Panasonic DVD-F65 User Manual

PRELIMINARY

DVD/CD PLAYER

Operating Instructions

The illustration shows the unit for U.S.A. and Canada.

Model No. DVD-F65/DVD-F61

CAUTION!

THIS PRODUCT UTILIZES A LASER.
USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR
PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN
THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN
HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE.
DO NOT OPEN COVERS AND DO NOT REPAIR
YOURSELF. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED
PERSONNEL.

WARNING:

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC
SHOCK OR PRODUCT DAMAGE, DO NOT
EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN,

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MOISTURE, DRIPPING OR SPLASHING AND
THAT NO OBJECTS FILLED WITH LIQUIDS,
SUCH AS VASES, SHALL BE PLACED ON
THE APPARATUS.

CAUTION!

≥ DO NOT INSTALL OR PLACE THIS UNIT IN A

BOOKCASE, BUILT-IN CABINET OR IN ANOTHER
CONFINED SPACE. ENSURE THE UNIT IS WELL
VENTILATED. TO PREVENT RISK OF ELECTRIC
SHOCK OR FIRE HAZARD DUE TO OVERHEATING,
ENSURE THAT CURTAINS AND ANY OTHER
MATERIALS DO NOT OBSTRUCT THE VENTILATION
VENTS.

≥ DO NOT OBSTRUCT THE UNIT’S VENTILATION

OPENINGS WITH NEWSPAPERS, TABLECLOTHS,
CURTAINS, AND SIMILAR ITEMS.

≥ DO NOT PLACE SOURCES OF NAKED FLAMES,

SUCH AS LIGHTED CANDLES, ON THE UNIT.

≥ DISPOSE OF BATTERIES IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY

FRIENDLY MANNER.

THE FOLLOWING APPLIES ONLY IN THE U.S.A.

THE FOLLOWING APPLIES ONLY IN THE U.S.A. AND CANADA

CAUTION

Units for Asia

THIS UNIT IS INTENDED FOR USE IN TROPICAL CLIMATES.

Units for Australia and N.Z.

THIS UNIT IS INTENDED FOR USE IN MODERATE CLIMATES.

This product may receive radio interference caused by mobile
telephones during use. If such interference is apparent, please

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increase separation between the product and the mobile telephone.

LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN.
DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM.

VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN.
AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM.

SYNLIG OCH OSYNLIG LASERSTRÅLNING NÄR DENNA DEL ÄR
ÖPPNAD. BETRAKTA EJ STRÅLEN.

SYNLIG OG USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING VED ÅBNING.
UNDGÅ UDSÆTTELSE FOR STRÅLING.

SYNLIG OG USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING NÅR DEKSEL ÅPNES.
UNNGÅ EKSPONERING FOR STRÅLEN.

AVATTAESSA OLET ALTTIINA NÄKYVÄÄ JA NÄKYMÄTÖN
LASERSÄTEILYLLE. ÄLÄ KATSO SÄTEESEEN.

SICHTBARE UND UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG, WENN
ABDECKUNG GEÖFFNET. NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSETZEN.

RAYONNEMENT LASER VISIBLE ET INVISIBLE EN CAS
D’OUVERTURE. EXPOSITION DANGEREUSE AU FAISCEAU.

FDA 21 CFR / Class II

IEC60825-1 / Class 3b

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User memo:

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Read these operating instructions carefully before using the unit. Follow the safety instructions on the unit and the applicable safety instructions listed
below. Keep these operating instructions handy for future reference.

1) Read these instructions.

2) Keep these instructions.

3) Heed all warnings.

4) Follow all instructions.

5) Do not use this apparatus near water.

6) Clean only with dry cloth.

7) Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the
manufacturer’s instructions.

8) Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat
registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that
produce heat.

9) Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type
plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other.
A grounding-type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong.
The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety. If the
provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for
replacement of the obsolete outlet.

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POSITION
MEMORY

10) Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly
at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from
the apparatus.

11) Only use attachments/accessories specified by the
manufacturer.

12) Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or
table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the
apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when
moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid
injury from tip-over.

13) Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for
long periods of time.

14) Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is
required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as
power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or
objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been
exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been
dropped.

Page

1 Standby/on button (Í). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Disc select button (DISC), Disc buttons (DISC 1–DISC 5) . . . . . . 9

3 Sequential button (SEQUENTIAL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

4 FL select button (FL SELECT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

5 Group button (GROUP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

6 Cancel button (CANCEL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

7 Skip buttons (:, 9 SKIP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

8 Stop button (∫ STOP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

9 Top menu, Direct navigator button

(TOP MENU, DIRECT NAVIGATOR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 11

: Cursor buttons (3, 4, 2, 1), Enter button (ENTER). . . . . . . . . . 7

; Display button (DISPLAY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

< Audio button (AUDIO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

= Subtitle button (SUBTITLE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

> Play mode button (PLAY MODE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

? Zoom button (ZOOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

@ Sleep button (SLEEP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

A Setup button (SETUP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 19

B Drawer open/close button (< OPEN/CLOSE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

C Numbered buttons (1–9, 0, S10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

D Slow/Search buttons (6, 5 SLOW/SEARCH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

E Play button (1 PLAY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

F Pause button (; PAUSE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

G Menu, Play list button (MENU, PLAY LIST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 11

H Return button (RETURN). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

I Angle/page button (ANGLE/PAGE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 13

J Quick replay button (QUICK REPLAY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

K Position memory button (POSITION MEMORY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

L Double re-master button (DOUBLE RE-MASTER). . . . . . . . . . . . 13

M Drawer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

N FL Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

O Standby/on switch (Í/I). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Press to switch the unit from on to standby mode or vice versa. In
standby mode, the unit is still consuming a small amount of power.

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Standby indicator (Í)

When the unit is connected to the AC mains supply, this indicator
lights up in standby mode and goes out when the unit is turned on.

Q Disc indicators (DISC 1–5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

R Skip, Search buttons (4, 5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

S Disc exchange button (DISC EXCHANGE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

T Disc skip button (DISC SKIP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

U Remote control signal sensor

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≥Buttons such as 3 function the same as those on the remote control.
≥The actual marking of the standby/on switch depends on the area.

Illustrations in these operating instructions use the markings shown in
the above illustration.

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Accessories

Please check and identify the supplied accessories. Use numbers indicated in parentheses when asking for replacement parts.

(Only for U.S.A.) To order accessories contact 1-800-332-5368 or web site (http://www.panasonic.com).
(For other areas) To order accessories, call the dealer from whom you have made your purchase.

∏ 1 Remote control

U.S.A. and Canada (N2QAJB000070)
Other areas (N2QAJB000071)

∏ 1 AC power supply cord

U.S.A. and Canada (RJA0065-A)
Australia and N.Z. (RJA0035-2X)
Asia (RJA0019-2X)

∏ 1 Audio/video cable (K2KA6CA00001)

∏ 2 Remote control batteries

[Note]

The included AC power supply cord is for use with this unit only. Do not
use it with other equipment.

Connection

Getting started

Before connection

≥Disconnect the AC power supply cord.
≥Turn off all equipment and read the appropriate operating instructions.

Connection to a television

This page explains how to connect the unit to a television and set it up so you hear the audio through the television’s speakers. To get the full benefit
from the powerful multi-channel audio found on DVDs, you should connect an amplifier and speakers.

≥The equipment connections described are examples.
≥Peripheral equipment and optional cables sold separately unless

otherwise indicated.

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Home Theater – Enjoying more powerful sound

Enjoy the powerful movie theater and hall-like sound available with multiple channel audio found on DVDs by connecting an amplifier and speakers.

Digital connection

A

To enjoy multi-channel surround
sound

Connect an amplifier with a built-in
decoder or a decoder-amplifier
combination.
Change the settings in “Digital output”
(➜ page 19).
≥You can only use DTS Digital Surround

decoders that are compatible with DVD.

Speakers (example)

Connect three or more speakers
for surround sound.

Optical digital audio cable

Do not bend sharply when
connecting.

To enjoy stereo or Dolby Pro Logic

Connect a digital amplifier or system
component.
Change the settings in “Digital output”
(➜ page 19).

Amplifier

Insert fully, with this
side facing up.

(DVD) IN

DIGITAL AUDIO OUT

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PCM/BITSTREAM

OPTICAL

Analog connection

B

To enjoy stereo or Dolby Pro Logic

Connect an analog amplifier or system
component.

Amplifier or system
component

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Audio cable

∫ Recording Output
Digital recording ➜ Connection [A] to digital
recording equipment

≥With DVD, the following conditions must be met: a the disc doesn’t have

protection preventing digital recording, and b the recording equipment

can handle signals with a sampling frequency of 48 kHz.
≥You cannot record WMA/MP3.
When recording DVDs, make the following settings.
–Advanced surround: OFF (➜ page 17)
–PCM Down Conversion: Yes (➜ page 19)
–Dolby Digital/DTS Digital Surround/MPEG

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MPEG: Units for Australia and N.Z.

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: PCM (➜ page 19)

Power connection

Conserving power

This unit consumes a small amount of power, even when it is turned off.

[U.S.A.[and\Canada[ : approx. 0.6 W
[Other\areas] : approx. 2.8 W

To save power when the unit is not to be used for a long time, unplug it
from the household AC outlet.

To household AC outlet

Analog recording ➜ Connection [B] to a cassette deck
or other recording equipment

There are no limitations on recording analog signals as there are with digital
signals.

AC power supply cord (included)

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Disc information

∫ Discs that can be played

DVD-RAM DVD-Audio DVD-Video DVD-R SVCD Video CD CD CD-R/RW

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Shown as
“DVD-VR” on the
display

[RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD]

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DVD-F61 is not compatible with WMA, JPEG, or HighMAT. References to them apply only to DVD-F65.

Use discs with the above logos and that conform to specifications. The unit cannot play other discs correctly. Do not use irregularly shaped discs (e.g.

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heart-shaped), as these can damage the unit.
It may not be possible to play CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R and DVD-RAM in all cases due to the type of disc or condition of the recording.

∫ Discs that cannot be played

DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, CDV, CD-G, iRW, DVD-RW, CVD, SACD, Divx
Video Discs, Photo CD, DVD-RAM that cannot be removed from their
cartridge, 2.6-GB and 5.2-GB DVD-RAM, and “Chaoji VCD” available on
the market including CVD, DVCD and SVCD that do not conform to
IEC62107.

∫ Region number

The player plays DVD-Video marked with labels containing the region
number or “ALL”.

