Panasonic DMP-B15 manual

RQT9334 -Y Op erati ng Instru ction s Port abl e Blu-ra y Dis c Play er Model No. DMP-B 15 Dear cust omer Th ank yo u fo r pu rc ha sing th is prod uc t. For opti mum pe rfo rma nce and sa fety , pl ea se read th ese in str ucti ons ca ref ull y . Bef ore conne cti ng , oper at ing or adj usti ng th is prod uct, plea se re ad t he in str ucti ons c[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 2 Gett ing st arted IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTION S Read thes e op era ting inst ruc ti ons ca ref ull y be for e usin g t he un it. Follo w th e sa fety ins tructi ons on th e unit and t he appl ica ble s afet y i ns tru ctio ns l i sted b elow . Keep thes e oper ati ng ins truct ion s ha ndy fo r fu ture r efe renc e. 1) Re ad t hes[...]

Gett ing st ar ted RQT9334 (EN G) 3 THE FOLL OWIN G AP PLIES ONL Y IN CANADA . Th is C las s B di gital ap para tu s co mpli es wit h Ca na dian IC E S- 003. Batter ies 1 Ba ttery p ack (Lith ium io n batter y pa ck) ≥ Use th e sp ec ifie d un it t o rec ha rge t he ba tte ry pa ck. ≥ Do n ot us e the bat tery p a ck wi th eq uipme nt othe r th[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 4 T able of content s Gettin g st arted IMPORT ANT SAFETY I NSTRUCTIONS . .. ....... ......... 2 Accessori es .. ..... ..... ...... ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .. 4 U nit a nd me dia c ar e .... ... ..... .. ... .... ... ..... .. ..... ... .... ... ... 5 M edi a ( Dis c a nd ca rd) inf orm at ion ..... .. ..... .[...]

Gett ing st ar ted Reference Se ttings Play ba ck Connecti on Network RQT9334 (EN G) 5 Unit an d media c are W hen rotatin g the sc reen, rota te it after ope ning it to 90°a s show n bel ow . Rot ati ng t he sc reen wit hout op enin g the ang le enoug h o r ope ned t o 18 0° may scr atc h the area arou nd t he sc ree n an d the m ain un it so ta[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 6 Medi a (Disc an d ca rd) information This c har t sh ows th e dif fer ent ty pe of re tai l/c om merci al disc s you ca n u se, a nd al so incl ud es th e ind us try -st and ard l ogos t hat sh ou ld ap pe ar on t he di scs and/ or pac kag ing . Note about usin g a DualDis c ≥ Th e di gi tal audi o c onte nt side o f a Du alD isc [...]

Gett ing st ar ted RQT9334 (EN G) 7 This cha rt sh ows t he di ff ere nt t ype of car ds r ecor ded w ith othe r devic es t hat you can use . * Includes mi ni S D Card, microSD Card and microSDHC Ca rd The ca rd t ype s ment ione d a bove w ill be re fer red to as “ SD ca rd” in thes e op era ting in st ruc tio ns. ≥ MiniSD Cards, microSD Car[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 8 Ov erview I nstr uct io ns fo r o pe rat ions a re g ene ral ly des cri bed us ing t he r emot e c ont rol in th ese op era ting in st ructi on s. 1 LCD scr een 2 [CHARGE] indica tor ( > 11) Wh ile r ech ar gi ng th e b at ter y pac k, th is in di cato r l ig hts up . 3[ Í ] indi cator ( > 11 ) When the u nit i s co nnecte d [...]

Gett ing st ar ted RQT9334 (EN G) 9 1 T ur n the unit on and off ( > 12 ) 2 S elec t audio ( > 16 ) 3 Sh ow the Home screen of the VIERA CAST ( > 30) 4 U se accord ing to the ins tructi ons on the screen 5 B asic operat ions f or playback ( > 14– 15) 6 Sh ow Pop- up menu ( > 14 ) 7 Sh ow T op menu/Direct Navigat or ( > 14) 8 S e[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 10 Inst allation of th e un it Op en the sta nd and se t th e un it on a ho riz ont al an d s table le vel surf ace. ≥ Ope n the st a nd until t he stoppe r wire is fully str etche d. ≥ If the s creen is rot ated whe n the unit is tu rned on , th e dis pla y on the sc reen wi ll disa ppea r an d th e unit will be au tom atica lly [...]

