Panasonic DMR-E500HS Operating Instructions Manual

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Contents

3RQT7758Getting startedTable of contentsAccessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4The remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Control reference guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Connections for the Network function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Connecting a LAN cable to this unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10STEP 2 Channel reception settings . . . . . . . . . . . 11STEP 3 Set up to match your televisionand remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12To enjoy progressive video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12STEP 4 Multi-channel speaker setting . . . . . . . . 14STEP 5 Setting up the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15This unit’s network setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15When more than one network compatiblePanasonic DVD recorder is on the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18HDD, disc and card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . . 23Playing while you are recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Using G-CODE® system to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . 25Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Playing recorded video contents/Playing play-only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Operations during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Editing operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Changing audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Playing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Useful functions during still picture play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Playing MPEG4 titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Useful functions during MPEG4 title play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Using on-screen menus and Status messages . . . . 36On-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Creating, editing and playing play lists . . . . . . . . 40Creating play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Editing and playing play lists/chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Play list operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Picture and folder operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Editing MPEG4 titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43MPEG4 title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Transferring (dubbing) titles or play lists . . . . . . 45One Touch Transfer (dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 46Transferring (dubbing) a finalized DVD-R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Recording from a video cassette recorder . . . . . 49Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49DV automatic recording (DV AUTO REC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Transferring (dubbing) still pictures . . . . . . . . . . 50Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 50Transferring (dubbing) all the still pictures on a card—COPY ALL PICTURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Transferring (dubbing) MPEG4/MPEG2 titles . . . 52One Touch Transfer (dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . . . . 53Operating the DVD recorder by computer . . . . . 55Playing back video titles recorded onanother DVD recorder’s HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57HDD, disc and card management . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Providing a disc with a name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Erasing all titles, play lists and MPEG4 titles—Erase all titles . . . . 58Erasing all the contents of a disc or card—Format. . . . . . . . . . 59Enabling DVD-R to be played on other equipment—Finalize . . . . 59Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Summary of settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Tuning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65TV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Frequently asked questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Maintenance/Disc and card handling . . . . . . . . . 75Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back coverGetting startedRecordingPlaying backEditingTransfer (Dubbing)NetworkConvenient functionsReferenceAccessoriesPlease check and identify the supplied accessories.∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏1 Remote control(EUR7721KT0)1 AC mains lead≥For use with this unit only. Do notuse it with other equipment.1 RF coaxial cable 2 Batteriesfor remote control1 Audio/video cable