The unofficial Toppy user manual
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1. bring up the file list navigate to the folder you created mark each cartoon for playback red button hit play plonk the kids in front of the TV and your Toppy will playback all the cartoons you selected you may want to hide the remote or take it with you 6 Picture in Picture Press K to display the PIP window With the PIP window displayed the remote s keys do this EJ i SWAP PIP Exchanges the main picture with the PIP window move Moves the position of the PIP window clockwise anti clockwise around the screen Resize Hide a Change the size of the PIP window b Hide the PIP window Display the channel list for the main window s pf Display the channel list for the PIP window Notes 1 The small PIP window can only show live TV you can t playback a programme in this window 2 Your Toppy can only decrypt one service at a time If the main channel is encrypted you can t have a second encrypted channel in the PIP window how do bookmarks work with PIP up 1 timeshift and 1 record or 2 record 7 Programme info information box Press to display the programme info window Freq BW Signal Strength CAS Dolby Parental Number event aie Information STDULUE Lock Teletext Mark Event Description Start Time End Time Note during playback the following fields are changed The Signal strength is replaced by the Progress Bar The Start Time End Time is re2. use the V and V buttons to navigate to SYSTEM SETTINGS press OK then select TIMER SETTINGS and press OK f F SCROLL Scroll up down through the selection list of timer entries W down up Oma EI NEW Create a new timer entry S ET DELETE Delete the highlighted timer In the Edit menu Watch the programme Your Toppy will just change channels at the desired time but will not record the programme TV or Radio Press OK to display a list of available channels Always set to tuner 4 any free tuner One time Everyday Every weekend Weekly Every Weekday E Notes 1 use a3 buttons to change the selection 2 you can also type a start time using buttons 0 to 9 11 1 Timer FAQ Q I edit a timer the channel is locked how do I change the assigned channel A Press the TV Radio button twice this will unlock everything 12 EPG electronic programme guide Press to bring up the programme guide SCROLL Scroll up down through the list of programmes down up E gt switch Display the EPG for the next previous channel channel a RECORD Sets a timer to record the highlighted programme SELECT Toggles the programme mark a press once to set a reminder for the highlighted programme automatically change channel but won t record b press twice for timer record E a three times to cancel the mark aa S Seo extended information for the highlighted programme Multi Swaps the EPG fo
3. then set TIME SHIFTING to ENABLED Even if you decide not to permanently enable timeshifting your Toppy will temporarily turn it on if you hit the PAUSE button during normal viewing With timeshifting enabled you can pause live TV or scan back through upto the last 1 hour of TV When timeshifing your Toppy goes into playback mode see the playback table above for details on the remote s key functions All the normal playback functions work you can skip forwards and back pause slow down speed up add bookmarks jump to bookmarks etc Pressing will display the progress bar just as in playback Here you can quickly scan through the last hour of TV If at any point you want to go back to watching live TV press eo The timeshift buffer is 1 hour long and it can t be changed After 1 hour the buffer loops round and starts overwriting the beginning so you only get the last 1 hour of TV recorded The timeshift buffer is a fickle beast there are many operations that result in the buffer being cleared such as changing channel a recording starting or going in to some menus You would think the timeshift buffer would just record whatever was being viewed in the last hour but it doesn t every time you change channel the buffer is deleted and reset If what s in the timeshift buffer is important a missed programme etc it is recommended you save the buffer to file and continue viewing from here You can even sa
4. R COn T A a E EE E E E EA 17 A FS E E E A E E N E E E A E E 18 ETa OD o E EEE E E E 18 12 EPG electronic programme guide sissrsriserrserisenissrecesrsirieserssrereressketsst i kerest sekond sieros rs treste n senesni 19 Only the more common functions are detailed within please read this document in conjunction with the official Topfield manual and the FAQs complied by the on line community Topfield http www topfield co kr Tofield Australia http www topfield australia com au Australian Toppy users forum http www topfield australia com au frm default asp Australian Toppy users FAQs http www dtvforum info index php showtopic 3684 http users bigpond net au deangel ToppyFAQ htm UK Toppy users FAQ http www toppy tv Print this guide in 2 pages per sheet format or for larger font use the default 1 page per sheet 1 Connecting your Toppy 1 1 Basic connections You can leave out the UHF connection between Tuner 2 and the TV if you only want to watch digital TV 1 2 Using a signal booster signal boosters can distort the digital signal lf you must amplify the signal make sure the booster is of high quality or digital compatible Note Your Toppy can not record from a VCR or DVD player 1 3 Fully distributed system This diagram shows the Toppy connected to a distributed home system with every TV in the house able to view Toppy TV i h d T L a k h Fed PH N n
