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T OPFIELD TF 5800 PVR User Manual Digital T errestrial Receiver P ersonal Video Recorder.
ii CONTENTS Contents Contents ii 1 Introduction and getting started 1 1 . 1 U n p a c k i n g .............................. 2 1.2 Remote control buttons and their functions . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.3 Rear panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
iii 2.1 Starting to watch television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2.1.1 V olume control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2.1.2 Changing channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2.1.3 Radio channels . . . . . .
iv CONTENTS 4 Extra features 45 4.1 Make the most of digital TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 4 . 1 . 1 S u b t i t l e s........................... 4 6 4 . 1 . 2 S o u n d t r a c k s ........................ 4 6 4.1.3 Picture in Pictur e .
v 5.2 Connecting the PVR to your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 5 . 2 . 1 U s i n g A l t a i r ......................... 6 5 5.2.2 How files are or ganised on your PVR . . . . . . . . . . 66 5.2.3 T ransferring files . . . . . . . . . . .
vi CONTENTS A T echnical Information 84.
1 Chapter 1 Introduction and getting started Congratulations on buying a T opfield TF 5800 Personal V ideo Recorder (PVR). The TF 5800 allows you to view and recor d digital TV channels easily , via an ordinary television aerial.
2 Introduction and getting started in picture, interactive services and even a link to your home computer . W e’ll cover all of those issues in this manual, starting from basic installation and setu.
1.2 Remote control buttons and their functions 3 1.2 Remote control buttons and their functions 1 ⃝ P ower Use this button to switch the PVR in and out of standby mode. 2 ⃝ Mute Press mute to temporarily switch off the sound; press again to switch it back on.
4 Introduction and getting started EPG. 9 ⃝ Guide The Guide button displays the Electronic Pr ogramme Guide (EPG). 10 ⃝ Menu Use this button to access the PVR’s menus, or to return to the pr evious menu from a sub-menu. 11 ⃝ List Press List once to display a list of all the channels stored for TV or Radio.
1.2 Remote control buttons and their functions 5 18 ⃝ Rewind Pr ess to reverse playback; press again to increase speed, or hold down to move along the progr ess bar . 19 ⃝ Pla y Press to go to normal playback speed, or to display the progr ess bar for faster navigation when play- back has already started.
6 Introduction and getting started section of a programme for r epeat playback or edit- ing. 30 ⃝ Colour ke ys The coloured keys on the r emote control are used by interactive services, such as BBCi or T ele- text —for example, you may see a message on scr een asking you to ‘Press Red.
1.3 Rear panel connections 7 to connect this to the ANT 2 connector . 3 ⃝ ANT 2 ANT 2 is the input to the second of the tuners in your PVR. 4 ⃝ RF LOOP 2 OUT This is the output from the first tuner . 5 ⃝ Video output This yellow socket carries composite video.
8 Introduction and getting started bined, on the RF OUT socket, with a signal show- ing the PVR’s display . 11 ⃝ RF OUT This output provides the display from the PVR as an ordinary TV channel, so it can be selected on televisions that have no special A V inputs.
1.4 Connecting up your PVR 9 need to use the RF OUT connector on your PVR; we shall de- scribe how to do that shortly . 1.4.1 Connecting the aerial to your PVR Whatever sort of connection you have between the PVR and the TV , you need to connect the PVR to your television aerial so that it can receive digital TV channels.
10 Introduction and getting started experiment with differ ent sockets on your TV , since some may have differ ent facilities, such as automatic switching when the PVR is turned on, while others may not. Some televisions have inputs via S-V ideo or Composite con- nectors, rather than SCAR T .
1.5 Switching on for the first time 11 your television set is turned on and that the correct input or channel has been selected, so that you will be able to see the display from the PVR. Now , press the Standby button on the front of the PVR or on the remote contr ol.
12 Introduction and getting started It may take several minutes for the search, and it is common for no channels to be found until quite late in the process. Be patient; when the scan is complete, you will see a mes- sage telling you how many TV and radio channels, or services, have been found.
1.5 Switching on for the first time 13 First, select the top item in the menu, Mode, and ensure that it is set to Auto; this will allow your PVR to receive its time signal from the television sta- tions, keeping it accurate all the time. Next, move down to T ime Offset.
