Panasonic DMR-EX77B, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...anuary 2007 EX87 Declaration of Conformity No 4525 22th January 2007 Notice for DVB functions This DVD Recorder is for viewing and recording free to view channels only not Pay TV or encrypted channels This unit does not have an analogue broadcast tuner Any functions related to DVB Digital Video Broadcasting will work in areas where DVB T MPEG2 digital terrestrial broadcasting is received Consult y...

Page 2: ... Services SELECT VIEW RETURN Guide Change Display Mode Page Page 24 Hr Prog Type All Types Prog Type Category Time In today s show we will info BBC 1 10 31 45 70 BBC 2 Channel 4 Channel 5 2 Emmerdale You can easily find programmes you want to watch and set them for timer recording DIRECT NAVIGATOR 32 DIRECT NAVIGATOR Title View Previous Page 02 02 Next BBC 1 10 10 FRI BBC 1 11 10 SAT 007 008 HDD R...

Page 3: ...Remove the connector cover How to replace the fuse The location of the fuse differ according to the type of AC mains plug figures A and B Confirm the AC mains plug fitted and follow the instructions below Illustrations may differ from actual AC mains plug 1 Open the fuse cover with a screwdriver Fuse cover Figure A Figure B 2 Replace the fuse and close or attach the fuse cover Figure A Figure B Fu...

Page 4: ...l 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 Edit...

Page 5: ...ing Guide 79 When Other Panasonic Products Respond to this Remote Control 79 To Reset This Unit 79 General Issues Power 80 General Issues Displays 80 General Issues Operation 81 General Issues TV Guide 82 General Issues DVB T 82 General Issues VIERA Link 83 Playback Issues Picture 84 Playback Issues Sound 85 Playback Issues Operation 86 Recording Issues Recording Timer Recording Copying External i...

Page 6: ... may no longer be possible Especially during operation do not subject the unit to any vibration shock or remove the AC mains lead from the household mains socket In the event of a power failure during recording or play the content may be damaged The HDD is a temporary storage device The HDD is not an everlasting storage device for recorded content Use the HDD as a temporary storage place for one o...

Page 7: ...e instructions that came with the cloth 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 lens cleaner about once every year depending on frequency of use and the operating environment Carefully read the lens cleaner s instructions before use DVD lens cleaner...

Page 8: ...16 EXT LINK Linked timer recordings with external equipment 23 DIRECT TV REC Direct TV recording 21 DVB function TEXT Show Digital TEXT MHEG service 38 STTL Show subtitles 38 Transmission window TV operations 69 Channel select Change pages in the TV Guide list 16 30 Show timer recording list 26 Input select Tuner AV1 AV2 AV3 DV 14 23 24 Skip approx 30 seconds forward 33 Exit the menu screen Show t...

Page 9: ...4 16 18 20 21 RF RF IN IN RF RF OUT OUT AV2 EXT AV1 TV OPTICAL DIGI DIGITAL AL AUDIO OU UDIO OUT PCM BITSTREAM PCM BITSTREAM COMPONENT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT S VIDEO VIDEO R AUDIO L PR PB Y AC IN OUT OUT A AV OU V OUT T 1 3 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 DMR EX77EB S VQ7AA01002 R SER NO Quick Start Guide STEP 1 Digital broadcast indicator Lights when the unit is receiving digital broadcast or TV Guide data ...

Page 10: ...REAM PCM BITSTREAM COMPONENT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT VIDEO R AUDIO L PR PB Y OUT OUT A AV OU V OUT T AV2 A A EXT AC IN OUT AV OUT RF IN AV IN RF IN 1 1 Step Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 4 Step The RF coaxial cable cannot be used for showing pictures from the unit The unit must be connected using another method e g 21 pin Scart cable to show pictures from the unit on the television set Use one o...

Page 11: ...ogrammes 14 To record satellite programmes Refer to Recording from a Satellite Receiver 23 RF RF IN IN RF RF OUT OUT AV1 TV OPTICAL DIGI DIGITAL AL AUDIO OU UDIO OUT PCM BITSTREAM PCM BITSTREAM COMPONENT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT VIDEO R AUDIO L PR PB Y OUT OUT A AV OU V OUT T AV2 EXT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT AC IN OUT AV OUT Rear of this unit Rear of satellite receiver Rear of TV RF IN RF IN AV OU...

Page 12: ... is not possible to return to the factory preset OK to store the PIN number Preparation Turn on the mains for the television and connected equipment and select the appropriate AV input to suit the connections to this unit These are the first settings you make upon buying the unit You don t need to make these settings again STATU A A S CREAT A A E CHAPTER F U N C T I O N M E N U D I R E C T N A V A...

Page 13: ...r the name RETURN The Owner ID settings screen disappears and and then repeat steps to enter and store House No and Postcode Auto setup for your unit is complete You can now make your favourite channels and store them in the required order in the profiles 62 Clock Setting This unit usually obtains time and date information from digital broadcasts and automatically corrects the time several times a...

