Panasonic SC-PM71SD manual

RQT804 6-5P P Operat ing In str uc tio ns SD Stereo System Model No. SC-PM71SD As an ENERGY ST AR ® P ar tner, P anasonic ha s deter mined that th is prod uct meets the ENERGY ST AR ® guidelin es for energy efficiency . Dear customer Thank you for pur chasing this p roduct. For op timum per formance and safety , please read the se instr uctions c[...]

2 RQT804 6 The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’ s enclosure that may be of suff icient magnitude to co nstitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is [...]

RQT804 6 3 T abl e of contents Accessori es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Listening ca ution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 IMPORTANT SAFETY I NSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . 5 Disc/Card informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Inserting/Re moving the d iscs and c ards . . [...]

RQT804 6 4 Please check and ide ntify the supplied accesso ries. Use num bers in dicated in pare ntheses when as king for replac ement pa r ts. (As of Februar y 200 5) T o order acc essorie s, refer to “Acc essor y Purchases” on pag e 40. Note • The included AC power supply cord is for use with th is unit only . Do not use it with o ther e qu[...]

RQT804 6 5 IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTR U CTIONS Read these operating instructions carefully before using the unit . F ollow the saf ety instructions on the unit and the applicabl e saf ety instructions listed below . Keep these operati ng instruc tions handy for future reference. 1) Read these instructions. 2) K eep these instructions. 3) Heed all war[...]

RQT804 6 6 Disc/ Car d inf ormati on 1 A pro cess that allows play on co mpatible eq uipment . • It may no t be possible to play the above discs in all c ases du e to the type of disc or condition of the recording . • Note about us ing a DualDisc The digi tal audi o content side of a DualD isc does n ot meet th e techni cal specifications o f t[...]

RQT804 6 7 n How to hold a disc or card Do not touch the rec orded surface or the ter minal surface . n If there is dirt or condensation on the disc Wipe wi th a dam p cloth a nd the n wipe d r y . n Handling precautions • Do not a ttach labels o r stickers to discs. (This m a y cause disc warp ing and un- balance d rota tion, re nderi ng it u nu[...]

RQT804 6 8 Inserting/Remo ving the discs and cards Adhe re to t he f ollow ing t o av oid pr obl ems . • Pla ce the disc l abel up in the ce nte r of th e tray . • Insert on ly one di sc into each tray . Y ou can use SD card s with capaci ties between 8MB and 1GB on th is unit ( ⇒ page 6) • Do no t open the card lid dur ing play as pl ay st[...]

RQT804 6 9 Setup n Do not: • mix old and new b atteries. • use di fferent types at t he sam e time. • heat or expose to flam e. • tak e apart or sh ort cir cuit. • attempt to rech arge al kaline o r mangan ese bat terie s. • use batt eries if th e covering has b een pe eled off. Mishan dling o f batter ies can cause electr olyte lea kag[...]

RQT804 6 10 Setup Connections Cons erving p ower The uni t consume s power (app rox. 0.3 W) even when i t is tur ned off with [POWER ^ /I]. T o save power whe n the uni t is no t to be use d for a long t ime, unplug it from the househ old AC outl et. Y ou w ill need to reset some m emor y item s after plugging in the unit again. Keep loose ant enna[...]

RQT804 6 11 Fix the o ther e nd of the ant enna wher e rece p- tion is best. Adhesive tape A C powe r supply cor d T o house hold AC outle t (AC 120V , 60 Hz) FM indoor a ntenna Connec t the A C power s uppl y cor d after all ot her connec tions are compl ete. Speaker s Note • Y ou c an red uce the power consume d in stan dby mode by turn ing the[...]

RQT804 6 12 Control guide The following screen is for e xplanat ion pur pose s. Main unit Displa y Casse tte li d ( ⇒ page 19 ) OPEN ; ( ⇒ page 19 ) Press to o pen the cassette lid. PHONES (Head phone jack) Reduce the volume level and conn ect the headphon es. Headp hones pl ug type: 3. 5mm ( 1/8”) stereo. A void l isten ing f or pro longed p[...]