Gett ing st ar ted RQT9334 (EN G) 11 Prep aring the Power Supply The un it is in the st a ndby con dit ion ( the [ Í ] indi ca to r l ights) when the A C po wer sup ply cor d is con nec ted . Th e pri mary circ uit is al ways “ live ” as l ong as th e AC ada ptor is co nnect ed to an e le ctr ical out let . ≥ W hen c o nnec tin g th e A C ad[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 12 T urning on /off the unit Press [ PO WER Í ] (approx. 0.5 sec.). The un it is tu rne d of f wh en [ POWER Í ] is pr esse d agai n. ≥ If the scre en is ro t a ted wh en th e uni t is tu rne d on, the d ispl ay on t he sc re en wi ll d isap pe ar an d the un it will b e au to matic a lly turn ed off. ( > 10 ) ≥ Th e un it ca[...]

Gett ing st ar ted RQT9334 (EN G) 13 Adjusti ng the pict ures o n th e LC D sc re en 1 Press [L CD]. ≥ It i s al so possibl e t o dis play wit h th e follow ing p rocedures . 2 Select the item with [ 3 , 4 ]. 3 Chang e t he setting with [ 3 , 4 , 2 , 1 ]. ≥ Un der lined i tems a re the f ac tory pr ese ts. ∫ When sel ecting other set tings t [...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 14 Play ba ck Basic play (Play ing video content s) I nstr uct io ns fo r o pe rat ions a re g ene ral ly des cri bed us ing t he r emot e c ont rol in th ese op era ting in st ructi on s. Preparat ion Ins ert a disc o r SD card ( > 13 ). Press [ AV SELECT] t o select “DIS C” or “SD”. Play s tar t s. ≥ If play d oes no t [...]

Pl ayba ck RQT9334 (EN G) 15 ]DV D- VR ] Preparat ion In se rt a d is c ( > 13) . 1 Pres s [AV SEL ECT] to select “DISC”. ≥ “T itle View” screen is disp laye d. 2 Pres s [ 3 , 4 ] to select the title and press [SUB MENU]. 3 Pres s [ 3 , 4 ] to select “View Chapters” and press [OK]. 4 Pres s [ 2 , 1 ] to select the chapter and press[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 16 Basic play ( Playin g video content s) (continu ed) Direc t Play Durin g pl ayba ck , you ca n ac cess spe ci fic recor din gs o r scen es t hro ugh di rect ent ry of the n um ber ed bu tto ns. Play st art s fro m t he sel ecte d t itl e or ch apte r . ≥ Whi le s topp ed (the im age on the r ight is disp la yed on the sc reen) , [...]

Pl ayba ck RQT9334 (EN G) 17 Enjoying BD-Liv e or BONUSVIEW in BD-V ideo [BD-V] What is BONUSVIEW? B ONUSVIE W a llows you to e njoy functi ons such as picture -in - pi ctu re or se cond ar y audio e tc. , w ith BD- Vid eo s up por ting BD - ROM Pro fi le 1 ve rsi on 1. 1/ Fina l S tan dar d Prof ile. What is BD-Live? In a ddit ion t o t he BONU SV[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 18 Playing sti ll pictures [JP EG ] Playback of the BD-RE, DVD-RAM/R/ R DL or CD-R/RW with stil l p ictu res recor ded . Thi s uni t can a ls o play sti ll pi ctu res reco rde d on th e SD c ard . ( Abo ut s truc tu re of f old ers D 39, “Stru cture of fo lders t hat c an be pl ayed i n t his u n it”) Preparat ion Ins ert a disc o[...]

Pl ayba ck RQT9334 (EN G) 19 T o repeat sli deshow Pre ss [ 3 , 4 ] t o sel ect “ Rep eat Pla y” an d pr ess [ 2 , 1 ] to sel ect “On” o r “Off”. T o listen to a Background Music (SD card only) T he m us ic C D can be pl ayed b ack as Bac kg ro und Mu si c dur ing th e slid es how. Pre ss [ 3 , 4 ] to sel ec t “Sou nd trac k” and pr[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 20 Playing D ivX ® v ideos [DivX ] ABOUT DIVX VIDEO: Di vX ® is a di gital vide o form at c re ated by Di vX, Inc. This is a n of ficia l Div X Ce rtif ie d de vi ce th at play s Div X vi de o. Y ou c an play DVD-R/R DL a nd CD-R/RW discs which contain DivX vi de o cont ent s th at h ave be en r ecor ded on a pe rson al co mp ut er.[...]