Page 14: ...pe Category Time In today s show we will info BBC 1 10 31 45 70 BBC 2 Channel 4 Channel 5 2 Emmerdale The TV Guide list appears STATU A A S DIRECTTVREC EXT LINK REC MODE REC CREAT A A E CHAPTER F U N C T I O N M E N U D I R E C T N A V A I G A T A A O R GUIDE RETURN PLAY x1 A A 3 PA P P USE STOP SLOW SEARCH SKIP CH PA P P GE SELECT INPUT 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 CH AV A A TV DRIVE SELECT DVD VOL DELETE...

Page 15: ...NU Play Chapter List Audio Tracks Subtitles Trailer DVD V DVD A to select an item then OK You can sometimes use the numbered buttons to select an item VCD Press the numbered buttons to select an item e g 5 0 5 15 1 5 HDD RAM R R DL RW V R R DL RW DVD V DVD A RW VR VCD CD DVD to turn the unit on DRIVE SELECT to select the HDD or DVD drive If you selected the DVD drive OPEN CLOSE to open the tray Bu...

Page 16: ...ss PAUSE Press again to restart recording The title is not divided Stopping Recording Press STOP Refer to Important Notes for Recording 19 and Advanced Recording 20 to 22 for detail information on recording HDD RAM R RW V R RW TIME SLIP DISPLAY A A STATU A A S TEXT DIRECTTVREC EXT LINK REC MODE REC CREAT A A E CHAPTER F U N C T I O N M E N U D I R E C T N A V A I G A T A A O R GUIDE RETURN PLAY x1...

Page 17: ...ELECT INPUT 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 CH AV A A TV DRIVE SELECT DVD VOL DELETE MANUAL SKIP PROG CHECK EXIT OK OPTION Refer to TV Guide 30 and Advanced Timer Recording 26 for detail information on TV Guide HDD RAM R RW V R RW Notes The TV Guide list is not displayed immediately after purchasing this unit The TV Guide system will not work if the clock is not set correctly If NTSC has been selected for TV ...

Page 18: ...h to the Title View screen to select the title then OK With the unit stopped F U N C T I O N M E N U Remain FUNCTION MENU 30 00 SP HDD Recording Playback Copy Delete To Others OK RETURN to select Delete then OK Tips To return to the previous screen Press RETURN To view other pages Press to select Previous or Next then press OK You can also press to view other pages Multiple deleting Select with th...

Page 19: ...fter recording or copying 61 It is necessary to finalise DVD R etc on this unit after recording or copying titles to them You can then play them as a commercially sold DVD Video However the discs become play only and you can no longer record or copy You can record and copy again if you format DVD RW CHG SEARCH ENTER OFF MENU RETURN TOP MENU DISPLAY VOL ON A SURROU ND MONITOR MODE PICTURE MODE REPE...

Page 20: ...cs Notes This unit uses variable bit rate VBR recording which varies the amount of data recorded to suit the picture quality so actual recording times and remaining recording times shown by the unit will be different R DL R DL The difference will be especially noticeable Use a disc enough remaining blank space When recording to DVD RAM using EP 8Hours mode play may not be possible on DVD players e...

Page 21: ...he set time is cleared if you press STOP The unit turns off automatically after recording finished During recording On the main unit REC repeatedly until the desired time is reached The recording time and the unit s display changes as follows Counter Cancel OFF 0 30 OFF 1 00 OFF 4 00 OFF 1 30 OFF 3 00 OFF 2 00 Direct TV Recording HDD RAM R RW V R RW This function allows you to immediately start re...

Page 22: ...you are recording you cannot edit or delete titles HDD RAM R RW V R RW The unit sets the best possible picture quality that fits the programme within the remaining disc space The recording mode becomes FR mode Refer to FR Flexible Recording 20 Flexible Recording Flexible Rec Start Cancel Record in FR mode Set rec time Maximum rec time 8 Hour 00 Min 8 Hour 00 Min RETURN SELECT to select Flexible Re...

Page 23: ...d timer recording standby The unit turns on and EXT L disappears Manual timer recordings 26 Notes In order to prevent accidental operation press EXT LINK to cancel the setting after recording is finished This function does not work with some equipment Refer to the equipment s operating instructions The beginnings of recordings may not be recorded correctly in some cases When Ext Link is set to Ext...

Page 24: ... the unit and the external device are turned off Front of the unit REC OPEN CLOSE L MONO AUDIO R VIDEO S VIDEO AV3 IN You can get a sharper clearer picture by connecting with an S Video cable instead of the yellow video cable Yellow White Red S Video cable Audio video cable HDD RAM R RW V R RW Start play on the external device REC at the point you want to start recording to the disc SELECT INPUT t...

Page 25: ... R RW DRIVE SELECT to select the HDD or DVD drive If you selected the DVD drive insert a disc 78 RECMODE to select the recording mode 20 Turn on the DV equipment and pause play on the DV equipment at the point you want recording to start DV Auto Rec Rec to HDD Rec to DVD Cancel DV unit is connected Record from the DV unit OK RETURN SELECT DV Auto Rec screen may appear to select Rec to HDD or Rec t...

