Pbuttons move to the next or previous service.  
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They are also used to navigate in menus and interactive  
screens.  
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OK button displays the service list, It is also used to se-  
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lect menu items.  
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FAV button displays the favorite list.  
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17  
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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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 record-  
ing, 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 coun-  
terclockwise, and jumps to the end of recording in play-  
back.  
28  
button changes the position of picture-in-picture clock-  
wise, and jumps to the beginning of recording in play-  
back.  
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29  
SAT button displays the satellite list with their service  
list, and swaps the picture-in-picture with the main pic-  
ture. See § 5.5.  
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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.  
button is used to edit a recording.  
33  
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-  
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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  
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,
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and  
buttons have additional different func-  
tions 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 condi-  
tional 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 subscrip-  
tion 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 inter-  
face slot on the front of the digital receiver.  
To view the information about  
the module and subscription  
card inserted to the digital re-  
ceiver, select the Common Inter-  
face menu.  
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Chapter 2  
Setup  
2.1 Unpacking  
Before going any further, check that you have received the fol-  
lowing 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 care-  
fully.  
• The power must be 90 to 250 volt. Check it before con-  
necting the digital receiver to the wall outlet. For the  
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power consumption of the digital receiver, refer to Ta-  
ble 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 mois-  
ture, 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 speci-  
fication of the digital receiver, refer to Table 2.2.  
• Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched.  
• Never open the digital receiver casing under any cir-  
cumstances. Warranty claims are excluded for the dam-  
age 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  
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2.3 Rear panel connections 11  
Table 2.2: Physical specification  
Size  
Weight  
340× 60× 265 mm  
3.4 kg  
Operating temperature  
Storage temperature  
Storage relative humidity  
0 to 45 °C  
40 to 80 °C  
5 to 95 %  
2.3 Rear panel connections  
The TF 5400 PVR Combo has a wide range of connections on  
the back panel.  
1
3
5
8
11  
VIDEO  
RF OUT  
L
LNB IN  
ANT  
TV  
R
RF IN  
IF OUT  
RF LOOP OUT  
AUDIO  
S-VIDEO  
VCR  
USB  
S/PDIF  
RS-232  
2
4
6
7
9
13  
10  
12  
14  
Check up what connections your television set has in compar-  
ison with the digital receiver.  
1
LNB IN  
IF OUT  
ANT  
Broadcasting signal input socket for the  
first tuner.  
2
Broadcasting signal output socket from  
the first tuner  
3
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  
S-VIDEO  
TV  
Stereo audio output socket for the tele-  
vision set or audio system.  
7
Super video output socket for the televi-  
sion set.  
8
Audio and video output socket for the  
television set.  
9
VCR  
Audio and video input / output socket  
for the video cassette recorder or such-  
like.  
10  
RF IN  
Analog television input socket.  
Analog television output socket.  
11  
RF OUT  
S/PDIF  
12  
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  
AUDIO  
S-VIDEO  
TV  
Composite video (CVBS) output  
Left & right audio output  
Super video (S-Video) output  
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  
Dolby digital audio output  
115.2 kbps at maximum  
S/PDIF  
RS-232  
USB  
2.0  
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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 ap-  
pliances. 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 re-  
ceiver and the television, you need to connect the digital re-  
ceiver 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 connec-  
tor.  
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 connect-  
ing. See § 3.2 for detailed description.  
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To use the SCART 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 re-  
ceiver and the other end into a free SCART  
socket on your television.  
Some televisions have inputs via Component or S-Video con-  
nectors 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 con-  
nections.  
To use the S-Video connector  
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.  
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To use the composite video connector  
You should prepare a composite video ca-  
ble (RCA cable) to use the composite video  
connector. Plug one end of the cable into  
the VIDEO (yellow) socket on the digital re-  
ceiver, and the other end into the matching  
socket on your television.  
To connect the audio connectors  
You should prepare an audio cable (RCA ca-  
ble) 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 au-  
dio system.  
To enjoy Dolby digital audio, your televi-  
sion or audio system must be able to decode  
Dolby digital audio, and you should prepare  
a S/PDIF cable. Plug one end of the ca-  
ble into the S/PIDF socket on the digital re-  
ceiver, 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 dig-  
ital receiver.  
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In this case, you will need to connect a ca-  
ble 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 match-  
ing 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 re-  
moving the lid, and then insert the batteries observing the po-  
larity, which is marked on the base of the battery compart-  
ment.  
If the digital receiver no longer reacts properly to remote con-  
trol commands, the batteries may be flat. Be sure to remove  
used batteries. The manufacturer accepts no liability for dam-  
age resulting from leaking batteries.  
NOTE  
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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.  
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Chapter 3  
Preference Settings  
3.1 Language settings  
You can designate languages for menus, audio tracks and sub-  
title tracks.  
Select the System Setting >  
Language Setting menu.  
Menu language  
The digital receiver supports a lot of menu languages: Ara-  
bic, 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 im-  
mediately displayed in the selected language.  
Subtitle language  
Set the 1st Subtitle Language and 2nd Subtitle Language op-  
tions to your desired languages. When you watch a program,  
if the program has the subtitle track of the langauge desig-  
nated at the 1st Subtitle Language, it will be displayed. If the  
first laguage is not available but the second language is avail-  
able, 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.  
Audio language  
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 appropri-  
ately to your television set and appliances.  
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To configure the video and au-  
dio settings, select the System  
Setting > A/V Output Setting  
menu.  
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 stan-  
dard. 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 some-  
what 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. How-  
ever, the multi television set is able to process both of them.  
So if you have an multi television set, set the TV Type op-  
tion to Multi. With this option, the digital receiver will output  
them without standard conversion. This setting is most rec-  
ommended especially if you are not sure what standard tele-  
vision you have.  
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-  
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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 connec-  
tor.  
However, If you have connected them by S-VIDEO connec-  
tor, 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 cas-  
sette recorder or such an appliance from the VCR SCART. The  
digital receiver will operate differently depending on the set-  
ting 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 play-  
back. But if the option is set to External A/V, the digital re-  
ceiver will not pass the video even though the video recorder  
starts playback. To pass it, you have to press  
button.  
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 normal-  
screen 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 normal-  
screen 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 fig-  
ure, 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 pic-  
tures 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 au-  
dio sockets on the back panel of the digital receiver. You can  
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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. See § 5.1.3 for detailed description.  
3.2.6 RF output  
If you have connected your television to the RF OUT socket,  
you should configure the radio frequency output. The digital  
receiver can make the analog television from the digital tele-  
vision and output it through the RF OUT socket.  
Set the RF Output option to the television standard that your  
country supports referring 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, Slove-  
nia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Yugoslavia  
PAL I  
PAL K  
NTSC M  
Hong Kong, Macao, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland  
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 de-  
sire. You have to tune your television to the channel set to this  
option to watch television.  
If you have connected your analog television antenna to the  
RF IN, you can watch analog broadcasts via the digital re-  
ceiver.  
3.3 Local time setting  
You should set your local time for timer events. If you did  
not set the local time right, the program time table provided  
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by the electronic program guide may also be distrustful. Refer  
the electronic program guide to § 5.2.  
Select the System Setting > Lo-  
cal Time Setting menu.  
You can set the local time either manually or automatically  
using Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). However, it is recom-  
mended to use the Greenwich mean time.  
To set the local time with GMT, perform the following steps:  
1. Set the Mode option to Auto.  
2. Set the Time Offset option to the time difference belong-  
ing to your time zone referring to Table 3.2.  
With the above settings, the digital receiver will scan all transpon-  
ders specified one by one until to get the Greenwich mean  
time. Make sure that your local time is displayed right on the  
Local Time option.  
To set the local time yourself, set the Mode option to Man-  
ual and enter your local time to the Local Time option with  
the numeric buttons. The time format is day/month/year 24-  
hour:minute.  
