Panasonic DMP-B15 manual

RQT9334 -Y Op era tin g Instru ctio ns 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 fe ty , pl ea se read th ese instr ucti ons ca ref ull y . Bef ore conne cti ng, oper at ing or adj usting this pr od uct, pl ease r e ad the in struc tion s co[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 2 Gett i ng st arted IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTION S Read thes e op era ting inst ruc t i ons ca ref ul l y befor e us in g the un it. Follo w th e sa fety ins tructi ons on th e unit and t he appl icable safet y ins tru ctio ns li st ed b elow . Ke ep thes e oper ati ng ins truct ion s ha nd y f o r fu tu re r efe renc e. 1) Re ad t [...]

Gett ing st ar ted RQT9334 (EN G) 3 THE FOLL O WIN G APPLIE S ONL Y IN CANA DA . 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 ac k (Lith ium io n b atter y p a 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 t ery p ack wi th eq uipme nt othe[...]

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

Gett ing st ar ted Reference Se ttings Play b a ck Connecti on Network RQT9334 (EN G) 5 Unit an d media c are W hen rota tin g the scr een, r otate it afte r ope ni ng it to 90°as show n bel ow . Ro t ati ng the sc r e en w it ho ut op enin g the ang le enoug h or ope ne d t o 18 0° may scr a t c h the area arou nd the sc r ee n an d t he mai n u[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 6 Medi a (Disc an d card) 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 in cl ud es th e i nd us try -st a nd ard l og os tha t 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 i[...]

Gett ing st ar ted RQT9334 (EN G) 7 This cha r t show s the di f f ere nt type of card s r ec orde d wi th ot her devic es that you can use. * Includes mi ni SD Card, mic roS D Card and m icroSDHC Card The ca rd t ype s me ntione d a bo ve will be re fer red to as “ SD ca r d” in thes e op er a tin g in st r uc tio n s. ≥ MiniSD Cards, microS[...]

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 cat or ( > 11 ) When the u nit i s co nnecte d[...]

Gett ing st ar ted RQT9334 (EN G) 9 1 T urn the uni t on and off ( > 12 ) 2 S e lect audi o ( > 16) 3 Sh ow the Home screen of the VIERA CAST ( > 30) 4 U s e accord ing to the ins tru ctions on the scr een 5 B asic operat ions f or playback ( > 14–15) 6 Sh ow Pop-up menu ( > 14 ) 7 Sh ow T op menu/Direct Navi gat or ( > 14) 8 S [...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 10 Inst allatio n of the 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 and until t he stoppe r wire is fully str etche d. ≥ If the s creen is rot ated when th e 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 t[...]

Gett ing st ar ted RQT9334 (EN G) 11 Prep aring the Power Supply The un it i s in the st a nd by con dit ion ( the [ Í ] indi ca tor li ghts) when the A C po we r sup ply co rd is con ne ct ed . The pr i mar y circ uit is al w ays “ live ” as l ong as th e A C ada ptor i s co nnect ed to an e l e ctr ic al outlet . ≥ W hen c o nnec tin g th [...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 12 T urni ng on/off the unit Press [ POWER Í ] (ap prox. 0.5 sec.). The un it is tu rne d off w hen [PO WE R Í ] i s 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 c[...]

Gett ing st ar ted RQT9334 (EN G) 13 Adjusti ng the pict ures on th e L CD sc r een 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 the setting with [ 3 , 4 , 2 , 1 ]. ≥ Un der lined i tems a re the f ac tory pr ese ts. ∫ When sel ect ing other set ti ngs th[...]

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 sele ct “DIS C” or “SD” . Play s tar t s. ≥ If play d oes no[...]

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

RQT9334 (ENG) 16 Basic play ( P layin g video content s) (continu e d) Direc t Play Durin g pl a yba ck , you ca n ac ces s spe ci f ic re cor d ings or scen es t hro ugh di rect ent ry of the n um ber ed bu tto ns. Play st ar t s fro m the s electe d titl e or ch apte r . ≥ Whi le s topp ed (t he im age on th e ri ght is disp layed on t h e scr [...]

