Panasonic DMR E80H User Manual

DVD VIDEO RECORDER

Operating Instructions

Model No. DMR-E80H

Dear customer

Thank you for purchasing this product. For optimum performance

and safety, please read these instructions carefully.

Before connecting, operating or adjusting this product, please read

these instructions completely. Please keep this manual for future ref-

erence.

Region number supported by this unit

Region numbers are allocated to DVD players and software

according to where they are sold.

[For\U.S.A.]only]

The warranty can be found on page 60.

[For\Canada]only]

≥The region number of this unit is “1”.

≥The unit will play DVDs marked with labels containing “1” or

“ALL”.

The warranty can be found on page 61.

Example:

En las páginas 62 y 63 hay una guía de referen-

cia rápida en español.

ALL

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Read these operating instructions carefully before using the unit. Follow the safety instructions on the unit and the applicable safety instructions

listed below. Keep these operating instructions handy for future reference.

1) Read these instructions.

2) Keep these instructions.

3) Heed all warnings.

10) Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched partic-

ularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where

they exit from the apparatus.

4) Follow all instructions.

5) Do not use this apparatus near water.

6) Clean only with dry cloth.

7) Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance

with the manufacturer’s instructions.

8) Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat

registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that

produce heat.

11) Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.

12) Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or

table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with

the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution

when moving the cart/apparatus combination to

avoid injury from tip-over.

13) Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or

when unused for long periods of time.

9) Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-

type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than

the other. A grounding-type plug has two blades and a third

grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong are provided

for your safety. If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet,

consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.

14) Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is

required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way,

such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been

spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus

has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate nor-

mally, or has been dropped.

Features

This unit allows recording of high quality video on HDD

and DVD-RAM, the compact and durable digital media

with fast random access. This media also out performs

past tape formats in ease of operation.

∫ Make your own DVD-Video

≥Finalizing a DVD-R that has been recorded on produces an origi-

nal DVD-Video in accordance with DVD-Video standards.

≥In addition to DVD-Video movie software, this unit can also play

other types of discs including audio CDs and Video CDs. This

means that this unit has the potential to play a central role in your

home entertainment, from high-end home theater through to CD

playback.

∫ Maximum 106 hours on HDD (Hard Disk Drive)

(‹page 15)

This model is installed with a high capacity 80 GB hard disk capable of

recording a maximum of 106 hours (6 hours continuously). The same

functions are available with HDD as with DVD-RAM and editing/record-

ing of visual data from hard disk to DVD-RAM/R is easy-to-perform.

∫ MP3 disc play (➜page 23)

You can also play MP3 files recorded on CD-R and CD-RW, as well

as DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, Video CDs and CDs.

∫ Maximum 12 hours on DVD-RAM

≥Using a double sided, 9.4 GB DVD–RAM allows you to record a

maximum of 12 hours (6 hours continuously).

≥You can also use the FR (Flexible Recording) mode to fit record-

ings efficiently onto the available space on the disc.

∫ Progressive Scan

By connecting the component video terminal of this unit to a pro-

gressive scan television, it is possible to enjoy the high quality pic-

ture rendered by the progressive scan function.

∫ Auto Renewal Recording (➜page 26)

If you record a program onto HDD repeatedly everyday or every week using

timer recording, the unit will record the new program over the old one.

∫ Quick View (➜page 21)

You can speed up play to make checking the contents faster. Both

video and sound are played faster.

∫ Relief Recording (➜page 25)

∫ The FUNCTIONS window shows you most of the

When timer recording to DVD-RAM or DVD-R, the unit will compare

the remaining space on the disc and the time necessary for record-

ing. If space is insufficient the unit will record the program to HDD

instead (there is no relief recording function the other way, i.e. from

HDD to DVD-RAM or DVD-R).

features you can use (➜page 42)

The FUNCTIONS window has most of the features and functions

you are likely to use regularly. Just select the icon for the operation

you want to perform.

∫ Watch a program while you are recording it

(➜page 17) [HDD] [RAM]

Chasing play

∫ Editing your recording [HDD] [RAM]

≥You can divide programs (➜page 34).

≥Use play lists (➜page 31) to select your favorite scenes and rear-

range them to play in any order you like.

You can watch a program from the start while you are still recording it.

Simultaneous rec and play

∫

Exceptional sound and picture quality when recording

You can record a program while watching one you recorded

previously.

≥

Audio is recorded using Dolby Digital stereo, enabling high quality

sound recordings. When recording in XP mode it is possible to use

LPCM (2 channel) to achieve sound recordings of even higher quality.

Time Slip

You can jump back to review a piece of action you missed while

recording by pressing the time slip button.

≥During playback, you can specify a length of time to jump to the

scene you wish to view.

≥The encoder system used for recording is called “Hybrid VBR” and

allows high quality recordings.

∫ Fast access to the program you want to watch

(➜page 19) [HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

Use the Direct Navigator to find a program you have recorded and start play.

The manufacturer accepts no responsibility and offers no compensation for loss of recorded or edited material due to a problem with the

unit or recordable media, and accepts no responsibility and offers no compensation for any subsequent damage caused by such loss.

Examples of causes of such losses are

≥A disc recorded and edited with this unit is played in a DVD recorder or computer disc drive manufactured by another company.

≥A disc used as described above and then played again in this unit.

≥A disc recorded and edited with a DVD recorder or computer disc drive manufactured by another company is played in this unit.

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Table of contents

Getting started

Dubbing

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Dubbing programs or play list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

One Touch Dubbing (HDD ➜ DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Editing

Setting up

Creating play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Playing play lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Playing play list scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

To erase a play list or a play list scene during playback. . . . . . 31

Editing play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Editing programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

HDD, Disc setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

STEP 1 Antenna and television connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

STEP 2 The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

STEP 3 Plug-in Auto Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

STEP 4 VCR Plusi guide channel settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

STEP 5 Set up to match your television. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Recording

Advanced operation

Recording television programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Inserting discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Watching the television while recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Recording the best quality pictures in the remaining time

—Flexible Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Recording from a video cassette recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Playing from the beginning of the program you are recording

—Chasing Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Simultaneous rec and play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Reviewing the recorded images while recording—Time Slip. . 17

Changing audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Using on-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Disc menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Play menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Video menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using the FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

On-screen displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Summary of settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Changing the remote control code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Clock settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Other channel settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Home Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Connecting a cable TV box/satellite receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Connecting an amplifier or system component . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Connecting other video equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Other antenna connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Other antenna connection to the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Other antenna connection from the unit to the television. . . . . 53

Playing back

Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

When a menu screen appears on the television . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Position Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Using the Direct Navigator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

To erase a program that is being played back . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Other methods of play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Skipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Slow-motion play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Frame-by-frame viewing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Starting play from a selected item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Skipping a minute forward—CM Skip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Selecting an amount of time to skip—Time Slip . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Fast forward and rewind—SEARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Quick View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Marking places to play again—MARKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Using menus to play MP3 discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Reference

Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Disc handling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Product Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR CANADA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Guía de referencia rápida en español

Timer recording

Timer recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Specify a time to stop recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Using VCR Plusr codes to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . . 24

Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Auto Renewal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Check programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Change or delete the program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

(Spanish Quick Reference) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back cover

Accessories

Please check and identify the supplied accessories. Use numbers indicated in parentheses when asking for replacement parts.

Only for U.S.A.: To order accessories contact 1-800-332-5368 or the website (http://www.panasonic.com).

Only for Canada: To order accessories, call the dealer from whom you have made your purchase.

[] 1 Remote control

[] 1 AC power supply cord

[] 1 75 ≠ coaxial cable

(EUR7624KB0)

(RJA0065-A)

(VJA1091)

[] 2 Batteries

[] 1 Audio/Video cable

[] 1 DVD-RAM disc

for remote control

(VJA0788)

(U.S.A. only)

Product Registration Card

[Note]

The included AC power supply cord is for use with this unit

Please complete and return the included product registration card, or register

via the Internet at: http://www.prodreg.com/panasonic/

only. Do not use it with other equipment.

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STEP 1 Antenna and television connections

Preparation

To enjoy sound through other audio equipment (

➜page 51)

≥Refer to the television’s operating instructions.

≥Turn the television off and disconnect its AC power supply cord.

To enjoy progressive video

Connect to the component video (480P) input terminals on a televi-

sion compatible with this unit’s copy guard system. (Video will not

be displayed correctly if connected to an incompatible television.)

≥All Panasonic televisions that have 480P input terminals are com-

patible. Consult the manufacturer if you have another brand of

television.

Television

To the antenna

Cable TV

AUDIO

VIDEO

VHF/UHF

RF IN

Outdoor antenna

Indoor antenna

Red White Yellow

AC power supply cord (included)

Connect last.

Also connect the AC

power supply cords for

the other equipment.

If the connector

doesn’t match

➜page 53

Audio/Video cable

(included)

Antenna cable

(usually discon-

nected from the

television).

75 ≠ coaxial cable

(included) ➜below

To household AC outlet

(AC 120 V, 60 Hz)

Red White Yellow

Cooling fan

This unit

RF IN

(L1)

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

OPTICAL

RF OUT

COMPONENT

VIDEO OUT

(480P/480I)

DIGITAL AUDIO OUT

(PCM/BITSTREAM)

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

VHF/UHF

(L3)

Television

COMPONENT VIDEO OUT terminal

These terminals can be used for either

interlace or progressive output and

provide a purer picture than the S-VIDEO

OUT terminal.

S-VIDEO OUT terminal

The S-VIDEO OUT terminal achieves a more vivid picture than

the VIDEO OUT terminal by separating the chrominance (C)

and luminance (Y) signals. (Actual results depend on the tele-

COMPONENT

VIDEO IN

P^B

vision.)

Television

Connection using these terminals outputs

the color difference signals (P^B/PR) and

luminance signal (Y) separately in order to

achieve high fidelity in reproducing colors.

≥The description of the component video

input terminals depends on the televi-

sion or monitor (e.g. Y/P^B/PR, Y/B-Y/R-Y,

Y/C^B/CR). Connect to terminals of the

same color.

S VIDEO

S video cable

(not included)

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

Video cable

(not included)

When making this connection, ensure you connect the audio

cables to the corresponding audio input terminals on the televi-

sion.

≥After making this connection, change the

75 ≠ coaxial cable

black level for

better picture

≥The signal from the antenna passes through this unit and along

the 75 ≠ coaxial cable to the television even when this unit is

turned off. You don’t have to connect the antenna to the televi-

sion.

≥The picture and sound signal from this unit does not go through

the 75 ≠ coaxial cable to the television. Make sure you connect

one of the following terminals on this unit to the television: the

AUDIO/VIDEO terminal, the S-VIDEO OUT terminal or the

COMPONENT VIDEO OUT terminal. If the television has none

of these terminals, consult your local dealer.

(➜page 45, Video–Black Level Control).

When making this connection, ensure you

connect the audio cables to the corre-

sponding audio input terminals on the

television.

OPTICAL

COMPONENT

VIDEO OUT

(480P/480I)

DIGITAL AUDIO OUT

(PCM/BITSTREAM)

Do not connect the unit through a video

cassette recorder

Video signals fed through video cassette recorders will be

affected by copyright protection systems and the picture

will not be shown correctly on the television.

Conserving power

This unit consumes a small amount of power, even when it is

turned off (approx. 3.3 W). To save power when the unit is not to

be used for a long time, unplug it from the household AC outlet.

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STEP 2 The remote control

STEP 3 Plug-in Auto Tuning

Batteries

DVD TV

DVD POWER TV

Closing the rear cover.

Opening the rear cover.

Í, DVD POWER

HDD

DVD

Press with your

finger

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

W, X, CH

Numbered

buttons

VOLUME

Slide into place.

CANCEL

SKIP

100

SLOW/SEARCH

When the cover

comes off

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

PUSH

R6/LR6, AA, UM-3

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

≥Insert so the poles (i and j) match those in the remote control.

≥Do not use rechargeable type batteries.

RETURN

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

Do not:

≥mix old and new batteries.

≥use different types at the same time.

≥heat or expose to flame.

ADD/DLT

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

SETUP

≥take apart or short circuit.

≥attempt to recharge alkaline or manganese batteries.

≥use batteries if the covering has been peeled off.

Mishandling of batteries can cause electrolyte leakage which can

damage items the fluid contacts and may cause a fire.

X,W, CH

POWER, Í/I

Remove if the remote control is not going to be used for a long

period of time. Store in a cool, dark place.

REC

[Note]

HDD

DVD

If you cannot operate the unit or television using the remote control

after changing the batteries, please re-enter the codes (television

➜page 9, main unit ➜page 46).

After plugging the unit into your household AC outlet and pressing

[Í, DVD POWER] to turn the unit on for the first time, the unit

assists you to set the menu language, and automatically tunes in all

the channels it can receive and sets the clock.

Use

Remote control signal sensor

The unit automatically determines the type of transmission (air or

cable) and puts them into channels as follows.

20x

Band

Channel

VHF

UHF

2s13

14s69

2s13

TV Mode

(Air)

30x

20x

30x

VHF

CATV LOW BAND

95s99

14s36

37s65

7 m (23 feet) directly in front of the unit

CATV MID/SUPER BAND

CATV HYPER BAND

CATV Mode

(Cable)

66s94

100s125

ULTRA BAND

SPECIAL CATV CHANNEL

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2 Press [3, 4] to select “Channel” and

Preparation

≥Confirm that the antenna is connected correctly.

≥Turn on the television and select the appropriate video input to

suit the connections to this unit.

press [1].

SETUP

Antenna System

CATV

Auto Channel Setting

1 Press [Í, DVD POWER] to turn the

Channel Caption

Preset Channel Caption

Channel

Set Up

Disc

unit on.

Select Language

Seleccione la Lengua

Sélection de Langue

Manual Channel Caption

3 Press [3, 4] to select “Antenna Sys-

English

Español

Français

tem” and press [ENTER].

Antenna System

SETUP

Press ENTER

Pulse ENTER

Appuyer sur ENTER

CATV

Channel

Set Up

2 Press [3, 4] to select the menu lan-

guage and press [ENTER].

4 Press [3, 4] to select “TV” or

e.g., when you select

Auto Channel/Clock Setting

English

“CATV” and press [ENTER].

The screen shown in step 2 reappears.

Connect antenna cable and if you use a

cable box, tune it to your local PBS CH

then. . .

5 Press [3, 4] to select “Auto Channel

Setting” and press [ENTER].

Please push the ENTER key.

Auto Channel Setting

SETUP

ENTER

RETURN

Connect antenna cable and if you use a

cable box, tune it to your local PBS CH

then...

Channel

Set Up

Disc

3 Press [ENTER].

Plug-in Auto Tuning starts and the unit puts the stations it

can receive into channels.

Please push the ENTER key.

Video

Audio

Display

The unit then proceeds with Auto Clock Setting. The time is

displayed when finished. If the clock is an hour slower or

faster than the actual time, go to “Time Zone Adjust” to cor-

rect it (➜page 47).

If you have not yet set clock, the “Auto Channel/Clock Set-

ting” screen appears.

6 Press [ENTER].

When the display shows the correct time

Press [ENTER] to complete Plug-in

Auto Tuning.

Auto setting starts. This takes a few minutes. (To stop auto

channel setting, press [RETURN].) When finished, the Com-

plete screen or time display is shown. Press [ENTER].

To return to the previous screen

If the unit couldn’t set the clock automatically

Press [ENTER] to show the “Manual Clock Setting” screen. Set the

time manually (➜page 47).

Press [RETURN].

When you are finished

Press [SETUP].

To start Plug-in Auto Tuning again (after reloca-

tion, for example)

Adding and deleting channels

Add or delete channels if necessary channels are not set or unnec-

Antenna system, channel caption, and VCR Plusr guide

channel settings all revert to the default values when you

perform the procedure below. Timer recording settings are

also cleared.

essary channels are set.

While this unit is receiving the antenna signal (but not during

recording):

When the unit is on and stopped

1 Press and hold [X, CH] and [W, CH] on the main unit for

about five seconds.

The unit turns off.

2 Press [Í, DVD POWER] to turn the unit on.

Follow the above steps 2–4.

1 Press the numbered buttons to select

a channel.

e.g.,

“5”:

[0] ➜ [5]

Unit’s display

“15”: [1] ➜ [5]

“115”: [100] ➜ [1] ➜ [5]

If Plug-in Auto Tuning fails

≥You can also use [W, X, CH]

when you are going to delete a channel.

1 Press [SETUP] to show the menus.

SETUP

2 Press [ADD/DLT].

Antenna System

CATV

Auto Channel Setting

The channel is deleted if it was set or added if it was not set.

Channel Caption

Preset Channel Caption

e.g.,

Channel

Set Up

Disc

Manual Channel Caption

CHANNEL 15 DELETED

VCR PlusiCH Setting

Video

Audio

TAB

SELECT

Display

TV Screen

Repeat steps 1 and 2 as necessary.

RETURN

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STEP 4 VCR Plusi guide channel settings

3 Press [3, 4] to select “VCR Plusr

DVD TV

CH Setting” and press [ENTER].

DVD POWER TV

e.g., when the current antenna system is CATV.

HDD

DVD

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

VCR PlusiCH Setting

SETUP

Guide Channel CATV Channel

---

125

Channel

Set Up

Disc

VOLUME

---

CANCEL

SKIP

Video

100

SLOW/SEARCH

CANCEL

---

Audio

Display

TV Screen

SELECT

ENTER

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

RETURN

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

4 Press [3, 4] to select the guide

channel you want to set and press

[1].

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

SETUP

When selecting the guide channel, press and hold [3, 4] to

scroll the screen up and down.

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

VCR PlusiCH Setting

SETUP

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

Guide Channel CATV Channel

---

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

Channel

Set Up

Disc

---

Video

---

Audio

Display

TV Screen

SELECT

Set these guide channels so you can use VCR Plusi codes for

timer recording. Before starting the settings, prepare a chart show-

ing the channels, station names, and guide channels.

ENTER

RETURN

e.g.,

5 Press [3, 4] to select the channel

corresponding to the guide channel

and press [2].

Station

name

Guide

channel

Channel

number

Channel setting

(in step 5)

CBS

HBO

Unnecessary

VCR PlusiCH Setting

Enter channel 15 next

to Guide Channel 33.

SETUP

Guide Channel CATV Channel

---

Enter channel 20 next

to Guide Channel 38.

Channel

Set Up

Disc

Nickelodeon

Video

Look up the guide channels

for the stations in magazines. can receive.

Write down all the stations you

---

Audio

Display

TV Screen

SELECT

ENTER

RETURN

1 Press [SETUP] to show the menus.

To delete a number, press [CANCEL].

Repeat steps 4 and 5 as necessary.

SETUP

Antenna System

CATV

Auto Channel Setting

Channel Caption

Preset Channel Caption

6 Press [ENTER].

Channel

Set Up

Disc

The “Channel” screen reappears.

Manual Channel Caption

VCR PlusiCH Setting

Video

Audio

TAB

SELECT

Display

TV Screen

To return to the previous screen

Press [RETURN].

RETURN

2 Press [3, 4] to select “Channel” and

When you are finished

Press [SETUP].

press [1].

SETUP

Antenna System

CATV

Auto Channel Setting

Channel Caption

Preset Channel Caption

Channel

Set Up

Disc

VCR Plusi and PlusCode are registered trademarks of Gem-

star Development Corporation. The VCR Plusi system is manu-

factured under license from Gemstar Development Corporation.

Manual Channel Caption

VCR PlusiCH Setting

Video

Audio

SELECT

ENTER

TAB

Display

TV Screen

RETURN

Pats. 5,307,173; 5,335,079; 4,908,713; 4,751,578; and

4,706,121

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STEP 5 Set up to match your television

To return to the previous screen

Press [RETURN].

DVD TV

DVD, TV

DVD POWER TV

When you are finished

Press [SETUP].

HDD

DVD

Í, POWER TV

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

TV/VIDEO

∫ Regarding Progressive Television Picture

Progressive image aspect (height to width ratio) is set at a standard

16:9. DVD-Video which has been set at 16:9 will be displayed cor-

rectly. However, 4:3 video material will be stretched to the right and

left when displayed.

W, X, CH

Numbered

buttons

VOLUME

CANCEL

SKIP

r, s, VOLUME

100

SLOW/SEARCH

≥To view the picture at the right aspect

– For televisions that allow the aspect of progressive images to

be adjusted, use the function provided on the television and

adjust as necessary.

– For televisions which do not allow the aspect of progressive

images to be adjusted, please set “Progressive” to “OFF”

(➜page 41).

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

[Note]

RETURN

SETUP

≥If the unit is connected to the TV through VIDEO OUT or S-

VIDEO OUT, output will be interlace only (even if you select pro-

gressive output).

≥When progressive output is on, closed captions cannot be dis-

played.

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

Television operation

You can control televisions by entering the remote control code.

Change the settings if your television is:

≥Progressive

Press and hold [Í, POWER TV] and enter the

two-digit code with the numbered buttons.

e.g., 01: press [0] ➜ [1].

– Read your television’s operating instructions for details.

≥Widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio)

1 Press [SETUP] to show the menus.

Code No. and Manufacturer

SETUP

Antenna System

CATV

JVC

Auto Channel Setting

Panasonic/National QUASAR

Channel Caption

Preset Channel Caption

Channel

Set Up

Disc

HITACHI

Manual Channel Caption

MAGNAVOX SYLVANIA

PHILIPS (RC-5)

MITSUBISHI

SAMSUNG

VCR PlusiCH Setting

Video

Audio

Display

TV Screen

ZENITH

TAB

SELECT

THOMSON RCA GE

RETURN

GOLDSTAR/LG

2 Press [3, 4] to select “TV Screen”

SHARP

and press [1].

SONY

SAMSUNG

–

SETUP

4:3 (480I)

TV Type

TOSHIBA

TV mode(4:3)

SANYO FISHER

4:3 TV Settings for DVD-Video Pan&Scan

4:3 TV Settings for DVD-RAM Letterbox

Channel

Set Up

Disc

≥Test by turning on the television and changing channels. Repeat

the procedure until you find the code that allows correct operation.

Video

Audio

Display

TV Screen

[Note]

TAB

SELECT

ENTER

If your television brand is not listed or if the code listed for your tele-

vision does not allow control of your television, this remote control

is not compatible with your television.

RETURN

3 Press [3, 4] to select “TV Type” and

press [ENTER].

∫ Operation

Point the remote control at the television.

TVType

SETUP

Aspect 4:3 & 480I

Aspect 4:3 & 480P

Aspect 16:9 & 480I

Aspect 16:9 & 480P

Operation

Button

[Í, POWER TV]

Channel

Set Up

Disc

On and off

Video input mode

[TV/VIDEO]

Video

(Switch [DVD, TV] to “TV”.)

[W, X, CH] or

Numbered buttons

4 Press [3, 4] to select the item and

Channels

Volume

press [ENTER].

e.g., Channel “5”: [0] ➜ [5]

≥If you select a progressive output (480P) item, select Video

in the on-screen menu and set “Transfer” to suit the material

(➜page 41).

[r, s, VOLUME]

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Disc information

Discs you can use for recording and play

Play-only discs

DVD-Audio^§1

DVD-Video

Video CD Audio CD^§2

DVD-RAM

4.7 GB/9.4 GB, 12 cm (5z)

2.8 GB, 8 cm (3z)

DVD-R

^§1Play is in stereo only.