Pl ayba ck RQT9334 (EN G) 21 Regarding Di vX VOD content t hat can only be played a set number of times S ome Div X V OD co nt ent c an onl y be pl ay ed a s et num be r of time s. Whe n y ou pla y thi s co nten t, t he remai n ing nu mb er of pl ay s i s di sp laye d. Y o u ca nn ot play th is c on te nt w he n the numbe r of remai n ing pl ay s i[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 22 Playing music [CD] [MP3] Y ou c an pl ay g en era lly av aila bl e mu si c C Ds or MP 3 file s recorded o nto a DVD-R/R DL a nd CD-R/RW . ( Abo ut s truc tu re of f old ers D 39 , “Struct ure o f fo lders tha t can be pl ayed i n t his u n it”) Preparat ion In se rt a d is c ( > 13) . 1 Pres s [AV SEL ECT] to se lect “DISC[...]

Pl ayba ck RQT9334 (EN G) 23 Changi ng settings with the on-scre en m enu 1 Pres s [DISPLA Y]. ≥ It is a ls o po ss ible to dis pl ay w it h the fo ll owi ng pr oc edur es : 1 Press [SUB MENU]. 2 Se le ct “O th er Fu nc tio ns” wi th [ 3 , 4 ], and se lect [OK]. 3 Se lect “Sett ing s for Play back” wi th [ 3 , 4 ], and sele ct [OK]. ≥ D[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 24 Changin g settin gs with the on -scree n men u (cont inued) ∫ Pla y menu Repeat Pl ay (Onl y whe n the el apse d tim e i s bein g di spla ye d on th e uni t’s disp la y .) Sel ec t the it em wh ic h you w ant t o re peat . The item s dis pl ayed d iffer de pend in g on th e t ype of med ia . Sele ct “O ff” t o canc el. Rand[...]

Connecti on P lay back RQT9334 (EN G) 25 Co nnection Using t his unit with o ther equip ment I t is po ss ible to e njoy th e vid eo an d audi o o f th is un it o n the T V and am pli fie r , or to enjo y the vi de o fro m o ther vide o devic es on the LC D sc ree n of t his un it . ≥ T ur n of f all equip me nt be fore conne ct ing an d re ad th[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 26 Linked ope ration s with the TV (VIERA Link TM “HDA VI Contr ol TM ”) Preparat ion 1 Con nec t this uni t to y our T V o r amp li fier/r ece iver wit h an HDMI ca ble ( > 25 ). 2 Se t “VIE RA Li nk ” to “ On ” ( > 34). ( The de faul t s et ting is “On”.) 3 Set th e “ HDAVI Co ntr ol” ope rat ion s on th e [...]

Connecti on RQT9334 (EN G) 27 If y ou c onne ct th is u nit to t he TV that s upp orts “HD A VI Con tro l 2” or lat er wi th an H DM I ca bl e, you ca n en jo y us in g mo re co nv enie nt fu nctio ns . Y ou ca n ope rat e t his un it us in g but tons on t he TV r emot e cont rol . T he b utt on s tha t y o u ca n u se f or thi s un it va ry de[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 28 Ne tw ork Broadban d network connection The fo l lowin g se rvic es c an be us ed when t his un it is con ne cted t o the i nte rne t vi a a br oadb an d co nn ect ion . ≥ Fir mwa re ca n be up date d ( > 31 ) ≥ Y o u can en jo y the BD -L ive ( > 17 ) ≥ Y o u ca n en joy t he VIE R A CA ST ( > 30) ≥ Us e sh ie lde[...]

Network RQT9334 (EN G) 29 In mo st ca ses, de faul t set ti ngs c an no rma lly be use d wi tho ut mak ing a ny chan ges . Set the IP address only when the rou ter has no DHCP ser ver fu nc tion s or when t he r oute r ’ s DHCP ser ver f unction is di sa bled. After per forming ste ps 1 – 3 ( > 28) 4 Pres s [ 3 , 4 ] to select “IP Address [...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 30 Netwo rk sett ings (c ontin ued) 5 Pres s [ 3 , 4 , 2 , 1 ] to select a character and press [OK]. Te x t f i e l d : sho ws th e tex t you h ave en te red Us in g th e n um ber ed but tons to en ter cha rac te rs e.g. , ent e rin g the lett er “ F” 1 Press [3] t o mo ve to the 3rd ro w . 2 Pres s [ 3] t wic e t o high lig ht ?[...]

Network RQT9334 (EN G) 31 To return to VIERA CAST Home screen P ress [VI ERA C AST]. To exit from VIERA CAST ≥ Press [FUNCTIONS], then pr ess [RETURN] to cancel the menu . ≥ Set th e “Ne twork Loc k” to “O n” to res trict us ing VIERA CAST . ( > 35) ≥ If t he au di o is di st orted whi le u sing the V IERA CAST feat ure set the “[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 32 Setti ngs Changin g the unit’ s settings C hang e the unit ’s se tti ngs if nece ssar y . The sett in gs re main intac t ev en if y ou s witch th e uni t to s tandb y . ≥ Th er e ma y be di ffere nc es in op erat ion m ethod s . If th is h ap pens , f ol low th e on- sc ree n in st ruc ti ons f or the o per atio n. To return [...]

