Table Of Contents - Panasonic DMR-ES18 Operating Instructions Manual

Table of contents

Getting started
Caution for AC Mains Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Included accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The remote control information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Disc handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Unit care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
STEP 2 Channel reception and TV aspect settings . . . 13
Recording
Important notes for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . . 15
Disc Insertion/Ejection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Recording television programmes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
To specify a time to stop recording -One Touch Recording . . 17
Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Playing while you are recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
To cancel recording when recording has already begun . . . . . 19
To release the programme from recording standby . . . . . . . . . 19
Notes on timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Playing back
Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Changing audio during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Playing DivX, MP3 and still pictures (JPEG) . . . . . . . . . 22
Showing the menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Playing DivX video contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Playing MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Playing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Useful functions during still picture play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Regarding DivX VOD content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Regarding MP3, DivX and still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using on-screen menus/Status message . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using on-screen menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Status message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
FUNCTION MENU window/Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
FUNCTION MENU window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Editing
Deleting titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the DELETE Navigator to delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Deleting titles during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Creating, editing and playing playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Creating playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Editing and playing playlists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Playlist operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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Copying
Copying from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
DV automatic recording (DV Auto Rec) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Convenient functions
DVD Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Providing a name for a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Deleting all titles and playlists -Delete all titles . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Deleting all the contents of a disc -Format Disc . . . . . . . . . . .35
Selecting whether to show the Top Menu first
-Auto-Play Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Enabling discs to be played on other equipment -Finalise . . .36
Creating Top Menu -Create Top Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Enabling the second layer on DL (dual- or double- layer on single
side) discs to be recordable -Close First Layer . . . . . . . . . . .36
Changing the unit's settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Tuning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Others. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Television operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Child Lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Reference
Safety precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Back cover
About descriptions in these operating instructions
• e.g., : indicates features applicable in Thailand.
For Thailand
For Middle East and South Africa
applicable in Middle East and South Africa.
• Pages to be referred to are indicated as "Ô
: indicates features
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