Region Number Example

U.S.A. and
Canada

Asia

1

3

1

3

ALL

ALL

1

2

4

2

3

6

Australia
and N.Z.

4

4

ALL

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6

∫ Built-in decoders

This unit has Dolby Digital and DTS decoders so you can
enjoy these systems in stereo without connecting a
separate decoder.

∫ Video systems

Units for Asia, Australia and N.Z.:

≥This unit can play PAL and NTSC, but your television must match the

system used on the disc.

≥PAL discs cannot be correctly viewed on an NTSC television.
≥This unit can convert NTSC signals to PAL 60 for viewing on a PAL

television (➜ page 18, Video—NTSC Disc Output).

≥Output is interlace (576I) when playing PAL discs.

Units for the U.S.A. and Canada:

NTSC is used. This unit converts still pictures on PAL system DVD-Audio
discs for play on NTSC video systems. The picture is compressed to show
it in its entirety, but this may cause it to be stretched vertically.

∫ Playing DVDs and Video CDs

The producer of these discs can control how they are played so you may
not always be able to control play as described in these operating
instructions (for example if the play time is not displayed or if a Video CD
has menus). Read the disc’s instructions carefully.

∫ DVD-RAM discs

The DVD-RAM you can play on this unit are those recorded with DVD
video recorders, DVD video cameras, personal computers, etc. using
Version 1.1 of the Video Recording Format (a unified video recording
standard).
≥Remove discs from their cartridges before use and return them when

you are finished, making sure that the labels of the disc and cartridge
face the same way.

≥Some parts of the disc, for example where one program ends and

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another begins, may not play smoothly.

Conforming to
IEC62107

[WMA]

∫ DVD-R discs

Panasonic DVD-R recorded and finalized on a Panasonic DVD video
recorder or DVD video camera are played as DVD-Video on this unit.

∫ CD-R and CD-RW discs

This unit can play CD-R/RW (audio recording disc) recorded with CD-DA,
video CD, SVCD (conforming to IEC62107), WMA, MP3, or JPEG. Close
the session or finalize after recording.

See page 11 for more information about WMA, MP3, and JPEG.

∫ HighMAT discs

This unit is compatible with HighMAT discs containing WMA, MP3, and/or
JPEG files.

∫ Disc structure

Disc structure and the labels given to the items on discs depend on the
disc type.
Track: the smallest division on DVD-Audio, CDs, and Video CDs, or a

single WMA/MP3 file.

Chapter: the smallest division on DVD-Video.
Group: collections of tracks on DVD-Audio and equivalent to folders or

albums on data discs.

Title: the largest division on DVD-Video, usually an entire movie.
Program: the division on DVD-RAM equivalent to a single recording.
Picture: a single JPEG file.
Play list: the largest grouping on a HighMAT disc, or a group of scenes

on DVD-RAM.

Scene: DVD-RAM program sections specified and grouped into play

lists on a DVD video recorder.

Content: covers tracks and pictures on HighMAT discs.

∫ To clean discs

DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, Video CD, CD

Wipe with a damp cloth and then wipe
dry.

DVD-RAM, DVD-R

≥Clean only with an optional DVD-RAM/PD disc cleaner (LF-K200DCA1,

where available).

≥Never use cloths or cleaners for CDs etc.

∫ Handling precautions

≥Do not write on the label side with a ball-point pen or other writing

instrument.

≥Do not use record cleaning sprays, benzine, thinner, static electricity

prevention liquids or any other solvent.

≥Do not attach labels or stickers to discs. (Do not use discs with exposed

adhesive from tape or left over peeled-off stickers.)

≥Do not use scratch-proof protectors or covers.
≥Do not use discs printed with label printers available on the market.

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∫ Batteries

R6, AA, UM-3

≥Insert so the poles (i and j) match those in the remote control.
≥Do not use rechargeable type batteries.

Quick setup

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Do not:

≥mix old and new batteries.
≥use different types at the same time.
≥heat or expose to flame.
≥take apart or short circuit.
≥attempt to recharge alkaline or manganese batteries.
≥use batteries if the covering has been peeled off.

Mishandling of batteries can cause electrolyte leakage which can damage
items the fluid contacts and may cause a fire.

Remove if the remote control is not going to be used for a long period of
time. Store in a cool, dark place.

∫ Use

Aim at the sensor (➜ page 3, Control reference guide), avoiding
obstacles, at a maximum range of 7 m (23 feet) directly in front of the unit.

[1] Press [Í] to turn on the unit.
[2] Press [SETUP] to show the QUICK SETUP

screen.

e.g. Units for U.S.A. and

Canada

SETUP

SELECT

ENTER RETURN

QUICK SETUP

Select the menu language.

English
Français
Español

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[5] • [6]

RETURN

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The QUICK SETUP screen appears when you press [SETUP] the first
time after purchase and assists you to make necessary settings.

Preparation

Turn on the television and select the appropriate video input on the
television to suit the connections for the player.

∫ TV Aspect

Select “4:3” (regular) or “16:9” (widescreen) to suit your television.
If you have a regular 4:3 television, you can also select how video on
some discs is shown (➜ page 18, Video—TV Aspect).

≥4:3 Pan&Scan (Factory preset)
Widescreen software is expanded to fill the screen
of a 4:3 aspect television (unless prohibited by the
producer of the disc).

≥4:3 Letterbox

Widescreen software is shown in the letterbox style
on a 4:3 aspect television.

[3] Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select the menu language

and press [ENTER].

[4] Press [3, 4] to select “Yes” to continue and

press [ENTER].

[5] Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select the item and press

[ENTER].

≥Audio Language (➜ page 18)
≥Subtitle Language (➜ page 18)
≥TV Aspect (➜ below)
≥Progressive Out (➜ page 18)

[6] Press [ENTER] and then [SETUP] to end the

settings.

To return to the previous screen

Press [RETURN].

To access this screen again later
➜ page 18, Others—QUICK SETUP

∫ To enjoy progressive video

1. Connect to the component video input terminals on a 480P
compatible television. (Video will not be displayed correctly if
connected to an incompatible television.)

2. In QUICK SETUP, set “Progressive Out” to “Enable”.

3. Change Video output mode to “480P” (➜ page 17).

≥All televisions manufactured by Panasonic and that have 480P input

connectors are compatible. Consult the manufacturer if you have
another brand of television.

≥If the unit is connected to the television through VIDEO OUT or S

VIDEO OUT, output will be interlace, irrespective of the settings.

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Numbered
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DISC
SKIP

Stop

Pause

Skip

Search

Slow­motion

Frame­by­frame

Menus

Press [∫].
“!” flashes on the display. Press [1] (PLAY) to
restart from this position or [∫] to clear it.
DVD-Video: Press [1] (PLAY) again to review
chapters (➜ page 9).

Press [;].
Press [1] (PLAY) to restart.

Press [:] (backward) or [9] (forward).

Group skip [JPEG]

Press [4] (backward) or [3] (forward).

Disc skip

Press [DISC SKIP] on the main unit.

Press [6] (backward) or [5] (forward).
Press [1] (PLAY) to restart.

While paused, press [6] (backward) or [5]
(forward).
Press [1] (PLAY) to restart.

While paused, press [2] (backward) or [1] (forward).
Press and hold to change in succession.
Or, press [;] repeatedly for forward frame-by-frame.

Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select an item and [ENTER] to
confirm.
Or, press the numbered buttons.
Press [TOP MENU] to show the top menu.
Press [MENU] to show a menu.
Press [RETURN] to show a menu. [VCD]

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Preparation

Turn on the television and select the appropriate video input on the
television to suit the connections for the player.

[1] Press [Í] to turn on the unit.
[2] Press [<] to open the drawer and place the

disc(s) label-up on the disc tray(s).

To load discs on the other trays, press
[DISC SKIP] on the main unit.

≥If the disc contains both audio data

(WMA and MP3) and JPEG, check

[3] Press [<] to close the drawer.

[4] Press [1] (PLAY).

“Mixed Disc—Audio & Stills” setting in
the SETUP menu (➜ page 18). Select
“Stills (JPEG)” or “Audio (MP3/WMA)”.

≥Load double-sided discs so the label for

the side you want to play is facing up.

A disc indicator lights to show a disc is on the tray.

Play begins. It is normal for sound and pictures to take time to start.

Disc No. in the
play position

Disc indicator

Disc type

1

Play starts from the
disc in the front-left
position.

DISC EXCHANGE DISC SKIP<OPEN/CLOSE

DISC

• [3]

EXCHANGE

1

5

–

DVD

V

DISC

1

TITLE

Notes

≥On the main unit, press [4] or [5] to perform skip,

and press and hold to perform search and slow-motion.

≥The speed of search and slow-motion increases up to 5 steps.
≥Slow-motion and frame-by-frame only work on moving pictures.
≥You can turn off the sound during search (➜ page 18, Audio—

Audio during Search).

When playing Video CDs

≥You cannot move backwards during slow-motion and frame-by-

frame.

≥Pressing buttons to perform skip, search or slow-motion may take

you to a menu screen.

≥If “$” appears on the television

5

The operation is prohibited by the unit or disc.

≥Discs continue to rotate while menus are displayed even after playing an

item. Press [∫] when you finish to preserve the unit’s motor and your
television screen.

≥To prevent damage

Do not;
–load more than one disc per tray.
–touch the drawer or the carousel while they are in motion
–rotate the carousel by hand.
–close the drawer by hand.

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[CD] (CD text only) [WMA] [MP3]
Track information appears on the television. Press [SUBTITLE] to
turn the display on or off.

When the disc finishes playing

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If the next disc doesn’t start playing, select the disc using the disc
type screen (➜ page 9).

Disc type screen

SEQ

Check the discs loaded and select a disc to play.

1 Press [DISC].

Disc type screen

1

DVD-V2VCD3CD4NoDisc5–––

Empty

Not yet
read

2 Press the disc button ([DISC 1] – [DISC 5]).

To clear the screen

Press [DISC].

Changing the main unit display

Press [FL SELECT].

Each time you press the button:

Program/Play list/Group/Title/
Chapter/Track/Picture/Content

number display

–

DVD

V

DISC

1

TITLE

CHAP

Time display

–

DVD

V

DISC

1

Sequential play

[VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3]

The unit usually plays the disc in the play position and then stops. Turn
sequential play on to play all loaded discs, except for DVDs and JPEG
discs.

Press [SEQUENTIAL].

Each time you press the button:

SEQ on () SEQ off

≥On the main unit, press [CD SEQUENTIAL].
≥HighMAT menus and Video CD playback control are

disabled.

≥You cannot change the mode during program or random play.
≥Sequential Mode turns off when you switch the unit to standby.