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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, Lisbon, Casablanca  
Paris, Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid  
South Africa, Kaliningrad  
Baghdad, Riyadh, Moscow, St. Petersburg  
Tehran  
Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Baku, Tbilisi  
Kabul  
Ekaterinburg, Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent  
Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, New Delhi  
Almaty, Dhaka, Colombo  
GMT + 1:00  
GMT + 2:00  
GMT + 3:00  
GMT + 3:30  
GMT + 4:00  
GMT + 4:30  
GMT + 5:00  
GMT + 5:30  
GMT + 6:00  
GMT + 7:00  
GMT + 8:00  
GMT + 9:00  
GMT + 9:30  
Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta  
Beijing, Perth, Singapore, Hong Kong  
Tokyo, Seoul, Osaka, Sapporo, Yakutsk  
Adelaide, Darwin  
GMT + 10:00 Eastern Australia, Guam, Vladivostok  
GMT + 11:00 Magadan, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia  
GMT + 12:00 Fiji, Auckland, Wellington, Kamchatka  
3.4 Parental control  
In general a television program is labeled a rating according to  
the level of violence, nudity and language of its content. When  
you are watching a program, you can check its program rating  
on the information box. Refer the information box to § 5.1.2.  
You can prevent your children from watching specific pro-  
grams by specifying a basis rating.  
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To specify a basis rating, select  
the System Setting > Parental  
Control menu. At this time, you  
have to enter a Personal Identifi-  
cation Number (PIN). The num-  
ber is initially set to ‘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 program does not have any rating information, your re-  
striction setting will not take effect.  
If anyone try to watch a program that is out of the basis rating,  
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 a desired num-  
ber twice for confirmation.  
You can also restrict uses of some menus. Selecting the Access  
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 per-  
sonal identification number to access the Time Setting menu.  
If you enter a wrong number, you cannot use the menu. To  
release a shut item, set it to Unlocked.  
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3.5 Adjusting on-screen display  
You can adjust the transparency level of on-screen display. Se-  
lect 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. Refer  
the information box to § 5.1.2. 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 the  
button 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. Se-  
lect the System Setting menu, and then set the Info Box Posi-  
tion 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 To use the time shift feature  
You can use the time shift feature with this digital receiver.  
Time shift just means that the most recent hour of the televi-  
sion service you are watching is saved on the hard disk of the  
digital receiver. To enable this feature, select the System Set-  
ting menu and set the Time Shifting option to Enable. For de-  
tailed descriptions about the time shift function, refer to § 5.4.  
3.7 Setting for MediaHighway EPG  
Almost every service provider would provide electronic pro-  
gram guide containing detailed program information. You  
can get more abundant program information from a dedicated  
transponder providing only electronic program guides than  
general service providers. MediaHighway refers to the ded-  
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icated transponder. For detailed descriptions about the elec-  
tronic program guide, refer to § 5.2.  
To set a dedicated electronic  
program guide transponder, se-  
lect the System Setting > Medi-  
aHighway EPG menu.  
To use a dedicated electronic program guide transponder, set  
the MediaHighway option to On. And then, set the Satellite  
Name and Home Transponder options to available ones, and  
set the Tuner Select option to a tuner through which to receive  
them.  
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Chapter 4  
Service Search  
You have to perform service search after connecting the digital  
receiver.  
4.1 Searching satellite broadcasting services  
This digital receiver can be operated with both fixed and mo-  
torized antenna system. You have to configure antenna set-  
tings according to your antenna system in the following order:  
1. Configure LNB settings. (Refer to § 4.1.1.)  
2. Set the position of your desired satellites if you have a  
motorized antenna. You can control the antenna in DiS-  
EqC 1.2 mode or USALS mode. Refer DiSEqC 1.2 to  
§ 4.1.2, and refer USALS to § 4.1.3.  
3. Perform service search.  
4.1.1 Configuring LNB settings  
There are in large two frequency bands for satellite broadcasts.  
One is C band which ranges approximately from 4 to 6 GHz.  
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The other is Ku band which ranges approximately from 12 to  
18 GHz.  
The LNB (Low Noise Block converter)  
is used to take a wide band of rel-  
atively high frequencies, amplify and  
convert them to similar signals carried  
at a much lower frequency, which is  
called IF (Intermediate Frequency).  
LNB  
High frequencies from satellites are  
converted into from 950 to 2150 MHz by  
a LNB.  
Select the Installation > Satellite  
Setting > LNB Setting menu to  
configure the LNB settings.  
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Pressing the OK button on the Satellite Name option displays  
the satellite list in alphabetic order. Select the satellite toward  
which your antenna sets its face.  
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The digital receiver has a database about broadcasting satel-  
lites and their transponders, containing the following infor-  
mation: satellite position, frequency range, symbol rate, po-  
larization and LNB frequency corresponding to the frequency  
range. So you might not have to specify the LNB Frequency  
option. However, if you have selected the Other entry at the  
Satellite Name option to specify a satellite that is not in the  
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satellite list, you might have to make out the correct LNB fre-  
quency. The difference between a broadcasting frequency and  
its LNB frequency must be within 950 to 2150 MHz. For exam-  
ple, if the frequency band of your desired satellite ranges from  
3660 to 4118 MHz, you have to set the LNB Frequency option  
to 5150 MHz.  
The LNB has to be supplied with power to operate. Set the  
LNB Power option to On if it does not have any other power  
supply.  
You had better ignore the 22 kHz option.  
The digital receiver is designed to be compatible with DiSEqC  
(Digital Satellite Equipment Control) switches. It is possible  
to connect several antennas to one digital receiver by DiSEqC  
switches. A DiSEqC 1.0 switch allows switching between up  
to 4 satellite sources and a DiSEqc 1.1 switch allows switching  
between up to 16 satellite sources.  
Set the DiSEqC 1.0 and DiSEqC 1.1 options according to your  
antenna configuration.  
For example, to select the antenna con-  
nected to the A5 input in the left fig-  
ure, set the DiSEqC 1.1 option to 2 of  
4 and the DiSEqC 1.0 option to 1 of 4.  
If you have a mini DiSEqC 1.0 switch  
which has only two inputs, you should  
set the DiSEqC 1.0 option to Mini A in-  
stead of 1 of 4.  
4.1.2 Configuring DiSEqC 1.2 settings  
Your motorized antenna will turn toward your desired satel-  
lites horizontally by DiSEqC 1.2.  
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When you switch to an service, if the service is  
provided by a satellite other than current one,  
it will take longer time than usual because the  
antenna has to turn to its position.  
To use DiSEqC 1.2, select the In-  
stallation > Satellite Setting >  
Motorized DiSEqC 1.2 menu.  
At first you have to set the Mo-  
torized DiSEqC 1.2 option to  
Enable.  
To get the correct position of your desired satellite, perform  
the following steps:  
1. Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name op-  
tion.  
2. Set the DiSEqC Command Mode to User.  
3. Select the Goto command at the Motor Control menu.  
Then the antenna will turn toward your selected satel-  
lite with the position data that the digital receiver has.  
4. If the receiving quality, which is displayed on the right  
bottom on the screen, is not good, tune the antenna finely  
with the commands of the Movement menu. If you select  
the 2(E) movement command, the antenna will move  
to the east by two degrees. At this time you had bet-  
ter check the receiving quality of every transponder and  
choose the best one at the Transponder (or Frequency)  
option. It will be helpful to your fine tuning.  
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5. Finally select the Store command at the Motor Control  
menu to save the tuned position when the receiving qual-  
ity has turned good.  
There are more motor control commands for installers, but this  
manual does not describe them. If you are an installer, refer  
them to the manual for the STAB rotor.  
4.1.3 Configuring USALS settings  
USALS (Universal Satellite Automatic Location System), also  
known as DiSEqC 1.3, calculates the positions of all available  
satellites from your location. Compared to DiSEqC 1.2, it is  
no longer required to manually search and store every satel-  
lite position. Just by pointing to a known satellite position is  
enough. This position will act as the central point. The USALS  
will then calculate positions of visible satellites.  
To use USALS, select the Instal-  
lation > Satellite Setting > US-  
ALS Setting menu.  
At first you have to set the Mo-  
torized DiSEqC 1.3 option to  
Enable.  
To calculate every satellite position, perform the following steps:  
1. Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name op-  
tion.  
2. Input your location to the My Longitude and My Latitude  
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3. Input the position of your selected satellite to the Satel-  
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lite Angle if it is not correct.  
4. Select the Goto the position command. Then the antenna  
will turn toward your selected satellite calculating its  
position.  