RQT804 6 13 Remote contr ol CLOCK/ ( ⇒ page 32) TIMER ( ⇒ page 33) z PLA Y /REC ( ⇒ page 33) DISPLA Y ( ⇒ pag e 15, 33) –DIM MER ( ⇒ page 33 ) Numb ered b uttons ( ⇒ page 16 ) u 2 /REW , i 1 /FF ( ⇒ page 15 ) TUNER/A UX ( ⇒ page 22, 35 ) RETURN ( ⇒ page 16 ) SURROUND ( ⇒ page 21 ) SOUND ( ⇒ page 21) REC MODE ( ⇒ page 24 ) [...]

RQT804 6 14 Basic pla y 1 Select a d isc tra y . • The unit tur ns o n automatically . • When a C D is alr eady loa ded, the unit com es on a utomatical ly and star ts pl a y (O ne touc h pla y). 2 Open t he CD l id. 3 Insert disc. ( ⇒ page 8) 4 Close t he CD l id. 5 Start play . • It may take some time for play to star t but this is nor ma[...]

RQT804 6 15 This unit ca n only play music data (AAC/MP3/WMA) r ecorded in the SD standard audio format. Oth er SD audio for mats cann ot be p lay ed. 1 Inser t the SD card. ( ⇒ page 8) 2 Start play . • When a SD card is alre ady load ed, the un it comes on automatical ly and star ts p lay (One touch play). Note • Do no t open the card lid du[...]

RQT804 6 16 Basic play Prep arat ion Press [ q / h CD] or [ q / h SD] an d then [ g STOP]. Press th e numbere d b utton(s) to sel ect and p lay th e track . Exampl e T o select 1 2: [ 10] è [1] è [2 ] T o select 1 23: [ 10] è [1 0 ] è [1] è [2] è [3] Note Y ou cannot use this feat ure with program play and rando m play modes. 1 Duri ng stop P[...]

RQT804 6 17 1 During st op Press [PROGRAM]. 2 CD/WMA/MP3 only Select a d isc. 1 Press [DI SC]. 2 With in 10 se conds: Press [1] - [5] to s elect the disc. 3 Press the numbe red butto n(s) to select the tr ack. • Exam ple T o sel ect 12: [ 10] è [1 ] è [2] T o sel ect 123: [ 10] è [1 0 ] è [1] è [2] è [3] • Repe at step s 2 and 3 to progra[...]

RQT804 6 18 Basic play “HighM A T” ap pears to show that you can use th ese features. Remote co ntrol 1 During stop Press [LIST/ENT ER]. The CD selecti on screen appear s. 2 Press [ e ] or [ r ] to select the d isc and press [LIST/EN TER]. 3 Press [ e ] or [ r ] to select the method of play and press [LIST/ENTER]. 4 Press [ e ] or [ r ] to sele[...]

RQT804 6 19 Cass ette tape s TPS may not o perate co rrectly in the following situati ons: • If the int er val between tracks is less tha n 4 seco nds. • If there is noise b etween tracks. • If th ere a re si lent parts wit hin tr acks . 1 Press to o pen and inse rt a cassette. • Make sure t hat the cass ette is fu lly inser ted and close t[...]

RQT804 6 20 Sound field and sound quality Y ou can enjoy mor e powerful ba ss on wi de range speakers. Press [H.B ASS]. Every time you p ress the button : H.BASS 1: Add powe rful bass (f actory preset) H.BASS 2: Further increases the power of the bass • The H.B ASS indica tor light s on. Note • Y ou cannot change H.BASS during recording. • Th[...]

RQT804 6 21 Y ou can ad d natural w idth an d depth to the ste reo sound . Press [SURROUND]. • This doe s not work or has less effect with some discs. • T ur n off if it cause s distor tion. • Do no t use in combina tion with surrou nd effects on other equ ipment. • Y ou canno t chang e SURROUND duri ng rec ording. n Optimum seating positio[...]

RQT804 6 22 The ra dio Preset c hanne ls to make sele ction sim pler. Up to 15 stati ons can e ach be preset i n the FM and AM bands. 1 T une to the freq uency w here presettin g is to begi n. ( ⇒ see above) 2 Pr ess a nd ho ld. • “A UTO MEMOR Y” star ts flas hing. • The tune r prese ts the s tations it can re ceive into the c hannel s in[...]

RQT804 6 23 Recording sour ces and media *Please read “High-sp eed recor ding” b elow . Note Y ou can only ma ke digital reco rdings from CD to S D . Y ou can us e SD car ds with ca paci ties betw een 8M B and 1G B on th is un it. ( ⇒ page 6) * Usable capacity will be less. • The ma ximum num ber of tracks reco rdable in a SD car d: 998 •[...]

