Playing discs

e.g., Australia and N.Z.

Numbered

 

buttons

 

u,i

t,y

g

q

h

 

TIME SLIP

 

 

 

 

 

MANUAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SKIP

DIRECT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

e,r,w,q

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

 

NAVIGATOR/

 

 

w h, h q

Top Menu

 

 

 

SUB MENU

 

 

 

 

 

RETURN

 

 

 

AUDIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CREATE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHAPTER

Preparation

Turn on the television and select the appropriate video input to suit the connections to this unit.

Turn on this unit.

1 Insert a disc (Ô page 16).

2 Press [q] (PLAY).

RAM -R-R DL -RW(V) +R +R DL +RW -RW(VR)

Play starts from the most recently recorded title.

DVD-V DVD-A CD VCD and MP3

Play starts from the beginning of the disc.

DivX

DivX Menu screen appears (Ô page 24).

nWhen a menu screen appears on the television

DVD-V DVD-A

Press [e,r,w,q] to select the item and press [ENTER].

Some items can also be selected using the numbered buttons.

VCD

Press the numbered buttons to select the item.

e.g., 5: [0] Ô [5]

15: [1] Ô [5]

• To return to the menu screen

DVD-VPress [DIRECT NAVIGATOR] or [SUB MENU].

DVD-APress [DIRECT NAVIGATOR].

VCD Press [RETURN].

The playing method may differ from the one described above depending on disc types. Read the disc’s instructions carefully.

RQT8317

Selecting recorded programmes (titles) to play –Direct Navigator

RAM -R-R DL -RW(V) +R +R DL +RW -RW(VR)

Simply select the recorded programmes (titles) you want to play from the menu.

1 Press [DIRECT NAVIGATOR].

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

Title View

DVD-RAM

 

 

07

 

08

--

ARD

1. 1. SUN

ARD

1. 1. SUN

--

--

--

Previous

Page

02/02

 

Next

ENTER

S SUB MENU

Select

 

Previous

Next

RETURN

 

 

 

 

 

2 Press [e,r,w,q] to select the title and press [ENTER].

You can also select titles with the numbered buttons.

e.g., 5: [0] Ô [5]

15: [1] Ô [5]

To show other pages

Press [u] (Previous) or [i] (Next).

To exit the screen

Press [DIRECT NAVIGATOR].

Direct Navigator screen icons

Currently recording.

Title protected.

Title that was not recorded due to recording protection (Digital broadcasts etc.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title cannot be played because data is damaged.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title with “One time only recording” restriction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(NTSC)

 

Title recorded using a different encoding system from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(PAL)

 

that of the TV system currently selected on the unit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The unit stops playing a

RAM

-R

-R DL

-RW(V)

+R

+R DL

+RW

disc when timer recording starts.

RAM Press [q] (PLAY) when you wish to start playing the disc while recording (Ô page 17, “Chasing playback”).

Changing audio during play

Press [AUDIO].

RAM

 

-RW(VR)

 

VCD

and DivX

 

 

LR

 

L R

 

 

 

DVD-RAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLAY

 

 

 

 

 

e.g., “L R” is selected

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD-V DVD-A

You can change the audio channel number each time you press the button. This allows you to change things like the soundtrack language.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soundtrack

1 ENG

 

Digital 3/2.1ch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

e.g., DVD-VEnglish is the selected language (Ô page 27, Soundtrack).

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Panasonic DMR-ES15 manual Playing discs, Insert a disc Ô Press q Play, Changing audio during play, Press Audio

DMR-ES15 specifications

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