Panasonic CT 27DC50 Bedienungsanleitung

® Color T elevision/DVD Combo Operating Instructions CT -20DC50 CT -27DC50 CT -27DC50U TQB2AA033 9-2 104 17 PRINTED IN USA For assistance, please call: 1-800-21 1-P ANA (7262) or send e-mail to : consumerprodu ct s@p anasonic.com (USA o nly) 0339-Cover.fm P age 1 Thur sday, May 10, 2001 8:36 AM[...]

I NFORMATION F OR Y OUR S AFETY 1 Information For Y our Safety CAUTION: DVD PLA YER I S A C LASS I LAS ER PRO DUCT . H OWEVER THIS DVD PLA YER USES A VIS IBLE LASER BEAM WHICH COUL D CAUSE HAZARDOUS RADIA TION EXPO SURE IF VIEWED DIR ECTL Y . BE SURE TO OPER A TE THE PLA YER CORRECTL Y AS INS TRUCTED. WHEN THIS UNIT IS PLUGGED INTO THE WALL OUTLET [...]

2 I NFORMATION F OR Y OUR S AFETY Information for your Safety (cont.) FCC NOTE: This u nit has be en tes ted and found to comply with li mits for a c lass B digital dev ice unit, pur suant to P art 15 of the FCC Rules. T hese li mits are des igned to provide reasona ble prote ction aga inst harmfu l interf erence in a resi dential i nstallation . T[...]

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS 3 T able of Conte nts Information For Your S afety .............. .................. .... 1 Congratulations .......... ................... ....................... .... 5 Custome r Record ........... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ...... ....... ......5 Care and Clean ing ...... ............. .......... ............[...]

4 T ABLE OF C ONTENTS ( CONT .) T able of Conte nt s (con t .) Menu ......... ............. .......... ............. ............. ................. ............2 8 Angle .............. ............. .......... ............. ............. ................ .........2 8 Subtitle ...... ............. .............. ................ ............. .....[...]

C ONGRATULATI ONS 5 Congratulations Y our n ew TV/ D VD co mbo features a solid st ate c has si s tha t is design ed to g iv e y ou m any y ear s of enjoy ment. It was t horoughly teste d and tuned a t the factory f or best performanc e. Customer Record The mode l and seri al num ber of this produc t are lo cated o n the back of the TV . Y ou sh ou[...]

6 I NSTALLATION Installat i on T e levision Location This un it is intended to be used with an optional st and or entert ainment cent er . Consult yo ur dealer fo r available opt ions. • A void excessive sunlight or b right light s, including reflections. • Keep awa y from excessive heat or moistu re. Inadequate ven tilation ma y cause interna [...]

R EMOTE C ONTROL O PERATION 7 Remot e Control Ope ration Remote Control LIGHT  Press to light remote control buttons. POWER Press to turn ON an d OFF . VOL Press to adjust T V sound and naviga te in m enus. “0”~ “9” Press numeric keypad to select any channel. Selects DVD functions in DV D mode. R-TUNE Press to switch to previously viewed[...]

8 R EMOTE C ONT ROL O PERAT ION Quick Reference Functional Key Chart Key Operat es Function All Component s T urns On and Off selected component s TV Mutes TV audio TV Selects the input mode ACTION ENTER TV DVD DBS Activates TV menus/Enter Activates DVD Action/Selection Activates DBS men us TV CABLE DBS DVD VCR Channel u p/down, Menu naviga tion Ch[...]

R EMOTE C ONTROL O PERATION 9 Quick Reference Functiona l Key Chart cont. Key Operat es Function DVD DBS Return Guide NUM DVD DBS Press to Access 0~9 Number buttons while in DVD mode Exit R-TUNE TV CABLE DBS Previous channel RECALL DISPLA Y TV Cable VCR DVD DBS Display Cha nnel, time and audi o On screen display On screen display Display Program In[...]

10 R EMOTE C ONT ROL O PERAT ION Quick Reference Functiona l Key Chart (cont.) Battery Installation Use two AA batteries : Remov e batt ery cove r by pushing in and up near arrow . Inst all batteries match ing (+) and (-) pola rity sign s. Repl ace t h e ba tter y cov er . Precaut ions • Repla ce bat teri es in pairs. • Do not mix battery types[...]

R EMOTE C ONTROL O PERATION 11 Programming The Remote The Uni v ersal R emote Control ca n be progra mmed to op erate many manufa cturers’ compon ents, using the compone nt function bu ttons for CABLE, DBS, VCR, or DVD . Follow th e procedu res for programmi ng your Remote C ontrol w ith or witho ut codes for the c omponent. Determine the manufac[...]

