Panasonic DMRE500H Instruction Manual

RQT7756

Table of contents

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Control reference guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Connections for the Network function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connecting a LAN cable to this unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

STEP 2 Channel reception settings . . . . . . . . . . . 11
STEP 3 Set up to match your television

and remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

To enjoy progressive video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

STEP 4 Multi-channel speaker setting . . . . . . . . 14
STEP 5 Setting up the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

This unit’s network setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
When more than one network compatible

Panasonic DVD recorder is on the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

HDD, disc and card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . .  23
Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24

Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Using G-

CODE

system to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Playing recorded video contents/Playing play-

only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Operations during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
Editing operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
Changing audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30

Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Playing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Useful functions during still picture play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Playing MPEG4 titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Useful functions during MPEG4 title play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Using on-screen menus and Status messages. . . . 36

On-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  38
Title operations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39
Chapter operations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39

Creating, editing and playing play lists . . . . . . . . 40

Creating play lists  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40
Editing and playing play lists/chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
Play list operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
Chapter operations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41

Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Picture and folder operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Editing MPEG4 titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

MPEG4 title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Transferring (dubbing) titles or play lists . . . . . . 45

One Touch Transfer (dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 46
Transferring (dubbing) a finalized DVD-R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Recording from a video cassette recorder . . . . . 49

Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
DV automatic recording (DV AUTO REC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Transferring (dubbing) still pictures . . . . . . . . . . 50

Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 50
Transferring (dubbing) all the still pictures on a card

—COPY ALL PICTURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Transferring (dubbing) MPEG4/MPEG2 titles . . . 52

One Touch Transfer (dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . . . . 53

Operating the DVD recorder by computer . . . . . 55
Playing back video titles recorded on

another DVD recorder’s HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  57
Child Lock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  57
HDD, disc and card management  . . . . . . . . . . . .  58

Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Providing a disc with a name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Erasing all titles, play lists and MPEG4 titles—Erase all titles. . . . 58
Erasing all the contents of a disc or card—Format. . . . . . . . . . 59
Enabling DVD-R to be played on other equipment—Finalize . . . . 59

Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Summary of settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Tuning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
TV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Specifications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  66
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  67
Frequently asked questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  69
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  70
Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  71
Maintenance/Disc and card handling  . . . . . . . . .  75
Safety precautions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  76

Getting started

Recording

Playing back

Editing

Transfer (Dubbing)

Network

Convenient functions

Reference

Accessories

Please check and identify the supplied accessories.

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1 Remote control

(EUR7721KT0)

1 AC mains lead
≥For use with this unit only. Do not

use it with other equipment.

1 RF coaxial cable

2 Batteries

for remote control

1 Audio/video cable

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