Panasonic SC-BTX70 manual

RQT94 64-B EB 2009/4/22 EG Oper at ing In struct ion s Blu-ray Disc Home Theater Sound Sys tem Model No. SC-BT X 70 Dear customer Thank yo u f or p urch asing this produc t. For opti mum performanc e and saf ety, please read these in struc tions car eful ly. Before con necti ng, operat ing or adjust ing thi s product , pleas e read t he instr ucti [...]

2 RQT 9464 Ac cessori es P lease chec k and identi fy the sup plied acces sor ies. Use numbe rs indi cated in par ent heses when aski ng for re placement par ts. (Pr oduct num bers corr ect as of Marc h 2009. These may be subj ect t o change. ) [For[the [United[ Kingdom[an d[Republic[o f[Irelan d[ ∫ Sales a nd Su pport I nformat ion Customer Care[...]

3 RQT9464 Caution for AC Mains Lead (Fo r th e Un ite d Ki ngdom and Re publ ic of Ir elan d) For your safety , pl ease read the f ollowing tex t carefully . Thi s appl ian ce is suppl ied with a moulde d th ree p in m ains plug for your saf ety and con ven ienc e. A 5-ampere fuse is fitted in this plug. Shoul d t he f use nee d to be repl aced ple[...]

4 RQT 9464 T able of content s Accesso ries ........................................................2 Cauti on fo r AC Main s Lea d ... ... .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. ....3 Unit an d me dia care . ... .... ... .... ... .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. ....3 Safe ty p recau tions ... ..... .. ... .... ... ..... .. .. ..... .. ... .... ..3 Usin g the r e[...]

5 RQT9464 Using the remote control I ≥ Use alkal ine or mangane se batter ies. ≥ Do not mix old and new bat teries. ≥ Do not use dif fer ent t ypes at the sa me t ime. ≥ Do no t hea t or e xp ose to fla me . ≥ Do not leave t he battery( ies) i n an automob ile expo sed to dire ct sunlight for a long period of time wit h doors and windows [...]

6 RQT 9464 Control refere nce guide (ma in unit) 1 S ta ndby/on swit ch ( Í /I ) ( > 12) Press to s witch the unit from o n to stan dby mode or vice ver sa. In stan db y mod e, th e u nit i s st ill co nsu mi ng a sma ll amo unt o f po w er . 2 S tatus i ndi cat or Thi s ind ica tor l ig hts up when the un it is tu rne d on and g oe s out in s [...]

7 RQT9464 Posi tioni n g This uni t comes equi pped wit h a Dolby Vi rtua l S peak er circui t inst al led. Using j ust the s upplied speak ers a nd the subwoo fer , an d by repr oducing a cous tic ef fec ts ver y simi lar t o 5.1ch/ 7.1ch s urround , y ou can enj oy a tru e “home theatr e” exper ience e ven wit hi n a li mited sp ace. Setu p e[...]

8 RQT 9464 S pe aker connections T ur n off al l equip ment befor e connec tion and re ad the approp riat e operati ng inst ructi ons. Do not connect the AC mains le ad until all ot her connecti ons are complet e. Setup example Main unit FM ANT 75 Ω Speaker cable for front speaker (L) (White) Speaker cable for front speaker (R) (Red) 2 1 Conn ect [...]

9 RQT9464 TV connections ≥ T o o utp ut the T V a udio, co nn ect th e a ud io c able or the optic al dig ital a ud io cable . When th e opti cal di git al audio cab le is connect ed, thi s unit can deco de Dolby Digit al audi o from the TV . ≥ When c onnecti ng wi th t he vid eo cable, set “High Clari ty So und” i n the on -scree n men u t[...]

