Panasonic DMR-ES18 operating instructions Table of contents

Table of contents

Getting started

Caution for AC Mains Lead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Included accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The remote control information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Disc handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Unit care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 STEP 2 Channel reception and TV aspect settings . . . 13

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

Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 To cancel recording when recording has already begun . . . . . 19 To release the programme from recording standby . . . . . . . . . 19 Notes on timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Playing back

Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Changing audio during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Playing DivX, MP3 and still pictures (JPEG) . . . . . . . . . 22

Showing the menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Playing DivX video contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Playing MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Playing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Useful functions during still picture play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Regarding DivX VOD content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Regarding MP3, DivX and still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Using on-screen menus/Status message . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Using on-screen menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Status message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

FUNCTION MENU window/Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

FUNCTION MENU window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Editing

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

Using the DELETE Navigator to delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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

DVD Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Providing a name for a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Deleting all titles and playlists –Delete all titles . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Deleting all the contents of a disc –Format Disc . . . . . . . . . . .35 Selecting whether to show the Top Menu first

–Auto-Play Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Enabling discs to be played on other equipment –Finalise . . .36 Creating Top Menu –Create Top Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Enabling the second layer on DL (dual- or double- layer on single side) discs to be recordable –Close First Layer . . . . . . . . . . .36

Changing the unit’s settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Tuning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Others. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Television operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Child Lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Reference

Safety precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Back cover

About descriptions in these operating instructions

•e.g., For Thailand : indicates features applicable in Thailand.

For Middle East and South Africa : indicates features applicable in Middle East and South Africa.

•Pages to be referred to are indicated as “Ô ”.

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