The servicenter list and warranty can be found on pages 103 and
DVD VIDEO RECORDER
The warranty can be found on page
Operating Instructions
Dear customer
Accessories
FCC Note
Getting started
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Note to CATV system installer
Getting started
Initial settings
Table of contents
Accessories IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Features Discs
Recording from a video cassette recorder . . . 49 Disc setting
º The Top Window shows you most of the features you can use page
Features
º Exceptional picture and sound quality when recording
º Fast access to the program you want to watch page
Discs you can use for recording and play
Discs
Play-only discs
Discs that cannot be played
Audio format logos
DVD-R
º Before finalizing…
º After finalizing…
Remote control
Control reference guide
Main unit
The unit’s display
Getting started
Center circle e.g. DVD-RAM
Prepare the remote control
Antenna and television connections
Tune into television stations
Playing discs
»A Batteries
The remote control
»B Use
Getting started
Press and hold TV, POWER ê and
Refer to the chart below for the code
The remote control
Television operation
Conserving power
º When you have finished connecting the unit
Antenna and television connections
Basic connection
Getting started
Connecting to a TV with S-video or component video input terminals
S VIDEO OUT terminal
COMPONENT VIDEO OUT terminal
1 Press ê, POWER to turn the unit on
Plug-in Auto Tuning
º To stop Plug-in Auto Tuning
2 Press ENTER
Plug-in Auto Tuning
Í/I,POWER ,,CH ENTER
º Channel plan
Using the remote control to add and delete channels
Channel settings
1 Press the numbered buttons to select
a channel
2 Use the joystick 2, 1 to select the Set Up tab
channel settings
3 Use the joystick 3, 4 to select “Channel Settings” and press ENTER
Channel settings
6 Press ENTER
4·5·6
1 Press ê, POWER to turn this unit on
3·4·5
º To end the setting
Selecting TV screen
º Auto power-off
1 Press ê, POWER to turn the unit on
Playing discs
2 Press , OPEN/CLOSE to open the tray and insert a disc
º To cancel the resume function
Starting play from where you
» When a menu screen appears on the A television
» stopped it Resume Function
Press 6, SLOW/SEARCH or SLOW/SEARCH
»A Fast forward and rewind-SEARCH
»B Slow-motion play
Press 6, SLOW/SEARCH or SLOW/SEARCH
Press , SKIP or 9, SKIP
»A Skipping
Starting play from a selected
» program, title, chapter, or track
4 Press REC MODE to select the recording mode
1 4 3
º Convenient features
Recording television programs
º To cancel
mode during recording A
» One Touch Recording
Specify a time to stop recording
During recording or timer recording
POWER
During recording or timer recording
Playing while you are recording
POWER
Í/I,POWER
While recording or timer recording
Reviewing the recorded images while recording Time Slip
Using the top window
Using the top window
About the top window
Press TOP WINDOW to show the top window
Items
Icon
Discs
Pages
» Skipping a minute forward
Convenient features
CM skip
Press CM SKIP
»A Repeat play
Convenient features
Use the joystick 3
»B A-B repeat play
Changing audio
Convenient features
Press AUDIO to select the audio type
Advanced operations
º When you have connected the unit to other
Convenient features
When using DVD-R
equipment with an optical digital cable
Convenient features
1·2·3
C When selecting markers 11 and above
Marking places to play again MARKER
Convenient features
1·2·3
A When marking positions 11 and
CANCEL
º To exit the program mode
Convenient features
CANCEL
Program play
º To cancel random play
Convenient features
When you press ENTER
»A Random play
Using on-screen menu icons
2·3·4
Common procedures
4 Use the joystick 3, 4 to select the setting
Content
Content
Icons for disc information
ÎDigital
Content
Using on-screen menu icons
Content
Content
Using VCR Plusr codes to make
Timer recording
timer recording
Remote control only
Timer recording
Press ê, POWER
º Flexible recording mode FR
POWER
3 Press ENTER when you have finished making changes
2 Use the joystick 3, 4 to change the setting
Timer recording
To change the timer recording program
unit to make timer recording
2·3·4
4 Press ENTER when you have finished programming the timer
Timer recording
Press ê, POWER
To delete a timer recording
» program
Press ê, POWER
Releasing the unit from timer standby
Press ê, POWER
Press ê, POWER, then º, STOP within 5 seconds
2 Start play on the other equipment
Recording from a video cassette recorder
3 Press ´, REC at the point you want to start recording
º To skip unwanted parts
About DISC SETTING
Disc setting
Enter Title
3 Use the joystick 3, 4 to select “Enter Title” and press ENTER
2 Use the joystick 3, 4, 2, 1 to select “SET” and press ENTER
Disc setting
Enter Title
operations
2·3·4
Disc setting
Disc Protection
Press TOP WINDOW
2·3·4
Disc setting
Releasing disc
protection
Disc setting
2·3·4·5
Format
Press TOP WINDOW
Disc setting
2·3·4·5
