Panasonic 42"46"50"54" Class 1080p Plasma Hdtv Tc P42g10 Operating Instructions

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Viewing
 Using  VIERA TOOLS Watching TV
Using VIERA TOOLS
VIERA TOOLS is the easy way to access high use menu items. They are displayed as shortcut icons on 
the TV screen.
Unlike a conventional menu, you can enjoy using, playing or setting a fu\
nction quickly.
■  Press to exit from 
a menu screen
 
■ Press to return 
to the previous 
screen 
Display VIERA TOOLS
Select the item
 select
 next
Displayed “THX setting” menu. (P.59)
Select Picture mode setting. 
(THX/Standard (Vivid/Game/Custom))
Start “VIERA CAST”. (p. 28)
Displayed “VIERA Link control” menu. 
Select the equipment you want to access.  
 VIERA Link control only with the TVs remote control  (p. 42-43)
Start Network Camera viewing (p. 30-31)
Displayed “SD card” menu. 
Select SD card function.
(Slideshow/Thumbnail/Movie)
 Viewing from an SD card (p. 22-25)
Displayed “ECO/energy saving” menu. (p. 36) 
						

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Viewing from an SD Card
You can view movies and photos taken with a digital camera or digital vid\
eo camera and saved on an SD 
card. (Media other than SD Cards may not be reproduced properly.)
■ Press to exit from 
a menu screen
■ Press to return 
to the previous 
screen
Insert the SD card
 * This setting will be skipped next time unless you select “Set later”\
.
Set “SD card setting” and select “Play SD card now” “SD card setting” will be displayed automatically each time an SD \
card is inserted for the first time.
Set later
SD card settingPlay SD card automatically
Play SD card now select
 change
 set
Slideshow:   A Slideshow will start 
automatically next time.
Thumbnail:   The Photo viewer menu will be 
displayed automatically next time.
Movie:  The video data plays 
automatically from next time.
Set later:  “SD card setting” menu will be 
displayed repeatedly.
Off:   The data can be played manually.
■ Manual operation (“Play SD card automatically” is “Off”)
 Display “SD card”
 Using VIERA TOOLS (p. 21)
or
Menu
Picture
AudioVIERA Link
SD card
Closed caption
Setup
 Select the itemSD cardPhoto viewer
Movie player select
 ok
Photo viewer 
 Go to P. 24 
Select the movie to be listed
Movie player
No. Date and time Duration12/20/2008
01/17/2009
03/07/2009
04/24/2009
06/10/2009
08/19/2009
10/02/2009
10/13/2009
12/01/2009 10:26
14:25
07:25
09:25
11:34
10:25
12:25
14:25
16:2500h16m35s
01h45m35s
00h05m35s
01h10m35s
00h05m27s
00h35m35s
00h12m35s
00h53m35s
01h24m35s
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Select OK
RETURN
Recording format (MPEG2/AVCHD) Movie information
Date and time:
Date and time of 
recording are displayed.
Duration: 
Recording time is 
displayed.
 select
 ok
View
Skip SkipRYGBStopRETURNPlay
Date and time
Duration06/10/2009 11:34
00h05m27s PLAY
00:00.14
Pause
Date and time
Duration
06/10/2009 11:34
00h05m27s PLAY
00:00.14
Skip SkipRYGB
Pause
StopRETURN
Play
• To display/hide banner   
Navigation area
Elapsed time of current movie Movie Banner
•To display Navigation area      
•To hide Navigation area  
•To previous movie  
•To next movie  
Movie player 
						

