Panasonic DMR-EH50 - Manual (Page 3)

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Table of contents
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
HDD (Hard disk drive) handling care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Disc and card handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Unit care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Inserting/Removing the SD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Using DVD-R, DVD-RW and +R on this unit . . . . . . . . . . .6
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
HDD, disc and card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
STEP 2 Setting up the TV Guide On Screen TM
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
STEP 3 Set up to match your television and remote
control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Recording television programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Selecting audio to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Recording for High-Speed Dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Scheduled recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Using the TV Guide On Screen TM system to make scheduled
recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Manually programming scheduled recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using VCR Plus
i system to make scheduled 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
Simple editing operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Playing still pictures (JPEG/TIFF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Useful functions during still picture play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using on-screen menus/FUNCTIONS window and Status
message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Using on-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Creating, editing and playing playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Creating playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Editing and playing playlists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Playlist operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Picture and folder operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Transferring (dubbing) titles or playlists . . . . . . . . . . . 43
One Touch Transfer (dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 44
Transferring (dubbing) a finalized DVD-R,
DVD-RW (DVD-Video format) and +R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Recording from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . 47
Transferring (dubbing) still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 48
Transferring (dubbing) all the still pictures on a card—COPY ALL
PICTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
HDD, disc and card management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Providing a name for a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Erasing all titles and playlists—Erase All Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Erasing all the contents of a disc or card—Format. . . . . . . . . . 51
Enabling discs to be played on other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Summary of settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Channel/Clock settings when TV Guide On Screen TM
system is not used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Auto channel/clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Channel captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Product Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR CANADA) . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Backcover
This DVD Recorder records high quality images to rapid random
access capable HDD (Hard disk drive) or DVD-RAM. This has
resulted in many new features that outperform older tape formats.
The following information summarizes a few of these features.
Instant recording
You no longer need to search for empty disc space. By pressing the
recording button, the unit finds available recording space and begins
recording right away. There is no need to worry about overwriting
already recorded content.
The Quick Start feature enables this unit to be ready to start
recording as quick as approximately 1 second
§ after turning it on.
You can start recording soon after deciding you want to record
something.
§ Only when recording to the HDD or DVD-RAM
HDD recording
You can keep on recording your favorite programs to an internal
HDD that is able to record up to 177 hours when using EP (8H)
mode.
You can also high speed transfer (dub) your favorite programs to
DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW (DVD-Video format) or +R and create a
backup disc.
SD card slot
The SD card slot of this unit lets you transfer (dub) digital camera
photographs from a card to DVD-RAM for easy storage without using
a computer.
TV Guide On Screen TM system
The TV Guide On Screen TM system provides a handy electronic
program guide (EPG) for checking what’s on. Setting up to record a
broadcast is easy too. Simply select the desired program from the
displayed list. You can also search for desired programs
alphabetically or by displaying only the programs in a certain
category.
≥ This service may not be available in some areas.
Instant play
There is no need to rewind or search forward. Direct Navigator
guides you to the beginning of the recorded video immediately.
Chasing playback
There is no need to wait until recording is complete. Without
stopping recording, you can play the video currently being recorded
from its beginning.
Simultaneous Recording and Playback
While recording, you can play another video program that was
recorded previously.
Time Slip
During play, and also while recording, you can jump to the scene you
wish to view by specifying the skip time.
Getting started
Recording
Playing back
Editing
Editing
(continued)
Transferring (Dubbing)
Convenient functions
Reference
Guía de referencia rápida en español . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
(Spanish Quick Reference)
Useful features
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