Changing the disc in the play position

Main unit only

1 Press [DISC EXCHANGE].

The drawer opens and the disc in the play position comes to the
front-left position.

2 Change the disc in the front-left position.
3 Press [DISC EXCHANGE].

Changing other discs during play

You can change the other discs without interrupting play.

Main unit only

1 Press [<] to open the drawer.
2 Press [DISC SKIP] to rotate the carousel.

The carousel moves one tray clockwise and each subsequent press
moves it two trays in alternate directions.

3 Change the disc and press [<].

Selecting groups to play

[DVD-A] [WMA] [MP3] [JPEG]

1 Press [GROUP].
2 Press [3, 4] to

select the group
number and press
[ENTER].

3 Press [3, 4] to

e.g. [MP3]

1

1

Group No.

Track No. in group

118

Track No. in disc

Total No. of
tracks on disc

select the track/picture number and press
[ENTER].

≥You can also select the group and track/picture number with the

numbered buttons.

≥Playing bonus groups

Some discs contain bonus groups. If a password screen appears after
selecting a group, enter the password with the numbered buttons. Refer
also to the disc’s jacket.

Position Memory function

[RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3]

(When the elapsed play time is displayed)

[JPEG]

Memorize positions on up to five discs to restart play after switching the
unit to standby or changing discs.

During play

1 Press [POSITION MEMORY].

Flashes as you

Position memorized

memorize a position.

2 Press [Í] to switch the unit to standby, or

change the disc.

3 When you are ready to play the disc again

Press [1] (PLAY) to restart from the position.

≥When you memorize the sixth position, the earliest position is replaced.
≥This function does not work while playing some DVDs or play lists on

DVD-RAM.

≥You cannot recall the position in Sequential Mode.

Chapter Review [DVD-V]

One of these messages appears.

Press PLAY to Preview Chapters

Press [1] (PLAY) again to review the first few seconds of the chapters up
to the one where you memorized the position. Play then resumes from the
memorized position.
Do not press [1] (PLAY) if you do not want to review chapters.

Replaying a scene—QUICK REPLAY

[RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3]
Skip back a few seconds within the current item (program, track or title).

[JPEG]

Skip back a few pictures.

During play

Press [QUICK REPLAY].

≥This feature may not work while playing some parts of a disc or at all

with some discs.

Press PLAY to Chapter Review

Basic operations

Starting play from a selected item

[RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD]

Press the numbered buttons.

To select a 2-digit number

e.g. 23: [S10] ➜ [2] ➜ [3]

[WMA] [MP3] [JPEG]

Press the numbered buttons then press [ENTER].

e.g. 123: [1] ➜ [2] ➜ [3] ➜ [ENTER]

≥This works only when stopped with some discs.
≥When playing DVD-Audio and you want to start play from a track in a

different group, select the group first (➜ right).

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Basic operations

Navigation menus

Example: finding a track including the word “LOVE”.
While the menu is displayed

1 Press [3, 4] to

select “Find”
and press
[ENTER].

2 Press [3, 4] to select “L” and press [ENTER].

Only uppercase appear but the search also includes lower case.
Characters change in alphanumeric order each time you press [3].

≥Press [:, 9] to skip between A, E, I, O and U.
≥Press [2] to erase a character.
≥You can erase the asterisk (¢) to search for the first word in a title.
≥You can enter numbers with the numbered buttons.

Repeat this step to enter “O”, “V”, and “E”.

3 Press [1] to select “Find” and press [ENTER].

The search results screen appears.

4 Press [3, 4] to select the track and press

[ENTER].

DVD-F61 is not compatible with WMA, JPEG, or HighMAT.
References to them apply only to DVD-F65.

Playing WMA/MP3/JPEG and CD text

If the disc contains both audio data (WMA and MP3) and JPEG,

check “Mixed Disc—Audio & Stills” setting in the SETUP menu
(➜ page 18). Select “Stills (JPEG)” or “Audio (MP3/WMA)”.

These menus help you find items to play.
[CD] (CD text only) [WMA] [MP3] [JPEG]

1 Press [TOP MENU].

“0” indicates the track currently playing.

2 Press [3, 4] to select the track or [3, 4, 2, 1]

to select the picture, and press [ENTER].

To show other pages, press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select “Prev” or “Next”
and press [ENTER].
≥After listing all the tracks or pictures in one group, the list for the

next group appears.

To exit the menu

Press [TOP MENU].

To use the contents screen to find a track

You can use the text information recorded on these discs to find a track to play.

While the menu is displayed

1

Press [1] while a track

[CD]

is highlighted to display
the contents screen

.

2 Press [2, 1] to move

through the tracks and
press [ENTER].

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To return to the menu

Press [RETURN].

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To return to the menu

Press [RETURN].

While the menu is displayed

1 [WMA] [MP3]

Press [1] while a track is highlighted to display
a tree screen.

[JPEG]

Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select “Tree” and press
[ENTER].

2 Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select a group and press

[ENTER].

The audio navigation menu/album display for the group appears.

To return to the menu

Press [RETURN].

(CD text only)

[Note]

Playlist
Group

Less and less
And when I was born
Quatre gymnopedies
You've made me sad

2
3
4
5

No Content title

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09

All By Artist

Content

Group 1

Few times in summer

1

[WMA]

≥You cannot play WMA files that are copy protected.
≥WMA files must have the extension “.WMA” or “.wma”.

[MP3]

≥This unit is not compatible with ID3 tags.
≥

If you play an MP3 track that includes still picture data, it will take some time before

the music itself starts playing and the elapsed time will not be displayed during this
time. Even after the track starts, the correct play time will not be displayed.

≥MP3 files must have the extension “.MP3” or “.mp3”.

[JPEG]

≥To view JPEG files on this unit:
–Take them on a digital camera that meets the DCF (Design rule for

Camera File system) standard.
–Do not alter the files in any way or save them under a different name.
–Ensure they have the extension “.JPG”, “.jpg”, “.JPEG”, or “.jpeg”.

≥

This unit cannot display moving pictures, MOTION JPEG and other such

formats, still pictures other than JPEG (i.e. TIFF) or play associated sound.
[WMA] [MP3] [JPEG]

≥

Discs must conform to ISO9660 level 1 or 2 (except for extended formats).

≥

This unit is compatible with multi-session but if there are a lot of sessions it takes

more time for play to start. Keep the number of sessions to a minimum to avoid this.

Naming folders and files

At the time of recording, prefix folder and
file names with 3-digit numbers in the
order you want to play them (this may not
work at times).

root e.g. [MP3]

001 group

001

001 track.mp3
002 track.mp3
003 track.mp3
002 group

003 group

001 track.mp3
002 track.mp3
003 track.mp3

001 track.mp3
002 track.mp3
003 track.mp3
004 track.mp3

Playing HighMAT discs

A menu appears when you select the disc.

Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select then press [ENTER].

When you press [ENTER]:

Menu: Takes you to the next

menu which shows play
lists or another menu

≥To return to the menu screen

Press [TOP MENU].

≥To return to the menu above the current one

Press [RETURN].

≥To change the menu background

Press [DISPLAY].

The background changes to the one recorded on the disc.

Play list: play starts

∫ Selecting from the lists

While playing

1 Press

[MENU].

Playing

Playing the programs on DVD-RAM

[RAM]

Use the program list to find programs to play.

1 Press [DIRECT NAVIGATOR].

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

Date

No

1
2
3
4
5

Nov. 2002
Used 0:49:40

11/11(MON)

11/12(TUE)

11/12(TUE)

11/14(THU)

11/14(THU)

On

11:02PM
10:35PM
10:00PM
9:30PM
8:05PM

09

SELECT
NUMBER

Program Title

Monday feature
Auto action
Cinema
Music
Baseball

SELECT

ENTER

RETURN

≥Titles appear only if you have entered them.
≥You cannot change program and disc titles.
≥Units for Asia, Australia and N.Z. use the 24-hour system for the

time display.

2 Press [3, 4] to select the program.

The selected program plays in the background.
≥You can select programs with the numbered buttons.

To select a 2-digit number

e.g. 23: [S10] ➜ [2] ➜ [3]

3 Press [ENTER].

The program being played in the background continues.

To clear the program list

Press [DIRECT NAVIGATOR].

To play a play list

You can play a play list created on other equipment such as a DVD video
recorder.

1 Press [PLAY LIST].

No Date Length Title

PLAYLIST

ENTER RETURN

09

SELECT
NUMBER

SELECT

1

10/17

2

10/24

3

11/29

4

12/22

5
6
7
8
9

10

0:46:35

Clay Penguin

0:09:15

Ashley at Prom

0:12:32

Formula one

0:07:30

Soccer
0:30:2012/23 Baseball
0:08:1512/23 Neanderthal
0:15:3012/24 Cartoons
0:20:3012/24 Trilobites
0:20:0012/25 White Dwarf
0:55:0012/25 Discovery

2 Press [3, 4] to select the play list.

≥You can select play lists with the numbered buttons.

To select a 2-digit number

e.g. 23: [S10] ➜ [2] ➜ [3]

Basic operations

2 Press [2] then [3, 4] to switch between the

play list, group and content lists.

3 Press [1] then [3, 4] to select an item and

press [ENTER].

≥To exit the list screen

Press [MENU].

HighMAT and the HighMAT logo are either
trademarks or registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation in the United States
and/or other countries.

3 Press [ENTER] to start play.

≥To skip scenes, press [:] or [9].

To clear the play list screen

Press [PLAY LIST].

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OPEN/CLOSE

SEQUENTIAL

FL SELECT

GROUP

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP

MENU

DISPLAY

SUBTITLE

PLAY MODE

ZOOM

POSITION
MEMORY

DOUBLE

RE-MASTER

AUDIO

ANGLE/PAGE

QUICK REPLAY

RETURN

MENU

ENTER

PLAY LIST

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Subtitles

[DVD-A] (Moving picture part) [DVD-V] [VCD] (SVCD only)
You can change the subtitle language and turn the subtitles on and off.

[RAM]

You can turn the subtitles on and off.

During play

Press [SUBTITLE].

The number changes each time you press the button.
e.g. [DVD-V]

1

ON
English

2

ON
French

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

AUDIO

SUBTITLE

ZOOM

1

2 3 4 5

DISC

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Advanced operations

POWER Í /I

CD SEQUENTIAL

DOUBLE RE-MASTER

DOUBLE RE-MASTER

Changing soundtracks, subtitles and angles

Some discs have multiple soundtracks, subtitle languages and camera
angles, and you can change them during play.
≥“–” or “– –” is displayed instead of the language number in

circumstances such as when no language is recorded on the disc.