5. If the receiving quality, which is displayed on the right  
bottom on the screen, is not good, tune the antenna finely  
with the commands of the Move menu. The changed po-  
sition is automatically saved at one. At this time you  
had better check the receiving quality of every trans-  
ponder and choose the best one at the Transponder (or  
Frequency) option. It will be helpful to your fine tuning.  
4.1.4 Searching services  
To perform service search, select  
the Installation > Satellite Set-  
ting > Service Search menu.  
There are four service search methods:  
• Searching every service of a satellite.  
• Searching every service of a transponder.  
• Searching one service of a transponder.  
• Searching every service of a SMATV (Satellite Master  
Antenna Television) transponder.  
To search every service of a satellite, perform the following  
steps:  
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1. Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name op-  
tion.  
2. Set the Search Mode option to Auto.  
To search every service of a transponder, perform the follow-  
ing steps:  
1. Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name op-  
tion.  
2. Set the Search Mode option to Manual.  
3. Choose your desired transponder at the Frequency op-  
tion or input it with the numeric buttons.  
4. Input the symbol rate of your desired transponder to the  
Symbol Rate option with the numeric buttons.  
5. Set the Polarization option to the polarization of your de-  
sired transponder.  
NOTE  
You could get the transponder information from a satellite  
magazine or web site such as http://www.satcodx.com.  
To search one service of a transponder, perform the following  
steps:  
1. Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name op-  
tion.  
2. Set the Search Mode option to Advanced.  
3. Choose your desired transponder at the Frequency op-  
tion or input it with the numeric buttons.  
4. Input the symbol rate of your desired transponder to the  
Symbol Rate option with the numeric buttons.  
5. Set the Polarization option to the polarization of your de-  
sired transponder.  
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6. Specify the PIDs of your desired service at the PID menu  
with the numeric buttons. PID (Packet Identifier) is a set  
of numbers that identifies transport stream packets.  
To search every service of a SMATV transponder, if the digi-  
tal receiver is connected to a SMATV, perform the following  
steps:  
1. Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name op-  
tion.  
2. Set the Search Mode option to SMATV.  
3. Choose your desired transponder at the Frequency op-  
tion or input it with the numeric buttons.  
4. Input the symbol rate of your desired transponder to the  
Symbol Rate option with the numeric buttons.  
5. Set the Polarization option to the polarization of your de-  
sired transponder.  
You can search pay services as well as free services. To search  
only free services. set the FTA/Scrambled option to FTA only.  
FTA means free service. To search only pay services, set it to  
CAS only. CAS means pay service. To search both free services  
and pay services, set it to FTA + CAS.  
To start service search, select the Service Search command.  
Then appears a list box, in which found services will be listed.  
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4.2 Searching terrestrial broadcasting services  
To perform service search, se-  
lect the Installation > Terrestrial  
Search menu.  
If you have an active antenna, you should set the Antenna  
Supply 5V option to on to supply power to the amplifier of  
your antenna. The digital receiver will supply the antenna  
with 100 milliampere at maximum.  
You should set the Search Mode option to Auto at the first ser-  
vice search after connecting the digital receiver. The digital re-  
ceiver will search all available services with automatic search  
mode. Transponder numbers range from 5 to 12 at VHF and  
21 to 69 at UHF.  
To search a certain transponder, set the Search Mode option  
to Manual, and select your desired transponder at the Channel  
option.  
You can search pay services as well as free services. To search  
only free services. set the FTA/Scrambled option to FTA only.  
FTA means free service. To search only pay services, set it to  
CAS only. CAS means pay service. To search both free services  
and pay services, set it to FTA + CAS.  
To start service search, select the Service Search command.  
Then appears a list box, in which found services will be listed.  
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search has been completed. To stop service search on the way  
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4.3 Copying services  
The digital receiver maintains separate service list with each  
tuner. If a certain service is registered on only one tuner’s ser-  
vice list, It may be impossible to watch a service and record  
two other services. You can copy entries of one tuner’s ser-  
vice list to the other tuner’s service list to avoid such inconve-  
nience.  
To copy service entries, select the Installation > Services Copy  
menu. There are three copy commands. To copy service en-  
tries of the first tuner to the second tuner’s service list, select  
the Tuner 1 to Tuner 2 command. To copy on the contrary,  
select the Tuner 2 to Tuner 1 command. To copy reciprocally,  
select the ALL command.  
4.4 Resetting to factory settings  
The digital receiver maintains the following data:  
• Satellite list  
• Service list  
• Favorite list  
• Timer list  
• Preference settings  
You can reset all data of the digital receiver. To reset all the  
data, select the Installation > Factory Setting menu, then you  
will be asked for confirmation. With the Yes reply, service en-  
tries, favorite entries and timer events will be all deleted, and  
preference options will be reset to the manufacturer’s factory  
settings.  
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Chapter 5  
Daily Usage  
5.1 Watching television  
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To switch services, press the P+ or Pbutton. Pressing  
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button switches to the previously viewed service. You can  
switch to your desired service by entering its service num-  
ber with the numeric buttons. You can also select a service  
to watch in the service list. To see the service list, press the  
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OK button.  
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The service list enumerates the  
following items:  
• Service number  
• Service name  
• Transmitting satellite  
• Transponder  
A dollar mark ($) may be marked on some entries, which  
means pay service. To watch a pay service, you need its sub-  
scription card.  
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To select your desired service, put the highlight bar on its en-  
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try with the P+ or Pbutton and press the OK button. Then  
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your selected service will be shown. Pressing the Vor V+  
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button skips over 10 entries up or down. Entering a service  
number with the numeric buttons puts the highlight bar on its  
entry.  
Pressing the  
instance, when the highlight bar is on an entry of which initial  
is B, pressing the button puts the highlight bar on the first  
button performs an alphabetic browse. For  
entry of which initial is C.  
To sort the service list by service name, press the  
button.  
Pressing this button once more makes it sorted by service num-  
ber.  
In addition, pressing the  
button displays an dialog box, in  
which you can do the followings:  
• Select your desired satellite with the Satellite option, then  
the only services provided by the selected satellite will  
be listed.  
• Select your desired tuner with the Tuner option, then the  
only services provided through the selected tuner will  
be listed.  
To browse service entries grouped by service provider,  
set the Show Provider option to On. You may regard a  
service provider as a transponder.  
To rename the current service entry, select the Rename  
command, then a keyboard appears with which you can  
enter a name.  
To prevent other family from watching the current ser-  
vice entry, set the Lock option to Locked. You have to  
enter PIN code when to watch or unlock a locked ser-  
vice.  
To delete the current service entry, select the Delete com-  
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5.1 Watching television 41  
mand, then a confirmation box appears. Once you con-  
firm with Yes, the entry will be deleted. If you want  
to add the entry to the service list as before, you have  
to perform service search again. Refer service search to  
§ 4.1.4.  
To add the current service entry into a favorite list, select  
the Add to FAV command, then the favorite list appears.  
Once you select a desired group, the entry will be added  
in it.  
You can additionally sort the service list with the Sorting  
option as follows:  
Default by service number  
Alphabetic by service name  
Satellite by satellite  
FTA–CAS from free services to pay services  
CAS–FTA from pay services to free services  
Provider by service provider  
Fav–NoFav from favorite services to unfavorite ser-  
vices.  
For how to edit the service list, refer to § 6.1.  
5.1.1 Watching favorite services  
You can select a service to watch in the favorite list as well as  
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in the service list. To display your favorite list, press the FAV  
button; then a favorite group list will be displayed. Whenever  
moving the highlight bar of the group list up or down, favorite  
services belonging to a highlighted group are listed.  
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To select a favorite service of  
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a group, press the V+ button;  
then the highlight bar of the  
favorite list becomes movable.  
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Once you select a desired entry  
with the OK button, the selected  
service will be shown. Oth-  
erwise to select another group,  
press the Vbutton; then the  
highlight bar of the group list  
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becomes movable.  
If you switch to another service after you have selected a fa-  
vorite service, it will be also another favorite service of the se-  
lected group. The digital receiver will remind you what group  
you have selected displaying its name on the right top of the  
screen whenever you switch to another service. If you wish  
you can select all services, select the All services entry in the  
favorite list.  
For how to edit the favorite list, refer to § 6.2.  
