Panasonic Diga DMR-EH50 Operating Instructions Manual

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Contents

3RQT8027Table 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Set up to match your television and remote control. . 20To enjoy progressive video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Rec for High Speed dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Playing while you are recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Direct TV Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Recording from digital/satellite receiver or decoder. . . . . . . . . 25Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Using the GUIDE Plus+ system to make timer recordings . . . 26Using SHOWV IEW number to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . 26Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Making timer recordings on the television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Linked timer recordings with external equipment(digital/satellite receiver)—EXT LINK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Playing recorded video contents/Playing play-only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Operations during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Simple editing operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Playing still pictures (JPEG/TIFF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Useful functions during still picture play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Using on-screen menus/FUNCTIONS window and Statusmessage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Using on-screen menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36FUNCTIONS window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Creating, editing and playing playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Creating playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Editing and playing playlists/chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Playlist operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Picture and folder operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Transferring (dubbing) titles or playlists . . . . . . . . . . . 43One Touch Transfer (dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 44Transferring (dubbing) a finalized DVD-R, DVD-RW (DVD-Videoformat) and +R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Recording from a video cassette recorder. . . . . . . . . . 47Transferring (dubbing) still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 48Transferring (dubbing) all the still pictures on a card—COPY ALLPICTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49HDD, disc and card management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Providing a name for a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Erasing all titles and playlists—Erase all titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Erasing all the contents of a disc or card—Format. . . . . . . . . . 51Enabling discs to be played on other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 52Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Summary of settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Tuning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60TV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 & EPG DisplayFrom the power on, recording starts in about 1 second§ after theREC button is pressed. If the GUIDE button is pressed while the unitis off, the Electronic Program Guide (EPG) displays in less than 1second. (Quick Start Mode)§Only when recording to the HDD or DVD-RAMHDD 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.The GUIDE Plus+ systemThe GUIDE Plus+ system provides programme information from thehost station displayed on the television like a TV programmemagazine. Setting up to record a broadcast is easy too. Simplyselect the desired programme from the displayed list. You can alsosearch for desired programmes by displaying only the programmesin a certain category.≥This service may not be available in some areas.Getting startedRecordingPlaying backEditingTransferring (Dubbing)Convenient functionsReferenceUseful featuresTable of contents / Useful features