Panasonic DMR E50 User Manual
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Changing the unit’s settings (continued)
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Underlined items are the factory presets.
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Display
On-Screen Messages
Choose whether to show on-screen messages automatically or
not.
[Automatic]
[Off]
Grey Background
Select whether to show the grey background, normally shown
when television reception is poor.
[On]
[Off]
Channel Guide
[On]
[Off]
On
The Channel Guide will appear for a few seconds each time
the channel is changed with [
X
,
W
, CH]
(18)
.
Off
The Channel Guide will not appear.
FL Display
Changes the brightness of the unit’s display.
[Bright]
[Dim]
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Connection
TV Aspect
Choose the setting to suit your television and preference.
[Norm (4:3)]
[Wide (16:9)]
TV System
[PAL]
[NTSC]
PAL
Select when connecting to a PAL or Multi-system television.
Select to record television programmes and PAL input from
other equipment.
NTSC
Select when connecting to a NTSC television.
Select to record NTSC input from other equipment. Television
programmes cannot be recorded properly.
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To change the TV system (PAL/NTSC) setting:
While stopped, keep pressing [
∫
]
(7)
and [
<
, OPEN/CLOSE]
(39)
on the main unit for 5 or more seconds.
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If the playback picture on the TV screen from a Video CD isn’t
shown correctly:
- When connecting to Multi-system TV, select “NTSC”. (After
viewing the disc, return the setting to “PAL”.)
- When connecting to PAL TV, the lower part of the picture
cannot be displayed correctly during the fast forward and
rewind.
Norm (4:3) TV Settings (DVD-Video)
You can select how to reflect the image on the TV, when you
watch 16:9 images (DVD-Video) on 4:3 TV.
[Pan & Scan]
[Letterbox]
Pan & Scan
Video recorded for a widescreen is played with the sides cut
off if the pan & scan was specified by the producer of the
disc. 16:9 software prohibited from being shown in the pan &
scan style will appear in the letterbox style (with black bands
above and below the picture) despite the setting here.
Letterbox
Video recorded for a widescreen is played in the letterbox
style.
Norm (4:3) TV Settings (DVD-RAM)
You can select how to reflect the image on the TV, when you
watch 16:9 images (DVD-RAM) on 4:3 TV.
[Norm (4:3)]
[Pan & Scan]
[Letterbox]
Norm (4:3)
Programmes played as recorded.
Pan & Scan
Video recorded for a widescreen is played with the sides cut
off if the pan & scan format is specified at the time of
recording.
Letterbox
Video recorded for a widescreen is played in the letterbox
style.
AV1/AV2 Settings
(Press [ENTER]
(10)
to show the following settings. To return to
the previous screen, press [RETURN]
(23)
.)
AV1 Output
[Video]
[S-Video]
[RGB] (page 56)
AV2 Input
[Video]
[S-Video]
[RGB (PAL only)]
AV2 Connection
[NORMAL]
[DECODER]
[Ext Link 1]
[Ext Link 2]
DECODER
When a decoder is connected.
Ext Link 1
When a digital receiver which transmits a special control
signal recordings via the 21-pin Scart cable, for example the
F.U.N. receiver (TU-DSF30/S3) is connected for the linked
timer recordings.
Ext Link 2
When an external equipment with a timer function is
connected for the linked timer recordings.
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If you connect an other equipment with RGB output capability to
the AV2 socket on this unit, the output signal of the equipment
must be set to RGB when you have set “AV2 Input” to “RGB (PAL
only)”.
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This setting is fixed with “EXT” if you set “TV System” to “NTSC”.