Panasonic DMR-BW500 Operating Instructions Manual

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86RQT9131Changing the unit’s settings(All factory default settings are indicated with underlined text.)Audio Mode for XP RecordingChoose the audio type when recording or copying with XP mode.[Dolby Digital] (➡ 114) [LPCM] (➡ 114)≥The picture quality of LPCM recordings may be lower than that ofnormal XP mode recordings.≥The audio recording becomes Dolby Digital even if you selectedLPCM when using a recording mode other than XP.≥When recording a bilingual broadcast, select the type of audio inadvance from “Bilingual Audio Selection” (➡ 85).Audio Mode for DV InputYou can select the kind of audio when recording from the unit’s DVinput terminal (➡ 56).[Stereo 1] Records audio (L1, R1).[Stereo 2] Records added audio such as narration (L2, R2)subsequent to original recording.[Mix] Records both Stereo 1 and Stereo 2.≥When recording bilingual broadcast, select the type of audio inadvance from “Bilingual Audio Selection” (➡ 85).Audio Mode for Digital BroadcastSelects the initial setting for Audio tracks,If programme has both Dolby Digital and MPEG audio tracks,priority is given to what you select.Only the selected audio is recorded when recorded or copied inXP, SP, LP, EP, or FR recording mode.(It is recorded in accordance with the setting of the “Multi Audio” inDisc menu only when it is copied with “Copy Title Playing”.)[Dolby Digital] A method of coding digital signals developed byDolby Laboratories. Apart from stereo (2ch)audio, these signals can also be multi-channelaudio.[MPEG] An audio compression method that compressesaudio to small size without any considerableloss of audio quality.DisplayOn-Screen MessagesChoose the approximate time until the digital channel informationscreen (➡ 21) disappears automatically.The length of time the control panel (➡ 75) is displayed can alsobe changed, but “Off” does not work.[Off] (The digital channel information is not displayed.)[3 sec.] [5 sec.] [7 sec.] [10 sec.]FL DisplayChanges the brightness of the unit’s display.This setting is fixed with “Automatic” if you set “Power Save”(➡ 89) to “On”.[Bright] [Dim][Automatic] The display turns dark during play and disappears whenthe unit is turned off. It reappears momentarily if a buttonis pressed. While using this mode, the standby powerconsumption can be reduced.Screen SaverThis is to prevent burn-in on the screen.≥When this is set to “On”, the masked-off area on the screenbecomes grey.[Only when connecting with an HDMI cable or a componentvideo cable and “HDMI Video Format” (➡ 87) is set to any othermode than “576p/480p”, or “Component Resolution” (➡ 87) isset to “720p” or “1080i”][On] If there is no operation for 10 minutes or more, thedisplayed screen switches to the other statesautomatically.– When the Direct Navigator, TV Guide, Timerrecording list, COPY Navigator, DELETENavigator or FUNCTIONS menu is displayed,the display on the screen is not displayed.– When Music is played, the display returns to thescreen saver mode. (Playback continues.)– When still pictures are shown (except forslideshows), the display returns to the DirectNavigator screen.– The display returns to the screen saver modewhen it is paused by the Pause Live TV. (Pausestatus will continue.)[Off]TeletextSelect the Teletext display mode. (➡ 21)[TOP][List]SD Card LED ControlSet the lighting method for the lamp on the SD card slot.[On][Off][SD inserted] When this unit is turned on and SD card isinserted, the lamp is lighted.