10 RQT 9464 Connections to a Set T op Box, etc. U se the fol lowin g co nn ection s w he n yo u wan t to o utp ut the o rig ina l surro un d au dio fro m y ou r Set T o p Box, cab le TV , VC R, DV D r ec or der, e tc. th rou gh this uni t’ s spe ake rs . ≥ Do not connect through the video cass ett e recorder . Due to copy guar d protect ion, th[...]

11 RQT9464 Ne twork co nne cti on AC m ain s le ad co nne cti on The f ol lowing servi ces can be u sed w hen th is uni t is co nnecte d to t he int ernet vi a a broadba nd. ≥ Firmw are c an be updat ed ( > 30) ≥ Y ou can e njoy t he BD -Live ( > 19) ≥ Y ou can enj oy th e VIE RA CAST ( > 30) ≥ Wh en your com mun icat ion eq uipm e[...]

12 RQT 9464 Operating the sliding door Press [ DISC < OPEN/C LOSE ] to o pen the sl iding door to i nsert a disc. Press [ iPo d < OPEN/ CLOSE] t o ope n the sli din g door t o connect an iPo d. Press [ DISC < OP EN/C LOSE] agai n t o cl ose t he sl i ding doo r . ≥ Be sure that the iPod docking switch lever is re turned to it’s origi n[...]

13 RQT9464 Showing ST ART menu So me fu nc tio ns of this un it can b e o pe rated fro m the ST ART m en u. 1 Pres s [ Í ] to tu rn on th e unit. 2 Pres s [ST AR T]. ≥ Items di splayed vary acc ording to the ch osen selec tor and media. 3 Pres s [ 3 , 4 ] to select the item and press [OK]. Items Functi on s Playback Disc Playback S tart s playi [...]

14 RQT 9464 Sele cting t he play back source Selecti ng the sourc e fr om the S T ART menu Y ou can se lect sou nd mo des, d esired so urce, or ac cess play back/ menus by using the ST ART men u. 1 Pres s [ Í ] to tu rn on th e unit. 2 Press [S T ART] to show the ST A RT menu. 3 Pres s [ 3 , 4 ] to select the item and then press [OK] . ≥ T o e x[...]

15 RQT9464 Enjoying sound from all spe akers and various sound effec t s ≥ The f ollow ing s ound ef fect s/ modes ma y not b e avail able or hav e no eff ect wit h some sou rces, o r whe n headph ones are us ed ( > 16). ≥ Y ou may ex perien ce a redu ction in so und qua lity whe n these so und ef fect s/m odes are used wi th some sources . [...]

16 RQT 9464 Basic operation In struct ions fo r oper ations are g enera lly des cri bed usin g the r emote contr ol in t hese o perati ng instructi ons. Prepar ation T urn o n the televi sion a nd sel ect the appro priat e vi deo input on the telev isi on. 1 Press [ Í ] to t urn on the unit. 2 Insert the m edia ( D above). Play s tar ts . ≥ If t[...]

17 RQT9464 ∫ T o adjust the vol ume. It i s also possib le to adjust the vo lume with [ s r VOLUME] on the ma in un it. ∫ T o mut e the sound. Press to adjust the volume VOL Press to mute the sound “MUTE” f lashes on the unit’ s displ ay . ≥ T o cancel, press [MUTE] agai n or a dj ust t he vol ume. ≥ Muting is canc el led if t he u ni[...]

18 RQT 9464 Basic operat ion 1 Press and hold [–CH SELE CT] f or 3 secon ds to activate the speaker setting mod e. 2 Press [–CH SELE CT] several times to select the speaker . Each t ime you p ress the butto n: LR —) RS _) RB _) LB _) LS _) SW ^""""""""""""""""&quo[...]

19 RQT9464 Enjoying BD-LIVE or BONUSVIEW i n BD-Video [BD-V] What is BONUSVIEW ? BONUSVIEW allows you to enjoy fun ctions such as pi cture- in-p icture or sec ondary audi o etc., with BD-Vid eo suppo rting BD-ROM Profile 1 ver sion 1.1/ Final S t andard Pr ofil e. Wha t is BD- Liv e ? In additi on to the BONUSVIEW functi on, BD-Vi deo suppor ting B[...]