12 R EMOTE C ONT ROL O PERAT ION Component Codes The U niversal Remot e Control is capable o f operating many compon ent b rands after ente ring code. Some com ponents ma y not operate because the codes are not availa ble due to limited me mory . The Un iversal Remote C ontrol d oes not contr ol all fea tures in all mod els. Codes for VCR Brand Cod[...]

R EMOTE C ONTROL O PERATION 13 Puser 232 RCA 215 Realistic 232 Regal 212, 218, 240, 241, 242, 245, 249 Regency 234 Rembrandt 205, 232, 237 Samsung 205 Scientific Atlanta 21 1, 212, 213 Slmark 201, 205 Sprucer 205, 210 S targate 205, 210 T elecaption 248 Te l e v i e w 201, 205 T exscan 244 To c o m 235, 236, 247 Unika 225, 232 Universal 222, 232 Vi[...]

14 O PTIONAL E QUIPME NT C ONNECTIONS Optional Equipm ent Connections VCR Connection VCRs, vi deo disc play ers, video ga me equipment , and DSS e quipment can a lso be conne cted to the v ideo inputs. See the optio nal equipment manual for det ails. Procedure 1. Conne ct equipm ent as s hown to front or re ar Audio/Vi deo input jack s . Note: V id[...]

O PTIONAL E QUIPMEN T C ONNECTIONS 15 Dolby Digit al Dec ode r Connection When DVD s ar e rec orde d i n Dol by * D igital or D TS, fol low thi s di agr am to c onn ect th e TV/DVD u nit to a Dolby Di gital decoder. Note: • Remove the dust prot ection cap f rom the optical d igital au dio output conn ection. • For pro tec tin g a gai ns t du st[...]

16 M AIN M ENU Main Menu ACTION Button Pr es s t h e ACTION button to display the Main Men u and submenus . Press the ACTION button repeated ly to exit. CH / VOL Buttons Pres s the CH (channel) or VOL (volu m e) but tons to se lect an icon. U se the CH but tons to highlig ht the desire d features . Use VOL buttons to s e lect and adju st features. [...]

M AIN M ENU F EATURE C HART 17 Main Menu Feature C hart M ENU D ESCRIPTION SETUP SET TIME When entered, TIME will display on screen after pressing PO WER button, RECALL button, or changing channels. ANT Choose CABL E or TV to match the signal at your antenna input. AUTO P ROG Automatically program channels with a signal into mem ory . MANUAL PROG M[...]

18 M AIN M ENU F EATURE C HART TIMER SLEEP T IM ER Program TV to automatically turn of f in 30, 60, or 90 minutes. Select N O to turn timer off. PROGRA M TIME R P rogram TV to automatically turn on and off at selected time on a selected channel, daily or only one day . DVD SETUP DVD SETUP Accessed only in DVD Mode with Disc in STOP mode. Refer to t[...]

S PECI AL F EATU RES 19 Special Fea tu res Languages In SETUP menu, s elect ENGLISH, ESP AÑOL, or FRANÇAIS to cha nge the menu la nguage. T imer Sleep Timer In TIMER m enu, program to tu rn TV OFF in 30, 60 , or 90 minutes. Select NO to turn off timer . Program Ti me r In Timer me nu, pr og ram TV to au tom ati cally tur n on and off at se lec te[...]

20 S PECIAL F EATURES T imer (cont.) CH CAP (Channel Caption) Program c hannel caption s (station l abels) for 30 stations us ing up to four characte rs. Use the numeric keyp ad for enterin g numbers unavailable wi th the select arro ws. Note: Delete channel ca ptions by enteri ng dashes (-) in all four chara cter slot s . Turn Off After 90 Minutes[...]

S PECI AL F EATU RES 21 LOCK Game Guard Lock and Unlock Select G AME GUARD to prev ent video games and vid eotapes from being viewed . Lock C hannel 3 , Channel 4, an d video input s for 12, 24, o r 48 hou rs by ente ring a four-dig it secret code, then s elect in g GAME GUA RD ON. Note: Und erstan d how to unlock GA ME GUARD before using it. U se [...]

22 V -CHIP O PERAT ION V -CHIP Operation[...]

V -CHIP O PERATION 23 V -Chip Operation (cont.) Motion Picture Ratings Chart TV Parent al Guide This TV m odel features the “V -Chip tech nology” whi ch allows you to u se TV Parenta l Guide ratings when viewing TV programs. Thi s innovation allows par ent s to blo ck various type s of TV Programm ing at the ir discretion. Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Procedu[...]

24 V -CHIP O PERAT ION TV Parent al Guide (cont.) TV P ARENT AL GU IDE RA TINGS CHART Customer Caution The V -Chip system that is used in this set is capable of blocking “NR” programs (non r ated, not applicable and none) per FCC Rule s Section 15.120(e)(2). If the option of blocking “ NR” programs is chosen “ unexpected and possi bly con[...]

