Panasonic DMR-ES15EB manual Changing the unit’s settings

Changing the unit’s settings

Refer to the control reference on page 35.

Tabs						Menus				Options (Underlined items are the factory presets.)
Sound	Dynamic Range Compression								(Dolby Digital	• On	• Off
								DVD-V
	only)
	Change the dynamic range for late night viewing.
	Bilingual Audio Selection									• M 1	• M 2
										You cannot select this when recording from an external
		-R	-R DL	-RW(V)	+R	+R DL	+RW
	Select whether to record the main or secondary
										source (except from DV equipment connected to this unit’s
	audio type when recording to a disc.									DV IN terminal). Select the audio on the other equipment.

Digital Audio Output

Change the settings when you have connected equipment through this unit’s DIGITAL AUDIO OUT terminal (Ô page 11).

• Press [ENTER] to show the following settings.

PCM Down Conversion	• On: Signals are converted to 48 kHz or 44.1 kHz.
Select how to output audio with a sampling	(Choose when the connected equipment cannot
frequency of 96 kHz or 88.2 kHz.	process signals with a sampling frequency of 96 kHz
• Signals are converted to 48 kHz or 44.1 kHz	or 88.2 kHz.)
despite the above settings if the signals have a	• Off: Signals are output as 96 kHz or 88.2 kHz.
sampling frequency of over 96 kHz or 88.2 kHz,	(Choose when the connected equipment can
or the disc has copy protection.	process signals with a sampling frequency of 96 kHz
	or 88.2 kHz.)

Dolby Digital

DTS

MPEG

Select how to output the signal.

Select “Bitstream” if the connected equipment decodes the signal. Select “PCM” if this unit decodes the signal and output it as 2 channel.

Note

Not making the proper settings may result in noise or some trouble for digital recording.

•Bitstream: When connecting to equipment displaying the Dolby Digital logo.

• PCM:	When connecting to equipment not displaying
	the Dolby Digital logo.

•Bitstream: When connecting to equipment displaying the DTS logo.

• PCM:	When connecting to equipment not displaying
	the DTS logo.

•Bitstream: When connected to equipment with a built-in MPEG decoder.

•PCM: When connected to equipment without a built-in MPEG decoder.

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	Audio Mode for DV Input	• Stereo 1: Records audio (L1, R1).
	You can select the kind of audio when recording from	• Stereo 2: Records added audio such as narration (L2,
	the unit’s DV IN terminal (Ô page 34).				R2) subsequent to original recording.
		• Mix:			Records both Stereo 1 and Stereo 2.
		-R	-R DL	-RW(V)		+R	+R DL	+RW
		When recording bilingual broadcast to a disc, select the type
		of audio in advance from “Bilingual Audio Selection”
		(Ô above).
Display	On-Screen Messages	• Automatic			• Off
	Choose whether to show status messages
	automatically.
	Grey Background	• On			• Off
	Select “Off” if you do not want to have the unit show
	the grey background when tuner reception is weak.
	FL Display	• Bright			• Dim
	Changes the brightness of the unit’s display.
Connection	TV Aspect (Ô page 14)	• 16:9			• 4:3			• Letterbox
	Progressive (Ô page 14)	• On			• Off
	This setting is fixed with “Off” if you set “AV1 Output”
	to “RGB 1 ( without component )” or “RGB 2
	( without component )” (Ô below).
	TV System (Ô page 43)	• PAL			• NTSC
	AV1 Output	• Video ( with component ):
	Select the output from the AV1 terminal.	Select when a TV is connected that can receive a composite
	Select “RGB 1 ( without component )” or “RGB 2	signal.
	( without component )” for RGB output.	• S Video ( with component ):
	Select “Video ( with component )” or “S Video ( with	Select when a TV is connected that can receive an S Video
	component )” for component output (progressive	signal.
	output).	• RGB 1 ( without component ):
	Set according to the signal and terminal of the	Select when you have connected a TV that can receive RGB
	connected TV.	signals.
		Select this mode so the TV automatically switches to

display the picture from the unit when you turn the unit on.

• RGB 2 ( without component ):

Select when you have connected a TV that can receive RGB signals.

If you would like to switch to display the picture from the unit only when playback or viewing menus, select this mode.

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