4.7 GB, 12 cm (5z)

1.4 GB, 8 cm (3z)

for General Ver. 2.0

^§2Including discs recorded with MP3.

≥The producer of the material can control how DVD-Video and

Video CDs are played. This means that you may not be able to

control play of a disc with some operations described in these

operating instructions. Read the disc’s instructions carefully.

≥This unit can play CD-R/CD-RW (audio recording disc) recorded

with CD-DA (digital audio), video CD (video CD format 2.0 or

above) or MP3. Finalize^§the disc after recording.

≥We recommend using Panasonic discs as they have been con-

firmed to be compatible with this unit. Other discs may not perform

correctly.

≥Do not allow the disc to become dirty or scratched. Fingerprints,

dirt, dust, scratches or deposits of cigarette smoke on the record-

ing surface may make it impossible to use the disc for recording.

≥Discs with programs recorded in PAL already cannot be recorded

on using this unit.

Play may be impossible on some CD-R or CD-RW discs due to the

condition of recording.

^§A process that allows play on compatible equipment.

≥This unit cannot record onto CD-R or CD-RW.

DVD-RAM

≥DVD-RAM recorded on this unit may not be compatible with

other DVD players, including some Panasonic players. Con-

sult the manual for the player to determine compatibility with

these DVD-RAM discs.

DVD-Video

≥Audio format

≥This unit is compatible with both non-cartridge and cartridge

DVD-RAM, but the write-protect tabs on cartridge-type discs give

better protection to your recordings.

≥Picture aspect ratios, regular 4:3 or widescreen 16:9, are recorded

as they are received.

Dolby Digital (➜page 45)

This unit can play Dolby Digital in stereo (2

channels). Connect an amplifier with a built-in

Dolby Digital decoder to enjoy surround sound.

DTS Digital Surround (➜page 45)

DVD-R

Connect this unit to equipment that has a DTS

decoder to enjoy DVDs with this mark.

≥In order to play a DVD-R recorded using this unit on another

playback source, the disc must first be finalized (➜page 36).

≥Once a DVD-R is finalized, it becomes DVD-Video.

≥You can record onto the available space on the disc and perform

editing functions, such as giving titles to discs and programs and

erasing programs before finalizing.

≥When programming is erased from a DVD-R, that space does not

become available. Once an area on a DVD-R is recorded on, that

area is no longer available for recording, whether the recording is

erased or not.

≥It takes about 30 seconds for the unit to complete recording man-

agement information after recording finishes.

≥This unit optimizes the DVD-R for each recording. Optimizing is

carried out when you start recording after inserting the disc or

turning on the unit. Recording onto the disc may become impossi-

ble if optimizing is carried out too many times.

Discs you can use

The features you can use with the different types of discs are indi-

cated as follows.

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R] [DVD-A] [DVD-V]

Hard Disk DVD-RAM DVD-R

DVD-Audio DVD-Video

[VCD] [CD] [MP3]

Video CD Audio CD MP3 discs

≥[DVD-R] indicates DVD-R that have not yet been finalized

(➜page 36). DVD-R that have been finalized can use the same

features as DVD-Video. (Refer to features indicated [DVD-V].)

≥Play may be impossible in some cases due the condition of the

recording.

≥The video is recorded in a 4:3 aspect irrespective of the video sig-

nal input.

≥A DVD-R recorded on this unit may not be recordable on other

Panasonic DVD recorders.

Discs that cannot be played

≥DVD-Video with a region number other than “1” or “ALL”

≥12-cm (5z), 2.6- and 5.2-GB DVD-RAM

Protection

[RAM]

You can protect the contents of your discs in the following ways.

≥Cartridge-protect:

With the write-protect tab in the protect posi-

tion, you cannot record to, edit, or erase from

≥DVD-RAM not recorded following the Video Recording Standard

≥3.95- and 4.7-GB DVD-R for Authoring

≥Unfinalized DVD-R recorded on other equipment

≥PAL discs

≥CD-ROM

≥CVD

≥DVD-ROM

≥CDV

≥SVCD

≥DVD-RW

≥CD-G

≥SACD

≥iRW

≥Photo CD

≥MV-Disc

≥PD

≥Divx Video Disc, etc.

the disc. (Type 1, 2, and 4 cartridge discs)

PROTECT

≥Program-protect (➜page 34)

≥Disc-protect (➜page 36)

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HDD (Hard disk drive)

Follow the precautions indicated below to prevent damage to

the internal HDD. (Not following precautions may result in a

loss of recording, stop of operation or recording of noise.)

∫ During setup:

≥Do not place in an enclosed area so the rear cooling fan and the

cooling vents on the side are covered up.

≥Place the unit on a surface that is flat and not subject to vibration

or impact.

≥Place in an area where condensation does not occur.

Condensation is a phenomenon where moisture forms on a cold

surface when there is an extreme change in temperature. Con-

densation may cause internal damage to the unit.

Conditions where condensation may occur

–During the rainy season in tropical and sub tropical areas.

–When there is high humidity or a lot of steam in the room.

–When there is an extreme change in temperature (moving

from a very hot location to a very cold location, or when an

extreme change in air conditioning or cooled air directly

impacts the unit.)

➜In the above situation, with the power off, let the unit adjust to

the room temperature and wait 2-3 hours until condensation is

gone.

∫ While operating

≥Do not remove the AC power plug from the AC outlet, or flip the

power breaker switch.

≥Do not move the unit or subject to vibration or impact.

➜When moving the unit:

1 Turn the power switch off (Wait until “BYE” disappears from the

display)

2 Remove the AC power plug from the AC outlet

3 Wait 2 minutes before moving

While the unit is on, the HDD will be spinning at high speed and it is

normal to hear sounds. These sounds are not problems.

∫ In the event of a power failure

If a power failure occurs, contents in the process of playback/record-

ing may be damaged.

∫ Safeguards against accidental loss

Data may be lost if the HDD suffers damage. Any contents you wish

to keep permanently should be dubbed to DVD-RAM or DVD-R.

HDD recording time remaining

This units records using a VBR (Variable bit recording) data com-

pression system to vary recorded data segments to match video

data segments which may cause differences in the displayed

amount of time and space remaining for recording.

If the remaining amount time is insufficient, erase any unwanted

programs to create enough space before you start recording. (Eras-

ing a playlist will not increase the amount of time.)

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Control reference guide

Remote control

1 POWER button (Í, DVD ( POWER) ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 14

Press to switch the unit from on to standby mode or vice versa.

In standby mode, the unit is still consuming a small amount of

power.

2 VCR Plusr button (VCR Plusr) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3 Disc tray open/close button (< OPEN/CLOSE). . . . . . . . . . 14

4 Numbered buttons (1–9, 0, 100)

5 Cancel button (CANCEL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

6 Skip buttons (:, 9 SKIP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

7 Stop button (∫ STOP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

8 Pause button (; PAUSE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

9 Top menu and Direct Navigator button

(TOP MENU, DIRECT NAVIGATOR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 23

: Cursor buttons (3, 4, 2, 1)/Enter button (ENTER) . . . . . . 7

; Functions button (FUNCTIONS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

< Frame advance and frame reverse buttons

DVD TV

DVD POWER TV

HDD

DVD

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

VOLUME

(2;, ;1 FRAME). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

= Manual programming and check button

(PROG/CHECK). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

> Manual channel adding and deleting button

CANCEL

100

SLOW/SEARCH

SKIP

(ADD/DLT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

? On-screen display button (STATUS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

@ Marker button (MARKER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

A On-screen menu button (DISPLAY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

B Position memory button (POSITION MEMORY) . . . . . . . . . 19

C DVD/TV switch (DVD, TV). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

D TV power on/off button (Í, ( POWER) TV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

E Drive select buttons (HDD, DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

F Television input mode selector (TV/VIDEO). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

G Input select button (INPUT SELECT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

H Channel buttons for recorder and TV (W, X, CH) . . . . . . 9, 14

I TV volume buttons (r, s, VOLUME). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

J Slow/search buttons (6, 5 SLOW/SEARCH) . . . . . . . . 20

K Play/quick view button (1 PLAY/a1.3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 21

L Menu and Play list button (MENU, PLAY LIST) . . . . . . . 19, 31

M Return button (RETURN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

N Time slip button (TIME SLIP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 21

O One-minute skip button (CM SKIP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

P Recording button (¥, REC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Q Program/play list erase button (ERASE) . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 31

R Recording mode button (REC MODE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

S Dubbing button (DUBBING) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

T Setup button (SETUP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

U Audio button (AUDIO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

PLAY LIST

TOP MENU

ENTER

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

;

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

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Main unit

Z P Q

S-VIDEO IN

VIDEO IN L/MONO AUDIO IN

REC

HDD

DVD

E ] 7 K ^

[

Controls such as 1 function the same as the buttons on the remote control.

V Remote control signal sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

W HDD record lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

X Disc tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Y DVD record lamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Z Channel buttons for recorder (X, W, CH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

[ L2 input terminals (L2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

\ Display (➜below)

] Time slip indicator (TIME SLIP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

^ Skip/Slow/Search buttons (4, 5). . . . . . . . . .20

The unit’s display

DVD-RAM

XP SP LP EP

D.MIX

REC

GRP TITLE PL CHAP PG TRACK

AVCD

PLAY CH

Center circle (e.g., DVD-RAM)

Rotating (REC):recording

Stopped (REC):recording paused

Rotating (REC, PLAY):

Rotating (PLAY):playing

Stopped (PLAY):play paused

“PLAY” flashes:

Chasing play or simultaneous

rec and play is in progress

the resume function (➜page 18,

To stop play) is working

REC

PLAY

A Timer recording display

On: When timer recording is on standby (➜page 24)

D Recording mode (➜page 15)

E DVD indicator

Flashes: When the unit couldn’t go to timer recording standby

B Disc type

Flashes: When you press [Í, DVD POWER] to turn the unit off

until it actually turns off

C The display mode of the main display section

F Down-mix indicator

GRP:

TITLE:

PL:

CHAP:

PG:

Group number

Title number

Play list number

Chapter number

Program number

On: When multi-channel recorded DVD-Audio is downmixed to

2 channels and output.

G Channel

H Main display section

Recording and play counter, and other miscellaneous messages

TRACK: Track number

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Recording television programs

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

HDD, DVD record lamp

Disc tray

1 Press [Í, DVD POWER] to turn the

4 6

5 3

unit on.

2 Press [HDD] or [DVD] to select the

recording drive.

The HDD or DVD button lights up on the unit.

≥It is not possible to record to both HDD (Hard Disk Drive)

and DVD drive simultaneously.

If you selected the DVD drive

Press [< OPEN/CLOSE] to open the

tray and insert a disc (➜ left).

HDD

≥Press the button again to close the tray.

TV/VIDEO

≥It is not possible to record continuously from one side of a

double sided disc to the other. You will need to eject the disc

and turn it over.

Numbered

buttons

≥If you put a disc in while the HDD is selected, the DVD but-

ton on the unit will flash while the unit reads the disc.

4 Ensure [DVD, TV] is switched to

;

“DVD” and press [W, X, CH] to select

the channel.

e.g.,

when you select

channel 4

DVD-RAM

5 Press [REC MODE] to select the

recording mode (➜ next page).

DUBBING

e.g.,

DVD-RAM

when you

select “XP”

≥To record sound using LPCM (possible only in XP mode):

Select “LPCM” in “Audio Mode for XP Recording” (the pic-

ture quality may go down slightly). (➜page 45)

6 Press [¥, REC] to start recording.

The HDD or DVD record lamp on the main unit lights up.

DVD-RAM

REC

Program information (e.g., time and date) is registered in the

program list (➜page 19).

Inserting discs

You can insert a cartridge or non-cartridge disc.

[DVD-R]

To play DVD-R on compatible equipment, finalize it (➜page 36).

Non-cartridge disc

Insert label-up.

Insert inside the

tray’s guides.

To stop recording

Press [∫].

To pause recording

Press [;]. Press again to continue recording.

(Program is not split into a separate program.)

Cartridge disc

Auto power-off

Insert label-up with the arrow facing in.

The unit switches to standby after about 6 hours in the stop mode.

You can turn this feature off or change the time to 2 hours

(➜page 44, Set Up—Off Timer).

[Note]

≥Load double-sided discs so the label for the side you want to

record/play is facing up.

≥When using 8 cm (3″) DVD-RAM, remove the disc from the car-

tridge and insert it, making sure you align it with the groove.

Should the AC power supply cord come loose by

accident or for any other reason the power supply is

cut off while recording or editing is taking place, the

contents of the HDD or disc may be lost.

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[Note]

Recording/Dubbing/Transferring of a program

≥You can record while the unit is on standby for timer recording, but

once the time for the timer recording to begin is reached, any

recording taking place will stop and the timer recording will begin.

≥You cannot change the channel or recording mode during record-

ing.

≥Release protection (cartridge ➜page 10, disc ➜page 36) when

you record. [RAM]

≥When using a DVD-RAM for the first time with this unit, format it to

ensure accurate recording (➜page 36, “Format”).

≥There are limitations when recording to DVD-R (➜page 10).

≥When recording MTS sound onto DVD-R or recording using

LPCM, only one of either the main channel or the sub channel can

be recorded. Select at “Select MTS” (➜page 45).

This unit incorporates copyright protection technology for recording

equipment known as CPRM (➜page 54). With some programs

recording, dubbing and/or transferring may not be possible.

Recording limit

Usable Media

§1

RAM

DVD-R

Dub

Record

HDD

recording

limit

Record

Dub

RAM

DVD-R

HDD

You cannot

dub.

Record

Dub

§2

Transfer

RAM

For your reference

≥You can record up to 250 programs on HDD, 99 programs on one

disc.

≥This unit is compatible with the Content Protection for Record-

able Media (CPRM ➜page 54) system so you can record broad-

casts that allow one copy, such as some CATV broadcasts, onto

4.7 GB/9.4 GB DVD-RAM (these are CPRM compatible). It is not

possible to record onto DVD-R or 2.8 GB DVD-RAM.

≥Recording will take place on open space in the HDD or on disc.

Data will not be overwritten.

Recording

limited to

one time

Content is

duplicated on

HDD but cannot

be played.

Record

Dub

RAM

Record

You cannot record on DVD-R.

Recording

not possible

You cannot record/dub

on any media.

^§1Turning “DVD-R compatible Rec” to “On” from the Setup menu

allows dubbing to a DVD-R using the high speed mode after a

recording has been saved to the HDD. (➜page 44)

^§2Transfer: this is when a program is moved to another storage

media. All recorded content transferred to DVD-RAM is deleted

from the HDD.

≥It is possible to watch playback from one drive while recording

from another (editing is not possible).

Almost all videos and DVD software on sale have been

treated to prevent illegal copying. Any software that has

been so treated cannot be recorded using this unit.

Watching the television while recording

Pictures being recorded are unaffected.

Recording modes and approximate recording times

in hours

Switch [DVD, TV] to “TV”.

Press [TV/VIDEO] to change the television’s input mode to “TV”.

2 Press [W, X, CH] to change channels.

Disc

DVD-RAM

≥You can also select the channel with the numbered buttons.

HDD

(80GB)

DVD-R

(4.7 GB)

Single- Double-

Mode

sided

(4.7 GB) (9.4 GB)

XP (High quality)

SP (Normal)

LP (Long play)

EP (Extra long play)

106

Depending on the content being recorded, the recording times may

become shorter than indicated.

FR (Flexible Recording Mode) (➜page 16)

The unit automatically selects a recording rate between XP and EP

that will enable the recordings to fit in the available recording time on

the disc with the best possible recording quality.

≥You can set for dubbing (➜page 28) or timer program recording

(➜page 24).

≥When dubbing content stored on the HDD, the contents are auto-

matically adjusted to fit on 4.7 GB DVD-RAM/R discs.

≥All the recording modes from XP to EP appear in the display.

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Recording television programs

Recording from a video cassette recorder

Preparation

DVD TV

DVD POWER TV

Connect a video cassette recorder to this unit’s input terminals

HDD

DVD

(➜page 52).

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

INPUT SELECT

While stopped

W, X, CH

Press [INPUT SELECT] to select the

input channel for the equipment you

have connected.

VOLUME

CANCEL

SKIP

100

SLOW/SEARCH

Select L1, L2 or L3.

≥You can also select the input channel by pressing [W, X, CH].

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

∫

2 Press [REC MODE] to select the

;

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

recording mode (XP, SP, LP or EP).

3 Start play on the other equipment.

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

4 Press [¥, REC] at the point you want

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

FUNCTIONS

to start recording.

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

Recording starts.

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

To skip unwanted parts

Press [;] to pause recording. (Press again to restart recording.)

To stop recording

¥, REC

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

STATUS

REC MODE

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

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.

[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.

While stopped

Press [FUNCTIONS].

Press [

select “FLEXIBLE REC”

and then [ENTER].

]

FLEXIBLE REC

4 Press [2, 1] to

select “Hour” and

“Min.” and press [3,

4] to set the record-

ing time.

FLEXIBLE REC

Record on FR mode

Maximum rec time

Set up rec time

2 Hour 15 Min.

1 Hour 00 Min.

Start

Cancel

SELECT

ENTER

RETURN

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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Playing while you are recording

Simultaneous rec and play

DVD TV

DVD POWER TV

You can play a program previously recorded.

HDD

DVD

During recording

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

Press [DIRECT NAVIGATOR].

Time slip indicator on the main unit lights.

VOLUME

2 Press [3, 4] to select a program and

CANCEL

SKIP

press [ENTER].

100

SLOW/SEARCH

e.g.,

You want to watch the movie

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

Program 1 is played back

while program 2 (sport) is

being recorded.

∫

you recorded yesterday (pro-

gram 1) while recording pro-

gram 2 (sport).

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

DIRECT

NAVIGATOR

3, 4, 2, 1

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

ENTER

DVD

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

TITLE

DATE

TIME

TITLE

EDIT

00 AM Dinosaur

00 PM

6/19 WED

6/20 THU

Soccer

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

TIME SLIP

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

SELECT

ENTER

TOTAL 2

RETURN

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

[Note]

≥Sound is not output while fast-forwarding.

≥You cannot edit programs during simultaneous rec and play

(➜page 34).

[HDD] [RAM]

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.

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.)

1 Press [TIME SLIP].

Time slip indicator on the

e.g.,

PLAY

Play images

main unit lights.

The same sports program is

played back from the begin-

ning. (Recording continues.)

You are recording a sports

program and you want to

watch it from the beginning.

0 min

Play starts from 30 sec-

onds previous. The current

recording images appear

as a picture-in-picture and

you will hear the playback

audio.

≥You can select another

program if you press

[DIRECT NAVIGATOR].

REC

Current

recording

2 Press [3, 4] to enter the time and

press [ENTER].

[Note]

≥Press [3, 4] to alter in

Sound is not output while fast-forwarding.

PLAY

one-minute units. Press

and hold [3, 4] to alter

in 10-minute units.

REC

To stop play and recording

1 Press [∫]. (Play stops.)

Press [TIME SLIP] to show the play images in full. Press again to

show the play and recording images.

Wait 2 seconds.

2 Press [∫]. (Recording stops.)

≥To stop timer recording, press [∫], then [ENTER] within 5

seconds.

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Playing discs

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [MP3]

Disc tray

ERASE

1 Press [Í, DVD POWER] to turn the

unit on.

2 Press [HDD] or [DVD] to select the

playback drive.

The HDD or DVD button lights up on the unit.

≥It is not possible to playback both HDD (Hard Disk Drive)

and DVD drive simultaneously.

2 _{4, 5}

If you selected the DVD drive

Press [< OPEN/CLOSE] to open the

tray and insert a disc (➜page 14).

DVD, TV

HDD

≥Press the button again to close the tray.

≥If cartridge protection is activated (➜page 10), play begins

automatically when you close the tray. [RAM]

Numbered

buttons

≥You cannot play continuously from one side of a double-

sided disc to the other. Eject the disc and turn it over.

≥If you put a disc in while the HDD is selected, the DVD but-

ton on the unit will flash while the unit reads the disc.

:, 9

;

DIRECT

NAVIGATOR,

TOP MENU

4 Press [1] (PLAY).

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

The unit takes some time to read the disc

before play starts. (When a menu screen

appears on the television ➜ next page)

DVD-RA

RETURN

PLAY

≥Play starts from the most recently recorded program.

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

ERASE

≥Play starts from the beginning of the disc.

[DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [MP3]

DUBBING

POSITION

MEMORY

To stop play

Press [∫].

[Note]

≥If you select another drive while playback is in progress, playback

will be stopped. If using DVD-Video, the contents of the menu

screen may be returned to their initial state.

≥If a disc is loaded, the unit will come on and play will start when

you press [1] (PLAY).

≥When you play a disc with an audio-only track, the video from the

previous disc may continue to be shown on the television.

≥Actual sound levels for DVD-Video are lower compared to televi-

sion broadcast or playback of other discs. To avoid a sudden

increase in volume level when switching from DVD-Video, reduce

the volume setting before playing other sources or switching to

television broadcast.

≥When “PLAY” flashes on the display, resume

function is active. Press [1] (PLAY) to start play

from where you stopped it.

To cancel, press [∫] until “PLAY” goes out. (The

position is also cleared when you turn the unit off or open the disc

tray.)

≥The screen saver may appear when you

stop play. Press [∫] again and you can

use this unit’s tuner to watch television.

DVD-RA

PLAY

≥When using this unit for the first time, the HDD has nothing

recorded on it. You must record a program etc to the HDD before

you can enjoy playback.

To pause play

Press [;]. (Press again to restart play.)

Auto power-off

The unit switches to standby after about 6 hours in the stop mode.

You can turn this feature off or change the time to 2 hours

(➜page 44, Set Up—Off Timer).

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When a menu screen appears on the

television

Using the Direct Navigator

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

A list of programs is created as you record them. You can use this

list to find programs to watch.

[VCD]

Switch [DVD, TV] to “DVD” and

Press the numbered buttons (0, 1j9) to select an item.

e.g., “5”: [0] ➜ [5]

e.g., DVD-RAM

1 Press [DIRECT

NAVIGATOR].

“15”: [1] ➜ [5]

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

The highlighted program

plays in the background.

[DVD-A] [DVD-V]

DVD

No CH

DATE

TIME

TITLE

EDIT

Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select an item and press

[ENTER].

≥You may also be able to use the numbered buttons (0, 1j9) to

6/20 WED 10

6/20 WED

00 AM Dinosaur

00 PM

00 PM USJ

Auto action

select an item.

SELECT

ENTER

TOTAL 3

No.

RETURN

Other buttons used to operate menus

Read the disc’s instructions for further details about operation.

[9][5]: Shows the next menu.

[:][4]: Shows the previous menu.

[RETURN]: Shows the menu screen. [VCD]

[TOP MENU]: Shows the first menu screen. [DVD-A] [DVD-V]

[MENU]: Shows the menu screen. [DVD-V]

2 Press [3, 4] to select the program

and press [ENTER].

≥You can also select programs with the numbered buttons.

e.g.,

[HDD]

“5”: [0]➜ [0]➜ [5]

“15”: [0]➜ [1] ➜ [5]

[RAM] [DVD-R]

“5”: [0]➜ [5]

“15”: [1] ➜ [5]

[Note]

Play of the images that were playing in the background continues.