Settin gs RQT9334 (EN G) 33 “Video ” Stil l Mode (paused video) [BD-V] [AVCHD] [D V D- V] Se lect th e t yp e of pi ctu re sho wn w he n y ou pa us e pl ay bac k ( > 48, Fram es a nd f ields ). ≥ Auto ≥ Fiel d: Sele ct i f ji tterin g oc curs wh en “Au to ” is s elec ted. (T he pic ture i s co ars e r .) ≥ Fra m e: Se le ct if s ma[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 34 Changin g the unit ’ s settin gs (c ontinue d) “Displ ay” Status Messa ges Cho ose w het her t o show st atus m essag es a uto mati call y . ≥ Autom atic ≥ Off On-scree n Language Ch oo se th e la ngua ge for th ese me nus a nd on -s cre e n me ssag es . ≥ Englis h ≥ Franç ais ≥ Es pañol Screen Saver Function Th i[...]

Settin gs RQT9334 (EN G) 35 “Network” IP Addr ess/DNS Settin gs ( > 28 ) Proxy Serve r Settings ( > 29 ) Network Ser vice ( > 30 ) (VIERA CAST) ≥ Press [OK] to s how th e fol lowin g se tting s. Networ k Lo ck Y o u can r es trict us ing V IERA CAST . ≥ F ollow the on- sc ree n in str uctio ns . Ent er a 4-di gi t passw or d wi th [...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 36 Changin g the unit ’ s settin gs (c ontinue d) Lan gua ge c ode li st En ter th e code with the numbe red b utton s. “Others” Auto Powe r Off ≥ Du rin g disc or SD car d oper at ion on ly Sel ec t whet he r th e unit is auto mati ca lly t urne d o ff when about 15 min ut es ( abo ut 5 minu te s w he n us in g the ba tt ery [...]

Reference Se ttings RQT9334 (EN G) 37 Audio a nd video information B efo re conn ec ting , re ad the tab le be lo w , a nd co nf irm the d es ire d au dio ty pe an d n eces s ary s ett in gs ( “BD- Vid eo S eco nd ar y Au dio” , “Dolby D/Do lby D +/Dolby TrueHD” or “DTS/ DTS-HD”). ( > 33) ≥ Th e nu m ber of c ha nnel s liste d is t[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 38 About MP3/J PEG/DivX files ≥ En glis h al phab et an d Arab ic n ume ral s are di spla yed cor r ectl y . Oth er ch ara ct er s ma y no t be dis pla ye d co rrec tl y . ≥ The di sp lay or der on thi s unit may d if fer f rom h ow the or der is disp la yed on a co mpute r . ≥ Dep endin g on h ow you create the media (wr it ing[...]

Reference RQT9334 (EN G) 39 *1 IS O96 60 le vel 1 or 2 (e xcept for exte nd ed fo rmat s) , Jol iet Th is un it is c ompa tible wit h mu lti-s essi on . Th is un it is n ot co mpat ibl e w ith pa cke t wri tin g. *2 Di scs mus t conf o rm to UDF 2.0. *3 Di scs mus t conf o rm to UDF 2.5. *4 De sign rule for Ca me ra Fil e sys tem: unif ied stan da [...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 40 Re fe r e n ce Indicator s and s creen messag es Indicat ors Screen m essages The [ Í ] i ndi cat or fl as he s rapidly . ≥ T he un it has m alfun c tione d. Con s ult y ou r dea le r . The [ Í ] i ndi cat or fl as he s slo wl y . ≥ “M oni tor” on LC D Me nu is “ Off” (n o imag e) . T u rn th e unit off whe n no i mag[...]

Reference RQT9334 (EN G) 41 Th is IP a dd res s is alr ead y i n use. Ple as e ch ec k t he I P ad dr ess setting. ≥ Thi s un it’ s IP addr es s is use d by anot her dev ice. Chec k the IP add res ses of th is uni t , per sona l co mput ers, and r out ers, etc. If n ecess ary , re con fig ure them t o avoi d I P add ress es fro m be in g du pl [...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 42 T roubleshoo ting guide Bef ore req ue sti ng s ervi ce, ma ke th e fol low ing ch ec ks. I f you a re in doubt ab out s ome of the ch ec k poin ts , or if the sol uti ons indi cat ed i n the c hart do not so lve t he p rob lem, ref er to “ Cust omer Ser vice s Dir ect ory (Un ite d S ta tes a nd Pu ert o Ric o)” on pa ge 50 if[...]

