Panasonic DVDS27EG, DVD-S24EG User Manual

DVD/CD PLAYER

DVD-S27/S24

Operating Instructions

PanasonicPanasonic

DVD / CD PLAYER DVD-S27 DVD / CD PLAYER DVD-S27

DVD

CD

DVD-RAM VIDEO PLAYBACK

Contents Page

Included Accessories 2

Inserting Batteries

Safety Precautions 2 - 3
Front DVD-Player 4
Connectors 5
Remote control unit 6 - 7

QUICK SETUP
Playback functions 9 - 11
Navigation Menu 12 - 13

54MNz/10bit VIDEO D/A CONVERTER

OPEN/CLOSE

AV ENHANCER

Before connecting the device, operating it or adjusting settings please read these
operating instructions completely; especially the safety precautions on pages 2-3.

HighMAT / CD Text 14
DISPLAY menu 15 - 17
SETUP menus
Before requesting service 20 - 21

Information 22
Specifications 23
Index last page
Country-codes

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Dear customer

Thank you for your trust and your decision to purchase this top-quality device. Panasonic is
one of the leading manufacturers of entertainment electronics devices. We are sure that you
will be completely satisfied with this device.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

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

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Inserting Batteries

The batteries last for about a year, depending on how often you use
the remote control unit.

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Do not mix old with new batteries or batteries of different types.

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Only use batteries without any harmful substances (lead, cadmium, mercury).

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Do not use rechargeable type batteries.

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Remove the batteries if the remote control unit will remain unused
for longer periods of time.

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Do not heat or short-circuit the batteries. Immediately remove
used-up batteries and replace with batteries of type AA, UM3 or R6.

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Be sure to put in the batteries the right way round (+ and -).

Dispose of batteries, packaging material and the unit according to
statutory regulations. They must not be thrown into the household refuse.

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Remote control

AC Mains Lead

RJA0043-1C

Audio/Video Cable

K2KA6CA00001

N2QAJB00091

Batteries

AA, UM3 or R6

Operating Instructions

Guarantee Card

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WARNING:

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK OR PRODUCT DAMAGE,
DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN, MOISTURE, DRIPPING OR
SPLASHING AND THAT NO OBJECTS FILLED WITH LIQUIDS, SUCH AS
VASES, SHALL BE PLACED ON THE APPARATUS.

CAUTION!

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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 VENT S.

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DO NOT OBSTRUCT THE UNIT’S VENTILATION OPENINGS WITH
NEWSPAPERS, TABLECLOTHS, CURTAINS, AND SIMILAR ITEMS.

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DO NOT PLACE SOURCES OF NAKED FLAMES, SUCH AS LIGHTED
CANDLES, ON THE UNIT.

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DISPOSE OF BATTERIES IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
MANNER.

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.

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 increase separation
between the product and the mobile telephone.

The socket outlet shall be installed near the equipment and easily accessible or
the mains plug or an appliance coupler shall remain readily operable.

Voltage: Only use power sources complying with the specifications for
this device.

AC mains lead protection: Ensure the AC mains lead is connected
correctly and not damaged. Poor connection and lead damage can
cause fire or electric shock.

Service: Never attempt to repair this unit by yourself. If a problem
occurs that is not described in these operating instructions,
disconnect the power supply and contact your dealer or an authorised
after sales service centre.

Safety Precautions

Install this in a horizontal position.
Do not place anything heavy on it.

Keep this away from high
temperatures and avoid changes
in temperatures.

device

device

SUOMI

VAROITUS:

TULIPALO-, SÄHKÖISKUVAARAN TAI TUOTETTA
KOHTAAVAN MUUN VAHINGON VÄHENTÄMISEKSI EI
LAITETTA SAA ALTISTAA SATEELLE, KOSTEUDELLE,
VESIPISAROILLE TAI ROISKEELLE, EIKÄ NESTETTÄ
SISÄLTÄVIÄ ESINEITÄ, KUTEN ESIMERKIKSI
MALJAKOITA, SAA ASETTAA LAITTEEN PÄÄLLE.

NORSK

ADVARSEL:

FOR Å REDUSERE FAREN FOR BRANN, ELEKTRISK
STØT ELLER SKADER PÅ PRODUKTET, MÅ DETTE
APPARATET IKKE UTSETTES FOR REGN, FUKTIGHET,
VANNDRÅPER ELLER VANNSPRUT. DET MÅ HELLER
IKKE PLASSERES GJENSTANDER FYLT MED VANN, SLIK
SOM BLOMSTERVASER, OPPÅ APPARATET.

Keep away from humidity and dust.

Inside of product
Produktets innside

(Norsk)
Tuotteen sisällä
(Suomi)

Back of product,
see page 5.
På baksiden
av produktet
(Norsk).
Laitteen takaosa
(Suomi).

LUOKAN 1 LASERLAITE
KLASS 1 LASER APPARAT

The model and serial number of this product can be found on the
back of the unit. Please note them and keep for future reference

Model No. Serial No.

VAROITUS!

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ÄLÄ ASENNA TAI LAITA TÄTÄ LAITETTA
KABINETTITYYPPISEEN KIRJAKAAPPIIN TAI
MUUHUN SULJETTUUN TILAAN, JOTTA
TUULETUS ONNISTUISI. VARMISTA, ETTÄ VERHO
TAI MIKÄÄN MUU MATERIAALI EI HUONONNA
TUULETUSTA, JOTTA VÄLTETTÄISIIN
YLIKUUMENEMISESTA JOHTUVA SÄHKÖISKU TAI
TULIPALOVAARA.

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ÄLÄ PEITÄ LAITTEEN TUULETUSAUKKOJA
SANOM ALEHDELLÄ , PÖYTÄLIINALLA, VERHOLLA TAI
MUULLA VASTAAVALLA ESINEELLÄ.

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ÄLÄ ASETA PALAVAA KYNTTILÄÄ TAI MUUTA
AVOTULEN LÄHDETTÄ LAITTEEN PÄÄLLE.

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HÄVITÄ PARISTOT LUONTOA
VAHINGOITTAMATTOMALLA TAVALLA.

VAROITUS!

LAITTEEN KÄYTTÄMINEN MUULLA KUIN TÄSSÄ
KÄYTTÖOHJEESSA MAINITULLA TAVALLA SAATTAA
ALTISTAA KÄYTTÄJÄN TURVALLISUUSLUOKAN 1
YLITTÄVÄLLE NÄKYMÄTTÖMÄLLE LASERSÄTEILYLLE.

TÄMÄ LAITE ON TARKOITETTU KÄYTETTÄVÄKSI
LEUDOSSA ILMASTOSSA.

