Topfield TF-S3000CHD User manual

TF-S3000CHD
Quick Guide
High Definition
Digital Satellite Receiver
USB PVR-Ready
Common Interface
Conax Embedded
Default PIN: 0000
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Precautions
• Clean with a dry cloth only.
• Do not block any of the ventilation openings.
• When placed in a cabinet, make sure there is a minimum space of 10 centimetres
around it.
• Do not install near any heat sources or in direct sunlight as this will impair
cooling.
• Do not operate this product near water.
• Do not try to change the plug or defeat its safety purpose.
• This product is designed for indoor use only.
• Place the digital receiver on a firm and level surface.
• Do not lay any objects such as magazines on this unit.
• Do not overload power outlets. Doing so may result in a risk of fire or electrical
shock.
• Never open this unit’s casing under any circumstances, or the warranty will be
void.
• Unplug this unit during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of
time.
• Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Reverse engineering or disas-
sembly is prohibited.
• Batteries, including those which contain no heavy metals, may not be disposed
with other household wastes. Please dispose of used batteries in an environ-
mentally sound manner. Find out the legal regulations which apply in your
area.
• The mains plug shall remain readily operable so that it can be removed easily
to disconnect the power.
• Operate the digital receiver at temperatures between 0 to 45 ◦C.
• The mains voltage must range between 90 and 250 volts. Check it before plug-
ging the digital receiver to the wall socket. For the power specification, refer to
the table below.
Input voltage 90 to 250 V AC, 50/60 Hz
Power consumption 35 W at maximum in active
Under 1 W in passive standby
Front Panel
Blinks every time you press a
button on the remote control.
Lights up in standby mode.
Switches between standby mode
and active mode.
Switch to the previous
or next service.
Decrease or increase the volume.
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Rear Panel
TV
VCR
HDMI
USB
LAN
LNB OUTLNB IN
S/PDIF
R - AUDIO - L
13/18V 500mA max.
5V
500mA max.
VIDEO
.
.
.1LNB IN Satellite broadcasting signal input socket
(Current: Max.500mA with overload protection)
.
.
.2LNB OUT Satellite broadcasting signal output socket through the LNB IN socket for an-
other digital receiver
.
.
.3TV Audio and video output socket for the television set
.
.
.4VIDEO Composite video output socket for the television set (yellow)
.
.
.5AUDIO L/R Stereo audio output socket for the television set or the audio-video receiver
(white/red)
.
.
.6S/PDIF Digital audio output socket for the audio-video receiver
.
.
.7HDMI Audio and video output socket for the high definition television set
.
.
.8LAN Local area network port
.
.
.9USB USB port for firmware update and data transfer. (USB 2.0 Host, 5V DC, 500mA
Max.)
Connecting the TV
Connect any components before plugging the power cord into the wall outlet. If you encounter
any problems setting up your product, please contact your local retailer.
1. Connect the antenna cable to the LNB IN socket.
LNB OUTLNB IN
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Connecting the TV
2. Choose a setup that matches the connection ports on your TV.
– We recommend using the HDMI connection for the highest quality HD picture.
– For a basic connection to your television use the Scart or composite connection.
a) HDMI connection (HDMI)
HDMI IN
REAR OF TV REAR OF DIGITAL RECEIVER
HDMI CABLE
HDMI
b) SCART connection (TV)
TV
TV SCART
REAR OF TV REAR OF DIGITAL
RECEIVER
SCART CABLE
c) Composite connection (VIDEO)
VIDEO
AUDIO
R L
REAR OF TV REAR OF DIGITAL
RECEIVER
COMPOSITE CABLE
yellow yellow
red red
white white
S/PDIF
R - AUDIO - L
VIDEO
Remote Control
NOTE
The actual images and the number of buttons could be different depending on the type
of remote control provided by the manufacturer.
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Remote Control
• button switches the digital receiver between standby mode and active mode.
• is used to set a sleep timer in 10 minute increments.
•



V−,



V+buttons decrease or increase the volume. They are also used to change values for
menu options.
• mutes the sound. Press again to switch it back on.
•