14 Introduction and getting started Set the TV type to P AL for most European television sets. The V ideo Output option selects the type of video signal that will be sent via the TV SCAR T socket. Y ou can choose between RGB, S-V ideo, YUV (also known as component, and used with some flat-panel displays), and CVBS, also known as composite.
1.6 Pay TV 15 Y ou can cycle through the differ ent display size options by pressing the 0 button on the r emote control while watching a programme; a message will appear in the top right of the screen telling you which option has been selected, and the set- tings in this menu will also change.
16 Introduction and getting started not to add a subscription module, you will still be able to see all the free channels and listen to all the radio stations.
17 Chapter 2 W atching TV Y our PVR incorporates twin digital television tuners, allowing you to pick up more channels than an older analogue televi- sion set, together with some radio stations that are also br oad- cast on the digital TV service.
18 W atching TV select the appropriate channel or input. After a short pause, the word ‘run’ will appear on the front panel display of the PVR, shortly after that, you’ll see the tele- vision picture. The fr ont panel will display the letter P , fol- lowed by the channel number .
2.1 Starting to watch television 19 2.1.1 V olume control Use the and controls on the r emote to alter the volume to a comfortable level. Y ou may need to adjust the volume on your television set too, so that the contr ols on the PVR’s remote give you a good range of contr ol, without too much noise or distortion.
20 W atching TV Here you can see all the TV channels that your box has stored, with their channel number at the left, and the name at the right. If any pay TV channels were detected, they will be marked with a $ symbol. Use the up and down keys to move through the list, and pr ess OK to switch to the channel that you’ve highlighted.
2.2 Electronic Programme Guide 21 2.2 Electronic Programme Guide The Electronic Pr ogramme Guide, or EPG, is like a built-in version of a TV listings magazine, allowing you to see what programmes ar e on, for up to seven days ahead.
22 W atching TV Green and Y ellow keys on the remote contr ol to move back- wards and forwar ds by one day at a time, so you can easily see what’s on tomorrow .
2.3 T ime Shift television 23 2.3 T ime Shift television Because it has a hard disk inside, your PVR is able to con- stantly save the TV programme that you’r e watching.
24 W atching TV If you change channel, the PVR will discard the information on its disk, and start recording the new channel, so if you swap channels during the ads, you won’t be able to rewind when go back to the previous channel. Since looking at other channels in the EPG changes channel, it also clears the time shift infor- mation.
2.3 T ime Shift television 25 2.3.2 Pausing TV Rewinding is useful to see something again, but if you don’t want to miss something, press the button instead. Y ou’ll see a pause symbol appear at the top right of the display , and a counter showing you how far behind live TV you are.
26 Recording and playing TV programmes Chapter 3 Recording and playing TV programmes At the heart of your T opfield PVR is its ability to record and play back television programmes using its har d disk.
3.1 How your PVR records 27 Instant recor dings are just like pressing the r ecord button on a video recor der; the PVR starts to record the pr ogramme that you’re watching, so if a pr ogramme is just about to start, you could begin an instant recor ding, without having to worry about setting the timer .
28 Recording and playing TV programmes you’ve recor ded previously while it’s making two new recor d- ings, or watch a differ ent TV channel. W e’ll explain later how all of this is done —and some restrictions on what you can do when recor dings are being made —but first, we’ll look at the basics.
3.2 Instant recording 29 the programme, or for the next fifteen minutes. No problem! After starting the recor ding, just press the Recor d button again, and a menu will be displayed on the screen, like this: Use the up and down keys on the remote to select one of the options.
30 Recording and playing TV programmes ishes and the film starts again, press Record and then choose to continue recor ding. 3.3 Current event recording Instant recor dings are useful if you’ve not.
3.4 Scheduled recordings 31 vious chapter . Then, when you reach the point wher e you’d like the recor ding to start, press the Record button on the re- mote control, as if you were starting an instant recor d. The recor ding will automatically include everything from your current position onwar ds.
32 Recording and playing TV programmes programme that starts on one channel, and then to change to another channel fifteen minutes later to watch something else, for example.