RQT804 6 24 Recording CDs To s t o p Press [ g STOP]. T o disp lay th e remaini ng time on the SD Press [DISPLA Y , –DIMMER] several times. The rem aining ti me depe nds on t he sel ected reco rding m ode (XP /SP/LP) . Note • WMA/MP3 files are automatically recorded in analog . • This unit record s CDs to SD in AAC format. • Do no t open th[...]

RQT804 6 25 (High- speed reco rding o nly) This f unction h igh-spe ed record s all lo aded C Ds in succe ssion fro m the first tray onto a SD car d with on e-touch . • All tra cks on one CD are re corded as one playlist. • All titles on th e CDs ( ⇒ pa ge 31) ar e copied to the SD . 1 Insert the CD and selec t the recor ding mode. (perf orm [...]

RQT804 6 26 Recording fr om cassette tape/the radio to SD Prep arat ion 1 Inser t the SD car d. ( ⇒ page 8) • Securely close t he lid of the SD card slot. Y ou can not re cord if the lid is open. 2 Pr ess [REC MO DE] to select th e recordi ng mode. (Nor ma l recordi ng only) 1 Insert the cass ette tape. ( ⇒ page 19) 2 Select “T APE” as th[...]

RQT804 6 27 Recording fr om SD/the radio to ca ssette t ape Note Y ou can us e SD car ds with ca paci ties betw een 8M B and 1G B on th is un it. ( ⇒ page 6) Prep aration Inser t th e SD c ard ( ⇒ page 8) or the cass ette tape. ( ⇒ pa ge 19) (Nor ma l record ing onl y) 1 Sele ct “SD ” as t he sou rce . 2 (Nor ma l record ing onl y) 1 T un[...]

RQT804 6 28 Editing SDs Prep arat ion 1 I nser t the SD car d. ( ⇒ page 8) • Securely clo se the l id of t he SD card slot. Y ou ca nnot e dit if the l id is open. 2 Pr ess [ q / h SD] and the n [ g STOP] to select “ SD” as the source. T o stop partway Press [ g STOP]. Note • Do no t open the SD car d lid whil e edit ing as th e operat io[...]

RQT804 6 29 Formattin g erases all the co ntents of t he card and n ot only t he tracks recorde d using this unit. Once erased, the conten ts of th e card are lost and c annot be r estore d. Make cer ta in before pro ceeding . • When a ca rd is formatt ed using this un it, it may not be possible to use it on oth er eq uipm ent. 1 During st op Sel[...]

RQT804 6 30 Entering titles Y ou can ent er titles for discs, tracks, ar tists an d playlists. Note The max imum numb er of ch aracters per titl e: 32 Prep arat ion Show Enter Na me screen . ( ⇒ page 31) 1 Press [CHARA] to select upper -case, lower -case, or nume ric c haracter s. 2 Pr ess th e num bere d butto n to sele ct t he char act er . The[...]

RQT804 6 31 The unit can re cord the d isc titles for 100 CDs, 25 track titles pe r CD . Prep aration 1 Insert th e CD . ( ⇒ page 8 ) 2 Press [ q / h CD] and th en [ g STOP] to select “CD” as t he source. 3 T o select a CD Press [DISC], the n press the numbered button to select the CD and press [ g STOP]. 1 Press [TITLE IN]. 2 Press [ u 2 /RE[...]

RQT804 6 32 Con venient functi ons 1 Press [CLOCK/TIMER] to select "CL OCK". Every time you p ress the button: 2 Within 1 0 second s: Press [ u 2 /REW , i 1 /FF] to set the da y and press [LIST/ENTER ]. Every time you p ress the button: 3 Pr ess [ u 2 /REW , i 1 /FF] to set the time and pr ess [LI ST/ENTE R]. • Press an d hold to change[...]

RQT804 6 33 Y ou can set the time r to co me on at a cer tai n time to wake you up (play timer) or to re cord a radio station o r from the extern al sour ce (rec ord time r). The play an d record t imers ca nnot b e used together. Prep aration 1 Switch o n the un it and set th e clock. ( ⇒ Setting the tim e, page 3 2) 2 For th e play tim er Prepa[...]

