Panasonic DMR-E85H manual Table of contents, Useful features

Table of contents

Getting started

Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Control reference guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 STEP 2 TV Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 STEP 3 Set up to match your television

and remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

To enjoy progressive video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

HDD and Disc information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Recording

Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . . 15 Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Recording from an external equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Using G-CODEsystem to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Playing back

Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Operations during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Editing operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Changing audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Using on-screen menus and Status messages. . . . 24

On-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Useful features

This DVD Video recorder records high quality images to rapid random access capable HDD (Hard disk drive) and DVD-RAM. This has resulted in many new features that out perform older tape formats. The following information summarizes a few of these features.

Instant recording

You no longer need to search for empty disc space. By pressing the recording button, the unit finds available recording space and begins recording right away. There is no need to worry about overwriting already recorded content.

HDD recording

You can keep on recording your favorite programmes to an internal HDD that is able to record up to 142 hours [EP (8 Hour) mode].

You can also high speed transfer (dub) your favorite programmes to DVD-RAM or DVD-R and create a backup disc.

Instant play

Editing

Editing titles/chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Creating, editing and playing play lists. . . . . . . . 28

Creating play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Editing and playing play lists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Play list operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Transfer (Dubbing)		started
One Touch Transfer (dubbing)	32
Transferring (dubbing) titles or play lists	31
Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . .	32	Getting
Transferring (dubbing) a finalized DVD-R	33

Convenient functions

FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 DISC MANAGEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Disc Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Disc Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Format Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Auto-Play Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Finalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Summary of settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 TV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Reference

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Frequently asked questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back cover

Chasing playback

There is no need to wait until recording is complete. Without stopping recording, you can play the video currently being recorded from its beginning.

Simultaneous Recording

and Playback

While recording, you can play another video programme that was recorded previously.

Time Slip

During play and also while recording, you can jump to the scene you wish to view by specifying the skip time.

There is no need to rewind or search forward. Direct

Navigator guides you to the beginning of the recorded videoRQT7462

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