Tämä tuotteen toimintaan saattaa tulla häiriöitä lähellä
olevasta matkapuhelimesta. Mikäli matkapuhelimesta
johtuvia häiriöitä ilmenee, siirrä matkapuhelin
mahdollisimman kauas laitteesta jotta häiriöt poistuvat.

Laite tulee asettaa lähelle verkkopistorasiaa ja pistokkeen
täytyy olla sellaisessa asennossa, että siihen on helppo
tarttua ongelman sattuessa.

ADVARSEL!

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APPARATET MÅ IKKE PLASSERES I EN BOKHYLLE, ET
INNEBYGGET KABINETT ELLER ET ANNET LUKKET
STED HVOR VENTILASJONSFORHOLDENE ER
UTILSTREKKELIGE. SØRG FOR AT GARDINER ELLER
LIGNENDE IKKE FORVERRER
VENTILASJONSFORHOLDENE, SÅ RISIKO FOR
ELEKTRISK SJOKK ELLER BRANN FORÅRSAKET AV
OVERHETING UNNGÅS.

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APPARATETS VENTILASJONSÅPNINGER MÅ IKKE
DEKKES TIL MED AVISER, BORDDUKER, GARDINER
OG LIGNENDE.

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PLASSER IKKE ÅPEN ILD, SLIK SOM LEVENDE LYS,
OPPÅ APPARATET.

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BRUKTE BATTERIER MÅ KASSERES UTEN FARE FOR
MILJØET.

ADVARSEL!

DETTE PRODUKTET ANVENDER EN LASER. BETJENING
AV KONTROLLER, JUSTERINGER ELLER ANDRE
INNGREP ENN DE SOM ER BESKREVET I DENNE
BRUKSANVISNING, KAN FØRE TIL FARLIG BEST RÅLING.
DEKSLER MÅ IKKE ÅPNES, OG FORSØK ALDRI

Å REPARERE APPARATET PÅ EGENHÅND. ALT SERVICE

OG REPARASJONSARBEID MÅ UTFØRES AV
KVALIFISERT PERSONELL.

DETTE APPARATET ER BEREGNET TIL BRUK UNDER
MODERATE KLIMAFORHOLD.

Dette apparatet kan under bruk fange opp høyfrekvente
forstyrrelser forårsaket av en mobiltelefon som benyttes i
nærheten. Hvis slik forstyrrende påvirkning konstateres, bør
mobiltelefonen benyttes på større avstand fra dette apparatet.

Utstyret bør plasseres i nærheten av AC-stikkontakten, og
støpslet må være lett tilgjengelig hvis det skulle oppstå problemer.

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Front DVD-Player

PanasonicPanasonic

DVD / CD PLAYER DVD-S27 DVD / CD PLAYER DVD-S27

DVD

CD

DVD-RAM VIDEO PLAYBACK

54MNz/10bit VIDEO D/A CONVERTER

OPEN/CLOSE

AV ENHANCER

Detailed information
is available on the
specified pages.

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Stand-by indicator

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.

Stops playback.

Pauses playback.

Starts playback.

AV ENHANCER

AV-Enhancer: Automatically optimises and adapts the audio and video settings to the disc used. The

OPEN/CLOSE

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Stand-by/on switch /I
Press to switch the unit from on to stand-by mode
or vice versa. In stand-by mode, the unit is still
consuming a small amount of power.

Opens and closes the disc tray.

SKIP: Skips chapters, titles or frames.

SLOW/SEARCH () keep button pressed

Slow motion/search function.

Picture and Audio menus are not available when this function is enabled.

Your DVD player provides a perfect digital DVD video output. Depending on the type of DVD, your equipment or your

hi-fi
stereo TV set you can play back stereo sound or digital multi-channel sound in excellent cinema quality. DVD video also
features options for selecting the audio channel, the synchronised language, the language of subtitles and for choosing from
various camera pick-up angles.

All basic functions of your DVD player can be controlled either via the unit or by means of the remote control.
However, these operating instructions will make reference to the remote control symbols only.

The remote control lets you make any changes to the device settings which will be retained
when you switch off the player unit.

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Connectors

Before connecting

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Verify that all devices to be connected up are unplugged from the AC mains.

Note on all connections shown

Attach the unit directly to the TV set. If you let the player connection go through a video recorder
You will experience a disturbed picture when playing copy-protected DVDs.

Connection to a TV set without a scart socket or to
an amplifier component (home cinema):

White

Red

VIDEO OUT

Rear of
DVD/CD player

AUDIO OUT

L

R

Please connect
directly to TV.

COAXIAL

DIGITAL AUDIO OUT

(PCM/BITSTREAM)

To be able to hear sound in stereo or Dolby Pro Logic quality, attach an amplifier or an analogue audio component

Home cinema

supporting these features.

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To avoid sound quality problems deactivate function Advanced Surround when you attach an amplifier with
Dolby Pro Logic functionality. Please refer to page 15.

Digital connectors (COAXIAL)

Red

White

To play programmes with a 5.1-channel surround sound, connect the digital audio output (COAXIAL) with an
external "Multi-channel Dolby Digital amplifier" or similar appliance.

AUDIO OUT

L

VIDEO OUT

Please connect
directly to TV

Rear of
DVD player

Prerequisites for making recordings with an external digital recorder

- The original disc must not be copy-protected.

- The recorder must be able to process signals with a scanning frequency of 48 kHz/16 bit.

- You cannot make MP3/WMA recordings.

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COAXIAL

DIGITAL AUDIO OUT

(PCM/BITSTREAM)

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Adapt the Audio SETUP menu settings (see page 19) to the following:
PCM Digital Output: [up to 48 kHz]
Dolby Digital / DTS Digital Surround / MPEG: [PCM]

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Deactivate function Advanced Surround (see page 15).

Connection to a TV set with scart socket:

Yellow

21-pin scart cable

AV

When the unit is fully connected up
attach the AC mains cable.

AC IN ~

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Stand-by/on switch

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

EN

Opens and closes the disc tray.

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Selects the display contents.
(Title/Chapter or Time)

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Discards entries

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AV Enhancer.

CED

Produces an effect similar

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Selects the picture mode.

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Displays the DVD-RAM menu.

Displays the main menu.

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Displays a play list.

Displays the menu.

Displays the on-screen display.

General control

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OSD menu selection buttons.

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Select Groups ( ) or Titles ( ) for JPEG,
WMA or MP3.

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ENTER: accepts the menu function you selected

Playback speed control.

DP

Adapts to a factor between x0.6 and x1.4.

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Numeric key pad; input of two-digit numbers.

Switches off the unit at the set time.

Quits a menu.

Selects the language of subtitles.

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Changes the audio track.

ANGLE: Selects a camera angle.
PAGE : Changes menu pages.
Rotates JPEG images.