3.4 Scheduled recordings 33 Y ou can also schedule a recording with one key pr ess in the EPG by highlighting a programme and pr essing the Record button; the red R mark will appear . 3.4.2 Altering the details As you can see, scheduling recordings couldn’t be easier .
34 Recording and playing TV programmes Use W eekly to record on the same day each week, for example a programme that is on every Thursday . Use Every W eekday to record at the same time, Monday to Friday . Use Every W eekend to record at the same time on both Satur - day and Sunday .
3.4 Scheduled recordings 35 3.4.3 V iewing your recording schedule Once you’ve scheduled a number of recor dings, you’ll prob- ably want to see which programmes you have added to your schedule, or you may even want to remove an entry from your list, without having to look through the EPG to find them all.
36 Recording and playing TV programmes Press Exit to r eturn to viewing from the recor ding schedule. Scheduling a recor ding without using the EPG The programme information that’s broadcast with di.
3.5 Things you should know about recording on your PVR 37 example 1745 for quarter to six in the evening. Below the start time, set the duration, and then simply move down to the OK line, and press OK. The PVR will automat- ically give your recor ding the name of the programme that’s being broadcast when it starts.
38 Recording and playing TV programmes All you have to do is select the recor ding that you do want to stop, and press OK. 3.5.2 W atching television while dual recording While you’re r ecording two channels at the same time, you can watch either of the channels you’re r ecording.
3.5 Things you should know about recording on your PVR 39 to select Y es when this message appears (if you leave it on screen, the PVR will select Y es for you after a short pause). If you select No, or press Exit, then the recording will not take place, and you will carry on watching the current channel.
40 Recording and playing TV programmes Y ou can instruct the PVR to return to standby after the cur- rent r ecordings have finished, using the Sleep timer . Press the key on the remote, and move to the bottom option, Sleep timer . Use the right arrow key to choose 10 minutes, and then press OK.
3.6 Playing back recordings 41 As you can see, the recordings have the names of the programmes they contain. Move up and down with the arrow keys, and you’ll see that the bottom section of the screen shows additional infor - mation, including the channel, date and time of the recor ding, and the start of the programme’s description.
42 Recording and playing TV programmes 3.6.1 Playback features While you’re playing back a r ecorded file, you can use the pause, rewind and fast forward featur es, just the same as when you’re watching time shifted TV , so pressing once plays at double speed, press again for four times normal speed, and again for six times.
3.6 Playing back recordings 43 T o use this ‘resume playback’ feature, simply highlight a pr o- gramme in the archive list, and then press the button on the remote, instead of OK. Playback will start from the same place where you stopped viewing pr eviously .
44 Recording and playing TV programmes 3.6.3 After you’ve watched a recording When you’ve watched a recor ding, you can keep it for as long as you like. If you decide that you don’t want to watch it, display the Archive scr een, and then highlight the recording and press the White key on the r emote control.
45 Chapter 4 Extra features Now you know how to watch TV , choose pr ogrammes to record, and play them back, let’s look at some of the other extra fea- tures that the PVR pr ovides, and which you may find yourself using quite often.
46 Extra features 4.1.1 Subtitles If you used subtitles on an analogue broadcast, you’r e proba- bly used to accessing them through the teletext service. W ith digital TV , they’r e separate, and you can turn them on and off easily using the Opt button [Opt button picture] on the r emote control.
4.1 Make the most of digital TV 47 4.1.3 Picture in Picture Since it has two tuners, your PVR can r ecord two differ ent channels at the same time, as we’ve already seen. It can also allow you to watch two differ ent channels at the same time, too, using Picture in Pictur e (PiP).
48 Extra features If you are r ecording two programmes, the choice of channels available for the Picture in Pictur e may be limited, just as you can only view certain channels when recor ding two channels at the same time. 4.1.4 Digital teletext Digital teletext provides a mor e colourful, simpler to use ser- vice than traditional teletext.
4.1 Make the most of digital TV 49 screen instructions, and r emember that pressing the TEXT but- ton will take you back to watching TV . Using the P + and P − buttons to change channel while in dig- ital teletext will also return you to normal television viewing.
