Topfield Satellite TV System TF 6000 PVR ES User Manual
TOPFIELD  
TF 6000 PVR ES  
User Guide  
Digital Satellite Receiver  
Personal Video Recorder  
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Contents  
1
Introduction  
1.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
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5
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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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Setup  
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2.1 Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
2.2 Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
2.3 Rear panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11  
2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12  
2.4.1 Connecting the antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13  
2.4.2 Connecting to your television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14  
2.4.3 Connecting to your video cassette recorder . . . . . . . 17  
2.5 Switching on for the first time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17  
2.5.1 Inserting batteries in the remote control . . . . . . . . . 17  
2.5.2 Powering on and checking picture . . . . . . . . . . . . 18  
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Preference Settings  
19  
3.1 Language settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19  
3.2 Video and audio settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21  
3.2.1 Television standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21  
3.2.2 Colour model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21  
3.2.3 Video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22  
3.2.4 Television aspect ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22  
3.2.5 High definition television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23  
3.2.6 Video scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24  
3.2.7 Audio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24  
3.3 Local time setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24  
3.4 Parental control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25  
3.5 Adjusting the on-screen display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28  
3.6 To turn on the time shift feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28  
3.7 To use MediaHighway programme guide . . . . . . . . . . . . 28  
4
Service Search  
30  
4.1 Searching broadcasting services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30  
4.1.1 Configuring LNB settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30  
4.1.2 Configuring DiSEqC 1.2 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33  
4.1.3 Configuring USALS settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34  
4.1.4 Searching services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36  
4.2 Copying services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38  
4.3 Resetting to factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39  
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Daily Usage  
40  
5.1 Volume control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40  
5.2 Watching television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40  
5.2.1 The services list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40  
5.2.2 The favourite services list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43  
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5.2.3 Viewing programme information . . . . . . . . . . . . 44  
5.2.4 Selecting audio tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45  
5.2.5 Selecting subtitle tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45  
5.2.6 Viewing teletext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45  
5.3 Viewing electronic programme guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46  
5.4 Watching multifeed programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47  
5.5 Using time shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47  
5.6 Using picture in picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49  
6
Listing Services  
50  
6.1 Editing the services list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50  
6.2 Editing the favourite list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52  
6.3 How to use on-screen keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54  
6.4 Transferring receiver data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54  
6.5 Editing channel data on your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55  
6.5.1 Editing satellite and transponder list . . . . . . . . . . 57  
6.5.2 Editing television and radio services list . . . . . . . . 59  
6.5.3 Editing favourite list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60  
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Recording and Playing  
62  
7.1 Recording a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63  
7.1.1 Instant recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63  
7.1.2 Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65  
7.1.3 Scheduling recordings using the programme guide . . 68  
7.1.4 Recording a time-shifted programme . . . . . . . . . . 68  
7.1.5 Recording a pay service programme . . . . . . . . . . . 69  
7.2 File archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70  
7.2.1 To delete a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70  
7.2.2 To sort recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70  
7.2.3 To lock a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71  
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7.2.4 To rename a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71  
7.2.5 To make a new folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71  
7.2.6 To move a recording to another folder . . . . . . . . . . 71  
7.3 Playing back a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72  
7.3.1 To navigate using the progress bar . . . . . . . . . . . . 72  
7.3.2 To play in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73  
7.3.3 To play in fast motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73  
7.3.4 To make a bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74  
7.3.5 To play back a recording repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . 74  
7.3.6 To play back recordings in sequence . . . . . . . . . . . 75  
7.3.7 To play back a scrambled recording . . . . . . . . . . . 75  
7.4 Copying a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76  
7.5 MP3 playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76  
7.6 Transferring recording files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77  
7.7 Formatting the hard disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79  
8
Accessing to The Digital Receiver via The Internet  
80  
8.1 Configuring the router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81  
8.1.1 To access within the local area network . . . . . . . . . 81  
8.1.2 To access on the level of the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . 82  
8.2 Configuring the network settings on the digital receiver . . . . 84  
8.3 Accessing the web server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85  
8.4 Accessing the FTP server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87  
9
Topfield Application Program  
89  
91  
10 Firmware Update  
10.1 Checking the firmware information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91  
10.2 From your computer via USB port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92  
10.3 From your computer via RS-232 port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93  
10.4 From another digital receiver via RS-232 port . . . . . . . . . . 93  
10.5 Over the air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94  
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Index  
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Chapter 1  
Introduction  
The TF 6000 PVR ES digital receiver is fully compliant with the  
international Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard, and  
thus is able to receive digital broadcasts of that standard. For  
its operation you need an antenna, which must be installed  
appropriately.  
NOTE  
In general we equate a channel with a frequency. Unlike ana-  
logue broadcasts, however, digital broadcasts are not all as-  
signed to their own frequencies; instead, multiple television  
broadcasts are transmitted through a single frequency. The fre-  
quency in digital broadcasting is usually called transponder. To  
reduce confusion in this manual, the word service is preferably  
used than channel as a term to indicate one television or radio  
broadcast.  
1.1 Features  
The TF 6000 PVR ES digital receiver has the following features:  
•
Supports DiSEqC 1.0, DiSEqC 1.1, DiSEqC 1.2 and US-  
ALS.  
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• Can store up to 5000 television and radio services.  
• You can edit the services list.  
•
•
You can create favourite lists of your favourite services.  
You can view information about the current television or  
radio programme.  
•
•
Has an electronic programme guide that provides an  
overview of scheduled programmes.  
You can update the firmware of the digital receiver to the  
latest version which would be provided by the manufac-  
turer.  
•
•
You can record one broadcasting service while you are  
currently watching another.  
The large storage capacity of the built-in hard disk drive  
allows you to record up to about 60 hours of television  
—in case of 250 gigabytes— in excellent picture and sound  
quality.  
•
Time shift is a special technical feature available on the  
TF 6000 PVR ES. You can pause the programme you are  
watching and resume it again at a later time. Then  
you can quickly go to whatever part of the current pro-  
gramme by fast foward or backward search.  
1.2 Controlling the digital receiver  
You can operate the digital receiver with the remote control  
and the buttons on the front panel.  
NOTE  
When the digital receiver is off but plugged into a wall outlet,  
we say that it is in standby mode; on the other hand, when it is  
on, it is in operation mode. Even when you are not using the  
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1.2 Controlling the digital receiver  
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digital receiver, you should keep it plugged into a wall outlet  
to be in standby mode so that it can run timer events at any  
time.  
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1.2.1 The front panel  
The front panel of the digital receiver has buttons to control the  
digital receiver, and specific lamps and a display to indicate its  
status. The following indicates what they mean.  
MENU  
OK  
CHANNEL  
VOLUME  
button switches the digital receiver between standby  
mode and operation mode.  
Front display displays the current time in standby mode,  
and displays the current service in operation mode.  
MENU button displays the main menu. It is also used to  
return to the previous menu from a submenu.  
OK button displays the services list. See  
§
5.2.1 for more  
details. It is also used to select a menu item.  
CHANNEL  
,
buttons switch to previous or next service.  
They are also used to navigate in menus and interactive  
screens.  
VOLUME  
,
buttons decrease or increase the volume.  
They are also used to change values for menu options.  
Pull the right edge of the front panel to open the flap. You have  
to insert your subscription card into the front slot to watch pay  
services.  
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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.  
1
15  
14  
18  
2
ꢀ
is used to set a sleep timer.  
3
ꢀ
,
buttons decrease or increase the  
volume. They are also used to change  
values for menu options.  
10  
13  
4
ꢀ
mutes the sound. Press again to  
switch it back on.  
11  
12  
20  
17  
3
5
ꢀ
,
buttons switch to previous or  
next service. They are also used to  
navigate in menus and interactive  
screens.  
21  
32  
9
34  
35  
6
ꢀ
switches between the current ser-  
vice and the previously viewed one.  
33  
27  
26  
28  
25  
24  
29  
7
ꢀ
Numeric buttons are used to enter a  
service number for service change or  
to specify values for menu options.  
£
22  
23  
19  
30  
16  
37  
36  
31  
8
ꢀ
OK  
displays the services list. See  
¢
¡
2
§
5.2.1 for more details. It is also used  
to select a menu item.  
£
9
ꢀ
FAV  
displays the favourite lists.  
¢
¡
10  
ꢀ
displays the service information  
box. It is also used to display more  
information about a programme.  
11  
ꢀ
is used to select an audio track and a sound mode, or  
a video track of multifeed programme.  
12  
ꢀ
is used to select a subtitle track.  
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13  
ꢀ
displays teletext.  
£
¢
14  
ꢀ
V.Format  
changes video resolution. See  
§
3.2.5 for more  
¡
details.  
£
15  
ꢀ
A/R  
changes aspect ratio. See § 3.2.4 for more details.  
¢
¡
16  
ꢀ
switches between television services and radio ser-  
vices.  
£
17  
ꢀ
GUIDE  
displays the electronic programme guide.  
¢
¡
£
18  
ꢀ
AUX  
switches the output of the TV SCART socket be-  
¢
¡
tween the digital receiver and the device connected to  
the VCR SCART socket. See § 3.2.3 for more details.  
£
19  
ꢀ
SAT  
displays the satellites list with their services list. It is  
¢
¡
also used to swap the sub-picture with the main picture.  
See § 5.6 for more details.  
£
20  
ꢀ
MENU  
displays the main menu. It is also used to return  
¢
¡
to the previous menu from a submenu.  
£
21  
ꢀ
EXIT  
is used to exit the current screen.  
¢
¡
22  
ꢀ
is used to start recording.  
23  
ꢀ
is used to stop playback, to stop recording, or to jump  
back to live television from time-shifted television.  
24  
ꢀ
is used to display the list of recorded programmes  
that are stored on the internal hard disk drive. See  
for more details.  
§
7.2  
25  
ꢀ
resumes normal playback speed, or displayes the  
progress bar for navigation on playback or time shift. To  
play a recorded programme, see button 24.  
26  
ꢀ
pauses live television or playback of a recorded pro-  
gramme.  
27  
ꢀ
is used to start reverse playback. Subsequent presses  
increase the rewind speed.  
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1.2 Controlling the digital receiver  
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28  
ꢀ
is used to start fast motion playback. Subsequent  
presses increase the playback speed.  
29  
ꢀ
is used to start slow motion playback. Subsequent  
presses change the playback speed.  
30  
ꢀ
changes the position of sub-picture counterclockwise.  
It is also used to jump back to beginnng of recording  
during a playback.  
31  
ꢀ
changes the position of sub-picture clockwise. It is  
also used to jump to end of recording during a playback.  
£
32  
ꢀ
F1  
is used to display, minify or hide the sub-picture. See  
¢
¡
§ 5.6 for information about picture-in-picture.  
£
33  
ꢀ
F2  
is used to make a bookmark during playback or time  
¢
¡
shift.  
£
34  
ꢀ
F3  
is used to jump to next bookmark position or to jump  
¢
¡
forward 30 seconds.  
£
35  
ꢀ
F4  
is used to jump back 20 seconds for an instant replay.  
¢
¡
36  
ꢀ
displays the services list for sub-picture. It is also used  
to specify a block for editing or for repeated playback.  
£
37  
ꢀ
M
is not used in this model.  
¢ ¡  
£
£
£
£
F1 F2 F3 F4  
The  
,
,
,
and  
buttons have additional different  
¢
¡¢ ¡¢ ¡¢  
¡
functions per menu besides their own function. They will be  
guided by 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 belong-  
ing with the scrambling system.  
Common Interface (CI) is the slot on a digitial  
receiver into which a conditional access module  
may be insterted. The front of the digital receiver  
has two common interfaces.  
To watch a pay service, you should take the following steps:  
1. Purchase a conditional access module and a subscription  
card for the pay service you want to watch.  
2. Insert the subscription card into the conditional access  
module.  
3. Insert the conditional access module into a common in-  
terface on the front of the digital receiver.  
To view the information about  
the module and subscription  
card which is inserted into the  
digital receiver, select the In-  
formation  
>
Common Interface  
menu. You should see a screen  
like the left figure.  
