Topfield TRF-7160 Service manual

TRF-7160
User Reference
High Definition
Digital Terrestrial Receiver
Personal Video Recorder

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, in an equi-
lateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the pres-
ence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the
product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude
to constitute a risk of electric shock to a person.
The exclamation point, in an equilateral triangle, is in-
tended to alert the user to the presence of important op-
eration and maintenance instructions in the literature
accompanying the product.

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Quick Setup in five easy steps
1. Connect aerial antenna to ANT IN on back of Toppro unit.
2. Connect your desired audio-video cables from back of
Toppro to rear of television (Composite, Component,
HDMI).
3. Plug into power point and turn Toppro unit on using
on/off button on front face of unit.
4. Switch television on, then use the television remote to
select the correct video input channel for the Toppro (for
example, AV1, AV2, Component, HDMI, etc).
5. On the main menu go to Installation/Searching then
scroll to Start Search, press 



OK .
Wait till progress bar on bottom of screen reaches 100 %
then press 



OK to save and 



EXIT .

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Contents
Contents v
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Features .............................. 1
1.2 Controlling the digital receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2.1 Frontpanel ........................ 3
1.2.2 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Setup 7
2.1 Unpacking ............................. 7
2.2 Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.3 Rear panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.4.1 Connecting to the antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.4.2 Connecting to your television set . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.5 Switching on for the first time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3 Service Search 16
3.1 Searching for broadcasting services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.2 Resetting to factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.3 Resetting to user settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.4 Clearing the services list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4 Preference Settings 19
4.1 Video and audio settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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4.1.1 High definition television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.1.2 Television aspect ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.1.3 Audiomode........................ 20
4.2 Local time setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.3 Parental control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.4 Options for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.5 Options for playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4.6 Options for on-screen display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4.7 Options for the front display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.8 Options for Photo Album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5 Every Day Use 30
5.1 Volume control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.2 Watching television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.2.1 The services list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.2.2 The favourite service lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.2.3 Viewing programme information . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.2.4 Selecting audio tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.2.5 Selecting subtitle tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5.3 Viewing electronic programme guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5.4 Using time-shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
6 Organising Services 37
6.1 Editing the favourite lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6.2 How to use on-screen keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
7 Recording and Playback 40
7.1 Recording a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7.1.1 Instant recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
7.1.2 Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
7.1.3 Scheduling recordings using the programme guide . . 46
7.1.4 Recording a time-shifted programme . . . . . . . . . . 46
7.2 Filearchive............................. 47
7.2.1 To delete a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
7.2.2 To sort recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
7.2.3 To lock a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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7.2.4 To rename a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
7.2.5 To make a new folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
7.2.6 To move a recording to another folder . . . . . . . . . 49
7.3 Playing back a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
7.3.1 To navigate using the progress bar . . . . . . . . . . . 50
7.3.2 To play in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
7.3.3 To play in fast motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
7.3.4 To make a bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
7.3.5 To play back a recording repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . 51
7.3.6 To play back recordings in sequence . . . . . . . . . . 52
7.4 Editing a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
7.5 Copying a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
8 Entertainment 54
8.1 Copyingfiles............................ 54
8.2 Playing back MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
8.3 Viewing image files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
8.3.1 How to move a file to the photo album . . . . . . . . . 56
8.4 Playing back a video file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
8.5 Networkgame........................... 58
8.5.1 Singlemode........................ 58
8.5.2 Network mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
9 Accessing via Network 64
9.1 Configuring the router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
9.1.1 To access within the local area network . . . . . . . . . 65
9.1.2 To access over the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
9.2 Networksetup........................... 67
9.3 Accessing the web server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
9.4 Accessing the FTP server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
10 Toppro Application Program 73
11 Firmware Update 76
11.1 From a memory stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
11.2 From the firmware server via the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . 77

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A Troubleshooting 78

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1
Chapter 1
Introduction
The TRF-7160 digital receiver is fully compliant with the inter-
national 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 ap-
propriately.
For the latest news and information, join the Toppro forum at
http://www.topfield.com.au.
NOTE
In general we equate a channel with a frequency. However,
unlike analogue broadcasts, digital broadcasts are not all
assigned to their own frequencies; instead, multiple televi-
sion broadcasts are transmitted through a single frequency.
The frequency in digital broadcasting is usually called trans-
ponder or multiplex. 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
This digital receiver has the following features:

2 Introduction
• Can store up to 2,000 television and radio services.
• Can create lists of your favourite services.
• Can view information about the current television or ra-
dio programme.
• Has an electronic programme guide that provides an
overview of scheduled programmes.
• You can record one service while you are currently
watching another.
• You can record many programmes using a built-in hard
drive with large storage capacity.
• Time-shift is a special technical feature available on this
digital receiver. You can pause a programme you are
watching and resume it again at a later time. Then you
can quickly go to any part of the current programme by
fast forward or rewind search.
• You can play back video files of various formats includ-
ing DivX.
• You can play a built-in network game with other users
via the Internet.
1.2 Controlling the digital receiver
You can operate the digital receiver with the remote control or
the buttons on the front panel.
NOTE
When the digital receiver is off but plugged into a wall
socket, we say that it is in standby mode; on the other hand,
when it is on, it is in active mode. Even when you are not
using the digital receiver, you should keep it plugged into
a wall socket to be in standby mode so that it can run timer
events at any time.

