User manual PANASONIC SC-HT900

[. . . ] DVD Home Theater Sound System Operating Instructions Model No. R SC-HT900/SC-HT700 Region number supported by this player Region numbers are allocated to DVD players and software according to where they are sold. For the United Kingdom The region number of this player is "2". The player will play DVD-Video marked with labels containing "2" or "ALL". Example: AV SYSTEM TV VCR TV/AV DIGITAL AUX TUNER/BAND DVD/CD DISC 1 PAGE GROUP DISC 1 2 DISC 2 3 DISC 3 4 SEQUENTIAL DISC 4 5 DISC 5 6 9 S10/-/-- 7 REPEAT FL DISPLAY PLAY MODE CANCEL 8 0 SKIP CH SLOW/SEARCH TOP MENU MENU DIRECT NAVIGATOR PLAY LIST ENTER DISPLAY RETURN TV VOL s VOLUME TV VOL r SUBWOOFER S. POSITION LEVEL SFC SLEEP C. S. M SHIFT AV AFFECT P. MEMORY C. FOCUS S. SRND ZOOM AUDIO MIX 2CH PL SETUP MUTING TEST DR COMP DELAY TIME CH SELECT QUICK REPLAY SUBTITLE 2 ALL 2 3 5 For Australia and N. Z. The region number of this player is "4". The player will play DVD-Video marked with labels containing "4" or "ALL". [. . . ] Read the explanations on the following pages. DISC 1 PAGE GROUP DISC 1 2 DISC 2 3 DISC 3 4 SEQUENTIAL DISC 4 5 DISC 5 6 9 S10/-/-- 7 REPEAT FL DISPLAY PLAY MODE CANCEL 8 0 Numbered buttons SKIP CH SLOW/SEARCH Disc operations 1 TOP MENU MENU DIRECT NAVIGATOR PLAY LIST For your reference Depending on the condition of the unit (playing, stopped, etc. ) and the type of software you are playing, there are some items that you cannot select or change. title No. ), the numbered buttons are also effective for setting. After entering the numbers, press [ENTER] to register the setting. To clear the menus Press [RETURN] until the menus disappear. To change the position of the icons 1 Press [2, 1] to select the rightmost icon. (There are 5 positions. ) 342 1 ENTER DISPLAY ENTER RETURN DISPLAY TV VOL s VOLUME TV VOL r SUBWOOFER S. POSITION LEVEL SFC SLEEP C. S. M SHIFT AV EFFECT P. MEMORY C. FOCUS S. SRND ZOOM AUDIO MIX 2CH PL SETUP MUTING RETURN Progress indicator Indicates how far you have played through an item. Example [DVD-V] 1 2 2 1 : 46 : 50 DR COMP DELAY TIME TEST CH SELECT QUICK REPLAY SUBTITLE [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3] [JPEG] GUI screens are menus that contain information about the disc or unit. These menus allow you to perform operations by changing this information. 2 3 4 5 Common procedures 1 Press [DISPLAY]. Each time you press the button: [>Disc information ( page 25) l ; l>Progress indicator ( right) l ; l>Unit information ( page 25) l ; {=Original display 1 Current position [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3] 2 PG: Program number [RAM] PL: Play list number [RAM] T: Title number [DVD-V] Track number [VCD] [CD] G: Group number [DVD-A] [WMA] [MP3] [JPEG] 3 T: Track number in group [DVD-A] [WMA] [MP3] C: Chapter number [DVD-V] P: Picture number [JPEG] 4 Condition­play, pause, or slow/search [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3] Play speed ( below) 5 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] (display only, cannot be changed) 2 [Unit\information\only] While the leftmost icon is highlighted Changing play speed [DVD-A] (Motion picture part only) [DVD-V] (Dolby Digital only) You can slow down or speed up play. During play Press [3, 4] to select the menu. Each time you press the button: [>Play menu l ;: l>Display menu l ;: l>Audio menu l ;: {>Picture menu Press [2] (slower) or [1] (faster). There are five speeds: k0. 8()k0. 9()k1. 0 (normal speed)()k1. 2()k1. 4 After you change the speed, output is in stereo. Sound is stereo as long as "k1. 0" is orange. To return to normal play (surround sound), press [1] (play) or [ENTER]. Normal play is also restored when you return the speed to k1. 0 and clear the progress indicator. 3 RQT6756 Press [2, 1] to select the item. 24 Unless otherwise indicated, select items with [2, 1] and change with [3, 4]. Disc information 2 2 1 : 46 : 50 Digital 1 ENG 3/2. 1 ch ON 1 ENG 1 12 12 18 3 Vocal 1 OFF 4 5 128kbps 44. 1kHz 6 LR ON Page 1 Return Slideshow Slideshow 1 > ON 0 sec 78 9 : ; < = ?