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Chapter 2  
Setup  
2.1 Unpacking  
Before going any further, check that you have received the  
following items with your digital receiver.  
• Remote control unit  
• Two batteries for the remote control (AAA 1.5 V)  
• A copy of this user guide  
NOTE  
Accessories may vary according to your local area.  
2.2 Safety precautions  
Please read carefully the following safety precautions.  
•
The mains power must be 90 to 250 volts. Check it before  
connecting the digital receiver to the wall outlet. For  
the power consumption of the digital receiver, refer to  
Table 2.1.  
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•
•
The wall outlet should be near the equipment. Do not  
run an extension lead to the unit.  
Do not expose the digital receiver to any moisture. The  
digital receiver is designed for use indoors only. Use dry  
cloth when cleaning the digital receiver.  
• Place the digital receiver on a firm and level surface.  
•
Do not place the digital receiver close to heat emitting  
units or in direct sunlight, as this will impair cooling.  
Do not lay any objects such as magazines on the digi-  
tal receiver. When placed in a cabinet, make sure there  
is a minimum space of 10 centimetres around it. For  
the physical specification of the digital receiver, refer to  
Table 2.2.  
•
•
Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched.  
If the cord is damaged, do not use the digital receiver  
and get the cord replaced.  
Never open the digital receiver casing under any circum-  
stances, or the warranty will be void.  
• Refer all servicing to a qualified service technician.  
Table 2.1: Power specifications  
Input voltage  
90 to 250 V AC, 50/60 Hz  
Power consumption 45 W at maximum in operation  
8 W in standby  
Table 2.2: Physical specifications  
Size  
Weight  
380× 60× 265 mm  
4.3 kg  
Operating temperature  
Storage relative humidity  
0 to 45 °C  
5 to 90 %  
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2.3 Rear panel connections  
The TF 6000 PVR ES has a wide range of connections on the  
back.  
1
3
5
9
7
VIDEO  
TV  
LNB  
1
IN  
LNB  
2
IN  
L
S/PDIF  
R
LNB  
1
OUT  
LNB  
2
OUT  
AUDIO  
S-VIDEO  
VCR  
LAN  
USB  
RS-232  
8
6
14  
10  
2
4
11 12 13  
Check what connections your television set has in comparison  
with the digital receiver.  
1
ꢀ
LNB 1 IN Satellite broadcasting signal input socket for  
the first tuner.  
2
ꢀ
LNB 1 OUT Satellite broadcasting signal output socket  
through the first tuner.  
3
ꢀ
LNB 2 IN Satellite broadcasting signal input socket for  
the second tuner.  
4
ꢀ
LNB 2 OUT Satellite broadcasting signal output socket  
through the second tuner.  
5
ꢀ
VIDEO  
Composite video output socket for the televi-  
sion set. (yellow)  
6
ꢀ
AUDIO L/R Stereo audio output socket for the television  
set or the audio system. (white/red)  
7
ꢀ
S/PDIF  
Dolby digital output socket for the audio sys-  
tem.  
8
ꢀ
S-VIDEO Super video output socket for the television  
set.  
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9
ꢀ
TV  
Audio and video output socket for the televi-  
sion set.  
10  
ꢀ
VCR  
Audio and video input/output socket for the  
video cassette recorder or suchlike.  
11  
ꢀ
LAN  
Local area network port. See Chapter 8.  
12  
ꢀ
HDMI  
Audio and video output socket for the high  
definition television set.  
13  
ꢀ
USB  
USB port for firmware update and data trans-  
fer.  
14  
ꢀ
RS-232  
Serial port for firmware update and data  
transfer.  
Table 2.3: Connectors specifications  
VIDEO  
AUDIO  
S-VIDEO  
RGB  
Composite video (CVBS) output  
Left & right audio output  
Super video (S-Video) output  
Component video (RGB) output  
CVBS/S-Video/RGB/YUV video output  
Left & right audio output  
TV  
VCR  
CVBS video output  
Left & right audio output  
CVBS/S-Video/RGB/YUV video input for bypass  
Left & right audio input for bypass  
High definition video output  
Left & right audio output  
HDMI  
Dolby digital audio output  
Dolby digital audio output  
115.2 kbps at maximum  
S/PDIF  
RS-232  
USB  
2.0  
2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver  
There are several ways to set up the digital receiver. Set up the  
digital receiver suitably to your television and other appliances.  
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If you have any problem with your setup or need help, contact  
your dealer.  
2.4.1 Connecting the antenna  
Whatever sort of connection you have be-  
tween the digital receiver and the television,  
you need to connect the digital receiver to  
your television antenna so that it can receive  
digital television services.  
Connect the antenna cable to the LNB 1 IN  
connector on the back panel of the digital  
receiver.  
Also, you must ensure that there is a con-  
nection to both the LNB 1 IN and LNB 2 IN  
connectors on your digital receiver, so that  
both tuners work properly.  
Normally you do that by using a loop cable to link from the  
LNB 1 OUT connector to the LNB 2 IN connector.  
If you have two antennas without DiSEqC switch, then you  
have to connect a cable from the other antenna directly to the  
LNB 2 IN connector rather than using the loop cable. If you  
have another digital receiver, you may link it from the LNB 2  
OUT connector.  
NOTE  
The digital receiver can supply a current of 500 milliampere at  
maximum for antenna devices including LNB, DiSEqc switch  
and antenna rotor through each antenna input connection sep-  
arately but not simultaneously. If there are too many antenna  
devices to be supplied with power through antenna input con-  
nections simultaneously for a long time, your LNBs may lack  
power to operate. So it is recommended to link the LNB 1 OUT  
connector to the LNB 2 IN connector with a loop cable even  
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though the digital receiver is designed to operate over two  
antennas alternatively.  
NOTE  
Perhaps you are expecting that the satellite antenna could si-  
multaneouly catch all frequencies coming from a satellite and  
send them to the digital receiver. However, the satellite an-  
tenna only sends the frequencies that it can catch with the LNB  
frequency and polarisation specified by the digital receiver. So  
if you have linked from the LNB 1 OUT connector to the LNB 2  
IN connector, you would have some limitations in using some  
features such as dual recording. Likewise, if you have another  
digital receiver linked from the LNB 2 OUT connector, you can  
only use it limitedly. See § 4.1 for more details.  
2.4.2 Connecting to your television  
Between all the following connectors of the digital receiver, we  
recommend you to use the first connector to get best picture  
quality. If your television does not have the matching connector,  
then use the next connector in the following order for better  
picture quality.  
1. HDMI connector (HDMI)  
2. SCART connector (TV)  
3. S-Video connector (S-VIDEO)  
4. Composite connector (VIDEO)  
You should configure audio and video settings after connecting  
up the digital receiver. See § 3.2 for detailed description.  
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To use the HDMI connector  
If you have a high definition television set,  
you should use a HDMI cable for best re-  
sults. Plug one end of the cable into the HDMI  
socket on the digital receiver, and plug the  
other end into the matching socket on your  
television. In this case, you do not have to  
make audio connections because the HDMI  
connector can output stereo audio or Dolby  
digital audio.  
To use the SCART connector  
For best results with a standard television set,  
you should use a SCART cable. Plug one end  
the cable into the TV socket on the digital  
receiver, and plug the other end into a free  
SCART socket on your television.  
Some televisions have inputs via S-Video or  
Component connectors rather than SCART.  
If you have such a television, use an appropriate conversion ca-  
ble 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 use a conversion cable, such as  
SCART-to-Component, you have to make audio connections.  
NOTE  
You cannot view high definition video with the SCART connec-  
tor.  
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To use the S-Video connector  
NOTE  
You cannot view high definition video with  
the S-Video connector.  
You will need to obtain a S-Video cable to use  
the S-Video connector. Plug one end of the  
cable into the S-VIDEO socket on the digi-  
tal receiver, and plug the other end into the  
matching socket on your television.  
To use the composite video connector  
NOTE  
You cannot view high definition video with  
the composite video connector.  
You will need to obtain a composite video  
cable (RCA cable) to use the composite video  
connector. Plug one end of the cable into the  
VIDEO (yellow) socket on the digital receiver,  
and plug the other end into the matching  
socket on your television.  
To connect the audio connectors  
You will need to obtain an audio cable (RCA  
cable) to connect the audio connectors. Plug  
one end of the cable into the AUDIO L (white)  
and AUDIO R (red) sockets on the digital re-  
ceiver, and plug the other end into the match-  
ing sockets on your television or audio sys-  
tem.  
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To enjoy Dolby digital audio, your televi-  
sion or audio system must be able to decode  
Dolby digital audio, and you will need to  
obtain a S/PDIF cable. Plug one end of  
the cable into the S/PDIF socket on the digi-  
tal receiver, and plug the other end into the  
matching socket on your audio system.  
2.4.3 Connecting to your video cassette recorder  
The digital receiver can also output video to another appliance  
such as a video cassette recorder or video receiver through an  
auxiliary SCART connector.  
You will need to obtain a SCART cable to  
use the auxiliary SCART connector. Plug one  
end of the cable into the VCR socket on the  
digital receiver, and plug the other end into  
the matching socket on your video cassette  
recorder or suchlike.  
2.5 Switching on for the first time  
Now that you have your digital receiver connected, you should  
plug it in to a mains socket. Ensure that your television set is  
turned on, so that you will be able to see the display from the  
digital receiver.  
2.5.1 Inserting batteries in the remote control  
To insert the batteries, open the battery compartment by remov-  
ing the lid, and then insert the batteries observing the polarity,  
which is marked on the base of the battery compartment.  
If the digital receiver no longer reacts properly to remote con-  
trol commands, the batteries may be flat. Be sure to remove  
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used batteries. The manufacturer accepts no liability for the  
damage resulting from leaking batteries.  
NOTE  
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.  
2.5.2 Powering on and checking picture  
Now, press the  
trol.  
button in top left corner on the remote con-  
If you do not see a picture, check that the television is set to the  
correct input.  
If the picture is good, you can skip to  
§
4.1 to search for the  
available television and radio services. Otherwise, you may  
need to temporarily connect the composite video connector  
(VIDEO) to your television set so that you can see the on-screen  
menus in order to configure the video settings.  
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Chapter 3  
Preference Settings  
3.1 Language settings  
You can select the language in  
which the menu would be dis-  
played. In addition to that, you  
can select which language of au-  
dio track and of subtitle track  
should be output.  
Select the System Setting  
>
Lan-  
guage Setting menu. You should  
see a screen like the left figure.  
Menu language  
The digital receiver supports many menu languages: Dutch,  
English, German, French, Italian, Russian, Turkish and so forth.  
Set the Menu Language option to your desired language. Once  
you select a language, the menu will be immediately displayed  
in the selected language.  
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Subtitle language  
Set the 1st Subtitle Language option and the 2nd Subtitle Lan-  
guage option to your desired languages. When you watch a  
programme, if the programme has a subtitle track of the lan-  
guage that is designated for the 1st Subtitle Language, it will be  
displayed. If the first language is not available but the second  
language is available, the subtitle of the second language 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 § 5.2.5 for detailed description.  
Audio language  
Set the 1st Audio Language option and the 2nd Audio Lan-  
guage option to your desired languages. When you watch a  
programme, if the programme has an audio track of the lan-  
guage that is designated for the 1st Audio Language, it will  
be output. If the first language is not available but the second  
language is available, the audio of the second language will be  
output.  
Apart from this setting, you can select an audio track with the  
button. See § 5.2.4 for detailed description.  
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3.2 Video and audio settings  
You have to configure the video  
and audio settings appropriately  
to your television set and other  
appliances.  
Select the System Setting  
>
A/V Output Setting menu. You  
should see a screen like the left  
figure.  
3.2.1 Television standard  
The digital receiver supports two television standards. One  
is PAL standard, and the other is NTSC standard. PAL was  
adopted in European countries while NTSC is adopted in USA,  
Canada, Mexico and so forth.  
If you have a PAL television, you have to set the TV Type  
option to PAL. In that case, if you switch to a service of the  
NTSC standard, the digital receiver will presents the pictures  
converting into the PAL standard. However, it is inevitable to  
lose a little picture quality. Likewise, the contrary case brings  
about the same result.  
