Panasonic SC-HTB580 manual

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    PP RQT9922-Y 2014/01/31 Owne r ’ s M anu al H ome T hea ter Au di o Syst em Model No. SC- HTB580 Th an k yo u for pu r cha si ng th is pr od uct . Pl eas e rea d the se ins t ruct ion s care f ully befor e usi ng thi s prod uc t, and sa v e t hi s ma nu al fo r fu tu re us e. Re gist er on li ne at ww w .p an ason ic .com/ re gi ster (U.S . cu st[...]

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    2 RQT9922 IMPORT ANT SAFETY IN STR UCTIONS Re ad the se oper ating instructions carefu ll y be fore using the unit. Follow the safety instructions o n t he u ni t and the a pplicab le safety instructions l isted below . K eep th ese op erati ng i nstructions ha ndy for future reference. 1 Read these in structio ns. 2 Keep the se ins tructi ons. 3 H[...]

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    RQT9922 3 Precautions Unit ≥ Do not p lace sour ces of naked fl ames, s uch as lig hted candles, on this uni t. ≥ Product Ide ntifica tion Mar king is l ocated o n the b ottom of the unit. Placement ≥ T o reduce the r isk of fir e, elec tric sh ock or produc t damage, j Do n ot install or pla ce this unit in a bookcase, b uilt-in cabi net or [...]

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    4 RQT9922 T able of conten ts IMPO RTANT S A FETY I NSTRUCTIONS ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .. ..... ....... ..... ..... .. 2 Bef or e u se Sup plied it ems ... ..... ..... .. ..... ....... ..... .... ..... ..... ....... ..... .... ..... ..... ....... ..... ..... .... ..... 5 Thi s syst em (SC- HTB5 80) ... .... .... ....... .... .... .[...]

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    Getting started Operations Reference Before use Precautions RQT9922 5 Befo r e us e Suppli ed items Ch eck th e suppl ied acces sorie s befor e usin g this sy stem. (ONL Y FOR CANADA ) Th e enclos ed Can ad ian F ren ch la bel shee t corr esp onds to t he E ngl ish di spla y on th e remot e con trol a nd th e top and rear of t he mai n unit and a c[...]

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    6 RQT9922 Control reference g ui de 1 Sta n dby/o n s witc h ( Í /I ) Pres s t o swi tch t he unit fro m on to s tan dby mod e or vic e ve rs a. In stan db y mod e, the u nit is stil l c onsum ing a s mall a mount of po wer . 2 Ad just the v o lume o f this sy ste m ( > p. 21 ) 3 S elec t the in put sour c e ( > p. 21) “TV” -- # “B D/D[...]

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    Before use RQT9922 7 1 HDMI A V IN (BD/DVD) terminal ( > p. 10 ) 2 HDMI A V OUT (T V (ARC)) te rminal (ARC com pa tib le) ( > p. 9, 10 ) 3 OPTICA L DI GIT AL AUDIO IN (T V) ter min al ( > p. 10) 4 Ir SYS TEM t erminal ( > p. 1 1, 12 ) 5 A C IN termi na l ( > p. 12) 6 Ac tiv e sub woo fer on/o ff bu t to n ( > p. 19) § 1 For serv [...]

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    8 RQT9922 1 Turn the mai n un it on or off ( > p. 21) 2 S elec t the in put sour c e ( > p. 21) “TV” -- # “B D/DVD” --# “BLUETOOTH” ^---- --- ---- --- ------ --- --- --- ------ --- --- --- ------ --- --- } 3 S elec t the set u p menu ( > p. 24 ) 4 Se le ct the s o un d m enu ( > p. 22 ) 5 S elec t the Blue too th ® dev ice [...]

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    Getting started Before use RQT9922 9 Ge tti ng st ar ted Step 1 Connections ≥ T urn of f all equi pment be f o re co nnec t i on an d rea d the app rop ria te ope rati ng ins t ru ction s. Do no t con nec t th e AC po wer s u pp l y cord u nti l al l ot her conn ect ion s ar e comp let ed. ∫ HDMI (High- Definiti on Multimedi a Interface) ≥ Th[...]

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    10 RQT9922 A HDMI cable B Opt ic al di gi t a l aud io ca bl e ≥ When you us e the opt ical digital audio cable, insert the tip correctly int o the terminal. Y ou can di r e ct t he au dio sign al f rom t he c onnec ted Blu- ra y Di sc pl ayer , D VD pl ayer , Se t T op B ox , et c. t o thi s syst em. Prep a ration ≥ Con nect the m a in un it t[...]

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    Getting started RQT9922 11 Thi s system ca nnot p ass-th rou gh the 4K cont en t of a 4K com pat ible equi pment to a 4K Ul tra HD T V . Ho wever, you c an con nec t the sys tem t o a 4K U ltra HD TV to e njoy th e 4K cont en t. A HDM I ca ble  ≥ Refer to the operat ing instru ctions of the 4K Ultra HD TV (VI ERA) and the 4K/60p compatible equ[...]

