Panasonic DMR-EH56 Operating Instructions Manual

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Contents

3RQT8415Table of contentsHDD, disc and card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Important notes for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8HDD (Hard disk drive) handling care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Disc and card handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Unit care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Included accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11The remote control information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13The unit’s display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13STEP 1 Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14STEP 2 Channel reception settings andTV aspect settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18GUIDE Plus+ system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19GUIDE Plus+ data download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Editing programme lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Changing the settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Set up to match your television and remote control . .22To enjoy progressive video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24Disc Insertion/Ejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25To specify a time to stop recording—One Touch Recording . . . 26Recording settings for High Speed Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Using the GUIDE Plus+ system to make timer recordings . . . . 28Operations in the GUIDE Plus+ system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Using S HOWVIEW number to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . . 30Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30To cancel recording when recording has already begun . . . . . . 31To release the unit from recording standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Notes on timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Relief Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Auto Renewal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32VPS/PDC function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Recording broadcasts from an external equipment . . .33Making timer recordings on the television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Recording from digital/satellite receiver or decoder . . . . . . . . . . 33Linked timer recordings withexternal equipment (digital/satellite receiver) — EXT LINK . . 33Playing recorded video contents/Playing play-only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Playing DivX discs,MP3 discs and still pictures (JPEG/TIFF) . . . . . . . . . .37Regarding DivX discs,MP3 discs and still pictures (JPEG/TIFF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Selecting file type to play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Playing DivX discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Playing MP3 discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Playing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Useful functions during still picture play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Using on-screen menus/Status message. . . . . . . . . . . 42Using on-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Creating, editing and playing playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Creating playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Editing and playing playlists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Playlist operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Album and picture operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Delete Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Using the DELETE Navigator to delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Deleting titles or pictures during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Copying titles or playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Copying using the copying list–Advanced Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Copying a finalized DVD-R, DVD-R DL,DVD-RW (DVD-Video format), +R and +R DL . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Copying MPEG2 moving pictures from an SD card . . . . . . . . . . 55Copying still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Copying using the copying list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Copying all the still pictures on a card—Copy All Pictures . . . . . 57Copying from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . 58Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58DV automatic recording (DV Auto Rec) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Linked operations with the TV (Q Link) . . . . . . . . . . . . 59HDD, disc and card management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Providing a name for a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Deleting all titles and playlists—Delete all titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Deleting all the contents of a disc or card—Format . . . . . . . . . . 61Selecting the background style–Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Selecting whether to show the Top Menu first–Auto-Play Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Enabling discs to be played on other equipment–Finalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Creating Top Menu–Create Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63FUNCTIONS window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Summary of settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69TV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Manual Clock Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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