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TOPFIELD
TF5800PVR
UserManual
Digital Terrestrial Receiver
Personal Video Recorder
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ii CONTENTS Contents Contents ii 1 Introductionandgettingstarted 1 1.1 Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.2 Remotecontrolbuttonsandtheirfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.3 Rearpanelconnections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.4 ConnectingupyourPVR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1.4.1 ConnectingtheaerialtoyourPVR . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.4.2 ConnectingthePVRtoyourTVusingaSCART . . . . 9 1.4.3 ConnectingthePVRtoyourTVusingth
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iii 2.1 Startingtowatchtelevision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2.1.1 Volumecontrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2.1.2 Changingchannels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2.1.3 Radiochannels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2.2 ElectronicProgrammeGuide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2.3 TimeShifttelevision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 2.3.1 RewindingTV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 2.3.2
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iv CONTENTS 4 Extrafeatures 45 4.1 MakethemostofdigitalTV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 4.1.1 Subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 4.1.2 Soundtracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 4.1.3 PictureinPicture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 4.1.4 Digitalteletext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 4.1.5 Sleeptimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 4.2 Organisingchannels . . . . . . . . . . . .
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v 5.2 ConnectingthePVRtoyourPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 5.2.1 UsingAltair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 5.2.2 HowfilesareorganisedonyourPVR . . . . . . . . . . 66 5.2.3 Transferringfiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 6 Advancedfeatures 69 6.1 MP3playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 6.2 Firmwareupdates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 6.2.1 InstallingafirmwareupdateviaUSB . . . . . . . . . . 71 6
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vi CONTENTS A TechnicalInformation 84
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1 Chapter1 Introductionandgetting started CongratulationsonbuyingaTopfieldTF5800PersonalVideo Recorder (PVR). The TF5800 allows you to view and record digital TV channels easily, via an ordinary television aerial. You can receive all the Freeview channels broadcast in your area, which includes a range of digital radio stations too. In addition, with a small subscription module, you can access someadditionalchannelsfrompayTVbroadcasters. YournewPVRallowsyoutorecordtwodifferentprogrammes simultaneo
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2 Introductionandgettingstarted in picture, interactive services and even a link to your home computer. We’ll cover all of those issues in this manual, starting from basicinstallationandsetup,thenlookingateverydayuse,and finally giving you an idea of some of the advanced features that you can make use of when you’re comfortable with how yourPVRworks. 1.1 Unpacking Beforegoinganyfurther,checkthatyouhavereceivedthefol- lowingitemswithyourPVR.Ifanyaremissing,pleasecontact yoursupplier. • Remotecontr
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1.2Remotecontrolbuttonsandtheirfunctions 3 1.2 Remotecontrolbuttonsandtheirfunctions ⃝ 1 Power Use this button to switch thePVRinandoutofstandby mode. 2 ⃝Mute Press mute to temporarily switch off the sound; press againtoswitchitbackon. ⃝ 3 TV/Radio Switch the PVR be- tween television and radio channels. ⃝ 4 Satellite This button switches the output of the main SCART socket between the PVR’s picture and the device con- nected to the secondary SCARTsocket. ⃝ 5 Opt The Opt button gives ac- cess to
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4 Introductionandgettingstarted EPG. ⃝ 9 Guide TheGuidebuttondisplaystheElectronicProgramme Guide(EPG). ⃝ 10 Menu Use this button to access the PVR’s menus, or to returntothepreviousmenufromasub-menu. ⃝ 11 List Press List once to display a list of all the channels storedforTVorRadio. Pressitagainwhenthelist isdisplayedtoselectagroupofFavouritechannels. 12 ⃝Exit PressExittoleavethecurrentscreen. ⃝ 13 V+/V− Thesebuttonsincreaseanddecreasethevolume. In some screens, they also work as right and left