20 RQT 9464 Pl ayi ng DivX ® videos [DivX] ABO UT DI VX VI DE O- ON- DE MAN D: Th is Di vX ® C ertifie d d evi ce must be reg iste red in or de r to play DivX Vid eo -on -D emand (V OD ) c onten t. Fi r st gene r at e th e D ivX VOD re gis t ra ti on co de fo r yo ur de v ice and su bm it it d uring t he reg ist ration pro ce ss. [Impo rtan t: D [...]

21 RQT9464 Playing s till pi ctures [JPEG] Playback of t he BD-RE, DVD- RAM/R/R DL o r CD-R/R W with s till pictures rec orded. Thi s un it can al so p lay stil l pi ctur es recor ded on the SD card or USB memory . In additi on, you can also conn ect Panasoni c digi tal cam era by USB connect ion. (About st ructu re of fol ders D 45, “S t ruct ur[...]

22 RQT 9464 Playin g stil l pic tures Useful functi ons du ring s till pict ure pl ay St art Slide Show Y ou ca n d ispla y s till pict ures o ne by one at a const ant in ter val . BD-RE, DVD-RAM 1 While the “ Album V iew” scr een is dis played Pre ss [ 3 , 4 , 2 , 1 ] t o sel ec t t he al bum an d p res s [OPTION]. 2 Press [ 3 , 4 ] to sel ect[...]

23 RQT9464 Pl ay i ng mu si c [CD] [M P3] Y ou can generall y play any avail able musi c CD or MP3 fil es recor ded onto a DVD-R/R DL, CD-R/R W and USB device. (About struct ure of fo lders D 45, “S tru ct ure of folder s that can pl ay back on thi s unit”) 1 Insert a d isc o r USB device. ( > 16) ≥ If the med ia cont aini ng data in diffe[...]

24 RQT 9464 Listening to the Radio Up to 3 0 st ati ons can be set . 1 Pres s [RAD IO ] to select “ FM ”. This unit: Press [RADIO/EX T - IN]. 2 Press [ST A TUS] to select the position to start the auto preset search. Each t ime you pr ess the butt on: LOW EST ( fac to r y pr es et) : T o begin au to pres et wit h the l owest frequ ency ( FM 87.[...]

25 RQT9464 Enjoyi ng TV , etc. wit h this unit’ s speakers Y ou can e njoy T V bro adcasts wit h thi s unit ’s speak ers. Prepar ation Conf irm the aud io conne ction to t he OP TICAL I N or AUX ter minal on th is unit ( > 9 to 10). Tur n on t he TV . 1 Press [EXT -IN] several t imes to select “D-IN 1” (DIG IT AL IN 1)* 1 , “D-IN 2” [...]

26 RQT 9464 Linked operations with the TV (VIERA Link “HDA VI Control TM ”) When switch ing be tween this u nit’ s spe akers and TV spe akers , the T V scr een may be blank for se veral secon ds. Wh at is VIE RA Li nk “ HD A V I C on trol” ? VIERA Link “HDA VI Con trol” is a convenie nt function that of fers linked operat ions of this[...]

27 RQT9464 If you con nect thi s uni t to a TV that has “HDA VI Cont rol 2” or la ter wi th an HDMI cable, you c an ope rate t his un it usin g butt ons on the TV remote control. The but t ons th at you can u se for thi s uni t var y depe nding on t he TV . For det ail s, r efer to the operat ing ins tr ucti ons of the TV . Use t he remot e con[...]

28 RQT 9464 Using the i Pod Y ou c an enjoy iP od mus ic t hro ugh t his un it’s sp eak ers o r v iew iPod vi de os/ph oto s o n t he TV . Preparation ≥ T o view photos /videos from the i Pod – Ensure the video conn ection to the VI DEO OUT te rminal on t his u nit ( > 9) . – Operat e the i Pod menu to make the appr opriat e photo/ video[...]