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    12 RQT9922 Place the infrared emitter in sight of the TV’ s remote contro l signal sen sor . ≥ For the location of the TV’s remote control signal sensor , refer to the operating ins tructions for the TV . A im the TV’ s rem ote contro l at this sys tem’s r emote con trol sensor and oper ate the T V . ≥ For the location of this system’[...]

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    Getting started Precautions RQT9922 13 Step 2 Placement  ≥ Do not hold t he main unit in one hand t o avoid injury , you may drop the main unit when c arrying it. ≥ T o prevent damage or scratches, lay dow n a soft cloth and perform t he assembly on it . When c arryi ng the ac tiv e su bwoo fer T o av oid int erf er ence , main tain th e fol[...]

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    14 RQT9922 Ch oo se a pl ac em e nt meth od th at s ui ts you b es t. ∫ When placing the main unit in front of the TV The main u nit m ay b lo ck or inte rfe re w ith th e TV’s v ariou s senso rs (C.A.T .S . (Co nt rast A uto mati c T racki ng Sys tem) se nsor , re mote c ontr ol se nsor , et c.) and th e 3D E yew ear t ran smit ter s on a 3D c[...]

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    Getting started Precautions RQT9922 15 Additi onally requi red acc essories ( commerci ally avai lable) ≥ Fall pre vent io n co rd ...... .... .... ... .... ........ .... .... ... ........ .... .... ... .... ........ .... .... ... ........ .... .... ... .... . ....... ..... k 2 ≥ Screw e y es (to a ttach the f all p reve nti on c ord) ....... .[...]

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    16 RQT9922 The ma in u ni t can be w all m ount ed usin g th e s upp lie d w all m oun t b rack ets, e tc . Mak e sure th at the scr ew u sed an d the wa ll are st ro ng e no ug h t o s upp ort t he w e ight of a t le as t 26 k g ( 57. 3 l bs) . Th e sc re w s an d o th er ite ms a re no t s upp lie d as th e t ype an d si ze w i ll va r y w it h e[...]

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    Getting started Precautions RQT9922 17 Att ach the wall mount brackets to the main unit. A W all moun t br ack et ( suppl i ed) B Sc re w (s up pl ie d) Drive a screw into the wall. ≥ Use the m easurements indicated below to identify the screwing pos itions on the wall. ≥ Leave at leas t 100 mm (3 15 / 16 q ) of sp ace above of the m ain unit t[...]

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    18 RQT9922 Fit the main unit securely onto the screw(s). Sec ure the cord to the wall. ≥ Make sure that the s lack of the c ord is minimal. A Scre w eye B Cord DO DO NOT ≥ Mo ve th e sp ea k er so t hat th e scre w is in th is po si tion . ≥ In t his pos it ion, the spe ak er wi ll like ly fa ll if m oved to th e l eft or right.   SC-HT[...]

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    Getting started Precautions RQT9922 19 Step 3 W ireless connections Prep a ration ≥ T urn on t he ma in un it. Press [ BÍ C I]. Active s ubwoofer on /off bu tton [ B Í C I] Use thi s butto n to turn the a cti ve sub woo fer on and o ff. C I: Th e active sub woo fer is on. B Í : Th e active sub woo fer is of f. The a ctive subw oofer w il l sti[...]

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    20 RQT9922 For NFC-compatible Android TM devi ces onl y Sim ply by to uching a n NFC (N ear Fiel d Co mm unic a tio n)- co mp ati bl e Bl ue to oth ® devi c e on the mai n uni t, yo u can co mplete all pr ep arati ons, fr om re gist ering a Blue too t h ® de vice to estab li sh in g a conn ec ti on . ≥ A nd roi d de vice ver sio n lo wer tha n [...]

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    Getting started Operations RQT9922 21 Opera tions Us ing thi s sy stem Prep a ration ≥ T urn on the ac tiv e subw oof er . ≥ Turn o n t he TV an d/ or co nn ec te d de vice . Press [ Í ] to tu r n o n the m ain uni t. Select the source. ≥ This remote c ontrol cannot be used t o control the operations of t he connected devices. ∫ When “BL[...]

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    22 RQT9922 3D s ound Thi s system pr o vides a fe elin g that the so und an d th e imag e are as one . ≥ T o chan ge th e ap pli ed ef fect, ref er t o “S ound menu” . ( > righ t)  ≥ Dolby Virtual S peaker effect is ON except in STEREO mode. ≥ T o turn off Dolby Virt ual Speak er and the 3D surround effects, select “ST EREO” as [...]