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 f i le 1 ve rsi on 1 .1/ Fina l S tan da r d Pro f il e. What is BD-Live? In a ddit ion t o t he BON[...]

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 ic t u res recor d ed. Thi s uni t ca n a lso play sti ll pi ct u res reco rde d on th e SD c ar d. ( 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 dis[...]

Pl ayba ck RQT9334 (EN G) 19 T o repeat slidesho w Pre ss [ 3 , 4 ] t o sel ect “Rep ea t Pla y” an d p r ess [ 2 , 1 ] to sel ect “On” o r “Off”. T o listen t o 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 s el e c t “Sou ndtr ack” and[...]

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 and CD-R/ RW discs which contain DivX vi deo cont e nt s th at h ave be en reco r ded on a person al co mp ut er. [...]

Pl ayba ck RQT9334 (EN G) 21 Regarding Di vX VOD content that 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 p l a y thi s co nt en t, the remai nin g number of pl ay s i s di sp laye d. Y o u ca nn ot play th is c on tent w hen the numbe r o f remai ning pl ays is z [...]

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 s ert a d is c ( > 13) . 1 Pres s [AV SELECT] to select “DISC?[...]

Pl ayba ck RQT9334 (EN G) 23 Changi ng settings with the on-scre e n menu 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 lect “Ot h er Fu nc tio ns” w i th [ 3 , 4 ], and sele ct [OK]. 3 Se lect “Sett ing s for Play back” wi th [ 3 , 4 ], and se le ct [OK]. ≥ [...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 24 Changin g settin gs with the on -scree n men u (cont inued) ∫ Pla y menu Repeat Pl ay (Onl y when t he elapse d time i s be ing di sp la yed on th e un i t ’ s disp lay . ) Sel ec t t he it em wh ic h you w an t t o r epe at. 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. R[...]

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 enj oy th e v ideo an d audi o o f th is un it o n the T V and am pli f ie r , or to en jo y the vi de o fro m ot her vi de o de vic es on the LC D sc ree n of t his un it . ≥ T ur n off all equip ment be fore conne cting an d read th[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 26 Linked ope ration s with the TV (VIERA Link TM “HDA VI Control 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 bl e ( > 25 ). 2 Se t “VIE RA Li nk ” to “ On ” ( > 34). (T he 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 trol 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 o pe r a t e thi s unit us ing bu t t o ns on t he TV remo te 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 [...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 28 Ne tw or k Broadban d network connection The fo l lo win g se rvic es c an be us ed w h en thi s 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 ca n en jo y t he BD-L iv e ( > 17) ≥ Y o u ca n enjo y t he VIE RA CA ST ( > 30) ≥ Us e sh ie [...]

Network RQT9334 (EN G) 29 In mo st ca ses, d e fau l 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 t ion s or w hen t h e ro ute r ’ s D HCP se rve r f unction is di sa bled. After per for ming steps 1 – 3 ( > 28) 4 Pres s [ 3 , 4 ] to select “IP A[...]

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 the tex t yo u h a ve ente red Us in g th e n um ber ed but tons to en ter cha rac te rs e.g. , ent e r in g t he l et ter “ F ” 1 Press [3] t o mo ve to the 3rd ro w . 2 Pres s [ 3] t wic e t o high lig h[...]

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 dio is di stort ed wh i le usi ng th e VIER A CAS T feat ure set the ?[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 32 Setti ngs Changin g the unit’ s setti ngs 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 (pa used video) [BD-V] [AVCHD] [DV 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, F r ames and f iel ds). ≥ Auto ≥ Fiel d: Selec t if ji tte ring occ urs wh en “ Auto ” 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 he ther t o sh ow st at us 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 . ≥ Engl ish ≥ Franç ais ≥ Es pañ ol Screen Saver Function T[...]

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 ou ca n res tri ct us in g VIER A CAST . ≥ F oll ow the on-s c ree n in str uc tio ns . Ent er a 4-di gi t pas swo r d wi[...]