@ 1 7 2 T: T: C: P: Track number in group [DVD-A] [WMA] [MP3] Chapter number [DVD-V] Picture number [JPEG] 8 Numbered buttons ; [ENTER] 9 Total number of tracks/pictures on disc [WMA] [MP3] [JPEG] Display only Time [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] Select a position to start play by specifying a time. Karaoke vocal on/off [DVD-V] (Karaoke DVD only) If a DVD title is a duet, select V1 or V2 to duet with the unit. Current bitrate (kbps) Current sampling frequency (kHz) [WMA] [MP3] Audio mode [RAM] [VCD] LR()L()R ^-------------------J Menu play [VCD] (with playback control only) Still picture number [DVD-A] To return to page 1 [2, 1]>Select "Return">[ENTER] Slideshow [DVD-A] Picture number Slideshow setting [JPEG] ON()OFF Slideshow timing [JPEG] 0 sec­30 sec Display only Display only Display only : 3 Changing the time display [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [[VCD] (SVCD only) [WMA] [MP3] Display only] [>Elapsed play time for the program, play list, title or track l ;: l>Remaining time for the group ([DVD-A]) or disc l>([VCD] [CD]) l ;: {>Remaining time for the program, play list, title or track Soundtrack [DVD-A] [DVD-V] ( page 18) Refer to "Audio/Subtitle language" ( right) for language abbreviations. Subtitle language [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] (SVCD only) ( page 18) Refer to "Audio/Subtitle language" ( right) for language abbreviations. Subtitles on/off [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] (SVCD only) Track information on/off [WMA] [MP3] [CD] (CD text only) Picture data [JPEG] Full: Group title, picture title, picture size, file size, date of shooting, and camera model used. § Date: Date of shooting only. OFF: No display §Displays differ depending on the type of camera and condition of the data. ; < = 4 > ?@ Audio/Subtitle language ENG: FRA: DEU: ITA: ESP: NLD: English French German Italian Spanish Dutch SVE: NOR: DAN: POR: RUS: JPN: Swedish Norwegian Danish Portuguese Russian Japanese CHI: KOR: MAL: VIE: THA: ¢: Chinese Korean Malay Vietnamese Thai Others 5 Unit information [Play\menu] A B OFF 123 [Audio\menu] OFF/48kHz OFF 1 1 2 2 3 4 [ENTER] 1 1 2 A-B repeat ( page 17) [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3] Repeat mode ( page 17) [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [JPEG] Play mode ( page 19) [DVD-A] [DVD-V] ---: Normal play PGM: Program play RND: Random play ALL: All group play ([DVD-A]) Marker [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [CD] [WMA] [MP3] [JPEG] Double re-master ( page 31) [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [CD] [WMA] [MP3] Dialogue Enhancer on/off [DVD-V] (Discs where the dialogue is recorded in the center channel) This makes the dialogue in movies easier to hear. 2 Display only 3 RQT6756 4 Page 20 25 Disc operations PG: Program number [RAM] PL: Play list number [RAM] G: Group number [DVD-A] [WMA] [MP3] [JPEG] T: Title number [DVD-V] Track number [VCD] [CD] 6 [3, 4] ; [ENTER] Angle number [DVD-A] [DVD-V] Picture rotation [JPEG] 0()90()180()270 ^-------------------------------------J Track/picture number in disc [WMA] [MP3] [JPEG] [3, 4] ; [ENTER] Using GUI (Graphical User Interface) screens [Display\menu] Normal [Picture\menu] x1. 00 0 0 OFF 0 N 480P Auto1 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 Only when "PROG. " is on 1 Disc operations 4:3 Aspect [RAM] [DVD-A] [DVD-V] [VCD] [JPEG] Select how to show images made for 4:3 aspect screens on a 16:9 aspect television. Normal: laterally stretches images made for a 4:3 screen. Auto: expands suitable 4:3 letterbox images to fill more of the screen. 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. [. . . ] There are about 30 frames shown each second. A regular television shows these fields one after the other to create frames. A still is shown when you pause a moving picture. A frame still is made up of two alternating fields, so the picture may appear blurred, but overall quality is high. [. . . ]