Panasonic DMR-EH50 Operating Instructions Manual

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3RQT8157Table of contentsUseful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HDD (Hard disk drive) handling care . . . . . . . . . . 4Disc and card handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Unit care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Inserting, Removing the SD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Note to owners of progressive compatiblePAL system televisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Using DVD-R, DVD-RW and +R on this unit. . . . . 7Included accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8The remote control information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8HDD, disc and card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Control reference guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13The unit’s display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14STEP 2 Channel reception settings . . . . . . . . . . 17STEP 3 Set up to match your televisionand remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18To enjoy progressive video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . 20Rec for High Speed dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Playing while you are recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Using G-CODE® system to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . 24Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Playing recorded video contents/Playing play-only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Operations during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Simple editing operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Playing still pictures (JPEG/TIFF). . . . . . . . . . . . 32Useful functions during still picture play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Using on-screen menus/FUNCTIONS window andStatus message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Using on-screen menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34FUNCTIONS window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Editing titles/chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Creating, editing and playing playlists . . . . . . . . 38Creating playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Editing and playing playlists/chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Playlist operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Picture and folder operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Transferring (dubbing) titles or playlists . . . . . . 41One Touch Transfer (dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 42Transferring (dubbing) a finalized DVD-R, DVD-RW (DVD-Videoformat) and +R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Recording from a video cassette recorder . . . . . 45Transferring (dubbing) still pictures . . . . . . . . . . 46Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 46Transferring (dubbing) all the still pictures on a card—COPY ALLPICTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47HDD, disc and card management . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Providing a name for a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Erasing all titles and playlists—Erase all titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Erasing all the contents of a disc or card—Format. . . . . . . . . . 49Enabling discs to be played on other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 50Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Summary of settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Tuning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57TV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Frequently asked questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back coverThis DVD Recorder records high quality pictures to rapid randomaccess capable HDD (Hard disk drive) and DVD-RAM. This hasresulted in many new features that outperform older tape formats.The following information summarizes a few of these features.Instant recordingYou no longer need to search for empty disc space. By pressing therecording button, the unit finds available recording space and beginsrecording right away. There is no need to worry about overwritingalready recorded content.1 Sec. Quick Start for Recording on DVD-RAM and HDDFrom the power off state, recording on DVD-RAM and HDD startsabout 1 second after first pressing the Power button and thensequentially pressing the REC button (Quick Start Mode).HDD recordingYou can keep on recording your favorite programmes to an internalHDD that is able to record up to 142 hours [EP (8 Hours) mode].You can also high speed transfer (dub) your favorite programmes toDVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW (DVD-Video format) or +R and create abackup disc.SD card slotThe SD card slot of this unit lets you play digital camera photographsand transfer (dub) them from a card to DVD-RAM for easy storagewithout using a computer.Instant playThere is no need to rewind or search forward. Direct Navigatorguides you to the beginning of the recorded video immediately.Chasing playbackThere is no need to wait until recording is complete. Withoutstopping recording, you can play the video currently being recordedfrom its beginning.Simultaneous Recording and PlaybackWhile recording, you can play another video programme that wasrecorded previously.Time SlipDuring play, and also while recording, you can jump to the scene youwish to view by specifying the skip time.Getting startedRecordingPlaying backEditingTransferring (Dubbing)Convenient functionsReferenceUseful featuresTable of contents / Useful features