≥Discs continue to rotate while menus are displayed. Press [∫]

when you have finished viewing to preserve the unit’s motor and

your television screen.

To stop play

Press [∫].

≥If “/” appears on the television, the operation is prohibited by

the unit or disc.

≥Functions available vary from disc to disc.

To clear the program list

Press [DIRECT NAVIGATOR].

About the program list

Position Memory

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [MP3]

You can start play from a memorized position even after turning the

unit off.

Write-protected

Displayed when you have protected

the program.

POS FE

6/20

6/21

6/22

Copy-protected

Displayed when you have recorded

a program that has copy protection,

from CATV broadcasts, for example.

(When the elapsed play time is displayed)

During play

Unable to play

Displayed if you cannot play the program.

Press [POSITION MEMORY].

The message “Position Memorized” appears on the televi-

sion.

TOTAL 5

Currently recording

Displayed when the program is being

recorded.

After switching the unit to standby and back on

And more...

Press [1] (PLAY).

Play starts from the memorized position. (The position is

cleared.)

:Programs that have been rerouted to the HDD [HDD]

(➜page 25, Relief Recording)

:Programs that allow one copy [HDD]

[Note]

[DVD-R] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [MP3]

≥The position is cleared when you open the disc tray.

[RAM]

To erase a program that is being played back

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

≥Positions remain memorized even after the disc tray is opened.

≥You cannot mark positions if the disc is write-protected.

(cartridge ➜page 10, disc ➜page 36)

Since the program, any play lists (➜page 31) created from

it are erased irretrievably by this procedure, you should be

certain you wish to erase before carrying it out.

For your reference

1 Press [ERASE].

If you press [∫] before switching the unit to standby after pressing

[POSITION MEMORY] to memorize a position, play will resume

from the position you pressed [∫] when you press [1] (PLAY).

A confirmation screen will be displayed.

2 Press [2] to select “Erase” and press

[ENTER].

≥On the main unit, press [D] and [ERASE].

[Note]

≥It is not possible to erase the program when you are carrying out

simultaneous rec and play (➜page 17). [RAM]

≥The amount of space remaining on the disc does not increase

even if you erase programs. [DVD-R]

≥If the confirmation screen disappears before you complete the

operation, start from the beginning again.

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Other methods of play

Slow-motion play

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R] [DVD-A] (Motion picture parts only) [DVD-V] [VCD]

DVD TV

DVD POWER TV

HDD

DVD

While paused

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

Press [6] or [5].

Press and hold [D] or [E] on the main unit.

Numbered

buttons

[Note]

VOLUME

≥The speed increases up to 5 steps.

≥Press [1] (PLAY) to restart play.

≥Backward ([6] [D]) does not work with Video CDs.

CANCEL

SKIP

100

SLOW/SEARCH

:, 9

6, 5

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

1, PLAY/t1.3

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

Frame-by-frame viewing

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R] [DVD-A] (Motion picture parts only) [DVD-V] [VCD]

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

While paused

ENTER

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

Press [2;] or [;1].

CM SKIP

TIME SLIP

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

[Note]

2;, ;1

≥Each press shows the next frame.

≥Press [1] (PLAY) to restart play.

≥Cursor buttons [2, 1] are also effective while paused for frame-

by-frame viewing.

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

≥Backward ([2;]) does not work with Video CDs.

Starting play from a selected item

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [MP3]

Skipping

During play or while stopped

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [MP3]

Press the numbered buttons to select the

item.

During play or while paused

e.g.,

“5”: [0] ➜ [5]

[HDD] [MP3] “5”: [0] ➜[0] ➜[5]

Press [:] or [9].

≥Press [D] or [E] on the main unit.

“15”: [1] ➜ [5]

“15”: [0] ➜[1] ➜[5]

≥Each press increases the number of skips.

[Note]

[DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [MP3]

≥This may not work with some discs.

≥This works only when stopped with some

discs (the screen saver is on the television).

≥[DVD-A]

Play position

Twice

Once

Twice

Once

– A group number can be specified while

the screen saver is displayed.

Chapter/track

e.g.,

“5”: [5]

[:]

[9]

– Playing bonus groups

[:/6]

[5/9]

Some discs contain bonus groups. If a password screen

appears after selecting a group, enter the password with the

numbered buttons and press [ENTER]. Refer also to the disc’s

jacket.

[HDD\ ]RAM] [DVD-R]

Marker

Play position

Twice

Once Twice Three times

Once

Program

[:]

[9]

[5/9]

[:/6]

For your reference

Pressing [:] [D] or [9] [E] while the playback

control feature on Video CDs (➜page 54) is working may take you

to a menu screen.

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Skipping a minute forward—CM Skip

Quick View

[HDD] [RAM] (Only with Dolby Digital)

You can increase the speed of play without disrupting the

soundtrack.

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

During play

Press [CM SKIP].

Play restarts from approximately a minute later.

During play

Press and hold [1] (PLAY/

k1.3).

[Note]

HDD

PLAY t1.3

If the start of the next program is within one minute of the point you

PLAY

skipped from, play restarts from the beginning of that program.

L R

Selecting an amount of time to skip—

Time Slip

To return to normal speed

Press [1] (PLAY/k1.3).

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

[Note]

≥Output is in PCM when using a digital connection (➜page 51, [A]).

≥This is canceled if you perform operations to change the

soundtrack, skip or pause.

During play

Press [TIME SLIP].

≥This does not work if the setting is “Off” in “PLAY

k1.3 & Audio

during Search” (➜page 45).

≥This does not work when recording is in XP or FR mode during

0 min

simultaneous rec and play (➜page 17). [RAM]

Within 5 seconds

Press [3, 4] to enter the time and

then press [ENTER].

e.g., Go back to 5 minutes

–5 min

Press to alter in one-minute units. Press and hold to alter in

10-minute units.

Fast forward and rewind—SEARCH

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [MP3]

During play

Press [6] or [5].

≥Press and hold [D] or [E] on the main unit.

[Note]

≥The speed increases up to 5 steps.

≥Press [1] (PLAY) to restart play.

≥Audio is heard only while using first level fast forward (other than

CD, MP3). You can turn this audio off if you want to (➜page 45,

Audio—PLAY

k1.3 & Audio during Search).

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Other methods of play

DVD TV

4 Press [2, 1] to select an asterisk (¢)

DVD POWER TV

and press [ENTER].

HDD

DVD

One marker is added.

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

When marking positions 11 and above

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

1s10 1 2

1 Press [2, 1] to highlight “1–10”.

VOLUME

2 Press [3, 4] to select “11–20”.

You can select the next group of 10 when the current group is

full.

CANCEL

SKIP

100

SLOW/SEARCH

CANCEL

3 Press [1].

The first asterisk is highlighted.

4 Press [ENTER] to mark a position.

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

To recall a marker

Press [2, 1] to select a marker number and press [ENTER].

≥Play starts from the marked position.

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

To clear markers

Press [2, 1] to select a marker number and press [CANCEL].

≥An asterisk replaces the number and the position is cleared.

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

MARKER

DISPLAY

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

To clear the on-screen menus

Press [RETURN].

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

[Note]

≥You cannot use this feature if:

– the disc’s elapsed play time is not shown in the display.

– you are using a play list. [HDD] [RAM]

Marking places to play again—MARKER

You can mark positions by pressing [MARKER]. Also use on-screen

menus to mark, recall, and clear positions.

– protection (cartridge ➜page 10, disc ➜page 36) is set (you

can still recall the markers to play a position). [RAM]

≥Subtitles around markers may fail to appear.

≥Markers are cleared when you finalize DVD-R (➜page 36).

≥Markers on HDD, DVD-RAM and DVD-R are ordered by time,

so marker numbers can change when you add and delete

them.

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

Mark up to 999 positions. The unit records the markers directly onto

the disc and they remain intact even if you remove the disc.

[DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [MP3]

Mark up to 5 positions. The markers clear when you open the disc

tray.

Marking positions directly

During play

Press [MARKER].

One marker is added.

Using on-screen menus to mark positions

During play

Press [DISPLAY].

The on-screen menus appear.

2 Press [3, 4] to select “Play” and

press [1].

e.g., DVD-RAM

Disc

Repeat play

OFF

Play

1s10

Marker

††††††††††

Video

Audio

3 Press [3, 4] to select “Marker” and

press [1] to highlight the first aster-

isk (¢).

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

[DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [MP3]

1s10

†††††

††††††††††

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Using menus to play MP3 discs

Using the tree screen to find a group

DVD TV

DVD POWER TV

While stopped

HDD

DVD

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

Press [1] while a track is highlighted

to display the tree screen.

Selected group no. /Total group no.

≥If the group has no track, “– –” is displayed

as group number.

Numbered

buttons

VOLUME

CANCEL

SKIP

100

SLOW/SEARCH

TREE

MP3 music

001 My favorite

7/25

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

TOTAL

001 Brazilian pops

002 Chinese pops

003 Czech pops

004 Hungarian pops

005 Liner notes

006 Japanese pops

007 Mexican pops

008 Philippine pops

009 Swedish pops

001 Momoko

40/111

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

No.

You cannot select

groups that

contain no

TOP MENU

SELECT

ENTER

3, 4, 2, 1

002 Standard number

001 Piano solo

002 Vocal

ENTER

compatible files.

ENTER

RETURN

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

2 Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select a group

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

and press [ENTER].

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

The file list for the group appears.

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

To return to the file list

Press [RETURN].

[Note]

≥Discs must conform to ISO9660 level 1 or 2 (except for

extended formats).

[MP3]

This unit can play MP3 files recorded on CD-R/RW with a computer.

Files are treated as tracks and folders are treated as groups.

≥This unit is compatible with multi-session but if there are a lot

of sessions it takes more time for play to start. Keep the num-

ber of sessions to a minimum to avoid this.

≥If you play a MP3 track that includes still picture data, it will

take some time before the music itself starts playing and the

elapsed time will not be displayed during this time. Even after

the track starts, the correct play time will not be displayed.

≥This unit is not compatible with ID3 tags or packet writing.

≥Depending on recording some items may not be playable.

1 Press [TOP MENU].

Selected group number and name

GROUP

My favorite

G: Group no.

TOTAL

TRACK

001 Both Ends Freezing

TREE

T: Track no. in the group

TOTAL: Selected track no./

Total track no. in all

groups

002 Lady Starfish

003 Life on Jupiter

004 Metal Glue

1/111

≥Compatible sampling rate:

16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1 and

48 kHz.

No.

005 Paint ItYellow

006 Pyjamamama

007 Shrimps from Mars

008 Starperson

Compatible compression rate: between 32 kbps and 320 kbps

Maximum number of tracks and groups recognizable:

999 tracks and 99 groups

SELECT

ENTER

009 Velvet Cuppermine

010 Ziggy Starfish

RETURN

Prev.

2 Press [3, 4] to select the track and

Naming folders and files

≥MP3 files must have the extension

“.MP3” or “.mp3”.

≥At the time of recording, give folder

and file names a 3-digit numeric

prefix in the order you want them to

play (this may not work at times).

press [ENTER].

e.g.,

Play continues to the last track in the last group.

≥“0” indicates the track currently playing.

≥You can also select tracks with numbered buttons.

e.g., “5”: [0] ➜ [0] ➜ [5]

001 (folder=group)

001

001track.mp3 (file=track)

002track.mp3

003track.mp3

“15”: [0] ➜ [1] ➜ [5]

002 group

001track.mp3

003 group

002track.mp3

003track.mp3

004track.mp3

To show other pages

Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select “Prev.” or “Next” and press [ENTER].

After listing all the tracks in one group, the list for the next group

appears.

001track.mp3

002track.mp3

003track.mp3

To exit the file list

Press [TOP MENU].

MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding technology licensed from

Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson multimedia.

RQT6984

Timer recording

Preparation

≥Ensure the clock (and guide channels for VCR Plusr recording,

➜page 8) are set correctly.

DVD TV

DVD POWER TV

≥Release protection (cartridge ➜page 10, disc ➜page 36) before

proceeding. [RAM]

Í, DVD POWER

HDD

DVD

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

VCR Plus+

Using VCR Plusr codes to make timer

recordings

Entering VCR Plusi codes is an easy way of programming the unit

for recording. You can find these codes in newspapers and maga-

zines. You can enter up to 32 programs up to a month in advance.

Numbered

buttons

VOLUME

CANCEL

SKIP

100

SLOW/SEARCH

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

1 Press

VCR Plusi

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∫

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[VCR Plusr].

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

Enter PLUS CODE Number by using 0–9 key.

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

No.

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

2 Press the numbered buttons to enter

PROG/CHECK

STATUS

¥, REC

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

the VCR Plusr code.

REC MODE

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

Press [2] to move

VCR Plusi

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back to correct a

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digit.

1 2 1

1 2

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

3 Press [ENTER].

Specify a time to stop recording

This is a simple way of specifying a time to stop recording when you

are in a hurry or before you go to bed.

Confirm the program and make corrections if necessary using

[3, 4, 2, 1].

≥“Invalid Entry” is displayed when you enter the wrong code.

Reenter the code.

During recording

≥To select the recording drive

Press [¥, REC] to select the recording time.

1 Press [2, 1] to select “DRIVE”.

2 Press [3, 4] to select “HDD” or “DVD”.

≥To change the recording mode

Press [REC MODE].

Each time you press the button:

e.g.,

0:30 "# 1:00 "# 1:30 "# 2:00 "# 3:00

^"" Counter (cancel) !" 4:00 ,""}

≥To enter the title of the program

Press [2, 1] to select “Enter Title” and press [ENTER]

(➜page 38).

For your reference

≥Press [STATUS] to show the time remaining until recording finishes.

≥This does not work during timer recordings or while using Flexible

Recording (➜page 16).

≥Recording stops and the set time is cleared if you press [∫].

≥The set time is cleared if you change the recording mode or chan-

nel while recording is paused.

The current

TIMER

RECORDING

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recording mode

(shown on the

unit’s display) is

automatically

selected.

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DRIVE

HDD

CHANNEL

DATE

OFF

MODE

4 / 1 MON 4:20 PM

5:10 PM

Enter Title

When you press [ENTER]

TIMER

RECORDING

Displayed if the

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recording can fit

in the remaining

space on the

HDD or disc.

No CHANNEL

01 64 ABC 3/ 26 TUE 1:00 PM 2:00 PM SP

New Timer Program

DATE

OFF MODE DRIVE CHECK

Enable

Repeat steps 1–3 to program other recordings.

4 Press [RETURN].

The timer recording list disappears and the unit enters Timer

^{Recording standby mode (“}F” appears on the unit display).

≥The unit is not off. To save power, turn the unit off by press-

ing [Í, DVD POWER].

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Manually programming timer recordings

You can enter up to 32 programs up to a month in advance.

Each daily or weekly program is counted as one program.

4 Press [ENTER] when you have

finished programming the timer.

TIMER

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RECORDING

3/26TUE 12:55 PM

OFF MODE DRIVE CHECK

Displayed if the

No CHANNEL

DATE

1 Press [PROG/CHECK].

01 64 ABC 3/ 26 TUE 1:00 PM 2:00 PM SP

02 64 ABC 3/ 26 TUE 2:30 PM 3:00 PM SP

New Timer Program

Enable

recording can fit

in the remaining

space on the

disc.

TIMER

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RECORDING

3/26TUE 12:55 PM

No CHANNEL

DATE

OFF MODE DRIVE CHECK

01 64 ABC 3/ 26 TUE 1:00 PM 2:00 PM SP

New Timer Program

Enable

A line that is

ready for

≥Press [3, 4] to select “New Timer Program” and repeat

steps 2- 4 to program other recordings.

programming

is highlighted.

5 Press [PROG/CHECK] or [RETURN].

The timer recording list disappears and the unit enters Timer

^{Recording standby mode (“}F” appears on the unit display).

≥The unit is not off. To save power, turn the unit off by press-

ing [Í, DVD POWER].

SELECT

ENTER

Press ENTER or VCR Plus+ to

store new program

CANCEL

RETURN

2 Press [ENTER].

TIMER

RECORDING

To release the unit from recording standby

Cancel all the timer recording programs using [CANCEL]

(➜page 27).

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3/26TUE 12:55 PM

DRIVE

CHANNEL

DATE

----------

OFF

MODE

--:-- --

---

----

To stop recording when recording has already

begun

Enter Title

Press [∫], then [ENTER] within 5 seconds.

Recording stops.

Please set Channel.

No.

[Note]

SELECT

ENTER

RETURN

≥When the program timer reaches the set time when in record-

ing standby mode, timer recording will start even if the unit is

playing or recording another program.

3 Press [1] to move through the items

≥

The actual time recorded may be longer than the program itself

when television programs are recorded using VCR Plus

and change the items with [3, 4].

≥The current settings are shown each time you press [1].

≥You may use the numbered buttons to enter the CHANNEL,

DATE, ON (start Time), and OFF (Finish Time).

≥If you don’t select a recording mode when using VCR Plus+

codes to make a timer recording, the unit sets the mode

selected on the unit at that time (unless the mode is “XP”, in

which case the unit sets “FR” as the mode).

≥“All timer programs are occupied.” appears if there are

already 32 programs.

TIMER

RECORDING

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3/26TUE 12:55 PM

DRIVE

HDD

CHANNEL

64 ABC

DATE

3/ 26 TUE

OFF

MODE

2:30 PM 3:00 PM

≥The remaining time displayed is based on the current record-

ing mode.

Enter Title

≥When you program successive timer recordings to start

immediately one after the other, the unit cannot record the

part at the beginning of the later programs (a few seconds

when recording with HDD or DVD-RAM, and approximately

30 seconds when recording with DVD-R).

≥If you set DST (Daylight Saving Time) to ON when manually

setting the clock (➜page 47), timer recording may not work

when summer switches to winter and vice versa.

^≥“F” flashes when the unit couldn’t go to timer recording

standby.

≥CHANNEL (Channel number and caption)

≥DATE

[.Current date

l Next day up to one month later minus one day

l Weekly timer: SUN-SAT>MON-SAT>MON-FRI

≥When timer recording starts, the record lamp (➜page 13,

Main unit) lights, even if the unit is off.

{.Daily timer: WEEKLY SUN>--->WEEKLY SAT

≥ON (Start time)/OFF (Finish time)

The time increases or decreases in 30-minute increments if

you hold the button.

≥MODE (Recording mode ➜page 15)

SP>XP>FR>EP>LP (>Return to SP)

≥DRIVE

Relief Recording

When the recording drive is set to “DVD” for timer recording, the

unit will automatically evaluate if the program will fit onto the disc

before beginning recording. If the program will not fit then the

recording drive will be altered to “HDD” automatically.

≥If the time remaining on the HDD is insufficient, as much of the

program as possible will be recorded onto the HDD.

≥If there is no disc in the tray or the disc cannot be recorded on,

the recording drive will be altered to HDD.

HDD()DVD

≥RENEW

(Only when you set daily or weekly recording onto HDD

➜page 26, Auto Renewal Recording)

ON()OFF

≥The recording mode will not be altered.

≥The Direct Navigator shows which programs were relief-

recorded (➜page 19).

≥Enter Title

Select “Enter Title” using [2, 1] and press [ENTER]

(➜page 38).

RQT6984

Timer recording

Check programs

DVD TV

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

DVD POWER TV

HDD

DVD

1 Press [PROG/CHECK].

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

TIMER

RECORDING

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3/26TUE 12:55 PM

No CHANNEL

DATE

64 ABC 3/ 26 TUE 1:19 PM 1:22 PM LP

SUN-SAT 2:30 PM

OFF MODE DRIVE CHECK

Numbered

buttons

Enable

# 3/31

Overlap

# 3/28

64 ABC

2:40 PM LP

VOLUME

03 64 ABC 3/ 25 MON 2:30 PM 3:30 PM SP

64 ABC WEEKLY MON 5:00 AM 6:00 AM LP

CANCEL

SKIP

05 64 ABC

100

SLOW/SEARCH

3/ 26 TUE 9:00 AM 10:00 AM SP

CANCEL

64 ABC 3/ 26 TUE 8:00 AM

64 ABC 3/ 26 TUE 10:00 AM 11:00 AM

New Timer Program

9:00 AM

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

SELECT

ENTER

Press ENTER or VCR Plus+ to

store new program

CANCEL

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

RETURN

Icon explanations

3, 4, 2, 1

W The times overlap those in another program.

ENTER

Note the following if times overlap:

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

–The program with the earlier start time receives priority.

–Recording of the program with the later start time starts when

the earlier program finishes recording.

–If you make two programs with the same start time, the one

you programmed last receives priority.

RETURN

ADD/DLT

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

PROG/CHECK

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

- You stopped recording of a weekly or daily timer recording. The

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

icon disappears the next time the timer starts recording.

¥ This program is currently recording.

F The disc was full or the maximum number of programs or

scenes was reached so the program failed to record.

Auto Renewal Recording

The material was copy-prohibited so it was not recorded.

[HDD]

X The program did not complete recording because the disc is

If you record a program onto HDD repeatedly everyday or every

week using timer recording, the unit will record the new program

over the old one.

dirty or some other reason.

≥Programs that failed to record are displayed gray. They are auto-

matically deleted from the timer recording list at 4 a.m. two days

later.

This function can be used only when weekly recording or

daily recording is selected for “DATE”.

Auto Renewal Recording indicator [HDD]

While the timer recording list

(➜page 25, step 4) is displayed

The program will be automatically recorded over in succession.

Press [3, 4] to select the program

Relief Recording indicator

Programs that have been rerouted to the HDD because of

insufficient space.

and then [ENTER].

TIMER

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RECORDING

3/26TUE12:55 PM

Recording drive indicator

No CHANNEL

01 64 ABC WEEKLY TUE 1:00 PM 2:00 PM SP

02 64 ABC 3/ 26 TUE 2:30 PM 3:00 PM SP

New Timer Program

DATE

OFF MODE DRIVE CHECK

HDD

DVD

-- 6/11

Enable

Message displayed in the CHECK line

Some of the information shown in the CHECK line may not be cor-

rect while you are recording.

Enable: Displayed if the recording can fit in the remaining space

on the disc.

2 Press [2, 1] to select

RENEW

MODE DRIVE

HDD

“RENEW”.

> (Date): For recordings made daily or weekly, the display will

show as long as recordings can be made (up to a maxi-

mum of one month from the present time) based on the

time remaining on the disc.

3 Press [3, 4] to select “ON” and then

[ENTER].

The timer recording list reappears.

! : It may not be possible to record because of write protec-

tion, because there is no more space left or because the

number of possible programs has reached its maximum.

Please check the HDD and disc.

[Note]

≥

If a program set for Auto Renewal Recording is protected, the program

will not be overwritten. Instead the program set for recording will be

saved as a separate program, and this program will be the one to be

overwritten when the next Auto Renewal Recording takes place.

2 Press [PROG/CHECK] or [RETURN].

≥When play back is taking place from the HDD, auto renewal

recording will not be carried out. The program supposed to be auto

renewal recorded will be recorded as a separate program.

≥Play list scenes made from programs that were set for Auto

Renewal Recording are erased along with auto renewal.

The timer recording list disappears.

≥

When there is not enough space on the HDD, the program may not

be recorded completely (even if repeating a renewal recording)

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Change or delete the program

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

1 Press [PROG/CHECK].

The timer recording list appears.

