Panasonic DMR-ES15 warranty Copying from a video cassette recorder, Manual recording, Press * REC

Copying from a video cassette recorder

Numbered
buttons
CANCEL	INPUT
	SELECT
u,i	DELETE
g
h
e,r,w,q	FUNCTIONS
ENTER

SUB MENU RETURN

*REC REC MODE

e.g.: Connecting other video equipment to the IN2 or DV IN terminals

You can also connect to the IN1 input terminal on the rear.

• Turn off the unit and other video equipment before connecting.
This unit	CH
DV IN	IN2

1 While stopped

Press [FUNCTIONS].

2 Press [e,r] to select “Other Functions” and press [ENTER].

3 Press [e,r] to select “DV Camcorder Rec.” and press [ENTER].

4 Press [w,q] to select “Record” and press [ENTER].

Recording starts.

When recording finishes

The confirmation screen appears. Press [ENTER] to finish DV Auto Record.

To stop recording

Press [g]. The confirmation screen appears. Press [ENTER].

Note

•Only one piece of DV equipment (e.g., digital video camcorder) can be connected to the unit via the DV IN terminal.

•If you use video camcorders from other manufacturers these are not guaranteed to work.

•It is not possible to operate the unit from the connected DV equipment.

•The DV IN terminal on this unit is for use with DV equipment only. (It cannot be connected to a computer, etc.)

•The DV equipment name may not be shown correctly.

•Depending on the DV equipment, the images or audio may not be input properly.

•The date and time information on the tape of the DV equipment will not be recorded.

•You cannot record and play simultaneously.

or

DV cable (IEEE 1394, 4-pin)

Other video equipment

Connect to Audio/video output terminals.

Yellow White Red

S Video	Audio/video
cable*	cable

If the DV automatic recording function does not work properly, check the connections and DV equipment settings, and turn the unit off and back on.

If that does not work, follow the instructions for manual recording (Ô below).

Manual recording

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

Note

When recording using this unit’s input terminals, only the sound received at the time of recording will be recorded.

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If the audio output of the other equipment is monaural Connect to L/MONO.

*The S VIDEO terminal achieves a more vivid picture than the VIDEO terminal.

See also the notes “Important notes for recording” (Ô page 16).

Preparation

•Turn on the unit and connected equipment.

•Insert a disc (Ô page 18).

•Press [REC MODE] to select the recording mode.

•To reduce noise in input from external equipment, set “Line-in NR” to “On” (Ô page 27).

•When recording from the unit’s DV IN terminal

Select the type of audio recording from “Select Audio Channel for DV Input” in the Setup menu (Ô page 38).

When recording from DV equipment (e.g., digital video camcorder), you can record audio/video recordings from DV tape only.

DV camcorder recording

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

RAM Programs are recorded as a title while at the same time chapters are created at each break in the images and the playlist is created automatically.

When “DV camcorder connection” screen is displayed

		Press [ ,	] to select “Record
DV camcorder connection		w q
DV connection detected.		to DVD” and press [ENTER].
Start recording ?		You can proceed to step 4.
Record to DVD	Cancel
ENTER

As long as secondary audio that is recorded on the video cassette is not output on the unit in play, it is not recorded.

1 While stopped

Press [INPUT SELECT] to select the input channel for the equipment you have connected.

e.g., If you have connected to IN2 input terminals, select “IN2”.

2 Start play on the other equipment.

3 When you want to start recording

Press [* REC].

Recording starts.

• Using Flexible Recording (Ô page 19), you can record the content of a video cassette (approx. 1–8 hours) to a 4.7 GB disc with the best possible quality of recording without wasting disc space.

To skip unwanted parts

Press [h] to pause recording. (Press again to restart recording.)

To stop recording

Press [g].

Almost all videos and DVD software on sale have been treated to prevent illegal copying. Any software that has been so treated cannot be recorded using this unit.