Panasonic DMR-EH58 User Manual

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RQT9075

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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 . . . . . 10
HDD and disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
USB memory and card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Regarding DivX files, MP3 files and still pictures (JPEG) . . . . . . . 14
Media handling (Disc/USB memory/SD card) . . . . . . . 15

Playing recorded video contents/Playing play-only discs. . . . . . . 16
Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Timer recording using G-

CODE

system

[For]Australia]and]N.Z.] . . . . . . 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

Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
To cancel recording when recording has already begun . . . . . . 24
To release the unit from recording standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Notes on timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Relief Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Auto Renewal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Advanced playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Operation during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Selecting recorded programmes (titles) to play—Direct Navigator . . . . . . 27

Switching the Direct Navigator appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
To sort the titles for easy searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
To play grouped titles

[HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

To edit the group of titles

[HDD]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Playing DivX, MP3 and still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Showing the menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Playing DivX video contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Playing MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Playing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Useful functions during still picture play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

To play music CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
To play music recorded on HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Useful functions during music play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Convenient functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

FUNCTION MENU window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
To pause the TV programme you are watching—Pause Live TV . . . . 33

Linked operations with the TV (VIERA Link “HDAVI

Control

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Easy control only with VIERA remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Creating, editing and playing playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Editing still pictures and music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Copying titles or playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Copying using the copying list–Advanced Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Copying a finalised DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW (DVD-Video

format), +R and +R DL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Copying SD Video from an SD card

[EH68] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Copying SD Video from a video equipment

[EH68] . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Copying still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Copying all the still pictures on the USB memory—Copy All Pictures . . . . . . . 48
Copying new still pictures on the SD card—Copy New Pictures

[EH68]. . . . . . 48

Copying using the copying list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Copying music to HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

About the Gracenote

®

Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Copying music from a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Copying music from a USB memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
To update the Gracenote

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Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Using on-screen menus/Status message. . . . . . . . . . . 52

Using on-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Status messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

HDD, disc and card management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Providing a name for a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Deleting all titles and playlists—Delete all titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Deleting all the contents—Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Selecting the background style–Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Selecting whether to show the Top Menu first–Auto-Play Select . . . . . 56
Enabling discs to be played on other equipment–Finalise . . . . . 56
Creating Top Menu—Create Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Television operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Additional connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Connecting a television with S VIDEO terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Connecting a television with COMPONENT VIDEO terminals . . 63
Connecting an amplifier with a digital input terminal . . . . . . . . . . 64
Connecting a stereo amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Connecting with an HDMI compatible television and receiver . . 64
Connecting a television and VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back cover

Getting started

Quick Start Guide

Basic operations

Advanced operations

Editing

Copying

Setting menus

Reference

About descriptions in these operating instructions

≥These operating instructions are applicable to models

DMR-EH68 and DMR-EH58. Unless otherwise indicated,
illustrations in these operating instructions are of the black model
of DMR-EH58 for Australia and N.Z.
[EH68] : indicates features applicable to DMR-EH68 only.
[EH58] : indicates features applicable to DMR-EH58 only.

Instructions/notes regarding SD cards and SD drive are

applicable to the DMR-EH68 model only.

≥Pages to be referred to are indicated as “

➡ ±±”.

DMREH58&68GN_RQT9075-L_eng.book 3 ページ 2008年2月29日 金曜日 午前11時40分

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