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TOPFIELD
TF 5000 PVRt Masterpiece
User Guide
Digital Terrestrial Receiver
Personal Video Recorder
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iii DigitalBroadcastingAustralia Dearcustomer, DigitalBroadcastingAustralia(DBA)congratulatesyouonyour decisiontopurchaseadigitalreceiverset-topbox. Digital Broadcasting Australia is made up of the free-to-air television stations, consumer electronic suppliers, manufac- turersandretailers. Together,wewanttoensurethesmoothest possible transition to digital for viewers and consumers. You can find out more about DBA by visiting our web site, http: //www.dba.org.au. Asyouareoneofthefirsttoexperienceth
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iv digitaltelevisiondevelopments You can also provide vital feedback on the features of digital televisionyoulikeanddon’tlikeinoccasionalon-linesurveys— soyoucanhelpshapedigitaltelevisioninthefuture. Toregisterasamemberofthe DBAEarlyAdopterClub,please enteryourcontactdetailsontheregistrationwebpageathttp: //www.dba.org.au/register.asp. Youwillthenreceiveacon- firmationofyourmembershipandasign-onpassword. WelookforwardingtowelcomingyoutotheDBAEarlyAdopter Club. TimO’Keefe DigitalBroadcastingAustra
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v Contents Contents v 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Controllingthedigitalreceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2.1 Thefrontpanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2.2 Theremotecontrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Installation 7 2.1 Packingcontents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.2 Safetyprecautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.3 Rearpane
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vi CONTENTS 3.2.3 Videocassetterecorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3.2.4 Televisionaspectratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3.2.5 Soundmode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3.2.6 RFoutput . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3.3 Localtimesetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3.4 Parentalcontrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3.5 Adjustingon-screendisplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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vii 7.1.2 Makingatimerrecording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 7.1.3 Recordingbyelectronicprogramguide . . . . . . . . . 42 7.1.4 Recordingwhenusingtimeshift . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 7.2 Filelist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 7.3 Playingbackarecording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 7.3.1 Toplaybackinslowmotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 7.3.2 Toplaybackinfastmotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 7.3.3 Toplaybackrecordingsin
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1 Chapter1 Introduction 1.1 Introduction TheTF5000PVRtMasterpiecedigitalreceiverisfullycompli- ant with the international Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard,andcanreceivedigitalbroadcastings. Tooperateit, youneedanantenna,whichmustbeinstalledappropriately. Unlike analog broadcastings, digital broadcastings are not all assignedtotheirownfrequencies;1instead,severaltelevision andradiobroadcastingsaretransmittedthroughasingletrans- ponderonasinglewidebandcarrier. NOTE A transponder is in fac
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2 Introduction vices,aselectionoftelevisionandradioserviceshavealready been programmed for you. So all broadcasting services that have gone on air are available to you. You can find the latest transponder information from various broadcasters on tele- text. The TF5000PVRt Masterpiece digital receiver has features as follows: • Thedigtialreceiverisabletomemorizeupto2000tele- visionandradioservices. • Electronic Program Guide (EPG) provides an overview ofprogramschedulesfornextfewhours. • Youcanedi
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1.2Controllingthedigitalreceiver 3 1.2 Controllingthedigitalreceiver You can control the digital receiver with the remote control andthefrontpanelbuttons. NOTE When the digital receiver is off but plugged to a wall outlet, wesaythatitisinstandbymode; ontheother hand,whenitison,itisinoperationmode. Youshould keepthedigitalreceiverpluggedtoawalloutletsoas itcanruntimerevents. 1.2.1 Thefrontpanel STANDBY button togglesthedigitalreceiverbetweenoper- ationmodeandstandbymode. CHANNEL , buttons switcht
