Samsung DVP-R3000 User guide

DVD VIDEO RECORDER

Operating Instructions

Model No. DVP-R3000

Before connecting, operating or adjusting this product, please read
these instructions completely.
Please keep this manual for future reference.

D

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This manual was printed with soy based ink.

This unit responds to the region number information on
DVD-Video. The unit can only play DVD-Video if the re­gion number of the disc matches the region number of
this unit. See page 6 for details.

[For\U.S.A.]

The servicenter list and warranty can be
found on pages 103 and 105.

[For\Canada]

The warranty can be found on page 104.

En las páginas 106 y 107 hay una guía de re­ferencia rápida en español.

Dear customer

Thank you for purchasing this product. For optimum performance and safety, please read these instructions carefully.

CAUTION!

THIS PRODUCT UTILIZES A LASER.
USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORM­ANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECI­FIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION
EXPOSURE.
DO NOT OPEN COVERS AND DO NOT REPAIR
YOURSELF. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED
PERSONNEL.

WARNING:

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC
SHOCK OR PRODUCT DAMAGE, DO NOT EX­POSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN, MOIS­TURE, DRIPPING OR SPLASHING AND THAT

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NO OBJECTS FILLED WITH LIQUIDS, SUCH
AS VASES, SHALL BE PLACED ON THE AP­PARATUS.

CAUTION:

TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK MATCH
WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT, FUL­LY INSERT.

THE FOLLOWING APPLIES ONLY IN THE U.S.A.

FCC Note:

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the
limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the
FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential instal­lation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance
with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that inter­ference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equip­ment does cause harmful interference to radio or television
reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment
off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interfer­ence by one or more of the following measures:

●

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

●

Increase the separation between the equipment and
receiver.

●

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different

from that to which the receiver is connected.

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Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for

help.

FCC Caution: To assure continued compliance, follow the
attached installation instructions and use only shielded inter­face cables when connecting to peripheral devices.
Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the
party responsible for compliance could void the user’s author­ity to operate this equipment.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Opera­tion is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device
may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must
accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.

Do not disassemble.
Do not service.

Ne Pas D monter.
R serv Au Personnel Autoris .

Nicht auseinandernehmen.
Keine Reparatur oder
Wartung erlaubt.

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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 contact 1-800-332-5368 or web site (http://www.panasonic.com/store).
(Only for Canada)
To order accessories, call the dealer from whom you have made your purchase.

■ Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

(N2QAKB000010)

■ Audio/Video cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

(VJA0788-D)

DANGER
ATTENTION
VORSICHT

VARNING

■ Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

for remote control

■ 75 Ω coaxial cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

(VJA1013)

VISIBLE OR INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN.
AVOID DIRECT EXPOSURE TO BEAM.

RAYONNEMENT LASER VISIBLE OU INVISIBLE EN CAS
D OUVERTURE. EXPOSITION DANGEREUSE AU FAISCEAU.
SICHTBARE ODER UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG,WENN
ABDECKUNG GE FFNET. NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSETZEN.

SYNLIG ELLER OSYNLIG LASERSTR LNING N R DENNA
DEL R PPNAD. STR LEN R FARLIG.

(Inside of product)

■ AC power supply cord . . . . . . . . . . 1

(RJA0065-A)

Note

The included AC power supply cord is for
use with this unit only.
Do not use it with other equipment.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Read these operating instructions carefully before using the unit. Follow the safety instructions on the unit and the
applicable safety instructions listed below. Keep these operating instructions handy for future reference.

1) Read these instructions.

2) Keep these instructions.

3) Heed all warnings.

4) Follow all instructions.

5) Do not use this apparatus near water.

6) Clean only with dry cloth.

7) Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in ac­cordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

8) Do not install near any heat sources such as radia­tors, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus
(including amplifiers) that produce heat.

9) Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized
or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two
blades with one wider than the other. A grounding­type plug has two blades and a third grounding
prong. The wide blade or the third prong are pro­vided for your safety. If the provided plug does not
fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for re­placement of the obsolete outlet.

10) Protect the power cord from being walked on or
pinched particularly at plugs, convenience recep­tacles, and the point where they exit from the
apparatus.

11) Only use attachments/accessories specified by the
manufacturer.

12) Use only with the cart, stand, tripod,
bracket, or table specified by the
manufacturer, or sold with the appa­ratus. When a cart is used, use cau­tion when moving the cart/apparatus
combination to avoid injury from tip­over.

13) Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or
when unused for long periods of time.

14) Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel.
Servicing is required when the apparatus has been
damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord
or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or ob­jects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus
has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not op­erate normally, or has been dropped.

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CAUTION!

DO NOT INSTALL, OR PLACE THIS UNIT, IN A BOOK­CASE, BUILT-IN CABINET OR IN ANOTHER CONFINED
SPACE. ENSURE THE UNIT IS WELL VENTILATED. TO
PREVENT RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK OR FIRE HAZARD
DUE TO OVERHEATING, ENSURE THAT CURTAINS AND
ANY OTHER MATERIALS DO NOT OBSTRUCT THE VEN­TILATION VENTS.

THE FOLLOWING APPLIES ONLY IN THE U.S.A.

Note to CATV system installer:

This reminder is provided to call the CATV system installer’s
attention to Article 820-40 of the NEC that provides guidelines
for proper grounding and, in particular, specifies that the cable
ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the
building, as close to the point of cable entry as practical.

The model number and serial number of this product can be
found on either the back or the bottom of the unit.
Please note them in the space provided below and keep for
future reference.

MODEL NUMBER! DVP-R3000

SERIAL NUMBER

User memo:

DATE OF PURCHASE
DEALER NAME
DEALER ADDRESS

TELEPHONE NUMBER

Do not place the unit

DO NOT PLACE THIS APPARATUS INTO AN AUDIO
RACK, BOOK SHELF OR SIMILAR LOCATION BECAUSE
OF HEAT FROM THIS APPARATUS.

DO NOT BLOCK ANY OF THE VENTILATION OPENINGS.
INSTALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUFACTUR­ER’S INSTRUCTIONS.

(U.S.A. only)
Product Registration Card

Please complete and return the included product registration card, or register via the Internet at:
http://www.panasonic.com/host/consumer.html

on amplifiers or equip­ment that may become
hot.

The heat can damage the unit.

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Table of contents

Getting started

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . 113

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Set up steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Antenna and television connections. . . . . . . . 114

Plug-in Auto Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 016

Channel settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Using the remote control to add and delete channels . . . . . . 018

VCR Plus + guide channel settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 019

Getting started

Selecting TV screen type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Basic operations

Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Starting play from where you stopped it

(Resume Function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 023

Fast forward and rewind—SEARCH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 024

Slow-motion play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 024

Frame-by-frame viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 024

Skipping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 025

Starting play from a selected program, title, chapter, or

track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 025

Recording television programs . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

One Touch Recording—Specify a time to stop

recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 027

Using the direct navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Selecting programs to play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Erasing programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Entering and editing program titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Protecting programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Releasing program protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Checking program contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Erasing parts of a program—Shorten Segment . . . . . . . . . . 163

Using play lists to edit programs . . . . . . . . . . 165

Displaying play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Creating play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Playing play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Playing play list scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Editing play list scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Copying play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Erasing a play list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Titling play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Checking play list contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Home Theater

Expanding your home theater system . . . . . . . 175

Connecting a cable TV box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Connecting a home satellite system (Dishnetwork/DSS) . . . 177