Displays the SETUP menu.

Displays the DISPLAY menu
Group Search.

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Start playback

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Press PLAY .
Playback starts automatically.

SKIP

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Skip chapters, titles or frames

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Press SKIP during playback or in Pause mode.

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Stop playback

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Press STOP twice.

Resume

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Press STOP during playback
to store the current position on the disc.

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Press PLAY while [ ] is flashing on the display.

SLOW/SEARCH

On-screen display

Playback is resumed at the point where you stopped it.

Cancel the Resume function

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Press STOP until [ ] disappears from the display.

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Opening the disc tray or the unit going into stand-by mode

On-screen display

also clears the stored position on the disc.

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Pause playback (still image)

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Press PAUSE during playback.

REPEAT

Playback stops at the current picture frame.

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Press PLAY to resume playback.

Zoom

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Press ZOOM during playback.

QUICK REPLAY

To fine-tune the zoom factor press
To set the zoom mode: ENTER and .

Restore factory setting

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Press ZOOM until x1.00 is shown.

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On-screen display

The zoom functionality may be restricted
depending on the disc format.

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Random Playback/Program Play.

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Slow motion (backwards/forwards)

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Press SLOW in Pause mode.
Keeping the button pressed increases the speed
of search at 5 steps.

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Press PLAY to resume normal playback.

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VCDs do not support reverse slow motion playback.

Search

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Press SEARCH during playback.
Keeping the button pressed increases the speed of
search at 5 steps.

Repeat

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Press REPEAT during playback.
There is no mode for repeatedly playing back
entire discs.

Scene replay

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Press QUICK REPLAY during playback.
Every push of the button replays a couple of seconds of
the current track or programme. However, you cannot go
back to before the beginning of a title.

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QUICK REPLAY is not supported by all discs.

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Resumes playback at stored
Position following an interruption.

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QUICK SETUP

Setup

QUICK SETUP

Select the menu language.

English
Deutsch
Español

Svenska

to select and press to return

ENTER RETURN

The navigator keys of the remote control unit allow you
to move between menus and to accept or change the
selected settings.

Press ENTER to store a change.

ENTE

Press RETURN to go back to the

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previous screen.
Press SETUP to quit the menu.

Français
Italiano
Português
Nederlands

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Switch on the TV set and set it to the video input that matches
the connection between player and TV set.

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Press the Stand-by/on button to switch on the DVD player.

!

Press SETUP to display the QUICK SETUP menu.

!

Use the navigator keys to select a menu language,
then press ENTER to confirm.

!

To continue with setting the defaults, press to select [Yes]
and ENTER to confirm. You can later go to the Setup menu to
run QUICK SETUP again.

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Use the Setup menu options to adapt the default settings below
to your appliance. Every menu item provides further information
on the options you have.

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Please refer to the operating instructions of your TV set to read
more about the best settings.

Select the type of TV you have connected.

Optimise the picture settings of the connected appliance.

Select your TV's aspect ratio.

The format of TV screens is either 4:3 (standard) or 16:9 (wide-screen).
Select the aspect ratio that matches the screen setting of your TV set.

Select the signal type output from the SCART terminal.

Before you proceed please check which setting is supported by your TV set.
To improve the picture quality, you can set the AV scart socket output to

a variety of video signals:
[Video] = standard picture quality
[S-Video] = enhanced picture quality
[RGB] = best picture quality

S-Video and RGB: Requires a 21-pin scart cable.

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Following QUICK SETUP, you can use the options of the
Setup menu to make further settings.

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Press RETURN or SETUP to quit the Setup menu.

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Playback functions

Playback

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Press OPEN/CLOSE to open
the disc tray.

!

Place the disc on the disc tray.

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Press PLAY .

DVD-Video

Video CD

MP3

CD

WMA

The disc tray closes and disc
playback starts automatically.

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The player may take some time
to read all of the disc information!

MP3, WMA, JPEG:

The Playback menu appears on the screen.

Subtitles/information:

!

Press SUBTITLE to show or hide the text.

Pause playback (still image)

!

Press PAUSE during playback.

Interrupt playback

!

Press STOP .

!

Press PLAY to resume playback.

Stop playback

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Press STOP twice.

Playback of a particular
track or title

DVD-Video

Video CD

MP3

CD

WMA

Type in a number using the RC unit's numeric key pad.
For example, to select title 23:

DVD/RAM/VCD/CD : Press
MP3/WMA/JPEG : Press

+ + .

+ +

ENTER

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The unit automatically starts playing the selected track.

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Certain discs may not provide this function at all or only if the appliance
is in stop mode.

Repeat

RAM RAM
JPEG

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The label
must
face up.

Press REPEAT during playback.
You can choose from the following settings, depending on the
disc you use:

DVD-Video

Video CD

MP3

CD

WMA

DVD-Video Off Chapter Title
DVD-RAM PG Off Program All
DVD-RAM PL Off Scene Playlist
VCD/CD Off Track All
WMA/MP3 Off Content Group

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JPEG

JPEG Off Group

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The repeat function is available only if the disc runtime is displayed during
playback. There is no mode for repeatedly playing back entire discs.

Repeating a VCD using playback control (PBC)

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Press STOP during playback until [PLAY] is no longer
displayed.

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Type in the number of the CD track using the RC unit's
numeric key pad.

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Press REPEAT.
The display shows [TRK] or [ALL].

Single frame mode

DVD-Video

Video CD

In pause mode, press remote control buttons or .
Every push of one of these buttons takes the film a single frame
forwards or backwards.Keeping one of these buttons pressed
continuously displays the next single frame in the chosen
direction. You can also press PAUSE to move the film forward a
single frame at a time.

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VCDs do not support a backward motion by single frames.

JPEG

RAM

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Playback functions

Chapter review

This function lets you browse back through the chapters of a
DVD-V by playing the first couple of seconds of every chapter.

!

Press STOP during playback.

!

Press PLAY .
A message appears: Press PLAY to Chapter Review.

!

Press PLAY again.
The first couple of seconds of every chapter are played back.
Normal playback is resumed at the point where you stopped it.

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Do not press PLAY if you do not wish to browse back through the
chapters. After a couple of seconds, normal playback will be automatically
resumed at the point where it was stopped.

DVD-Video

Random playback

All chapters/tracks are played

DVD-Video

MP3

once each in a random order.

!

Press PLAY MODE while the disc is stopped.
The Program Play screen is displayed.

!

Press PLAY MODE again.
The Random Playback screen is displayed

!

Press PLAY to start random playback.

!

To deactivate the function, stop the disc and press PLAY
MODE.

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DVD-V, MP3, WMA, JPEG: Press or the numeric keys of the
remote control unit to select or specify the track/group to be played
in a random order.

