Quick Setup Guide to Help You Set up Your Unit

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Quick Setup

Guide DVD Recorder Model No. DMR-EH50 Dear customer Thank you for purchasing this product. Please use this Quick Setup Guide to help you set up your unit. We would also advise you to carefully study the operating instructions and note the listed precautions before use. ∫ Sales and Support Information Customer Care Centre Direct Sales at Panasonic UK ≥For customers within the UK: 08705 357357 ≥Order accessory and consumable items for your product with ease ≥For customers within the Republic of Ireland: 01 289 8333 and confidence by phoning our Customer Care Centre Monday– ≥Visit our website for product information Thursday 9:00am–5:30pm, Friday 9:30am–5:30pm (Excluding public ≥E-mail: [email protected] holidays). ≥Or go on line through our Internet Accessory ordering application at www.panasonic.co.uk. ≥Most major credit and debit cards accepted. ≥All enquiries transactions and distribution facilities are provided directly by Panasonic UK Ltd. ≥It couldn’t be simpler! ≥Also available through our Internet is direct shopping for a wide range of finished products, take a browse on our website for further details. Interested in purchasing an extended guarantee? Please contact your dealer or our Customer Support Department on 01344 476540 or [email protected] for more details.

Included Please check and identify the supplied accessories. Use numbers when asking for replacement parts. Insert the batteries into the accessories (Product numbers correct as of February 2005. These may remote control be subject to change.) 1 Remote control 1 RF coaxial lead R6/LR6, AA (EUR7729KE0) (VJA1089)

1 AC mains lead 2 Batteries (RJA0044-3C) for remote control

≥For use with this unit only. Do not use it with other equipment. 1 Audio/video cable Also, do not use cords for other (VJA0788-D) equipment with this unit.

∫ Recommended connection for your television Required Page No. for Page No. for TV What kind of input terminal does your television have? cable(s) connections settings Scart Highly recommended connection. AV IN ≥You can enjoy high-quality RGB video from this unit ➡ 6 Fully wired 21- ➡ 2 by connecting to an RGB compatible television. pin Scart lead If your television has the Q Link feature, you can use ≥If it’s a Q Link ≥ ➡ a variety of useful functions. television 5 Component These terminals provide a purer picture than the S video Video terminal. COMPONENT ≥If your television is compatible with progressive VIDEO IN scan, you can enjoy high-quality progressive video. 3 video cables ➡ 3 ➡ 6 If you have a progressive compatible CRT television, we cannot recommend this connection as some flickering may occur.

S Video S-VIDEO IN This terminal achieves a more vivid picture than the video terminal. S Video cable ➡ 3 ➡ 6

Audio/Video AUDIO IN VIDEO IN The most basic connection. R L Audio/Video ➡ ➡ 6 cable (included) 3

If your television does not have one of the terminals mentioned above, connect with the RF sockets only (➡ 4). However, when using this connection, picture received from a satellite receiver may not be clear, therefore we do not recommend it.

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STEP 1 Connection

Connecting a television with 21-pin Scart terminal and Satellite/Digital terrestrial receiver When there is no 21-pin Scart terminal on the television (➡ 3)

≥Change the “AV2 Input” setting to match the output from a satellite/digital terrestrial receiver in the SETUP menu (➡ 59 of Operating Instructions) after tuning is completed (➡ 5, 6). ≥This unit is compatible with timer recording using programme function on television (e.g., IDTVs) (➡ 31 of Operating Instructions). ≥The AV2 or AV4 Scart terminals on Panasonic televisions are compatible with the Q Link functions.

indicates included accessories. BE SURE TO READ THE CAUTION FOR THE AC MAINS LEAD ON PAGE 2 IN THE OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS indicates accessories not included. BEFORE CONNECTION. 1 4 are required connections. Connect in the numbered order. To household mains socket To the aerial (AC 220–240 V, 50 Hz) Television’s rear panel

VHF/UHF RF IN AV IN

AV1 terminal ≥If your television is equipped with RGB input Aerial capability, by connecting with a fully wired 21-pin lead Scart lead you can see video using RGB output RF coaxial Fully wired on this unit (➡ below). AC mains lead lead 21-pin Scart ≥If your television is equipped with Q Link Connect only after 1 2 lead functions, by connecting with a fully wired 21-pin all other connections are complete. 3 Scart lead you can use these functions (➡ 70 of 4 Operating Instructions).

