Before Use
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Before Use
Warning and Important Information
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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About descriptions in these Operating Instructions
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Accessories
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Useful features
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Contents
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Control reference guide
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Remote control
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Batteries
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Use
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Main unit
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The unit’s display
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STEP 1
Connection
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Connecting a TV and VCR
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Connecting a cable TV box/satellite receiver
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If the antenna connector doesn’t match
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Other antenna connections to the unit
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Other antenna connections from the unit to the TV
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Connecting amplifier or system component
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To enjoy multi-channel surround sound on DVD-Video
(digital connection)
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Connection to a stereo amplifier (analog connection)
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DVD output and DVD/VHS output
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STEP 2
Plug-in Auto Tuning
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If Plug-in Auto Tuning fails
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Adding and deleting channels
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STEP 3
Channel settings
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Guide channel settings for VCR Plus
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Channel captions
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- Preset Channel Captions
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- Manual Channel Captions
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STEP 4
Set up to match your TV and remote control
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Selecting TV type
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TV operation
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When other Panasonic products respond to
this remote control
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( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [[DVD]] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ )
Discs
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Discs you can use
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More about DVD-RAM and DVD-R
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Discs that cannot be played
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Maintenance
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Disc handling
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Inserting discs
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Playback
Playing discs
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When a menu screen appears on the TV
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Quick View (Play
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1.3)
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Starting play from where you stopped it (Resume Function)
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Fast forward and rewind—SEARCH
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Slow-motion play
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Frame-by-frame viewing
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Skipping
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Direct Play
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CM Skip
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Displaying the TV image as a picture-in-picture/
Selecting an amount of time to skip—Time Slip
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Erasing a title that is being played
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Create chapters
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Changing audio during play
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Using menus to play MP3 discs
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Using the tree screen to find a group
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Recording
Playing while you are recording
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Chasing play
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Simultaneous recording and play
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TIME SLIP
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Watching the TV while recording
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Recording TV programs
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Playing/Recording VHS while recording
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Recording modes and approximate recording times
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Selecting audio to record
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Flexible Recording mode (FR)
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Timer Recording
Using VCR Plus
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system
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Manual programming
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Check, change or delete programs
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Cautions for using timer recording on DVD and VHS
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Advanced Operations
DISC SETTING
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- Disc Name
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- Disc Protection
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- Format disc
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- Select First play
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- Finalize
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Entering text
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Using the Direct Navigator
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Selecting recorded titles to play
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Direct Navigator
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- Erase
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- Properties
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- Edit
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- Chapter View
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Using play list
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Creating play lists
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Playing play lists
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Using play list to edit play lists/chapters
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- Erase
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- Properties
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- Edit
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- Chapter View
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Using DISPLAY menus
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Common procedures
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- Disc menu
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- Play menu
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- Video menu
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- Audio menu
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Various Settings
Changing the unit’s settings
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Common procedures
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Entering a password (Ratings)
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Summary of settings
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Clock Settings
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- Auto Clock Setting
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- Time Zone Adjust
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- Manual Clock Setting
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FUNCTIONS window
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Status displays
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Changing the information displayed
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Display examples
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(^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^[[VHS]]^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^)
Before Use
Inserting video cassette
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Video cassette information
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Video cassettes
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Video cassette care
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Maintenance
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