Connecting to a digital amplifier or system component . . . . . 178

Connecting an analog amplifier or system component . . . . . 178

Connecting a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

When you can’t directly connect the antenna you

disconnected from your television to the unit. . . . . . . . . . . 180

When you can’t directly connect the included 75 Ω coaxial

cable to the television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Operating other Panasonic DVD equipment with the remote

control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Advanced operations

Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Playing from the beginning of the program you are

recording—Chasing play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 028

Simultaneous rec and play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 028

Reviewing the recorded images while recording

(Time Slip) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 029

Using the top window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Convenient features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Skipping a minute forward—CM skip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Selecting an amount of time to skip—Time Slip . . . . . . . . . . 032

Repeat play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 033

A-B repeat play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 033

Changing audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Marking places to play again—MARKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Program play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Random play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Enjoying virtual surround sound effects (V.S.S.) . . . . . . . . . . 039

Using on-screen menu icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Timer recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Using VCR Plus+ codes to make timer recording . . . . . . . . . 143

Manually programming the unit to make timer recording . . . 146

To delete a timer recording program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

To check programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Releasing the unit from timer standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Recording from a video cassette recorder . . . 149

Disc setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Enter Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Entering characters for titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Disc Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Releasing disc protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Finalize—Creating DVD-Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

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Initial settings

Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Summary of settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Common procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Entering a password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Digital output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Clock Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Channel Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Reference

On-screen displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Disc handling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Product Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Limited Warranty (For U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Limited Warranty (For CANADA) . . . . . . . . . . . 104

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Guía de referencia rápida en español . . . . . . . 106

(Spanish Quick Reference)

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back cover

Features

This unit allows recording of high quality video on
DVD-RAM, the compact and durable digital media with
fast random access. This media also outdoes past tape
formats in ease of operation.

■ Watch a program while you are record-

ing it

Chasing play

You can watch a program from the start while you are still recording it
(➡ page 28).

Simultaneous rec and play

You can record a program while watching one you recorded previ­ously (➡ page 28).

Time Slip

You can jump back 30 seconds to review a piece of action you
missed while recording by pressing the Time Slip button (can be set
between 1 minute and 360 minutes: ➡ page 29).

■ Maximum 12 hours on DVD-RAM

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Using a double-sided, 9.4 GB DVD-RAM allows you to record a
maximum of 12 hours.

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When using a 4.7 GB DVD-RAM or a DVD-R, you can get 1 hour
recording using the XP high picture quality mode, 2 hours with the
regular SP mode, 4 hours with the long LP mode, and 6 hours with
the extra long EP mode.

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There is also the FR (flexible recording) mode you can use with
timer recording to fit recordings efficiently onto the available space
on the disc.

■ The Top Window shows you most of the
features you can use (➡ page 30)

The top window has most of the features and functions you are likely
to use regularly. Just select the icon for the operation you want to
perform.

■ Make your own DVD-Video

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This unit records to DVD-R following the DVD-Video specifications
so you can make your own DVD-Video (➡ page 7).

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The encoder system used for recording is called “Hybrid VBR”
which allows high quality recordings.

■ Exceptional picture and sound quality
when recording

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Audio is recorded using Dolby Digital stereo, enabling high quality
sound recordings.

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As well as being able to play DVD-Video movie software, this unit
can also play other types of discs including audio CDs and video
CDs. This means your recorder will be the center of your home en­tertainment, from high-end home theater through to CD play.

Symbols used in these operating
instructions

■ Top window

is used to indicate operations you can access from
the top window, such as the direct navigator and

TOP

play list screen.

■ Troubleshooting

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is used to indicate ways to fix potential problems.

■ Discs you can use

The features you can use with the different types of discs are
indicated as follows.

RAM DVD-R DVD-V CD VCD

DVD-RAM DVD-R DVD-Video Audio

For your reference

●

DVD-R indicates DVD-R that have not yet been finalized

(➡ pages 55 and 96) and can still be recorded on.

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DVD-R that have been finalized can use the same features

as DVD-Video. (Refer to features indicated

Operation

These operating instructions describe operations mainly us­ing the remote control. If the name of the button is the same,
the operation described can also be performed with the main
unit.

Displays

The displays shown in these instructions are examples only.
Actual displays depend on the disc and the operations you
are performing.

CDs

Video
CDs

DVD-V )

Getting started

Getting the most from the versatility of
DVD-RAM and DVD-R

■ Fast access to the program you want to
watch (➡ page 56)

Use the direct navigator to find a program you have recorded and
start play.

■ Edit scenes freely (➡ page 65) RAM

Use play lists to select your favorite scenes and rearrange them to
play in any order you like. Pick out scenes from a music or sports
show and create a collection of your favorite scenes, or take the im­ages you have shot with a video camera and edit them into a movie
of your own creation.

VCR Plus + and PlusCode are registered trademarks of Gem­star Development Corporation. The VCR Plus + system is
manufactured under license from Gemstar Development Cor­poration.

Pats. 5,307,173; 5,335,079; 4,908,713; 4,751,578; and
4,706,121

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.
“Dolby”, “Pro Logic” and the double-D symbol are trademarks
of Dolby Laboratories.

“DTS”, “DTS Digital Surround” and “DTS Digital Out” are reg­istered trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.

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Discs

Discs you can use for recording and play

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Logos for discs you can record on and play

DVD-RAM
[4.7 GB/9.4 GB, 12 cm (5″)]
[2.8 GB, 8 cm (3″)]

The manufacturer accepts no responsibility and offers no
compensation for loss of recorded or edited material due
to a problem with the unit or disc, and accepts no respon-

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sibility and offers no compensation for any subsequent
damage caused by such loss.
Examples of causes of such losses are

1. A disc recorded and edited with this unit is played in a
DVD recorder or computer disc drive manufactured by an­other company.

2. A disc used as described in 1 and then played again in this
unit.

3. A disc recorded and edited with a DVD recorder or compu­ter disc drive manufactured by another company is played
in this unit.

DVD-R (➡ page 7)
[4.7 GB for General Ver. 2.0]

Play-only discs

Logos for discs you can play

DVD-Video Video CD Audio CD

This unit cannot record onto CD-R, CD-RW or authoring
DVD-R.

Note

●

Do not allow the disc to become dirty or scratched. Fingerprints,
dirt, dust, and scratches on the recording surface may make it im­possible to use the disc for recording.

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If you use DVD-RAM with cartridges, you can protect your record­ings with the write-protect tab (➡ page 99). With the tab in the pro­tect position, you cannot record to the disc, delete programs with
the direct navigator, edit with the play list screen, or format the disc.

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This unit is compatible with both non-cartridge and cartridge
DVD-RAM, but cartridge-type discs give better protection to your
valuable recordings.

For your reference

●

DVD-RAM recorded on this unit cannot be played on
incompatible players (including players manufactured by
Panasonic).

●

Using a Panasonic DVD-RAM, you can record broadcasts that
allow you to make one copy, such as some CATV broadcasts.

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See page 7 for more details about DVD-R.

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Playing CD-R and CD-RW

This unit can play CD-DA (digital audio) and Video CD format
audio CD-R and CD-RW that have been finalized
pletion of recording.
It may not be able to play some CD-R or CD-RW due to the
condition of the recording.

upon com-

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Region Management Information
(DVD-Video only)

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This unit responds to the Region Management In­formation recorded on DVD-Video. This unit’s re­gion number is “1”. You cannot play the disc if the
region number on the DVD-Video does not corre­spond to the region number on the unit.
You can play discs with labels containing the region
number “1” and “ALL”. Read the disc’s instructions
carefully.

