Table Of Contents - Panasonic Diga DMR-EH59 Operating Instructions Manual

Table of contents

Getting started
Included accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
The remote control information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
HDD (Hard disk drive) handling care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Unit care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Quick Start Guide
Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Easy access to various functions
- FUNCTION MENU Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
STEP 2 Channel reception settings and
TV aspect settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
GUIDE Plus+ system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
HDD and disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
USB memory and card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Regarding DivX files, Music files and
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still pictures (JPEG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Media handling (Disc/USB memory/SD card) . . . . . . . .18
Basic operations
Playing recorded video contents/
Playing play-only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Deleting titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Advanced operations
Notes for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Advanced recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . . . 24
When the format confirmation screen is displayed. . . . . . . . . . . 24
When removing a recorded disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Recording broadcasts from external equipment . . . . . . . .26
Making timer recordings on the television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Recording from digital/satellite receiver or decoder . . . . . . . . . . 26
Linked timer recordings with external equipment
(digital/satellite receiver) - EXT LINK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Copying from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
DV automatic recording (DV Auto Rec) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Advanced timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Using S V number to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . 28
HOW IEW
Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
To cancel recording when recording has already begun . . . . . . 29
To release the unit from recording standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Notes on timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Relief Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Auto Renewal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
VPS/PDC function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Operations in the GUIDE Plus+ system . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Basic operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Selecting the programme from the desired category . . . . . . . . . 31
Searching desired programmes on GUIDE Plus+ list
by words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Advanced playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Operation during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Selecting recorded programmes (titles) to play-
DIRECT NAVIGATOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Switching the DIRECT NAVIGATOR appearance . . . . . . . . . . . 33
To sort the titles for easy searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
To play grouped titles [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
To edit the group of titles [HDD]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Playing DivX, Music files and
still pictures (JPEG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Showing the menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Playing DivX video contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Playing Music files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Playing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Useful functions during still picture play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
To play music CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
To play music recorded on HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Useful functions during music play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Convenient functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
FUNCTION MENU Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Searching programmes in the GUIDE Plus+ list by
name of title - Find Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
To pause the TV programme you are watching
-Pause Live TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Linked operations with the TV
(VIERA Link "HDAVI Control
Easy control only with VIERA remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Editing
Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Creating, editing and playing playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Editing still pictures and music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Copying
Copying titles or playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Copy [Video (HDD to DVD)] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Copying using the copying list-Advanced Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Copying a finalised DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW (DVD-Video format),
+R and +R DL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Copying Video (MPEG2) from an SD card [EH69] . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Copying Video (MPEG2) from a video equipment [EH69] [EH59]. . . . . . . . . 53
Copying still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Copying using the copying list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Copying still pictures on the USB memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Copying new still pictures on the SD card
-Copy New Pictures [EH69] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Copying music to HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
About the Gracenote ® Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Copying music from a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Copying music from a USB memory or CD-R/CD-RW/
DVD-R/DVD-R DL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
To update the Gracenote ® Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Setting menus
Using on-screen menus/Status message. . . . . . . . . . . 58
Using on-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Status messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
HDD, disc and card management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Providing a name for a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Deleting all titles and playlists-Delete all titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Deleting all the contents-Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Selecting the background style -Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting whether to show the Top Menu first-Auto-Play Select . . . . . 62
Enabling discs to be played on other equipment-Finalise . . . . . . . . . . 62
Creating Top Menu-Create Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Changing the unit's settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Television operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Reference
Additional connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Connecting a television with AUDIO/VIDEO or
S VIDEO terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Connecting a VCR with AUDIO/VIDEO or S VIDEO terminals . . . . 69
Connecting a television with COMPONENT VIDEO terminals . . . . 69
Connecting an amplifier with a digital input terminal . . . . . . . . . . 70
Connecting a stereo amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Connecting with an HDMI compatible television and receiver . . . . . 70
Connecting a television and VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Connecting a television and VCR,
digital/satellite receiver or decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Back Cover
"/Q Link) . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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