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RQT8866
Table of Contents
Setting On-Screen Display ..................................................... 58
Accessing the On-Screen
Display
.............................................. 58
HDD, DVD and Card Management ......................................... 60
Accessing the Management Menus ............................................. 60
Setup Menu ............................................................................ 62
Accessing the Setup Menu .......................................................... 62
Channel Settings .................................................................... 62
Playback/Recording Settings .................................................. 64
Picture Settings ...................................................................... 64
Sound Settings ....................................................................... 65
Display and Connection Settings ............................................ 66
System Settings ...................................................................... 68
Getting Started
Features ................................................................................... 2
Accessories .............................................................................. 3
Sales and Support Information ................................................. 3
Quick Start Guide
Location of Parts/Controls ..................................................................................................................................................... 8
Remote Control ................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Main Unit .......................................................................................................................................................................... 8
The Unit’s Display ............................................................................................................................................................ 9
Rear Panel ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Basic Connection ................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Connecting to a Television only ...................................................................................................................................... 10
Adding a Satellite Receiver: Connecting to a Television and a Satellite Receiver ......................................................... 11
Setting the Channels and Clock .......................................................................................................................................... 12
Clock Setting .................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Important Notes for Recording ............................................... 19
Advanced Recording .............................................................. 20
Recording Modes and Durations ................................................. 20
When the format confi rmation screen is displayed ...................... 21
When removing a Recorded or Copied Disc ................................ 21
Specifying the Recording Time .................................................... 21
Direct TV Recording ..................................................................... 21
Flexible Recording ....................................................................... 22
Playing while you are recording ................................................... 22
Recording from a Satellite Receiver ....................................... 23
Manual Recording ........................................................................ 23
Linked timer recordings with external equipment (SKY Digital
STB/satellite receiver)—EXT LINK ......................................... 23
Recording from an External Device ........................................ 24
Recording from a VCR, etc .......................................................... 24
Recording from a DV Camcorder ................................................. 25
Advanced Timer Recording .................................................... 26
Manual timer recordings .............................................................. 26
To cancel a timer recording in progress ....................................... 27
To deactivate timer programme
(e.g. to interrupt a daily or weekly timer programming) ........... 27
Notes on timer recording ............................................................. 27
Check, Change, or Delete Programmes ...................................... 28
Relief Recording .......................................................................... 29
Auto Renewal Recording ............................................................. 29
Making timer recordings on the television ................................... 29
Advanced Features
Setting Menus
Entering Text ........................................................................... 42
Titles
—
Editing ......................................................................... 42
Accessing the Title View .............................................................. 42
Title Operations ............................................................................ 43
Chapters
—
Creating, Editing ................................................... 45
Accessing the Chapter View ........................................................ 45
Chapter Operations ...................................................................... 45
Creating, Editing and Playing Playlists ................................... 46
Accessing the Playlist View .......................................................... 46
Creating Playlists ......................................................................... 46
Editing Playlists/Chapters ............................................................ 46
Still Pictures
—
Editing ............................................................. 48
Accessing the Album/Picture View ............................................... 48
Album/Picture Operations ............................................................ 48
Delete Navigator .......................................................................... 49
Advanced Editing
Caution for AC Mains Lead ....................................................... 3
HDD (Hard disk drive) handling care ........................................ 6
Remote Control Information ..................................................... 7
Unit Care .................................................................................. 7
Watching Television ................................................................ 14
Watching Satellite Programmes ................................................... 14
Playback ................................................................................. 15
Playing Discs ............................................................................... 15
Recording Television Programmes ........................................ 16
Timer Recording ..................................................................... 17
Deleting Titles ......................................................................... 18
Delete Navigator .......................................................................... 18
Deleting Titles During Playback ................................................... 18
Basic Operations
TV Guide ...........................................................................30
Using the TV Guide ................................................................30
Selecting the programme from the desired programme type or
category ............................................................................31
Advanced Playback ................................................................ 32
Selecting Titles to Play ................................................................. 32
Search ......................................................................................... 32
Skip .............................................................................................. 32
Quick View (Play
1.3) ................................................................ 32
Direct Play .................................................................................... 33
Slow-motion Play ......................................................................... 33
Frame-by-Frame Viewing ............................................................. 33
Time Slip ...................................................................................... 33
Manual Skip ................................................................................. 33
Create Chapters .......................................................................... 33
Playing Still Pictures (JPEG) .................................................. 34
Playing MP3s .......................................................................... 37
Information Messages ............................................................ 38
Digital Channel Information ......................................................... 38
Status Messages ......................................................................... 39
New Service Message ................................................................. 39
FUNCTION MENU Window ...............................................39
Linked Operations with the TV (VIERA Link “HDAVI
Control™”/Q Link) .............................................................40
Easy control only with VIERA remote control ........................41
Copying titles or playlists ...................................................50
Copy ......................................................................................52
Copying using the copying list—Advanced Copy ...................53
Copying a fi nalised DVD-R, DVD-R DL,
DVD-RW (DVD-Video format), +R and +R DL ..................55
Copying SD Video from an SD Card ......................................55
Copying Still Pictures .............................................................. 56
Copying using the copying list ..................................................... 56
Copying all the still pictures on a card—Copy All Pictures ........... 57
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