RQT804 6 34 Using other equipment Before con nectio n • Disconn ect the AC power s uppl y cord. • Turn off all equip ment a nd read the app ropria te ope rating in struction s. • The eq uipment connec tions descri bed are examp les only . Y ou can p la ybac k the s oun d from a vid eo ca ssett e re corde r , tape dec k, laser di sc player , e[...]

RQT804 6 35 Note Y ou can us e SD car ds with ca paci ties betw een 8M B and 1G B on th is un it. ( ⇒ page 6) Prep aration 1 C onnect the externa l unit ( ⇒ pa ge 34). 2 T urn on th e po wer . 3 Insert th e SD ca rd ( ⇒ pa ge 8) or the cass ett e tap e ( ⇒ page 19). 4 If r ecording to SD card, press [REC M ODE] to se lect XP , SP o r LP mod[...]

RQT804 6 36 Even more fun w ith SD Y ou can rec ord music to SD c ard on thi s unit and th en play it on a SD audi o player or save it to computer. Y ou can also write m usic saved on your com- puter to SD car d and pl ay it on this unit or other eq uipmen t like a SD au dio pl ayer . • Y ou can use SD cards with c apacities between 8 MB and 1GB [...]

RQT804 6 37 • Even if the sy stem re quirem ents me ntioned in the se opera ting instru ctions are fulfilled, some personal c omputers can not be used. • This software can not be u sed on Macintos h. • Operati on is no t guarantee d when used on W indows OSs except th ose above. • Operat ion on an upgraded OS is n ot gua ranteed. • Operat[...]

RQT804 6 38 T r oubleshooting guide Before request ing ser vice, make the following checks. If you are in doubt abo ut some of the c heck points, or if the remed ies in dicated in th e char t do n ot solve the pr oblem, refer to t he “Cust omer Se r vices Director y” on pa ge 40. Refere nce pag es are s hown in paren these s. Play ing bac k Rad[...]

RQT804 6 39 Unit displays The pro duct num bers a re correct as of Februa r y 2005 . “CAN’T EDIT” Y ou ca nnot edit or en ter ti tles on S D during play . “CARD FULL ” Th ere is n o space on the SD card. E rase unneed ed tracks ( ⇒ page 28) or re cord w ith anoth er car d. “CARD LOCKED” Y ou h ave inser ted a SD card th e unit ca nn[...]

RQT804 6 40 Limited W a rranty Reference Acce ssory P urchase s Limit ed W arranty Co vera ge If you r product does no t work properly because of a d ef ect in materials or workmanship , Panasonic C onsumer E lectronics Compa ny or P anasonic Puerto Rico, Inc. (collectiv ely refe rred to as “the wa rrant or”) will, f or the lengt h of the perio[...]

RQT804 6 41 Pr oduct Service 1. Damage requiring servi ce —The unit should be serviced by qualif ied ser vice personnel if: (a) The AC po wer supply cord or the plug has been damaged; or (b) Objects or liquids hav e gotten into the u nit; or (c) The unit has been exposed to rain; or (d) The unit doe s not operate nor mally or exhibits a mar ked c[...]

RQT804 6 42 Specificatio ns n AMPLIFIER SECTION FTC out put po wer both ch anne ls dri ven 10 % to tal ha rmo nic di stor tion 60 Hz t o 3 kHz (Low channe l) 35 W p er chan nel (6 Ω ) 3 kHz to 16 kH z (High channe l) 35 W p er chan nel (6 Ω ) T otal Bi-Amp power 70 W p er channe l RMS outp ut pow er both chann els d riven 10 % to tal ha rmo nic[...]

43 RQT804 6 • SD lo go is a tradema rk. • Micros oft, Mic rosoft lo go, Windows, Windows logo, Windows NT , Windows Media and Direc tX are eith er trade mar ks or regist ered t rademar ks of Mic rosoft Co r poration in the Un ited S tates an d other co untr ies. • WMA is a compre ssion for mat developed by Micro soft Cor porati on. It a chiev[...]

En P anasonic Consumer Electronics Company , Division of Pan asonic Corporation o f North America One Panasonic Wa y Secauc us, New Jersey 07094 http:/ /www.panasonic .com P anasonic Puer to Rico, Inc. A ve. 65 de Infanterí a, Km. 9 .5 San Gab riel I ndustr ial Park, Ca rolina, Puer to Rico 009 85 2005 M atsushita E lectr ic Industr ial Co., Ltd. [...]