WMA

CDVideo CD

JPEG

POSITION MEMORY

DVD-Video

Video CD

MP3

CD

WMA

Use the Position Memory function to resume disc playback at a
set position.
You can tag and directly access up to 5 discs.
The position tag is retained when you change discs or when the
unit goes into stand-by mode.

!

Press POSITION MEMORY during playback.
A message appears: Position memorized.
You can now change discs or go into stand-by mode.

!

Press PLAY to play back the disc again. Playback is
resumed at the stored position and the position tag is cleared.

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Some discs do not fully support all of this function.

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RAM

Automatic switch-off

JPEG

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Press SLEEP to display that menu.

!

Select a switch-off timer option pressing :
Off AUTO 60 min 90 min 120 min
[SLP] appears on the display.
After the set time, the appliance goes into stand-by mode.

!

Choose [Off] to disable the function.

!

Choose [Auto] to have the appliance switch itself off 5 minutes
after the end of the available runtime.
[Auto] is not available if you press STOP, MENU or TOP MENU.

!

Press SLEEP to check the time remaining until switch-off.

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If Auto Power Off is activated, the player automatically goes into
stand-by mode after approx. 30 minutes in Stop mode.

DVD-Video

Video CD

MP3

CD

WMA

RAM
JPEG

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Playback functions

Program Play

Choose a title and chapter.

No. Title Chapter Time

1

---

to start to select and press

ENTER PLAY

Play

Clear

Clear all

DVD-Video

Program play

You can programme up to 32 chapters/tracks to be played in any order.

!

Press PLAY MODE while the disc is stopped. The Program Play screen appears.

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Use the numeric keys to specify the Group/Title (not with CDs) and the

Video CD CD

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Content/Chapter. In the case of MP3 or WMA discs or if you select the
numbers using , press ENTER to confirm every entry.

!

Repeat this procedure to make further entries.

!

Press PLAY . The unit starts to play the programme.

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Some discs may not provide this function.

!

To clear an entry, press to select it first.

!

Press and to select [Clear], then press ENTER.

!

Choose [Clear all] and press ENTER to clear all entries.

!

To change an entry, press to select it, then press ENTER to confirm.

!

Press ENTER to confirm any changes to the Group/Title and Content/Chapter objects.

To quit the Program Play mode

!

Stop the disc and press PLAY MODE until Program Play disappears from the display.
The actual programme is retained.

D

To clear the programme, switch off the appliance or remove the disc.

JPEG

Direct Navigator

No. Date On Title Contents

1 9/12 (THU) 16:48 Friends

2 9/12 (THU) 20:00 News

9

0

~ to select and press to exit

ENTER

RETURN

Your player can play DVD-RAM discs recorded in the
video recording format, version 1.1, by a DVD video
recorder, DVD video camera, computer etc.

DVD-RAM Direct Navigator

!

Press DIRECT NAVIGATOR to enter or exit the menu screen.
Programme names are shown only if they were entered when the RAM was produced.
Press to display the programme information. Press to browse.
Press RETURN to go back to the previous screen.

!

Press or use the numeric keys to select a programme.
Playback starts in the background. Press ENTER to hide the menu screen.

To play tracks from a play list

You can play tracks contained in a play list recorded on a DVD video recorder,
for example.

!

Press PLAY LIST. The Playlist screen is displayed if the disc has a play list on it.
Press PLAY LIST again to quit the menu.

!

Press or use the numeric keys to select a play list, then press ENTER to confirm.
Playback starts. Press SKIP to leave out tracks down a play list.

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Navigation Menu

Playback Menu

All Total 260

Audio Total 0

Picture Total 260

to select and press

To display the selection menu

!

Display the Navigation Menu and press
DISPLAY. The Selection menu is displayed.

!

Press to select a menu item, then press
ENTER to confirm or RETURN to quit the
Selection menu.

Navigation Menu 1 1 --- --:--

MP3

Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5

Group 001/011

to select and press to return

Search with asterisk: The match list covers all
entries containing the word you specified.
Search without asterisk: To look for the first work
in a title press to delete the asterisk.

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Multi

02

List

03

Tree

04

Next group

05

Previous group

06
07

All

08

Audio

09

Picture

10

Help display

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Find

12

Content 0001/0003

ENTER RETURN

Playback Menu

!

The Playback Menu appears on the screen when you insert a
JPEG, WMA, MP3 or HighMAT disc.

!

Press to select the contents you wish to play, then press ENTER
or PLAY to confirm.

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To display the Navigation Menu when playing HighMAT discs, go to the Setup menu, pick item Others

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and set HighMAT to [Enable] (see page 19).
Or select in STOP-Mode in the Other Menu [Play as Data Disc] (see page 17).

To display the Navigation Menu

!

Press MENU. The Navigation Menu is displayed.

!

Press to select a title, then press ENTER to start playing it.

!

Press MENU to quit the menu.

JPEG

Navigation Menu / Selection menu options

Multi

The [Group] and [Content] panels are tiled vertically. Press to move
the cursor from [Group] to [Content] and back.

List

Tree

Thumbnail
Next group

Previous group
All / Audio / Picture

Help display

Shows the [Content] of the selected [Group].
Displays a tree view of the groups. Press and ENTER to select a

[Group]. The Group's contents is shown.
Displays the JPEG Thumbnail Menu.

Moves to the next or previous group.

Selects the formats shown on the Navigation Menu.
Displays help on the menu control or the status indicator.

To find groups or content

!

Press to enter the target word into the text box.
Press ENTER to confirm every letter. Press to make corrections.

Find

A

*

Find

!

Press to select [Find] and ENTER to confirm.
The match list contains the matching entries.
If there are no matching entries, you will see: [Not found].

!

Press and ENTER to start playing the track you looked for.

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In the [Multi] view press to select the Group or Content panel. The
search is performed in the selected area.

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Navigation Menu

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Thumbnail Menu 1 1 JPEG --:--

P1000001

1/68

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JPEG Thumbnail Menu

!

Pick DISPLAY from the Navigation Menu and press to select [Thumbnail].

!

Press ENTER to confirm. The Thumbnail Menu is displayed.

!

Press to select a picture.

JPEG

Press to page up or down. When you have browsed the pictures of a group,
the pictures of the next group are shown.

!

Press ENTER to confirm. The selected picture is shown full size.

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9

DISPLAY RETURN

to display the sub menu to exit

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WMA / MP3 / CD-Text

Group : Songs 3
Content : 01 - Title 1

JPEG

Group Pictures 5
Content P1010002
Date 2004/01/25 17:26
Camera DMC-LC20

Rotate pictures

!

Press ANGLE/PAGE while the picture is shown.
The picture is rotated clockwise by 90 degrees.