Discs that cannot be played

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DVD-Video with a region number other than “1” or “All”

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Some DVD-R (➡ page 7)

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DVD-RAM (2.6 GB/5.2 GB)

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CD-ROM

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SACD

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CDV

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MV-Disc

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DVD-ROM

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CD-G

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PD

1

ALL

1

3

4

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PAL discs

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DVD-RW

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Photo CD

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Divx Video Disc, etc.

Note

The producer of the material can control how DVD-Video and Video
CDs are played. This means that you may not be able to control play
of a disc with some operations described in these operating instruc­tions. Read the disc’s instructions carefully.

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DVD-Audio

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CVD

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+RW

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SVCD

DVD-R

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You can play DVD-R by finalizing (➡ pages 55 and 96) them on this unit, effectively making them into DVD-Video.

■ Before finalizing…

You can record onto the available space on the disc and perform editing functions, such as giving titles to discs and programs and erasing
programs.

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You cannot record to or edit DVD-R with this unit if it was recorded with another unit, whether it is finalized or not.

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You cannot record over parts that have been recorded.

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Erasing programs will not increase the disc’s available time.

■ After finalizing…

The video and audio is recorded according to the DVD-Video specifications, and your very own DVD-Video is created.

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The titles you entered with this unit appear as menus.

●

Programs longer than 5 minutes are divided into about five-minute chapters.

●

These DVD-R can no longer be recorded on or edited.

●

These DVD-R can be played on other DVD players, but this is not guaranteed.
Play may not be possible due to the player you are using, the DVD-R, or the condition of the recording. Use this unit to play the disc if the player
is unable.
Visit Panasonic’s homepage for more information about DVDs.
http://www.panasonic.com/playDVD-R

■ Recording to DVD-R

●

It takes about 30 seconds for the unit to complete recording management information after recording finishes.

●

To record on DVD-R, this unit optimizes the disc for each recording. Optimizing is carried out when you start recording after inserting the disc or
turning the unit on. Recording may become impossible after the disc is optimized more than 50 times.

●

The first 30 seconds of a program may not be recorded if you make successive timer recordings.

●

The video is recorded in a 4:3 aspect irrespective of the video signal input.

●

You cannot change audio type if a DVD-R is in the unit. Select the audio type (Main or SAP) before recording by going to “MTS Selection for DVD­R Disc” in the Audio ACTION menu (➡ page 83).

●

Some broadcasts carry signals that allow you to make one copy, but you cannot record these broadcasts with DVD-R. Use DVD-RAM to record
these kinds of broadcast.

●

Play may be impossible in some cases due the condition of the recording.

●

We recommend using DVD-R manufactured by Panasonic as they have been tested to be compatible with this unit (➡ see below).
Discs manufactured by other companies may not be used to full capacity.

Getting started

Audio format logos

: Dolby Digital (➡ pages 75 and 96)

This unit can play Dolby Digital in stereo
(2 channels). Connect an amplifier with a built-in
Dolby Digital decoder to enjoy surround sound.

: DTS Digital Surround (➡ pages 75 and 96)

Connect this unit to equipment that has a DTS
decoder to enjoy DVDs with this mark.

Recommended DVD-RAM and DVD-R

●

DVD-RAM

9.4-GB, double-sided, type 4 cartridge: LM-AD240U

4.7-GB, single-sided, type 2 cartridge: LM-AB120U

4.7-GB, single-sided, non-cartridge: LM-AF120U

●

DVD-R

4.7-GB, single-sided, non-cartridge: LM-RF120U

(set of 3,
LM-AF120U3)

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Control reference guide

Getting started

Main unit

! POWER button ( /I, POWER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Press to switch the unit from ON to STANDBY mode or vice versa.
In standby mode, the unit is still consuming a small amount of power.

@ Recording mode button (REC MODE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

# Channel buttons (ö, õ, CH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

$ Recording button (●,

% Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09

^ Disc tray open/close button (û, OPEN/CLOSE) . . . . . . . . 22

& Stop button (■) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

* Pause button (») . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

( Play button ( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

) Time slip button and roller (TIME SLIP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

1 L2 input terminals (L2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

2 Disc tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3 Top window button (TOP WINDOW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

4 Cursor buttons (▲, ▼, œ, ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

5 Enter button (ENTER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

6 Return button (RETURN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

7 Slow/search buttons (î, ï) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

8 Skip buttons ( î, ï ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

■ Opening the front panel

Open the front panel to access other controls and input ter­minals.

REC ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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Page

Buttons such as
as the controls on the unit.

ŒŒ

Πfunction the same

ŒŒ

Remote control

Page

9 TV channel buttons ( TV ,ö, õ, CH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

0 TV power on/off button (
“ Television input mode selector (
‘ Top menu and Direct Navigator button

(TOP MENU, DIRECT NAVIGATOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 56

+ Joystick (▲, ▼, œ,
= Manual programming and check button

(PROG/CHECK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Q VCR Plus + button (VCR Plus +) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

q Time slip button (TIME SLIP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

W One-minute skip button (CM SKIP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

w Manual channel adding and deleting button

(ADD/DLT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

E DVD/TV switch (DVD, TV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

●

When selecting numbered items on this unit, be sure to

switch [DVD, TV] to “DVD”.

●

When selecting channels on the television, be sure to

switch [DVD, TV] to “TV”.

e Virtual Surround Sound button (V.S.S.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

R TV volume buttons (

r Display button (DISPLAY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

T Menu and Play List button (MENU, PLAY LIST) . . . . . 23, 65

t On-screen display button (STATUS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Y Frame advance and frame reverse buttons

(œ», » , FRAME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

y Numbered buttons (1–0, 100) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

●

When selecting a title, chapter, track, program, or play list

Example: “5”: [0] ➡ [5]

Example: “15”: [1] ➡ [5]

●

When selecting a page of play list scene

Example: “5”: [0] ➡ [0] ➡ [5]

Example: “15”: [0] ➡ [1] ➡ [5]

●

When selecting a television channel

Example: “5”: [0] ➡ [5]

Example: “15”: [1] ➡ [5]
Example: “115”: [100] ➡ [1] ➡ [5]

U Cancel button (CANCEL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

u Last marker button (LAST MARKER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

I Audio button (AUDIO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

i Marker write button (MARKER WRITE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

O Action button (ACTION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 85

o Input select button (INPUT SELECT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

TV , POWER ) . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

TV , TV/AV) . . . . . . . . . . 13

)/Enter button (ENTER) . . . . . . . . . . . 16

!?

TV , +, -, VOL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

The unit’s display

Center circle (e.g.: DVD-RAM)

Rotating (REC): recording
Stopped (REC): recording paused

ΠDisc type

DVD-RAM: DVD-RAM
DVD-R: DVD-R
DVD VIDEO: DVD-Video
VIDEO CD: Video CD
CD: Audio CD

´ Play mode

PGM: program play
RND: random play
A-B : A-B repeat play
: repeat play
PGM : program repeat play

ˇ Multi-angle (➡ page 41)
¨ Audio signal type

MLT.CH: a signal with 3 or more channels

ˆ DVD indicator

Flashes: when you press [ /I, POWER] to turn the unit off until

it actually turns off

Ø Timer recording display

On: when timer recording is on standby (➡ page 44, 47)
Flashes: when the unit couldn’t go to timer recording standby

(e.g., a disc isn’t loaded or a disc that can’t be record­ed to is loaded ➡ page 48)

Recording mode (➡ pages 26, 44)
XP: High-quality mode
SP: Normal mode
LP: Long play mode
EP: Extra long play mode
XP SP LP EP (all on): FR (flexible recording) mode (only with

timer recording)