[VCD] (SVCD only)

Soundtrack and subtitle numbers may change even if corresponding
soundtracks are not recorded.

Soundtracks

[RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD]

During play

Press [AUDIO].

[RAM] [VCD]
Each time you press the button:

LR ) L ) R e.g. [RAM]
^-------------------n

[DVD-V]

The number changes each time you press the button.

≥“D.MIX” indicates that a multi-channel

soundtrack can be down-mixed to two
channels.

≥Play restarts from the beginning of the

soundtrack when playing DVD-Audio and DVD-RAM soundtracks that
are accompanied by still pictures.

≥Even if a second soundtrack isn’t recorded on a DVD-Audio, two

soundtrack numbers will normally be shown when you press [AUDIO].
The soundtrack currently playing is number 1.

≥You can also use this button to turn the vocals on and off on karaoke

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≥Refer to [B] (➜ page 15) for audio signal type details.

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1 English

3/2.1 ch

Digital

1 2/0 ch

[DVD-A]

Soundtrack playing

Soundtrack selected

–

DVD

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DOUBLE
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DISC EXCHANGE DISC SKIP<OPEN/CLOSE

1

LPCM



1

192k24b 2ch

DISC

1

D.MIX

I love you

Je t’aime

≥In some cases, the subtitle language is not changed to the selected one

immediately.

≥If the subtitles overlap closed captions recorded on discs, turn the

subtitles off.

To clear/display the subtitles

1. Press [SUBTITLE].

2. Press [1]. ([DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD])

3. Press [3, 4] to select “OFF” or “ON”.

∫ Changing the position and

brightness of the subtitles

1. While the subtitle icon is on the screen, press
[2, 1] to highlight “Subtitle Position” or
“Subtitle Brightness”.

2. Press [3, 4] to adjust.

≥Adjust position between 0 and s60 in 2 unit steps.
≥For brightness, select “Auto” so the brightness adjusts automatically

against the background, or a level between 0 and s9.

Angles

[DVD-A] [DVD-V]

During play

Subtitle
Position

00

Subtitle
Brightness

Press [ANGLE/PAGE].

The angle changes each time you press the button.

1

2

[JPEG]

You can rotate pictures ninety degrees.

While a picture is displayed

1 Press [ANGLE/PAGE].
2 Press [3, 4] to select “Rotate right” or “Rotate

left” and press [ENTER].

≥To clear the popup screen

Press [ANGLE/PAGE].

Selecting still pictures—Page Skip

x1.00

=

SLEEP

[DVD-A]

During play

Press [ANGLE/PAGE].

The page changes each time you press the button.

PAGE 1

Variable Zoom function

[RAM] [DVD-A] (Moving picture part) [DVD-V] [VCD]
Change the zoom ratio so the picture expands to the optimum size to fill
the screen.

During play

Press [ZOOM] to select the preset aspect ratio.

The zoom ratio changes each time you press
the button.

Zoom - 4:3 Standard

4:3 Standard>European Vista>16:9 Standard

:;

Cinemascope2<Cinemascope1<American Vista

Refer to the disc’s instructions and “Screen size” below for the aspect ratio
of the picture.

The popup shows the video format suited to the
ratio.

∫ Making fine adjustments to the zoom ratio

While the ZOOM icon is displayed:

Press [3, 4].

The ratio changes in 0.01 units between 1.00 and 1.60 and in 0.02 units
between 1.60 and 2.00.

To restore the original ratio

Press [ZOOM] until the ratio returns to 1.00.

The ratio also returns to 1.00 when you change the disc or switch the unit
to standby. The ratio may return to 1.00 when a menu is displayed.

∫ Screen size

Movies are made using a variety of screen sizes.

16:9 Standard

4:3 Standard

European Vista (1.66:1)
American Vista (1.85:1)
Cinemascope1 (2.35:1)

Cinemascope2 (2.55:1)

Double re-master—Enjoying more natural sound

(For analog connection)

[RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [CD]
Discs recorded with 2-channel LPCM at 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz

This feature gives you a more natural sound by adding the higher
frequency signals not recorded on the disc.

[WMA] [MP3]

Discs recorded at 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz

This feature reproduces the frequencies lost during recording to give you
a sound closer to the original.

During play

Press [DOUBLE RE-MASTER].

1/96kHz

Output sampling

Each time you press the button:

Setting [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [CD]

Type of music

1 High tempo (e.g., pops and rock) Light

2 Various tempos (e.g., jazz) Medium

3 Low tempo (e.g., classical) Strong

OFF Off Off

frequency

[WMA] [MP3]
Effect level

Setting the unit to turn off—SLEEP timer

Press [SLEEP] to select the setting.

Each time you press the button:

[# OFF: cancel
lv
l AUTO: turns the unit off 5 minutes after play finishes
lv
l 60 min: turns the unit off after 60 minutes
lv
l 90 min: turns the unit off after 90 minutes
lv
{= 120 min: turns the unit off after 120 minutes

≥AUTO also works with DVDs that show a menu after play

finishes.

≥AUTO does not work if you press [∫], [MENU] or [TOP MENU]. It is

activated again when you restart play.

≥AUTO does not work correctly with some discs (e.g., if menus appear

after playing Video CDs).

To confirm the remaining time

Press [SLEEP].

∫ Auto standby

The unit switches to standby mode after about 30 minutes in the stop
mode, irrespective of the SLEEP setting.

Advanced operations

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While stopped

Press [PLAY MODE].

The display changes each time you press the button.
Program_>Random_>Off (normal)

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Advanced operations

Random play

When Sequential Mode is on

[VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3]

You can play all the items on all the discs in random order.

When Sequential Mode is off

[RAM] [VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3]
You can play all the items on a disc in the play position in random order.
[DVD-A] [DVD-V]
You can play selected item(s) on a disc in the play position in random
order.

1 [When\Sequential\Mode\is\off]

[DVD-A] [DVD-V]

Press the numbered buttons to
select a group or a title.

[DVD-V]

≥Some items cannot be selected.

[DVD-A]

≥You can select more than one group.

To enter all groups, select “All” using
[2, 1] and press [ENTER].

≥To deselect a group, press the

numbered buttons corresponding to the
group you want to clear.

2 Press [1] (PLAY).

You can select up to 32 items to play in the order you choose.

When Sequential Mode is on

[VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3]

You can program all the items on discs.

When Sequential Mode is off

[RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3]
You can program all the items on a disc in the play position.

1 [When\Sequential\Mode\is\on]

Press the numbered buttons to select a disc.

2 [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [WMA] [MP3]

Press the numbered buttons to select a group or
title.

[DVD-V]

≥Some items cannot be selected.

3 Press the numbered buttons to select a program,

track or chapter.
(Press [ENTER] if the number continues to
flash.)

≥Repeat steps 1–3 to program other items.

4 Press [1] (PLAY).

Some items will not be played, even if you can enter them in the
program.

To select using the cursor buttons

Press [ENTER] and [3, 4] to select an item, then press [ENTER] again
to register. Select “ALL” to enter all items (on the disc or in the title or
group).

Changing the program

Press [3, 4] to select an item.
–To change an item, repeat steps 1–3.
–To clear an item, press [CANCEL] (or select “Clear” and press [ENTER]).
≥Press [ANGLE/PAGE] to skip items.

To clear the whole program

Select “Clear all” with [3, 4, 2, 1] and press [ENTER]. The whole program
is also cleared when the disc is moved out of the play position while the
sequential mode is off or the unit is turned off.

To exit the program/random mode

Press [PLAY MODE] while stopped.

If you select a bonus group on a DVD-Audio

Enter the password with the numbered buttons. Refer also to the disc’s jacket.

[Note]

Disable HighMAT disc play to use random and program play.

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3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

DISPLAY RETURN

On-Screen Menu Icons are menus that contain information about the disc
or unit and allow you to perform operations by changing this information.

Common procedures

1 Press [DISPLAY].

Each time you press the button:

Disc information (➜ right) )Progress indicator (➜ page 17)

ev

Original display(------------------- Unit information (➜ page 16–17)

2 [Unit\information\only]

While the leftmost icon is highlighted

Press [3, 4] to select the menu.

Each time you press the button:

Play Menu()Picture Menu()Audio Menu()Display Menu

^------------------------------------------------------------------------------------J

3 Press [2, 1] to select the item.
4 Press [3, 4] to select the setting.

≥Change items with “3” or “4” above and below with [3, 4] (press

[ENTER] if the setting doesn’t change).

≥Change numbered items with the numbered buttons and press

[ENTER].

≥Depending on the condition of the unit (playing, stopped, etc.) and the

type of software, there are some items that you cannot select or change.

≥Read the following explanations for other items.

To clear the menus

Press [RETURN] until the menus disappear.

∫ To change the position of the icons

1. Press [2, 1] to select the Bar Position icon.

2. Press [3, 4] to move the icons. (There are 5 positions.)

Disc information

e.g.

[DVD-V]

[RAM]

PG: Program number PL: Play list number

[DVD-V]

T: Title number C: Chapter number

[VCD] [CD]

T: Track number

[DVD-A] [WMA] [MP3]

G: Group number T: Track number in group

[JPEG]

G: Group number P: Picture number in group
Time [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V]

≥Press [3, 4] to show the elapsed play time or remaining

time for the program, play list, group, track or title (or
chapter during program and random play).

≥Select a position to start play by specifying a time with the

numbered buttons and press [ENTER].

Changing the time display [VCD] [CD]

Press [3, 4] to show the elapsed play time, remaining time
for the track, or remaining time for the disc.
Elapsed play time [VCD] (SVCD only) [WMA] [MP3]
For display only, cannot be changed.

Audio mode (➜ page 12, Soundtracks)
Soundtrack language

(See [A] below for language abbreviations.)

Audio signal type

(See [B] below for details.)

Karaoke vocal on/off (Karaoke DVD only) [DVD-V]

Solo: OFF or ON
Duet: OFF, V1 i V2, V1 or V2

Current bitrate [WMA] [MP3]
Current sampling frequency [WMA] [MP3]

Subtitle language (➜ page 12)

(See [A] below for language abbreviations.)

Subtitles on/off

ON()OFF

Track information on/off [CD] (CD text only) [WMA] [MP3]

ON()OFF

Picture information [JPEG]
Full: Group title, picture title, picture size, file size, date of

Date: Date of shooting only.
OFF: No display.

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Actual displays depend on the camera and data.