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1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 3
1.2.1 Front panel
The front panel of the digital receiver has buttons to control
the digital receiver, specific lights and a display to indicate its
status. The following indicates what they mean.
OK MENU
CH VOL
Pull the right edge of the front panel to open the flap.
To turn on the digital receiver, press the round button on the
centre of the front panel.
Front display shows the current time in standby mode, and
displays the current service in active mode.
OK button displays the services list. See §5.2.1 for more de-
tails. It is also used to select a menu item.
MENU button displays the main menu. It is also used to return
to the previous menu from a submenu.
CH
c
,
a
buttons switch to the previous or next service.
VOL
c
,
a
buttons decrease or increase the volume.

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1.2.2 Remote control
3
12
5
6
20
15
17
16
9
22
25
26
29
30
34
33
4
7
8
14
17
18
19
23
24
27
28
31
32
21
16
35
39
36
37
38
40
10 13
11
12
.
.
.1button switches the digital
receiver between standby mode
and active mode.
.
.
.2mutes the sound. Press again
to switch it back on.
.
.
.3



V.Format changes video resolu-
tion. See §4.1.1 for more details.
.
.
.4



A/R changes aspect ratio. See
§4.1.2 for more details.
.
.
.5



AUX is not used in this model.
.
.
.6switches over between televi-
sion services and radio services.
.
.
.7Numeric buttons are used to en-
ter a service number for service
change or to specify values for
menu options.
.
.
.8switches over between the
current service and the previ-
ously viewed one.
.
.
.9displays the service informa-
tion box. It is also used to dis-
play more information about a
programme.
.
.
.
10 is used to select an audio track
and a sound mode.
.
.
.
11 is not used in this model.
.
.
.
12 is used to select a subtitle
track.
.
.
.
13 is used to set a sleep timer in
10 minute increments.
.
.
.
14 



MENU displays the main menu. It
is also used to return to the previ-
ous menu from a submenu.

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1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 5
.
.
.
15 



GUIDE displays the electronic programme guide.
.
.
.
16
c
,
a
allow you to choose an item from the menu. They
are also used to navigate through the electronic pro-
gramme guide, and in interactive services.
.
.
.
17
b
,
d
allow you to change the options for a menu item.
They are also used to navigate through the electronic pro-
gramme guide, and in interactive services.
.
.
.
18 



OK displays the services list. See §5.2.1 for more details.
It is also used to select a menu item.
.
.
.
19 



EXIT is used to exit a menu or to hide on-screen informa-
tion.
.
.
.
20 



LIST displays the services list. See §5.2.1 for more details.
It is also used to select a menu item.
.
.
.
21 



V−,



V+buttons decrease or increase the volume.
.
.
.
22 



P−,



P+buttons switch to the previous or next service.
.
.
.
23 is used to start reverse playback. Subsequent presses
increase the rewind speed.
.
.
.
24 pauses live television or playback of a recorded pro-
gramme.
.
.
.
25 resumes normal playback speed, or displays the
progress bar for navigation on playback or time-shift. To
play a recorded programme, see button .
.
.
30 .
.
.
.
26 is used to start fast forward playback. Subsequent
presses increase the playback speed.
.
.
.
27 is used to start recording.
.
.
.
28 is used to stop playback, to stop recording, or to jump
back to live television from time-shifted television.
.
.
.
29 is used to start slow motion playback. Subsequent
presses change the playback speed.
.
.
.
30 is used to display the list of recorded programmes that
are stored in the internal hard drive. See §7.2 for more
details.

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.
.
.
31 has different functions per menu.
.
.
.
32 is used to jump back to the beginning of the recording
on playback.
.
.
.
33 is used to jump to the end of the recording on playback.
.
.
.
34 



SAT is used for multi purpose functions.
.
.
.
35 



F1 has different functions per menu.
.
.
.
36 



F2 is used to make a bookmark on playback or time-shift.
.
.
.
37 



F3 is used to jump to next bookmark position.
.
.
.
38 



F4 is used to edit a recording.
.
.
.
39 is not used in this model.
.
.
.
40 



FAV displays the favourite lists.
Functions of the colour buttons will be guided on the screen.
NOTE
When using the remote control, point it at the remote sensor
on the front panel of the digital receiver.