2 Press [3, 4] to select the program.

≥You may also select programs by inputting a 2-digit number

using the numbered buttons.

e.g., “5”: [0] ➜ [5]

“15”: [1] ➜ [5]

≥Press [2, 1] to skip down several programs on the list.

3 Press [CANCEL] or [ADD/DLT] to

delete,

You cannot delete programs that are currently recording.

or press [ENTER] to change.

The timer recording setting screen appears.

If you pressed [ENTER] in step 3,

Move through the items with [2, 1]

and change the settings with [3, 4]

and press [ENTER].

5 Press [PROG/CHECK] or [RETURN].

The timer recording list disappears.

[Note]

≥A Timer recording that is taking place in a recording mode other

than “FR” may have its end time altered.

≥Even if the power is off you can still view timer recording informa-

tion by pressing [PROG/CHECK].

RQT6984

Dubbing programs or play list

4 Select items for dubbing.

DVD TV

1 Press [3, 4] to select the dub-

Dubbing List

Remain

MB Amount 0 : 00 MB

4061

TITLE

bing list table and press [ENTER].

DVD POWER TV

No TIME

EDIT

HDD

—

HDD

DVD

Displayed icons on the dubbing list

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

: "Transfer" because of

recording restriction

(➜next page)

0 Press Return to store

Numbered

buttons

Program or playlist contains

still picture(s) (cannot dub)

VOLUME

CANCEL

SKIP

: Program recorded with the "DVD-R compatible Rec"

setting "ON". (➜page 44)

100

SLOW/SEARCH

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

Select Programs

Select PLAY LISTs

HDD

2 Press [3, 4] to select

“-- --:--” and press

[ENTER].

Dubbing

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

No.

No DATE

TITLE

TOTAL

3, 4, 2, 1

12/24

11:00 AM

5:00 PM

001

Dinosaur

Auto action

01:52

01:00

ENTER

002 12/31

SELECT

ENTER

TAB

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

ENTER

RETURN

FUNCTIONS

RETURN

Press [2,

1] to select “Select Programs” or “Select Play Lists”.

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

≥You cannot select playlists in the following cases.

–When dubbing from a DVD-RAM to a HDD.

–When the playlist was created from a program contain-

ing a recording restriction.

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

DUBBING

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

≥Programs with recording limitations and play lists cannot

be registered on the same dubbing list.

4 Press [3, 4] to select the program or play list for dubbing

and press [ENTER].

≥Repeat steps 4-2 to 4-4 to register more than one.

(Check that the dubbing list “Amount” does not exceed the

“Remain” indicated).

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

≥It is possible to dub a program or play list to another drive.

≥Dubbing a play list will create a program.

≥You can also select the program or play list with the num-

bered buttons (0, 1j9).

≥You can dub a maximum of 250 programs to HDD and 99 pro-

grams to DVD-RAM or DVD-R.

e.g., “5”: [0] ➜ [5],

To select a program on HDD:

“5”: [0] ➜ [0] ➜ [5]

“15”: [1] ➜ [5]

“15”: [0] ➜ [1] ➜ [5]

Preparation

Press [HDD] to select HDD drive.

5 Press [RETURN].

Return to step 2.

While stopped

5 Select the recording mode.

1 Press [3, 4] to select “Rec Mode” and press [ENTER].

2 Press [3, 4] to select the recording mode and press

[ENTER].

Press [FUNCTIONS].

2 Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select

“DUBBING” and press [ENTER].

Recording mode

Dubbing

High

Speed

direction

SP LP

DUBBING

e.g., Dubbing from HDD to DVD-RAM

HDD ➜ RAM

HDD ➜ DVD-R

RAM ➜ HDD

Dubbing direction

HDD

DVD-RAM

Dubbing

Remain

Amount ^{0 : 00}MB

4061

TIME

TITLE

≥You will not be able to obtain better picture quality of the

original picture even If you select a higher quality picture

mode than the original. (Only prevents picture degradation.)

≥You cannot select the high speed mode in the following

cases.

Dubbing list table

Rec Mode

High Speed

SELECT

ENTER

RETURN

Start dubbing

–When dubbing a program containing recording restrictions

from the HDD to a RAM disc.

–When dubbing programs from the HDD to a DVD-R that do

3 Select the dubbing direction.

1 While selecting “Dubbing direction”

not display the "

Press [ENTER].

–When dubbing a playlist.

2 Press [3, 4] to select the dubbing direction and press

≥You can select only the high speed mode when dubbing

content from the DVD-RAM to the HDD.

[ENTER].

While the screen in step 2 is displayed

Press [3, 4] to select “Start dub-

bing” and press [ENTER].

The confirmation screen will be displayed.

Press [2

1] to select “Yes” and press [ENTER] to start dubbing.

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To stop dubbing

Press and hold [RETURN] for 3 seconds.

One Touch Dubbing (HDD

➜

DVD)

≥Data will be recorded up to the point recording was stopped. How-

ever, if you stop dubbing in High Speed mode partway, the part

you tried recording will become unplayable. (Recording to DVD-R

will reduce the remaining amount of recordable disc space.)

Programs and play lists currently being played back on HDD can

simultaneously be dubbed to DVD-RAM or DVD-R.

Preparation

Press [HDD] to select HDD drive.

To add or remove from the dubbing list

While the Dubbing List (➜ step 4-1) is displayed

1 Press [3, 4] to select the dubbing list and press [1].

2 Press [3, 4] to select an item and press [ENTER].

≥If you select “Add”, carry out steps 4-3 and 4-4. Addition will

take place above the program selected in step 1.

≥If you select “Erase” or “Erase All”, a confirmation screen will be

displayed. Press [2, 1] to select “Yes” or “No” and press

[ENTER] (Return to Dubbing List).

During play or while paused

Press [DUBBING].

The confirmation screen appears.

2 Press [2, 1] to select “Yes” and

press [ENTER].

[Note]

≥The contents of dubbing lists (from HDD to a disc) will remain in

the memory even after the power has been turned off. However,

note that if programs and play lists are erased, all the dubbing lists

will also be erased.

≥It is not possible to activate timer recording during dubbing.

≥The program settings (protect, etc) are reproduced in the dubbed

material. (If you select a recording mode other than “High Speed”,

markers are not reproduced).

To stop dubbing

Press and hold [RETURN] for 3 seconds.

≥Data will be recorded up to the point recording was stopped. How-

ever, if you stop dubbing in High Speed mode partway, the part

you tried recording will become unplayable. (Recording to DVD-R

will reduce the remaining amount of recordable disc space.)

[Note]

≥Still pictures in programs and play lists (displayed with an

≥This function works even while the program list or play list screen

is being displayed.

≥It is not possible to activate timer recording during dubbing.

≥Programs with recording limitations (including play lists made from

those programs) cannot be dubbed.

the Dubbing select screen) cannot be dubbed. [RAM]

≥

When dubbing SAP broadcast to DVD-R or dubbing sound using

LPCM, the setting at “Select MTS” is given priority (➜ page 45, Audio).

Recording Limits

The recording mode is set as follows:

≥High speed mode:

–When dubbing to a DVD-RAM.

Some programs may not be recordable or may have limits on num-

ber of times they can be dubbed. Refer to the table below for details

about storage media and associated limits.

–When the “DVD-R compatible Rec” setting is set to “On” and the

recorded program is being dubbed to a DVD-R.

≥Original dubbing mode:

–When the “DVD-R compatible Rec” setting is set to “Off” and the

recorded program is being dubbed to a DVD-R.

≥FR (Flexible Recording) (➜page 16):

–Based on the above conditions, the mode automatically changes

to FR when there is not enough room left on the disc.

–When playlist dubbing.

Recording limit

Usable Media

§1

RAM

DVD-R

Dub

Record

HDD

recording

limit

Record

Dub

RAM

DVD-R

HDD

You cannot

dub.

Record

Dub

§2

Transfer

RAM

Recording

limited to

one time

Content is

duplicated on

HDD but cannot

be played.

Record

Dub

RAM

Record

You cannot record on DVD-R.

Recording

You cannot record/dub

on any media.

not possible

^§1Turning

“

DVD-R compatible Rec

”

to “On” from the Setup menu

allows dubbing to a DVD-R using the high speed mode after a

recording has been saved to the HDD. (➜page 44)

^§2Transfer: this is when a program is moved to another storage

media. All recorded content transferred to DVD-RAM is deleted

from the HDD. When a program with recording limitations enters a

dubbing list, “

” (Transfer) is displayed and a message screen

is displayed when dubbing.

RQT6984

Creating play lists

While stopped

DVD TV

DVD POWER TV

Press [PLAY LIST].

HDD

DVD

2 Press [3, 4] to select “–– ––/––” and

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

press [ENTER].

DVD

Numbered

buttons

PLAY LIST

---

VOLUME

CANCEL

SKIP

---

100

SLOW/SEARCH

No DATE TOTAL SCENE

TITLE

EDIT

01 10/23 0:03 006

02 10/26 0:07 006 USJ

03 10/21 0:06 004 Auto action

Dinosaur

No.

:, 9

6, 5

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

SELECT

ENTER

- - - -

/- - - -

- - - - -

∫

RETURN

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

3 Press [ENTER] at the start point.

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

PLAY LIST No.4

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

DVD

Scene No.

RETURN

ERASE

PLAY LIST

Creation

PLAY

Start

End

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

HDD:The location of

the whole program’s

start point

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

Exit

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

0 : 00 . 05

DVD-RAM: The loca-

tion of the whole

disc’s start point

SELECT

ENTER

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

Start

End

RETURN

-- : -- . --

0 : 00 . 05

≥Use [6], [5] and slow-motion (➜page 20) to find the

start and end points.

≥Pressing [:], [9] allows you to select other programs.

4 Press [ENTER] at the end point.

[HDD] [RAM]

Specify start and end points to create scenes, then specify the order

in which they are to be played. These scenes are not recorded sep-

arately so this doesn’t use much capacity.

PLAY LIST No.4

DVD

Scene No.

PLAY LIST

Creation

Start

End

You can create a maximum of 99 play lists and 999 scenes on a

DVD-RAM and HDD.

HDD:The location of

the whole program’s

end point

DVD-RAM: The

location of the whole

disc’s end point

Exit

Preparation

0 : 01 . 20

End

SELECT

Release protection (cartridge ➜page 10, disc ➜page 36) before

proceeding.

Start

ENTER

RETURN

0 : 01 . 20

0 : 00 . 05

To specify another scene

Select “Next” and press [ENTER], then repeat steps 3 and 4.

5 Press [3, 4] to select “Exit” and

press [ENTER].

The play list screen appears.

To clear the play list screen

Press [PLAY LIST].

To stop partway through

Press [RETURN].

For your reference

≥You cannot specify an end point before a start point.

≥You may not be able to specify points within 3 seconds of each

other.

≥Play pauses if the end of the last program on the disc is reached

during this procedure.

≥Depending on the state of recording, the actual number of play

lists that can be recorded may be less than that specified in this

manual.

RQT6984

Playing play lists

4 Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select the

scene and press [ENTER].

While stopped

The scene you select is played.

Press [PLAY LIST].

To show scene 10 and later

Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select “Next” and press [ENTER].

≥You can also select a page of scenes by entering a 3-digit

number with the numbered buttons.

DVD

PLAY LIST

001

004

002

---

003

---

e.g.,

“5”: [0] ➜ [0] ➜ [5]

“15”: [0] ➜ [1] ➜ [5]

No DATE TOTAL SCENE

TITLE

EDIT

01 10/23 0:03 004 Dinosaur

02 10/26 0:07 006 USJ

03 10/21 0:06 004 Auto action

No.

SELECT

ENTER

- - - -

/- - - -

- - - - -

To stop scene play

RETURN

Press [∫]. (The scene list appears.)

2 Press [3, 4] to select the play list

To clear the scene list

Press [RETURN].

and press [ENTER].

≥You can also select play lists by entering a 2-digit number

To erase a play list or a play list scene

during playback

with the numbered buttons.

e.g.,

“5”: [0] ➜ [5]

“15”: [1] ➜ [5]

All the scenes in the play list are played.

1 Press [ERASE].

A confirmation screen will be displayed.

To stop play list play

Press [∫]. (The play list appears.)

2 Press [2] to select “Erase” or “Yes”

Playing play list scenes

and press [ENTER].

While stopped

Press [PLAY LIST].

2 Press [3, 4] to select the play list

that contains the scene you want to

play and press [1].

DVD

PLAY LIST

001

004

002

003

---

^--P^-lay _ES_DIc_Tenes

TITLE

No DATE TOTAL SCENE

01 10/23 0:03 004 Dinosaur

02 10/26 0:07 006 USJ

Edit Scenes

03 10/21 0:06 004 Auto action

PL Copy

- - - -

/- - - -

- - - - -

PL Erase

Ente¹r Title

Properties

SELECT

ENTER

RETURN

3 Press [3, 4] to select “Play Scenes”

and press [ENTER].

DVD

1 10/23 0:03 004

Dinosaur

PLAY LIST

Play Scenes

001 00:00.19

004

002

003

---

Select Page

SELECT

ENTER

---

Prev.

001 / 001

RETURN

Page no./Total page no.

RQT6984

Editing play lists

[HDD] [RAM]

➜ page 31, Playing play list scenes

Play Scenes

Edit Scenes

Operation

Preparation

Press [HDD] or [DVD] to select the drive.

DVD

1 10/23 0:03 004 Dinosaur

While stopped

Press [2, 1] to select

the item (Add, Move, Re-

edit or Erase) and press

[ENTER].

PLAY LIST

Add

001 00:00.19

004

Move

Re-edit

Erase

Edit Scenes

Press [PLAY LIST].

003

---

002

---

Select Page

e.g.,

DVD-RAM

DVD

SELECT

ENTER

---

PLAY LIST

001

004

002

---

003

---

Prev.

001 / 001

RETURN

No DATE TOTAL SCENE

TITLE

EDIT

01 10/23 0:03 004 Dinosaur

No.

To show scene 10 and later

02 10/26 0:07 006 USJ

03 10/21 0:06 004 Auto action

≥ Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select “Next” and press [ENTER].

≥ You can also select a page of scenes by entering a 3-digit

number with the numbered buttons.

SELECT

ENTER

--:-- ---

--/--

RETURN

e.g.,

“5”: [0] ➜ [0] ➜ [5]

“15”: [0] ➜ [1] ➜ [5]

Press [3, 4] to select

the list.

≥ To create a new list, select

“` `” and press [ENTER]

(➜ page 30).

Press [1] so the

submenu appears.

Press [3, 4] to select

the item and press

[ENTER].

PL Copy

Press [2] to select

“Copy and press

[ENTER].

The copied play list appears at

the bottom of the list.

Copy PLAY LIST

”

Copy this PLAY LIST?

Copy

Cancel

HDD

DVD

SELECT

HDD,

DVD

RETURN

ENTER

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

Once a play list has been erased,

it is irretrievable. Check carefully

before proceeding.

PL Erase

Numbered

buttons

VOLUME

Erase PLAY LIST

CANCEL

SKIP

Erase this PLAY LIST?

100

SLOW/SEARCH

Erase

Cancel

Press [2] to select

6, 5

SELECT

“Erase and press

”

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

RETURN

ENTER

[ENTER].

The play list is erased.

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

PLAY

LIST

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

Enter Title

FUNCTIONS

RETURN

Enter Title

ﬂ

[

Entering text

➜

page 38

]

;

ERASE

SET

RETURN

{

(

)

––

100

}

;

To clear the play list or

scene list screen

Press [PLAY LIST].

SELECT

ENTER

100

SPACE

RETURN

To stop set up process

Press [RETURN].

For your reference

Properties

You can only perform operations for

“Play Scenes” and “Properties” if the

disc is write-protected. Release

Properties

Dinosaur

No.

Date 10/23/2002FRI

Scenes 004 Total 0:03.53

Play list information (e.g., time and

date) is shown.

protection (cartridge

➜

page 10, disc

RETURN

ENTER

➜

page 36) to access other items.

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∫ Add ^{(maximum of 999 scenes)}

PLAY LIST No.3 Dinosaur

DVD

Press [3, 4] to

PLAY LIST

Scene No.

Add Scenes

PLAY

Press [3, 4, 2, 1]

select “Exit

and press

[ENTER].

”

Start

End

Press [ENTER]

at the end point

of the scene.

Press [ENTER]

at the start point

of the scene.

to select the place

where you want to

add the scene and

press [ENTER].

Exit

0 : 00 . 05

End

The new scene is

inserted before the

highlighted scene.

SELECT

Start

0 : 00 . 05

ENTER

RETURN

--:--.--

Press [3, 4] to select “Next

”

and press [ENTER].

(Repeat to add other scenes.)

∫ Move

Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select the place

where you want to move the scene to

and press [ENTER].

The scene is moved and inserted before the

highlighted scene.

Press [3, 4, 2, 1]

to select the scene

and press [ENTER].

Repeat to move other scenes.

∫ Re-edit

PLAY LIST No.3

DVD

Press [3, 4] to

Scene No.

PLAY LIST

PLAY

Re-edit Scenes

select “Exit

and press

[ENTER].

The re-edited

scene replaces the

old one.

”

Prev.

Start

End

Press [3, 4, 2, 1]

to select the scene

and press [ENTER].

Press [ENTER] at

the start point of

the scene.

Press [ENTER]

at the end point

of the scene.

Exit

0 : 02 . 08

SELECT

Start

End

ENTER

RETURN

0 : 02 . 08

0 : 00 . 05

Press [3, 4] to select “Prev.” or “Next” and press

[ENTER]. (Repeat to re-edit other scenes.)

∫ Erase

[Note]

Press [2] to select

“Yes and press

[ENTER].

The selected scene is

erased from the play

list.

The play list itself is erased if

you erase all the scenes in it.

Once a scene has been

erased, it is irretrievable.

Check carefully before

proceeding.

”

Press [3, 4,

2, 1] to select

the scene and

press [ENTER].

Erase Scenes

Erase this scene?

Yes

SELECT

RETURN

ENTER

Repeat to erase other scenes.

[Note]

≥ Use [6], [5] and slow-motion

(

➜

page 20) to find the start and end points.

≥ You cannot specify an end point before a start point.

≥ You may not be able to specify points within 3 seconds of each other.

≥ Play pauses if the end of the last program is reached during this procedure.

≥ You cannot edit still picture images.

≥ Depending on the state of recording, the actual number of play lists or scenes that can

be recorded may be less than that specified in this manual.

≥ The picture illustration on the right may be shown in the HDD play list scene display.

This picture illustration indicates pictures that are permitted to be recorded only once.

(➜

page 29, Recording limits)

001

RQT6984

Editing programs

Operation

Erase Program

Preparation

Press [HDD] or [DVD] to select the drive.

Erase Program

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

Remaining Recording Time 0 : 58 SP

Corresponding PLAY LIST will also be erased.

Press

Erase

Cancel

[DIRECT NAVIGATOR].

SELECT

RETURN

The program, and play lists

created from it, are erased

irretrievably when you use this

procedure. Check carefully before

proceeding.

ENTER

e.g.,

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

DVD-RAM

DVD

No CH

DATE

TIME

TITLE

EDIT

Enter Title

6/20 WED 10

6/20 WED

00 AM Dinosaur

00 PM

00 PM USJ

Enter Title

Auto action

ﬂ

[

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

]

;

ERASE

SET

SELECT

ENTER

TOTAL 3

RETURN

{

(

)

Entering text

➜

page 38

––

100

}

;

SELECT

ENTER

100

SPACE

RETURN

Press [3, 4] to select

the program.

≥ You can also select programs

with the numbered buttons.

e.g., “5”: [0] ➜ [5]

Properties

Dinosaur

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

No.

1:02 PM

(

)

Date 6/20/ 2001 TUE

Time 0:01 SP

([HDD] [0] ➜ [0] ➜ [5])

Program information (e.g., time and

date) is shown.

RETURN

ENTER

Press [1] so the

submenu appears.

Protection

Set up Program Protection.

Yes

Protection

[HDD] [RAM]

Press [3, 4] to select

the item and press

[ENTER].

SELECT

RETURN

If set, this will protect the program

from accidental erasure.

ENTER

HDD

DVD

HDD,

DVD

e.g., DVD-RAM

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

DVD

Shorten Segment

Shorten

Segment

PLAY

Start

End

[HDD] [RAM]

Numbered

buttons

Exit

VOLUME

The program segment, and play

list scenes created from it, are

erased irretrievably when you use

this procedure. Check carefully

before proceeding.

0 : 00 . 01

End

SELECT

ENTER

CANCEL

SKIP

Start

RETURN

100

SLOW/SEARCH

–

6, 5

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

DIRECT

NAVIGATOR

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

e.g., DVD-RAM

FUNCTIONS

RETURN

DVD

Divide Program

Divide

Program

PLAY

Preview

Divide

[HDD] [RAM]

Select a point at which to divide the

program into two.

RETURN

Exit

To clear the program list

Press [DIRECT NAVIGATOR].

0 : 00 . 01

SELECT

ENTER

Divide

RETURN

–

To stop set up process

You must be sure you wish to

divide a program because once a

program has been divided,

it cannot be returned to its

original form.

Press [RETURN].

For your reference

You can only perform operations for

“Properties” if the disc is write-

protected. Release protection

(cartridge

➜

page 10, disc

➜

page

36) to access other items. [RAM]

RQT6984

Press [2] to

select “Erase and

press [ENTER].

”

[Note]

≥ The disc’s available recording time may not increase after

erasing short programs.

The program is erased.

≥ Computer data cannot be erased.

≥ The available recording time on DVD-R does not increase when

you erase programs.

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

DVD

No CH

DATE

TIME

TITLE

EDIT

The lock symbol

appears when the

program is write-

protected.

6/20 WED 10 : 00 AM Dinosaur

6/20 WED

Auto action

9 : 00 PM

11 : 00 PM USJ

Press [2] to set

protection and press

[ENTER].

SELECT

ENTER

TOTAL 3

RETURN

DVD

Shorten

Segment

DVD

Shorten

Segment

Press

PLAY

Start

End

Start

End

Press [ENTER] at

the end point of the

section you want to

erase.

[ENTER] at

the start point

of the section

you want to

erase.

Exit

0 : 00 . 01

End

0 : 10 . 15

End

SELECT

ENTER

SELECT

ENTER

Start

RETURN

–

0 : 00 . 01

0 : 10 . 15

Press [3, 4] to

select “Exit and

press [ENTER].

Press [3, 4] to select “Next

”

and press [ENTER], then press [2] to

”

select “Erase and press [ENTER].

”

Repeat to enter other sections.

Shorten Segment

[Note]

Press [2] to

select “Erase

and press

Remaining Recording Time

Corresponding PLAY LIST will also be erased.

0:19 SP

≥ Use [6], [5] and slow-motion

(➜

page 20) to find the start and end points.

”

≥ Play pauses if the end of the program is reached during this procedure.

≥ You may not be able to specify points within 3 seconds of each other.

≥ You cannot specify an end point before a start point.

Erase Cancel

SELECT

RETURN

ENTER

[ENTER].

≥ You cannot specify points on still pictures in the program.

≥ The disc’s available recording time may not increase after erasing short segments.

Press [2] to select

“Divide and press

[ENTER].

Divide Program

”

Press [ENTER] at

the point you want

to divide the

Press [3, 4] to

Once you divide the program,

it will not be restored to the original.

select “Exit

and press

[ENTER].

”

Divide

Cancel

The program is divided.

