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Panasonic DVD-S26 manual

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    PX P PC RQT8 218-P Operations Reference Getting st art ed The illustration shows D VD-S29 for U .S.A. and Canada. Operating Instructions D VD/CD PLA YER Model N o. D VD-S29/D VD-S26 For U .S.A.: The warrant y can be found on pa ge 20. For Canada : The warr anty can be found on page 21. La referencia rápida en español se pu ede encontrar en la pá[...]

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    2 RQT821 8 Dear customer Thank you for purc hasing t his product. Before connec ting, op erating or a djusting this product, please rea d the in struction s completely . Please keep th is manual f or future reference. Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 IMPORTANT SAFETY I NS[...]

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    3 RQT8218 THE FOLLO WING APPLIES ONL Y IN THE U .S.A. AND CANAD A THE FOLLOWING APPLIES ONL Y IN T HE U.S.A. Except for U .S.A. and Ca nada CA UTION! THIS PRODUCT UTIL IZES A LASER. USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES O THER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MA Y RESUL T IN HAZARDOUS RADIA TION EXPOSURE. DO NOT OPEN CO VERS AND DO[...]

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    4 RQT821 8 IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS Read these operating instru ctions carefully before using the unit. Follow the sa f ety instr uctions on the unit and the ap plicabl e safety instruction s listed bel ow . Keep thes e operatin g instr uctions han dy for future re f e rence. 1) Read these instr uctions. 2) Keep these inst ructions. 3) Heed[...]

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    5 RQT8218 Discs t hat can be pla yed Operation s in thes e instr uctions are describ ed main ly with the formats. The icons suc h as [RA M] sh ow the formats. § A process that allows play on compati ble equipmen t. ≥ It may not be po ssible to play the above dis cs in all cas es due to t he type of disc or cond itio n of the r ecordi ng. ∫ Dis[...]

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    6 RQT821 8 STEP 1 Connection to a television ≥ Do no t place the unit on amplifier s or eq uipment th at may become ho t. The he at can dam age the u nit. ≥ Do not connec t through t he video c assette r ecorder . Du e to copy guard protecti on, the pict ure may not di splay properly . ≥ T urn off all eq uipmen t before connect ion and re ad [...]

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    7 RQT8218 T urn o n the television and select th e approp riate video input on the tel evision. T o chang e these settin gs later Select “ QUICK SETUP” ( ➜ page 17, “Othe rs” tab). Please connect directly to TV . y R L P R P B Y COAXIAL IN Amplifi er with a built-in dec oder or a deco der- amplif ier combina tion Coax ial cab le ∫ Enjoy[...]

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    8 RQT821 8 Basic p la y Standb y/on switc h ( Í /I) Press to s witch the unit fr om on to standby mode o r vice versa. I n standby mod e, the unit is st ill cons uming a sm all amount o f power . [Exce ptU.S .A.and Canada ] Standb y/on indicato r ( Í ) When th e unit is con nected to the AC mains s upply , th is indicato r lights up in standby[...]

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    9 RQT8218 Gro up skip [WMA] [MP3] [JPEG] Frame-by-frame (durin g pause) [RAM] [DVD-V] [VCD] ≥ [VCD] forward directio n only On-screen item select Return to previous scre en Enter numbe r [RAM] [DVD-V] [VCD ] [CD] e.g. T o select 12: [ S 10] ➜ [1] ➜ [2] [WMA] [MP3] [JPEG] e.g. T o sel ect 12 3: [1] ➜ [2] ➜ [3] ➜ [EN TE R] Disc menu [DV D[...]

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    10 RQT821 8 Con venient functions By pres sing just one button th e disc type is auto matically d eter mined and the b est audi o and vide o settings ar e configure d. Press [A V ENHANCER] to select “On”. ≥ This may not work d epending on the discs recording. Press [AD V ANCED SURROUND] to select “SP 1”, “SP 2”,“HP 1”or “HP 2”[...]

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    11 RQT8218 Press [A UDIO] to select the soundtrack. [RAM] [VCD] Y ou can use th is button to select “L ”, “R” or “LR”. [DVD-V] (Karaoke discs) Press [ 21 ] to se lect “On” o r “Off ” o f vocals. Read the disc’s instructions for details. Signal type/da ta LPCM / Î Digital/DTS/MPEG: Signal type kHz (Sa mpling fr equency)/ bit/c[...]

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    12 RQT821 8 Using navigation menus Y ou can pla y JPEG f iles on D VD-RAM or pla y HighMA T discs wi thout using the HighMA T f unction ( ➜ page 15, “Pla y as Data Disc” i n Other Menu). While the menu is di splayed Press [ 3 4 ] to select “All”, “Audio” or “Picture” and press [ENTER]. ≥ T o display/exit the screen, pre ss [T OP[...]

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    13 RQT8218 Title s appear w ith CD t e xt playback. 1 Press [MENU]. 2 Press [ 3 4 ] to select the track and press [ENTE R]. ≥ Press [AN GLE/P AGE] to skip pag e by page. ≥ T o exit the screen, p ress [MENU ]. While the menu i s displayed Press [ 3421 ] to select th en press [ENTER]. ≥ T o retur n to t he menu screen, press [TOP MENU] the n pr[...]