The best thing is to watch PAL services with a PAL television  
and to watch NTSC services with a NTSC television. However,  
a multi television set is able to process both of them. So if  
you have a multi television set, you had better set the TV Type  
option to Multi. Then the digital receiver will present pictures  
without standard conversion.  
3.2.2 Colour model  
Through the TV SCART connector, the digital receiver is able  
to output video in various colour models. If you have the  
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digital receiver linked to your television via this connector, you  
should set the SCART Output option to your desired colour  
model. If you have connected via the RCA connector labeled  
VIDEO on the back panel, you do not have to set this option  
because the digital receiver outputs CVBS video through the  
RCA connector independent of the SCART connector.  
However, if you have connected via the S-VIDEO connector,  
you have to set this option to S-Video because the output  
through S-Video connector comes from the SCART interface.  
It is known in general that the RGB colour model provides the  
best video quality with little difference from the YUV colour  
model but the CVBS colour model does the least. So RGB  
would be most desirable for this option.  
3.2.3 Video cassette recorder  
You can have the digital receiver linked to your video cassette  
recorder or such an appliance via the VCR SCART connector. In  
that case, the digital receiver will operate differently depending  
on the setting of the VCR Scart Type option. If the option is  
set to Standard, the digital receiver will pass the video from  
the video cassette recorder to your television when it starts  
playback. But if the option is set to External A/V, the digital  
receiver will not pass the video automatically. To pass it, you  
£
AUX  
have to press the  
button.  
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NOTE  
It is impossible for the digital receiver to record 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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3.2 Video and audio settings 23  
Otherwise, if you have a normal-screen television, set the TV  
Aspect Ratio option to 4:3.  
You cannot fully enjoy wide-screen programmes 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 programmes in the shape like the centre  
figure, set the 16:9 Display Format option to Letter Box. Wide-  
screen pictures then will be reduced to fit to the width of the  
normal screen. Otherwise, to watch them in the shape like the  
right figure, set it to Center extract. Wide-screen pictures then  
will be cut out on the left and right sides equally to fit to the  
width of the normal screen.  
3.2.5 High definition television  
The digital receiver supports various video resolutions from  
576 to 1080. In general a resolution of 720 or more is considered  
high definition. The higher the resolution is, the better quality  
you can enjoy. However, if your television set does not sup-  
port high definition, you cannot enjoy high definition quality  
picture.  
Set the HDMI Output option as you desire. The available values  
for this option are changed according to the TV Type option.  
If you set this option to 576P, the digital receiver will present  
even high definition programmes in resolution of 576. On the  
contrary, if you set it to 1080I, the digital receiver will present  
even standard definition programmes in resolution of 1080.  
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NOTE  
You can enjoy only standard definition video with the following  
connectors:  
• Composite video connector (VIDEO)  
• S-Video connector (S-VIDEO)  
• SCART connector (TV)  
3.2.6 Video scaling  
By adjusting the Video Output Scaling option, you can inflate  
or shrink pictures from −20 to 20 percent so that they could  
+
fit tight to the frame of your television without black space.  
3.2.7 Audio mode  
Basically, there are two audio sources as you can find two audio  
sockets on the back panel of the digital receiver. You can enjoy  
only one source or both of them in either stereo or mono. Set  
the Sound Mode option as you desire.  
Apart from this setting, you can change the sound mode with  
the  
button. See § 5.2.4 for detailed description.  
3.3 Local time setting  
You should set your local time for timer events. If you do not  
set the local time right, the programme time table provided by  
the programme guide may be distrustful. For the programme  
guide, refer to § 5.3.  
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Select the System Setting  
>
Time  
Setting menu. You should see a  
screen like the left figure.  
You can set the clock manually  
or use the time signal, Green-  
wich Mean Time (GMT), carried  
as part of the digital television  
broadcast.  
To use Greenwich Mean Time,  
take the following steps:  
1. Set the Mode option to Auto; then the Time Offset option  
becomes enabled.  
2. Set the Time Offset option to the time difference between  
your time zone and GMT referring to Table 3.1.  
3. Make sure that your local time is correctly displayed on  
the Local Time option.  
To set the local time yourself, set the Mode option to Manual and  
enter your local time to the Local Time option with the numeric  
buttons. The time format is day/month/year 24-hour:minute.  
If daylight saving time is observed in your state at the moment,  
set the Daylight Saving Time option to On.  
NOTE  
Daylight saving time adds one hour to the time when the op-  
tion is set to On. When setting the time offset from Greenwich  
Mean Time, make sure that time offset does not include day-  
light saving time.  
3.4 Parental control  
In general, television programmes are classified according to  
the level of violence, nudity and language of their content.  
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Table 3.1: 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  
When you are watching a programme, you can check its pro-  
gramme classification on the information box. For the informa-  
tion box, see § 5.2.3.  
You can prevent your children from watching specific pro-  
grammes by specifying a programme classification.  
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Select the System Setting  
Parental Control menu. You  
should see a screen like the  
left figure, and you will be  
asked your Personal Identifica-  
tion Number (PIN). The number  
is initially set to ‘0000’.  
>
If you wish to block 15 or above rated programmes, set the  
Censorship option to 15 (age). Setting it to No block blocks no  
programme; on the other hand, setting it to Total block blocks  
every programme.  
NOTE  
If a programme does not have any programme classification  
information, your censorship setting will not take effect.  
If anyone is trying to watch a programme that is of or above  
the censorship setting, the person has to enter the personal  
identification number to override.  
To change the number, select the Change PIN Code menu; then  
an input box appears. You have to enter a desired number  
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 when accessing 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 the on-screen display  
You can adjust the transparency level of the on-screen display.  
Select the System Setting menu and set the OSD Transparency  
option as you desire. Its available range is from 0 to 50 percent.  
You can adjust the display time of the information box. For the  
information box, see  
§
5.2.3. 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 from 1 to 30 seconds.  
If you set this option to No Info Box, the information box will  
not be displayed when you switch services. However, pressing  
the  
button will display the information box. If you set  
this option to Never Hide, the information box will always be  
displayed.  
In addition, you can raise or lower the position of the informa-  
tion box. Select the System Setting menu and set the Info Box  
Position option as you desire. Its available range is from −10  
to  
+3 lines. The more high you set the option, the more low  
the information box will be positioned.  
3.6 To turn on the time shift feature  
Time shift means that the most recent hour of the television ser-  
vice you are watching gets saved temporarily on the hard disk  
of the digital receiver. When this feature is enabled, you can  
reverse and pause live television as if playing back a recording.  
To enable this feature, select the System Setting menu and then  
set the Time Shifting option to Enable. See  
§
5.5 for how to use  
this feature.  
3.7 To use MediaHighway programme guide  
Almost every service provider would provide the electronic  
programme guide. However, you can get more abundant  
programme information from the specific transponder that  
provides only programme guides. For detailed description  
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about the electronic programme guide, see 5.3. MediaHigh-  
§
way stands for the transponder dedicated to the electronic  
programme guide.  
If you want to use this feature,  
select the System Setting  
>
Me-  
diaHighway EPG menu. You  
should see a screen like the left  
figure.  
Set the MediaHighway EPG option to On to activate this feature;  
then the other options become enabled. 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  
After connecting up the digital receiver, you will need to per-  
form a service search.  
4.1 Searching broadcasting services  
This digital receiver can be operated with both fixed antenna  
and motorized antenna. You have to configure antenna settings  
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  
DiSEqC 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 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 relatively  
high frequencies, amplify and convert  
them to similar signals that is carried  
at a much lower frequency, which is  
called Intermediate Frequency (IF).  
High frequencies from satellites are  
converted into 950 to 2150 MHz by a  
LNB.  
Select the Installation  
ting menu to configure the LNB  
settings. You should see a  
>
LNB Set-  
screen like the left figure.  
£
OK  
Pressing the  
button on the Satellite Name option displays  
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the satellite list in alphabetic order. Select the satellite toward  
which your antenna is set to face.  
You have to specify which tuner is connected to your selected  
satellite. If it is LNB 1 IN, set the Tuner Select option to Tuner  
1; otherwise, set it to Tuner 2.  
If you have connected the LNB 1 OUT and LNB 2 IN with a  
loop-through cable, then set the Connection Type option to  
Loop Through; otherwise, set it to Separated.  
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NOTE  
Both the LNB 1 IN and LNB 2 IN sockets should be connected  
to your antennas either directly or via the loop-through cable.  
If you have connected only one socket, some features such as  
dual recording will not function.  
The digital receiver has a database about broadcasting satellites  
and their transponders, containing the following information:  
satellite position, frequency range, symbol rate, polarization  
and LNB frequency corresponding to the frequency range. So  
you might not have to specify the LNB Frequency option. How-  
ever, if you have selected the Other entry at the Satellite Name  
option to specify a satellite that is not in the satellite list, you  
might have to fill in the correct LNB frequency. The absolute  
difference between a broadcasting frequency and its LNB fre-  
quency must be within 950 to 2150 MHz. For example, 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 electric 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  
four satellite sources and a DiSEqc 1.1 switch allows switching  
between up to 16 satellite sources.  
Set the DiSEqC 1.0 option and the DiSEqC 1.1 option accord-  
ing to your antenna configuration.  
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For example, to select the antenna con-  
nected to the A5 input in the left figure,  
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 instead of  
1 of 4.  
4.1.2 Configuring DiSEqC 1.2 settings  
Your motorized antenna will turn toward your desired satellites  
horizontally by DiSEqC 1.2.  
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 the DiSEqC 1.2 protocol,  
select the Installation  
>
Motor-  
ized DiSEqC 1.2 menu. You  
should see a screen like the left  
figure.  
At first you have to set the Mo-  
torized DiSEqC 1.2 option to En-  
able.  
To get the correct position of your desired satellite, perform the  
following steps:  
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1. Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name op-  
tion.  
2. Select the tuner that is connected to the motorized an-  
tenna at the Tuner Select option.  
3. Set the DiSEqC Command Mode option to User.  
4. Set the Motor Control option to Goto. Then the antenna  
will turn toward your selected satellite by the position  
data that the digital receiver has.  
5. If the receiving quality, which is displayed at the bottom  
right of the screen, is not good, tune the antenna finely  
with the Movement option. If you set it to 2(E), the an-  
tenna will move to the east by two degrees. 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.  
6. Finally set the Motor Control option to Store to save the  
tuned position when the receiving quality is best.  
There are more motor control options for installers, but this  
guide does not describe them. If you are an installer, refer them  
to the manual about 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 satellite  
position. Just pointing to a known satellite position is enough.  
This position will act as a central point. The USALS will then  
calculate positions of visible satellites.  
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4.1 Searching broadcasting services 35  
To use the USALS protocol, se-  
lect the Installation  
>
USALS  
Setting menu. You should see  
a screen like the left figure.  
At first you have to set the Mo-  
torized DiSEqC 1.3 option to En-  
able.  
To get every satellite position calculated, perform the following  
steps:  
1. Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name op-  
tion.  
2. Select the tuner that is connected to the motorized an-  
tenna at the Tuner Select option.  
3. Enter your location to the My Longitude option and the  
My Latitude option with the  
,
and numeric buttons.  
4. Enter the position of your selected satellite to the Satellite  
Angle option if it is not correct.  
5. Select the Goto the position option; then the antenna  
will turn toward your selected satellite as calculating its  
position.  
6. If the receiving quality, which is displayed at the bottom  
right of the screen, is not good, then tune the antenna  
finely with the Move option. The changed position is  
automatically saved. At this time you had better 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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36 Service Search  
4.1.4 Searching services  
To perform service search, select  
the Installation Service Search  
>
menu. You should see a screen  
like the left figure.  
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) system.  
Searching every service of a satellite  
To search every service of a satellite, perform the following  
steps:  
1. Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name op-  
tion.  
2. Set the Search Mode option to Auto.  
3. If you set the Network Search option to On, the digital  
receiver will check up the up-to-date channel information  
as searching services, but it takes rather longer time.  
