Panasonic DVD-S55 manual

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    D VD/CD PLA YER Operatin g Instructions Model No. DV D - S 5 5 DE DOUBLE RE-MASTER ZOOM MODE DOWN UP OPEN/CLOSE 7 Í / I Í SLEEP A.SRD AUDIO ONL Y DEPTH ENH GROUP DIRECT NAVIGA TOR TOP MENU DISPLAY SUBTITLE PLAY MODE ZOOM AUDIO ANGLE/PAGE QUICK REPLAY POSITION MEMORY DOUBLE RE-MASTER RETURN MENU PLAY LIST S KI P S T O P P L A Y SLOW/SEARCH CANCEL [...]

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    Getting started RQT6974 2 User memo : T able of cont ents Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 IMPO RTA NT S AFET Y INS TRU CTI ONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Maint ena nce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Cont rol r efer enc e guid e . . . [...]

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    RQT6974 3 Getting started (Inside of pro duct) THE FOLLOWING APPLIES ONL Y IN THE U.S.A. CA UTION! THIS PR ODUCT UTILIZES A LASER. USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE S PECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT I N HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE. DO NOT OP EN COVERS AND DO NOT REPAIR YOURSELF. REFER S ERVICING TO QUALI FIED [...]

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    Getting started RQT6974 4 IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS Read these o perating instructi ons care fully b efore using th e unit. F oll ow the safety instr uction s on th e unit a nd the app licabl e safety instructio ns listed below . Keep these op erating in stru ctions ha ndy for futur e reference. 1) Read these instructions. 2) K eep t hese in[...]

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    RQT6974 Getting started 5 Control r eference guide Control s such as 1 function th e same as t hose on the r emote con trol. Page 1 Stan dby/on butto n ( Í ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Press t o switch the uni t from o n to sta ndby mode or vice versa. In standby mode, the unit is still consuming a smal[...]

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    Getting started RQT6974 6 Connection Before connection ≥ Disconne ct the AC power supply cord. ≥ T urn o ff all eq uipmen t and r ead th e appropr iate operatin g instr uction s. ≥ The equ ipment connect ions desc ribe d are examples. ≥ P er ipheral eq uipmen t and optio nal cable s sold sep arately u nless otherwise indicate d. Connection [...]

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    RQT6974 Getting started 7 Enjoy the powerful movie th eater and hall -like sound available w ith multi ple chan nel aud io found on D VDs by connecting an am pli fier an d spea kers. There are two t ypes of connectio n, digi tal an d analo g. A DIg ita l Conn ect an amp lifier with Dol by Digital and DTS d ecoders to enjoy surr ound s ound. Y o u[...]

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    Getting started RQT6974 8 Disc inf ormation ∫ Discs that can be pla yed Use disc s with the above logos and that co nform to specifica tions. The unit can not play othe r discs co rrectly . Do not u se irre g ularly sh aped d iscs (e.g. hear t- shaped ), as th ese can da mage the unit . It may not be p ossible to play CD- R, CD-RW , DVD-R and D V[...]

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    RQT6974 Getting started 9 The remote contr ol ∫ Batteries ≥ Inser t so the poles ( i and j ) match th ose in the r emote con trol. ≥ Do no t use recha rgeable typ e batte ries. Do not: ≥ mix old a nd new batt erie s. ≥ use different types at the same t ime. ≥ heat or expose t o flame. ≥ take apar t or shor t circ uit. ≥ attempt to r[...]

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    RQT6974 10 Basic op erations Basic pla y Prepar ation T urn on the television and se lect the appro priate vi deo i nput on th e television to su it the co nnection s for the player . [1] Press [ Í ] to tu rn on the unit. If the disc cont ains both a udio data (WMA and M P3) and JP EG, check the “Mi xed Disc – Audio & St ills” in the SET[...]

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    RQT6974 11 Basic op erations [DVD-A] [WMA] [MP3] [JPEG] 1 Press [GR OUP]. 2 Press [ 3 , 4 ] to se lect the gr oup n umber and press [ENT ER]. 3 Press [ 3 , 4 ] to se lect the trac k/picture number a nd press [ENTER]. ≥ Y ou can also selec t the group and track/pictu re number with the numbere d buttons. [DVD-A] ≥ Play ing all the gr oups in suc[...]

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    RQT6974 12 Basic op erations Navigation menus These m enus help you find i tems to play . [CD] (CD text only) [WMA] [M P3] [J PEG] 1 Press [T OP MENU]. e.g. [MP3 ] e.g. [JPEG] “ 0 ” indicat es the track curre ntly pl aying. 2 Press [ 3 , 4 ] to select the tra ck or [ 3 , 4 , 2 , 1 ] to select the picture, a nd press [ENTER]. T o show other page[...]

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    RQT6974 13 Basic op erations [Note ] [WMA ] ≥ Y ou cannot pl ay WMA files that ar e copy protec ted. ≥ WMA fil es must have the extensio n “.WMA” or “.wm a”. [MP3] ≥ This unit is no t compatible with ID3 tags. ≥ If you play an MP3 track that includes still picture data, it will take some time before the music itself star ts p laying[...]

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    RQT6974 14 Adv anced operatio ns Incr easing your enjoyment of movi es and m usi c Some discs h ave multiple soundtracks, subtitle lan guage s and came ra angle s, and you can change them dur ing play . ≥ “–” or “ – –” is displayed instead of the langua ge numb er in circumstances su ch as whe n no langu age is reco rded on the d is[...]