Finalize-Creating DVD-Video
Press TOP WINDOW
Using the direct navigator
Selecting programs to play
Press TOP WINDOW
About the program list
Using the direct navigator
Using the direct navigator
5·6·7
2·3·4
Erasing programs
Entering and editing program
2·3·4·5
titles
Press TOP WINDOW
Using the direct navigator
2·3·4· 5·6
Protecting programs
Press TOP WINDOW
2·3·4· 5·6
Using the direct navigator
Releasing program
protection
Checking program contents
2·3·4·
Using the direct navigator
Press TOP WINDOW
Erasing parts of a program
2·3·4·
Shorten Segment
Press TOP WINDOW
Using the direct navigator
7·8·9
8 Use the joystick 3, 4 to select “Exit” and press ENTER
9 Use the joystick 2, 1 to select “Erase” and press ENTER
³Switch DVD, TV to “DVD”
Using play lists to edit
programs
Displaying play lists
2·3·4·
Using play lists to edit programs
Creating play lists
Press TOP WINDOW 2 Use the joystick 3, 4, 2, 1 to select “CREATE PLAY
Playing play lists
Using play lists to edit programs º To clear the play list screen
Press TOP WINDOW
Use the joystick 3, 4
2·3·4·
Using play lists to edit programs
Playing play list scenes
Press TOP WINDOW
Using play lists to edit programs
3·4·
4 Use the joystick 3, 4 to select “Edit Scenes” and press ENTER
Play Scenes
5·6·7
Using play lists to edit programs
5 Use the joystick 2, 1 to select
“Move” and press ENTER
Using play lists to edit programs
7·8·9
5·6·7
9 Use the joystick 3, 4 to select “Exit” and press ENTER
Copying play lists
2·3·4·5
Press TOP WINDOW
2 Use the joystick 3, 4, 2, 1 to se- lect “PLAY LIST” and press ENTER
Using play lists to edit programs
2·3·4
4 Use the joystick 3, 4 to select “PL Erase” and press ENTER
5 Use the joystick 2, 1 to select “Erase” and press ENTER
Using play lists to edit programs
Checking play list contents
2·3·4
Press TOP WINDOW
How to do it
Enjoying more powerful sound
Settings
Expanding your home theater system
Home Theater
»A Connecting a cable TV box
Expanding your home theater system
º With a cable TV box
º With two cable boxes
Connecting a home satellite system Dishnetwork/DSS
Home Theater
You can
Connecting an analog
Connecting to a digital »B amplifier or system!? component
» amplifier or system component
Expanding your home theater system
When connecting to the L2 input terminals on the front of the unit
»D Connecting a video cassette recorder
When connecting to the input terminals on the rear of the unit
Home Theater
not included
POWER
Operating other Panasonic DVD equipment with!? the remote control
Expanding your home theater system
DVD, TV
Summary of settings
Changing the unit’s settings
Initial settings
Main menus
Main menus
Initial settings
Menus
Options
Language code list
Summary of settings
Changing the unit’s settings
º Video-Hybrid VBR Resolution
Common procedures
1·2·3·4
Changing the unit’s settings
º When you are finished
Changing the unit’s settings
Entering a password
settings
When setting ratings
2 Use the joystick 2, 1 to select the Set Up tab
Clock Settings
3 Use the joystick 3, 4 to select “Clock Settings” and press ENTER
Clock Setting” and press ENTER
Set Up tab
2·3·4·5·6
3 Use the joystick 3, 4 to select “Clock Settings” and press ENTER
“Manual Clock Setting” and press
2 Use the joystick 2, 1 to select the Set Up tab
3·4·5
3 Use the joystick 3, 4 to select “Clock Settings” and press ENTER
4 Use the joystick 3, “Time Zone Adjust” ENTER
2 Use the joystick 2, 1 to select the Set Up tab
Channel Settings
3 Use the joystick 3, 4 to select “Channel Settings” and press ENTER
Initial settings
Channel Setting” and press ENTER
Set Up tab
Changing the unit’s settings
º To stop auto channel setting
Set Up tab
Channel Settings
“Channel Settings” and
5 If\you\selected\“Preset\Channel\Caption”
Changing the unit’s settings
Press 2 to return to the Channel Number column when you are finished
Initial settings
Preset Caption
» Changing the information
On-screen displays
displayed
Press STATUS to change the information displayed
Specifications
LASER Specification
Reference
Glossary
Channel when referring to DVD
Reference
Bitstream
Reference
Maintenance
Pan&Scan/Letterbox
Playback control PBC
º Handling precautions
º How to hold a disc
Service
Solutions
Error messages
Error messages
Causes and solutions
Reference
Power
Troubleshooting guide
Reference pages are shown as black circled numbers
Picture
Reference
Remote control
Play
Displays
Troubleshooting guide
Product Service
Recording and timer recording
Reference
PANASONIC DVD RECORDER Limited Warranty
For U.S.A
LIMITS AND EXCLUSIONS
Reference
PANASONIC/TECHNICS PRODUCT-LIMITED WARRANTY
For CANADA
WARRANTY SERVICE
IF YOU SHIP THE PRODUCT TO A SERVICENTRE
Servicenter List ONLY FOR U.S.A
1 Pulse ê, POWER para encender este aparato
3·4·5
Guía de referencia rápida en español
ESPAÑOL
Reproducción de discos
Pulse REC MODE para seleccionar el modo de grabación
2 Pulse 1, PLAY
Grabación de programas de TV
tuning
remote control
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