Activate on-screen displays

WMA / MP3 / CD Text

!

Information on the current track is
shown during playback.

!

Press SUBTITLE to hide the on-screen display.

JPEG

!

Press SUBTITLE during playback.
The picture creation date is shown.

!

Press SUBTITLE to display further information.

!

Press SUBTITLE to hide the on-screen display.

Select Group/Title

!

Play back a disc and select the group or title on it.

!

Press to select the [Group], press to select the [Title].

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WMA: You cannot play copy-protected WMA files.

D

MP3: The appliance is incompatible with ID3 tags.

D

WMA, MP3, JPEG (CD-R / CD-RW): Make sure the discs are
compatible with ISO 9660 (level 1 or level 2).

JPEG

JPEG

ANGLE/PAGE

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HighMAT

Sorted according
to artist

Sorted according
to sampler

Page 1/1

Sorted according
to category

HighMAT

HighMAT (High Performance Media Access Technology) is a joint Panasonic and
Microsoft technology development. Diverse HighMAT-level 2 format data (WMA, MP3
and/or JPEG) stored on a disc by a PC can be quickly played back by the appliance with
the additional help of a menu.

While the HighMAT menu is displayed:

!

Press to select and ENTER to confirm.

Menu: Takes you to a sub-menu containing further play lists or menus.

!

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Sorted according to artist

No. Playlist title

1

Sorted according to artist

2

Sorted according to sampler

3

Sorted according to category

4. Acapella

ENTER RETURNRETURN

Playlist

Playlist
Group
Content

0

~

to select to exit to play

CD Text

CD Text

Disc Title :
Disc Artist :
Track Title :
Track Artist :

Song

1.

2. Song

3. Song

4.

5.

6.

7.

9.

10.

to select and press to exit

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ENTER

1/11 2:53

RETURN

!

Acapella

Playlist: Starts playback

!

Press TOP MENU to show or hide the HighMAT menu.

!

Press RETURN to go back to the previous menu.

!

Press DISPLAY to show or hide the background stored on the disc.

!

Press SUBTITLE to show or hide information on the track.

Selecting from a Playlist

!

Press MENU during playback.
The play list appears ( indicates the currently playing item).

!

Press and then to move from [Playlist] to [Group] and [Content] and back.

!

Press and then to select an item, then press ENTER to confirm.

!

Press MENU to quit the Playlist screen.

CD Text menu

!

Press MENU.
The CD Text menu appears on the screen.
The screen contains information on the disc and a list of tracks.

!

Press to select a title.

!

To play the selected track, press ENTER.

!

Press RETURN to quit the menu.

CD-Text

DISPLAY menu

Playback status indicator (DVD-S27 only)

Menu

Program 1/ 1
Time --:--:-­Audio
Subtitle
Marker (VR)

Other Settings

DVD-RAM menu illustration

Play Speed
AV Enhancer Off
Play Menu

Picture Menu

Audio Menu
Display Menu
Other Menu

DVD-RAM

DIS

DSP

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A

Y

!

Press DISPLAY twice to activate the playback status indicator.

!

Press to change the playback speed.

!

Press to display the current and the remaining playback time.

!

Press DISPLAY again to hide the status indicator.

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Advanced Surround

Requires 2 or more audio channels.

!

Press ADVANCED SURROUND.

!

Press to select any of the menu items.

Menu

Advanced Surround SP1

D

Advanced Surround is not supported by all discs.

D

Deactivate the Advanced Surround effect if you experience distorted sound.

D

Deactivate Advanced Surround if you are also using Dolby Pro Logic Amplifier. Dolby Pro Logic
will not work properly if Advanced Surround is on.

To display the DISPLAY menu.

L

A

YI

!

Press DISPLAY to invoke the DISPLAY menu of the current disc.
The available options depend on the current disc.

!

Press to select a sub-menu, then press or ENTER.

!

Press to select a setting as described on pages 16 and 17.

!

Press ENTER to confirm.
Press to display another sub-menu; press to select a setting as appropriate.
(Press to return to the previous menu.)

!

Press ENTER to confirm your selection.
(The items of the menus may vary depending on the contents of the disc)

!

Press RETURN or DISPLAY to quit the menu.

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Off

SP1 Natural

SP2 Enhanced
HP1 Natural
HP2 Enhanced

0 : 03 : 10

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DVD-Video

- Effect off (factory default).

- Normal degree of effect on loudspeakers.

- Enhanced degree of effect on loudspeakers.

- Normal degree of effect on headphones.

- Enhanced degree of effect on headphones.

Video CD

RAM

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DISPLAY menu

Menu

Title 1/36

Chapter 1/27
Time --:--:-­Audio - --­Subtitle - --­Angle -/­Other Settings

Menu

Track 1/ 2

Time 48:10
Audio L R
Other Settings

Menu

Playlist 1/ 38

Group 1/20
Content 2/12
Time 0:39
Audio 96kbps
Other Settings

Menu

Group 1/11

Content 1/12
Time --:-­Audio

Other Settings

Menu

Group 1/ 6

Content 1/68
Thumbnail
Rotate Picture
Slideshow On
Other Settings

Menu

Track 1/14

Time 48:10

Other Settings

DVD-Video

Video CD

HighMAT

WMA/MP3

JPEG

CD

Title/Track Search: Allows you direct access to a title/track if the disc hosts several.

Program Search: Allows you direct access to a program if the disc hosts several.

Chapter Search: Allows you direct access to a chapter if the disc hosts several.

Group Search: Allows you direct access to MP3/WMA tracks or JPEG images defined

to make up a group.

Content Search: Directly select a MP3/WMA track or JPEG image stored on the disc.

Playlist Search: Directly select a play list stored on the disc.

Time: Display/select playback time: Alternative display of current or remaining playback time.

MP3, WMA, SVCD: Shows the playback time only.
Shows the current playback time or the remaining playback time.

Time Slip: Press to select the interval by which playback is to move back or forward.
Time Search: Use the numeric keys to specify the time at which playback is to be resumed.

Audio/Karaoke: Allows you to alter the pre-set language of synchronisation provided the disc gives you an

alternative. In the case of VCDs, you can change the left/right audio channel setting.

Subtitle/Language: Selects the language of on-screen subtitles. [Off]: No subtitles displayed.

Marker (VR): Select the marker tags set on a DVD-RAM by a DVD recorder.

Angle: Change between camera angles of films recorded from various camera locations.

Thumbnail: Displays the thumbnail menu. Press to select a JPEG image.
Press ENTER to show the selected image full screen.

Rotate Picture: Select [Right] or [Left] to rotate the image on the screen in the selected direction.

Slideshow: Starts and stops the on-screen slideshow.