SELECT

RETURN

ENTER

program.

[Note]

≥ The divided programs retain the title and CPRM property (➜ page

54) of the original program.

To confirm the division point

Press [3, 4] to select “Preview” and press [ENTER]. (Play will

begin from a point 10 seconds prior to and after the division

point.)

≥

A minute portion of the recording directly preceding the division

point may be lost.

≥ It is not possible to carry out Divide Program in the following cases:

–when the program is extremely short.

–when the total number of programs is more than 250 (HDD) or 99

(DVD-RAM).

To change the division point

Press [3, 4] to select “Divide” and press [ENTER] at the point

you want to change.

RQT6984

HDD, Disc setting

Operation

Enter Title

Preparation

Press [HDD] or [DVD] to select the drive.

Enter Title

[RAM] [DVD-R]

ﬂ

[

]

;

ERASE

SET

While stopped

Entering text

➜

page 38

{

(

)

––

100

Press [FUNCTIONS].

}

;

SELECT

ENTER

100

SPACE

RETURN

Disc Protection

Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to

select “DISC SETTING”

and press [ENTER].

Disc Protection

Set up Disc Protection.

[RAM]

If set, this will protect the disc from accidental

erasure.

Yes

DISC SETTING

Erase all programs

e.g., DVD-RAM

All programs and PLAY LISTs will

be erased.

Is it OK to start erasing all programs?

[HDD] [RAM]

DVD

Prog #

Used

Free

0 : 42 (SP)

DISC SETTING

0 : 58 Total Mark 10

All programs and play lists created from

them will be erased irretrievably when you

use this procedure. Check carefully before

proceeding.

Yes

Enter Title

Disc Protection

Erase all programs

Format

Off

SELECT

Preparation

ENTER

RETURN

Release protection (cartridge ➜ page 10, program ➜ page 34, disc ➜ above) before proceeding.

Formatting erases all

contents on the disc,

including computer data.

Check carefully before

proceeding.

Format

Press [3, 4] to select

the item and press

[ENTER].

[HDD]

Erase the entire contents on the HDD.

[RAM]

Some DVD-RAM are unformatted. Format them

before using them in this unit. Formatting also

allows you to erase the entire contents of a disc.

e.g., DVD-RAM

Format disc

Preparation

Formatting the disc will erase all contents.

This will take approximately 1 minute.

Is it OK to start formatting the disc?

≥

Release protection (cartridge

page 10) before proceeding.

➜

DVD TV

≥

If the disc is dirty, clean it with the

recommended cleaner (➜ page 54) before

formatting.

Yes

DVD POWER TV

HDD

DVD

HDD,

DVD

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

TOP MENU LIST

TOP MENU

[DVD-R]

VOLUME

Prior to finalizing, you can select the

background (9 kinds) that will be displayed

as the DVD Video top menu after finalizing.

CANCEL

SKIP

100

SLOW/SEARCH

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

Finalize

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

This will take approximately 10 minutes.

Is it OK to start finalizing the disc?

[DVD-R]

(DVD-R recorded on this unit only)

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

Yes

You can play DVD-R on compatible DVD

players by finalizing them on this unit,

effectively making them into DVD-Video that

complies with DVD-Video standards.

ENTER

FUNCTIONS

RETURN

FUNCTIONS

RETURN

To stop set up process

Press [RETURN].

RQT6984

DVD

DISC SETTING Used

Prog #

Free

0 : 42 (SP)

0 : 58 Total Mark 10

Press [2] to set disc

protection and press

[ENTER].

Enter Title

Disc Protection

Erase all programs

Format

The lock symbol appears

closed when the disc is

write-protected.

SELECT

ENTER

RETURN

[Note]

≥ Computer data and still pictures (JPEG, TIFF) cannot be

erased.

≥ Erase does not work if one or more programs are protected.

Press [2] to select

“Start and press

[ENTER].

Press [2] to

select “Yes

press [ENTER].

All programs

and play lists

are erased.

”

and

[Note]

Press [2] to

select “Start

press [ENTER].

Formatting starts.

≥ A message appears when

formatting is finished.

Press [2]

to select

Press

[ENTER]

to complete

the procedure.

≥ Do not disconnect the AC power supply cord while the

message “Formatting the disc” is on the television.This

can render the disc unusable.

”

and

“Yes

”

and

≥ Formatting normally takes a few minutes, however it may

take up to a maximum of 70 minutes.

≥ The contents on the disc are erased when you format it even

if you have set program or disc protection. [RAM]

≥ It may not be possible to use a disc on this unit if you cannot

format it.

press

[ENTER].

≥ Formatting cannot be performed on DVD-R or CD-R/RW.

To stop formatting [RAM]

Press [RETURN].

You can cancel formatting if it takes more than 2 minutes. The

disc must be reformatted if you do this.

Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select the

background and press [ENTER].

[Note]

Press [2]

to select

Press [2] to

select “Start

press [ENTER].

Finalizing starts.

≥ A message appears

when finalizing is

finished.

Press

[ENTER]

to complete

the procedure.

≥ Do not disconnect the AC power supply cord while the

message “Finalizing the disc” is on the television.This will

render the disc unusable.

”

and

“Yes

press

[ENTER].

”

and

≥ Finalizing takes up to 15 minutes.

After finalizing..

≥ You cannot record or perform editing such as giving titles

and erasing programs.

≥ Video content will be split into 5 minute chapter segments if

the longer than 5 minutes in length.

≥

There is a pause of several seconds between program segments.

The markers you entered (➜ page 22) will be lost. However, when

the “DVD-R compatible Rec” setting is set to “On” (➜ page 44) and

the recorded program is being dubbed from the HDD using the high

speed mode markers are treated as chapter cutoff points.

≥

These DVD-R can be played on other Panasonic DVD players, but

this is not guaranteed. Play may not be possible due to the player

you are using, the DVD-R, or the condition of the recording. Play the

disc using this unit if you experience problems with other equipment.

Visit Panasonic’s homepage for more information about DVDs.

http://www.panasonic.com/playDVD-R

RQT6984

Entering text

Preparation

Release protection before proceeding.

Cartridge ➜page 10, program ➜page 34, disc ➜page 36 [RAM]

DVD TV

DVD POWER TV

HDD

DVD

After the titling screen appears

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select the

character and press [ENTER].

Title field: shows the text you have entered

Numbered

buttons

VOLUME

CANCEL

SKIP

100

SLOW/SEARCH

Enter Title

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

∫

;

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

ﬂ

[

;

ERASE

SET

]

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

––

100

{

(

)

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

}

SELECT

ENTER

RETURN

;

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

100

SPACE

RETURN

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

Repeat step 1 to enter other characters.

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

2 Press [∫].

The title is entered and the screen disappears.

≥You can also finish entering the title by selecting “SET” and

pressing [ENTER].

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

This page shows how to enter text for:

≥Program titles for timer recording (➜pages 24 and 25)

Program titles (➜page 34)

To end input midway

Press [RETURN] (does not save any title information).

≥Play list titles (➜page 32)

≥Disc titles (➜page 36)

Using the numbered buttons to enter characters

e.g., entering the letter “R”

You can enter characters up to:

1 Press [7] to move to the

Item

Number of characters

7th row.

2 Press [7] twice to highlight

“R”.

[HDD]

[RAM]

[DVD-R]

6 M

Disc

–

3 Press [ENTER].

Program

Play list

64^§

^§From the timer recording menu: 44

To erase a character

1 Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select the character you want to

erase in the title field.

2 Press [;].

You can also erase characters by selecting “ERASE” and press-

ing [ENTER].

[Note]

≥The full title is shown in the Properties screen (➜page 32 and 34),

but if you enter a long title, only part of it is shown in the program

list or play list screen.

≥If you enter a long title, only part of it is shown in the menu screen

after finalization. [DVD-R]

RQT6984

Changing audio

∫ While playing HDD, DVD-RAM or Video CD

LR>L>R

^---------------}

DVD TV

DVD-RAM

PLAY

DVD POWER TV

e.g., DVD-RAM

“L R” is selected

HDD

DVD

L R

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

≥If it is a recording of an SAP broadcast, each time you press

[HDD] [RAM]

[AUDIO]:

MAIN()SAP

VOLUME

CANCEL

SKIP

For your reference

You can change the audio for the full images being played with

100

SLOW/SEARCH

[HDD] [RAM]

simultaneous rec and play and Time Slip.

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

∫ While playing DVD-Audio or DVD-Video

You can change the audio channel number each time you press the

button. This allows you to change things like the soundtrack lan-

guage.

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

ENTER

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

1 ENG

Î Digital 3/2.1ch

Sound track

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

e.g., [DVD-V] English is the selected language.

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

[Note]

[HDD] [RAM]

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

You may be unable to change the audio when you have connected

the unit to an AV receiver through the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT terminal

and “Dolby Digital” is set to “Bitstream”. If this occurs:

–Change “Dolby Digital” to “PCM” (➜page 45), or

–Connect also with an audio cable (➜page 51, [B]) and change the

input on the receiver.

AUDIO

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD]

You can change the audio being received or played.

Press [AUDIO].

How the type changes depends on when you press the button.

∫ While receiving MTS audio (Multi-channel Tele-

vision Sound Stereo)

[.Stereo: Main audio (stereo)

l SAP: Secondary audio program (SAP)

a- Mono: Main audio (monaural)

≥If the broadcast is “Mono i SAP”, audio will be monaural even if

you select Stereo mode.

≥Select “Mono” if reception is poor during a stereo broadcast.

No disc

e.g., “Stereo” is selected

CH 12

“((” appears when the unit is receiving

((

Stereo

the type of audio you selected.

[Note]

≥If you change the sound setting while recording, the recorded

sound will also change. [HDD] [RAM]

≥It will not be possible to alter the sound by pressing [AUDIO] in the

following cases:

– When the DVD drive is selected and a DVD-R is in the disc tray.

– When recording mode is XP and “LPCM” has been selected in

the Audio menu, “Audio Mode for XP Recording” (➜page 45).

– When “DVD-R compatible Rec” is set to “On” (➜page 44)

Select “Main” or “SAP” from “Select MTS” in the Audio menu when

recording SAP broadcasts based on the above conditions

(➜page 45, Audio—Select MTS).

≥If recorded in SAP mode, main audio is also recorded.

RQT6984

Using on-screen menus

Disc menu

Not available when playing CDs and MP3 discs.

DVD TV

DVD POWER TV

e.g., DVD-RAM

HDD

DVD

Disc

Play

Î Digital 2/0 ch

Sound track

Subtitle

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

OFF

L R

Video

Audio

Audio channel

Numbered

buttons

VOLUME

Item

Content

CANCEL

SKIP

100

Sound track

Soundtrack language [DVD-A] [DVD-V]

SLOW/SEARCH

See [A] below.

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

Audio attribute

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R] [DVD-A] [DVD-V]

See [B] below.

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

Karaoke vocals, on and off

(Karaoke [DVD-V] only)

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

Solo: ON()OFF

ENTER

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

Duet: OFF()V1+V2()V1()V2

^==========J

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

Subtitle

Angle

Subtitle language [DVD-A] [DVD-V]

See [A] below.

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

Subtitle on/off

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R] [DVD-A] [DVD-V]

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

DISPLAY

Angle number [DVD-A] [DVD-V]

STILL- Page

Still picture number [DVD-A]

≥When “Return” is displayed

Select “Return” and press [ENTER] to return

to the default page.

≥When “RANDOM” is displayed

Select “RANDOM” and press [ENTER], the

picture changes randomly each time you

press [ENTER].

Common procedures

1 Press [DISPLAY].

Slide

Show

(Display only) [DVD-A]

e.g., DVD-RAM

Disc

Play

Î Digital 2/0 ch

Audio channel

PBC

[HDD] [RAM] [VCD] (➜page 39)

Sound track

OFF

L R

Subtitle

Playback control on/off [VCD]

Indicates whether menu play (playback con-

trol) is on or off.

Video

Audio channel

Audio

Item

Setting

[A] Soundtrack/Subtitle language

ENG: English

FRA: French

DEU: German

ITA: Italian

ESP: Spanish

NLD: Dutch

SVE: Swedish

NOR: Norwegian

DAN: Danish

POR: Portuguese

RUS: Russian

JPN: Japanese

CHI: Chinese

KOR:Korean

MAL:Malay

VIE: Vietnamese

THA:Thai

2 Press [3, 4] to select the menu and

press [1].

3 Press [3, 4] to select the item and

¢: Others

press [1].

[B] Audio attributes

LPCM/PPCM/ÎDigital/DTS/MPEG: Signal type

k (kHz): Sampling frequency

4 Press [3, 4] to select the setting.

b (bit): Number of bits

ch (channel): Number of channels

To clear the on-screen menus

Press [DISPLAY].

e.g., 3/2 .1ch

.1: Low frequency effect (not displayed if

there is no subwoofer signal)

For your reference

≥Some items can be changed by pressing [ENTER].

≥Some items can also be changed with the numbered buttons.

≥The screens depend on the disc contents.

≥Depending on the condition of the unit (playing, stopped, etc.) and

disc contents, there are some items that you cannot select or

change.

0: No surround

1: Mono surround

2: Stereo surround (left/right)

1: Center

2: Front leftiFront right

3: Front leftiFront rightiCenter

For your reference

≥

When playing back recordings of SAP broadcasts, “1+1 ch” will be displayed.

≥You can only select subtitles, soundtracks, and angles if they are

recorded on the disc.

≥Some discs allow changes to soundtracks, subtitles, and angles

only by using the disc’s menus.

≥If the subtitles overlap closed captions recorded on discs, turn the

subtitles off.

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Play menu

e.g., DVD-RAM

Disc

Play

OFF

Repeat play

Marker

1s10

††††††††††

Video

Audio

Item

Content

Remarks

Repeat play

Each time you press [3, 4]:

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

PRG: Program

All

≥You cannot use repeat play to repeat an entire DVD-Audio,

DVD-Video, MP3 discs or all the play lists on a DVD-RAM.

≥Repeat play does not work if the disc’s elapsed play time is

not shown on the unit’s display.

[DVD-V]

Chapter

Title

PL: Play list ([HDD] [RAM]) OFF

≥[ERASE] does not work while in repeat play mode.

OFF

If the Video CD has playback control

1 While stopped (the screen saver is

on the television), press the num-

[VCD] [CD]

Track

All

[DVD-A] [MP3]

Track

Group

OFF

bered buttons to select

(➜page 20).

track

OFF

2 Select the repeat mode.

To cancel: Select “OFF”.

Marker

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [MP3]

(➜page 22)

—

Audio menu

Not available when playing Video CDs, CDs and MP3 discs.

e.g., DVD-Video

Disc

Play

OFF

V. S. S.

Dialog Enhancer

Video

Audio

Item

Content

Remarks

V.S.S.

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R] [DVD-V]

≥Turn off the surround effects on the other

equipment.

≥V.S.S. will not work, or will have less effect,

with some discs.

≥Turn V.S.S. off if it causes distortion.

≥V.S.S. does not work for SAP recordings

made on this unit’s tuner.

(Only with Dolby Digital with 2 or more channels)

Enjoy a surround-like effect if you are using two front speakers only. The

effect is broadened and sound seems to come from virtual speakers on either

side if the disc has surround signals recorded on it.

Natural ()Emphasis()OFF

^==========J

Dialog

[DVD-V]

—

Enhancer

(Dolby Digital, 3-channel or over only, including a center channel)

The volume of the center channel is raised to make dialog easier to hear.

ON()OFF

Video menu

Not available when playing CDs and MP3 discs.

∫

When you have set “TV Type” to “Aspect 4:3 &

Disc

Play

Normal

Picture

480P” or “Aspect 16:9 & 480P” in SETUP (

➜page 9)

MPEG-DNR

Video

Audio

Disc

Play

Normal

Picture

MPEG-DNR

Progressive

Video

Audio

Item

Picture

Content

Normal: Default setting

Soft:

Fine:

Auto 1

Transfer

Content

Soft picture with fewer video artifacts

Details are sharper

Cinema: Mellows movies, enhances detail in dark

Item

Progressive ON:

OFF: Disables progressive output

Enables progressive output

scenes.

Transfer

Select the method of conversion for progressive

output to suit the type of material being played

(➜page 54, Film and video).

Auto1 (normal): For film material

Auto2: For film material (the same as Auto1, but

able to convert 30-frame-per-second pro-

gressive video.)

User:

You can make further adjustments. See

page 42.

(When pro-

gressive out-

put is on)

MPEG-DNR

(When any item other than “User” is selected)

You can turn the recommended settings for 3D

NR, block NR, and mosquito NR (➜page 42) on

and off.

ON()OFF

Video: For video material

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Using on-screen menus

Using the FUNCTIONS window

Video menu

∫ When “User” is selected

Select “Detail picture adjustment”.

(“User” ➜ [2] ➜ [4] ➜ [ENTER])

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

1/2

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

Disc

PictureContrast

Play

FUNCTIONS

Brightness

Sharpness

Color

Det

Video

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

Audio

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [MP3]

By using the FUNCTIONS window you may access the main func-

tions quickly and easily.

Page 1/2 of “Detail picture adjustment”

Contrast

Increases the contrast between light and

dark parts of the picture (j7 to i7).

While stopped

Press [FUNCTIONS].

e.g., DVD-RAM

Brightness

Sharpness

Brightens the picture (0 to i15).

DVD-RAM

DISC PROTECTION OFF

CARTRIDGE PROTECT OFF

DVD

FUNCTIONS

Adjust the sharpness of the edges of the hor-

izontal lines (j6 to i6).

DISC SETTING DIRECT NAVIGATOR CREATE PLAY LIST

Date

Time

Color

Adjusts the shade of the picture’s color (j7

TIMER RECORDING

RESUME PLAY

PLAY LIST

to i7).

SETUP PLAY FROM TOP

FLEXIBLE REC

SELECT

Press [ENTER] to enter the setting.

ENTER

RETURN

Press [3] or [4] until page 2/2 appears.

2/2

2 Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select an item.

Refer to the relevant pages for details.

Disc

Play

Picture

Gamma

3D NR

Det

VVidideeoo

Audio

Icon

Refer to

Block NR

Mosquito NR

DISC SETTING

➜page 36, HDD, Disc setting

TIMER

RECORDING

➜page 24, Timer recording

Page 2/2 of “Detail picture adjustment”

SETUP

➜page 44, Changing the unit’s settings

Gamma

Increases the brightness of the center

ranges to improve detail and contrast in dark

scenes (0 to i5).

DIRECT

NAVIGATOR

➜page 19, Using the Direct Navigator

➜page 34, Editing programs

RESUME PLAY

PLAY

➜page 18, Playing discs

3D NR

Reduces overall noise (0 to i4).

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

Play will begin with the oldest program

on the disc (Program 1).

Block NR

Mosquito NR

Smoothes block noise (0 to i3).

Reduces the smudging that appears around

contrasting sections of the picture (0 to i3).

[DVD-A] [DVD-V]

PLAY FROM TOP

Play will avoid playing the introductory

parts and begin playing the contents

immediately. (The performance of this

function varies from disc to disc.)

Press [ENTER] to enter the setting.

CREATE PLAY LIST

PLAY LIST

➜page 30, Creating play lists

➜page 31, Playing play lists

➜page 32, Editing play lists

➜page 16, Recording the best quality

pictures in the remaining time—Flexible

Recording

FLEXIBLE REC

TOP MENU

➜page 19, When a menu screen

appears on the television

➜page 28, Dubbing programs or play

list

DUBBING

Functions displayed depend on the type of disc.

≥Some items will be grayed out and cannot be selected if:

– the disc is write protected/the disc is not formatted/there is noth-

ing recorded on the disc.

3 Press [ENTER].

Your selection is entered and the FUNCTIONS window disap-

pears. If the operation requires further selections, another

screen appears.

To clear the FUNCTIONS window

Press [FUNCTIONS].

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On-screen displays

Displays appear on the television when you operate the unit to let

you know what operation was performed and what condition the unit

is in.

DVD TV

DVD POWER TV

≥You can change the setting in the SETUP menu so the first display

does not appear automatically (➜page 45, Display—Status Mes-

sages).

HDD

DVD

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

Changing the information displayed

VOLUME

Press [STATUS].

The display changes each time you press the button.

CANCEL

SKIP

100

SLOW/SEARCH

e.g., HDD

HDD

REC

PLAY

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

ENTER

πRemain

π PRG2 0:05.14 XP

π PRG1 0:00.10 SP

6/8 10:15 PM

0:50 XP

HDD

REC

PLAY

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

Bit Rate

HDD

REC

PLAY

0 . . . . 5 . . . . 10

STATUS

REC 5.4Mbps XP

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

π PLAY 3.1Mbps SP

No display

Display examples

a HDD/Disc indication

e.g., HDD

c Current recording or play status/input channel

and caption (if entered)

b Audio type (➜page 39)

Shows the selected audio type.

≥During reception

HDD

REC

PLAY

REC:

Recording

PAUSE: Recording paused

PLAY: Playing

5: Fast forwarding

Reverse slow-motion D: Slow-motion

Playing paused

Stereo: Stereo is selected

Mono: Monaural is selected

SAP: Secondary audio program is

selected

Rewinding

d HDD recording/DVD recording:

the recording drive is indicated

Tray open/closed: indicates the status of the disc tray

when the HDD drive is selected

(“((” appears when the type you have

selected is actually being received.)

≥During play

LR, R, L:

a stereo program is recorded

MAIN, SAP: an SAP program is recorded

e The current date and time

f Elapsed recording time/recording

mode

k Selected group and track name

e.g., HDD

l Selected group and track number

πRemain

6/8 10:15 PM

π PRG2 0:05.14 XP

π PRG1 0:00.10 SP

0:50 XP

m Selected track no./Total track no.

in all groups

g Elapsed play time of a program play-

ing/mode at the time of recording

n Elapsed play time of a track play-

ing

h Available recording time and

recording mode

e.g., MP3

i Approximate volume of recording

π G1

Total

6/9 10:15 PM

1:35

j Play position in the volume of

recording

8/18

Group: RootsMusic

Track: 008 Holy.mp3

o Recording mode

or I/P/B display when paused

(➜page 54)

q Video bit-rate when playing

r Bit-rate display^§

Show as Mbps (Megabits per

seconds) during play and

recording, or kbit (kilobits)

while paused.

e.g., HDD

Bit Rate

p Video bit-rate when recording

0 . . . . 5 . . . . 10

REC 5.4Mbps XP

π PLAY 3.1Mbps SP

The method of calculating bit-rate for recording and playing is differ-

ent so there may be differences in the figures displayed. (Values are

approximate.)

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Changing the unit’s settings

Summary of settings

This chart shows the initial settings for this unit. See page 46 for details on menu operation.

≥Underlined items are the factory presets.

Tabs

Menus

Antenna System (➜page 7)

Select to suit the type of antenna you are using. Channels are

set corresponding to the antenna system you select.

Options

≥TV

≥CATV

Channel

Auto Channel Setting (➜page 7)

The unit sets the channels automatically.

Preset Channel Caption (➜page 48)

You can give preset captions to the channels.

Manual Channel Caption (➜page 48)

You can set channel captions manually.

VCR Plusr CH Setting (➜page 24)

Set the guide channels for use with VCR Plus

timer recording.

Off Timer

≥2 hr

≥6 hr

≥Off

Set Up

Select how long the unit remains on when it is not being used.