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Chapter 2
Setup
2.1 Unpacking
Before going any further, check that you have received the fol-
lowing items with the digital receiver.
• Remote control
• Two batteries for the remote control (AAA 1.5 V)
• One Component cable (RCA cable)
• One Composite cable (RCA cable)
• A copy of this user reference
NOTE
Accessories may vary according to your local area.
2.2 Safety precautions
Please read carefully the following safety precautions.
• The mains voltage must range between 90 and 250 volts.
Check it before plugging the digital receiver to the wall
socket. For the power consumption of the digital re-
ceiver, refer to Table 2.1.

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• The wall socket should be near the equipment. Do not
run an extension lead to the unit.
• The mains plug shall remain readily operable so that it
can be removed easily to disconnect the power.
• The digital receiver shall not be exposed to dripping or
splashing water, and no objects filled with liquids, such
as vases, shall be placed on it.
• Do not expose the digital receiver to any moisture. The
digital receiver is designed for indoor use only. Use dry
cloth to clean 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 digital re-
ceiver.
• When placed in a cabinet, make sure there is a minimum
space of 10 centimetres around it. For the physical spec-
ification 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.
• To maintain proper ventilation, always leave sufficient
space around the digital receiver.
• Batteries, including those which contain no heavy met-
als, may not be disposed with other household wastes.
Please dispose of used batteries in an environmentally
sound manner. Find out the legal regulations which ap-
ply in your area.

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2.3 Rear panel connections 9
Table 2.1: Power specification
Input voltage 90 to 250 V AC, 50/60 Hz
Power consumption 30 W at maximum in active
5 W in standby (Front Display Active)
1W in standby (Front Display Inactive(MEPS))
Table 2.2: Physical specifications
Size 340×60×265 mm
Weight 2.7 ~ 3.1 kg (may vary due to HDD kind)
Operating temperature 0 to 45 ◦C
Storage relative humidity 5 to 90 %
2.3 Rear panel connections
The TRF-7160 has a wide range of connections on the back.
Check what connections your television set has in comparison
with the digital receiver.
.
.
.1ANT IN Terrestrial broadcasting signal input socket
(5V, Max.100mA)
.
.
.2ANT OUT Terrestrial broadcasting signal output socket
through the ANT IN socket for another dig-
ital receiver
.
.
.3VIDEO Composite video output socket for the tele-
vision set (yellow)

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.
.
.4AUDIO L/R Stereo audio output socket for the televi-
sion set or the audio-video receiver (white/red)
.
.
.5Y/Pb/Pr Component video output socket for the tele-
vision set
(green/blue/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 trans-
fer
Table 2.3: Connectors specifications
HDMI High definition video output
Left & right audio output
Digital audio output
YPbPr Component video output
VIDEO Composite video (CVBS) output
AUDIO Left & right audio output
S/PDIF Digital audio output
LAN 10/100 Ethernet
USB 2.0 Host (5 V DC, 500 mA)
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 devices.
If you have any problem with your setup or need help, contact
your dealer.

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2.4 Connecting up your digital receiver 11
2.4.1 Connecting to the antenna
Whatever sort of connection you have be-
tween the digital receiver and the television,
you need to connect the digital receiver to the
antenna so that it can receive digital televi-
sion broadcasts. Connect the antenna cable
to the ANT IN connector. If you have an-
other digital receiver, you may link it from
the ANT OUT connector.
NOTE
ANT OUT may also be linked to your television, VCR, or
DVD recorder to loop an analogue signal.
2.4.2 Connecting to your television set
For all the following connections of the digital receiver, we rec-
ommend you to use the first connector to get the best picture
quality. If your television does not have a matching connector,
then use the next connector in the following order for a better
picture quality.
1. HDMI connector (HDMI)
2. Component connector (YPbPr)
3. Composite connector (VIDEO)
You should configure audio and video settings after connect-
ing up the digital receiver. See §4.1 for a detailed description.

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To use the HDMI output
If you have a high definition television set,
you should use an 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 connection because it can output
stereo audio or digital audio as well.
NOTE
Illustrations in this manual may differ from the actual prod-
uct.
To use the Component video output
Y
Pb
Pr
You need to obtain a Component video ca-
ble (RCA cable) to use the Component video
output. Plug one ends of the cable into the Y
(green), Pb (blue) and Pr (red) sockets on the
digital receiver, and plug the other ends into
the matching sockets on your television.
NOTE
When connecting with the Component video cable, re-
member to also plug in the additional white and red audio
cables from the digital receiver to the back of your television.