Panasonic TC-43P250H manual

TQBC0279-1 This is a combined Operating Instruction manual for all the above series of models. Please read these instructions before operating your set and retain them for future reference. Operating Instructions Projection Television TC-43P250H TX-43P250H TX-43P250X TC-51P250H TX-51P250H TX-51P250X Model No.[...]

Dear Panasonic Customer W elcome to the Panasonic family of customers. W e hope that you will have many years of enjoyment fr om your new Pr ojection television set. T o obtain maximum benefit fr om your set, please r ead these Instructions befor e making any adjustments, and r etain them for futur e r efer ence. Retain your pur chase r eceipt also[...]

3 T able of contents T able of contents W arnings and Cautions ................................................................. 4 Before Operating This Set ............................................................. 6 How to Use This Manual ......................................................................... 6 Quick Reference Guide for your[...]

4 W arnings and Cautions W arnings Unplug the power cord in the e vent of an y malfunction (screen goes blank, no sound, odd sounds, smok e or unusual odors coming from the unit). Unplug the power cord if f oreign matter or water f alls into the unit, or if the unit is dropped or the cabinet is damaged. DO NO T use this unit near water . (Near a ba[...]

5 W arnings and Cautions Cautions When inser ting batteries, ensure that the polarities (positive and negativ e) are correctly aligned. Inser t as shown on remote control. If inser ted incorrectly , batter y fluid ma y leak, and fire, injury , or damage to surrounding components ma y result. Do not mix new and old batteries. Use only the specified [...]

6 Before Operating This Set How to Use This Manual Check the Model Number of your TV set; the Model Number is shown on the rear cover name plate on the set. Use the table on the opposite page to confirm which features your particular Model is equipped with. This will help you to know which sections of the manual apply to your set. TX-43P250H/X TX-5[...]

7 Before Operating This Set Quick Reference Guide for your TV Set Please check the model number of your set. This Manual applies to several Models and there are slight differences among them. Please check the table below to see what your TV is equipped with before you begin using these Operating Instruc- tions. Instructions are given for all functi[...]

8 Before Operating This Set Connecting the Aerial Cable to the RF In T erminal UHF Aerial RF In Terminal Coaxial Aerial Plug VHF Aerial Mixer 75 Ohm Coaxial Cable RF in Terminal Coaxial aerial plug 75 Ohm Coaxial Cable T o obtain optimum quality picture and sound, an Aerial, the correct cable (75 Ohm coaxial) and the correct ter- minating plug are [...]

9 Note: Main plug types vary between countries. The main plug shown at left may therefore not be the type fitted to your set. 3 Replace the cover . Do not use rechargeable (Ni-Cd) batteries. They are different in shape and performance and may fail to ensure correct operation. The incorrect use of batteries can cause electrolyte leakage which will c[...]

10 S-VIDEO TV/A V STR F Sub . Main VIDEO L/MONO A UDIO R AV 3 IN S-VIDEO VIDEO MONO MONO R L AUD IO VIDEO MONO R L AUD IO P B P R Y DV D [ Y- P B- P R ] P B P R Y DV D [ Y- P B- P R ] AV 1 IN AV 2 IN AV 4 IN MONITOR OUT Location of Controls Controls and T erminals on the TV Item No. Function Refer to Page Item No. Function Refer to Page Main Headph[...]

11 Connect VCRs and other peripheral equipment Notes: • When an S-V ideo cable is connected to the S-V ideo terminal, the V ideo input will be automatically switched off A V mode. • When a Monaural VCR is used, connect the Monaural Audio cable to the Audio “ L ” (Left) terminal. • Select the desired A V input position by pressing the TV/A[...]

12 How to connect the DVD Input T erminals How to connect the A V Monitor Output T erminals to other equipment The “ Monitor Out ” T erminals output the same signals as main picture on the TV screen and sound from the speaker at that time, e.g. TV programmes or signals from A V1, A V2, A V3 or A V4 input. Notes: • The A V4 audio signal is com[...]

