2 Year Warranty on Topfield Products purchased on or after 1st February 2007.
Topfield is leading PVR industry taking initiatives in digital broadcasting industry. Since its establishment in 1998, with its first export of STB in Sep. 2000 on the basis of differentiated technologies, Topfield is securing higher reliability and competitiveness on the basis of continuous promotion for the products under its own brand and distinguished technologies in the world.
In 2005, Topfield launched TF5800PVR, PVR with more advanced and innovative functions than digital STBs only receiving broadcasts, on the basis of unique ASIC design technology in the global markets.
The superior technology and quality of Topfield has been recognized in the global markets, for example, as PVRs of Topfield was nominated World Best by Sat-Kabel the reputed digital broadcasting magazine in Germany.
At present, Topfield is recognized as the standard in PVR industry is focusing on research and development of total digital products and exploiting global markets.
Distinguished technologies of Topfield are recognized as much as its products became the standard products among competitors as it launched STB and PVR combinations. With launch of more upgraded PVR for the next generation, Topfield is again drawing attentions in the markets. Topfield continuously keep certain technical gap from competitors.
Topfield develops PVR control algorithm for simultaneous recording and PIP, Manufacturing as well as developing products by itself and developing test apparatus Selected as the standard model for next generation PVR by foreign broadcasting service carriers and CAS industry.
CAS industry recognized technologies of Topfield and proposed and made license agreements.
Topfield Selected as the World Best Product by various special magazines in Europe in succession.
Overview
Topfield TF5800 PVR and Freeview Receiver comes with 250GB hard disk and 2 Common Interface for use with the Top Up TV cam & card. It has a 250GB Hard Disk built with Twin Tuner gives you the ability to watch 2 other channels whilst you record up to 2 channels on the same mux using P-in-P.
Features
- MPEG-2 digital and fully DVB compliant
- MHEG 5 Supported
- 2 tuners
- Dual recording and playback simultaneously
- Dual Decoding (PIP)
- Time-shifting
- 250GB HDD
- MP3 (MPEG-1 Layer 3) decoding
- Powerful trick mode supported
- USB2.0 supported for fast PC interface
- Playback of the selected region repeatedly
- S/PDIF for digital audio or Dolby AC-3 bitstream output
- 2000 channels (TV and Radio) programmable
- Channel list editing
- Favorite channel list editing
- True-color On-Screen Display (OSD)
- Full Picture In Graphic (PIG) function
- Electronic Program Guide (EPG) for on screen channel information
- Subtitle supported
- Teletext supported by VBI insertion and software emulation
- Parental lock facility by channel and program event
- Program and channel information transfer from reciever to receiver
- Exciting games embedded
Time Shifting - Pause live TV
If the Time Shifting is enabled, the PVR records the current channel in live. And, you can take advantage of the time shifting function.
Recording Subtitles
In Topfield PVR you can choose a language of subtitle in the Subtitle Track by using button on the Remote control. If the broadcaster provides subtitles, you can see symbol in the Information Box.
Topfield PVR File download and upload via USB
You can upload or download the TAP(Topfield Application Program), MP3 and the recorded services to or from your PC. You need to the Altair.exe to enjoy it. You can download the TFD-down.exe, TFDN_USB.exe, Altair.exe at Topfield website http://www.i-topfield.com
Technical Specification of TopField PVR .
Tuner & Channel Decoder - 2 Tuners
- Input/Loop through Connector : 75, IEC 169-2, Female/Male
- Frequency Range : 50-870MHz
- Signal Level Input : -78 - -20dBm
- Modulation : OFDM
- Input Symbol Rate : 1-45MS/s
- Carrier Mode : 2k and 8k Hierarchical/non-hierarchical
- Constellation : QPSK, 16 AND 64 QAM
- Guard Interval : 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 and 1/32
MPEG Transport Stream A/V Decoding
- Transport Stream : ISO/IEC 13818-1 MPEG-2
- Profile Level : 2 X MPEG-2 MP@ML(PIP)
- Aspect Ratio : 4:3, 16:9, Pan & Scan, Letterbox
- Video Resolution : 720 x 576
- Audio Decoding : MPEG-1 Layer 1,2 & 3
Main System
- Main Processor : MIPS
- Memory : Flash-ROM : 2MB, RAM : 64MB, EEPROM : 2Kb
- HDD : 250GB
RF-Modulator
- RF-Connector : 75,IEC 169-2, Female/Male
- Output Channel : CH21 ~ 69
- TV Standard : PAL G/I/K selectable by Menu
Conditional Access Interface
- PCMCIA : 2 Slots, DVB Common Interface Standard
A/V & Data In/Out
- TV-Scart : Video CVBS/S-Video/RGB/YUV output, Audio L/R output
- VCR-Scart : Video CVBS output, Audio L/R output, Video CVBS/S-VIDEO/RGB input bypass, Audio L/R input bypass
- S-VIDEO : Video S-VIDEO output
- RCA A/V : Video CVBS output, Audio L/R output
- S/PDIF : Digital Audio or Dolby AC-3 bitstream output
- RS-232C : 9 pin D-sub type, Transfer rate 115.2Kbps
- USB : USB 2.0 Device
Front Panel
- 7 Keys : CH-/+, VOL-/+,MENU,OK,STANDBY
- 4-digital 7-segment LEDs : Channel number or Time display
- 3 LEDs : TV/STB, REMOTE, STANDBY
- RCU : 46 Keys
Power Supply
- Input Voltage : 90 ~ 250VAC, 50/60Hz
- Type : SMPS
- Power Consumption : Running Max 25W, Standby : 8W
- Protection : Separate internal fuse, The input shall have lightning protection
Physical Specification
- Size (WxHxD) : 340 x 60 x 265 mm
- Weight (Net) : 4.2 Kg
Before purchasing your new TopField PVR please check you are in an area that can receive a Freeview TV signal and you have the necessary TV aerial installed. Here are some Web sites that will help you find out this information from your postcode.
http://www.freeview.co.uk/
http://www.dtg.org.uk/consumer/coverage.html
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Can I burn DVD's with the content I recorded on the topfield tf5800? A. It is quite possible but it needs needs some software on your computer. Please note these links are provided for information purposes only and are not recommendations. Any experiments you do following the external links are at your own risk.
http://www.mtop.co.uk/software2.html
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/DigiTV/projectx-fullguide.htm
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