Choose [Interval] to set the time every slideshow picture remains on the screen (0 to 30 seconds).

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DISPLAY menu

These settings are not available
for every disc.

Other Settings

Play Speed

AV Enhancer Off
Play Menu
Picture Menu
Audio Menu
Display Menu
Other Menu

AV Enhancer Off

Play Menu

Picture Menu

Audio Menu

Display Menu

Other Menu

x1.4
x1.3
x1.2
x1.1

Normal

x0.9
x0.8
x0.7
x0.6

Off

On

Repeat Off

A-B Repeat * *
Marker

Picture Mode Normal

Advanced Surround Off

Dialogue Enhancer Off
Attenuator Off

Subtitle Position

Subtitle Brightness
Just Fit Zoom
Manual Zoom x1.00
GUI See-through Off
GUI-Brightness 0

Sleep Off

Play as Data Disc

Play Speed: Select a factor by which to change the playback speed.
The digital audio output switches to PCM.

AV-Enhancer: Automatically optimises and adapts the audio and video settings to the disc used.
The Picture and Audio menus are not available when this function is enabled.

A-B Repeat: Playback repeats a defined section between positions A and B of a title.
Press ENTER to set starting point A and end point B. If you do not set point B, the end of the track
is used as the end point. Press ENTER to terminate this function.

Repeat: Allows you to repeat the current track or chapter.
Marker: Up to 5 positions can be tagged pressing ENTER. Press CANCEL to delete any mistakes.

Select a marker and press ENTER Playback starts at the marker tag.
The markers are cleared by opening the disc tray or switching off the appliance.

Picture Mode
Normal: Factory default Cinema2: Enhances brighter areas of dark
Cinema1: Cinema function for viewing in dark scenes.

rooms. Bright picture areas are Animation: Intensifies the colours.
dimmed down. Dynamic: Brightens up the picture.

Advanced Surround: Produces an effect similar to surround sound at the two front speakers
(SP) or the headphones (HP). Deactivate this function if the sound becomes distorted.

Dialogue Enhancer: Puts up the volume of feature film dialogues.
Attenuator: Adapts the volume to the TV set connected (e.g. after sound problems).

Subtitle Position : Vertically moves the subtitle shown.
Subtitle Brightness: Modifies the brightness of the subtitle shown.
Just Fit Zoom: Allows you to select a pre-defined picture size.
Manual Zoom: Zooms into the image to enlarge it by up to twice its original size.
GUI See-through: The background of OSD text becomes transparent.
GUI-Brightness: User-defined brightness of OSD text.

Sleep: After the set time, the appliance goes into stand-by mode. Choose Auto to have the

appliance go into stand-by mode 5 minutes after the end of the available runtime.
Play as HighMAT / Play as Data Disc: Stop the HighMAT disc and choose to play it as a data disc

or as a HighMAT-format disc.
Play as DVD-VR / Play as Data Disc: Stop the DVD-RAM and choose to play JPEGs
or the programme.

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SETUP menus

To display the Setup menu

!

Press SETUP to display the Setup menu.

!

Press to select a sub-menu, then press .

!

Press to select the option to be changed,
then press ENTER to confirm.

!

Press to select a setting option, then press
ENTER to confirm.

!

Press to select the next menu item.

!

Press RETURN to quit the menu.

Setup

Disc

Video
Audio
Display
Others

Audio
Subtitle
Menus

Ratings

to select and press to exit

ENTER RETURN

English

Automatic

English

Level 8

Menu Disc

Audio
Subtitle
Menus

Ratings

Menu Video

TV Aspect

TV Type

Time Delay

Disc’s Audio Preference / Subtitle Preference / Menu Preference.
Select the preferred language of either of the items. If the language you want
is not on the list, select [Other] and type in the appropriate country code (see
last page).

Assign a ranking to disallow the viewing of some scenes [1-7] or the entire DVD
video disc [0] and specify a password to guard access to the disc contents.This
feature is not supported by all DVD video discs.

!

Type in a 4-digit code using the numeric key pad of your remote control unit,
then press ENTER to confirm it.

!

Press or CANCEL to delete any mistakes..
A closed padlock icon is displayed while this feature is enabled. Make sure
not to forget your password code.

To change the setting

!

Enter your password code and press ENTER to confirm.

!

Change the setting as appropriate and press ENTER to confirm.

Sets the aspect ratio to 16:9 or 4:3 (Pan&Scan/Letterbox).

Selects the connected type of TV set.

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When using an audio amplifier together with a plasma TV or a digital TV, the
picture can be delayed in relation to the sound signal. You can synchronize the
picture signal with the sound using the Time Delay setting.

4:3 TV aspect ratio

Letterbox:

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Pan&Scan:

AV Output

Still Mode

NTSC Disc Output

Selects the video signal from the scart socket (Video, S-Video, RGB).

Select a picture quality for still image mode:

Automatic: The unit selects the optically better type of image.
Field: Poorer quality than a picture frame.
Frame: Although the image may be somewhat fuzzy, its quality is

better than that of a field-based still image.
To play a NTSC disc, select a colour rendition standard (NTSC/PAL60) that

matches the function of your TV set.

SETUP menus

Dolby Digital / DTS Digital
Surround / MPEG:

Please choose the correct settings
matching your audio system:

Dolby
Digital

DTS Digital
Surround

MPEG

Your equipment
can not decode
the signal

PCM

PCM

PCM

Your equipment
can decode the
signal

Bitstream

Bitstream

Bitstream

Menu Audio

PCM Digital Output

Dolby Digital
DTS Digital Surround
MPEG

Dynamic Range Compression

Audio during Search

Menu Display

Menu Language

PCM is the standard method used to record digital music signals on Audio CDs. For
reasons of copyright protection, the digital output of PCM audio signals may be limited
to 48 kHz/16 bit. Choose [Up to 48 kHz] if the digital audio outlet is used to connect
your player to an amplifier that only processes sampling frequencies of up to 48 kHz.

Change the setting to PCM if the connected equipment fails to decode the relevant
signal. High noise levels may otherwise damage your ears or the loudspeakers.

Adapt the settings to the ratings of your audio system.
Available in the Dolby Digital (DVD) format only.

The volume range is compressed by dynamically putting up the level of
soft passages and lowering the level of loud passages.

Choose to have the sound on or off during the search.

Select the language of the appliance's menus as appropriate.

On-Screen Messages

Menu Others

FL Dimmer

Auto Power Off

HighMAT

QUICK SETUP

Re-initialize Setting

Select [No] to suppress the display of OSD text.

You can set the display panel brightness to [Bright], [Dim] or [Automatic]. Choose
[Auto] to dim the display panel during playback and restore its full brightness when the
function keys are pressed.

