Panasonic Consumer ElectronicsCompany, Division of PanasonicCorporation of North AmericaOne Panasonic Way Secaucus, New Jersey 07094http://www.panasonic.comPanasonic Puerto Rico, Inc.Ave. 65 de Infantería, Km. 9.5San Gabriel Industrial Park, Carolina,Puerto Rico 00985En Sp© 2008 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Printed in ChinaRQT9048-PH1207FJ0-If you see this symbol-Information on Disposal in other Countries outside theEuropean UnionThis symbol is only valid in the European Union.If you wish to discard this product, please contact yourlocal authorities or dealer and ask for the correct methodof disposal.Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.Dolby and the double-D symbol are trademarks of DolbyLaboratories.“DTS” is a registered trademark of DTS, Inc. and “DTS 2.0+DigitalOut” is a trademark of DTS, Inc.U.S. Patent Nos. 6,836,549; 6,381,747; 7,050,698; 6,516,132; and5,583,936.This product incorporates copyright protection technology that isprotected by U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights.Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized byMacrovision, and is intended for home and other limited viewinguses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision. Reverseengineering or disassembly is prohibited.HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definition Multimedia Interface aretrademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC.SDHC logo is a trademark.Portions of this product are protected under copyright law and areprovided under license by ARIS/SOLANA/4C.••HDAVI ControlTM is a trademark of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,Ltd.EZ SyncTM is a trademark of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.VIERA Link™ is a trademark of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.IndexA Angle......................................................38Audioattributes .............................................38language .............................................44C Change Thumbnail ...............................33Chasing playback .................................19Cleaningdisc .....................................................54lens .......................................................3main unit ...............................................3Clock Settings.......................................43Closed Caption .....................................47CM Skip .................................................24Connectionamplifier, system component ........53, 54DV IN terminal ....................................22external device ..............................21, 22HDMI...............................................9, 54Set Top Box.....................................8, 52television .........................8, 9, 52, 53, 54video cassette recorder ................21, 52Copying Still Pictures ..........................36CPRM .....................................................69Create Chapter ................................24, 37Create DVD Top Menu...........................41D Deletealbum ..................................................35all recordings ......................................40chapter ................................................37recording .......................................16, 32still picture ...........................................35Delete Navigator .............................16, 35Dialog Enhancer ...................................39Direct Navigator ..............................23, 32Divide Recording ..................................33DNR ........................................................39DST ........................................................12DV camcorder recording ......................22DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW,+R, +R DL, +RW .....................................55E Enter namealbum ............................................29, 35disc ...............................................29, 40recording .......................................29, 32External Device ...............................21, 22F Finalize ...................................... 18, 41, 69Flexible Recording................................19Format ....................................... 18, 40, 69FR (Flexible Recording) Mode .............18FUNCTIONS window ............................29H HDAVI Control .................................30, 31HDMI ...................................... 9, 48, 54, 69J JPEG .......................................... 26, 57, 69L Languagecode list...............................................59on-screen ............................................46soundtrack ..........................................38subtitle ................................................38M MenuMP3 ....................................................25on-screen ............................................38Pictures ...............................................26Setup ..................................................42Moderecording .............................................18still mode.............................................45MP3 ............................................ 25, 57, 69N Noise reduction (NR)DNR ....................................................39Line-in NR ...........................................39O On-screenlanguage .............................................46menus .................................................38status messages .................................28P PCM Down Conversion ........................46Picture ...................................................39Playlist ...................................................28Progressive ...........................................69Propertiesplaylist .................................................28recording .............................................32still picture ...........................................27Protectionalbum ..................................................35card .....................................................40cartridge..............................................40disc .....................................................40recording .............................................33still picture ...........................................35Q Quick Start ............................................43Quick View .............................................24R Ratings ..................................................44RecordFlexible Recording ..............................19from a VCR .........................................21mode ...................................................18scheduled .....................................15, 20Repeat play ...........................................38Restore Default Settings ......................43Resume play function ..........................13S Scheduled recording ......................15, 20SD Card .............................................7, 56Setup menu ...........................................42Simultaneous record and playback ....19Soundtrack ............................................38Status messages ..................................28Still Picturescopying ...............................................36edit ......................................................34play .....................................................26Subtitle ..................................................38T Thumbnail .............................................69Time Slip................................................24TV aspect...............................................47U USBCopy ...................................................36Insert.....................................................7PlayMP3 ..................................................25still picture ........................................26Supported formats ..............................57V V. Surround Sound................................39VIERA Link ................................ 30, 31, 49The model number and serial number of this product can be foundon either the back or the bottom of the unit.Please note them in the space provided below and keep for futurereference.MODEL NUMBER DMR-EA18SERIAL NUMBERUser memo:DATE OF PURCHASEDEALER NAMEDEALER ADDRESSTELEPHONE NUMBER