5. The unofficial Toppy Quick Start Guide Complied from information and tips posted on the Australian Toppy user forums and from information contained within official Topfield user manual MOMS CMM OU OY acs ca eracta ns E E te aetaes seas ataee 2 LEBDI OnE AOR ne er E E E E E ee 2 EA AE a a i ETE T E T 2 DoD aU UY GIS INC CIS YS Ue a acs ere sa E E E T T T 3 2 TC 1 mne CC channe Senine i E 4 Se ea TE Cy e a E E EE E E 5 oE C YS MMT e E E E E E E E E E E E E E 6 A FE A E E E E E E E E E A aed rae E E E A E ET 7 a E a DAC Ke are O ES ST A TE E T T E ET E 8 AT ROOMS 56 Al e tte encase said nik ature auc nae E E E E hee E E E 9 5 File list recorded services saved TV programmMes cccccccccsesccceececeeeceseececaeseeseeceseneeeaeseeeeneeeaages 10 Oe a ee esl 614 0 hc Meee E eR en aR ears ene ne Rn eee ee ee een eee ee 11 1 Programme mio niormation DOX essorer n e a a bienes 11 S M ISU N E 11S e EE EE 12 P a IND NE T E O E A N O A E eeeeene eens 13 SA E e a O E E A P AA PE AEA A AT A E T A A 14 O RCO e E E E E nena aeansene saat 15 O e E O E E E E ee ere 15 10 2 Dual record recording 2 programmes at the same time ssseessoessoessersseessersseesssesssesssersseres 15 10 3 Watching a previously saved programme whilst recording cceccccseseceeececseseceeneeeeeseeaeneeeees 16 10 4 Watching live TV whilst recording 2 programmes ccceccccsesecceeccceeeeeeeeceeseseeeenceeseseeaeneeeees 16 OS
6. e T al Note the splitter feeding the various Toppy RF inputs can be omitted if the signal quality is high Do this by using the two RF loopthoughs shown above in the basic connection diagram 2 Quick tune the channels 1 Turn everything on 2 Press the red power button 3 Press menu 4 Use the V and V keys ao to select INSTALLATION 5 Press OK 6 Select SERVICE SEARCH then OK a Select SEARCH MODE then OK b Select AUTO then OK a Select ANTENNA SUPPLY 5V then OK b select OFF then OK 9 Select START SEARCH then OK 10 Your Toppy will now search for channel this may take a while 11 When the search is complete press OK Crs 12 Press EXIT 3 Remote control keys The buttons on your remote change function depending on which mode your Toppy is operating in Playback Record Timeshift etc For reasons of clarity only those functions available in the normal viewing mode are shown below The pages that follow give more detail what on the buttons do in the various other modes ON STANDBY MUTE TV STB SLEEP UHF menu TV format 4 3 16 9 RECALL channel return PROGRAMME INFO PROGRAMME GUIDE RADIO TV MENU MULTI SOUND SELECT Volume up amp down A Channel up amp down CHANNEL LIST SUBTITLES FAVOURITE CHANNEL LIST TELETEXT EXIT menu PAUSE live TV RECORD live TV FILE LIST Picture in picture Note Your Toppy will enter timeshift mode if the PAUSE ke
7. e as it is being recorded either live as they are broadcast or timeshift them pause rewind skip back and fore You can use Picture In Picture to monitor the 2 recording programmes at the same time If you see something interesting in the small window you can swap windows then rewind the programme to watch whatever it was When you ve done swap back to the first window and rewind it to the point where you left You could instead watch a third TV programme whilst all this is going on but this is where you run in to limits 10 1 Immediate record Press to start an immediate record The channel you are watching will be recorded to HDD This is like hitting record on your VCR However your Toppy is smarter than a VCR if you change channels your Toppy will continue to record the original programme By default your Toppy will record only 2 hours of TV then stop If the programme lasts longer than 2 hours you must manually extend the record time Do this by pressing the RECORD button twice in quick succession double tap this will bring up the record menu then change the record duration To stop the recording press twice in quick succession double tap OR press STOP once to bring up the record menu and then select STOP from the menu 10 2 Dual record recording 2 programmes at the same time Press to start recording the first channel Change to the second channel Now press again to start recording the seco
8. e file system Move Moves the marked programme to a folder Press then follow the on screen instructions Options a Sort alphabetically by size or by time b Rename c Lock all Delete Deletes the marked programme j hb Display the programmes extended information Mark for You can tell the Toppy to playback more than one programme Select playback each one in order with the RED button Then press OK or PLAY to start the playback Suggested usage is for copying encrypted programmes such as overnight Instead of pressing PLAY press RECORD to start the copying and decryption gt E STOP Stops the record of the selected programme Playback the selected programme s What the icon s mean yellow Programmed saved in encrypted form raw as transmitted yellow green Some of the saved programme has been decrypted but part of it is still encrypted green Programme has been fully decrypted and saved Programme locked Selected playback order Notes 1 The playback list red button works with MP3 files as well as TV programmes 2 If you are using the playback list red button to save decrypted programmes overnight each programme will end up in a different file 1 e it s a batch copy and not one long record 3 Suppose you want to use your Toppy to show the kids cartoons Create a new folder then as you record each cartoon move it to that folder you created Now to playback
