Panasonic DMR-E500H - Manual (Page 3)

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Table of contents
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Connections for the Network function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting a LAN cable to this unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
STEP 2 Setting up the TV Guide On Screen TM
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
STEP 3 Set up to match your television and
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
STEP 4 Multi-channel speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
STEP 5 Setting up the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
This unit’s network setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
When more than one network compatible Panasonic DVD
recorder is on the Home Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
To be able to operate this unit from a computer on the Home
Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
HDD, disc and card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Recording television programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . . 23
Selecting audio to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Using the TV Guide On Screen TM system to make timer recordings . . 25
Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using VCR Plus
i system to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . 26
Check, change or delete a program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Utilizing the TV Guide On Screen TM system . . . . . . . . . .28
Playing recorded video contents/
Playing play-only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Operations during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Editing operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Playing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Useful functions during still picture play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Playing MPEG4 titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Useful functions during MPEG4 title play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using on-screen menus and Status messages . . . . . . .38
On-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Creating, editing and playing play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Creating play lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Editing and playing play lists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Play list operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Picture and folder operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Editing MPEG4 titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
MPEG4 title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Transferring (dubbing) titles or play lists . . . . . . . . . . . 47
One Touch Transfer (dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 48
Transferring (dubbing) a finalized DVD-R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Recording from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . 51
Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
DV automatic recording (DV AUTO REC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Transferring (dubbing) still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 52
Transferring (dubbing) all the still pictures on a card
—COPY ALL PICTURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Transferring (dubbing) MPEG4/MPEG2 titles . . . . . . . . 54
One Touch transfer (dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 55
Operating the DVD recorder by computer . . . . . . . . . . 56
Playing back video titles recorded on another DVD
recorder’s HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
HDD, disc and card setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Providing a disc with a name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Erasing all titles, play lists and MPEG4 titles—Erase all titles . . . 59
Erasing all the contents of a disc or card—Format. . . . . . . . . . 59
Enabling DVD-R to be played on other equipment—Finalize . . 60
Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Summary of settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Channel/Clock settings when TV Guide On Screen TM
system is not used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Auto channel/clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Channel captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Product Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Maintenance/HDD, disc and card handling . . . . . . . . . 79
Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR CANADA). . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Backcover
Getting started
Recording
Playing back
Editing
Transfer (Dubbing)
Network
Convenient functions
Reference
Guía de referencia rápida en español . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
(Spanish Quick Reference)
Accessories
Please check and identify the supplied accessories. Use numbers indicated in parentheses when asking for replacement parts.
Only for U.S.A.: To order accessories, refer to “Accessory Purchases” on page 80.
Only for Canada: To order accessories, call the dealer from whom you have made your purchase.
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1 Remote control
(EUR7721KL0)
1 AC power supply
cord
(K2CB2CB00006)
1 75 ≠ coaxial
cable
(VJA1125)
2 Batteries
for remote control
1 Audio/video
cable
(K2KA6CA00001)
1 IR Blaster
(K2ZZ04C00002)
≥ For use with this unit
only. Do not use it
with other equipment.
(U.S.A. only)
Product Registration Card
Please complete and return the included product registration card, or register via the Internet at: http://www.prodreg.com/panasonic/
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