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INTRO

Table of contents

This Recordable DVD Home Theater System 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.

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.

≥TV Guide On Screen

is available in the continental United States. In

Canada, however, this service may not be available in some areas.

HDD recording

You can keep on recording your favorite programs to an internal HDD that is

able to record up to 142 hours when using EP (8 Hour) mode.

You can also high speed transfer (dub) your favorite programs to DVD-RAM or

DVD-R and create a backup disc.

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.

High-performance power supplies up to 800 W

Enables you to experience optimal theater sound performance with 6

speakers.

INTRO

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Useful features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . 4

Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Main unit and display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

STEP

Setting up the TV Guide On Screen

system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

STEP 2

Set up to match your television and

remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Selecting television type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Television operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

When other Panasonic products respond to this remote control

. . 8

HDD and disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

HDD and discs you can use for recording and play . . . . 9

Play-only discs (12 cm/8 cm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Discs that cannot be played. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Disc handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

HDD (Hard disk drive) handling care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

RECORDING

Recording television programs . . . . . . . . . 12

Recording modes and approximate recording times. . 13

Selecting audio to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Flexible Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Recording from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . 14

Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Using the TV Guide On Screen

system to make timer recordings

. . 15

Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using VCR Plusi system to make timer recordings . . 17

Check, change or delete a program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Utilizing TV Guide On Screen

system . . 19

PLAYING

Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Editing operations during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Using headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using on-screen menus and Status messages

. . 24

On-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

EDITING &

TRANSFERRING

Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters . . . . . . . . 26

Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Creating, editing and playing play lists . . 28

Creating play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Editing and playing play lists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Play list operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Transferring (dubbing) titles or play lists

. . 31

One Touch Transfer (dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring

(dubbing) list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Transferring (dubbing) a finalized DVD-R. . . . . . . . . . . 33

CONVENIENT

FUNCTIONS

FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Disc setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Disc Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Disc Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Format disc/Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

TOP MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Select First play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Finalize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

RADIO &

SOUND

The radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Manual tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Preset tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Dolby Digital and DTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Dolby Pro Logic II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Adjusting the bass and treble with manual equalizer

. . 37

Using the built-in sound quality settings (SFC—Sound

Field Control). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Center Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Virtual Rear Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Multi Rear Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Adjusting the subwoofer level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Speaker level adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

SETTINGS

Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Summary of settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Channel/Clock settings when TV Guide On

Screen

system is not used . . . . . . . . . . 41

Auto channel/clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Channel captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

INFO

Optional connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Receiving digital audio using the optical connection. . 43

Connecting other audio equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Enjoying TV broadcast with surround sound. . . . . . . . 43

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR CANADA)

. . 50

Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR U.S.A.)

. . . . 51

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

Product Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Backcover

Useful features

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