Panasonic Diga DMR-E95H Operating Instructions Manual

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Contents

3RQT7392Getting startedTable of contentsIMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6STEP 2 Setting up the TV Guide On Screen TMsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10STEP 3 Set up to match your television and remotecontrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12HDD, disc and card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Recording television programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . . 17Selecting audio to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Using the TV Guide On ScreenTM systemto make timer recordings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Using VCR Plusi system to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . 21Check, change or delete a program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Utilizing TV Guide On Screen TM system . . . . . . . . . . . . .23Playing recorded video contents/Playing play-only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24Operations during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Editing operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Playing still pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28Useful functions during still picture play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Using on-screen menus and Status messages . . . . . . .30On-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Creating, editing and playing play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Creating play lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Editing and playing play lists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Play list operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36Picture and folder operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Transferring (dubbing) titles or play lists . . . . . . . . . . . 37One Touch Transfer (dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 38Transferring (dubbing) a finalized DVD-R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Recording from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . 41Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41DV automatic recording (DV AUTO REC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Transferring (dubbing) still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 42Transferring (dubbing) all the still pictures on a card—COPY ALL PICTURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43FUNCTIONS window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43HDD, disc and card setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Providing a disc with a name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Erasing all titles and play lists—Erase all titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Erasing all the contents of a disc or card—Format. . . . . . . . . . 45Enabling DVD-R to be played on other equipment—Finalize . . 45Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Summary of settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Channel/Clock settings when TV Guide On ScreenTMsystem is not used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Auto channel/clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Channel captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Error messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Product Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Maintenance/HDD, disc and card handling . . . . . . . . . 60Limited Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Index . . 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BackcoverThis DVD Video recorder records high quality images to rapidrandom access capable HDD (Hard disk drive) or DVD-RAM. Thishas resulted in many new features that out perform older tapeformats. The following information summarizes a few of thesefeatures.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.HDD recordingYou can keep on recording your favorite programs to an internal HDDthat is able to record up to 284 hours when using EP (8H) mode.You can also high speed transfer (dub) your favorite programs toDVD-RAM or DVD-R and create a backup disc.SD/PC card slots, DV input terminalThis unit is equipped with interfaces that allow networking with digitalequipment.≥The SD/PC card slots of this unit let you transfer (dub) digitalcamera photographs from a card to DVD-RAM for easy storagewithout using a computer.≥The DV automatic recording function of this unit lets you easilytransfer (dub) digital images to the HDD by connecting only asingle DV cable.TV Guide On Screen TM systemThe TV Guide On ScreenTM system provides a handy electronicprogram guide (EPG) for checking what’s on. Setting up to record abroadcast is easy too. Simply select the desired program from thedisplayed list. You can also search for desired programs alphabeticallyor by displaying only the programs in a certain category.≥This service may not be available in some areas.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 iscomplete. Without stopping recording, you canplay the video currently being recorded from itsbeginning.Simultaneous Recording and PlaybackWhile recording, you can play another videoprogram that was recorded previously.Time SlipDuring play and also while recording, you canjump to the scene you wish to view by specifyingthe skip time.Getting startedRecordingPlaying backEditingTransfer (Dubbing)Convenient functionsReferenceGuía de referencia rápida en español . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62(Spanish Quick Reference)Useful features