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4 Introduction 1.2.2 Theremotecontrol ⃝ 1 buttontogglesthedigitalre- ceiver between operation mode andstandbymode. ⃝ 2 buttonmutesthetelevisionor audioappliance. ¤ ¡ ⃝ 3 UHF button displays the RF set- £ ¢ ting menu. For more descrip- tions,referto§3.2.6. ⃝ 4 button toggles operation be- tween the digital receiver and your video recorder. For more descriptions,referto§3.2.3. ⃝ 5 button sets a sleep timer. The digital receiver is turned off to standby mode when a specified durationiselapsed. ⃝ 6 N
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1.2Controllingthedigitalreceiver 5 oramultifeedifavailable. ¤ ¡¤ ¡ ⃝ 13 V+, V− buttons change the volume, and select an op- £ ¢£ ¢ tioninamenu. ¤ ¡ ¤ ¡ ⃝ 14 P+, P− buttons switch to another service, and move £ ¢ £ ¢ thehighlightbarverticallyinamenu. ¤ ¡ ⃝ 15 OK buttondisplaystheservicelist,andselectsanentry £ ¢ inamenuorlist. ¤ ¡ ⃝ 16 FAV buttondisplaysthefavoriteservicelist. £ ¢ 17 ⃝ buttonisusedtoselectasubtitletrackifavailable. ¤ ¡ ⃝ 18 EXIT buttonescapesfromanymenu. £ ¢ ⃝ 19 buttondisplayste
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6 Introduction ⃝ 32 buttonplaysbackfromanextbookmarkposition. ⃝ 33 buttonisusedtoeditarecordingfile. ⃝ 34 button displays recording file list, MP3 file list or applicationfilelist. Formoredescriptions,referto§7.4. ⃝ 35 buttondisplaysaservicelistforsubpicture,orspec- ifiesablockforarepeatedplayback. ¤ ¡ ⃝ 36 N/P buttonisunavailableforthismodel. £ ¢ If you do not have wide-screen television but normal screen ¤ ¡ television,pressingthe 0 buttonchanges,dependingonbroad- £ ¢ castingconditions,thedisplayfo
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7 Chapter2 Installation 2.1 Packingcontents Beforegoinganyfurther,checkthatyouhavereceivedthefol- lowingitemswithyourdigitalreceiver. • Remotecontrolunit • Twobatteriesfortheremotecontrol(AAA1.5V) • One loop cable, to link the first tuner with the second tuner • One SCART-to-component cable, to link the digital re- ceivertoyourtelevisionset • One RCA cable, to link the digital receiver to your tele- visionset • Acopyofthisuserguide 2.2 Safetyprecautions Please read and keep the following safety p
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8 Installation necting the digital receiver to the wall outlet. For the power cunsumption of the digital receiver, refer to Ta- ble2.1. • Thewalloutletshallbeinstalledneartheequipmentand shallbeeasilyaccessible. • The digital receiver is designed to receive, record and playbackvideoandaudiosignals. Anyotheruseisex- presslyprohibited. • Whensettingupthedigitalreceiver,makesureitisina horizontalposition. • Do not expose the digital receiver to any moisture. The digital receiver is designed for use
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2.2Safetyprecautions 9 tennacable. Alwaysdisconnectthepowerplugandthe antennacable. • Never open the digital receiver casing under any cir- cumstances. Warrantyclaimsareexcludedforthedam- ageresultingfromimproperhandling. • Referallservicingtoqualifiedservicepersonnel. Servic- ing is required when the digital receiver has been dam- aged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged,liquidhasbeenspiltorobjectshavefalleninto thedigitalreceiver,thedigitalreceiverhasbeenexposed to rain or
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10 Installation 2.3 Rearpanelconnections 1 3 5 8 11 ANT 1 ANT 2 VIDEO RF OUT L TV R RF IN RF LOOP 1 OUT RF LOOP 2 OUT AUDIO S-VIDEO VCR USB S/PDIF RS-232 2 4 6 7 9 13 10 12 14 ⃝ 1 ANT 1 IN Broadcasting input socket for the 1st tuner. ⃝ 2 RF LOOP 1 OUT Broadcastingoutputsocketthrough ANT 1 INforanotherdigitalreceiver. 3 ⃝ ANT 2 IN Broadcasting input socket for the 2nd tuner. 4 ⃝ RF LOOP 2 OUT Broadcastingoutputsocketthrough sec- ondtunerinforanotherdigitalreceiver. ⃝ 5 VIDEO Compositevideooutputs
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2.4Connectingthedigitalreceiver 11 ⃝ 11 RF OUT Analogtelevisionoutputsocket. ⃝ 12 S/PDIF DolbyDigitaloutputsocketfortheau- diosystem. ⃝ 13 USB USBportforfirmwareupdateanddata transfer. ⃝ 14 RS-232 Serialportforfirmwareupdateanddata transfer. Table2.3:Connectorsspecification TVSCART CVBS/S-Video/RGB/YUVvideooutput Left&rightaudiooutput VCRSCART CVBSvideooutput Left&rightaudiooutput CVBS/S-Video/RGB/YUVvideoinputforbypass Left&rightaudioinputforbypass S-Video S-Videooutput RCAAV Compositevideooutput
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12 Installation Connectingtotheterrestrialantenna Connecttheantennacabletothe ANT 1 INsocketonthedigital receiver,andthenconnectthe RF LOOP 1 OUTsocketandthe ANT 2 INsocketwithaloop-throughcable. If you have another digital receiver, plug another cable into the RF LOOP 2 OUT socket on the digital receiver and the correspondingsocketontheotherdigitalreceiver. ConnectingtothetelevisionbySCARTconnector Pluga SCART cable into the TV socketon the digital receiver andthecorrespondingSCARTsocketonyourt