13 Connections Connecting Headphones Connect headphones as follows. Y ou can listen to sound from each of the headphones plugs as shown below . Main Headphones plug: When a Main Headphones plug is inserted into the Headphones socket, all speakers will be automatically discon- nected; only the Main Headphones will function. Use V olume Up “ + ” [...]

14 TV/A V STR F P. A I STILL CH SEARCH D.PNR 100Hz/ PROGRE Volume Adjustment TC-43P250H TC-51P250H Picture Menu (see page 16, 30) Sound Menu (see page 16, 32) Set up Menu (see page 17, 34) Stereo/Bilingual Sound Selection (see page 41) TV/TEXT Selection (see page 37, 38) 100Hz/PROGRE (see page 31) Surround (see page 32, 33) Picture in Picture Selec[...]

15 General Operation N ? LD/DVD REC - VCR STR HELP DISC SIDE A B TV/A V 1 2 3 45 6 78 9 0 F. P. INDEX HOLD STILL CH SEARCH PICTURE SOUND SET UP TV/TEXT SURROUND 100Hz/ PROGRE MUL TI PIP Volume Adjustment Volume Adjustment TV/AV Mode Selection Direct programme Number VCR/LD/DVD Play Coloured buttons used for Multi Screen functions (see page 36) Tele[...]

16 N ? LD/D VD REC - VCR STR HELP DISC SIDE A B TV/A V 1 2 3 45 6 78 9 0 F. P. INDEX HOLD STILL CH SEARCH PICTURE SOUND SET UP TV/TEXT SURROUND 100Hz/ PROGRE MUL TI PIP On-Screen menu Display from Remote Control ST ANDARD MENU CONTRAST BRIGHTNESS COLOUR SHARPNESS C. TEMP ST ANDARD PICTURE NTSC-TINT AI SCAN MODE A UTO ON PICTURE P - NR AU TO MENU V [...]

17 TELETEXT OFF TIMER FLICKER REDUC. STROBE CH COLOUR SET TEXT SELECT ENGLISH VCR / GAME OFF OFF D YNAMIC F ASTEXT SETUP MENU TUNING MENU PICTURE SHIFT CHILD LOCK CONVERGENCE LANGU A GE OFF OFF A CCESS SETUP MENU ENGLISH SYS SELECT CH SELECT A UTO TUNE MANU AL TUNE FINE TUNE SKIP SOUND SYS 6. 0MHz COLOUR SYS AU TO OFF POSITION E.EUROPE TUNING MENU [...]

18 Convergence Adjustment mode Prior to adjustment, tune the broadcast signal to the video input signal and operate the set for more than 60 minutes. If the location or direction of the set is changed or moved, the display may be out of alignment. If necessary , carry out the following procedures once with P AL signal and again with the NTSC signal[...]

19 Convergence Adjustment Convergence1 Adjustment for RED, BLUE and GREEN Press to align the horizontal red line with the horizontal blue line. (Becomes a white line) GREEN N - RED ADJUST CONVERGENCE V er tical centre marker ADJUST TV / AV - EXIT Horizontal centre marker N - GREEN ADJUST CONVERGENCE BLUE ADJUST TV / AV - EXIT N - BLUE CONVERGENCE R[...]

20 Convergence Adjustment Convergence2 Adjustment for RED and BLUE This function adjust the convergence of the side part of the screen. Press to select the CONVERGENCE2. Press to access to the function. CONVERGENCE 2 CONVERGENCE 1 A CCESS SELECT A CCESS RETURN TV / AV - EXIT N - RED BLUE TV / AV - EXIT 1 2 3 4 6 7 89 N - BLUE RED TV / AV - EXIT 2 3[...]

21 1 Press to display the SETUP MENU. Press to select the TUNING MENU. Press to display the TUNING MENU. SET UP TELETEXT OFF TIMER FLICKER REDUC. STROBE CH COLOUR SET TEXT SELECT ENGLISH VCR / GAME OFF OFF D YNAMIC F ASTEXT SETUP MENU TUNING MENU PICTURE SHIFT CHILD LOCK CONVERGENCE LANGU AGE OFF OFF A CCESS SETUP MENU ENGLISH Press to select the ?[...]

