Panasonic DMR-ES18 Changing the unit’s settings, Press e, r to select the tab, Tuning

Changing the unit’s settings

You can change the unit’s settings using the Setup menu.

• The settings remain intact even if you switch the unit to standby.

Common procedures

1 While stopped

Press [FUNCTION MENU].

2 Press [e, r] to select “To Others” and press [OK].

3 Press [e, r] to select “Setup” and press [OK].

	Tabs	Menus	Options
	Setup	Remote Control	DVD 1
		Clock
	Tuning	Power Save	Off
		Quick Start	On
	Disc
		DivX Registration
	Picture
	Sound	Initialize
	Display
	Connection	TAB	SELECT
	Others		RETURN
4 Press [e, r] to select the tab and
5	press [q].
	Press [e, r] to select the menu and
6	press [OK].
	Press [e, r] to select the option and
	press [OK].

To return to the previous screen

Press [RETURN].

To exit the screen

Press [EXIT].

Tuning

Manual Tuning

You can add or delete channels, or change programme positions..

Setup	Manual Tuning
	Auto-Setup Restart
Tuning
Disc
Picture
Sound				Manual Tuning
Display
Connection	SELECT	TAB		Pos	Name	Ch	Pos	Name	Ch
Others				1	ARD	4	11
	OK	RETURN
				2	ZDF	2	12
				3	N3	5	13
				4	HR3	8	14
				5	BR3	10	15
		SELECT		6			16
				7			17
		OK		8			18
				9			19
			RETURN
		Delete	Move	10			20
		Add

To delete a programme position

Press [e, r, w, q] to select a programme position and press the “Red” button.

To add a blank programme position

Press [e, r, w, q] to select a programme position and press the “Green” button.

To move a TV station to another programme position

1Press [e, r, w, q] to select a programme position and press the “Yellow” button.

2Press [e, r, w, q] to select the new programme position to which you want to assign the TV station and press [OK].

To change the tuning settings for individual programme position

	Manual Tuning
	Pos	Name	Ch	Pos Name	Ch
	1	ARD	4	11
	2	ZDF	2	12
	3	N3	5	13	Manual	Pos	1
	4	HR3	8	14
						Name	ARD
	5	BR3	10	15	Tuning
						Channel	4
SELECT	6			16
	7			17		Fine Tuning	Auto
OK	8			18		Video System	Auto
	9			19
RETURN					SELECT	Audio Mode	BG
Delete Move	10			20
						Mono	Off
Add
					RETURN			settings
						RETURN : leave
1 Press [e, r, w, q] to select a programme position and press
[OK].								unit’s
2 Press [e, r] to select an item and press [q].
Pos	To change the programme position in which the							the
	TV stations are assigned
	Press [e, r] or numbered buttons to select the
								Management/Changing
	number of the desired programme position and
	press [OK].
Name	To enter or change the name of a TV station
	Press [e, r, w, q] to enter station name and press
	[OK].
	If the station name needs a blank space, select the
	blank between “Z” and “ ”.
Channel	To enter newly available TV stations or change
	the channel number of an already tuned TV
	station
	Press [e, r] or the numbered buttons to enter the							DVD
	channel number of the desired TV station.
	Wait a few moments until the desired TV station has
	been tuned.
	After the desired TV station is tuned, press [OK].

Fine Tuning To obtain the best tuning condition

Press [e, r] to adjust the best tuning condition and press [OK].

• Press [q] to return to “Auto”.

Video	To select the video system type
System	Press [e, r] to select “PAL” or “SECAM” if the
	picture lacks colour, and press [OK].

•Auto

This unit automatically distinguishes PAL and SECAM signals.

•PAL

For receiving PAL signals.

•SECAM

For receiving SECAM signals.

This setting is also available when you select the external input channel (AV1, AV2, AV3, AV4) in step 1 (Ô above).

In order to record properly, make the appropriate settings to match the connected equipment.

Audio	To select the audio reception type
Mode	If sound quality is poor, press [e, r] to select
	“BG”, “I” or “DK” and press [OK].

•BG

PAL B.G

•I PAL I

•DK

PAL D.K.K1

Mono	To select the type of sound to be recorded
	Press [e, r] to select “On” if the stereo sound is
	distorted due to inferior reception conditions, or if
	you want to record the normal (mono) sound during
	a stereo, bilingual or NICAM broadcast, and press
	[OK].

Auto-Setup Restart

You can restart auto channel setting if set up (Ô 13) fails for some reason.

When the confirmation screen appears

Press [w, q] to select “Yes” and press [OK].

You can also use the following method to restart Auto-Setup.
When the unit is on and stopped
Press and hold [2 CH] and [CH 1] on the main unit until the
Auto-Setup screen appears.
All the settings except for the ratings level, ratings password and	RQT9053
clock settings return to the factory preset. The timer recording
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programmes are also cancelled.