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VQT2J40
Table of contents
Getting started
supplied accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
The remote control information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Quick Start Guide
Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Easy access to various functions
— FUNCTION MENU Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
HDD (Hard disk drive) handling care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Unit care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
STEP
1
Insert the CAM (Conditional Access Module) and
Smart Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
STEP
2
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
STEP
3
Channel reception settings and TV aspect
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
STEP 4
Setting the CI or CI Plus
(Common Interface) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
HDD and disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
USB memory and card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Regarding DivX files, Music files and still pictures
(JPEG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Media handling (Disc/USB memory/SD card) . . . . . . . .17
Basic operations
Watching Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Playing recorded video contents/
Playing play-only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Recording television programmes
[HDD]
. . . . . . . . . . . .21
Timer recording
[HDD]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Deleting titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Advanced operations
Notes for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
General notes for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
For recording to discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Recording modes and approximate recording/
copying times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
When the format confirmation screen is displayed. . . . . . . . . . . 25
When removing a recorded disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Advanced recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Recording broadcasts from external equipment. . . . . .27
Making timer recordings on the television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Recording from digital satellite receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Linked timer recordings with external equipment
(digital satellite receiver) — EXT LINK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Copying from other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
DV automatic recording (DV Auto Rec) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Advanced timer recording
[HDD]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Check, change or delete a programme,
or resolve overlapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
To cancel recording when recording has already begun . . . . . . 30
If the “Overlapped Timer Recording” screen appears . . . . . . . . 30
Language for digital broadcast with multi-audio
or multi-subtitle (Digital broadcast only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Auto Renewal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Notes on timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Selecting the programme from the desired programme type
or category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Searching for the programme in the TV Guide list . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Operations in the TV Guide system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using S
HOW
V
IEW
number to make timer recordings
(Analogue broadcast only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Changing the Settings and Editing TV Guide for Analogue
broadcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
[DVB-T]
Series recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
[DVB-T]
Useful functions in GUIDE Plus+ system . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Advanced playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Operation during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Selecting recorded programmes (titles) to play
—DIRECT NAVIGATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Switching the DIRECT NAVIGATOR appearance . . . . . . . . . . . 36
To sort the titles for easy searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
To play grouped titles
[HDD]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
To edit the group of titles
[HDD]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
To play the title from the beginning
[HDD]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
To play music CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
To play music recorded on HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Useful functions during music play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Playing DivX, Music files and still pictures
(JPEG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Showing the menu screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Playing DivX video contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Playing Music files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Playing still pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Start Slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Useful functions during still picture play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Linked operations with the TV (VIERA Link “HDAVI
Control
TM
”/Q Link). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Easy control only with VIERA remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Convenient functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
FUNCTION MENU Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
To pause the TV programme you are watching
—Pause Live TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Editing
Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Creating, editing and playing Playlists (Video) . . . . . . 48
Editing still pictures and music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Creating, editing and playing Playlists (Picture) . . . . . 52
Copying
Copying titles or Playlists (Video). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Copy [Video (HDD to DVD)] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Copying using the copying list–Advanced Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Copying a finalised DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW
(DVD-Video format), +R and +R DL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Copying Video (MPEG2) from an SD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Copying Video (MPEG2) from a video equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Copying still pictures/Playlist (Picture) . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Copying new still pictures on the SD card or USB memory
—Copy New Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Copying using the copying list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Copying still pictures on the USB memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Copying music to HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
About the Gracenote
®
Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Copying music from a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Copying music from a USB memory or CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R/
DVD-R DL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
To update the Gracenote
®
Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Setting menus
Using on-screen menus/Status message. . . . . . . . . . . 63
HDD, disc and card management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Deleting all titles and Playlists (Video)—Delete all titles. . . . . . . 65
Providing a name for a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Deleting all the contents—Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Selecting the background style— Top Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Selecting whether to show the Top Menu first
—Auto-Play Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Enabling discs to be played on other equipment—Finalise . . . . 66
Creating Top Menu—Create Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Television operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
HOLD function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
CI Plus compatible CAM (Conditional Access Module) software
upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Reference
Additional connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Connecting a television with AUDIO/VIDEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Connecting a VCR with AUDIO/VIDEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Connecting an amplifier with a digital input terminal . . . . . . . . . . 76
Connecting a stereo amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Connecting a television and VCR, digital satellite receiver . . . . . 77
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Back Cover
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