P−,



P+buttons switch to the previous or next service. They are also used to navigate in
menus and interactive screens.
• switches over between the current service and the previously viewed one.
•



OK displays the services list. It is also used to select a menu item.
•



FAV displays the favourite lists.
• displays the service information box. It is also used to display more information about
a programme.
• is used to select an audio track and a sound mode, or a video track of multifeed pro-
gramme.
• is used to select a subtitle track.
• displays teletext.
•



V.Format changes video resolution.
•



A/R changes aspect ratio.
• switches over between television services and radio services.
•



GUIDE displays the electronic programme guide.
•



AUX is not used in this model.
•



SAT displays the satellites list with their services list.
•



MENU displays the main menu. It is also used to return to the previous menu from a sub-
menu.
•



EXIT is used to exit a menu or to hide on-screen information.
• is used to display the list of recorded programmes that are stored in the external hard
drive.
• has different functions per menu.
• is used to make a bookmark on playback or time-shift.
• is used to jump to next bookmark position.
• has different functions per menu.
• is used to start recording.
• is used to stop playback, to stop recording, or to jump back to live television from
time-shifted television.
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Remote Control
• resumes normal playback speed, or displays the progress bar for navigation on play-
back or time-shift. To play a recorded programme, see button .
• pauses live television or playback of a recorded programme.
• is used to start reverse playback. Subsequent presses increase the rewind speed.
• is used to start fast forward playback. Subsequent presses increase the playback speed.
• is used to start slow motion playback. Subsequent presses change the playback speed.
• is used to jump back to the beginning of the recording on playback.
• is used to jump to the end of the recording on playback.
• has different functions per menu.
Functions of the colour buttons will be guided on the screen.
First Time Installation
1 After having connected the appropriate cables from the digital receiver to your TV, make sure
the power cord of the digital receiver is plugged into a wall socket and turn the unit ON.
2 Check that your TV set is turned on.
3 Check that your TV set is on the correct video channel so that you can see the Menu from the
Digital Receiver. (ie. AV, HDMI, etc.)
4 Insert the batteries into the remote control.
5 Press the button on the remote control or the circular button on the front face of the unit
to turn the digital receiver on.
Service Search
1. Configure LNB, DiSEqC 1.1, and DiSEqC 1.0.
LNB Setting
LNB Setting
Satellite Name
LNB Frequency
LNB Power
22Khz
DiSEqC 1.1
DiSEqC 1.0
Searching
Satellite Name
LNB Frequency
LNB Power
22Khz
DiSEqC 1.1
DiSEqC 1.0
Searching
OK Satellite List
99% Level
99% Quality
AsiaSat 4(C)
5150 MHz
On
Off
2 of 4
2 of 4
AsiaSat 4(C)
5150 MHz
On
Off
2 of 4
2 of 4
Select M EN U Previous Menu EXIT Exit iHelp
Extended Signal
You can specify the satellite name and LNB fre-
quency toward which your antenna is set to face.
Select Installation >LNB Setting.
• The DiSEqC 1.0 option allows swtiching be-
tween up to four satellite sources.
• The DiSEqC 1.1 option allows switching be-
tween up to 16 satellite sources.
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Service Search
2. If you have a motorized antenna, configure DiSEqC 1.2 or USALS.
2-1. DiSEqC 1.2 settings
M otorized DiSEqC1.2
M otorized DiSEqC1.2
Searching
Satellite Name
Transponder
LNB Setting
Motorized DiSEqC1.2
DiSEqC Command Mode
Movement
Motor Control
Searching
Satellite Name
Transponder
LNB Setting
Motorized DiSEqC1.2
DiSEqC Command Mode
Movement
Motor Control
OK Satellite List
99% Level
99% Quality
AsiaSat 4(C)
3820 / V / 27500 / S / A…
Enable
User
(Stop)
Goto
AsiaSat 4(C)
3820 / V / 27500 / S / A…
Enable
User
(Stop)
Goto
M ENU Previous Menu EXIT Exit iHelp
Extended Signal
Your motorized antenna will turn toward your
desired satellites horizontally by DiSEqC 1.2.
Select Installation >Motorized DiSEqC 1.2
• At first you have to set the Motorized DiSEqC
1.2 option to Enable.
2-2. USALS settings
USALS Setting
USALS Setting
Transponder
Motorized DiSEqC 1.3
Satellite Name
Satellite Angle
My Longitude
My Latitude
Reference Position
Move
Goto the position
Transponder
Motorized DiSEqC 1.3
Satellite Name
Satellite Angle
My Longitude
My Latitude
Reference Position
Move
Goto the position
99% Level
99% Quality
3820 / V / 27500 / Auto
Enable
AsiaSat 4(C)
122.0 East
0.0 East
0.0 North
to 0
Stop
3820 / V / 27500 / Auto
Enable
AsiaSat 4(C)
122.0 East
0.0 East
0.0 North
to 0
Stop
OK Satellite List
Select M EN U Previous Menu EXIT Exit iHelp
Extended Signal
USALS (Universal Satellite Automatic Location
System), also known as DiSEqC 1.3, will calcu-
late positions of visible satellites just by pointing
it to a known satellites.
Select Installation >USALS Setting.
• At first you have to set the Motorized DiSEqC
1.3 option to Enable.
3. Perform a service search
Searching
Searching
Satellite Name
Search Mode
Network Search
FTA/Scrambled
Start Search…
LNB Setting
Satellite Name
Search Mode
Network Search
FTA/Scrambled
Start Search…
LNB Setting
99% Level
99% Quality
AsiaSat 4(C)
Auto
On
FTA + CAS
5150Mhz
AsiaSat 4(C)
Auto
On
FTA + CAS
5150Mhz
Start Searching M EN U Previous Menu EXIT Exit ii Help
Extended Signal
OK
1 Select the Installation >Searching menu.
2 Move down to the Start Search item, and
press the 