” Timer indicator

ON: the timer recording start time
OFF: the timer recording end time or One Touch Recording

end time

Rotating (REC, PLAY):



Chasing play or
simultaneous rec and
play is in progress

’ The display mode of the main display section

TITLE: title number is displayed

TRACK: track number is displayed

CHAP: chapter number is displayed

PG: program number is displayed

PL: play list number is displayed

˝ Volume level meter
Ô Channel

Main display section

Recording and play counter

Timer recording on and off times

Remaining disc time

Current time

Title, track, chapter, program and play list numbers, and other

miscellaneous messages

Rotating (PLAY): playing
Stopped (PLAY): play paused
“PLAY” flashes: the resume

function is
working

Getting started

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Set up steps

Follow these steps to connect and set-up this unit

1

Getting started

Prepare the remote control

■ Insert the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

■ Change the remote control code for television

operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Antenna and television
connections

■ Basic connection . . . . . . . 14

■ When you need to rework

your antenna cable. . . . . . 80

2

3

Tune into television stations

■ Plug-in Auto Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

■ VCR Plus + guide channel settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

■ Change the settings to suit your television . . . . . . .21

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Ways to use this unit

Playing discs

■ Playing discs (➡ page 22)

■ Using the direct navigator (➡ page 56)

Recording and Playing

at the same time

■ Chasing play (➡ page 28)

■ Simultaneous rec and play
(➡ page 28)

■ Reviewing the recorded images while

recording (Time Slip) (➡ page 29)

Using DVD-R

■ DVD-R (➡ page 7)

■ Recording television programs
(➡ page 26)

■ Playing discs (➡ page 22)

■ Using the direct navigator (➡ page 56)

Recording from a video

cassette recorder

■ Recording from a video cassette
recorder (➡ page 49)

■ Connecting a video cassette recorder
(➡ page 79)

Recording programs

■ Recording television programs
(➡ page 26)

Editing recordings

■ Using play lists to edit programs
(➡ page 65)

Timer recording

■ Using VCR Plusr codes (➡ page 43)

■ Manual programming (➡ page 46)

Watching CATV broadcasts

■ Connecting a cable TV box

(➡ page 76)

Getting started

Changing the unit’s settings

■ Using on-screen menu icons
(➡ page 40)

■ Changing the unit’s settings
(➡ page 82)

Enjoying even better pictures

■ Connecting to a TV with S-video or
component video input terminals
(➡ page 15)

■ Selecting TV screen type
(➡ page 21)

Adjusting the picture

■ Using on-screen menu icons
(➡ page 40)

Enjoying surround sound

■ Enjoying virtual surround sound ef­fects (V.S.S.) (➡ page 39)

■ Connecting an amplifier or system
component with built-in decoder
(➡ page 78)

■ Digital output (➡ page 86)

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The remote control

Getting started

Push in and down on the ( - ) end.

Remote control signal sensor

7 m (23 feet) directly
in front of the unit

Switch [DVD, TV] to “DVD”.

!?

Batteries

A

●

Insert so the poles (+ and -) match those in the remote control.

●

Do not use rechargeable type batteries.

Do not:

●

mix old and new batteries.

●

use different types at the same time.

●

heat or expose to flame.

●

take apart or short circuit.

●

attempt to recharge alkaline or manganese batteries.

●

use batteries if the covering has been peeled off.
Mishandling of batteries can cause electrolyte leakage which can
damage items the fluid contacts and may cause a fire.
If electrolyte leaks from the batteries, consult your dealer.
Wash thoroughly with water if electrolyte comes in contact with any
part of your body.

Remove if the remote control is not going to be used for a long period
of time. Store in a cool, dark place.
Replace if the unit does not respond to the remote control even when
held close to the front panel.

Note

After changing the batteries, the codes you entered (television
➡ page 13 and remote control ➡ page 81) are cleared. Reenter the
codes as necessary.

Use

B

Aim at the sensor, avoiding obstacles, at a maximum range of
7 m (23 feet) directly in front of the unit.

●

Keep the transmission window and the unit’s sensor free from dust.

●

Operation can be affected by strong light sources, such as direct

sunlight, and the glass doors on cabinets.

Do not:

●

put heavy objects on the remote control.

●

take the remote control apart.

●

spill liquids onto the remote control.

!?

!?

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The remote control

Television operation

You can control televisions by entering the remote control code.

Preparation

●

Turn on the television.

●

Switch [DVD, TV] to “TV”.

!?

1 Refer to the chart below for the code

for your television.

2 Press and hold [ TV , POWER ] and

enter the two-digit code with the num­bered buttons.

●

For example: 01, press [0] ➡ [1].

●

Point the remote control at the television.

●

After entering the code, test the remote control by turning on

the television and changing channels.

Note

●

If there is more than one code, repeat the procedure until you find

the code that allows correct operation.

●

If your television brand is not listed or if the code listed for your

television does not allow control of your television, this remote con­trol is not compatible with your television.

●

This remote control works with most recently manufactured
televisions, but may not be able to control all the functions on older
models. Use the remote control supplied with your television if this
is the case.

Code No.

01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

■ Operation A

Video input mode

Manufacturer

Panasonic/National QUASAR
Panasonic/National QUASAR
MAGNAVOX SYLVANIA PHILIPS (RC-5)
ZENITH
THOMSON RCA GE
SHARP
SHARP
SONY
TOSHIBA
SANYO FISHER
JVC
HITACHI
MITSUBISHI
SAMSUNG
GOLDSTAR/LG
GOLDSTAR/LG
GOLDSTAR/LG
SAMSUNG

Operation

On and off

Channels

Volume

[ TV , POWER ]

[

Numbered buttons (➡ page 8)

Button

[ TV , TV/AV]

TV , ö, õ, CH]

[ TV , +, - , VOL]

Getting started

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Antenna and television connections

Preparation

●

Refer to the television’s operating instructions.

●

Turn the television off and disconnect its AC power supply cord.

Basic connection

Television

Getting started

Audio/Video cable (included)

This unit

75 Ω coaxial
cable (included)

Audio/Video cable (included)

Yellow (VIDEO)
White (L)
Red (R)

To the antenna

Outdoor antenna

Cable TV

Indoor antenna

or

Antenna cable
disconnected from the
television

●

If the antenna cable you

disconnected from your
television is not a coaxial
cable with a plug, you will
need to obtain a plug and
rework the cable
(➡ page 80).

!?

Cooling fan

!?

AC power supply cord

(included)

To household AC outlet

(AC 120 V, 60 Hz)

■ When you have finished connecting the unit

Change the unit’s settings to suit your television’s aspect ratio
(➡ “Selecting TV screen type”, page 21). You do not have to change
this setting if you have a television with a regular 4:3 aspect.

Connect Your Unit Directly To Your
Television.

Do not connect the unit through your video cassette recorder
when setting up your home entertainment system, because
the picture may not be played correctly due to the copy guard.

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Conserving power

This unit consumes a small amount of power, even when it is turned
off (approx. 5 W ). To save power when the unit is not to be used for
a long time, unplug it from the household AC outlet.

■ Upgrading your system

To enjoy CATV broadcasts

See “Expanding your home theater system” on page 75.
(A contract with a cable TV company is required in most cases to
view these broadcasts.)

To enjoy sound through other audio equipment

You can output digital signals from this unit’s DIGITAL AUDIO OUT
terminal, enabling you to enjoy the powerful surround effects found
on discs recorded with Dolby Digital or DTS. Connect an amplifier
with built-in decoders. See page 78 for connection examples.