29 RQT9464 This syst em featur es two dif fer ent iPod pl ayback mo des. The fir st of these is EXTENDED mod e, for p layback o f music an d video co ntent s. With this mode, you can ope rate th e iPo d from the mai n unit. T he secon d mod e is SIMPLE mode, whic h can be used for playba ck of t hree t ype s of content s – mu sic, phot os, and vi[...]

30 RQT 9464 Enjoyi ng VI ERA CA ST TM Y ou can acc ess a sel ec ti on of I nt ern et serv i ces f rom t he H ome sc re en w ith V IE RA CA ST, f or ex a mpl e Y ouT ube, Pica s a We b Alb ums . ( Cur rent as o f Ma rc h 20 09) ≥ VIER A CAST req uires a broa dband Inter net co nnecti on. Di al- up I nterne t conn ection s cannot be used. Firmware [...]

31 RQT9464 Network se ttings These se tti ngs are us ed if y ou wil l c onnect this unit to the Int ernet. ( > 38 ) ≥ The connect ion to the Interne t may take t ime or the Inter net may not be conne cte d depending on t he conne ction envir onment . It i s requi red tha t you use a broadba nd connec tion. Preparation ≥ Connect to a broadba [...]

32 RQT 9464 Netwo rk settings Setting the connection spee d When the co nnecti on test resul ts in “ Fail” a fter the IP and DNS-IP addr esses are assi gned, per form the fol lowing setti ngs. Aft er perfor ming step s 1 – 4 ( > 31) 5 Press [ 3 , 4 ] to select “Conn ection Sp e ed Au to-C on fig” an d pres s [ 2 , 1 ] to sel ect “Off[...]

33 RQT9464 Changing settings wi th the on-screen me nu O n-scre en menu o perat ions 1 Press [BD/SD] to se lect “BD/DVD”. 2 Press [DISPLA Y]. 3 Pre ss [ 3 , 4 ] t o selec t the m enu and pre ss [ 1 ]. 4 Press [ 3 , 4 ] to se lect the item and press [ 1 ]. 5 Press [ 3 , 4 ] to se lect the setti ng. ≥ Dependi ng on the condi tion of the uni t ([...]

34 RQT 9464 Changin g se ttings wi th the on-sc reen menu T o select these settings , perfor m step s 1 – 5 ( > 33) Menus Ite ms Settings and det ails Pla y Repea t Play (Only when th e elapsed time is bei ng displ ayed on the uni t’ s d isplay . ) Select s the it em which you want to repeat. The items di splayed diff er depend ing o n the t[...]

35 RQT9464 Changing the unit’ s settings Ch ange the u nit’s se ttin gs if ne ces sa ry . The s etti ng s rem ain in ta ct ev en if y ou sw itc h t he unit t o s ta nd by . Underli ned i tems a re the f actor y preset s. Se tup me nu op era tion s 1 While st opped Press [BD /SD] to se lect “BD/DVD”. 2 Press [SETUP]. 3 Press [ 3 , 4 ] to sel[...]

36 RQT 9464 Changing the unit’ s settings T o select these settings, perform steps 1 – 5 ( > 35) “S ou nd ” Dynamic Range Compression [BD-V] [AVCHD] [DVD-V] [D iv X ] (Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby T rueHD only) Change the dynamic range ( > 52) for late night viewing. ≥ On ≥ Off ≥ Auto: Effective only when Dolby T [...]

37 RQT9464 *1 This func tion has no ef fect when S.SURROUND is selected duri ng AUX (TV) playback. *2 In thi s un it, a P 4H D ( > 53) vi deo process or is used t o provi de video of optimal resolut ion to t he connecte d TV . “TV/Device Connection” TV A s p ec t Set to match the type of televisi on con nected. When conn ected to a 16: 9 wid[...]