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1.2Remotecontrolbuttonsandtheirfunctions 5 ⃝ 18 Rewind Presstoreverseplayback;pressagaintoincrease speed, or hold down to move along the progress bar. ⃝ 19 Play Presstogotonormalplaybackspeed,ortodisplay the progress bar for faster navigation when play- back has already started. From the Archive, press toresumeplaybackfromthelastposition. ⃝ 20 Fastforward Presstostartfastforward,andagaintoin- creaseplaybackspeed,orholddowntomovealong theprogressbar. ⃝ 21 Stop Press to stop playback, to stop a re
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6 Introductionandgettingstarted sectionofaprogrammeforrepeatplaybackoredit- ing. 30 ⃝ Colourkeys Thecolouredkeysontheremotecontrolare used by interactive services, such as BBCi or Tele- text—forexample,youmayseeamessageonscreen asking you to ‘Press Red.’ The keys are also used insomeofthePVRmenus,whereyouwillusually see an on screen message telling you which key to useforwhichfunction. 1.3 Rearpanelconnections TheTF5800PVRhasawiderangeofconnectionsontheback panel,anditcanlookalittlecomplicatedat
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1.3Rearpanelconnections 7 toconnectthistotheANT2connector. ⃝ 3 ANT2 ANT 2 is the input to the second of the tuners in yourPVR. ⃝ 4 RFLOOP2OUT Thisistheoutputfromthefirsttuner. ⃝ 5 Videooutput Thisyellowsocketcarriescompositevideo. This format is used by some video projectors, and audiovisualamplifiers;mostuserswillnotneedto usethissocket. 6 ⃝Audiooutputs Thesetwoconnectorsprovideleft(white) and right (red) channel audio outputs, which can beconnectedtoahi-fisystem,ifyouwish. ⃝ 7 S-Video The S-Video
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8 Introductionandgettingstarted bined, on the RF OUT socket, with a signal show- ingthePVR’sdisplay. ⃝ 11 RFOUT ThisoutputprovidesthedisplayfromthePVR asanordinaryTVchannel,soitcanbeselectedon televisionsthathavenospecialAVinputs. ⃝ 12 S/PDIFopticalconnector Ifyouhaveanaudiovisualsys- temwithasurroundsounddecoderoranamplifier thathasopticalinput,youcanusethisconnectorto link it to your PVR. (Note that multi-channel digi- talsurround,suchasDolbyDigital,isnotcurrently broadcastonUKdigitalterrestria
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1.4ConnectingupyourPVR 9 needtousetheRFOUTconnectoronyourPVR;weshallde- scribehowtodothatshortly. 1.4.1 ConnectingtheaerialtoyourPVR Whatever sort of connection you have between the PVR and the TV, you need to connect the PVR to your television aerial sothatitcanreceivedigitalTVchannels. Notethatinsomeareas,youmayneedtoupgradeyouraerial to ensure that you receive digital television broadcasts— goodreceptionofexistinganaloguesignalsisnoguarantee ofgooddigitalreception. The first connection you sho
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10 Introductionandgettingstarted experimentwithdifferentsocketsonyourTV,sincesomemay havedifferentfacilities,suchasautomaticswitchingwhenthe PVRisturnedon,whileothersmaynot. Some televisions have inputs via S-Video or Composite con- nectors,ratherthanSCART.Ifyouhavesuchatelevision,use anappropriatecabletolinkthesocketonthePVRtothematch- ingsocketonyourtelevision. 1.4.3 ConnectingthePVRtoyourTVusingtheRFoutput IfyourtelevisiondoesnothaveanAVinput,youwillneedto use the RF output from the PVR. In t
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1.5Switchingonforthefirsttime 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 displayfromthePVR. Now, press the Standby button on the front of the PVR or on theremotecontrol. AsthePVRstarts, thefrontpaneldisplay will show first C4.56, followed by the word ‘run’. You will needtoperformsomeinitialsetupstepsbeforeyoucanstart usingyourTF5800. 1.5.1 SearchingforTVandradiochannels ThefirststepinsettingupyourPVRistosearchfort
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12 Introductionandgettingstarted 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- sagetellingyouhowmanyTVandradiochannels,orservices, have been found. Press OK to save the list, and then press Menu to move back to the main menu from the Installation screen. Ifyoureceivesignalsfrommorethanonetransmitter,orarein apoorreceptionarea,youmaymisssomechannels,orreceive dupl
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1.5Switchingonforthefirsttime 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 Time Offset. Theleftandrightarrowkeyschangetheoffsetinfifteenminute steps; if you are not in the United Kingdom, you should use this option to select the correct difference between your time and GMT (or UTC as it is also known). Remember that this dif
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14 Introductionandgettingstarted Set the TV type to PAL for most European television sets. The Video Output option selects the type of video signal that will be sent via the TV SCART socket. You can choose between RGB, S-Video, YUV (also known as component,andusedwithsome flat-panel displays), and CVBS, alsoknownascomposite. Formosttelevisions,youwillgetthebestpicturebychoosing the RGB option. If, while you change this option, the picture onyourtelevisiondisappears, orchangestoblackandwhite, simp
