Table Of Contents; Included Accessories - Panasonic DMR-ES15 Operating Instructions Manual

Table of contents

Getting started
Included accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
The remote control information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Disc handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Unit care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
STEP 1 Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
STEP 2 Channel reception and TV aspect settings. . . .11
Set up to match your television and remote control . . .12
Recording
Important notes for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . 15
Disc Insertion/Ejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
To specify a time to stop recording-One Touch Recording . . 17
Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Using S V number to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . 18
HOW IEW
Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
To cancel recording when recording has already begun . . . . 19
To release the programme from recording standby . . . . . . . . 19
Notes on timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
VPS/PDC function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Recording broadcasts from an external equipment . . .21
Making timer recordings on the television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Recording from digital/satellite receiver or decoder . . . . . . . . 21
Linked timer recordings with external equipment
(digital/satellite receiver)-EXT LINK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Playing back
Playing discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using menus to play MP3, DivX and still pictures
(JPEG/TIFF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Selecting file type to play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Playing MP3, DivX and still pictures (JPEG/TIFF) . . . . . . . . . 24
To select other folder (group) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Useful functions during still picture play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Regarding DivX VOD content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Regarding MP3, DivX and still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using on-screen menus/FUNCTIONS window and Status
message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Using on-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Status message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Included accessories

Please check and identify the supplied accessories.
(Product numbers correct as of December 2005. These may be subject to change.)
1 Remote control 1 AC mains lead
(EUR7659Y40) • For use with this unit only.
Do not use it with other equipment.
Also do not use the cords for other
equipment with this unit.
1 Audio/video cable
Editing
Deleting titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using DELETE Navigator to delete titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Deleting titles during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Creating, editing and playing playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Creating playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Editing and playing playlists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Playlist operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Copying
Copying from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . 34
DV automatic recording
Manual recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Convenient functions
Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
DVD Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Providing a name for a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Deleting all titles and playlists -Delete all titles . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Deleting all the contents of a disc -Format Disc . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Selecting whether to show the Top Menu first
-Auto-Play Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Enabling discs to be played on other equipment -Finalize . . . 37
Creating Top Menu -Create Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Enabling the second layer on DL (dual layer on single side) discs
to be recordable -Close First Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Linked operations with the TV (Q Link) . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Changing the unit's settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Summary of settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Resetting channel setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
TV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Set the clock manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Reference
Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
2 RF coaxial cables
DV Auto Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2 Batteries
for remote control
RQT8318
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