Page 26: ... indicate timer recording standby has been activated Repeat steps to programme other recordings Press DVD to turn the unit off Notes on the unit s display flashes when the unit cannot go to timer recording standby If two timer recording times overlap the first recording always has priority The second recording will start only after the first recording has finished Recorded subtitles cannot be dele...

Page 27: ...off Timer recordings begin when the set time is reached even when playing Timer recordings do not begin while editing or copying in normal speed mode 50 If the unit is turned on when timer recording begins it remains turned on after recording finishes It does not turn off automatically You can turn the unit off during timer recording If the unit is not put in the timer recording standby mode at th...

Page 28: ... OK to store new programme Mode STTL Stop Start No Date HDD DVD Name Drive space New Timer Programme Timer Recording screen icons Timer programme is active Currently recording Programmes are overlapped Recording of the programme with the later start time starts when the earlier programme finishes recording You stopped a weekly or daily timer recording The icon disappears when the next timer record...

Page 29: ...e overwritten when the next Auto Renewal Recording takes place Playlists made from programmes that were set for Auto Renewal Recording are deleted along with auto renewal When there is not enough space on the HDD the programme may not be recorded completely to select ON then OK Timer Recording 1 58 SP DVD 30 24 SP HDD Remain 12 54 00 15 7 TUE Mode Stop Start Name Date HDD DVD 22 30 22 00 SUN HDD 1...

Page 30: ...ast on what channel and what time as if you see a TV programme magazine which is convenient to check the status of Timer recording Portrait view This is convenient to narrow down channels to search for the programme you want to watch To switch between Landscape view and Portrait view Press GUIDE Notes The receipt of the TV Guide system data is only possible via the aerial input of this unit The re...

Page 31: ...hannel 4 Channel 5 10 31 Channel 6 32 70 to select the programme Tips To return to the previous TV Guide list before you have selected the programme type or categories Select All Types of the programme type and All Services of the categories in step above To return to the previous screen Press RETURN To exit the screen Press EXIT Blue Yellow e g Programme type News and Factual is selected in step ...

Page 32: ...ed To select the title with the numbered buttons e g HDD RAM R R DL RW V R R DL RW RW VR 5 0 0 5 5 0 5 15 0 1 5 15 1 5 115 1 1 5 To view other pages Press to select Previous or Next then press OK Thumbnail Display only You can also press to view other pages To exit the DIRECT NAVIGATOR screen Press DIRECT NAVIGATOR HDD RAM When the Album View screen is displayed press the Red button to switch to t...

Page 33: ... play pauses automatically except DVD V DVD A VCD VCD allow slow motion in the forward direction only HDD RAM R R DL RW V R R DL RW RW VR Skips approx 30 seconds forward with each press Manual Skip During playback MANUAL SKIP During playback CHAPTER CREATE Tips Chapters cannot be created during EXT LINK standby 23 During playback TIME SLIP Notes VCD allow Frame by Frame in the forward direction on...

Page 34: ...RN OPTION Press OK to show pictures PICTURE HDD VIDEO 001 002 1 1 06 Total 5 2 1 06 Total 3 Date 2 1 2006 Date 1 1 2006 R R DL CD Picture JPEG View screen JPEG Menu Picture JPEG View Previous Page 001 001 Next 0001 Folder 103__DVD 0002 0003 0004 0005 0006 0007 0008 0009 OK RETURN CD JPEG HDD RAM When the Title View screen is displayed press the Green button to switch to the Album View screen R R D...

Page 35: ... CD RW image 001 image 002 image 003 image 004 image 005 image 006 image 007 image 008 image 009 image 010 DATA 1 DATA 2 OK RETURN JPEG Menu CD JPEG Folder F 1 21 Selected Folder No Total Folder No If the folder has no compatible file is displayed as the folder number You cannot select folders that contain no compatible files to select the desired folder then OK RAM SD This function is only availa...

Page 36: ...ile playing a picture OPTION Zoom While playing a picture OPTION To zoom in Rotate RIGHT FUNCTION MENU Rotate LEFT Zoom in OK RETURN to select Zoom in then OK Notes To return to the picture to its original size Press to select Zoom out in step then press OK When zooming in the still picture may be cut off Zoom in information is not stored Zoom in and Zoom out do not work with images that have a re...

Page 37: ...Velvet Cuppermine 010 Ziggy Starfish Page 001 024 1 1 My favourite 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Track Tree G 1 T 3 TOTAL 3 111 MP3 Menu 0 9 Number Group No Prev Next ENTER Selected group Track list is shown Group No Track No in the group Track No Total tracks in all groups to select a track then OK to play From the track list while a track is highlighted to display the tree screen Tree G 1 7 MP3 Menu ...