Searching every service of a transponder  
To search every service of a transponder, perform the following  
steps:  
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4.1 Searching broadcasting services 37  
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 enter it with the numeric buttons.  
4. Enter 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  
desired transponder.  
6. If you set the Network Search option to On, the digital  
receiver will check up the up-to-date channel information  
as searching services, but it takes rather longer time.  
NOTE  
You may get transponder information from a satellite magazine  
or web site such as http://www.satcodx.com or http://www.  
lyngsat.com.  
Searching one service of a transponder  
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 enter it with the numeric buttons.  
4. Enter 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  
desired transponder.  
6. Specify the packet identifiers of your desired service at  
the PID option with the numeric buttons. A packet iden-  
tifier is used to verify audio and video streams.  
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Searching every service of SMATV system  
To search every service of a SMATV system, if the digital re-  
ceiver is connected to it, 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 enter it with the numeric buttons.  
4. Enter the symbol rate of your desired transponder to the  
Symbol Rate option with the numeric buttons.  
You can search pay services as well as free services as follows:  
•
To search only free services, set the FTA/Scrambled option  
to FTA only.  
• To search only pay services, set it to CAS only.  
•
To search both free services and pay services, set it to FTA  
+ CAS.  
To start service search, select the Start Search item; then a list  
box appears, in which found services will be listed. When it has  
£
OK  
completed, press the  
button to save found services. To stop  
¢
¡
£
EXIT  
at any time or to exit without saving, press the  
button.  
¢
¡
4.2 Copying services  
The digital receiver maintains a separate services list with each  
tuner. If a certain service is registered on only one tuner, it  
may be impossible to watch one service while recording. You  
can copy entries of one tuner’s services list to the other tuner’s  
services list to avoid such inconvenience.  
To copy service entries, select the Installation  
>
Services Copy  
menu. There are three copy options. To copy service entries  
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of the first tuner to the second tuner’s services list, select the  
Tuner 1 to Tuner 2 option. To copy on the contrary, select the  
Tuner 2 to Tuner 1 option. To copy reciprocally, select the ALL  
option.  
4.3 Resetting to factory settings  
The digital receiver maintains the following data:  
• Satellite list  
• Services list  
• Favourite list  
• Timer list  
• Preference settings  
You can reset all data of the digital receiver. To do that, select  
the Installation  
>
Factory Setting menu, and then you are asked  
for confirmation. If you select Yes, service entries, favourite  
entries and timer events will all be deleted, and preference  
options will be reset to the manufacturer’s factory settings.  
NOTE  
A factory reset will not delete any recorded programmes.  
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40 Daily Usage  
Chapter 5  
Daily Usage  
5.1 Volume control  
Use the  
and  
buttons to alter the volume to a comfortable  
level. You may need to adjust the volume on your television set  
too. To temporarily switch off the sound, press the  
Press it again to restore the sound to previous level.  
button.  
5.2 Watching television  
To change services, press the or button. Pressing the  
button switches to the previously viewed service. In addition,  
you can switch to your desired service by entering its service  
number with the numeric buttons. You can also select a service  
to watch in the services list.  
5.2.1 The services list  
To view the services list, press the  
£
OK  
button.  
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¡
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5.2 Watching television 41  
On the services list, you can see  
the service information:  
• Service number and name  
• Transmitting satellite  
•
Receiving tuner: T1 stands for  
the first tuner; T2 stands for  
the second tuner.  
• Transponder information  
A dollar sign ($) may be marked on some entries, indicating  
pay service. To watch pay services, you need the subscription  
card.  
To select a desired service, put the highlight bar on its entry  
£
OK  
with the or button and press the  
button; then it will be  
¢
¡
presented. Pressing the or button skips over 10 entries up  
or down. Entering a service number with the numeric buttons  
puts the highlight bar on its entry.  
You can switch between the television services list and the  
radio services list by pressing the  
button.  
£
F3  
Pressing the  
button performs an alphabetic browse. For  
¢
¡
instance, when the highlight bar is on an entry of which initial  
is B, pressing the  
entry of which initial is C.  
£
F3  
button puts the highlight bar on the first  
¢
¡
£
F2  
To sort the services list by service name, press the  
ton. Pressing this button once more makes it sorted by service  
but-  
¢
¡
number.  
£
F4  
Pressing the  
which you can do the following:  
button displays the additional options, with  
¢
¡
•
Select your desired satellite at the Satellite option, then  
only services provided by the selected satellite will be  
listed.  
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•
Select your desired tuner at the Tuner option, then only  
services provided through the selected tuner will be  
listed.  
•
•
By setting the Show Provider option to On, you can view  
service entries by groups of broadcasters.  
To change the name of the highlighted service, select the  
Rename option; then the on-screen keyboard appears,  
with which you can enter a new name. See  
to use the on-screen keyboard.  
§
6.3 for how  
•
•
You can prevent other family members from watching the  
highlighted service by setting the Lock option to Locked.  
You have to enter your personal identification number to  
watch or unlock it.  
To delete the highlighted service, select the Delete option;  
then you are asked for confirmation. If you select Yes, it  
will be deleted. If you want to restore it as before, you  
have to perform service search again. See  
search.  
§
4.1 for service  
•
•
To add the highlighted service into a favourite group,  
select the Add to Fav option; then the favourite groups  
will be displayed. Put the highlight bar on a desired  
£
OK  
group and press the  
button.  
¢
¡
You can additionally sort the services 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 broadcaster  
Fav–NoFav from favourite services to unfavourite ser-  
vices.  
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Transponder by transponder  
£
SAT  
Pressing the  
button displays the satellite list. Once you  
¢
¡
select a desired satellite, only services provided by the selected  
satellite are listed.  
5.2.2 The favourite services list  
You can select a service to watch on a favourite list as well as  
on the services list.  
To display the favourite lists,  
£
FAV  
press the  
button.  
You  
¢
¡
should see a screen like the left  
figure. As you move the high-  
light bar up or down on the  
favourite group list at the left  
box, favourite services belong-  
ing to the highlighted group are  
listed on the right box.  
For how to edit the favourite lists, refer to § 6.2.  
To select a favourite service, put the hightlight bar on a desired  
group and press the button; a highlight bar appears on its  
favourite services list. Once you select a desired service with  
£
OK  
the  
button, it will be presented. Otherwise, to select other  
¢
¡
group, press the button.  
After you have selected a favourite service, if you then switch  
to another service using the  
or  
button, it will be also  
another favourite service of the selected group. The digital  
receiver will remind you what group you have selected by  
displaying its name at the top right of the screen whenever you  
switch services. If you wish to get out of the current group,  
select the All services group on the favourite group list.  
Besides that, you can add or delete a favourite group or service.  
To add the service you are currently watching into a favourite  
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44 Daily Usage  
group, put the highlight bar on a desired group and press the  
£
£
F3  
F2  
button. To create a new group, press the  
button; then  
¢
¡
¢
¡
the on-screen keyboard appears. Enter your desired name and  
save it. See  
§
6.3 for how to use the on-screen keyboard. To  
delete a group or a service, press the  
button; then you get  
asked for confirmation. If you select Yes, it will be deleted.  
5.2.3 Viewing programme information  
Pressing the  
button displays the information box, on which  
you can see all of the following:  
• Service number and name  
• Transmitting satellite  
• Receiving tuner  
• Transponder information  
• Signal level and quality  
• Programme name  
• Programme classification symbol  
• Programme summary  
• Broadcasting time  
• Current time  
In addition, you might see the following symbols:  
•
•
•
Subtitle symbol ( ) if subtitle tracks are provided on the  
current programme.  
Teletext symbol ( ) if teletext pages are provided on the  
current service.  
Dolby symbol ( ) if a Dolby audio track is porvided on  
the current programme.  
• Lock symbol ( ) if the current service is locked.  
• Dollar symbol ($) if the current service is a pay service.  
•
Multifeed symbol ( ) if the current programme is pro-  
vided as a multifeed programme. To use this feature,  
refer to § 5.4.  
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5.2 Watching television 45  
When you are not using time shift, if the electronic programme  
guide is provided on the current service, you can see the infor-  
mation about the current and next programmes with the  
button. To adjust the sound volume in this case, hold down  
the or button until the sound bar appears and reaches  
your desired level.  
or  
Pressing the  
button once more displays detailed informa-  
tion about the current programme. To hide the information  
£
EXIT  
box, press the  
button.  
¢
¡
5.2.4 Selecting audio tracks  
Some programmes are provided with audio tacks in one or  
more languages. Pressing the button displays available  
audio tracks. Once you select an audio track, it will be sounded.  
In addition, you can enjoy audio tracks in four sound modes:  
Stereo, Mono, Left or Right. However, if a multifeed pro-  
gramme is provided at the moment, video tracks will be dis-  
played. In this case, you have to press the  
more to select an audio track.  
button once  
5.2.5 Selecting subtitle tracks  
Some programmes are provided with subtitle tracks in one or  
more languages. If the current programme provides subtitle  
tracks, the subtitle symbol ( ) will be marked on the informa-  
tion box. Pressing the  
button displays available subtitle  
tracks. Once you select a subtitle track, it will be displayed.  
5.2.6 Viewing teletext  
On some services, such information as weather reports, news  
or stock quotations is provided by means of teletext. If the  
current service provides teletext, the teletext symbol ( ) will  
be displayed on the information box. Press the  
view teletext pages.  
button to  
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46 Daily Usage  
Select a desired page to view by entering its page number with  
the numeric buttons. You can zoom into a teletext page with  
£
£
F3  
F4  
the  
button, and adjust its transparency level with the  
¢
¡
¢
¡
£
EXIT  
button. To hide the teletext screen, press the  
button.  
¢
¡
5.3 Viewing electronic programme guide  
The Electronic Programme Guide shows the current and sched-  
uled programmes that are or will be available on each service  
with a short summary for each programme.  
£
GUIDE  
Pressing the  
button dis-  
¢
¡
plays the electronic programme  
guide, on which you can see the  
following:  
• Scheduled programmes  
• programme summary  
• Broadcasting date  
• Broadcasting time  
To see detailed information of a desired programme, put the  
highlight bar on your choice with the  
the  
button. You can travel over previous days with the  
or  
button and press  
button. To switch to another service, press the  
or  
button,  
£
F2  
¢
¡
£
F3  
and can travel over next days with the  
button.  
¢
¡
To see the programme guide for radio broadcasts, press the  
button. To switch it back, press the  
button again.  
£
F1  
Pressing the  
button displays the programme guide in the  
¢
¡
£
F1  
form of a spreadsheet. To switch it back, press the  
again.  
button  
¢
¡
You can make a timer recording on the electronic programme  
guide. See § 7.1.3 for detailed description.  
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5.4 Watching multifeed programme  
Some broadcasts such as sports channels can provide a variety  
of perspectives on a programme at a same time. We call it a  
multifeed programme. You can select and watch a perspective  
you prefer.  
If a multifeed programme is provided on the current service,  
the multifeed symbol ( ) will be marked on the information  
box. Press the  
button, then available video tracks will be  
listed. Once you select one, it will be presented. At this time,  
you have to press the  
tracks.  
button once more to select audio  
5.5 Using time shift  
You can pause and resume a live television programme, and  
even rewind and replay it. When you are watching a pro-  
gramme and you miss something, you can rewind and replay  
it. Or when your attention is needed elsewhere, you can pause  
it and resume it a short time later without losing any of it.  
When you do this, you are no  
longer watching the live pro-  
gramme, instead you are watch-  
ing a delayed presentation of it.  
This is called time shifted tele-  
vision. Then, you can skip com-  
mercials until you catch up to the  
live broadcast.  
In order to use the time shift  
feature, the Time Shifting option  
must be set to Enable. See  
§
3.6.  
When enabled, the digital receiver will keep as much as one  
hour recording buffer of current service by utilizing the hard  
disk drive storage. The buffer will reset each time you change  
to another service.  
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48 Daily Usage  
With time shift enabled, the following operations are possible:  
•
To go back in time, hold down the  
ward, hold down the button. The progress bar is  
displayed momentarily with a preview window.  
button; to go for-  
• You can navigate using the progress bar, refer to § 7.3.1.  
