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3VQT2J28Table of contentsGetting startedIncluded accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4The remote control information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4HDD (Hard disk drive) handling care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Unit care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Quick Start GuideControl reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Easy access to various functions — FUNCTION MENUDisplay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8STEP 2 Channel reception settings and TV aspectsettings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10TV Guide system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Settings of the TV Guide for Analogue broadcasts . . . . . . . . . . 11TV Guide data download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11HDD and disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12USB memory and card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Regarding DivX files, Music files and still pictures(JPEG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15Media handling (Disc/USB memory/SD card) . . . . . . . .16Basic operationsWatching Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17Playing recorded video contents/Playing play-onlydiscs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Deleting titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Advanced operationsNotes for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22Advanced recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . . . 23When the format confirmation screen is displayed. . . . . . . . . . . 23When removing a recorded disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Recording broadcasts from external equipment. . . . . .25Making timer recordings on the television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Recording from digital satellite receiver or analogue decoder . . 25Linked timer recordings with external equipment (digital satellitereceiver) — EXT LINK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Copying from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . .26Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26DV automatic recording (DV Auto Rec) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Advanced timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Series recording (Digital broadcast only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Using S HOWVIEW number to make timer recordings (Analoguebroadcast only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Check, change or delete a programme, or resolveoverlapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28To cancel recording when recording has already begun . . . . . . 29If the “Overlapped Timer Recording” screen appears . . . . . . . . 29Language for digital broadcast with multi-audio or multi-subtitle(Digital broadcast only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Relief Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Auto Renewal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Notes on timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Selecting the programme from the desired programme type orcategory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Searching for the programme in the TV Guide list . . . . . . . . . . . 30Operations in the TV Guide system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Changing the Settings and Editing TV Guide for Analoguebroadcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Advanced playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33Operation during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Selecting recorded programmes (titles) to play—DIRECT NAVIGATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Switching the DIRECT NAVIGATOR appearance . . . . . . . . . . . 34To sort the titles for easy searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34To play grouped titles [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34To edit the group of titles [HDD]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35To play music CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35To play music recorded on HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Useful functions during music play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Playing DivX, Music files and still pictures (JPEG) . . . .36Showing the menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Playing DivX video contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Playing Music files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Playing still pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Start Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Useful functions during still picture play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Linked operations with the TV (VIERA Link “HDAVIControlTM ”/Q Link). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Easy control only with VIERA remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Convenient functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42FUNCTION MENU Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42To pause the TV programme you are watching—Pause LiveTV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42EditingEntering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Creating, editing and playing Playlists (Video) . . . . . . 46Editing still pictures and music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Creating, editing and playing Playlists (Picture) . . . . . 50CopyingCopying titles or Playlists (Video). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Copy [Video (HDD to DVD)] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Copying using the copying list–Advanced Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Copying a finalised DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW (DVD-Videoformat), +R and +R DL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Copying Video (MPEG2) from an SD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Copying Video (MPEG2) from a video equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 56Copying still pictures/Playlist (Picture) . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Copying new still pictures on the SD card or USB memory—Copy New Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Copying using the copying list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Copying still pictures on the USB memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Copying music to HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59About the Gracenote® Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Copying music from a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Copying music from a USB memory or CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R/DVD-R DL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59To update the Gracenote® Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Setting menusUsing on-screen menus/Status message. . . . . . . . . . . 61HDD, disc and card management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Deleting all titles and Playlists (Video)—Delete all titles. . . . . . . 63Providing a name for a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Deleting all the contents—Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Selecting the background style—Top Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Selecting whether to show the Top Menu first—Auto-PlaySelect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Enabling discs to be played on other equipment—Finalise . . . . 64Creating Top Menu—Create Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Television operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72ReferenceAdditional connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Connecting a television with AUDIO/VIDEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Connecting a VCR with AUDIO/VIDEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Connecting an amplifier with a digital input terminal . . . . . . . . . . 73Connecting a stereo amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Connecting a television and VCR, digital satellite receiver oranalogue decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Back CoverGetting startedQuick StartGuideBasicoperationsAdvancedoperationsEditingSetting menusReference Copying PreviousNext |