VIDEOVIDEO S VIDEOVIDEO OUTOUT

RFRF OOUTUT RFRF ININ L L AV1 (TV) Y PB PR AUDIOAUDIO

OPTICALOPTICAL S VVIDEOIDEO AC IN R R COMPONENTCOMPONENT AV4AV4 IINN VIDEOVIDEO OUTOUT AV2 (DECODER/EXT) (PROGRESSIVE/(PROGRESSIVE/ DIGITALDIGITAL AUDIOAUDIO OUTOUT AV4AV4 IINN OUTOUT INTERLACE)INTERLACE) (PCM/BITSTREAM)(PCM/BITSTREAM)

This unit’s rear panel Cooling fan

Fully wired 21-pin Scart lead

Satellite/Digital terrestrial DVD/VCR receiver’s rear panel

VHF/UHF RF IN

∫ To view satellite/digital terrestrial programmes Press [INPUT SELECT] to select the input channel “AV2” for the satellite/digital terrestrial receiver or put this unit in standby mode. To record programmes from satellite/digital terrestrial receiver using “Sky Personal Planner” function ➡ 31 of Operating Instructions

∫ RGB This refers to the three primary colours of light, red (R), green (G), and blue (B) and also the method of producing video that uses them. By dividing the video signal into the three colours for transmission, noise is reduced for even higher quality images. To record programmes from satellite/digital terrestrial receiver by RGB signals ➡ 31 of Operating Instructions

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Connecting a television with AUDIO/VIDEO terminals and VCR Connecting to the television using the 21-pin Scart leads (➡ 2) BE SURE TO READ THE CAUTION FOR THE AC MAINS To the aerial indicates included accessories. LEAD ON PAGE 2 IN THE OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS indicates accessories not included. BEFORE CONNECTION. Splitter 1 4 are required connections. Connect in the numbered order. Television’s rear panel To household mains socket VHF/UHF AUDIO IN VIDEO IN (AC 220–240 V, 50 Hz) RF IN R L Aerial lead Red White Yellow

AC mains lead RF coaxial lead Connect only after all other 1 2 connections are complete. 3 4 Audio/Video cable

VIDEOVIDEO S VIDEOVIDEO OUTOUT Yellow Yellow RFRF OOUTUT RFRF ININ L L AV1 (TV) White White Y PB PR AUDIOAUDIO

OPTICALOPTICAL Red RedS VIDEOVIDEO AC IN R R COMPONENTCOMPONENT AV4AV4 IINN VIDEOVIDEO OUTOUT AV2 (EXT) (PROGRESSIVE/(PROGRESSIVE/ DIGITALDIGITAL AUDIOAUDIO OUTOUT AV4AV4 IINN OUTOUT INTERLACE)INTERLACE) (PCM/BITSTREAM)(PCM/BITSTREAM)

This unit’s rear panel Audio/Video cable Use a splitter if Cooling fan you also want to connect the aerial to your VCR. Red White Yellow You can also connect with the AV2 terminal on this unit using the 21-pin Scart lead. VHF/UHF R L RF IN AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT VCR’s rear panel

Connecting a television with S VIDEO or COMPONENT VIDEO terminals Television’s rear panel Television’s rear panel COMPONENT AUDIO IN VIDEO IN S VIDEO IN COMPONENT AUDIO IN VIDEO IN S VIDEO IN R L VIDEO IN R L VIDEO IN

Red White Yellow Red White Yellow

S Video Video cable cable

Audio/Video VIDEOVIDEO S VIDEOVIDEO OUTOUT Audio/ VIDEOVIDEO S VVIDEOIDEO OOUTUT Yellow Ye l low RF OUT cableRF IN L L RF OUT VideoRF IN Y PB PR L L White AUDIOAUDIO cable White Y PB PR OPTICALOPTICAL AUDIOAUDIO S VVIDEOIDEO R R COMPONENTCOMPONENT Red AV4AV4 IINN VIDEOVIDEO OUTOUT OPTICALOPTICAL (PROGRESSIVE/(PROGRESSIVE/ DIGITALDIGITAL AAUDIOUDIO OOUTUT S VIDEOVIDEO AV4AV4 ININ OUTOUT RedR R COMPONENTCOMPONENT INTERLACE)INTERLACE) (PCM/BITSTREAM)(PCM/BITSTREAM) AV4AV4 ININ VIDEOVIDEO OUTOUT (PROGRESSIVE/(PROGRESSIVE/ DIGITALDIGITAL AAUDIOUDIO OOUTUT AV4AV4 IINN OUTOUT INTERLACE)INTERLACE) (PCM/BITSTREAM)(PCM/BITSTREAM) COMPONENT VIDEO OUT terminal S VIDEO OUT terminal Connect to COMPONENT VIDEO IN terminal on the television through video cables. ➡ Connect to S VIDEO IN terminal on the television These terminals can be used for either interlace or progressive output ( 69 of Operating Instructions) and provide a purer picture than the S VIDEO OUT terminal. through a S Video cable. ≥Connect to terminals of the same colour. The S VIDEO OUT terminal achieves a more vivid ≥Video output from the component terminal will have no colour during EXT picture than the VIDEO OUT terminal. (Actual results LINK recordings. Use a fully wired 21-pin Scart lead between the TV and the depend on the television.) unit when viewing external equipment picture through the AV2 terminal. ≥Change the “AV1 Output” setting in the SETUP menu (➡ 59 of Operating Instructions) to “Video (with component)” or “S-Video (with component)” after tuning is completed (➡ 5, 6). If not, the picture will not be in colour. For progressive output (➡ 22 of Operating Instructions) Note to owners of progressive compatible PAL system televisions (➡ 6 of Operating Instructions) ∫ Component video output Component signal outputs the colour difference signals (PB/PR) and luminance signal (Y) separately in order to achieve high fidelity in reproducing colours. If the television is compatible with progressive output, a high quality picture can be output because this unit’s component video output terminal outputs a progressive output signal (➡ 69 of Operating Instructions).