Page 38: ...o recorded and will remain visible during playback Changing the Category You can select one of your favourite channels by changing the category such as Free TV Radio and Registered Profiles 62 When digital channel information is displayed Blue to change the category Press to select the channel Showing the Digital TEXT MHEG When TXT appears in digital channel information TEXT to show the Digital TE...

Page 39: ...ouping your favourite chapters Playlists 22 The unit sets the best possible picture quality that fits the recording within the remaining disc space Flexible Rec 25 DV automatic recording function DV Auto Rec 62 You can change the unit s settings using Setup menu Setup 60 You can manage discs or cards through formatting finalising and other operations HDD DVD Card Management FUNCTION MENU Window 14...

Page 40: ...d In this case press or to go back to where playback started When the TV is on Easy playback VIERA Link Q Link When the TV is on and the following operations are performed the TV s input will automatically switch to HDMI input mode VIERA Link or AV input mode Q Link and the TV displays the corresponding action Picture or sound may not be available for the first few seconds Press FUNCTION MENU 1 PL...

Page 41: ...e Top Menu is displayed 15 Menu is displayed 15 Select the HDD DVD or SD drive Rotate the still pictures 36 Enlarge or shrink the still picture 36 Menu Drive Select Control Panel OK Top Menu FUNCTION MENU RETURN OPTION Using the Control Panel Using the Control Panel you can operate search backward search forward stop etc with the TV remote control Perform steps and of Using the OPTION menu window ...

Page 42: ...es such as commercials changing Thumbnail dividing and deleting titles etc Preparation RAM Release protection disc cartridge 60 Press DRIVE SELECT to select the drive Press DIRECT NAVIGATOR HDD RAM When the Album View screen is displayed press the Red button to switch to the Title View screen Press to select a title Multiple editing below Tips Press OPTION to display the menu list To view more opt...

Page 43: ...deleted Available disc space may not increase after erasing a short title Set up Protection Cancel Protection HDD RAM R R DL RW Use to prevent accidental erasure of titles Perform steps of Accessing the Title View 42 Press to select Set up Protection or Cancel Protection then press OK Press to select Yes then press OK The lock symbol appears when the title is protected BBC 0 27 10 MON 007 008 DIRE...

Page 44: ...Changes the thumbnail picture shown in the Title View screen Perform steps of Accessing the Title View 42 Press to select Change Thumbnail then press OK DIRECT NAVIGATOR Change Thumbnail Change Finish 0 00 01 Change HDD 008 OK RETURN Start play and select the image of a thumbnail VIDEO Set up Protection Cancel Protection Partial Delete Change Thumbnail Divide Title Enter Name Press PLAY to start p...

Page 45: ...apters You can combine the divided chapters Perform steps of Accessing the Chapter View left Press to select Combine Chapters then press OK Press to select Combine then press OK The selected chapter gets combined with the next chapter HDD RAM When creating chapters in your favourite scenes you can easily reach the head of scene using SKIP or play on Chapter View Properties Edit Chapter View Table ...

Page 46: ...you want to add to a playlist and press OK Press to cancel Press OPTION to select Create Chapter then press OK if you want to create a new chapter in the source title 45 Press to select the position to insert the chapter then press OK Press repeatedly to return to step if you want to add additional source titles Chapters are registered to the playlist Repeat steps and to add other chapters Press R...

Page 47: ...K To edit Press OPTION to display the menu list You can go back to the Playlist View Move Chapter Create Chapter Combine Chapters Delete Chapter Playlist View Add Chapter Refer to Chapter Operations right Chapter Operations Add Chapter Press to select Add Chapter then press OK 46 Creating Playlists Move Chapter Press to select Move Chapter then press OK Press to select the position to insert the c...

Page 48: ...o select the album containing picture to add then press OK Press to select Select pictures to copy or Copy all pictures then press OK If Select pictures to copy is selected Press to select the picture then press OK If Copy all pictures is selected All the still pictures in the album will be copied Press to select No to finish copying then press OK If you want to continue copying select Yes and rep...

Page 49: ...overed Press DRIVE SELECT to select the HDD DVD or SD drive Press FUNCTION MENU Press to select Delete then press OK HDD RAM When the Title View screen is displayed press the Green button to switch to the Album View screen Deleting an album 4a Press to select the album then press DELETE Deleting a still picture 4b 1 Press to select the album then press OK 2 Press to select the still picture then p...

Page 50: ...uality than the original the picture quality does not improve However it does prevent against degradation of picture quality R DL You cannot copy in EP or FR recordings 5 hours or longer mode 2 You cannot select Top Menu or Auto Play Select If you want to set auto play select or the background colour select Top Menu or Auto Play Select in DVD Management before copying 61 3 You cannot copy playlist...

Page 51: ... to fill a new disc when copying to it the equivalent of up to 4 hours of free space in SP mode is needed on the HDD When the number of titles recorded to the HDD and the number of titles to be copied to the DVD R DL and R DL is greater than 500 in total When playing a title recorded on both layers video and audio may momentarily cut out when the unit is switching layers 74 Regarding copying of th...

