Panasonic E50 manual Recording and timer recording

	Troubleshooting guide (continued)
Recording and timer recording
Cannot record.	≥You haven’t inserted a disc or the disc you inserted cannot be recorded on. Insert a disc the unit
	can record onto. (page 10)
	≥The disc is unformatted.
	Format the disc so this unit can record on it. (page 39)
	≥The write protect tab on the cartridge is set to “PROTECT”.
	Use a ballpoint pen or similar to release the write protection. (page 73)
	≥Recording is not possible unless you set “Disc Protection” in “DISC INFORMATION” to “Off”.
	(page 38)
	≥The disc is full or nearly full.
	Delete unneeded programmes or use another disc. (page 42)
	≥The material you are trying to record is copy-guarded.
VIDEO Plus+ programming does	≥The clock is wrong.
not work properly.	Go to Settings in the SETUP menus and correct the clock with “Clock”. (page 64)
	≥If “– –” appears under “Name” after tering a VIDEO Plus+ number. (page 33)

Timer recording does not work	≥The timer programme is incorrect.
properly.	Make corrections to the programme and check them when you are finished. (pages 33 and 34)
	≥Make confirmation whether “Disc space” is “OK”When. “Disc space” is “!”, your timer programme
	doesn’t work correctly. (page 35)
	≥The unit is not on standby for timer recording. (“	” on the unit’s display is not on.)

≥Different timer programme times overlap. (page 32) ≥The clock is wrong.

Go to Settings in the SETUP menus and correct the clock with “Clock”. (page 64)

The unit switches to standby	≥The unit switches to standby while making a timer recording if the disc runs out of space.
while making a timer recording.	Use a disc that has enough space to record the programme.
The timer programme remains	≥The programme remains if you select weekly or daily setting. (pages 33 and 34)
even after recording finishes.
The available recording time	≥The available recording time on DVD-R does not increase when you erase programmes.
doesn’t increase even after	≥The available recording time does not increase if you erase data written to the disc with the
erasing all recordings on the disc.	DVD-RAM drive of a computer.
	Format the disc if necessary. (page 39)

Discs make sounds as they rotate. This does not indicate a malfunction.

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