Remote Control Code (➜page 46)

• Set Code 1 ≥Set Code 2 ≥Set Code 3

To avoid operating equipment other than the one intended

(when more than one remote controlled item is in the same

area), change the remote control code.

Auto Clock Setting (➜page 47)

The unit adjusts the clock automatically.

Manual Clock Setting (➜page 47)

You can adjust the clock.

Time Zone Adjust (➜page 47)

≥j1

≥0

≥i1

Adjust the time zone if it was not set correctly after auto clock

setting. This appears only after auto clock setting is complete.

Re-initialize Setting

≥Yes

≥No

This returns all values in the SETUP menus, except for the

clock, channel settings, ratings level, and display language, to

the default settings.

Audio

Some discs start in ≥English

a certain language ≥Original: The original language of each disc will be selected.

≥French

≥Spanish

Disc

Choose the audio language.

despite any

changes you make

here.

≥Other ¢¢¢¢: Input a code (➜back cover).

Subtitle

Choose the subtitle language.

≥Automatic: If the language selected for “Audio” is not available,

subtitles of that language will automatically appear if

available on that disc.

≥English

≥French

≥Spanish

≥Other ¢¢¢¢

Menus

≥English

≥French

≥Spanish

≥Other ¢¢¢¢

Choose the language for disc menus.

Ratings

Setting ratings (When level 8 is selected)

Set a ratings level to limit DVD-Video play. The password 8 No Limit: All DVD-Video can be played.

screen is shown when you select levels 0 to 7.

To enter a password

1 to 7:

Prohibits play of DVD-Video with corresponding ratings

recorded on them.

1. Input a 4-digit password with the numbered buttons.

≥If you enter a wrong number, press [CANCEL] to erase it.

≥Do not forget your password.

0 Lock All: Prohibits play of all DVD-Video.

Changing ratings (When level 0–7 is selected)

2. Press [ENTER].

≥Unlock Recorder

≥Change Password

≥The lock symbol appears closed to show the rating is locked. ≥Change Level

≥Temporary Unlock

3. Press [ENTER] to confirm the 4 digits.

If you insert a DVD-Video that exceeds the ratings limit you set, a message appears on the television.

Press [SETUP] to select “Ratings” again and change ratings.

DVD-Video mode

≥On: You can play DVD-Video content on DVD-Audio.

Select how to play pictures contained on some DVD-Audio.

The setting returns to “Off” when you change the disc or turn the unit off.

≥Off: DVD-Audio are played as DVD-Audio.

DVD-R compatible Rec

≥On: High speed mode compatibility (“

” appears in the

You can dub to DVD-R discs using high speed mode if this

setting is “On” when recording content to the HDD.

dubbing list. ➜page 28)

–Pictures are saved at 4:3.

–For SAP broadcasts use “Select MTS”. (➜next page)

Select the type of audio in advance.

–Hybrid VBR Resolution (➜below) setting is “Fixed”.

≥Off

You cannot dub programs to a DVD-R disc using the high speed

mode if you recorded the program on a DVD recorder that does

not have the “DVD-R compatible Rec” function, even when dub-

bing to the HDD with this setting “On”.

3-D Y/C Separation

Turn 3-D Y/C separation on or off.

≥On: Reduces noise for recording by separating the luminance (Y)

and color (C) signals received from the television station.

≥Off: Reduces the ghosting that occurs when recording fast mov-

ing images.

Video

Hybrid VBR Resolution

Switch between automatic and fixed hybrid VBR resolution

when recording.

≥Automatic:Video compression is automated providing efficient

recording.

≥Fixed:

Video compression is fixed when recording providing

smooth video play.

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Tabs

Menus

Options

Still Mode

≥Automatic

Video

Select the type of picture shown when you pause play.

≥Field: Less blurred field stills are shown. Select if jittering

occurs when “Automatic” is selected.

≥Frame: Sharper frame stills are shown. Select if small text or fine pat-

terns cannot be seen clearly when “Automatic” is selected.

Seamless Play

≥On: The scenes in play lists are played seamlessly. This may

cause shifting of the points where scenes change. Some

play lists cannot be played seamlessly.

≥Off: The points where scenes in play lists change are played

accurately, but the picture may freeze for a moment.

Turn seamless play on or off on discs with play lists.

≥Seamless Play does not work with programs recorded in

LPCM or when using Quick View.

Black Level Control

≥Input Level (Lighter/Darker):

Select normal, lighter or darker for adjusting the black level Adjusts the black level of the input signal (e.g., L1, L2, L3)

control to the desired setting for picture enhancement.

≥Composite & S Video Output Level (Lighter/Darker):

when connected to a TV through the VIDEO OUT or S-VIDEO

OUT terminal

≥Component Video Output Level (Lighter/Normal/Darker):

when connected to a TV through the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT

(Y/P^B/PR) terminal

PLAY k1.3 & Audio during Search

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD]

≥On

≥Off

Audio

– You may hear sound regardless of this setting with some discs.

Choose whether to have sound during the first level of fast-forward.

[DVD-A]

Quick View (➜page 21) does not work if you make the setting “Off”.

D. Range Compression [DVD-V] (Dolby Digital only)

≥On

≥Off

Change the dynamic range for late night viewing.

Select MTS (➜page 39)

≥Main

≥SAP

– You cannot change secondary audio when recording audio to

DVD-R from an external source.

Select whether to record the main or secondary audio type

(SAP) when recording to DVD-R or when recording using

LPCM sound (“Audio Mode for XP Recording” ➜ below).

Digital Audio Output

Change the settings when you have connected equipment through this unit’s DIGITAL AUDIO OUT terminal (➜page 51, [A]).

PCM Down Conversion

≥

On: If the equipment or connection doesn’t support 96 kHz or 88.2 kHz.

Off: If the equipment or connection does support 96 kHz or 88.2 kHz.

However, output will be down converted to 48 kHz or 44.1 kHz

regardless of settings if the signal is greater than 176.4 kHz or a copy

guard has been applied to the disc.

You can select whether or not to convert recorded audio

sampling rates from 96kHz or 88. 2 kHz (as is if setting

Off) to 48 kHz or 44.1 kHz (if the setting is On).

Dolby Digital

≥Bitstream:Select if the equipment you connected can decode the

If the equipment you connected can-

signal.

not decode the signal, the setting

must be changed to PCM or Off. If not,

signals the equipment cannot process

will be output by this unit, causing

high levels of noise which can dam-

age your hearing and the speakers.

≥PCM: Select if the equipment you connected cannot decode the

signal.

DTS

≥Bitstream:Select if the equipment you connected can decode the

signal.

≥Off: Select if the equipment you connected cannot decode the

signal.

Audio Mode for XP Recording

≥Dolby Digital (➜page 54)

≥LPCM (➜page 54)

Choose the audio type when recording with XP mode.

≥

Sound recordings made using LPCM require more information

than usual. Consequently the picture quality of LPCM record-

ings may be less than that of normal XP mode recordings.

Status Messages

Choose whether to show on-screen messages automatically.

≥Automatic

≥English

≥On

≥Off

Display

Language of Display Message

Choose the language for these menus and the on-screen messages.

≥Español

≥Off

≥Français

Blue Background

Select “Off” if you do not want to have the unit show the blue

background when reception is weak.

FL Display

≥Bright

≥Dim

Changes the brightness of the unit’s display.

≥Automatic: The display dims during video playback and goes off

completely when the unit is turned off. If you press a

button the display will brighten briefly. (At this time the

power consumed will be approx. 0.4 W.)

TV Type (➜page 9)

Choose the setting to suit your television.

≥Aspect 4:3 & 480I

≥Aspect 16:9 & 480I

≥Aspect 4:3 & 480P

≥Aspect 16:9 & 480P

Screen

4:3 TV Settings for DVD-Video

≥Pan & Scan (➜page 54):

Select how DVD-Video widescreen picture is shown on a 4:3

standard aspect television.

Video recorded for a widescreen is played as Pan & Scan

(unless prohibited by the producer of the disc).

≥Letterbox (➜page 54):

Video recorded for a widescreen is played in the letterbox style.

4:3 TV Settings for DVD-RAM

≥4:3:

Programs played as recorded.

Select how DVD-RAM widescreen picture is shown on a 4:3 ≥Pan & Scan:Video recorded for a widescreen is played as Pan & Scan.

standard aspect television.

≥Letterbox: Video recorded for a widescreen is played in the

letterbox style.

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Changing the unit’s settings

Changing the remote control code

DVD TV

DVD POWER TV

Panasonic DVD players and recorders use the same remote control

system so they may respond unintentionally to a command from this

remote control. Change the code on this unit and its remote control

(the two must match) if you place equipment close together.

≥Use “1”, the factory set code, under normal circumstances.

HDD

DVD

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

Numbered

buttons

VOLUME

While stopped

CANCEL

SKIP

100

SLOW/SEARCH

Press [SETUP] to show the menus.

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

SETUP

Antenna System

CATV

Auto Channel Setting

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

Channel Caption

Preset Channel Caption

Channel

Set Up

Disc

Manual Channel Caption

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

VCR Plusi CH Setting

Video

ENTER

Audio

Display

TV Screen

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

TAB

SELECT

RETURN

SETUP

RETURN

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

2 Press [3, 4] to select “Set Up” and

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

press [1].

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

3 Press [3, 4] to select “Remote Con-

trol Code” and press [ENTER].

4 Press [3, 4] to select the code (1, 2,

or 3) and press [ENTER].

The remote control code on the unit has been set.

Common procedures

5 While pressing [ENTER] on the

remote control, press the numbered

button ([1], [2] or [3]) corresponding

See pages 44 and 45 for menu and option details.

While stopped

to the code you selected in step 4.

The remote control code on the remote control has been set.

Press [SETUP] to show the menus.

SETUP

Antenna System

CATV

6 Press [SETUP].

Auto Channel Setting

Channel Caption

Preset Channel Caption

Channel

Set Up

Disc

Manual Channel Caption

The following display appears when you use a remote control with a

different code.

VCR PlusiCH Setting

Video

Audio

TAB

SELECT

Display

TV Screen

RETURN

Tabs

Options

Menus

The unit’s remote control code

2 Press [3, 4] to select the menu’s tab

If you are trying to use this unit’s remote control, change its code to

match the unit’s (➜ step 5).

and press [1].

3 Press [3, 4] to select the menu and

press [ENTER].

4 Press [3, 4] to select the option and

press [ENTER].

The screen now shows the menu again.

≥Some items require different operations. Follow the on-screen

instructions, or read the following explanations.

To return to the previous screen

Press [RETURN].

When you are finished

Press [SETUP].

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Clock settings

Preparation

Manual Clock Setting

If you connect the unit through a cable TV box or DSS receiver

(➜page 50), tune to your local PBS station before starting auto

clock setting. Use manual clock setting if auto clock setting does not

work or if there is no local PBS channel in your area.

3 Press [3, 4] to select “Manual Clock

Setting” and press [ENTER].

Manual Clock Setting

SETUP

1 Press [SETUP] to show the menus.

MONTH

DAY

YEAR

HOUR

MINUTE

2 Press [3, 4] to select “Set Up” and

2000

SAT 12

00 PM

Channel

Set Up

Disc

press [1].

DST

TIME ZONE

EST

OFF

Video

SETUP

Off Timer

6 hr

SELECT

Audio

Display

TV Screen

CHANGE

ENTER

Remote Control Code Set Code 1

Clock Settings

Auto Clock Setting

Manual Clock Setting

Time Zone Adjust

Re-initialize Setting

RETURN

Channel

Set Up

Disc

Proceed with the

steps described

below.

4 Press [2, 1] to select the item you

want to change and press [3, 4] to

change the setting.

Video

Audio

SELECT

ENTER

TAB

Display

TV Screen

RETURN

MONTH(--)DAY(----)YEAR(--)HOUR (12-hour display)

^>TIME ZONE()DST()MINUTE(J

DST (Daylight Saving Time): ON or OFF

If you select “ON”, the clock is advanced one hour starting

at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in April and ending at 2 a.m. on

the last Sunday in October.

Auto Clock Setting

3 Press [3, 4] to select “Auto Clock

TIME ZONE:

Setting” and press [ENTER].

EST()CST()MST()PST()AST()HST

(s5)

(s6)

(s7)

(s8)

(s9)

(s10)

Auto Clock Setting

SETUP

^---------------------------------------------------------------------------------J

Connect antenna cable and if you use a

cable box, tune it to your local PBS CH

then...

5 Press [ENTER].

Channel

Set Up

Disc

The clock starts.

Please push the ENTER key.

Video

[Note]

Audio

When you change the time zone, the recording times for programs

recorded before the time zone was changed also change to corre-

spond to the new time zone.

Display

TV Screen

ENTER

RETURN

If you have not yet set channels, the “Auto Channel/Clock

Setting” screen appears.

Time Zone Adjust

4 Press [ENTER].

Adjust the time zone (s1 or r1) if it was not set correctly with auto

clock setting.

You cannot change this setting if you set the clock manually.

Auto setting starts. This can take some time, up to a few

hours in some cases. (To stop auto clock setting, press

[RETURN].) The following screen appears when setting is

complete. Press [ENTER].

3 Press [3, 4] to select “Time Zone

Adjust” and press [ENTER].

Auto Clock Setting

SETUP

Time Zone Adjust

SETUP

Auto Clock Setting is complete.

Channel

Set Up

Disc

Channel

Set Up

Disc

4/4/2002 12:15 AM

DST............. ON

TIME ZONE.... CST

Video

Audio

Display

Video

4 Press [3, 4] to select “s1”, “0”, or

“r1” and press [ENTER].

[Note]

≥If the time was not set correctly, use manual clock setting or time

The “Set Up” screen (➜ step 2) reappears.

zone adjust.

≥DST, Daylight Saving Time, shows the summertime setting.

≥TIME ZONE shows the time difference from Greenwich meantime

(GMT).

EST=GMT s5, CST=GMT s6, MST=GMTs7, PST=GMTs8,

AST=GMT s9, HST=GMTs10, For other areas: xx hr

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Changing the unit’s settings

4 Press [3, 4] to select the caption and

DVD TV

DVD POWER TV

then press [1].

HDD

DVD

You can choose from the following captions.

ABC, PBS, CBS, CNN, FOX, ESPN, NBC, HBO, A&E, AMC,

FAM, MAX, MTV, SHOW, TBS, USA, TNT, CBC, UPN, CTV,

WB, TSN, DSC, GLOB

≥The screen scrolls a page at a time if you press and hold

[3, 4].

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

VOLUME

CANCEL

SKIP

5 Press [3, 4] to select the channel

corresponding to the caption and

then press [2].

100

SLOW/SEARCH

CANCEL

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

≥Channels are not displayed if they do not contain a station

or if captions have been added manually.

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

≥To delete the channel number, press [CANCEL].

≥Repeat steps 4 and 5 as necessary.

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

6 Press [ENTER].

RETURN

SETUP

The “Channel” screen reappears.

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

Manual Channel Caption

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

3 Press [3, 4] to select “Manual Chan-

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

nel Caption” and press [ENTER].

Manual Caption

SETUP

Caption

Channel Number

125

----

Channel

Set Up

Disc

Other channel settings

- - - -

Video

----

Audio

Display

TV Screen

SELECT

ENTER

1 Press [SETUP] to show the menus.

RETURN

2 Press [3, 4] to select “Channel” and

press [1].

4 Press [3, 4] to select the channel

SETUP

Antenna System

CATV

and then press [1].

Auto Channel Setting

≥Channels are not displayed if they do not contain a station

Channel Caption

Preset Channel Caption

Proceed with

the steps

described

below.

Channel

Set Up

Disc

or if preset captions have been added.

Manual Channel Caption

5 Press [3, 4] to select the first char-

VCR PlusiCH Setting

Video

acter and then press [1].

Audio

TAB

SELECT

Display

TV Screen

≥You can choose from the following characters:

A–Z, 0–9, -, &, !, /, (space)

RETURN

≥To delete the caption, press [CANCEL].

≥Repeat step 5 to enter the other characters.

Preset Channel Caption

Manual Caption

SETUP

Caption

Channel Number

3 Press [3, 4] to select “Preset Chan-

----

Channel

Set Up

Disc

nel Caption” and press [ENTER].

AAAA

Preset Caption

SETUP

Video

Caption

GLOB

Channel Number

---

----

Audio

Display

TV Screen

SELECT

ENTER

Channel

Set Up

Disc

RETURN

---

ABC

6 Press [2, 1] to return to the Channel

Video

---

PBS

CBS

Audio

Display

TV Screen

SELECT

ENTER

Number column when you are

RETURN

finished.

Repeat steps 4, 5, and 6 as necessary.

7 Press [ENTER].

The “Channel” screen reappears.

To return to the previous screen

Press [RETURN].

When you are finished

Press [SETUP].

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Home Theater

Refer to the relevant pages for details.

Enjoying CATV/Satellite broadcasts

Reference

pages

Reference

pages

What you want to do

How to do it

Settings

Connect a cable TV box or

satellite receiver.

Tune to channels correctly.

6, 7

—

Enjoying CATV/Sat-

ellite broadcasts

Change the necessary

settings on the equipment you

have connected.

Enjoying more powerful sound

Digital connection

Connect to an amplifier with

built-in decoders.

[A]

SETUP—Audio—

Enjoying 5.1-

Digital Audio Output

≥Set PCM Down Conversion

to suit the equipment.

≥Set Dolby Digital and DTS to

suit the equipment.

channel surround

sound with Dolby

Digital and DTS

Change speaker settings on

the amplifier.

—

Analog connection

Connect to an analog

amplifier or system

component.

[B]

SETUP—Audio—

Digital Audio Output

≥Set PCM Down Conversion

to Off.

Enjoying stereo or

Dolby Pro Logic

Digital connection

Connect to a digital

amplifier or system compo-

nent.

[A]

SETUP—Audio—

Digital Audio Output

≥Set PCM Down Conversion

to suit the equipment.

≥Set Dolby Digital to PCM.

≥Set DTS to Off.

Other uses

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.

“Dolby” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Labo-

ratories.

Record to digital recording equipment or cassette deck (➜page 51)

Record from a video cassette recorder (➜page 52)

“DTS” and “DTS Digital Out” are trademarks of Digital Theater

Systems, Inc.

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Home Theater

≥The equipment connections described are examples.

≥Peripheral equipment and optional cables sold separately unless otherwise indicated.

≥Before connection, turn off all equipment and read the appropriate operating instructions.

≥The signal from the cable TV box or satellite receiver passes through this unit to the television even when this unit is turned off.

Connecting a cable TV box/satellite receiver

You need to subscribe to a cable TV or satellite TV service, to enjoy viewing their programming.

≥Consult your service provider regarding appropriate cable box or satellite receiver.

≥Select the applicable input on your television to view the output from your cable box/satellite receiver through this unit.

One cable TV box/satellite receiver

Two cable TV boxes

You can record and view both scrambled and unscrambled channels

if connections are made as shown in the diagram below.

AUDIO VIDEO

VHF/UHF

RF IN

AUDIO VIDEO

VHF/UHF

RF IN

red white yellow

Television

red white yellow

Audio/Video cable

Television

Audio/Video cable (included)

(included)

75 ≠ coaxial cable

Connect with 75 ≠

coaxial cable

red white yellow

(included)

red white yellow

RF IN

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

OPTICAL

RF OUT

OPTICAL

COMPONENT

VIDEO OUT

(480P/480I)

DIGITAL AUDIO OUT

(PCM/BITSTREAM)

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

VHF/UHF

RF OUT

COMPONENT

VIDEO OUT

(480P/480I)

DIGITAL AUDIO OUT

(PCM/BITSTREAM)

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

VHF/UHF

This unit

≠

coaxial cable

This unit

Switch

box

IN2

IN1

RF OUT RF IN

VHF/UHF

OUT

Cable TV box

IN OUT

Cable TV

box

OUT

Cable TV box

DSS receiver

2-way

splitter

OUT1 OUT2

To antenna

or cable TV system

jack

(Dishnetwork/

DSS) jack

To home satellite

To cable TV jack

[Note]

When a home satellite system (Dishnetwork/DSS) is connected,

auto tuning and auto clock setting may not operate properly. Set the

clock manually (➜page 47).

≥Change the video input on the television when you want to watch

another program while recording.

≥You cannot do a timer recording unless the channel is first

selected on the cable TV box.

≥Change the video input on the television when you want to watch

another program while recording.

≥You cannot do a timer recording unless the channel is first

selected on the cable TV box or DSS receiver.

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Connecting an amplifier or system component

This model can play Dolby Digital, but only in two channels. This model does not have a DTS decoder. You must connect a unit with a

Dolby Digital or DTS decoder to enjoy surround sound.

Digital connection

Analog connection

To enjoy stereo or Dolby Pro Logic

Connect an analog amplifier or system com-

ponent.

To enjoy multi-channel surround

sound

Connect an amplifier with a built-in decoder

or a decoder-amplifier combination.

≥Change the settings in “Digital Audio

Output” (➜page 45).

To enjoy stereo or Dolby Pro Logic

Connect a digital amplifier or system

component.

≥Change the settings in “Digital Audio

Output” (➜page 45).

Amplifier or system

component

[Note]

≥You cannot use DTS Digital Surround

decoders not suited to DVD.

≥Even if using this connection, output

will be only 2 channels. [DVD-A]

AUX IN

Amplifier

Speakers (Example)

Connect three or more speakers

for surround sound.

OPTICAL IN

Insert fully, with this

side facing up.

Audio cable

Optical digital audio cable

Do not bend sharply when

connecting.

OPTICAL

R - AUDIO - L

RF IN

(L1)

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

OPTICAL

RF OUT

COMPONENT

VIDEO OUT

(480P/480I)

DIGITAL AUDIO OUT

(PCM/BITSTREAM)

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

VHF/UHF

(L3)

This unit

Recording to digital recording equipment or cassette tapes

Digital recording

Analog recording

You can record the digital signal directly to digital recording equip-

ment (➜ Connection [A] above).

You can record to a cassette deck or other recording equipment

(➜ Connection [B] above).

There are no limitations on recording analog signals as there are

with digital signals.

[Note]

≥With DVD, the following conditions must be met: a the disc

doesn’t have protection preventing digital recording, and b the

recording equipment can handle signals with a sampling fre-

quency of 48 kHz.

≥You cannot record DTS signals.

≥You cannot record MP3.

When recording DVDs, make the following settings.

V.S.S.: OFF (➜page 41)

PCM Down Conversion: On (➜page 45)

Dolby Digital: PCM (➜page 45)

DTS: Off (➜page 45)

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Home Theater

Connecting other video equipment

Connecting to the input terminals on the rear of

the unit, L1 and L3

Connecting to the L2 input terminals on the front

of the unit

(L1)

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

R - AUDIO - L

S-VIDEO IN

VIDEO IN

L/MONO AUDIO IN

REC

HDD

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

R - AUDIO - L

(L3)

This unit

red white yellow

This unit

yellow white red

S video cable^§

Audio/Video cable

(included)

Audio/Video

cable (included)

red white yellow

yellow white red

S VIDEO

OUT

AUDIO VIDEO

OUT OUT

VIDEO

OUT

S VIDEO

OUT

AUDIO

OUT

Other video equipment

Connect to the video and audio output terminals.

^§By using the S video cable instead of the yellow video cable you

may make recordings of higher picture quality.

