Table of contents
Getting started
Getting started
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Setting up
STEP 1 Antenna and television connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 STEP 2 The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 STEP 3
Recording
Recording television programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Inserting discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Watching the television while recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Recording the best quality pictures within the set amount of time
Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Playing from the beginning of the program while you are
Playing back
Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 When a menu screen appears on the television . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Position Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Using the Direct Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 To erase a program that is being played back . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Other methods of play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Skipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Playing still pictures and SD VIDEO (MPEG4) programs . . . . 22 Using menus to play MP3 discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Changing audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Timer recording
Timer recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Specify a time to stop recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Using VCR Plusr codes to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . . 26 Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Auto Renewal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Check programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Change or cancel the program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Dubbing
Dubbing programs or play list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
One Touch Dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Editing
Creating play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Playing play lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Playing play list scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 To erase a play list or a play list scene during playback . . . . . 33
Editing play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Editing programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Editing SD VIDEO (MPEG4) programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 HDD, Disc setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Advanced operation
Using the FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Summary of settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Changing the remote control code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Audio channel for DV input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Other channel settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Home Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Connecting a cable TV box/satellite receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Connecting an amplifier or system component . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Connecting other video equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Other antenna connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Other antenna connection to the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Other antenna connection from the unit to the television . . . . 61
Reference
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Disc handling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR CANADA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Product Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Guía de referencia rápida en español
(Spanish Quick Reference) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back cover
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Accessories
Please check and identify the supplied accessories. Use numbers indicated in parentheses when asking for replacement parts.
Only for U.S.A.: To order accessories contact
Only for Canada: To order accessories, call the dealer from whom you have made your purchase.
[] | 1 | Remote control | [] | 1 | AC power supply cord | [] | 1 | 75 ≠ coaxial cable |
| (EUR7624KB0) |
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| (VJA1091) | ||||
[] | 2 | Batteries | [] | 1 | Audio/Video cable | [] | 1 | |
| for remote control |
| (VJA0788) |
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[Note] | (U.S.A. only) | |
The included AC power supply cord is for use with this unit | Product Registration Card | |
Please complete and return the included product registration card, or register | ||
only. Do not use it with other equipment. | ||
via the Internet at: http://www.prodreg.com/panasonic/ | ||
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