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    Operations RQT9922 23  ≥ The default s etting is unde rlined. Changed settings will be kept until it is changed aga in, unless otherwise indicated. Y ou ca n vie w the cu r re nt au dio for mat . Press a nd hold [ SOUND] for more than 4 s ec. H.BASS Enha nc es the ha rmon ic bass ef fect . ON OFF 3D CL R DIALOG T he 3D Cle ar Mo de Dial og f e[...]

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    24 RQT9922 Setup menu Press [SE TUP] repeate dly to selec t the set up item. Press [ 3 , 4 ] repe atedly to select the desi red sett ing and then press [OK ].  ≥ The default setting is underlined. Changed settings w ill be kept until it is changed again, unless otherwise indicated. DIMMER Dim s the d ispl ay af ter 5 s ec on ds o f i na c tiv [...]

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    Operations RQT9922 25 Link ed operati ons wi th the TV (VIER A Link TM “HD A V I C ontr ol TM ”) Prep a ration 1 Co nfi rm th at th e HD M I conn e cti on h as b ee n made . ( > p. 9, 10) 2 Set the “ HDA VI Co ntr ol” oper ati ons on th e conn ected eq uipm ent ( e.g ., T V). 3 For the o ptimal “HD A VI C ontr ol” op era tio ns chan [...]

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    26 RQT9922 Reference T roubleshooting Befor e re que sting serv i ce, m ake the fol lowin g chec ks. If yo u a re in dou b t ab out some of th e che ck p oi nts, o r if th e so lutio ns ind ic ated in the fo llow i ng guid e do no t so lv e t he p rob le m, r e fer to “C usto mer Se r vic es Di recto ry ( Uni ted S tat es and Pu ert o Ri co )” [...]

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    Reference RQT9922 27 Th e fir st few se con ds of audi o ca nn ot b e heard w hen u si ng the H DMI c onn ect ion. Thi s may occ ur du rin g DVD -V ideo ch apte r pla yback. C hang e the di gital au dio ou tpu t se tti ng on th e co nnec ted d evice fr om “ Bit stre am” to “PCM”. Whe n ope rat ing an HDM I comp ati bl e devi ce of a d if fe[...]

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    28 RQT9922 Ther e is no audio . The p ow er of t he ma in unit t ur ns of f au tom at ica lly . (Wh en th e main unit de t e cts a pro blem, a safet y meas ure is ac tiva ted and th e main unit au to m ati ca ll y swi tc he s to sta nd by mod e. ) ≥ T her e is a pro b lem w ith th e ampl ifi er. ≥ Is th e vo lume e xtr eme ly hi gh? If s o , lo[...]

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    Reference RQT9922 29 About Bluetoot h ® ∫ Frequency band us ed Thi s system uses the 2. 4 GHz fr eque ncy ba nd. ∫ Certi fication of t his de vi ce ≥ Th is system con for ms to f req uenc y r est ri ctio ns and h as re c ei ved ce rtif ic at io n b as ed o n fr eque ncy la ws. Thus , a wi rel ess per mit i s not ne cess a ry. ≥ Th e act io[...]

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    30 RQT9922 Specifi cati ons AMPLIFIER SEC TION RMS outpu t power: Dolby Digital Mode Fron t c h (L, R ch) 60 W pe r c hann el (6 ≠ ), 1 kHz , 10 % THD Cen ter ch (C ch) 60 W pe r c hann el (6 ≠ ) ,1k H z ,1 0%T H D Su bwoo fer ch 130 W pe r c ha nn e l (8 ≠ ) , 10 0 H z , 10 % THD T otal RM S D olb y Di gital mod e powe r 310 W FTC ou tpu t p[...]

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    Reference RQT9922 31  ≥ S pec ifications ar e subject to c hange without n otice. ≥ Mass and dim ensions are approx imate. ≥ T otal harmonic distortion is measured by a digital spectrum analyzer . SPEAKER SEC TION Front spe akers (Bu ilt-in) Ful l ra nge 6.5 c m (2 1 / 2 q )c o n et y p e k 1 /ch Ce nte r sp eake r (Bu il t-i n) Ful l ra n[...]

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    32 RQT9922 Limited W ar ranty (O NL Y FO R U .S .A. AND PUE R T O RI CO) Pan a soni c Pr od ucts L imi ted W arr an ty Limit ed Warranty Cove rage (For USA and Puerto Rico On ly) If yo ur p roduc t do es no t work prop erly b ecau se of a def ec t in m ater ials or wor kmansh ip, P ana sonic C o rporati on of Nor th Ame rica ( refe rre d to as “t[...]

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    Reference RQT9922 33 Limited W ar r anty ( ON L Y FO R CAN AD A) Panasoni c Ca nada Inc . 5770 A mbl er Drive, Missis sauga, O ntario L4 W 2T3 P A NASONIC PRODUCT - LIMITED W ARRANTY Panas onic Can ada Inc. w arrants this produc t to be free from defec ts in mate rial and w orkmans hip unde r n ormal use and for a period as state d below from the d[...]

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