Recording From An External Device; Recording From A Vcr Or A Set Top Box Equipped With A Hard Drive, Etc - Panasonic DMR-EA38VK Operating Instructions Manual

Recording from an External Device

Recording from a VCR or a Set top box
equipped with a Hard Drive, etc.
Connect cables while the power to both the unit and the
external device is off.
You can get a
sharper, clearer
picture by connecting
with an S Video cable
instead of the yellow
video cable.
S Video cable
Preparation:
 Turn on the unit and connected equipment.
 [RAM] If the disc is protected, release protection
( 47).
 [VHS] Ensure accidental erasure tab is intact.
 When recording multilingual broadcasts (
DRIVE
SELECT to select the drive (DVD or
VHS).
Insert a disc or VHS cassette.
REC MODE
to select the recording
mode (
INPUT SELECT
,  to select "IN1" or "IN2",
then
OK
– If a program is recorded from a set top box
equipped with a Hard Drive, etc., connected to
IN1 on the rear, then select "IN1".
– Front Panel inputs are IN2.
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Front of the unit
IN 2 S VIDEO L /MONO AUDIO R
VIDEO
Yellow White Red
21)
22).
Input Select
1 IN1
2 IN2
3 DV
OK
Tips
If the external equipment only has a single audio output, connect it
to the L/MONO (white) IN2 terminal.
Recording to DVD
[RAM] [-R] [-R]DL] [-RW‹V›] [+R] [+R]DL] [+RW]
Perform steps 1−5 left.
Start play on an external device.
REC
program from an external device.
Recording to VHS
Perform steps 1−5 left.
Audio/video
cable
PLAY
tape where you want to insert the
recording.
PAUSE
REC
standby.
Start play on the external device.
PAUSE
program from the external device.
Tips
To skip unwanted parts
Press [ PAUSE] to pause recording. (Press again to restart
recording.)
To stop recording
Press [ STOP].
Notes
If video is copied from another piece of equipment to this unit, then
the video quality will be degraded.
to start recording the
to locate the point on the
when you reach that point.
to put the unit in recording
to start recording the