9. he file list Playback will start from the beginning If your Toppy automatically dumped you out of playback e g a timer finished it will create a bookmark at the point where playback stopped Recall the programme from the file list press PLAY when playback starts press YELLOW to jump to the bookmark where you were before the stop and then press GREEN immediately to delete the bookmark if you don t remove the bookmark the yellow button won t skip forward 30 seconds which makes skipping the adverts more difficult If you manually stopped playback STOP or changed channels your Toppy won t create a bookmark You must manually create a bookmark before leaving if you want to resume playback where you left off Press the GREEN button to create a bookmark whilst the programme is still playing When you return to playback press the YELLOW button and then immediately press the GREEN button see above 4 2 Progress bar Press w to display the progress bar Bookmarks Current playback position marker With the progress bar displayed the remote s keys do this I CLOSE Close the progress bar RIGHT Move current playback position forward right LEFT Move current playback position backward left ADD a Bookmark the current play position max 64 bookmarks Delete b Delete the current bookmark hit E to select the bookmark then bookmark SELECT a Repeat a region Move the current playback position
10. nd channel Again your Toppy will record only 2 hours by default If you want longer shorter double tap the RECORD button at any stage to bring up the record menu To stop either recording press This will bring up the record menu Choose which of the recordings you want to stop and then select STOP from the menu 10 3 Watching a previously saved programme whilst recording Just press to bring up the file list and proceed as normal Use of Picture In Picture is limited in this mode you can only put the playback programme in the main window you can t swap the playback programme to the small PIP window 10 4 Watching live TV whilst recording 2 programmes This seems to be one of those happy coincidences that Topfield found they could do It s not easy to describe and your choice of TV channels is limited The simple explanation Whilst recording 2 programmes press the OK button This will bring up a menu showing which TV channels you can watch live whilst the 2 recording are going on Select a channel and press OK The technical explanation Your Toppy does not have 3 digital tuners but fortunately in the digital world multiple TV channel are combined on to the same frequency this is call multiplexing a group of TV channels on the same frequency is call a MUX You can watch any TV channel that is on the same MUX as either of the recording programmes In the UK the most popular channels are combined on to the f
11. ng automatically deleted A No Either hide the remote or if the programme is important hit record rather than rely on the timeshift Q I get called away during the middle of a programme How do I record the entire programme A Press to bring up the progress bar scroll left to the start of the programme and then hit KI This will dump the timeslip buffer to HDD and record the next 2 hours of that channel A bookmark is placed at the point when you hit record To start playback press to bring up the file list and then select the saved programme When playback starts press the yellow button this will jump you to the bookmark then immediately press the green button to remove the bookmark so you can use the yellow button to jump the adds Q What s the maximum duration I can pause live TV for A 1 hour After this the timeshift buffer loops and starts overwriting itself If you want 2 hours hit RECORD then PAUSE If you want longer bring up the record menu and alter the record duration 10 Recording Your Toppy comes with 2 digital tuners You can record a digital TV programme with one tuner whilst watching another digital TV programme with the other tuner The Toppy s even smarter than that you can record from both tuners at the same time You can do even more record 2 programmes at the same time and watch a third programme and also transfer files to your PC all at the same time You can watch any programm
