Table Of Contents - Panasonic DIGA DMR-EX96C Operating Instructions Manual

Table of contents

Getting started
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
supplied accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
The remote control information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Quick Start Guide
Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Easy access to various functions
- FUNCTION MENU Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
STEP 1 Insert the CAM (Conditional Access Module) and
Smart Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
STEP 2 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
STEP 3 Channel reception settings and TV aspect
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
STEP 4 Setting the CI or CI Plus
(Common Interface) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
HDD (Hard disk drive) handling care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Unit care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
HDD and disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
USB memory information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Regarding Music files and still pictures
(JPEG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Media handling (Disc/USB memory) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Basic operations
Watching Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Playing recorded video contents/
Playing play-only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Recording television programmes [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Timer recording [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Deleting titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Advanced operations
Notes for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
General notes for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
For recording to discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Recording modes and approximate recording/copying times . . 23
When the format confirmation screen is displayed. . . . . . . . . . . 23
When removing a recorded disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Advanced recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Recording broadcasts/titles from external
equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Making timer recordings on the television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Recording from digital satellite receiver or video equipment
- Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Linked timer recordings with external equipment
(digital satellite receiver) - EXT LINK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Copying from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Advanced timer recording [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Check, change or delete a programme, or resolve
overlapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
To cancel recording when recording has already begun . . . . . . 28
If the "Overlapped Timer Recording" screen appears . . . . . . . . 28
Language for digital broadcast with multi-audio or multi-subtitle
(Digital broadcast only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Auto Renewal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Notes on timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Operations in the TV Guide system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Searching for the programme in the TV Guide list . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Selecting the programme from the desired programme type or
category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using S V number to make timer recordings
HOW IEW
(Analogue broadcast only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Changing the Settings and Editing TV Guide for Analogue
broadcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
[DVB-T] Series recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
[DVB-T] Useful functions in GUIDE Plus+ system . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Advanced playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Operation during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Selecting recorded programmes (titles) to play
-DIRECT NAVIGATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Switching the DIRECT NAVIGATOR appearance . . . . . . . . . . . 34
To sort the titles for easy searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
To play grouped titles [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
To edit the group of titles [HDD]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
To play the title from the beginning [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
To play music CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
To play music recorded on HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Useful functions during music play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Playing Music files and still pictures (JPEG) . . . . . . . . 36
Showing the menu screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Playing Music files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Playing still pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Start Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Useful functions during still picture play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Linked operations with the TV (VIERA Link "HDAVI
Control "/Q Link). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
TM
Easy control only with VIERA remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Convenient functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
FUNCTION MENU Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
To pause the TV programme you are watching
-Pause Live TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Editing
Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Creating, editing and playing Playlists (Video) . . . . . . 44
Editing still pictures and music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Creating, editing and playing Playlists (Picture) . . . . . 48
Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Copying
Copying titles or Playlists (Video). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Copy [Video (HDD to DVD)] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Copying using the copying list-Advanced Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Copying a finalised DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW
(DVD-Video format), +R and +R DL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Copying Video (MPEG2) from a video equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Copying still pictures/Playlist (Picture) . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Copying new still pictures on the USB memory
-Copy New Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Copying using the copying list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Copying still pictures on the USB memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Copying music to HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Copying music from a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Copying music from a USB memory or CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R/
DVD-R DL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Setting menus
Using on-screen menus/Status message. . . . . . . . . . . 60
HDD and disc management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Deleting all titles and Playlists (Video)-Delete all titles. . . . . . . 62
Providing a name for a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Deleting all the contents-Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting the background style-Top Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Selecting whether to show the Top Menu first
-Auto-Play Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Enabling discs to be played on other equipment-Finalise . . . . 63
Creating Top Menu-Create Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Changing the unit's settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Television operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
HOLD function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
CI Plus compatible CAM (Conditional Access Module) software
upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Reference
Additional connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Connecting an amplifier with a digital input terminal . . . . . . . . . . 73
Connecting a VCR with AUDIO/VIDEO terminal. . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Connecting a television and VCR, digital satellite receiver . . . . . 73
Connecting a television with AUDIO/VIDEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Connecting a stereo amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Back Cover
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