TEST REPORT Multimedia Receiver - Update

Topfield SRP2100 TMS

Social Networking with
a Digital Receiver
It was only a few weeks ago that we put the all new SRP2100 TMS
from South Korean manufacturer Topfield under the microscope
– take a look at the 08-09/2009 edition of TELE –satellite.
We were quite impressed with this box back then;
now there’s a software update that turns
the Multimedia SRP2100 TMS into a
real social networking product.
We updated our test receiver
and were surprised by all
of the additional
features!

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 The Update
Process
Software updates can be
uploaded into the receiver
in three different ways. The
simplest and fastest way is to
update via the Internet. The
single push of a button is all
that’s needed for the receiver
to check and see if new soft-
ware happens to be available
on the manufacturer’s server,
and if so, to download it and
install it.
Since the receiver needs to
be connected to the Internet
for this to work, it is also pos-
sible to download an update
manually and upload it via a
USB stick. If you happen to
live in Europe, there’s also the
ability to download an update
via satellite. And along with
this update, there’s also an
updated channel list with all
of the important channels
from ASTRA 19.2° east and
HOTBIRD 13° east.
After a successful update,
the receiver automatically
restarts after which the
manufacturer recommends
performing a factory reset to
make sure that all of the criti-
cal components are updated
to the newest software ver-
sion. In our case the update
process was completed with-
out any problems; our test
receiver was now loaded with
software version TF-BCPC
1.05.01.
Improvements
The first thing we noticed is
that Topfield reworked all of
the on-screen display (OSD)
texts. While the English ver-
sion of the OSD was always
presented correctly, it was
the localized languages in
older software versions that
had problems.
For example, some help
texts or menu points were
presented in English even
though it was supposed to be
a German OSD.
But these issues have been
taken care of so that now the
entire OSD menu is presented
clearly, in a nicely organized
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manner and totally regional-
ized.
When it comes to network
settings, Topfield integrated
a profile system similar to
what you’d find in a PC. The
user can set up as many as
five different network profiles Firmware Update directly via Internet
that can then be accessed
with the push of just one
button. If, for example, you
regularly take your receiver
to your vacation house in
the mountains, you don’t
have to change all the net-
work settings manually every
time you move the receiver
between your home and the
vacation house; instead you
simply store two different
profiles that are matched to
each location and select the
Firmware Update via USB
appropriate one.
Here we want to men-
tion another improvement:
namely the possibility to
make the receiver compat-
ible with the matching USB
Dongle WLAN. Now it’s easy
to see why Topfield worked
tirelessly to incorporate the
profile function for the net-
work connection.
MP3 lovers will also approve
of the facelift Topfield gave to The Update is complete - The Receiver restarts
its MP3 player that now comes
with the ability to mark entire
folders for play back; now you
can enjoy your favorite music
for hours at a time and with-
out any interruptions.
A variety of small bugs were
also fixed such as for example
the lack of audio available
from the digital audio output
after a restart of the receiver
and the lack of EPG informa-
tion after surfing through a
The OSD is shown correctly and completely translated
number of channels. In our
tests, we no longer saw any
of these problems in the new
software version.
New Functions
In the course of examin-
ing these updates we were
especially pleased that Top-
field didn’t spend the entire
summer just working on
fixing the software bugs in
the SRP2100 TMS.
Instead, they added a The integrated media player supports among other things DiVX; subtit-
les can be viewed with the newest software
number of one-of-a-kind fea-
tures. The Topfield SRP2100
TMS is the first receiver to be
provided with support for the
micro blogging Twitter ser-
vice.
Twitter
SHOUTcast
Internet Radio
With the integration of the
YouTube video platform, Top-
field has given the SRP2100
TMS quite a boost to its
potential starting sales. With
SRP2100 TMS has shown once
again that Topfield definitely
lives up to its slogan “Leader
of Home Multimedia”.
With the integration of the
micro blogging service Twit-
ter, Topfield has reached new
heights and new possibilities
that in the future will be part
of all entertainment electronic
devices.

Many people are familiar

with the little blue bird that
all friends and relatives use
from around the world and
with just a few words manage
to stay in touch with each
other and take part in each
other’s lives.
Topfield is the first manu-
facturer that has taken this
exciting new social network-
ing service and incorporated
it into a home multimedia
device that now opens up
new and thus far unheard of
dimensions in a receiver.
You no longer have to get
up from the couch and turn on
the PC to see what your friends
are doing at the moment; all
you have to do, for example
during a commercial break,
is to use the remote control
to start the Twitter service on
the SRP2100 TMS.
The receiver displays all
of the Tweets from your
friends as well as numerous
people that you are follow-
ing or those that are follow-
ing you. With the push of one
button new Tweets can be
started or other Tweets can
be answered.
For the first time because of
this application, it has really
paid off that Topfield included
a wireless keyboard with the
SRP2100 TMS. In this way
the user doesn’t have to deal
with the OSD keyboard and
instead can update Twitter
simply with the wireless key-
board.
We here at TELE-satellite
find this to be an absolutely
ideal feature and are certain
that there will be many copy-
cats out there.
It also shows how much of
an advance roll Topfield plays
when it comes to new ideas
and technologies.
the integration of the SHOUT-
cast Internet radio service,
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Romanian Românesc www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1001/rom/topfield.pdf
the receiver was handled so Russian Русский www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1001/rus/topfield.pdf
Swedish Svenska www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1001/sve/topfield.pdf
perfectly that no feature is Turkish Türkçe www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1001/tur/topfield.pdf
missing that you would other- Available online starting from 27 November 2009
wise expect to see on a PC.
The radio stations are
divided into 26 different cat-
egories; everyone should be
able to find something that
they like. There’s also a very
practical search function that
lets you easily find specific
content. Once you have found
radio stations that you like
from the unending selection
available through SHOUTcast,
they can be quickly moved
into the Favorites lists so that WLAN will soon be available
they can be easily viewed and
accessed with the push of a
button. Listening to music via
the Internet is fun again and
free at the same time!!
Media Player
Last but not least, Topfield
gave a slight improvement
to their media player. Now
a variety of subtitle formats
can be displayed so that those
who are hard-of-hearing may
also enjoy exciting movies. Playback of a SHOUTcast station
On top of that the trans-
port stream format of older
5000 series Topfield models
is now also supported so that
recordings can simply be
copied to the hard drive of the
new receiver for playback. In
this way, you won’t lose any
older recordings if you should
upgrade to Topfield’s latest
model.
All in all, this update for the
SHOUTcast search for country music

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Results of a SHOUTcast search for country music Responses to a Twee

SHOUTcast Favorites Who’s following my Twitter entries?

The Top SHOUTcast stations of the day Which Twitter entries am I following?

SHOUTcast Pop stations Sending a Tweet with the help of the Topfield SRP2100 TMS

The micro blogging Twitter service in the Topfield SRP2100 TMS Thanks to the wireless keyboard, Twittering on the Topfield SRP2100
TMS is a lot of fun!

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