2 Introduction
• Youcan make a favorite list with your favorite channels.
• Youcan view the information of the current television or
radioprogram.
• You can update the firmware of the digital receiver to
thelatest version, which will be provided by the manu-
facturer.
• You can record one broadcasting service while you are
currentlywatching another.
• Thelarge storage capacity of the built-in hard disk drive
allowsyou to record up to 80 hours of program—in case
of160 gigabytes—in excellent picture and sound quality.
• Time shift is a special technical feature available on the
TF5100 PVR. Youcan pause the program you are watch-
ing and resume it again at a later time. You can also
quickly go to whatever part of the current program by
fastfoward and rewind search.
1.2 Controlling the digital receiver
The digital receiver can be operated with the remote control
andthe buttons on the front panel.
NOTE
When the digital receiver is off but plugged to a wall outlet,
we say that it is in standby mode; on the other hand, when
it is on, it is in operation mode. You should keep the digital
receiverplugged to a wall outlet on standby mode so as it can
runtimer events at any time.

1.2.1 Thefront panel

The front panel of the digital receiver has buttons to control
the digital receiver,and specific lamps and a display to indi-
cateits status. The following indicates what they mean.