Panasonic DVD-S49 manual

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    EB E GN GC GCA GCS RQT8 117-B GCU Operations Reference Getting st art ed Operating Instructions D VD/CD PLA YER Model N o. DV D - S 4 9 Dear customer Thank y ou fo r purcha sing th is product . Bef ore con necting , operat ing or a djustin g this produc t, please re ad the instr uctions co mpletely . Please keep this manual for futu re reference. R[...]

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    2 RQT8117 Caution f or A C Mains Lead (For United Kingdom and Middle East except United Arab Emirates) (“EB” or “GC” area code model only) For your saf et y , please read the f o llowing text carefully . This applian ce is supp lied wit h a moul ded three p in mains p lug for your safety and convenienc e. A 5-am pere fuse is fitted in this [...]

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    3 RQT8117 Discs t hat can be pla yed Operation s in thes e instruct ions are describ ed mainly with format s. Icons such as [RAM] show the form ats. § A proce ss that allows pl a y on compat ible equipme nt. ≥ It may not be possible to play the above discs in all cas es d ue to the type of discs, the c ondition of the recording , the recordi ng [...]

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    4 RQT8117 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 . D ue to co p y guard pr otection, the pict ure may not display prop erly . ≥ T ur n off all eq uipmen t before connect ion and read[...]

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    5 RQT8117 T urn o n the tel e v ision and select the a ppropr iate vide o input on the television. T o change these set tings later , select “QUICK SETUP” ( ➜ page 1 7, “Others” ta b). Enjoying multi-c hannel surrou nd sound DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT (PCM/BITSTREAN) R L Please connect directly to TV . y OPTICAL P R P B Y COAXIAL IN OPTICAL IN Am[...]

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    6 RQT8117 Basic p la y Standb y/on switch ( Í /I) Press to s wi tch the u nit from on to standby mo de or vice versa. I n standby mod e, the unit is st ill cons uming a sm all amount o f power . Standb y/on indicator ( Í ) When th e unit is con nected to the AC mains s upply , th is indicato r lights up in standby mode an d goes out when th e uni[...]

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    7 RQT8117 Gro up skip [WMA] [ MP3] [JPE G] [MPEG4] [Di vX] ≥ Does not work wh ile pause d. Frame-by-frame (duri ng pause ) [RA M] [DVD-RW [‹VR›] [DVD-V] [VC D] ≥ [VCD] forward direction only On-screen item select Re turn to previous scr een Enter numbe r [RAM] [DVD -RW[‹VR›] [DVD-A] [DV D-V] [VCD] [CD] e.g. T o select 12: [ S 10] ➜ [1[...]

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    8 RQT8117 Con venient functions By pressin g just one button the disc type is au tomatical ly deter mined and th e best audi o and vid eo settings are configu red. Press [A V ENHANCER] to select “Auto”, “User1”, “User2” or “ User3”. Off: C ancell ed Auto: The be st audio an d video s ettings are configured . User1 § : Sui table f o[...]

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    9 RQT8117 During play , press [PLA Y SPEED ] to select “ Fa st ”, “ Normal ” or “ Slow ”. Fine ad justments While th e menu i s displayed Press [ 21 ] to increase or decrea se the playing spee d from k 0.6 to k 1.4 in 0.1 unit s. ≥ Press [ 1 ] (PLA Y) to retur n to th e nor mal play . ≥ After you cha nge the sp eed – M ulti Re- ma[...]

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    10 RQT8117 Using navigation menus Select “Play as Data Disc” ( ➜ page 15 , O ther Menu) to play JPEG, MPEG4 or DivX video conte nts on D VD-R AM that con tain both [RAM] and anot her format ( e.g. [JPEG] ) or to play Hig hMA T dis cs with out usin g the Hig hMA T fu nction. While the menu is di splayed Press [ 34 ] to select “All”, “Aud[...]

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    11 RQT8117 Title s appear w ith CD t e xt playback. 1 Press [MENU]. 2 Press [ 34 ] to select the track and press [ENTE R]. ≥ Press [AN GLE/P AGE] to skip page by page. ≥ T o exit the screen, p ress [MENU ]. While the menu i s displayed Press [ 3421 ] to select then press [ENTER]. ≥ T o retu r n to the m enu screen , press [TOP MENU] then pres[...]

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    12 RQT8117 Using na vigation menus ∫ Tips for ma king data discs ≥ If groups were created awa y from the root like “002 group” in the illustra t ion below , the eighth one onwards is displ a yed o n the same vert ical line i n the me nu screen. ≥ There ma y be differenc es in the display order on the m enu screen and compu t er screen . ?[...]

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    13 RQT8117 Using On-Screen Menus Items sh own differ depen ding on the type of sof tware. § Except i R/ i RW ∫ Play Menu (Only w hen the ela psed play time can be di splaye d , [JPEG] The R epeat and Mar ker functio ns can be u sed.) 1234 Press. Select th e menu. Mak e the settings . Press to e x it. FUNCTIONS ENTER Select Go to the ne xt menu R[...]