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Viewing
 Viewing from SD Card
SD Card
 Insert the card Remove the card
Label surface
Push until a click is  heard
Press in lightly on SD Card, then release.
 Compliant card type (maximum capacity): SDHC Card (16 GB), SD Card (\
2 GB), miniSD Card 
(1 GB) (requiring miniSD Card adapter)
 For cautions and details on SD Cards (p. 58)
Movie 
settings
In  or ■Adjust the picture and Audio  Display “Movie settings”  
example: Picture menu
Picture menu/Audio menu 
(p. 34)
0
0
0
0
0Vivid
Picture 1/2
Brightness
Color
Tint
Sharpness Picture mode
Contrast Reset to defaults
 Select
 Adjust
 Select the item 
On
Movie settingsPicture
Audio
VIERA Link
Repeat
 select
 ok
 Set
■Use VIERA Link function■Set up Repeat playback
VIERA Link (p. 34, 42)
Recorder
TV
VIERA Link control
Speaker output Record now
Stop recording
 Select
 change
On
Movie settingsPicture
Audio
VIERA Link
Repeat Select
 change
RepeatTurn the Movie play Repeat 
function On or Off.
Change 
Audio 
current 
status
In 
  Display “current audio 
status”    Each press of SAP will change the audio mode. 
(If the movie has multiple audio signals.) 
stereo
(Current audio status)
 It may take several seconds to change the sound.
This product is licensed under the AVC patent portfolio license for the personal and non-commercial use of a\
 consumer to 
(i) encode video in compliance with the AVC Standard (“AVC Video”) and/or (ii) decode AVC Video that was encoded by a 
consumer engaged in a personal and non-commercial activity and/or was ob\
tained from a video provider licensed to provide 
AVC Video. No license is granted or shall be implied for any other use. Additional information may be obtained from MPEG LA, 
LLC. See http://www.mpegla.com. 
						

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Viewing from an SD Card 
Photo viewer
■ Press to exit from 
a menu screen
■ Press to return 
to the previous 
screen
Follow direction  in Movie player (P. 22)
Select the data to be viewed
SlideshowFoldersRYSort by monthGSort by dateB
OK
SelectRETURN
Name
Pana0001
Date
 03/04/2009
Size 1029×1200
Photo viewer          All photos
Total 238
Pana0001
Pana0002 Pana0003 Pana0004
Pana0005 Pana0006 Pana0007 Pana0008
Pana0009 Pana0010 Pana0011 Pana0012
 select
 view
Thumbnail view
To Slideshow
Selected picture information is displayed.
Total number of images.
Note
 Depending on the JPEG format, “Information” contents may not be di\
splayed  correctly. Refer to p. 58 (Data format for SD card browsing) for details.
View
Next
Rotate
Prev.RETURNPlay
Displays one at a time
 To display/hide Navigation area   
  Return to Thumbnail view 
Accessing
NextPrev.Rotate
RETURN
Accessing
Pause
Next
Prev.
RETURN
Play
Navigation areaPresent status
(While reading the data)
Single photo view Slideshow
Rotate 90 degrees (counter-clockwise)
To next photo
Rotate 90 degrees (clockwise)
To previous photo 
						

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Viewing
 Viewing from SD Card
(Continued)
VIERA IMAGE VIEWERThe VIERA Image Viewer is a function that lets you easily view still and motion images on\
 a VIERA television by 
simply inserting an SD card into the VIERA SD card slot.
Sort
■To sort by Folder, month or date
In 
 Select sort type 
SlideshowFoldersRYSort by monthGSort by dateB
OK
SelectRETURN
Name
Pana0001
Date
 03/04/2009
Size 1029×1200
Photo viewer          All photos
Total 238Pana0001
Pana0002 Pana0003 Pana0004
Pana0005 Pana0006 Pana0007 Pana0008
Pana0009 Pana0010 Pana0011 Pana0012
  Folders (ascending order of numeric/alphabet)
  Sort by month (descending order of the month)
  Sort by date (descending order of the date )
 Select the directory. 
Accessing
SlideshowRYGB
OK
SelectRETURN
03/04/2009
32 photos 02/15/2009
16 photos 01/01/2009
10 photos 12/25/2008
24 photos
11/20/2008 8 photos 10/10/2008
3 photos 09/28/2008
58 photos 09/23/2008
28 photosDate
 03/04/2009Number of photos 32 photos
Photo viewer            All photos
         Sort by date
15
Accessing
SlideshowRYGB
OK
SelectRETURN
Name
Pana0001
Date
 03/04/2009
Size 1029×1200
Photo viewer          All photos
03/04/2009
Total                 32Pana0001 Pana0002 Pana0003 Pana0004
Pana0011 Pana0012 Pana0013 Pana0014
Pana0055 Pana0056 Pana0057 Pana0058
 select
 viewReturn to 
previous 
screen
Photo 
settings
In  or ■Adjust the picture  Display “Photo settings”  
example :Picture menu
Picture menu/Audio menu (p. 34)00Vivid
Picture 1/2
Picture mode
Contrast Contrast Reset to defaults
 Select
 Adjust
 Select the item 
Off
Photo settingsPicture
Audio
Slideshow settings
Background music
 select
 change
 next
■Set the Background music
OffBackground music select
 change
Select the Background music from 3 types.
Each Background music plays for 90 seconds. 
(Off/Music 1/Music 2/Music 3)
■Slideshow settings
FastOffOffSepia
Slideshow settingsSpeed
Repeat
Transition
Effect Select
 Adjust
Note
 To stop in mid-cycle  Press 
SpeedYou can set how many seconds each image is displayed in Slideshow mode. 
(Very fast/Fast/Medium/Slow/Very slow)
Repeat Turn the slideshow Repeat function on or off  (On/Off).
Transition 
Select transition effect (Off/Fade in/Wipe  ↓/Wipe ↑/Wipe →/Wipe ←/Slide in ↓/
Slide in  ↑/Slide in  →/Slide in  ←/Zoom in/Comb  ↑↓/Comb →←/Dissolve/
Checker wipe/Random)
Effect Select conversion effect (Off/Sepia/Gray scale) 
						

