EMJB’s TAPS

 

These pages give details of EMJB’s Topfield Application  Programs (TAPs). These provide additional/improved functionality for the Topfield Personal Video Recorders. They have been primarily designed for the UK TF5800 model, but MAY work on other models – see notes on individual TAPs for more details. Follow links below for more details and for downloads.

 

 

CURRENTLY SUPPORTED:

 

Auto Restore - This TAP is intended to provide a means of backing up & restoring your system settings, so they can be easily restored after a crash, new firmware load, or Factory Reset. It can be run manually, when settings may be saved or restored, or from Auto Start, when settings are restored at boot time. This has only been tested on the TF5800, but should work on all models.

 

 

Channel Manager – manage your channel configuration and avoid unwanted & duplicated channels. THIS HAS BEEN RELEASED AT ALPHA ISSUE –TRY IT AT YOUR OWN RISK! Now incorporates the “OneList” & “RadioDelete” functions and allows you to do a Factory Reset without losing your system settings. This is intended for TF5800 use only.

 

 

Control Lock - you to lock & unlock all the Remote Control Unit & Front Panel  keys (including “Standby”) using a 3 key code (not necessarily numeric, giving ~64,000 combinations). This has only been tested on the TF5800, but should work on all models.

 

 

Favourites Manager – currently for MyStuff only users – allows you to edit your favourites lists on your Toppy and, for “rt2mei” users to automatically update configuration files as necessary.

 

 

MHEG Control – This TAP includes a number of features to improve the MHEG operation and limit its impact on normal viewing. This is for the TF5800 only.

 

 

Signal Monitor  - enhanced signal level & signal quality monitoring & recording – new version now suitable for international use (has been reported as working in Finland & Australia).

 

 

Tap Launcher – will allow you to launch up to 7 TAPs with a single key, another 7 with a combination of a key + “0” to “6”, and 7 more using daily/weekly/monthly timers to allow you to have scheduled operation when not provided by the TAP author. In the single key case, more than one TAP can be allocated to a key, and the TAP can be activated without further key presses. It should work on all models.

 

 

Toppy Monitor - This TAP is intended to provide a facility for monitoring various aspects of the Toppy operation while using the Toppy relatively normally. The aspects of this TAP that are thought to be unique are the ability to display the results either as an on-screen message or using the front panel display, or both, and the wide range of parameters which can be monitored. It has been primarily developed to help in the development of other TAPs, but may be of use to normal users who have problems with their Toppy. It should work on all models with the 7-segment front panel displays.

 

 

USEFUL(?) INFORMATION:

 

Toppy Key Handling - This document aims to explain the complexities of the Toppy key handling (particularly for authors of TAPs for the TF5800).

 

Toppy Character Map – showing which characters are displayed using the standard font.

 

 

 

 

SUPERSEDED TAPS:

 

 

MforR – switches MHEG on & off according to whether a radio channel is being played – for use with the OneList TAP if MHEG is not wanted when viewing TV programmes. The functions are now incorporated in the latest version of MHEG Control, but is still available for use by those who prefer it.

 

 

(TV & Radio) OneList – Copies your radio channels into your TV channel list so that they can be processed by EPG TAPs which would not otherwise handle radio channels, and allows composite favourite lists to be generated – of particular interest to MyStuff users, but can be used by anyone preferring a single Tv/Radio channel list or wants to free up the TV/Radio key for other purposes. The functions are now incorporated in the latest version of Channel Manager, but is still available for use by those who prefer it.

 

 

Radio Delete – deletes all your radio channels so that the Tv/Radio key no longer has any effect – particularly intended for users of OneList & MyStuff. The functions are now incorporated in the latest version of Channel Manager, but is still available for use by those who prefer it.

 

 

Remote Lock – Now superseded by Control Lock above.

 

 

StopZero – stops you changing aspect ratio using the zero key – superseded by simonc’s latest “Remote Extender” TAP (or a firmware patch) but available to use if you want.

 

 

 

Follow links above for more details and for downloads.