Connecting to a TV with S-video or component video input terminals

Getting started

S-video cable

(not included)

Connect the audio cables as well (➡ pages 14 and 78).

S VIDEO OUT terminal

The S-video terminal achieves a more vivid picture than the VIDEO
OUT terminal by separating the chrominance (C) and luminance (Y)
signals. (Actual results depend on the television.)

For your reference

You do not have to connect anything to the VIDEO OUT terminal if
you have connected the unit to your television with the
COMPONENT VIDEO OUT or S VIDEO OUT terminals.

Video cable

(not included)

COMPONENT VIDEO OUT terminal

These terminals can provide a purer picture than the S-VIDEO OUT
terminal.
Connection using these terminals outputs the color difference sig-

B/PR) and luminance signal (Y) separately in order to achieve

nals (P
high fidelity in reproducing colors.

●

The description of the component video input terminals depends on

the television or monitor (e.g. Y/P
nect to terminals of the same color.

●

After making this connection, change the black level for a better

picture (➡ page 82, ACTION—Video—Black Level Control).

B/PR, Y/B-Y/R-Y, Y/CB/CR). Con-

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2·3

Auto Channel/Clock Setting

Connect antenna cable and if you use a

cable box, tune it to your local PBS CH

then...

Please push the ENTER key.

RETURN

ENTER

Auto Channel Setting

18CH

Auto Channel Setting

Proceeding. . .

RETURN

RETURN

Auto Clock Setting

Proceeding. . .

Please wait,

this may take several minutes.

Getting started

ADD/DLT

1

POWER

TV/AV

POWER

T

C

R

E

O

R

D

I

T

A

D

G

I

U

V

N

A

E

N

M

P

O

T

ENTER

PROG / CHECK

TOP WINDOW

FRAME

SKIP

STOP

PAUSE PLAY

123

456

789

VCR Plus+

REC

REC MODE

TIME SLIP CM SKIP

ADD/DLT

V.S.S.

TVDVD

TV

CH

OPEN/CLOSE

L

P

A

S

I

Y

SLOW/SEARCH

0

CANCEL

INPUT

SELECT

LAST

MARKER

ACTION

VOL

M

STATUS

100

AUDIO

MARKER

WRITE

E

N

U

RETURN

DVD

CH

P

L

A

Y

L

I

S

T

RETURN

Plug-in Auto Tuning

After you purchase the unit, plug it into your household AC outlet,
and turn it on for the first time, the unit automatically tunes in all the
channels it can receive and sets the clock.

Preparation

●

Confirm that the antenna is connected correctly.

●

Turn on the television and select the appropriate video input to suit

the connections to this unit.

1 Press [ , POWER] to turn the unit on.

2 Press [ENTER].

Plug-in Auto Tuning starts and the unit puts the stations it can
receive into channels.

1

POWER

2·3

ENTER

A

Please check antenna cable connection

ENTER

RETURN

B

Auto Clock Setting is incomplete.

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ENTER

RETURN

Auto Channel Setting

No Channel found.

then...

Push the ENTER key again.

Auto Clock Setting

Press ENTER

to set clock manually.

The unit then proceeds with Auto Clock Setting unless the
clock has already been set.

The time is displayed when finished.

3 Press [ENTER].

■ If the channels couldn’t be tuned A

The illustrated screen appears. Press [ENTER] to start Plug-in Auto
Tuning again. Press [RETURN] to cancel.
If the channels still aren’t tuned, use [ADD/DLT] on the remote con­trol to tune channels (➡ page 18).

■ If the clock couldn’t be set automatically B

The illustrated screen appears. Press [ENTER] to show the “Manual
Clock Setting” screen. Set the time manually (➡ page 88).

■ To stop Plug-in Auto Tuning

Press [RETURN].

Plug-in Auto Tuning

Note

●

Plug-in Auto Tuning does not work if you turn the unit on by press-

ing [û, OPEN/CLOSE] or [ , PLAY].

●

After the unit sets the clock automatically, it then adjusts the clock

everyday.

●

If the unit sets the time incorrectly, use “Time Zone Adjust” to cor-

rect it (➡ page 89).

●

You can give the stations captions (➡ page 92).

●

If you connect the unit through a cable TV box or DSS receiver

(➡ page 76), tune to your local PBS station before starting auto
clock setting. Use manual clock setting (➡ page 88) if this does not
work.

●

If there is no local PBS channel in your area then Auto Clock Setting

may not work correctly. In this case the time must be set manually
(➡ page 88).

■ Channel plan

The unit automatically determines the type of transmission (airwave
or cable) and puts them into channels as follows.

●

TV Mode

Getting started

Band

VHF

UHF

●

CATV Mode

Band

VHF

CATV LOW BAND

CATV MID/SUPER BANDS

CATV HYPER BAND

ULTRA BAND

Stations received by airwaves

2–13

14–69

Stations received by cable

2–13

95–99

14–36

37–65

66–94

100–125

SPECIAL CATV CHANNEL

1

■ To start Plug-in Auto Tuning again (after moving

house, for example)

Main unit only

While the unit is on and stopped

1. Press and hold [ö, CH] and [õ, CH] for about five seconds.

●

The unit turns off.

2. Press [ /I, POWER] to turn the unit on.
The screen shown in step 1 on page 16 appears. Press [ENTER] to
start Plug-in Auto Tuning.

●

Antenna system, channel caption, and VCR Plus+ guide channel

settings all revert to the default values when you perform the above
procedure. Timer recording settings are also cleared.

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Getting started

CHANNEL 12 DELETED

Channel settings

Using the remote control to
add and delete channels

Remote control only

Use this function if:

●

Channels were not set correctly using automatic tuning.

●

A channel that should have been set wasn’t.

●

A channel’s reception is poor and you want to delete it.

Preparation

Switch [DVD, TV] to “DVD”.

1 Press the numbered buttons to select

a channel.

Example: “5”: [0] ➡ [5]

Example: “15”: [1] ➡ [5]
Example: “115”: [100] ➡ [1] ➡ [5]

●

You can also use [ DVD , ö, õ CH] when you are going to

delete a channel.

2 Press [ADD/DLT].

The channel is deleted if it was set or added if it was not set.
For example

Repeat steps 1 and 2 as necessary.

Note

This function does not work if:

●

A disc is playing.

●

You are recording.

●

Input is from an external unit.

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1

Set Up

TAB

SELECT

Off Timer

Remote Control Code

Clock Settings

Channel Settings

Re-initialize Setting

6 hr

Set Code 1

ACTION

ENTER RETURN

Set Up

SELECT

Off Timer

Remote Control Code

Clock Settings

Channel Settings

Re-initialize Setting

6 hr

Set Code 1

ACTION

ENTER RETURN

TAB

2·3

ACTION

POWER

TV/AV

POWER

T

C

R

E

O

R

D

I

T

A

D

G

I

U

V

N

A

E

N

M

P

O

T

ENTER

PROG / CHECK

TOP WINDOW

FRAME

SKIP

STOP

PAUSE PLAY

123

456

789

VCR Plus+

REC

REC MODE

TIME SLIP CM SKIP

ADD/DLT

V.S.S.

TVDVD

TV

CH

OPEN/CLOSE

L

P

A

S

I

Y

SLOW/SEARCH

0

CANCEL

INPUT

SELECT

LAST

MARKER

ACTION

VOL

M

STATUS

100

AUDIO

MARKER

WRITE

E

N

U

RETURN

DVD

CH

Channel settings

VCR Plus+ guide

P

L

A

Y

L

I

S

T

channel settings

Set these guide channels so you can use VCR Plus+ codes for timer

TOP

recording. Before starting the settings, prepare a chart showing the
channels, the station’s name, and the guide channel.
For example:

1

Channel number

04

15

20

Write down all the stations
you can receive

1 Press [ACTION].

Station name

CBS

HBO

Nickelodeon

Look up the guide channels for
the stations in a television guide

The ACTION screen appears.

