Panasonic DMR-EX78 - Manual (Page 3)

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RQT9088
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Included accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The remote control information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
HDD (Hard disk drive) handling care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Unit care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
STEP 2 Channel reception settings and
TV aspect settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
HDD and disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
USB memory and card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Regarding DivX files, MP3 files and still pictures (JPEG) . . . . . . . 13
Media handling (Disc/USB memory/SD card) . . . . . . . 14
Watching analogue and digital broadcasts . . . . . . . . . 15
Playing recorded video contents
/Playing play-only discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Deleting titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Important notes for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Advanced recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . . . 21
When the format confirmation screen is displayed. . . . . . . . . . . 21
When removing a recorded disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Copying from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
DV automatic recording (DV Auto Rec) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Advanced timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using G- CODE system to make timer recordings
(Analogue broadcast only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
To cancel recording when recording has already begun . . . . . . 25
To release the unit from recording standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Notes on timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Relief Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Auto Renewal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Operations in the TV Guide system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Advanced playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Operation during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Selecting recorded programmes (titles) to play
—Direct Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Switching the Direct Navigator appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
To sort the titles for easy searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
To play grouped titles
[HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
To edit the group of titles [HDD]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Playing DivX, MP3 and still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Showing the menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Playing DivX video contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Playing MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Playing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Useful functions during still picture play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
To play music CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
To play music recorded on HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Useful functions during music play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Convenient functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
FUNCTION MENU window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
To pause the TV programme you are watching
—Pause Live TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Linked operations with the TV
(VIERA Link “HDAVI Control TM ”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Easy control only with VIERA remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Creating, editing and playing playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Editing still pictures and music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Copying titles or playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Copying using the copying list–Advanced Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Copying a finalised DVD-R, DVD-R DL,
DVD-RW (DVD-Video format), +R and +R DL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Copying SD Video from an SD card [EX88] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Copying SD Video from a video equipment [EX88] . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Copying still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Copying all the still pictures on the USB memory
—Copy All Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Copying new still pictures on the SD card
—Copy New Pictures [EX88]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Copying using the copying list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Copying music to HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
About the Gracenote ® Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Copying music from a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Copying music from a USB memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
To update the Gracenote
® Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Using on-screen menus/Status message. . . . . . . . . . . 54
HDD, disc and card management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Providing a name for a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Deleting all titles and playlists—Delete all titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Deleting all the contents—Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Selecting the background style—Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Selecting whether to show the Top Menu first
—Auto-Play Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Enabling discs to be played on other equipment—Finalise . . . . 58
Creating Top Menu—Create Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Television operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Additional connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Connecting a television with S VIDEO terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Connecting a television with COMPONENT VIDEO terminals . . . . . . . 68
Connecting an amplifier with a digital input terminal . . . . . . . . . . 69
Connecting a stereo amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Connecting with an HDMI compatible television and receiver . . . . . . . 69
Connecting a television and VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back cover
Getting started
Quick Start Guide
Basic operations
Advanced operations
Editing
Copying
Setting menus
Reference
About descriptions in these operating instructions
The illustrations in these Operating Instructions show images of
DMR-EX78 unless otherwise indicated.
[EX88] : indicates features applicable to DMR-EX88 only.
[EX78] : indicates features applicable to DMR-EX78 only.
≥Instructions/notes regarding SD cards and SD drive are
applicable to the DMR-EX88 model only.
≥Pages to be referred to are indicated as “ ➡ ±±”.
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