Panasonic DMR-EX87 Main unit, Unit’s display, Control reference guide, Opening the front panel

Main unit

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REC OPEN/CLOSE

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Opening the front panel
	REC

Place your finger on the protruding section below the 4 and press down to flip open the front panel.

Control reference guide

1Standby/on switch (Í/I) (➡ 20)

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.

2Disc tray (➡ 24, 34)

3Connection for digital video (DV) camcorder (➡ 58)

4 SD Card slot (➡ below)

5 Connection for VCR, camcorder etc. (➡ 58)

6 Display (➡ below)

7 Channel select (➡ 23, 24)

8Stop (➡ 24, 35)

9 Start play (➡ 34)

: Start recording (➡ 24)/Specify a time to stop recording (➡ 26) ; Open/close disc tray (➡ 24, 34)

< Remote control signal sensor

Rear panel terminals (➡ 14–17)

Inserting, Removing the SD Card

When the card indicator (“SD”) on the unit’s display is flashing, the card is being read from or written to. Do not turn off the unit or remove the card. Such action may result in malfunction or loss of the card’s contents.

≥Inserting foreign objects can cause a malfunction.

≥You can use SD Cards with capacities from 8 MB to 4 GB (➡ 7).

Inserting the card Removing the card

Press on the centre of the card until it clicks into place.

Insert the card label up with the cut-off corner on the right.

If you are using a
miniSD card, insert it
into the miniSD card
adaptor that comes
with the card.	ADAPTER
Insert and remove this
adaptor from the unit.

1 Press on the centre of the card.

2Pull it straight out.

Automatic drive select function

≥If you insert an SD Card while the unit is stopped, the “SD Card” screen is displayed. Select an item and press [OK] to switch to the SD drive (➡ 40, 56).

If you remove an SD Card, the HDD drive is automatically selected.

The unit’s display

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REC

PLAY	5
	6

7 8 9

1Digital broadcast indicator

Lights when the unit is receiving digital broadcast or TV Guide data.

2Copying indicator Lights during copy.

3	Recording	Playback	Recording/
	indicator	indicator	Playback indicator

REC	REC
PLAY	PLAY
4 Timer recording indicator		7 Drive (HDD, DVD or SD) indicator
5 SD Card slot indicator		Lights when the HDD, DVD or SD drive is selected.
6 Disc indicator		8 Main display section indicator
Lights when a disc that is supported by this unit is inserted in the		9 Recording mode indicator
tray.		RQT8859

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