!?

Guide channel

04

33

38

Getting started

2

ENTER

3

ENTER ENTER

2 Use the joystick [œ, ] to select the

Set Up tab.

3 Use the joystick [▲,▼] to select

“Channel Settings” and press
[ENTER].

(Continued on next page)

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Getting started

Antenna System

Auto Channel Setting

Preset Channel Caption

Channel Caption

Manual Channel Caption

VCR Plus+ CH Setting

CATV

ACTION

Set Up

Antenna System

Auto Channel Setting

Preset Caption

Manual Caption

VCR Plus Setting

TV

ACTION

VCR Plus+ CH Setting

Guide Channel

125

- - -

1

- - -

2

- - -

CATV Channel

RETURN

ENTER

SELECT

3

- - -

Channel Settings

SELECT

ENTER RETURN

Set Up

Antenna System

Auto Channel Setting

Preset Caption

Manual Caption

VCR Plus Setting

TV

ACTION

VCR Plus+ CH Setting

Guide Channel

4

- - -

5

- - -

6

- - -

7

- - -

CATV Channel

RETURN

ENTER

SELECT

8

- - -

Set Up

Antenna System

Auto Channel Setting

Preset Caption

Manual Caption

VCR Plus Setting

TV

ACTION

VCR Plus+ CH Setting

Guide Channel

4

- - -

5

- - -

6
7

- - -

CATV Channel

RETURN

ENTER

SELECT

- - -

8

- - -

Channel settings

4 Use the joystick [▲, ▼] to select “VCR

Plus+ CH Setting” and press
[ENTER].

For example, when the current antenna system is CATV.

When you press [ENTER]

5 ! Use the joystick [▲, ▼] to select

the guide channel you want to set
and use the joystick [ ].

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●

The screen scrolls a page at a time if you hold the joy-

stick up or down.

@ Use the joystick [▲, ▼] to select

the channel corresponding to the
guide channel and use the joystick
[œ].

Repeat steps ! and @ as necessary.

6 Press [ENTER].

The screen shown in step 4 reappears.

Note

You do not need to change the settings if the channel and guide
channel numbers are the same.

■ To end the setting

Press [ACTION].

■ If you make a mistake

While the TV channel or CATV channel is highlighted, press
[CANCEL]. “---” is displayed. Repeat step 5-@.

3·4·5

Set Up

TAB

SELECT

Off Timer

Remote Control Code

Clock Settings

Channel Settings

Re-initialize Setting

6 hr

Set Code 1

ACTION

ENTER RETURN

ENTER RETURN

4:3 TV Settings for

DVD-RAM

Letterbox

Pan&Scan

4:3 TV Settings for DVD-Video

TV Screen

4:3TV Aspect

ACTION

SELECT

TAB

ENTER RETURN

ACTION

SELECT

4:3

TV Aspect

16:9

DVD,TV

1

POWER

TV/AV

POWER

T

C

R

E

O

R

D

I

T

A

D

G

I

U

V

N

A

E

N

M

P

O

T

PROG / CHECK

TOP WINDOW

SKIP

STOP

PAUSE PLAY

123

456

789

VCR Plus+

REC

REC MODE

TIME SLIP CM SKIP

ADD/DLT

V.S.S.

TVDVD

TV

CH

OPEN/CLOSE

L

P

A

S

I

ENTER

FRAME

0

CANCEL

INPUT

SELECT

MARKER

ACTION

VOL

Y

M

E

N

U

RETURN

STATUS

SLOW/SEARCH

100

DVD

CH

LAST

AUDIO

MARKER

WRITE

Selecting TV screen
type

P

L

A

Y

L

I

S

T

RETURN

The aspect ratio is factory set to 4:3 for a regular television. You do
not have to change this setting if you have a regular 4:3 aspect tele­vision.

Preparation

●

Turn on the television and select the appropriate video input to suit

the connections to this unit.

●

Switch [DVD, TV] to “DVD”.

TOP

!?

1 Press [ , POWER] to turn this unit on.
2 Press [ACTION] to show the menus.

Getting started

2

3 Use the joystick [œ, ] to select the TV

Screen tab.

1

2

ACTION

3

ENTER

4·5

ENTER ENTER

POWER

4 Use the joystick [▲, ▼] to select

“TV Aspect” and press [ENTER].

5 Use the joystick [▲, ▼] to select the

TV aspect and press [ENTER].

●

4:3 (factory setting)

●

16:9

■ To return to the previous screen

Press [RETURN].

■ To end the setting

Press [ACTION].

For your reference

Apart from “TV Aspect”, other settings also affect how video appears
on your television. Check the following if video doesn’t appear cor­rectly on your television.

●

“ACTION—TV Screen—4:3 TV Settings for DVD-Video” or “4:3 TV

Settings for DVD-RAM” (➡ page 83).

●

The video setting on the disc. How video appears is often specified

by the disc itself.

●

The video settings on your television.

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Basic operations

!?

Playing discs

RAM DVD-R DVD-V CD VCD

Preparation

Switch [DVD, TV] to “DVD”.

TOP

1 Press [ , POWER] to turn the unit on.
2 Press [û, OPEN/CLOSE] to open the

tray and insert a disc.

●

Insert inside the tray’s guides.

●

Insert one disc only.

3 Press [ , PLAY].

The disc tray closes and play begins.
(The unit takes some time to read the disc before play starts.)

●

If you insert a DVD-RAM with the write-protect tab set to

PROTECT (➡ page 99) and press [
starts automatically.

■ To stop play A

Press [■, STOP] (When “PLAY” flashes ➡ page 23, Starting play
from where you stopped it).

●

The screen saver at right may appear when

you stop play. Press [■, STOP] again and

you can use this unit’s tuner to watch

television.

This screen is also shown when you are

playing CDs.

■ To pause play

Press [», PAUSE].
Press again to restart play.

or

or

■ Auto power-off

The unit switches to standby after about 6 hours in the stop mode.
You can turn this feature off or change the time to 2 hours
(➡ page 82, ACTION—Set Up—Off Timer).

■ With non-cartridge discs

ûû

û, OPEN/CLOSE], play

ûû

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Insert label-up. (With double-sided discs, load
so the label for the side you want to play is facing up.)

Insert label-up with the arrow

!?

facing in.
(With double-sided discs, load
so the label for the side you want
to play is facing up.)

e.g.: DVD-RAM

or

or

Guide for 12 cm
(5″) disc

Guide for 8 cm
(3″) disc

A

B

1

TV

CH

VOL

POWER

TV/AV

OPEN/CLOSE

POWER

T

C

R

E

L

P

A

S

P

I

Y

O

R

D

I

Joystick

T

A

D

G

I

V

A

E

N

M

P

O

T

PROG / CHECK

TOP WINDOW

STOP

U

N

SKIP

ENTER

FRAME

SLOW/SEARCH

PAUSE PLAY

M

E

RETURN

STATUS

L

A

Y

MENUTOP MENU

L

I

S

T

N

U

RETURN

12

123

123

456

789

0

STOP

456

789

VCR Plus+

0

REC

REC MODE

CANCEL

INPUT

TIME SLIP CM SKIP

SELECT

LAST

ADD/DLT

V.S.S.