5.1.2 Viewing program information  
Pressing  
button displays the information box, in which  
you can verify the followings:  
• Service number  
• Service name  
• Transmitting satellite  
• Receiving tuner  
• Transponder information  
• Signal level and quality  
• Program name  
• Program rating  
• Program commentary  
• Broadcasting time  
• Current time  
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5.1 Watching television 43  
In addition, you might see the following symbols:  
• Subtitle symbol ( ) if subtitles are provided on the cur-  
rent program.  
Teletext symbol ( ) if teletext is provided on the current  
program.  
• Lock symbol ( ) if the current service is locked.  
• Dollar symbol ($) if the current service is a pay service.  
• Multifeed symbol (  
) if the current program is pro-  
vided in multifeed service.  
Pressing  
button once more displays detailed information  
about the current program. To hide the information box, press  
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the EXIT button.  
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5.1.3 Selecting audio track  
Some programs are provided with audio tacks of one or more  
languages. Pressing the button displays available audio  
tracks. Once you select one among them, it will be sounded.  
In addition, you could enjoy audio tracks in one of four sound  
modes: Stereo, Mono, Left or Right. However, if multifeed  
service is available at the moment, multifeed services will be  
displayed. In this case, you have to press button once more  
to select an audio track.  
5.1.4 Selecting subtitle track  
Some programs are provided with subtitle tracks of one or  
more languages. If the current program provides subtitle tracks,  
the subtitle symbol ( ) will be marked on the information  
box. Pressing the  
button displays available subtitle tracks.  
Once you select one among them, it will be displayed.  
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5.1.5 Viewing teletext  
With some programs, such profitable information as weather  
reports, news or stock quotations is provided by means of tele-  
text service. If the current program provides teletext service,  
the teletext symbol ( ) will be marked on the information  
box. Press the  
button to view teletext pages. You can  
zoom in the teletext with the yellow button, and adjust its  
transparency with the blue button. To clear the teletext screen,  
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press the EXIT button.  
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5.2 Viewing electronic program guide  
The Electronic Program Guide shows the current and sched-  
uled programs that are or will be available on each service  
with a short summary for each program.  
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Pressing the GUIDE button dis-  
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plays the electronic program  
guide, in which you can see the  
following things:  
• Scheduled programs  
• Program commentary  
• Broadcasting date  
• Broadcasting time  
To see detailed information of a desired program entry, put  
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the highlight bar on your choice with the P+ or Pbutton  
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and press  
button.  
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To switch to an other service, press the Vor V+ button.  
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To see a program guide for radio broadcasts, press the  
but-  
ton. To turn it back, press the  
button again.  
Pressing the  
button displays the program guide for each  
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5.3 Watching multifeed program 45  
service. To turn it back, press the  
button again.  
You can make a timer recording by the electronic program  
guide, for which refer to § 7.1.4.  
5.3 Watching multifeed program  
Some pay broadcasts such as sports channels would provide  
a variety of perspectives on a program at the same time. You  
can select and watch a perspective you prefer among them.  
This is called multifeed service.  
In similar method, they can also provide multiple copies of a  
program at short time intervals.  
For example, assume a movie would  
Order Starting time  
be broadcasted five times like the ta-  
1
2
3
4
5
13:00 PM  
13:15 PM  
13:30 PM  
13:45 PM  
14:00 PM  
ble on the left. Even if you have  
missed the first broadcasting, you can  
use the rest to watch the movie.  
If the current program provides multifeed service, the multi-  
feed symbol ( ) will be marked on the information box. To  
use multifeed service, press the button, then available mul-  
tifeed entries will be listed. Once you select one, it will be  
presented. At this time, you have to press the  
more to select audio tracks.  
button once  
5.4 Watching by time shift  
When you are watching a program, you can reverse and watch  
it again as if it is a recording. This function is called time shift.  
When you are watching a program using the time shift func-  
tion, it is in fact being recorded temporarily.  
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46 Daily Usage  
To use the time shift function,  
the Time Shifting option have to  
be set to Enable. Refer the Time  
Shifting option to § 3.6.  
How to use the time shift func-  
tion is as follows:  
1. Press  
button, then a time shift begins as a progress  
bar appears. The progress bar has two pointers. One  
indicates recording position, and the other indicates a  
playback position. While this bar is on display, you can  
move the program backward or forward. Pressing  
makes the progress bar appear and disappear alterna-  
tively.  
2. To nd a desired playback position, press  
button unceasingly until it is found.  
or  
3. Pressing the  
onds back.  
button reverses the program to 10 sec-  
4. To end time shift, display the progress bar with  
ton and press button.  
but-  
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5.5 Watching by picture in picture  
You can watch two services at  
the same time, one of which is  
shown in a subpicture. We call  
this picture-in-picture.  
How to use the picture-in-picture function is as follows:  
1. Press the  
button to display a subpicture, in which an-  
other service will be shown.  
2. Pressing the  
button once more minifies the subpic-  
ture, and pressing it once again hides the subpicture.  
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3. Pressing the SAT button interchanges the main-picture  
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with the subpicture. Even when you play back a record-  
ing, you can watch a live service in subpicture. How-  
ever, the picture interchange will not work in that case.  
4. Pressing  
button moves the subpicture counterclock-  
wise, and pressing  
button moves it clockwise.  
5. To display a service list for the subpicture, press  
ton.  
but-  
6. If both are pay services all, the only main-picture will be  
shown.  
NOTE  
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48 Daily Usage  
If you wish to watch two pay services by picture-in-picture,  
you should prepare a dedicated CAM that is able to descram-  
ble two pay services simultaneously.  
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Chapter 6  
Listing Services  
6.1 Editing the service list  
You would have got a service list through a service search.  
You can rename, move, lock or delete service entries in your  
service list.  
To edit your service list, se-  
lect the Organizing Satellite Ser-  
vices menu; then an editable  
service list appears.  
To perform an editing work, put the highlight bar on a desired  
command in the editing command list on the left column and  
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press the OK button. Then the highlight bar of the service list  
on the right column becomes movable, that is, you can select  
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50 Listing Services  
a service entry to edit with the selected command. To select  
another command after the command execution, press the  
button; then the highlight bar of the command list becomes  
movable. Whenever pressing the  
button, the highlight bar  
of each column becomes movable in turn.  
To edit the radio service list, press  
button; then radio ser-  
vice entries will be listed in the service list. To recall the tele-  
vision service list after editing works, press  
button again.  
To rename a service entry, select the Rename command in the  
editing command list and select a desired service entry to re-  
name in the service list; then an on-screen keyboard appears.  
For how to use the keyboard, refer to § 6.2.  
Unlike analog broadcasts, each service does not have a proper  
service number in digital broadcastings. Service numbers are  
assigned to services just in order that services get found through  
service searches. So you can reassign a service number to a  
service. Moving a service entry is the same as reassigning a  
service number. To move a service entry, select the Move com-  
mand in the editing command list and select a desired service  
entry to move in the service list; then the selected entry be-  
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comes darker. Move it to a desired place and press the OK  
button. The entry gets renumbered as it moves.  
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You can lock some services in order to restrain your children  
from watching those services. To lock a service entry, select  
the Lock command in the editing command list and select a  
desired service entry to lock in the service list. Then a lock  
symbol  
will be marked on the selected entry. If anyone  
try to watch a locked service, the person has to enter the per-  
sonal identification number that is set in the Change PIN Code  
menu. For how to set personal identification number, refer to  
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§ 3.4. Pressing the OK button on a locked entry in the service  
list unlocks it.  
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To delete a service entry, select the Delete command in the  
editing command list and select a desired service entry to delete  
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6.2 Editing the favorite list 51  
in the service list. You can select more entries to delete. After  
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your selections, pressing the EXIT button displays a confirma-  
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tion box. Once you reply with Yes on the confirmation box, the  
selected service entries will be deleted. The selected service  
entry will be If you want to undo the deleted service entries,  
you have nothing to do but perform service search again.  
Once you select the Sort command in the editing command  
list, an option list appears. You can sort the service list with an  
option of the followings:  
Default by service number  
Alphabetic by service name  
Satellite by satellite  
FTA–CAS from free services to pay services  
CAS–FTA from pay services to free services  
Provider by service provider  
Fav–NoFav from favorite services to unfavorite services.  