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 her th e unit is auto mat i call y t urne d off when ab out 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 gl is h al ph ab et an d A rab ic num e ral s are dis pla y ed cor r ec tly. Oth er ch ar a c t er s ma y no t be dis p la ye d co rr ec tl y . ≥ The di sp la y ord er on thi s un it may dif fe r fr om how th e ord er is disp layed on a compute r . ≥ Dep endin g o n how you cr eat e th e m e di[...]

Reference RQT9334 (EN G) 39 *1 IS O96 60 level 1 or 2 (e xcept for ex te nd ed fo rm ats ), 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 sc s must c onf or m to UDF 2.0. *3 Di sc s must c onf or m to UDF 2.5. *4 De sign rule for Ca me ra Fil e syst em: un ified stan d[...]

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 unit ha s m al func tio ned. C ons ult you r d ea ler . The [ Í ] i ndi cat or fl as he s slo wl y . ≥ “M oni tor” on LC D Me nu is “O ff” (n o imag e) . T u rn th e unit of f whe n no ima g[...]

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 ess is use d by anot he r dev ice. Chec k the IP add resses of this uni t , per sona l comput ers, and r out ers, etc. If n ecess ary , re conf igur e the m to av oi d I P add ress e s fro m be in g du pl i[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 42 T rouble shooting g uide Bef ore req u e sti ng ser vi 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 ut i on s indi cated i n the c hart do not so lve the prob lem, re fer to “ C usto mer S ervi ces D ire ctor y (Un ited S ta tes a nd Pu ert o Ric o)” on pa ge 50[...]

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 fac ing 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 ma[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 44 T r ou ble sho ot i ng gu i de (cont inued) Connection Ca rd Ne two r k The im age s from thi s unit do not ap pear on t he tele 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 minal 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 an d vide o mo mentar ily pause. ≥ This occur s b et wee n pla ylist ch ap te rs or scen es ( [AVCHD] ). ≥ When playi ng a tit le r ecor ded o n bo th laye r s , the un it auto mati ca ll y swi tch es b etwee n laye rs and pl ay s t he ti t l e i n the same way a s a nor mal[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 46 S pecifica tions Powe r supp ly: DC 12 V ( DC IN termina l)/ DC 7 .2 V (Exc lu sive bat tery t erm inal ) 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. 18 W ) Re ch arg e mo de: App rox . 12 W Standby mod e (Quic k S tart “Off”) : A ppro x. 0. 5 W Standby mod e (Quic k[...]

Reference RQT9334 (EN G) 47 S pec i ficat io ns ar e subj ec t to ch ange wit hout noti ce . *1 Fi nali zi ng i s n e cess ary . *2 IS O96 60 level 1 or 2 (e xcept f or ex te 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. *3 Cert ified to th e D ivX Ho me T [...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 48 Glo ssary A VCHD A VCHD i s a new fo rmat (st and ard) f o r h igh de fin ition vid eo 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 ag es. BD- J Some B D -V i deo disc s conta in Jav a appli cation s, and th es e appl i ca tio ns ar e call ed BD - J. Y ou can en joy va r i o u s i ntera ctive fea[...]

Reference RQT9334 (EN G) 49 IP addre ss A set of numb er s whi ch dist in gu is h each devi ce 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 t o a cc ess a PC o r de vic e t hat is no t incl ud ed in the LAN, the IP addr ess i s ca ll ed the l ocal I P add res s. (e .g. , 192. 16 8.0. 10) JPEG (J[...]

RQT9334 (ENG) 50 Limited W arranty (F or U.S.A. and Pue rto Rico Only) 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 cus , N e w Jersey 07094 P anaso nic P ortable B lu-ra y Disc Pla yer L imited W arr anty Limite d W arranty Cover a g e (Fo r U .S .A. and Puer[...]

Reference RQT9334 (EN G) 51 Limited W arranty (For Canada Onl y) P an a soni c C ana d a In c. P ANAS ONIC PRODUCT – LIMITED W ARRAN TY 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 ch[...]

RQT9334 -Y F0309BL0 Index A AC adapto r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 An gle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Audio Attribu te . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Chang ing a udio . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Chann el . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Lang uage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 , 32 A VCHD . . . . . . . . . [...]