MARKER

TVDVD

ACTION

or

100

DVD

CH

AUDIO
MARKER

WRITE

ENTER

Numbered
buttons

LAST

MARKER

ENTER

Playing discs

When a menu screen appears on the

A

television

DVD-V VCD

Operate menus with the following operations. Actual operations de­pend on the disc.

Press the numbered buttons to select an item (➡ page 8), or
move the joystick [▲, ▼, œ, ] to select an item and press
[ENTER].

●

You can return to menus after you start play by

pressing [TOP MENU] or [MENU] (DVD-Video),

TOP

!?

or [RETURN] (Video CD).

Note

●

Discs continue to rotate while menus are displayed. Press
[■, STOP] when you have finished viewing to preserve the unit’s
motor and your television screen.

●

Volume may be lower when playing DVD-Video than when playing

other discs or during television broadcasts.
If you turn the volume up on the television or amplifier, ensure you
reduce the volume again before playing other sources or returning
to the television so that a sudden increase in output does not
occur.

For your reference

●

If “ ” appears on the television

The operation is prohibited by the unit or disc.

●

If a disc is loaded, the unit will come on and play will start when you

press [ , PLAY].

●

If you play a disc with video and then replace it with an audio-only

disc, the video from the previous disc may continue to be shown on
the television.

Starting play from where you

B

stopped it (Resume Function)

RAM DVD-R DVD-V CD VCD

TOP

1 During play

Press [■, STOP].

The unit remembers the position.

2 Press [ , PLAY] while “PLAY” is

flashing on the display.

Play starts from where you stopped it.

Basic operations

2

PLAY

■ To cancel the resume function

Press [■, STOP] until “PLAY” goes out.
(The position is also cleared when you turn the unit off.)

■ To start play from a memorized position after

turning the unit off

Press [LAST MARKER] during play.
(The message “Position Memorized” appears on the television.)
Now when you press [
and back on, play starts from the memorized position.

For your reference

●

If you press [■, STOP] before switching the unit to standby after

pressing [LAST MARKER] to memorize a position, play will resume
from the position you pressed [■, STOP] when you press
[

, PLAY].

●

The position memorized when you press [■, STOP] is cleared

when you switch the unit to standby or if the unit switches to stand­by automatically (➡ page 82, ACTION—Set Up—Off Timer).

DVD-R DVD-V CD VCD

●

The position is memorized when you press [■, STOP] or
[LAST MARKER] and cleared when you open the disc tray.

RAM

●

The last marker is written to the disc and remains intact until you

mark a different position.
You cannot mark positions if the disc is write-protected with DISC
SETTING (➡ page 52) or with the write-protect tab (➡ page 99).
Release the protection before marking another position.

, PLAY] after switching the unit to standby

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Playing discs

Fast forward and rewind—SEARCH

A

RAM DVD-R DVD-V CD VCD

During play

Press [î, SLOW/SEARCH] or [ï,
SLOW/SEARCH].

îî

[

î]: backward

îî
ïï

[

ï]: forward

ïï

●

There are five search speeds. Each press increases the search

speed.

●

The search speed is maintained when you release the button.

●

Press [ , PLAY] to restart play.

●

Audio is output during search with most discs, but only at forward

speed one with DVD-RAM (except during chasing play and simul-

taneous rec and play), DVD-R, DVD-Video, and Video CDs. You

can turn off the audio during search for DVD-RAM, DVD-R,

DVD-Video, and Video CDs (➡ page 83, ACTION—Audio—Audio

during Search).

Basic operations

Slow-motion play

B

RAM DVD-R DVD-V VCD

While paused

Press [î, SLOW/SEARCH] or [ï,
SLOW/SEARCH].

îî

[

î]: backward (does not work with Video CDs)

îî
ïï

[

ï]: forward

ïï

●

There are five slow-motion speeds. Each press increases the slow-

motion speed.

●

or

Search speed

The slow-motion speed is maintained when you release the button.

●

Press [ , PLAY] to restart play.

Frame-by-frame viewing

C

RAM DVD-R DVD-V VCD

Remote control only

While paused

Press [œ», FRAME] or [» , FRAME].

œ»œ»

[

œ»]: backward (does not work with Video CDs)

œ»œ»
» »

[

» ]: forward

» »

or

●

Each press shows the next frame.

●

Press [

, PLAY] to restart play.

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Playing discs

Skipping

A

RAM DVD-R DVD-V CD VCD

You can skip to the beginning of tracks (CD and Video CD
➡ page 97) and chapters (DVD-Video ➡ page 97) and restart play
from there.
On DVD-RAM and DVD-R, you can skip to the start of a program or
to a marker and start play from there.

During play or while paused

Press [ î, SKIP] or [ï , SKIP].

î î

[

î]: backward

î î

ï ï

[

ï ]: forward

ï ï

Each press increases the number of skips.

For your reference

●

After skipping, the unit returns to the previous state, play or pause.

Numbered
buttons

●

Pressing [î] or [
Video CDs (➡ page 97) is working may take you to a menu screen.

●

You can also mark positions to skip to (➡ page 36).

ïï

ï] while the playback control feature on

ïï

Basic operations

Starting play from a selected

B

program, title, chapter, or track

RAM DVD-R DVD-V CD VCD

Remote control only

Preparation

Switch [DVD, TV] to “DVD”.

During play or while stopped

Press the numbered buttons to select the
item.

or

For example, to enter 5, press [0] and [5].
To enter 15, press [1] and [5].

DVD-V CD VCD

Twice

Chapter/track Chapter/trackChapter/track

RAM DVD-R

Twice Once Once Twice

The program before

Play position

Once

Once

Play position

The program afterCurrent program

Twice

Marker

Three times

Note

●

This may not work with some discs.

●

This works only when stopped with some discs (the screen saver is

on the television).

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Basic operations

Numbered
buttons

Recording television
programs

RAM DVD-R

Preparation

●

Switch [DVD, TV] to “DVD”.

●

Use a disc that the unit can record to (➡ page 6) and that has

enough space available.

●

Ensure the disc is not write-protected with the write-protect tab

(➡ page 99).

●

Ensure the disc is not write-protected with DISC SETTING

(➡ page 52).

1 Press [ , POWER] to turn the unit on.
2 Press [û, OPEN/CLOSE] to open the

tray and insert a disc.

●

Insert one disc only within the tray’s guides.

●

ûû

Press [

û, OPEN/CLOSE] to close the tray.

ûû

●

When using a DVD-RAM for the first time with this unit, for-

mat it to ensure accurate recording (➡ page 54, “Format”).
Check the disc carefully to ensure it doesn’t contain pro­grams you want to keep.

3 Press [ DVD , ö, õ, CH] to select the

channel.

4 Press [REC MODE] to select the

recording mode.

Select “XP”, “SP”, “LP”, or “EP” (➡ see below).

5 Press [●, REC] to start recording.

●

The program is recorded into the available space on the

disc.

■ To pause recording

or

Press [», PAUSE].
Press again to restart recording.

■ To stop recording

Press [■, STOP].

or

Insert label-up with the arrow

!?

facing in. (With double-sided
discs, load so the label for
the side you want to record is
facing up.)

e.g.: When you have selected

channel 4

or

■ To select channels with the numbered buttons

When “TV” is the antenna system: between 2 and 69
When “CATV” is the antenna system: between 1 and 125
Press the numbered buttons.
For example: Channel 5, press 0 ➡ 5

■ Convenient features

●

Chasing play—playing from the beginning of the program you are

recording (➡ page 28)

●

Simultaneous rec and play— watching a program you recorded

while recording another (➡ page 28)

●

Time Slip—checking the images you are recording (➡ page 29).