V -CHIP O PERATION 25 Blocking Message If V -Chip is enabl ed and the prog ram exceeds the rating limit set b y the user , the block ing messa ge will appear a nd the audio will be mu ted. (S ee Fig. 6). En ter your c ode if you w ish to continu e viewing the pro gram. After entering the code, all lock s and ratings are dis abled until the TV is tu[...]

26 R EMOTE C ONT ROL B UTTONS - DVD O PERATION Remote Control Buttons - DVD Operation DVD Quick Reference Fu nctional Chart Remote Key Description TOP ME NU Displays t he com plete menu of the par ticular DVD with to p most item highligh ted. MENU Press MENU dur ing play . The DVD menu avai lable on the disc is now display ed. Pres s MENU a gain to[...]

R EMOTE C ONT ROL B UTTONS - DVD O PERATION 27 Remote Key Description A-B REPEA T Press A-B REP EA T dur ing p lay at the point where re peat play is to start (A). P ress A-B RE PEA T at the point wher e repea t play is to be conclud ed (B ). T o return to norm al play press A-B REPEA T seve ral times unti l “OF F” is di spla yed. VSS This set [...]

28 R EMOTE C ONT ROL B UTTONS - DVD O PERATION TO P M EN U P ress T OP ME NU during Play . This will bring u p the DVD m enu with the top menu highlig hted. Pres s EN TER butto n twice to exit TOP MENU. MENU DVDs m ay offer specia l menus . These menus may inc lude guide s to un ique c ontents, audio subtitle , langu ages, s pecial featur es, etc. [...]

R EMOTE C ONT ROL B UTTONS - DVD O PERATION 29 SUBTITLE Changing subtitle language (DVD) It is so metime s possi ble to ch ange s ubtitles to a di fferent languag e. Th is oper ation works o nly with discs o n which m ultipl e subtitl e lan guages ar e avail able. Press SUBTITLE d uring pl ay . When n o subtitl es are av ailab le, “--” will be [...]

30 R EMOTE C ONT ROL B UTTONS - DVD O PERATION AUDIO Changing audio sound track language (DVD) It is so metime s possi ble to ch ange the audio sound track to a di fferent languag e. This o peration works o nly with d iscs o n which m ultipl e audi o sound tr ack la nguages are ava ilable. Press AUDIO during play . When no a udio s ound trac k is a[...]

R EMOTE C ONT ROL B UTTONS - DVD O PERATION 31 Play Mode (cont.) Repeat ste ps to select ano ther tra ck. Press PL A Y . Play no w begin s in th e progr ammed sequen ce. After playback Play is s topped and the program playbac k menu i s displ ayed. T o return to normal play • Press STOP . (Pr ogram pl ay is s uspen ded.) • Press PL A Y MODE twi[...]

32 R EMOTE C ONT ROL B UTTONS - DVD O PERATION MARKER T o Store marke rs in memory to be vie wed (list ened to) ag ain. Press MARKER during play . The MAR KER me nu appe ars on th e TV sc reen. “*” in dicates no mar ker has been stored y et. Press ENTER during play at the st arting point to be viewed (listened to) again. Indicates M ARKER 1 is [...]

R EMOTE C ONT ROL B UTTONS - DVD O PERATION 33 REPEA T MODE Repeat play/viewing (listening) Press RE PEA T MODE during p lay . Each time thi s button is pr essed, the TV scree n change s as shown below and th e disc will repea t a cha pter or titl e (DVD) or a track or the en tire dis c (Video CD/CD) . T o return to normal play Press R EPEA T MOD E[...]

34 R EMOTE C ONT ROL B UTTONS - DVD O PERATION A-B REPEA T A-B Rep eat allows you to r epeat sec tions be tween two specifi c points (A- B repea t) Press A- B REPEA T during play at t he point where repeat p lay is to start (A). Press A-B REPEA T at the point where repeat play is to be concluded (B). Repeat pla y of the selecti on bet ween points A[...]

R EMOTE C ONT ROL B UTTONS - DVD O PERATION 35 VSS Reproducing Virtual Surround Sound effect. Dolby Digital DVD This set can r eproduc e a virt ual sur round so und effect wh ich pro vides s ound as i f heard fr om the fro nt speake rs loc ated at th e horiz ontally further posi tion or h eard from nonexis tent speak ers ev en when only a 2 -channe[...]

36 DVD O PERAT ION DVD Operation V olume Adjustment i n DVD Mode Follow these ste ps to adju st volum e in th e DVD mo de. 1. Pres s the TV MODE o n the rem ote con trol. 2. Pres s the VOL tu b uttons on the rem ote contr ol to adj ust the volume. 3. Pres s the DVD MODE button on th e rem ote control to retur n to DVD operatio n. Note: V olume can [...]