22 Sound System Selection (Different region use differing systems) This function is used only in the TV mode when the sound is not clear or no sound is produced on a Programme Number , and is not applicable in A V mode . Press to select the “ SOUND SYS ” . 1 2 Press until the optimum sound is obtained. SYS SELECT CH SELECT A UTO TUNE MANU AL TU[...]

23 T uning Channels Colour System Selection (Different region use differing systems) If a clear picture with correct colours cannot be obtained when a Broadcast or A V signal is received. Press to select the “ COLOUR SYS ” . 1 2 Press to produce the optimum image. Colour System Condition. Note: P AL, SECAM and NTSC 3.58 are different colour sig[...]

24 Select the most easily viewed channel selection method. 14ch 16ch 18ch 20ch 12ch 10ch 8ch 6ch 4ch 2ch Example Programme Number Channel Display Received Channel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Example Programme Number Channel Display Received Channel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 – 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 10 2[...]

25 Channel Allocation • CA TV (USA CA TV) channel numbers as recommended by the joint EIA/NCT A Engineering committee and published as EIA INTERIM ST ANDARD No.6-CABLE TELEVISION CHANNEL IDENTIFICA TION PLAN-MA Y 1983. • The receiving channels are as follows; SYS SELECT CH DISPLAY CHINA HK/UK ASIA/M.EAST NZ/INDONES AUSTRALIA E.EUROPE SPECL VER [...]

26 The best tuning position is automatically memorized. Automatic T une (Channel Select and Regional System must already be set; Refer to pages 21) This TV uses automatic tuning to determine whether or not a broadcast signal is being sent which it can receive, and automatically prepares so that the channel selection can respond to both the position[...]

27 The best tuning position is automatically memorized. Manual T une (Channel Select and Regional System must already be set; Refer to pages 21) MANUAL TUNE Press to select the MANUAL TUNE. Press to access to the MANUAL TUNE. Search Start. 1 CH 12 29 MANU AL TUNE PROGRAMME - /+ SEARCH - /+ RETURN TV / AV - EXIT ‘ STR ’ BUTT ON-ST ORE Press to s[...]

28 Fine T uning Under normal reception conditions this function is not required or necessary . However , in areas of poor reception or constant interference, a slight adjustment of the tuning may improve the picture and sound quality . FINE TUNE 1 SYS SELECT CH SELECT A UTO TUNE MANU AL TUNE FINE TUNE SKIP SOUND SYS 6. 0MHz COLOUR SYS AU TO OFF JAP[...]

29 Programme Number Skip It is possible to skip Programme Number on which no TV stations are tuned appearing on the screen. The function is only effective when selecting Programme Numbers by pressing the Programme Number Up or Down button either on the TV set or on the Remote control. SYS SELECT CH SELECT A UTO TUNE MANU AL TUNE FINE TUNE SKIP SOUN[...]

30 Picture Adjustment 1 Press to display the Picture Menu. 2 Press to select the desired function. Press to adjust or change the function. 3 Press to go back to watching TV . PICTURE TV/A V Y ou can change the level of each Function (CONTRAST , BRIGHTNESS, COLOUR, SHARPNESS, NTSC-TINT) for each Picture Menu. Picture menu mode will be memorized for [...]

31 Picture Adjustment Set the overall colour tone of the picture. C. TEMP (Colour T emperature) P-NR (Picture Noise Reduction) AI SCAN MODE Press to switch between modes ST ANDARD MENU CONTRAST BRIGHTNESS COLOUR SHARPNESS C. TEMP ST ANDARD PICTURE NTSC-TINT COOL W ARM ST AND ARD Automatically reduces undesired picture noise. TC-43 P250H, TC- 51 P25[...]

32 Sound Adjustment 1 Press to display the Sound Menu. 2 Press to select the desired function. Press to adjust or change the function. 3 Press to go back to watching TV . SOUND TV/A V Note: Some features are only available with the Surround feature switched off. Press SURROUND to switch between On and Off. Y ou can change the level of each Function[...]

