Panasonic DMR-XS350 Operating Instructions Manual

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Contents

4RQT9439Table of contentsGetting startedGetting startedCharacteristics of this unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Included accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Quick Start GuideHDD and disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Recording high definition programmes and copying . . . . . . . . . . . 7HDD and discs you can use for recording and play . . . . . . . . . . . 8Play-only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Discs that cannot be played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10USB memory and card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11USB memories you can use on this unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Cards you can use on this unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Control reference guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12The unit’s display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Easy access to various functions— FUNCTION MENU display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13HDD (Hard disk drive) handling care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Unit care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Media handling (Disc/USB memory/SD card) . . . . . . . . 15Inserting discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Inserting, removing the USB memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Inserting, removing the SD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Disc and card care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15STEP 1 Inserting the CAM(Conditional Access Module) and Smart Card . . . . . . 16STEP 2 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17STEP 3 Channel reception settings andTV aspect settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18STEP 4 Setting the CI or CI Plus(Common Interface) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Basic operationsWatching digital broadcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Playing DVD-Video/Playing recorded video contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Playing DVD-Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Playing recorded video contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Recording television programmes [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . 22To specify a time to stop recording—One Touch Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Timer Recording using the TV Guide system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Deleting titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Deleting during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Copying titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Advanced watching digital broadcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Digital channel information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26To show subtitle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Switching audio of the TV broadcast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26To select content in the digital broadcast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26To show Teletext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27TitleRecordingAdvanced recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Recording method and disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Recording modes and recording contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 programmes simultaneous recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Types of recording data for copyright protected titles . . . . . . . . . 30Important notes for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Operation during Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Advanced timer recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Manually programming timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33To release the unit from timer recording standby. . . . . . . . . . . . .34Auto Renewal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34To cancel recording when timer recordinghas already begun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35Notes on timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35Operations in the TV Guide system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36TV Guide data download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36Playing backAdvanced playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Operation during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Display the subtitle during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Display the Teletext during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Selecting recorded programmes (titles) to play—DIRECT NAVIGATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Switching of the Navigator [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Playback the title that was viewed once [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39To change the Genre Label [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40To play grouped titles [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40To edit the group of titles [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40Playback of the High Definition Video (AVCHD) . . . . . . 41Playback of the playlist createdon other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Playing DivX ® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Playing DivX video contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42EditingEditing titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Title operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45Create/Playback/Edit of the Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Create Chapter Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47Editing and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47Chapter operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47CopyingCopying titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Copy Title Playing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51Copying using the copying list—Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52Copying a finalised DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW(DVD-Video format), +R and +R DL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54With Other EquipmentRecording broadcasts from external equipment . . . . . 55Recording from Set Top Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55Linked timer recordings with external equipment (Set Top Box)— EXT LINK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55Copying from a video equipment(video cassette recorder, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56DV Automatic Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57Flexible Recording via AV input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57Copy the HD Video (AVCHD format)or the SD Video (MPEG2 format) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Copying HD Video (AVCHD format) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58Copying SD Video (MPEG2 format). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59