Table Of Contents; Useful Features - Panasonic DMR-E55EBL Operating Instructions Manual

Table of contents

Getting started
Caution for AC Mains Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Control reference guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
STEP 2 TV Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
STEP 3 Set up to match your television and
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
To enjoy progressive video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Recording
Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . . 19
Direct TV Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Recording from an external equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using VIDEO Plus+ number to make timer recordings . . . . . . 21
Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
To record programmes from satellite receiver
by RGB signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Linked timer recordings with external equipment (EXT LINK) . . 23
Playing back
Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Operations during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Editing operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Changing audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using on-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Disc menu-Setting the disc content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Play menu-Change the play sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Picture menu-Change the picture quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Sound menu-Change the sound effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Useful features

This DVD Video recorder records high quality images
to rapid random access capable DVD-RAM media.
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.
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Creating, editing and playing play lists. . . . . . . . 32
Creating play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Editing and playing play lists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Play list operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Convenient functions
DISC MANAGEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Disc Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Disc Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Format Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Auto-Play Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Finalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
FUNCTIONS window and Status messages . . . . 37
FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing the unit's settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Summary of settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
TV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Reference
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Frequently asked questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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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