Panasonic Diga DMR-EH57 Operating Instructions Manual

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Contents

3RQT8906Table 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Connecting with an HDMI (High Definition MultimediaInterface) terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17VIERA Link “HDAVI Control TM ” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Easy control only with VIERA remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18STEP 2 Channel reception settings and TV aspectsettings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19STEP 3 Set up to match your televisionand remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20To enjoy progressive video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Disc Insertion/Ejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23To specify a time to stop recording—One Touch Recording . . . 24Recording settings for High Speed Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Using G- CODE system to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27To cancel recording when recording has already begun . . . . . . 28To release the unit from recording standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Notes on timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Relief Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Auto Renewal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Playing recorded video contents/Playing play-only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Playing DivX discs, MP3 discs andstill pictures (JPEG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Regarding DivX discs, MP3 discs and still pictures (JPEG) . . . . 33Selecting file type to play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Playing DivX discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Playing MP3 discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Playing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Useful functions during still picture play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Using on-screen menus/Status message. . . . . . . . . . . 38Using on-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Creating, editing and playing playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Creating playlists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Editing and playing playlists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Playlist operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Editing still pictures [EH67] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Album and picture operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Delete Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Using the DELETE Navigator to delete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Deleting titles or pictures during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Copying titles or playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Copying using the copying list–Advanced Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Copying a finalised DVD-R, DVD-R DL,DVD-RW (DVD-Video format), +R and +R DL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Copying SD Video from an SD Card [EH67]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Copying still pictures [EH67] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Copying using the copying list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Copying all the still pictures on a card—Copy All Pictures . . . . . 53Copying from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . 54Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54DV automatic recording (DV Auto Rec) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54HDD, disc and card management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Providing a name for a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Deleting all titles and playlists—Delete all titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Deleting all the contents of a disc or card—Format . . . . . . . . . . 56Selecting the background style—Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Selecting whether to show the Top Menu first—Auto-Play Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Enabling discs to be played on other equipment—Finalise . . . . 57Creating Top Menu—Create Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58FUNCTION MENU window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Summary of settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65TV System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Clock Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back coverGetting startedRecordingPlaying backEditingCopyingConvenient functionsReferenceAbout descriptions in these operating instructions≥These operating instructions are applicable to modelsDMR-EH57 and DMR-EH67. Unless otherwise indicated,illustrations in these operating instructions are of DMR-EH57for Australia and N.Z.[EH57] : indicates features applicable to DMR-EH57 only.[EH67] : indicates features applicable to DMR-EH67 only.≥Instructions/notes regarding SD Cards and SD Drive areapplicable to the DMR-EH67 model only.≥Pages to be referred to are indicated as “➡ {{”.