12. ollowing multiplexers Mux 1 BBC1 BBC2 BBC3 Mux 2 ITV1 ITV2 ITV3 Channel 4 Mux A Five ABC1 Mux B BBC 4 Mux C UKTYV History f tn So if you were recording BBC1 on MUX 1 and ITV1 on MUX2 at the same time you could watch any of the channels on either MUX1 or MUX2 i e BBCI BBC2 BBC3 ITV1 ITV2 IT V3 or Channel 4 Of course if you are only recording programme then you have the full channel list to select from as the second tuner is free You can plan ahead if you can remember the list If not just hit the OK button and see what channels are listed 10 5 Recording FAQ Q The end of my programme is missing A Pressing RECORD will record 2 hours If you want longer shorter press RECORD for a second time this will allow you to adjust the length of the recording Q I want to go to bed now but the Toppy s still recording Must I leave it on all night A To set a delayed turn off If the default 2 hours record duration is fine then skip to the next step otherwise press RECORD to bring up the record menu and adjust the record duration Next either press the SLEEP button twice the OSD will say 10 minutes but your Toppy will actually wait until the recording has stopped OR press the POWER button this will bring up a confirmation box don t answer it just leave it on the screen and go to bed your Toppy will turn off after the recording has finished Q When recording stops the Toppy jum
13. p www topfield australia com au frm default asp Al Yes it may last a little longer but with the HDD spun down there can be a delay in remote button presses when you first pick up the remote A2 I am working with Quantum In discussions I had with key technical guys at Quantum today they implied that it is probably better to NEVER spin down but certainly not advantageous to spin down regularly that is for drive wear A3 The only main advantage with timeshift is rewinding a show that s been on for a bit so you can watch or tape it from the beginning but how likely is it you turn on the TV and decide to do that You can still pause and resume a live programme even with timeshift de activated as the Toppy will temporarily enable it when you hit the pause button A4 Install a TAP called ProgressBarKeys This gives an option for turning off the timeshift automatically at set times say off at midnight and back on at 5pm Pressing any remote button keeps it on regardless for another hour This keeps the Toppy quiet cool and possibly more importantly costs less to run when its not being used Q How do I quickly skip the adverts A Providing you ve not got any bookmarks set then each press of the E button will skip forward 30 seconds 6 presses will give you 3 minutes To delete a bookmark press YELLOW then immediately GREEN Q I keep accidentally killing the timeshift buffer Is there anything I can do to stop it bei
14. placed by the Programme Duration Service Time With the programme info window displayed the remote s key do this a Display further extended information on the programme b Hide the programme information window Cycle programme information between now and next Note to change volume you must press either V or V twice in quick succession double tap 8 Channel list service list Press f to display the channel list for the current tuner To change channel move up and down the list by using the buttons and then press OK Press the button to enable more options Swap tuners a Displays the channel list for tuner 1 b Displays the channel list for tuner 2 r Display we options Moved up down the options by using alm then active the option by pressing OK Tuner Selects between Tuner 1 Tuner 2 and all tuners Show Provider Sorts the channels by service provider Rename The marked channel is renamed Lock The marked channel is locked unlocked Delete The marked channel is deleted Add to FAV The marked channel is added to the FAV list Note a icon in the channel list indicates that channel is encrypted 9 Timeshifting Your Toppy can automatically record the last 1 hour of TV it s useful if you want to rewind live TV or if you ve missed part of a programme and want to jump back in time Timeshifting must be enabled before you can do this Go to the MAIN MENU then to SYSTEM SETTINGS
15. ps x2 x 4 x o PP Enable the Picture In Picture window JUMP to a Jump forward to the next bookmark bookmark b Jump forward 30 seconds but only if no bookmarks push twice for 60 sec jump three times for 90 secs etc add delete a Bookmark the current play position max 64 bookmarks BOOKMARK b Delete the current bookmark hit Bill to select the bookmark then hit i RECORD Copies the current playback Will decrypt the programme if saved in encrypted format e g a TopUpTV channel ee emeen n b Cancel the repeat change TV aspect a 4 3 centre extract b 4 3 centre box c 19 6 full screen Display the file list of recorded programmes Display the channel list service list Notes 1 Holding either FF or REW down for 1 second will bring up the progress bar 2 When copying a programme the FF key can be pressed to record at a faster rate The programme will be saved normally and will playback at normal speed Also the STOP button now has 2 functions press once to stop the copying and a second time to stop the playback Your Toppy won t decrypt a file if you re watching a PayT V programme at the same time 1 e you can only decrypt programme at a time 4 1 Playback FAQ If you stop playback or change to watch live TV or a recording finished your Toppy will stop the playback and dump you to live TV To resume playback you must recall the programme from t
