Panasonic DMR-ES15EB Service Manual page 18

1) Registration Code display function
Registration Code is alphanumeric character sequence 8bytes inputted as recorder
information, in case a use purchases or rent a DivX DRM file in a network.
Registration code is a character sequence generated at random, and differs in each recorder.
Moreover, Registration code is updated by new user authentication ever if same recorder.
2) User's registration and approval function
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Only one user can register for one recorder. If user's registration is not done with the
recorder, DivX file cannot be played back.
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User's registration is performed only when a DivX DRM file is first chosen by recorder
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DivX DRM file that can perform user's registration is only a file that is registered
Registration Code and purchased or rented.
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User authentication is performed whenever DivX DRM file is played back.
Error message is displayed when failing in user's registration and approval.
3) Rental management function
There are purchase file without registration of number of playback and rental files with
registration of number of playback as Divx file. Number of playback of rental file is counted
by the recorder.
When rental file is played, remaining number of times that can be played back will be shown
to users, recorder requests users to input yes or no.
Following specifications have been installed for the rental files in the purpose to clarify the
count condition of number of times of playback.
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Conditions on counting number of times of play.
1. When a file was opened successfully. (At the time of playback start)
2. When you have done review operation from the start. (Skip to file head)
- At this time, remaining number of times that can be played back and confirmation
message [Do you play really?] are displayed.
- When the playback point has been skipped to the top of title, number of playback is
not counted if the top of title was not recognized.
- Even if the power failure occurs after start of playback of rental file, number of times
of playback counted at start of the playback is held as it is. (Though playback stops
by power failure, the number of times of playback is not counted.)
When it has reached head of title, the playback is ended, and screen becomes DivX menu
(There is no resume) and then cursor is located on title that has been played back.
Then if the same file was continuously played back, it begins to playback from the file
head.
Note:
Above mentioned stored user information and number of times of playback are not erased
by update of firmware or by initialization by test mode.
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