Panasonic DMR-EX79 DVD Recorder User Manual


 
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RQT9306
Table of contents
Getting startedQuick Start
Guide
Basic
operations
Advanced
operations
EditingSetting menusReference Copying
Getting started
Included accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
The remote control information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
HDD and disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
USB memory information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Regarding DivX
®
files, Music files and
still pictures (JPEG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Media handling (Disc/USB memory). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Basic operations
Watching analogue and digital broadcasts . . . . . . . . . .14
Playing recorded video contents/
Playing play-only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Deleting titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Advanced operations
Notes for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Advanced recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . . . 20
When the format confirmation screen is displayed. . . . . . . . . . . 20
When removing a recorded disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Copying from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
DV automatic recording (DV Auto Rec) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Advanced timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Using G-CODE system to make timer recordings
(Analogue broadcast only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
To cancel recording when recording has already begun . . . . . . 24
To release the unit from recording standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Relief Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Auto Renewal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Notes on timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Operations in the TV Guide system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Selecting the programme from the desired programme type or
category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Searching for the programme in the TV Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Advanced playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Operation during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Selecting recorded programmes (titles) to play—
DIRECT NAVIGATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Switching the DIRECT NAVIGATOR appearance . . . . . . . . . . . 29
To sort the titles for easy searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
To play grouped titles [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
To edit the group of titles [HDD]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Playing DivX, Music files and still pictures (JPEG). . . .30
Showing the menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Playing DivX video contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Playing Music files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Playing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Useful functions during still picture play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
To play music CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
To play music recorded on HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Useful functions during music play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Convenient functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
FUNCTION MENU Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
To pause the TV programme you are watching—
Pause Live TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Linked operations with the TV
(VIERA Link “HDAVI Control
TM
”). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Easy control only with VIERA remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Editing
Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Creating, editing and playing playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Editing still pictures and music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Copying
Copying titles or playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Copy [Video (HDD to DVD)] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Copying using the copying list–Advanced Copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Copying a finalised DVD-R, DVD-R DL,
DVD-RW (DVD-Video format), +R and +R DL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Copying SD Video from a video equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Copying still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Copying using the copying list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Copying still pictures on the USB memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Copying music to HDD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
About the Gracenote
®
Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Copying music from a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Copying music from a USB memory or
CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R/DVD-R DL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
To update the Gracenote
®
Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Setting menus
Using on-screen menus/Status message. . . . . . . . . . . 54
HDD and disc management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Providing a name for a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Deleting all titles and playlists—Delete all titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Deleting all the contents—Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Selecting the background style—Top Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Selecting whether to show the Top Menu first—
Auto-Play Select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Enabling discs to be played on other equipment—Finalise . . . . 58
Creating Top Menu—Create Top Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Television operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Reference
Additional connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Connecting a television with S VIDEO terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Connecting a television with COMPONENT VIDEO
terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Connecting an amplifier with a digital input terminal. . . . . . . . . . 67
Connecting a stereo amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Connecting with an HDMI compatible television and
receiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Connecting a television and VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Troubleshooting guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Panasonic Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Back Cover
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