Page 52: ...py Check the properties of a title and sort COPY Navigator Copying titles or playlists Perform steps of Copy Press to select the title then press OPTION COPY Navigator Page 01 01 HDD 001 BBC 10 10 FRI 13 30 BBC2 10 10 FRI 9 25 AV2 4 10 SAT 16 10 BBC 3 10 FRI 22 05 AV2 3 10 FRI 20 00 BBC1 27 9 SAT 12 15 BBC 26 9 FRI 13 30 002 003 004 005 006 007 Name of title Time No Name Date Day 008 BBC 11 10 SAT...

Page 53: ...e going to copy a registered list without making any changes to it step Press to select Create List then press Page 01 01 Copy Create copy list Size 0MB Destination Capacity 4343MB No Size New item Total 0 1 2 3 Cancel All Copy Direction Copy Mode Create List Start Copying HDD DVD VIDEO High Speed Name of item 0 OK RETURN OPTION Press to select New item then press OK Press the Red button to select...

Page 54: ...elect Previous or Next then press OK You can also press to show other pages Multiple editing Select with and press PAUSE Repeat Press OK to register to the list A check mark appears Press PAUSE again to cancel When you switch between the VIDEO and Playlists tab the check mark is cancelled To stop copying Press and hold RETURN for 3 seconds You cannot stop while finalising To return to the previous...

Page 55: ... favourite 01 02 01 Chapter 1 03 05 02 04 06 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 While playing in order all the titles after the selected title are recorded until the set time After the last title on the disc has finished playing the top menu is recorded until the set time is reached Tips To return to the previous screen Press RETURN To stop copying Press STOP You can also press and hold RETURN for 3 se...

Page 56: ...ress to select the still picture then press OK To select a multiple number of items together press PAUSE to add the check mark then press OK 57 Multiple editing To show other pages 57 To select the still pictures in another folder 57 To edit the copying list below You can register a multiple number of still pictures on the copying list by repeating steps Press to confirm To register on a folder by...

Page 57: ...URN SD CARD Press to select Copy to then press to select the drive Press to select Copy then press OK Notes When copying the still pictures on a folder by folder basis 56 or card by card basis above Copy All Pictures files other than the still picture files inside the folder will also be copied This does not apply to the lower folders contained inside the folders If still pictures are already cont...

Page 58: ... random order Return Returns to the default still picture on the disc PBC Playback control 96 VCD Indicates whether menu play playback control is on or off Disc Menu Soundtrack Subtitle language ENG English CHI Chinese FRA French KOR Korean DEU German MAL Malay ITA Italian VIE Vietnamese ESP Spanish THA Thai NLD Dutch POL Polish SVE Swedish CES Czech NOR Norwegian SLK Slovak DAN Danish HUN Hungari...

Page 59: ...3 or DV is selected Reduces video tape noise during recording Depending on the video signal jittering may occur Automatic Noise reduction only works on picture input from a video tape On Noise reduction works for any video input Off Noise reduction is off Select when you want to record input as is HDD RAM R R DL RW V R R DL RW DVD V DVD A RW VR CD VCD Repeat Play This function works only when the ...

Page 60: ...M SD The disc or card cannot be formatted if the write protect tab or switch left is switched to PROTECT or LOCK Release the protection to continue The message Unable to format appears when trying to format discs the unit cannot use You can delete all titles on HDD or the single sided DVD RAM at once Important Once deleted contents cannot be recovered HDD RAM Perform preparation steps of Accessing...

Page 61: ... This can render the disc unusable When finalizing a high speed recording compatible disc it may take longer than displayed on the confirmation screen approximately 4 times longer After finalising R R DL R R DL The disc becomes play only and you can no longer record or edit it RW V You can record and edit the disc after formatting although it becomes play only after finalising When copying in high...

Page 62: ...e channel setting itself Timer recording may not work correctly if you edit the profiles during timer recording standby Channel numbers cannot be changed due to broadcast restrictions Setup Disc Picture Sound Display Connection Tuning Edit Profiles Auto Setup Restart Others OK RETURN TAB SELECT DVB Manual Tuning Add New DVB Services Signal Condition Edit Profiles RETURN SELECT Profile Select Add A...

Page 63: ...eive Setup Disc Picture Sound Display Connection Tuning Edit Profiles Auto Setup Restart Others OK RETURN TAB SELECT DVB Manual Tuning Add New DVB Services Signal Condition Add New DVB Services Please wait Ch 21 68 Prog Quality Channel Service Name Net ID TS ID RETURN RETURN to cancel The unit starts searching for newly available terrestrial digital channels This takes about 5 minutes The bar over...

Page 64: ...l Other Subtitle Automatic English German French Italian Spanish Other Menus English German French Italian Spanish Other Settings for Recording Press OK to show the following settings Recording time in EP mode Select the maximum number of hours for recording in EP mode EP 6Hours You can record for 6 hours on an unused 4 7 GB disc EP 8Hours You can record for 8 hours on an unused 4 7 GB disc DVD Sp...