Reference RQT9334 (EN G) 43 Operat ion LCD Sound The u nit is on but cann ot b e op era ted . ≥ Th e unit ca n be ope rat ed onl y wh en clo sed w it h the sc re en f acin g ou twa rds . ( > 10 , 3 or 4 in “ I nstal lat ion o f t he unit ”) ≥ Is the in co rre ct play ba ck me dia or o pe ra tio n fun c tio n se le ct ed? ≥ Th e un it m[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 44 T r ou ble sho ot ing gui de (conti nued) Connection Ca rd Ne tw o r k The im ages fr om this unit do not ap pear on t he tel e visi on. Pi ctu re i s d is tort ed. Jitt ering oc curs. ≥ Ma ke s ure th at th e t elevis ion is c onne cted to th e A V IN /OUT ter mina l or HDMI A V OUT ter min al o n thi s uni t. ( > 25) ≥ Ma [...]

Reference RQT9334 (EN G) 45 Other di ffi culties with pl ayback Au dio and vide o mome ntarily pause. ≥ This occ urs b etw een pl ayli st chap ter s or sc enes ( [AVCHD] ). ≥ When playi ng a tit le r ecor ded o n both laye rs , the un it auto mati call y swi tch es b etwee n laye rs an d pl ays t he ti tle i n t he same way a s a nor mal pr ogr[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 46 S pecifica tions Powe r supp ly: DC 12 V (DC IN terminal)/ DC 7 .2 V ( Exc lusi ve bat tery t ermin al ) Powe r cons um ption ( usi ng inc luded AC a da ptor ): Play Mod e: A p pro x. 22 W (Un it on ly Appro x. 1 8 W) Re ch arg e mo de: App rox . 12 W Standby mod e (Quick St art “Off”) : Appro x. 0.5 W Standby mod e (Quick Star[...]

Reference RQT9334 (EN G) 47 S pec if icat io ns ar e subj ec t to ch ange wit hout noti ce . *1 Fi nali zi ng i s n ece ssar y . *2 IS O96 60 le vel 1 or 2 (e xce pt f or ex tend ed fo rmat s ),J olie t Th is un it is c ompa tible wit h mu lti-s essi on . Th is un it is n ot co mpat ibl e w ith pa cke t wri tin g. *3 Cert ified to th e D ivX Ho me [...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 48 Glo ssary A VCHD A VCHD i s a ne w fo rmat (st and ard ) fo r hig h de fin iti on v ideo ca me ra s t hat ca n b e us ed to r eco rd an d play h igh- re solu tio n HD im ages . BD- J Some B D-V ide o disc s conta in Java ap pli cat ion s, an d thes e appl ica tio ns ar e call ed BD-J . Y ou can en joy va rio us int era ctiv e feat [...]

Reference RQT9334 (EN G) 49 IP addre ss A set o f numb ers whi ch dist ingu is h each d evice on the netw ork wh en, for ex amp le, c onne cted to th e In ternet . W hen usin g a PC i n a LA N to a cc ess a PC o r de vic e th at is no t in clud ed in th e LAN, the IP addr ess i s ca lled the l ocal I P add res s. (e .g. , 192. 16 8.0. 10) JPEG (Joi[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 50 Limited W a rranty (For U.S.A. a nd Pue r t o Rico Onl y) Pana sonic C onsumer Ele ctron ics Comp any , Divisi on of P anasoni c Corpor ation of No rth Ameri ca One P anasoni c W ay , S e c au cu s, N e w Jersey 07094 P anaso nic P ort a ble Bl u-ra y Disc Pla yer Limit ed W arrant y Limite d W arranty Cover a g e (Fo r U .S .A. an[...]

Reference RQT9334 (EN G) 51 Limited W arranty (For Canada Only) P an a soni c C ana d a In c. P ANAS ONIC PRODUCT – LIMITED W ARRANTY Panasoni c Canada In c. w arrants t his product to b e free fr om defects in m ateri al and w ork manshi p and agrees to remedy any such defect for a per iod as s tated bel o w f rom the d ate of or iginal pur chas[...]

RQT9334 -Y F0309BL0 Index A AC adapto r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 An gle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Audio Attribu te . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Chang ing a udio . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6 Chann el . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Lang uage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 , 32 A VCHD . . . . . . . [...]