Panasonic DMR-ES20 Control reference guide, Remote control, Main unit, Unit’s display

	Control reference guide
	Remote control
ENGLISH	Turn the unit on (➔ page 10, 11)		VOLUME
	DIRECT TV REC	CH
	Direct TV recording (➔ page 15)	AV

Television operations (➔ page 13)

Channel select (➔ page 14)

Getting started

Select channels and title numbers etc./ Enter numbers

Cancel

Basic operations for recording and play

Show Top menu/Direct Navigator (➔ page 20, 22, 26)

Show sub menu (➔ page 23, 26, 29) Show on-screen menu (➔ page 24)

Show timer recording programme screen (➔ page 18)

Change recording mode (➔ page 14)

Start recording (➔ page 14)

Select Audio (➔ page 20)

Create chapter (➔ page 21)

Manual tuning operation (➔ page 37)

Erase items (➔ page 21)

			ShowView
CANCEL		INPUT SELECT MANUAL SKIP
SKIP		SLOW/SEARCH
DIRECT NAVIGATOR			FUNCTIONS
TOP MENU
SUB MENU			RETURN
PROG/CHECK	DISPLAY	STATUS	TIME SLIP
REC	REC MODE EXT LINK		TIMER
AUDIO	CREATE		F Rec
	CHAPTER ERASE

Show SHOWVIEW screen (➔ page 17)

Skip 30 seconds forward (➔ page 21)

Input select (AV1, AV2, AV3, AV4 or DV)

Show FUNCTIONS window (➔ page 12, 25)

Selection/Enter, Frame-by-frame (➔ page 10, 21)

Return to previous screen

Show status messages (➔ page 25)

Skip the specified time/Display the television image as a picture-in-picture (➔ page 15, 21)

Linked timer recordings with external equipment (➔ page 19)

Programme recording standby/release (➔ page 17, 18)

Start Flexible Recording (➔ page 16)

Recording function

Main unit

	Connection for camcorder etc. (➔ page 30)
	Connection for digital	Linked timer recordings
Disc tray (➔ page 14, 20)	video (DV) camcorder	with external equipment Display (➔ below)
	(➔ page 30)	(➔ page 19)

EXT LINK	OPEN/CLOSE	REC
	CH

Standby/on switch (8) (➔ page 10, 11) Press to switch the unit from on to standby mode or vice versa.

In standby mode, the unit is still consuming a small amount of power.

Rear panel terminals (➔ page 7, 8)

		Channel select (➔ page 14)
		Open/close disc tray (➔ page 14, 20)
Opening the front panel		Stop (➔ page 15, 21)
		Start play (➔ page 20)
Press down on the	part
with your finger.		Start recording (➔ page 14)
		/Remote control signal sensor

The unit’s display

Recording	Playback	Recording/
		Playback
REC	PLAY	REC PLAY

RQT8212

D.MIX (multi-channel DVD-Audio only) When lit: down-mixing audio is played.

Linked timer recordings with external				When off: the disc prevents down-mixing so only
equipment indicator					the two front channels can be played.
			EXT Link	D.MIX	XP DVD -AVCD	Disc type
		PLAY			SP –+RWRAM
	REC				LP VR
					EP

6	Main display section	Recording mode
		Timer recording indicator