User manual PANASONIC SC-HT878

[. . . ] Operating Instructions DVD Home Theater Sound System The illustration shows SC-HT520 for the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. Model No. SC-HT878/SC-HT870 SC-HT520 Before connecting, operating or adjusting this product, please read these instructions completely. Please keep this manual for future reference. Table of contents Getting started Caution for AC Mains Lead. 3 Simple setup STEP 1 Region number The player plays DVD-Video marked with labels containing the region number or "ALL". Region The United Kingdom, Continental Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Southeast Asia Australia and N. Z. [. . . ] Other images appear in full in the center of the screen. Shrink: Images appear in the center of the screen. Zoom: Expands all images to fill the screen. If your television has a similar feature, use it instead for a better effect. To select the appropriate screen size to fit your TV screen To zoom in and out manually [RAM] [DVD-V] [VCD] [DVD-A] (Motion picture part) On , ------. Off s3 to r3 Picture Adjustment Picture Mode Contrast Brightness Sharpness Colour Gamma (Adjusts the brightness of dark parts. ) Depth Enhancer Reduces the rough noise in the background to give a greater feeling of depth. This does not work while using Cinema1 or 2 (< above). 4:3 Aspect Just Fit Zoom Manual Zoom Bitrate Display GUI See-through GUI Brightness Other Menu Play as DVD-Video or Play as DVD-Audio Play as DVD-VR, Play as HighMAT or Play as Data Disc Video Output Mode When playing NTSC discs 480I (Interlace) , ------. 480P (Progressive) If you have chosen "480P" (< above), select the method of conversion for progressive output to suit the type of material. Auto1(normal): For viewing film material Auto2: For viewing film material (the same as Auto1, but able to convert 30-frameper-second progressive video) Video: For video material Transfer Mode Audio Menu Dolby Pro Logic II (< page 28) To make the dialogue in movies easier to hear [DVD-V] (Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG, 3-channel or over, with the dialogue recorded in the center channel) On , ------. Off [RAM] [DVD-V] (Discs recorded with 48 kHz only) [DVD-A] (Discs recorded with 44. 1 kHz and 48 kHz only) [VCD] [CD] During 2ch output of these discs, this feature gives you a more natural sound by adding the higher frequency signals not recorded on the disc, for example, playing DVD-Video recorded with 48 kHz at 96 kHz. (Sampling frequency < page 35) During multi-channel output of these discs, this feature reproduces the frequencies lost during recording to give you a sound closer to the original. [WMA] [MP3] (Disc recording is other than 8 kHz, 16 kHz, 32 kHz) This feature reproduces the higher frequencies lost during recording to give you a sound closer to the original. 3 --. Off ^------------------------} [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [CD] (LPCM/PPCM) 1 High tempo (e. g. , pop and rock) 2 Various tempos (e. g. , jazz) 3 Low tempo (e. g. , classical) Other discs 1 Light effect 2 Medium effect 3 Strong effect While stopped Select "Play as DVD-Video" to play DVD-Video contents of DVD-Audio. While stopped Select "Play as Data Disc" to play JPEG files on DVD-RAM or to play a HighMAT disc without using the HighMAT function. Dialogue Enhancer Signal type/data LPCM/PPCM/ÎDigital/DTS/MPEG: Signal type kHz(Sampling frequency)/bit/ch(Number of channels) Example: 3/2 . 1ch . 1: . 1: . 0: . 1: . 2: . 1: . 2: . 3: Low frequency effect (not displayed if there is no signal) No surround Mono surround Stereo surround (left/right) Center Front leftiFront right Front leftiFront rightiCenter Multi Re-master RQT7429 23 Using on-screen menus Changing the player settings (Refer to page 14 for remote control button positions. ) 1 SETUP MUTING 2 Select ENTER 3 Select ENTER 4 Select 1 2 5 8 -/-- 5 3 6 9 S10 4 ENTER SHIFT r SHIFT Go right Register 7 Register 0 r SETUP MUTING Shows Setup menu. Item Select the tab. Select the item. Make the settings. Press to exit. Changing the player settings The settings remain intact even if you switch the unit to standby. Underlined items are the factory preset. Setting The QUICK SETUP enables successive settings of the items in the shaded area. Setup Tab Disc Video Audio Display Others Audio Subtitle Menus Ratings English Automatic English Level 8 to select and press ENTER RETURN to exit "Disc" tab Audio Choose the audio language. English Automatic§4 English (Language options)§1 English Original§2 Other¢¢¢¢§3 Other¢¢¢¢§3 Subtitle Choose the subtitle language. (Language options)§1 Menus Choose the language for disc menus. Changing the menu language from QUICK SETUP also changes this setting. (Language options)§1 Other¢¢¢¢§3 Ratings Set a ratings level to limit DVD-Video play. Follow the on-screen instructions. §1 Setting ratings (When level 8 is selected) 8 No Limit 1 to 7 0 Lock All: To prevent play of discs without ratings levels. Changing ratings (When level 0­7 is selected) Unlock Player Change Password Change Level §2 Temporary Unlock Language options [Southeast\Asia]: Chinese [Others]: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish and Dutch The original language designed on the disc is selected. §3 Input a code number referring to the table on page 34. §4 If the language selected for "Audio" is not available, subtitle appears in that language (If available on the disc). "Video" tab TV Aspect Choose the setting to suit your television and preference. [. . . ] 25 15 -- -- 16 5, 6, 10, 11 15 -- -- -- Television displays "/" "Cannot display group xx, content xx" "This disc may not be played in your region" No on-screen display. The operation is prohibited by the unit or disc. You are trying to display incompatible contents. 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". [. . . ]