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RQT7619
INTRO
T a ble of contents
This Recordable D VD Home Theater System record s high quality images to rapid random access capable HDD (Hard disk dr ive) or D VD-RAM.
This has resulted in man y new f ea tures that out perf orm older tape formats. The f ollowing inf or mation summarizes a few of these f eatures.
Instant r ecor ding
Y ou no longer nee d to search for empt y disc space. By pressi ng the recordi ng
button, the un it finds available rec ording spac e and beg ins recordin g right
awa y . Th ere is no ne ed to worr y abou t ov erwr iting al ready record ed content .
TV Gu ide On Scr een
TM
system
The TV Guid e On Screen
TM
system provides a han dy electronic program guide
(EPG) for checking wh at’ s on. Setting up to re cord a broad cast is easy to o .
Simply sele ct the desired prog ram from the disp lay ed list. Y o u can also sear ch for
desired prog rams alphab etically or by displa ying only the prog rams in a certain category .
≥TV Guide On Screen
TM
is av ailable in the continental Unite d States. In
Canada, howe ver , this ser vice may not be av ailable in some areas.
HDD recording
Y ou can keep on recording your fav orite programs to an in ternal HDD t hat is
able to rec ord up to 142 hours w hen using EP (8 Hour ) mode.
Y ou can also high speed transfer (dub ) y our fav orite pro grams to D VD-RAM or
D VD-R an d crea te a bac kup d isc.
Instant pla y
There is no nee d to rewind or search f orward. Direct N avigator guides you to
the begi nning of the record ed video im mediatel y .
Chasing pla ybac k
There is no need to wait until recording is complete. W ithout stop ping
reco rdin g, y ou can pl ay the vid eo c urren tly bein g reco rded f rom i ts be ginn ing.
Simul taneous Recor ding and Pla ybac k
While re cording, you can play another video program th at was recorde d
previously .
Time Slip
Dur ing play and al so while recor ding, you ca n jump to t he scene you wi sh to
view by specifying the sk ip time.
High-perf ormance power s upplies up to 800 W
Enables you to exper ience opti mal theater sound per f orm ance wit h 6
speakers.
INTRO
Accessor ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The remot e contr ol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . 4
Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Rem ote con trol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Main unit and displa y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
STEP
1
Setting up the TV Guide O n Screen
TM
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
STEP 2
Set up to match y our tele vision and
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Selectin g tele vis ion ty pe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
T el evision operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Whe n other P an asonic pr oducts re spond to this remote cont rol
. . 8
HDD and disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
HDD and discs you can use for recording and play . . . . 9
Pla y-onl y discs (12 cm/8 cm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Discs that cannot be pla yed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Disc handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
HDD (Hard disk drive) handling care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
RECORDING
Recording television pr ograms . . . . . . . . . 12
Recording modes and approximate recording ti mes . . 13
Selecting audio to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Playin g while you are rec ordi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Flexible Reco rding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Recording from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . 14
Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Us ing t he TV Guid e O n S cre en
TM
system to make timer recordings
. . 15
Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using VCR Plusi system to make timer recor dings . . 17
Check, change or delete a program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Utilizing TV Guide O n Screen
TM
system . . 19
PLA YIN G
Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Ope ration s dur ing pl ay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Editing operations during pla y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Changing audio during pla y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using on -screen men us an d Status m essages
. . 24
On-screen m enus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Statu s messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
EDITING &
TRANSFER RING
Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Editing titles/chapters and pla ying chapters . . . . . . . . 26
Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Creating, editing and playing pla y lists . . 28
Cre ating play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Editing and pla ying pla y lists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Play list operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
T ransferring (dubbing) titles or play lists
. . 31
One T ouch T r ansf er (dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
T r ansferring (dubbing) using t he transf erring
(dubbing) list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
T r ansferring (dubbing) a finalized D VD -R. . . . . . . . . . . 33
CONVENIENT
FUNCTIONS
FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Disc setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Dis c Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Dis c Prot ection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
F ormat disc/F ormat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
T OP MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Select Fir st pla y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Finaliz e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
RADIO &
SOUND
The radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Manu al tuni ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Pre set tun ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Dolby D igita l and DT S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Dolby Pro Logic I I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Adjust ing the bass a nd treble with manual equalizer
. . 37
Using the built-in sound quality settings ( SFC—Sound
Field Contr ol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Center F ocu s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Vir tual Rear Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Multi Rear Sur round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Seat posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Adjusting the subwoo fer lev el . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Speaker le v el adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SETTINGS
Changing the unit’ s settings . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sum mar y of se tting s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Channel/Clock settings when TV Guide On
Screen
TM
syste m is not used . . . . . . . . . . 41
A uto channel/clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Channel captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
INFO
Optional connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Receiving digital audio using t he optical connection . . 43
Connecting other audio equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Enjoying TV broadcast with surround sound . . . . . . . . 43
Specifica tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Glossar y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
T roub leshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Limited W arranty (ONL Y FOR C ANAD A)
. . 50
Limited W a rranty (ONL Y FOR U .S.A.)
. . . . 51
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bac kcover
Product Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bac kcover
Useful fe atures
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