•
•
•
•
You can jump forward 30 seconds at a time by pressing  
£
F3  
the  
button.  
¢
¡
You can jump backward 20 seconds at a time by pressing  
£
F4  
the  
button.  
¢
¡
You can change playback speed. For slow motion see  
§ 7.3.2. For fast motion see § 7.3.3.  
To check your current position in time shift, press the  
button. The time difference compared to live pro-  
gramme is displayed momentarily in top right corner of  
screen. A value of −02:00 means two minutes behind  
live programme.  
• To make a recording of what is in time shift, see § 7.1.4.  
•
To end time shift, press the  
gramme will be presented.  
button. The live pro-  
When time shift option is disabled and pause is kept for more  
than 10 seconds, the time shift feature will be switched on to  
stop you loosing part of the programme. In such case it will  
remain enabled until you change services.  
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5.6 Using picture in picture  
You can watch two services  
at the same time with one of  
them presented in a sub-picture.  
We call this feature picture-in-  
picture.  
The instructions on how to use  
the picture-in-picture feature are  
as follows:  
£
F1  
1. Press the  
button to display a sub-picture, on which  
¢
¡
another service will be presented.  
£
F1  
2. Pressing the  
button once more minifies the sub-  
¢
¡
picture, and pressing it once again hides the sub-picture.  
3. To display the services list for the sub-picture, press the  
button.  
NOTE  
When a recording is in progress, the available services in  
the services list may be limited.  
4. Pressing the  
button moves the sub-picture counter-  
clockwise, and pressing the  
button moves it clock-  
wise.  
£
SAT  
5. Pressing the  
button swaps the main picture with the  
¢
¡
sub-picture. Even when you play back a recording, you  
can watch a live programme in the sub-picture. However,  
you cannot swap the pictures in that case.  
6. If both pictures are pay services, only the main-picture  
will be presented.  
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50 Listing Services  
Chapter 6  
Listing Services  
6.1 Editing the services list  
You would have got the services list after service search. You  
can rename, move, lock or delete service entries on the services  
list.  
Select the Organizing Svc/Fav >  
Organizing Services menu. You  
should see a screen like the left  
figure.  
There are editing options on the  
left column and service entries  
on the right column.  
Once you put the highlight bar on a desired option on the  
£
OK  
left column and press the  
button, you can select a desired  
¢
¡
service to edit on the right column. To go over to the other  
£
F1  
column, press the  
button.  
¢
¡
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6.1 Editing the services list 51  
To edit the radio services list, press the  
button; then radio  
service entries will be listed on the right column. To switch  
back to the television services list, press it again.  
To change the name of a service, select the Rename and select a  
desired service; then the on-screen keyboard appears. See  
for how to use the on-screen keyboard.  
§
6.3  
Unlike analogue broadcasts, each service does not have a  
proper service number in digital broadcasts. Service num-  
bers are just assigned to services in the order that they were  
found in service search. So you can reassign a service num-  
ber by moving a service entry. To move a service entry, select  
the Move option and select a desired service; then the selected  
service becomes darker. As you move it up or down, it gets  
£
OK  
renumbered according to the position. Press the  
fix it.  
button to  
¢
¡
You can lock some services to prevent your children from  
watching them. To lock a service, select the Lock option and  
select a desired service; then the selected service gets marked  
with a lock symbol ( ) on it. If anyone tries to watch a locked  
service, the person has to enter the personal identification num-  
ber that is set to the Change PIN Code option. See  
§
3.4 for this  
£
OK  
option. Pressing the  
button on a locked service entry turns  
¢
¡
it back to be unlocked.  
To delete a service, select the Delete option and select a desired  
£
£
OK  
EXIT  
service with the  
button, and then press the  
button;  
¢
¡
¢
¡
you get asked for confirmation. If you select Yes, the selected  
service will be deleted. If you want to undo the deleted service,  
there is nothing you can do but perform a service search again.  
Once you select the Sort option on the left column, sorting  
options are displayed as follows:  
Default by service number  
Alphabetic by service name  
Satellite by satellite  
FTA–CAS from free services to pay services  
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CAS–FTA from pay services to free services  
Provider by broadcaster  
Fav–NoFav from favourite services to unfavourite services.  
Transponder by transponder  
6.2 Editing the favourite list  
You can make your own favourite services list. In fact, you can  
define multiple favourite services lists, each being a ‘group’ of  
chosen services.  
Select the Organizing Svc/Fav >  
Organizing Favorites menu. You  
should see a screen like the left  
figure.  
There are three columns:  
• Group list (left)  
• Favourite list (centre)  
• Services list (right)  
The services list contains all available services, whereas the  
favourite list contains only chosen services that have been  
added to the highlighted group. As you move the highlight  
bar up or down on the group list, favourite services belonging  
to the highlighted group get shown in the favourite list.  
You can add up to 30 groups. To add a group, select the NEW  
option in the group list; then the on-screen keyboard appears.  
See § 6.3 for how to use the on-screen keyboard.  
To rename a group, put the highlight bar on the group entry you  
£
F2  
want and press the  
button; then the on-screen keyboard  
¢
¡
appears. See § 6.3 for how to use the on-screen keyboard.  
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To delete a group, put the highlight bar on the group entry you  
£
F3  
want and press the  
button; then a message box appears  
¢
¡
asking you for confirmation. If you select Yes, it will be deleted.  
You can add a favourite service to a group by taking the follow-  
ing steps:  
1. Put the highlight bar on a desired group entry in the  
£
OK  
group list and press the  
button to select it. The high-  
¢
¡
light bar then moves to the services list.  
2. To add a service to the selected group, put the highlight  
£
OK  
bar on a desired service entry and press the  
The selected service entry gets added to the favourite list.  
Repeat this step to add more entries.  
button.  
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¡
£
F1  
3. Press the  
button and the highlight bar get moved to  
the favourite list. You can delete a favourite entry with  
¢
¡
£
OK  
the  
button.  
¢
¡
£
F1  
4. To select another group, press the  
button again. By  
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¡
£
F1  
pressing the  
each column.  
button, the highlight bar gets moved to  
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¡
To add radio services, press the  
button; then radio service  
entries get listed in the services list. To recall the television  
services list after adding radio services, press the  
again.  
button  
With your favourite services list, you can select your favourite  
services more easily. Refer to § 5.2.2 for detailed description.  
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6.3 How to use on-screen keyboard  
You can move the highlight key  
horizontally with the and  
buttons and vertically with the  
and  
buttons. Pressing the  
£
OK  
button on a key enters its let-  
¢
¡
ter in the input line. To type a  
space, select the Space key. To  
type lower case letters or numer-  
als, select the Other key.  
To delete a letter, put the cursor to the right of the desired letter  
on the input line and then select the Del key. You must select  
the Save key to complete naming; otherwise, if you press the  
£
EXIT  
button, it will not be named.  
¢
¡
6.4 Transferring receiver data  
The digital receiver retains the following data:  
• Satellite and transponder data  
• Services list  
• Favourite lists  
• Preference settings  
It is possible to transfer the receiver data from the digital re-  
ceiver to another same digital receiver by connecting them with  
a RS-232 cable. To have the receiver data transferred, perform  
the following 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 dig-  
ital receiver, and the other end into the  
matching port on the other digital receiver.  
2. Turn on the source digital receiver.  
3. Select the Installation  
>
Transfer Firmware  
>
Transfer Data to Other IRD menu, then  
you get asked for confirmation; select Yes.  
4. To start the data transfer, turn on the target  
digital receiver.  
5. A progress bar appears showing the  
progress of the data transfer.  
6. Restart the target digital receiver when the  
data transfer is complete.  
6.5 Editing channel data on your computer  
You can edit the channel data on your computer by using a  
channel editor programme, Vega. With Vega you can do the  
following:  
• Adding, deleting or modifying satellite entries  
• Adding, deleting or modifying transponder entries  
• Deleting or modifying service entries  
• Adding, deleting or modifying favourite groups  
You can not only transfer your channel data to the digital  
receiver but also save it as a file, the extension name of  
which is std. Vega is available from the Topfield web site,  
http://www.i-topfield.com.  
To use Vega, you have to prepare either a USB cable or a RS-232  
cable to link the digital receiver with your computer.  
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If you have a RS-232 cable (9 pin D-sub cable),  
plug one end of the cable into the RS-232  
port on the digital receiver, and the other end  
into the matching port on your computer.  
If you have a USB cable, plug one end of the  
cable into the USB port on the digital receiver,  
and the other end into the matching port on  
your computer.  
Turn off the digital receiver if it is on, and then Run Vega. To  
import the channel data from the digital receier, perform the  
following steps:  
1. If you have connected with a USB cable, select the Mode  
>
USB menu; otherwise if you have connected with a  
RS-232 cable, select the Mode > Serial menu.  
2. Select the Up & Down > Upload from STB menu.  
3. A box appears asking for your confirmation. Press the  
Upload button on it.  
4. Turn on the digital receiver. Data transfer will start as  
soon as it is turned on.  
Of course, you can open a std file instead of importing the chan-  
nel data from the digital receiver if you have one. When you  
have finished your work, you have to perform the following  
steps to export the channel data to the digital receiver.  
1. Select the Up & Down > Download to STB menu.  
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2. A box appears asking for your confirmation. Press the  
Download button on it.  
3. Turn on the digital receiver. Data transfer will start as  
soon as it is turned on.  
6.5.1 Editing satellite and transponder list  
To edit the satellite list, first select the View  
>
Satellite Informa-  
tion menu item. Alternatively you can click the Satellite icon  
on the toolbar or press the F1 key on your keyboard. Then the  
satellite information is displayed and related menus become  
enabled.  
To add a satellite entry, select the Function  
>
Satellite, TP  
>
Add Satellite menu, then a box appears. You should enter a  
new satellite name into the Satellite Name field. If you know  
the position index of the new satellite for DiSEqC 1.2, enter the  
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value into the Position Index field. If you do not, you have to  
perform the Motorized DiSEqC 1.2 menu of the digital receiver.  
Refer that menu to 4.1.2. After making a new satellite entry  
§
by pressing the OK button on the box, you should configure  
LNB settings for it. Refer LNB settings to § 4.1.1.  
To delete a satellite entry, choose your desired satellite entry at  
the Satellite drop-down list box, and then select the Function  
>
Satellite, TP Delete Satellite menu item. Then a box appears  
>
asking for your confirmation, the selected satellite entry will  
be deleted by pressing the Yes button on it.  
To modify a satellite entry, choose your desired satellite entry  
at the Satellite drop-down list box, and then select the Function  
>
Satellite, TP  
>
Edit Satellite menu item. How to modify is  
the same as in adding a new satellite entry.  
To add a transponder entry, select the Function  
>
Satellite,  
TP  
>
Add Transponder menu item. Then a box appears, in  
which you should specify frequency, symbol rate, polarity and  
stream identification for your new transponder. Pressing the  
OK button will save a new transponder entry.  
To delete a tansponder entry, choose your desired transponder  
entry at the TP List list box, and then select the Function  
>
Satellite, TP Delete Transponder menu item. Then a box  
>
appears asking for your confirmation, the selected transponder  
entry will be deleted by pressing the Yes button on it.  
To modify a transponder entry, choose your desired trans-  
ponder entry at the TP List list box, and then select the Function  
>
Satellite, TP  
>
Edit Transponder menu item. How to modify  
is the same as in adding a new transponder entry.  
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6.5.2 Editing television and radio services list  
To edit the television services list, first select the View  
>
TV Ser-  
vice menu item. Then the television services list is displayed  
and related menus become enabled.  
To delete a service entry, choose your desired service entry at  
the TV Service list, and press the Delete key on your keyboard.  
When a confirmation dialog box appears, the selected service  
entry will be deleted by pressing the Yes button on it.  
Checking the CAS check box designates a selected service entry  
as a pay service. If there is a service that you want to prevent  
your children from watching, select it and check the Lock check  
box.  
To edit the radio services list, first select the View  
>
Radio  
Service menu item. How to edit is the same as in editing the  
television services list.  
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6.5.3 Editing favourite list  
To edit the favourite list, first select the View  
>
Favorite Group  
menu item. Then the favourite group list is displayed and  
related menus become enabled.  