Channel 15, press 1 ➡ 5
Channel 115, press 100 ➡ 1 ➡ 5

■ Recording modes

For example, approximate recording times with a 4.7-GB
DVD-RAM
XP: 1 hour, high picture quality
SP: 2 hours, standard picture quality
LP: 4 hours, long play
EP: 6 hours, extra long play

■ Watching the television while recording

e.g.: When you have selected “XP”

or

or

! Switch [DVD, TV] to “TV”.
@ Press [ TV , TV/AV] to change the input mode to “TV”.
# Press [

You can also select the channel with the numbered buttons
(➡ page 8).

For your reference

●

You can also do this during timer recording.

●

The recording is unaffected.

öö

õõ

TV ,

ö,

õ, CH] to change channels.

öö

õõ

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Recording television programs

■ Re-inserting double-sided discs

Reverse

Front

You can get up to 12 hours
recording when you use
double-sided discs and use
the “EP” mode.

Turn over

■ To check the remaining time and the current

mode during recording A

Press [STATUS] several times.

For your reference

●

You can record up to 99 programs on one disc.

●

You cannot change the channel or recording mode during
recording. You can change them while recording is paused, but the
material is recorded as a separate program.

●

An error message appears if you try to start recording when a disc

is full; the remaining time will be shown as “0:00”. To continue
recording, erase unneeded programs (DVD-RAM only ➡ page 58,
Erasing programs) or use another disc.

●

There are limitations when recording to DVD-R (➡ page 7).

●

The message “Could not write to disc.” is displayed when recording

was not completed correctly. Check the discs for dirt or scratches.

Basic operations

Available recording time

Recording mode

or

Counter

The time remaining until recording finishes changes each time
you press the button.

Shows recording
will stop in
30 minutes

One Touch Recording—

B

Specify a time to stop recording

RAM DVD-R

This is a simple way of timer recording when you are in a hurry or
before you go to bed. You can set the time up to 4 hours in advance.

While recording

Press [●, REC] to select the recording
time.

The time increases as illustrated each time you press the button.
After selecting the time the display updates indicating the time re­maining until the unit stops recording. You can change the time
again with the same operation.
When the time you set is reached, recording stops and the unit
switches to standby.

■ To cancel

During recording, press [●, REC] until the counter appears.

●

Recording continues.

■ To show the time remaining until recording fin-

ishes C

Press [STATUS].

For your reference

●

This does not work during timer recordings.

●

Recording stops and the set time is cleared if you press
[■, STOP].

●

The set time is cleared if you pause recording and cause another

program to be recorded (for example, change the recording mode
or channel).

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You are recording a sports
program (2) and you want to
watch it from the beginning.

Advanced operations

Do the above operation and…

For example:
while recording program 2 (sport)

Playing while you are
recording

Playing from the beginning of the

A

program you are recording—
Chasing play

RAM

You can start play from the beginning of a program while continuing
to record it.

Preparation

Switch [DVD, TV] to “DVD”.

During recording or timer recording

Press [ , PLAY].

Play starts from the beginning of the program being recorded.

■ To stop play and recording

! Press [■, STOP]. Play stops.

Wait 2 seconds.

@ Press [■, STOP]. Recording stops.

●

You cannot stop recording with [■, STOP] during timer recording.

To stop timer recording, press [ , POWER], then [■, STOP] within

5 seconds.

For your reference

●

The playback images are displayed during chasing play.

●

Sound is not output while fast-forwarding.

●

Play cannot be started until at least 2 seconds after recording

starts.

●

If you fast-forward and get to within a few seconds of the part being

recorded, the picture will change to show the images currently be-

ing played.

The same sports program is
recorded while you are
watching it.

You want to watch the movie
you recorded yesterday
(program 1)

Do the above operation and…

A sports program is
recorded while you watch a

movie.

For example:
while recording program 2 (sport)

Simultaneous rec and play

B

RAM

You can start play of the program you are recording or play a pro­gram previously recorded.

Preparation

Switch [DVD, TV] to “DVD”.

During recording or timer recording

1 Press [TOP MENU, DIRECT NAVI-

GATOR].

“●” is displayed in the direct navigator to indicate the program
is being recorded (➡ page 57).

2 Use the joystick […, †] to select a pro-

gram and press [ENTER].

■ To stop play and recording

! Press [■, STOP]. Play stops.

Wait 2 seconds.

@ Press [■, STOP]. Recording stops.

●

You cannot stop recording with [■, STOP] during timer recording.

To stop timer recording, press [ , POWER], then [■, STOP] within

5 seconds.

For your reference

●

During simultaneous rec and play, you cannot edit with the direct

navigator or use play lists.

●

If you start play while the unit is on timer recording standby, record-

ing starts when the time you set is reached.

●

The unit returns to recording standby when you stop play while it is

on timer recording standby.

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Current recording

Play images
(30 seconds
before)

Playing while you are recording

Reviewing the recorded images
while recording (Time Slip)

RAM

You can play the program being recorded to check that it is being
recorded correctly. You can also check parts that were recorded pre­viously.

Preparation

Switch [DVD, TV] to “DVD”.

While recording or timer recording

Press [TIME SLIP].

Play starts from 30 seconds previous.
The play images are shown for 5 seconds as a picture-in-picture with
the recording images, then they are shown in full.

■ To continue to show both the recording and play

images

Press and hold [TIME SLIP] for about 3 seconds.

■ To change the part being played A

Main unit only

! Press [TIME SLIP] on the main unit within 5 seconds to enter the

time.
Play starts from the time you entered.

Note

You cannot change the position being played with the remote
control.

■ To stop play and recording

! Press [■, STOP]. Play stops.

Wait 2 seconds.

@ Press [■, STOP]. Recording stops.

●

You cannot stop recording with [■, STOP] during timer recording.

To stop timer recording, press [ , POWER], then [■, STOP] within
5 seconds.

For your reference

●

If you fast-forward, rewind, or skip during Time Slip, only the play

images are shown.

●

The sound for the images being played is heard during Time Slip.

●

The length of the recording determines the amount of time you can

select for time slip. As the recording progresses, the amount of time
you can time slip also increases.

Advanced operations

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Using the top window

About the top window

Most of the features and functions of this unit can also be controlled
with icons. The examples show the top window when a DVD-RAM is
being used. Actual menus depend on the type of disc being used.

Cartridge protection

“ON” is displayed if the disc is protected

Disc protection

“ON” is displayed if you have used Disc Protection
in DISC SETTING to protect the disc (➡ page 52).

Disc title

The disc’s title is displayed if one is recorded. You
can enter titles with Enter Title in DISC SETTING
(➡ page 50).

Disc type

with the write-protect tab (➡ page 99).

Advanced operations

TOP

WINDOW

N

S

SELECT

ENTER

DVD-RAM MY SELECTION
DISC PROTECTION OFF
CARTRIDGE PROTECT OFF

DISC SETTING

Date

Time

CH

TIMER RECORDING

RETURN

ACTION

N

S

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

RESUME PLAY

PLAY

CREATE PLAY LIST

Using the top window

RAM DVD-R DVD-V CD VCD

Preparation

Switch [DVD, TV] to “DVD”.

1 While stopped

Press [TOP WINDOW] to show the top
window.

PLAY LIST

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2 Use the joystick [▲, ▼, œ, ] to select

an item.

Refer to the relevant pages for details.

3 Press [ENTER].

Your selection is entered and the top window disappears. If
the operation requires further selections, another screen
appears.

■ To clear the top window

Press [TOP WINDOW] or [RETURN].