Angle number (➜ page 12)

Track/picture number in disc [WMA] [MP3] [JPEG]
Total number of tracks/pictures on disc

[WMA] [MP3] [JPEG]

Menu play [VCD]
Indicates whether menu play (playback control) is on or off.

Still picture number [DVD-A]

Selected picture is shown during play.

Slideshow setting [JPEG]

ON()OFF

Slideshow timing [JPEG]

0–30 sec

shooting, and camera model used

Advanced operations

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Advanced operations

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Using On-Screen Menu Icons

Unit information

Play Menu Display Menu

A-B repeat [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3]
(When the elapsed play time is displayed)

Repeat a section between points A and B within an item.

[ENTER] (start point) ➜ [ENTER] (finish point)
To cancel: [ENTER]

≥Subtitles recorded around A and B may fail to appear.
≥The end of an item becomes point B when it is reached.
≥A-B repeat is canceled when you press [QUICK

REPLAY].

Repeat mode

[RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3]

(When the elapsed play time is displayed)

[JPEG]

[RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V]

PG: Program
D: Disc
OFF OFF OFF

[VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3] [JPEG]

T: Track
D: Disc
S: Sequential
OFF

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“1 (1 Step)” during program play: repeats the current

program item.

§2

“A (All)” during program and random play.

“S (Sequential)” appears instead of “A” if Sequential
mode is on to repeat play of all loaded discs (except
DVD s).

§3

During play list play

§4

“G (Group)” when Sequential mode is off [WMA] [MP3]

§5

Appears only when Sequential mode is on.

≥You can also repeat play of content (“C”) and group (“G”)

on HighMAT discs.

≥If the Video CD has playback control

1. Press [∫] to clear “PBC” from the display.

2. Press the numbered buttons to select a track to start play.

3. Select an item to repeat.

≥To repeat only your favorite programs/tracks/

chapters

Start program play (➜ page 14) and display “A”.

Play mode display

[RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3]

---: Normal play PGM: Program play
RND: Random play

Marker

[RAM] : 999 positions
[DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3] [JPEG] : 5 positions

[ENTER] (The unit is now ready to accept markers.)
To mark a position: [ENTER] (at the desired point)
To mark another position: [2, 1] ➜ [ENTER]
To recall a marker: [2, 1] ➜ [ENTER]
To erase a marker: [2, 1] ➜ [CANCEL]

[RAM]

To mark the eleventh point and beyond

1. Press [2, 1] to select the marker pin
icon

2. Press [3, 4] to select “11–20”
≥You can select the next group when the current group

3. Press [1].

≥The markers are ordered by time. This means that the

marker numbers can change when you add and erase
markers.

≥If places have been marked (e.g., with a DVD video

recorder), they are displayed.

≥You can clear existing markers, but they are restored

when you change the disc or switch the unit to standby.

≥This feature doesn’t work while using a play list.

[Note]

≥This feature doesn’t work during program and random

play.

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≥Markers you add clear when you change the disc or

switch the unit to standby.

is full.

§1

S: Scene§3T: Track§1C: Chapter

§2

PL: Playlist§3G: Group§2T: Title

§1

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§5

§1

§2

G: Group
OFF

Audio Menu Picture Menu

A

D

Advanced surround (VSS)
[RAM] [DVD-V] [VCD] (2-channel or greater)

Enjoy a surround-like effect when using 2 front speakers
(SP) or headphones (HP) (connect the unit to equipment
that has a headphone jack). The effect broadens when
playing discs with surround effects and sound seems to
come from speakers on either side of you.

≥VSS mode: SP()HP
≥SP/HP level

1: Natural effect
2: Emphasized effect
OFF: Cancel (Factory preset)

To change SP/HP level: [1] ➜ [3, 4]

Optimum seating position

Speaker Speaker

A

SP 1

<When using the
television’s
speakers>

Distance A=
Television’s width

3 to 4 times
distance A

Seating position

≥This does not work or has less effect with some discs.
≥Turn off if it causes distortion.
≥Do not use in combination with surround effects on other

equipment.

Double re-master (➜ page 13)

Dialogue enhancer

[DVD-V]

(Dolby Digital, DTS, 3-channel or over, where the
dialogue is recorded in the center channel)

This makes the dialogue in movies easier to hear.
ON (—) OFF (Factory preset)

≥This does not work or has less effect with some

discs.

∫ User mode

Press [1] while “U1” or “U2” is highlighted and then press [3, 4] to
select “1” or “2”.

U1: User mode 1

Picture mode

N: Normal mode

C1 (Cinema1): Mellows images and

C2 (Cinema2): Sharpens images and

U1/U2: User mode (➜ below)

Video output mode
480I: Interlace video
480P: Progressive video

(¢: Progressive output not possible with PAL signals)
≥You can change the video output mode only when

“Progressive Out (Component)” in the SETUP menu is set
to “Enable” (➜ page 18).

≥When progressive output is on, closed captions will not be

displayed.

Transfer mode

Select the method of conversion for progressive output to
suit the type of material being played. (➜ back cover,
Glossary— Film and video)
Auto1 (normal): For viewing film material

For viewing film material (the same as Auto1, but able

Auto2:

to convert 30-frame-per-second progressive video)

Video: For video material

Contrast (j7 to i7)

Adjusts the contrast between light and dark parts of the
picture.

Brightness (0 to i15)
Adjusts the picture brightness.

Sharpness (j7 to i7)
Adjusts the sharpness of the edges of the horizontal lines.

Color (j7 to i7)
Adjusts the shade of the picture’s color.

Gamma (0 to i5)
Adjusts the brightness of dark parts of the picture.

enhances detail in dark
scenes

enhances detail in dark
scenes

C

Advanced operations

Progress indicator

Indicates how far you have played through an item.

e.g. [DVD-V]

Condition – play, pause, or slow/search

Changing the time display [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD]

Press [3, 4] to show the elapsed play time or remaining time for the
program, play list, track or title (or chapter during program and random
play).
Elapsed play time [VCD] (SVCD only) [WMA] [MP3]
For display only, cannot be changed.

Current position

U2: User mode 2

(Video output mode ➜ above)

∫ Changing play speed [DVD-A] (Moving picture part) [DVD-V]

(Dolby Digital only)

Press [2] (slower) or [1] (faster).
There are five speeds:

a0.8 ,. a0.9 ,. a1.0 (normal speed) ,. a1.2 ,. a1.4
≥After you change the speed:

–Output is in stereo,
–Advanced surround does not work,
–Digital output switches to PCM.

≥Sound is stereo as long as “k1.0” is orange.

To return to normal play

Press [1] (PLAY).

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Changing settings

This chart shows the settings for this unit. Change the settings to suit your preferences and to suit the unit to the environment in which it is
being used. The changes remain intact even if you switch the unit to standby. See page 19 for operation.

Menus Items Options (Underlined items are the factory preset.)

Disc Audio

Choose the audio language.

Subtitle

Choose the subtitle language.

Menus

Choose the language for disc menus.

English
Original

Automatic
(Language options) Other ¢¢¢¢

English (Language options)
Other ¢¢¢¢

(Language options)

§1

Other ¢¢¢¢

§3

§2

English

Ratings (➜ page 19)

≥Set a ratings level to limit DVD-Video play.
≥The password screen is shown if you choose levels 0 to 7 or if you choose

“Ratings” when levels 0 to 7 have been selected.

≥Select “Level 0” to prevent play of discs that do not have ratings levels recorded

on them.

Video TV Aspect (➜ page 7)

Choose the setting to suit your television and preference.

Progressive Out (Component)

Choose “Enable” to enable progressive output.

Still Mode

Specify the type of picture shown when paused.

Black Level Control

§4

Change the black level of the picture if you connected a television through the
COMPONENT VIDEO OUT terminals.

NTSC Disc Output

§5§6

Choose PAL 60 or NTSC output when playing NTSC discs (➜ page 6—Video
systems).

Audio PCM Down Conversion (➜ page 19) No

Advanced operations

Dolby Digital (➜ page 19) Bitstream
DTS Digital Surround (➜ page 19) PCM

§5

MPEG

(➜ page 19)

Dynamic Range Compression (Dolby Digital only)
Change the dynamic range for late night viewing.

Audio during Search

§8

Choose whether to have sound during search.

Display Menu Language

Choose the language for these menus and the on-screen messages.

On-Screen Messages

Choose whether to show on-screen messages or not.

FL Dimmer

Changes the brightness of the unit’s display.

Others HighMAT (DVD-F65 only)

Play HighMAT discs as HighMAT discs, or as regular WMA/MP3/JPEG discs.

Mixed Disc–Audio & Stills (DVD-F65 only)
Select which type of file the unit plays when playing a disc containing both JPEG
and WMA/MP3.

DVD-Video Mode

Select how to play pictures contained on some DVD-Audio.
The setting returns to “Off” when you change the disc or turn the unit off.

Demo Off

QUICK SETUP (➜ page 7)

Answer questions to make basic settings.

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§1

The original language of each disc is selected.

§2

Input a code number with the numbered buttons (➜ page 19).

§3

If the language selected for “Audio” is not available, subtitles of that
language will automatically appear if available on that disc.

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Units for U.S.A. and Canada

§5

Units for Australia and N.Z.

§6

§7

§8

§2

Units for Asia
Prohibits play of DVD-Video with corresponding ratings recorded on
them.
Audio will be heard when playing some DVD-Audio despite the settings
you make here.

Language options

§4

French Spanish

§5

French German Italian Spanish
Portuguese Swedish Dutch

§2

§6

Chinese

Setting ratings (When level 8 is selected)

8 No Limit

1 to 7

§7

0 Lock All

Changing ratings (When level 0–7 is selected)

Unlock Player Change Password
Change Level Temporary Unlock

4:3 Pan&Scan

Disable
Enable

4:3 Letterbox 16:9

§4

Enable (NTSC Disc Only)

Automatic Field Frame

Lighter

: When connected through VIDEO OUT or S

VIDEO OUT.

Darker: When connected through COMPONENT

VIDEO OUT (Y/P

PAL60

: When connected to a PAL television.

B/PR).

NTSC: When connected to an NTSC television.
(For Asia: “NTSC” is the factory preset.)

Ye s
PCM

Bitstream
PCM
Off

On

§4

English Français Español

§5

English Français Deutsch Italiano
Español Português Svenska Nederlands

§6

English

Bitstream

On

Off

On Off

Bright
Dim
Auto:The display is dimmed during play, but brightens

when you perform operations such as slow­motion, search, and pause.

Enable

: Play HighMAT discs as HighMAT discs.

