2 1.2.1 Thefrontpanel ....................... 3 1.2.2 Theremotecontrol ..................... 4 2 Setup 6 2.1 Unpacking.............................. 6 2.2 Safetyprecautions ......................... 6 2.3 Rearpanelconnections ....................... 8 2.4 Connectingupyourdigitalreceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.4.1 Connectingtheantenna .................. 9 2.4.2 Connectingtoyourtelevision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.4.3 Connecting to your video cassette recorder . . . . . . . 12 2.5 Switchingonforthefirsttime ................... 12 2.5.1 Inserting batteries in the remote control . . . . . . . . . 12 2.5.2 Powering on and checking picture . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 iv Contents 3 Preference Settings 14 3.1 Languagesettings .......................... 14 3.2 Videoandaudiosettings ...................... 16 3.2.1 Televisionstandard .................... 16 3.2.2 Colourmodel ........................ 17 3.2.3 Videocassetterecorder .................. 17 3.2.4 Televisionaspectratio ................... 17 3.2.5 Soundmode ........................ 18 3.2.6 Radiofrequencyoutput .................. 18 3.3 Localtimesetting .......................... 19 3.4 Parentalcontrol ........................... 21 3.5 Adjustingtheon-screendisplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4 Service Search 24 4.1 Searchingbroadcastingservices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4.1.1 ConfiguringLNBsettings ................. 24 4.1.2 Configuring DiSEqC 1.2 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 4.1.3 ConfiguringUSALSsettings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4.1.4 Searchingservices ..................... 29 4.2 Resettingtofactorysettings .................... 32 5 Daily Usage 33 5.1 Volumecontrol ........................... 33 5.2 Watchingtelevision ......................... 33 5.2.1 Theserviceslist ....................... 33 5.2.2 Thefavouriteserviceslist ................. 36 5.2.3 Viewing programme information . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 5.2.4 Selectingaudiotracks ................... 38 5.2.5 Selectingsubtitletracks .................. 38 5.2.6 Viewingteletext ...................... 38 Contents v 5.3 Viewing electronic programme guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 5.4 Watchingmultifeedprogramme ................. 40 5.5 Makingtimerevents ........................ 40 6 Listing Services 43 6.1 Editingtheserviceslist ....................... 43 6.2 Editingthefavouritelist ...................... 45 6.3 Howtouseon-screenkeyboard .................. 47 6.4 Transferringreceiverdata ..................... 47 7 Firmware Update 49 7.1 Checkingthefirmwareinformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 7.2 FromyourcomputerviaRS-232port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 7.3 From another digital receiver via RS-232 port . . . . . . . . . . 52 Index 53 1.1 Features Chapter 1 Introduction The TF 6400 IR digital receiver is fully compliant with the international Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard, and can receive digital broadcasts. For its operation you need an antenna, which must be installed appropriately. NOTE In general we equate a channel with a frequency. Unlike analogue broadcasts, however, digital broadcasts are not all assigned to their own frequencies; instead, multiple television broadcasts are transmitted through a single frequency. The frequency in digital broadcasting is usually called transponder. To reduce confusion in this manual, the word service is preferably used than channel as a term to indicate one television or radio broadcast. The TF 6400 IR digital receiver has the following features: • Supports DiSEqC 1.0, DiSEqC 1.1, DiSEqC 1.2 and USALS. 2 Introduction • Can store up to 5000 television and radio services. • You can edit the services list. • You can create favourite lists of your favourite services. • You can view information about the current television or radio programme. • Has an electronic programme guide that provides an overview of scheduled programmes. • You can update the firmware of the digital receiver to the latest version, provided by the manufacturer. 1.2 Controlling the digital receiver The digital receiver can be operated with the remote control and the buttons on the front panel. NOTE When the digital receiver is off but plugged into a wall outlet, we say that it is in standby mode; on the other hand, when it is on, it is in operation mode. Even when you are not using the digital receiver, you should keep it plugged into a wall outlet to be in standby mode so that it can run timer events at any time. 1.2 Controlling the digital receiver 3 1.2.1 The front panel The front panel of the digital receiver has buttons to control the digital receiver, and specific lamps and a display to indicate its status. The following indicates what they mean. Front display displays the current time in standby mode, and displays the current service in operation mode. lamp lights up whenever you press a button on the remote control. PWR lamp lights up while the digital receiver is in standby mode. CHANNEL c, . buttons switch ...