OK button.
3 When the scan is complete, press the 



OK to
save the services list.
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Network Setup
You need to set up a network connection to enjoy web-enabled features on this unit.
1 Connect your Ethernet cable from your router
to the digital receiver.
IP Setting
IP Setting
Secondary DNS
Primary DNS
Connection Type
IP Address
Subnet Mask
Gateway
Activate
Secondary DNS
Primary DNS
Connection Type
IP Address
Subnet Mask
Gateway
Activate
211.232.190.1
192.168.0.10
Static
192.168.6.84
255.255.255.0
192.168.6.1
On
211.232.190.1
192.168.0.10
Static
192.168.6.84
255.255.255.0
192.168.6.1
On
DD
Select
M EN U
Previous Menu
EXIT
Exit
ii
Help
OK
Edit Profile
Connection Type
2 Press 



MENU >Installation >Network
Setting >IP Setting.
3 It is recommended to use a dynamic IP
address by the router therefore select
DHCP as the connection type. How-
ever if a static connection is set then
please refer to your router for an IP ad-
dress, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary
DNS, Secondary DNS.
4 Scroll down to activate profile and
press 



OK on the remote.
Enjoying Services
Watching live services
TV Services
TV Services
Delete
UnlockedLock
Rename
DefaultSorting
Satellite All Satellite
Show Provider Off
Add to FAV
Delete
UnlockedLock
Rename
DefaultSorting
Satellite All Satellite
Show Provider Off
Add to FAV
OK
10 NILE NEWS
11 ETC
12 ZEE TV
9 Zee Salam
8 Movie time
7 Sports News
10 NILE NEWS
11 ETC
12 ZEE TV
9 Zee Salam
8 Movie time
7 Sports News Options
AsiaSat 4(C) 3820 V S 27500AsiaSat 4(C) 3820 V S 27500
Favorite List
Alphabetic Search
OK
OK
Now that the service search is complete, press
the 



OK button to view the services list.
On the services list, press the 



P+or 



P−button
to navigate your desired service.
You can also switch to your desired service by
entering its service number with the numeric
buttons. To select a service to watch, press the