Transponder by transponder  
6.2 Editing the favorite list  
You can make your own favorite service list. To edit your  
favorite list, select the Organizing Favorites menu; then an ed-  
itable favorite list appears.  
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52 Listing Services  
There are a group list on the  
left column, a favorite list on the  
center column and a service list  
on the right column.  
You can add a favorite entry by performing the following steps:  
1. Put the highlight bar on a desired group entry in the  
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group list and press the OK button.  
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2. Then the highlight bar of the service list becomes mov-  
able. Put the highlight bar on a desired service entry and  
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press the OK button.  
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3. Then the selected service entry is added in the favorite  
list. You can select more entries to add.  
4. Press the  
pressing the  
button to select another group. Whenever  
button, the highlight bar of each column  
becomes movable in turn.  
You can add groups up to 30. To add a group, select the NEW  
command in the group list; then a on-screen keyboard ap-  
pears.  
You can move the highlight key horizontally  
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with the Vand V+ buttons and vertically  
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with the P+ and Pbuttons. Pressing the OK  
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button on a key enters the corresponding letter  
in the input line.  
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To type lower case letters or numerals, select the Other key. To  
delete a letter, put the cursor on a desired letter in the input  
line and select the Del key. You must select the Save key to  
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complete naming. Otherwise if you press the EXIT button, it  
will not be named.  
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To rename a group, put the highlight bar on a desired group  
entry to rename and press the  
keyboard will appear likewise.  
button; then the on-screen  
To delete a group, put the highlight bar on a desired group  
entry to delete and press the button; then a confirmation  
box appears. The selected group will be deleted with the Yes  
reply.  
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Similarly, you can delete a favorite entry with the OK button  
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in the favorite list. Besides, you can rearrange a group’s fa-  
vorites by moving a favorite entry. To move a favorite entry,  
put the highlight bar on a desired entry to move and press the  
button; then the selected entry becomes dark. Move it to a  
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desired place and press the OK button.  
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To add radio services, press  
button; then radio service en-  
tries will be listed in the service list. To recall the television  
service list after adding radio services, press  
button again.  
With your favorite service list, you can select your favorite ser-  
vices more handily. Refer to § 5.1 for more descriptions.  
6.3 Transferring receiver data  
The digital receiver retains such data as follows:  
• Service list  
• Favorite list  
• Preference settings  
It is possible to transfer receiver data to your digital receiver  
from another same digital receiver connecting them with a RS-  
232 cable.  
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54 Listing Services  
To transfer receiver data, perform the following steps:  
1. Plug one end of a RS-232 cable (9 pin D-  
sub cable) into the RS-232 port on the  
digital receiver, and the other end into  
the matching port on the other digital re-  
ceiver.  
2. Turn on both of them.  
3. Select the Installation > Transfer Firmware  
> Transfer Data to Other IRD menu.  
4. Restart the digital receiver.  
NOTE  
You had better memorize some important data such as video  
settings before starting transfer to avoid resetting them.  
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55  
Chapter 7  
Recording and Playing  
With one tuner of the digital receiver, you can record a service  
and at the same time watch another service if the two services  
are provided through a same transponder. The TF 5400 PVR  
Combo digital receiver has two tuners so that you can enjoy  
the following things:  
You can record two different services while watching  
two other different services only if two or more services  
are provided in a same transponder and the other ser-  
vices are provided in another same transponder. You  
can watch two services at the same time by the picture-  
in-picture feature in this case. For detailed descriptions  
about the picture-in-picture feature, refer to § 5.5.  
You can record two different services while watching  
one of them by the time shift feature. For detailed de-  
scriptions about the time shift feature, refer to § 5.4.  
You can record two different services while playing a  
recording back.  
• When you play and view a recording, you can view a  
service in subpicture by the picture-in-picture feature.  
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56 Recording and Playing  
7.1 Recording a program  
Once a recording is started, a recording symbol like  
the next figure will be displayed on the right top of  
the screen for a few seconds. When you are watching  
a service different from the service being recorded, you can  
view a number on the center of the symbol, which indicates  
the order that the recording is started. The outer circle of the  
recording symbol indicates progress rate.  
NOTE  
When a recording is finished, it might not be saved if its  
recording duration is less than 1 minute.  
7.1.1 Immediate recording by the remote control  
To record a program you are watching at present, press  
button.  
To pause recording, press  
button again.  
button. To resume it, press  
After a recording is started,  
pressing  
displays a record-  
ing control box like the next fig-  
ure, in which you can specify  
its duration on which it will be  
ended.  
the current recording will be stopped after the time set to the  
Duration option. If the information about the next programs  
is provided through the electronic program guide, the After  
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7.1 Recording a program 57  
this program and After next program options would be avail-  
able. Once the After this program option is selected, the cur-  
rent recording will be stopped the moment the current pro-  
gram ends; likewise, once the After next program option is se-  
lected, the current recording will be stopped the moment the  
next program ends.  
Selecting the Record pause command pauses recording. When  
you press  
button again to display the recording control  
box, the Record continue command is displayed instead. Se-  
lecting the Record continue command resumes recording.  
To stop recording, press  
but-  
ton. Then a confirmation box  
like the next figure appears,  
which shows the information of  
programs being recorded at the  
moment. Select a program you  
want to stop.  
After a recording is started, you can switch to and watch any  
other service during the recording. To record another service  
additionally, switch to a service you want to record, and press  
button.  
Once a recording is started, it is put on the recording file list  
even though it is not finished yet. The recording file is named  
after its service name with a suffix of a number. To display the  
recording file list, press  
button. For detailed description  
about the recording file list, refer to § 7.2.  
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58 Recording and Playing  
7.1.2 Recording by the recording menu  
To record a program by the  
recording menu, select the  
Recording menu.  
You can record two services at the same time. Set the Record  
No. option to distinguish two records.  
Set the Satellite option to the satellite which transmits the ser-  
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vice you want to record. Pressing the OK button on this op-  
tion displays a satellite list in which you can select your de-  
sired satellite.  
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Set the Service option to the service which provides the pro-  
gram you want. Pressing the OK button on this option dis-  
plays a service list in which you can select a desired service.  
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There are two recording start modes. To start recording im-  
mediately, set the Start Time option to Quick. If you are using  
time shift function and so you wish to record even the contents  
in the time shift buffer, set this option to Current Event.  
Set the Duration option to a time, after which your recording  
will be finished. The allowable maximum value is 23 hours  
and 55 minutes.  
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Pressing OK on the File Name option displays an on-screen  
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keyboard, with which you can specify a file name for your  
timer recording. If you do not specify anything, it will be  
named after its service name. For how to use the keyboard,  
refer to § 6.2.  
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7.1 Recording a program 59  
To start recording, select the Record Start; then, the Stop com-  
mand gets enabled. You can select that command to stop the  
recording.  
7.1.3 Making a timer recording  
You can make a program to be recorded at a specific time.  
Even If the digital receiver is off, it will be turned on and  
start recording at a time specified. The digital receiver will  
be turned off again as the recording ends.  
To make a timer recording, se-  
lect the System Setting > Timer  
Setting menu; then a timer list  
appears.  
To add a new timer entry, press the button, and then a timer  
edit box appears.  
You have to set the Record option to On to record a program.  
If this option is set to Off, the digital receiver will be turned on  
at a specified time but not record; instead, you may record a  
program with your video recorder in this case.  
If you want to record a radio program, set the Type option to  
Radio. Otherwise set to TV.  
If you record a satellite program, set the Tuner Select option  
to Satellite; otherwise, set it to Terrestrial.  
Set the Service option to the service which provides the pro-  
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gram you want. Pressing the OK button on this option dis-  
plays a service list in which you can select a desired service.  
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60 Recording and Playing  
There are 5 timer modes:  
One Time means literally ‘one time’.  
Every Day means literally ‘every day’.  
Every Weekend means ‘Saturday and Sunday per week’.  
Weekly means ‘one day per week’.  
Every Weekday means ‘from Monday to Friday per week’.  
If your favorite program is broadcasted at weekend and you  
wish to record every episode of the program, set the Mode  
option to Every Weekend.  
Set the Date option to a date, on which your program will be  
recorded. The date format is day/month/year–day of the week.  
Set the Start Time option to a time, at which your program  
will be recorded. You can enter it with the numeric buttons.  
