Panasonic DMR-ES15 Table of contents, Included accessories, Getting started, Recording, Editing

Table of contents

Getting started

Caution for AC Mains Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Included accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 The remote control information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Disc handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Unit care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 STEP 1 Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 STEP 2 Channel reception and TV aspect settings. . . .11 Set up to match your television and remote control . . .12

Recording

Important notes for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . 15 Disc Insertion/Ejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

To specify a time to stop recording –One Touch Recording . . 17 Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Using G-CODEsystem to make timer recordings. . . . . . . . . . . 18 Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 To cancel recording when recording has already begun . . . . 20 To release the programme from recording standby . . . . . . . . 20 Notes on timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Playing back

Playing discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using menus to play MP3, DivX and still pictures (JPEG/TIFF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Selecting file type to play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Playing MP3, DivX and still pictures (JPEG/TIFF) . . . . . . . . . 24 To select other folder (group) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Useful functions during still picture play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Regarding DivX VOD content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Regarding MP3, DivX and still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Using on-screen menus/FUNCTIONS window and Status message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Using on-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Status message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Editing

Deleting titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Using DELETE Navigator to delete titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Deleting titles during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Creating, editing and playing playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Creating playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Editing and playing playlists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Playlist operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Copying

Copying from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . 34

DV automatic recording DV Auto Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Manual recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Convenient functions

Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 DVD Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Providing a name for a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Deleting all titles and playlists –Delete all titles . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Deleting all the contents of a disc –Format Disc . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Selecting whether to show the Top Menu first

–Auto-Play Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Enabling discs to be played on other equipment –Finalize . . . 37 Creating Top Menu –Create Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Enabling the second layer on DL (dual- or double- layer on single side) discs to be recordable –Close First Layer . . . . . . . . . . 37

Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Summary of settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Resetting channel setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 TV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Set the clock manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Reference

Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back cover

Caution for AC Mains Lead/Table of contents/Included accessories

Included accessories

Please check and identify the supplied accessories.

(Product numbers correct as of February 2006. These may be subject to change.)

For Australia and N.Z.	For Asia, Middle East
	and South Africa

1	Remote control	1	Remote control	2 Batteries	1 Audio/video cable	2 RF coaxial cables
	(EUR7659YA0)		(EUR7659YB0)	for remote control
For Australia and N.Z.		For Asia		For Middle East and South Africa
				For Saudi Arabia
1	AC mains lead	1	AC mains lead	2 AC mains leads

•For use with this unit only.

Do not use it with other equipment.

Also do not use the cords for other equipment with this unit.

RQT8317

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