DVD S ETUP M ENUS 37 DVD Setup Menus Using the DVD SE TUP menus, y ou can pre-progra m the fol lowin g choic es: 1. Disc Lan guages 2. Rati ngs Leve l 3. Menu La nguages 4. On-Screen M essages 5. TV As pect 6. Digi tal Aud io Ou tput 7. Other Settin gs Procedure • Press the TV button on the re mote control. •P r e s s ACTION/ENTER button t o di[...]

38 DVD S ETUP M ENUS Ratings Level The Ratings Level m enu lets pare nts set a speci fied rat ing le vel. I f the r ating le vel of the disc is h igher tha n the pres et lev el, play back of the dis c is pr ohib ited. Procedure • In DVD SE TUP menu , press p or q b utton to highligh t Rating s. • Press AC TION/ENTE R button to display Ratings m[...]

DVD S ETUP M ENUS 39 Rating Level (cont.) T o unlock the player follow the procedure below . Procedure • Highl ight Unloc k Play er , then press ENTER . • Highl ight Chan ge Passw ord and pr ess ENTER . Ent er a new passwo rd and p ress ENTER twic e. Note: Press NUM key and 0 - 9 number keys on the remote control to enter th e four dig i t pas [...]

40 DVD S ETUP M ENUS On-Screen M e ssages This m enu lets you decide wh ether “Play”, “ S til l”’ and other on-s creen d isplay s will be display ed or no t. It als o lets you s elect th e color and posi tionin g of di splays . Procedure • In the DVD S ETUP m enu, pres s p or q button to highl ight On-Sc reen Me s- sages. • Press ACTI[...]

DVD S ETUP M ENUS 41 TV Aspect This m enu le ts you sele ct the a spec t ratio of your televisio n. Sel ect 4:3 (conventi onal TV) or 1 6:9 (wid e scr een). Procedure • In the DVD S ETUP m enu, pres s p or q button to hig hligh t TV Aspec t. • Press ACTION/E NTER button t o disp lay t he sub -menu. • Press p or q button to select e ither 4:3 [...]

42 DVD S ETUP M ENUS Digit al Audio Output (cont.) If PCM is sele cted th e digital aud io is conver ted to PC M (2ch) of 48 kHz/16 bi t and i s output dur ing play back of DVDs rec orded in the Dolby Digital. • Press ACTION/E NTER button. • Hi ghlight D TS Digit al Surr ound. • Press ACTION/ENTER button to di spla y sub-m enu. • Select eit[...]

DVD S ETUP M ENUS 43 Other Settings (Cont.) TV Mode Select e ither Pa n & Sc an or Le tterbox. Pan & Sc an: The video materia l for a wi de-scree n will be playe d back i n the P an & Scan st yle on a con ventiona l telev isi on. Note: V id eo mate rial not forma tted in the Pan & Scan style wi ll be p layed ba ck in the letterbo x [...]

44 DVD S ETUP M ENUS Explanation of I/P/B The MPEG 2 standard a dopted for DVD us es the fol lowing 3 picture types for the coding o f each pictu re (fra me) o n the TV screen . • I-Picture (Intra coded pic tur e ) This is the standar d pictur e typ e, and each pic ture is coded separate ly . Si nce it features the best p icture q uality , it is [...]

LANGUAGE CODE LIST 45 LANGUAGE CODE LIST Enter th e approp riate code nu mber for the initia l settin gs “Au dio” , “Subti tle” and /or “Menus” . Code Languag e Code La nguage Code Langua ge Code Langu age 6565 Afar 7079 Faroes e 7678 Lingala 8375 Sl ovak 6566 Abk hazia n 7082 French 7679 La othian 8376 Slov enian 6570 Afrikaan s 7089 F[...]

46 T ROUBLES HOOTING C HART - TV T r oubleshooting Chart - TV Before c alling fo r servic e, det ermin e the sym ptoms and follo w suggest ed sol utions. A UDIO V IDEO Solutions Noisy Audio Snowy Video Adjust Antenna Loc ation and Connection Noisy Audio Multiple Image Adjust Antenna Loc ation and Connection Check Antenna Lead-in Wire Noisy Audio In[...]

T ROUBLES HOOTING C HART - DVD 47 T r oubleshooting Chart - DVD Before c alling fo r servic e, det ermin e the sym ptoms and follo w suggest ed sol utions. S YMPT OMS Solutions Play fails to s tart even after PLA Y is pressed. Play starts but t hen st ops immediately . This player cannot play a disc other than DVD, VIDEO CD and CD. The disc m ay be[...]

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