Panasonic DMR-ES20 operating instructions Check, change or delete a programme

Timer recording

Refer to the control reference on page 17.

You can enter up to 16 programmes up to a month in advance. (Each daily or weekly programme is counted as one programme.)

ENGLISH	Preparation
	• Check the time on the unit is correct.
	• Turn on the television and select the appropriate video input to suit
	the connections to this unit.

Manually programming timer recordings

RAM -R -RW(V) +R

1 Press [PROG/CHECK].

TIMER				Remain		1:58 SP
RECORDING					12:56:00 15.		7. TUE
No.	Name	Date	Start	Stop	Mode	VPS	Disc
						PDC	space
01	ARD	15. 7.TUE	19:00	20:00	SP	- - -	OK
		New Timer Programme

Recording
	2 Press [e, r] to select “New Timer
	Programme” and press [ENTER].
	3 Press [q] to move through the items
	and change the items with [e, r].
		TIMER				Remain 1:58 SP
		RECORDING					12:57:00 15. 7. TUE
			Name Date Start			Stop			VPS
								Mode PDC
			1 ARD	15. 7. TUE	19:00	20:00		SP	- - -

Programme Name

•Press and hold [e, r] to alter Start (Start time) and Stop (Finish time) in 30-minute increments.

•You can also set Name (Programme position/TV Station Name), Date, Start (Start time), and Stop (Finish time) with the numbered buttons.

•You can also press [REC MODE] to change the recording mode.

•Date

Date:	Current date up to one month later minus
	one day
Daily timer:	SUN-SAT→MON-SAT→MON-FRI

Weekly timer: SUN→---→SAT

•VPS/PDC (➔ page 17) ON←→OFF (---)

•Programme Name

Press [w, q] to select “Programme Name” and press [ENTER] (➔ page 33).

4 Press [ENTER].

TIMER					Remain		1:58 SP
RECORDING						12:58:00 15. 7.			TUE
	No.	Name	Date	Start	Stop	Mode	VPS	Disc
							PDC	space
	01	ARD	15. 7. TUE	19:00	20:00	SP	- - -	OK		Check to make sure “OK”
	02	ARD	15. 7. TUE	22:00	22:30	SP	- - -	OK
			New Timer Programme							is displayed.

Repeat steps 2–4 to programme other recordings.

5 Press [z TIMER].

The unit turns off and “z” lights on the unit’s display to indicate timer recording standby has been activated.

RAM

Even if the unit is in timer recording standby, play starts when you press [q] (PLAY) or [DIRECT NAVIGATOR]. Timer recording works even during play.

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■To release the unit from recording standby

Press [z TIMER].

The unit turns on and “z” goes out.

•Be sure to press [z TIMER] before the programme start time to put the unit on recording standby. Timer recording will work only if “z” is displayed.

■To cancel recording when recording has

already begun

Press [z TIMER].

•You can also press and hold [g] on the main unit for more than 3 seconds to stop recording.

Note

•“z” flashes for about 5 seconds when the unit cannot go to timer recording standby (e.g., a recordable disc is not in the disc tray).

•If the unit is not put in the timer recording standby mode at the latest 10 minutes before the programmed timer recording starting time, the “z” flashes on the unit display. In this case, press [z TIMER] to put the unit in the timer recording standby mode.

•When you programme successive timer recordings to start immediately one after the other, the unit cannot record the part at the beginning of the later programmes (a few seconds when recording with DVD-RAM and approximately 30 seconds when recording with DVD-R, DVD-RW (DVD-Video format) and +R).

Check, change or delete a programme

RAM -R -RW(V) +R

Even when the unit is turned off, you can display the timer recording list by pressing [PROG/CHECK].

Press [PROG/CHECK].

Icons

This programme is currently recording.

WThe times overlap those in another programme. Recording of the programme with the later start time starts when the earlier programme finishes recording.

FThe disc was full so the programme failed to record.

The material was copy-protected so it was not recorded.

XThe programme did not complete recording because the disc is dirty or some other reason.

TIMER						Remain		1:58 SP
RECORDING							12:56:00 15.		7. TUE
	No.		Name	Date	Start	Stop	Mode	VPS	Disc
								PDC	space
		01	ARD	15. 7.TUE	19:00	20:00	SP	- - -	OK
				New Timer Programme

Message displ			ay	ed in t	he “D	isc s	pac	e” l	ine
OK:
	D									remaining
		isplayed if the recording can fit in the
	space.					Cancel
			ENTER
→ (Date):			RETURN
	For recordings made daily or weekly, the										display
	will show until when recordings can be made (up
	to a maximum of one month from the present
	time) based on the time remaining on the disc.
! :	It may not be possible to record because:
	• the disc is write-protected

• there is no more space left

• the number of possible titles has reached its maximum.

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