To delete a favourite group, choose your desired favourite  
group at the Favorite Group Name drop-down list box, and  
then select the Function  
>
Fav Group  
>
Delete Current Fav  
Group menu item. When a confirmation dialog box appears,  
the selected favourite group will be deleted by pressing the Yes  
button on it.  
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To add a favourite group,  
select the Function  
>
Fav  
Group Add New Fav  
>
Group menu item. Then you  
will see a dialog box like  
the left figure. Enter your  
desired name into the Fa-  
vorite Group Name text box  
to name a new group. If  
you make a radio favourite  
group, select the Radio op-  
tion button.  
To add services to the new group, choose your desired services  
at the All Service list box on the left of the screen, and then  
press the right arrow button (→) on the centre of the screen.  
Then the selected services will be added to the new group. To  
remove a service entry from the group, press the left arrow  
button (←) after choosing one. Pressing the OK button will  
create your new favourite group.  
To modify a favourite group, select the Function  
Edit Current Fav Group menu item. How to modify is the  
same as in adding a favourite group.  
>
Fav Group  
>
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62 Recording and Playing  
Chapter 7  
Recording and Playing  
You can record two different services while watching another if  
two of the services are provided through the same transponder  
The TF 6000 PVR ES digital receiver has two tuners so that you  
can enjoy the following:  
•
•
•
While playing a recording back, you can watch a service  
in the sub-picture using the picture-in-picture feature.  
You can record two different services while playing back  
a previously recorded programme.  
You can record two different services while watching one  
of them using the time shift feature. See  
shift feature.  
§
5.5 for the time  
•
You can even record two different services while watch-  
ing two other different services—only if two or more  
services are provided in a same transponder and the  
other services are provided in another same transponder.  
In this case you can watch two services at the same time  
using the picture-in-picture feature. See  
picture-in-picture feature.  
§
5.6 for the  
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7.1 Recording a programme  
Once recording has started, a symbol like the left fig-  
ure will be displayed at the top right of the screen for  
a few seconds. When you are watching a service dif-  
ferent from the service being recorded, you can view a number  
on the centre of the symbol, which indicates the order that the  
recording is started.  
To record two programs simultaneously, two tuners are allo-  
cated for the recording. Therefore, you can only change to a  
limited number of services while the two programs are being  
recorded.  
CAUTION  
Do not move the digital receiver nor pull out the plug while  
it is running. It may cause damage to recorded programmes.  
Note that Topfield is not responsible for damages inflicted  
on files that are stored on the hard disk drive.  
NOTE  
When a recording is complete, it might not be saved if its  
recording duration is less than one minute.  
7.1.1 Instant recording  
To instantly record the programme you are watching at present,  
press the button. Pressing the button will not pause the  
current recording like it does with a video cassette recorder.  
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64 Recording and Playing  
Pressing the  
button will  
pause the live show and begin  
time shifting within the current  
recording even with the Time  
Shifting option disabled. How-  
ever, it is still possible to pause  
a recording. After a recording  
is started, pressing the  
but-  
ton displays a menu like the left  
figure, in which you can set the  
recording duration.  
To specify an arbitrary recording duration, set the Duration  
option as you desire with the and buttons and press the  
£
OK  
button; the recording will end at the specified time.  
¢
¡
If the information about the next programme is provided by  
the electronic programme guide, the After this program and  
After next program options will be available. Once the After  
this program option is selected, the current recording will stop  
when the current programme is scheduled to end. Likewise,  
once the After next program option is selected, the current  
recording will stop when the next programme is scheduled to  
end.  
Selecting the Record pause option pauses recording. When you  
press the  
button again, you will see this option is changed  
to Record continue. To resume recording, select it.  
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7.1 Recording a programme 65  
To stop recording, press the  
button; then a box like  
the left figure appears, which  
shows programmes currently be-  
ing recorded. If you select one,  
its recording will stop.  
While a recording is going on,  
you can watch or record another  
service.  
To additionally record another service, switch to the service  
you want to record, and press the  
button.  
Once a recording is started, it is put on the recorded programme  
list even though it is not finished yet. The recording file is  
named after its service name with a suffix of a number. To  
view the recorded programme list, press the  
button or alter-  
natively select the File List menu.  
See  
§
7.2 for detailed description about the recorded pro-  
gramme list.  
7.1.2 Timer recording  
You can set a service to be recorded at a specific time. Even  
if the digital receiver is in standby mode, it will switch into  
operation mode and start recording at a specified time. When  
the recording comes to the end, the digital receiver will switch  
back into standby mode again in one minute. However, if  
you press any button on the remote control or on the front  
panel even just one time, the digital receiver will not switch  
into standby mode.  
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66 Recording and Playing  
To input a timer recording, select  
the Timer Setting menu; then the  
timer list will be displayed.  
To add a new timer event, press  
£
F1  
the  
button, and a box like  
¢
¡
the left figure appears. Take the  
following steps:  
1. Set the Record option to On to make a recording. If this  
option is set to Off, the digital receiver will turn on at the  
specified time but not record; instead, you may record  
with your video cassette recorder or suchlike in this case.  
2. If you want a radio programme, set the Type option to  
Radio; otherwise, set it to TV.  
3. Set the Satellite option to the satellite which transmits the  
£
OK  
service you want. Pressing the  
button on this option  
¢
¡
displays a satellite list, from which you can select your  
desired satellite. Set the Tuner Select option to a tuner to  
receive your desired service.  
4. Set the Service option to the service which provides the  
£
OK  
programme you want. Pressing the  
button on this  
¢
¡
option displays a services list, from which you can select  
your desired service.  
5. There are five timer modes:  
One Time means literally ‘one time’.  
Every Day means literally ‘every day’.  
Every Weekend means ‘Saturday and Sunday every  
week’.  
Weekly means ‘one day every week’.  
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7.1 Recording a programme 67  
Every Weekday means ‘from Monday to Friday every  
week’.  
If your favourite programme is broadcast at weekends  
and you wish to record every episode of the programme,  
set the Mode option to Every Weekend.  
6. Set the Date option to a desired date, on which the digital  
receiver will turn on. The date format is day/month/year-  
day of the week.  
Set the Start Time option to a desired time, at which the  
recording will be started. The time format is hour:minute.  
7. Set the Duration option to a desired time, in which the  
recording will be finished.  
£
OK  
8. Pressing the  
button on the File Name option displays  
¢
¡
the on-screen keyboard, with which you can specify a  
file name for the timer recording. If you do not specify  
anything, it will be named after the service name. See  
§ 6.3 for how to use the on-screen keyboard.  
9. To set a timer recording with the above settings, select  
the OK option; otherwise, it will not be saved and will  
not occur.  
You can also edit or delete timer events in the timer list.  
To edit a timer entry, put the highlight bar on the entry you  
£
OK  
want and press  
button; then appears a box in which you  
¢
¡
can change its settings in the same manner as making a new  
one.  
To delete a timer event, put the highlight bar on the entry you  
want to remove and press the  
for confirmation. If you select Yes, it will be deleted.  
£
F2  
button; then you are asked  
¢
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7.1.3 Scheduling recordings using the programme guide  
If the electronic programme  
guide is properly provided, you  
can make timer events on it. The  
instructions on how to make  
timer recordings using the elec-  
tronic programme guide are as  
follows:  
£
GUIDE  
1. Press the  
button to display the electronic pro-  
¢
¡
gramme guide.  
2. Select a service you want to record with the  
buttons.  
and  
3. Select a programme you want to record with the and  
buttons.  
£
OK  
4. To make a timer event without recording, press the  
¢
¡
button; the letter  
P
is displayed. To make a timer event  
with recording, press it once more or alternatively press  
the  
button; then the letter R is displayed.  
5. This timer event is placed on the timer list. To change its  
settings, press the button to show a box in which you  
can edit. Refer to § 7.1.2 for detailed description.  
£
OK  
6. Pressing the  
button once more will cancel the timer.  
¢
¡
7.1.4 Recording a time-shifted programme  
See  
§
5.5 for detailed description about the time shift feature.  
While watching a programme with time shift, you can record it  
by performing the following steps:  
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7.1 Recording a programme 69  
1. Press the  
button to display the progress bar.  
2. To move to the beginning of the desired scene, hold down  
the  
or  
button until it is reached.  
3. Press the  
button to start recording. The time shift  
buffer from that position onwards will now be recorded.  
4. Press the  
5. Press the  
button to stop time shift.  
button once more to stop recording.  
7.1.5 Recording a pay service programme  
You can record a pay service programme without the subscrip-  
tion card. However, you need the subscription card to play  
it back because it has not been descrambled. So it is recom-  
mended to record pay service programmes with the subscrip-  
tion card so that they can be recorded in descrambled form. In  
that case you can enjoy them without the subscription card like  
free service ones.  
To record a programme of a pay service in descrambled form,  
perform the following steps:  
1. Select a programme of a pay service you want to record.  
2. Make sure that the subscription card is inserted in the  
slot on the front of the digital receiver.  
3. Start recording.  
4. Do not switch to other service nor use time shift until it  
is finished.  
NOTE  
If you switch to other service or use time shift in the middle  
of recording a pay programme, it will be recorded without  
descrambling from that moment. Even if the recording is only  
partially descrambled, you need the subscription card to play  
it back.  
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70 Recording and Playing  
7.2 File archive  
When a programme is recorded, it is stored as a file on the  
built-in hard disk drive of the digital receiver. You can select a  
recording to play back from the recorded programme list.  
Select the File List menu or alter-  
natively press the  
button to  
display the recorded programme  
list. The file information is com-  
prised of the following elements:  
file number, file name, recording  
time, playing duration, file size  
and so on.  
You can play, move, delete, rename and lock a recording file.  
You can also sort the recording files by file name, playing dura-  
tion or file size. In addition, you can make a new folder.  
7.2.1 To delete a recording  
To delete a recording, put the highlight bar on it and press the  
button; then you are asked for confirmation. If you select  
Yes, it will be deleted.  
7.2.2 To sort recordings  
To sort the recordings, perform the following steps:  
£
F4  
1. Press the  
button to display the additional options.  
¢
¡
2. Set the Sorting option to Alphabetic, Time or Size as you  
want.  
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EXIT  
3. Press the  
button.  
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¡
4. They are sorted by the specified option.  
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7.2.3 To lock a recording  
To lock a recording so that other people cannot play it, perform  
the following steps:  
1. Put the highlight bar on a desired recording.  
£
F4  
2. Press the  
button to display the additional options.  
¢
¡
3. Set the Lock option to Locked.  
£
EXIT  
4. Press the  
button.  
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¡
5. The lock symbol ( ) is displayed on it.  
If you select a locked recording to play it back, you will be  
asked for your personal identification number.  
7.2.4 To rename a recording  
To change the name of a recording, perform the following steps:  
1. Put the highlight bar on a desired recording.  
£
F4  
2. Press the  
button to display the additional options.  
¢
¡
3. Select the Rename option, and the on-screen keyboard  
appears. Change the name and save it. See  
to use the on-screen keyboard.  
§
6.3 for how  
7.2.5 To make a new folder  
To make a new folder, press the  
£
F2  
button; then a new folder  
¢
¡
named GROUP # is created. You can change its name in the  
same manner as renaming a recording. See above.  
7.2.6 To move a recording to another folder  
To move a recording to another folder, put the highlight bar on  
£
F3  
a desired recording and press the  
button; then the folders  
¢
¡
are listed. Once you choose a folder, the recording is moved to  
it.  
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72 Recording and Playing  
7.3 Playing back a recording  
When a programme is recorded, its additional contents such as  
audio tracks or teletext are also recorded together. So you can  
enjoy them while playing back a recording.  
The instructions on how to play a recording are as follows:  
1. Select the File List menu or alternatively press the  
button to display the list of recorded programmes.  
2. Put the highlight bar on a desired recording.  
£
OK  
3. Press the  
button to start playback.  
¢
¡
4. To stop playback, press the  
button.  
During a playback, you can enjoy the following tricks:  
•
To see the detailed information about the currently played  
recording, press the button; then the information box  
appears and shows its file name, playing duration, pro-  
gramme information, and so on.  