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Connecting a television with RF socket only and Satellite/Digital terrestrial receiver Connect in the numbered order. If you do not have a Satellite/Digital terrestrial receiver, connect the aerial to RF IN socket of this unit and skip step 3.

indicates included accessories. BE SURE TO READ THE CAUTION FOR THE AC MAINS indicates accessories not included. LEAD ON PAGE 2 IN THE OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE CONNECTION. 1 4 are required connections. Connect in the numbered order.

To the aerial Television’s rear panel

VHF/UHF To household mains socket RF IN 1 (AC 220–240 V, 50 Hz)

AC mains lead Connect only after all other connections are complete. 2 4 RF coaxial lead Cooling fan

VIDEOVIDEO S VIDEOVIDEO OUTOUT

RFRF OOUTUT RFRF ININ L L AV1 (TV) Y PB PR AUDIOAUDIO

OPTICALOPTICAL S VVIDEOIDEO AC IN R R COMPONENTCOMPONENT AV4AV4 IINN VIDEOVIDEO OUTOUT AV2 (EXT) (PROGRESSIVE/(PROGRESSIVE/ DIGITALDIGITAL AUDIOAUDIO OUTOUT AV4AV4 IINN OUTOUT INTERLACE)INTERLACE) (PCM/BITSTREAM)(PCM/BITSTREAM)

This unit’s rear panel 3 Aerial lead RF coaxial lead

RF IN Satellite/Digital terrestrial receiver’s rear panel

RF OUT

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STEP 2 Channel reception settings

Preset Download (Setup with Q Link functions) When connecting to a television that has the Q Link function (➡ 70 of Operating Instructions) with a fully wired 21-pin Scart lead (➡ 2). “TV stations” tuning information and positions will be downloaded from the TV to this unit. The clock will be set automatically from data sent by the broadcaster.

. 1 Turn on the television and select the appropriate DVD AV input to suit the connections to this unit. TVTV Í Í 2 Press [Í DVD] to turn the unit on. CHCH VOLUMEVOLUME DIRECTDIRECT TVTV RRECEC Downloading from the television starts. AVAV Download from TV

HDDHDD DVDDVD SDSD Pos 4

Download in progress, please wait. 1 2 3 RETURN: to abort CHCH 4 5 6 VIDEOVIDEO PPlus+lus+ RETURN 7 8 9 CANCELCANCEL INPUTINPUT SSELECTELECT MANUALMANUAL SKIPSKIP 3 When downloading has completed, the Owner ID settings screen appears. 0 SKIPSKIP SLOW/SEARCHSLOW/SEARCH Press [1] and press the numbered buttons to enter a 4-digit PIN number.

Owner ID STOPSTOP PAUSEPAUSE PLAY/x1.3

PIN number ¢¢¢¢ OG/CHEC Name PR K House No. F NU UN Postcode E T OR C C T T M E A RETURN R IO P I IG N O D V A S T

N RETURN : leave

D P I I

L ENTERENTER ≥Make a note of the PIN number (don’t forget), as it is not possible to return to

E A

Y the factory preset. M I T 4 Press [ENTER] twice to store the PIN number. SUBSUB MMENUENU RETURNRETURN The cursor moves to “Name”. 㧿 CREATECREATE AUDIOAUDIO STATUSSTATUS CHAPTERCHAPTER ERASEERASE 5 Press [1]. A B C RECREC RECREC MODEMODE EXTEXT LLINKINK TIMERTIMER 6 Press [3, 4] to select a letter and then press [1]. Repeat this to enter the name. 7 Press [ENTER] to store the name. 8 Press [4] and [1], and then repeat steps 6, 7 to DVD/TVDVD/TV enter and store “House No.” and “Postcode”. 9 Press [RETURN]. The Owner ID settings screen disappears.

