Panasonic DMR-EH56 operating instructions Table of contents

Table of contents

Getting started

HDD, disc and card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Important notes for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 HDD (Hard disk drive) handling care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Disc and card handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Unit care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Included accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 The remote control information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The unit’s display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

STEP 1 Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 STEP 2 Channel reception settings and

TV aspect settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 GUIDE Plus+ system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

GUIDE Plus+ data download	20
Editing programme lists	20
Changing the settings	21

Set up to match your television and remote control . .22

To enjoy progressive video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Recording

Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Disc Insertion/Ejection	25
To specify a time to stop recording—One Touch Recording . . .	26
Recording settings for High Speed Copy	26
Flexible Recording	27
Playing while you are recording	27

Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using the GUIDE Plus+ system to make timer recordings . . . . 28 Operations in the GUIDE Plus+ system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Using SHOWVIEW number to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . . 30 Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 To cancel recording when recording has already begun . . . . . . 31 To release the unit from recording standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Notes on timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Relief Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Auto Renewal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 VPS/PDC function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Recording broadcasts from an external equipment . . .33

Making timer recordings on the television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Recording from digital/satellite receiver or decoder . . . . . . . . . . 33 Linked timer recordings with

external equipment (digital/satellite receiver) — EXT LINK . . 33

Playing back

Playing recorded video contents/

Playing play-only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Playing DivX discs,
MP3 discs and still pictures (JPEG/TIFF)	37
Regarding DivX discs,
MP3 discs and still pictures (JPEG/TIFF)	37
Selecting file type to play	38
Playing DivX discs	38
Playing MP3 discs	39
Playing still pictures	40
Useful functions during still picture play	41

Using on-screen menus/Status message. . . . . . . . . . . 42

Using on-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Editing

Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Creating, editing and playing playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Creating playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Editing and playing playlists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Playlist operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Album and picture operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Delete Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Using the DELETE Navigator to delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Deleting titles or pictures during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Copying

Copying titles or playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Copying using the copying list–Advanced Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Copying a finalized DVD-R, DVD-R DL,

DVD-RW (DVD-Video format), +R and +R DL . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Copying MPEG2 moving pictures from an SD card . . . . . . . . . . 55

Copying still pictures 56

Copying using the copying list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Copying all the still pictures on a card—Copy All Pictures . . . . . 57

Copying from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 DV automatic recording (DV Auto Rec) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Convenient functions

Linked operations with the TV (Q Link) . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 HDD, disc and card management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Providing a name for a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Deleting all titles and playlists—Delete all titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Deleting all the contents of a disc or card—Format . . . . . . . . . . 61 Selecting the background style–Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Selecting whether to show the Top Menu first

–Auto-Play Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Enabling discs to be played on other equipment

–Finalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Creating Top Menu–Create Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 FUNCTIONS window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Summary of settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 TV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Manual Clock Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Reference

Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back cover

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