Panasonic DMR-E95 Operating Instructions Manual Download

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Table of contents

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
STEP 2 Setting up the TV Guide On Screen

system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

STEP 3 Set up to match your television and remote

control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

HDD, disc and card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Recording television programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . .  17
Selecting audio to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18

Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Using the TV Guide On Screen

system

to make timer recordings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using VCR Plus

system to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . 21

Check, change or delete a program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Utilizing TV Guide On Screen

system . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Playing recorded video contents

/Playing play-only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Operations during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
Editing operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26

Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Playing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Useful functions during still picture play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Using on-screen menus and Status messages . . . . . . .30

On-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
Title operations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33
Chapter operations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33

Creating, editing and playing play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Creating play lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34
Editing and playing play lists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
Play list operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
Chapter operations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35

Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Picture and folder operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Transferring (dubbing) titles or play lists . . . . . . . . . . . 37

One Touch Transfer (dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 38
Transferring (dubbing) a finalized DVD-R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Recording from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . 41

Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
DV automatic recording (DV AUTO REC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Transferring (dubbing) still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 42
Transferring (dubbing) all the still pictures on a card

—COPY ALL PICTURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
HDD, disc and card setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Providing a disc with a name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Erasing all titles and play lists—Erase all titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Erasing all the contents of a disc or card—Format. . . . . . . . . . 45
Enabling DVD-R to be played on other equipment—Finalize . . 45

Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Summary of settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Channel/Clock settings when TV Guide On Screen

system is not used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Auto channel/clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Channel captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  53
Frequently asked questions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  55
Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56
Product Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  59
Maintenance/HDD, disc and card handling  . . . . . . . . .  60
Limited Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  61

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Backcover

This DVD Video recorder records high quality images to rapid
random access capable HDD (Hard disk drive) or DVD-RAM. This
has resulted in many new features that out perform older tape
formats. The following information summarizes a few of these
features.

Instant recording

You no longer need to search for empty disc space. By pressing the
recording button, the unit finds available recording space and begins
recording right away. There is no need to worry about overwriting
already recorded content.

HDD recording

You can keep on recording your favorite programs to an internal HDD
that is able to record up to 284 hours when using EP (8H) mode.
You can also high speed transfer (dub) your favorite programs to
DVD-RAM or DVD-R and create a backup disc.

SD/PC card slots, DV input terminal

This unit is equipped with interfaces that allow networking with digital
equipment.

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The SD/PC card slots of this unit let you transfer (dub) digital
camera photographs from a card to DVD-RAM for easy storage
without using a computer.

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The DV automatic recording function of this unit lets you easily
transfer (dub) digital images to the HDD by connecting only a
single DV cable.

TV Guide On Screen

system

The TV Guide On Screen

system provides a handy electronic

program guide (EPG) for checking what’s on. Setting up to record a
broadcast is easy too. Simply select the desired program from the
displayed list. You can also search for desired programs alphabetically
or by displaying only the programs in a certain category.

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This service may not be available in some areas.

Instant play

There is no need to rewind or search forward. Direct Navigator
guides you to the beginning of the recorded video immediately.

Chasing playback

There is no need to wait until recording is
complete. Without stopping recording, you can
play the video currently being recorded from its
beginning.

Simultaneous Recording and Playback

While recording, you can play another video
program that was recorded previously.

Time Slip

During play and also while recording, you can
jump to the scene you wish to view by specifying
the skip time.

Getting started

Recording