[Note]

If audio output on the other equipment is monaural, use a stereo-

monaural conversion cable (not included).

≥If the audio output of the other equipment is monaural, connect to

L/MONO. (Both left and right channels are recorded when

connected through L/MONO.)

≥When DV equipment is connected, it is not possible to operate the

unit from the other equipment.

≥The picture compression system of the DV equipment you have

connected may differ from that used in this unit. In such cases,

dubbing from this equipment will not be possible.

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Other antenna connections

Other antenna connection to the unit

Other antenna connection from the unit

to the television

Use one of the following connections to suit the antenna lead.

Use one of the following connections to suit the antenna terminals

on your television. Refer to the television’s operating instructions.

∫ A single twin lead

300–75 ≠ transformer

(not included)

∫ A twin lead and coaxial plug terminal

Television

VHF

VHF/UHF band separator

(not included)

from the antenna

UHF

To this unit’s

RF IN terminal

(Flat)

Twin lead

300 ≠ cable

75 ≠ coaxial cable

∫ A twin lead terminal

∫ A twin lead and a coaxial cable

Television

from the antenna

75–300 ≠ transformer

(not included)

VHF or

UHF

VHF/UHF band mixer

(not included)

(Flat)

Twin lead

300 ≠ cable

75 ≠ coaxial cable

∫ Two twin lead terminals

Television

VHF

VHF/UHF band separator

(not included)

(Round)

75 ≠ coaxial cable

To this unit’s

RF IN terminal

UHF

∫ Two twin leads

75 ≠ coaxial cable

from the antenna

∫ Multiple antenna terminals

Television

300–75 ≠ transformer

(not included)

Split out

ANT 1

(Flat)

Twin lead

300 ≠ cable

VHF/UHF band mixer

(not included)

75 ≠ coaxial cable

ANT 2

To this unit’s

RF IN terminal

≥Connect to one of the terminals, then change the television’s

setting as necessary.

≥If your television has both lead and coaxial VHF terminals, use the

lead connection to minimize signal loss.

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Glossary

Bitstream

Hard disk drive (HDD)

This is the digital form of multi-channel audio data (e.g., 5.1 chan-

nel) before it is decoded into its various channels.

This is a mass data storage device used in computers etc. A disk

with a surface that has been treated with magnetic fluid is spun and

a magnetic head is brought in close proximity to facilitate the read-

ing and writing of large amounts of data at high speed.

CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media)

CPRM is the copyright protection technology that is used to protect

broadcasts that are allowed to be recorded only once (e.g. some

CATV broadcasts).

Interlace and progressive output

NTSC, the video signal standard, has 480 interlaced (I) scan lines,

whereas progressive scanning uses twice the number of scan lines.

This is called 480P. The video signals output from this unit’s COM-

PONENT VIDEO OUT terminals (Y, P^B, PR) allow you to enjoy higher

quality pictures than if the signals were output from the VIDEO OUT

terminal or S-VIDEO OUT terminal.

Decoder

A decoder restores the coded audio signals on DVDs to normal.

This is called decoding.

Dolby Digital

This is a method of coding digital signals developed by Dolby Labo-

ratories. Apart from stereo (2-channel) audio, these signals can also

be multi-channel audio. A large amount of audio information can be

recorded on one disc using this method.

I/P/B

MPEG 2, the video compression standard adopted for use with

DVD-Video, codes frames using these 3 picture types.

I: Intra coded picture

This unit is set to record using Dolby Digital in all recording modes.

This picture has the best quality and is the best to use when

adjusting the picture.

Dolby Pro Logic

A surround system where a 4-channel audio track is recorded as 2

channels and then is restored to 4 channels for play. The surround

channel is monaural and can reproduce up to 7 kHz.

P: Predictive coded picture

This picture is calculated based on past I- or P-pictures.

B: Bidirectionally-predictive coded picture

This picture is calculated by comparing past and future I- and

P-pictures so it has the lowest volume of information.

Drive

In the instance of this unit, this refers to the hard disk (HDD) and

DVD. These perform the reading and writing of data. Select them by

pressing the drive select buttons ([HDD] or [DVD]).

Linear PCM (pulse code modulation)

These are uncompressed digital signals. This unit outputs linear

PCM sound in 2 channels from the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT terminal.

LPCM sound is available when recording in XP mode.

DTS (Digital Theater Systems)

This surround system is used in many movie theaters around the

world. There is good separation between the channels, so realistic

sound effects are possible.

Playback control (PBC)

If a Video CD has playback control, you can select scenes and infor-

mation with menus.

Film and video

Pan&Scan/Letterbox

DVD-Videos are recorded using either film or video. Usually, film is

recorded at 24 frames per second, the rate movies are filmed at,

while video is recorded at 30 frames per second.

In general, DVD-Video are produced with the intention that they be

viewed on a widescreen television with an aspect ratio of 16:9. This

means you can view most material with the intended aspect ratio on

a widescreen television.

Frame still and field still

Frames are the still pictures that go together to make a moving pic-

ture. There are about 30 frames shown each second.

One frame is made up of two fields. A regular television shows these

fields one after the other to create frames.

A still is shown when you pause a moving picture. A frame still is

made up of two alternating fields, so the picture may appear blurred,

but overall quality is high.

Material with this ratio will not fit onto a standard television with an

aspect ratio of 4:3. Two styles of picture, “Pan&Scan” and “Letter-

box”, deal with this problem.

Pan&Scan:The sides are cut off so the picture

fills the screen.

A field still is not blurred, but it has only half the information of a

frame still so picture quality is lower.

Letterbox: Black bands appear at the top and

bottom of the picture so the picture

itself appears in an aspect ratio of

16:9.

Disc handling

Do not use irregularly shaped

discs, such as heart-shaped.

(These can damage the unit.)

DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, Video

CD, CD

Wipe with a damp cloth and then

wipe dry.

∫ How to hold a disc

Do not touch the recorded

surface.

∫ Handling precautions

≥Do not write on the label side with a ball-point pen or other writing

instrument.

≥Do not use record cleaning sprays, benzine, thinner, static electric-

ity prevention liquids or any other solvent.

∫ If there is dirt or condensation on the disc

Moisture may condense on discs after they are brought inside from

the cold.

≥Do not attach labels or stickers to discs. (Do not use discs with

exposed adhesive from tape or left over peeled-off stickers.)

≥Do not use scratch-proof protectors or covers.

≥Do not use discs printed with label printers available on the mar-

ket.

DVD-RAM and DVD-R

Clean with an optional DVD-RAM/PD disc cleaner (LF-K200DCA1,

where available).

≥Do not use discs that are badly warped or cracked.

Do not use cleaners or cloths for CDs to clean DVD-RAM and DVD-R.

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Error messages

On the television

Page

No disc.

≥You haven’t inserted a disc. Correctly insert a disc that this unit can use.

≥The disc is upside down. If it is a single-sided disc, insert it so the label is facing up.

This is non-recordable disc.

≥The unit cannot record on the disc you inserted. Insert a DVD-RAM or unfinalized DVD-R.

≥You inserted an unformatted DVD-RAM. Format the disc with this unit.

This disc is not formatted

properly.

Please format the disc in ‘DISC

SETTING’ to record.

This disc cannot be read.

≥You inserted an incompatible disc.

—

Please check write protect tab ≥The write-protect tab on the cartridge is set to PROTECT.

on the disc.

Use a ballpoint pen or similar to release the write protection.

PROTECT

Contents of this disc are pro-

tected.

≥The program is write-protected. Cancel the protection.

≥The disc is write-protected. Cancel Disc Protection.

Cannot finish recording com-

pletely.

≥The program was copy-guarded.

≥No space left on HDD or the disc.

—

‹ Create space by erasing any unwanted programs. [HDD] [RAM]

‹ Use a new disc. [RAM] [DVD-R]

≥Recording was not completed for some other reason.

—

Cannot record on the disc.

≥The disc is scratched. Use another disc.

≥The disc is dirty.

≥You inserted an incompatible disc.

—

HDD is full.

Disc is full.

≥No space left on HDD or the disc.

‹ Create space by erasing any unwanted programs. [HDD] [RAM]

‹ Use a new disc. [RAM] [DVD-R]

—

Cannot dub from this disc.

Please set clock.

≥Dubbing prohibited disc in tray.‹ Dubbing to the HDD is not possible.

—

≥The clock is not set.

This disc may not be played in ≥You tried to play a disc with a region number different from this unit’s region number. This unit

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page

your region.

can only play discs with the region numbers compatible with this unit (1, All, or including the

number 1).

Your selection exceeds the

recorder’s rating limit.

≥A ratings level has been set for DVD-Video with this unit. Unlock the unit with “Ratings” in

“Disc”.

Finalizing is necessary for

compatible playback.

≥To enable playback of your DVD-R on compatible equipment, it is necessary to finalize it.

Please check write protect tab. ≥Release the protection on the DVD-RAM.

Error has occurred. Please

press ENTER.

≥A serious, but temporary error has occurred and one of the unit’s safety devices has activated.

Press [ENTER]. The unit switches to the standby mode. Press [Í, DVD POWER] to turn the

—

unit on again.

On the unit’s display

NO READ

≥The disc is dirty or badly scratched.

‹ Clean the disc if it is dirty.

‹ The disc cannot be played if it is scratched and this display doesn’t disappear.

≥The unit cannot read the disc.

—

≥You have used a DVD-RAM/PD lens cleaner and it has finished.

UNSUPPORT

U14

≥You have inserted a disc the unit cannot play or record on.

≥The unit is hot.

‹ The unit switches to standby automatically for safety reasons and you cannot operate it.

Wait for about 30 minutes for the service number to disappear.

‹ Select a position with good ventilation when installing the unit.

‹ Do not block the cooling fan on the rear of the unit.

—

U99

≥The unit fails to operate properly. Press [Í, DVD POWER] to switch the unit to standby. Now

press [Í, DVD POWER] again to turn the unit on.

—

∑ CHK REMOTE

(“∑” stands for a number.)

≥The remote control and main unit are using different codes. Change the code on the remote

control or main unit.

RECOVER

≥There was a power failure or the AC plug was disconnected while the power was on. The unit is

carrying out its recovery process. Wait until the message disappears.

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Troubleshooting guide

Before requesting service, make the below checks. If you are in doubt about some of the check points, or if the remedies indicated in the chart do

not solve the problem:

In the U.S.A., contact the Panasonic Customer Call Center at 1-800-211-7262, or e-mail [email protected],

or the website (http://www.panasonic.com).

In Canada, contact the Panasonic Canada Inc. Customer Care Centre at 1-800-561-5505, or visit the website (www.panasonic.ca),

or an authorized Servicentre closest to you.

Power

No power.

Page

≥Insert the AC power supply cord securely into a known active AC outlet.

The unit switches to the

standby mode.

≥This is a power saving feature. You can turn it off if you would prefer (Set Up—Off Timer—

Off). Press [Í, DVD POWER] to turn the unit on.

≥One of the unit’s safety devices may have activated. Press [Í, DVD POWER] to turn the unit

on.

—

Operation

The unit is on but cannot be

operated.

≥Some operations may be prohibited by the disc.

—

14, 18

≥Recording drive or playback drive have not been selected properly.

≥The unit is hot (“U14” appears on the display). Wait for “U14” to disappear.

≥One of the unit’s safety devices may have activated.

—

Reset the unit as follows:

1.Press [Í, DVD POWER] to switch the unit to standby.

If the unit doesn’t switch to standby, press and hold [Í, DVD POWER] for about 10

seconds. The unit is forcibly switched to standby.

Alternatively, disconnect the AC power supply cord, wait one minute, then reconnect it.

2.Press [Í, DVD POWER] to turn the unit on.

Cannot eject disc.

Picture

≥The unit may have a problem. With the power off, press and hold [∫] and [X, CH] at the same

time on the main unit for about 5 seconds. Remove the disc and consult the dealer.

—

≥When progressive output is on, refer also to “Progressive video” below.

The images from this unit do

not appear on the television.

≥Make sure that the television is connected to the AUDIO/VIDEO terminal, S-VIDEO OUT

terminal or COMPONENT VIDEO OUT terminal on this unit.

≥Make sure that the television’s input setting (e.g., VIDEO 1) is correct.

—

≥When using this unit for the first time, the HDD has nothing recorded on it. You must record a

program etc. to the HDD before you can enjoy playback.

≥You have set “TV Type” to “4:3 (480P)” or “16:9 (480P)” in the TV Screen menus, but the

television isn’t compatible with progressive signals. Press and hold [∫] and [TIME SLIP] on

the unit at the same time for about 5 seconds. The setting will change to interlace.

—

Television reception worsens

after connecting the unit.

≥This can occur because the signals are being divided between the unit and the television.

It can be solved by using a signal booster, available from audio-visual suppliers. Consult your

dealer if reception does not improve.

≥Due to inherent characteristics of the HDD, the picture may occasionally be disturbed. This is

normal.

—

Screen size is wrong.

≥Check the settings on your television.

—

≥Check the settings for “TV Type”, “4:3 TV Settings for DVD-Video” or “4:3 TV Settings for

DVD-RAM” in the TV Screen menu.

9, 45

On-screen messages do not

appear.

≥Go to the Display menu and select “Automatic” for “Status Messages”.

≥Press [STATUS] to show the on-screen messages constantly.

The blue background does

not appear.

≥Go to the Display menu and select “On” for “Blue Background”.

41, 42

—

There is ghosting.

≥Change the settings for “3D NR”, “Block NR”, and “Mosquito NR” to “0” or turn “MPEG-DNR”

off if it is on.

Play stops for a moment dur-

ing Quick View.

≥Play may stop where two play lists join, but this is not a malfunction.

Progressive video

There is ghosting when pro-

gressive output is on.

≥Set “Progressive” to “OFF”. This problem is caused by the editing method or material used on

DVD-Video, but should be corrected if you use interlace output.

—

There is no apparent change

in picture quality when

≥The effect is less perceivable with some types of video.

adjusted with the Video menu

in the on-screen menus.

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Sound

Page

No sound.

Low volume.

Distorted sound.

≥Check the connections. Check the input mode on the amplifier if you have connected one.

50–52

≥Turn V.S.S. off if it causes distortion.

Cannot hear the desired

audio type.

≥Press [AUDIO] to select the desired audio type.

≥If “D.MIX” does not appear in the display when playing multi-channel DVD-Audio, audio output

will be the front two speakers only.

≥You cannot change the DVD-Audio audio type if the software producer has restricted play in

stereo.

—

Cannot switch audio during

stereo or SAP broadcasts.

≥You have used digital connection. Set “Dolby Digital” to “PCM” or connect to other equipment

using audio cables (analog connection).

45, 51

≥You cannot change the audio type when a DVD-R is in the disc tray.

≥It is not possible to switch the audio when the recording mode is XP and “LPCM” has been

selected in the SETUP menu, “Audio Mode for XP Recording”.

—

‹ Select “Main” or “SAP” from “Select MTS” in the Audio menu before recording.

Play

Play fails to start even when

[1] (PLAY) is pressed.

Play starts but then stops

immediately.

≥Insert the disc correctly with the label facing up.

≥This unit cannot play discs other than DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, Video CD,

CD and MP3 discs.

≥The disc is dirty. Clean it.

≥The disc may be badly scratched.

—

≥You inserted a blank DVD-RAM or DVD-R.

A title or chapter doesn’t play

when it is selected.

≥Some titles and chapters on DVD-Video are not played when you have changed the ratings

level.

Picture distorted during

search.

≥Some distortion is normal.

—

Alternative soundtrack and

subtitles cannot be selected.

≥The languages are not recorded on the disc.

≥You may have to use the disc’s menus to select languages.

—

No subtitles.

≥Subtitles are not recorded on the disc.

—

≥Turn the subtitles on.

Angle cannot be changed.

≥This function depends on software availability. Angles can only be changed during scenes

where different angles are recorded.

—

You have forgotten your rat-

ings password.

≥Return the ratings setting to “8”.

While the disc tray is open, press and hold [:/6] and [5/9] on the main unit at the

same time for 5 or more seconds.

Displays

The display is dim.

≥Go to the Display menu and change the display’s brightness with “FL Display”.

“12:00” is flashing on the

unit’s display.

≥The clock is not set.

The displayed recording time

and actual recording time dif-

fer.

≥Displayed recording time is based on the number of frames per second. This number is sub-

ject to minute variations. When recording over long periods, these variations may result in the

difference between displayed recording time and actual recording time. This is normal.

—

The display doesn’t show the

≥Times may not appear correctly when searching through tracks recorded with a variable bit

correct time. [MP3]

rate.

Remote control

The remote control doesn’t

work.

≥[DVD, TV] is not switched to “DVD”. Switch to “DVD” when operating this unit.

≥The remote control and main unit are using different codes. Change the code on the remote

control or main unit.

≥The batteries are depleted. Replace them with new ones.

≥Point the remote control at the remote control sensor on the main unit.

≥Remove obstacles from between the remote control and main unit.

—

Cannot operate the televi-

sion.

≥Change manufacturer code. Some televisions cannot be operated even if you change the

code.

≥[DVD, TV] is not switched to “TV”. Switch to “TV” when selecting the receiving channel for the

television.

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Troubleshooting guide

Recording and timer recording

Page

Cannot record.

≥You haven’t inserted a disc or the disc you inserted cannot be recorded on. Insert a disc the

unit can record onto.

≥The disc is unformatted. Format the disc so this unit can record on it. [RAM]

≥The write-protect tab on the cartridge is set to PROTECT.

≥Some programs have limitations on the number of times they can be recorded (CPRM).

≥The disc is protected with DISC SETTING.

≥The HDD or the disc is full or nearly full. Erase unneeded programs or use another disc.

≥You cannot record on finalized DVD-R discs.

—

VCR Plusr programming

does not work properly.

≥The guide channels are incorrect. Go to the Channel menu and correct them with “VCR

Plusi CH Setting”.

≥The clock is wrong. Go to the Set Up menu and correct it with “Clock Settings”.

Timer recording does not

work properly.

≥The timer program is incorrect. Correct the program.

≥Different timer program times overlap.

≥The clock is wrong. Go to the Set Up menu and correct it with “Clock Settings”.

—

The unit switches to standby

while making a timer record-

ing.

≥The disc has run out of space. Use a disc that has enough space to record the program.

—

The timer program remains

even after recording finishes.

≥The program remains if you select “DAILY” or “WEEKLY”.

—

Timer recording does not

stop even when [∫] is

pressed.

≥Press [∫] and then [ENTER] within 5 seconds to turn “F” off. Recording stops.

The available recording time

doesn’t increase even after

erasing recordings on the

disc.

≥As this unit is unable to erase data written to DVD-RAM with a computer, the available record-

ing time does not increase. The data will be erased if you reformat the disc.

≥If the disc is dirty, wipe with the DVD-RAM/PD disc cleaner (optional) before formatting.

≥Available recording space on the DVD-R does not increase even after erasing previously

recorded programming.

—

A part or whole of a recorded

program has been lost.

≥If there is a power failure or the plug is disconnected from the household AC outlet while

recording or editing, the program may be lost or the HDD/disc may become unusable.

‹ We cannot offer any guarantee regarding lost programs or discs. You will have to format

the HDD/disc or use a new disc.

—

Cannot dub to a DVD-R disc

using the high speed mode.

≥When recording to the HDD, set “DVD-R compatible Rec” to “On” from the Disc menu. Note

that you cannot dub programs to a DVD-R disc using the high speed mode if you recorded the

program on a DVD recorder that does not have the “DVD-R compatible Rec” function, even

when dubbing to the HDD with this setting “On”.

Discs make sounds as they rotate. This does not indicate a malfunction.

Maintenance

The precision parts in this unit are readily affected by the envi-

ronment, especially temperature, humidity, and dust. Cigarette

smoke also can cause malfunction or breakdown.

Observe the following points to ensure continued listening and

viewing pleasure.

Dust and dirt may adhere to the unit’s lens over time, making it

impossible to record or play discs.

Use the DVD-RAM/PD lens cleaner (LF-K123LCA1) about once

every year, depending on frequency of use and the operating envi-

ronment. Read the lens cleaner’s instructions carefully before use.

To clean this unit, wipe with a soft, dry cloth.

≥Never use alcohol, paint thinner or benzine to clean this unit.

≥Before using chemically treated cloth, read the instructions that

came with the cloth carefully.

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Specifications

Recording system:

DVD video recording standards

Audio system

Recording system:

Dolby Digital (XP/SP/LP/EP)

LINEAR PCM (XP mode only)

LINE (pin jack)a3

Reference input: 309 mVrms

FS: 2 Vrms (1 kHz, 0 dB)

Input impedance: 47 k≠

LINE (pin jack)a2

Reference output: 309 mVrms

FS: 2 Vrms (1 kHz, 0 dB)

Output impedance: 1 k≠

(Load impedance: 10 k≠)

(DVD-RAM),

DVD video standards (DVD-R)

System with 1 lens, 2 integration

units (662 nm wavelength for DVDs,

790 nm wavelength for CDs)

Input:

Optical pick-up:

Recordable discs:

12 cm (5

) 4.7 GB DVD-RAM discs

) 9.4 GB DVD-RAM discs

Output:

8 cm (3

12 cm (5

8 cm (3 ) 1.4 GB DVD-R discs

q) 2.8 GB DVD-RAM discs

q) 4.7 GB DVD-R discs

(for General Ver. 2.0)

≥Max. 6 hours (using 4.7 GB disc)

XP: 60 minutes

SP: 120 minutes

LP: 240 minutes

Number of channels: Recording: 2 channels

Playback: 2 channels

Other input/output connectors:

Recording time:

Digital audio optical output connector

(PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS)

EP: 360 minutes

Operating temperature range:

≥Max. 106 hours (using built-in HDD)

XP: 17 hours

SP: 34 hours

LP: 68 hours

EP:106 hours

5 oC–40 oC (41 oF–104 oF)

Operating humidity range:

Clock unit:

10 %–80 % RH (no condensation)

Quartz-controlled 12-hour digital dis-

play

(Continuous Recording time is

LASER Specification

Class I LASER Product

Wave Length:

6 hours max.

)

Discs played:

12 cm (5

) 4.7 GB DVD-RAM discs

) 9.4 GB DVD-RAM discs

775–815 nm 655–666 nm

No hazardous radiation is emitted with

the safety protection

Laser Power:

8 cm (3

12 cm (5

8 cm (3 ) 1.4 GB DVD-R discs

q) 2.8 GB DVD-RAM discs

q) 4.7 GB DVD-R discs

Power supply:

Power consumption:

Dimensions:

AC 120 V, 60 Hz

35 W

Approx. 430 (W)k79 (H)k300 (D) mm

(for General Ver. 2.0)

DVD-VIDEO discs

[Approx.16¹⁵/16q(W)k3¹/8 (H)k11¹³/16q(D)]

(excluding protrusions)

Approx. 4.5 kg (9.92 lbs)

CD-Audio discs (CD-DA)

Video CD discs

DVD-AUDIO discs

Mass:

CD-R/CD-RW discs

(CD-DA, Video CD, MP3 formatted

discs)

Power consumption in standby mode: approx. 3.3 W

[Note]

Video system

TV system:

Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Mass and dimensions are approximate.