•
•
•
•
To pause playback, press the  
press the button.  
button. To resume it,  
To go forward, hold down the  
hold down the button.  
button; to go backward,  
To display the progress bar, press the  
it, press the button again.  
button; to hide  
when the progress bar is hidden, you can move to a de-  
sired scene by entering the percentage with the numeric  
buttons.  
7.3.1 To navigate using the progress bar  
First press the  
button to display the progress bar, then:  
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7.3 Playing back a recording 73  
•
To go forward, hold down the  
hold down the button.  
button; to go backward,  
• To bookmark a position, refer to § 7.3.4.  
•
If there are no bookmarks, you can jump forward 30  
£
F3  
seconds at a time by pressing the  
button.  
¢
¡
•
To jump back to beginning of recording, press the  
button.  
• To jump to end of recording, press the  
• To hide the progress bar, press the  
button.  
button again.  
7.3.2 To play in slow motion  
To watch in slow motion during a playback, press the  
button.  
If you press it repeatedly, the playback speed changes in 3 steps:  
1/2, 1/4 and 1/8 times. To resume normal speed, press the  
button.  
7.3.3 To play in fast motion  
To watch in fast motion during a playback, press the  
If you press it repeatedly, the playback speed changes in 3 steps:  
2, 4 and 6 times. To resume normal speed, press the button.  
You can play not only forward but also backward in fast mo-  
tion. To play backward, press the button. If you press it  
repeatedly, the playback speed changes in 3 steps: 1, 2 and 3  
times. To resume normal speed, press the button.  
button.  
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7.3.4 To make a bookmark  
You can mark favourite parts  
of a recording by creating book-  
marks, and then jump to them.  
You can have up to 64 book-  
marks. Bookmarks are stored  
with the recording so that you  
can use them again afterwards.  
To make bookmarks, perform  
the following steps during play-  
back:  
1. Press the  
button to display the progress bar.  
£
F2  
2. To add a bookmark, press the  
button at a desired  
¢
¡
scene; then you will see a small dot appear above the  
progress bar like in the picture above.  
£
F3  
3. To jump forward to next bookmark, press the  
button.  
¢
¡
4. To jump to first bookmark, press the  
button then the  
£
F3  
button.  
¢
¡
£
F2  
5. To delete a bookmark, jump to it and then press the  
button.  
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¡
7.3.5 To play back a recording repeatedly  
You can play back a recording repeatedly both in whole and in  
part.  
To play back in whole, press the  
button when the progress  
bar is hidden; then the repetition symbol (  
the information box. To cancel it, press the  
) is displayed on  
button again.  
To play back in part, perform the following steps:  
1. Press the button to display the progress bar.  
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2. Move to the beginning scene of the part you want to play  
repeatedly by holding down the  
3. Press the button, then the pointer starts to blink.  
4. Move to the end scene; the part is marked in purple.  
5. Press the button again, then the part turns green, and  
or  
button.  
repeated playback starts.  
6. To cancel it, press the  
displayed.  
button when the progress bar is  
7.3.6 To play back recordings in sequence  
You can play several recordings continuously in sequence by  
performing the following steps:  
1. Press the  
button or alternatively select the File List  
menu to display the list of recorded programmes.  
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F1  
2. Select each desired recording with the  
button. once a  
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recording is selected, it gets numbered.  
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OK  
3. Press the  
button to start playback.  
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¡
4. The selected recordings are played in the sequence that  
they are numbered.  
5. To jump to start of next selected recording, press the  
button to display the progress bar, then press the  
button.  
7.3.7 To play back a scrambled recording  
If you have recorded a programme of a pay service with the  
subscription card, you can play it as freely like one of a free  
service. Otherwise you need the subscription card to play  
it, because it has been recorded without unscrambling even  
though it may have been partially descrambled.  
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On the recorded programme list, a purely green  
recording has been wholly descrambled; on the other hand, a  
yellowish green indicates it has been partially descrambled,  
indicates it has not been descrambled at  
$
indicates the  
$
and a purely yellow  
all.  
$
Refer to § 7.1.5 for how to record a pay service programme.  
7.4 Copying a recording  
You can copy a recording file in whole or in part during a  
playback by performing the following steps:  
1. Start playback of a recording you want.  
2. Move to a scene from which you want to start copy by  
holding down the  
or  
button.  
3. Press the button, then it will be copied in a new file  
which is named after the original recording with a suffix  
of ‘COPY’ and a number.  
4. To stop copy, press the  
button.  
NOTE  
You can make a copy of a long recording more quickly by  
starting to play the original recording, then pressing button  
until the speed has increased to six times, then pressing the  
button. The copy will be done at six times normal speed.  
7.5 MP3 playback  
You can enjoy music or audio books in MP3 format with the  
digital receiver. For how to transfer MP3 files to the digital  
receiver from your computer, refer to § 7.6 or Chapter 8.  
To play a MP3 file, perform the following steps:  
1. Press the  
button and then the  
or  
button to  
display the MP3 list.  
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2. Put the highlight bar on a desired file; if you want to play  
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F1  
several files, select them with the  
button.  
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¡
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OK  
3. Press the  
button to start playback.  
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¡
4. To stop playback, press the  
button.  
To play all MP3 files in a subfolder, put the highlight bar on a  
desired folder, and press the  
button.  
7.6 Transferring recording files  
You can transfer files between the digital receiver and your  
computer via USB connection with Altair, which is a program  
used to transfer files. You can download it from the Topfield  
web site, http://www.i-topfield.com.  
To transfer files, take the following steps:  
1. Download the Altair programme and the  
USB driver from the Topfield web site.  
2. Install them on your computer.  
3. 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.  
4. Turn on the digital receiver.  
5. Run Altair, then its screen will appear like  
the figure below.  
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The instructions on how to use Altair are as follows:  
1. Select files to transfer. The left panel shows files and  
folders that are on the digital receiver, while the right  
panel shows files and folders that are on your computer.  
2. To transfer files from the digital receiver to your com-  
puter, press the right arrow button (→).  
3. To transfer files from your computer to the digital re-  
ceiver, press the left arrow button (←).  
At the top of the panel, you will see a message that says Turbo  
Off. Turbo mode is a way of speeding up the transfer of files to  
and from the digital receiver. You can click the circle to the left  
of the message to turn turbo mode on or off.  
Turbo mode makes transferring files faster, but the digital re-  
ceiver stops responding to commands from the remote control.  
If you want to use the digital receiver while transferring, or if  
any scheduled recordings are due to start, you should not use  
turbo mode.  
NOTE  
You cannot play back the recordings with a regular MPEG  
player on your computer because they are formatted differ-  
ently from the standard MPEG format.  
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Visit http://www.videolan.org or http://www.elecard.com  
where you can find a MPEG player able to play them back.  
If you wish to author DVDs with them, visit http://www.  
haenlein-software.com where you can find a DVD authoring  
program able to process them.  
7.7 Formatting the hard disk  
You can delete all contents stored in the hard disk drive by  
formatting it. If you wish to do that, select the Installation  
>
Format Hard Disk menu, then you are asked for confirmation.  
If you select Yes, formatting will start.  
CAUTION  
Formatting the hard disk will delete all files permanently.  
NOTE  
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 can neither record nor use  
time shift with an unformatted hard disk.  
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Chapter 8  
Accessing to The Digital  
Receiver via The Internet  
NOTE  
The following section describes complex functions that should  
only be used by owners with advanced computer knowledge.  
TF 6000 PVR ES provides a web service and FTP service. You  
can make scheduled recordings or download recording files  
to your computer via these services. Here you need a router,  
which will connect the digital receiver to your computer or to  
the Internet. To use the network features of the digital receiver,  
you should take the following steps:  
1. Configuring your router for the digital receiver.  
2. Configuring the Local Area Network (LAN) settings on  
the digital receiver.  
3. Accessing the home page of the digital receiver. Refer to  
§
8.3 for detailed description about things you can do by  
way of the web service of the digital receiver.  
4. Accessing the FTP Server of the digital receiver.  
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NOTE  
The web server and FTP server of the digital receiver don’t  
work in standby mode. So it must be powered up all the time  
if you wish to use the web service at any time.  
8.1 Configuring the router  
In this section, the setup program of WRT54G, which is a router  
manufactured by Linksys, will be referred to as an exemplary  
to help your understanding of how to configure the router for  
network connection.  
NOTE  
For detailed description about how to set up the router, refer  
to the manual of your router.  
8.1.1 To access within the local area network  
Once your router is powered up, a local area network gets  
created whether or not it is connected to the Internet.  
You can let the router automatically as-  
sign a dynamic IP address to the com-  
puters or devices connected to the net-  
work by enabling the DHCP server of  
the router. In this case, you can access  
the digital receiver with the IP address  
which is assigned to the digital receiver  
by the router.  
If the digital receiver reboots, a new dynamic IP address will be  
assigned to it. You had better assign a static IP address to the  
digital receiver to avoid this inconvenience. For how to assign  
a static IP address, refer to the manual of your router. For how  
to specify a static IP address on the digital receiver, see § 8.2.  
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8.1.2 To access on the level of the Internet  
When you are away from home, you can access the digital  
receiver inside your home if your router is configured to route  
access to the digital receiver by means of port forwarding. Via  
this feature, your router will lead you to the digital receiver  
when you access your router with its IP address.  
Your router may be assigned to a dynamic IP address by an  
Internet service provider. So if the router has rebooted, you  
cannot access it unless someone in your home can inform you  
of the changed IP address. However, many routers support  
Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) service, which can  
settle this problem.  
If you use a DDNS service, you can access your router with  
a domain name. The instructions on how to use the DDNS  
service are as follows:  
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1. Make an account on a web site providing DDNS service,  
which should be supported by your router.  
2. Configure your router with the account so that it can  
communicate with the web site.  
Whenever a new dynamic IP address is assigned to the router,  
it will inform the DDNS service provider of the new IP address.  
This makes it possible that you access the router with a domain  
name at any time.  
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8.2 Configuring the network settings on the digital receiver  
You should configure the LAN settings to enable the web ser-  
vice and FTP service.  
Select the Installation  
>
LAN Set-  
ting > IP Configuration menu.  
You may get the digital receiver to be assigned a dynamic IP  
address. Set the DHCP option to On to do that. You can view  
the dynamic IP address assigned to the digital receiver by your  
router at the LAN Status menu.  
Sometimes when the digital receiver is restarted, the dynamic  
IP address will be changed and you will have to check it at the  
LAN Status menu to access the digital receiver. To avoid this  
cumbersome thing, you had better assign a static IP address  
rather than dynamic one.  
Set the DHCP option to Off, then the IP Address, Subnet Mask  
and Gateway options become enabled. You have to set these  
options to match with the configuration of your router.  
Set the User ID and Password options as you desire. When you  
access the FTP server, you will be asked for the account that  
was made with these options  
NOTE  
You can access the FTP server with an anonymous account.  
However, with an anonymous account you can only download  
files. You cannot upload files.  
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8.3 Accessing the web server  
In way of the web server of the digital receiver, you can do the  
following:  
• Download recording files.  
• Create new recording timers.  
•
View information about the programme currently being  
recorded.  
• View the system information of the digital receiver.  
NOTE  
It is recommended to use the Internet Explorer web browser in  
order to fully enjoy the above facilities. If you use a different  
web browser such as Netscape Navigator, some problems may  
occur.  
To access the digital receiver’s home page through your web  
browser, enter its IP address, or domain name if you use a  
DDNS service. For the DDNS service, refer to the user manual  
of your router.  
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You cannot only download but also upload recording files or  
MP3 files in the File Management page. However, if you wish  
to download or upload a file of which size is 2 gigabyte or  
more, it is recommended to use the FTP server rather than the  
web server.  
NOTE  
The maximum number of user connections is only one. This  
means that you cannot access the web server while someone  
else is occupying it.  
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8.4 Accessing the FTP server  
You need an FTP client program to access the FTP server of the  
digital receiver.  
You can log into the FTP server with the user name and pass-  
word specified in the LAN Setting menu. For how to configure  
the LAN settings, refer to § 8.2.  