OK button.
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Enjoying Services
Favourite services list
Favorite List
Favorite List
Delete
Add New Favorite Group
Add this service
Delete
Add New Favorite Group
Add this service
4 Sports
3 Music
2 Movie
1 News
4 Sports
3 Music
2 Movie
1 News
Options
All Services Option
To display the favourite lists, press the but-
ton from the service list screen, or press the 



FAV
button while watching a live show.
If you want to add the current service to the
favorite list, put the highlight bar on a de-
sired favourite group and press the button.
When the option box pops up, select Add this
service menu.
To select a favourite list, put the highlight bar on
a desired favourite group and press 



OK button,
then services belonging to the selected favourite
group will be listed.
Viewing EPG
Program Guide
Program Guide Feb
15 06:01
February 15 16:00 17:00 18:00
1. STAR Gold
2. STAR Plus
3. History/Adventure
4. Adventure
5. Action
6. Classic
7. Zee Premiere
February 15 16:00 17:00 18:00
1. STAR Gold
2. STAR Plus
3. History/Adventure
4. Adventure
5. Action
6. Classic
7. Zee Premiere 1HZV6HDVRQ:RUOG&XSPrevious Day Next Day
Reservation/Cancel
Reservation
Toggle EPG Mode Intelligent Record
OK Preselect/Record/Cancel
1 Press the 



GUIDE button to display the elec-
tronic programme guide (EPG).
2 To see detailed information of a desired pro-
gramme, put the highlight bar on the pro-
gramme with the 



V+or 



V−button and press
the button.
3 To switch to another service, press the 



P+or




P−button.
Timer setting via EPG
If the EPG is properly provided, you can make timer events on it in the following steps:
1 Press the 



GUIDE button to display the EPG.
2 Select a programme you want to make a timer event with navigation buttons.
3 Press the 



OK button once, then the letter Pis displayed.
4 If you want to make a timer event with recording, press the 



OK button once more or alterna-
tively press the button, then the letter Ris displayed.
5 Pressing the 



OK button once more will cancel the timer.
(You can also set timer events in Reservation menu.)
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Recording and Playback
If you want to record a TV programme, you have
to connect an external hard drive to the USB port
of the digital receiver.
NOTE
The external hard drive should be formatted
in the NTFS file system. It is also recom-
mended to use an external power socket to
have the external hard drive supplied by its
own power.
Instant recording
To instantly record a programme you are watch-
ing at present, press the button.
Recording symbol and recording progress bar
appear at the top-right corner of the screen.
13. World News13. World News
00:02:08 / 00:30:00
Service number
Recording
progress bar
Service name Recording symbol
Recording
elapsed time
Programme duration
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Recording and Playback
After next program
Duration 30Min
After this program
After next program
Duration 30Min
After this program
End of recording
OK
00:01:18 Recorded 4.6% (30 Min)
After a recording has started, pressing the
button again displays a menu like the left figure,
in which you can set the recording duration.
•Duration Set the desired recording duration with the 



V−and 



V+buttons and press the




OK button; the recording will end at the specified time.
•After this program If the information about the next programme is provided by the elec-
tronic programme guide, the current recording will stop at the time when the current pro-
gramme is scheduled to end.
•After next program the current recording will stop at the time when the next programme
is scheduled to end.
9. World News World News-2
Continue recording
9. World News World News-2
Continue recording
Stop recording?
To stop recording, press the button; then a
box like the left figure appears, which shows the
programmes currently being recorded.
Select recording by using navigation buttons
then press 



OK button to stop the recording.
While a recording is going on, you can play back
one of the recorded programmes.
Playback
1 Select the Entertainment >File List menu or alternatively press the button to display the
list of recorded programmes.
2 Put the highlight bar on a desired recording and press the 



OK button, then an option box pops
up.
3 To play from beginning, set the Starting Position option to Beginning; to play from the point that
you have stopped at the last time, set it to Continuing. To start playback, select the Play item.
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Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby” and the double-D
symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
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harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal, please sep-
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