NTSC system, 525 lines, 60 fields

MPEG2 (Hybrid VBR)

LINE (pin jack)a3, 1.0 Vp-p; 75 ≠

Recording system:

Input:

S connectora3

Y: 1.0 Vp-p; 75 ≠

C: 0.286 Vp-p; 75

LINE (pin jack)a2, 1.0 Vp-p; 75 ≠

S connectora2 Y: 1.0 Vp-p; 75 ≠

C: 0.286 Vp-p; 75

≠

Output:

≠

Component video output (480P/480i):

Y: 1.0 Vp-p; 75 ≠

P^B: 0.7 Vp-p; 75 ≠

P^R: 0.7 Vp-p; 75 ≠

Antenna reception input:

TV Channel: 2ch–69ch, 75 ≠

CATV Channel: 1ch–125ch, 75 ≠

Product Service

1. Damage requiring service—The unit should be serviced by

qualified service personnel if:

3. Replacement parts—When parts need replacing ensure the

servicer uses parts specified by the manufacturer or parts that

have the same characteristics as the original parts. Unauthorized

substitutes may result in fire, electric shock, or other hazards.

4. Safety check—After repairs or service, ask the servicer to per-

form safety checks to confirm that the unit is in proper working

condition.

(a)The AC power supply cord or AC adaptor has been damaged;

(b)Objects or liquids have gotten into the unit; or

(c)The unit has been exposed to rain; or

(d)The unit does not operate normally or exhibits a marked

change in performance; or

Product information

(e)The unit has been dropped or the cabinet damaged.

2. Servicing—Do not attempt to service the unit beyond that

described in these operating instructions. Refer all other servic-

ing to authorized servicing personnel.

For product information or assistance with product operation:

In the U.S.A., contact the Panasonic Customer Call Center at

1-800-211-7262, or e-mail [email protected],

or the website (http://www.panasonic.com).

In Canada, contact the Panasonic Canada Inc. Customer Care

Centre at 1-800-561-5505, or visit the website

(www.panasonic.ca), or an authorized Servicentre closest to you.

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Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR U.S.A.)

Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company,

Division of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America

One Panasonic Way Secaucus, New Jersey 07094

Panasonic Sales Company, Division of Matsushita Electric

of Puerto Rico, Inc.,

Ave. 65 de Infantería, Km. 9.5

San Gabriel Industrial Park, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00985

Panasonic DVD Recorder

Limited Warranty

Limited Warranty Coverage

Limited Warranty Limits And Exclusions

If your product does not work properly because of a defect in materials or workmanship,

Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company or Panasonic Sales Company (collectively

referred to as “the warrantor”) will, for the length of the period indicated on the chart below,

which starts with the date of original purchase (“warranty period”), at its option either (a)

repair your product with new or refurbished parts, or (b) replace it with a new or a refurbished

product. The decision to repair or replace will be made by the warrantor.

This warranty ONLY COVERS failures due to defects in materials or workmanship, and DOES

NOT COVER normal wear and tear or cosmetic damage. The warranty ALSO DOES NOT

COVER damages which occurred in shipment, or failures which are caused by products not

supplied by the warrantor, or failures which result from accidents, misuse, abuse, neglect,

mishandling, misapplication, alteration, faulty installation, set-up adjustments, misadjustment

of consumer controls, improper maintenance, power line surge, lightning damage,

modification, or commercial use (such as in a hotel, office, restaurant, or other business),

rental use of the product, service by anyone other than a Factory Servicenter or other

Authorized Servicer, or damage that is attributable to acts of God.

Product or Part Name

Parts

Labor

DVD Recorder

One (1) Year

THERE ARE NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES EXCEPT AS LISTED UNDER

“LIMITED WARRANTY COVERAGE”. THE WARRANTOR IS NOT LIABLE

FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM

THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT, OR ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH OF THIS

WARRANTY. (As examples, this excludes damages for lost time, travel to and

from the servicer, loss of media or images, data or other recorded content. The

items listed are not exclusive, but are for illustration only.) ALL EXPRESS AND

IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF

Rechargeable Batteries,

DVD-RAM Disc (in

exchange for defective

item)

Ten (10) Days

Not Applicable

During the “Labor” warranty period there will be no charge for labor. During the “Parts”

warranty period, there will be no charge for parts. You must carry-in or mail-in your product

during the warranty period. If non-rechargeable batteries are included, they are not

warranted. This warranty only applies to products purchased and serviced in the United

States or Puerto Rico. This warranty is extended only to the original purchaser of a new

product which was not sold “as is”. A purchase receipt or other proof of the original purchase

date is required for warranty service.

MERCHANTABILITY, ARE LIMITED TO THE PERIOD OF THE LIMITED

WARRANTY.

Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or

consequential damages, or limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so

the exclusions may not apply to you.

Carry-In or Mail-In Service

For Carry-In or Mail-In Service in the United States call 1-800-211-PANA (7262) or visit

Panasonic Web Site: http://www.panasonic.com

For assistance in Puerto Rico call Panasonic Sales Company (787)-750-4300 or fax

(787)-768-2910.

This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights

which vary from state to state. If a problem with this product develops during or

after the warranty period, you may contact your dealer or Servicenter. If the

problem is not handled to your satisfaction, then write to the warrantor’s

Consumer Affairs Department at the addresses listed for the warrantor.

PARTS AND SERVICE WHICH ARE NOT COVERED BY THIS LIMITED

WARRANTY ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

Customer Services Directory

For hearing or speech impaired TTY users,

TTY: 1-877-833-8855

For Product Information, Operating Assistance, Literature Request,

Dealer Locations, and Customer Service inquiries please visit Web Site:

http://ww w .panasonic.com

You can purchase parts, accessories, locate your nearest servicenter and more by visiting our

Web Site

or E-mail us via web:

http://ww w .panasonic.com/consumer_electronics/support/customerfeedback.asp

Contact:

1-800-211-PANA (7262),

Monday–Friday 9 am–9 pm; Saturday–Sunday 10 am–7 pm, EST.

Accessory Purchases

1-800-332-5368 (Customer Orders Only)

1-800-237-9080 (Fax Only)

For hearing or speech impaired TTY users,

TTY: 1-866-605-1277

(Monday–Friday 9 am to 8 pm, EST.) Panasonic Services Company

20421 84th Avenue South, Kent, WA 98032

(Accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover Card, American Express, and Personal Check)

Service in Puerto Rico

Matsushita Electric of Puerto Rico, Inc. Panasonic Sales Company/Factory Servicenter:

Ave. 65 de Infanteria, Km. 9.5, San Gabriel Industrial Park, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00985

Phone (787) 750-4300 Fax (787) 768-2910

F0602NY

User memo:

The model number and serial number of this product can be

DATE OF PURCHASE

DEALER NAME

DEALER ADDRESS

found on either the back or the bottom of the unit.

Please note them in the space provided below and keep for

future reference.

DMR-E80H

MODEL NUMBER

SERIAL NUMBER

TELEPHONE NUMBER

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Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR CANADA)

Panasonic Canada Inc.

5770 Ambler Drive, Mississauga, Ontario L4W 2T3

PANASONIC/TECHNICS PRODUCT—LIMITED WARRANTY

Panasonic Canada Inc. warrants this product to be free from defects in material and workmanship and agrees to remedy any such defect for a

period as stated below from the date of original purchase.

Panasonic DVD Recorder One (1) year, parts and labour

LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS

This warranty does not apply to products purchased outside Canada or to any product which has been improperly installed, subjected to usage

for which the product was not designed, misused or abused, damaged during shipping, or which has been altered or repaired in any way that

affects the reliability or detracts from the performance, nor does it cover any product which is used commercially. Dry cell batteries are also

excluded from coverage under this warranty.

This warranty is extended to the original end user purchaser only. A purchase receipt or other proof of date of original purchase is required before

warranty service is performed.

THIS EXPRESS, LIMITED WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, EXCLUDING ANY IMPLIED

WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

IN NO EVENT WILL PANASONIC CANADA INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

In certain instances, some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, or the exclusion of implied

warranties, so the above limitations and exclusions may not be applicable.

WARRANTY SERVICE

For product operation and information assistance, please contact your Dealer or our Customer Care Centre at: Telephone #: (905) 624-5505

Fax #: (905) 238-2360 Web: www.panasonic.ca

For product repairs, please contact one of the following:

≥Your Dealer who will inform you of an authorized Servicentre nearest you.

≥Our Customer Care Centre at (905) 624-5505 or www.panasonic.ca

≥A Panasonic Factory Servicentre listed below:

Richmond,

Calgary, Alberta

Mississauga, Ontario

Lachine, Québec

British Columbia

Panasonic Canada Inc.

12111 Riverside Way

Richmond, BC

Panasonic Canada Inc.

6835-8^thSt. N. E.

Calgary, AB

Panasonic Canada Inc.

5770 Ambler Dr.

Mississauga, ON

L4W 2T3

Panasonic Canada Inc.

3075, rue Louis A. Amos

Lachine, QC

V6W 1K8

T2E 7H7

H8T 1C4

Tel: (604) 278-4211

Fax: (604) 278-5627

Tel: (403) 295-3955

Fax: (403) 274-5493

Tel: (905) 624-8447

Fax: (905) 238-2418

Tel: (514) 633-8684

Fax: (514) 633-8020

IF YOU SHIP THE PRODUCT TO A SERVICENTRE

Carefully pack and send prepaid, adequately insured and preferably in the original carton.

Include details of the defect claimed, and proof of date of original purchase.

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Guía de referencia rápida en español

Conexiones del televisor y de la antena

Televisor

A la antena

Cable de TV

AUDIO

VIDEO

VHF/UHF

RF IN

Antena interior

Antena exterior

Rojo Blanco Amarillo

Cable de alimentación de CA (incluido)

Conecte por último.

Conecte también los cables de alimentación

de CA para el otro equipo.

Cable de audio/

75 ≠ cable coaxial

(incluido)

Cable de antena

(desconectado

normalmente desde el

televisor)

vídeo

(incluido)

A la toma de CA del hogar

(CA 120 V, 60 Hz)

Rojo Blanco Amarillo

Ventilador de refrigeración

Este aparato

RF IN

(L1)

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

OPTICAL

RF OUT

COMPONENT

VIDEO OUT

(480P/480I)

DIGITAL AUDIO OUT

(PCM/BITSTREAM)

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

R - AUDIO - L

VIDEO S-VIDEO

VHF/UHF

(L3)

Para disfrutar del vídeo progresivo

≥Conecte a los terminales de entrada de vídeo componente (480P) en un televisor compatible con el sistema de protec-

ción contra copia del aparato. (El vídeo no se visualizará correctamente si está conectado a un televisor incompatible).

≥Ajuste “Tipo TV” a “4:3 y 480P” o “16:9 y 480P”. (➜abajo, “Configuración según su televisor”)

Preparación

≥Confirme que la antena esté conectada correctamente.

≥Encienda el televisor y seleccione la entrada de vídeo apropiada

según las conexiones hechas al aparato.

DVD TV

DVD, TV

DVD POWER TV

Í, DVD POWER

HDD

DVD

HDD, DVD

TV/VIDEO

VCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE INPUT SELECT TV/VIDEO

Sintonización automática al enchufar

< OPEN/CLOSE

1 Pulse [Í, DVD POWER] para encender el aparato.

W, X, CH

2 Pulse [3, 4] para seleccionar “Español” y pulse [ENTER].

Botones

numerados

VOLUME

3 Pulse [ENTER].

La sintonización automática al enchufar empieza y el aparato

transforma las emisoras que puede recibir en canales.

CANCEL

SKIP

100

SLOW/SEARCH

El aparato pasa luego a la configuración automática del reloj.

Cuando termina se visualiza la hora.

Cuando la visualización muestra la hora correcta

4 Pulse [ENTER] para completar la sintonización automática al

enchufar.

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY/x1.3

;

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

PLAY LIST

DIRECT

NAVIGATOR

ENTER

3, 4, 2, 1

Configuración según su televisor

ENTER

FUNCTIONS

FRAME

RETURN

Cambie la configuración si su televisor es:

≥Progresiva (Lea las instrucciones de funcionamiento de su televi-

sor para conocer detalles.)

RETURN

CM SKIP TIME SLIP

≥Pantalla panorámica (relación de aspecto 16:9)

PROG/CHECK ADD/DLT ERASE

REC

1 Pulse [SETUP] para mostrar los menús.

STATUS

DISPLAY

MARKER DUBBING REC MODE

POSITION

REC MODE

SETUP

2 Pulse [3, 4] para seleccionar “Pantalla TV” y pulse [1].

3 Pulse [3, 4] para seleccionar “Tipo TV” y pulse [ENTER].

4 Pulse [3, 4] para seleccionar el elemento y pulse [ENTER].

AUDIO

SETUP

MEMORY

DISPLAY

POSITION

MEMORY

Para volver a la pantalla anterior

Pulse [RETURN].

Cuando termine

Pulse [SETUP].

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∫

Si selecciona el elemento para salida progresiva (480P)

Para detener la reproducción y la grabación

1 Pulse [∫]. (La reproducción se detiene).

Espere 2 segundos.

Seleccione Vídeo en el menú en pantalla y ajuste “Transferencia” de

acuerdo con el tipo de material en reproducción durante la reproducción.

Durante la reproducción

2 Pulse [∫]. (La grabación se detiene).

≥Para detener la grabación con temporizador, pulse [∫],

después [ENTER] en un transcurso de 5 segundos.

1. Pulse [DISPLAY].

2. Pulse [3, 4] para seleccionar “Vídeo” y pulse [1].

3. Pulse [

4] para seleccionar “Progresiva” y pulse [1] dos veces.

4. Pulse [3, 4] para seleccionar “Transferencia” de acuerdo con el

tipo de material en reproducción.

Reproducción de discos

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [MP3]

Disco

Normal

ACT

Imagen

Repr.

Vídeo

Audio

DNR

1 Pulse [Í, DVD POWER] para

ACT

Auto 1

Transferencia

Progresiva

encender el aparato.

Auto1 (normal): Para material cinematográfico

Auto2: Para material cinematográfico (igual que Auto1, capaz de

convertir vídeo progresivo de 30 cuadros por segundo).

Vídeo: Para material de vídeo

2 Pulse [HDD] o [DVD] para seleccionar

la unidad de reproducción.

El botón HDD o DVD se enciende en la unidad.

≥No es posible reproducir simultáneamente en la unidad

HDD (unidad de disco duro) y en la unidad DVD.

Grabación de programas de televisión

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

Si seleccionó la unidad DVD

1 Pulse [Í, DVD POWER] para

Pulse [< OPEN/CLOSE] para abrir la

bandeja e introducir un disco.

≥Vuelva a pulsar el botón para cerrar la bandeja.

≥En un disco de doble cara, no es posible reproducir de

manera continua desde una cara a la otra. Será necesario

expulsar el disco y darle la vuelta.

encender el aparato.

2 Pulse [HDD] o [DVD] para seleccionar

la unidad de grabación.

El botón HDD o DVD se enciende en la unidad.

≥No es posible grabar simultáneamente en la unidad HDD

(unidad de disco duro) y en la unidad DVD.

4 Pulse [1] (PLAY).

(Cuando aparece una pantalla de menús en el televisor

➜

abajo)

Si seleccionó la unidad DVD

Para detener la reproducción

Pulse [∫].

Pulse [< OPEN/CLOSE] para abrir la

bandeja e introduzca un disco.

≥Vuelva a pulsar el botón para cerrar la bandeja.

≥En un disco de doble cara, no es posible grabar de manera

continua desde una cara a la otra. Será necesario expulsar

el disco y darle la vuelta.

≥

Cuando “PLAY” parpadea en la visualización, se está activando la función

de reanudación. Pulse [ ] (PLAY) para iniciar la reproducción desde la

posición en que la detuvo.

Para cancelar la función, pulse [

se cancela la posición al apagar el aparato o abrir la bandeja del disco).

∫

] hasta que se apague “PLAY” (también

Para hacer una pausa en la reproducción

Pulse [;]. (Vuelva a pulsar para reanudar la reproducción).

Asegúrese de que [DVD, TV] se

encuentre en la posición “DVD” y pulse

∫

Cuando aparece una pantalla de menús en el televisor

[VCD]

[

X, CH] para seleccionar el canal.

Interruptor [DVD, TV] a “DVD” y

5 Pulse [REC MODE] para seleccionar

Pulse los botones numerados (0, 1j9) para seleccionar

un elemento.

el modo de grabación.

por ejemplo., “5”: [0] ➜ [5]

“15”: [1] ➜ [5]

≥Seleccione “XP”, “SP”, “LP” o “EP”.

[DVD-A] [DVD-V]

Pulse [¥, REC] para iniciar la grabación.

Pulse [3, 4, 2, 1] para seleccionar un elemento y

pulse [ENTER].

≥Puede que también sea posible utilizar los botones numerados (0,

1j9) para seleccionar un elemento.

La luz de grabación de las unidades HDD y DVD se enciende

en la unidad principal.

Para detener la grabación

Pulse [∫].

Para hacer una pausa en la grabación

Pulse [;]. Pulse de nuevo para continuar grabando. (El programa

no se divide en un programa separado.)

∫ Memoria de posición

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [MP3]

Después de apagar el aparato, puede iniciar la reproducción desde

una posición memorizada.

(Cuando se muestra el tiempo de reproducción transcurrido)

Durante la reproducción

1 Pulse [POSITION MEMORY].

∫ Visualización del televisor durante la grabación

[HDD] [RAM] [DVD-R]

Las imágenes siendo grabadas no se ven afectadas.

El mensaje “Posicion Memorizada” aparece en el televisor.

Interruptor [DVD, TV] a “TV”.

2 Después de pasar el aparato a la posición de modo en

espera y de volver a ponerlo en funcionamiento

1 Pulse [TV/VIDEO] para cambiar el modo de entrada del

televisor a “TV”.

Pulse [1] (PLAY).

La reproducción se inicia desde la posición memorizada. (La

posición se cancela).

2 Pulse [W, X, CH] para cambiar canales.

∫ Reproducción desde el inicio del programa que está

grabando—Reproducción encadenada [HDD] [RAM]

Pulse [1] (PLAY).

La reproducción se inicia desde el principio del programa que se

está grabando. (Se enciende el indicador Time Slip).

[Nota]

[DVD-R] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [MP3]

≥La posición se cancela al abrir la bandeja del disco.

∫ Grabación y reproducción simultáneas [HDD] [RAM]

[RAM]

Puede reproducir un programa grabado previamente durante la grabación.

≥Las posiciones siguen estando memorizadas incluso tras haber

abierto la bandeja del disco.

≥Si el disco está protegido contra escritura, no se pueden marcar

posiciones.

1 Pulse [DIRECT NAVIGATOR].

Se enciende el indicador Time Slip.

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2 Pulse [3, 4] para seleccionar un programa y pulse [ENTER].

Index

Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Antenna system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Audio attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Erase

all program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Protection

cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

play list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 32

play list scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 33

program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 34

disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Channel caption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Channel setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chasing play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Cleaning

Quick View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Finalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Flexible Recording (FR) . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Ratings password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Recording mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Re-initialize setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Repeat play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Resume function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Language code list. . . . . . . . . .Back cover

LPCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 54

Clock setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

CM Skip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Connection

SETUP menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Shorten Segment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Simultaneous rec and play . . . . . . . . . . 17

Sound track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Subtitle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

MPEG-DNR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

amplifier, system component . . . . . . 51

antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

antenna, television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

cable TV box, satellite receiver . . . . 50

video equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

CPRM system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

On-screen display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

On-screen menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40–42

Time Slip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 21

Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24–27

Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

TV Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

PCM Down Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

PLAY FROM TOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Play list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30–33

Position memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Progressive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 9, 41, 54

Properties

Dialog Enhancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Direct Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Divide Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

VCR Plusi

guide channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

timer recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Edit Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Enter title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

V.S.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

play list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

play list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Language code list Input the code with numbered buttons.

Abkhazian: 6566 Chinese:

9072 Hausa:

6779 Hebrew:

7282 Hindi:

6783 Hungarian:

6865 Icelandic:

7876 Indonesian:

6978 Interlingua:

6979 Irish:

7265 Lithuanian:

7387 Macedonian: 7775 Russian:

7684 Romanian:

8279 Telugu:

8285 Thai:

8377 Tibetan:

8365 Tigrinya:

8469

8472

6679

8473

8479

8482

8475

8487

8575

8582

8590

Afar:

6565 Corsican:

6570 Croatian:

8381 Czech:

6577 Danish:

6582 Dutch:

7289 English:

Afrikaans:

Albanian:

Ameharic:

Arabic:

7273 Malagasy:

7285 Malay:

7383 Malayalam:

7378 Maltese:

7365 Maori:

7165 Marathi:

7384 Moldavian:

7465 Mongolian:

7487 Nauru:

7578 Nepali:

7583 Norwegian:

7575 Oriya:

7589 Pashto, Pushto:8083 Sundanese:

7579 Persian:

7585 Polish:

7771 Samoan:

7783 Sanskrit:

7776 Scots Gaelic: 7168 Tonga:

7784 Serbian: 8382 Turkish:

7773 Serbo-Croatian:8372 Turkmen:

Armenian:

Assamese: 6583 Esperanto:

Aymara: 6588 Estonian:

Azerbaijani: 6590 Faroese:

7782 Shona:

7779 Sindhi:

8378 Twi:

6984 Italian:

8368 Ukrainian:

8373 Urdu:

8375 Uzbek:

7079 Japanese:

7074 Javanese:

7073 Kannada:

7082 Kashmiri:

7089 Kazakh:

7176 Kirghiz:

7565 Korean:

6869 Kurdish:

6976 Laotian:

7778 Singhalese:

7865 Slovak:

7869 Slovenian:

7879 Somali:

7982 Spanish:

Bashkir:

Basque:

6665 Fiji:

6985 Finnish:

8376 Vietnamese: 8673

Bengali; Bangla:

French:

8379 Volapük:

6983 Welsh:

8385 Wolof:

8387 Xhosa:

8386 Yiddish:

8476 Yoruba:

8471 Zulu:

8465

8679

6789

8779

8872

7473

8979

9085

6678 Frisian:

6890 Galician:

6672 Georgian:

6682 German:

6671 Greek:

Bhutani:

Bihari:

Breton:

Bulgarian:

Burmese:

7065 Swahili:

8076 Swedish:

8084 Tagalog:

8065 Tajik:

7679 Portuguese:

7665 Punjabi:

7789 Greenlandic: 7576 Latin:

Byelorussian:6669 Guarani:

Cambodian: 7577 Gujarati:

7178 Latvian, Lettish:7686 Quechua:

7185 Lingala:

8185 Tamil:

7678 Rhaeto-Romance:8277 Tatar:

8484

Catalan:

6765

U.S. patent Nos. 4,631,603, 4,577,216, 4,819,098, and 4,907,093.

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights. Use of this

copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision, and is intended for home and other limited consumer uses only unless

otherwise authorized by Macrovision. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

Panasonic Consumer Electronics

Company, Division of Matsushita

Electric Corporation of America

One Panasonic Way Secaucus,

New Jersey 07094

Panasonic Sales Company,

Division of Matsushita Electric

of Puerto Rico, Inc. (“PSC”)

Ave. 65 de Infantería, Km. 9.5

San Gabriel Industrial Park, Carolina,

Puerto Rico 00985

Panasonic Canada Inc.

5770 Ambler Drive

Mississauga, Ontario

L4W 2T3

www.panasonic.ca

http://www.panasonic.com

C 2003 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Printed in Japan

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