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NOTE  
The maximum number of user connections is only one. This  
means that you cannot access the FTP server while someone  
else is occupying it.  
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Chapter 9  
Topfield Application Program  
If you are good at programming with C++ language, you  
can make a program executable to run on the digital receiver.  
We call this a Topfield Application program (TAP). In mak-  
ing a TAP, it is recommended to use Diab compiler of Wind  
River, whose web site address is http://www.windriver.com.  
Some variants of GCC compiler also might be available as a  
compiler for TAPs. You can get the Application program In-  
terface (API) libraries for TAPs from the Topfield web site,  
http://www.i-topfield.com.  
Your TAPs will be run under the following conditions:  
•
•
Their extension name is tap. If they have any other exten-  
sion 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 § 7.6 or Chapter 8.  
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To run a TAP in the digital receiver, perform the following  
steps:  
1. Press the  
button and then the  
or  
button to  
display the program file list.  
2. Place the highlight bar on a file entry you want to run.  
£
OK  
3. Press the  
button to start the program.  
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¡
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EXIT  
4. To exit the program, press the  
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 web site, http://www.  
i-topfield.com.  
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 the 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 button at start-up if you want the program not to  
run.  
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Chapter 10  
Firmware Update  
The digital receiver has a stable and convenient firmware  
to use. However, once in a while a new firmware may be  
released to improve the digital receiver. You can get the  
latest firmware and a firmware update tool, which runs on  
most versions of Windows, from the Topfield web site, http:  
//www.i-topfield.com.  
10.1 Checking the firmware information  
You have to check up the  
firmware information of your  
digital receiver before download-  
ing a new firmware. Select the  
Information  
>
IRD Status menu.  
You should see a screen like the  
left figure.  
Remember the number of the  
System ID item, and download  
the latest firmware with the  
same system identification.  
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NOTE  
It is only allowed to update with the firmware of which system  
identification is identical to that of yours. Otherwise you will  
fail in firmware update.  
10.2 From your computer via USB port  
You can transfer a new firmware to the digital receiver from  
your computer by connecting them with a USB cable. You  
need TFDN USB, a firmware transfer utility for this, which is  
available from the web site, http://www.i-topfield.com.  
To update the firmware with this method, perform the follow-  
ing steps:  
1. Download a new firmware applicable to  
your 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.  
The instructions on how to use TFDN USB are as follows:  
1. Press the Find button to select the  
new firmware file.  
2. Press the download button, and then  
restart the digital receiver to start the  
file transfer.  
3. A countdown will be displayed on  
screen  
4. Restart the digital receiver once  
more when the file transfer is com-  
plete.  
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10.3 From your computer via RS-232 port  
It is possible to transfer a new firmware to the digital receiver  
from your computer by connecting them with a RS-232 cable.  
You need TFD-Down, a firmware transfer utility for this, which  
is available from the web site, http://www.i-topfield.com.  
To update the firmware with this method, perform the follow-  
ing steps:  
1. Download a new firmware applicable to  
your digital receiver from the Topfield  
web site.  
2. Turn off the digital receiver.  
3. Plug one end of a RS-232 cable (9 pin D-  
sub cable) into the RS-232 port on the dig-  
ital receiver, and the other end into the  
matching port on your computer.  
4. Run TFD-Down.  
The instructions on how to use TFD-Down are as follows:  
1. Press the Find button to select the new  
firmware file.  
2. Press the download button, and then turn  
on the digital receiver to start the file trans-  
fer.  
3. A countdown will be displayed on screen  
4. Restart the digital receiver when the file  
transfer is complete.  
10.4 From another digital receiver via RS-232 port  
It is possible to transfer the firmware from the digital receiver  
to another same digital receiver by connecting them with a RS-  
232 cable. To update the firmware with this method, perform  
the following steps:  
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1. Turn off the target digital receiver.  
2. Plug one end of a RS-232 cable (9 pin D-  
sub cable) into the RS-232 port on the dig-  
ital receiver, and the other end into the  
matching port on the other digital receiver.  
3. Turn on the source digital receiver if not  
already on.  
4. Select the Installation  
>
Transfer Firmware  
>
Transfer Firmware to Other IRD menu,  
then you get asked for confirmation; select  
Yes.  
5. Turn on the target digital receiver to start  
the firmware transfer.  
6. A progress bar appears showing the  
progress of the firmware transfer.  
7. Restart the target digital receiver when the  
firmware transfer is complete.  
10.5 Over the air  
You can get a new firmware over  
the air.  
Select the Installation  
>
Firmware Upgrade menu.  
You should see a screen like the  
left figure.  
Selecting the Start command  
starts firmware update.  
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On the left table is presented  
the transponder information  
appointed by the manufac-  
turer, Topfield for firmware  
update.  
Satellite  
Frequency  
Symbol Rate 22000 KS/s  
Polarisation  
PID  
Astra (19.2° E)  
12603 MHz  
Horizontal  
347  
This transponder information can be changed. You can get the  
information from the web site, http://www.i-topfield.com  
.
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96 INDEX  
Index  
16:9, 22  
C band, 30  
16:9 Display Format, 23  
1st Audio Language, 20  
1st Subtitle Language, 20  
22 kHz, 32  
2nd Audio Language, 20  
2nd Subtitle Language, 20  
4:3, 23  
CAM, 8  
CAS, 59  
CAS only, 38  
CAS–FTA, 42, 52  
Censorship, 27  
Center extract, 23  
Change PIN Code, 27  
CI, 8  
A/V Output Setting, 21  
Access Control, 27  
Add New Fav Group, 61  
Add Satellite, 57  
Add to Fav, 42  
Add Transponder, 58  
Advanced, 37  
Common Interface, 8  
Common Interface, 8  
Connection Type, 31  
Date, 67  
Daylight Saving Time, 25  
Default, 42, 51  
After next program, 64  
After this program, 64  
ALL, 39  
All Service, 61  
Alphabetic, 42, 51  
Alphabetic, 70  
Altair, 77, 78  
Delete, 42, 51  
Delete Current Fav Group, 60  
Delete Satellite, 58  
Delete Transponder, 58  
DHCP, 84  
Diab, 89  
DiSEqC, 32  
Astra, 95  
AUDIO L, 16  
AUDIO L/R, 11  
AUDIO R, 16  
DiSEqC 1.0, 32, 33  
DiSEqC 1.1, 32, 33  
DiSEqC Command Mode, 34  
Download, 57  
Auto, 36  
Auto Start, 90  
download, 92, 93  
Download to STB, 56  
Duration, 64, 67  
DVB, 1  
Button, 5  
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Edit Current Fav Group, 61  
Edit Satellite, 58  
LAN, 80  
LAN, 12  
Edit Transponder, 58  
Electronic Programme Guide, 46  
Every Day, 66  
LAN Setting, 87  
LAN Status, 84  
Language Setting, 19  
Letter Box, 23  
Every Weekday, 67  
Every Weekend, 66  
LNB, 31  
LNB 1 IN, 11  
Factory Setting, 39  
Fav–NoFav, 42, 52  
Favorite Group, 60  
Favorite Group Name, 60, 61  
File List, 65, 70, 72, 75  
File Management, 86  
File Name, 67  
LNB 1 IN, 13, 31, 32  
LNB 1 OUT, 11  
LNB 1 OUT, 13, 14, 31  
LNB 2 IN, 11  
LNB 2 IN, 13, 14, 31, 32  
LNB 2 OUT, 11  
LNB 2 OUT, 13, 14  
LNB Frequency, 32  
LNB Power, 32  
LNB Setting, 31  
Local Time, 25  
Lock, 42, 51, 59, 71  
Locked, 71  
Find, 92, 93  
Firmware Upgrade, 94  
Format Hard Disk, 79  
Frequency, 34, 35, 37, 38  
FTA + CAS, 38  
FTA only, 38  
FTA–CAS, 42, 51  
Loop Through, 31  
FTA/Scrambled, 38  
Manual, 37  
Gateway, 84  
GCC, 89  
Goto, 34  
MediaHighway, 29  
MediaHighway EPG, 29  
Menu Language, 19  
Mini A, 33  
Goto the position, 35  
Mode, 25, 67  
HDMI, 12  
mono, 24  
HDMI, 15  
Motor Control, 34  
Motorized DiSEqC 1.2, 33, 58  
Motorized DiSEqC 1.3, 35  
Move, 35, 51  
HDMI Output, 23  
high definition, 23  
Home Transponder, 29  
Movement, 34  
Info Box Display Time, 28  
Info Box Position, 28  
information box, 44  
IP Address, 84  
multifeed, 47  
My Latitude, 35  
My Longitude, 35  
IP Configuration, 84  
IRD Status, 91  
Network Search, 36, 37  
NEW, 52  
No block, 27  
Ku band, 31  
keyboard, 54  
normal-screen television, 23  
NTSC, 21  
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One Time, 66  
Serial, 56  
Organizing Favorites, 52  
Organizing Services, 50  
OSD Transparency, 28  
Other, 32  
Service, 66  
Service Search, 36  
Services Copy, 38  
services list, 40  
Show Provider, 42  
Size, 70  
PAL, 21  
Parental Control, 27  
Password, 84  
SMATV, 36  
SMATV, 38  
picture-in-picture, 49  
PID, 37  
PIN, 27  
Polarization, 37  
port forwarding, 82  
Position Index, 58  
program file list, 90  
Program Files, 89  
progress bar, 69  
Provider, 42, 52  
Sort, 51  
Sorting, 42, 70  
Sound Mode, 24  
Space, 54  
specifications, 10, 12  
Start, 94  
Start Search, 38  
Start Time, 67  
std, 55, 56  
stereo, 24  
Store, 34  
Radio, 61, 66  
Subnet Mask, 84  
subtitle, 45  
Symbol Rate, 37, 38  
System ID, 91  
System Setting, 28  
Radio Service, 59  
radio services list, 51  
Record, 66  
Record continue, 64  
Record pause, 64  
recorded programme list, 70  
Rename, 42, 51, 71  
RS-232, 12  
TAP, 89  
tap, 89  
teletext, 45  
RS-232, 55, 56, 93, 94  
television services list, 51  
TFD-Down, 93  
S-VIDEO, 11  
TFDN USB, 92  
S-VIDEO, 16, 24  
S/PDIF, 11  
Time, 70  
time format, 25  
S/PDIF, 17  
Time Offset, 25  
Satellite, 42, 51  
Time Setting, 25, 27  
Time Shifting, 28, 47, 64  
timer list, 66  
Timer Setting, 66  
Total block, 27  
Satellite, 41, 58, 66  
Satellite Angle, 35  
Satellite Information, 57  
satellite list, 31, 43  
Satellite Name, 29, 31, 32, 34–38,  
57  
SCART Output, 22  
Search Mode, 36–38  
Separated, 31  
TP List, 58  
Transfer Data to Other IRD, 55  
Transfer Firmware to Other IRD, 94  
Transponder, 43, 52  
Transponder, 34, 35  
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transponder, 1  
Tuner, 42  
Tuner 1, 31  
Tuner 1 to Tuner 2, 39  
Tuner 2, 31  
Tuner 2 to Tuner 1, 39  
Tuner Select, 29, 31, 34, 35, 66  
Turbo Off, 78  
TV, 12  
TV, 15, 24, 66  
TV Aspect Ratio, 22, 23  
TV Service, 59  
TV Type, 21, 23  
Type, 66  
Upload, 56  
Upload from STB, 56  
USALS, 34  
USALS Setting, 35  
USB, 12  
USB, 56, 77, 92  
User, 34  
User ID, 84  
VCR, 12  
VCR, 17  
VCR Scart Type, 22  
Vega, 55  
VIDEO, 11  
VIDEO, 14, 16, 24  
Video Output Scaling, 24  
Weekly, 66  
wide-screen television, 22  
Wind River, 89  
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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 uncontrolled  
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 expla-  
nations and illustrations in this guide could be different from the actual digital receiver.  
Copyright © 2007, Topfield Co., Ltd.  
http://www.i-topfield.com  
English version  
110T-11326-201-0  
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