On: If no disc is playing, the appliance goes into stand-by mode after
approx. 30 minutes.

Enable: Activates HighMAT playback
Disable: Plays HighMAT discs in the MP3/WMA/JPEG format.

Lets you change the basic settings or your appliance.

Resets the appliance to factory defaults. Following reset and initialisation,
press SETUP to run the QUICK SETUP utility again.

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Before requesting service

GENERAL PROBLEMS

The player does not respond to function key commands:

!

Certain control operations are not available with some discs.

!

There may be interference caused by lightning or static charge.

!

Press [ ] to put the player into stand-by mode.

!

Restart the player.

Playback does not start after pressing PLAY:

!

Condensation has accumulated inside the player. Wait for 1 to 2 hours.

!

The player only supports DVDs with regional code 2, ALL or from a group of
regional codes containing regional code 2.

!

The disc is dirty or damaged.

!

The disc is in the wrong way round. The label of the disc you wish to play
must face up.

Problem caused by a disc

!

Do not stick labels on the disc (this might render the disc useless).

!

Only use a suitable pen for writing on the disc.

!

Do not insert cleaning discs into the appliance.

!

Do not play discs with any glue from stickers still on them.

!

Do not play cracked discs.

!

Do not play warped or irregularly shaped discs.

!

First wipe the disc (DVD-RAM /
DVD-V / VCD / CD) with a
wet cloth, then with a dry cloth.

!

If available, use the optional
DVD-RAM/PD disc cleaner (LF-K200DCA1) to clean the DVD-RAM / DVD-R.
Do not use clothing or other disc cleaners.

Unable to change the audio track or the subtitle language:

!

You can only choose from the languages actually recorded on the disc.

!

Some discs require you to change the setting via the Disc menu.

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The subtitles are not shown:

!

The disc does not provide any subtitles.

!

You deactivated the display of subtitles.

!

The subtitles are at the wrong position.
Move the position of subtitles.

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The audio track or subtitles do not use the language selected from the menu:

!

The disc does not provide the language you selected.

The remote control unit does not work:

!

Verify that the batteries are in the right way round (+ and -).

!

Point the RC unit at the front of the appliance.

Unable to change the aspect angle:

!

It depends on the disc whether this function is available.

You forgot your password:

!

Stop the player and keep pressing player button together with and

OPEN/CLOSE

also OPEN/CLOSE until [Initialised] disappears from the screen. This
restores all factory defaults. When you are done switch off the unit and back
on afterwards.
Afterwards, display the QUICK SETUP menu to re-initialise
the appliance to your preferences.

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Before requesting service

SOUND AND PICTURE PROBLEMS

There is no audio output and the sound is distorted:

!

Check the connections.

!

Deactivate the Advanced Surround effect.

The loudspeakers emit loud noise:

!

Go to the Setup screen and check the Audio menu settings
of [Dolby Digital], [DTS Digital Surround] and [MPEG].

The picture is disturbed when searching:

!

This is a technical issue and not indicative of a malfunction.

No picture appears on the screen:

!

Check the connections.

!

Verify that the correct video input of the TV set has been selected.

The picture is cut off at its left or right edge:

!

Check the Video menu's [TV Aspect] setting on the Setup screen.

!

Check that the player is directly plugged into the TV set's
[AV Output] and not to a video cassette recorder between the two units.

!

Check the Zoom setting.

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DISPLAYED PROBLEMS

Message [Disc is incompatible with this player] is displayed:

!

The player cannot play discs of the current format.

!

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The disc contains no recorded material.

No messages are output to the screen:

!

Go to the Setup menu and change Display menu setting
[On-Screen Messages] to [On].

The OSD displays are cut off along their top edge:

!

Check the [TV Aspect] setting.

Error code [U ] or [H ] appears:

!

U11: Disc is dirty. Wipe it clean.

!

U15: You inserted a DVD-R that has not been finalized.

!

H : This is indicative of a malfunction. The digits following "H" depend
on what state your player is in.

!

Press to put the player into stand-by mode, then briefly unplug and re­attach the AC mains cable.

!

Contact the aftersales service if this does not remove the problem. Please
state the error code displayed by the set.

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Information

Region codes

This player accesses the regional codes stored on DVDs.
It supports all discs assigned regional code "2" or "ALL".

UK and continental Europe: "2".
Disc forms

Never play anything but circular discs with a
diameter of 3" ( 8 cm ) or 5" ( 12 cm ). Discs of
other shapes may damage the player hardware.

HighMAT and the HighMAT logo
are trademarks or registered trademarks of

Microsoft Corporation in the United States
and/or other countries.

Windows Media and the Windows logo
are trademarks or registered trademarks of

Microsoft Corporation in the United States
and/or other countries.

Dolby Digital

Method of encoding digital signals. The signals are very
much compressed in the process to enable recordings of
large volumes of data.

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

DTS (Digital Theater Systems)

Sound system used in cinemas or movie theaters all over
the world.
"DTS" and "DTS 2.0 + Digital Surround" are

trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.

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Playing DVDs and VCDs

The producer of the programme material can define the way in which the disc is played.
Consequently, you may sometimes find that, in some cases, you cannot control the playback the
way you wish using all of the functions and operations described in these operating instructions.
We therefore recommend that you always read the reference material delivered with the disc.

Press SUBTITLE to display/quit the track information on TV screen.
The player may take some time to read all of the disc information!

DVD menu

Some DVDs have multiple menus. Pressing TOP MENU to display the main menu may take to
another menu than pressing MENU to display the menu screen.

Title Title

Disc­Top menu

MP3 or MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3 is a file compression format used for digital audio files.
It provides files of an extremely small size and may cause a consequential loss of quality.
WMA is a file compression format developed by Microsoft. It achieves the same sound quality
as MP3 with a file size that is smaller than that of MP3.
MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson multimedia.

This product features a copyright protection implement whose technology is protected by US
patents and intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other copyright
proprietors. The use of this copyright protection implement is subject to permission of Macrovision
Corporation and is restricted to purely private use only. It is prohibited to examine this appliance
for the purpose of unlicensed construction.

Decoder

This appliance features an internal Dolby Digital decoder and a
DTS decoder. You can enjoy these systems in stereo quality
without the need of a separate decoder.

Menu

TOP MENU

Menu

Title

MENU

Menu

D

The functions assigned to these
buttons depend on the disc.

Please refer to the disc
documentation leaflet.

Specifications

D

Depending on the disc type and the
conditions of recording, the appliance
may sometimes fail to play the listed
discs.

D

DVD-RAM with JPEG: Recorded with
Panasonic DVD-Video recorders. To
play JPEG files, select [Play as Data
Disc] in DISPLAY menu (page 17).

