Recording The Best Quality Pictures In The Remaining Time-Flexible Recording; Recording From A Video Cassette Recorder; Playing While You Are Recording; Playing From The Beginning Of The Program You Are Recording - Panasonic DMR-E80H Operating Instructions Manual

Recording television programs
DVD TV
DVD POWER TV
HDD DVD
VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO
INPUT SELECT
1 2 3
W, X, CH
CH
4 5 6
VOLUME
7 8 9
CANCEL
0 100
SKIP SLOW/SEARCH
STOP PAUSE PLAY/x1.3
∫
;
DIRECT NAVIGATOR PLAY LIST
TOP MENU MENU
3, 4, 2, 1
ENTER
ENTER
FUNCTIONS RETURN
FUNCTIONS
FRAME CM SKIP TIME SLIP
PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE REC
¥, REC
STATUS MARKER DUBBING REC MODE
STATUS
REC MODE
POSITION
DISPLAY AUDIO SETUP
MEMORY
[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]
Recording the best quality pictures in
the remaining time—Flexible Recording
The unit calculates a recording rate that enables the recording to fit
in the time you set (within the remaining time on the disc) and with
the best possible picture quality.
1
Press [W, X, CH] to select the channel.
2
While stopped
Press [FUNCTIONS].
3
Press [3, 4,2, 1] to
select "FLEXIBLE REC"
FLEXIBLE REC
and then [ENTER].
4
1]
Press [2, to
FLEXIBLE REC
Record on FR mode
select "Hour" and
Maximum rec time
"Min." and press [3, Set up rec time
Start
4] to set the record-
SELECT
ENTER RETURN
ing time.
5
Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select "Start"
and press [ENTER].
Recording starts.
[Note]
It may not be possible to record to the end of the program if the
remaining time doesn't allow.
For your reference
≥Press [STATUS] during recording to show the remaining time.
≥Recording time reduces if you repeatedly pause recording.
≥The recording mode becomes FR.
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Recording from a video cassette recorder

Preparation
Connect a video cassette recorder to this unit's input terminals
( page 52).
1
While stopped
Press [INPUT SELECT] to select the
input channel for the equipment you
have connected.
Select L1, L2 or L3.
≥You can also select the input channel by pressing [W, X, CH].
2
Press [REC MODE] to select the
recording mode (XP, SP, LP or EP).
3
Start play on the other equipment.
4
Press [¥, REC] at the point you want
to start recording.
Recording starts.
To skip unwanted parts
Press [;] to pause recording. (Press again to restart recording.)
To stop recording
Press [∫].
[Note]
≥When recording using L1, L2 or L3 terminals, only the sound
received at the time of recording will be recorded.
≥If flexible recording (
left) is used instead of steps 2 and 4, settings
can be made so that recording continues to the end of the video.
2 Hour 15 Min.
1 Hour 00 Min.
Cancel

Playing while you are recording

DVD TV
DVD POWER TV
HDD DVD
VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO
1 2 3
CH
4 6
5
VOLUME
7 8 9
CANCEL
0 100
SKIP SLOW/SEARCH
STOP PAUSE PLAY/x1.3
∫ 1
DIRECT DIRECT NAVIGATOR PLAY LIST
NAVIGATOR
TOP MENU MENU
3, 4, 2, 1
ENTER
ENTER
FUNCTIONS RETURN
FRAME CM SKIP TIME SLIP
TIME SLIP
PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE REC
STATUS MARKER DUBBING REC MODE
POSITION
DISPLAY AUDIO SETUP
MEMORY
[HDD] [RAM]
Playing from the beginning of the
program you are recording—Chasing Play
Press [1] (PLAY).
Play starts from the beginning of the program being recorded. (Time
slip indicator on the main unit lights.)
e.g.,
The same sports program is
You are recording a sports
program and you want to played back from the begin-
watch it from the beginning. ning. (Recording continues.)
[Note]
Sound is not output while fast-forwarding.
To stop play and recording
1 Press [∫]. (Play stops.)
Wait 2 seconds.
2 Press [∫]. (Recording stops.)
≥To stop timer recording, press [∫], then [ENTER] within 5
seconds.

Simultaneous rec and play

You can play a program previously recorded.
1
During recording
Press [DIRECT NAVIGATOR].
Time slip indicator on the main unit lights.
2
Press [3, 4] to select a program and
press [ENTER].
e.g.,
You want to watch the movie
Program 1 is played back
you recorded yesterday (pro-
while program 2 (sport) is
gram 1) while recording pro-
being recorded.
gram 2 (sport).
DIRECT NAVIGATOR
DVD
No CH DATE TIME TITLE EDIT TITLE
3 01 4 6/19 WED 10 : 00 AM Dinosaur 1
¥ 6/20 THU 9 : 00 PM Soccer 1
02 6
1
1
1
TOTAL 2 No SELECT
0 ~ 9
ENTER
RETURN
[Note]
≥Sound is not output while fast-forwarding.
≥You cannot edit programs during simultaneous rec and play
( page 34).
Reviewing the recorded images while
recording—Time Slip
You can play the program being recorded to check that it is being
recorded correctly. You can also check parts that were recorded pre-
viously.
1
Press [TIME SLIP].
Time slip indicator on the
PLAY
Play images
main unit lights.
0 min
Play starts from 30 sec-
onds previous. The current
recording images appear
REC
as a picture-in-picture and
you will hear the playback
Current
audio.
recording
≥You can select another
program if you press
[DIRECT NAVIGATOR].
2
Press [3, 4] to enter the time and
press [ENTER].
≥Press [3, 4] to alter in
PLAY
one-minute units. Press
and hold [3, 4] to alter
in 10-minute units.
REC
Press [TIME SLIP] to show the play images in full. Press again to
show the play and recording images.
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