To stop partway Press [RETURN]. ∫ If the clock setting menu appears Set the clock manually (➡ 61 of Operating Instructions). ∫ To confirm that stations have been tuned correctly (➡ 60 of Operating Instructions) ∫ To restart Preset Download (➡ 60 of Operating Instructions) ∫ If you connect other equipment to AV2 terminal of this unit Change the “AV2 Input” in the SETUP menu to match the connected equipment (➡ 59 of Operating Instructions). ∫ If there is interference or a very poor picture appears on the TV screen Refer to “Removing Interference” on page 21 of Operating Instructions, and perform steps 1, 2 and 4 to stop the RF output. In step 2, press [0] to select “ss”.

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Auto-Setup (Setup without Q Link functions) ≥When connecting to a television with the VIDEO OUT, S-VIDEO OUT or COMPONENT VIDEO OUT terminal (➡ 3). ≥When connecting to a television that does not have the Q Link function (➡ 70 of Operating Instructions). This unit’s Auto-Setup function automatically tunes all available TV stations and synchronizes the time when the TV channel that is broadcasting time and date information is tuned. ≥When connecting to a television with RF socket only (➡ 4)

DVD 1 Turn on the television and select the appropriate AV TVTV input to suit the connections to this unit. Í Í Press [ DVD] to turn the unit on. CHCH VOLUMEVOLUME 2 Í DIRECTDIRECT TVTV RRECEC Auto-Setup starts. AVAV This takes about 5 minutes. HDDHDD DVDDVD SDSD Auto-Setup (When connecting to a television with RF socket only) Set the new RF output channel to TV (refer to the

Ch 1 instructions for your TV). Select an unused channel pre- 1 2 3 set on your TV and tune it to the RF output channel CHCH Auto-Setup in progress, please wait. number shown on the unit’s display. 4 5 6 RETURN: to abort VIDEOVIDEO PPlus+lus+ 7 8 9 RETURN CANCELCANCEL INPUTINPUT SSELECTELECT MANUALMANUAL SKIPSKIP 0 SKIPSKIP SLOW/SEARCHSLOW/SEARCH 3 When Auto-Setup has completed, the Owner ID settings screen appears. Press [1] and press the numbered buttons to enter a 4- digit PIN number.

STOPSTOP PAUSEPAUSE PLAY/x1.3 Owner ID

PIN number ¢¢¢¢ PROG/CHECK Name U FU N T R N E C O C House No. M E AT T R IO P I IG N Postcode O D V A S T RETURN N

D P I RETURN : leave I

L ENTERENTER

E A ≥Make a note of the PIN number (don’t forget), as it is not possible to return to the factory

I T preset. SUBSUB MMENUENU RETURNRETURN 4 Press [ENTER] twice to store the PIN number. 㧿 The cursor moves to “Name”. CREATECREATE AUDIOAUDIO STATUSSTATUS CHAPTERCHAPTER ERASEERASE A B C 5 Press [1]. RECREC RECREC MODEMODE EXTEXT LLINKINK TIMERTIMER 6 Press [3, 4] to select a letter and then press [1]. Repeat this to enter the name. 7 Press [ENTER] to store the name. 8 Press [4] and [1], and then repeat steps 6, 7 to enter and store “House No.” and “Postcode”. DVD/TVDVD/TV 9 Press [RETURN]. The Owner ID settings screen disappears.

To stop partway Press [RETURN]. ∫ If the clock setting menu appears Set the clock manually (➡ 61 of Operating Instructions).

∫ To confirm that stations have been tuned correctly (➡ 60 of Operating Instructions)

∫ To restart Auto-Setup (➡ 60 of Operating Instructions)

∫ To enter the satellite/digital terrestrial station’s name (➡ 60 of Operating Instructions) The name of the satellite/digital terrestrial station is not set automatically. (“-- ---” will appear under “Name” in the program list). After Auto-Setup is completed, enter the name manually. ∫ If you connect other equipment to AV2 terminal of this unit Change the “AV2 Input” in the SETUP menu to match the connected equipment (➡ 59 of Operating Instructions).

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