Table Of Contents; Useful Features - Panasonic Diga DMR-E85H Operating Instructions Manual

Table of contents

Getting started
Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Control reference guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
STEP 2 TV Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
STEP 3 Set up to match your television
and remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
To enjoy progressive video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
HDD and Disc information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Recording
Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . . 15
Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Recording from an external equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using G- system to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . 17
CODE
Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Playing back
Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Operations during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Editing operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Changing audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using on-screen menus and Status messages. . . . 24
On-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Useful features

This DVD Video recorder records high quality images to
rapid random access capable HDD (Hard disk drive) and
DVD-RAM. This has resulted in many new features that out
perform 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.
HDD recording
You can keep on recording your favorite programmes to an
internal HDD that is able to record up to 142 hours [EP (8
Hour) mode].
You can also high speed transfer (dub) your favorite
programmes to DVD-RAM or DVD-R and create a backup
disc.
Instant play
There is no need to rewind or search forward. Direct
Navigator guides you to the beginning of the recorded video
immediately.
Editing
Editing titles/chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Creating, editing and playing play lists. . . . . . . . 28
Creating play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Editing and playing play lists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Play list operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Transfer (Dubbing)
Transferring (dubbing) titles or play lists . . . . . . 31
One Touch Transfer (dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 32
Transferring (dubbing) a finalized DVD-R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Convenient functions
FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
DISC MANAGEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Disc Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Disc Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Format Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Auto-Play Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Finalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Changing the unit's settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Summary of settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
TV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Reference
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Frequently asked questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back cover
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 programme 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.
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