38 RQT 9464 Changing the unit’ s settings T o select these settings, perform steps 1 – 5 ( > 35) “Netwo rk Se ttings” IP Address / DNS Settings ( > 31) ≥ Press [OK] to show the following settings. Connection T est — — — — IP Address Auto-Assignment ≥ On ≥ Off IP Address — — —. — — —. — — —. — — — [...]

39 RQT9464 The surrou nd and surrou nd back spe akers will only be display ed when the sp eakers ar e connected with the option al Panasoni c wireless sy ste m SH-FX70 and the main unit’ s settings have been re config ured in th e EASY SETUP. ( > 12) Delay t ime ( ) For opt imum liste ning wi th 4 .1/6. 1-channe l sound, all the speakers , exc[...]

40 RQT 9464 W ireles s connections (optional) By connec ting 1 or 2 uni ts of the opt ional Pana sonic wirel ess syst em SH-FX70 with 2 or 4 option al Panasoni c spea kers SB-HSX70, it is possi ble to chang e this unit i nto a 4.1 ch or 6.1 ch home theat re syst em. Th is s ystem' s surr ound so und ef fect set tings will chang e ( > 15 ) a[...]

41 RQT9464 S peake r inst alla ti on option Y ou can a tta ch all of t he speak ers (e xcept subwo ofer) to a w all. ≥ The wall or pilla r on which t he spe akers are t o be a ttac hed s hould be cap abl e of suppor ting 10 k g per scre w . Consult a quali fi ed bui lding c ontra ctor w hen at tac hing t he spe akers t o a wall . Im proper att ac[...]

42 RQT 9464 Media (Dis c, card and USB devic e) inf o r mat i on Th is chart shows the dif ferent type of ret ail/ commerc ial discs you can use, and als o includ es the indus try- stand ard logos that shoul d appea r on the discs and/ or p ackagin g. T his c ha rt s hows th e d iffer en t ty pe of dis cs re corde d w ith othe r d evi ces th at yo [...]

43 RQT9464 ■ About playba ck comp atibili ty for BD-R and BD-RE with high definit ion recordings of high definit ion broadcas ts With SC-BTX7 0 purchas ed i n the bel ow countr ies, it is poss ible t o playba ck di scs with r ecor dings o f the hi gh defi nition br oad ca sts listed to the right wh ich were recor ded with Panaso nic Blu-ra y Disc[...]

44 RQT 9464 About MP3/JPE G/DivX file s Fi le f orma t MP3 JPEG Playabl e media CD-R* 1 , CD-R W* 1 , DVD-R* 1 , DVD-R DL* 1 , USB d evice CD-R* 1 , CD-R W* 1 , DVD- RAM* 2 , DVD- R* 1 , DVD-R DL* 1 , BD- RE* 3 , SD card, USB device Extensi on Fil es must have t he ext ension “.mp3” or “ .MP3”. Fil es must have the ext ens ion “.jpg” or[...]

45 RQT9464 ∫ S truct ure of fo lders that can play back on th is unit Y o u can play fil es on this unit by stru cture of fo lders as shown below . However dependi ng on the method of writing dat a (wri ting sof tware ), play may not be in the order you numbered the folder s. : Fold er which can be di splaye d with this uni t ¢¢¢ : Numbers XXX[...]

46 RQT 9464 T roubleshooting guide Befor e request ing serv ice, make t he foll owing check s. If you are in dou bt about some of the check poi nts, or if the solut ions indi cated in the chart do not solve the proble m, consult your deal er for instr ucti ons. The fol lowing do not indica te a problem wit h this unit: ≥ Regul ar disc ro tat ing [...]