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Watching Videos and DVDs
If you have applicable equipment connected to the TV, you can watch videos and DVDs on the TV’s 
screen.
Input Select
You can select the external equipment to access.
■ To return to TV
  
With the connected equipment turned On
Display the Input select menu
Select the input mode
Input selectTV12345678
Component 1
Component 2
HDMI 1
HDMI 2
HDMI 3
Video 1
Video 2
9PCAUX
GAME
GAME
GAME
(example)
or
 select
 enter
Press corresponding NUMBER 
button on the remote control to 
select the input of your choice.
Select the input of your choice, 
then press OK.
 During the selection, if no action  is taken for several seconds, the 
“Input select” menu disappears.
HDMI 1GAMETerminal
(example) Label The terminal and label of the 
connected equipment are 
displayed.
  To label each of the inputs,  please refer to p. 53.
Note
 The input label will be displayed on “Input select” screen if Inpu\
t label is set on p. 53.  For side input terminals (HDMI 3/Video 2), “GAME” input label is set as default. (Picture mode is set to “Game”, refer to p. 59.)
 For more details for picture mode setting, refer to p. 59. For Input lab\
el, refer to p. 53. 
■  Press Game to switch to the game screenSwitches to Input terminal that has “GAME” label.
Video 2GAME
HDMI 3GAME
HDMI 1GAME Cycle through the input terminals if there are 
multiple Input terminals that have “GAME” 
label. (p. 53)
 If there is no Input terminal with “GAME” label, you cannot switch the input terminal to any 
other input terminal than the one currently 
selected.
Operate the connected equipment using the remote 
control supplied with the equipment
Note
 For details, see the manual of the connected equipment. 
						

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Viewing
 Watching Videos and DVDs
VIERA LinkTM Setting
If you connect equipment that has the “HDAVI Control” function to a TV using an HDMI cable, 
you will find it easier to use. Please refer to p. 38-43. Before using t\
hese functions, you need to 
set “VIERA Link” setting to “On” as shown below.
■Press to exit from a menu screen
■ Press to return 
to the previous 
screen
Display menu
Select “Setup”
Menu
Picture
Audio
VIERA Link
SD card
Closed caption
Setup
 select
 next
Select “VIERA Link settings”
Setup 2/2
VIERA CAST setting
About VIERA Link settings
Network setting
 select
 next
Select “VIERA Link”
OnYe sYe s
TV
No
No
VIERA Link settingsVIERA LinkPower on link
Power off link
Default speakers
Stand-by power save
Auto power stand-by
select
Select “On”(default is On)change
Now you can set each “VIERA Link” function according to your preference 
(p. 40-43).
Note
 If no HDMI equipment is connected or standard HDMI equipment (non- “\
VIERA 
Link”) is used, set it to “Off”.
  For more details on the external equipment’s connections, please refer to the 
operating manuals for the equipment. 
						

