Status Messages

The following messages and displays appear to let you know what operations are being performed and the status of the unit.

STATUS

Press [STATUS] to cycle through available displays.

e.g.,

 

 

DVD-RAM

￿

 

 

 

Play

￿

 

 

 

IN1

￿

 

 

 

Stereo

 

 

 

￿

 

 

 

VHS Rec.

 

 

￿

 

￿

 

12/24 6:34 PM

￿￿Remain 1:45 SP

DVD-RAM

￿￿T12

0:01:23 SP

￿￿T12

0:12:34 SP

Play

IN1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stereo

 

￿

 

￿

VHS Rec.

 

 

 

 

 

No Display

 

Display examples Current media

Shows current recording or play status. Channel status

Status of the other drive The current date and time

Elapsed play time/Recording mode

Remaining recording time and recording mode (e.g.: “1:45 SP” indicates 1 hour and 45 minutes in SP mode)

Disc remaining time may slightly differ between different models.

Elapsed recording time and recording mode

On-screen Display Indicators for Video Cassette Playback

The following on-screen indicator will not be displayed when this unit is connected to the TV with the DVD PRIORITY output terminals or HDMI AV OUT terminal. This indicator is only displayed when playing a tape in this unit’s VHS drive while recording a program on the DVD drive. The items displayed may differ depending on the operating conditions.

STATUS

to display on-screen indicators.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VHS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0:00.22

 

 

 

 

Mono L

 

SP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VHS drive indicator

Shows which sound mode is selected as follows:

Stereo:

Hi-Fi stereo audio

Mono L:

Mono L audio of the Hi-Fi stereo

 

audio

Mono R:

Mono R audio of the Hi-Fi stereo

 

audio

No indicator: Normal audio

Operation status

Shows the tape counter and remaining tape time

Pressing [STATUS] to cycle the display as follows: No display  Tape counter

 Remaining tape time 

Press [CANCEL] to reset the tape counter (elapsed time) to “0:00.00”. The tape counter is automatically reset when inserting a video cassette.

Video cassette-in indicator

Recording mode ( 22)

Tips

To exit on-screen indicators

Press [STATUS] several times.

Notes

Remaining tape time display

The displayed time is approximate.

The displayed time will be incorrect if you set the wrong tape length in “Select Tape Length” in the Setup menu ( 60) and if the tape is of poor quality.

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Panasonic DMR-EA38V Status Messages, To display on-screen indicators, Press Status to cycle through available displays