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    RQT6974 15 Adv anced operatio ns [R AM ] [DV D- V] [VCD] (2-chann el or over only ) Enjoy a surro und-like effect when us ing 2 fr ont speakers (SP) or headph ones ( HP) (conn ect the unit to equipm ent tha t has a headphon e jack). The e ffect broadens wh en playing discs with surround effects and sound se ems to come from speakers ei ther side o [...]

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    Adv anced operatio ns RQT6974 16 Changing pla y sequence [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3] While st opped Press [PLA Y MODE]. The disp lay changes ea ch time you p ress the button . All group ( [D VD -A] ) _> Program _> Rando m _> Off (Nor mal) ^______ ___________ ______} [DVD-A] If you select bonus group s, you will hav e to enter a [...]

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    RQT6974 Adv ance d operations 17 Using On-Screen Menu Icons On-Screen Menu Icons are menu s that contain informa tion ab out the disc or unit and al low you to per form op erations by changing this inform ation. 1 Press [DISPLA Y]. Each time you pr ess the button: Disc information ( ➜ r ight) ) Progress indic ator ( ➜ pag e 19) ev Original d is[...]

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    RQT6974 18 Adv anced operatio ns Using On-Screen Menu Icons Pla y Men u Display Menu Unit info rmation A-B repeat [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3] (When the elap sed p lay time is displ ayed) Repeat a section between points A a nd B w ithin an item. [ENTER] (star t point) ➜ [ENTER] (finish point) T o cancel: [ENTER] ≥ Subtitle s rec[...]

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    RQT6974 19 Adv anced operatio ns A udio Men u Picture Menu Picture Menu ∫ User mode Press [ 1 ] while “U1” , “U2” or “U3” is highligh ted and the n press [ 3 , 4 ] to select “ 1”, “2” or “3 ”. U1: MPEG D.N.R. (Digital Noise Redu ction) U2: P icture C ontrol U3: V ideo outp ut m ode ➜ left Indica tes how far you have play[...]

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    RQT6974 20 Adv anced operatio ns Changing settings This cha r t shows th e sett ings for th is un it. Cha nge th e set tings to suit your preferen ces a nd to su it the u nit to th e environme nt in whi ch it is being used. T he cha nges r emain i ntact even if you switch the un it to standby . See pag e 21 for opera tion. § 1 The or iginal langua[...]

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    RQT6974 21 Adv anced operatio ns See page 20 for menu and option details. 1 Press [SET UP] to show the menus. ≥ The QUICK SETUP scr een ap pears w hen you press [ SETUP ] the first t ime afte r pur chase ( ➜ pa ge 9). 2 Press [ 2 , 1 ] to select the m enu’ s tab. The screen chan ges to display the menu. Disc ,. Vide o ,. Audi o ,. Displ ay ,.[...]

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    Adv anced operatio ns RQT6974 22 Chan ging setti ngs For an alog co nnect ion ( ➜ page 7) Chang e speaker pre sence a nd size a , delay time b , and channe l bala nce c to suit the spea kers you have connected w hen you sel ect “Mul ti-c hannel ” (3 or more s peak ers ar e conn ecte d). 1. Pr ess [ 3 , 4 , 2 , 1 ] to select th e item an d pre[...]

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    RQT6974 Refe rence 23 Glossary Bits tream The dig ital for m of mul ti-chan nel data (e.g. 5.1 channel) before de coding. Deco der A decode r restores coded aud io signals on D VDs to nor mal. Dol by Dig ita l This is a met hod of coding d igital sign als developed by Dolby Laborato ries. Ap ar t from ster eo (2-cha nnel) au dio, these signals can [...]

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    RQT6974 24 Reference T roubleshooting guide Before requesti ng ser vice, m ake the below checks. If you are in doubt ab out som e of the ch eck points, or if the re medies in dica ted in the ch ar t do n ot solv e th e prob lem : In the U.S.A., cont act t he Panasoni c Cus tomer C all Cen ter at 1- 800-2 11-72 62, or e -mail consum erprodu cts@pa n[...]

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    RQT6974 25 Reference Pict ure Pag e Sound Unit displays T elevision di splays The pic ture sho wn on the tele vision is not norma l. (The si des of t he pict ure are cut off, the picture is stretc hed horizo ntall y , or blac k band s appea r at the top and bottom of the sc reen.) ≥ Go to V ideo in the SETU P menus, an d chang e “TV Asp ect” [...]

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    Reference RQT6974 26 Limited W arranty (ONL Y FOR U .S.A.) Panasoni c Co nsum er Ele ctronic s Co mpany , Divisi on o f Mats ushi ta Elect ric Co rpora tion of Am erica One Panasonic Way Secaucus, New Jersey 07094 Panasonic Sales Com pany , Divisio n of Matsush ita Electr ic of Puer to Rico , Inc. A ve. 65 de Inf anter ía, Km. 9.5 San Gabr iel In [...]

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    ESP AÑOL RQT6974 27 Guía de ref erencia rápida en español La pantalla Instalació n rápid a aparece cuando uste d pulsa [ SETUP ] por pr imera vez desp ués de adquir ir el aparato y l e ayuda a efectuar los ajustes necesario s. Prep arac ión Encienda el te levisor y seleccio ne en él la entrada de víde o apr opiada según las c onexiones d[...]

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    C 2003 Ma tsushita E lectr ic Industr ial Co., Ltd. Printed in China RQT69 74-P F0203YU0 P anasonic Co nsumer Elec troni cs Company , Division of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America One Panasonic Wa y Se caucus, New Jersey 07094 http:// www.panasonic. com P anasonic Sales Company , Division of Matsushita Electric of Puert o Rico, Inc. (“PS[...]