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    14 RQT8117 Using On-Screen M enus ∫ Picture Menu ∫ A udio Menu ∫ Displa y Menu Pictur e Mode Normal: Nor mal im ages Cinema1: Me llows images a nd enhan ces detail in dark scenes. Cinema2: Shar pen s images and enha nces detail in dar k scenes. Animation: Suitable for animation Dynamic: Enhance s the co ntrast for powerful im ages. User (Pres[...]

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    15 RQT8117 ∫ Other Menu Just Fit Zoom ( ➜ page 9, Zoom) Manua l Zoo m ( ➜ page 9, Zoom) Bit Rate Displa y ]RAM [DVD-RW[ ‹VR›] [D VD -V] [VCD] [MPEG4] [Di vX] On ,------. Off GUI See-thr ough Off, O n, Auto GUI Brightness s 3 to r 3 Quick OSD ( ➜ page 7 , Displ aying curren t playback co ndition) A V Enhan cer T o pre set the settings Y[...]

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    16 RQT8117 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 Shows S e t up menu. S e l e c t t h e t a b. S el e c t t h e i t e m . M a ke t h e s et t i ng s. P re s s t o ex i t . SETUP ENTER Selec [...]

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    17 RQT8117 ∫ “A udio” tab ∫ “Displ ay” tab ∫ “Other s” tab § 1 Languag e optio ns [TheUnitedKingdo mandContinentalEurope] : F re nch, Ger man, It alian, Spa nish, Polish, Swedish and Dut ch [TheMiddleEas t,SouthAfrica,Austra liaandN.Z.] : F re nch, Ger man, It alian, Spa nish, Portug uese, Russian and Dutch [Asia] : C[...]

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    18 RQT8117 Changing the pla yer settings If you select “Multi- channel” ( ➜ page 17, “ Speaker Settings” in “Audio” tab ), the following setting ( a ) i s required . (Select s ettings b c to suit your pr eference if desirable.) 1. Pr ess [ 3 4 2 1 ] to sele ct an item and press [ENTE R]. 2. Pr ess [ 3 4 ] to cha nge the con tent and p[...]

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    19 RQT8117 About DivX V OD content About DivX V OD content DivX A vide o compre ssion f ormat de ve loped b y DivXNetworks, Inc. th at compresses video files without any considera ble loss of video q uality . Do wn-mix ing This is a process of remixi ng the multi -channe l audio (surround sound) on so me discs into two channels. When you want to l [...]

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    20 RQT8117 T r oubleshooting guide T roubleshooting guide Before request ing servic e, make the f o llowing checks. If you are in doubt about som e of the check points, or if the remedi es indicated in the char t do not solve the problem, consul t your deale r for instructio ns. (Reference p ages are sh own in parent heses.) Pow e r No operati on S[...]

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    21 RQT8117 Progressive video Sound incorrect Recording Unit displa ys T elevision displa ys § 1 MPEG: [ExceptAsia] § 2 [ExceptAsia] § 3 Asia] Menu not dis played correctl y . ≥ Restor e the zoom ratio to a 1.00. (9) ≥ Set “Sub title Position” in Display Menu to “ 0”. (14) ≥ Set “4: 3 Aspect” in Disp la y Menu to “No rmal?[...]

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    22 RQT8117 Specif ications Specifications Signa l system : P AL 625 /50, P AL525/6 0, NTSC Opera ting temp erature range : i 5 to i 35 o C Opera ting humidity range: 5 to 90 % RH (n o condens ation) Disc s play ed (8 cm o r 12 cm): (1) D VD (D VD- Video , D VD-Audio , DivX § 6, 7 ) (2) D VD-RAM (D VD-VR, JPEG § 4, 7 , MPEG4 § 5, 7 , DivX § 6, 7[...]

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    23 RQT8117 SUO MI NORSK CA UTION! THIS PR O DUCT UTILIZES A LASER. USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES O THER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN M A Y RESUL T IN HAZARDOUS RADIA T ION EXPOSURE. DO NO T OPEN CO VERS AND DO NO T REP AIR Y OURSELF . REFER SERVICING T O QU AL IFIED PERSONNEL. W ARNING: T O REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE, ELEC[...]

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    RQT8117-B F030 5AK0 AV ENHANCER ADVANCED DISC REVIEW MANUAL SKIP QUICK REPLAY CANCEL SKIP DIRECT NAVIGA TOR PLAY LIST MENU TOP MENU FUNCTIONS SUBTITLE AUDIO ANGLE/PAGE SETUP PLAY MODE PLA Y SPEED ZOOM GROUP RETURN ENTER STOP PAUSE PLAY SLOW/SEARCH QUICK OSD FL SELECT OPEN/CLOSE 123 45 789 0 10 6 REPEA T RE-MASTER MUL TI DEPTH ENHANCER Main feature [...]