Disable: Play HighMAT discs as regular WMA/MP3/

JPEG discs.

Audio (MP3/WMA)
Stills (JPEG)

Off

: DVD-Audio are played as DVD-Audio.

On: You can play DVD-Video content on DVD-Audio.

On: A demonstration of the on-screen displays

starts. Press any button to stop it.

Ye s N o

§5§6

CANCEL

123

456

789

0

10

DISC1 DISC2 DISC3

DISC4 DISC5

SLEEP

DISC

SETUP

OPEN/CLOSE

SEQUENTIAL

FL SELECT

GROUP

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP

MENU

DISPLAY

RETURN

MENU

ENTER

PLAY LIST

S

L

O

W

/

S

E

A

R

C

H

S

T

O

P

P

L

A

Y

P

A

U

S

E

SETUP

Numbered
buttons

P

I

K

CANCEL

S

3, 4, 2, 1

ENTER

RETURN

Common procedures

See page 18 for menu and option details.

1 Press [SETUP] to show the menus.

SETUP

SELECT

≥The QUICK SETUP screen appears when you press [SETUP] the

first time after purchase (➜ page 7).

Disc

Audio
Subtitle
Menus

TAB

Ratings

English

Automatic

English

Level 8

2 Press [2, 1] to select the menu’s tab.

The screen changes to display the menu.

Disc ,. Video ,. Audio ,. Display ,. Others

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3 Press [3, 4] to select the item you want to

change and press [ENTER].

4 Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select the option and

press [ENTER].

The screen now shows the menu again.

To return to the previous screen

Press [RETURN].

To exit the SETUP menu

Press [SETUP].

Language code list

Abkhazian: 6566
Afar: 6565
Afrikaans: 6570
Albanian: 8381
Ameharic: 6577
Arabic: 6582
Armenian: 7289
Assamese: 6583
Aymara: 6 588
Azerbaijani: 6590
Bashkir: 6665
Basque: 6985
Bengali; Bangla: 6678
Bhutani: 6890
Bihari: 6672
Breton: 6682
Bulgarian: 6671
Burmese: 7789

Byelorussian: 6669
Cambodian: 7577
Catalan: 6765
Chinese: 9072
Corsican: 6779
Croatian: 7282
Czech: 6783
Danish: 6865
Dutch: 7876
English: 6978
Esperanto: 6979
Estonian: 6984
Faroese: 7079
Fiji: 7074
Finnish: 7073
French: 7082
Frisian: 7089
Galician: 7176

Georgian: 7565
German: 6869
Greek: 6976
Greenlandic: 7576
Guarani: 7178
Gujarati: 7185
Hausa: 7265
Hebrew: 7387
Hindi: 7273
Hungarian: 7285
Icelandic: 7383
Indonesian: 7378
Interlingua: 7365
Irish: 7165
Italian: 7384
Japanese: 7465
Javanese: 7487
Kannada: 7578

Entering a password (Ratings)

[DVD-V]

The password screen is shown when you select levels 0 to 7.

1. Input a 4-digit password with the numbered buttons.
≥If you enter a wrong number, press [CANCEL] to erase it.

2. Press [ENTER].

≥The lock symbol appears closed to show the rating is locked.
≥Do not forget your password.

3. Press [ENTER] to confirm the 4 digits.

Now, when you insert a DVD-Video that exceeds the ratings limit you
set, a message appears on the television.
Follow the on-screen instructions.

Digital output

[DVD-A] [DVD-V]

Change the settings when you have connected equipment through this
unit’s DIGITAL AUDIO OUT terminal (OPTICAL).

PCM Down Conversion

Select how to output audio with a sampling frequency of 96 kHz or

88.2 kHz.

≥Select “Yes” if the equipment you connect cannot process signals with a

sampling frequency of 96 kHz or 88.2 kHz.

No (Factory preset): Output as 96 kHz or 88.2 kHz

Yes : Converted to 48 kHz or 44.1 kHz

[Note]

≥Signals are converted to either 48 kHz or 44.1 kHz despite the above

settings if the signals have a sampling frequency of over 96 kHz, or the
disc has copy protection.

≥Some equipment cannot handle sampling frequencies of 88.2 kHz, even

if they can handle 96 kHz. Read your equipment’s operating instructions
for details.

Dolby Digital, DTS Digital Surround and MPEG

Bitstream (Factory preset for Dolby Digital):

Select if the equipment you connected can decode the signal.

PCM (Factory preset for DTS Digital Surround and MPEG
Select if the equipment you connected cannot decode the signal.

§

MPEG: Units for Australia and N.Z.

IMPORTANT
If the equipment you connected cannot decode the signal, the
setting must be changed to PCM. If not, signals the equipment
cannot process will be output by this unit, causing high levels of
noise which can damage your hearing and the speakers.

Kashmiri: 7583
Kazakh: 7575
Kirghiz: 7589
Korean: 7579
Kurdish: 7585
Laotian: 7679
Latin: 7665
Latvian, Lettish: 7686
Lingala: 7678
Lithuanian: 7684
Macedonian: 7775
Malagasy: 7771
Malay: 7783
Malayalam: 7776
Maltese: 7784
Maori: 7773
Marathi: 7782
Moldavian: 7779

Mongolian: 7778
Nauru: 7865
Nepali: 7869
Norwegian: 7879
Oriya: 7982
Pashto, Pushto: 8083
Persian: 7065
Polish: 8076
Portuguese: 8084
Punjabi: 8065
Quechua: 8185
Rhaeto-Romance:8277
Romanian: 8279
Russian: 8285
Samoan: 8377
Sanskrit: 8365
Scots Gaelic: 7168
Serbian: 8382

Serbo-Croatian: 8372
Shona: 8378
Sindhi: 8368
Singhalese: 8373
Slovak: 8375
Slovenian: 8376
Somali: 8379
Spanish: 6983
Sundanese: 8385
Swahili: 8387
Swedish: 8386
Tagalog: 8476
Tajik: 8471
Tamil: 8465
Tatar: 8484
Telugu: 8469
Thai: 8472
Tibetan: 6679

§

§

):

Tigrinya: 8473
Tonga: 8479
Turkish: 8482
Turkmen: 8475
Twi: 8487
Ukrainian: 8575
Urdu: 8582
Uzbek: 8590
Vietnamese: 8673
Volapük: 8679
Welsh: 6789
Wolof: 8779
Xhosa: 8872
Yiddish: 7473
Yoruba: 8979
Zulu: 9085

Advanced operations

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Troubleshooting guide

Before requesting service, make the following checks. If you are in doubt about some of the check points, or if the remedies indicated in the chart do not
solve the problem:

In the U.S.A., contact the Panasonic Customer Call Center at 1-800-211-7262, or e-mail [e-mail], or web site
(http://www.panasonic.com).
In Canada, contact Panasonic Canada Inc. Customer Care Centre at 1-800-561-5505, web site (www.panasonic.ca), or an authorized
Servicentre closest to you.
In other areas, consult your dealer.

Power Page

No power. ≥Insert the AC power supply cord securely into the household AC outlet. 5
The unit is automatically switched

to the standby mode.

Operation

No response when buttons
pressed.

No operations can be performed
with the remote control.

Play doesn’t start (or stops
immediately) when you press
[1](PLAY).

Cannot play DVDs. ≥Sequential Mode is on. Press [SEQUENTIAL] to turn Sequential Mode off. 9
Cannot select alternative

languages.
No menu play. ≥This function depends on software availability. –
No subtitles. ≥This function depends on software availability.

Soundtrack and/or subtitle

Reference

language is not the one selected
with the SETUP menus.

Cannot change angle. ≥This function depends on software availability. Even if a disc has a number of angles recorded, these

You have forgotten your ratings
password.

Reset all the settings to Factory
Preset.

The drawer stops while opening. ≥There are more than 5 discs in the unit. Remove one or more discs and turn the unit off and on again. –

Picture

Picture distorted. ≥Some distortion is normal during SEARCH. –
Menu not displayed correctly. ≥Restore the zoom ratio to a1.00.

No picture. ≥Check the connection.

The picture shown on the
television is not normal.
(The sides of the picture are cut
off, the picture is stretched
horizontally, or black bands
appear at the top and bottom of
the screen.)

There is ghosting when
progressive output is on.

Picture quality is poor. ≥Check the settings in the On-Screen Menu Icons’ Picture Menu. 17
The SETUP menus and other

screens shown on the television
are displayed incorrectly.
Colors appear faded.

≥The unit automatically switches to standby after approximately 30 minutes in the stop mode. Turn the

power back to ON.

≥The SLEEP timer functioned.

≥Some operations may be prohibited by the disc.
≥The unit may not be operating properly due to lightning, static electricity or some other external

factor.
Reset procedure:
Press [POWER Í/I] to switch the unit to the standby mode and then back to ON.
Alternatively, press [POWER Í/I] to switch the unit to the standby mode, disconnect the AC power
supply cord, and then reconnect it.

≥Check that the batteries are installed correctly.
≥The batteries are depleted: Replace them with new ones.
≥Point the remote control at the remote control sensor and operate.

≥Condensation has formed: Wait 1 to 2 hours for it to evaporate.
≥This unit cannot play discs other than the ones listed in these operating instructions.
≥You can only play DVD-Video if their region number is the same or includes the same region number as

the unit or if the DVD-Video is marked “ALL”. Confirm the region number for the unit on the rear panel.

≥The disc may be dirty and may require cleaning.
≥Ensure that the disc is loaded with the label of the side to be played facing upwards.
≥Check that the DVD-RAM has something recorded on it.

≥This function depends on software availability.
≥Try selecting from the disc’s menu if one is available.

≥Subtitles are cleared from the television. Turn on the subtitles.
≥Subtitle position is wrong. Adjust the position.

≥This function depends on software availability. –

angles may be recorded for specific scenes only.

≥While stopped, press and hold [:/6] and [;] on the unit and then also press and hold [<] on

the unit until “Initialized” disappears from the television. Turn the unit off and on again.
All settings will return to the default values.

≥Set the subtitle position to 0.
≥Set “4:3 Aspect” to “Normal”.

≥Make sure the television is on.
≥Ensure the television’s video input setting (e.g., VIDEO 1) is correct.

≥Go to Video in the SETUP menus, and change “TV Aspect” to suit your television.
≥Use the television to change the aspect to the correct one.

If your television cannot change the aspect when input is progressive, try changing “4:3
Aspect” with the on-screen menu icons.

≥Turn off the zooming feature of your television if you are using Variable Zoom.
≥Ensure that the unit is connected directly to the television, and is not connected through a video

cassette recorder.