The time format is hours:minute.  
Set the Duration option to a time, after which your recording  
will be finished.  
The allowable maximum value is 23 hours and 55 minutes.  
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Pressing OK on the File Name option displays an on-screen  
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keyboard, with which you can specify a file name for your  
timer recording. If you do not specify anything, it will be  
named after its service name. For how to use the keyboard,  
refer to § 6.2.  
To make an entry with the above settings, do press the OK  
command. otherwise it will not be made.  
You can edit or delete a timer entry in the timer list. To delete  
a timer entry, put the highlight bar on the entry you want and  
press the  
button. To edit a timer entry, put the highlight bar  
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on the entry you want and press OK button, then the timer  
edit box appears, in which you can change its timer settings.  
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7.1.4 Recording by electronic program guide  
If an electronic program guide  
is properly provided on the ser-  
vice you wish to record, you can  
set a timer recording in it by per-  
forming the following steps:  
1. Select a service you want to record.  
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2. Press the GUIDE button to display its electronic program  
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guide.  
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3. Select a program you want to record. Pressed the OK  
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button one time, P is marked up on the program entry;  
pressed once more, R is marked up. The former indi-  
cates turn-on, the latter indicates record-on.  
4. This timer recording is put on the timer list. To edit this  
timer recording, press  
button, then a timer edit box  
appears, in which you can change its timer settings.  
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7.1.5 Recording when using time shift  
While you are watching a program by time shift function, you  
can record the program by performing the following steps:  
1. Press  
button to start time shift.  
2. To nd a desired recording position, press  
button unceasingly until you find it.  
button or  
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3. Press  
button to start recording.  
4. Press  
5. Press  
button to stop time shift.  
button once more to stop recording.  
For detailed description about time shift function, refer to § 5.4.  
7.1.6 To record a pay service  
You can record programs from a pay service without its sub-  
scription card. However, you need the subscription card when  
to play back the recorded programs because they are not de-  
scrambled. So it is recommended to record them with the sub-  
scription card so that they would be descrambled. In that case  
you can enjoy them without the subscription card like ones  
from free services.  
To record a pay service’s program to be descrambled, perform  
the following steps:  
1. Select the pay program you want to record.  
2. Make sure its subscription card is inserted in the CAS  
slot on the front of the digital receiver.  
3. Start recording.  
4. Do not switch to any other service nor use time shift  
function until the program is over.  
NOTE  
If you have switched over to any other service or used time  
shift function when recording a pay program, it would be  
recorded without unscrambling from that position. Even with  
a partially descrambled recording, you need its subscription  
card to play back it.  
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7.2 File list  
In recording a program, it is stored as a file in the built-in hard  
disk of the digital receiver. You can choose and play back a  
recording file you want in the recording file list.  
In addition to the recording file list, there are MP3 file list and  
TAP file list. With the digital receiver, you can enjoy music  
or audio books of MP3 format in the same manner as playing  
back a recording file.  
Refer TAP to Chapter 8.  
To see the recording file list,  
press  
To turn to another list, press  
button or button.  
button.  
In a file list, a file entry is comprised of the following informa-  
tion: file number, file name, recording time, file size and so on.  
You are able to play back, move, delete, rename and lock a file  
entry in a file list. You are also able to sort the file entries by  
file name, recording time or file size. Moreover, you can make  
a new folder.  
To make a new folder  
To make a new folder, press  
button. Then a new folder  
named GROUP # is created. You can rename the folder in the  
same manner as renaming a file entry.  
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To move a file to another folder  
To move a file to another folder, put the highlight bar on a file  
entry you want and press button. Then a folder list ap-  
pears. Once you choose a folder in the list, the file gets moved  
to that folder.  
To delete a file  
To delete a file, put the highlight bar on a file entry you want  
and press  
button. Then a confirmation box appears. The  
selected file will be deleted with the Yes reply.  
To sort file entries  
To sort file entries, perform the following steps:  
1. Put the highlight bar on a file entry you want.  
2. Press  
button to display an option list.  
3. Set the Sorting option to Alphabetic, Time or Size as you  
want.  
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5. The file entries are sorted by the option specified.  
To rename a file  
To rename a file, perform the following steps:  
1. Put the highlight bar on a file entry you want.  
2. Press  
button to display an option list.  
3. Select the Rename menu to display an on-screen key-  
board.  
4. Enter and save a file name as you want with the key-  
board. For how to use the keyboard, refer to § 6.2.  
5. The file is renamed as specified.  
You can rename a folder in the same manner.  
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To lock a recording file  
To lock a file, perform the following steps:  
1. Put the highlight bar on a file entry you want.  
2. Press button to display an option list.  
3. To lock the file, set the Lock option to Locked.  
4. To unlock the file, set the Lock option to Unlocked.  
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5. Press the EXIT button.  
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6. A lock symbol  
is displayed on the file entry.  
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When you press the OK button on a locked file entry to play it  
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back, you must enter the personal identification number spec-  
ified in the Parental Control menu. For the Parental Control  
menu, refer to § 3.4.  
NOTE  
This function is available only in the recording file list  
7.3 Playing back a recording  
When recording a program, all of service characteristics are  
recorded as they are. So, in playing back a recording file, you  
can enjoy its audio tracks, subtitle tracks and teletext if avail-  
able.  
How to play back a recording file is as follows:  
1. Press  
button to display the recording file list.  
2. Put the highlight bar on a file entry you want to play  
back.  
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3. Press the OK button to start playback.  
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4. To stop playback, press  
button.  
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Once a playback is started, a playback symbol like  
the next figure will be displayed on the right top of  
the screen for a few seconds. The outer circle of the  
playback symbol indicates progress rate.  
During a playback, you can enjoy the following tricks:  
To see the detailed information about a recording file be-  
ing played back, press  
to display an information  
box. The information box shows its file name, broad-  
caster information, service information, duration and so  
on.  
To pause playback, press  
button.  
button. To resume it, press  
To nd a desired playback position, press  
button unceasingly until you find it.  
button or  
button  
To see the current playback position, press  
to display a progress bar. To hide the progress bar, press  
again.  
You can specify a playback position entering percent with the  
numeric buttons when the progress bar is hidden.  
7.3.1 To play back in slow motion  
To play back in slow motion, press  
button on playback.  
Whenever pressing  
button, playback speed changes in 3  
1
2
1
1
steps:  
press  
,
and times speed. To return to normal speed,  
button.  
4
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7.3.2 To play back in fast motion  
To play back in fast motion, press  
button on playback.  
Whenever pressing  
button, playback speed changes in 3  
steps: 2, 4 and 6 times speed. To return to normal speed, press  
button.  
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The digital receiver can play back not only forward but also  
backward in fast motion. To play back backward in fast mo-  
tion, press  
button. Whenever pressing  
button, play-  
back speed changes in 3 steps: 1, 2 and 3 times speed. To turn  
to forward playback, press  
button.  
7.3.3 To play back recordings in sequence  
The digital receiver can play back several recording files in  
sequence. To use this utility, perform the following steps:  
1. Press  
button to display the recording file list.  
2. Select file entries you want to play back by pressing  
button.  
3. When a file entry is selected, it is numbered.  
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4. Press the OK button to start playback after selecting all  
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of your entries.  
5. The selected recording files are played back in sequence  
that they are numbered.  
7.3.4 To make a bookmark  
You can specify a playback po-  
sition as a bookmark with  
button and jump to the posi-  
tion with  
button. You can  
make 64 bookmarks at maxi-  
mum. Bookmarks are stored  
with the recording file so that  
you can use them again after-  
wards. To use this utility, per-  
form the following steps:  
1. Start playback of a recording file you want.  
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2. To add a bookmark, press  
want.  
button at a position you  
3. To jump to a following bookmark, press  
4. To delete a bookmark, jump to the bookmark you want  
and press button.  
button.  
When there is no preset bookmark, pressing  
a jump forward 30 seconds.  
button makes  
7.3.5 To play back a recording repeatedly  
The digital receiver can play back a recording file repeatedly  
both in whole and in part.  
To play back a recording file repeatedly in whole, press  
button on condition that the progress bar is hidden. Then an  
information box with a repeat symbol  
is displayed. To  
quit the repeated playback, press button again.  
