User manual TOPFIELD TF 5000 CI

[. . . ] TOPFIELD TF 5000 CI TF 5100 CI User Guide Digital Satellite Receiver Common Interface Contents iii Contents 1 Introduction 1. 1 1. 2 Features . 2. 4. 1 2. 4. 2 2. 4. 3 2. 5 2. 5. 1 2. 5. 2 Connecting up your digital receiver . 13 iv Contents 3 Preference Settings 3. 1 3. 2 15 Language settings . 22 24 Service Search 4. 1 4. 1. 1 4. 1. 2 4. 1. 3 4. 1. 4 4. 2 4. 3 4. 4 Searching broadcasting services . [. . . ] If you set it to 2(E), the antenna will move to the east by two degrees. At this time 28 Service Search you had better check the receiving quality of every transponder and choose the best one at the Transponder (or Frequency) option. Finally set the Motor Control option to Store to save the tuned position when the receiving quality is best. There are more motor control options for installers, but this guide does not describe them. If you are an installer, refer them to the manual about the STAB rotor. 4. 1. 3 Configuring USALS settings USALS (Universal Satellite Automatic Location System), also known as DiSEqC 1. 3, calculates the positions of all available satellites from your location. Compared to DiSEqC 1. 2, it is no longer required to manually search and store every satellite position. To use the USALS protocol, select the Installation > USALS Setting menu. At first you have to set the Motorized DiSEqC 1. 3 option to Enable. To get every satellite position calculated, perform the following steps: 1. Choose your desired satellite at the Satellite Name option. 4. 1 Searching broadcasting services 29 2. Enter your location to the My Longitude option and the £ £ My Latitude option with the ¢ ¡ ¢ ¡and numeric butV- , V+ tons. Enter the position of your selected satellite to the Satellite Angle option if it is not correct. Select the Goto the position option; then the antenna will turn toward your selected satellite as calculating its position. If the receiving quality, which is displayed at the bottom right of the screen, is not good, then tune the antenna finely with the Move option. At this time you had better check the receiving quality of every transponder and choose the best one at the Transponder (or Frequency) option. It will be helpful to your fine tuning. 4. 1. 4 Searching services To perform service search, select the Installation > Service Search menu. You should see a screen like the left figure. There are four service search methods: · Searching every service of a satellite. · Searching one service of a transponder. 30 Service Search · Searching every service of a SMATV (Satellite Master Antenna Television) system. Searching every service of a satellite To search every service of a satellite, perform the following steps: 1. If you set the Network Search option to On, the digital receiver will check up the up-to-date channel information as searching services, but it takes rather longer time. Searching every service of a transponder To search every service of a transponder, perform the following steps: 1. Choose your desired transponder at the Frequency option or enter it with the numeric buttons. Enter the symbol rate of your desired transponder to the Symbol Rate option with the numeric buttons. [. . . ] You must select the Save key to complete naming; otherwise, if you press the £ EXIT ¢ ¡button, it will not be named. 6. 4 Transferring receiver data The digital receiver retains the following data: · · · · Satellite and transponder data Services list Favourite lists Preference settings It is possible to transfer the receiver data from the digital receiver to another same digital receiver by connecting them with a RS-232 cable. To have the receiver data transferred, perform the following steps: 48 Listing Services 1. Plug one end of a RS-232 cable (9 pin Dsub cable) into the RS-232 port on the digital receiver, and the other end into the matching port on the other digital receiver. Select the Installation > Transfer Data to Other IRD menu, then you get asked for confirmation; select Yes. [. . . ]