Page 65: ...n the unit before output Bitstream When you have connected the unit to a piece of equipment with a built in MPEG decoder PCM When you have connected the unit to a piece of equipment without a built in MPEG decoder Audio Mode for XP Recording Choose the audio type when recording or copying with XP mode Dolby Digital 96 LPCM 96 The picture quality of LPCM recordings may be lower than that of normal ...

Page 66: ...L Display Connection select Connection select item OK Setup Picture Sound Display Connection Tuning Others Disc Progressive TV Aspect 16 9 Off HDMI Settings AV 1 Output RGB 2 AV 2 Settings PAL TV System RETURN TAB SELECT TV Aspect This setting needs to be changed when connected to a 4 3 standard aspect TV Press to select the TV Aspect then press OK 16 9 4 3 Letterbox Setup TV Aspect 16 9 Disc Pict...

Page 67: ...ed to a TV with an HDMI cable 73 and you want to enjoy the highest quality of audio from discs VIERA Link On Off Select when you do not want to use HDAVI Control AV1 Output Selects the output from the AV1 terminal Select Video with component or S Video with component for component output progressive output Set according to the signal and terminal of the connected TV Video with component Select whe...

Page 68: ...f System Update for the unit perform the following steps Select the time for Software Update right EPG Software search period Set EPG Download in Standby and Software Update in Standby right to Off and update manually right Software Update Search Now EPG Download in Standby On When the unit is turned off EPG data is downloaded automatically Off Software Update in Standby On You can perform the uni...

Page 69: ...nt codes if available Some TVs may not be compatible with the unit s remote control TV operation buttons Remote Control Codes for the TV Manufacturer Code No PANASONIC 01 02 03 04 AIWA 35 AKAI 27 30 BEJING 33 BEKO 05 71 72 73 74 BENG 58 59 BP 09 BRANDT 10 15 BUSH 05 CENTREX 66 CHANGHONG 69 CURTIS 05 DAEWOO 64 65 DESMET 05 DUAL 05 ELEMIS 05 Manufacturer Code No FERGUSON 10 34 FINLUX 61 FISHER 21 FU...

Page 70: ...r TV and Video Cassette Recorder Keep the RF coaxial cables as far away as possible from other cables Do not roll up the RF coaxial cables RF RF IN IN RF RF OUT OUT AV1 TV OPTICAL DIGI DIGITAL AL AUDIO OU UDIO OUT PCM BITSTREAM PCM BITSTREAM COMPONENT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT S VIDEO VIDEO R AUDIO L PR PB Y OUT OUT A AV OU V OUT T AV2 EXT AC IN OUT AV OUT AC IN RF IN AV IN RF IN AV OUT RF OUT...

Page 71: ...DEO IN CRT DO NOT Using an Audio Video Cable included Using an S Video Cable S Video Cable not included The S VIDEO OUT terminal achieves a more vivid picture than the VIDEO OUT terminal Actual results depend on the television RF IN RF OUT A S VIDEO VIDEO R AUDIO L OUT OUT A AV OU V OUT T C IN AUDIO IN VIDEO IN R L S VIDEO IN Rear of TV Rear of TV Rear of this unit Rear of this unit Leave the yell...

Page 72: ...amplifier not the television You cannot use DTS Digital Surround decoders not meant for DVD Before purchasing an optical digital audio cable check the terminal shape of the equipment to be connected AV1 TV OPTICAL DIGIT DIGITAL AL AUDIO OUT UDIO OUT PCM BITSTREAM PCM BITSTREAM COMPONENT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT S VIDEO VIDEO R AUDIO L PR PB Y AC IN OUT OUT A AV OU V OUT T AV2 EXT RF IN RF OUT...

Page 73: ...ded Rear of receiver Connecting with a Panasonic TV VIERA If the 21 pin Scart cable is connected the following functions are available Direct TV Recording 21 Watching pictures from satellite receiver 14 In this case make sure to switch the television input to AV Set VIERA Link to On 67 The default setting is On Set Digital Audio Output to HDMI and Optical 67 The default setting is HDMI and Optical...

Page 74: ... speeds Notes RAM will show an increase in available space whenever a title has been erased RW V and RW discs will only show an increase in available space when their last title has been erased R R DL R R DL The discs will show no increase in available space after deleting titles You may not be able to record depending on the condition of the discs and you may not be able to play them due to the c...

Page 75: ... CD ROM CDV CD G Photo CD CVD SACD MV Disc PD Divx Video Disc Chaoji VCD available on the market including CVD DVCD and SVCD that do not conform to IEC62107 etc Play only Discs Discs that Cannot be Played When you use the discs recorded either PAL or NTSC or playback a title recorded on HDD using PAL or NTSC refer to this table Possible to view Impossible to view Types of disc or title recorded on...