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    14 RQT821 8 Using On-Screen Menus Items show n differ dependin g on the t ype of s oftware. § Except i R/ i RW ∫ Play M enu (Only whe n the elap sed play time ca n be displ ay ed, [JPEG ] The Repe at and Marker functions can be used.) 1234 Pres s. Sel ect th e menu. Make t he set tings. Pres s to exit . FUNCTIONS ENTER Select Go to the ne xt men[...]

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    15 RQT8218 ∫ Picture Men u ∫ Audio Me nu ∫ Displa y Menu ∫ Other Menu Picture Mode ( ➜ page 10, Pi cture Mode ) Video Out put Mode 480i (i nterlace) ,--- ---. 480p (p rogressive) When you sele ct “480p” and a conf irm ation scree n appear s, select “Y es” only if co nnecting to a progressive outp ut compatible television. T ransfe[...]

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    16 RQT821 8 Changing the pla yer settings ≥ The sett ings remai n intact even if you switch the un it to standby . ≥ Under lined i tems are the factory preset. ∫ “Disc” tab ∫ “Video” tab 1234 5 S ho ws S e tu p me n u . Select the tab . Select the item . Mak e the settings . Press to e xit. SETUP ENTER Selec t Go right ENTER Selec t[...]

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    17 RQT8218 ∫ “A udio” tab ∫ “Displa y” tab ∫ “Other s” tab § 1 The orig inal languag e designed on the disc is selected. § 2 Input a co de numb er referring to the table ( ➜ below). § 3 If the la nguage sele cted for “Audio” is no t av aila ble, subtitles ap pear in tha t langua ge (If available on the d isc). PCM Digit a[...]

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    18 RQT821 8 T roubleshooting guide Before request ing serv ice, make the following checks. If y ou ar e in doubt about som e of the check points, or if the rem edies in d icated in the char t do n ot solve the problem, r efer to the “C ustomer Se rv ices Direc tory” on pa ge 20 if you r eside in the U.S.A., or refer to the “Produ ct inform at[...]

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    19 RQT8218 Progressive video Sound incorrect Recording Unit displa ys T elevision displa ys There is gh osting when progres sive output is on. ≥ This problem is caused by the editing method or material used on D VD-Video , but should be corrected if you use interlace output. Change “Video Output Mode” i n Picture Menu to “480i” . (15) Pic[...]

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    20 RQT821 8 Limited W arranty (ONL Y FOR U. S.A.) Limited W arranty (ONL Y FOR U .S.A.) P anasoni c Consumer El ectro nics Com pany , Divis ion of P anaso nic Corpora tion of N or th Am erica One Panasonic Wa y Se caucus, New Jersey 07094 Panasonic Pu erto R ico, In c. A ve. 65 de Infantería, K m. 9.5 San Gab riel In dustrial P ar k, Carol ina, Pu[...]

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    21 RQT8218 Limited W arranty (ONL Y FOR CANAD A) Panasonic Ca nada In c. 5770 A mbler Drive, Mississa uga, Ontar io L4W 2T 3 P AN ASONIC/TECHNI CS PRODUCT—LIMITED W ARRANTY Pan asonic Canada Inc. w arrants this pro duct to be free from defects in material and workma nship and agr ees to remedy an y such d ef ect, or at its opt ion, replace the p [...]

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    22 RQT821 8 Specifications Signa l system : NTSC Operating temperature range: i 5 to i 35 o C ( i 41 to i 95 x F) Operating humidity range: 5 to 90 % RH (no condensation) Discs played [8 cm (3 z ) or 12 cm (5 z )]: (1) D VD (D VD-Video) (2) D VD-RAM (D VD-VR, JPEG § 4, 5 ) (3) D VD-R /RW (D V D-Video ) (4) i R/ RW (Video) (5) CD , CD-R/RW [CD-DA, [...]

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    23 RQT8218 Encien da el televisor y seleccione la entrada d e vídeo ap ropiad a en el mism o . PREP ARA CIÓN RÁPID A 1 Enci enda . 2 Muestr a la pantall a QUICK SETUP . 3 Pulse [ 3 4 ] pa ra seleccion ar “Español ” y pulse [ENTER ]. Siga el m ensaje y h aga los a justes. 4 Pulse par a ter minar PREP ARA CIÓN RÁPID A. 5 Pulse pa ra salir .[...]

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    RQT8218-P F040 5AK0 AV ENHANCER ADVANCED DISC REVIEW SOUND ENHANCEMENT ADVANCED SURROUND PICTURE MODE CM SKIP QUICK REPLAY CANCEL SKIP DIRECT NAVIGA TOR PLAY LIST MENU TOP MENU FUNCTIONS SUBTITLE AUDIO ANGLE/PAGE SETUP PLAY MODE PLAY SPEED ZOOM GROUP RETURN ENTER STOP PAUSE PLAY SLOW/SEARCH QUICK OSD FL SELECT OPEN/CLOSE 123 45 789 0 10 6 Main feat[...]