Panasonic DMR-E55EBL Operating Instructions Manual

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Contents

3RQT7540 Getting startedTable of contentsCaution for AC Mains Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4The remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Control reference guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6STEP 2 TV Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11STEP 3 Set up to match your television andremote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14To enjoy progressive video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . . 19Direct TV Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Recording from an external equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Using VIDEO Plus+ number to make timer recordings . . . . . . 21Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22To record programmes from satellite receiverby RGB signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Linked timer recordings with external equipment (EXT LINK) . . 23Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Operations during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Editing operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Changing audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Using on-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Disc menu—Setting the disc content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Play menu—Change the play sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Picture menu—Change the picture quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Sound menu—Change the sound effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Editing titles/chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Creating, editing and playing play lists. . . . . . . . 32Creating play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Editing and playing play lists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Play list operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33DISC MANAGEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Disc Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Disc Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Format Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Auto-Play Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Finalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36FUNCTIONS window and Status messages . . . . 37FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Summary of settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42TV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Frequently asked questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back coverThis DVD Video recorder records high quality imagesto rapid random access capable DVD-RAM media.This has resulted in many new features that outperform older tape formats. The following informationsummarizes a few of these features.Instant recordingYou no longer need to search for empty disc space. Bypressing the recording button, the unit finds availablerecording space and begins recording right away.There is no need to worry about overwriting alreadyrecorded content.Instant playThere is no need to rewind or search forward. DirectNavigator guides you to the beginning of the recordedvideo immediately.Getting startedRecordingPlaying backEditingConvenient functionsReferenceUseful featuresChasing playbackThere is no need to wait untilrecording is complete. Withoutstopping recording, you can playthe video currently beingrecorded from its beginning.Simultaneous Recordingand PlaybackWhile recording, you can playanother video programme thatwas recorded previously.Time SlipDuring play and also whilerecording, you can jump to thescene you wish to view byspecifying the skip time.