Panasonic DMR-ES40V operating instructions Check, change or delete programs, Manual programming

Recording DVD

∫Manual programming

≥When connecting a cable TV box or satellite receiver, select the channel on the cable TV box or satellite receiver before scheduled recording starts.

[1]Press [SCHEDULE].

≥Make sure “New Scheduled Recording” is selected.

	SCHEDULE		Remaining Recording Time		VHS 1:43 SP	DVD 1:43 SP
New Scheduled	LIST				11/15 Tue 8:34 PM
	No	Channel	Date	On	Off Drive	Mode	Check
Recording is selected.	01	39	11/29 Tue	10:00 PM 11:00 PM DVD		SP	OK
			New Scheduled Recording

[2]Press [ENTER], then move and change the items using [3, 4, 2, 1].

SCHEDULED	Remaining Recording Time		VHS 1:43 SP	DVD	1:43 SP
RECORDING			11/15 Tue		8:34 PM
Channel	Date	On	Off	Drive	Mode
		:	:

Title Name

Press ENTER to store new schedule

≥You may use the numbered buttons to enter “Channel”, “Date”, “On”, and “Off”.

≥Channel (Program Position/TV Station Name) ≥Date

You can also make a daily or weekly program.

Each daily or weekly program is counted as one program. ≥On (start time)/Off (finish time)

The time increases or decreases in 30-minute increments if you hold down the button.

≥Drive (Recording drive)

Select recording drive to “DVD”. ≥Mode (Recording mode)

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

mode.

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≥Title Name

Press [2, 1] to select “Title Name” and press [ENTER] (l 32).

[3]Press [ENTER] when you have finished making changes.

≥“Invalid Entry” is displayed when you enter the wrong item.

Reenter the item.

≥Make sure that the scheduled recording has been programmed correctly on the SCHEDULE LIST screen (l right).

≥To continue programming:

Select “New Scheduled Recording” and repeat steps 2–3.

[4]Press [SCHEDULE].

≥The message “Turn recorder off for Scheduled Recording.” is shown on the TV.

[5]Press [Í, DVD/VHS POWER].

≥Scheduled recording can be started only when the unit is turned off.

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

∫To release the unit from scheduled recording standby

Press [Í, DVD/VHS POWER].

The unit turns on and “ ” goes out.

≥Be sure to press [Í, DVD/VHS POWER] to return the unit to standby mode before the scheduled recording time. Scheduled

recording will work only if “ ” is displayed.

∫To stop recording while a program is working

[1] Press [DVD]

[2] Press [∫, STOP], then [ENTER] within 5 seconds.

≥You can also press and hold [∫] on the main unit for 3 or more seconds to stop recording.

Note

≥When the unit is carrying out a scheduled recording, you can utilize playback. [RAM]

≥“ ” flashes when the unit cannot perform scheduled recording

(non-recordable disc or protected disc, etc.). Check the disc carefully.

≥The actual time recorded may be longer than the program itself when TV programs are recorded using VCR Plus_ system.

≥When recording more than one program in a row, for DVD-RAM the first few seconds, and for DVD-R, DVD-RW (DVD-Video format) or +R about the first 30 seconds of all programs from the second one onwards will not be recorded.

≥If you set “DST” (Daylight Saving Time) to “On” when manually setting the clock (l 44), scheduled recording may not work when summer switches to winter and vice versa.

Check, change or delete programs

Even when the unit is turned off, you can display the scheduled recording list by pressing [SCHEDULE].

[1]Press [SCHEDULE].

SCHEDULE	Remaining Recording Time		VHS	1:43 SP	DVD	1:43 SP
LIST				11/15 Tue		8:34 PM
No Channel	Date	On	Off	Drive	Mode	Check

New Scheduled Recording

AB

Icon explanations (A)

¥Currently recording

WPrograms are overlapped. Recording of the program with the later start time starts when the earlier program finishes

recording.

nYou stopped a weekly or daily scheduled recording. The icon disappears when the next scheduled recording starts.

FThe disc was full. (not enough space)

The TV program may not be recorded due to copy-protection.

XRecording stopped (Dirty disc, etc.)

Check (B)

OK: Recordable

#(Date): The last day of daily or weekly recording.

!: 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. Overlap: When the date and time overlap with another scheduled

recording, only a part of the program can be recorded.

– –:Scheduled recording for VHS.

[2]Press [3, 4] to select the program.

≥You may also select program by inputting a 2-digit number using the numbered buttons.

e.g.: “5”: [0] )[5] “15”: [1] )[5]

≥Press [2, 1] to move to the preceding or following page.

[3]Press [CANCEL/RESET, ¢] to delete,

You cannot delete programs that are currently recording.

or press [ENTER] to change.

The scheduled recording setting screen appears.

[4]If you pressed [ENTER] in step 3,

Use [3, 4, 2, 1] to change and press [ENTER].

[5]Press [SCHEDULE].

≥The message “Turn recorder off for Scheduled Recording.” is shown on the TV.

∫To put the unit on scheduled recording standby

Press [Í, DVD/VHS POWER].

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

For your reference

≥Programs that failed to record are not deleted from the list immediately (indicated in gray), but are deleted from the list automatically at 4 a.m. 2 days later.

≥During scheduled recording, you can change the end time as long as the recording mode is not “FR”.

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