33 Sound Adjustment SURROUND MENU Press to select the SURROUND function. MENU V OLUME BA SS TREBLE B ALANCE SURROUND SUB HEADPHONE HEADPHONE V OL. ON D YNAMIC SOUND By pressing the Normal “ N ” Button on the Remote Control while the Sound menu is displayed, the selected menu will be changed to the Normal Mode. Normalization will not occur if th[...]

34 Setup Adjustment 1 Press to display the SETUP MENU. 2 Press to select the desired function. Press to adjust or change the function. 3 Press to go back to watching TV . SET UP TV/A V Switches the TV of f within a preset time which you can choose from between 0 to 90 minutes in 15 minute intervals. P AL, SECAM and NTSC 3.58 are dif ferent colour s[...]

35 CH COLOUR SET Colour density varying between broadcast channels can be adjusted to three levels for each reception channel. TUNING MENU PICTURE SHIFT CHILD LOCK CONVERGENCE LANGU A GE ON OFF SETUP MENU ENGLISH Setup Adjustment LANGUAGE When you first install the TV , the On Screen Display language is set according to your choice of region. LANGU[...]

36 Multi Screen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 F. P. INDEX HOLD STILL CH SEARCH TV/A V PICTURE SOUND SET UP TV/TEXT 100Hz/ PROGRE SURROUND MUL TI PIP Multi PIP MUL TI PIP Press to view two pictures (sub picture in main picture) at the same tme. Press MUL TI PIP to select the current programme, the picture in picture feature, or the picture and picture feature[...]

37 ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Channel search Press to watch the current programme (displayed centre screen), exiting the feature. Note: The remote control affects the teletext page; so select watching the current programme before making any changes to the programme. (Access Strobe via the Setup menu, see page 34). T akes a series of up to twelve freeze-frame [...]

38 Four differently coloured subjects are situated at the bottom of the display . T o access more information , press the appropriately coloured button. This mode enables fast access to information on the subjects shown. TELE TEXT ( No indication for TC-43P250H & TC-51P250H ) T eletext features may vary depending on the Broadcasting Companies a[...]

39 TELE TEXT SET UP + Red In LIST mode the four page numbers can be altered (programme positions 1 - 25 only). Press one of the four coloured buttons and enter the new page number . Press to hold the T eletext page when viewing multi-page information. Press again to return to automatic page update. List Store Hold HOLD STILL STR Press to display sp[...]

40 Press to return to normal TV operation. Sub Coded Page Access SET UP Blue + When T eletext information exceeds more than one page, it may take some time for the automatic changing of the sub pages to reach the sub page you require. It is possible to enter your required sub page and continue watching the normal programme until the correct sub pag[...]

41 Advanced Remoto Control Operation Stereo Bilingnal Sound Selection Type of broadcast Mode Indicator Type of broadcast Mode Indicator Regular broadcast (Standard Audio) NICAM STEREO STEREO Mode Indicator NICAM .......used in Australia, Malaysia,Thailand, Indonesia etc. I No Indicator Regular broadcast (Standard Audio) No Indicator II I I II I II [...]

42 Before you call for service, determine the symptoms and make a few simple checks as shown below . T roubleshooting Snowy Picture Multiple Image Interference Normal Picture No Picture No Colour Scrambled Coloured Patches No Colour Noisy Sound Noisy Sound Noisy Sound Normal Sound Normal Sound Normal Sound No Sound No Sound Normal or Weak Sound Sym[...]

43 Specifications 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 21 Systems Function PAL B, G, H PAL I PAL D, K SECAM B, G SECAM D, K SECAM K1 NTSC M (NTSC 3.58/4.5 MHz) Reception of broadcast transmis-sions and Playback from Video Cassette Tape Recorders. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Playback from Special VCR's NTSC 4.43/5.5 MHz NTSC 4.43/6.0 MHz NTSC 4.43/6.5 MHz NTSC 3.58/5.5 MHz NT[...]

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