Panasonic dmr-ez45vebs Operating Guide

î No disc or video cassette inserted.
î The disc is dirty or badly scratched.
î You inserted a disc that is not suitable for playback.
î You inserted a blank disc.

î Some DVD-Videos cannot be played if the security level has been changed.

No reaction when PLAY    is 

î    appears on the screen. The procedure is being prevented by the unit or the disc.
î The child protection feature has been activated.

î Some titles or chapters of DVD-Videos are not played back if the security level has 

been changed.

î The languages were not recorded on the disc.
î You may need to use the disc menu to select the languages.

î The subtitles were not recorded on the disc or are not switched on.

î The angle perspective can only be changed for scenes that were recorded from 

different angles.

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Select the DVD drive and, while the disc tray is open, press and hold  REC and 
PLAY    on the unit for at least 5 seconds.

î The video cassette is write-protected.
î Check whether the inserted disc is suitable for recording.
î The disc is not formatted. Format the disc.
î The write-protection device on the cartridge is set to "PROTECT". 

Deactivate the write-protection.

î Deactivate the write-protection in the DVD Management menu.
î The material that you want to record is copy-protected. The number of possible 

copies is limited with some programmes.

î Discs containing PAL and NTSC signals cannot be recorded.

î If there is a power cut during recording or processing or if the unit is unplugged 

from the power supply the programme may be lost or the disc may be damaged. 
Reformat the disc or use a new disc.

î The Timer programming is defective, different Timer programmes overlap each 

other. Correct the programming.

î Check the clock setting.

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With an EXT LINK-controlled recording via an external unit, press EXT LINK. 
The EXT-L display disappears.

î If you want to cancel the recording prematurely, stop the transfer of recording 

signal on the external unit. Press EXT LINK to switch off recording standby.

î The unit shows automatically when a software update has been broadcast, and 

also automatically updates the software if thus function has not been switched off 
in the Setup menu.