To play back a recording file repeatedly in part, perform the  
following steps:  
1. Start playback of a recording file you want.  
2. Press  
button to display a progress bar.  
3. Find one end position of a block you want to specify  
with  
button or  
button.  
4. Press  
blink.  
button at the position, then the point starts to  
5. Find the other end position.  
6. Press button at the position again, then the block  
turns to green and starts to be played back repeatedly.  
7. Press button to hide the progress bar.  
8. To withdraw the block, press  
that the progress bar is displayed.  
button on condition  
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7.3.6 To play back a scrambled recording  
If you have recorded a program from a pay service with its  
subscription card, you can play back it as freely as one from  
free service. Otherwise you need the subscription card for the  
pay service when to play back the recording file because it has  
been recorded without unscrambling.  
In the recording file list, purely green $ represents that the  
file has been recorded with being descrambled wholly; on the  
other hand, yellowish green $ represents partially descram-  
bled one, and pure yellow $ represents not descrambled one  
at all.  
Refer to § 7.1.6 for detailed descriptions about how to record a  
program from a pay service.  
7.4 Editing a recording  
7.4.1 To erase a block from a recording  
You can cut out a block such as commercial film from a record-  
ing file by performing the following steps:  
1. Start playback of a recording file you want.  
2. Press  
button to display a progress bar.  
3. Find one end position of a block you want to specify  
with  
button or  
button.  
4. Press  
button at the position, then the pointer starts  
to blink.  
5. Find the other end position.  
6. Press button at the position again, then a confirma-  
tion box appears.  
7. Select the Cut command, then the block is erased.  
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7.4.2 To store a block from a recording  
You can store a block from a recording file by performing the  
following steps:  
1. Start playback of a recording file you want.  
2. Press  
button to display a progress bar.  
3. Find one end position of a block you want to specify  
with  
button or  
button.  
4. Press  
button at the position, then the pointer starts  
to blink.  
5. Find the other end position.  
6. Press button at the position again, then a confirma-  
tion box appears.  
7. Select the Save command, then the block is stored. The  
stored file will named after its source file with a suffix of  
‘CUT’ and a number  
In addition, you can copy a recording file in whole or in part  
when playing back it.  
1. Start playback of a recording file you want.  
2. Find a desired position from which a copy will be started  
with  
button or  
button.  
3. Press  
button.  
4. Pressing  
button stops copying. The copied file will  
be named after its source file with a suffix of ‘COPY’ and  
a number.  
Once a copy is started, a copying symbol like the  
next figure will be displayed on the right top of the  
screen for a few seconds. To see copying status, press  
button. The outer circle of the copying symbol indicates  
progress rate.  
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NOTE  
If copying time is less than about 1 minute, the copying will  
not be done successfully. It is recommended not to change the  
playback speed.  
7.5 Playing a MP3  
To play a MP3 file with the digital receiver, you have to trans-  
fer your MP3 files to the digital receiver from your personal  
computer. For how to transfer your MP3 files to the digital  
receiver, refer to § 7.7.  
To play a MP3 file, perform the following steps:  
1. Press  
button, and then press  
button or  
but-  
ton to display the MP3 file list.  
2. Put the highlight bar on a file entry you want to play. If  
you want to play several files, select them with  
ton.  
but-  
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4. To see the detailed information about a MP3 file being  
played, press  
to display an information box. The  
information box shows its file name, album, artist, dura-  
tion and so on.  
5. To stop play, press  
button.  
When a MP3 file is being played, pressing linefigRepeatButton  
turns around repeat mode, symbol of which is displayed on  
the information box.  
MP3 file will be played repeatedly.  
symbol represents that the current  
symbol represents that  
all selected MP3 files will be played repeatedly in turn.  
To play all MP3 files in a subdirectory, select a desired direc-  
tory and press  
button.  
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7.6 Formatting hard disk  
To format the hard disk of the digital receiver, select the Instal-  
lation > Format Hard Disk menu.  
Formatting the hard disk will delete all files permanently. If a  
new hard disk drive is installed, it must be formatted because  
the file system of the digital receiver is different from any of  
the personal computer. You cannot use time shift and record  
functions with an unformatted hard disk.  
7.7 Transferring recording files  
It is possible to transfer recording files from the digital receiver  
to your computer via a USB cable. The file transfer program,  
Altair is needed here, which is available at the Topfield web  
site, http://www.i-topfield.com. The method is as follows:  
1. Download Altair from the Topfield web  
site.  
2. Plug one end of a USB cable into the USB  
port on the digital receiver, and the other  
end into the matching port on your com-  
puter.  
3. Turn on the digital receiver.  
4. Run Altair.  
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How to use Altair is as follows:  
1. Select a file to transfer. The left hand list box displays  
recording files in the digital receiver, and the right hand  
list box displays files in your computer.  
2. To start a transfer from the digital receiver to your com-  
puter, press the right arrow button ().  
3. To start a transfer from your computer to the digital re-  
ceiver, press the left arrow button ().  
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74 Topfield Application Program  
Chapter 8  
Topfield Application Program  
If you are good at programming with C++ language, you can  
make a program executable in the digital receiver. We call  
this Topfield Application Program (TAP). In making a TAP,  
it is recommended to use Diab compiler of Wind River, whose  
web site address is http://www.windriver.com. Some vari-  
ants of GCC compiler also might perhaps be available as a  
compiler for TAPs. You can get the Application Program In-  
terface (API) libraries for TAPs from the Topfield web site,  
Your TAPs will be run under the following conditions:  
• Their extension name is tap. If they have any other ex-  
tension name, they will be ignored.  
• They are in the Program Files folder. If they are in other  
folders, they will be ignored.  
For how to transfer your program to the digital receiver, refer  
to § 7.7.  
To run a TAP in the digital receiver, perform the following  
steps:  
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1. Press  
button to display the program file list.  
2. Place the highlight bar on a file entry you want to run.  
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3. Press the OK button to start the program.  
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4. To exit the program, press the EXIT button.  
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The figure on the left is a run-  
ning screen of a TAP, Image  
Viewer, which displays image  
files of BMP, GIF and JPG for-  
mat. This TAP is available from  
the Topfieldweb site, http://  
In the program file list, you can use a variety of file control  
functions including: renaming, sorting, deleting and so on.  
For detailed descriptions about file control functions, refer to  
§ 7.2.  
If you want a program to run automatically when the digital  
receiver starts up, move the program to the Auto Start folder.  
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Press the 0 button at start-up if you want the program not to  
run.  
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76 Firmware Update  
Chapter 9  
Firmware Update  
The digital receiver has a stable and convenient firmware to  
use. However, a new firmware may be released to improve the  
digital receiver. You can get a latest firmware and an update  
utility from the Topfield web site, http://www.i-topfield.  
com.  
You should check the firmware  
information of your digital re-  
ceiver before downloading a  
new firmware. To check the cur-  
rent information of the digital  
receiver, select the Information >  
IRD Status menu.  
NOTE  
You have to update with only the new firmware of which Sys-  
tem ID is identical to yours. otherwise you will fail in firmware  
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update.  
9.1 From a broadcaster  
You can get a new firmware from a broadcaster over the air.  
To update the firmware by this  
method, press the Installation >  
Firmware Upgrade menu.  
Selecting the Start command  
starts firmware update  
On the left table is presented  
Satellite  
Frequency  
Symbol Rate 22000 KS/s  
Polarity  
PID  
Astra  
12603 MHz  
the transponder information  
appointed by the manufac-  
turer Topfield for firmware  
update.  
Horizontal  
347  
This transponder information can be changed. You can get the  
information at the Topfield web site, http://www.i-topfield.  
com.  
9.2 From your computer via USB port  
You can transfer a new firmware to the digital receiver from  
your computer connecting them with a USB cable. You need  
TFDN USB, the firmware transfer utility for this, which is avail-  
able at the Topfield web site, http://www.i-topfield.com.  
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To update the firmware with this method, perform the follow-  
ing steps:  
1. Download a new firmware applicable to  
the digital receiver from the Topfield web  
site.  
2. Plug one end of a USB cable into the USB  
port on the digital receiver, and the other  
end into the matching port on your com-  
puter.  
3. Turn on the digital receiver.  
4. Run TFDN USB.  
How to use TFDN USB is as follows:  
1. Press the Find button to select the  
new firmware file.  