Page 76: ...lders displayed by this unit The following can be displayed on this unit Numbers XXX Letters Folders can be created on other equipment However these folders cannot be selected as a copying destination The folder cannot be displayed if the numbers are all 0 e g DCIM000 etc If a folder name or file name has been input using other equipment the name may not be displayed properly or you may not be abl...

Page 77: ...ciation JEITA R R DL CD Compatible formats ISO9660 level 1 or 2 except for extended formats and Joliet This unit is compatible with multi session however reading or play of the disc may take time if there are a lot of sessions Operation may take time to complete when there are many files tracks and or folders groups some files tracks may not display or be playable Images recorded at a very high re...

Page 78: ...y or electromagnetic waves occur Keep the Memory Card out of reach of children to prevent swallowing Discs to avoid Discs that are not perfectly circular in shape Warped discs which may not balance properly in your unit causing improper operation or damage to the unit Cracked discs Discs with exposed adhesive from removed stickers or labels such as may occur with rental discs or improperly cared f...

Page 79: ...cator appears on the unit s display Change the code on the remote control to match the code displayed for the main unit step To Reset This Unit To reset the unit s settings To reset the ratings level settings To restore the unit if it freezes With the unit stopped Press OPEN CLOSE to open the disc tray Press DRIVE SELECT to select the DVD drive On the main unit Press and hold REC and x1 3 for abou...

Page 80: ... a problem with the unit Regular disc rotating sound Poor reception due to atmospheric conditions Image disturbance during search Periodic interruptions to the reception due to satellite broadcasting breaks A sound is heard when the HDD goes into energy save mode or operations are slow to respond in energy save mode Operations not working due to a poor quality disc Try again using a Panasonic disc...

Page 81: ... unit 79 To restore the unit if it freezes The unit cannot be operated while performing an update SW DL appears on the unit s display while it is updating Please wait until the SW DL disappears 68 HDD activation is slow The HDD is in energy save mode 6 U88 is displayed and the disc cannot be ejected The unit is carrying out the recovery process The disc may be defective Do the following to eject t...

Page 82: ...y quad shielded coaxial cable fly lead between this unit and antenna wall socket to minimise impulse noise pickup If problem persists consult your local TV aerial installer When No Signal message is displayed check aerial connection Adjust the aerial reception with DVB Manual Tuning 63 10 11 63 Picture very infrequently breaks up on some or all channels Electrical atmospheric interference caused b...

Page 83: ...d signal quality Overmodulation makes the signal strength display go to red Readjust the picture with your room aerial until the picture quality improves Page General Issues VIERA Link VIERA Link doesn t work Check the HDMI cable connection Check that HDMI is displayed on the front display when the power for the main unit is set to On Make sure that VIERA Link is set to On Check the HDAVI Control ...

Page 84: ...t programmes are recorded in 4 3 aspect in the following cases R R DL RW V If you recorded or copied using EP or FR recordings 5 hours or longer recording mode If you recorded or copied to a R R DL or RW It may be possible to adjust the display mode on the TV Refer to your television s operating instructions There is a lot of after image when playing video Set Playback NR in the Picture menu to Of...

Page 85: ...put from the HDMI AV OUT terminal or the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT terminal Audio may not be heard when more than 4 devices are connected with HDMI cables Reduce the number of connected devices To output audio from a device connected with an HDMI cable set Digital Audio Output to HDMI and Optical in the Setup menu 67 Depending on the connected equipment the sound may be distorted if this unit is connected...

Page 86: ...es cannot be selected The languages are not recorded on the disc You may have to use the disc s own menus to select languages and audio tracks 15 No subtitles Subtitles are not recorded on the disc Set Subtitle in the Disc menu to On 58 Angle cannot be changed This function depends on software availability Angles can only be changed during scenes where different angles are recorded You have forgot...

Page 87: ...r you can record and copy again if you format DVD RW If you repeatedly insert discs or turn the unit on and off about 50 times or more the recording or editing of DVD R DVD R DL DVD RW DVD Video format R R DL and RW discs may be disabled DVD R DVD R DL DVD RW DVD Video format R R DL and RW discs recorded on this unit may not be recordable on other Panasonic DVD Recorders The broadcast you are tryi...

Page 88: ...ed to the HDD on this unit may not copy to R R DL or RW discs with high speed copy When copying it takes a long time even in high speed mode Use a disc that is compatible with high speed recording Even if the disc is high speed recording compatible the maximum speed may not be possible due to the condition of the disc It takes longer than normal to copy many titles You cannot high speed copy to DV...

Page 89: ...ion in the power These operations are not possible with still pictures You cannot set points if they are too close to each other You cannot set an end point before a start point Cannot delete chapters When the chapter is too short to delete use Combine Chapters to make the chapter longer HDD RAM 45 The available recording time doesn t increase even after deleting titles on the disc Available space...