16. ps to that channel and plays the live feed It will interrupt timeshifting or playback of a saved programme Is there anyway to stop this from happening Al No it s annoying You must manually change back to whatever you were watching In the case of a saved programme re list the recorded program and then scan through The Toppy inserts a bookmark at the point it left so hit the yellow button ump to bookmark then immediately hit the green button delete bookmark Unfortunately if you were watching live TV timeshifted the buffer was cleared when the recording finished changing channel clears the buffer A2 No it s useful If the timer hasn t captured the entire programme hit record and go back to whatever you were doing before There are some limitations with the record function 1 Timeshifting is diasbled during dual record 2 When entering dual record mode any playback will stop See above for details on how to recall the playback programme 3 If you start a manual record on any channel any timers on that same channel are ignored You ll fall foul of this if you have a manually recording ongoing when a timer is supposed to kick in the timer won t override the STOP button If you press stop your Toppy will stop immediately and you will loose whatever the timer was set to record You must continue with the manual record until the second show has finished 11 Timers To bring up the timer screen press A
17. rmat between single channel per screen and the wide service multi channel screen Next info page Swaps between radio and TV services gt day
18. to the beginning of the region hit select move the current playback position to the end of the region hit select Hitting select for a 3 time will cancel the repeat b Cut out or save a region Move the current playback position to the beginning of the region hit select move the current playback position to the end of the select hit oO then follow the onscreen messages LS ae SAVE and Will copy the programme from the current position onward record Note When scrolling through the timeshift buffer a small PIP window appears under the progress bar Moving the cursor shows a thumbnail picture of what s been recorded at that point However this only works in timeshift mode and its not there at all for recorded programmes The thumbnails are only generated when the Toppy is viewing live TV as soon as you move away from watching live TV recording or timeshifting the thumbnails are no longer generated 5 File list recorded services saved TV programmes Press to bring up the file list With the file list window displayed the remote s keys do this ag gt Move Scroll up down through the selection list of saved programmes bill down up File type Pressing the FF button once to list the saved MP3 files press again to TV MP3 list TAP programs and a third time to cycle back to displaying the list TAP of saved TV programmes REV cycles back the other way _ New folder Create a new folder in th
19. ve mid way through a programme and your Toppy will save the part of the programme that s in the timeshift buffer and then continue to record the programme as it s broadcast To do this press w to bring up the progress bar scan left to the beginning of the programme then hit this will save the timeshift buffer from that point onward and the Toppy will continue to record the next 2 hours of live TV pressing record a second time will bring up a menu that allows you to choose a different record duration OR if you re not fussy about choosing the start point you can skip the above Just hit twice in quick succession double tap this will bring up the record menu Change the record mode from QUICK to CURRENT EVENT This will save the entire timeshift buffer and continue recording live TV In either case a bookmark is created at the point where you hit record Whilst recording the STOP button has 2 functions Press it once to switch to live TV exit timeshift Press it a second time to stop the recording Notes Changing channels deletes the timeshift buffer The timeshift buffer is disabled during dual record The timeshift buffer 1s disabled when the HDD becomes full 9 1 Timeshift FAQ Q Will my Toppy last longer if I turn off the timeshift function as the HDD will sleep when not in use Note This topic has been done to death on the Australian forum with no real consensus see http www dtvforum info and htt
20. y is pressed 3 1 Key summary Playback Record File list Picture In Picture Progress Bar or timeshift progress bar or resume play STOP CLOSE PLAY STOP Select service progress bar gn stop menu j FORWARD RIGHT a type TV MP3 or TAP Extended programme info REWIND PAUSE SLOW RECORD i t G ata R record menu SAVE HIDE resize mark for playback JUMP to bookmark add delete BOOKMARK back 10 sec JUMP to bookmark add delete BOOKMARK MOVE add delete BOOKMARK Create new folder OPTIONS file list file list SWAP clockwise anti clockwise main window PLAY channel list Change channel scroll left right ae scroll up down SELECT region PIP channel list DELETE channel list gt E i VOLUME VOLUME repeat Change TV aspect ratio mi qe 4 Playback Press to bring up the file list Select what you want to watch using V or V and press either af or OK to start playback Whilst in playback mode the remote s keys do this PLAY a Brings up the progress bar b Continues a paused playback c Resumes normal speed from either slow motion FF or REW m O STOP Stop the playback n ia FORWARD Fast forward in 3 speed steps x2 x4 x6 aa Hoo REWIND Rewind in 3 speed steps x2 x4 x6 PAUSE a Pause b Un pause ai SLOW Slow motion playback in 3 ste
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