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TABLE OF CONTENTS, ACCESSORIES, Getting started, Recording, Playing back, Editing, Transfer Dubbing

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Getting started Table of contents Getting started IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 2 Accessories 3 Useful features 4 The remote control 4 Control reference guide 5 STEP 1 Connection 6 Connections for the Network function 10 Connecting a LAN cable to this unit 11 STEP 2 Setting up the TV Guide On ScreenTM system 12 STEP 3 Set up to match your television and remote control 14 STEP 4 Multi-channel speaker setting 15 STEP 5 Setting up the Network 16 This unit's network setting 16 When more than one network compatible Panasonic DVD recorder is on the Home Network 17 To be able to operate this unit from a computer on the Home Network 18 HDD, disc and card information 20 Recording Recording television programs 22 Recording modes and approximate recording times 23 Selecting audio to record 23 Playing while you are recording 24 Flexible Recording 24 Timer recording 25 Using the TV Guide On ScreenTM system to make timer recordings . . 25 Manually programming timer recordings 26 Using VCR Plusi system to make timer recordings 26 Check, change or delete a program 27 Utilizing the TV Guide On ScreenTM system 28 Playing back Playing recorded video contents/ Playing play-only discs 30 Operations during play 31 Editing operations during play 32 Changing audio during play 32 Using menus to play MP3 33 Playing still pictures 34 Useful functions during still picture play 35 Playing MPEG4 titles 36 Useful functions during MPEG4 title play 37 Using on-screen menus and Status messages 38 On-screen menus 38 Status messages 39 FUNCTIONS window 39 Editing Editing titles/chapters 40 Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters 40 Title operations 41 Chapter operations 41 Creating, editing and playing play lists 42 Creating play lists 42 Editing and playing play lists/chapters 43 Play list operations 43 Chapter operations 43 Editing still pictures 44 Picture and folder operation 44 Editing MPEG4 titles 45 MPEG4 title operations 45 Entering text 46 Transfer (Dubbing) Transferring (dubbing) titles or play lists 47 One Touch Transfer (dubbing 48 Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 48 Transferring (dubbing) a finalized DVD-R 50 Recording from a video cassette recorder 51 Manual recording 51 DV automatic recording (DV AUTO REC 51 Transferring (dubbing) still pictures 52 Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 52 Transferring (dubbing) all the still pictures on a card -COPY ALL PICTURES 53 Transferring (dubbing) MPEG4/MPEG2 titles 54 One Touch transfer (dubbing 54 Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 55 Network Operating the DVD recorder by computer 56 Playing back video titles recorded on another DVD recorder's HDD 57 Convenient functions HDD, disc and card setting 58 Setting the protection 58 Providing a disc with a name 58 Erasing all titles, play lists and MPEG4 titles-Erase all titles . . . 59 Erasing all the contents of a disc or card-Format 59 Enabling DVD-R to be played on other equipment-Finalize . . 60 Changing the unit's settings 61 Common procedures 61 Summary of settings 61 Channel/Clock settings when TV Guide On ScreenTM system is not used 65 Auto channel/clock settings 65 Channel captions 66 Reference Specifications 67 Glossary 68 Frequently asked questions 70 Error messages 72 Troubleshooting guide 73 Product Service 78 Maintenance/HDD, disc and card handling 79 Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR U.S.A 80 Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR CANADA 81 Guía de referencia rápida en español 82 (Spanish Quick Reference) Index Backcover Accessories Please check and identify the supplied accessories. Use numbers indicated in parentheses when asking for replacement parts. Only for U.S.A.: To order accessories, refer to "Accessory Purchases" on page 80. Only for Canada: To order accessories, call the dealer from whom you have made your purchase. ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ 1 Remote control (EUR7721KL0) 1 AC power supply 1 75 ≠ coaxial cord cable (K2CB2CB00006) (VJA1125) 2 Batteries 1 Audio/video 1 IR Blaster for remote control cable (K2ZZ04C00002) (K2KA6CA00001) ≥For use with this unit only. Do not use it with other equipment. (U.S.A. only) Product Registration Card Please complete and return the included product registration card, or register via the Internet at: http://www.prodreg.com/panasonic/ RQT7394 3

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RQT7394
Getting started
Table of contents
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
STEP 1
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Connections for the Network function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting a LAN cable to this unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
STEP
2
Setting up the TV Guide On Screen
TM
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
STEP 3
Set up to match your television and
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
STEP 4
Multi-channel speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
STEP 5
Setting up the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
This unit’s network setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
When more than one network compatible Panasonic DVD
recorder is on the Home Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
To be able to operate this unit from a computer on the Home
Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
HDD, disc and card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Recording television programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . . 23
Selecting audio to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Playing while you are recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Using the TV Guide On Screen
TM
system to make timer recordings
. . 25
Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using VCR Plus
i
system to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . 26
Check, change or delete a program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Utilizing the TV Guide On Screen
TM
system . . . . . . . . . .28
Playing recorded video contents/
Playing play-only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Operations during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Editing operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Playing still pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Useful functions during still picture play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Playing MPEG4 titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Useful functions during MPEG4 title play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using on-screen menus and Status messages . . . . . . .38
On-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
FUNCTIONS window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Creating, editing and playing play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Creating play lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Editing and playing play lists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Play list operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Picture and folder operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Editing MPEG4 titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
MPEG4 title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Transferring (dubbing) titles or play lists. . . . . . . . . . . 47
One Touch Transfer (dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 48
Transferring (dubbing) a finalized DVD-R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Recording from a video cassette recorder. . . . . . . . . . 51
Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
DV automatic recording (DV AUTO REC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Transferring (dubbing) still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 52
Transferring (dubbing) all the still pictures on a card
—COPY ALL PICTURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Transferring (dubbing) MPEG4/MPEG2 titles. . . . . . . . 54
One Touch transfer (dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 55
Operating the DVD recorder by computer . . . . . . . . . . 56
Playing back video titles recorded on another DVD
recorder’s HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
HDD, disc and card setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Providing a disc with a name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Erasing all titles, play lists and MPEG4 titles—Erase all titles
. . . 59
Erasing all the contents of a disc or card—Format. . . . . . . . . . 59
Enabling DVD-R to be played on other equipment—Finalize . . 60
Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Summary of settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Channel/Clock settings when TV Guide On Screen
TM
system is not used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Auto channel/clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Channel captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Error messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Product Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Maintenance/HDD, disc and card handling . . . . . . . . . 79
Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR CANADA). . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Index
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Backcover
Getting started
Recording
Playing back
Editing
Transfer (Dubbing)
Network
Convenient functions
Reference
Guía de referencia rápida en español
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
(Spanish Quick Reference)
Accessories
Please check and identify the supplied accessories. Use numbers indicated in parentheses when asking for replacement parts.
Only for U.S.A.:
To order accessories, refer to “Accessory Purchases” on page 80.
Only for Canada:
To order accessories, call the dealer from whom you have made your purchase.
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∏
∏
∏
1
Remote control
(EUR7721KL0)
1
AC power supply
cord
(K2CB2CB00006)
1
75
≠
coaxial
cable
(VJA1125)
2
Batteries
for remote control
1
Audio/video
cable
(K2KA6CA00001)
1
IR Blaster
(K2ZZ04C00002)
≥
For use with this unit
only. Do not use it
with other equipment.
(U.S.A. only)
Product Registration Card
Please complete and return the included product registration card, or register via the Internet at: http://www.prodreg.com/panasonic/