≥Change “Video output mode” to “480I”. This problem is caused by the editing method or material

used on DVD-Video, but should be corrected if you use interlace output.

≥The unit and television are using different video systems.

[Units\for\Australia\and\N.Z.]

Use a multi-system or PAL television.

[Units\for\Asia]

Use a multi-system or NTSC television.

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No sound.
Distorted sound.

Piercing noise comes from the
speakers.

Effects do not work. ≥Dialogue enhancer and Advanced surround do not work when the unit is outputting bitstream signals.

≥Check the connections.
≥Check the volume on the equipment you have connected.
≥Ensure that the input settings on the other equipment are correct.
≥Turn Advanced surround off if it causes distortion.
≥Output from this unit will be in stereo (two channels) when Advanced surround is on. Turn Advanced

surround off if you are using three or more speakers.

≥If the “D.MIX” indicator on the display goes out while playing a multi-channel DVD-Audio disc, sound

only comes from the front left and right speakers. Read the disc's instructions for details.

≥Press [1] (PLAY) to restore normal play after changing the speed.
≥Noise may occur when playing WMA files.

≥If you have connected this unit to other equipment through the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT terminal, ensure

you have selected the correct settings for “Dolby Digital”, “DTS Digital Surround” and “MPEG
SETUP menus’ Audio menu.

§

For Australia and N.Z.

≥Advanced surround does not work if you have changed the play speed.

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4, 5

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Unit displays

“NOPLAY” ≥You inserted a disc the unit cannot play; insert one it can.

“CHECK” ≥Disc is dirty: Wipe it clean. 6
“H∑∑”

∑∑ stands for a number.

≥You inserted a blank DVD-RAM.

≥Trouble may have occurred. The number following “H” depends on the status of the unit.

Reset procedure:

Press [POWER Í/I] to switch the unit to the standby mode and then back to ON. Alternatively, press
[POWER Í/I] to switch the unit to the standby mode, disconnect the AC power supply cord, and then
reconnect it.

≥If the service numbers fail to clear, note the service number and contact a qualified service person.––

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Television displays

“Cannot display group xx, picture
xx.”
“The progressive out is set to
“Disable””

No on-screen display or only
partially displayed.

The disc’s menu is displayed in a
different language.

≥You are trying to display incompatible pictures. –

≥Go to Video in the SETUP menus, and select “Enable” in “Progressive Out (Component)”. 18

≥Go to Display in the SETUP menus, and select “On” for “On-Screen Messages”.
≥Press [DISPLAY], and press [2, 1] to highlight the Bar Position icon, then press [3, 4] to adjust the

position.

≥Go to Disc in the SETUP menus, and select the preferred language for “Menus”. 18

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Reference

Maintenance

Clean this unit with a soft, dry cloth.

≥Never use alcohol, paint thinner or benzine to clean this unit.

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems, Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942, 5,956,674, 5,974,380, 5,978,762 and other world-wide
patents issued and pending. “DTS” and “DTS Digital Surround” are registered trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. © 1996, 2000 Digital
Theater Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

Apparatus Claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 4,631,603, 4,577,216, and 4,819,098, licensed for limited viewing uses only.

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property
rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision
Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse
engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

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Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR U.S.A.)

Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company,
Division of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America

One Panasonic Way Secaucus, New Jersey 07094

Panasonic DVD Player/Recorder

Limited Warranty

Limited Warranty Coverage

If your product does not work properly because of a defect in materials or
workmanship, Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company or Panasonic Sales
Company (collectively referred to as “the warrantor”) will, for the length of the period
indicated on the chart below, which starts with the date of original purchase (“warranty
period”), at its option either (a) repair your product with new or refurbished parts, or (b)
replace it with a new or a refurbished product. The decision to repair or replace will be
made by the warrantor.

Product or Part Name Parts Labor

DVD Player One (1) Year Ninety (90) Days

DVD Recorder One (1) Year One (1) Year

Rechargeable
Batteries, DVD-RAM
Disc (in exchange for
defective item)

During the “Labor” warranty period there will be no charge for labor. During the “Parts”
warranty period, there will be no charge for parts. You must carry-in or mail-in your
product during the warranty period. If non-rechargeable batteries are included, they
are not warranted. This warranty only applies to products purchased and serviced in
the United States or Puerto Rico. This warranty is extended only to the original
purchaser of a new product which was not sold “as is”. A purchase receipt or other
proof of the original purchase date is required for warranty service.

Carry-In or Mail-In Service

For Carry-In or Mail-In Ser vice in the United States call 1-800-211-PANA(7262) or visit
Panasonic Web Site: http://www.panasonic.com
For assistance in Puerto Rico call Panasonic Sales Company (787)-750-4300 or fax
(787)-768-2910.

Ten (10) Days Not Applicable

Panasonic Sales Company, Division of Matsushita Electric
of Puerto Rico, Inc.

Ave. 65 de Infantería, Km. 9.5
San Gabriel Industrial Park, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00985

Limited Warranty Limits And Exclusions

This warranty ONLY COVERS failures due to defects in materials or workmanship,
and DOES NOT COVER normal wear and tear or cosmetic damage. The warranty
ALSO DOES NOT COVER damages which occurred in shipment, or failures which
are caused by products not supplied by the warrantor, or failures which result from
accidents, misuse, abuse, neglect, mishandling, misapplication, alteration, faulty
installation, set-up adjustments, misadjustment of consumer controls, improper
maintenance, power line surge, lightning damage, modification, or commercial use
(such as in a hotel, office, restaurant, or other business), rental use of the product,
service by anyone other than a Factory Servicenter or other Authorized Servicer, or
damage that is attributable to acts of God.

THERE ARE NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES EXCEPT AS LISTED UNDER “LIMITED
WARRANTY COVERAGE”. THE WARRANTOR IS NOT LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS
PRODUCT, OR ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH OF THIS WARRANTY. (As

examples, this excludes damages for lost time, travel to and from the servicer, loss of
media or images, data or other recorded content. The items listed are not excluive, but
are for illustration only.) ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING

THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, ARE LIMITED TO THE PERIOD OF
THE LIMITED WARRANTY.

Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential
damages, or limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the exclusions may
not apply to you.

This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which
vary from state to state. If a problem with this product develops during or after the
warranty period, you may contact your dealer or Servicenter. If the problem is not
handled to your satisfaction, then write to the warrantor’s Consumer Affairs
Department at the addresses listed for the warrantor.

PARTS AND SERVICE WHICH ARE NOT COVERED BY THIS LIMITED
WARRANTY ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

Customer Services Directory

For Product Information, Operating Assistance, Literature Request, Dealer Locations, and
all Customer Service inquiries please contact:
1-800-211-PANA (7262), Monday–Friday 9 am–9 pm; Saturday–Sunday 9 am–7 pm, EST.

Reference

or send e-mail:
[e-mail]
For hearing or speech impaired TTY users, TTY: 1-877-833-8855

Web Site: http://www.panasonic.com
You can purchase parts, accessories or
locate your nearest servicenter by visiting
our Web Site.

Accessory Purchases:

1-800-332-5368 (Customer Orders Only)
For hearing or speech impaired TTY users, TTY: 1-866-605-1277
Panasonic Services Company 20421 84th Avenue South, Kent,
WA 98032
(6 am to 5 pm Monday–Friday; 6 am to 10:30 am Saturday; PST)
(Visa, MasterCard, Discover Card, American Express, Check)

Service in Puerto Rico

Matsushita Electric of Puerto Rico, Inc. Panasonic Sales Company/Factory Servicenter:

Ave. 65 de Infanteria, Km. 9.5, San Gabriel Industrial Park, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00985

Phone [phone] Fax [phone]

Product Service

1. Damage requiring service—The unit should be serviced by qualified

service personnel if:
(a) The AC power supply cord or AC adaptor has been damaged; or
(b) Objects or liquids have gotten into the unit; or
(c) The unit has been exposed to rain; or
(d) The unit does not operate normally or exhibits a marked change in

performance; or

(e) The unit has been dropped or the cabinet damaged.

2. Servicing—Do not attempt to service the unit beyond that described

in these operating instructions. Refer all other servicing to authorized
servicing personnel.

3. Replacement parts—When parts need replacing ensure the servicer

uses parts specified by the manufacturer or parts that have the same

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result in fire, electric shock, or other hazards.

4. Safety check—After repairs or service, ask the servicer to perform

safety checks to confirm that the unit is in proper working condition.

Product information

For product information or assistance with product operation:

In the U.S.A., contact the Panasonic Customer Call Center at
1-800-211-7262, or e-mail [e-mail], or web
site (http://www.panasonic.com).

In Canada, contact Panasonic Canada Inc. Customer Care Centre at
1-800-561-5505, web site (www.panasonic.ca), or an authorized
Servicentre closest to you.

In other areas, consult your dealer.

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Guía de referencia rápida en español

DIGITAL AUDIO OUT

(

PCM/BITSTREAM

)

AUDIO

OUT

COMPONENT VIDEO OUT

(

480P/480I

)

VIDEO OUT S VIDEO OUT

OPTICAL

AC IN

LY

RP

R

PB

CANCEL

6

789

0

10

SLEEP

DISC

SETUP

OPEN/CLOSE

SEQUENTIAL

FL SELECT

GROUP

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

TOP

MENU

DISPLAY

SUBTITLE

AUDIO

ANGLE/PAGE

QUICK REPLAY

RETURN

MENU

ENTER

PLAY LIST

S

K

I

P

S

L

O

W

/

S

E

A

R

C

H

S

T

O

P

P

L

A

Y

P

A

U

S

E

DVD-F61 no es compatible con WMA, JPEG, o HighMAT. Las referencias a éstos son aplicables únicamente a DVD-F65.

Conexión a un televisor

AUDIO

VIDEO

IN

IN

L

A la toma de
CA del hogar

R

rojo blanco amarillo

Cable de
alimentación
de CA

(suministrado)

rojo blanco amarillo

Preparación rápida

La pantalla preparación rápida aparece cuando usted pulsa
[SETUP] por primera vez después de adquirir el aparato y le ayuda a
efectuar los ajustes necesarios.

Preparación

Encienda el televisor y seleccione en él la entrada de vídeo apropiada
según las conexiones del reproductor.

1. Pulse [Í] para encender el aparato.

2. Pulse [SETUP] para visualizar la pantalla QUICK SETUP.

3. Pulse [3, 4] para seleccionar “Español” y pulse [ENTER].

4. Pulse [3, 4] para seleccionar “Sí” y pulse [ENTER].

5. Pulse [3, 4] para seleccionar el elemento y pulse [ENTER].

≥Idioma de audio
≥Idioma de los subtítulos
≥Aspecto de su televisor
≥Salida progresiva

6. Pulse [ENTER] y después [SETUP] para finalizar los ajustes.

Para volver a la pantalla anterior

Pulse [RETURN].