2. Press the Download button to start  
the file transfer.  
3. Press the Stop button to cancel the  
file transfer.  
4. Restart the digital receiver.  
9.3 From your computer via RS-232 port  
It is possible to transfer a new firmware to the digital receiver  
from your computer connecting them with a RS-232 cable. You  
need TFD-Down, the firmware transfer utility for this, which  
is available at the Topfield web site, http://www.i-topfield.  
com.  
To update the firmware with this method, perform the follow-  
ing steps:  
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1. Download a new firmware applicable to  
the digital receiver from the Topfield web  
site.  
2. Plug one end of a RS-232 cable (9 pin D-  
sub cable) into the RS-232 port on the  
digital receiver, and the other end into the  
matching port on your computer.  
3. Turn on the digital receiver.  
4. Run TFD-Down.  
How to use TFD-Down is as follows:  
1. Press Find button to select the new  
firmware file.  
2. Press Download button to start the file  
transfer.  
3. Press Stop button to cancel the file transfer.  
4. Restart the digital receiver.  
9.4 From another digital receiver via RS-232 port  
It is possible to transfer a new firmware to the digital receiver  
from another same digital receiver connecting them with a RS-  
232 cable.  
To update the firmware with this method, perform the follow-  
ing steps:  
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1. Plug one end of a RS-232 cable (9 pin D-  
sub cable) into the RS-232 port on the  
digital receiver, and the other end into  
the matching port on the other digital re-  
ceiver.  
2. Turn on both of them.  
3. Select the Installation > Transfer Firmware  
> Transfer Firmware to Other IRD menu.  
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81  
Index  
16:9, 21  
Button, 5  
16:9 Display Format, 22  
1st Audio Language, 19  
1st Subtitle Language, 19  
22 kHz, 31  
C band, 29  
CAM, 8  
CAS, 36, 37  
CAS only, 36, 37  
CAS–FTA, 41, 51  
Censorship, 26  
2nd Audio Language, 19  
2nd Subtitle Language, 19  
4:3, 22  
Center Extract, 22  
Change PIN Code, 26  
Channel, 37  
A/V Output Setting, 20  
Access Control, 26  
Add to FAV, 41  
Advanced, 35  
After next program, 57  
After this program, 57  
ALL, 38  
CI, 8  
Common Interface, 8  
Current Event, 58  
Cut, 69  
Date, 60  
Alphabetic, 41, 51, 64  
Altair, 72, 73  
ANT, 11, 13  
Antenna Supply 5V, 37  
Astra, 77  
Default, 41, 51  
Delete, 40, 50  
Diab, 74  
DiSEqC, 31  
DiSEqC 1.0, 31  
DiSEqC 1.1, 31  
DiSEqC Command Mode, 32  
Download, 78, 79  
Duration, 56, 60  
DVB, 1  
AUDIO L, 15  
AUDIO L/R, 12  
AUDIO R, 15  
Auto, 35, 37  
Auto Start, 75  
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82 INDEX  
Electronic Program Guide, 44  
Electronic program guide, 2  
Every Day, 60  
Every Weekday, 60  
Every Weekend, 60  
LNB IN, 11, 13  
LNB Power, 31  
LNB Setting, 30  
Local Time, 24  
Local Time Setting, 24  
Lock, 40, 50, 65  
Locked, 65  
Factory Setting, 38  
Fav–NoFav, 41, 51  
File Name, 58, 60  
Find, 78, 79  
Firmware Upgrade, 77  
folder list, 64  
Manual, 35, 37  
MediaHighway, 27  
MediaHighway, 28  
MediaHighway EPG, 28  
Menu Language, 18  
Mini A, 31  
Format Hard Disk, 72  
Frequency, 32, 3436  
FTA, 36, 37  
Mode, 24, 60  
FTA + CAS, 36, 37  
FTA only, 36, 37  
FTA–CAS, 41, 51  
FTA/Scrambled, 36, 37  
mono, 23  
Motor Control, 32, 33  
Motorized DiSEqC 1.2, 32  
Motorized DiSEqC 1.3, 33  
Move, 34, 50  
Movement, 32  
multifeed, 45  
GCC, 74  
GMT, 24  
Goto, 32  
Goto the position, 34  
My Latitude, 33  
My Longitude, 33  
Home Transponder, 28  
NEW, 52  
No block, 26  
normal-screen television, 22  
NTSC, 20  
IF OUT, 11  
Info Box Display Time, 27  
Info Box Position, 27  
information box, 42  
IRD Status, 76  
on-screen keyboard, 52  
One Time, 60  
option list, 64  
Ku band, 30  
Organizing Favorites, 51  
Organizing Satellite Services,  
Language Setting, 18  
Letter Box, 22  
LNB, 30  
OSD Transparency, 27  
Other, 30  
LNB Frequency, 30, 31  
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PAL, 20  
satellite list, 30  
Parental Control, 26, 65  
personal identification number,  
Satellite Name, 28, 30, 32, 33,  
Save, 70  
picture-in-picture, 47  
PID, 36  
Search Mode, 3537  
Service, 58, 59  
service list, 39  
Service Search, 34, 36, 37  
Services Copy, 38  
Show Provider, 40  
Size, 64  
PID, 36  
PIN, 26  
Polarization, 35, 36  
program file list, 75  
Program Files, 74  
progress bar, 66  
Provider, 41, 51  
SMATV, 34  
SMATV, 36  
Sort, 51  
Quick, 58  
Sorting, 41, 64  
Sound Mode, 23  
Start, 77  
Start Time, 58, 60  
stereo, 23  
Radio, 59  
radio service list, 50  
Record, 59  
Record continue, 57  
Record No., 58  
Record pause, 57  
Record Start, 59  
Recording, 58  
recording file list, 63  
Rename, 40, 50, 64  
RF Channel, 23  
RF IN, 12, 16  
Stop, 59, 78, 79  
Store, 33  
subtitle, 43  
Symbol Rate, 35, 36  
System ID, 76  
System Setting, 27  
TAP, 74  
tap, 74  
RF LOOP OUT, 11  
RF OUT, 12, 16, 23  
RF Output, 23  
teletext, 44  
television service list, 50, 53  
Terrestrial Search, 37  
TFD-Down, 78, 79  
TFDN USB, 77, 78  
Time, 64  
time format, 24  
Time Offset, 24  
Time Setting, 26  
time shift, 45  
RS-232, 12, 54, 79, 80  
S-VIDEO, 12, 14  
S/PDIF, 12  
S/PIDF, 15  
Satellite, 40, 41, 51, 58  
Satellite Angle, 34  
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84 INDEX  
Time Shifting, 27, 46  
timer list, 59  
Timer Setting, 59  
Total block, 26  
Transfer Data to Other IRD, 54  
Transfer Firmware to Other IRD,  
Transponder, 32, 34, 51  
transponder, 1  
Tuner, 40  
Tuner 1 to Tuner 2, 38  
Tuner 2 to Tuner 1, 38  
Tuner Select, 28, 59  
TV, 12, 14, 59  
TV Aspect Ratio, 21, 22  
TV Type, 20  
Type, 59  
Unlocked, 65  
USALS, 33  
USALS Setting, 33  
USB, 12, 72, 78  
User, 32  
VCR, 12, 16  
VCR Scart Type, 21  
VIDEO, 11, 13, 15  
Video Output, 21  
Weekly, 60  
wide-screen television, 21  
Wind River, 74  
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Correct disposal of this product  
This marking shown on the product or its literature indicates that it should  
not be disposed with other household wastes at the end of its working life.  
To prevent possible harm to the environment or human health from uncon-  
trolled waste disposal, please separate this from other types of wastes and  
recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources.  
Household users should contact either the retailer where they purchased  
this product or their local government office for details of where and how  
they can dispose this product for environmentally safe recycling.  
Business users should contact their supplier and check the terms and condi-  
tions of the purchase contract. This product should not be mixed with other  
commercial wastes for disposal.  
Topfield continues to improve the digital receiver which this guide explains. So some ex-  
planations and illustrations in this guide could be different from the real digital receiver.  
Copyright © 2006, Topfield Co., Ltd.  
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110T-F9115-201-0 Rev.1  
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