ARD
REC 59
DVD-RAM
e.g., DVD-RAM

Recording television programmes

 

 

Numbered

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENGLISH

buttons

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

 

 

 

 

ShowView

 

 

 

CANCEL

INPUT SELECT MANUAL SKIP

 

 

 

 

SKIP

SLOW/SEARCH

SELECT

 

 

g

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

h

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

 

FUNCTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOP MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

e, r, w, q

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

 

SUB MENU

 

 

RETURN

 

Recording

 

 

 

 

 

 

RETURN

 

 

PROG/CHECK DISPLAY

STATUS

TIME SLIP

F Rec

 

 

REC MODE

 

 

 

 

STATUS

 

 

REC

REC MODE EXT LINK

TIMER

 

 

 

* REC

 

 

 

 

CREATE

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO

ERASE

F Rec

 

 

 

 

CHAPTER

 

Flexible Recording

RAM -R -RW(V) +R

The unit sets the best possible picture quality that fits the recording within the remaining disc space.

Preparation

Select the channel to record or the external input.

1 While stopped

Press [F Rec].

 

 

FLEXIBLE REC

 

 

 

 

 

Recording in FR mode.

 

 

Maximum recording

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum rec. time

8 Hour 00 Min.

 

 

 

 

time

 

 

 

 

 

This is the maximum

 

 

Set rec. time

8 Hour 00 Min.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recording time in EP

 

 

Start

Cancel

 

 

 

mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Press [w, q] to select “Hour” and “Min.” and press [e, r] to set the recording time.

You can also set the recording time with the numbered buttons.

3 When you want to start recording

Press [e, r, w, q] to select “Start” and press [ENTER].

Recording starts.

 

 

 

All the recording modes from

XP DVD–

 

 

SP

RAM

 

XP to EP appear in the display.

LP

 

 

 

EP

 

 

 

 

 

 

To exit the screen without recording

Press [RETURN].

To stop recording partway

Press [g]. Remaining time of recording

To show the remaining time

 

Press [STATUS].

L R

Note

When performing EXT LINK recording (page 19), the flexible recording function does not work.

RQT8212

Using “Flexible Recording” is convenient in these kind of situations

When the amount of free space on the disc makes selecting an appropriate recording mode difficult

When you want to record a long programme with the best picture quality possible

e.g., Recording a 90 minutes programme to disc

XP mode

If you select XP mode, the programme will not fit one disc.

 

 

 

 

 

If you try to record a 90 minutes

 

 

 

 

 

programme in XP mode, only

 

 

 

 

 

the first 60 minutes will fit on the

4.7GB

 

 

4.7GB

disc and the 30 minutes

DVD-RAM

 

 

DVD-RAM

balance will not get recorded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

another disc is necessary

Full

 

 

 

 

SP mode

If you select SP mode, the programme will fit one disc.

However there will be 30 minutes

4.7GB remaining disc space.

DVD-RAM

Remains

FLEXIBLE REC

If you select “FLEXIBLE REC”, the programme will fit one disc perfectly.

4.7GB

DVD-RAM

Fit

: necessary space for recording

Recording from digital/satellite receiver or decoder

Preparation

Connect a digital/satellite receiver or decoder to this unit’s input terminals (page 9).

When recording bilingual programmes

RAM

When both M 1 and M 2 is selected on the connected equipment, you can select the audio type in playback.

-R -RW(V) +R

Select either M 1 and M 2 on the connected equipment. (The selected audio only is recorded.)

When the output signal from the external equipment is NTSC,

change the “TV System” to “NTSC” in the SETUP menu (page 38).

1 While stopped

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

e.g., If you have connected to AV2 input terminals, select “AV2”.

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

3 Select the channel on the other equipment.

4 Press [* REC].

Recording starts.

To skip unwanted parts

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

To stop recording

Press [g].

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Panasonic DMR-ES20 operating instructions Flexible Recording, Press F Rec, Press e, r, w, q to select Start and press Enter