Para disfrutar del vídeo progresivo

Preparación

≥Conecte los terminales de entrada de vídeo componente a un

televisor compatible de 480P.

≥En preparación rápida, ponga “Salida progresiva” en “Activar”

(➜ anterior).

1. Pulse [DISPLAY] para visualizar los menús de iconos.

2. Mientras se resalta el icono del extremo izquierdo, pulse [3, 4]
para seleccionar “Picture Menu”.

3. Pulse [2, 1] para seleccionar “Video Output Mode”.

4. Pulse [3, 4] para seleccionar “480P”.

5. Pulse [RETURN] hasta que desaparezcan los menús.

N

Video Output Mode

Televisor

Cable de
audio/vídeo

(suministrado)

480I

:, 9

TOP MENU,

DIRECT NAVIGATOR

3, 4, 2, 1

Reproducción básica

1. Pulse [Í] para encender el aparato.

2. Pulse [<] para abrir el mecanismo de carga y coloque el(los)
disco(s) en la(s) bandeja(s) con la etiqueta mirando hacia arriba.

Si el disco contiene ambos datos de audio (WMA y MP3) y JPEG,

compruebe el ajuste “Disco mixto Audio/Imág. fija” en el menú de
INSTALACIÓN. Seleccione “Imá. fija (JPEG)” o “Audio (MP3/WMA)”.
≥Para cargar discos en las otras bandejas, pulse [DISC SKIP] en

el aparato principal.

≥La reproducción empieza por el disco

delantero izquierdo.

3. Pulse [<] para cerrar el compartimento.

4. Pulse [1] (PLAY).

Parada

Pausa

Salto de
elementos

Búsqueda

A cámara
lenta

Cuadro a
cuadro

Menús

Í

DISC1 DISC2 DISC3

123

DISC4 DISC5

45

∫

ENTER

1

POWER Í /I

CD SEQUENTIAL

DOUBLE RE-MASTER

Pulse [∫].
“!” parpadea en el visualizador. Pulse [1] (PLAY)
para reanudar desde esta posición. Vuelva a pulsar
[∫] para cancelar la posición.

Pulse [;].
Pulse [1] (PLAY) para reanudar la reproducción.

Pulse [:] (hacia atrás) o [9] (hacia adelante).

Salto de grupo [JPEG]

Pulse [4] (hacia atrás) o [3] (hacia adelante).

Salto de disco

Pluse [DISC SKIP] en el aparato principal.
Pulse [6] (hacia atrás) o [5] (hacia adelante).

Pulse [1] (PLAY) para reanudar la reproducción.
Durante la pausa, pulse [6] (hacia atrás) o [5]

(hacia adelante).
Pulse [1] (PLAY) para reanudar la reproducción.

Durante la pausa, pulse [2] (hacia atrás) o [1]
(hacia adelante).
Pulse y mantenga pulsado para cambiar en sucesión.
O bien, pulse [;] varias veces para avanzar cuadro
a cuadro.

Pulse [3, 4, 2, 1] para seleccionar un elemento
y [ENTER] para confirmar.
O bien, pulse los botones numerados.
Pulse [TOP MENU] para visualizar el menú
superior.
Pulse [MENU] para visualizar un menú.
Pulse [RETURN] para visualizar un menú. [VCD]

Para visualizar Navegador Directo [RAM]

Pulse [DIRECT NAVIGATOR].

Para visualizar el Menú de listas de
reproducción [RAM]

Pulse [PLAY LIST].

2 3 4 5

DISC

DISC SKIP

;∫1:/65/9

1

1

SETUP

Botones
numerados

6, 5
1

;

MENU,
PLAY LIST

RETURNDISPLAY

DISC EXCHANGE DISC SKIP<OPEN/CLOSE

5

5

ESPAÑOL

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Glossary

Bitstream

The digital form of multi-channel data (e.g.

5.1 channel) before decoding.

Decoder

A decoder restores coded audio signals on
DVDs to normal.

Dolby Digital

This is a method of coding digital signals
developed by Dolby Laboratories. Apart from
stereo (2-channel) audio, these signals can also
be multi-channel audio. A large amount of audio
information can be recorded on one disc using
this method.

Dolby Pro Logic

A surround system where a 4-channel audio
track is recorded as 2 channels and then is
restored to 4 channels for play. The surround
channel is monaural and can reproduce up to
7kHz.

DTS (Digital Theater Systems)

This surround system is used in many movie
theaters around the world. There is good
separation between the channels, so realistic
sound effects are possible.

Specifications

Signal system:

[For\U.S.A.\and\Canada] :NTSC
[For\others] :

Operating temperature range:

Operating humidity range:

Discs played [8 cm (3 z) or 12 cm (5 z)]:

(1) DVD-RAM (DVD-VR compatible)
(2) DVD-Audio
(3) DVD-Video
(4) DVD-R (DVD-Video compatible)
(5) CD-Audio (CD-DA)
(6) Video CD
(7) SVCD (Conforming to IEC62107)
(8) CD-R/CD-RW

(9) MP3/WMA

(10) JPEG

(11) HighMAT Level 2 (Audio and Image)

PAL 625/50, PAL525/60, NTSC

i5 to i35 oC (i41 to i95 oF)

5 to 90 % RH (no condensation)

(CD-DA, Video-CD formatted discs)

≥Maximum number of tracks and groups

≥Compatible compression rate:

≥Exif Ver 2.1 JPEG Baseline files
≥Maximum number of pictures and

groups recognizable:
3000 pictures and 300 groups

≥Picture resolution:

between 320t240 and 6144t
4096 pixels (Sub sampling is 4:2:2 or
4:2:0)

§

recognizable: 999 tracks and 99
groups

MP3: between 32 kbps and 320 kbps

§

WMA

:

between 48 kbps and 192 kbps

§

Dynamic range

Dynamic range is the difference between the
lowest level of sound that can be heard above
the noise of the equipment and the highest level
of sound before distortion occurs.

Film and video

DVD-Videos are recorded using either film or
video. Usually, film is recorded at 24 frames per
second, the rate movies are filmed at, while
video is recorded at 30 frames per second.

Frame still and field still

Frames are the still pictures that make moving
pictures. About thirty are shown each second. A
frame still may appear blurred but overall quality
is high.
Two fields appear alternately to make up one
frame. A field still is not blurred but picture
quality is lower.

Interlace and progressive output

NTSC, the video signal standard, has 480
interlaced (I) scan lines, whereas progressive
scanning uses twice the number of scan lines.
This is called 480P.

Video output:

Output level: 1 Vp-p (75 ≠)
Output terminal: Pin jack (1 system)

S-video output:

Y output level: 1 Vp-p (75 ≠)
C output level:

[For\U.S.A.\and\Canada]

[For\others\ NTSC; 0.286 Vp-p (75 ≠)

Output terminal; S terminal (1 system)

Component video output:

[For\U.S.A.\and\Canada]; (480P/480I)
[For\others\] (NTSC: 480P/480I, PAL: 576I)

Y output level: 1 Vp-p (75 ≠)

B output level: 0.7 Vp-p (75 ≠)

P

R output level: 0.7 Vp-p (75 ≠)

P
Output terminal: Pin jack

(1 system, Y: green, P

Audio output:

Output level: 2 Vrms (1 kHz, 0 dB)
Output terminal: Pin jack
Number of terminals: 2 channel:1 system

Audio performance:

(1) Frequency response:

≥DVD (linear audio):

≥DVD-Audio:

≥CD audio: 4 Hz–20 kHz

(2) S/N ratio:

≥CD audio: 115 dB

(3) Dynamic range:

≥DVD (linear audio): 102 dB
≥CD audio: 98 dB

NTSC; 0.286 Vp-p (75 ≠)

PAL; 0.300 Vp-p (75 ≠)

B: blue, PR: red)

4 Hz–22 kHz (48 kHz sampling)
4 Hz–44 kHz (96 kHz sampling)

4 Hz–88 kHz (192 kHz sampling)

I/P/B

MPEG 2, the video compression standard
adopted for use with DVD-Video, codes frames
using these 3 picture types.
I: Intra coded picture

This picture has the best quality and is the
best to use when adjusting the picture.

P: Predictive coded picture

This picture is calculated based on past I or
P-pictures.

B: Bidirectionally-predictive coded picture

This picture is calculated by comparing
past and future I and P-pictures so it has
the lowest volume of information.

Linear PCM (pulse code modulation)

These are uncompressed digital signals, similar
to those found on CDs.

(4) Total harmonic distortion:

≥CD audio: 0.0025 %

Digital audio output:

Optical digital output: Optical terminal

Pickup:

Wave length: 658 nm/790 nm
Laser power:

[For\U.S.A.\and\Canada] CLASS IIa/CLASS I
[For\others] CLASS 2/CLASS 1

Power supply:

[For\U.S.A.\and\Canada\ AC 120 V, 60 Hz
[For\Australia\and\N.Z.]

[For\Asia] AC 220–240 V, 50/60 Hz

Power consumption: 15 W
Dimensions: 430 (W)k405 (D)k59.7 (H) mm

Mass: 4.1 kg (9.02 lb.)
Power consumption in standby mode:

[For\U.S.A.\and\Canada\ approx. 0.6 W
[For\others] approx. 2.8 W

15

/16z (W)k1531/32z (D)k211/32z (H)]

[16

AC 220–240 V, 50 Hz

[Note]

Specifications are subject to change without
notice. Mass and dimensions are approximate.

§

DVD-F61 is not compatible with WMA, JPEG,

or HighMAT. References to them apply only to
DVD-F65.

[For\U.S.A.]

Panasonic Consumer Electronics
Company, Division of Matsushita
Electric Corporation of America

One Panasonic Way Secaucus,
New Jersey 07094

http://www.panasonic.com

C 2003 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Printed in Singapore

Panasonic Sales Company,
Division of Matsushita Electric of
Puerto Rico, Inc. (“PSC”)

Ave. 65 de Infantería, Km. 9.5
San Gabriel Industrial Park, Carolina,
Puerto Rico 00985

[For\Canada]

Panasonic Canada Inc.

5770 Ambler Drive
Mississauga, Ontario
L4W 2T3

www.panasonic.ca

[For\others]

pr

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Web Site: http://www.panasonic.co.jp/global/

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