50 Extra features Select the sleep timer with the up and down arrows, and then use the left and right arrows to increase or decr ease the time pe- riod, then pr ess OK. At the end of the time you choose, which can be between ten and 120 min- utes, the PVR will automatically return to standby .
4.2 Organising channels 51 4.2.2 Setting up favourite channels Before you can use the favourites facility , you need to or ganise channels into groups of favourites. Y ou can have up to thirty groups of favourite channels, so you could have one list of music channels, one of news channels and one of other chan- nels.
52 Extra features Press Red again to move to the list of channels that you’ve added to the favourites group; if you highlight a channel now and press OK, it will be r emoved from the group. Pr essing Red a third time will r eturn you to the left hand column of the screen.
4.2 Organising channels 53 T o create a new list of favourite channels with a name of your choice, select the bottom item in the left hand column, —NEW — and press OK. The on-scr een keyboard will appear , and you can choose a name for your group.
54 Extra features pressing the List button on the r emote twice is a quick way to access favourites. 4.3 Organising recordings When you’ve recor ded more than a handful of programmes, you’ll reali.
4.3 Organising recordings 55 list, then press the Blue button, and select Rename. Y ou’ll see an on-screen keyboard appear . It works just the same way as we explained above, when we looked at Favourites. Just select Save when you’ve changed the name, or press Exit on the remote to abandon the changes.
56 Extra features T o move up from a folder , select the option labelled with two dots, at the top of the list. Y ou’ll see it appear at the top of the list of files in a folder , and if you’re in a folder and try to move a file, it will also appear as one of the destinations.
4.3 Organising recordings 57 4.3.4 Editing recordings As well as copying recor dings, your PVR allows you to edit recor dings that are stored on the har d disk. So, for example, if you set a recor ding to start a few minutes early , you could remove the extra material at the start of it.
58 Extra features If you choose Save, then a new file will be saved containing just the section of the programme that you highlighted, and the original programme will be un- altered. This can be used, for example, to extract just a part of a programme.
4.4 Additional playback and viewing features 59 Press the OK button to start playback fr om the first file. At the end of that programme, the second one will be played, and then others in the sequence.
60 Extra features in the information box. The PVR will play just the section of the programme that you have marked. If the current posi- tion is within that section, it will carry on playing until then end, otherwise it will return to the start of the marked section.
4.4 Additional playback and viewing features 61 4.4.5 Restricting access to recorded programmes T o ensure that a programme cannot be viewed without enter - ing the PIN code, highlight it in the archive list and press the Blue key , then choose Lock. A key icon will appear to the right of the name.
62 Extra features Y ou can also change the name of a channel by selecting re- name, or show the provider of the channels, which is usu- ally the name of the TV company responsible for br oadcasting them. The channel list can be sorted by choosing the Sort option.
63 Chapter 5 The PC Connection One of the most exciting features of your T opfield TF 5800 PVR is one of the ones you probably won’t notice in day to day use. It’s the USB connector on the rear panel. USB stands for Universal Serial Bus, and it’s a standard connector found on just about every modern home computer .
64 The PC Connection 5.1 Installing the software and drivers The software for your PVR is called T opfield W indows Appli- cations Setup, and can be downloaded from the UK T opfield web site at www .
5.2 Connecting the PVR to your PC 65 to link computers to devices like printers. Make sure that the PVR is turned of f, and then connect the USB cable to the rear panel, and plug the other end into the PC.
66 The PC Connection The left hand panel shows files and folders that are on your PVR, while the right hand one shows files and folders that are on your computer .
5.2 Connecting the PVR to your PC 67 each recor ded programme, with a name ending in .rec. The MP3 folder is where you can stor e MP3 music files, which your PVR can play back. The ProgramFiles folder is wher e you can store additional soft- ware for the PVR, which we’ll explain mor e about in the next section.
68 The PC Connection programme could be transferr ed in about three minutes. When turbo mode is turned off, it will take approximately fifteen minutes to transfer a fifteen minute programme.
69 Chapter 6 Advanced features Now you know how to use most of the basic features of your PVR, we’ll look at a few of the extra features and useful things to know , such as how to play back MP3 music files, or update the PVR’s software. 6.1 MP3 playback Y our T opfield PVR can play back MP3 music files, just like many portable music players.