47 RQT9464 Disp lays Pa ge TV screen and video The displ ay is dim. ≥ Change “FL Displ ay” in the Set up menu. 36 The elap se d time displa yed is ac tu al ly le ss th an the play ti me. ≥ The displ ayed play t ime is conver ted from the number of frames at 29.97 frames (equal to 0.999 seco nds) to one sec ond. There wi ll be a slight dif f[...]

48 RQT 9464 T roubleshoo ting guide So un d Page Card USB iPo d o pe r at io n Radio No sound. Low volume. Distor ted sound. Cannot h ear the de sired audio t ype. ≥ T ur n the volume up. ≥ T ur n the muting off . ≥ Check conn ect ions to spea kers and oth er equipment . ≥ Selec t the corr espondi ng source. ≥ Press [AUDIO] to sel ect t h[...]

49 RQT9464 Opt iona l wir e less syste m (SH- FX70 ) Pag e Net wo rk Ot her d iff icu lt ies w ith pl ayback When other Panason ic products respond to this remote cont rol Chan ge the remote control code on the main unit and the remo te control (th e t wo must matc h) if you place other P anasonic prod uc ts close together . No power . ≥ Ensu re [...]

50 RQT 9464 Mes sage s The fol lowing messages or service numbers appear on the tel evisi on or unit’ s display when somethi ng unusual is detected duri ng startup and use. On the television Page Authorisat ion E rror . This unit is n ot auth orised t o p la y th is ti tl e. ≥ [DivX] Y ou are tryi ng to p lay th e DivX V OD conte nt that wa s p[...]

51 RQT9464 Fre que ntly asked q ues tions (Co nt inu ed on the n ex t pa ge) On the unit’ s display Pa g e UNSU PP OR T ≥ Y ou have ins ert ed a med ia t he uni t ca nnot pl ay . ≥ Y ou tri ed t o o per ate wi th a n on- com pat ibl e U SB devic e. 42 – 4 5 43 “ [W 1] ” i s fl ashi ng. (whe n u sin g t he opt ional wi reless ac ce ssory[...]

52 RQT 9464 Fre quently a ske d question s Language code list Enter the code wit h the numbe red butt ons. Glo s sa ry A VCHD A VCH D is a ne w forma t (standa rd ) for high defi nition video came ra s that c an be u sed to r eco rd a nd play h igh- resolut ion HD image s. BD-J Some BD-Vi deo disc s cont ain Jav a a pplicati ons, and t hese appl ic[...]

53 RQT9464 Film an d video DVD-Vi deo are recor ded using ei ther fil m or video. Th is unit can deter mine which ty pe has been used, then uses the most suit able meth od of progre ssive out put. Film: Record ed at 25 frames per second (P AL discs ) or 24 fra mes per second (NTSC di scs). (NTSC dis cs reco rded at 30 fr ames per second as wel l.) [...]

54 RQT 9464 S pe cific ations ∫ Front spe akers SB- HFX70 T ype 2 w ay , 3 speaker sy stem ( Bass refl ex) S p eak e r un i t( s ) W oofer Fro nt 6.5 cm Cone typ e (Bamboo) W oofer T op 6.5 cm Cone ty pe T we eter 5 cm Cone typ e (Bamboo) Impeda nce/ Input powe r (IEC) 6 ≠ /125 W (Max) * 1 Output sound press ure 80 dB/W (1.0 m) Frequ ency range[...]

55 RQT9464 SUOMI NORSK (Back of prod uct) (Ba ck of produc t) (Lait teen t akaosa) (På b aksi den av pr odukte t) V AROITUS! LAITTEEN KÄYTT ÄMINEN MUULLA KUIN TÄSSÄ KÄYTTÖOHJEESSA MAINITULLA T A V ALLA SAA TT AA AL TIST AA KÄYTTÄJÄN TURV ALLI SUUSLUOKAN 1 YLITTÄVÄLLE NÄKYMÄTTÖMÄLLE LASERSÄTEIL YLLE. V AROITUS: VÄHENNÄ TULIP ALON,[...]

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