DVD-Video

DVD-V

DVD-R

Disc formats S27 / S24

DVD-RAM

(without

Cartridge)

RAM

JPEG

IEC62107

VCD

CDSVCD CD-R/RWVideo-CD

CD

WMA

JPEG

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MP3

Power supply: 220-240 Volt mains voltage,

50 Hz

Power consumption: 9 Watt
Power consumption in stand-by: < 1 Watt

Dimensions: 430(W) x 227(D) x 55(H) mm
Weight: 1.9 kg
Operating temp. range: +41°F to +95°F(+5°C to +35°C)
Humidity during operation:5 to 90 % rel. humidity

(non-condensing)

Compatible video system:

PAL 625/50, PAL 525/60, NTSC

Video output:

Output level: 1 Vpp (75 Ohm)
Output socket: Female cinch

Scart output:

RGB output level: 0.7 Vpp (75 Ohm)
Video output level: 1 Vpp (75 Ohm)
C output level: PAL/PAL 60 : 0.3 Vpp;

NTSC : 0.286 Vpp (75 Ohm)

Output socket: 21-pin AV Scart (S-Video/

RGB included)

Audio output:

Output level: 2 Vrms (1 kHz, 0 dBFs)
Output sockets: Female cinch 2 channels / AV

Audio output signal ratings:

!

Frequency response:

DVD (linear PCM audio): 4 Hz to 22 kHz
(sampling frequency 48 kHz)
4 Hz to 44 kHz
(sampling frequency 96 kHz)

Audio-CD: 4 Hz to 20 kHz

!

Signal-to-noise ratio:

Audio-CD: 115 dB

!

Dynamic range:

DVD (linear PCM audio): 100 dB

Audio-CD: 98 dB

!

Total harmonic distortion:

Audio-CD: 0.0025 %

Digital audio output:

COAXIAL
Output socket: Female cinch
Output level: 0.5 Vpp (75 Ohm)

Scart 2 channels (L/R)

Pickup:

Wave length: 662 nm / 785 nm
Laser classification: CLASS 2 / CLASS 3a
Norsk:
Bølgelengde: 662 nm / 785 nm
Laserstyrke: Ingen farlig stråling sendes ut
Compatible disc formats: DVD-V, DVD-RAM, DVD-R,

WMA, MP3, JPEG : Max. 4000 tracks/ 400 groups.

Compatible compression rate:
MP3 : 32 - 320 kbps
WMA : 48 - 192 kbps

JPEG format : Exif Version 2.1 Baseline files

!

Technical specifications subject to change without notice.

!

Weight and dimensions are approximate values.

CD-Audio, CD-R/RW(CD-DA,
VCD, SVCD, MP3, WMA,
JPEG formated discs),
HighMAT Level 2 (Audio and
Image).

Picture resolution between
320 x 240 and 6144 x 4096;

sub sampling 4:2:2 or 4:2:0

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Index

Advanced Surround 15,17 Home cinema 5 RAM 11

Page Page Page

Angle 16 JPEG 12,13 Random Playback 10
Audio Preference 18 Ratings 18
Autom. Power Off 10,19 Laser 3 Region codes 22
AV Enhancer 4,6,17 Letterbox 18 Remote control 6

Repeat 9

Batteries 2 Menu Preference 18 Resume 7
Bitstream 19 MP3 12,13 RGB 8,18

Chapter review 10

MPEG 5,19

COAXIAL 5 NTSC Disc Output 18

Dialogue Enhancer 17 PAL 60 18
Digital connectors 5 Pan&Scan 18
Disc formats 22,23 PCM Digital Output 5,19
Dolby Digital 5,19,22 Picture Mode 17
DTS Digital Surround 5,19,22 Play list 11
DVD menu 22 Playback 9,10,11
Dynamic Range Compression 19 POSITION MEMORY 10

Program Play 11

Field 18
Frame 18

Scene replay 7
Search 12
SETUP Menu 18,19
Single frame mode 9
SKIP 7
Slow motion 7
Still Mode 18
Subtitle 16,18

TOP MENU 6,14,22
TV Aspect 8,18

WMA 12,13
Zoom 17

Country codes

Abkhazian 6566 Bihari 6672 Faroese 7079 Icelandic 7383 Lingala 7678 Persian 7065 Slovac 8375 Turkish 8482
Afar 6565 Breton 6682 Fiji 7074 Indonesian 7378 Lithunian 7684 Polish 8076 Slovenian 8376 Turkmen 8475
Afrikaans 6570 Bulgarian 6671 Finnish 7073 Interlingua 7365 Macedonian 7775 Portuguese 8084 Somali 8379 Twi 8487
Albanian 8381 Burmese 7789 French 7082 Irish 7165 Malagasy 7771 Punjabi 8065 Spanish 6983 Ukrainian 8575
Ameharic 6577 Byelorussian 6669 Frisian 7089 Italian 7384 Malay 7783 Quechua 8185 Sundanese 8385 Urdu 8582
Arabic 6582 Cambodian 7577 Galician 7176 Japanese 7465 Malayalam 7776 Rhaeto-Rom. 8277 Swahili 8387 Uzbek 8590
Armenian 7289 Catalan 6765 Georgian 7565 Javanese 7487 Maltese 7784 Romanian 8279 Swedish 8386 Vietnamese 8673
Assamese 6583 Chinese 9072 German 6869 Kannada 7578 Maori 7773 Russian 8285 Tagalog 8476 Volapük 8679
Aymara 6588 Corsican 6779 Greek 6976 Kashmiri 7583 Marathi 7782 Samoan 8377 Tajik 8471 Welsh 6789
Azerbaijani 6590 Croatian 7282 Greenlandic 7576 Kazakh 7575 Moldavian 7779 Sanskrit 8365 Tamil 8465 Wolof 8779
Bashkir 6665 Czech 6783 Guarani 7178 Kirghiz 7589 Mongolian 7778 Scots Gaelic 7168 Tatar 8484 Xhosa 8872
Basque 6985 Danish 6865 Gujarati 7185 Korean 7579 Nauru 7865 Serbian 8382 Telugo 8469 Yiddish 7473
Bengali 6678 Dutch 7876 Hausa 7265 Kurdish 7585 Nepali 7869 Serbo-Croat. 8372 Thai 8472 Yoruba 8979
Bhutani 6890 English 6978 Hebrew 7387 Laotian 7679 Norwegian 7879 Shona 8378 Tibetan 6679 Zulu 9085

Esperanto 6979 Hindi 7273 Latin 7665 Oriya 7982 Sindhi 8368 Tigrinya 8473
Estonia 6984 Hungarian 7285 Latvian 7686 Pashto 8083 Singhalese 8373 Tonga 8479

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