70 Advanced features folders in exactly the same way as you organise r ecorded tele- vision programmes. T o play a single MP3 file, just move to it with the arrow keys on the remote contr ol, and press the or button on the remote contr ol. While MP3 files are being played, a graphical image will be displayed on your television screen.
6.2 Firmware updates 71 Before updating, you should find out which firmwar e version you have installed on your PVR; you may also be asked this information if you ring the technical support line. Press the Menu button on the r emote control and select Infor- mation from the main menu.
72 Advanced features Now , pr ess the Standby button on the front of the PVR. The PVR will begin to start up and then you should see a sequence of numbers displayed on the front panel, beginning with the letters dn; this process usually takes less than a minute.
6.2 Firmware updates 73 6.2.3 Installing a firmware update over the air Updating your firmware via USB is quick, but it’s not always convenient to connect the PVR to your computer . Fr om time to time, T opfield broadcasts firmware updates via the digi- tal television system, and you can choose to download these when they are br oadcast.
74 Advanced features 6.3 T APs - Additional software for your PVR One of the most exciting things about the T opfield TF 5800, compared to other PVRs, is that it’s possible to add additional software to it, as well as simply updating the firmwar e.
6.3 T APs - Additional software for your PVR 75 your PVR. Remember to check the documentation that accompanies each T AP to see if there are any other files that need to be copied to the PVR with it. Some T APs, for example, require a configu- ration file or folder to be copied into the ProgramFiles folder with them.
76 Advanced features 6.3.3 Starting T APs automatically Y ou may find that there are some T APs that you particularly like using, and you’d like to start them each time you turn your PVR on.
6.3 T APs - Additional software for your PVR 77 ing, making a new recording, showing live TV or in the sys- tem menus. Not all T APs are designed to work at all times, so check the documentation for a T AP if it doesn’t do what you expect —it may be designed only to work when the PVR is doing certain tasks.
78 T roubleshooting and How to Chapter 7 T roubleshooting and How to In this section, you can find a summary of solutions to some common problems and some useful tips. 7.1 T roubleshooting Although your T opfield PVR is a reliable piece of equipment, sometimes you may experience problems.
7.1 T roubleshooting 79 Some third party T APs can automatically return you to your playback or previous viewing, however these are not sup- ported by T opfield. 7.1.2 Failed recordings The most common cause of failed recor dings is a problem with the signal from your TV aerial.
80 T roubleshooting and How to ing down the 0 button on the remote contr ol while you start the system, until the picture has appeared. Y ou should then open the Archive list, and move to the ProgramFiles section by pressing Fast Forwar d or Rewind.
7.1 T roubleshooting 81 T o tune manually , you need to know which transmitter your aerial is pointing at, and the UHF channel numbers (which are always in the range 21-69) that are used for digital television; there will normally be six numbers, though in some regions there may be fewer .
82 T roubleshooting and How to Some recor dings made from PayTV channels may not be playable without a subscription, or after some time has elapsed. Sec- tion 4, Extra features, Copying r ecordings contains informa- tion about how you may be able to avoid this problem.
7.3 Contacting support 83 ber you noted from the pr evious paragraph, then select Start Search and pr ess OK. Y ou’ll see a list showing all the chan- nels on that multiplex, including the new one, which will be added to your channel list for you. Existing channels will not be affected.
84 T echnical Information Appendix A T echnical Information T able A.1: T uner T uner quantity 2 Input/Loop through connector 75 Ω , IEC 169-2, Female/Male Frequency range VHF: 174 to 230 MHz, UHF: 470 to 862 MHz Signal level input − 78 to − 20 dBm Aerial supply 5 V, Max.
85 T able A.3: Connectors TV SCART V ideo CVBS/S-Video/RGB/YUV output Audio L/R output VCR SCRT V ideo CVBS output Audio L/R output V ideo CVBS/S-Video/RGB/YUV input for bypass Audio L/R input for byp.
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T opfield continues to improve the digital r eceiver which this manual explains. So some ex- planations and illustrations in this manual could be differ ent from the real digital receiver . Copyright © 2006, T opfield Co., Ltd. English version http://www .
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