Panasonic DMR-ES15EB manual Recording television programmes, Press 1 2 CH to select the channel

Recording television programmes

			; OPEN/CLOSE
			EXT LINK CH
		DV IN	AV3
	8		2 CH 1g q * REC
	^ DVD
Numbered			1 2 CH
	buttons
	g		q
	h
	DIRECT		FUNCTIONS
NAVIGATOR
	e,r,w,q
	ENTER		RETURN
	AUDIO		STATUS
	* REC
REC MODE
RAM	-R -R DL	-RW(V)

• You can record up to 99 titles on one disc.

+R +R DL +RW

• You can record up to 49 titles on one disc.

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

Note

•+RW You can create a Top Menu using “Create Top Menu” (Ô page 37). Recording or editing on the disc may delete the menu. In that case, create the menu again.

•RAM It is not possible to record continuously from one side of a double sided disc to the other. You will need to eject the disc and turn it over.

Preparation

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

•Turn the unit on.

1 Press [; OPEN/CLOSE] on the main unit to open the tray and insert a disc.

•Press the button again to close the tray.

•When using 8 cm DVD-RAM, or 8 cm DVD-R, remove the disc from the cartridge.

Insert label-up. g Cartridge disc

	Insert label-up with
RQT8320	the arrow facing in.
18	Insert fully.

2 Press [1 2 CH] to select the channel.

To select with the numbered buttons:

e.g., 5: [0] Ô [5]

15:[1] Ô [5]

3 Press [REC MODE] to select the recording mode (XP, SP, LP or EP).

Remaining time on the disc

4 Press [* REC] to start recording.

The elapsed time is shown on the display.

Recording will take place on open space on disc. Data will not be overwritten.

•You cannot change the channel or recording mode during recording. You can change the channel or recording mode while paused; however, the recording will then be as a separate title.

•You can record while the unit is in standby for timer recording, but once the time for the timer recording to begin is reached, any recording taking place will stop and the timer recording will begin.

•RAM You can change the audio being received by pressing [AUDIO] during recording. (This does not affect the actual recording of the audio.)

nTo pause recording

Press [h].

Press again to restart recording.

You can also press [* REC] to restart. (Recorded title is not split into separate titles.)

nTo stop recording

Press [g].

• From the start to the end of the recording is called one title.

• -R -R DL -RW(V) +R +R DL +RW

It takes about 30 seconds for the unit to complete recording management information after recording finishes.

nIf a station also broadcasts Teletext information

The unit automatically records the programme name and station name if the station’s “Title Page” is correctly set (Ô page 42).

• The unit may take some time to retrieve titles (up to 30 minutes) and may fail in some cases.

Quick Start

1 Sec. Quick Start for Recording on DVD-RAM Recording on DVD-RAM starts about 1 second after first

pressing [8] on the main unit or [^ DVD] to turn on the unit and then sequentially pressing [* REC].

Note

Startup takes more time when:

–you play a disc or start recording to discs other than DVD- RAM.

–the clock has not been set.