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3RQT8859Table 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 ” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Easy control only with VIERA remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19STEP 2 Channel reception settings and TV aspectsettings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20STEP 3 Set up to match your televisionand remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21To enjoy progressive video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Watching analogue and digital broadcasts . . . . . . . . . 23Select the channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Digital channel information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Disc Insertion/Ejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25To specify a time to stop recording—One Touch Recording . . . 26Recording settings for High Speed Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Using the TV Guide system to make timer recordings(Digital broadcast only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Operations in the TV Guide system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Using G- CODE system to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31To cancel recording when recording has already begun . . . . . . 32To release the unit from recording standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Notes on timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Relief Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Auto Renewal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Playing recorded video contents/Playing play-only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Playing DivX discs, MP3 discs andstill pictures (JPEG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Regarding DivX discs, MP3 discs and still pictures (JPEG) . . . . 37Selecting file type to play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Playing DivX discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Playing MP3 discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Playing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Useful functions during still picture play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Using on-screen menus/Status message. . . . . . . . . . . 42Using on-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Creating, editing and playing playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Creating playlists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Editing and playing playlists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Playlist operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Album and picture operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Delete Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Using the DELETE Navigator to delete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Deleting titles or pictures during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Copying titles or playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Copying using the copying list–Advanced Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Copying a finalised DVD-R, DVD-R DL,DVD-RW (DVD-Video format), +R and +R DL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Copying SD Video from an SD Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Copying still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Copying using the copying list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Copying all the still pictures on a card—Copy All Pictures . . . . . 57Copying from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . 58Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58DV automatic recording (DV Auto Rec) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59HDD, disc and card management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Providing a name for a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Deleting all titles and playlists—Delete all titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Deleting all the contents of a disc or card—Format . . . . . . . . . . 61Selecting the background style—Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Selecting whether to show the Top Menu first—Auto-Play Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Enabling discs to be played on other equipment—Finalise . . . . 62Creating Top Menu—Create Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62FUNCTION MENU window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Summary of settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69TV System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Clock Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back coverGetting startedViewingRecordingPlaying backEditingCopyingConvenient functionsReferenceAbout descriptions in these operating instructions≥These operating instructions are applicable to modelsDMR-EX77 and DMR-EX87. Unless otherwise indicated,illustrations in these operating instructions are of DMR-EX77.[EX77] : indicates features applicable to DMR-EX77 only.[EX87] : indicates features applicable to DMR-EX87 only.≥Pages to be referred to are indicated as “➡ {{”. PreviousNext |