Page 90: ...orsican 6779 Hebrew 7387 Macedonian 7775 Russian 8285 Thai 8472 Afrikaans 6570 Croatian 7282 Hindi 7273 Malagasy 7771 Samoan 8377 Tibetan 6679 Albanian 8381 Czech 6783 Hungarian 7285 Malay 7783 Sanskrit 8365 Tigrinya 8473 Amharic 6577 Danish 6865 Icelandic 7383 Malayalam 7776 Scots Gaelic 7168 Tonga 8479 Arabic 6582 Dutch 7876 Indonesian 7378 Maltese 7784 Serbian 8382 Turkish 8482 Armenian 7289 En...

Page 91: ...I enjoy High Quality Video up converted to 1080p Connect the unit to 1080p compatible HDTV using an HDMI cable Set HDMI Video Format in the Setup menu to 1080p 67 73 What equipment is necessary to play multi channel surround sound You cannot playback multi channel sound on this unit without other equipment You must connect this unit with an HDMI cable or an optical digital cable to an amplifier wi...

Page 92: ...ollowing via the Setup menu PCM Down Conversion On Dolby Digital PCM DTS PCM MPEG PCM However only As long as digital recording from the disc is permitted As long as the recording equipment is compatible with 48 kHz sampling frequency 65 You cannot record MP3 signals TV Guide Page Is it possible to programme a recording with a start and end time that are different from the TV Guide system You can ...

Page 93: ...en the unit is started This is not a malfunction The unit is carrying out its recovery process You cannot operate the unit while the message is displayed PROG FULL There are already 32 timer recording programmes Delete unnecessary timer recording programmes 28 SP 35 50 LP 151h SP LP and the numbers are examples Available space on the HDD or disc The example SP 35 50 is displayed when less than 100...

Page 94: ...DL R or R DL there is no increase in disc space Available recording space on a DVD RW DVD Video format or RW disc increases when the last title is deleted space may increase slightly when you delete other titles 18 43 60 Cannot record Maximum number of titles exceeded Use a new disc No Disc You haven t inserted a disc Correctly insert a disc that the unit can play 74 75 78 The disc is upside down ...

Page 95: ...inalised DVD R DVD RW DVD Video format R or RW disc 74 The disc may be incompatible or of poor quality 74 75 This disc is not formatted properly Format it using DVD Management in FUNCTION MENU You inserted an unformatted DVD RAM DVD RW R R DL or RW disc Format the disc with the unit 60 You cannot directly record to a DVD R DL and R DL disc on this unit Record to the HDD and then copy to the disc N...

Page 96: ... formatted to become recordable Folder This is a place on the hard disk disc or SD Card where groups of data are stored together In the case of this unit it refers to the place where still pictures JPEG and MPEG2 are stored Formatting Formatting is the process of making media such as DVD RAM recordable on recording equipment You can format DVD RAM DVD RW only as DVD Video format RW SD Card and the...

Page 97: ...ime every 1 50th of a second to create a progressive image Since progressive video does not alternate scan lines like interlace there is a minimal amount of screen flicker 720p In one high definition image 720 750 scan lines pass at the same time every 1 50th of a second to create a progressive image Since progressive video does not alternate scan lines like interlace there is a minimal amount of ...

Page 98: ...termination S Video Out PAL NTSC AV1 21 pin S Video Out S terminal 1 Vp p 75 termination RGB Out PAL NTSC AV1 21 pin 0 7 Vp p PAL 75 termination Component video output NTSC 480p 480i PAL 576p 576i Y 1 0 Vp p 75 termination PB 0 7 Vp p 75 termination PR 0 7 Vp p 75 termination RGB In PAL AV2 21pin 0 7 Vp p PAL 75 termination Audio Recording system Dolby Digital 2 ch Linear PCM XP mode Audio In AV1 ...

Page 99: ...LL OR PLACE THIS UNIT IN A BOOKCASE BUILT IN CABINET OR IN ANOTHER CONFINED SPACE ENSURE THE UNIT IS WELL VENTILATED TO PREVENT RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK OR FIRE HAZARD DUE TO OVERHEATING ENSURE THAT CURTAINS AND ANY OTHER MATERIALS DO NOT OBSTRUCT THE VENTILATION VENTS DO NOT OBSTRUCT THE UNIT S VENTILATION OPENINGS WITH NEWSPAPERS TABLECLOTHS CURTAINS AND SIMILAR ITEMS DO NOT PLACE SOURCES OF NAKED...

Page 100: ...VB Multi Audio 59 DVB Subtitle 38 66 DVD Audio 75 91 DVD RAM DVD R DVD R DL DVD RW R R DL RW 74 DVD Video 15 75 Edit Chapter 45 Playlist 46 Profile 62 Still picture 48 Title 42 Encrypted 38 Enter name Album 42 49 Disc 42 60 Playlist 42 47 Title 42 43 External Device 24 EXT LINK 23 Finalise 21 61 Flexible Recording 22 Format 21 60 FR Flexible Recording Mode 20 FUNCTION MENU Window 39 Guide 14 17 30...