Panasonic Diga DMR-E85H Operating Instructions Manual

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Contents

3RQT7462Getting startedTable of contentsUseful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4The remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Control reference guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6STEP 2 TV Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9STEP 3 Set up to match your televisionand remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10To enjoy progressive video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10HDD and Disc information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . . 15Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Recording from an external equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Using G-CODE system to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . 17Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Operations during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Editing operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Changing audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Using on-screen menus and Status messages . . . . 24On-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Editing titles/chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Creating, editing and playing play lists. . . . . . . . 28Creating play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Editing and playing play lists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Play list operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Transferring (dubbing) titles or play lists . . . . . . 31One Touch Transfer (dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 32Transferring (dubbing) a finalized DVD-R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34DISC MANAGEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Disc Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Disc Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Format Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Auto-Play Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Finalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Summary of settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40TV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Frequently asked questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back coverThis DVD Video recorder records high quality images torapid random access capable HDD (Hard disk drive) andDVD-RAM. 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 noneed to worry about overwriting already recorded content.HDD recordingYou can keep on recording your favorite programmes to aninternal HDD that is able to record up to 142 hours [EP (8Hour) mode].You can also high speed transfer (dub) your favoriteprogrammes to DVD-RAM or DVD-R and create a backupdisc.Instant playThere is no need to rewind or search forward. DirectNavigator guides you to the beginning of the recorded videoimmediately.Getting startedRecordingPlaying backEditingTransfer (Dubbing)Convenient functionsReferenceUseful featuresChasing playbackThere is no need to wait untilrecording is complete. Withoutstopping recording, you can play thevideo currently being recorded fromits beginning.Simultaneous Recordingand PlaybackWhile recording, you can playanother video programme that wasrecorded previously.Time SlipDuring play and also while recording,you can jump to the scene you wishto view by specifying the skip time.