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VIERA CASTTM
Operate VIERA CAST
You can access information services (TV content) from the Home screen v\
ia the Internet. You need broadband environment to use this service.
■ Press to exit from 
a menu screen
■ Press to return to 
the Home screen
Preparations Internet connections (p. 29) Network setting (p. 44) VIERA CAST setting (p. 46)
Display the Home screen
Select the item and press OK
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SettingsH: - - °
L:  40°44° select
 view
This screen is an example. It varies according to the usage conditions.
*  Depending on the usage conditions, it may take a while to read all the d\
ata.
Other settings
■To use VIERA Link function
1Display “Menu”
2Select “VIERA Link”
Menu
VIERA Link Picture
Audio
 select
 ok
3Select the item and set
RecorderVIERA Link control Record now
Stop recording
VIERA Link (p. 34, 42)
 select
 set
■To adjust picture and audio
1Display “Menu”
2Select “picture” or “Audio”
Menu
Picture
Audio
VIERA Link
 select
 ok
3Select the item and adjust
example: Picture menu
Picture menu/Audio 
menu (p. 34)
0
0
0Vivid
Picture 1/2
Brightness
Color Picture mode
Contrast Reset to defaults
select
Adjust 
						

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Viewing
 VIERA  CAST
TM
Internet connections
Contact your Broadband service provider
NOTICE: If you don’t have Internet service by your local provider, please order a high-speed 
Internet service at no less than the following connection speed. If you \
already have such service, 
make sure that the connection speed exceeds the following.
 Required speed (effective): at least 1.5 Mbps for SD and 6Mbps for HD picture quality, respectively. Dial-up Internet service cannot be used for VIERA CAST.
Select wired or wireless connection 
If the Cable/DSL modem is close to the TV and you have only one TV set, you may choose a 
wired connection. If the Cable/DSL modem is far from the TV and/or you have more TVs in the 
house, you may want to use a wireless network.
Connecting to the internet 
A Basic connection
If you are not using the network for connecting anything else but the TV, you could just 
connect the TV directly to the Cable/DSL Ethernet connection (see schematic below). 
BAdvanced wired connection
If you are using the network for connecting various PCs/Laptops and want\
 to connect the TV, 
you should use a router to connect the TV to the Internet (see schematic below). 
C Advanced wireless connection
If you are using the network for connecting various PCs/Laptops and want\
 to connect the TV, 
you could also use a wireless router to connect the TV to the Internet (see schematic below).
LAN
Internet
Internet
Internet
Cable/
DSL 
modem
Ethernet 
cableRouter
B
C
Wireless 
Repeater Cable/
DSL 
modem
Cable/
DSL 
modem
A 
						

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■ Press to exit from 
a menu screen
■ Press to return 
to the previous 
screen
Preparations Internet connections (p. 29)  Example of Network Camera connection (p. 31) Network setting (p. 44)
   Before connecting the Network camera to TV, please complete the “IP setting” and run  “Connection test”(p. 44)
Note
 This feature is only available with Panasonic-made network cameras relea\
sed after  summer 2009. (Preliminary model numbers: BL-C210A and BL-C230A) A number of 
VIERA-compatible network cameras can be founded at the following sites:
http://www.panasonic.com/
http://panasonic.net/pcc/products/netwkcam/
With all connected equipment turned on 
Start up Network camera If there is no registered camera displayed, please set it in “Network\
 Camera” 
settings. (p. 31)
Select “Network Camera” in “VIERA Link”
 Using VIERA TOOLS (p. 21)
Network Camera
TV
VIERA Link control
Speaker output Record now
Stop recording
 select
 ok
 There is also an option to start with sensor detection.
ViewMulti screen (Still image) Without Default camera (Default camera set\
ting (p. 31))
R4 cam / 8 camSelect OK
RETURN1-9
Camera name Camera 1
Model BL-C210A
Multi screen(1/9)
Select OK
RETURNR4 cam / 8 cam
Camera name Camera 1
Model BL-C210A
Multi screen(1/4)
4 split screen 9 split screen
 select
 ok
Single screen With Default camera (Default camera setting (p.32))
Preset position
Home position1-90
Pan
Tilt RETURN
Single screen
Camera name 
Camera 1
Model BL-C210A
 For more details on setting and operation of the Network camera,  please\
 also 
read the operating manuals for the Network camera.
Network Camera
You can operate the Network camera from TV’s remote and also check the images from Network camera 
on your TV 
Basic operation for Network camera